If you want to hold the Japanese back in China, you need a surrogate if you want to. To be honest, the influence of the Soviet Union on China was quite great at one time, especially in the twenties, and it can be said that without the support of the Soviet Union, there would have been no National Revolution, and even the later Kuomintang would not have existed.

It is a pity that the influence of the Soviet Union on the Chinese revolution was short-lived, and with the separation of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the influence of the Soviet Union on the Nationalist Government disappeared in an instant, and diplomatic relations were once severed because of the Middle East Road incident.

However, although the Soviet Union's revolutionary export in China failed, its influence did not completely disappear, and a group of former military "leaders" who were not very proud in the thirties were still connected with the Soviet Union. In other words, the Soviet Union still has a lot of options for supporting spokesmen who are dragging the Japanese back.

For example, Ma Zhanshan, who was once in exile in the Far East of the Soviet Union.

After the former anti-Japanese general of the Northeast Army surrendered to Japan in February 1932 and accepted his false post, he soon had a heart of rebellion in March, and immediately fled from Qiqihar in April to organize the Northeast National Salvation and Anti-Japanese Allied Army in Heihe.

Although Ma Zhanshan's resistance lasted only a few months, he was forced to flee to the Soviet Union in December of that year. However, although Ma Zhanshan failed, its influence in the Northeast cannot be underestimated. And his previous failures were more due to being outnumbered, and it was not easy to hold out for a few months without any assistance.

If the Soviet Union could give Ma Zhanshan some military assistance, not to mention driving the Japanese out of Northeast China or the so-called North Manchuria at that time, it would at least be able to hold on to the Japanese for a long time. And judging from Ma Zhanshan's various actions later, he was indeed anti-Japanese. And not a mouth cannon. Support him. It is better than supporting the "artillery party" in the south and letting them sit back and wait for victory, and then use these weapons to fight a civil war.

Ma Zhanshan is a good candidate. However, he is not the only candidate, Feng Yuxiang is also a very high-quality agent in Inner Mongolia and North China. In fact, during the National Revolution, Feng Yuxiang was very close to the Soviet Union for a time, and also went to the Soviet Union for investigation, and he swore in Wuyuan to participate in the Northern Expedition and had an inseparable relationship with the Soviet Union. Although the defeat of the Central Plains War forced him to go into the wilderness, his prestige in the Northwest Army system was quite high, and if he could stand up and take the lead in resisting Japan, the entire Inner Mongolia and North China would inevitably cause an uproar.

Of course. The most important thing is that Feng Yuxiang also has the idea of resisting Japan, from 1931 after the 918 incident, Feng Yuxiang is actively recruiting the old department, and in 1933, with the help of Ji Hongchang, he formed the Chahar People's Anti-Japanese Alliance, and once recovered Kangbao, Baochang, Guyuan, and Duolun.

Li Xiaofeng prefers these two candidates, but the decision is not entirely in his hands. For neither Lenin, nor Trotsky, nor the Comintern had different views on the question of China. At least Lenin and Trotsky preferred to use their own people, and who were their own people? Naturally, it's the CCP.

In the eyes of the two mentors, their little friends are still a little more reliable, and the others, whether they are Ma Zhanshan, Feng Yuxiang or other cats and dogs, are just warlords. How could the Soviet Union, as the representative of the proletariat, rely on a few unreliable warlords to resist the Japanese expansion?

In particular, Zinoviev and Kamenev were even more vehemently opposed to Ma Zhanshan and Feng Yuxiang. It was believed that only by relying on the organizational strength of the Comintern and China could the Japanese expansion be resisted.

Objectively speaking, the opinion of the stone and the big pie face is reasonable, whether it is the artillery party or the warlord, it is indeed not reliable. Essentially, these people are really just warlords. Li Xiaofeng, however, believed that relying on the organizational strength of the Comintern was no more reliable than that of the warlords. The role played by the Comintern as an organization in China was even more negative, and the self-righteous blind command and unrealistic assignment of some "youth" cadres to important posts were really enough to cause trouble.

Under the chaos of the Comintern, the CCP was tossed into chaos throughout the twenties and early thirties, and although the fourth anti-encirclement campaign was victoriously carried out, the internal contradictions and problems were about to reach their peak. In the following year or so, it was unrealistic to expect the CCP, whose main force was in the south, to accomplish the great cause of resisting Japan.

In Li Xiaofeng's view, from 1933 to 1934, it was completely impossible to count on the strength of the organization, and in these two years, it was really the time when the ambition of the Japanese swelled the fastest, from Northeast China to Inner Mongolia to North China, the ambition of the Japanese was raised step by step. Let these jackals swell, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

There are no conditions for the necessity of taking decisive measures to curb the ambitions of the Japanese during this time. However, it was clear that Kamenev and Zinoviev did not intend to back down, and they talked about the organizing principles of the Comintern one by one, and kept saying that they would trust their Chinese comrades.

This really annoyed Li Xiaofeng: "Of course I trust the Chinese comrades, but the problem is that the Chinese comrades can't help on this issue for the time being. The main force is still active in the south, how can they go north to resist the Japanese? Comrade Kamenev, you sue sù, how can this be done? ”

Kamenev disagreed, and even took it for granted: "This is not a problem at all!" The CCP, which has broken the fourth anti-encirclement and suppression, has grown tremendously and is fully equipped with the possibility of attacking big cities, and in the next year or so, it is expected to occupy the whole of Jiangxi, and even develop in the direction of Nanjing, Jiangsu! ”

This is simply whimsical, which fully shows that Kamenev, the main leader of the Comintern, did not understand the actual situation in China at all, thought that the victory against encirclement and suppression was the beginning of the victory of the all-round revolution, and thought that he could defeat the old Chiang in Nanjing with victory after victory. He had no idea what was going to happen the next year.

"I doubt this, as far as I know, the Nanjing Nationalist Government is preparing for the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression, and this time the troops mobilized in Nanjing will be unprecedented, I think that in the future, the main energy of the CCP will probably be on the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression, and there is no extra energy to deal with the problems in the north!"

"It's just your speculation!" Kamenev retorted unhappily.

To tell the truth, the results of the work of the Comintern throughout the twenties were rather pitiful, and nothing was achieved on the European front. The Americas are also out of the picture. The only one that has improved is China. But who would have thought that in 1927 this only achievement would also come to naught.

For Kamenev and Zinoviev, this is really quite embarrassing, it is easy for China to achieve a little bit of success (it has nothing to do with the Comintern), and the shape looks good, but Li Xiaofeng dared to pour cold water in front of them, how can this be endured.

Suddenly, the two of them were a little reluctant, but fortunately the mentor was still there, otherwise it would not be surprising that the two sides would fight.

"Enough. Calm down! Lenin snorted coldly, "Comrade Andrei's words, although not pleasant, are in line with the actual situation. It is true that the problems of northern China cannot be counted on for the time being by the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, whose main energies are still to be focused on strengthening themselves and winning the victory of the revolution! ”

Trotsky also added a rare remark: "And comrades, we must note that the legitimate Chinese power with which our Government now recognizes and establishes diplomatic relations is the Nationalist Government of Nanking. If more support is given to the Chinese Communists, it will inevitably arouse the resentment of the Nanjing side, and it is well known that the Nanjing Nationalist Government's stance on Japan has always been unfirm, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not throw themselves on the side of the Japanese, and this is not in the interests of our country! ”

This left Kamenev and Zinoviev with nothing to say. However, the two still refused to completely admit defeat: "Even so, we should develop our own organization in the north." Only your own people are reliable! ”

Lenin glanced at the two men and said, "Well, walk on two legs." On the one hand, we must support those warlords who are willing to resist Japan, and on the other hand, we should actively help the CCP to develop organizational ...... in the north."

Li Xiaofeng immediately answered: "So who is the focus?" ”

It's not that Li Xiaofeng is ignorant, but this must be asked, otherwise with the tossing strength of Kamenev and Zinoviev, they will definitely turn a deaf ear to the former one.

"For the time being, or the next year or two, with the focus on the first article, we must use the warlords to buy time!"

After Lenin made the decision, it was much easier, and the mentor was far more than just a decision, and he left Li Xiaofeng alone after the meeting.

"Andrey, you should know that supporting China's anti-Japanese forces is just an expedient measure, and in the end only we can solve the problem, who do you think is more appropriate to go to the Far East to preside over the situation?"

Li Xiaofeng really didn't expect that the tutor would look up to him so much that he would ask for his opinion on this. However, he did not get carried away, let alone think that he could really express any decisive opinion on this issue, but replied very modestly: "I think it is better to send a comrade who understands the Far East and China to preside over the overall situation, so that many troubles and problems will be avoided." ”

Lenin nodded slowly, quite satisfied with Li Xiaofeng's answer, the reason why he left someone alone was naturally not to listen to any opinions, but mainly to see someone's attitude. On the question of Japan, someone sang the opposite tune with the Central Committee, and it can be said that he directly overturned the resolution of the Central Committee, and although someone's opinion was indeed reasonable, Lenin still did not want someone to have any unrealistic ideas because of this, and it was inevitable that someone would be left to see his attitude.

If someone had just put forward a candidate in a big way, Lenin would have been very upset, and would have naturally beaten someone so hard that they would not continue to jump up and down like this. Obviously, someone is still interested, and the advice given by someone is very much in line with Lenin's idea - it is indeed necessary to send someone who knows the situation in China to preside over the situation.

In fact, when the Red Front Army of the Far East was established, a battle broke out between the Trotskyists and the Leninists over the question of the choice of commanders of the Front. Tukhachevsky wanted his iron brother Khalepsky to take up the post, and Stalin wanted Voroshilov, who had not been very happy with the previous award, to take up the post.

Why did Tukhachevsky and Stalin become interested in the commander of a mere front at the same time, objectively speaking, the Red Front Army in the Far East was really not a fat shortage, but a very bad errand. Conditions in the Far East are not ordinarily bad, and working in a place where birds do not lay eggs is almost the same as distribution. If it was before, no one would want to go there.

But this time is different, under the construction of a certain immortal, the war against Japan is almost inevitable, and for the generals who are interested in doing a career, the Far East will be a good opportunity to brush up the gilding of their achievements. Tukhachevsky definitely wanted to use this to realize his own ideas of mechanized warfare, while Stalin wanted to give Voroshilov a military achievement. Maybe you can use this to become a marshal in a few years.

Even at one point, Li Xiaofeng wanted to arrange a few brothers to go to the Far East to make an errand mission. Rokossovsky, for example, is a good candidate. I think that Zhukov could take advantage of this to get to the top, and there is no reason why Rokossovsky, who is no worse than Zhukov, can't he brush up his experience.

However, after some thought, Li Xiaofeng still gave up this very tempting idea, the first reason is that Rokossovsky is not qualified enough, before 1933 Rokossovsky held the highest position is only a division commander, when he was awarded the title is only a major general, not to mention the commander of the front, when he is a commander, he is not a good rank. It's really not interesting to go to the Far East and be a little teacher. And if you want to be promoted, there is a problem, you can boldly skip the level of promotion during the domestic revolutionary war, but it is not appropriate to do so in peacetime.

The second reason is that Li Xiaofeng also feels that he has indeed been a little too sharp recently, and even the tutor thinks that he is too good at tossing, and it is better to keep a low profile recently.

After some thought, Li Xiaofeng chose not to fight for the post of the Red Banner Front Army in the Far East, anyway, according to the plan, there would not be a direct military conflict with the Japanese within more than a year, and there was still time for a buffer. After this paragraph, the rumor passed. It should not be too difficult to arrange for Rokossovsky to have a corps commander or something to do in the Red Banner Front in the Far East.

Of course. This is not the main reason, the main reason is that Sverdlov and Ruzutak had reported to him before, saying that the tutor actually had a favorite candidate for the commander of the Far Eastern Red Banner Front, whether it was Khalepsky or Voroshilov, they were all soy sauce, and they didn't want to be bored with Li Xiaofeng, and recommending their own people would make the tutor unhappy.

In view of this, Li Xiaofeng was naturally kind and gave the tutor the answer he wanted to hear. So who did Lenin like?

In fact, the answer is very obvious, when Li Xiaofeng said his Jianyì, and Lenin nodded again and again, the name of the lucky one was already about to come out. At the level of a commander of the Front, who knows the situation in the Far East, who has practical work experience in the Far East, it is impossible to count the second person, who else but Blyukher?

During the Civil Revolutionary War, Blyukhel recovered the Far East, and in the twenties he served as Sun Yat-sen's military adviser, so he was too familiar with the situation in the Far East and China, and in all fairness, Blyukhel did a very good job. More importantly, Blyukhel was relatively neutral in the military and did not openly choose sides. Lenin did not want the Far East to become the focus of a new round of struggle between the Leninists and the Trotskyists, and naturally preferred Blyukhel.

Historically, Blyukhel also did a good job on the Red Banner Front in the Far East, and made the Japanese suffer a lot in Zhanggufeng, but it was also the last battle of Blyukhel, and he was purged just after the Battle of Zhanggufeng.

Blyukhel went to the Far East to support the overall situation, an outcome acceptable to both Leninists and Trotskyists, but with Blyukhel's departure, the question also arises: who will fill the vacancy left by Blyukhel?

The General Political Department of the Red Army had the lightest weight among the four general departments, and to put it mildly, it was a retreat post. Anyway, Blyuhel was not happy in this position before, and a more upright person like him is really not suitable for getting involved with politics, but this general political department is mainly responsible for the political issue. Blyukhel was genuinely happy to be able to escape from this fire pit.

Blyukhel is pleasant, but also for those who are qualified to compete for this position. For example, Voroshilov, who is not very good at fighting wars and is very good at politics, liked this position very much, and he once again found Stalin and strongly asked his friends to help him get this position.

Stalin naturally readily agreed to this, because once Voroshilov took control of the General Political Department, it would mean that Stalin controlled half of the four general departments, which meant that his authority in the Military Commission was greatly strengthened.

For the same reason, Trotsky and Tukhachevsky also coveted the General Political Department, and with the departure of Blyukhel, the struggle between the Trotskyists and Leninists in the army intensified rather than ceased.

And this time, Li Xiaofeng chose to watch very restrainedly, anyway, it was impossible for the mentor to let him and Xiao Si's people take over the General Political Department, and it was probably boring to fight. Even Li Xiaofeng believed that this vacancy probably would never belong to either Trotsky, Stalin, or Sverdlov, and that for Lenin, who was trying to maintain the balance of power within the party, giving it to any of them would upset the balance of power. In all likelihood, the final position will be taken by an inconspicuous person.

In this case, Li Xiaofeng naturally had no interest in joining in the fun, and he put more energy into Far Eastern affairs, strengthening intelligence work against Japan, and strengthening ties with China's anti-Japanese forces, all of which he should do as the number one leader of the KGB.

For example, the aforementioned Ma Zhanshan quickly responded to the olive branch thrown by the KGB, and urgently demanded that the Soviet Union quickly support his arms and ammunition, so as to return to his hometown in the northeast as much as possible.

"This matter cannot be directly handled by the KGB, after all, the central government means that it is still nominally necessary to maintain normal relations with Japan, and cannot give the truth to Japan. What I mean is to let EO take care of this, and use guò mercenaries to support Ma Zhanshan. ”

After a pause, Li Xiaofeng instructed again: "Let Peter take over this matter, and it is more convenient for him to do it than for us to sit." By the way, apart from Ma Zhanshan, what is the reaction of other aspects? (To be continued......)

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