050 Empty City Meter
On this night, Captain Shiro Nonaka and a number of other core officers of the coup d'Γ©tat led more than 1,000 officers and soldiers to set off from the station located in Miyakezaka on the west side of the palace, stepping on the thick snow and going separately to assassinate the "bad guys". At this time, the officers, including Shiro Nonaka, not only thought of the poor people's livelihood, but also imagined that after this battle, they would be honored by His Majesty the Emperor, ride in the carriage of the Imperial Palace, and glorify their ancestors.
This night, after learning what happened, Wang Mao really understood that the mutiny of these Japanese soldiers was completely different from his own mutiny, because they were purely a group of hot-blooded soldiers!
This night, it snowed heavily in Tokyo that I hadn't seen in years!
On this night, in front of Tokyo's Zhu Gate, blood soaked in heavy snow! But then these Zhumen ushered in a new owner.
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When the news of the mutiny reached Moscow, Huang Ke was preparing to have an interview with Stalin, the time for the talks between the two sides had been finalized, Huang Ke was preparing for the final negotiations, and the think tanks had drawn up a variety of negotiation contents at home and abroad according to the situation between the two sides, and a detailed and scientific document was presented to Huang Ke.
Prior to this, after the dialogue between the two sides in the early stage, China and the Soviet Union had reached agreement on many issues, but in the previous rounds of consultations, China and the Soviet Union had big differences on the two issues of border demarcation and garrisoning.
At this point, the people below dare not make their own decisions, after all, the top military leaders of both sides have already come, and only they have the power to make decisions on these issues, so it is better to leave the most difficult issues to them!
As a result, China and the Soviet Union finalized the time and place for the leaders of the two countries to meet.
The meeting was scheduled for 10 a.m., again in the Kremlin.
This time, Huang Ke was still wearing a dark green lapel national uniform and was ready to go to the meeting, but an hour before departure, when he was having breakfast, he received a briefing from China.
Reading briefings while eating breakfast is a common practice for Huang Ke, and the same is true in China, because he doesn't want to waste his breakfast time. Despite eating, Huang Ke still looked at it in detail, and the slightest problem would not escape his eyes.
The guards had just brought breakfast, which was provided by the Soviet side, with Russian muffins, bread, oatmeal, circhines, pigs, apples, chiphil and other food. As soon as it was brought up earlier, the domestic military briefing was reported. One of them caught his attention: "This morning (local time) some young Zhuang factions in Tokyo launched a mutiny, and several military and political leaders were assassinated!" β
When he saw the news, Huang Ke's chewing speed slowed down significantly, and he put down the bread and butter in his hand and looked at the briefing carefully. At this time, countless ominous thoughts flashed through his mind.
That's right! This is the famous 226 Mutiny in history, although the specific time has changed, but the nature and impact of the incident will not change, and he firmly believes that this will have an important impact on the future Sino-Japanese relations.
"Go, send a telegram to Yang Yibing, ask him to pay close attention to this matter, and report to me at any time if there is any situation." After speaking, Huang Ke thought for a while and said: "Let them pay attention to today's "Asahi Shimbun" and related newspapers, and remember to search for information from the newspapers. β
After all this, Huang Ke did not continue to eat breakfast, he took a sip of oatmeal indiscriminately, and went to continue sorting out the documents of the meeting with Stalin.
There was a mutiny in Japan, so many plans had to be revised, but negotiations were imminent, and it was impossible to revise them as soon as possible. The accompanying officials did not understand Huang's move, believing that Japan's small change would not affect the overall situation, but one of the accompanying officials offered a different opinion.
This person's name is Yang Yongtai. In fact, he and Huang Ke have known each other for a long time, when Huang Ke was in Guangzhou, he was the director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Finance, and later Huang Ke submitted articles to relevant newspapers and magazines in Guangzhou, and he also personally proofread Huang Ke's manuscript, but the relationship between the two has always been not far away, because this person belongs to the Kuomintang faction, and can be regarded as Jiang's person.
The reason why he was able to come to the Soviet Union this time was also due to the factor of a balance of power. For this reason, Huang Ke didn't have much of an interest in this person.
So when he agreed with Huang Ke, Huang Ke couldn't stop being surprised.
Yang Yongtai didn't care about Huang Ke's expression, he looked at everyone and said: "This Japanese mutiny is not very big in terms of scale, but it is different in impact. Japan's imperial faction and the establishment faction are at odds with each other, but their common goal is the government faction. After the Battle of Northeast China, the military forces were constrained and political factions reared up, and their relatively peaceful political ideas were put into practice, so there was a situation of relative relaxation between China and Japan on both sides. β
"However, this time, the officers of the Shaozhuang faction will admonish them by force, and the influence of the military will be even greater, and the military department has always advocated external expansion, and it will become more tough on the issue of our country. Once Sino-Japanese relations become tense in the region, Sino-Soviet relations will also be affected accordingly, and it will not be difficult for the Soviet Union to take advantage of the situation to rob them. β
After Yang Yongtai finished speaking, Huang Ke nodded with satisfaction, he found that this person with a polite appearance has a very unique insight and vision, and he came to such a judgment because he understood the historical development, but the person in front of him was able to draw such a judgment from a short telegram, which shows that this person has a thorough study of China and Japan on weekdays, and has a long-term vision!
Huang Ke couldn't help but look at this person with admiration.
However, others are not quite as Yang Yongtai said, a think tank said: "As you said, then when the Japanese military comes to power, the foreign invasion they appeal for will inevitably have some attempts against the Soviet Union, that is to say, the Soviet Union is facing the same predicament as us, how can it pull out its hand to take advantage of us?" β
Yang Yongtai smiled contemptuously and said: "The best route for Japan to invade the Soviet Union on land is bound to pass through Northeast China, will it have nothing to do with us?" Moreover, Siberia of the Soviet Union was a barren land, and the Japanese coveted China, and even though they had ambitions for the Soviet Union, they were bound to wait until after the Chinese issue was resolved. If our country were as corrupt and incompetent as the Manchus, the Soviets would certainly support us, and everyone would understand the truth of the cold tongue. However, with the national strength of our country, the Japanese will not be able to occupy it, and if Japan comes to attack with all the strength of the country, the northeast and coastal areas of our country will fall into a state of stalemate with Japan, and the Japanese will not be able to care about the Soviet Union, how will the Soviets let go of this opportunity? β
The two exchanged words, but neither persuaded anyone. After arguing, the conference room fell silent, and everyone's eyes turned to Huang Ke.
Huang Ke's eyes were focused on the ceiling in front of him at this time, and after seeing everyone discuss, he held his arm and pondered for a moment before saying, "According to the original plan, I will talk to Stalin." β
Yang Yongtai was just about to say what he thought, Huang Ke smiled and said: "The Soviet Union is now carrying out a big purge, and the combat effectiveness of the Soviet Red Army is no longer comparable to the original, and the battle of Xinjiang is an example. Of course, if they dare to offend again, the strength of our army can guarantee that they will not fail in two-front operations, not to mention, we still have secret weapons! β
Everyone looked at Huang Ke in surprise, they didn't expect him to say such a thing, which means that it is you who will change, and you will not change it.
Huang Ke didn't speak, he pointed to the chandelier on the roof of the building, and made a gesture for everyone to listen, and everyone suddenly realized that this conference room was being monitored.
In fact, Huang Ke's initial idea coincided with Yang Yongtai, and he also wanted to change the conditions for negotiations with the Soviet Union at this time, moderately relax them, and let China and the Soviet Union reach a peace agreement, so that they could go all out to deal with Japan. But he just accidentally discovered some extra wires on the ceiling, which made him understand that his actions were all controlled by the other party.
If he showed weakness to the Soviet Union at this time, it would be difficult to guarantee that Stalin would not open his mouth, so Huang Ke made a false shot and took out the "secret weapon", which is nothing, to scare the other party, that is, this is simply an empty plan.
As for whether the empty city plan works or not, it depends on Stalin's reaction. Huang Ke believes that smart people will definitely abide by this law and fall into his empty plan.
The meeting was over, it was already past nine o'clock Moscow time, and Motolov of the Soviet Foreign Affairs Committee led a team to greet him, and after a few words of greeting with this old friend, Huang Ke drove to the Kremlin with a number of translators, guards, and think tanks.
It was already morning when the convoy left, but the early morning in Moscow was cold and windy. Although it was cold, Huang Ke's back was full of sweat, and he knew that this time he was not only gambling on himself, but also the fate of a country.
For the smooth running of the meeting, temporary traffic control was carried out on the streets, and soon the convoy arrived at its destination, the Kremlin. This is not the first time Huang Ke has been here, he visited here several years ago in search of Soviet industrial technology.
In ten years, China has developed from a country that sought technology everywhere to an industrialized country that exports technology to the outside world, all of which is bought by countless Chinese with blood and sweat. What they have gained in exchange is not only the rapid development of the country, but also the improvement of the country's status!
Thinking of this, Huang Ke is full of confidence! He began to be excited from the worry just now, and he firmly believed that the hard-working, brave and intelligent Chinese nation is bound to regain the glory of his glorious period in the world!
For the glory of the nation, go bravely! This is the mission that history has given you!
Soviet guards in woolen tweed coats pushed open the heavy palace gates, and Huang Ke walked forward with strong and brisk steps.
The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, in a light gray military uniform, was already standing in front of the conference room, holding a pipe in one hand and looking at Huang Ke with a smile on his face.
The two sides walked to the middle of the hall, and both sides stretched out their right hands, and in the Kremlin, the two men held hands together.