At the previous consultation, the three sides decided to hand over the first batch of 30,000 tons of aid supplies to the Soviet Union for the use of the Northeast Coalition Army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Soviets wanted to use this batch of materials as a share of aid to China, not their share, and as a result, at the insistence of Xiaolu, it was still considered to be an aid to them, but the materials must be used on the battlefield of the Soviet Union.

The 30,000 tons of supplies included 200 cars, thousands of tons of fuel, hundreds of cannons and shells, 100 tanks, 20,000 guns and ammunition, machine tools, military uniforms, radios, medicines, clothes, chocolate, cooking utensils, flour, baking powder, soap, and so on.

The Northeast Coalition Army did ensure that these materials were used in the Soviet battlefield, except for the transportation of raw materials such as machine tools and metals to the Northeast according to the agreement, other materials were not opened at all, and were directly pulled to Lake Baikal.

The Japanese garrison was still in Krasnoyarsk.

The Soviets and Japanese have been facing off here for a year.

For two months, after the Germans had conquered Yekaterinburg in April, a detachment of troops marched along the Trans-Siberian Railway. Attack to the east. The Soviet army was divided into two divisions, one to protect the central retreat to the south, intending to enter Kazakhstan. The other retreated to the east and joined up with the Soviet forces in Siberia. Those Soviet troops are now facing off against the Japanese army.

The Germans were also divided into two parts, pursuing the two Soviet troops. The German offensive with the help of a large number of puppet troops was very fierce.

The Soviet occupation zone has shrunk further, and the situation has deteriorated to the extreme. They are constantly making concessions to China and to the United States at the negotiating table.

The Soviet Union had been secretly negotiating with Germany in an attempt to make concessions to Germany and Japan, but the other side refused to make concessions because the situation was too favorable.

The reason why the Germans were desperately attacking to the east was that the Japanese army was in difficulty. If there is no hope, then they will have to leave the battlefield. In order to prevent the Japanese army from leaving, the Germans had to fight to the death, risking the taboo of being alone to rescue the Japanese.

Krasnoyarsk is a large city in Siberia. It turned out that there were only a few hundred thousand people here. The German invasion and the relocation of a large number of people and factories here. When the Japanese came in, the population and factories began to flee again, and there were only tens of thousands of people left, and they were all old and weak.

Krasnoyarsk is a strategic place where the Yenisei River flows from south to north to the Arctic Ocean. The Trans-Siberian Railway runs from west to east, passing through here. The city is located at the confluence of rivers and railways, in line with all the geographical, human and economic elements of the birth of a large city.

The only downside is that it's located in cold Siberia. The cold has led to a small population and a backward economy. Because of its remote location, there are labor camps, which were founded in 1934 in Krasnoyarsk, with Krasnoyarsk as its capital.

It is a good place to produce aluminum, and in the first two years, several aluminium smelters and metallurgical plants have been built one after another. Just a few years after it was put into production, the war came here.

The Yenisei River originates in Outer Mongolia and flows into the Arctic Ocean from south to north, making it the fifth longest river in the world and the sixth largest in the world. The Yenisei River is the border agreed between the Chinese government and the Soviet government.

Currently, the Japanese occupy the east bank of the river, and the Soviet troops occupy the west bank of the river.

The commander of this force was Lieutenant General Yukio Kasawara, chief of staff of the Kwantung Army. He and several other high-ranking officials of the Kwantung Army escaped by plane from Tonghua and were not captured. The plane flew to North Korea, and later, the officers returned to Japan.

Umezu Mijiro and other officers were recalled to Tokyo to await processing. In the spring, the Northeast Allied Forces attacked the Soviet Far East, and the Japanese army was flanked in front and rear, which was very dangerous. In order to rescue them, Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara was sent to Siberia to attack the Soviet Union with the Germans, with the aim of defeating the Soviet army in Siberia as soon as possible and finding a way out for this unit.

The Japanese harvested a large amount of wheat along the railway. In addition to sending tens of thousands of soldiers to harvest, they also searched for local Soviets and Soviet prisoners of war to work, and for these wheat, thousands of Soviet prisoners of war were killed, and more than 100,000 Soviet civilians were driven away.

The wheat of the Japanese army was stored in two places, one in Krasnoyarsk and the other in the Baikal region. In the spring, the grain of Baikal was snatched away by the Northeast coalition forces, and the Japanese army began to be afraid.

There was a big problem with the rations of the Japanese army. Since the last granary was lost, the food supply has been reduced by 70%. At present, the Japanese army has not much food, there is a small amount of wheat and potatoes, and there is no canned fish at all. All the stuff is only enough to eat for a month.

The railroad behind was broken and there was no logistics, the German army in front was insufficient to attack, and the planes did not have an advantage, and this Japanese army was all on its own.

Now that summer has arrived, the Chinese army is closing on the front line, and the decisive battle is coming.

Chinese troops were on the north flank, east flank, encircling the Japanese from two directions. Now, the Japanese army is surrounded in three directions, except for the south side.

Because the number of Chinese troops was less than that of the Japanese army, they put on a posture of encircling Sanque Yi, and now, it seems that they can't eat the Japanese army at one time, and their teeth are not good enough, so they hope to force the Japanese army into the Gobi of Outer Mongolia and gradually annihilate it.

For this tactical purpose, a series of deployments were launched.

That's when the first U.S. aid arrived.

Lu Zhengcao personally escorted the supplies to arrive, and when the train arrived at the station, he was surrounded by soldiers. In addition to the political commissar, several deputy commanders and commanders all went out to the temporary station to meet Lu Zhengcao.

Zhao Shangzhi boarded the train, saw Lu Zhengcao reading the telegram, saw Zhao Shangzhi getting on the train, and said, "I just sent a telegram to the commander to tell him to arrive safely." You see, it's telegram. ”

Zhao Shangzhi said: "Brother works hard. Look, that's what the commander said. You have more than a dozen trains of supplies at once, and I think the time is ripe for us to attack the general offensive. ”

Lu Zhengcao said: "This is thanks to the Air Force. The Air Force lost a few planes and took out the Germans' planes, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to bring in so many supplies. "It's not far from the Germans, who have captured several airfields, and the German Air Force and the Soviet Air Force of the Northeast are vying for air supremacy.

Liu Yalou also entered the carriage at this time and said, "This is our business." It's a good thing it's a bit far from the German airfield, otherwise we wouldn't be able to parry. ”

Lu Zhengcao said: "This is the list, please ask the commander to arrange to unload the truck quickly, we still have a large amount of materials hoarded in Vladivostok." Various means of transportation were used, and supplies were used at various stations along the way. Therefore, we should hurry up the transportation, in case the Japanese army sends planes to bomb it, it will be troublesome. ”

Qian Jinxin said: "This still needs to be said. We have been looking forward to this batch of weapons for so long, and it will be all unloaded in less than half a day. ”

Zhao Shangzhi said: "Then let's go back to the headquarters and have a meeting with the political commissar to discuss the time of the attack." ”

Several people quickly returned to the command. The headquarters was in a church on the outskirts of the city, and the meeting began, and Zhao Shangzhi said: "With the current transportation speed, how long will it take for the next batch of materials to arrive?" ”

Lu Zhengcao said: "In the future, it will be impossible for such a large number of centralized shipments." Vladivostok takes three days and four nights on the train road here, and if there is an accident, it will have to stop, plus loading and unloading, and a transportation cycle will take a week. ”

Zhao Shangzhi said: "The current supplies are enough for ten days of battle. I think it's time to start. The Japanese army is like a tiger in a cage, as long as they are prevented from being trapped and fighting, they can achieve victory. ”

Guan Xiangying: "This requires the cooperation of the Soviet side." We need to convince them that our tactics are correct. ”

Zhao Shangzhi said: "Fight in the northeast, west and three directions, leaving a hole in the south." Let them flee south. I'm afraid they won't be fooled. ”

Guan Xiangying: "Let's think about it from a different position, if I am a devil, hundreds of thousands of people, being flanked from the front and rear, far from the mainland, and the logistics supply is interrupted, the only reliance is that the German army in front can quickly eliminate the Soviet army and join them." So if the Soviets defeated the Germans, the Japanese would look for a way out. Whatever they do, we are sure that they will be defeated. ”

Zhao Shangzhi said: "Hurry up and contact the Soviet army, what assistance they need, we will give it." ”

The Northeast coalition forces are also nervous. In the face of an enemy several times their size, no one is sure of victory.

These days, there has been a sharp increase in telegraph correspondence between Vladivostok, Yan'an, Chongqing, and several places in the Soviet Union.

Vladivostok made a bad move. This maneuver began to be strictly implemented by the Northeast Coalition Army, hoping to discourage the Japanese and completely change the tide of the war. This trick still starts with broadcasting, first creating public opinion, and then adding action.