According to the agreement reached by the command of the Chinese Fushun prisoner of war camp, the Consulate General of Soviet Russia in Shenyang and representatives of the Red Army prisoners of war who went on hunger strike. All Russian prisoners have the right to choose whether or not to return to their own country, but before making a choice, representatives from the Russian side or the White Russian Provisional Government can talk to each prisoner of war for no more than an hour, under the supervision of the International Red Cross personnel.

Such an agreement, of course, was made by the suspicion of favoring these traitors to the Red Army! In fact, the Belarusian Provisional Government and the British, American, and French diplomats in China did their best to lobby the Chinese Government to finally get such a result. As for the Soviet and Russian sides, because they were eager to ease relations with China, they had no choice but to accept it.

The place where the conversation or ideological education took place was a somewhat eerie Western-style building in a Fushun prisoner of war camp - a product of Tsarist Russia's short-term colonial rule in the Northeast. Comrade Kochakin, an activist in the Fushun prisoner of war camp, was one of the first prisoners of war to be interviewed. Accompanied by a Chinese gendarme about his age and an Indian purportedly sent by the International Red Cross, he walked into a small, deserted, windowless room with a shabby desk and two chairs. The dusty walls are covered with a red and blue flag, as well as a golden sickle, hammer, and five-pointed star. Kochagin looked at the flag in a daze, and forgot for a moment to say hello to the blonde beauty sitting behind the desk.

"Comrade Kochakin, this is the new flag of our Russian SSR." Kochakin's thoughts were interrupted by the soft voice of the beautiful woman, and the big boy from Ukraine noticed that the other party was very amiable. It's like a girl next door.

"My name is Tonya Tumanova, and now I am in charge of promoting the party's policies to you, can you sit down and talk?" The girl smiled shyly at Kochakin, bared a few white teeth, and pointed to an empty chair.

"My name is Artyom Kochakin, I am the company commander of the 1st Cavalry Corps of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, a GCD member, I was captured by the Japanese near Kharigan Tusumu, and my war horse was frightened at that time" Artyom Kochagin did not dare to sit - he knew that he was a sinner, and he could only confess honestly. So I remembered my own experience of being captured and the experience of fighting in the prisoner of war camp.

His capture was actually a very helpless thing, the war horse was frightened and threw him to the ground, and he fainted on the spot, and when he woke up, he found that he had been tied up! As for the struggle in the prisoner of war camps, they were also very resolute, including suicides, prison escapes, hunger strikes, fights, concerts, etc., and even organized an underground party committee under extremely difficult conditions with the help of a Chinese gendarme who sympathized with them.

Tonya Tumanova listened as she wrote something in a small notebook, her task was more than just persuasion. It is also necessary to examine the attitude of these prisoners, which will be the basis for their future sentences. And Tonya was born with a good heart and was very sympathetic to these captured Red Army soldiers. I hope that each of them will get the shortest possible sentence, so when I heard Kochagin say that he had dealings with members of the Central G Party, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. It seems that the détente between the Soviet and Russian GCDs and the Chinese GCDs is only superficial and cannot be escaped! If you honestly become a prisoner and do nothing, at most you will be reformed through labor for ten years, but if you add the sins of the revisionist anti-party clique, you should be shot or deported with the highest security measures when you go back!

"Comrade Kochakin, are you willing to return to the Motherland?" Tonya was expecting the other party to say no. But Kochagin did not hesitate to say: "I do! I am willing to return to the Russian Motherland and accept any disciplinary action from the organization! ”

Including shooting? Tonya asked inwardly. But Kochagin still has a chance. For in another room, there was also an Orthodox clergyman, and Sister Mary was waiting for his answer.

"Nope! I don't go to the U.S., and I don't go to Canada! I want to go back to the Soviet Motherland! When Sister Mary told Kochagin that she could arrange for him to settle in the United States and Canada, she was immediately met with resolute opposition and vicious eyes.

"My child, have you really thought it through? Most likely, the Bolsheviks prepared hard labor for you"

"Lie! You witch, do you think I'm going to believe such a ridiculous lie? Kochagin interrupted loudly - in fact, he was right. Hard labor did not belong to him, and he was later sentenced to the highest security measures on charges of revisionist anti-party clique! In the book "How Slaves Become", his last words are recorded: "For God's sake, give Comrade Kryansky a call." For God's sake, make a phone call This matter is not about Paul, he is innocent, innocent! And Paul in his mouth was his younger brother, a loyal and tried and tested Bolshevik. Because his brother's revelations also became a member of the revisionist anti-party group, he was imprisoned in the Sorowsky concentration camp.

However, the labor reform did not shake his ideals and beliefs, but strengthened his determination to dedicate all his energy and his whole life to the cause of human liberation, and in 1937, he finally got the opportunity to return to the revolutionary ranks. He joined the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in the labor camps, took part in the life-and-death struggle against imperialism, and finally died in the Caucasus

Zhukov was also taken to a small office, the former Red Army brigade commander had gauze wrapped around his wrists, his face was swollen and bloodless - he had committed suicide a few days earlier, and while the guards were not looking, he cut his wrists with a piece of glass that he had hidden at some unknown time! However, he still did not die, so he was now brought to Ordzhonikidze.

"Hello, Comrade Zhukov." Ordzhonikidze said: "I am Ordzhonikidze, deputy director of the General Political Department of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. ”

Zhukov smiled bitterly and nodded: "You are here to take me back?" Well, I agree. I'm a GCD person, and always have been, at least in my heart! ”

Ordzhonikidze said to the officers of the International Red Cross and the Chinese military police, who had come in with Zhukov: "Well, did you hear what he said? Now you can leave this room, and I will be alone with Comrade Zhukov for a while. "Of course, this is a violation of the rules, but Ordzhonikidze is not an ordinary person, of course, there is a little privilege. The two men who escorted Zhukov in looked at each other and withdrew/

After the door was closed, Ordzhonikidze took out a cigarette and lit one for Zhukov.

"Oh! Smoked Russian cigarettes again. Zhukov took a puff of cigarette, "Comrade Ordzhonikidze. If I say that I was captured in a completely unconscious situation, will I be sentenced a few years less? ”

"Actually, the party organization wants you to stay in China."

"Participating in the socialist reality in Xinjiang? Wouldn't I make a heavier mistake that way? I'd better go back to China, I should be reformed through labor, I am a GCD person, even if I am expelled from the party, my heart is still towards GCD! ”

"Then you should obey the organizational arrangement, and the organization needs you to go to Xinjiang."

There was silence in the room for a while, and Zhukov took a few puffs of his cigarette. "Going to Xinjiang is just an excuse, and no one really goes to Kolchak's gang has many friends in the Chinese government. I know here that there is no one to guard the way to Xinjiang, and anyone who wants to sneak away can sneak away, and the Kolchak gang has already agreed with Britain and the United States that traitors can be arranged to take refuge there. ”

"So the organization hopes that you can take the lead, and your prestige in this prisoner of war camp is very high, far more than Zhu Helai. If you take the lead, I believe that many people will be willing to go to Xinjiang with you. ”

But why do so many people go to Xinjiang? Is there any difference between going to Xinjiang and going to the United States for the Bolshevik Party? Zhukov was eager to ask this question. But in the end, he didn't ask. In fact, he also knew the answer: life in the United States was much better than going to Xinjiang, but the Bolshevik Party could not see that these traitors lived like individuals, and this was not allowed!

"Well, I obey the organizational arrangement, but"

"I know that neither your mother nor your sister will be implicated in any way."

"And my wife Akievna, I want to divorce her"

"You. What did you say? Ordzhonikidze was stunned for a moment, looked at Zhukov with wide eyes, and after a while muttered: "Comrade Zhukov, your file says that you are unmarried!" ”

"Me. Am I unmarried? Hearing this news, Zhukov trembled slightly, as if he had thought of something, and nodded with a wry smile: "Yes, I remembered wrong, I am so lucky that I am not married yet and I do not have a daughter." ”

Ordzhonikidze's thick eyebrows tightened. It seems that the intelligence that Zhukov is crazy is accurate, and this man is even wrong whether he is married or not! Must be crazy, can such a madman still call on enough Red Army prisoners of war to go to Xinjiang to suffer alive?

"Okay, let's have a drink, there's vodka, Chinese Moutai, and Japanese Nada, what do you want to have?"

In Chang Ruiqing's office in the Military Commission building, where many ink paintings of Qi Baishi were hung, the chairman of the Military Commission, the prime minister of Japan, and the deputy people's commissar for foreign affairs of Soviet Russia were already sitting together.

"Let's have a glass of vodka, we Russians only drink vodka" "I still want a beach bar." ”

Chang Ruiqing took out two heavy glass wine bottles from the glass cabinet, and poured two glasses of Tan wine and a glass of vodka respectively, his alcohol was not too large and he couldn't drink too strong wine, so he gave himself a glass of Kobe Tan wine.

"Let's toast to what? How about peace and tranquility? ”

Yue Fei smiled and nodded: "For peace, but also for the friendship of our three countries." ”

Yuan Kei also smiled: "Cheers to the non-aggression pact between the three countries!" ”

"Of course, a toast to the unity of our three countries."

All three of them drank it all.

"This wine is good, it's Baoshi vodka, right? It's a pity that you can't drink too much, or you will have to get drunk. Yue Fei put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at Chang Ruiqing with a smile: "Mr. Chairman, we can now start discussing the specific details of the non-aggression treaty between the three countries, right?" ”

"Yes. It's time to get started, isn't that what you and Mr. Xiang are here for? Chang Ruiqing paused for a moment, pointed to the Japanese minister and said: "The idea between us and the Japanese side is to base ourselves on the Sino-Japanese non-aggression pact, and the Soviet Union and Russia will join this treaty to make it a three-country non-aggression pact. Mr. Yue Fei, what do you think? ”

Yue Fei paused for a few minutes before replying: "Is it a non-aggression pact between the three countries?" This is a good suggestion, and I think we can consider joining. ”

"The non-aggression treaty we signed with China has some additional clauses that are guaranteed." Hara Kei took over the topic: "We in Japan will limit the construction of the army's armed forces, the number of army divisions and regiments in peacetime will not exceed 17, and we will not develop tanks and armored vehicles, and we will not increase the number of cavalry. In addition to the fortress guns, the army is not armed with cannons with a caliber of more than 150mm, nor is it armed with train guns.

The Chinese side restricts naval armaments, does not equip armored cruisers of more than 10,000 tons, does not equip battleships and battle cruisers, and all naval guns must not exceed 203mm. ”

"These are the terms that limit the development of armaments in China and Japan." Chang Ruiqing said this with a little inquiring tone.

Yue Fei just smiled noncommittally: "I will report these conditions to Moscow, then do you have any requirements for Soviet Russia?" ”

"Of course there is." Chang Ruiqing's smile was full of confidence. "Because Russia is facing a great threat from the West, we and Japan will not ask for restrictions on the Russian army or navy, but our two countries hope that the Far Eastern SSR will be able to implement some policies that are different from the rest of Soviet Russia, and we want the Far Eastern Republic to become a zone similar to a buffer zone."

Yue Fei nodded. He didn't speak, but took out a small notebook and began to record. Japan's Aihara Keikno went on to say: "First, the border between Japan and Russia is bounded by the Amur River; Second, the Red Army of Soviet Russia. Including the Far Eastern People's Revolutionary Army, the number in the territory of the Far Eastern Republic does not exceed 150,000, of which the cavalry must not exceed 30,000, and artillery with a caliber of more than 155mm must not be deployed. Our two countries need to station military observers along the Trans-Siberian Railway, west of Chita, including Chita. Thirdly, the Russian side, including the Far Eastern Republics, could not deploy a river fleet on the Amur River; Fourth, the Russian government, the Russian GCD, and the GC International may not in any form fund support for any organization or political party in China and Japan, including in the colonial lands. ”

"Comrade Trotsky! If we accept the conditions put forward by China and Japan, we will leave our Far Eastern Republic in a state of de facto defenselessness! Their army could take it at any moment! ”

As soon as Lenin saw the telegram sent by Trotsky and Checherin, he immediately stepped out from behind his desk and walked up and down his office, looking very excited.

"Feradimir Ilyich. In fact, such a clause does us little harm, and our army can also capture China's Xinjiang region at any time - after the completion of the land exchange, that land will be nearly 2.18 million square kilometers! The Chinese will not give up there, and as for the Japanese, their army forces are limited to seventeen divisions, and they cannot be equipped with tanks, armored vehicles, or artillery more than 150mm. There is no way for such an army to wage war with us. Trotsky shrugged his shoulders, leaned back in his chair, and looked at Lenin with blazing eyes. With this three-country non-aggression pact, our east side is completely secure. So that we can go west with all our might! As long as we can take Europe, the two Asian powers, China and Japan, are not worth mentioning at all! ”

Lenin looked at the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Checherin, who also nodded emphatically and echoed Trotsky: "Comrade Lenin, Comrade Trotsky's opinion is correct, we need this treaty to guarantee security on the Eastern Front. ”

Lenin had never been so disappointed in his life as he was now, and Checherin had taken refuge with Trotsky!

"Does this treaty really guarantee security in the East? If we launch a revolutionary war to liberate Europe, will Japan and China watch it? Lenin paused for a long time, then continued: "All right! We assume that China and Japan are prepared to implement this treaty in earnest. But will the United States, Britain and France buy them? These three imperialist countries will not watch Poland and Germany liberated by us! ”

Trotsky nodded: "I see. Feradimir Ilyich, I fully understand your concerns, but that is not necessary. Because first, the Japanese army was limited, and it was impossible to attack Siberia with their battleships. Therefore, their direction of development will inevitably be the South Seas, and if we make a world revolution in Europe, Japan will definitely take the opportunity to go south and seize the South Seas. It is even possible that we will conclude a temporary alliance with Japan, if we can pretend to abandon the Far Eastern states. As for China, it's not a problem, until their railway to Xinjiang is completed, there is no defense of Xinjiang at all, no matter how strong their army is, it will not help, we can seize it at any time, just as they can seize the Far East. ”

Seeing Trotsky's confident look, Lenin sighed slightly: "Lev Davydovich, so you really want to provoke World War II before China completes the construction of the Xinjiang Railway?" ”

Trotsky nodded heavily: "It's a world revolution!" ”