"Quick, move out......"

The Palace of Love and Hope in Bangkok is noisy, and the palace servants are entering and exiting the palace chambers of gold and silver treasures that have been prepared for himself by King Rama VI, who has announced his abdication. But at this time, he must not know that he only has a little more than a year to live, and he really can't spend so much money!

The abdicated King of Siam certainly did not bother to supervise the shipment of treasures by his servants, and he was receiving a visiting guest in his palace for the last time, and the Chinese ambassador to Siam, Huang Baopei (who was also the secretary of the Sino-G Nanyang Bureau), came to the Grand Palace of Siam for only one purpose, to bring the King of Siam, who had lost his throne, back to his own country.

"His Majesty the King." As one of the masterminds behind the overthrow of the regime of Rama VI, Huang Baopei did not have a trace of apology on his face at this moment, but said in English with a smile: "Marshal Chang Yaoru, chairman of the National Committee of the Committee, wants to invite His Majesty Xià to live in Shanghai, and the marshal has prepared a very comfortable residence for His Majesty and his family in Shanghai, and the expenses of His Majesty in China will also be borne by the National Government." ”

Probably because he had just suffered the blow of losing the throne, Rama VI, who was only 44 years old this year, looked as if he was ten years old, and his fat body leaned on the throne motionless, just squinting his eyes through the dim light of the palace to look at the Chinese ambassador in front of him who wanted to trick himself into going to China. Everyone knows that Rama VI's throne was overthrown by the Chinese, and he was relatively pro-Japanese. Now, in the face of simultaneous invitations from China and Japan, his choice seems obvious.

Actually, before Huang Baopei came to visit Rama VI. The Japanese ambassador to Siam, Shigemitsu Aoi, had just left, and Rama VI had agreed to take refuge in Tokyo in the presence of Shigemitsu Aoi. But when Huang Baopei arrived, he told him bluntly: "A Chinese fleet with the heavy cruiser Haitian as the flagship is cruising in the Gulf of Siam...... implication is this. If Rama VI dares to board a Japanese warship, he will wait to be buried in the belly of the fish!

"How can China be ruled by such a person!" Hearing Huang Baopei's threat, Rama VI's heart felt a lot of emotion. Speaking from the bottom of his heart, although he was a little pro-Japanese, he also refused to allow Chang Ruiqing to return to China through Siam during last year's "King Kong Incident". But other than that, there is nothing that does not stand up to this Chinese country. After the victory or defeat of the Sino-Japanese War was decided, he spent a lot of effort and money to tie up Chang Ruiqing. But in the end, he was retired. Even if he stepped down, the Chinese dictator still refused to stop there, and had to force himself to go to China as a prisoner.

What's even more unexpected is that. Now Britain actually asked China to help fight Persia, so it categorically rejected its request to take refuge in Singapore, and even refused to take refuge with France and the Netherlands, and only Japan was willing to accept its own visit. But the Chinese actually threatened with the fleet!

This Chinese dictator is really too domineering. It's so unreasonable! I really want to go to Shanghai and fall into his hands. Will there be any good fruit to eat?

Therefore, at this time, Rama VI applied both soft and hard to Huang Baopei, but did not say a word.

And Huang Baopei also looked confident, and said lightly: "I heard that His Majesty's beloved concubine Suvatana is pregnant......

"What do you mean by that?" Rama VI's face sank and he looked at Huang Baopei vigilantly.

Huang Baopei said with a smile: "Siam and my China are of the same ancestry, and even His Majesty has my Chinese blood!" Your two countries are really in the same spirit. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of our country has always been willing to increase friendship with the Siamese royal family, and is more interested in forming a friendship with His Majesty in the Qin and Jin dynasties. The Standing Committee now has two sons and a daughter. Therefore, regardless of whether Princess Suvathana is pregnant with a prince or a princess, Her Majesty can marry the Standing Chairman. This is a great event of great significance for both China and Siam! ”

Rama VI was stunned and stunned, and it took a while to squeeze out a few words.

"Does the Standing Chairman want to use my heirs to compete for the throne of Siam? How could a Siamese national accept a king with a foreign queen? In case my princess gives birth to a princess......"

Huang Baopei knew that there was a door when he heard this, and his smile was a little more sincere: "Your Majesty the King, the Standing Chairman of our country is a great man who is ordered by heaven, if your prince can marry the daughter of the chairman, he will definitely be loved by all the Siamese people, and there will be no suspense in ascending to the throne of Siam!" At that time, His Majesty will be able to return to Siam in the name of the King of Siam and enjoy the honor. ”

Rama VI just sat stiffly, without saying a word, and inside a palace, the air slowly tensed. I don't know how long it took before I heard Rama VI say coldly: "At that time, the Kingdom of Siam may be a member of the Great China Federation!" ”

Huang Baopei smiled: "It is fate for Siam to become a member of the Great China Federation, the difference is only in the name of the Kingdom of Siam or in the name of the Republic of Siam. ”

Rama VI's expression was gloomy, apparently exhausted. "Okay, I'll go to Shanghai, that's the end of it, right?"

Huang Baopei stood up, slowly bent down and bowed, "Then I will welcome His Majesty's presence on behalf of the Standing Chairman." ”

……

Inside the Kremlin.

"Siam seems to have completely fallen into the hands of Chang Ruiqing!"

Two hours after the abdicated King Rama VI of Siam boarded the heavy cruiser Haitian, a telegram from the GC International Nanyang Bureau was placed on Trotsky's desk, and Vatsettis, Tukhachevsky, and Blyukhel sat opposite Trotsky. But they didn't come for the Siamese issue.

Trotsky's face was calm, and the "loss" of Siam had long been expected by him, and he threw aside the telegram he had glanced at and went on to talk about the situation in Persia.

"Comrade Blyukhel, your work in the Persian Republic has been very fruitful, but the imperialists have already made up their minds to intervene in the Persian revolution with armed force, and it is difficult to defeat the aggressors with the strength of the Persian Republic alone!"

Blyukhel nodded, his expression very solemn: "Comrade Trotsky, you are right, the Persian army is too small in number, under-trained, and not very well armed, and it is difficult to defeat the British, Italian, and Chinese coalition forces. Unless...... Receive direct assistance from us. ”

Without waiting for Trotsky to speak, the Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, Tukhachevsky, loudly reminded: "Comrade Trotsky, if the Red Army intervenes directly. It is likely to lead to a full-scale war between the Soviet Union and China, Britain and Italy! The Red Army was not ready for a full-scale war! ”

"Yes, the Red Army is not ready," Trotsky said, with an agitated expression, "but imperialism and revisionism are not ready either!" Since everyone is unprepared, then we have only two consequences of intervening in the Persian war, either to fight an unprepared world war; Either fight a high-intensity local war. I think the latter is more likely, and it will be a war in which imperialism and revisionism test the cards of the Soviet Union! ”

Trotsky lit a cigar. After a few sips, "Comrade Vatsettis, how many troops can the Red Army mobilize at most into Persia?" ”

Vasettis knew for a long time that Trotsky was determined to take on imperialism and revisionism in Persia. So come before the meeting. He has the answer ready. "The total strength of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army now available for field warfare is 2.5 million, of which 1.5 million are deployed in the western part of the Soviet Union and in Poland, together with the 300,000 Polish troops there and the 50,000 German Red Army, against more than 1.5 million Franco-German troops. Another 700,000 troops were deployed in the Far East, Siberia and Central Asia. It is used to defend against the attack of revisionist China. Therefore. We can use no more than 300,000 troops in Persia. But ......"

Trotsky interrupted: "Where are these troops now?" ”

Vachetis replied: "Most of them are concentrated north of the Caucasus Mountains and around the Caspian Sea, not too far from Persia. ”

"What about India? What happened to the shape of the Indian Revolution? Trotsky looked again at Blyukhel, who was responsible for supporting the world revolution. Blyukhel shook his head and said: "The situation is not good, the Indian People's Army is weak in combat effectiveness, although it has put up stubborn resistance, it is still unable to stop the attack of the British and Indian troops, and now the main force of the People's Army has retreated to Calcutta, ready to defend the largest city in India." ”

"Sue them to defend Calcutta to the death!" With a stern expression, Trotsky ordered: "The People's Commissariat of Labor and Defense and the General Staff must do their best to form a Soviet People's Volunteer Army with a total strength of more than 200,000 men, ready to fight in Persia at any time." ”

"The People's Volunteers of the USSR?" The three famous generals of the Soviet Red Army looked at each other in amazement. "Is this to avoid a total war?"

"That's right." Trotsky nodded. "They must not want to fight a big war, so let's send troops in this name! In propaganda, the slogan of 'defending the Soviet Union, resisting Britain and aiding Poland' was used. But don't say 200,000 troops, just say 100,000! ”

"Comrade Trotsky," said Vatsettis, somewhat helplessly, "we cannot immediately dispatch an army of 200,000 troops, because our reserves are insufficient, and a large number of reserves have been given to the Persian army, and we have not many reserves in our hands......"

"How many days can you support the attack of 200,000 troops?"

"In no more than a week, the logistics department can scrape together at most six or seven base ammunition."

"Only a little ammunition?" Trotsky's face sank, the first five-year plan of the Soviet Union had not yet been completed, the production of heavy industry was not as good as that of Tsarist Russia before the First World War, and it was already very difficult to support the 2.5 million Red Army in a two-front arrangement, and recently a large amount of weapons and ammunition had been taken out to aid Persia and India, so the Red Army's own ammunition supply was somewhat strained.

"Comrade Trotsky, I will build the first batch of 100,000 troops." Vatsettis took the opportunity to build the Yì Road.

"Nope! The first batch of 200,000 volunteers was dispatched! Trotsky waved his hand, and his tone was unmistakable. We must ensure that the Volunteer Army wins the first battle in Persia and that weapons and ammunition can be transferred from the stockpiles of the Western Front. ”

"Comrade Trotsky, the Western Front does not have very many ammunition stocks, and they are facing two military powers, France and Germany." Vatsetis shouted.

"It doesn't matter, they don't dare to attack, as long as our volunteers can play a majestic role in Persia, the Franco-German army will only hide behind Hitler's lines and tremble!"

"But in case ......"

"There's no whatever, it's decided like that." Trotsky roared at Vatsettis. "The Soviet Union is facing the encirclement and blockade of imperialism, and in this case, we have no way to build with peace of mind, so we must use this Persian war to break the encirclement and blockade of imperialism and win a good environment for the implementation of the first and second five-year plans."

Vatsetis nodded. He finally understood Trotsky's true thoughts, that the purpose of the Persian War was not to open the curtain of the world revolution in advance, and that his previous support for the Indian revolution was not to bring down the British Empire. Trotsky's real aim was to force Britain and lift the blockade of the Soviet Union.

"Comrade Tukhachevsky," Trotsky turned to the Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army: "You are the best military strategist of the Soviet Union, and if I appoint you commander-in-chief of the Soviet People's Volunteers, will you have the confidence to defeat the invading armies of the three countries?" ”

Tukhachevsky exclaimed: "I have confidence that the volunteer army will definitely be able to teach imperialism a lesson that will never be forgotten!" ”

Trotsky looked at his beloved general and nodded with satisfaction. He also said to Blyukhel: "When can we help the Chinese People's Revolutionary Party to launch an uprising?" What are the plans of the GC International Military Bureau? ”

"Comrade Trotsky, Comrade Ren Fuchen of the People's Revolutionary Party has reached the area of the Baoer Ula Mountains in the western part of Suiyuan Province of China, which is the poorest region of China. Ethnic and religious conflicts are quite prominent, and it is not far from the border with the Soviet Union, and we have used some nomadic Mongolian herdsmen in the border areas of China and the Soviet Union to smuggle some weapons to the Bal Ula Mountains. In addition, the Military Directorate recruited a group of internationalist fighters of the Buryat Mongols or Oirat Mongols. At any time, it can go to the western part of Mongolia, where the Chinese are weak, to launch an uprising. If a qiē plan can be carried out smoothly. The People's Revolutionary Party will be able to launch an armed uprising before the end of October this year. However, at present, China's domestic political and economic situation is very stable, and it may be difficult for the uprising to last long. ”

"It doesn't matter," said Trotsky, waving his hand, "have you thought of the slogan of the uprising?" ”

"I have thought about it, and I am ready to use the slogan of national autonomy and peaceful division of one qiē land."

"Coupled with the exemption from the one-qiē tax on miscellaneous taxes, I have heard that the tax burden on Chinese farmers is very heavy, and even if the yeoman farmers do not pay 'permanent interest', 20% of the harvest is used to pay various taxes and fees." After a pause, Trotsky added: "The aim of the struggle of the People's Revolutionary Party at this stage should not be the overthrow of the revisionist government. It's about improving the lives of Chinese farmers. ”

Blyukhel was stunned for a moment, as if he did not understand what Trotsky meant. He asked: "Comrade Trotsky." What if the revisionist government adopted a policy of improving the lives of the peasants? ”

"They can't do it, China is an agricultural country with 90% of the population!" Trotsky smiled mockingly. "Except for the fact that he has the ability to turn stone into gold, otherwise he can only rely on the exploitation of the peasants to maintain his government and develop his heavy industry!"

……

"The Soviet People's Volunteer Army has been formed."

In Tangshan, Nanjing, in the conference room of the Military Commission, a large map of the Persian Gulf region was hung on the wall, Chang Ruiqing sat at the head of the conference table, and Bai Chongxi stood in front of the map, which was very different from the map of the Persian Gulf in Chang Ruiqing's memory. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, and other countries either do not exist or are completely different from what is on the map of later generations. In their place were a host of kingdoms, emirates, and colonies under the protection of the British Empire. Iraq, Kuwait, and Iran (Persia) are not much the same on the map as they have been in later generations. Of the three countries, however, only the Persian Republic was a sovereign and independent state, Iraq was a British protectorate, and Kuwait became a Chinese protectorate under the China-Kuwait Agreement signed with China on August 11, 1924.

In addition, there is another situation that is completely different from that of later generations, that is, the relationship between these Arab states on the Arabian Peninsula is very special, and the relationship between them is not really "state-to-state", but similar to "vassal state to vassal state". If a particularly powerful Arab monarch could overwhelm the crowd, it was entirely possible to establish a unified Arab empire on the peninsula.

Moreover, Muslims have a very special national concept, and they value religion rather than blood. For example, Ayatollah Ruhollah, the supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, was not a Persian, but an Indian whose grandfather had settled in Persia for a lifetime. If an Indian Muslim can become the supreme leader of Iran, why can't a Muslim from China become the monarch of the Arab Empire?

Thinking of this, Chang Ruiqing raised his eyes and glanced at his sworn brother Bai Chongxi, the Minister of Defense who was introducing the enemy's situation looked interested, and he didn't know what he was thinking? But certainly not thinking about the throne of the Arab Emperor.

"According to Soviet propaganda, the scale of the Soviet People's Volunteers is more than 100,000 troops, and it is estimated that two Red Army infantry corps and one Red Army cavalry corps will be dispatched." After introducing the summary of the Soviet Union's troops, Bai Chongxi said: "The British side judged that the purpose of the Soviet Red Army's entry into Persia in the name of the Volunteer Army was to avoid a full-scale war with our three countries, and the British government also did not consider it necessary to expand the Persian War to a full-scale war, so it did not propose a formal declaration of war against the Soviet Union.

In addition, the British Imperial General Staff asked us to complete the mobilization of the expeditionary force as much as possible, and they hoped that the Chinese expeditionary force would reach Hong Kong by the end of August, and that the British Navy would transport them to the Persian Gulf in the shortest possible time, and that in early October, the coalition forces would march on Persia! ”

Chang Ruiqing nodded: "Okay, call back to the British, our troops will all arrive in Hong Kong before August 20th." (To be continued.) )