Although we have always despised devils and said that devils are stupid. But this is a strategic contempt, to be honest, the devil still has "little cleverness", otherwise we wouldn't have to fight for more than ten years in the War of Resistance. In other words, in the negotiations between the Soviet Union and Japan, the devils were also very calculating and difficult to deal with.

This continued until the end of March, when Li Xiaofeng arrived in Shanghai, that the situation took a radical turn. After arriving in Shanghai, Li Xiaofeng praised the previous negotiating delegation: "Comrades, your work has been done very well, and you have managed to delay it for a month. This is very critical! Thanks to your efforts, in the near future we will reverse our previous passivity and win the Great Patriotic War! ”

Perhaps some comrades should be dismissive of Li Xiaofeng's discovery, because the performance of the Soviet delegation in the past really cannot be said to be very good, and when facing the Japanese, they retreated step by step, and they were completely passive.

However, Li Xiaofeng did not see it that way, and from the very beginning the Politburo had a comprehensive strategy, that is, to lure Japan south. It was very difficult to achieve this goal as soon as possible, especially under the premise that Japan and the Soviet Union were engaged in a local war in northeastern China.

After April, as the weather improves, it will be easier to move at sea, but once it comes to July, with the arrival of summer, the southeast coast of China will usher in a tropical storm, and at that time, it will be more difficult for Japan, which is already extremely fragile in supply, to invade Southeast Asia militarily. Then we have to wait until October for the weather to improve.

Can the Japanese afford to wait? I can't afford to wait. With the passage of the Lend-Lease Act in the United States. The war machine began to move slowly. A series of military expansion operations have also begun. After attacking Southeast Asia at the end of 1942 and triggering a transitional response from the United States, it was likely that a war would have to be waged against the United States, and the United States at that time and the United States today were not exactly the same thing.

Anyway, the Japanese Navy is deeply jealous of the United States, and they really don't have the courage to make trouble under the premise that the United States has already entered a state of war. So the situation is very clear, the time window left for the devil is already very tight, and Southeast Asia can only be done in May and June before the tropical storm. I really can't delay it in the future.

As we all know, the invasion of the whole of Southeast Asia is a huge war, even if it is a devil who does not pay attention to logistics, he has to make some preparations, right? It takes months to prepare, right?

In fact, since January 1942, the devils have been making intense preparations, and after entering March, the preparations are in full swing, according to their plan, in the middle of May, it is inevitable to make a full set of preparations, and then start immediately.

Right now. Comrades, looking back at the compromise of the negotiating delegation, this is not just paralyzing the devils. And because the Soviet Union was anxious to get rid of the disadvantage of fighting on two fronts, so that they thought that they could safely and boldly go south, it dragged on the precious February and March, and at this time, the devil was afraid that the arrow was wound and the gun was loaded, and it was probably difficult to stop.

What does this mean? It means that the days of the Soviet Union's compromise and pretending to be a grandson are gone forever, and it is the turn of a certain immortal to cut the meat.

The Japanese official in charge of negotiations with the Soviet Union was Masayuki Tani, and probably the comrades were not very familiar with this name, because this guy was not very famous. Gu Zhengzhi has no military background and is a pure diplomat. He served in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1913 and became Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1939. And in the cabinet of Hideki Tojo, he will soon be promoted to the posts of Minister of Foreign Affairs (Foreign Minister) and President of the Intelligence Agency.

But this Gu Zhengzhi is also more interesting, please note that I am talking about more interesting, not that this conscience is a good person. In order to break the deadlock on the battlefield in China, Gu Zhengzhi made a whimsical proposal to negotiate with the Turkish Communist Party, and he told the traitor Chen Gongbo: "The Communist Party is not bad, and its politics are more progressive than Nanjing and Chongqing. ”

At that time, Chen Gongbo was stupid to hear these words (Gu Zheng was the ambassador to "Huaxia" at the time), and he didn't know what to say.

However, this Gu Masayuki is quite difficult, in fact, the Japanese have always been difficult to entangle, especially when they think they have the initiative and advantage. Anyway, Gu Masayuki was quite aggressive, which once embarrassed the Soviet delegation.

But these are all in the past, and now that Li Xiaofeng is here, no matter who the Japanese are presiding over the negotiations, whether it is Gu Masayuki, Shigemitsu Aoi, or even Hideki Tojo himself, he will have to be deflated.

Unfortunately, Gu Zhengzhi did not know this, and he still thought that he could get what he wanted: "China strongly demands that the Soviet government sever ties with the puppet government in Chongqing, and should recognize the Nanjing Nationalist Government as the sole legitimate power representing China...... and made a solemn pledge not to continue to disseminate Marxist theory in China and to cancel aid to the Communist Party of China, only in this way can the two countries restore friendship and peaceful ......"

Li Xiaofeng was a little funny, the Japanese really took themselves too seriously, and dared to put forward such a condition, so he unceremoniously pushed back: "For your country's unreasonable demands, I can only say, haven't you woken up yet?" Mr. Gu Zhengzhi, I can tell you very seriously and responsibly that we will not and cannot agree to these conditions! ”

Gu Zhengzhi still didn't figure out the situation, thinking that he could continue to force the Soviet Union to make concessions, so he said a little viciously: "Andrey. Mr. Petrovich, I must remind you that these requests are serious and are not to be joked......"

Li Xiaofeng interrupted him: "You think I'm joking? Mr. Masayuki Tani, I can tell you once again with great responsibility that what I said represents the attitude of the Soviet government and the Soviet people, and this is very serious! At the end he added: "This is no joke!" ”

Gu Zhengzhi was stunned, you must know that the Soviet negotiating delegation was very talkative before, why did the style change so much all of a sudden? He frowned, and quickly thought about what to do.

It's just that what Gu Zhengzhi didn't expect was that Li Xiaofeng was much tougher than he imagined, because a certain immortal immediately said: "I only advise your country on behalf of the Soviet government." The only way to do this is to stop the aggression against China immediately. The only way to do this was to immediately withdraw troops from China and ban the puppet government in Nanjing. Only then can peace be restored in China. In the spirit of friendship among friendly countries, I would like to sincerely suggest on behalf of the Soviet Government that your country immediately withdraw its troops and immediately compensate the Chinese people for the loss of life and property, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Gu Zhengzhidu was stunned, looking at Li Xiaofeng like an alien, thinking that he was hallucinating: "What are you talking about?" Mr. Andrey? Please forgive my faux pas. But can you be sure that what you just said represents the position of the Soviet Government? ”

Li Xiaofeng replied with a smile: "You and your government really don't understand the most basic courtesy, righteousness, and honesty, otherwise you wouldn't have expanded the scale of the war of aggression again and again. Since you don't understand, or you don't want to, I'll say it again. On the issue of China, the consistent attitude of the Soviet Government is that it does not recognize the puppet state of Manchukuo and the so-called autonomy of Hebei, and your country is an out-and-out aggressor. Will the Soviet government stand with the Chinese people until you drive your country back to your homeland? Do you understand that now? The attitude of the Soviet government is as simple as that! ”

Gu Masayuki was dumbfounded, or rather, the Japanese-style single-loop reflex arc in his mind had crashed. After a while, he exclaimed in embarrassment, "Do you know what your statement means? ”

Li Xiaofeng shrugged his shoulders disappreciatively. He said nonchalantly, "Isn't it just to continue the war?" Look like you've taken advantage of the battlefield! Someone laughed contemptuously as he spoke: "This farce should have ended a long time ago, too much time and energy were wasted." It's really boring! ”

Gu Zhengzhi was angry, he had never been so humiliated again. However, this is also normal, when Gu Masayuki emerged in the diplomatic circles, it was a time when Japan was in the right international arena, the Japan-Britain alliance, and the victory in World War I, which pushed Japan's international status to a very high level. The Japanese diplomats of that year were naturally arrogant.

However, Li Xiaofeng ignored the so-called pride of Japanese diplomats, and he was rude and contemptuous of the pride of the Japanese as stinking shit. Even without waiting for Gu Zhengzhi to make a big move, he directly announced the interruption of the negotiations and left the venue with the Soviet delegation.

This also made Gu Zhengzhi angry, and felt deeply confused, how can Lucia's attitude of the ghost animal change? What's going on?

Not only Gu Masayuki wondered, but Hideki Tojo and Shigemitsu Aoi were also confused by the two monks, the reason is very simple, in their opinion, there is not much news in favor of the Soviet Union in the general pattern of the world? Where did Lucia's ghost beast come from?

"Could it be that Lucia's ghost animal won a major victory in the battle of Kyiv and turned the tide of the war in one fell swoop?" Shigemitsu asked.

Hideki Tojo shook his head: "The intelligence from the German embassy does not support this speculation, although Lucia has lifted the siege of Kyiv, but it was immediately counterattacked by the Wehrmacht of the Independent Countries, and now it is in a passive defense." ”

Since the Soviet Union did not take much advantage in the direct confrontation between the Soviet Union and Germany, why did the Soviet Union change its attitude so much? To tell the truth, Japan's intelligence work is only good for China, and it is really impossible to get particularly critical and important intelligence for intelligence work in Europe and the United States. Therefore, the core of Japanese politics, especially the military, always misjudges the situation and always feels good about itself.

And this time, the Japanese are no exception, since they can't find external intelligence support, they can only guess, so it is natural to think that this is Lucia's ghost beast's decisive counterattack, and it is deliberately pretending not to care for diplomatic intimidation. Naturally, the Japanese immediately began to fight back.

The first to shout was the base camp, which began to clamore for the immediate resumption of the offensive in the northeast and the struggle to eliminate the "defeated men" of the Soviet Far Eastern Military District within three months.

As for the provocation of the Japanese, how could Li Xiaofeng be polite, he had confessed to Blyukhel before going to Shanghai, telling the marshal: "As long as the Japanese dare to provoke, then teach them a hard lesson, and the harder we fight, the more active we will be in diplomacy!" ”

Who is Blyukhel? Without hesitation, Li Xiaofeng's explanation was fully implemented, so as soon as the devil began to stir up trouble, he was immediately met with a resolute counterattack by the Red Army. It's not just that they crush their provocations. The Red Army also came to open the shelves for counterattacks. once beat the devil to the point where the ghost cried wolf.

At this moment, Hideki Tojo was dumbfounded, no matter how you look at the Soviet Union, this is not unprepared, this is simply fearless, okay?

"Is Lucia's ghost beast using a delaying tactic?"

This speculation made Hideki Tojo uncomfortable, because this possibility was so terrifying, if the Soviet Union had been holding back in order to use this period of time to transfer troops, its fundamental purpose was not to cease the war at all. It's going to be big, how is this good?

"Who was in charge of the relevant intelligence work of the Red Army in the Far East for the last two months? I want to know immediately about the change in the strength of the Red Army in the Far East! ”

If intelligence showed that the Red Army in the Far East was gaining strength, then the real goals of the Soviet Union would have been revealed. So is there a change in this area?

It should be said that there is, but it is not big, and in order to ease the tension of troops in the Far East, the Politburo and the Military Commission transferred the strength of one army from the newly formed troops and deployed them in the Baikal Military District. Let's put it this way, the reason why Konev was able to beat the Kuomintang, was because this newly deployed army took on the task of defense.

However, for a world war. A general's sincerity is nothing, for Blyukhel. Having this army can only be said to reduce the pressure, but it cannot really change the strength of the enemy and us. To put it bluntly, this army is a rabbit on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and it also celebrates the New Year without it.

However, Li Xiaofeng was very clever, and in the previous month or so, he made full use of this army, constantly used suspicious tactics to fool the Japanese, constantly transferred part of the army's troops between the Baikal Military District and the Khabarovsk Military District, and deliberately let Japanese spies discover it, creating a false impression of constantly increasing troops.

Therefore, with the Japanese, the troops transferred by the Soviet Union to the Far East were not just one army, I am afraid that there were several armies. So when Hideki Tojo got this false information, his nose was crooked: "Why don't you report it as soon as possible?" ”

In fact, it was reported a long time ago, but at that time, the Soviet negotiating delegation was pretending to be a grandson, which greatly paralyzed the Japanese and gave them a little illusion of peace of mind. So Hideki Tojo can only slap the table now and ask, "What now?" ”

It is indeed difficult for the Japanese to do it, the southward strategy has already begun to be implemented, and a large number of materials and troops have already been prepared to go south. So how did Hideki Tojo explain it, and how did it end?

However, the threat of the Soviet Union is real, and if they take the opportunity to counterattack, then Japan will have to fight on three fronts, which is not an ordinary mountain of pressure.

After struggling for a long time, Chongguang Aoi could only suggest: "Let's stabilize Lucia's ghost animal for the time being and maintain the status quo......"

Before Shigemitsu Aoi could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Hideki Tojo very irritably: "What's the use of stabilizing Lucia's ghost animal now?" The plan to go south is about to be implemented, and there is no room for mistakes, and once Lucia is aware of our actions, the consequences will be devastating! ”

The more Hideki Tojo spoke, the more angry he became: "At that time, the empire would inevitably face a three-front battle, how could this be supported? ”

Chongguang Aoi was silent, and only after a long time did he say: "Lucia's ghost animal is really a wolf ambition, and we have been tricked!" ”

But immediately he added: "But we are not without a way to break the situation, if we can induce Chongqing to surrender, then the million-strong army trapped in the hinterland of China can be freed......"

In Tojo Hideki's opinion, this is indeed a solution, but he doesn't have much hope for luring Lao Jiang to surrender, after all, they have lured him several times before, and Lao Jiang is ambiguous but still refuses.

But now, Hideki Tojo doesn't have a good way, so he can only let Shigemitsu Aoi try. The result? The result is that Lao Jiang is very depressed, Jiang is not unwilling to make peace with Japan, but the pressure of Britain and the United States is there, unless he wants to change the master and change the court, he can't mess around. So in the face of Chongguang Aoi's temptation to surrender again, he could only drip blood in his heart but said no.

Shigemitsu Aoi failed, and the choice in front of the devil was almost gone, either to fight on three fronts, or to give up going south, or to persuade the Soviet Union to accept an armistice. The first two devils naturally couldn't agree, so there was only one last possibility.

"Truce?" Li Xiaofeng sneered, "Why do you want to stop the war?" ”

Gu Zhengzhi said with a bitter face: "My country believes that the war between the two countries in the northeast is purely accidental, and it is even more unnecessary, and our government has always attached importance to friendly relations with your country. It is in the common interests of our two countries to stop the senseless fighting and resume peaceful exchanges between the two countries! ”

To tell the truth, Gu Zhengzhi felt that these words were too falling, too embarrassing, if it wasn't for the boss forcing him to come, he would really go to the sleeves, so after finishing speaking, he added a sentence on his own: "The Great Patriotic War that your country is fighting now is a fierce time, and it is probably disadvantageous to start a war in other battlefields, right?" ”

Li Xiaofeng glanced at Gu Zheng and retorted coldly: "Today I know what shamelessness is and what it means to be beaten up!" You are the ones who started the war! It was you who cooperated with the German aggressors in launching the war against the Soviet Union, and the Soviet people never lacked the courage to defend their homeland and country, and were never afraid of any threat or aggression. ”

Li Xiaofeng stared at Gu Zhengzhi coldly, and said contemptuously: "In my opinion, I'm afraid it's you who are not favorable, right?" (To be continued......)

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