Comrade Roosevelt was in a hurry.

However, Comrade Roosevelt was anxious and vain, and he could not interfere at all in matters between the Chinese and the Soviets.

It's really depressing.

They have a big basket of carrots in their hands, but the people who are waiting for their carrots, whether they are Chinese or Soviets, do not bird them at all.

In this world, the person who can see the world situation most clearly and thoroughly, except for Han Lihong, is Roosevelt.

Han Lihong saw it through because he knew history, and Roosevelt saw it clearly because in this era, apart from Han Lihong, he was the only person who played chess.

Roosevelt's predicament was the same as Churchill's, they wanted to make sure that Germany attacked the Soviet Union, but they didn't want it to collapse.

So, in order to make sure that Germany attacked the Soviet Union, there were some things that they could not do until Germany attacked, but in order not to let the Soviet Union collapse, they wanted to do certain things.

Some of the things they hope to do depend on the Chinese, specifically the Black God Army, and they hope that the Black God Army can contain Yuben.

However, no matter how many baskets of carrots they have in their hands, all they can do in this matter is hope, and there is nothing they can do but hope.

And what distressed Roosevelt the most was that he couldn't see through the Black God Army, he couldn't touch the Black God Army at all, and he didn't know what the Black God Army would do next.

The momentum of the negotiations was so great that no one could find out, but in Roosevelt's view, the biggest suspect was the Black God Army, because, undoubtedly, China had already completed the war mobilization through this.

There is no doubt that the Black God Army will take the opportunity to take back the Northeast, what makes Roosevelt worry is how ruthless the Black God Army is, and how ruthless it can be?

Or, it can also be said in another way, that is, to what extent can the Black God Army be consumed by profit?

If the Black God Army ignores it, it is so dark that they have to force the Soviets to spit out those lands, then it will be really dangerous.

The Chinese may not be so careless, and the Chinese will definitely want to grasp a balance point, but this balance point is dynamic and changes rapidly.

What's more, where the balance is, it is related to everyone's vision, and vision is the most difficult to assess.

What do the Chinese do, no one knows? In his own shoes, Roosevelt could have made a judgment, that is, the Chinese themselves did not know, because there were too many mixed interests in it.

Roosevelt was anxious because the war situation was changing rapidly, and the role of the Chinese may be small, but it is more likely to be a matter of life and death for the Soviet Union, and once the Soviet Union is finished, then the United States will be in danger.

Perhaps, it was time to force Yuben to go to war against them, but it was not in the interests of the United States to enter the war too early, and the best time for the United States to enter the war was when the Chinese, the Yue, the Soviets, the Germans, and the British were exhausted.

Roosevelt rarely hesitated to do things, but at this moment, he picked up the pen and put it down after thinking about it for a long time.

-- Han Lihong sighed, he did not understand that Germany had obviously amassed 190 divisions, totaling about 5 million men, more than 3,800 tanks, 50,000 artillery pieces, and more than 5,100 planes on its eastern border with the Soviet Union, but the Soviet Union had no reaction to this and was not at all on guard.

It's incredible!

In all military districts on the western border of the Soviet Union, the headquarters at and above the corps level are still stationed in cities, and the troops are also conducting camping training as usual; only a few companies are on duty in the positions of the divisions in the front, the communications units of the military districts are still participating in national defense construction; field artillery and antiaircraft artillery are still shooting targets at shooting ranges or conducting training in military districts as usual; and the planes of the Soviet Air Force are mostly concentrated at a few airfields.

With such a large number of German troops on the border, why did Stalin not react? Is this outrageous incident just a consequence of the anti-rebellion campaign?

Han Lihong was puzzled.

Han Lihong was puzzled, and Molotov also did not understand, he did not understand whether the Chinese were too stupid, or if there was something hidden that he did not know.

The Chinese are very patient with the negotiations, without the slightest impatience and impatience, and in Molotov's opinion, the Chinese are simply performing with them, and do not want any remuneration.

The Soviets were nervous at first about the increase in troops in Manchuria, but then they were relieved that they were going to Jinzhou and the Linghe River to prevent the Chinese.

In an extremely friendly atmosphere of negotiations, the time came on June 22, 1941.

On this day, at 3:30 a.m., on a long border stretch stretching from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, the Germans launched a surprise attack on the Soviet Union with three army groups: Northern, Central and Southern.

-- The moment he learned of the German attack, Stalin was drenched in cold sweat, and he realized for the first time what a dangerous situation the Soviet Union was in!

Subsequently, the situation deteriorated.

In the west, the German army was overwhelmed; In the Far East, the army has increased its troops in a big way.

On 1 July, Molotov, the No. 2 person in the Soviet Union, first deputy chairman of the People's Commissariat of the Soviet Union and vice chairman of the National Defense Committee, arrived in Yanjing to personally preside over the talks between China and the Soviet Union.

That night, the prime minister and Molotov sat down at the negotiating table.

After sitting down, Molotov asked bluntly: "Comrade Prime Minister, what can you do if we sign a contract?" ”

The prime minister's eyes were blazing, and he said: "Comrade Molotov, our strength is not enough to storm the positions held by the Japanese army, so we will adopt another way of fighting." ”

Molotov asked: "What is the way to play?" ”

"We will send hundreds of capable small troops to penetrate deep into the entire northeast to sabotage railways, destroy factories, and crack down on local pseudo-political axes." After a pause, the prime minister added: "Comrade Molotov, this is called blooming everywhere. ”

Molotov was a great expert, and when he heard this, his eyes lit up, and if he did this, it might be more effective than storming the army.

Molotov knew that this was the bottom line that the Chinese might agree, so he did not dwell on this issue and began to negotiate with the substantive surname.

In fact, in these days, most of the bottom lines of both parties are almost touched, and then they are waiting for the signing.

Now, the two sides are competing with each other's fierceness, but it is clear that the Soviets are completely inferior to this contest.

Molotov knew that this contract would have to be signed sooner or later, but this word was really difficult to sign.

Once this signature is signed, with the current situation, it will not be so easy to get back the land that was sent out in the future.

This is not the case now, and it will not be the same as it was in the future, because the dispute between the two countries is no longer just a matter between the two countries, and the involvement will be extremely complicated.

What's more, more importantly, China is no longer the poor and weak country it used to be.

Therefore, this signature has a great impact, and it is very big.

On the surface, the Soviets looked down on the Chinese, but in reality, Stalin, he, and many Soviets would not tolerate China becoming strong.

No great power wants a strong neighbor, not to mention, historically, the Soviet Union has encroached on China's interests too much.

If this signature is signed, and these lands are acquired by the Chinese, then there is no doubt that a strong China will surely appear in the Far East.

Moreover, if this signature is signed, what is the effect and whether it is worth signing, it is impossible to have a result until the last moment.

Molotov's IQ is extremely high, since he was a child, he rarely had no ideas, that is, when he was young, he fell in love, and he rarely couldn't make up his mind.

I can't make up my mind on a big matter, and now it's the first time.

-- On 4 July, Molotov returned to Moscow.

When he arrived in Moscow, Molotov found that the situation was even more eroded than he already knew.

Due to their lack of preparation, at the beginning of the war, 66 airfields in the west were heavily bombed by German planes, and more than 1,200 planes were lost in half a day, of which more than 800 were blown up at the airfields before they could take off.

The western cities, naval and air bases, and communications facilities were seriously damaged by the German air forces, and the command organs of the border military districts were basically paralyzed, and the German troops advanced 50 to 60 kilometers on the first day of the war.

This blind command aggravated the situation at the front.

In the first week of the war, the Germans fought extremely smoothly by virtue of their sudden attack, superiority in weapons and equipment, and the fact that the army had already been mobilized and concentrated and had combat experience.

The Red Army was simply vulnerable, crushed, and was divided, encircled, and annihilated by the German army piece by piece.

Army Group Center has advanced to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, the advance of Army Group South has approached Kiev, and Army Group North has crossed the Western Dvina.

In the face of the German army that came prepared, the Red Army was caught off guard, and although the political axe took emergency measures to change the forward military district into a front army and set up a Soviet army high command, because a large amount of work could not be prepared before the outbreak of the war, it suffered a serious defeat at the beginning of the war, and because the Red Army had outdated equipment, the poor quality of its command personnel, and the wrong judgment of the enemy's main attack direction, and so on, the war suffered heavy losses to the point of jaw-dropping in just a few dozen days.

In the large conference room, Stalin sat in the first place, his expression extremely solemn.

In front of each of them was a top-secret document that recorded the losses of the nineteen days of the war.

Twenty-eight divisions were completely annihilated, 70 divisions lost more than half of their weapons, 2,134 trains of munitions, 3,300 artillery pieces, 2,137 aircraft, 1,543 tanks, and 300,000 Red Army troops were captured...... And that's just the numbers.

Today, the topic of the meeting is very large, strategic, but in fact, there is only one specific one, and that is the issue of negotiations with the Chinese.

In the past, the purpose of negotiating with the Chinese was to hold Yuben and prevent Yuben from luring the Germans over, but I did not expect that the Germans did not need to lead, so they came by themselves.

Now, when negotiating with the Chinese, their needs are a thousand times more urgent, because their situation is a thousand times more critical than before.

In the past, the purpose of negotiations with the Chinese was to negotiate and delay, but now, there must be a conclusion.

Now, the Soviet Union needed any power to contain the capital. What's more, now only the Chinese can contain himself.

With the Chinese contained, the possibility of the Ben launching an attack is smaller, and more importantly, once the Ben launches an attack and whether or not to sign a contract, the Chinese's reaction will certainly be very different.

As usual, after Stalin's opening remarks, he began to ask for the opinions of the crowd.

Third Deputy Secretary ** Nov was the first to speak, and he said: "Dear Comrade Stalin, I think it is inevitable that the Chinese want to recapture Manchuria, and the Chinese will not let go of this opportunity. Therefore, no matter whether the Chinese launch an attack or not, I will not relax my defense against the Chinese. Moreover, the Chinese will never want to see us really defeated, because then China will be in danger. So, I think these two factors should be fully taken into account. ”

Stalin nodded slightly.

Subsequently, several more people made their comments. In the end, Stalin's gaze fell on Molotov's face.

Everything that should be talked about has already been talked about, and now it is the time of life and death for the country, Molotov's eyes are resolute, and he said: "Comrade Stalin, we cannot afford to take this risk, I think it is necessary to sign." ”

After pondering for a long time, Stalin nodded silently.

-- The next day, Molotov returned to Yanjing.

This time, the negotiations really began, and the two sides fought fiercely for every inch of land.

-- Negotiations continued, and the situation in the Soviet Union became worse and worse.

On 15 July, the German Army Group Center captured Smolensk, the gateway to the capital Moscow, encircled more than a dozen divisions of the Red Army, cut off the Minsk-Moscow road, the most important communication artery in the western part of the Soviet Union, and set up the headquarters of the German Army Group Center here.

At this time, the Germans were only 380 kilometers away from Moscow.

As the situation continued to deteriorate, Molotov, despite his talents, had to step back at the negotiating table.

The Chinese who participated in the negotiations were called happy in their hearts!

-- On 18 July, when the text of the treaty was finalized, the prime minister told Molotov that this was the final bottom line and that there could be no more changes.

In the final text, the names of the land returned by the Russian side to the Chinese side are as follows:

1) About 250,000 square kilometers west of the Khing'an Mountains and the Erguna River.

2) About 100,000 square kilometers to the south and southwest of Lake Baikal.

3) Sakhalin Island is about 100,000 square kilometers.

4) An area of about 460,000 square kilometers west of the Mingtong River, north of the Heilongjiang River, and south of the Waixing'an Mountains 5) About 430,000 square kilometers near Xingkai Lake east of the Mingtong River and the Ussuri River.

6) About 430,000 square kilometers from the sand-stained Dabaha to the Green Ridge.

7) From the yin of the Tianshan Mountains in the southwest of Ili, from the Namahalek Pass to the Karda in the northwest of Ili, about 20,000 square kilometers.

8) Near the Irtysh River and Jaisangbo, about 20,000 square kilometers.

9) Pamir, the extreme western region of Xinjiang Province, about 10,000 square kilometers.

10) About 1.1 million square kilometers in eastern Kazakhstan and southern Novosibirsk.

In addition, there was a supplementary clause that from the date of the signing of the treaty, the Soviet Union must sever all ties with Outer Mongolia, and any contact must be carried out under the authority of the Central Government of the Federal Republic of China.

As for the responsibilities that the Chinese side needs to bear, it is a secret clause and will not be made public.

Molotov's weight is dropping every day, and as the signing deadline approaches, it looks like Molotov is about to be crucified.

Molotov was like this, and the rest of the Soviets were similar to Molotov.

No Chinese sympathized with the Soviets, and the more Soviets were like this, the more painful the hearts of the Chinese became.

This bad breath has been held for too long, and it is too deep!

-- July 23.

On this day, the weather in Yanjing City is called a good one!

A rainstorm in the early hours of the morning wiped out the heat and dust, and now the sun is shining, but it is not strong at all, and there is a fresh breeze blowing from time to time.

In Huairen Hall, bursts of hearty laughter came out from time to time.

Prime Minister, Han Lihong, Feng Yuxiang, Song Qingling, He Xiangning, Fang Zhenwu, Huang Yanpei, Zhang Lan, Yu Youren and others were all present, and everyone's faces were full of irrepressible excitement.

Chinese, suppressed for too long, too long.

Today is a milestone.

Before today, China had always been the fate of chess pieces, bullying and fiddling with the great powers at will, but after today, although they are still extremely poor, the Chinese are chess players.

At 8:20, the Prime Minister went out to greet the guests.

At 8:30, the guests entered Zhongnanhai one after another.

The first wave was journalists, including Chinese journalists and journalists from other countries around the world.

The second wave is the elites from all walks of life.

The third wave was the ambassadors of the United States and Britain and other countries living in China, and of course, including Soviets such as Molotov and the Soviet ambassador.

At 9:20 a.m., in the presence of US Ambassador to China Comax and British Ambassador to China Pieters, the Prime Minister was the signatory of the Chinese side and Molotov was the signatory of the Soviet side, and they signed the text of the treaty.

At 9:40 a.m., the press conference began.

The prime minister first answered reporters' questions, and finally, Han Lihong appeared in the finale.

"Big boss, I am a reporter from Tianjin Ta Kung Pao, and my name is Han Chuyu." Ta Kung Pao's Han Chuyu was the first to get a chance to ask questions.

"Big boss" was originally used to refer to the bandit leader, but now in the whole of China, there is no more affectionate title than these three words.

Han Lihong nodded.

Han Chuyu continued: "May I ask the big boss, after the treaty is signed, are we going to send troops to recover the Northeast?" ”

Sinking down, Han Lihong said: "Our current strength is not enough to recover the Northeast, according to the original expectation, we need ten years to restore the national strength, and then we will start the work of recovering the Northeast, but now the situation has changed, and our actions must also change, we have formed the Outer Mongolia Legion, with General Peng Dehuai as the commander of the Outer Mongolia Legion." ”

"After today, once the Soviet Union launches an attack, the Outer Mongolian Army will cooperate with the Soviet Red Army to jointly attack the Soviet Union." After a pause, Han Lihong continued: "In addition, we have also formed eight major army corps, including the Inner Mongolia Legion, the Northeast Legion, and the Jinsui Legion, which can launch a full-scale attack on the Northeast at any time. ”

As soon as Han Lihong finished speaking, Molotov on the side was stunned.

(To be continued)