In March and April 1933, when Li Xiaofeng and Tukhachevsky had a fierce confrontation over the engine issue, some extremely far-reaching changes were taking place in the world.

On 1 March, Luxembourg and Liebknecht were forced to flee Germany for the second time and flee to Russia for refuge, naturally due to the Reichstag arson. Under Hitler's instructions, all the blame was placed on the German Communist Party, and Luxemburg and Liebknecht, the soul leaders of the German Communist Party, were naturally the first targets of the Nazis' extermination. Fortunately, a certain immortal had been paying attention to the situation in Germany, and once again rescued these two people under an extremely dangerous situation.

However, Luxemburg and Liebknecht were able to escape, but Ernst Brown was the only one who escaped. Thälmann was arrested by the Gestapo and thrown into prison as in history, and if there were no accidents, he would not have seen the light of victory in World War II.

It's not just Ernst who suffers. Thälman, in the east of the world, the insidious and cruel Japanese devils were not willing to just gain northeast China, and their sinful palms suddenly stretched out to Kannai. On March 4, the headquarters of Tang Yulin, chairman of Rehe Province, fled without occupying it, and the Japanese army occupied Chengde without bloodshed with only 128 cavalry troops, and Rehe fell.

It was also on March 4 that the Great Wall War of Resistance broke out, and from this day until May, the bloody March battle, the Chinese army finally retreated due to poor armament, exhaustion of combat power, and loss of strategic location.

It was still March 4, and the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was sworn in.

On March 15, the CCP won its fourth victory against encirclement and suppression, and the Red Army rapidly grew to 80,000 men.

On March 23, the German Reichstag passed the Guò Authorization Act. Jean Adolf? Hitler and the Nazi Party could pass any law. Parliamentary consent is not required.

This March is almost dazzling. The group of people who will occupy the stage of history in the next ten years or so have come to the fore and continue to exert their ability to influence history.

And this month was also a mixed bag of good news for the Soviet Union. Germany's shape has taken a sharp turn, and it can almost be said that the Nazis have exposed their hostility to the Soviet Union and communism. If nothing else, the two sides will inevitably meet each other in the future. Lenin, for his part, could not have imagined that Li Xiaofeng's warnings would continue to change so dramatically in Germany, and that the previously pro-Soviet Germany would become the vanguard of anti-communism almost overnight.

This made the Mentor deeply worried, and he feared that the Nazis were taking risks with their own ambitions and with the connivance of British and French imperialism. More fears that a new world war will break out soon.

In the Politburo. He raised this concern with great apprehension, and was unanimously endorsed by the other Grand Elders, and the Politburo unanimously agreed that it was necessary to be vigilant against the subsequent actions of Germany, and that it was necessary to be ready for battle before the Germans fired the first anti-communist shot.

The bad news is not only coming from Germany, but also from China. After the Japanese acquired the Northeast, their ambitions were not only not satisfied, but became more and more raging. Its tentacles began to extend to China's Guannei, Inner Mongolia, and Hebei, and constantly created friction with the Soviet Union on the Middle East Road and border issues. Obviously, the greed of this oriental dwarf is probably insatiable.

On more than one occasion, the Far East has warned Moscow that the Japanese are likely to use the same tactics against the Soviet Union as they did in the 918 incident. To put it more bluntly, it is very likely that there will be direct military friction with Japan in the future.

For the Japanese, Lenin did not have any good feelings. Practically every Russian will not have a good opinion of the Japanese. The scenes of the Russo-Japanese War are still vivid, and in 1918 the Japanese directly invaded the Russian Far East, and this greedy neighbor has always made no secret of their desire for land, especially Siberia. Who can rest assured of such a bad neighbor? Who would dare to rest assured?

Lenin and the Politburo were confronted with two major issues in two directions, with the Germans in the west and the Japanese in the east being the most important strategic imaginary enemies of the Soviet Union in the future, even temporarily surpassing the old imperialists, such as Britain and France.

Fortunately, this month, the Politburo learned not all bad news, in southern China, the Chinese Red Army won the fourth victory against encirclement and suppression, and in the face of the encirclement of 400,000 people, the weak Red Army defeated the strong with the weak, and it was really not easy. This news made Lenin and others quite happy, and the fact that the weak Chinese Red Army was able to show such combat effectiveness shows that it does not show the strength of the proletariat?

For this reason, Lenin also sent a congratulatory telegram to the CCP in the name of the Comintern, and this congratulatory telegram used a lot of words of praise and expectation beyond the specifications, and it seems that the mentor and the Politburo are quite looking forward to the CCP's next expression.

As a person who is familiar with history, Li Xiaofeng knows very well that the fourth victory against encirclement and suppression in March will be a repause. Beginning in May, the "Artillery Party" was actively preparing for the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression, and the fifth encirclement and suppression campaign would begin in September of that year. And this time, the CCP, which has been in civil strife, will go to a wrong military line. So this fleeting joy will soon fade away, and it will be replaced by burnout.

However, Li Xiaofeng was ready to rot in his stomach because he couldn't intervene in the affairs of southern China at all, and it was too far away. Moreover, the Comintern has never been his territory, it is the territory of Kamenev and Zinoviev, and he has always been at odds with these two. Not to mention that the CCP's shape looks good now, even if the CCP's shape is very bad, those two will not allow him to point fingers on this issue.

And Li Xiaofeng did not intend to point fingers on this issue, because the Chinese revolution was far more complicated than the Russian revolution, and Lenin could lead Russia to victory in the October Revolution, but let him go to China to give it a try? It is estimated that the head is full of bags and is considered light. Anyway, judging from the trend of history, China will choose the path and leader that suits them best, and Li Xiaofeng does not have to overstep his bounds at all, and on the Far East issue, he only needs to grasp one key point -- the Japanese.

To be honest, in the Soviet Union at that time, the question of what kind of attitude and strategy Japan should have had was a big question. The Far East is vast and sparsely populated. It has not been developed on a large scale for a long time. To put it mildly, this is the territory of the USSR. But in reality it's a wild field.

Whether it is Tsarist Russia or the Soviet Union today, I really love and fear the land of the Far East, and it is a good thing that the land is vast and rich in resources, but it is fatal if there is no one for thousands of miles. Anyway, in the eyes of the Soviet leaders, the Far East was a big trouble, because with the national strength of the Soviet Union, it was really impossible to take care of both the east and the west.

Moreover, the main hostile forces of the Soviet Union were concentrated on the European side, and the top leadership, including the Mentor, feared that too much attention to the Far East would distract the Red Army, which was not a great force in its own right. In the end, the director couldn't take care of either end.

This is also why when the September 18 Incident broke out in 1931, Russia chose to sit idly by, allowing the Japanese to rob Zhang Shaoshuai's territory, and allowing the Japanese to make up a puppet Manchukuo (of course, the relationship between the Soviet Union and Zhang Shaoshuai was not good, and the Middle East Road incident made the two sides quite unhappy, and it was inevitable to sit back and watch Zhang Shaoshuai gloat over the bad luck).

Even now, when the Japanese are becoming more and more aggressive, there are still many old revolutionaries who advocate pretending to be grandsons in the Far East and making concessions and compromises to Japan. It can even be said that it is mainstream. The Politburo, including Lenin and Trotsky, was still inclined to sacrifice some of its interests in the Far East to settle the situation. Keep an eye on the changes in Germany with all your might.

Obviously, Li Xiaofeng does not like this attitude, because this is what the Soviet Union did in history, but the effect is quite unsatisfactory. The Soviet Union sold the Middle East Road to Japan cheaply, and tried its best to restrain and retreat, in exchange for not the kindness of the Japanese (it would be strange if it could be exchanged), but made the Japanese feel that the Soviet Union was easy to bully, and repeatedly kicked their noses in the face. Throughout the late thirties, the two sides deployed millions of troops in the northeast, and fought two battles directly at Zhanggufeng and Nomenkan, until the Red Army frightened the Kwantung Army, and the Far East did not stop a little.

In Li Xiaofeng's view, it is impossible to be polite to the Japanese at all, these jackals have always only believed in strength, and only by teaching them a hard lesson with sticks and machetes can these gangs understand human speech. And the Soviet Union's policy of appeasement towards Japan in exchange for an absolutely bloody lesson.

"I strongly oppose the abandonment of the Middle East Road and the policy of concessions to Japan, which will not only fail to make the Japanese people appreciate our good intentions, but will make them feel that we are weak and deceitful. Zhang Shaoshuai's experience is in front of him, after gaining the Northeast, are the Japanese satisfied? Obviously, no! ”

Li Xiaofeng shouted at the enlarged meeting of the Military Commission: "After occupying the Northeast, they have taken a fancy to Inner Mongolia again, and after occupying Inner Mongolia, they will still covet North China, and Japan is a wolf!" Wolf ambition! Attempts to whip them away with a few pieces of meat to satisfy them will only further fuel their ambitions. After taking the Middle East Road, they will look at Vladivostok, they will look at Siberia, and then we will have to back down? ”

Li Xiaofeng waved his fist and said excitedly: "To deal with this kind of wolf-like nation, we can't back down from the beginning, we have to use the sword in our hands to speak at the beginning, only by cutting off their claws, crushing their dogs, and chopping off their wolf heads, they will be afraid and honest!" I strongly oppose compromise with Japan, on the contrary, if we want to defend our country and curb their wolf ambitions, we must be tougher and more proactive! Fight one or two local wars when necessary, and crush the enemy's delusions with a crisp victory! ”

Li Xiaofeng's remarks are contrary to the mainstream ideology, because just now Trotsky and Lenin have expressed the need for more tolerance and restraint, who would have thought that Li Xiaofeng, who was the first to stand up and speak, did not echo the speeches of the two mentors, but comprehensively contradicted the tune, which is really amazing. So much so that both Trotsky and Lenin were stunned. As for Stalin, Sverdlov and Dzerzhinsky, they were all completely dumbfounded.

For a while, the conference room was terrifyingly quiet, suffocatingly quiet. It took a long time for Lenin to ask: "Comrade Andrei, are you too excited?" In view of the current misplaced and complex international situation, there can only be one key direction of our country's attention, and for the time being, it seems that the threat from the European direction is even greater, and in this case, ......"

Unprecedentedly, before Lenin finished speaking, Li Xiaofeng interjected, you must know that this is quite unusual and impolite!

"Comrade Lenin, I know that the Politburo and the Military Commission are more worried about the threat from Germany and British and French imperialism, and I admit that they pose a greater threat to our country, but a greater threat does not mean that the threat is more direct. With Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia as a buffer between our country and Germany, it was impossible for the Germans to launch a direct attack on our country at the outset. In the same way, British, French, and American imperialism are even further apart. And given their poor shape in the country. For the time being, it is powerless to target us. On the contrary, it seems to me that Anglo-French imperialism is more likely to shrink. Probably, part of their interests in Eastern and Central Europe will be given up in order to feed the greed of Germany. That is, the most dangerous enemy is actually some distance away from us. ”

After a pause, Li Xiaofeng continued: "Japan is different, they are already in the northeast, lying right next to us, and their greed is stronger than that of other imperialists, and judging from the trend of recent years, they are more willing to use violent means to achieve their goals. In my opinion, their threat is more immediate. Even our restraint will not be rewarded with their kindness! ”

Lenin's expression was a little grim, not because a certain immortal interrupted him, but because he was shaken by the coherent analysis of an immortal. Especially in February, when someone had just warned him to take Nazi Germany seriously, he didn't think much of it at the time, who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, Hitler would become a de facto dictator in Germany. What if someone's prediction about the Japanese was also right, and if tolerance and concession only fuel the ambitions of the Eastern dwarves?

The atmosphere in the conference room became more and more depressing, everyone was thinking about Li Xiaofeng's speech, and even Tukhachevsky, who had recently had a hard time with someone, had to admit that someone's words were reasonable.

"Comrade Andrey, what do you mean. Is our war with Japan inevitable? ”

Trotsky's question was immediately asked to the hearts of the people, according to Li Xiaofeng. A war with Japan was almost impossible to avoid, and the Soviet Union really had no idea of fighting a large-scale war in the Far East.

The reason is very simple: the Far East is vast and sparsely populated, so far away from the traditionally developed regions of Russia that it is really impossible to afford to wage a large-scale war, and once a mistake is lost, the picture of the Japanese driving straight into the Far East and Siberia to seize the Far East and Siberia is really unimaginable to the Trotskys.

"Of course, war is inevitable," Li Xiaofeng said in a deep voice, "but we can use one or two small-scale wars to curb the possibility of a full-scale war against Japan." ”

Li Xiaofeng said confidently: "In my opinion, the Japanese are simply paper tigers, at least the Japanese Army is paper tigers. There is quite a lot of intelligence showing that the Japanese Army is behind the times in terms of equipment and tactical thinking, and it is not polite to say that this is only an army of the level of World War I, or even the level of the early stage of World War I...... Compared to the Red Army, which gradually began to mechanize, they had no advantage. If we are well prepared and can take the initiative, it will not be a problem to defeat them. ”

After a pause, Li Xiaofeng continued: "Moreover, Japan's national strength is limited, and when most of its resources are consumed by the navy, the sustained combat capability of the Japanese army is quite limited. Even worse than our Red Army, which was stationed in the Far East. If we intensify the reconstruction of the Trans-Siberian railway line and seize the time to carry out mass migration to the Far East, I think that if it is only a short local war, we will still have a good chance of winning! ”

Looking at the great elders present, seeing that they were still silent, Li Xiaofeng had to make persistent efforts: "Moreover, Japan is in a war of aggression against China, and they must also take care of both directions. If we can give China some assistance, especially to those local forces that are willing to resist Japanese aggression, we will certainly be able to hold back the hands of the Japanese and share more pressure on the Red Army in the Far East. ”

Lenin and Trotsky looked at each other, and it must be said that they were impressed, and if they were to strip away the very shiny skin of the Japanese, they would in fact be a very weak imperialist dwarf. Although the Red Army had all kinds of disadvantages, it also had all kinds of advantages, and if it was prepared properly, it had a chance of winning.

Of course, in Li Xiaofeng's remarks, Lenin and Trotsky were most fond of the emigration programme, and the Far East and Siberia could not always be empty, and it was always a burden to remain empty. Guiding the Russians to settle in the Far East is the fundamental solution to the problem.

In fact, in the thirties of history, the Soviet Union did exactly this, a large number of Red Army troops were transferred to the Far East, a large number of Soviet young people also went to the Far East "branches", and even after the elimination of the Kwantung Army in 1945, the CPSU directly demanded that the Red Army in the Far East not return to their homeland after demobilization, but directly take root in the Far East and Siberia (mandatory).

However, immigration is not a project that can be completed overnight, and there are many problems and aspects involved, and even if it is to be carried out, it can only be carried out step by step. However, the last strategy proposed by Li Xiaofeng, to support China's anti-Japanese forces, can be operated immediately.

After some intense and intense discussions between the Military Commission and the Politburo, the CPSU decided not to adjust its policy toward Japan for the time being. At the same time, the Far Eastern Red Banner Army and the Primorsky Army were merged and formed into the Far Eastern Red Banner Front. In the future, the Front Army will be responsible for the military problems against Japan, and the strength of the Far Eastern Red Banner Front will be strengthened immediately to cope with unexpected events.

At the same time as the establishment of the Red Banner Front in the Far East, the Soviet Embassy in China and the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs began to send special envoys to contact the Nanjing Nationalist Government, Zhang Shaoshuai, Ma Zhanshan, Feng Yuxiang and others...... (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you to Xingmu Shi, the dog that plays with frogs, the most wanted man in the plane, the second kill potato and Comrade Juventus!