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Chapter 1454 Unloading the mill and killing the donkey

In the early hours of the morning, Panjiagou east of Hunchun County. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Send you to the side of the road, Jun's kindness will never be forgotten, the hearts of workers and peasants will be bright, and they will always look at each other across the mountains and rivers; sent Jun to the bottom of the big tree, with a few words in his heart, born to the death and killed the widows, and survived in the rain of bullets; The river flows in front of half of the house, and the friendship of the battle has just begun, which can be used with a sharp sword to split the water, and which with a sharp sword can cut through sorrow; Send you to the edge of the border, you can't finish talking about your heart, ride the wind and waves to embark on the journey, and hope that you will return to your hometown as soon as possible. ”

The low singing, accompanied by sobbing, against the backdrop of the torches in the sky, a sad parting feeling arose, and the eyes of many soldiers were full of tears.

Several elderly women of Korean and Hui nationality took the hand of a major commander of the main regiment of the Second Army Corps and reluctantly asked:

"Big brother, when will you come back? If the little devil comes back, how will we folks live? ”

The regiment commander stopped and said solemnly: "Don't worry, aunt and sister-in-law, the devil can't come, the friendly forces of the Anti-Japanese Union have returned to the base area from the coast at night, and they will replace us in the future and perform the duty of defending the villagers." The anti-Japanese democratic government we have set up and a series of policies and regulations promulgated will be fully accepted by the friendly forces of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and the villagers do not have to worry about the devils harming everyone. ”

"Now I can only hope for that-"

A Korean aunt choked up and said: "The devil is not a human being, not only confiscated all the land, let people use high taxes to rent their land, but also gave a specific sowing quota, if you can't complete the task, you will be arrested and imprisoned, and then you don't know whether you live or die." That's how I disappeared...... Not to mention the many humiliating oppressions they face all the time, the most important thing is that they ...... The devil is not a human being, and even asks for the right to the first night of all the women in the place...... It's hard to say! ”

Nearby villagers gathered around and accused the Japanese and their lackeys of sin.

The regiment commander thought for a while, and his eyes became serious: "Folks, if you believe me, if the situation is unfavorable, please go to the city of Poshet in the Primorsky District on the other side of the border, where our group army has a liaison office and a reclamation farm. Some of the villagers who migrated from the Liaohe Plain and the Songnen Plain were resettled there, and our Anjia Army had a battalion stationed there, in order to ensure that the rights and interests of the villagers were not violated, and that they could communicate with the local government in the Far East at any time and play a coordinating role.

"If you don't want to leave your hometown, you can also move north, now the Sanjiang Plain is sparsely populated, the land is fertile, and it is very suitable for everyone to farm. Not all of our troops will be withdrawn this time, except for the troops of Changbai Mountain, Xiaobai Mountain, and Zhang Guangcailing, which will be withdrawn, and part of the main force will be left east of the Mudanjiang River and in the areas of the Great and Small Xing'an Mountains to ensure the safety of the base areas! ”

The villagers were skeptical, but looking at the sincere gaze of the regiment commander, they were a little relieved, and they made up their minds one by one, if the little devil made a comeback, then immediately went into the mountains and forests, dragged their families to the east or north, and only escaped to the territory controlled by the Northeast Group Army could they have a good life.

Many ethnic groups in the Northeast are migrated ethnic groups, many families have taken root in the local area for only ten or twenty years, the concept of the countryside is not so strong, the Northeast Group Army overnight recovered the entire eastern Jilin region dozens of towns and towns of the prosperous military appearance, left a deep impression on people, especially after the establishment of the anti-Japanese democratic regime, the equal distribution of land, the substantial reduction or even exemption of land rent and taxes, so that everyone has a hope in their hearts, now facing the danger of suddenly losing everything, naturally tend to auspiciousness to avoid evil, willing to move towards the army dedicated to the people.

This time, the Northeast Army did not fully follow the advice of the Far Eastern Republic, An Yi even personally called, to several Whampoa teachers to state his views, he pointed out: the northern and eastern regions of the Northeast, including the Sanjiang Plain, is the gateway to the coast of Mongolia and the Far Eastern Republic, the geographical location is extremely important, if the anti-coalition armies that take over can not withstand the crazy attack of the Japanese army in the Northeast, then the Japanese army is very likely to threaten Vladivostok through the Eastern Railway, cooperate with its sea troops, and bring devastating disasters to the Far Eastern Republic. In the same way, if the Northeast Army abandons the Aihui line and the Japanese army goes north to attack the eastern end of the Trans-Siberian Railway line, it will make the Western Expeditionary Army lose contact with the Far East, and it will not be able to take care of each other, and will give it the opportunity to break through one by one. No matter which aspect you look at, in order to ensure the interests of the military alliance of the Far East and the Northeast Group Army, it is impossible to completely let go of the above key areas.

An Yi promised that at present, the interests of the two sides are completely identical, and once the Northeast Group Army is stationed in Mongolia, it is fully capable of eliminating all hostile elements and ensuring the strategic security of the Far East hinterland, and at a critical moment, the Syrian military group may even transfer troops to assist the Northeast Group Army in defending, and as long as there are no major changes in the eastern and western fronts of the Far Eastern Red Army, Mongolia will surely become the most reassuring partner and ally of the Far Eastern Republic.

In conclusion, An Yi requested that in order to strengthen the control of the Northeast Group Army over the Mongolian region and build a solid southern barrier against Japanese aggression for both sides of the alliance, the Far Eastern Republic was requested to consider the current situation of the Northeast Army and provide timely assistance to a certain number of armored combat vehicles, tanks, artillery, and trucks, so as to strengthen the mechanization of the troops.

An Yi's reply has attracted great attention from the top level of the Far Eastern Republic.

In order to take back Mongolia, ensure the interests of the Northeast, and at the same time enhance the combat effectiveness of the Northeast Group Army, An Yi made a bloody investment this time, and attached to the telegram the military strategic materials that will be aided by the Chinese consortium on the West Coast of the United States to the Far Eastern Republic: 200,000 tons of steel, 100,000 tons of grain, 10,000 tons of rubber, and 5,000 tons of various non-ferrous metal fines.

Many book lovers may ask, since there are so many supplies, why don't you support the domestic war of resistance? This is because the U.S. government does not allow U.S. merchant ships to load goods for China and Japan, but if they are shipped by their own merchant ships, they are completely unrestricted. As everyone knows, Japan is the third largest naval power in the world, and the tonnage of cargo ships is second only to Britain and the United States, and even far higher than that of France, the second largest colonial empire.

The materials sent to the Far Eastern republics are different, and now the interests of Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Italy and other countries are almost completely identical, that is, they hope that the civil war of the Soviet Union will be fought as big as possible, in contrast, the Far Eastern Republics on the weak side are in urgent need of blood transfusions from various countries, so that the war within the Soviet Union can last longer, but they are worried about the attitude of the Soviet and Russian governments, and they dare not openly wave their flags and cheer. The fundamental reason for the continuous flow into Vladivostok and then the great replenishment of the various units of the Northeast Army.

After a short period of consultation, the top brass of the Far Eastern Republic finally agreed with An Yi's opinion, and no longer forced the withdrawal of all the troops of North Manchuria and East Manchuria, but demanded that the Changbai Mountain area and the border areas of China, the Soviet Union, and Korea should be controlled by the Anti-Japanese Federation, so that the various departments of the Anti-Japanese Federation can be concentrated in one place, which not only strengthens the momentum, but also can unify the use of troops, give greater blows and threats to the Japanese invaders, delay or fundamentally put an end to the ambition of the Japanese invaders to go north, and defeat Stalin's rule as soon as possible for the Far Eastern Republic. Restore order in the Soviets to buy enough time.

At the same time, in order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Northeast Group Army, the Far Eastern Republic will provide one-time assistance with 300 tanks, 500 armored vehicles, and 800 trucks.

While waiting for the reply from the Far East, An Yi asked Zhao Rui to bring a large map of Northeast Asia and the current archived records of the locations of the various units of the Northeast Group Army, quickly determined the approximate location of the division-level troops, and immediately instructed that the Nianzishan and Zhalantun located at the eastern foot of the Great Xing'an Mountains west of Qiqihar should quickly raise the alert level, especially the pass located in Qiqi Mountain, and strengthen defense to strictly prevent the Kwantung Army from taking advantage of the fire to loot.

The 10th, 11th, and 12th Brigades of the 4th Division of the First Army Corps on the front line of Hailar and Manchuria were immediately ready to be pulled out, and in particular, the cotton shoes, cotton clothes, and quilts to keep warm from the cold were distributed to all departments by the logistics department of the group army at the end of October. After receiving the order to open and pull, the troops should quickly enter the territory of Mongolia along the Kuhutai station road, take over the defense of Krulun City from the hands of the Red Army of the Far Eastern Republic as soon as possible, leave one regiment to hold on, and the rest of the troops rest for one night, continue to advance, take over the defense of the cities of Bailutai, Chechen Khan, Muktu, and strive to plant the battle flag of the blue sky and the white sun and the red ground all over the eastern region of Mongolia within half a month.

The rest of the divisions, with the exception of the troops designated to remain behind, were to rush to the Sino-Soviet border area as soon as possible, by rail to Kyakhta, the Soviet-Mongolian border city, and then march to Kulen, so as to form an established fact, and from then on no one could take away from China the natural barrier of Mongolia, the natural protector of the North China Plain.

An Yi read the telegram and agreed to the proposal of the top level of the Far Eastern Republic.

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Moscow, Kremlin.

An emergency meeting of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union was underway, attended by General Secretary of the Central Committee Stalin, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Kalinin, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Molotov, Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Kaganovich, People's Commissar of Defense Voroshilov, Chairman of the Central Supervisory Commission and NKVD Yezhov, Secretary of the Leningrad City CPC Committee Zhdanov, and Chairman of the People's Commissars of Russia Bulganin.

In addition, the military's General Chief of the Red Army Shaposhnikov, Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Chief of Operations Vasilevsky, Commander of the Moscow Military District Budyonny, Commander of the Kiev Military District Timoshenko, Commander of the Belarusian Military District Pavlov, Commander of the Leningrad Military District Zhukov, Commander of the Ural Military District Sofronov and other generals attended the meeting.

Kuznetsov, the former first deputy commander of the Far East Pacific Fleet, who quietly absconded from Japan and then returned to Germany, respectfully reported:

"Distinguished Comrade Stalin, chiefs, according to what I found in the port of Vladivostok, it is very likely that the government of the Far East is suspected of colluding with a warlord named An Yi in southwestern China. This An Yi, graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, is a student of traitors such as Blyukhel and Lyushenkov, and the two sides have a good relationship, and the songs such as "Evening on the outskirts of Moscow", "Birch Forest", and "Katyusha" are currently sung in the Far East, which are said to have been composed by this An Yi.

"Why should a Chinese warlord go to such lengths to oppose the Soviets? Because this person is a resolute nationalist, in the opposition to Japanese aggression, in order to win the war against Japan, do whatever it takes, I have observed that since the rise of a military organization called salvation in Manchuria, the Far Eastern government suddenly received a large number of capitalist country consortiums, especially the United States and Nanyang Chinese consortium, it is reported that these consortiums are related to the warlord leader, and then it can be speculated that this person is to help him rescue ** in the northeast, so he hooked up with the Far Eastern government, The government of the Far East had long had the ambition of separatism, and the two sides hit it off, and the Blyukhel rebel party split group appeared.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is precisely because of the intervention of external forces and the continuous replenishment of European and American capital that the traitors in the Far East have the courage to confront the central government, openly open the Gugra concentration camp, release millions of counter-revolutionaries, and combine several anti-Soviet forces to finally create the present extremely passive situation. Therefore, in line with the principle of striking a snake and striking a seven-inch attack, I think our top priority at the moment is to force the Chinese government to exert pressure on the local warlords and cut off the source of resources in the Far East, so that our central authorities can maneuver with the Far East Army in a good time and use the strategic depth to slowly drag down the opponent. ”

After Kuznetsov finished his report, he solemnly saluted the big guys, and then returned to the corner of the conference room and sat down quietly.

Stalin picked up his pipe, habitually took a puff, thought for a while, and then said: "Comrade Kuznetsov, thank you for your loyalty to the Party and the revolution for returning to the Soviet Union after thousands of miles, and I am proud of you. However, at present, the rebels have occupied the industrial and agricultural base in the area around Novosibirsk, and the demand for the outside world is decreasing, and even if the negotiations are successful, it will not affect the current situation.

Speaking of this, Stalin stood up, paced back and forth, and then said: "Comrades, let's discuss how to deal with the attack of the army under the command of Yegorov, today they have captured Tatarsk, and they are only one step away from Emysk, once Emorsk is lost, the situation in Western Siberia will be irreparable, and the entire Ural defense line will also suffer a severe blow!" Comrades, you must come up with ideas as soon as possible, otherwise the situation is critical! ”

Kalinin, known as the "gracious grandfather", finally couldn't sit still, stood up and said:

"Comrade Stalin, I think it's time to discuss the question of Comrade Yezhov...... In today's situation, it is not comprehensive to consider the military alone, but should consider it comprehensively from the political, economic, and diplomatic aspects. Politically, in particular, over the past three to five years, certain comrades have mistakenly grasped what you mean and wantonly slaughtered cadres, generals, intellectuals, workers, and peasants at all levels of the party and government, which has caused great losses to our party and at the same time brought about an extremely unfavorable impact.

"Therefore, I believe that while resolutely suppressing the rebels, it is also necessary to give an account to the entire Soviet people on certain issues, otherwise there will be a continuous mass surrender like the one on Lake Baikal in the future, and no matter how wise and resolute our commanders are, there will be no way to reverse the defeat! This can be seen from the suicide of Comrade Levanshevsky, commander of the Western Siberian Military District, in despair, that this problem has reached the point where it cannot be solved until it is solved! ”

Yezhov's face turned red, he stood up and pointed at Kalinin's nose and scolded:

"You old and immortal thing, shameful traitor! How dare you question the political line drawn up by the great Comrade Stalin himself? The campaign we are waging has cleared the opposition of the Soviets, eliminated a large number of counter-revolutionaries, saboteurs and spies, dealt a blow to the arrogance of the former kulaks and anti-Soviets, unified the mind, purified the ranks, and you dare to openly oppose the party and the Soviets on such a solemn occasion without eulogizing such a great achievement......"

Speaking of this, Yezhov put on a humble smile and said to Stalin: "Comrade Stalin, I feel that Comrade Kalinin is no longer fit to assume the post of member of the Central Executive Committee and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet, and I propose that the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs launch an investigation of Comrade Kalinin, and I believe that evidence of his collusion with traitors and betrayal of Soviet interests will soon be found." ”

Surprisingly, Stalin did not behave, as usual, with anger at those who dared to question him, but simply smoked his pipe silently, and after a while said:

"Comrade Yezhov, two years ago I proposed to the Central Committee that you be appointed chairman of the Central Supervision Commission and NKVD, not for you to extend the butcher's knife to your comrades, all along, out of revolutionary friendship and trust in comrades, as well as trust in our Soviet system's strict examination and trial system, I thought that under the mutual restraint of multiple departments, it would be impossible to cause unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, but I never expected that you would act arbitrarily and recklessly by virtue of the status given by the party, not only fabricating evidence and fabricating charges. The absurd assignment of the 'Cheka Three Carriages' (i.e., the special jury, composed of judges, military representatives, and Cheka personnel, which can be directly sentenced to death) and the quota of exile and execution must be completed within a certain period of time, has greatly shaken the prestige of the Party among the grassroots people....."

Yezhov's face became more and more pale, his original self-confidence and arrogance suddenly disappeared, and his eyes became more and more frightened and desperate.

"In the past, I received all the praises of your merits and virtues from all over the world, Comrade Kaganovich, I remember when you wrote to me and said, 'The most important news at present is the appointment of Comrade Yezhov by the Central Committee.' Our father's brilliant and wise decision was well conceived and well received within the party and at home. The General Directorate of State Political Security is headed by the wise Yezhov, and the situation will definitely be good', is there such a thing? Stalin returned to his seat and sat down, knocked his pipe on the conference table, and asked.

At this point, anyone with a slightly normal mind knows that Stalin is going to unload the mill and kill the donkey, not to mention that everyone here is a human spirit.

Hearing the chorus, Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Kaganovich knew what he meant, stood up respectfully, and said with a heavy face: "Yes, respected Comrade Stalin, I was also deceived by Comrade Yezhov at that time. Before he became Chairman of the Central Supervisory Commission and NKVD, Comrade Yezhov was very humble and peaceful, able to listen to the advice of his subordinates in his work, and had a democratic style, and almost everyone who came into contact with him said that he was a compassionate and benevolent, gentle and measured person. I didn't expect that the contrast between him and the front and back would be so big. ”

Stalin nodded, and said: "In the past two years, all I have heard is praise for Comrade Yezhov, such as 'Honorary Anti-Rebellion Worker', 'The Favorite Person of the Soviet People', there are several small cities in Siberia, as well as several universities and secondary schools, all named after Yezhov. ”

Saying this, Stalin stood up and bowed slightly to all the participants: "I'm sorry, comrades, I made a great mistake by believing in a saboteur who had infiltrated us, which brought ruin to our cause, and Joseph hereby sincerely apologizes to everyone!" ”

Hearing the word "saboteur", Yezhov collapsed in his seat, his whole body convulsed, uncontrollable, and allowed Beria, who was his deputy, to lead the NKVD staff to take him away, and immediately interrogated him next door. Subsequently, the results of Yezhov's interrogation continued to come in, and among the crimes to which Yezhov confessed, a large amount of embezzlement** could confirm his fate as an "enemy of the people" and being branded as a political prisoner, in addition to crimes such as saboteur, incompetence and traitor, and he also said that he secretly cooperated with Germany and supported espionage and sabotage. In addition, Yezhov confessed that his private life was not normal, and he was more interested in the same sex than the opposite sex.

Stalin looked at the interrogation record in his hand, shook his head, and said regretfully:

"Yezhov is a painful lesson, he has buried our best cadres, and he is a corrupt person. When I called the People's Commissariat some time ago, they said that he had gone to the Central Committee, and when I called the Central Committee, they said that he had gone to the Supervisory Committee, but I couldn't find him anywhere. Alas, many innocent people have been buried by him, and we must take this as a warning! ”

The audience burst into warm applause.

Although most of the people in the venue at this moment are the beneficiaries of the Great Purge, if there is no Great Purge, and a large number of elders occupy high positions, where will these juniors come to an early stage? Yezhov's purges freed up 90 percent of the government and the military, creating a new class of power.

However, when he was offstage, he naturally longed for others to be unlucky to take the position, and now that he was sitting in his position, there was always a shadow shaking behind him, but he couldn't help but feel uneasy in his heart, lest he become the next target of being poisoned. Yezhov's defeat made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, which meant that the purge would be effectively controlled from this moment on, and his position would be as stable as Mount Tai.

At this Central Committee, the Central Committee made programmatic documents such as "Recognition of the Harmfulness of Yezhov's Counterrevolutionary Clique," "Correct Understanding of the Contradiction between Friend and Enemy," "Return the Land to the People," and "Re-Recognition of Classes -- The Rich Peasants and Middle Peasants Are Also the Working Class," and made a decision to release 120,000 political suspects imprisoned in 476 concentration camps throughout the Soviet Union. Do not be deceived by the counter-revolutionary clique in the Far East, which betrays the country and the nation, unite as one, and defeat the imperialist conspiracy to split the Soviets.

In the early morning of the next day, a group of people dressed in the uniforms of the Far Eastern Army raided a Russian village in Western Siberia, slaughtered ninety-eight villagers, and brutally subjected eleven of them to the young girl. The incident "just happened" to be recorded in a photo by a Pravda reporter who had traveled to West Siberia to cover the news, accompanied by a powerful commentary, and posted on the front page of Pravda the next day.

For a time, public opinion was in an uproar.