The Intelligence Department of the Central Military Commission and the Flying Leopard Reconnaissance Unit 9 discovered Liu Liankun, a Soviet spy hidden in our army, a major general officer, and did not alarm him, and on the surface he remained the same, but secretly carried out 24-hour secret surveillance of him, and installed pinhole cameras and bugging devices everywhere in his home, even in his car.

His neighbors with one ladder and two households were also transferred to other units in other places because of work needs, and the house was assigned to a family of four people of three generations who were newly transferred from other places, plus a little nanny who brought a little "38" from the countryside to take care of the sequelae of cerebral infarction at home, the old man who spoke slurred, walked with a basket, and the child was sent to the bureau's full-day kindergarten, so that it was difficult for people and animals to contact the scouts of the Military Intelligence Department. Of course, the transfer in and out of personnel was agreed through him, the director of the bureau, and all this was carried out very naturally, without arousing the slightest suspicion from Liu Liankun.

At the same time, a steady stream of false information from our army was transmitted to the Soviet high command through this Soviet spy codenamed "Long Line 005", effectively mobilizing the Soviet army according to the strategic intention of our army.

On this invisible front, where there is no smoke of gunpowder, while China and the Soviet Union are engaged in fierce contests, the Chinese Sino-Soviet border negotiation delegation led by Li Dawei and Mao Anying is also engaged in a fierce contest with the Soviet border delegation headed by Molotov at the negotiation table.

The negotiations have been going on for more than half a year, not to mention, a little progress has really been made, but this little progress cannot meet the conditions put forward by the Chinese side, and it is far from it. As for the Chinese delegation's suggestion that the first easy thing should be the more difficult, and the unequal territories occupied by the Soviet Union during the Tsarist era should be settled first, all of which belong to China in any respect, and must be returned to China unconditionally.

The Soviet side said that this request of China could be considered, but not unconditionally. The prerequisite for the return of these territories to China was that China could no longer claim to the Soviet Union the 1 million square kilometers of territory under the Treaty of Aihui and the Treaty of Yanjing, as well as the 440,000 square kilometers of territory under the Treaty of Survey and Demarcation of the Northwest Boundary.

This condition put forward by the Soviets naturally met with opposition from the Chinese side. Li Dawei's reaction was very direct, "Isn't that the most essential territorial issue between China and the Soviet Union still not resolved?" These territories were originally Chinese. The reason why China is raising this issue with you, the Soviet side, is that it does not want the two sides to tear up the face between the fraternal socialist countries. ”

The Soviets were really furious. In their view, if they have made such a major concession and have not returned anything in return to China, does that mean that China is still endlessly demanding with the Soviet Union to overturn the so-called unequal treaty and recover the territory inherited from their ancestors. What is the point of such concessions other than fueling China's **?

Molotov angrily asked: "As a fraternal country of socialism, the Soviet Union has paid so much, if you are not even willing to accept such concessions, then what else can we do?" ”

In the subsequent talks, the Soviet Union took a tough stance and replied to Li Dawei: "The Soviet side believes that the Chinese side's demand for the recovery of the 1.44 million square kilometers of territory in the 'Aihui Treaty,' the 'Yenching Treaty,' and the 'Treaty on the Survey and Demarcation of the Northwest Boundary' is completely unacceptable and completely impossible. Because in any case, equality or inequality, legally speaking, China no longer enjoys this right."

In the face of the Soviet people's unusually tough and agitated, Li Dawei put forward a new proposal from the Chinese side to Molotov and the Soviet delegation: "The Chinese political axe has fully considered the investment of the Soviet political axe in these lands over the years and the fact that the Soviet people have settled in these Chinese territories for more than a century, and China is willing to pay a high amount of economic compensation for the investment of the Soviet political axe in these lands over the years and the personal investment of the Soviet people."

"No way!" Molotov said very categorically: "This is not a question of money, it is a matter of sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Soviet Union, and if this is the case, the overwhelming majority of the Soviet people will not agree to it." ”

Mao Anying questioned Molotov's viewpoint: "Comrade Molotov, everything must be thought about from different angles, have you ever thought about it, for the land that belongs to us in the future, we are now willing to redeem it in the form of paying you a high economic compensation fee to the Soviet Union, this is a matter that both of us can explain to our own people. If you only unilaterally emphasize the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the USSR, then what about the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China? If you are only afraid that the overwhelming majority of the people of the USSR will not agree. So 500 million Chinese people can agree? Then he changed his tone and said: "As a politician of a great country, he must not only be able to shoulder the responsibility of history and his own people, but also shoulder the responsibility of the people of the world. Have you ever wondered what would happen if the people of both countries did not agree? It is the responsibility of politicians to do a good job of their own people and guide them to more rationally solve these problems left over from history, which have been formed by the people of both countries without their own initiative. ”

Oh, yes! We have shown the greatest sincerity," Li Dawei and Mao Anying said in harmony: "We propose to pay you a high economic compensation fee for the Soviet political axe in this form to redeem our inherent territory in disguise, and we do not know how much effort we have to make to explain to the people in our country so that they can understand this kind of friendly practice of the Chinese political axe to the Soviet political axe and the people." If that doesn't work. So what will the Chinese think of your Soviet political axe? What will you think of the Soviet people? Comrades, for the sake of the long-term peace and stability of the peoples of the two countries, we should indeed show the courage of a responsible statesman of a major country and earnestly resolve the territorial issues left over from history between China and the Soviet Union. As the political axe of the Soviet Union, it is our responsibility to tell the people of the Soviet Union the real situation, and the bloody inheritance that the political axe of Tsarist Russia obtained by disgraceful means and did not belong to the bloody inheritance that should be inherited by him in the first place, will not bring happiness to himself, but will only become a nightmare that accompanies him all the time. I think the Soviet people will be able to make a rational choice to support this most reasonable proposal put forward by the Chinese political axe. ”

In the face of Li Dawei and Mao Anying's righteous questioning and painstaking persuasion, the members of the Soviet delegation were speechless for a while. They are all secretly thinking in their hearts that in addition to deciding the final ownership of this border and territorial dispute through war, China's proposal, which is not bad for money, cannot but be said to be a better way to solve the border and territorial issues between the two sides, and this is a proposal on equal rights between the two sides, which can indeed explain the past to all sides.

How much can China give? Although everyone thought so in their hearts, they didn't say it. After all, this is a matter that can only be decided after discussion in the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee, and only after the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee has discussed and decided to accept the Chinese side's proposal can it enter the bargaining stage.

The Soviet delegation immediately submitted to the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee the latest proposal put forward by the Chinese side on the peaceful settlement of the border issue between China and the Soviet Union.

However, there are many good things, and when the Presidium of the Central Committee of the CPSU discussed whether or not to accept this latest "ransom" proposal put forward by the Chinese side, it was a war of words between the "main peace faction" and the "main war faction."

The "Lord's Peace Faction" still advocates a peaceful settlement of the border issue between China and the Soviet Union, which can be summed up as follows:

1. Proceeding from the overall situation of the entire international community, we should take a farther view and deal with the problems left over from the history of China and the Soviet Union in accordance with the two "Galakhan Declarations on China" announced by Comrade Lenin. The imperialist camp benefited from the peaceful settlement of the border issue between China and the Soviet Union, the maintenance of the stability of the socialist camp, and the avoidance of the danger that the two neighboring socialist countries of China and the Soviet Union would fight each other and kill each other because of the border issue left over from history, which might lead to the complete collapse of the international movement. The fact that the Chinese side was able to offer a high amount of compensation this time should be an unexpected gain from the Soviet Union, and we should see that this is because the Chinese comrades have indeed shown sufficient sincerity, so what reason do we have not to accept it?

2. The peaceful settlement of the border issue between China and the Soviet Union will promote the all-round development of friendly relations between China and the Soviet Union, and will also promote the economic construction of the Soviet Union and the improvement of the living standards of the Soviet people. If we do not accept China's relatively fair proposal, it will inevitably lead to a further deterioration of relations between the two countries, and even a war, in which case the Soviet economy will be completely destroyed, and the life of the Soviet people, who are not well-off, will become even more difficult, and even the Soviet Union will be wiped out. If we can get a high amount of compensation from China this time and use this money for the economic construction of the Soviet Union and the improvement of the people's living standards, the Soviet economy will immediately rise to a new level.

3. The peaceful settlement of the border issue between China and the Soviet Union is a helpless move, because in the face of China's current strong combat strength, the Soviet Union's existing military strength is simply unable to effectively protect the Soviet Union's vast territory in Asia. In a possible war between China and the Soviet Union, the chances of a complete military victory for the Soviet Union are slim to none. The superiority of the Soviet army in the quantity of weapons could not make up for the huge difference in the quality of weapons with the Chinese. Moreover, the Soviet Union simply did not have the ability to deal with the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization and China's east-west flank war at the same time.

Therefore, we should accept China's latest "redemption" proposal this time.

The viewpoint of the "main war faction" has developed greatly, and they believe that they should not be intimidated by China's war clamour, that not an inch of the territory left by the Soviet ancestors should be lost, and that they absolutely cannot accept China's so-called high-priced form of compensation. That would have deprived the Soviet Union of the fertile black soil, dense primeval forests and vast wasteland wetlands, the more than 1 million square kilometers of territory from the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River to the oceans, and the abundant coal, iron and oil resources that lay beneath that land. More importantly, the Soviet Union lost access to the Pacific Ocean. They firmly refuted the views of the cowards of the "Lord and the faction":

1. The two "Galahan Declarations on China" announced by Lenin were an expedient measure for Lenin in the face of powerful enemies at home and abroad at that time, and the content before and after was different, and could not be used as the basis for overthrowing a series of relevant border treaties signed by the political axe of Tsarist Russia and the political axe of the Qing Dynasty, let alone as the basis for returning China's so-called occupied territories. So we have no reason to accept any form of China's ambitious demands for territorial expansion of the USSR.

2. The main countries of the socialist camp are concentrated in Europe, relatively little influence from China, and their security is under the protection of the USSR. It will not be greatly affected by the border war between China and the Soviet Union in Asia.

3. The Soviet Union was the first socialist country and the leader of the international movement, and the international movement led by the Soviet Union would not collapse because of the war between China and the Soviet Union, but might be strengthened due to racial reasons. Even during the Sino-Soviet War, the military forces of the Warsaw organization could be mobilized to participate in the defense of the core of the Soviet Union, a socialist state.

4. The war with China is another anti-aggression war of the Soviet Union after the Soviet-German war, and it is the responsibility of every Soviet Red Army and every Soviet citizen to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Soviet Union.

5. The main economically developed regions of the Soviet Union are concentrated in Europe, and the impact of the war in the Asian part of the Soviet Union on the Soviet economy will not be as great as some people say, let alone any catastrophe.

6, from the intelligence obtained by China, there is a certain difference between the weapons of China and the Soviet Union, but this difference is not as big as some people think, it can be completely compensated by numerical superiority, and we have the deployment and equipment of the entire Chinese [***] team, absolutely not as some people analyze what may be a small chance of victory, and we think it is very large, through the Sino-Soviet war we want to tell those Chinese who do not measure themselves to learn to respect the Soviet Union, To tell them that the territory of our great Soviet is sacrosanct, that we will not only take back the Tuvan People's Republic and the Mongolian People's Republic, but that we will also cut off their chicken head and become part of our great socialist Soviet Union. Establish a healthy force in China, find an obedient little brother to take the lead, and China will become our obedient little socialist brother.

7. As for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization led by the United States, they have already stated that they will not interfere in the war between China and the Soviet Union, and if they really annihilate China in disarray, then everyone will perish together, and no one should think about it.

(To be continued)