Chapter 554 is the first to arrive
On May 15, the atmosphere in Stalin's office in the Kremlin was peaceful. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe European war had ended successfully seven days earlier, Berlin had been captured and split in two, and Soviet Russia had not only achieved its strategic objectives, but also gained no less in Europe. Although the United States took the lead in developing the atomic bomb, a weapon of mass destruction, Stalin was not worried. The reason for this was that the nuclear program of Soviet Russia also began to be launched.
This time, Stalin captured many nuclear physicists and engineers in Germany, and the idea was pragmatism. According to the report of the Supreme Military Council of Soviet Russia, the Soviet Union and Russia did not have any problems in the development of nuclear weapons theory, and in three years it could possess an atomic bomb. Stalin was naturally in a good mood when he received such assurances. At present, all his energy is turned to the Far Eastern battlefield. When the atomic bomb exploded on Japanese soil, Stalin was surprised but not overly worried.
Because of the Manhattan Project of the United States, the Soviet and Russian intelligence agencies had already learned about it, and launched a nuclear weapons development program a year ago. The second world war swelled Stalin's personal ambitions to the extreme, and as the victorious power, the confrontation pattern between the two major military blocs of the United States and the Soviet Union had been formed, but the sudden rise of China's military power made Stalin like a fish in his throat. How to confront the United States and how to contain China's rise became the national strategy of Soviet Russia after the war.
Next, how to contain China's rise in the Far East and how to prevent the United States from becoming a dominant power in the Far East and even East Asia became Stalin's thorny problems. He knew in his heart that the United States did not want China to rise, but it wanted to use China to suppress Soviet Russia. How to crack, Stalin, when Japan announced its surrender, had a countermeasure.
At this time, Stalin's face was red, he was in a very good mood, and it seemed that everything was under his control. Stalin refilled his pipe with tobacco and lit it, leisurely swallowed the clouds, and then glanced at his watch.
It was almost time, and he turned on the radio switch. A male announcer with a strong voice said: ", the following is an important announcement, the full text of the surrender announced by Emperor Hirohito of Japan to the world, and we will have a Russian translation at that time. After a piece of beautiful music, the cold voice of Emperor Hirohito was heard: "I am deeply concerned about the major events of the world and the current situation of the empire, and I want to take extraordinary measures to clean up the situation. ”
"I hereby tell your loyal subjects, that I hereby inform the Imperial Government to notify the United States, Britain, China, and the Soviet Union to accept their joint proclamation! It is advisable to remember the whole country as a family, passed on from generation to generation, and believe that the immortality of Shenzhou has a long way to go, and devote all its efforts to the construction of the future, abide by morality, firm morality, and vow to carry forward the essence of the national system, and not to lag behind the trend of the world. Wang'er and other subjects are kind and considerate! ”
After listening to the full text of Emperor Hirohito's instrument of surrender, Stalin was relieved and immediately decided to hold a meeting of the Supreme Military Council. At the meeting, the military plan to send troops to Outer Mongolia was postponed to August. The military council decided to send troops to the Korean Peninsula, Sakhalin Island, Kamchatka Peninsula, and the four northern islands of Japan. In fact, Stalin's daring to do so was a promise made by the Americans at the Yalta Conference. Due to the opening of the second battlefield in the north by the Chinese army, the strategic deployment of Soviet Russia was disrupted. Stalin was worried that the Americans would change their minds, so he naturally put it on hold for a while.
On 20 May, on the US Navy's battleship Missouri, when Japan signed a surrender treaty to the United States, Britain, China, and the Soviet Union, the Soviet and Russian Pacific Fleets launched military operations and simultaneously dispatched troops to the Korean Peninsula, Sakhalin Island, Kamchatka Peninsula, and the four northern islands of Japan. The Eighth Route Army's listening radio station in Mudanjiang intercepted a telegram sent by the Soviet Supreme Command to the Soviet Pacific Fleet. The Americans were deeply surprised and taken by surprise, and immediately telegraphed the US detachment at the Keelung military port to clear out and dispatch, and carried a division of US troops to seize the port of Busan.
At 10 o'clock in the morning of May 20, the Japanese defense troops of Wonsan Port suddenly discovered that dozens of Soviet and Russian warships and a large number of transport ships appeared on the sea. The area heavily defended by the Japanese army was mainly the northern and western coastlines of the peninsula, and the eastern coastline was not defended by many troops. The Russian warships seemed to be coming straight to the port as if no one was in a no-man's land. The Japanese defenders had already received the order to surrender, so no resistance was taken.
The landing of a mechanized infantry division of the Soviet army at the port of Wonsan went very well. The United States learned of the great urgency that the detachment departing from Taiwan would arrive at the port of Pusan tomorrow at the earliest. General MacArthur, commander of the US Pacific Fleet, immediately ordered a transport cluster located in Taiwan to quickly carry a division of airborne troops and parachute into Seoul. The seizure of North Korean territory by the United States and the Soviet Union is nothing more than the result of interests, and the sorrow of the North Korean people is indeed the North Korean people.
In the command hall of the Chongqing Ministry of National Defense, the generals headed by Lao Jiang were deeply surprised and confused by such a change. In fact, Ouyang Jian was also deeply surprised when he received the news that Soviet Russia had sent troops to the Korean Peninsula, history seems to have returned to its original place, is this the will of God? "General Ouyang, Soviet Russia is getting it for nothing, and the Americans let it go, what's going on?" Seeing that Ouyang Jian was silent, Old Jiang asked. Ouyang Jian said: "I guess that at the Yalta Conference, there must be an agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union in private!" ”
"Soviet Russia sent troops to the northeast to fight against Japan, and the Americans promised the distribution of interests in the Far East. Because the Eighth Route Army opened up the second battlefield on the front line of the Middle Eastern Railway, which disrupted the strategic deployment of Soviet Russia, but the secret agreement reached between them in private remained unchanged, and the Americans were dumb and could not say what they were suffering from. "Wouldn't stumping the United States and the Soviet Union cause conflict for the sake of their own interests?" Lao Jiang wants to see this kind of ending.
"Isn't it in the interests of the United States that the Americans, although they have the atomic bomb, will not be at odds with Soviet Russia, and besides, they still have an agreement in private. Principal, the next Sino-Soviet military conflict is inevitable, the United States will use our strength to consume the Soviet army, and perhaps the American military aid you expect will be in hand. "General Ouyang, if a conflict breaks out between China and the Soviet Union, will the Americans be on our side?"
"It will not openly support us, but the US government will continue to provide arms aid in order to curb the expansion of Soviet Russia, this is my judgment!" "General Ouyang, if a border conflict breaks out between Soviet Russia, what are the odds?" "60 percent, I'm confident about that!" Lao Jiang was silent and lost in thought. After the armistice agreement was signed, the Chinese theater was dying, and Eisenhower, chief of staff of the Chinese theater, returned to China to report on his work. In the face of Soviet Russia's sharpening of knives, Lao Chiang urgently needed the attitude of the Americans, and he tried the American ambassador, but did not get any results.
At present, the United States and the Soviet Union are secretly competing, and Ouyang Jian and Enlai are not idle in the office of the Eighth Route Army that day. "On the day of the signing of the Japanese surrender agreement, the headquarters had already ordered the aircraft carrier fleet to set off from the Sanya military port and go straight to Manila. We act on our own, will the Americans stop it? "If we inform the Americans, of course, it will be blocked. But after it became a fact, the Americans have to accept it if they don't accept it, and it is our right to be the victorious country. ”
"Besides, the Japanese detachment in Manila has only more than 20 warships, and the Americans don't look down on it." Enlai continued: "A convoy of transport ships carrying a brigade of troops, weapons, ammunition and supplies has secretly set off from Mawei Military Port, and the target is Natuna Island. According to the information returned from the South Seas, the British Navy was busy accepting the surrender of the Japanese army, and the move on Natuna Island would not be of concern for the time being. ”
"The South China Sea strategy is a big banner, and this is related to the ownership of China's maritime territory in the future. Natuna Island is a key factor in ensuring that the South China Sea does not change. "Brother Ouyang, your strategic layout has finally come to fruition, which is gratifying." "Brother Enlai, I hope that the headquarters will approve the Sakura plan as soon as possible, and the opportunity cannot be missed. Once you miss it, you won't stand a chance. "How sure are you about the Sakura Project?"
"I'm not sure, but I have to gamble. Recently, Lao Jiang seems to be inseparable from me, I hope you will go back to the headquarters! "Alright! I'll leave for Ruijin tomorrow! "This is the auspicious plan of the Sakura Project, you can bring it back to the headquarters to study it. If there are no discrepancies, follow this plan. "I will hurry up and implement it as soon as possible!"
At the end of May, the United States and the Soviet Union divided their occupation zones on the Korean Peninsula along the 38th parallel, and both sides seemed to be happy. Then the U.S. troops began to land on the Japanese mainland, the Philippines, to accept the surrender of Japanese troops. However, the festivities in Chinese mainland seem to mask the dangers.