Chapter 265: The Price of Peace
The Chinese people under the leadership of the supreme leader still have deep proletarian feelings for the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) led by Kim Yue-sung, and this affection between the two sides is the kind of comrade-in-arms cemented with blood on the battlefield. The Workers' Party of Korea also helped China a lot, especially in the early days of China's Liberation War, and helped the "four fields" of the People's Liberation Army. Although China has repaid the favor of North Korea, it has preserved Kim Yuecheng's socialist regime and restored his country. However, in the Korean War, China used the means of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea to achieve the goal of defending the country. China won a great victory in the Korean War and preserved the Korean socialist country, and China also had this strategic buffer zone of "3,000 miles of rivers and mountains", which shielded the major industrial regions of northeast China from the direct impact of US imperialism and gained geopolitical security.
There is no such thing as a free lunch, and the geopolitical security that China has obtained comes at a certain price, and it is necessary and appropriate to give some assistance to the DPRK. Although North Korea is subjectively for the security of its own territory, they must be on the front line to defend the country from aggression. But objectively, it also provides China with strategic geopolitical security.
In recent years, North Korea has been backed by China, a rising power, and has also benefited from the rapid development of China's economy. A number of labor-intensive industries and polluting industries for the production of primary products have been established in the DPRK to support China's industrial products. Due to the relatively abundant mineral resources of the DPRK, many Sino-DPRK joint ventures and cooperation enterprises have also been established for the development of mineral products and primary processing. The people of the DPRK have also lived a life without worrying about food and clothing. Chinese-made bicycles, electronic watches, and semiconductor radios have also found their way into the homes of ordinary North Koreans. Several modern farms built with Chinese assistance in the Production and Construction Corps of the Korean People's Army have provided the Korean People's Army with large quantities of animal protein. At the same time, in addition to radish and cabbage kimchi, you can also see some fish, meat, eggs, tofu and other foods on the table of the North Korean people.
Regarding Jin Yuecheng's visit, the supreme chief made an exception and invited Jin Yuecheng to have a meal at his home, which was still 4 dishes and 1 soup, but the braised pork was replaced with braised dog meat. Jin Yuecheng definitely didn't eat well, but this special treatment was enough to make him cow for a while. Except for Ho Chi Minh, the chairman of Vietnam, who later did not regard himself as an outsider, no foreign head of party or state has ever eaten at his house.
Although the supreme leader did not promise to give Kim Yuecheng the 'Destroyer' tank and the 'Falcon' J-1 fighter. But Jin Yuecheng will never be allowed to go back empty-handed. At the end of his four-day visit, Kim was awarded a contract for the construction of a complete set of Chinese-aided production lines for AK47 automatic rifles and a complete set of production lines for 7.62 bullets, including special ammunition, and the DPRK will repay the loans of the Chinese government axes for these two projects in 10 years with iron ore from the Mosan Iron Mine in the border area of North Hamgyong Province.
On 1 March, Kim Yu-sung's visit to China was a complete success, and he happily returned to the DPRK with the fruitful results of his visit and the deep friendship of the Chinese people, and went to act as a "mediator" between the two major powers of China and the Soviet Union.
In the headquarters of the Far East Corps in the city of Ulaanbaatar, Waimeng Prefecture, Far Eastern Province, China. Peng Dehuai cut his hands upside down, lowered his head, and paced back and forth around the sand table.
"Jin Yuecheng is coming to China today, what do you think he will do when he comes here?" Peng Dehuai looked at Deng Feng, who was sitting in front of the computer and constantly scrolling the mouse, and asked.
"Jin Fat'er is here at this time, what else can he do, not to be a lobbyist for the Soviet Union and ask for a cease-fire negotiation." Deng Feng's gaze did not leave the computer, and he replied as he looked at the screen of the computer.
Peng Dehuai said while pacing with his hands behind his back: "It seems that the Soviet Union has really been beaten this time, and it has no tricks, and it can't be beaten anymore, so I asked Jin Yuecheng to come and lobby." ”
"Heh, heh, heh. Oh, yes. It's certain that it won't be able to fight, and it can't talk about it if it doesn't want to. Deng Feng stopped the mouse in his hand and said with a smile.
Peng Dehuai stopped pacing and said, "It looks like this battle is going to end." We have also largely achieved what Operation Bear Hunt envisioned to achieve. I think there will be a ceasefire soon, and all that's left is to have that endless negotiation. ”
Deng Feng struck a match, lit a cigarette and smoked slowly: "But there is no ceasefire yet, at least wait for another 10 days and half a month." It is necessary to wipe out all the Soviet Union's formed troops at and above the battalion level east of Lake Baikal and south of the 53rd parallel north latitude as far as Kopula on the Sea of Okhotsk, and there can be no more Soviet troops of any size and formation in our occupied areas. Otherwise, a ceasefire will be troublesome. ”
Peng Dehuai nodded and said, "Yes, this area is too big. Will our personnel and provisions keep up? ”
"There is no problem with the supply of provisions, but the people who receive the local government are too small and too slow." Deng Feng looked at the statistical table on the computer and said: "Cleaning up these remnants of the Soviet army, these 'small jobs' are too time-consuming, hey, it seems that there are still too few armed helicopters, and it is still very effective to use armed helicopters to deal with small groups of Soviet troops."
Deng Feng stood up and came to the front of the sand table, looked down at the sand table and pointed at several places above with an infrared pen and said: "Boss, I am going to throw the 1st Airborne Division, which is the reserve of the campaign, to occupy these key strategic points first, so that the Soviet army is completely desperate and forced them to surrender." Let all the corps throw all the battle reserves into it. Speed up the attack, occupy one more foot, occupy one more inch, and in short, occupy the territory to the maximum extent before the armistice. Create favorable conditions for the next step of negotiations. ”
Peng Dehuai stood in front of the sand table, his eyes moved with the red dot shot by Deng Feng's laser pointer, and he thought for a long time and said: "Although according to the reconnaissance of satellites and drones, it has not been found that the Soviet Union still has a large hidden army above the regimental level, but you kid is still a little too risky to do this." There are always some unexpected things happening in war, what do you do if there are some special circumstances? Peng Dehuai looked up at Deng Feng and said, "You have to keep something handy, even if it is a regiment that can respond quickly." ”
"Okay, then leave one airborne regiment as you say, and put the rest into account." Deng Feng made up his mind, and then said to Peng Dehuai: "Mr. Peng, please help me take care of the Western Front, and order the Western Front to also fight back on the whole front." Don't be afraid of sacrifice, not afraid of consumption, not afraid of breaking pots and jars. Don't leave Soviet troops in our original territory to occupy one of our areas in formation before the ceasefire. I have no strength on the ground to support the counterattack on the Western Front, and I am ready to transfer some of the planes from the east to support the Western Front. A few days ago, Liu Yalou sent some pilots to receive the captured Soviet planes, and this time they also used them to bomb the supply bases in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. I'll see what the Soviets will do to fight us again. ”
"Good!" Mr. Peng also came to work, "I'll go to Urumqi tomorrow." You let Wu Di's old boy up hard, and I let the troops on the Western Front beat me hard. After that, he remembered his duties as a supervisor of the army, and added: "However, you kid will write these things to the central government immediately." ”
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After seeing Zhou Enlai and Li Dawei seated, the supreme leader said: "Khrushchev asked Jin Yuecheng to convey to me that the Soviet Union is now willing to deal with the border issue in accordance with the principles of Lenin's two 'Galakhan Declarations on China'. A message of hope that the war will end as soon as possible and negotiations will resume. Tell us what you think about this. ”
"The Soviet Union is now desperate to get out of the predicament, change the current crisis situation, and demand the resumption of border negotiations between China and the Soviet Union. They also provided a proposal to our embassy in the Soviet Union, the core of which was to first cease fire on the spot, and then deal with the Sino-Soviet border issue left over from history in accordance with the principles of the two "Galakhan Declarations on China" that Lenin had announced. Zhou Enlai first thought and said: "It's better to talk than not to talk, I think the Soviet Union really doesn't want to fight now." But in the next negotiations, they are likely to return to us the Chinese territories occupied by Tsarist Russia through the two unequal treaties of the Treaty of Aihui and the Treaty of Yanjing. I am afraid that the rest of the areas we have captured this time will be ripped off again. ”
"The prime minister's analysis is right, the Soviet Union is now in internal and external difficulties, embattled, and unable to fight on the battlefield, so it asks for a political solution through negotiations." Li Dawei said: "As for what is occupied now, the occupation will also be occupied, and if you want to go back, it will definitely not work, and these can only be hung there in the end." As soon as the Soviet Union collapsed, it will naturally belong to us. ”
The supreme leader pointed to the telegram of Deng Feng, the commander of the Far East Corps, on the coffee table, and said, "Enlai, Dawei, you have also read the telegram of the immortals, what do you think of the opinions of the immortals?" ”
"The opinion of the Far Eastern Corps is undoubtedly correct, and it will be very beneficial for our next move. Whether it's fighting or not, we have a lot of initiative. Zhou Enlai paused a little and then said: "It's just that the east of Lake Baikal, up to Kepla in the Sea of Okhotsk, and south of 53 degrees north latitude are all occupied, this place is too big for us to digest for a while."
"Solve the more than 500,000 troops in the Far East of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union has nothing to fight east of Lake Baikal and up to Kopula in the Sea of Okhotsk, south of the 53rd parallel." The supreme chief looked at the map and said: "We can't always launch a war of this scale, but this time we have made such a big determination to fight, we will eat it first, we will not be able to digest it, and let all provinces, cities, ministries and commissions eat it together and digest it slowly." ”
"The speed of modern warfare is very fast, but the consumption is also very amazing," Zhou Enlai, China's great housekeeper, was a little worried but said with a very calm expression, "The war consumption of these ten days alone is tens of billions of yuan, which is equivalent to more than 10 times the entire counterattack against India in 1956." And the situation of the entire transport line is also close to saturation. ”
The supreme chief nodded slightly and said: "The opponents are different, and the means used are also different, in order to recover the territories we have lost in the past and open up a greater living space for China's descendants and generations, this price is not too big." We can still afford this cost. ”
"Only a few billion yuan? Value! It's worth it! Li Dawei interjected with a smile with the thinking of the formation of the commodity economy in later generations: "We spend such a little money, it's nothing." How much did we get? What we have acquired, not counting the land and the resources contained in it, is the total investment in the Far East over the centuries from Tsarist Russia to the Soviet Union, which is a huge amount of property that cannot be counted, and our expenditures and our income are probably nothing of a dime. Even the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Factory, which produced the famous Sukai series of combat aircraft in later generations, and the Komsomolsk Kesmansk Shipyard, which produced Kilo-class diesel-electric conventional submarines, I am afraid that we will not be able to buy even one of these factories for our war expenditure. Not to mention the addition of these skilled workers and engineering technicians. ”
Li Dawei continued: "The Soviet Union is in a hurry now, we don't need to be in a hurry, we can drag it out, Deng Feng is right, there is no need to be restricted at all now, speed up the attack, occupy one more foot and occupy one more inch, and before the armistice, we will attack cities and seize land to the maximum extent and occupy more territory." If I think we still have a great war potential, we have only used the forces of the three theaters in the north and the Far Eastern Corps this time. Now that we have absolute air supremacy, we can mobilize some local transport capacity to fully operate all the transport planes, and this time the captured Soviet transport planes and helicopters alone will be old, and all the cadets of the aviation school will be sent out and used. ”
"Heh, heh, heh" The supreme chief looked at Li Dawei and said with a smile: "Dawei, I see that you are more anxious than the immortals." Then he turned his gaze to Zhou En and said: "Prime Minister, you still have to discuss how to talk to the Soviets, let the gods let them go on the battlefield, and do what they think." Strive for bigger wins in the shortest possible time. ”
War is the most extreme and fastest way to break the original balance relationship, and to find a new balance basis, to promote the new basis, in the exploration of a new balance of relations in a means of exploration, especially in modern war, there is no front line and rear line, the two sides of the war can quickly decide the victory on the battlefield. The next step is to negotiate on this basis through political means, and in the negotiations, for the interests of the political group, nation, and state to which they belong, and to achieve their own political and economic goals. True and false, you and I are at first and foremost, fighting openly and secretly, unscrupulous means, doing everything possible, bringing shamelessness to the limit, and finally reaching a new relationship of interests and a new balance through mutual temptation, bargaining, and mutual compromise.
The Chinese political axe also reacted positively to the Soviet Union's proposal to stop the armed conflict between China and the Soviet Union and demand the resumption of negotiations.
(To be continued)