Since the establishment of the Soviet government, there has been only one description of China in the various publications circulating within Russia, and that is the enemy. If you put it another way, it's mortal enemy!

Although the Russians have suffered all kinds of losses since the "October Revolution", there is no doubt that the biggest one was given by the then Nationalist government.

Among the more than a dozen "imperialist intervention armies" at that time, perhaps the Wehrmacht was not the strongest one, but it was the one that the Russians suffered the most.

If we include Outer Mongolia, which has been effectively occupied by Russia, the Nationalist government at that time took almost a quarter to a fifth of the territory from the Russians, not to mention other places, just the southern Volga River, not counting the Caucasus, which is already the size of Ukraine.

Therefore, although the wound inflicted by China on Russia may not be the deepest, it is definitely the most hated by the Russians...

Among the people, ordinary Russians gritted their teeth with hatred for Jiang Baili, the commander of the expeditionary force at that time, and some Russian people even cursed Jiang Baili and others behind their backs.

As for Yan Guang?

is even more made the same as the big demon king, in some of the latest Russian fairy tales, Yan Guang basically replaced many villains in the past and became the new final boss, but the Soviet Union is a ** country after all, so there are no princes and princesses in these fairy tales, and the one riding a white horse is even less visible.

In these fairy tales, there are only heroic Red Army soldiers and Russian girls who have been taken captive because of their beauty...

Years of border conflict coupled with a long history of internal propaganda. There is no doubt that the Russian people are hostile to China, but this is only at the ordinary level, and in other respects China and Russia are still relatively close.

This is just like the future of China and Japan. At the people's level, the common people of the two countries dislike each other, and it is not uncommon for them to abuse each other, but the economic ties between the two countries are so close.

In later generations, China has become Japan's largest trading partner, and Japan is China's fourth largest trading partner (ASEAN surpassed Japan in 11 years, but if ASEAN is taken apart). Japan is still in third place... If you look at all of this, you can't imagine how much the people of these two countries hate each other―――――― of course, some of the more "alternative" guys are counted separately.

China and Russia at this time were like China and Japan in later generations.

Although they hate each other at the civil level, they are completely different economically.

Especially politically, although after the October Revolution, Yan Guang fell into the well and cut a lot of flesh from Russia's body, making it itchy even now that many Russians hate it. But in the most difficult time for the Russians when intervening in the war against the USSR. Yan Guang also provided a lot of support behind the scenes.

Like weaponry. There are also supplies such as food and medicine.

After losing the South Russian regions such as Kazakhstan and the Caucasus, the Russians were able to survive the British and French offensives, and Yan Guang's support was indispensable.

Of course, this is not without its benefits. As Yan Guang said, although Russia is also a threat to China, it has only just reaped a lot of benefits from the First World War. As a yellow country, China really needs to have a shield for gathering fire to attract firepower for China, especially when Britain and France and other participating countries have almost suffered heavy losses, and only China and the United States have reaped the greatest benefits...

The development afterwards was the same as Yan Guang thought, although Britain and France looked at China very much in the eyes, but there was a ** Russia standing there, and Britain and France had no time to care about China.

And in this time. China has also gained a rare opportunity for development. ..., so regardless of the people, the relationship between the two countries is still good in terms of politics and economy.

This was especially true during the collectivization of agriculture in Russia. Historically, due to the fact that a large number of members of the CPSU at that time were sent to the countryside to mobilize peasant households to join collective farms, they met with passive and active resistance in Ukraine, which eventually led to the collective arrest and exile of the Ukrainian "kulak" class.

A large number of Ukrainian farmers who were skilled in farming and had rich agricultural experience were classified as "kulaks" and their families were exiled to Siberia and Central Asia, resulting in a decline in local agricultural production technology and productivity.

The peasants who were spared exile were reluctant to farm for fear of being classified as kulaks, and as a direct result of this, Ukrainian grain production plummeted in 1932. It was expected that 90.7 million tons of grain could be harvested throughout the Soviet Union, but only 55 million to 60 million tons were actually harvested. The amount of grain collected by the Soviet government also fell to 18.5 million tons from the expected 26.5 million tons.

In order to solve the problem of food shortage, on August 7, 1932, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR issued a new decree stipulating that "theft of collective farm property" was punishable by death. This decree essentially prohibits farmers from appropriating any agricultural product for themselves. By January 1933, 79,000 peasants had been arrested for the crime, and 4,880 of them had been sentenced to death.

After prohibiting the peasants from taking possession of the harvested grain, on December 6, 1932, the Politburo of the CPSU issued another secret decree to bring into public ownership all means of production (agricultural implements, livestock, seeds) throughout Ukraine, to prohibit the movement of any grain and manufactured goods into the Ukrainian countryside, and to prohibit the sale of goods and agricultural products in other places throughout Ukraine. In addition, grain search teams were sent to rural Ukraine, confiscating farmers' surpluses, rations and seed grains.

A few months after these punitive measures were imposed, by the spring of 1933 there was an extremely severe famine throughout Ukraine. The CPSU and the Politburo of Ukraine issued a number of remedial orders, including the delivery of 320,000 tons of grain to the famine areas, but at the same time the movement of grain out of Ukraine has not stopped. The drought that spring in western Russia and much of Ukraine exacerbated the famine. At the same time, the Soviet government banned the movement of people from the country, and communication between Ukraine and the Don River valley was interrupted. Travel to these areas is prohibited. Any starving people who try to leave Ukraine without permission are arrested as "class enemies".

In the winter of 1933 and the spring of 1934, the climatic conditions in Ukraine improved, and the agricultural harvest increased in 1934. The famine situation in Ukraine is gradually disappearing.

Even so, the consequences of the famine were severe...

Survivors of the famine later said that at the height of the famine in 1932-1933, there were even instances of cannibalism in rural Ukraine, as well as the re-exhumation of the bodies of buried cats, dogs, domestic animals and people during the winter months.

In the absence of official statistics, the number of people who died from famine can only be estimated, ranging from 2.5 million to 4.8 million. Except for hunger. Diseases and infections (mainly typhus and typhoid) caused by nutritional deficiencies and weakened immunity are also major causes of death, especially in urban populations. Of the deaths, 81.3 percent were Ukrainians, 4.5 percent Russians, 1.4 percent Jews, and 1.1 percent Poles. There were also a significant number of Belarusians, Hungarians, Volga Germans and Crimean Tatars who died of famine.

And this, which is the extremely famous "Holodomor in Ukraine" in history...

Historically, although famine was widespread throughout Russia at that time, it was mainly concentrated in Ukraine. For this reason, this famine is also known as the "Great Famine of Ukraine".

Yet this era. The loss of Kazakhstan, the great granary, made the famine in Russia even more serious, and was conservatively estimated at around 5 million. If you are not conservative...

In the aftermath of the famine, China also provided "humanitarian aid" to Russia―――――― because it was not a free ......, and China opened up a large amount of arable land in Northeast China and Kazakhstan, and new farming methods led to a huge increase in food production. So when the Russians were still having some headaches for famine. The granary, which had already been filled with grain, proposed a trading plan to the Russian government.

This plan was for Russia to provide gold and other materials and exchange grain with the national government.

Because there is a certain amount of "humanitarian" behavior behind this plan, Yan Guang did not offer a black-hearted price, and can only say that he can make a little money behind the plan.

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Although the "Holodomor in Ukraine" at that time was classified in Russia, the Russian government forbade the movement of victims. Links between Ukraine and the Don River valley to the outside world have been interrupted, and travel to these areas has been banned. Any starving people who try to leave Ukraine without permission are arrested as "class enemies".

In later generations, the Ukrainian parliament and Ukrainian associations in many countries even appealed to the Pulitzer Prize Committee to revoke the 1932 award to the Soviet correspondent of the New York Times, Walter Prize. Duranty's awards.

Because at that time Walter? Duranti won the award for his coverage of the Soviet Union's five-year plan, but he hid the truth about the tragedy from the world even though he knew there was a famine in Ukraine, declaring that "there was no famine in Ukraine and it could not have happened."

Therefore, the Holodomor in Ukraine is actually in a state of secrecy.

But Ukraine and China share a border, so these so-called secrets are not a secret to Yan Guang at all.

It is precisely for this reason that the Russian government has developed a favorable opinion of the support provided by the Nationalist government. Of course, Yan Guang didn't waste this opportunity.

After years of development, the number of factories in China has increased, and the number of workers has increased dramatically. Although the eight-hour working day had begun to be implemented in China under the impetus of Yan Guang at that time, after all, not every place would strictly abide by this regulation, and most of the local officials were also in collusion with the capitalists...

Therefore, in China, although ** has not flourished, it cannot be completely eradicated.

And the famine that happened in Ukraine at this time was a good propaganda opportunity for Yan Guang.

In general, the common people still have a deep hostility towards Russia, after all, after the October Revolution, China took advantage of the fire to loot and cut off a lot of flesh on Russia. Although these are not what the people themselves want, they are also unwilling to spit out the meat that they eat in their mouths, and Russia, after losing such a large piece of territory, has undoubtedly become an enemy of China, so the people at home are very hostile to Russia. Even the ** or something that came from Russia was also boycotted.

Isn't there such a saying? We will oppose whatever the enemy supports, and we will support whatever the enemy opposes.

"Since this doctrine came from Russia, then we must not believe it..."

At least that's what most of the people in the country think. Coupled with the frequent border clashes that have occurred over the years, as well as some terrorist attacks in the South Russian region and Kazakhstan and other places...

However, China is also a capitalist country after all...

Capitalist countries...

Capitalist...

Everyone knows what a capitalist looks like, especially in the early stages of capitalism, where the rights and interests of ordinary workers and clerks are not effectively protected. Therefore, even if the people are generally hostile to Russia, there are still many workers who yearn for a life of **―――――― or a life without capitalists.

And what happened in Ukraine. While it does not shatter the dreams of these workers, it does make them realize certain realities. After all, among the millions of people starving to death in Ukraine, it is impossible for all of them to be peasant ......, in fact, Yan Guang did just that...

Due to the border between China and Ukraine, although the Russians have a strict blockade of what happened in Ukraine, the military intelligence agency can easily get a lot of information from Ukraine. Moreover, due to the famine, many Ukrainians have also begun to flee, among which South Russia, which is controlled by the national government, is also a very important direction of flight.

In just over a year, at least more than 100,000 people fled from Ukraine to South Russia.

And this is still a tight seal of the border by the Russians ...

But to be honest, this blockade is not very tight. Because when hungry scrawny Ukrainians go to the border. Although the Russian troops guarding the border were ordered not to allow a single Ukrainian to cross the border, in the end, many Russians chose to turn a blind eye ―――――― in the end. This is not war after all, and there is no enemy in front of them ...

In the end, these Ukrainians who fled to South Russia survived, no matter how hostile the two countries were. Looking at the more than 100,000 victims, the local government and the people can't remain indifferent, not to mention that there are still many residents in southern Russia who used to be Russians, and some of them are still a little related to Ukraine or something, and in the face of these victims, they can't see death without help...

As far as Yan Guang is concerned, although the Military Intelligence Bureau has obtained a lot of video data after infiltrating Russia through a semi-submersible speedboat. But it's better to have real people testify in kind after all, not to mention that there are more than 100,000 of these witnesses...

Things are indeed as Yan Guang thought. After mobilizing public opinion in the country, faced with the information about what happened in Ukraine in various publications, many people who still had longing for the Soviet Union suddenly returned to normal.

In the final analysis, although the current national government still has various shortcomings, there has never been a famine, and there are not millions of corpses floating like in Ukraine today...

As for the Russians, although they are somewhat angry when faced with the truth announced by the national government, the Russians are not naïve enough to lock up all the truth at home, especially when Ukraine borders China.

So after a little bit of atmosphere, the Russians greeted the aid from China with a shy smile.

After all, the aid from China has indeed solved many problems for the Russians, after all, after the lack of the granary of Kazakhstan, the Russian government has not been able to send too much grain to Ukraine to make up for their mistakes, and in this case, the support of the national government seems so timely...

It was in this situation that the people of the two countries were still hostile to each other―――――― because the Russian government did not tell the people below that the grain came from there.

In addition, the means of communication in this era were still very backward, so many hungry people in Ukraine thought that the food sent down was transferred by the Russian government from several other regions.

In fact, this is not unbelievable, in later generations, the means of communication were so developed, and there were many things that could not be passed on, or after they were passed out, they had nothing to do with the truth of the matter. Another example is that in the original era, Walter, the Soviet correspondent of the New York Times? Duranty, isn't that the Pulitzer Prize for reporting on what happened in the Soviet Union...

However, since Walter? Duranti did not report what happened in Ukraine. In the end, the Ukrainian Congress and the Ukrainian community in many countries demanded that the Pulitzer Prize Committee be revoked on Vought? The award issued by Duranty...

Let's not mention that this is called Walter for the time being? Why didn't Duranty's guy report on the famine that happened in Ukraine, just by the sentence he declared in the report that "there was no famine in Ukraine at all, and it can't happen", you can imagine how backward the means of communication in this era are......――――――――――――――――――――

"I don't know if the Chinese will take this opportunity to take advantage of the fire to rob..."

Although in recent years, China and Russia have become relatively close at the government level. But Stalin still did not dare to forget what happened back then, so as he walked towards the living room, Stalin muttered softly.

"In any case, it is always better for the Chinese to be willing to stand up and help at this time, it is much better than them to stand on the side of the Germans..."

Beside Stalin, another man spoke.

Hearing this man speak, Stalin nodded.

"Indeed..."

Truly. Now that the war on the front line is already in a state of decay, and the troops on the front line are not even able to organize resistance to the Germans at all, if the Chinese troops in southern Russia also follow north, then Stalin will probably have to think about moving the capital―――――― or go further, it is better to simply consider surrender.

In fact, Stalin was also worried, after all, the relationship between China and the German government is relatively ambiguous, so it is not impossible for the Chinese army in South Russia to go north with the Germans.

Fortunately, the statement of the Chinese today made Stalin breathe a sigh of relief.

"I don't know what conditions the Chinese will put forward this time..."

Saying this, Stalin himself pushed open a door.

Because of the series of events that took place after the October Revolution. Make Stalin to China. In particular, the national government does not have much favor, even if the two governments are relatively close at the political level.

And Stalin was in the impression of being the supreme leader of the Commune government. Yan Guang is especially good at "robbing while the fire is fire" and "falling into the well"...

For example, after the October Revolution, what Yan Guang did to Russia at that time can be called a model of taking advantage of the fire to loot. Later, taking advantage of the war between the Axis and the Allies on the European continent, Yan Guang took the opportunity to take Iran, which deepened Stalin's impression.

So although Stalin didn't seem to offend China too much now, and did need support from China, he was worried that Yan Guang would take advantage of this opportunity to demand something from Russia...

"Hopefully it won't be a difficult thing to do..."

However, to Stalin's surprise, this time Yan Guang did not put forward any harsh conditions, let alone as Stalin thought. Threatened him to send troops with Germany if he did not agree to the conditions...

Sitting in the ornate living room of the Kremlin, that Chinese ambassador to Russia. Now a diplomat who has become a special envoy of Yan Guang, after meeting Stalin, he only got up and politely asked Stalin if he needed their help.

That's right, it was this polite thing that made Stalin and the Russians around him a little unbelievable, is this still the Chinese who like to take advantage of the fire in their impression?

Lin Xin ignored their surprise and just smiled there.

"Upon learning of the German aggression against your country, my Government has sent me to inquire if there is anything in your country where we need our help?"

Of course, help is definitely not free, but this is not something that can be said directly.

Stalin was obviously well aware of this, so he just glanced at him, and a guy came up and talked to Lin Xin for him.

At this time, Russia, after the defeat of the Minsk Battle and the Uman Campaign, had fallen to the point where it could only be beaten passively. Of course, Russia still has some hope at this time, after all, there are still most of the troops of the Southwestern Front in Kiev―――――― or in fact, the troops of the Southwestern Front have been staying in Kyiv all along.

Because in the course of the Battle of Uman, the Southwestern Front lost most of its mobile and armored forces, so they could only passively wait there for the Germans to surround them...

However, Stalin did not understand this, because the situation at the front was so chaotic at this time, not to mention Stalin who stayed in Moscow, even those commanders at the front did not necessarily know what was going on.

But even so, Stalin made his own demands ...

Of course, these are things that need to be exchanged for money...

After all, there is no such thing as a free lunch, not to mention that the Soviet Union is also rich in gold reserves...