Chapter 577: The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in the Northeast (1)

As for the people on the list proposed by Song Zhewu, whether the Soviet side can all agree to release them depends on Stalin's mood.

However, Song Zhewu did not have much hope that all the people on this list would come, because as long as Stalin saw this list, his goal would be achieved.

In addition, Song Zhewu stressed that the entire exchange operation will be carried out under the supervision of the Nationalist Government and invited Western diplomats. In doing so, it was to humiliate the Soviet Union all over the world and to increase the irritation of Stalin.

As for the remaining nearly 200,000 captives, Song Zhewu will not hold them back, and he will also be useful.

These captives will be used in exchange for more than 100,000 overseas Chinese living in Siberia for generations and more than 200,000 Chinese merchants and laborers stranded in Siberia.

The reason why Song Zhewu wanted to exchange prisoners for these people was because Song Zhewu remembered that after the start of the Anti-Japanese War, Stalin persecuted and killed these overseas Chinese and Chinese people in various names, put them in prison, or sent them to the hinterland of Central Asia and the high altitude areas in the north to serve hard labor, and after World War II, there were not many of these more than 300,000 people left.

Now exchanging these people can not only save the lives of these Chinese and Chinese, but also get a large number of people familiar with the terrain and climate of Siberia, which will bring convenience to his future march into Siberia.

Of course, because these people are more numerous than the remaining captives, it cannot be a one-to-one exchange, it must be a two-to-one exchange, and the safety of these people's property must be guaranteed.

In the end, Song Zhewu did not forget to give the chairman a great favor.

He did not forget that Chiang Ching-kuo, the eldest son of the chairman, was still in the Soviet Union. Chiang Ching-kuo was not Stalin's guest in the Soviet Union now, but suffering in Siberia.

Song Zhewu told the political commissar of the Soviet Army who was put back that all the remaining Soviet prisoners after the exchange would be exchanged for Chiang Ching-kuo.

In addition, the matter of the exchange of prisoners should not be discussed with him, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government should negotiate specific negotiations. He appointed Wang Zhengting, who was already serving in the Northern Development and Construction Committee, to participate in the prisoner exchange negotiations on his behalf.

Song Zhewu did not forget to tell the political commissar of the Soviet Army that before the Soviet prisoners did not return to the Soviet Union, they were going to build roads and railways in Northern Mongolia in exchange for their living expenses until they returned to the Soviet Union. And, the work will start right away.

In addition, Song Zhewu played another small trick in the prisoner of war camp, that is, the Soviet prisoners of war were managed according to ethnic groups, and the treatment was different. Slightly better treated are the ethnic groups of Central Asia, such as Kazakhs, Tatars, Azerbaijanis, Armenians, Georgians, Moldovans, Tajiks, Lithuanians, Turkmens, and for the minorities of the European part, it is extremely harsh.

In addition, all Soviet officers who did not agree to remain in China were sent to Baotou and dispersed for detention. The purpose of this was to make it impossible for these people, after returning to the Soviet Union, to tell the story of their experiences in China under scrutiny by the Cheka and GRU, the predecessors of the KGB and the intelligence service of the Soviet General Staff.

Song Zhewu believed that this would not only cause mutual distrust among officers and men of various nationalities in the Soviet army, but that those officers would be subjected to extremely severe scrutiny when they returned. I am afraid that the vast majority of these officers will no longer be able to remain in the Soviet army.

After dealing with these things, Song Zhewu rushed to the northeast non-stop. Because in the past two months, the situation in the Northeast has changed dramatically, and the situation of the Anti-Japanese War has taken a sharp turn for the worse, which makes Song Zhewu angry and helpless.

Originally, when Song Zhewu was in Beiping, Zhang Xueliang had promised Song Zhewu to send Zhang Zuoxiang back to Jilin to preside over the military administration of Jiji and Hei provinces and prevent chaos in Jihe and Hei provinces, to be precise, mainly to prevent Xiqia and the Japanese from colluding. …,

Zhang Zuoxiang, who was in Jinzhou, had already agreed to Zhang Xueliang. However, I don't know if Zhang Zuoxiang listened to the words of sleep, or if he had any other ideas, just a few hours later, Zhang Zuoxiang changed his mind and told Zhang Xueliang that he would not return to Jilin himself, but sent his cronies back.

The specific arrangements were to send Fan Guanghou to contact Xiqia to get to the bottom of Xiqia, and to send Li Zhensheng, director of training in Jilin Province, back to preside over Jilin's military affairs, Cheng Yun, a member of the provincial government who had escaped from Jilin, to take charge of government affairs, and Wang Zhiyou, chief of police, to serve as the general office of the security regiment to liaise with the local armed forces.

Zhang Zuoxiang looked safe, after all, Jilin was in danger, in case he couldn't get in and out, the No. 2 person in the Northeast Army made a mistake, or even was held hostage, which was not conducive to the development of the situation. However, as the saying goes, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, although Zhang Zuoxiang has a deep foundation for many years, but if he does not go back, it is difficult to turn the situation around by relying on a few cronies with low prestige.

Without Zhang Zuoxiang leading the team, the group of people who went back first touched the nail at Zhang Jinghui, the head of the Eastern Provincial Special Administrative Region.

This group of civil and military officials was originally going to show the banner in Harbin and order the military and government of Jilin, but they didn't expect that as soon as they arrived in Harbin, Zhang Jinghui spoke, 'I still have to keep the peace here, I don't want to provoke the Japanese and set yourself on fire, I don't care what you want to do, but you are not allowed to cause trouble for me in Harbin'.

As a result, when Xiqia openly surrendered to the enemy and recruited troops with great fanfare, the group of civil and military officials of the Jilin Provincial Government stayed in Harbin and couldn't even let out a fart.

What is even more infuriating is that Li Zhensheng, who was in charge of coming back to control Jilin's military affairs and liaising with the Northeast Army of Jilin Province, has been hiding in Harbin and doing nothing, allowing the Jilin troops to toss and turn by themselves.

As a result, the generals of the Northeast Army in Jilin Province, whether they followed Xiqia to Japan or telegraphed to resist Japan, didn't seem to have seen this Director Li come over.

After 918, the Kwantung Army was very busy, not only eager to attack Heilongjiang to stabilize the rear, attack Jinzhou to drive the forces of the Northeast Army out of the northeast, but also to suppress the swarming volunteers in the rear, and had no spare strength to directly attack Harbin, so they could only adopt a policy of supporting traitors. Therefore, for a long time after 918, there was a delicate situation in Harbin and its nearby Jilin Province in which the local forces of the three shareholders faced each other, but they did not tear their faces.

This first force is Zhang Jinghui, the governor of the Eastern Provincial Special Administrative Region.

Speaking of this Zhang Jinghui, he is a veteran of the Northeast Army.

When 918 broke out, Zhang Jinghui was going to Jinzhou to give Zhang Zuoxiang's father a funeral, and came back to rest at home in Shenyang. After the incident, Seishiro Sakagaki came to Zhang Jinghui and asked Zhang Jinghui to cooperate with Japan in the North Manchurian area, and Zhang Jinghui agreed