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The main force of the Soviet Far Eastern Front was about to move westward under the cover of darkness, but the main force of the Japanese army in front of it pounced on a pack of hungry wolves and began to bite. 《》.，

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It was night, the threat of the Japanese aircraft was basically eliminated, and the Soviet army naturally would not be afraid of the Japanese army, so they immediately turned around and counterattacked the pursuing Japanese army, to repel the Japanese army, and then calmly transfer. The First Army, the Second Army, and the Fifteenth Army of the Far Eastern Front were all engaged in counterattack operations at this time, and the remaining artillery groups and armored clusters of concealment were all launched, and the sound of artillery rumbled.

Although the main force of the Far Eastern Front fought fiercely for more than ten days and suffered heavy losses, the Far Eastern Front at this time was the most elite campaign group in the Soviet Army, and it was well equipped, although the individual quality of the soldiers may not be as good as that of the Japanese army, and the quality of the grassroots commanders may also be different from the Japanese army.

This time, it is in the trap of the Japanese army. After a night of fierce fighting, the main forces of the Far Eastern Front contained the Japanese offensive in all directions, and even launched a local counterattack. However, the situation on the battlefield changed greatly after dawn, and the Japanese Kwantung Army Flying Group and Navy carrier-based aircraft were dispatched on a large scale to search for targets of Soviet ground armored forces and carry out bombing. At the same time, two tank divisions and two mechanized divisions of the Japanese army, which were tasked with outflanking the battle, suddenly attacked, and in one day they actually advanced a kilometer, seeing that they were coming to Chita to outflank the entire Far Eastern Front.

By this time, the Japanese army's plot had been clearly exposed, and the little devils did not intend to expand the scale of the war, as their diplomats said, but only wanted Tsarist Russia to invade and occupy Chinese territory, but to completely and cleanly annihilate the Soviet Far Eastern Front.

If the Far Eastern Front had been annihilated, or if hundreds of thousands of troops had been captured, as had been the case with the Western Military District, the gates of the Soviet Ural region would have been opened to the Japanese army, and the Soviet army would no longer have the strength to block the Japanese army's westward advance into Moscow.

The commander of the Far Eastern Front, General Apanashchenko, panicked, and Stalin panicked.

Of course, panic is not the same as panicking. At this time, the Soviet Defense Commissar remembered Liu Yimin's suggestion, and after taking it out and studying it repeatedly, he immediately ordered the Far Eastern Front to stop the Japanese army's outflanked armored group at all costs, so that the Japanese army could not be encircled. The whole army abandoned the Far East and took Lake Baikal and Trans-Khingan Mountains as the last defensive positions, and defended them to the death, without taking a single step back. At the same time, the USSR Defense Committee ordered the newly formed air force units in the Urals to urgently enter the battle to support the operations of the Far Eastern Front and cover the breakthrough of the main forces of the Far Eastern Front.

Stalin instructed Molotov to immediately summon the Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union and demand an immediate armistice on the condition that the Soviet Union implement Lenin's promise and the two declarations of the Soviet government, abrogate all unequal treaties signed between the Russian Empire and China, and return the territories seized from China after the signing of the Sino-Russian Treaty of Nebuchu; Japan had to immediately stop its attack on the Soviet Union, and the Kwantung Army retreated to its starting positions. The two sides sent a joint investigation team to monitor the ceasefire.

Molotov was reluctant and suggested that Stalin convene a meeting of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to discuss it.

Stalin urgently convened a meeting of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to discuss negotiations with Japan. As a result, as soon as Stalin finished speaking, the meeting hall was fried, and none of the members of the Politburo was willing to give up the Far East, and at least they could not sign an agreement with Japan to abandon the Far East, so as to lay a foundation for the recovery of the Far East in the future.

How could Stalin himself want it? But the situation is stronger than people, and what he regrets most now is that he did not fully take the advice of ** and order the Far Eastern Front to retreat a few days in advance, instead of arguing here whether the Far East should be abandoned or not.

At a critical time, it is shown whether the commander is wise or not.

After smoking a pipe, Stalin stood up and said loudly: "Comrades, now it is not a matter of arguing about whether to give up the question of whether to give up the Far East, but to make up our minds on how to preserve the main forces of the Far Eastern Front. If the territory of the Far East that originally belonged to China can be exchanged for the safe evacuation of the elite Far Eastern Front, this deal is worth it! The Western Front is still waiting for troops from the Far East to stabilize the defensive line! ”

Marshal of the Soviet Union Voroshilov stood up and said: "Comrade Stalin, is it possible to insist on the sovereignty of the Soviet Union over the Far East in the negotiations and acquiesce in the Japanese occupation. After we defeat the German fascists, we will turn back and defeat little Japan and retake the Far East? ”

Stalin was silent for a while, and said lightly: "I also think, the question is whether the Japanese will agree or not." The great Soviet Union is now more critical than ever, and we cannot fight on both sides. This is more important than anything else! ”

The noise in the conference room had all stopped, and there was silence.

Stalin waved his hand: "Okay, that's it!" Comrade Molotov immediately started negotiations with Japan, and one more hour of struggle was victory! Rest assured, comrades, when we defeat Hitler, the heroic Soviet Red Army will take all the Kwantung Army as prisoners! ”

Such a major event was determined in the turbulent waves of the German-Japanese connection.

Of course, Stalin did not know that by abandoning the Far East this time, there would be no chance of recovering it. The future of the Far East lies in returning to the arms of Mother China!

After the meeting was adjourned, Molotov did not stop for a moment, and immediately summoned the Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union, Miji Kenkawa.

This time, Molotov did not curse Miji Jianchuan again, nor did he let Miji Jianchuan go, but said coldly: "Mr. Ambassador, I am instructed to negotiate with the Japanese Empire on behalf of the Soviet Union on the issue of a ceasefire in the Far East and the realization of peace and neutrality between the Soviet Union and Japan. Please immediately convey to your country that we will negotiate with your country with the utmost sincerity and ask your government to immediately order a ceasefire for the armed forces and that the two sides maintain the area under their actual control for the time being. After the completion of the negotiations, the Line of Actual Control between the two sides will be demarcated. ”

It's a real joy to come from! Jianchuan Miji's excited mustache trembled, and he forcibly suppressed the waves in his heart, and Jianchuan Miji asked cautiously: "I don't know what the Soviet government uses as a condition for negotiation?" ”

Molotov was not happy in his heart, and his expression was very stiff, and he asked rhetorically: "What are the conditions of your government?" ”

Miji Kenkawa didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he had to reply: "I need to immediately ask the Chinese government for instructions." ”

Although Molotov's language was cold, he also knew that the Far Eastern Front was in a difficult situation and that dragging it out would only benefit the Japanese army, so he said: "Please ask your ambassador to ask for instructions from home immediately." Our government is waiting for news! ”

Miji Kenkawa immediately returned to the embassy and sent a secret telegram to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reporting that the Soviet Government had requested immediate negotiations on a ceasefire in the Far East and the realization of peace and neutrality between the Soviet Union and Japan, and requested urgent guidance from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The telegram was immediately sent to Prime Minister Fumima Konoe's desk, and Konoe immediately went to the palace to meet Emperor Hirohito. Soon, the Japanese Cabinet Ministers, the Commanders of the Army and Navy, and the Elder Ministers were all notified to attend the Emergency Imperial Council.

Emperor Hirohito took Miji Kenkawa's telegram and read it repeatedly, and when he looked at it, he burst out with a sentence: "It seems that the Soviets are scared of being beaten." We really have to thank the German allies for giving us this opportunity! ”

Chief of the General Staff, Sugi Sugsang Motoko, said: "Your Majesty and the Soviets proposed a cease-fire negotiation at this time, which is a delaying tactic to rescue the main force of their Far Eastern Front that is about to fall into a heavy siege. We can ignore it and continue our march until the Soviet Far Eastern Front is completely destroyed. In this way, the threat from the north can be completely eliminated, and the empire can safely advance south. ”

Fumima Konoe was concerned about how to get oil and ore, and he was hesitant to go south to war with the United States.

Listening to Shansugimoto's words, Konoe Fumima immediately refuted: "Your Excellency the Chief of the General Staff's words sound very beautiful, but in fact they are very difficult to implement.

A small Vladivostok, under the cover of aircraft and warships, has not been captured for so long, let alone others? If the Soviets are pushed to a hurry, they will break the net and fight us to the end, I don't know when the Kwantung Army and the Korean Army will end the war in the Far East. The war in China is proof of this! Whether the Far East will become a second China trap, no one can say. Siberia is so big, full of forests, lakes, rivers, mountains, can the army ensure that it will be able to win for a long time? If nothing else, oil alone stuck the neck of the Great Japanese Empire. Therefore, I propose an immediate ceasefire to negotiate with the USSR, as long as the Soviets abandon the Far East, and there is no need to throw all the main forces of the army in Siberia. As long as the United States is willing to supply oil, the Japanese Empire should actively negotiate with the United States to solve the problem. ”

Hideki Tojo, the prime minister of the land, immediately refuted Fumima Konoe, arguing that the Soviet Union was the Soviet Union and the United States was the United States. Negotiations with the Soviet Union could be carried out, but only if the Soviet Union was completely withdrawn from the Asian sphere. Otherwise, the Army was determined to completely annihilate the Soviet Far Eastern Front and advance westward. As for the United States, it can be concluded from the northward advance that Britain and the United States are no opponents as long as the strategy and tactics are correct and the Great Japanese Army and Navy are invincible. If there is no progress in the talks, the army and navy will resolutely march south to fight and completely expel the British and American forces from Southeast Asia.

The attitude of Sugi Sugi Mototo and Hideki Tojo is so tough!

Foreign Minister Sajiro Toyoda supported Fumima Konoe's proposal, saying, "Your Majesty, wars between great powers end in negotiations. The territory of the Soviet Union was so large, and the vast majority of Siberia was uninhabited and uninhabited, and it was difficult to achieve it if it was to be conquered purely by the army and navy. The Japanese Empire only needed to control the rich land in the Heilongjiang River valley east of the Outer Khingan Mountains. Like Kamchatka and the northern regions, they are barren lands, and there is no need to send an army to fight and garrison there. That's a waste of military power! I heard that Kamchatka has only 113 frost-free days a year, and the maximum temperature of the year is only 13 degrees Celsius. There is no need to waste precious gasoline and good soldiers on such a place! ”

Yes, that kind of barren land used to be a place where prisoners were exiled by the Qing State and Tsarist Russia, where can it be compared to Southeast Asia!

Prince Zairen of Xianyuan Palace coughed twice, and then he played: "Your Majesty, the results of the battle in the north have initially appeared. The Soviets demanded negotiations, indicating that they were aware of the danger. Even if we do not negotiate with them, it is estimated that Stalin will also order the Soviet troops in the Far East to abandon the Far East and retreat to the Outer Khingan Mountains. The vast Outer Khing'an Mountains were a natural barrier for the Soviet Army, and without several months of preparation, it was difficult for the Kwantung Army to break through the Outer Khing'an Mountains. In the meantime, if the Americans entered the war in the European theater, they could delay the pace of the German offensive and allow the Soviet troops on the Western Front to win precious respite. At that time, the mobilized forces of the Soviet rear could all be used against the Kwantung Army. Therefore, the minister believed that it was necessary to negotiate with the Soviet Union immediately and implement a cease-fire as soon as possible, that the Japanese Empire could not fight on both sides, and that the army and navy needed to prepare to go south into Southeast Asia, where there was the oil and rubber we needed, but the Far East did not! However, at the same time as the negotiations with the Soviet Union, military action must not be stopped, and the Soviet forces in the Far East must be weakened by force so that they cannot pose a threat to us. When will the negotiations be completed, the agreement will be signed, and when will there be a ceasefire! ”

The royal meeting was noisy, and the ministers expressed their opinions, but they couldn't hide their excited expressions.

Emperor Hirohito spoke, not in the language of the gods, which no one could understand, but in Japanese with a standard Tokyo accent.

Emperor Hirohito made it very clear that he instructed the cabinet to organize negotiations with the Soviet Union and not to suspend the combat mission of the Kwantung Army until the agreement was signed. As soon as the objectives of the negotiations were achieved, the Kwantung Army immediately ceased fire and implemented the agreement. Negotiations cannot be delayed, the sooner the better, and the Great Japanese Army and Navy still have more important things to do.

As for the conditions for negotiations, Emperor Hirohito put forward several bottom lines: first, the Soviet Union must give up the land occupied in China after the signing of the Sino-Russian "Nebuchu Treaty" and return Manchukuo; the second is to recognize Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands as Japanese territory; third, the Soviet Union recognized Manchukuo; Fourth, the Soviet Union recognized the sovereignty of Mongolia as belonging to Manchukuo.

After several principles were established, Emperor Hirohito told his ministers that it was better for the Soviets to abandon the Far East in the face of pressure than to fight the Soviets to the death. This is much stronger than the fact that the two armies are always at war! As soon as the Soviet Union signed the agreement, it was immediately announced to the whole world that if the Soviet Union was lucky enough not to be destroyed in the future, it would not be able to renew its territorial claims to Manchukuo and the Japanese Empire, that would be aggression!

As for who should be the plenipotentiary representative for negotiations with the Soviet Union, Emperor Hirohito also considered it, and it could only be Miji Kenkawa, the ambassador to the Soviet Union. One is that he has been doing this work and the situation is relatively familiar; In one case, Foreign Minister Sadajiro Toyoda needs to stay in Japan to take charge of the overall diplomatic negotiations because he is also involved in negotiations with the United States.

After the Imperial Council, Emperor Hirohito left Prince Zaihito of the Imperial Palace, Chief of the General Staff Sugi Sugimoto, Hideki Tojo, Umi and Shiro Kawako, and military counselors Toshiichi and Shunroku Terauchi to discuss the issue of southward expansion again.

After the Imperial Council approved the negotiations with the Soviet Union, Fumima Konoe and Foreign Minister Sajiro Toyoda conspired again after returning and worked out specific terms for negotiations, and only then did they send a telegram to Miji Kenkawa, asking him to negotiate with the Soviet Union in the capacity of Japan's plenipotentiary.

Japan and the Soviet Union fought and talked in the Far East!

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