December 31, 1942, this day is very important for both China and Japan, after several months of chasing and fighting, Japan finally fully withdrew its troops from the Chinese battlefield, although the losses in the process of withdrawing troops are not small, but the Japanese army still succeeded in the troops and expatriates north of the Yangtze River and the vast majority of enterprises withdrew to the Korean Peninsula, while the troops and people in the south of the Yangtze River were part of the rush to return to China, part of the land into the north of French Indochina, and a small part into Hong Kong Island.

The withdrawal lasted for more than 50 days to complete, and as Chen Feng expected, due to the encirclement and interception of the Chinese army, a large number of Japanese enterprises and factories could not be moved, and a large number of materials and cultural relics could not be transported back to Japan.

In addition, the vast majority of Chinese have a plot of loving home, and many puppet soldiers are unwilling to follow the Japanese army east to Japan, let alone go away with Wang Jingwei and others, so during this period, the nearly 300,000 puppet troops of the Wang puppet regime are only less than 50,000.

On December 31, the Government Council of the National Government issued an announcement that after more than five years of arduous fighting and paying a huge price in casualties, the Chinese people finally won a phased victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and recovered the vast majority of their territory, including the four eastern provinces.

However, this does not mean that the war is over, and China still has a large amount of land controlled by the Japanese army, including Baodao, Hong Kong Island, Qiong Island, South Sakhalin Island, Burma, Penghu Islands, Ryukyu Islands, and the Korean Peninsula, all of which are Chinese territories recognized by the United States and Britain.

Same. Large-scale celebrations broke out in major cities across the country, and workers, peasants, and people from all walks of life took to the streets to celebrate the great victory of the country and the nation without anyone organizing them.

With the vigorous publicity of government departments, Chen Feng's previous sentence "It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, and not to become famous and learn from the overlord" has been well known to the people of the whole country, and people can see the young chairman's thoughts from this poem.

Although the Japanese were beaten away, the young chairman of the NPC only believed that China had only achieved a phased victory, not a complete and comprehensive victory.

On January 1, 1943, Chen Feng convened a meeting in Chongqing attended by senior party, government, and military officials, and the main topic of the meeting was how to build the country. How to achieve the last victory in the war.

The meeting was open for 7 days and 6 nights. A large number of resolutions were made that would have a profound impact on future generations. First of all, Chen Feng proposed to show the state and political system, with the aim of building China into a truly prosperous, strong and democratic country, and planned to complete this task in one year.

According to the regulations of the conference, a founding ceremony was planned to be held in the second half of 1943 or the first half of 1944. Proclamation of a republic. At the same time, the greatest victory of the Anti-Japanese War was celebrated. For the administrative divisions of China. In addition to the existing provinces, the meeting planned to add North Korea Province, South Korea Province, North Burma Province, South Myanmar Province, Baodao Province, and Hainan Province, and Chongqing will remain China's temporary capital for one year. A year later, the capital was moved to Nanjing or Beiping.

However, it was not decided whether it was Nanjing or Beiping at the meeting, because the delegates at the meeting had big differences on moving the capital, and some of the old ministers of the former Nationalist Government insisted on moving the capital to Nanjing, because they had been driven out of Nanjing by the Japanese before, and now they wanted to return to Nanjing in a glorious manner.

However, there are also some people who believe that Beiping, as the capital of the Ming and Qing dynasties, is far superior to Nanjing in terms of urban construction and geographical location. In addition, the vast majority of the new provinces are in the north, and moving the capital to Beiping is conducive to national stability.

Second, it is necessary to carry out comprehensive industrialization of China, to build China from a completely agricultural country into an industrial power with coordinated development of industry and agriculture in the shortest possible time, and to achieve self-sufficiency in the vast majority of production and daily necessities. In addition, it is necessary to vigorously develop the military industry and be ready for war at any time.

Regarding the industrialization of the country, Chen Feng asked the government to rely on the support of the United States and the Soviet Union to develop by leaps and bounds, not to worry about money, what equipment and technology are needed, just buy it, it doesn't matter if you don't have money, you owe it slowly, the main purpose is to build the country well, as long as the industrialization is completed, even if the Chinese government has drained its pockets, it doesn't matter, anyway, no matter what era owes money, it will always be the grandfather.

Chen Feng once again put forward the idea of separating the military from the government, and it was recognized and supported by all the senior officials attending the meeting. The army is the army, and military personnel should not participate too much in politics, and from now on, they must gradually remove the chairman of the provincial officers from their part-time positions, including leaders like Chen Feng, and if they want to hold a military position, they cannot serve in government departments, and if they want to serve in government departments, they cannot stay in the army, and they cannot take care of one of the two.

On 7 January, the government issued a red-headed document dismissing Chen Feng, chairman of the Central Military Commission, from his posts as chairman of the government, president of the Executive Yuan, and chairman of Saibei Province. At the same time, Long Yun was also dismissed from his posts as chairman of Yunnan Province, Li Zongren as chairman of Guangxi Province, Ma Buqing as chairman of Qinghai Province, Ma Hongkui as chairman of Ningxia Province, and Sheng Shicai as chairman of Xinjiang Province.

At the same time, Mao, the supreme leader of the Communist Party, was officially inaugurated as the chairman of the National Government and presided over the work of the government in an all-round way, and Zhou Enlai was officially inaugurated as the president of the Executive Yuan

1943 is destined to be an extraordinary year, this Chinese lunar calendar is not only the 32nd year of the Republic of China, but also the 10th year of Kant in Manchukuo; In the eighteenth year of Japan's Showa era, the most striking thing in this year was a series of reforms carried out by China, a country that had just won a phased victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan, under the leadership of the government.

China's development is leapfrog development, on January 12, as the chairman of the Nationalist Government, Mao was invited to visit the United States, in Washington and the President of the United States for talks, and then the two countries announced comprehensive cooperation, the United States Government to provide China with a 10-year interest-free loan of 5 billion US dollars within a year to help China build, on the condition that China must distribute more than half of the orders in these loans to American enterprises, and at the same time hope that the Chinese government and military can continue to exert pressure on the Japanese army in Southeast Asia, When necessary, cooperate with the allies of the United States, Britain and other countries to carry out counteroffensives against Japan.

In this regard, after careful consideration, the Chinese side decided to agree to the US conditions. In any case, it is not the order to be placed with anyone, and even if the United States does not make a request for a war against Japan, China will not let the Japanese go so easily. Picking up grass and beating rabbits, incidentally, why not.

On January 15, Mao, on behalf of the government, invited Soviet supreme leader Joseph Stalin to visit China, and Stalin gladly went there, and the two sides held talks in Chongqing. First of all, the two sides started the most difficult negotiations on the comprehensive handover of the territory, and decided to gradually return the Chinese territory that was still in the hands of the Soviet Union within six months.

Subsequently, the two sides began economic cooperation, almost the same as Sino-US cooperation, and the Soviet side also hoped to carry out comprehensive cooperation with the Nationalist Government.

However, the Soviet Union was not as rich as the United States, but the Soviet Union had a strong industrial production capacity, and the Soviet Union was very close to China, so the Soviet government hoped that China would place more orders with Soviet enterprises in the process of industrialization. On the 17th, the two sides officially signed a cooperation intention worth 3 billion US dollars at the Chongqing Municipal Hall.

The most important purpose of Stalin's trip was to carry out comprehensive cooperation with the Chinese government in the military field, first of all, the powerful combat power of the Chinese army was the envy of the Soviet side. Through the investigation of the Soviet intelligence department, it was learned that the reason why China's national defense strength was able to rise in a short period of time and drive out the invincible Japanese army was inseparable from its advanced weaponry and training methods.

Therefore, during his visit, Stalin also hoped to carry out military cooperation with the Chinese government, specifically the sharing of weapons and technology, and at the same time hoped that the Chinese government would send an advisory group to the Soviet Union to train troops for the Soviet Union.

The United States and the Soviet Union are different, the United States is far away from Chinese mainland, and there is still an endless ocean in between, and the possibility of a conflict or even a full-scale war between the two sides is unlikely, whether it is political economy or military culture, there is no big problem with any form of cooperation.

But the Soviet Union is different, the Soviet Union originally bordered China, and has invaded China many times in history, annexing a large amount of China's territory, if the current situation forces the Soviet government not to spit out the fat that has been eaten, I am afraid that the two sides will break out a new war because of the territorial issue, so it is unwise to support the Soviet Union militarily.

However, the Soviet Union is now a member of the allies, and has stepped up to China when it needs it most, giving China great help, and even sending an air force to fight in China. The Chinese are kind and affectionate, and the grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring, and such a virtue cannot be lost.

Therefore, the Chinese government decided to provide some weapons and equipment support to the Soviet Union, and at the same time was willing to send an advisory group to the Soviet Union to train the Soviet army, but it refused to share resources and technology with the Soviet Union.

Although Stalin was a little disappointed, he was extremely happy to learn that the Chinese government was willing to provide the Soviet Union with weapons and equipment for 30 infantry divisions and 1,000 tanks within six months, and that it would also send two aviation divisions to the Soviet Union to assist the Soviet army in the war, and at the same time would carry out a comprehensive refitting of the 400,000 Soviet Far East Red Army participating in the Northeast Campaign.

Mao clearly told Stalin that this was an attempt by the Chinese people to repay the Soviet government's kindness to China during the most difficult period of China's War of Resistance Against Japan, when the Soviet government provided China with about $200 million in aid, and at the same time sent two brigades of air forces to China to participate in the war, and this time the Chinese people repaid it tenfold. (To be continued......)