In the Moscow Kremlin, Stalin, the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, who had just worked all night, learned that the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation actually sent a representative to cross the river and send to the Soviet Union a blueprint of a fortress built by the Japanese army and the Japanese army's fiasco in Nomenhan, and actively trained new soldiers, expanding from 300,000 people in 11 divisions to more than 500,000 people in 20 divisions in just a few months. General Abanashenk, the head of the Soviet Far East Military District, who originally looked down on the Kwantung Army of Manchukuo, and the commander of the Far East Military District, saw from the intelligence brought by Li Yanping that the Japanese army was actively preparing for war and was about to start a war with the Soviet Union at any time, it seems that they may be waiting for Germany, now Germany has swept away half of Europe, and now only the Soviet Union is still a complete national construction, and the Soviet-German war is inevitable. For this reason, he did not dare to delay, and hurriedly sent someone to send a telegram to Moscow to inform the Moscow headquarters of his conjecture.

After watching the urgent telegram sent by the Far Eastern Military District, Stalin turned his head and asked Marshal Voroshilov, People's Commissar of Defense of the Soviet Union and General Shaposhnikov, General of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, who had been called: "What do you think of the news brought to us by the Chinese comrades?" ”

In response to Stalin's question, these marshals and generals appeared to be very cautious. After several years of purge, countless high-ranking generals were killed, which made these high-ranking Soviet generals extremely cautious in their speech, especially in front of Stalin. If he praised these weapons and equipment, which seemed to be of excellent performance, and did not make Comrade Stalin angry, he might not be able to tell who else would be unlucky.

After pondering, pondering, several people turned their attention to General Shaposhnikov, the General Staff of the Soviet Army, after all, he was in charge of the General Staff, and he was an old associate of Comrade Stalin. Did he pull it up with one hand, and he was in charge of weapon production? Presumably he said the wrong thing. It doesn't matter either.

It's just that others can not answer for the time being, but he, as the chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, cannot fail to answer. I saw that the eyes of several other people were looking at me. Extremely conservative by nature, he could only open his mouth and reply: "Comrade Stalin, I think the fears of Comrade Abanashenk, commander of the Far Eastern Military District, are justified. ”

"Tell me your reasoning."

"The Japanese have a very strong aggressive mentality, in recent years they have won successive battles and become arrogant, not long ago in the Normenhan and we had a battle, the battle loss of nearly 1:1 state, the Japanese army in the northeast through the intelligence personnel to obtain information, before the battle of Nomenhan, the Japanese garrison in the northeast about 11 divisions and regiments, 27, 8 finished soldiers, now Japan must be worried that our workers' and peasants' Red Army and they will seize the three eastern provinces, so they are actively preparing for us. If this was something we could have ignored in the past, but now it is very dangerous, and there is an old Chinese saying, "If we are not afraid of 10,000, we are afraid of what if." Once we are at war with Germany and are unable to take care of the Far East, according to the Japanese mentality, we will definitely pick up cheap ones and attack Germany from our rear. ”

"The Japanese army recruited a large number of laborers, as well as a large number of prisoners captured in the war against China, and built a large number of fortified areas along the Manchu-Soviet border, starting from Hunchun at the entrance of the Tumen River in the east. and strong permanent fortifications. ”

"These fortifications start from Hunchun in the east, and are located in Hunchun, Dongning, Lumingtai, Suifenhe, Guanyuetai, Banjuhe, Miaoling, Hutou, Fujin, Xingshan, Hormojin, Aihui, Heihe, Fabela, Wunuer, and Hailar areas from east to west."

"At present, the eight fortresses of Dongning, Suifenhe, Banjuhe, Hutou, Khormojin, Aihui, Heihe, and Hailar have been completed. Nearing completion is the Xingshan Fortress at Heli, which has been captured by the Chinese comrades, and is the largest of the fourteen fortresses under construction or completed. As for the rest, most of them have just started construction. ”

"Eight of the fortresses have already been completed. can be used as a starting point for its offensive on the Soviets. These fortifications generally accommodate one or two divisions according to the Japanese army. Judging from the distribution of these fortresses provided by the Chinese comrades, the greatest threat to us is the fortresses located in Dongning and Hutou. ”

"The Dongning fortress can accommodate three Japanese divisions, and the distance from Vladivostok is only 200 kilometers in a straight line. If the Japanese army organizes a powerful assault corps. Starting from the fortress of Dongning, once the defense line of our army is destroyed. In a matter of days, we will be able to capture Vladivostok, our most important port in the Far East and the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet. ”

The Hutou Fortress in the Hulin County region is located at the central point between Khabarovsk, where the headquarters of the Far Eastern Military District is located, and Vladivostok, where the Pacific Fleet is mainly stationed. Its firepower deployment can contain the Ussuri railway line, the lifeline of our Far East. ”

"This Tiger Head fortress was equipped with a powerful artillery group, which was armed not only with three hundred mm but also two hundred and forty mm heavy artillery. There are also at least six 150-mm cannons with a range of about 20 kilometers and a large number of 150-mm howitzers. ”

"The guns were located in semi-underground permanent fortifications made of a large number of reinforced concrete, and their fire range could directly hit the Iman Iron Bridge, an important choke point on the Ussuri Railway, which was the lifeline of the Far Eastern Military District. As soon as the Iman railway bridge is blocked by its firepower, the land connection between Khabarovsk, the command of the Far Eastern Military District, and the Pacific Fleet will be completely cut off. ”

Listening to what he said, the surrounding marshals and generals nodded at the same time, worthy of being a staff officer, the head is a good envoy, Stalin also nodded and said: "What Comrade Shaposhnikov said is very reasonable, what do you think?" ”

"Comrade Stalin, I think we can give some support to the comrades of the Anti-Japanese Union in the northeast, so that they can contain the Japanese army in the northeast, and even if the Japanese army wants to attack us, we can only mobilize a small number of troops, and we can also buy time for our Far Eastern Military District to face it."

Stalin put down the iconic pipe he had been holding, stood up, walked around his office a few times, and said: "What do our Chinese friends want, do they open their mouths like their Nationalist government?" ”

"Comrade Stalin's comrades in the Anti-Japanese Union want us to support a batch of weapons, as well as exchange gold with us for food, cotton clothes, gasoline barrels and other daily necessities."

"I can understand weapons and food, but what do they want gasoline barrels for, do they want to load food?"

"I also agree with this point, I think the head of the comrades of the Anti-Japanese Federation has been a little stupid after Comrade Wang Ming left."

"Since they have also offered to use gold to buy some supplies, food, and medicines, then we will provide them with some discounts at the preferential prices given to their national government. As for weapons, didn't your Far Eastern Military District capture a lot of Japanese-style equipment in Nomenhan, then give them all and let them help us contain the Japanese dwarfs. ”

Speaking of this, Stalin blinked happily and said lightly: "Since there is the Kwantung Army in the northeast to contain Japan at the same time, then we will also have to face the German fascists, but can our comrades really resist the Japanese attack?" Why don't you send some instructors from the Far Eastern Military Region to help them train the soldiers, and by the way, see if we can make the Anti-Japanese Federation of Resistance to our advantage. (To be continued......)