Time travels, and after the second half of the year enters the eighth month, it is a blink of an eye to the end of the year. Before you know it, more than half of 1935 has passed, and the biggest events of the year are Lenin's retirement, Germany's abrogation of the Treaty of Versailles, and the war between the Soviet Union and Japan on the Haraha River.

It was a year from peace to war, and from this year on, both Europe and Asia began to be at peace. To put it mildly, in the turn of the year, a new world war will become unstoppable.

In fact, from this year, the main Axis powers have tended to form, even earlier than in history! At the end of October 1935, Keisuke Okada's cabinet, which was already suffering from internal and external troubles, was suddenly dealt a heavy blow again, and a large-scale assassination of the unification faction was instigated by young Imperial Army officers (the 226 Incident in history), and although the perpetrators were quickly suppressed, the impact was unprecedented.

Keisuke Okada had no choice but to resign, and the Imperial Road faction, which supported the northward expansion strategy, also suffered a heavy blow. From that day on, the devils basically gave up the northward route and went south instead. Under the guidance of this policy, the situation in the northeast began to ease. Even the devils made great concessions on the issue of Hung Yen province (in the eyes of the devils themselves, concessions).

As long as the Hung Yen Provincial Provisional Government recognizes itself as an autonomous province under Manchukuo, it is easy to talk about it.

Feng Yuxiang and Ma Zhanshan were both a little tempted by this proposal, and the Soviet Union naturally thought it was acceptable, but they were resolutely opposed by Li Xiaofeng.

"If it is recognized that Hung Yen Province belongs to Manchukuo, it is equivalent to the Soviet government indirectly recognizing the legitimacy of the puppet Manchukuo...... In view of the recent friction between us and the Republic of China and the international community, which is dominated by Britain and France. Constantly vilified and attacked. In this case, the international status of the puppet Manchuria was indirectly recognized. It will be met with even greater criticism. ”

Does Li Xiaofeng's words make sense? Yes. Because the attitude of the United States and Britain towards the puppet Manchukuo is very clear, that is, it will not be recognized "forever". Once the Soviet Union admits it, even indirectly recognizing the puppet Manchuria, then the relations between the United States and the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union and Britain will certainly be affected to a certain extent, because this is not in line with the interests of the United States and Britain in China.

Of course, the relationship between the Soviet Union and Great Britain was like that, and no one asked for anyone. However, the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union was different, and in the process of industrialization of the Soviet Union, the United States played the greatest role. The automobile industry in the USSR was almost entirely American technology. In the thirties, it imported machine tools and equipment from the United States on a large scale and hired a large number of American consultants.

If US-Soviet relations were affected by the puppet state of Manchukuo and affected the ongoing industrialization of the Soviet Union, it would be worth the loss.

So why did the Soviet Union recognize the puppet state of Manchukuo in history? In fact, just look at the date of the signing of the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact, that is, the Soviet-Japanese Non-Aggression Pact. The time was April 13, 1941, two months before the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War.

It was a time when the Axis powers were gaining momentum, and Germany defeated France in a blitzkrieg in Europe, leaving the British so overwhelmed that they had to bow their noble heads and ask their American cousins for help. The devils also occupied almost half of China.

As far as the eye can see, the prospects for anti-fascism are bleak. As a country bordering Germany and the Japanese army at the same time. The USSR definitely had to take some measures of self-preservation, in this case. I am afraid that even if it were the US imperialists, they would also choose to compromise.

And historically, this treaty did prevent the Soviet Union from being caught in a passive situation of fighting on two fronts. Proceeding from the national interests of others, this is a very successful diplomatic victory.

Of course, in this time and space, Li Xiaofeng does not plan to sign any neutrality treaty with the devil for the time being, it is not 1941, and he has just taught the devil a lesson, so there is no need to compromise with the devil.

In his opinion, it is no longer the turn of the devil to make irresponsible remarks in Hung Yen Province, if we are not convinced, we will continue to fight, and see who can't hold it first!

When a certain immortal moved out of the United States as an argument, the big guy who was ready to accept the devil's conditions was silent. After thinking for a moment, Trotsky asked: "Comrade Andrei, what do you think we should do?" Or how can we end the war with dignity without offending Britain and the United States? ”

Trotsky is playing the ball, and if he can't solve this problem, he will simply let someone solve it himself.

Li Xiaofeng thought for a moment and replied: "In view of the fact that the only legitimate Chinese government that our country recognizes and has established diplomatic relations with is the Nanjing Nationalist Government, we should respect Nanjing's sovereignty over Hung Yen Province......

Before he finished speaking, Stalin was anxious: "Do you mean to give the Red Army three months of fierce fighting and a lot of bloodshed and sacrifice to Nanjing, so that the British can be happy?!" ”

"Of course I didn't mean that." Li Xiaofeng smiled and replied, "Nanjing's sovereignty over Hung Yen Province is irrefutable, but in view of Nanjing's inability to exercise sovereignty, it is also unable to keep its territory. It is the joint responsibility of China and the international community to ensure that the province is protected from aggression by hostile forces and that the human rights of Chinese citizens are not violated. ”

"I propose that we can enlist the support of the United States on this issue, and that our country pledges to respect China's sovereignty over Hung Yen Province and to protect the personal safety of Chinese citizens, and that the United States Government will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of ......"

As soon as this proposal was proposed, the great elders of the Politburo were dumbfounded, who would have thought that someone would come up with such an idea.

"Can the Americans agree?" Trotsky asked with a frown.

"I think it's possible," Li replied with a smile, "and both Britain and the United States have a subjective will to curb Japan's ambitions in China in order to protect their national interests." But their interests in China are not entirely aligned. The Americans did not wear the same pants as the British, and if we give the Americans a little favor, I believe they are willing to play a role. ”

Do Americans mean that? It should be said that although isolationism is still untouchable, this does not mean that the political forces in the United States are willing to nest in North America and toss around in such an acre and a third of an acre. Expanding the international influence of the United States is actually their desire, otherwise there is no need for the Americans to participate in World War I, don't really regard them as the living Lei Feng of a democratic country!

It's just that what makes Americans more tragic. As soon as they came on the field, they became the straw that broke the camel's back. In addition to giving the impression of a big dog to his cousins in Europe. The performance of American soldiers in World War I is really not very good.

This also indirectly led to the fact that in the post-war pie, the Americans were not completely on an equal footing with Britain and France. Disillusioned, Americans can only pick up the fig leaf of isolationism once again and hide back in their hometowns to wait.

Let's put it this way, isolationism is actually a self-consolation for the Americans after losing the battle with Britain for the first place, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a fig leaf. As long as the conditions are right, the Americans do not mind throwing away this rag. Don't you see that after World War II, did anyone in the United States imperialists still mention isolationism?

In fact, the Americans are hypocritical, and they clearly want to play a greater role in the international community. But I was worried that the British would not give face, so I could only make such a thing to comfort myself. In fact, as long as the conditions are ripe, they are very willing to participate in things.

For example, this time, the conditions are more mature. First of all, the excuses and conditions given by the USSR were good. The U.S. sphere of influence in China has always been in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and it lacks influence in the northeast region. This time the Soviets gave them the opportunity to intervene in the affairs of the Northeast, so why not give it a try?

Second, at the same time that the Soviets threw out the olive branch, Germany, Japan, and Italy signed the famous "Anti-Comintern Pact" ahead of schedule. This agreement meant the initial formation of the German, Japanese, and Italian axis.

Needless to say, this agreement was aimed at the Soviet Union, from the point of view of balancing international forces. Naturally, the Americans should be biased towards the Soviet Union, and it is normal for them to agree to the Soviets.

Finally, haven't the British been howling about the humanitarian catastrophe in Hung Yen province? If the United States can play a greater role than Britain in this so-called disaster, will it not indirectly prove that it is stronger than its British cousin!

So as soon as the Soviets mentioned yì, the Americans agreed and soon ignored the Japanese protests and sent a large monitoring group and the Red Cross to Hung Yen Province.

This angered Britain and Japan, and the British, who had been busy for a long time, counted on Tongguò to exert pressure to bring the Soviet Union to its knees, so as to mix up a little Northeast interests. As for the Japanese, they were already in a fierce battle with Britain and the United States in the Yangtze River Valley, but now it is good that the American ghosts and animals have arrived at the base camp of the imperial army in China, which is simply a big failure!

Suddenly, the political arenas of these two countries exploded. But no matter how much they made a fuss, the Soviet Union and the United States were unmoved, and they did what they wanted. It's so angry with these two that it's like a smoke!

"But in the end, didn't we still let the Americans take advantage?" Kirikaze Jevic asked incomprehensibly, "In that case, why not just take a step back from the British?" ”

Li Xiaofeng shook his head: "You don't understand. The British are much more difficult to deal with than the Americans. Let the British enter the Northeast, and the danger is ten times greater than that of the Americans! Even if the interests of our country in the Northeast are completely given to the Japanese, it is safer than letting the British meddle in the Northeast! ”

"Then you're not worried about the breakdown of relations between the two countries?" Kikkaze Jevic asked again.

"If it breaks, it will break!" Li Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Anyway, we don't ask him, and even if we ask the British, they won't give us a good look." For the British, we are troublemakers who sabotage their layout in Europe and the world, and it is impossible to give us a good look. ”

After a slight pause, he added: "The Americans are different, in a sense, they are competitors of the British, and they are competitors who are temporarily at a disadvantage. They were happy to gather a group of friends to dismantle the British platform. For example, if it weren't for the great ideological differences, the Americans would have tried even harder to win us over, and they would have wished that we would have interfered with the good things of the British. ”

Kirikazejevich nodded and said, "I see, that means that once one day the power of Britain collapses and we become strong again, then the Americans will regard us as enemies, right?" ”

"You're right!" Li Xiaofeng added in his heart as he spoke: "This day is almost over." ”

Of course, Li Xiaofeng did not think that the current Soviet Union had this strength, objectively speaking, the Soviet Union was still the tail of the crane among the world's major powers, and now he wanted to challenge the hegemony of the big hooligans, that is, he did not measure his strength. The most typical example lives next door - look at the Germans, the living Lei Feng in international politics, who has dug up the corners of Britain and France with his own destruction. Let the colonial system that had been maintained by these two countries for hundreds of years disintegrate and collapse. Objectively, it has contributed to the development of the world.

Li Xiaofeng doesn't want to be a living Lei Feng who changes the dynasty. It's better to let the Germans go to the mines, as in history! To tell the truth, in the past two years, the Germans have really been outstanding, although Hitler is a bit of a god, but he really has some ability, anyway, after a series of flickering Dafa to Britain and France, he has made a lot of confusion for Britain and France, and constantly untied the shackles that locked the German war planes.

During this period, Li Xiaofeng has been secretly happy. He really wanted to see what the Germans, "spoiled" by Britain and France, would look like four years later, not first to destroy communism, but to dig up the roots of imperialism with the first hoe. To be honest, he couldn't wait.

Of course, this will take time, and the USSR still has to cultivate its internal strength. Otherwise, when the walls of imperialism were dug up, the Soviet Union would not have the strength to reap the political benefits.

Therefore, in the second half of 1935, Li Xiaofeng's focus was not on the Far Eastern battlefield. Rather, it was the Soviet automobile industry, which was booming.

Unlike the focus of the Politburo, Li Xiaofeng did not focus solely on the Americans. If it is only a civilian vehicle, there is no problem with the massive introduction of American technology. But for the Soviet Union at that time, especially for the Red Army, the introduction of Ford technology was really a makeshift for the Guise truck. Yes, don't look at the fact that the Red Army produced a large number of Guise trucks in World War II, but this was a last resort, a choice made by the Red Army without a choice.

Objectively speaking, the Gies were cheap enough and the production was simple, which was very much in line with the actual situation in the Soviet Union. But at the same time, it must also be noted that after all, Guise is a civilian vehicle, with limited load capacity and towing capacity, and for the Soviet Union, which has backward infrastructure, it can really only make do.

At the same time, looking at other countries in the same period, military chassis were specially designed and had much higher performance than Maozi's civilian products. Historically, in World War II, if Maozi had not received a lot of aid from the United States, the so-called artillery doctrine of the Red Army would not have been able to play at all (Yan zhòng lacked trucks).

And now, the focus of the Politburo is still on cheap civilian goods, and if nothing else, once the war starts, the shortcomings of the trucks will kill the Red Army. Li Xiaofeng did not want to fall into the pit, so it was very necessary to introduce special technology and develop trucks that met the needs of the Red Army.

So were there many options at that time? It should be said that there are still quite a few, German-Soviet relations have not yet completely torn their faces, and in the automobile industry, the Germans have not yet stuck their necks. Whether it is Mercedes, Opel, BMW or MAN, there are technologies that can meet the needs of the Red Army. As for the Americans, both the Cadillac (Kenworth trucks, part of the PACCAR Group) and the Freightliner Trucks are up to the task, and even the Finnish SISU trucks are up to the task.

However, Li Xiaofeng is not interested in these companies, although the German goods are good, but the processing requirements are too high, which does not meet the national conditions of the Soviet Union. Ford has been selected in the field of small and medium-sized trucks, and there is no need for Americans to continue to participate in large trucks, and it is important to diversify the introduction of technology to avoid putting eggs in one basket. As for SISU, the Sisu truck that came after Cheng was very much in line with the road conditions of the Soviet Union, but after all, this was a company founded in 1931, and it was not technologically advanced at that time. And the introduction of Finnish technology will be very embarrassing for some bigwigs.

After thinking about it, Li Xiaofeng set his sights on the Czech Republic and Austria, whether it was Taitra, Skoda or Steyr, they could meet the needs of the Red Army. Moreover, as a small country in Eastern Europe, its market is not large, and I believe that they are very willing to expand the international market.

After Yakov's investigation, Li Xiaofeng finally set his sights on Titra and Skoda in the Czech Republic. Especially the former, as the king of off-road among trucks, it quite met the conditions of the Red Army in the field. After all, the Red Army needed not just road transport trucks, but a truck chassis with good off-road performance.

Soon, in December 1935, at the strong request of Li Xiaofeng and the support of interest-free loans, the introduction of the Taituola truck and the development of a real military chassis were in full swing. According to Li Xiaofeng's requirements, the focus will be on the development of all-wheel drive trucks, focusing on the 6×6 model, and even the 8×6 and 8×8 models are also planned in the future.

To tell the truth, Li Xiaofeng is very urgent about this, seeing that it is 1936, and it will be more than two years before Germany annexes the whole of Czechoslovakia. How to squeeze out the technology of Tai De Pull in such a short period of time is really a difficult problem.

For this reason, a certain immortal has made great efforts, and all the technical experts from the Czech Republic have been received according to the standards of the Central Committee, and even the best technicians from all over the country have been selected to follow and learn, which is really not a minute or a second wasted.

With the support of Li Xiaofeng, a brand-new automobile city has risen in the Ural Mountains. The Motor City, later known as the Andrei Factory, produced more than two million trucks in four years, starting in June 1941, nearly half of which were 6×6 models and the rest were mostly 8×4 models, meeting the urgent need of the Red Army artillery for towing vehicles. On the day of victory in World War II, the city was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

And while Li Xiaofeng was busy introducing the technology of Taitola, an unprecedented political crisis was looming on the Iberian Peninsula, and Nazi Germany and the Red Soviet Union were facing each other on the battlefield for the first time around the future direction of Spain...... (To be continued......)