Chapter 844: The Pattern of the Far East (2)

In the autumn of 1938, the supreme leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin, was the most unhappy day, after Tang Qiuli forcibly cut off the Transméng and Baikal regions from the Soviets, the Japanese launched a large-scale offensive in the Far East, and in 20 days, locust-like soldiers of the Kwantung Army swept through the Soviet troops in the Far East. Starting

After the troops of Lieutenant General Zhukov of the First Army were besieged by Tang Qiuli in the Sutai area of Uriya, the troops of General Timoshenko of the Second Army of the Far East were surrounded by the troops of the Japanese Kwantung Army in the area of Arsenyev and were in an extremely dangerous situation.

The troops of the First Army, no matter what they say, the Soviets saved the lives of more than 100,000 soldiers and General Zhukov after paying a huge price, but the situation of the Second Army of Timoshenko was different, and the Japanese were intent on completely destroying the last military group of the Soviet Union in the Far East.

From Stalin to the senior generals of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, they all knew very well that in the current situation, even if the Soviets took an olive branch and desperately shouted to stop, the Japanese would never stop, but would fight harder, unless the Soviet government paid an unacceptable price, the Japanese were gaining the upper hand in the Far East, and it would be easy to let the Japanese stop.

Obviously, the way to solve the First Army is not suitable for the Second Army at all, although Tang Qiuli did not ask for the lives of Zhukov and hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers in the end, but from Stalin to the senior generals of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, no one has a feeling in their hearts, and in the minds of these decision-makers in the Soviet Union, Tang Qiuli is as hateful as the Japanese, and even more hateful than Tang Qiuli.

Looking at the entire situation in the Far East, no matter from that aspect, Tang Qiuli was the initiator, without him provoking a war in the ancient region of Waiméng, the Japanese would not have taken the opportunity and did not have the courage to launch an attack, and in addition, the interests that Tang Qiuli seized in the ancient region of Waiméng must have stabbed the greedy Japanese and gave confidence to the red-eyed Japanese, which is inseparable from this newly rising strongman in China.

Every time he thought of this, Stalin hated the root of his teeth, and what made Stalin even more headache was that he never knew what this devil-like Chinese was thinking, what he needed, and where he would put the chess pieces next, but one thing made Stalin quite happy, his judgment was correct, Tang Qiuli did not reach some kind of secret agreement with the Japanese, and the intelligence of the General Intelligence Directorate of the Far East can prove this.

The top priority was to resolve the danger facing Timoshenko, and Stalin brought together the members of the Political Bureau to discuss this issue, and the generals present were basically unanimous in their opinion to mobilize forces in the European part and deal the most thorough and heavy blow to Japan and the Tang Qiuli clique in Asia.

Let these yellow-skinned monkeys always remember this lesson, and besides, the generals all looked indignant, took the initiative to ask for help, and led the Soviet army of one million to kill in the Far East of Asia, the mainstream view of the Soviet military circles has regarded the Japanese and Tang Qiuli as the most important opponents, and they do not hesitate to pour their national strength into a battle.

The other members of the Political Bureau, on the other hand, were much calmer and more worried, believing that mobilizing all the Soviet forces to Asia was a way to abandon the basics, and that it was better to make peace with the Japanese as much as possible, and even to cede a small part of the Soviet Union's territory in the Far East to the Japanese as a sign of sincerity.

The clouds of war over Europe are thick, like a barrel of fire, I don't know when, a little spark, it will suddenly explode, when the time comes, the Soviet Union's forces are concentrated in the Far East, far away from Europe, once invaded, the consequences are unimaginable, there will be the danger of extinction.

It should be said that in the Soviet Party in the thirties, the political atmosphere was still relatively normal, and perhaps Stalin realized that his policy of suppression had hurt the country's foundation, and he began to consciously cultivate a democratic atmosphere within the Party.

Stalin seriously considered the opinions of the members of the Political Bureau, and more than once consulted the think tanks, and the military was obviously too biased, and they forgot that the major industrial cities of the Soviet Union were all in the European part, which was the foundation of the Soviet Union, and it was impossible not to ignore them.

The construction of other members of the political bureau is even more undesirable, Stalin has not yet cede territory and seek peace, this is the Soviet and Stalin himself can never accept the shame, of course, except for that Tang Qiuli, thinking of Tang Qiuli, Stalin's heart is another sharp pain, now, that Chinese does not move, who knows what he has in mind? When do you pounce and take a bite?

So far, Stalin did not know that the Pacific Fleet, which made him almost faint in distress, and more than 100 warships, including two aircraft carriers, were sailing on the Yellow Sea of China, and soon they would arrive at the Qingdao military base, and they would become a fleet under Tang Qiuli's command.

The reason why the troops of the Transcaucasian Front of General Paul Piliusky made slow progress was because of the all-out resistance of the Japanese Kwantung Army, which showed that the Soviet Union's forces in the Far East were far from being reached, and it was enough to turn the battlefield around, and it was an inevitable choice to increase the number of troops.

Mobilizing 400,000 troops from Europe, forming the Far Eastern Front, and rushing to the Far East as quickly as possible, Stalin, the commander and political commissar, unexpectedly chose Lieutenant General Zhukov, who had just suffered defeat, and promoted Zhukov's military rank from lieutenant general to general.

All the members of the Political Bureau of the CPSU were shocked by Stalin's decision, and among the generals of the Red Army, there was no one more suitable for this post than Zhukov? Why did Comrade Stalin insist on giving the heavy task of changing the situation in the Far East to the defeated generals of the defeated army who had lost the Chinese Tang Qiuli and lost the Wai Méng Gu and the hundreds of thousands of troops, and made the Soviet government pay a heavy price?

In the face of the skeptical and incomprehensible gazes of the members of the Political Bureau, Stalin did not explain half a sentence, and he almost had a nightmare determination that Zhukov was the best person to solve the crisis in the Far East for the Soviets, and that there was no reason or basis, just an intuition, an almost pathological intuition.

Stalin's intuition was still very accurate, and Zhukov lived up to expectations, and won the most favorable situation for the Soviet Union on the battlefield in the Far East.

As for the construction of ceding a part of the territory as a bargaining chip for peace with the Japanese, Stalin did not consider it at all, not to mention that, in terms of the historical feud between the Soviet Union and Japan, the Japanese would never be satisfied with this territory, and their appetite was so great that they wanted to swallow the whole part of Asia.

If the Japanese show their troops in the Ural Mountains and peek into the territory of the European part of the Soviet Union, once a war breaks out in Europe, the Japanese, who have always taken advantage of the fire to rob, will absolutely be willing to reach an agreement with any European army that invades the Soviet Union to divide the territory of the Soviet Union.

The Russo-Japanese War that broke out in northeastern China at the beginning of this century is a very good illustration of this point, and Stalin never relaxed his vigilance against the Japanese, so Stalin's heart was full of unhappiness with the members of the political bureau who proposed such a construction, and he had the idea of sending them to labor camps.

In the name of the General Staff, he also issued an order to Admiral Paul Piliusky, who was fighting a bloody battle with the Kwantung Army in the Khabarovsk region of the Far East, "Comrade Paul Piliusky, commander and member of the Political Committee of the Transcaucasian Front, your department must break through the Japanese resistance and meet the breakthrough of the Second Army of the Far East at any cost, within five days. Stalin. ”

This is an ultimatum-style order, and it also gives Admiral Paulpilyusky the bottom line, even if you kill all the troops of the Transcaucasian Front, you can rescue Timoshenko, it is also a great achievement, you can fight with your life, you can't complete the order of the Supreme Commander, the consequences are more than you should know, very strict zhòng, strict zhòng to the head of Cheng dù.

After the meeting, Stalin specially summoned General Zhukov, who had been staying in Moscow, in his office, to inform him of the decision of the Political Bureau.

After returning from the besieged area of Guuriya Sutai in Méng, Zhukov was placed in a guest house of the General Staff, living in a secluded place, with four uniformed agents of the Ministry of Internal Affairs standing guard in turn 24 hours a day, even going to the toilet with agents, Zhukov also knew his situation, similar to squatting and confinement.

What awaits is the final verdict of the Political Bureau, after all, a general who loses a battle should be punished, the difference is nothing more than the severity of the punishment, the best result is that he cannot serve in the Red Army and leave his beloved unit, but in Zhukov's heart, he is absolutely unwilling.

He reflected on the battle of Waiméng Gu every day, every bit and every detail of Tang Qiu's hand from Jiāo's hand, and came to the conclusion that if there was another chance to fight that Chinese Jiāo, he would definitely not lose so badly, and he would definitely not be sure of victory, and a draw should be the best ending.

And Comrade Stalin now told him that he was going to command an army of 400,000 troops, and that he had been promoted to the rank of general, and that he would have full command of the Far East.

However, Zhukov was not a person who was good at expressing emotions in words, and he stirred up a few times, did not say a word, just solemnly saluted Stalin and turned away.

Looking at Zhukov's slightly short and fat back, disappearing at the end of the corridor, Stalin smiled, he clearly saw the tears in Zhukov's eyes, and from then on, this man would pay for his life, which was what Stalin wanted.