Hearing that the Nationalist Government planned to launch a large-scale counteroffensive against the Japanese army in the near future, Chuikov immediately allocated half of the supplies he had brought to Lao Chiang, and stopped asking about the leakage of information about the Far Eastern Military Region...... Of course, as a veteran "diplomatic soldier", he did not believe these things on the basis of a few words from the Nationalist Government. The reason for this happiness was that the Soviet Union had a large number of military observers in China, and these military observers penetrated deep into the military departments of the Kuomintang at all levels and could gather a large amount of intelligence. It was with this information that Chuikov was able to be sure that the Nationalist Government was about to launch a large-scale military operation. The reason why the Soviet Union was able to send so many military attaches to China was that they provided a lot of assistance to the Nationalist Government at the beginning of the full-scale outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan. Although this aid is money-free, it is very good compared to Britain and the United States, which only pay lip service to Japan's actions. It is important to know that after the start of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Britain and the United States and other countries condemned Japan on the one hand, but on the other hand, they continued to do business with the Japanese and took the opportunity to make a lot of war money. If it weren't for the fact that Japan no longer pursued the policy of "open door" after occupying a large part of China's territory, especially after almost completely occupying China's coastline, and put on a posture of wanting to monopolize China, and their interests in China would have been greatly infringed upon, they would not have cared whether China lives or dies. Even if Lao Jiang dug up more than a dozen oil fields and sold them to them, it would be the same.

With so many military observers, Chuikov actually deduced that the Chinese military would make a move in the near future...... After all, he was also a good military strategist. But if the Nationalist Government doesn't say it, he can't say anything. Because that would allow the Kuomintang to catch him...... You say we steal your secrets, but how do you know about our military intelligence? The task of the military observer is to "observe", not to "steal"! So he had to hold back.

This is diplomacy.

Pretending to be confused, staring at the eyes and pretending to be blind. If necessary, even if there are human tragedies unfolding in front of you. You also have to say that the world is peaceful, the people are healthy, and everyone is happy......

However, Chuikov, although he initially fulfilled the tasks assigned to him by Stalin, was not happy. Because his other task was not done very well.

According to the original history, throughout the Anti-Japanese War, plus the War of Liberation, the Soviet Union almost always ignored the Chinese Communist Party. Especially in the early days of the Liberation War, in the face of the all-out offensive of the Kuomintang, the Communist Party was difficult to hold back. It seems that it could be destroyed at any time. At this time, the Soviet Union believed that the Communist Party of China was not a true believer in Marxism-Leninism and intended to let the Kuomintang eliminate it. And when the Communist Party had won frequent victories, had already gained a decisive advantage in Jiangbei, and was planning to go south, Stalin sent people to negotiate peace with the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. intends to let the Kuomintang and the Communist Party divide the river and rule......

But unfortunately, the Soviet Union's calculations have never been fired upon. And wait until China and the Americans start a war on the Korean Peninsula. Stalin only realized. China is not as weak as imagined, and it can become an important barrier for the Soviet Union to resist the United States in the East...... So, Big Brother finally extended a helping hand to the brothers.

This time, however, history has changed. Perhaps because of the defeat in the Far East, Stalin found that Lao Chiang was too inauthentic, so Chuikov was ordered to come to China in addition to urging the Chinese army to launch a counteroffensive against the Japanese army as soon as possible. There is another important task: to bolster the Communist Party.

Stalin was such a temper that whenever he suffered a loss, he must take revenge. This is similar to the temper of later Russian President Vladimir Putin. Because Putin said that once he is bullied. Fight back in an instant. Moment!

However, it is obviously impossible for the Soviet Union to retaliate against China now. Everyone is still an ally in the face, not to mention that the Soviet Union really can't take out more troops.

Therefore, Stalin intended to take care of his little brother, who had never paid much attention to him. When Chuikov came to China, he first handed over the weapons of a Soviet armament division to the Eighth Route Army, on the one hand, to stimulate Lao Chiang, and on the other hand, in fact, to complete the task. But that's just the beginning. In Chuikov's view, it was difficult for Chiang Kai-shek to really feel uncomfortable just by letting the Eighth Route Army increase its strength. After all, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army were in the north, while the north of China was almost entirely occupied by the Japanese and those warlords who did not really obey Chiang Kai-shek's orders.

Chuikov wanted to strengthen the New Fourth Army.

In this way, Chiang Kai-shek will really be furious.

But Chuikov did not expect that his idea was still only in his mind, and he had not had time to put it into practice, and even before he had time to discuss this issue with the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, something happened on the side of the New Fourth Army: the strongest of the four detachments almost fell apart.

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Gao Jingting, commander of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army, was a legendary figure. He joined the Communist Party in 1929 and quickly grew into an important general of the Chinese Red Army. He led 2,000 Red Army troops, and in the last three years of the Second Civil Revolutionary War, he defeated the three commanders-in-chief of the Kuomintang who led more than 100,000 troops to "suppress the Communists". In particular, Wei Lihuang, the last commander-in-chief, in addition to leading more than 100,000 regular troops, also armed more than 30 county security regiments, built more than 80,000 pillboxes and more than 40 blockade lines, and carried out the so-called "stationing," "encirclement," and "pursuit" of Gao Jingting's troops. What is even more ironic is that Wei Lihuang had just published a war report saying that "Gao Jingting had been killed," and the next day his subordinate Kuomintang 102nd Division was severely damaged by Gao Jingting's troops, and he was so angry that he offered a reward of 100,000 yuan to buy Gao Jingting's head.

In 1937, the Red 28th Army led by Gao Jingting was reorganized into the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army, with Gao Jingting as commander and political commissar. On March 8, 1938, Gao Jingting was ordered by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to lead the army to resist Japan. In July, under the command of Gao Jingting, the four detachments of the New Fourth Army successively won 13 consecutive combat victories in Anhui. In the one year and four months from Gao Jingting's eastward march down the mountain to his death in June 1939, the command post fought more than 90 battles with the Japanese puppet army, with an average of one battle in less than a week, which dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese puppet army and gave great encouragement to the people.

Gao Jingting's meritorious service to Dabie Mountain, the conquest of central Anhui, eastern Anhui, outstanding meritorious service, although can not be said to be a victorious general, but the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army led by his people can be called a victorious division.

But no one expected that such a person would be arrested and then quickly executed on charges of "counter-revolutionary".

After Gao Jingting's death, the four detachments of the New Fourth Army were dismembered into several units, but more than 2,000 fighters believed that the revolution was hopeless and left the ranks.

This was tantamount to a huge earthquake and blow to the Communist Party, the Eighth Route Army, and the New Fourth Army.

It is said that after Mao Zedong learned of this news, he angrily sent a telegram to ask Ye Ting, Deng Zihui and others of the New Fourth Army why they did not send Gao Jingting to Yan'an according to the orders of the central government, but wanted to kill Gao Jingting? It is required that the New Fourth Army must immediately find out the truth and report to the CPC Central Committee. After Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi and others also questioned the commanders of the New Fourth Army many times about the killing of Gao Jingting, and Zhou Enlai even went to the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army in person......

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One stone stirs up a thousand waves.

Gao Jingting was sent by Ye Ting, the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, to the Nationalist Government to request execution under the pretext of not carrying out military orders, and Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram to approve it. The strength of the four detachments under Gao Jingting was only more than 8,000 people, and although the guerrilla expert led him to achieve outstanding military achievements, his real influence was not in the military field.

The Nationalist Government was glad to see that this incident had caused dissatisfaction among the CPC Central Committee with the leadership of the New Fourth Army, while the Communist Party was quite troubled by this matter. Although Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and others understood that there might be some people in this problem (Mao Zedong once guessed that it was mainly Xiang Ying), they had to give up the investigation for the sake of the stability of the New Fourth Army...... And Chuikov, who seems to have nothing to do with himself, is extremely depressed. What Chiang Kai-shek's army could not do under the pressure of the frontier actually allowed the Communist Party to do it itself for some reason. But as an outsider, what right does he have to comment on this matter? Moreover, as a Soviet officer, who had experienced several years of "Great Purge" and witnessed countless Red Army officers and soldiers being captured by the members of the Security Committee, how could he really care about a Gao Jingting? He was just worried that if he handed over his weapons to the New Fourth Army at this time, he was afraid that he would be opposed by both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. And the New Fourth Army is not in a good mood at this time, and if they hand over their weapons, how much effectiveness can they play? In addition, from the Gao Jingting incident and the performance of the New Fourth Army in recent years, it seems that it is not as brave and diligent as the Eighth Route Army, and I always feel that the development is a little shrunken...... If these weapons were handed over to them, could they really pose any threat to Chiang Kai-shek?

Chuikov decided to wait a little longer and see what happened.

Soon, Chuikov began to rejoice in his decision: after some negotiations, the KMT and the CCP reached a consensus on the previous friction between the two parties...... Pure misunderstanding! Both parties are responsible! In order to eliminate the bad influence of these exchanges of fire between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Kuomintang side will severely punish the commanders of all units involved in the attack on the Eighth Route Army, and restrain all units from such incidents from happening again. Correspondingly, as a "return" to the Kuomintang's sincerity, the Communist Party decided to withdraw the Jiangnan part of the New Fourth Army to Jiangbei and hand over the New Fourth Army's base area in Jiangnan to the Kuomintang army......

Chuikov is an outsider, and although he knows a little about the struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, he does not know in detail, but he can still see at a glance who has suffered in this agreement: the Communist Party!

The Kuomintang only needs to punish the officers who have lost the battle...... It's so normal. Who loses the battle without paying the price? If it had been in the Soviet Union, it would have been fatal if it had lost. Punish? It's too easy. As for the Communist Party, the base areas that the New Fourth Army had painstakingly developed over several years had to be ceded to the Kuomintang......

"Fortunately, those weapons were not sent, otherwise, wouldn't they all be taken north of the Yangtze River by the New Fourth Army? Then it's better to send it directly to the Eighth Route Army, at least it can save a freight! (To be continued......)