"General Political Commissar, General Political Commissar! Wake up, wake up! ..., Zhou Elai was woken up from his sweet sleep by this rapid and stiff shout. Since the beginning of this war, the de facto head of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army of the Chinese Revolution moved the marching chuáng into the war room of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission.

The battle situation in the past two days seemed to be relatively smooth, and after encountering a sudden blow, Zhang Xueliang's army of more than 100,000 finally stabilized the situation and fought a positional battle with the bandit army in the great wilderness west of Heilongjiang. Although he was still pressed and beaten by the bandits, there should be no more sudden collapse, at best, it was just a slow bleeding process. Anyway, no one expected Zhang Xueliang to defeat Wang Zhongyi, as long as he could contain part of the opponent's main force. What really played a decisive role was the attack of the main force of the Red Army on Fort Gu Zhongyi in Dongméng. The 150,000-strong army had been on the march for two days with all the artillery and baggage, and in eight days it would be able to reach the city of Zhongyibao. Of course, Zhou Elai didn't expect his opponent to surprise him without noticing, and the other party was not Zhang Xueliang. But it doesn't matter, what can Wang Zhongyi do if he notices it? He did not have the strength to break the attack of the main force of the 150,000 Red Army, unless the troops of Heilongjiang were transferred back to Ménggu and all his forces were concentrated...... This situation could not be better, and the western part of Heilongjiang could be controlled by Zhang Xueliang's army. Then we can slowly fight a protracted war with the Trotskyists, at least for three or five years, but we must not wipe them out all at once, otherwise the Soviet Union's assistance will not come so quickly. Just yesterday, GC International Adviser Miff and Soviet Military Adviser Chuikov had agreed to equip the Red Army with five more Soviet divisions, not copycat light infantry divisions, but regular infantry divisions that were attached to the artillery regiment like the Soviet Red Army infantry divisions, and each artillery regiment also had an artillery battalion with 12 M1910 122mm howitzers. General Political Commissar Zhou, who was in a good mood, also hosted a banquet for the Soviet military advisory group in the evening, and drank a little more than moderation, and was woken up so eagerly when he was sleeping sweetly!

Zhou Elai yawned and sat up from the marching chuáng, and after dozens of seconds, he felt that his consciousness had returned to him a little. When he opened his eyes, which were a little hazy from sleep, he saw his secretary and Xi Xiangying, the head of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, standing in front of his chuáng. The secretary's face was already blue, and although Xiang Ying tried his best to make a calm appearance, the sweat rolling down his face told others how nervous he was now. An ominous premonition suddenly enveloped Zhou Elai's heart: "Comrade Bocheng, what happened?" ”

Xiang Ying gritted his teeth and said resentfully: "General Political Commissar! Just received a telegram from the Heilongjiang Front Army, Zhang Xueliang issued an order to retreat on the whole line at about 10 o'clock last night...... The retreat was not well organized, and it turned into a rout of more than 100,000 people who dropped their heavy and heavy weapons! Heavy losses in the troops ... Comrade Ye Ting and Comrade Zhang Guotao also reported through a secret radio station that Zhang Xueliang ordered the withdrawal of troops because the intelligence personnel on the Hailar side had discovered a large reinforcement of the bandits...... If this information is true, the main force of the Tuo bandit army has already reached Heilongjiang! ”

Zhou E stood up from the marching chuáng as soon as he came, walked around the floor of the war room barefoot, and finally walked up to Xiang Ying and shouted: "This Zhang Xueliang! If you really want to retreat, you have to organize it well! How can there be a reason for more than 100,000 people to abandon their rice and flee in one go? How can he also graduate from the Japanese Army, and after fighting for so many years, why doesn't he even have this common sense? Why didn't Zhang Guotao Ye Ting stop it with all his might! Zhang Xueliang was confused...... Are they confused? ”

Zhou Elai turned around a few more times, calmed down a little, and walked to the map table: "Now that the Heilongjiang Front Army is defeated, can Harbin still hold on?" Comrade Xiang Ying, do you have any plans at the headquarters now? How many reserves do we have in our hands? ”

Xiang Ying took out a handkerchief and wiped his sweat, and said with a wry smile: "General Political Commissar, we don't have many available soldiers in our hands now." Five corps under the command of Commander-in-Chief Zhu to fight in the east, one corps in Baotou, which cannot be moved, and another corps commanded by Feng Yuxiang to guard in Chahar, Jilin Province now only has the newly formed Red Artillery Division and the Central Guard Division and some local armed forces, if the Kuomintang wants to do it now, our situation can be ......,

Hearing the three words of the Kuomintang, Zhou Elai's mood that had just calmed down was a little moved, and he turned to look at Liu Bcheng: "Is there any change on the Kuomintang side?" Did Li Zongren send someone to contact him? Did we show him our kindness, and ...... Is there any news from Gu Shunzhang? In Li Zongren's headquarters there were our comrades. Xiang Ying sighed softly: "Although the Kuomintang army in Liaoning has been conducting live-fire exercises in the south of Siping in the past two days...... However, there were no further provocations. According to investigations, their demobilization work is also still on schedule... carried out, and every day a considerable number of veterans left by train...... The Kuomintang was preparing to train these people, as if they would return to their hometowns to serve as village police inspectors. In addition, Comrade Gu Shunzhang did not report any important information to the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, except for ..............., except for rumors that the Trotsky army was preparing to invite Trotsky himself to Ménggu ......"

"What? ..., the muscles on Zhou Elai's face tightened, and he said thoughtfully: "Let Gu Shunzhang come over, I will ask him personally." After saying that, his gaze turned back to the military map! What is HQ going to do? Let Zhu D's army march east through the Xing'an League and return to Jilin? ”

Xiang Ying thought for a while and nodded: "This is the safest way, or it is a desperate bet to fight Zhongyi Fort." Now that the main force of the bandits has advanced eastward to Heilongjiang, Zhongyi Fort must be empty, and our 150,000-strong army will definitely win. However, the fortifications around Zhongyi Fort were strong, and our troops were afraid that it would take ten or eight days to take them down. At that time, I don't know if Zhang Xueliang can still hold Heilongjiang. And...... And I have one more concern......"

"Worried about what?"

"I'm worried that Zhang Xueliang won't wait for reinforcements for a long time, and he will lead his troops to join the bandits! His subordinates Jiang Dengxuan, Zhang Zuoxiang, and Yu Xuezhong are all close to Wang Zhongyisi, and it is possible that the Kuomintang is also behind this matter! Xiang Ying lowered his voice and said the hidden worries in his heart almost word by word.

Zhou Elai took a deep breath and calculated nervously in his heart, he knew very well that his old friend Zhang Xueliang would never take refuge in the Trotskyists, because in his opinion, he was sorry for his friend's unrighteous act. But he won't fight all his capital for his friends, although now he hangs the G7 signboard, but after all, he is still a military que, and if he is a military que, he will definitely put saving himself in the first place! What's more, what is being fought now is not a national war, but an inexplicable "Sutuo war", in which the G7 people of the "China" country are fighting for the internal disputes in Soviet Russia. Even Zhou Elai himself has no positive xing, let alone Zhang Xueliang? This eldest young master, who is often hot-headed, is most likely going to do something about armed mediation, which not only preserves his strength, but also sells himself to curry favor with the people of the whole country.

"Comrade Xiang Ying, we can't ignore Heilongjiang and Zhang Xueliang now, cancel the plan to attack Dongménggu..., transfer one corps back to defend Rehe, one corps back to Jilin, and three corps to Heilongjiang to strengthen the defense there." Zhou Elai was silent for a long time, but still gave the order to withdraw his troops from Ménggu.

At this moment, the light at the door of the war room dimmed, and I saw the GC who also looked a little haggard

International Advisor Miff walked in from the door with his head bowed, and as soon as he saw Zhou Elai and Xiang Ying, he asked in a voice full of anger: "The Heilongjiang Front has been defeated by the bandits!" What's going on? How could hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers be defeated by tens of thousands of bandits? The USSR gave so much aid, how could they still be defeated! Comrade Zhou Elai, can you tell me who should be responsible for such a fiasco? It's you! Or is it that Zhang Xueliang? ”

"Comrade Adviser is right! When did our Red Army fight such a defeat? In my opinion, this defeat is not that our strength is not as strong as that of the terrorists, but that there are sympathizers and even terrorists within us! Immediately after that, Wang Ming's slightly moving voice came in from outside. This Wang Ming just finished his "internal communication activities" the day before yesterday and took a plane from Wuhan to Changchun, but he didn't expect to get such a good opportunity in just two days!

"We should immediately carry out a purge in the Heilongjiang Front, be clear about all the internal tasks of the bandits, and truly change the Heilongjiang Front Army into a revolutionary!" Wang Ming, who strode into the room, waved his fist and said loudly: "This is a necessary prerequisite for defeating the bandits!" Only by eliminating the trolls from within us can we defeat the terrorists from within! ”

Seeing Mifu and Wang Ming running one after the other to make trouble, Zhou Elai calmed down and said coldly: "Then how about asking Adviser Mifu and Comrade Wang Ming to go to Harbin to be responsible for the suppression?" ”

Wang Ming was stunned when he heard this, and his high interest was immediately suppressed, and he said with some annoyance: "E."

Come comrade, we really need to clean our interior, which is also what GC International means. ”

"By the way, I have just received news from the Kuomintang that they have sent people to Turkey to ask Trotsky himself to go to Méng Gu to preside over the overall situation." Zhou Elai turned his head, looked at Mifu and Wang Ming, and said with a deep smile: "It is obvious that Trotsky has entered into a relationship with Chinese imperialism,

Anglo-American imperialism has colluded together, and now the life of the world and China has reached the most critical moment! We need to report this news immediately to the GC International and Comrade Stalin, and as to whether or not to carry out a purge in the Heilongjiang Front, we should wait for further instructions from the GC International. ”

Moscow, Kremlin.

"Where did this information come from?" Stalin, after a brief moment of shock, immediately asked.

Menzhinsky, head of the General Directorate of State Political Security of the Soviet Union, took out a telegram: "This is the information provided by the Chinese and G. sides transmitted by the GC International, according to the reports of the Chinese and G. sides, the Trotskyist activities in China have always been secretly supported by the Kuomintang, and this time the Kuomintang is intent on bringing Trotsky to Méng, preparing to use him to subvert our Soviet motherland and usurp the power of the country. ”

Stalin's god became serious, and he knew very well in his heart that the man who posed the greatest threat to his power in the world was Trotsky! Not only did Trotsky have a large number of supporters within the Soviet G7 and in the Red Army, but he was also the successor to the cause of GC doctrine supported by Lenin!

If it weren't for the fact that Trotsky was not ruthless, he would have been the one sitting in the Kremlin right now.

What made Stalin even more jealous was that even though Toloingki had failed, his followers still refused to give in and continued to move around trying to overthrow their own rule. Although the activities of these people in the Soviet Union have been curtailed after several years of continuous repression, who knows how many remnants of Trotsky are lurking in the party and the army?

If Trotsky had a base in Méng Cuba where he could carry out his activities, and 200,000 troops under the banner of Trotskyism in China, and then he would have colluded with the latent Trotskyists in the Soviet Union...... The consequences are unimaginable.

"Comrade Molotov, how is the attack launched by the Central G against the Trotskyist forces of the [China" country?" Stalin turned his head to look at Molotov, who was standing next to Menzhinsky, and after Bukharin was defeated, Molotov was actually in charge of the work of the International.

In this time and space, due to the successive events of the September 18 War of Resistance and Wang Zhongyi's rebellion, as well as the unity of the Trotskyists and Wang Zhongyi, the focus of the work of the GC International was also attracted to the East.

"It's not going well." Molotov's original focus of GC International's work was not suppressed, it was the work of the State Political Security Bureau, but at present, Wang Zhongyi's trust is not something that can be suppressed by the defense fighters, so GC International has to join in this work. The specific division of labor is that GC International is responsible for military support, and the General Administration of Political Security is responsible for political protection, but the problem is that the Trotskyists' skills in fighting wars are obviously better than playing politics!

Molotov hung his head and replied in a feathered voice: "The Heilongjiang Front of the Central G was defeated by the Trotskyist forces, and the troops suffered heavy losses......... Now it is retreating in the direction of Harbin. The Chinese and the G have now cancelled the plan to attack Méng Gu and have sent troops back to Jilin and Harbin, and they also want the Soviet Union to continue to provide assistance......"In addition, Comrade Mifu, an adviser to GC International in the Chinese G, also suggested that the anti-terrorist work be carried out in the Heilongjiang Front, and he suspected that the failure of this operation was due to the presence of Trotskyists in the Heilongjiang Front. ”

"Before Miff went to China, there was not a single Trotskyist there! And now there are 200,000 Trotskyists! Does this Mifu want to turn Zhang Xueliang's hundreds of thousands of troops into Trotskyists? It should be checked by the Political Security Bureau to see if this Miff himself is a Trotskyite who has slipped through the net! This bastard! ”

In the face of Stalin's anger, Molotov and Menzhinsky were both a little trembling, and both knew very well that Stalin was preparing to appease the powerful factions of the "Chinese" "Revolution" who had been "forced" by Mife to be cornered. Now Trotsky, the Kuomintang and the Trotskyists are about to unite to "attack" the Soviet Union! The only thing that Stalin could counter was the center, so now he can only vigorously woo the powerful faction of the center, and he must not "force" these people to the side of the Trotskyists. The unlucky Miff has been playing the role of the Emperor of Zhongg, and the relationship between him and the local powerhouses of Zhongg is tense. Now in the face of the growing Trotskyism, Stalin had no choice but to sacrifice Miv to appease the powerful faction of the Central G.

"We can't just let them go." Stalin stared at Molotov sternly: "Order them to readjust their deployment and intensify the offensive against the Heilongjiang Trotto Army, GC."

The international community should also increase its assistance to China and G, and if necessary, it can send internationalist fighters, and can find officers and soldiers from the Soviet Red Army who face the East and send them to China to help the Red Army there to train and fight! The Trotskyists must be eliminated at all costs! ”

The name Trotsky was popped out one by one from between his teeth by Stalin through his teeth. Trotsky must be destroyed, and must be destroyed! It doesn't matter what it takes!

"Rest assured, Comrade Stalin, that at present the territory of the Trotten bandits in China is surrounded by the Chinese and Soviet Unions, and there is no source of logistical supplies except for the fact that the Méng Ancient West borders the territory of the Al-Shabaab in the Central country, but receives a little supplement. As long as the war can continue, it can drag them to death. ”

This passage did not comfort Stalin in the slightest, not even Molotov himself, because he knew very well that the problem was the collusion of the Chinese people with the Trotskyists! The blockade line of the Chinese G may be a matter for the more than 100,000 or 200,000 bandits, but against the Kuomintang army, whose combat strength is still above that of the Soviet Red Army, it is simply a thin layer of paper, which can be broken with a casual stab. When the time comes, the Red Army of China will only be afraid that it will have to take care of itself, and where will it have the spare strength to deal with the Trotskyists? Unless it was Soviet Russia that openly sent troops on a large scale to help in the war.

But does this guarantee victory? Apparently still not sure. The strong combat effectiveness displayed by the Kuomintang army in the Middle East Road War, the Sino-Japanese Shandong War, and the Sino-Japanese War in Manchuria and the Taiwan Strait War was even weaker than the great Soviet Red Army, not to mention that there was British and American imperialism behind the Kuomintang of the Chinese Kuomintang.

"Comrade Stalin." Molotov cautiously put forward a suggestion: "We can consider reconciling with the Kuomintang in China and let them deal with the Trotskyists in China, because as long as they are willing to act, the Trotskyists will be vulnerable." ”！。