Chapter 243: Prelude to the Great War (1)

After analyzing the situation in Soviet Russia and Soviet Russia's attitude towards the war to Zhang Xueliang, Song Zhewu was still a little uneasy, afraid that Zhang Xueliang would take advantage of Soviet Russia in the negotiations in order to end the war in a hurry, so Song Zhewu personally drew up a negotiation condition for Zhang Xueliang:

1. The Soviet side must immediately and unconditionally return all Chinese territories forcibly occupied in this border war; 2. In this negotiation, we will only talk about the issue of war on the northeast border. The issue of Outer Mongolia is China's internal affair, which is not under the jurisdiction of the Northeast authorities, and the Northeast authorities have no right to discuss the Outer Mongolia issue with the Soviet side. 3. Since the Middle East Road has been taken back by the Chinese side, there is absolutely no possibility of handing it over to the Soviet side again. However, considering that when Tsarist Russia built the railway, after all, it invested a lot of money and made a certain contribution to the subsequent operation of the railway. Therefore, the Chinese side agreed to repay the Soviet investment with 50 percent of the annual profits of the Middle East Road, and the repayment period can start from 31 years and end in 40 years for a period of 10 years. 40 years later, the profits of the Middle East Road were completely owned by the Chinese side, and the Middle East Railway had no relationship with the Soviet side; 4. Now that China and the Soviet Union are still in a state of war, the belligerents should not demand the release of prisoners of war, and the release of prisoners of war can only be done after negotiations between the two sides and when the state of war is over; 5. In the spirit of humanitarianism, the Chinese side has given great care and care to the Soviet prisoners of war and the wounded, and the cost of medicine, food, heating, and other expenses is huge, and it is now said that the cost is 100,000 yuan, and the Chinese side is already overwhelmed. The Chinese side believes that the Soviet side will treat Chinese prisoners of war on the same terms. Therefore, when exchanging prisoners of war, the money must be paid in a lump sum, or the Chinese prisoners of war must be exchanged for Soviet prisoners of war, and if the Soviet side is unable to pay off the expenses incurred by the prisoners of war during the period of capture, the Soviet prisoners of war need to participate, and the post-war reconstruction work in Manchuria, Zhalanuoer, Tongjiang, Fujin, and Tapu shall be compensated, and the working hours will not be released until the expenses consumed during the period of capture are fully compensated; 6. This border war was completely provoked by the Soviet side, causing huge damage and losses to the Chinese people, and the Soviet side should compensate: (1) Eight ships of the Northeast Army's Jiangfang Fleet, including Jiangping, Jiang'an, Jiangtai, Lijie, Dongyi, Lisui, Lichuan, and Jiangheng, were sunk by the Soviet side, and all the military ports were destroyed, with a total discount of 75 million yuan; (2) The Soviet side bombed and shelled Manzhouli, Zhalainoer, Tongjiang, Fujin, Tapu, and other border areas in the northeast, and blasted military facilities in Tongjiang, Fujin and other places, and plundered many of our military and civilian materials, totaling 200 million yuan according to incomplete statistics; (3) Because the war provoked by the Soviet side, the production of our border people was stopped and trade was cut off, resulting in considerable losses, which amounted to about 20 million yuan. The Soviet side should make full compensation for the above losses.

On the issue of Outer Mongolia, Song Zhewu's attitude was very clear: Outer Mongolia is China's internal affair, and the local authorities in northeast China have no right to negotiate with the Soviet side, and the Soviet side has no right to interfere in China's internal affairs. If the Soviet side wants to talk, then go to the national political axe to talk. Chiang Kai-shek, however, was clamoring to talk to them about the territories that Tsarist Russia had unjustifiably seized in the Treaties of Aihui and Yanjing.

The Sino-Soviet border war, but the great victory of the Chinese side, was not a great defeat of the Northeast Army by the Soviet army in the history of the previous life. Although the border war caused huge losses to Zhang Xueliang, he really wanted to end the war as soon as possible, but Moscow could not afford to delay it either, because now their country is already extremely unstable, riots are continuous, and financial constraints, if this war continues, his military spending may be a big problem. If the workers and peasants were to be asked to donate any more money, it would probably lead to even greater unrest, which the Moscow authorities would not dare to take lightly unless they had to do so.

It's just that for a big country like Soviet Russia, the issue of face is very important, and Sidl is even more so, if he loses face, then he is likely to grit his teeth and teach Zhang Xueliang a lesson, otherwise it will be difficult to stop. For the truce, he had to have a suitable step. In Article 2, Song Zhewu proposed to repay 50 percent of the profits of the Middle East Road in the past 10 years, which is based on this consideration.

Middle East Road now has an annual profit of nearly 10 million, and this number with the continuous development of the Northeast economy, these years has been growing year by year, if nothing changes, ten years later it is estimated that the annual profit will be tens of millions. During the 10-year period, the Soviet side will receive no less than 100 million yuan, which is more than enough money to offset the cost of the Tsar's construction of the Eastern Railway. Moreover, SDL is really in need of such a sum of money right now.

The Soviet side has been operating on the Middle East Road for many years, so naturally they are very aware of the profitability of the Middle East Road, and they will calculate this account, and such a large amount of 100 million yuan is completely acceptable to them, and it is not a loss of face in the international community.

In fact, according to Song Zhewu's original intention, he could completely promise to give them all the profits of the Middle East Road in the past ten years, and the 9.18 incident will occur in 31 years, at that time, if they still want money, they will find themselves to go. Song Zhewu does not think that his appearance can change the reality that 9/18 is about to happen.

In his previous life, Song Zhewu read a lot of time-traveling novels on the website, and many pig's feet thought that the military strength of the book was average at that time, at least in the Northeast and the Northeast Army, there was a huge difference in the military strength ratio, and there was only a standing division of more than 10,000 people, even if the North Korean garrison was added to the scale of more than 100,000 people, the Northeast Army could completely drive the army to North Korea at that time and realize the defense against the enemy and the country.

But in Song Zhewu's view, this is completely unworkable. You must know that the military strength of the army during this period is not much different from that of the Soviet army, although there are only 16 standing divisions in the country at this time, but he will soon mobilize millions of troops who have undergone military training and education, and the combat effectiveness of the same number of troops in the army can be equivalent to several times that of the middle [***] team, even his Fourth Route Army is not good now. Speaking of this battle of Manchuria, Song Zhewu did not believe that with only one division of nearly 40,000 people, plus two brigades of the Northeast Army, he could defeat the Soviet army supported by aircraft and tanks.

Moreover, even if the entire army of his Fourth Route Army went to the northeast to participate in the war, it would only be his Fourth Route Army and Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army that resisted the army alone, and the central government would never send troops to support the northeast, because Chiang Kai-shek would not be able to free up his hands at all. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was still busy dealing with the rebellion in Liangguang. What's more, there are still warlord forces in various places that need to be rectified urgently, and there are ......

However, it was possible to quickly mobilize the industrial and military potential, which was far more powerful than China's, and dealt a devastating blow to the Fourth Route Army and the Northeast Army, which were almost fighting alone. Even at this time, with the strength of the whole country, a war with Yuben would at most be a draw at a heavy price, and it would be absolutely impossible to defeat Yuben, not to mention that Chiang Kai-shek would never risk losing power.

And Song Zhewu had already secretly made an oath that he would not only defeat Yuben, but also plant the flag in Yueben's palace......

Moreover, at this time, China will not receive extensive and substantial support in the international community, and at most it will be a statement condemned by the League of Nations. Not only will Britain, an old ally of the Chinese people, and the European powers not help China in the war of resistance, but they will even sell weapons and materials to the country, so it is not uncommon for them to give some aid. You must know that in his previous life, he was an American who always claimed to uphold justice, and until 38 years, he was still actively trading with Yue himself, selling a large amount of military supplies to Yue himself.

In the eyes of some powers, there is only interests, but there is absolutely no justice, and as long as they do not threaten the interests of these powers, they will not help China, and the interests of the great powers are basically absent in the northeast.

Therefore, Song Zhewu believed that although his arrival was destined to change the course of the War of Resistance against Japan, and even made the result of the War of Resistance the most powerful for China, he still could not stop the invasion of the Japanese army, and even could not prevent the occurrence of the September 18 incident that was close at hand. If he had occupied the Northeast, Zhang Xueliang would naturally have no profit from the Middle East Road, and of course he would not have given the Soviets a penny, and once the ten-year period arrived, he would no longer need to pay the Soviets a penny. This is why Song Zhewu emphasized in the agreement that "during this period, if the Chinese side does not make a profit, and the Chinese side does not give other compensation to the Soviet side, the year should still be included in the 10-year repayment period." "The reason.

As for the Soviet side's desire for war reparations, in Song Zhewu's view, it was even more of a joke, and there was no reason in the world for the victor to pay compensation to the vanquished. Could it be that Moscow still thinks that he is the political axe of Tsarist Russia, China or the Manchu Qing Dynasty?

Besides, what Chiang Kai-shek lacks most now is money, and even Zhang Xueliang is not rich. If Chiang Kai-shek had a large amount of money now, it is estimated that he would have wiped out all these local warlords, large and small, long ago.

Moreover, if you want to talk about losses, it is Zhang Xueliang's biggest loss, just those 8 warships, although they are small tonnage, are worth 10 million or 20 million oceans. If it weren't for the fact that they were all decades old, Song Zhewu would still have to ask the Soviet side for the ex-factory price, and the ex-factory price of these warships is estimated to be less than 50 million. If you want to compensate, the Soviet side will first compensate Zhang Xueliang for his losses.

Of course, this is just a sky-high asking price, don't say that Zhang Xueliang's loss is not so big, even if there is, the Soviets will not give it, and they themselves are now about to be poor as pants.

Zhang Xueliang is now obedient to Song Zhewu, but Song Zhewu, the little big brother, has given Zhang Xueliang too much shock! Song Zhewu not only wiped out all the troops of the Soviet Army on the Western Front in Manchuria in one battle, but also quietly recovered Outer Mongolia in one fell swoop.

(To be continued)