January 5, 1927.

Datong, Shanxi.

The battle has passed, and after the fierce battle, the Datong city wall is a dilapidated scene, and the moat at the head of the city is full of black and purple blood. However, the situation in the city was good, when the Red Army broke through the city, the defending Jin army had no fighting spirit and disarmed, so there was no street fighting.

The entire ancient city of Datong is still roughly preserved, but the market is a little depressed. The commercial area around the drum tower in the center of the city is now deserted, and most of the shops on both sides of the street are closed. Bright red flags were planted on the doors to show respect to the new owner...... It's just that the proprietor in the shop is often trembling, reciting the Buddha's name with his eyes closed, praying for the blessing of the gods and Buddhas. On the contrary, the low-brow and pleasing fellows of the plain Surrey were all in high spirits, chatting with relish about the new things they had heard from various mass meetings not long ago.

"Hey, brothers, have you heard? The Red Army is said to be the army of our poor people, and it is to help us poor people fight the world! It's all about killing the rich and helping the poor. ”

"Your message is long outdated! We all know it. By the way, do you know what the big marshal in the Red Army is called? Let me tell you, the surname Su is the upper and lower Ai. The political axe established by his old man was called the Soviet political axe. ”

"Soviet? This name...... It's also easy to scream. ”

"Shhhhhh The name of Su Dashuai is what people like you and me can call? Let's call people up: Su Weishuai! Or call Wei Shuai, so it's a little more kind......"

"Oh, yes, yes, I'm going to call Wei Shuai. I heard that in the past few days, Wei Shuai and his old man have proposed to defend the Soviet Union. Is this Soviet Union the old lady of our Weishuai family? ”

"This USSR seems to be ...... The original old hairyman? Later, I don't know how it was called the Soviet Union, could it be that their handsome there is surnamed Su Minglian? Or is it our handsome old man? ”

"So...... It is also right that we want to defend the commander of the United States of America. It's just that...... Now who is going to trouble the commander of his old man? ”

"It seems to be Fengjun, right? The marshal surnamed Zhou, who listened to the speech at the mass meeting, said that it seemed that a middle road had been taken away by the Feng army, and that this was a conspiracy of what empire and capital to attack the Soviet Union...... To be honest, I can understand so much, those Su Weishuai's subordinates speak with strange accents, not like locals......"

“…… So, it's Zhang Dashuai of the Feng army who wants to attack Lao Maozi! Hi! It's long overdue, that old man is so bad......"

"Shhh Silence! The Soviet Union is a good hair, not a bad hairy man in the past! And he is still our handsome old man......"

"So...... Wei Shuai, is his old man also Maozi? ”

"I guess it'......"

The slogan of "defending the Soviet Union," which has been discussed a lot by the people in the market, has just been freshly released on the instructions of the GC International. And it was only propaganda in the Soviet district...... Let's try the market reaction first, shall we? To be honest, the leaders of the Chinese G only beat drums in their hearts about this somewhat inexplicable slogan. If it weren't for the insistence of Soviet adviser Borodin and Wang Ming and Hu Xun, who had just arrived in Datong, this slogan would not have been shouted all at once.

The Shanhua Temple in Datong City is now hanging up at the gate of the General Headquarters of the Second Front Army of the Red Army. The main leaders of the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China also gathered here to discuss how to implement it or ...... Instructions should be given to GC International. In a corner of this ancient temple, two senior cadres of the Red Army dressed in heavy cotton clothes were walking slowly along the tall courtyard wall of the temple.

These two people are the two great gods of G in history, Mao ZD and Zhou Elai. Zhou Elai is now concurrently serving as the general political commissar of the Red Second Front Army, and this Datong City is his "territory", while Mao Zd has just arrived here from the Luliangshan Soviet District in western Shanxi Province for a meeting.

Mao ZD looked around and saw that the guards were following far behind, so he approached Zhou Elai and said in a low voice: "E, do you have any opinion on this instruction of GC International?" ”

Zhou Elai also looked around, and then smiled bitterly: "This thing is really ...... GC International didn't understand our hardships at all, and made it difficult for us. If this slogan is shouted nationwide, how can the masses who do not know the truth understand it! Isn't this pushing the masses towards the enemy! ”

Mao ZD gritted his teeth and sneered: "Do you think the Soviet Union and the GC international side will not know this truth?" That Wang Ming and Hu Xun will not understand? I am afraid that this slogan of theirs is not aimed at the enemy, but to rectify us Marxists in the ravines, right? ”

Zhou Elai was stunned when he heard this, to be honest, in terms of power struggle, he was really not as sensitive as Mao Zd, and he didn't think of this layer at all. He turned his head to look at Mao Zd, and said after a while: "Runzhi, do you mean that Wang Ming and Hu Xun want to use this matter to force us into the palace?" ”

Mao Zd smiled deeply and nodded lightly: "This is obvious." If we oppose this slogan, we can be removed from office and ...... put Wang Ming and Hu Xun on the stage. If we obey the orders of the GC International and propose to defend the Soviet Union, then the cause of the Party will inevitably suffer. When the time comes, it will still be those of us who are unlucky on stage, and they can still replace us with international support. What a cruel calculation! In order to seize power, we do not take into account whether the situation created by the bloodshed and sacrifice of our soil revolution will ......"

"So what should we do?" Zhou Elai's thick eyebrows were also tightly screwed together unconsciously.

Speaking of Wang Mingzhou, he is not very familiar with it, but he knows that Hu Xun. They had known each other since they were in Europe, but Hu Xun was more inclined to "nationalism" at that time, and Zeng Qi was good friends. Unexpectedly, he also embarked on the road of revolution in the end, and Zhou Elai was very impressed by his gloomy and sharp eyes...... Thinking of those eyes full of anger, Zhou Elai suddenly felt a bad premonition.

Mao ZD lit a cigarette, took a sharp puff, and looked at Zhou Elai with a solemn face: "Isn't it a two-party cooperation now?" Didn't the Kuomintang have three major policies? Isn't there a joint Russia in these three major policies? So in this incident, they should also stand with us and shout the slogan of defending the Soviet Union, right? Otherwise, wouldn't it be a violation of the three major policies? ”

"Runzhi, you mean to let the Kuomintang defend the Soviet Union with us?" Zhou Elai looked a little hesitant, if it was something else, the three major policies could still be taken out and talked about. But if it comes to this matter, can Sun Yat-sen agree? Does the so-called prime minister's three major policies count or not? If this matter is used to force the Kuomintang, it will be a break between the two parties...... In 1924, because Li Dzhao petitioned the Beiyang political axe to recognize the Mongolian matter, it almost broke down. Now that the Kuomintang is sitting on half of the country, and it seems that it has recently reached some kind of agreement with the Germans to develop heavy industry, the wings are already as hard as steel plates.

Looking at Zhou Elai's hesitant look, Mao Zd sneered: "Now that you and I are entangled in military affairs, the matter of negotiating with the Kuomintang should naturally go to those real Bolsheviks who stayed in the Soviet Union." At that time, if things can be successful, and we will defend the Soviet Union together with the Kuomintang, then there will naturally be no problem. In the end, it will inevitably be our party that will benefit...... If the Kuomintang did not agree to defend the Soviet Union, it would surely be on the verge of rupture. GC International definitely doesn't want to see such a situation, and someone will have to be responsible when the time comes, right? And someone needs to clean up the mess, right? ”

…… As soon as the matter of defending the Soviet Union came out, the most painful people in the whole of China were the lovely leftists in the Kuomintang. Originally, the Second National Congress of the Kuomintang was imminent, and their leftists were now able to pull up a 200,000-strong Kuomintang coalition army, which can be said to be a strong army. With this amount of capital at the Second National Congress, it should be possible to get a vice chairman (the new name of the presidium member) and two members of the Central Military Commission, and how many members of the Central Standing Committee can be obtained, right?

But now the left wing of the Kuomintang is suddenly facing an existential crisis again. As soon as the Middle East Road incident came out, Liao Zhongkai, Deng Yanda and others knew that things were going to be bad. Now there is another slogan of "defend the USSR", and both the USSR and the GCD side are asking the left wing of the Kuomintang to follow suit...... How can this be followed? If you follow the Kuomintang leftists, you still have to break up?

"Liao Gong, the imperialists and reactionaries have united to wage war against the Soviet Union! Now is the time for us, the leftist Kuomintang, the true supporters of the Prime Minister, to stand up and stand up with the Central Communists to defend the USSR! Look no further. ”

Xuanxia's father stood in front of Liao Zhongkai with an iron face, and talked to him endlessly about the party's policies and persuaded him to join the camp of defending the Soviet Union. Although he himself is not impressed by this slogan, he is a loyal GCD man and ...... The Kuomintang left, naturally, must unconditionally obey the party's orders.

Liao Zhongkai sat on the chair with a blank expression, didn't say a word, just listened blankly. This mind has long been unable to know where it has flown to. The Kuomintang Left is actually a center-left faction between the Kuomintang and the GCD, and their base is mostly some left-leaning KMT members, but ...... It's just left-leaning thoughts! If the sign of defending the Soviet Union is displayed, it is tantamount to forcing these people to choose between nationalism and internationalism. The result is naturally self-evident, those who choose [***] nationalism either join the right wing of the Kuomintang or mix with the Shabaab, and those who choose internationalism will of course become real GCD people. So what does he Liao Zhongkai have left? What is left of their Kuomintang left?

"Sword Soul, don't force Liao Gong! He's having a hard time now! Deng Yanda didn't know when he appeared in the house, holding a copy of the telegram in his hand.

"Liao Gong, this is the Prime Minister's telegram. The 18th Division of the National Revolutionary Army is about to leave Ningxia, and it will pass through Guanzhong to take the Longhai Line to Xuchang and be stationed, and it will also train in Xuchang and change into new weapons...... The Prime Minister has asked for our full assistance. ”

"What? So who is Ningxia stationed in? Xuanxia's father exclaimed in surprise and stared at Deng Yanda with beads in his eyes. He didn't know anything about it! He didn't know that it meant that Ningxia's territory was not ceded to the Central G, but to the Youth Party! In this way, the territory of Al-Shabaab and China G can be close together, which means...... Another war!

Deng Yanda gently placed the draft of the telegram in front of Liao Zhongkai, and said with a wry smile: "Ningxia will take over the defense of the youth army...... And part of the 18th Division, which was unwilling to leave, was given soldiers and weapons and ammunition. The Eighteenth Division went to Xuchang with bare hands, and then replenished a batch of elite and latest weapons drawn from each division of [***]! I'm afraid this army is going to the northeast! ”

Xuanxia's father chuckled in his heart, his legs were weak, and he sat on the sofa behind him. The Kuomintang actually wanted to send an integrated division to the Northeast! What are you doing there? It was certainly not to defend the USSR, and in fact the USSR did not need to defend it, because no one was ready to attack them. It is precisely China that needs to be defended! And the 18th Division of the Kuomintang seems to be doing this. It's just that...... This is actually defending the reactionary Feng faction center! Why can't the Kuomintang understand this truth?

"Liao Gong, should we let them ...... Pass? Deng Yanda also ignored Xuanxia's father, who was stunned on the side, but looked at Liao Zhongkai with a hesitant expression.

Liao Zhongkai's face was pale, his eyebrows were frowned, he thought hard, and only after a while did he hesitate to speak: "Sword Soul, can you persuade the Soviet Union to agree to the redemption of the Middle East Road funded by the National Political Axe!" This one...... Isn't it already said in the "Sino-Russian Agreement on the Outline of the Settlement of Outstanding Cases"? Why can't we fulfill it? ”

…… Wang Ching-wei is now raising the same question with Soviet Ambassador Zirnykh. This somewhat unlucky Kuomintang bigwig was ordered by Sun Yat-sen to think about it behind closed doors, and he thought about it from Guangzhou to Wuhan. Now I finally got out of it, received Sun Yat-sen's order, and came to the Soviets with a check in my pocket to buy the Middle Road.

He thought about the job quite simply. We paid 30 million to buy the Middle East Road, and in the thirteenth year of the Republic of China, the two countries also reached an agreement, stipulating that China could contribute to the redemption of the railway. Right now...... There shouldn't be any problems, right?

Wang Jingwei took Chen Gongbo, Zhou Fohai and others to stay at the Liuguo Hotel in Jiaomin Lane, East of Yanjing. As soon as I arrived at the Liuguo Hotel, I met with Yang Yuting, Zeng Qi and others from the Feng Department, and raised the issue of having the National Political Axe fund to redeem the railway, and then the Feng Department and the Ministry of Transportation. The Feng department agreed very quickly, and said that there is no problem even if it is operated by the national political axe alone!

After negotiating with the Feng Department, Wang Jingwei confidently invited Zirnekh to meet in the Liuguo Hotel to discuss the issue of redeeming the railway, but he did not expect that ...... "good hairy" Comrade Zirnekh's head shook like a rattle, and the two beautifully cultivated Bazihu were also raised high. Comrade Ambassador said in blunt Chinese: "Your suggestion is not feasible at all. And...... It also did not correspond to the Sino-Russian Agreement on the Outline of the Settlement of Outstanding Cases, so it was unacceptable to the Soviet Union. In addition, we also hope that the Chinese Kuomintang will have a clear understanding of the situation and will not join the imperialists and reactionary capitalists in opposing the Soviet Union. ”

After listening to the other party's words, Wang Jingwei was stunned and stunned, and finally reacted, and immediately took the copy of the "Sino-Russian Outline Agreement on the Settlement of Outstanding Cases" from Chen Gongbo's hand, and carefully read it. Only then did he frown again and politely proposed: "Mr. Ambassador, I have just read this agreement again, and Article 9, Paragraph 2 of it stipulates that 'the Soviet government promised China to redeem the Eastern Railway and all the property belonging to the road with Chinese capital; He also promised to transfer all stocks and bonds to China. 'It is clear in black and white that with a great and responsible power like the Soviet Union, it should not go back on its word, right? ”

Zirnykh casually flipped through the copy of the agreement on the table, pointed to Article 2 of it, and sneered: "Article 2 of the Agreement stipulates that 'the two High Contracting Parties agree to hold a meeting within one month of the signing of this Agreement to discuss and implement the detailed measures for all outstanding cases in accordance with the provisions of the following articles.'" This detailed procedure shall be completed expeditiously, but in any event not later than six months from the date of the commencement of the meeting referred to in the preceding paragraph. And now that time limit has been exceeded, so the agreement has completely lapsed. The Soviet Union, naturally, does not have any obligation to comply with an agreement that is completely ineffective! ”

"But......" Wang Jingwei's eyes widened, as if he had seen the true face of the Soviets for the first time in his life. He said in a calm voice, word by word: "This is why you have been delaying the follow-up meeting since the agreement was signed!" It turns out that this is how you are playing with the feelings of the Chinese people! You guys...... How are these people different from the Tsarist Russia of the past? And what qualifications do you have to keep saying that you want to liberate all mankind! I'm afraid that your liberation of all mankind will turn the whole of humanity into slaves of your Soviet Russia! ”

Smack. Zirneh slapped the table heavily, stood up, glared at Wang Jingwei fiercely, and said, "Mr. Wang, please pay attention to your words!" Every word you say now will cost your Kuomintang dearly! The majesty and honor of the Soviet Union are inviolable! I ask you to solemnly apologize to the Soviet Union for your words, otherwise the Soviet Union reserves the right to pursue the case, and all the consequences arising therefrom will be borne by you, the Kuomintang! ”

"Huh...... What can be the consequences? Wang Jingwei smiled dismally: "The big deal is to break up in two and meet everyone on the battlefield." But I would also like to remind you that now the USSR can be surrounded by capitalism all over the world...... If there is a war, I am afraid that the whole world will support us, and no matter how strong your country is, can you be sure of victory? ”

Zilnych laughed and said: "It's ridiculous that you should still count on those weak capitalist countries! Just wait and see! See who will come to your rescue? ”

(To be continued)