October 12, 1941, evening. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Outer Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar.

This time the Soviet official who came was Mikoyan.

Mikoyan received a warm welcome. That night, he talked with these senior leaders and felt that the elimination of the Japanese army was true.

The next day, he visited the barracks again, and saw that the soldiers were very demoralized, their weapons were neat, and there were a large number of war horses.

He asked to see the battlefield. As a result, when he arrived on the battlefield, Mikoyan was taken aback. Although the battlefield was cleaned, it could still be seen that the barracks had been bombarded with heavy artillery. Knowing their military power, he completely changed his opinion. The combat effectiveness of this army is extremely strong.

Mikoyan insisted on seeing their heavy artillery units, and as a result, Lu led him only to see tank units, all Japanese tanks.

At noon, Mikoyan's attaché told Mikoyan that the unit might have highly mobile heavy artillery, presumably near Ulaanbaatar.

In the afternoon, Mikoyan wanted to look at the heavy artillery unit, and Xiaolu had to lead him to see the artillery unit formed from the Japanese artillery that had just been captured.

In the evening, Mikoyan first asked him how many troops he had, and after getting the figure of 400,000, he directly asked him to send troops to help the Soviets fight the Japanese troops in the Far East.

Xiaolu said: "I want to know how the war situation is in your country. ”

Mikoyan bragged: "The war situation in our country is going well, and preparations are being made to counterattack the German army when winter comes, and to try to drive the German army out of the Soviet Union next summer." ”

Xiao Lu didn't wait for Guan Xiangying to say anything, and said, "Comrade Mikoyan, you didn't say the whole battle situation. At present, most of the city of Moscow is occupied by German troops, which is a considerable blow to the confidence of the Soviet people. Hasn't the Central Committee of your country already retreated to Yekaterinburg? The situation in the south was also not very favorable, the Germans did not have huge losses in their forces, while the losses of the Soviet troops were significant. ”

Mikoyan said: "It looks like you know a lot of specific situations. We hope that you will attack the Japanese army and cooperate with us in the fight against the fascists. ”

Guan Xiangying said: "We are willing to fight the Japanese invaders. However, our forces are weak and we are not well equipped. ”

Mikoyan said, "Your firepower is very strong. ”

Xiaolu said: "We have concentrated the firepower of a few troops, if all the troops were so strong, we would have driven the Japanese army out of China a long time ago." ”

Guan Xiangying said: "This is a big decision. We need to report back to our superiors. ”

October 14, 1941. Yekaterinburg, USSR.

Mikoyan reported to Stalin that the commander-in-chief of the road had not promised him to send troops.

Stalin pondered for a long time and said, "I'll just say that they are not communists. Now it can be seen that they are nationalists. He's trying to bargain with me. These abominable margarine!"

Molotov said: "Margarine? ”

Stalin pondered for a long time and said: "They are nothing more than a bunch of peasants and intellectuals. There is no real working class in China, and there is no real Communist Party. ”

Molotov said: "Do they have the strength? ”

Mikoyan said: "This time we saw that the other side had tanks, artillery, and aircraft. They were able to annihilate all 10,000 Japanese troops in half a day, which shows that they have very strong firepower. I see that their costumes are very good, and they are different from my previous impressions. In addition, they have heavy artillery. The Japanese barracks were destroyed only after intensive heavy artillery bombardment, and the lethality was astonishing, and there were many shells. I asked to see their heavy artillery, and they did not allow it. ”

Stalin pondered for a long time and said: "Their combat effectiveness is so strong? Are you sure? ”

Mikoyan said: "I was afraid that my impression was wrong, so I asked the entourage to conduct a careful investigation, and even went to see the airport, and it was true." ”

Zhukov also attended the meeting. He's been getting better lately. Hearing Stalin say this, Zhukov said: "Now, the morale of the Soviet military and civilians is low, and since we evacuated Moscow, the surrender of soldiers at the front has increased significantly. There is one other thing that worries me the most. ”

Stalin said: "Say your fears. ”

Zhukov said: "The Germans received a lot of supplies from us in Moscow, including some winter clothes. These winter coats are enough for a million people. In addition, they occupied the eastern part of Moscow and could get cotton clothes from residents' homes. In this way, the idea of driving the Germans out by winter may not be realized. ”

Stalin said: "The German army has two or three million people, and if one million is solved, other units will still lose their combat effectiveness." With regard to China, I suggest that the Minister of Foreign Affairs go to Chongqing and Yan'an and ask their troops in the northeast to send troops to rescue our Far East. ”

Zhukov said: "At the time of signing the Sino-Soviet neutrality agreement, we had already offended Chongqing. At present, Chongqing is moving closer to the United States and the United Kingdom. This is number one. The troops of the commander-in-chief of the Manchuria Road were completely self-defeating, and no one gave them any salary. Lu is a great man. Yan'an didn't pay him, and he wouldn't listen to Yan'an's orders. ”

Stalin was furious and said: "If we want the Far East, the military strength of the Western Front will be tight." If we don't want the Far East, then the Japanese army threatens our east. We are fighting on two fronts, and now the food brought in from Siberia is threatened. If they do not act, the Japanese army will soon follow the railway and reach Yekaterinburg. Where do we go then? Kazakhstan? ”

Molotov said: "Comrade Stalin, I will leave immediately. However, before I go, I want to know what the bottom line of politics is. ”

Stalin: "The bottom line of the political and political bureau is to press Yan'an, and let Yan'an order this little guy to send troops." This is a clear refusal to give in, and ordered Yan'an to send troops to save the Soviet Union. Who are they to bargain with me!

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1. The phrase margarine, or margarine, comes from a conversation with Stalin in 1944. The arrangement of the United States and the Soviet Union to study the post-war pattern of East Asia should be made the leader of China, or should Mao Zuo be the leader of China? On June 10, 1944, when Stalin met with Harriman, the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, Harriman repeated Roosevelt's statement that Chiang Kai-shek was the only one who could bring China together. The Americans supported Lao Chiang, they felt that Stalin would oppose it. Unexpectedly, Stalin immediately agreed, and said: "Chiang Kai-shek is the most appropriate person in the present situation, and therefore must be supported." Speaking of the Chinese Communists, Stalin said: "The Chinese Communists are not real Communists, they are just 'margarine' Communists." But he also admitted that, despite this, the CCP is a true patriot, and they are resolute in fighting the Japanese.