"Intelligence?"

Chuikov's heart tightened.

Before coming, Stalin personally met with him and gave him an important task: to find out whether the Chinese were colluding with the Japanese. In the end, it was not the Chinese who leaked the military deployment of the Soviet Red Army in the Far East to the Chinese. However, because of the urgency of the war, the Soviet Union needed China to contain the Japanese forces in the south, so it had to temporarily put aside this task, and just knocked on the right side to settle the matter. However, this did not mean that Chuikov had given up this task, on the contrary, he secretly stepped up the investigation, and even did not hesitate to contact the Chongqing Liaison Office of the Eighth Route Army at the risk of misunderstanding the Nationalist Government, intending to use the strength of the Chinese Communist Party to investigate the matter. Chuikov knew very well that if this was really done by the Chinese, then the Far East would be really dangerous. He could even imagine that Chinese might have been plotting an attack on the Soviets many years ago to reclaim their former territory...... Otherwise, with the obvious difference between the Chinese and the Soviets, how could they send spies to the Soviet Union and seek high positions in the Far East? This is not ten or twenty years of hard work, don't want to do it at all.

But the longer he stayed in China, the more he felt that the Chinese were unlikely to have such ability, and Chiang Kai-shek could not seem to be such a patient person. But who else but Chiang Kai-shek could have such a terrible intelligence line? Li? That guy is really capable, but he doesn't have a good command of his subordinates, and he was just a small guy many years ago, so he shouldn't be able to worry about that. The Chen brothers alongside Dai Li? Those two may not be as good as Dai Li's in terms of spy work. But who else could there be? …… It's not that Cui Kefu hasn't noticed Qin Wei. Because Qin Wei's origin is too mysterious, until now, no one knows where he came from. But this person who has no past has risen all the way, from a small shelter to the deputy commander of the Air Force, and recently became the director of the Military Command.

Chief of the Military Command.

Although ostensibly because this guy used to have a close relationship with Dai Li. Chiang Kai-shek also had a name in the military command, and in order to punish Dai Li's mistakes, but did not want him to lose his actual power over the military commander, he promoted Qin Wei. But according to Cui Kefu's investigation, Qin Wei himself should have another source of information. Because this person once made a move, and that time, Qin Wei sent people to Shanghai to kill a lot of people...... In this way, is this guy's intelligence source the same as the intelligence source in the Soviet Far East?

Chuikov quickly threw this assumption aside.

It's just too unlikely. Whether it's Shanghai, Japan, or the Soviet Union...... It is impossible for such a mysterious intelligence system to be strung together. Because that's too dangerous. As long as there is a problem with Qin Wei's hypothetical "transfer station". It is possible that they will be killed by both the Soviet Union and Japan at the same time. No intelligence organization would take such a risk. What's more, those spies sent into the Soviet Union and Japan are treasures, and the intelligence organization behind them will definitely do everything possible to protect them, and Qin Wei, an obvious contact, does not meet security standards. And. If Qin Wei had another intelligence organization, it would be Chiang Kai-shek's person. It is certainly impossible to give him such a high position...... Dai Li is just a major general.

Thereupon. The clue is gone.

Chuikov even secretly suspected that the problems of the Red Army in the Far East were caused by the Soviet Union itself, and the reason was naturally the "Great Purge" carried out by Stalin, which lasted for several years. It's just that he only dares to put this suspicion in his heart, even if he is abroad, he does not dare to declare it. Because that's looking for death!

But just when he no longer had much hope for this investigation, Qin Wei said something...... Information?

……

"We can provide some military intelligence of the Japanese in the Far East. In exchange for Soviet assistance to our country! Qin Wei said again.

"It's hard." Chuikov thought for a moment, "Your country should also be aware of the current situation in our Soviet Union. In Europe, in the Far East, we are conducting military operations. It's a lot of money. What assistance can be provided to your country in advance. It's already our greatest capacity. ”

"General Chuikov, don't underestimate the productive capacity of socialism." Qin Wei stretched out a finger and shook it gently: "Since the end of your country's second five-year plan, industrial output has increased significantly, taking steel output as an example, in 1938, the steel output of the Soviet Union increased nearly three times compared with before the First World War, and more than 100 times higher than the lowest tide in 1920, second only to the United States, higher than the output of Britain and France combined, ranking first in Europe and second in the world. In the same year, the Soviet Union ranked fourth in the world in terms of manufacturing output after the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom...... In 1938, your country's total aircraft production was 7,500 aircraft, and this year it is expected to reach 10,000 aircraft, and at the same time, your weapons production is also making great strides, and it is said that it is second only to Germany and more than Britain and the United States combined......"

"I don't understand what you're talking about." Chuikov's heart tightened even more. Qin Wei knew that the Soviet Union's steel production and manufacturing output were just that, but he also knew about their aircraft production and weapons production, doesn't this mean that he knew the Soviet Union well? Could it be that the tentacles of the Chinese have really penetrated deep into the USSR, and even know the USSR extremely well?

"You know what I'm talking about." Qin Wei's body leaned forward, "General Chuikov, more than two hundred planes, more than three hundred artillery pieces...... It's nothing to you. You just need to loosen the gaps between your fingers to provide ten times more support. You must be hoping for a larger Chinese counteroffensive, right? We want to, too, but we need weapons. ”

"I really want to know how you know about the Soviet Union's aircraft production, General Qin, and who told you that our annual aircraft production is nearly 10,000 aircraft...... This is so irresponsible. Chuikov said in a deep voice.

"I can tell you who this person is, but only if you show good faith." Qin Wei said with a smile: "You must know that that guy has been using his connections in the Soviet Union and his knowledge of the Far East to assist Japan. I have heard that the Japanese are interested in supporting him to establish a puppet government in the Far East, or even a Far Eastern Republic...... I don't think Mr. Stalin would have wanted to see that, would he? ”

"You're talking about...... Lyusikov? Chuikov stood up abruptly. Qin Wei said that he didn't know anything else, but his understanding of the Far East region, the puppet government of the Far East or something, made him immediately realize who that person was. Only Ryusikov, who had been the "Minister of the Far East of the NKVD of the USSR", the former Soviet general, could have met this requirement. And he also knew very well that Ryusikov had already defected. Last year, when the purge was still in full swing, the man defected to Japan.

"I'd love to know Lu Dao, General Qin, how did you get in touch with Ryusikov? Where is that guy now? Cui Kefu grimaced and asked Qin Wei again.

"The equipment of a mechanized army group!" Qin Wei stretched out a finger.

"It can't be!" Chuikov didn't even think about it. A mechanized army group? Joke. They were originally deployed in the Far East to defend against the Japanese Kwantung Army, but only a group army...... Hundreds of thousands.

"That's an army!" Qin Wei still held up that finger, "That is, the Soviet-style weapons of ten divisions." ”

"I've never heard of a country where an army can have ten divisions!" Chuikov said angrily.

"China has it." Qin Wei spread his hands, "You know, our establishment here has always been chaotic. The equipment is insufficient, so it can only be filled with human lives...... It's bitter. ”

"Nope." Chuikov snorted coldly, "Ryusikov is not worth the price. ”

"Really?" Qin Wei smiled, "I know that guy has defected, and his former close subordinates have also been arrested, escaped, and monitored." But the problem is, this guy used to be the 'Minister of the Far East of the NKVD of the USSR'...... General Chuikov, you must be familiar with this department, right? ”

"What do you want to say?" Of course, Chuikov was familiar with the NKVD of the USSR, and there was no one in the entire USSR who was not familiar with it, and this name could even stop children crying at night in the USSR...... That was the main executive organ of the Great Purge. It can be said that as long as you are approached by the agents of the NKVD, you will die.

"With the help of his former position, Lyusikov has the handle of many people. These people are still in the Far East! Qin Wei said.

“……”

"Don't believe me? This is the news that our senior spies in the Kwantung Army have only heard with great difficulty. Looking at Cui Kefu's expressionless face, Qin Wei continued.

"After Ryusikov's defection, there was a purge in the Far East, and it is impossible that anyone else has contact with him." Chuikov said in a deep voice. He's not that easy to deceive. Lyusikov's defection caused great turmoil within the Soviet Union at that time, and Stalin personally directed another more in-depth purge in the Far East. Even now that the purge has ended, the people of the Far East still dare not speak loudly and walk carefully, how dare they contact Ryusikov again?

"If the Far East had not been invaded by the Japanese, naturally no one would have had the courage to do so. But now that most of the Far East is occupied by the Japanese, the courage of those people naturally came. Qin Wei smiled, "You and I are both understanding people, general." A person of the rank of a general like Ryusikov definitely has enough strength to do this. And with the hearts of the people in the Far East, there must be a lot of people who are dissatisfied with Moscow. Ryusikov's strength can find enough soil to survive, not to mention, how do you know that Ryusikov did not make any arrangements before defecting? He's a general, so what a general of this level does not think about too much? ”

"Do you know what that traitor has done in the Far East?" Chuikov asked.

"I don't know what to do." Qin Wei smiled, "But we know that he is working on another plan with the Japanese. ”

"What's the plan?" Chuikov asked.

"'Bear Hunting'!" Qin Wei smiled: "Assassinate Stalin!" (To be continued......)