"Chairman, there's another column full of tanks!"

Zhong Zhijie's voice sounded in Mao Zd's ears, Chairman Zhong G was drafting a telegram to Nanjing on the moving train, he put down the brush in his hand, and looked up at the military train that was speeding past another railroad track. It's another train full of tanks, there are always forty to fifty of them, and judging by the size of these tanks, it should be the same kind of T28. The Soviets seem to have been heavily equipped with this new tank, and if you count the four trains loaded with T28s seen at the Chelyabinsk railway station, twenty trains loaded with tanks have already been seen on the way from Chelyabinsk to the Far East, twelve of which were loaded with this powerful T28 tank.

"Comrade Zhijie, it seems that their tank force is stronger than we thought, no wonder Trotsky is unwilling to sign any secret agreement with us."

Mao ZD sighed. His visit to the Soviet Union did not produce any substantive results. Although the Soviets politely received the Chinese delegation, arranged for them to visit one new industrial base after another around Moscow, and arranged for them to visit the Ural industrial region under construction on their way home via the Guò Trans-Siberian Railway, they rejected China's request to conclude a secret peace agreement with it.

"Lao Peng, look at this scene, are they planning to attack us?" Mao ZD pointed to the military column that was speeding away outside the car window and asked a general of the Wehrmacht next to him with a gloomy face.

This general is Peng Dhuai, the former commander of the Outer Xinjiang National Guard Command. During the 1925 general election, he was recalled to active duty because he gave up his constituency to Chen Yannian, and was transferred to Nanjing as deputy commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht. This time, he also visited the Soviet Union with Mao ZD.

"At most, they're ready to attack us."

Peng Dhuai looked coldly at the military train that was gradually moving away outside the car window, and sneered:

"A large-scale war under mechanized conditions is no more than when we marched into the northwest, and there are too many preparations to be made. I am afraid that the deployment of troops has only just begun, and in the future it will be necessary to establish military stations, build barracks, stock up supplies, repair roads, and establish forward bases and airfields in the Far East and Siberia......

Moreover, the capacity of the Trans-Siberian Railway was limited, and it could only supply hundreds of thousands of Russian troops to fight in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War. Now, even if the transportation capacity is greatly increased, it can only supply about 100,000 Red Army fighters at most in wartime, and it is not a mechanized army. If Trotsky really wanted to fight Manchuria, he would have to amass at least 2 million troops in the Soviet Far Eastern Republics, including at least five Soviet tank armies. Concentrate 1,500 to 2,000 tanks of various kinds, more than 5,000 artillery pieces, 10,000 cars of various types, armored vehicles. More than 1000 aircraft.

With so many armies in a state of war, at least 10,000 tons of supplies are consumed every day, and the Trans-Siberian railway line is afraid that it will not be able to replenish even half of it. If Trotsky is going to fight us for a year, he will have to reserve at least 1,500,000 tons of supplies in the Far Eastern Republic in advance. Even if you start preparing now. Rely on the capacity of the Trans-Siberian railway line. It will take at least two years to mobilize so many troops and supplies. ”

Mao ZD asked: "That is, it is possible that Trotsky will launch an offensive against Manchuria at the end of 1932?" ”

"Yes, it is possible." Peng Dhuai shrugged his shoulders and was silent for a while, "However, it is possible that these three words are the most hated words by military commanders. ”

Zhong Zhijie nodded, "It's the same for intelligence officers. ”

"So let's think about it from another angle, is there any value in Manchuria for attacking?" Mao ZD asked Zhong Da's spy and General Peng.

"Yes!" The spy and the general gave the same answer in unison.

Peng said: "Our largest oil field is in the west of Heilongjiang, only about 500 kilometers away from the Sino-Soviet border. For Soviet tank and cavalry clusters, it was only a few days' journey. ”

"That's our biggest weakness," Zhong added, "if the Soviets develop long-range bombers." They were even able to blow up our oil fields with guò bombing and paralyze our warplanes! ”

Mao Zd thought for a while, and said with a solemn expression: "Oh, then it seems that we have to seriously consider this issue." Since we are most afraid of the Soviet Union attacking the Great Northern Wilderness Oilfield, Trotsky would most likely consider launching such an attack. Lao Peng, do you think it is possible that the Beidahuang Oilfield was actually Trotsky's first target? He first concentrated an army, including a huge tank force, to launch a surprise attack on Northern Manchuria, destroying or occupying the oil facilities of the Great Northern Wilderness, and then turned to the defensive and transferred the main force to the western battlefield? ”

Peng Dhuai frowned. Over the past few years, the Ministry of Defence and the General Staff of the Wehrmacht have studied a wide range of possible war processes, including the one now proposed by Mao. Mao ZD said with a somewhat impatient expression: "Old Peng, you speak." ”

"This possibility is in existence." Peng Dhuai said: "In 1927, the Ministry of National Defense also organized a joint exercise of the three armed forces called 'Tang Feng No. 2', which simulated a surprise attack by Japanese and Soviet forces on our country. Among them, the main target of the Soviet Red Army was the Beidahuang Oilfield. During this exercise, the Beidahuang oil field was captured by Soviet tank forces on the eleventh day after the start of the war! ”

"So the Wehrmacht has long been trying to prevent Trotsky from attacking the Great Northern Wilderness oil fields? Is it possible for him to succeed? ”

"It's a matter of determination." Peng Dhuai said: "The determination to attack and the determination to defend, as long as Trotsky shows enough determination and is prepared to bear enough losses, the probability that the Red Army will take the Great Northern Wilderness Oilfield is quite high." ”

"Then we should remind the prime minister in the report to pay attention to the defense of the Great Northern Wilderness." Mao ZD picked up the brush and continued to draft the report to Nanjing, and the report was completed in a short time.

"Chairman, I'll go to the telecommunications team and ask them to send it out immediately." Zhong Zhijie immediately stood up and took the report that the ink had not dried from Mao Zd's hand.

……

Tokyo, Akasaka Imperial Palace.

"Yasuda-kun, let's play a game of chess. I heard that during this time, you have been going to dive with Katayama to play shogi. You should have improved your chess skills, right? ”

Yasuo Yasuda had come to Akasaka to report to Takeda Heng, who had just returned from inspecting the navy in Kure Port, but he didn't expect Takeda Heng to put a game of shogi on his desk, and as soon as he saw Yasuda, he shouted that he wanted to fight him. In passing, Katayama diving was also mentioned. After the defeat of the party struggle, the former leader of the Japanese government was not "purged" by Takeda Heng, but arranged a villa by the sea on the Izu Peninsula for him to retire from, and also retained his status as a member of the Central Committee of the Japanese government. Yasuo Yasuda was ordered to monitor him, and at the same time, he often went to the door to play chess with the elderly to relieve his boredom. After a long time, people forgot what role he played when Katayama fell, and instead thought that he missed the old and did not forget his old master. In Japan, where traditional culture is deeply rooted. It's never a bad thing to come across like that.

"I'm happy to accompany you, but my chess skills haven't improved. The old man is old, his brain is completely confused, and he can't teach me how to play shogi. Yasuo Yasuda was calm and did not justify his frequent visits to Katayama. Just told Takeda about Katayama's dementia in a roundabout way.

Shogi is a board game unique to Japan. Yasuda and Takeda had never been in contact before coming to Japan. Because most of the Japanese generals like shogi, so these two also took the time to study, but the chess skills are quite bad, both belong to the stinky chess basket, but the two together are also chess opponents, more than an hour of fierce battles, and finally won with Takeda chess.

"The chairman's chess skills are getting higher and higher, and it will continue to develop like this. Chairman, you should fall (let the son) fall. Yasuo Yasuda lowered his head to collect his chess pieces, while Takeda leaned back in his armchair and closed his eyes. Wait until Yasuda finishes cleaning up the chessboard. He sighed softly and said, "I understand the old man Katayama more and more now, when will you accompany me to see him." ”

Yasuo Yasuda was slightly stunned, he smiled slightly: "Okay, chairman, I will accompany you when you are free." The old man's body is really bad, and I'm afraid I won't see it a few times. ”

Takeda laughed twice and said, "You miss the old ...... Seriously, I'm a little envious of the old man now, that he could leave in the heyday of Soviet Japan and not have to worry about the future. ”

"In the future? Could it be that the chairman also has little confidence in the world revolution? Yasuo Yasuda seemed to say it casually, but there are only a few people in Japan who dare to say such things in front of Takeda Heng. Yasuda can be among them, which shows that he is already one of Takeda Heng's most trusted people.

"It's not that I'm not confident, it's that no one on board the 'Settsu' (the flagship of the Japanese Red Navy) thinks that it can defeat the main force of the British Navy." Takeda Heng said with a wry smile: "Eisuke Yamamoto (commander of the Red Navy's Combined Fleet) said that the 'Settsu' and the six battleships that Trotsky was going to send us are useless shelf goods, and they will definitely be sent to death on the battlefield!" Unless you can get a really functional aircraft, naval warfare is not at all certain. ”

Yasuo Yasuda frowned and thought for a moment, but didn't say anything. Navy he doesn't understand at all, so it's not convenient to comment. Takeda stood up, took out a bottle of Kobe Nada sake and a wine glass from a small wine cabinet in his office, poured Yasuda a glass of wine, and took a sip of the bottle himself.

"The Red Navy told me that the main guns of the 'Settsu' and the six Soviet battleships were all 12-inch guns, and that it was theoretically impossible for such cannons to sink the capital ships of the British Navy, and that the armor of the 'Settsu' and the six Soviet battleships was too thin to withstand the 14-inch, 15-inch, and 16-inch guns of the British capital ships, and that the speed of these battleships was generally slow. The formation of the three ships of Tosa's will not only fail to help in the battle, but will drag down the three cutting-edge capital ships from maneuvering at high speed. ”

"Does Comrade Trotsky know this?" Yasuo Yasuda asked cautiously. He knew that a letter from Trotsky would put Takeda on the throne of the first man in Japan, and of course there would be a way to pull Takeda off the throne again! Therefore, Takeda did not dare to disobey this revolutionary prophet in any way.

"I have already reported this opinion to the public, and Comrade Trotsky has sent a reply call." As he spoke, Takeda took out a telegraph from his pocket and handed it to Yasuda.

Yasuda took the telegram and glanced at it, and couldn't help but exclaim: "What? Comrade Trotsky demanded that we expand the army to more than 2 million by October 1932! It is also necessary to prepare for the Manchurian operation...... Oh, my God. What the hell is he trying to do? ”

"yes, these 'animals' of the army should die of joy!" Takeda Heng drank a large sip of beach wine, and the yin and yang were weird. "Yasuda. Don't you say? ”

Yasuo Yasuda was stunned for a moment, and then understood that Takeda Heng's confidence in the world revolution had been shaken, and that he might have had the idea of getting rid of Trotsky's control, and that he was now trying to seek the opinion of himself, the head of the secret police, in a roundabout way.

"Although the army has been shouting for revenge, their subordinates feel that they are just talking big words. Unless the Soviet Union would attack Manchuria in a big way, the Army would not dare to cross the 38th parallel. I think Trotsky knew about this as well, and he must have had all the plans. We just don't know yet. Yasuo Yasuda pondered and analyzed.

He couldn't quite grasp Takeda's true thoughts, and he couldn't get the idea of Nanjing, so he just said some ambiguous words, and did not dare to persuade Takeda to oppose the Soviet Union. As a matter of fact. He also knew that Takeda Heng did not get rid of the capital of the Soviet Union at all. To get rid of the Soviet Union, it was necessary to enlist the support of the army. There was only one way to gain the support of the army, and that was to restore the emperor system. But in that case, what can Takeda Heng gain? At most, he would be given the title of a duke like a Meiji minister, and perhaps a few years as prime minister. How can there be a status of being lonely in the south now?

"What's in spite of everything?" Takeda Heng seemed to calm down, frowning and thinking, "What could it be?" The Japanese Red Navy was certainly no match for the British Navy, and the Army could not defeat it Chinese...... What's more, two coming together? ”

"It can't be two together, one must be false!" Yasuo Yasuda said: "Comrade Trotsky must be using tricks to confuse the enemy. ”

"Makes sense!" Takeda Heng suddenly felt a sudden enlightenment, and he held his hands behind his back. Silently looking at the clear sky outside the window: "It must be so, Comrade Trotsky is such a wise person. How is it possible to call Japan a task that cannot be completed at all? He must have figured out Guò's move to confuse Chang Ruiqing and make him unable to figure out the direction of the main attack of the Soviet Red Army! Yasuda-kun, you are indeed my Kong Ming! ”

Yasuda Yasuo smiled bitterly in his heart, but I, Kong Ming, couldn't see through Trotsky's true intentions, this old fox even had to deceive his own people, this time I really don't know what kind of medicine is sold in his gourd? Now how does Chang Ruiqing's vision look? But don't make a bad move and let Trotsky calculate......

……

The Soviet Red Army increased its forces in the Far East! At least hundreds of T28 tanks are being transferred eastward! By October 1932, the Japanese Red Army would expand to 2 million!

Mao ZD and Yasuda Yasuo sent telegrams to Nanjing almost at the same time, and three shocking pieces of news made the owner of the Tangshan Mansion anxious. "What did Trotsky want to do? Do you want to be the first to deal with us and send troops to attack the Great Northern Wilderness Oilfield? At the emergency meeting of the Ministry of National Defense, Chang Ruiqing's face was surprisingly ugly, and the senior generals of the National Defense Force also looked at each other and didn't know how to speak.

Chang Ruiqing is very depressed, really depressed! According to his previous thoughts, the revolutionary prophet would definitely fight Germany first, because Germany is the main battlefield of the world revolution, and as long as Germany is defeated, the Soviet Union will be invincible in Europe, and if Europe is defeated, the Soviet Union will be invincible...... Of course, our Chancellor knows that the idea of defeating Germany first and then ruling Europe and then conquering the world is nothing more than Trotsky's wishful thinking, because it is no one else who rules Germany at the moment, but Adolf, the number one devil of all mankind in history. Hitler! Historically, it was the four countries of Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and Italy (responsible for helping) who worked together and made great efforts to force this demon to die in the bunker of the German Chancellery. At this time, if Trotsky wanted to take the Soviet Red Army to fight Germany alone, the final fate must have been very miserable. When the time comes, as long as he easily receives East Siberia and Central Asia, everything will be fine.

But now, Chang Ruiqing finally knows that the wishful thinking fool is not Trotsky, but himself! Trotsky didn't even want to hit Hitler's iron wall with his head, and the first unlucky egg he wanted to clean up was probably the Great Chinese Federation! As for the way to clean up, it is to use the sea of tanks to flood the Beidahuang Oilfield, the main oil producing area of the Great China Federation! At the same time, the Japanese Navy will also be responsible for blocking China's foreign trade routes!

Of course, the news that is now coming from Mao ZD and Yasuo Yasuda is most likely a rumor deliberately unleashed by Trotsky. But the question is, can you ignore this rumor?

This Trotsky is so cunning! Why didn't you see it? How could this guy lose to Stalin in history?

"Prime Minister, his subordinates are not worried about Trotsky sending troops to capture the Great Northern Wilderness Oilfield." Just then, a voice rang out from the back of the conference room. Chang Ruiqing looked up and found that it was a very delicate-looking young officer who spoke, with a little thick eyebrows and fair skin, a bit like a girl, looking a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was. This man was dressed in an armored corps uniform, with the rank of major. It is estimated that it is a staff officer or adjutant under Pan Wenzhao.

"Yangchun, this is not the place for you to speak...... Pan Wenzhao's voice rang out immediately.

Chang Ruiqing waved his hand, interrupted Pan Wenzhao, and said, "Major Yang Chun? If you have an idea, just say it, now is the time for everyone to express their opinions, and the rank of the military should not be an obstacle to speech. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )