From Apanashchenko's words, Li Xiaofeng can be regarded as understanding one thing, this product is indeed a real two hundred and five, otherwise he can say such a two-five thing?

Let the director of the General Political Department and members of the Central Military Commission wait for you to be the commander of a front army, who do you think you are?

This made Li Xiaofeng feel funny for a while, and even felt that it was really a loss of identity to compete with such a second-class goods. But it was just a blink of an eye, and soon he regained his heart of stone.

"Waiting for you," Li Xiaofeng's face showed obvious contempt, and after a short silence, he said loudly: "Comrade Apanashchenko, that's how you work?" According to your intentions, the Military Commission also has to work on your schedule? Who do you think you are? ”

Apanashchenko's face suddenly turned white, of course, he felt that he had no face, no matter how he said that he was also the commander of the front army, someone should save him a little face, right?

The problem is, Apanashchenko didn't think about it, why did Li Xiaofeng save face for him? What qualifications does he have to talk about face in front of Li Xiaofeng. What's more, it was you Apanashchenko who didn't give face to people at the beginning.

After sarcastically mocking Apanashchenko, Li Xiaofeng didn't give him a chance to speak at all, and continued to teach a lesson: "According to the instructions of the Central Military Commission, the General Political Department inspected the situation of the Red Front Army in the Far East on the spot and found that the problem was very strict...... As the commander of the Red Banner Front in the Far East, on behalf of the Military Commission, I give you a stern warning! ”

Apanashchenko tried to interject several times, but each time he was blocked by Li Xiaofeng, or he was not prepared to give him a chance to speak. I don't want to listen to his nonsense at all.

After the lesson. Li Xiaofeng glanced sideways at Apanashchenko. He knew that this product would not be convinced, but it didn't matter, if this product was convinced so quickly, he would be disappointed.

"Three days later, write a 10,000-word in-depth review and submit it to the General Political Department!" After saying this, Li Xiaofeng pointed out the door and said mercilessly: "Now you can go!" ”

Apanashchenko gritted his teeth angrily, and at one point he wanted to go crazy on the spot. But when he saw someone's cold glittering eyes, the old man shrank roughly. Because he had seen someone's eyes, he had seen them with Stalin, and he was too familiar with this kind of aura, so he held back his anger and left Li Xiaofeng's office in disgrace.

"Isn't this guy that unbearable!" Yakov laughed.

"If he was really a completely brainless person, he wouldn't be where he is today." Li Xiaofeng replied lightly.

Yakov asked, "So that's the end of this matter?" ”

Li Xiaofeng shrugged his shoulders and said, "Who knows." But that's better to leave it at that! ”

Yes, the most unpredictable object in politics is not that kind of smart people, in fact all smart people have a uniform pattern of behavior. They are calculating and pick out details. And generally reluctant to take risks. In other words, the political methods of smart people are stable and will not suddenly go to extremes.

And it is difficult to say that such a big man as Apanashchenko has few brains and is used to going straight, but he is generally bold and not afraid to break the sky. It's urgent, this kind of person can jump off the wall in a hurry. And this kind of person is impulsive, and a little thing can detonate them.

So Li Xiaofeng really didn't know what kind of reaction Apanashchenko would have, he only hoped that this artillery battle would not be too sensitive.

"Would you like to say hello to Voroshilov or Stalin and tell them that this is the end of it?" Yakov built yì tract.

Li Xiaofeng pouted and said, "I can't afford to lose this person!" ”

Yes, giving Stalin or Voroshilov a shout would have avoided a lot of problems. But in doing so, it exposes the cards, which will make Stalin and Voroshilov see that Li Xiaofeng is not prepared to do anything to Apanashchenko, in which case, maybe it will make things more uncertain.

Yakov asked worriedly: "What if that thing blows up?" ”

"Bomb it, blow it up, if I can't even handle the commander of the front army, it won't be a joke."

So, what exactly does Apanashchenko think now? To tell you the truth, he was really angry, someone scolded him and didn't say anything, and asked him to write a 10,000-word review. Nima, who doesn't know that he is a big old man, and he can't make a fart with three sticks. He would rather use a knife to cut people than pick up a pen and write.

In Apanashchenko's view, asking him to write a review is tantamount to slapping him in the mouth. Anyway, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he was really angry. But this one also has an advantage, angry is angry, but he won't be brutal. Alternate member of the Politburo, member of the Military Commission, director of the General Political Department, any one of them can crush him to death with one finger!

Apanashchenko thought for a moment and warned himself that he couldn't mess around, and that although someone slapped him in the face and disposed of his people, he didn't drive him to death, and those who were disposed of were not his real henchmen. There are many people who can sneak around and lick horses, so it's a big deal to promote a few more. Therefore, Apanashchenko kept this account in his heart for the time being, and vowed to make a fortune in the future, and then settle the account with someone.

If things stop like this, then Li Xiaofeng's trip to the Far East will come to a successful end. But just as Li Xiaofeng was about to return to Moscow, an accident happened!

On June 23, 1938, the head of the Far Eastern Bureau of the NKVD of the USSR, Heinrich Brown. Ryushikov suddenly defected to Manchuria from the Poshet-Hunchun border of the 59th Frontier Corps under his control. It is said that the Kwantung Army received from him "a large amount of valuable information about the Soviet garrison in the Far East."

For a time, the Japanese Army was ready to move from top to bottom, especially the Kwantung Army and the Korean Army, two groups of overseas soldiers who liked to "disobey orders and go alone," and were even more gearing up, hoping to wash away the shame of the fiasco at Nomenkan.

As for the reaction of the Soviet side, especially the Red Banner Front in the Far East, it is more interesting. Apanashchenko was stupid at times, but this time his mind suddenly came alive. He immediately sent a report to the General Staff, declaring conclusively that the important reason for Lyushikov's defection was caused by Li Xiaofeng's "misdeeds."

Let's be honest. When Li Xiaofeng saw the report to the General Staff. It's all kind of funny. What idiot came up with such a bad idea for this idiot, this is really to provoke Apanashchenko to die!

Yes, Apanashchenko's act was death. It is naïve to think that just one Ryushikov can bring down a certain immortal. Because Ryushikov is first and foremost a member of the NKVD, and to hold him accountable for his defection, the first to be hit by the board is Yezhov, who asked him to temporarily preside over the work of the NKVD? Do you think bloody gnomes are good to get along with? Secondly, Li Xiaofeng went to the Far East Red Banner Front to inspect. And gave Apanashchenko a certain warning, which was a collective decision made by the Military Commission. You Apanashchenko shouted grievances, this means that Sang scolded Huai and accused the Military Commission of making mistakes, right?

What's more, Li Xiaofeng's handling method was actually quite satisfactory to the Military Commission, beating Apanashchenko, killing a few pawns who were used as scapegoats, and giving explanations to both above and below, and not unilaterally changing the leadership pattern of the Far Eastern Red Banner Front. Such an approach was acceptable even to Stalin.

And now, you, Apanashchenko, are actually beating a rake, and this is not forcing someone to overturn the previous conclusions. Straight to the end of your masturbation? Who told you to die?

Anyway, when seeing Apanashchenko's report. Stalin was not calm, he would not allow Apanashchenko to die, so he immediately sent him a telegram himself, scolding the thing with a bloody sprinkler, if it were not for the radio barrier, the big mouth would have been pumped.

Not only did he scold Apanashchenko, but Stalin also asked Li Xiaofeng to take full authority to deal with the case of Ryushikov's defection, saying that he completely supported Li Xiaofeng's judgment.

This made Li Xiaofeng sigh: "Steel is still old!" ”

Why? Stalin did a beautiful job with these two hands, especially handing over the defection case to Li Xiaofeng, especially beautiful. It is not only a full indication that Apanashchenko's complaint is nothing more than a matter of doing its own thing, but also giving someone enough face.

Li Xiaofeng also knew that this was an accident, since Stalin was so face-saving, he couldn't compete with an idiot. So he stayed in the Far East and personally supervised the case of Ryushikov's defection. In fact, there is nothing to supervise, Ryushikov's defection is just his personal act (historically he is afraid of being affected by the Great Purge), and this goods has already run away, and I can't do anything with him for a while.

However, although Ryushikov ran away, the Red Front of the Far East definitely needs to be rectified, especially the border guards in charge of the NKVD, which is the focus of the rectification. As a result, all the people associated with Ryushikov were unlucky, and they were either removed from their posts for investigation or stopped being examined. Anyway, the NKVD Far Eastern Bureau was passed through a sieve.

Not only a major personnel overhaul was carried out, but also the border troops, and the NKVD Far Eastern Army was required to strictly strengthen the border defense, and the section of the border from which Ryushikov defected had to be thoroughly guarded.

In order not to go to Siberia to repair the earth, the NKVD immediately took resolute measures -- to occupy Zhanggufeng, the commanding heights on the Poshet-Hunchun border that can overlook China, North Korea and the Soviet Union!

Seeing the place name Zhang Gufeng, experienced friends must know what will happen next. In history, Japan and the Soviet Union fought and fought a vicious battle around this Zhang Gufeng, so what kind of place is this Zhang Gufeng?

Zhanggufeng is located on the border between China, North Korea and the Soviet Union, a narrow stretch of lake shore, which is full of swamps and depressions, with only a few rural dirt roads in between. This makes several small peaks protruding between the swamps and depressions appear extraordinarily tall, among which Zhanggu Peak is the highest, thus dominating the trend of the Sino-Soviet border.

This small Zhanggu Peak is about 20 kilometers from the mouth of the Tumen River, about 75 kilometers northwest of Hunchun and 130 kilometers from Vladivostok. It is basically a regular flat-headed cone with a width of 200 meters at the bottom of the cone, a slope of 10~15 degrees in the east (in the direction of the USSR) and 45 degrees at the summit. The western part (Huaxia direction) is steeper, and in some places it can reach 85 degrees.

The whole small mountain peak is about 152 meters above sea level, the east is Hassan Lake, there is Fangchuan Lake in the south, the small village on the lake is called Fangchuantun, and the Doumanjiang River in North Korea faces each other across the Tumen River. About 3.5 kilometers southeast of Zhanggu Peak, there is a boundary monument erected in 1886, which is the www.biquge.info of Biquge on the land border between China and Russia.

On Soviet maps, Zhanggufeng is marked as "Zaojornaya Heights", which actually means the highlands on the other side of the lake. Stand on the top of Zhanggu Peak. It offers a panoramic view of the entire Porchette Bay and the Pacific Ocean coast. It is said that when the weather is fine. Standing on the top of Zhanggufeng, you can clearly observe the entire eastern coastline of the Soviet Union. Among them was Vladivostok, the first military town in the Soviet Far East.

If Zhang Gufeng fell into the hands of the Japanese, he would be able to control at least the western and southern parts of the Perschet Bay with machine guns and artillery. In addition, Zhanggufeng, which is located between the Tumen River and Hassan Hu, does not need to build any fortifications, and is the most natural blocking position.

In addition, it should be emphasized that historically, the Sino-Russian border near Zhang Gufeng has been unclear. The 1886 Sino-Russian Hunchun Eastern Boundary Treaty described the border line north of the Tuzi boundary monument under Zhanggufeng rather vaguely, and the direction of the border line could only be determined according to drawings drawn in different periods.

According to the views of Japan and puppet Manchuria. Zhanggufeng is not Soviet territory, and even the area around Hassan Hu is not Soviet territory. They relied on a map drawn up by the garrison of the Qing government in China and the Hunchun Frontier Office in 1909 and a map drawn by the Russian General Staff in 1911, showing that the border line ran east of Guò Hassanhu and ran in a north-south direction. According to the map issued by the Army Survey Bureau of the three northeastern provinces of China from 1915 to 1920, the border line is between Zhanggufeng and Hassanhu, close to Hassanhu.

However, as mentioned earlier, the geographical location and topography of Zhang Gufeng were too important to the Soviet Union, so the Soviets have always only grasped the "Sino-Russian Hunchun Eastern Boundary Treaty" that was favorable to them, and the description of this boundary treaty was "from the northwest ridge of the Tuzi boundary monument through the west of Hassan Hu to the north of Shagangzi, and the first mark ...... was erected." Because there is no more detailed description. Therefore, no one knows and cannot judge whether the border line between the Tuzi boundary monument and the first mark passes through Zhanggufeng, and if so. How did you pass through Zhang Gufeng. Anyway, the Soviets insisted that the meaning of this sentence was "the border line crosses Zhanggufeng, and Zhanggufeng belongs to the Soviet Union!" ”。

Truth be told, this is completely unreasonable. However, when it comes to the importance of national interests, it is inherently foolish to be realistic and reasonable. In order to safeguard the interests of the country, it should be unreasonable.

Of course, Huaxia back then did not have the capital to be unreasonable, and what is more interesting is that this time the Japanese were ready to help Huaxia explain this reason. However, the Japanese are actually defending their own interests, and to put it bluntly, they are still prepared to be unreasonable.

Li Xiaofeng naturally knows the ins and outs of Zhang Gufeng's historical legacy problem, and as the so-called ass decides the head, he can only accompany the Japanese to be unreasonable. Not only is it unreasonable, after Li Xiaofeng heard about Lyushikov's defection, he immediately realized that Zhang Gufeng's problem would develop in the direction of armed conflict, so he immediately attracted great attention!

In these years, the first strike is strong, and Zhang Gufeng's geographical location is too important to fall into the hands of devils. So after receiving the authorization of the Military Commissar to deal with the defection case with full authority, the first order he issued was not to hold the leadership of the Far Eastern Bureau of the NKVD accountable, but to order the 59th Frontier Corps to immediately seize Zhanggufeng!

At that time, due to geographical reasons, after the Japanese Kwantung Army invaded and occupied the three northeastern provinces in 1932, the controversial Zhang Gufeng initially adopted a cautious policy of "not sending troops to areas with unknown borders", although the Kwantung Army stationed two infantry brigades and an artillery squadron in the Hunchun area, but there was no fixed post in Zhanggufeng.

However, after the conflict on the Haraha River, the devils have been holding back their revenge, and according to the principle of proximity defense, they have greatly strengthened their forces in the disputed areas. According to the reconnaissance of the Far East Red Banner Front, the devils gathered heavy troops near Hunchun, and they also put on a strong posture of attack.

Therefore, after hearing that the Soviet border guards had climbed Zhang Gufeng, the puppet Manchukuo border guard immediately went to drive it away. At that time, the head of the 59th Frontier Guard Corps Podgornaya Frontier Post, Peter Brown. A squad under the command of Captain Tereshkin confronted the puppet Manchurian garrison at close range.

At that time, the puppet Manchurian garrison was in a straggler formation, bowing forward with a gun, and when it was 50 meters away from the Soviet position, the commander holding a war knife in his hand ordered to stop advancing, and the two sides stared at each other for a day and night, and finally the puppet Manchurian garrison chose to retreat.

However, this did not mean that the Japanese army and the puppet Manchukuo had shrunk their eggs, and the next day, the devil first launched a diplomatic offensive to demand that the Soviet Union withdraw from Zhang Gufeng. To this the reply of the Deputy People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR Stomonyak: "Not a single Soviet border guard has set foot on an inch of the territory of a neighboring country, and not a single inch of the territory of the Soviet Union will not be allowed to fall into the hands of another country!" ”

The strong statement of the Soviet Union made the devils see that it was completely hopeless to try to obtain Zhang Gufeng through diplomatic intimidation. In fact, they had already learned the toughness of the Soviet Union in the Halaha River before. And this time the diplomatic offensive is still just a smokescreen.

As early as a few months ago, Kenkichi Ueda, commander of the Japanese Kwantung Army, and Yu Zhishan, the military and political minister of the puppet Manchukuo, inspected the Zhanggufeng area, and their purpose was actually to conduct a pre-war investigation.

After the failure of the diplomatic offensive, Matsushima Rokuhe, the captain of the Japanese military police stationed in Hunchun, and three others disguised themselves as Korean peasants, found two local residents as guides, and climbed up Zhanggufeng from the southern slope to reconnoiter the military deployment of the Soviet army.

In the evening, when the group was drawing a map of the Soviet defense, they were discovered by the Soviet border guards, and Lieutenant Vigneviking, the chief engineer of the 59th Frontier Corps, killed Matsushima Rokuhe on the spot, and the other two Japanese military police fled in a hurry.

At 8 o'clock that night, this sudden information was transmitted to Li Xiaofeng's desk, and he immediately realized that the situation would deteriorate further, and immediately rushed to the headquarters of the Red Banner Front in the Far East in person, demanding that Apanashchenko immediately raise the combat readiness level of his troops and immediately send at least one additional regiment to the Zhanggufeng area...... (To be continued......)

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