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The commander of the Far Eastern Front, General Apanashchenko, was worried not only about military defense, but also about political, ethnic, economic, and local issues.

As the commander of the Front, General Apanashchenko saw very clearly that the reason why the Soviet Union vigorously aided China in the War of Resistance was to avoid fighting on both fronts, and to contain Japan with China's insistence on the War of Resistance against Japan, so that it could not attack the Soviet Union, so that the Soviet Union could free up its hands to concentrate on dealing with Germany. This was a matter of Soviet national strategy, a strategy adopted for the survival of the USSR. This is just as if the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with Germany in order to combat the appeasement policy of Britain and France and to break the trickery of Britain and France to move Germany eastward. Now that there is a big problem, Germany has actually attacked the Soviet Union, and little Japan is also going to fight the Soviet Union, isn't this a strategic failure?

General Apanashchenko knew in his heart that if little Japan really attacked the Red Army in the Far East, it would be in trouble, because the Western Front was in a hurry to wait for reinforcements from the main forces of the Red Army in the Far East, and this blow would delay the pace of the main forces of the Red Army in the Far East to reinforce the Western Front, and the Western Front would be even more dangerous.

In the event of a major attack by the Japanese army, the troubles will not stop there.

Less than 20 years have passed since the Soviet Red Army actually liberated the Far East, and the aborigines have not fully integrated into the Soviet socialist family. In particular, the Russian ethnic group in the Far East is sparsely populated, with a large number of Chinese and North Koreans. When the Red Army marched into the Far East to fight the White Guards and the Japanese army, Marshal Blyukhel mobilized and organized these Chinese and Koreans to launch attacks in the enemy's rear, accelerating the destruction of the White Guards and forcing the Japanese army to withdraw quickly. At that time, in order to solve the problem of material shortage in the Far East, and at the same time to force Japan to suspend its intervention in the Soviet Union with trade with China and the Soviet Union, the Red Army encouraged people from the Chinese mainland to come to the Far East to do business and labor, and allowed them to bring back half of their income. So. Vladivostok alone has more than 1,300 Chinese shops, while Russians only have 1,100 shops, and there are 200,000 to 300,000 seasonal workers working from Suifenhe to Vladivostok and Boli every year. The tax revenues from Sino-Soviet trade and the blood and sweat of Chinese laborers supported the economic recovery of the Far East. In order to encourage Chinese merchants and even allow them to have their own armament, the only restriction was that they had to obey the leadership of the Red Army. Only a few years later, when the Japanese army launched the September 18 Incident, the Soviet policy changed, not only did not help the Chinese fight the invaders, but on the contrary, in order to avoid incurring the aggression of Japanese militarism. In addition, Zhang Xueliang annoyed the Soviets by launching the Middle Road Campaign, and the Soviet Union took a close look at the border defense line in the Far East. Do not allow the Chinese to use the Far East to resist Japan. The treatment of Chinese in the Far East has also undergone earth-shaking changes. Especially after the Battle of Wuhan, Stalin thought that China was likely to die. At the same time as the purge of the Soviet army, the purges of Chinese and Koreans in the Far East began, 150,000 Koreans were relocated to Central Asia, and 300,000 Chinese were either arrested and shot, or sent to the extremely cold places of Siberia to serve hard labor.

If the Japanese army attacks the Far East, who will those remnants of the Chinese and Koreans help. This is a question that deserves deep consideration by Senior General Apanashchenko. Maybe the Japanese captured a city and released a group of criminals from prison, and they could have one more force to take revenge on the Soviet Red Army.

Another problem was that if the Japanese army attacked the Red Army in the Far East, it would also cause territorial disputes. The entire Heilongjiang River basin south of the Trans-Khingan Mountains and east of the Gelbiqi and Erguna rivers to the sea, and the land in the Ussuri River basin may cause disputes, and perhaps even affect relations between the Soviet Union and China. You must know that these areas were seized by Tsarist Russia through unequal treaties, and the Soviet government twice stated that it would return them to China. Of course. Now that there is a strong Far Eastern Front garrison, and China is constantly at war, it is no longer necessary to return these lands to China. In the event of a war between Japan and the Soviet Union, in the event that the Red Army had to temporarily withdraw from these areas, it would be difficult for them to come back later. Unless the Soviet Red Army was able to defeat both Germany and Japan.

The biggest problem was that once the Japanese army began to attack, it could threaten the industrial base east of the Urals, which was the hope and fundamental point of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany!

General Apanashchenko is a pure soldier, he can think so much, and if he is a politician, I don't know how much more to think about!

By the time General Apanashchenko was worried, the situation in the Far East was already changing. First, while preparing for the war in the Far East to meet the Japanese army, Stalin still ordered troops from the Far East to move west for reinforcements, because the German offensive was rapid, and it was impossible not to reinforce it. The transferred troops accounted for 17 percent of the strength of the Far Eastern Front, including 30 aviation brigades. Immediately afterwards, the remnants of the White Russian forces appeared to the south of Chita and Vladivostok, inciting the masses and carrying out sabotage. General Apanashchenko has been in battle for a long time, so he naturally knows that this is all a ghost made by the Japanese, and it is a prelude to a major war. Therefore, General Apanashchenko strictly ordered all units of the Far Eastern Front to prepare for battle, and the aviation forces to urgently prepare for battle, and as soon as the Japanese army attacked, immediately destroy the airfields of the Kwantung Army all over Manchuria, and then attack Tokyo.

On 10 July, Molotov, chairman of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, summoned the Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union, Miji Kenkawa, and asked why Japan wanted to sabotage Japan-Soviet relations and secretly prepare for war against the Soviet Union.

Miji Kenkawa explained that Japan was not conducive to destroying Japan-Soviet relations, and did not secretly prepare for war against the Soviet Union, and the Kwantung Army only conducted special exercises to test the results of its troops' training.

At this time, Miji Jianchuan was still lying, which made Molotov furious, saying that the Japanese had forgotten the lessons of the Zhang Gufeng incident and the Battle of Nomenhan, and that if Japan dared to go to war, the powerful Far Eastern Front would wipe out all the invading Kwantung Army.

The war is imminent, and Jianchuan Miji has strict orders, not only does not dare to divulge the slightest secret, but wants to achieve the purpose of deception. Therefore, Miji Kenkawa put on a sincere appearance and even told Molotov that due to the restrictions of the Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan, Japan, as a signatory country, had to put on a posture to deal with the Germans. The Japanese Empire was also willing to continue negotiations on the signing of a treaty of friendship and neutrality between Japan and the Soviet Union, but the Soviet Union needed to make concessions by relinquishing sovereignty over South Sakhalin and the Chiba Islands and openly recognizing Manchukuo as a sign of good faith.

Just two days later, Japanese Foreign Minister Admiral Sadajiro Toyoda summoned the Soviet ambassador to Japan, Smatanin, and made it clear that Japan had no intention of going to war with the Soviet Union. It was proposed that Japan and the Soviet Union should sit down and conduct in-depth negotiations on the signing of a treaty of friendship and neutrality between Japan and the Soviet Union, and that the Soviet Union should recognize Manchukuo and make concessions on sovereignty over South Sakhalin and the Chiba Islands.

In this way, Molotov had the illusion that all the Japanese wanted was to recognize Manchukuo, South Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands. This problem is easy to handle, as long as the Japanese army can be stopped from advancing north, it can completely satisfy the other side, sign the treaty first, and wait until the German devils are defeated, and then turn back and settle accounts with little Japan.

After Molotov reported to Stalin, Stalin risked the bombing of German planes. He presided over an emergency meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to study and decide to start negotiations with Japan. The condition was that the USSR recognized Manchukuo. Japan recognized Mongolia, and the Japanese Kwantung Army was reduced to 200,000. But the USSR in no way gave up sovereignty over South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.

This condition is the same as that of the Japanese-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Neutrality that Matsuoka signed in Moscow in the past. It was also the bottom line of the USSR.

Unexpectedly, after Molotov proposed it to the Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union, Miji Jianchuan refused, saying that the Soviet Union would not give up the sovereignty of the Kuril Islands and South Sakhalin, that the negotiations could not be carried out, and that he could not report to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Sakhalin is the largest island in China, Sakhalin, and now the Soviet army occupies the north. A ** mixed brigade of the Japanese army occupied the south. The Kuril Islands are also Chinese territory, under the jurisdiction of the Qing army stationed on Sakhalin, and later occupied by Tsarist Russia. As a result, as soon as Japan saw that Tsarist Russia had quietly occupied Sakhalin, China's big island, it rushed to share the spoils. The bandits and robbers paid attention to meeting each other and dividing it in half, and with a wave of the fluffy paws of the tsar, who was far away in Moscow, he actually gave part of the southern part of the Kuril Islands to Japan. Later, the Russo-Japanese War broke out, Russia was defeated, and Japan and Russia signed the Peace of Portsmouth. Russia ceded the southern part of Sakhalin Island and its affiliated islands, which originally belonged to China, to Japan, and the South Kuril Islands were classified as Japanese territory. The two aggressors fought back and forth, and they turned out to be trading with Chinese territory. It is ridiculous that many petty indignant youths of later generations did not study history, and they rejoiced when they saw that Russia was using the four northern islands to contain Japan, and forgot that it was originally Chinese territory. However, Stalin did not forget this incident at this time, and after the Soviet Union became strong, he always demanded that Japan return South Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands. Stalin's reasons were very good, the "Peace of Portsmouth" was signed by Japan with the threat of force against Tsarist Russia, and it was an unequal treaty that the Soviet government did not recognize.

The Soviet Union has a much larger territory and a larger population than Japan, and its national strength has also become much stronger in recent years. Stalin's demand that Japan return South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands made the Japanese feel the pressure. This is where the question comes in.

It turned out that Miji Kenkawa's predecessor, Shigetoku Togo, had secretly negotiated with the Soviet Union, because the Soviet Union put forward its claim to sovereignty over South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, which led to the failure of the negotiations. Historically, the Japan-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Neutrality signed between Matsuoka Yoyo and the Soviet Union did not deal with the sovereignty of South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.

The situation is stronger than the man. By raising the issue of sovereignty over South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands at this time, Japan really hit the Soviet Union in the soft underbelly.

The attitude of Miji Jianchuan was very clear to the Soviets, wasn't it just relying on the German army to blitz the Soviet Union to threaten them?

Stalin, who was too eager to stabilize the situation in the Far East and to avoid fighting on two fronts, told the Politburo members that it was only a matter of time before little Japan was cleaned up, as long as the German devils were defeated. Thus, the issue of South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands can be put aside for the time being, recognizing the status quo of Japanese occupation. After defeating the German army, we will solve the problem.

Molotov negotiated with Miji Kenkawa in accordance with this spirit. This time, Miji Kenkawa still insisted that it must be clearly written that the sovereignty of South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands belongs to Japan.

Molotov enlightened Miji Jianchuan and said that not writing it on the treaty is tantamount to acquiescence. The Japanese de facto control of these two places is tantamount to actual occupation. Why do you have to write so clearly?

Miji Jianchuan didn't do it, insisted on writing, and the negotiations couldn't go on again.

Jianchuan Miji can't figure it out, countries speak by strength, a paper treaty is useless, Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact, so doesn't it mean that it will be torn up?

The purpose of repeated entanglement is to paralyze and deceive the Soviet Union and gain time for the Kwantung arms war. Since then, Miji Kenkawa has repeatedly asked Tokyo for instructions on any issue, and after a few days of discussions, there was no result in the slightest.

Later, the Soviets were ruthless and prepared to write in the treaty that they would no longer claim sovereignty over South Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands, and Miji Kenkawa proposed that it was impossible for Japan to recognize Mongolia, because Mongolia had been the territory of the Qing State since ancient times, which was irrefutable. The Japanese-Soviet treaty of friendship and neutrality should be clearly written, Mongolia belongs to Manchukuo, and the Manchukuo emperor Aisin Jueluo? His Majesty Pu Yi governs. If Japan recognized Mongolia, it would affect the political situation of the five-ethnic republic in Manchukuo and lead to the rupture of relations between Manchukuo and Japan.

Molotov looked at the little devil in front of him who pretended to be righteous but was full of bad water, and wanted to kick him to death, but he had to deal with him.

Molotov accused Miji Jianchuan of being insincere, what Manchukuo is, the whole earth knows, but Mongolia is the ** liberation path chosen by the Mongols themselves. If Japan is not sincere, there is no need to negotiate any further. As long as they are not afraid of defeat, the Kwantung Army will attack the Red Army even if it advances north, and let the tank clusters of the Red Army and the Kwantung Army speak.

As soon as Molotov's voice fell, Miji Jianchuan quietly retorted that the Red Army in the Far East should be transferred to defend Moscow as soon as possible, because it would be too late, and the German tanks would probably arrive at Moscow.

This means that the negotiations are about to break down. Molotov also saw through the face of little Japan, so he brushed his sleeves away and reported to Stalin.

Miji Jianchuan looked at Molotov's departing back, and a greedy smile appeared in his eyes.

Time is wasted day by day.

On the night of July 25, the Japanese Combined Fleet secretly arrived at the Japanese-controlled island of the Kuril Islands. This is where the Japanese Combined Fleet launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in history.

The commander of the Far Eastern Front, Admiral Apanashchenko, was not a naval general, and the Soviet Navy did not have aircraft carriers, and the plans to build aircraft carriers were still in the minds of the leaders. Therefore, Admiral Apanashchenko did not have the concept of aircraft carrier operations in his head. His order to the Pacific Fleet of the Soviet Red Army was to encircle the coastline of the Far East, with a focus on encircling Vladivostok and Boli and other important ports. In his mind, as long as there were enough mines, the Japanese warships would never want to approach Vladivostok. Even if the Japanese warships broke through the interception network of surface ships, submarines, and mines of the Pacific Fleet and attacked Vladivostok, with Vladivostok's powerful fortifications and defensive artillery fire, the Japanese army would definitely not be able to attack Vladivostok.

Something shocked General Apanashchenko to happen!

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