Stalin gave Lin Jun two months off, and he completely followed Stalin's arrangement, regardless of anything in Sochi, did not care about time, and devoted himself to vacation. But everyone around him has discovered something special www.biquge.info Lin Jun used to like to sleep and lazy, but since Andlupf came back, he would get up early every day and practice his sword skills on the lawn alone.

Landscoch, the personal guard, has been paying attention to the chief's actions, "Comrade Andlupf, the chief's knife skills are becoming more and more proficient, and I can see that the chief has integrated into a certain artistic conception. He told Andlupf.

Landscoch knew that this division-level commander comrade was the chief's best brother, and others could not see the changes that had occurred in Lin Jun -- people follow the knife and the knife moves with their hearts.

"I have a feeling that something big is going to happen, and the chief is preparing for it."

"Landscocie, can you tell from Andre's daily actions?" Andlupuf could have a premonition, but only if Andrei told him that he might go abroad to fight, and the guard didn't know it.

"I only feel when the chief is practicing the knife, the chief has adjusted his state to the best, and if it wasn't for the preparation for something big, the chief wouldn't do it."

If you can sit, you don't stand, if you can lie down, you don't sit-this is Lin Jun's consistent style, and everyone around him knows it.

Although the original vacation time was two months, a phone call from Stalin himself to Lin Jun interrupted his vacation. When Fekochinov told Lin Jun that he had a Kremlin phone number looking for him, Lin Jun asked a question that seemed "nonsensical" to others: "What time is it today?" ”

"Chief, today is the 25th."

"July 25th?"

"Yes, July 25th." The confidential secretary's head was swollen when Lin Jun asked.

"It's time to come, too." Lin Jun said to himself, and after speaking, he went into the house to answer the phone.

After 10 minutes, Lin Jun walked out of the villa and said to the people who were playing cards in the garden: "Everyone, get ready, Arkhipov, Andrepf, Vasily, Fekochinov, Snornik and Landeskozy will fly back to Moscow with me after lunch, and the others will take tomorrow's train back to Moscow." ”

"Andrey, what's the important situation?"

This time, everyone fully implemented Lin Jun's "guidelines" for vacation: not listening to the radio or reading newspapers, focusing on their own pastime, and striving to relax completely - which made Andlupf, who had just returned from Spain, very uncomfortable. In fact, they don't have to worry about any emergencies, if there is really any major situation, Alexander in Moscow will definitely notify Lin Jun as soon as possible.

"The Japanese in the east have made a move on China, maybe we will go to China soon."

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The 77 Incident happened on time, exactly the same as the history that Lin Jun knew. The difference is that because of his contact with Kong Xiangxi when he was in England, Chairman Chiang thought of asking for help from the Soviets earlier than in history. And Stalin, after receiving the report of People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Litvinov, first thought of several conversations between himself and Andrei: the only option to avoid a war on two fronts was for China to drag Japan down.

Stalin was about to summon Andrei back to Moscow from Sochi, because the little Andrei had a keen sense of observation that no one else had: Japan would soon take action against China -- this is what Lin Jun had told Stalin.

Since the beginning of the July 7 Incident, Stalin has been paying attention to the war situation in China, but at that time he did not want to recruit Andrei back, but this time China officially sent a diplomatic note, and Stalin knew that the opportunity to train Andrei had come.

Lin Jun was picked up by a modified DB-3, which took off from the airport in Sochi at noon and flew directly to Moscow Central Airport. When Lin Jun arrived in Moscow, it was already dark, and he rushed to the Kremlin without stopping.

"Andrey, China wants us to provide them with economic and military assistance, I would like to hear your opinion." After the meeting, Stalin asked Lin Jun.

"Comrade Stalin, I still have the same opinion: Japan must not be allowed to occupy China, otherwise we will face threats from two directions."

Stalin had a clear understanding of China's demands: the Soviet Union had its own political and military considerations, and that cooperation between the Soviet Union and the Nationalist Government in Nanjing was complex and contradictory on China. Through the "Xi'an Incident", the Soviet Union painstakingly brokered the second Kuomintang-Communist cooperation. Maintain relations with the National Government politically; But at the same time, it also took advantage of the political environment of the second KMT-CCP cooperation to preserve the strength of the CCP.

In terms of international relations, from the standpoint of the Soviet Union, a full-scale war between China and Japan could contain Japan and greatly reduce Japan's pressure on the Soviet Union in the Far East. So the Soviet Union openly supported China in its fight against Japanese aggression. However, the Soviet Union's strategic purpose was to let China hold Japan back and make Japan "move south" instead of "attacking north" in order to ensure the security of its eastern border; The Soviet Union, for its part, avoided war with Japan in order to avoid being caught in a "two-front war" against Germany and Japan.

At the same time, the improvement of Sino-Soviet relations also prompted China to move closer to the Soviet Union in the early days of the war, rather than leaning towards pro-Britain and the United States. At present, Britain and the United States, in order to safeguard their interests in the Far East, adopt an appeased attitude toward Japan -- this is beneficial to the Soviet Union in Sino-Soviet relations.

Now that ****** has decided on the policy of "uniting with the Soviet Union to resist Japan," the Nationalist Government urgently needs to win military and material assistance from the Soviet Union, and also wants to win the Soviet Union to send troops to the war -- on this issue, Stalin has his own decision: he will never send ground troops to participate in the war, but he can provide military assistance, and he can also send volunteer air forces to participate in the exhibition.

"Today we have just signed the Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact with China, and I have decided to provide military assistance to China. I would like to send you to Nanjing, China, as the General Adviser of the Military in China. ”

Although the Songhu War of Resistance had not yet begun, ****** had already proposed to the Soviet Union a plan for air force assistance, because the chairman of the committee now knew that the air power in his hands was pitifully small -- this was what Lin Jun had learned from Alexander on the phone before he set off.

"Comrade Stalin, I want to be the commander of the air force to aid China, I am not very good at diplomacy, and I don't know much about the operations of other branches of the military."

"I know you have this idea, and you still want to fight for bayonets?! This time there is no need to discuss, I have already chosen the commander-in-chief of the Air Force. Your visit to China is an opportunity to exercise, and I estimate that the war that will take place in China will be a war of great scale, and you can go there to experience it. You don't have to be afraid that you are not familiar with the battles of other branches of the military, I will find you someone who understands ground warfare to be your deputy, and I will not let you make jokes. And this time the commander-in-chief of the Air Force is also your man, that Andlupf. I have already spoken to Arxnis (2nd Army Rank, Head of the Air Force of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and Member of the Military Committee of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR) about the selection of pilots, and let him choose them personally, of course, is secret. This time, you take a few people to Nanjing, China, and get in touch with them. Remember, you're going as a consultant, not on the front line, understand?! ”

"Yes, Comrade Stalin!" Lin Junke doesn't care what he is doing in China, he will be "outside" when he arrives in China.

"One more thing you have to keep in mind for me, during this time in China, except for one circumstance, you must be with their central government at all times, or I will immediately transfer you back from China and throw you back to your Chukotzy hometown!"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, I will obey orders."

Before Lin Jun could ask what the situation was, Stalin spoke again, "After you arrive in China, find a suitable time to go to the location of the CCP." Get in touch with them. ”

"Is there any special mission?"

"Not for the time being, just treat it as a friendly visit."

"Another point, this time you may go to China for a longer time, you can bring your wife with you, with Kaya watching by your side, I can also save some heart, and I will issue a formal appointment when the time comes. The rest of the pilots will be rotated, just enough to train the troops without losing too many good pilots. ”

Stalin's trick was clever: in war, the life of a pilot is very short, and if he had been in battle, many old birds who had gone through many air battles would die in unexpected circumstances. If the rotation system is adopted, the old birds who have come down after a period of combat career can return to China as the backbone, and the new pilots will have the opportunity to exercise. And for Vukinskaya's arrangement, it is clear that it is a "special meal" prepared for Andrey - his wife is by his side, see how you go to play with the enemy!

"Remember, your most important task is diplomatic, not military, understand?!" Stalin was still a little uneasy.

"Don't worry, I still want to come back alive to hold the baby."

"It's good to understand. The pilots you have brought back from Spain this time have been arranged, and they will be the commanders of the various flight units below. Originally, it was supposed to arrange for that Andlupuv to be the commander of the fighter unit of the Moscow Military District, but now he can only be demoted to China by a few ranks. ”

"Comrade Stalin, in what way did the pilots choose?"

"This is arranged by Arksnis, you can ask Andlupf to ask him."

"When will I leave this time and pass through the air?"

"Yes, first to Almaty, and then to China."

After Stalin and Lin Jun talked, Stalin personally awarded the "Medal of Late Service" to Andlupuv and Vasily, who were waiting outside, and encouraged them.

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When I left the Kremlin, it was already ten o'clock in the evening. Lin Jun asked Fekochinov: "Do you know the house of the Minister of the Air Force, Alksness?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Andrey."

"Go to his house."

The "Butcher II" who came late at night made Comrade Minister of the Air Force give him a false alarm, and he would never have thought that Lin Jun would come to him at this time.

It should be said that Arxnis is very "grateful" to Lin Jun, because if it were not for Lin Jun's "handling" of Tukhachevsky's affairs, and replaced by Yenov, he, a member of the Military Committee of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR, would definitely be implicated, and it is estimated that he is now not in a warm home, but lying on the cold floor of a special prison - this is the case in history, Arksnis was arrested in June 37 and executed the following year.

Lin Jun did not talk nonsense, and directly told Comrade Minister that he and Andlupuv were going to China, and that he had come to "make demands".

"I don't care about the selection of the bomber unit, I have requirements for the selection of fighters, and at least ten of them are pilots who bombed the Northern Fleet with me back then. Of course, I only need a dozen or so, and the others will be selected according to the original arrangement. As you know, this time we are not only helping China, but we also need to train our troops. ”

Although this Andrei is rude today, Arxnis is not angry at all - people talk like this as their own comrades.

"Don't worry, Comrade Andrei, I won't send a rookie to Comrade Andlupf.

"Knowing that Comrade Arksnis is also a cheerful person, there are some things that we can solve below, so don't alarm the higher-ups." Lin Jun said with a smile.

Alksnis is also an old fritter, of course he knows what Lin Jun means: don't tell the above about his "bargaining".

"By the way, Comrade Minister, you have to be the Minister of Logistics for the troops in China. This time, you have to prepare us with more paper fuel tanks and the latest solidification ******, as well as some 200-kilogram armor-piercing bombs, and I want the latest type 3 for the Yi-16. ”

"You're going to use the I-16 as a dive bomber?" Arxnis immediately heard what Lin Jun meant, and he also said just now that he wanted more than 10 pilots with experience in attacking ships.

"It's just that when necessary, these aircraft are still dominated by air defense. At the moment we do not have suitable dive bombers, and this time in China, we are likely to have a large number of close support missions, and it is estimated that there will be opportunities to attack Japanese warships. It is said that the Chinese side does not have suitable armor-piercing bombs, so we have to prepare some, of course, not too many. The more solidified ****** the better. ”

"No problem, I will definitely do a good job as the logistics minister."

Arksniston paused and said: "This time I want to secretly concentrate the selected pilots for training at the Zhukov Academy, what do you think?" ”

Of course Lin Jun has no opinion, not to mention that this is the arrangement in history, it is still his "nest", and it is not his "world" when he arrives.

"In addition to sending our pilots this time, the above will also provide a large number of fighter jets to the Chinese side, and you may need to coordinate in China at that time."

"I can't coordinate, Comrade Stalin wants me to be with the Chinese central government all the time, and I can't help with the plane pick-up." Lin Jun took out Stalin's words as a shield: how could he care about this "idle business".

At this time, Andlupf, who had not spoken, spoke: "Comrade Minister, how many troops are sent to China this time?" ”

"The first batch of fighters and bombers will each have a brigade, and there will be some more in the future."

"Well, I see that each group is grouped according to the size of the first fighter group I commanded when I was in Spain, what do you think?"

Lin Jun is a "lion's big mouth", he is not afraid that you will not agree.

As soon as Lin Jun stopped, Arksnis thought, "You are ruthless enough!" That First Fighter Brigade was your "Imperial Forest" at the beginning, and the average fighter group was only two of its three winds. ”

Arksnis can think so, but he can't say that, the "prince" can give as much as he wants, anyway, it's not too much: "Okay, according to the establishment of three squadrons per brigade, there will be thirty-six combat aircraft on the front line." As in Spain, one-third of the I-15 and the rest are I-16 III. ”

"Haha, Comrade Minister is refreshing when he speaks!" Lin Jun smiled a little "thief".

Lin Jun knew that the air battle in the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War was very fierce, so he hoped that without violating the record, Andrupf could have enough troops in his hands to make the Japanese suffer a little. This time Stalin's decision was to send two brigades first, and then increase the number of troops depending on the situation, but did not specify exactly how many planes would be sent. Lin Jun also seized Stalin's "loophole" to "play" -- he also knew that no matter how many planes he wanted, he would not be able to solve the logistical aspect, even if he had no time to transport aviation gasoline, and it would be useless if there were too many planes. At that time, the transportation between the Soviet Union and China was very inconvenient, and the supply of the air force to China was likely to rely entirely on air transportation, and Lin Jun did not want to go against Stalin's wishes.

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On the 25th, the first batch of pilots, ground crews and planes assembled at the Zhukov Air Force Academy, adding up to about 500 people. Brand new aircraft were shipped directly from the aircraft factory: the bombers were two squadrons of SB-2 fast bombers and one squadron of the latest DB-3 long-range bombers.

Each flight group said that there were only 36 planes, but Arxnis was very "cooperative" in preparing 12 "reserve planes" for each brigade for Lin Jun, but these reserve planes also had a complete set of crew members -- for this reason, Lin Jun also rushed to thank Comrade Minister for his "reasonable arrangement."

The captain of the bomber group was Kidalinsky, and the fighter commander was Prokofiev, who also participated in the attack on the Northern Fleet commanded by Lin Jun, and 11 of his pilots were also veterans.

The troops conducted intense training in the academy, and this time Lin Jun only participated in a joint exercise: first, he was not a "pilot" this time, so as not to have opinions from above; The second is that he also has a lot of things to arrange.

I went to Uncle Ivan's, visited this relative, made several trips to Alexandria, and received a visit from the Chinese ambassador to the Soviet Union, Jiang Tinghuang.

Vuginskaya didn't think much about leaving for China with her husband, the soldiers had to obey orders, and it was a good thing that her husband left Moscow temporarily. It's just that this time she can't leave her son, but she is relieved to have the Arkhipov family to take care of her.

Stalin originally thought that Lin Jun would leave for China in mid-August, but in mid-August, thanks to the cooperation of Arksnes and the fruitful training, the entire Soviet air force to aid China was ready to leave, and the Chinese side was also ready to welcome him, so Stalin agreed that Lin Jun would set off with the brigade.

On the morning of August 18, 1937, the Soviet Air Force for China bid farewell to Moscow, and all personnel and disassembled aircraft went to Almaty by rail.

Since the expedition was secret, there were not many people on the freight platform to see them off. Lin Jun looked at Moscow in the night on the slowly moving train, "Moscow, I hope I can see you again alive." ”

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