Chapter 815: Stalin's Compromise

Tang Qiuquan, the commander of the special operations detachment of the independent division, in accordance with the plan of the division commander Tang Qiuli, used the seized documents to make use of the seized documents, and the captain of the 19th Baggage Brigade of the Kwantung Army, Ueda Masao, who was the nephew of the commander of the Kwantung Army Ueda Kenkichi, entered Haishanwei and successively brought the troops supported by the special operations detachment and the rebellion group personally formed by Tang Qiuli to the city.

The reputation of the 19th Heavy Dà Brigade of the Kwantung Army is already outside, if nothing else, there is the nephew of Commander Kenkichi Ueda, this guy with a very hard head, who dares to go to find it uncomfortable, even the military police do not dare to ask more, at most it is a routine matter, and it is also very polite, which brings great convenience to the activities of the special operations detachment in the city of Haishanwei.

Because there was an order to set up a material transfer station, the baggage troops came in batches, and it did not attract the special attention of the 109th Division of the Kwantung Army, which was responsible for the garrison of Haishanwei.

As soon as the Soviet-Japanese war in the Far East began, the amount of logistics supplies of the Japanese army increased dramatically, and the logistics supply of the Kwantung Army was divided into two routes, one was Harbin, Mudanjiang to Suifenhe in East Manchuria, and the other was the sea supply line across the Sea of Japan on the Japanese mainland.

Because it is a logistics unit, it is normal for personnel and trucks to enter and leave Haishanwei, and everything is very smooth, but there is one last problem in front of Qiuquan, and I don't know how the Japanese army and navy are doing it, a posture that is incompatible with water and fire, except for the designated dock for unloading, and the place where the military port is handled by the marines, Qiuquan They can't get close to the edge at all.

The guard post of the 19th Heavy Duty Brigade is separated from the guard post of the Marine Corps by a barbed wire fence, and the soldiers of the Marine Corps look at these Army compatriots with the wrong eyes, looking bitter and hateful, and they do not get along with each other in old age.

The amount of materials from the Japanese mainland is very large, and the soldiers of the special operations detachment are responsible for loading and unloading materials every day, and they are tired and sweaty, and the soldiers laugh at themselves and say: "The detachment commander has found a good task for us, and he is obliged to be a laborer for the little devils."

Qiuquan was also anxious, and truthfully reported the situation and difficulties faced by the troops in Haishanwei to the division commander Tang Qiuli, and Tang Qiuli called back: "Don't be impatient, wait for the opportunity, and make sure that nothing goes wrong, the Japanese-Soviet war will not end soon, and there will be a decisive battle between the two sides in the Far East." ”

Tang Qiuli did not speculate out of thin air, just yesterday, the encircled Soviet army sent several people over, claiming to be the plenipotentiary representative of General Zhukov, and asked to meet with the supreme commander of the Chinese side on the relevant issues of the besieged Soviet army, and Jiāo exchanged opinions.

As soon as Tang Qiuli heard this, he was furious at that time, in the Far East, the Soviets had been beaten by the Japanese, and you were still bargaining with me and putting up a stinky shelf, did Stalin get into the water in his head? If the Soviet government does not come forward, let these remnants of the defeated soldiers fight me in the future, how can there be any oil and water?

He sneered and said to Chang Feng: "If you shoot them back with a bullet, tell these Soviet soldiers, you are my prisoners, but you don't have a gun for the time being, as long as I want, within thirty minutes, let you all turn into corpses, negotiate with me, you don't have this qualification, let the Soviet government send a delegation that can speak, otherwise you won't talk."

Chang Feng held back his laughter, repeated Tang Qiuli's words to several Soviet generals, and then, really according to the instructions of the division commander, he used a long list of heavy machine gun bullets to run them back into the encirclement, and Zhukov, who was waiting for the negotiators to come back, saw the appearance of these assistants, and knew that there was no result.

After more than ten days of hard work, Zhukov was old and haggard, he alone was the life of hundreds of thousands of Soviet Red Army soldiers, and the self-esteem of the soldiers made him always have an urge to die on the battlefield, but hundreds of thousands of fresh lives made him cry out in vain, although there were air supplies every day, but with the extension of the encirclement time, the morale and fighting will of the soldiers became more and more sluggish, and such a unit could not fight again.

Zhukov had a strange feeling about Tang Qiuli allowing airdrops of supplies to the encircled Soviet army, subverting all his views on the Chinese ** people, and he really wanted to meet this Chinese general who made him suffer defeat, and the Red Army soldiers who made hundreds of thousands of dragons and tigers alive and well, nòng like a sick cat Chinese, this Chinese has too many mysterious colors.

From the telegrams that kept coming from the country, Zhukov sensed with the acumen of a soldier that something serious must have happened, and just yesterday he received a telegram from the General Staff informing him that Comrade Stalin was actively seeking some means to solve the problem of foreign countries and preserve the strength of the troops, which was the only task at present.

In Zhukov's view, if he wants to solve the problem of foreign méng and find a way to survive for himself and hundreds of thousands of soldiers, there is no other way to negotiate with the difficult and mysterious Chinese in front of him.

Zhukov guessed correctly, before the Japanese did not make a move on September 10, Stalin's strategy to solve the problem of the Outer Méng was to "delay", and in sufficient time, he could mobilize a Qiē military force to break the encirclement of Zhukov's troops by the squadron, and at the minimum cost, in exchange for the solution of the Outer Méng Ancient problem.

This is also Zhukov, let Stalin bother with such brains, in exchange for other generals, Stalin's absolutely tough attitude is similar to playing a scoundrel, asking for money, but you can't do it for Zhukov, from a series of battles commanded by Zhukov, Stalin saw hope for the future of the Red Army, although Zhukov was still defeated by Tang Qiuli's men.

If there had not been an opinion imposed on Zhukov by himself, the outcome of the war would have been a different outcome, and Stalin would not have given up on Zhukov on this alone.

At this point, I have to admire Stalin's vision, see Zhukov's potential military command ability, back to history proves that Stalin did not misunderstand Zhukov, at the most critical juncture of the Soviet-German war, the German ** team has been under the city of Moscow, Zhukov was ordered and embarrassed, acted as Stalin's firefighting captain.

Where the war situation was most critical, Stalin sent Zhukov there, and Zhukov did not live up to Stalin's high expectations, repeatedly turned danger into disaster, not only held Moscow, contained the fierce offensive of the German army, but also changed the tide of the war, and finally dedicated the Soviet Union and Stalin to the complete victory of the Soviet-German war.

From this point of view, Tang Qiuli, who was a man of two lifetimes, knew Zhukov's position in Stalin's mind more than Stalin and even Zhukov himself, and used him as a hostage, not worrying about the Soviets not cutting ròu, the so-called "strange goods to live in", Tang Qiuli used Zhukov and hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers as bargaining chips with Stalin, this treasure, will not lose money.

It should be said that Stalin's strategy was still correct, if there was no sudden attack by the Japanese in the Far East, Tang Qiuli would not have been able to drag it out at all, but the Japanese army of more than 500,000 troops all invaded the Far East and fought Stalin's position.

Perhaps, the Japanese also knew this, but this war was what the Japanese needed, Tang Qiuli only lit the fuse, Stalin hated Tang Qiuli, the Chinese who put him in a dilemma, and if there was a chance, Stalin would like to pour the country's troops and smash this hateful Chinese into pieces.

But there is no such possibility at the moment, the Soviet army has so many family bases in the Far East, and the troops in the European part do not dare to be transferred to the Far East at all, weighing the pros and cons, Stalin no longer hesitates, and if he continues to hesitate, Zhukov and hundreds of thousands of soldiers will not be able to keep it, and the Far East will eventually fall into the hands of the Japanese.

He had to make a painful choice to compromise with Tang Qiuli, the Chinese who had become his nightmare, and to spend all his jīng strength on dealing with the Japanese who had the upper hand in the Far East, and it was not easy to make this strongman bow his head.

"The General Staff also transferred to Comrade Stalin, since the Kwantung Army launched a large-scale attack on the Far East on 10 September, on the first day of the war, almost all important towns and military points in the Far East have been lost, and the local garrisons have been completely lost, and the troops of our Second Army, relying on the defense line of the Ula River and the Daobi River, are stubbornly defending the Arsenyev area, and the main forces of the Kwantung Army have almost all pressed in this direction, and by 16 September, within seven days, our casualties have reached more than 50,000 people, and we request that reinforcements be sent quickly."

This is Timoshenko's telegram for help, as he said, the Arsenyev region, which was firmly held by the Second Army in the Far East, was like a huge magnet, attracting almost all the forces of the Kwantung Army, and the pressure on Timoshenko could be imagined.

Looking at Timoshenko's telegram, Stalin believed that this qiē was true, and that Timoshenko, like Zhukov, was not a guy who would have surrendered lightly, and would not have sent such a telegram asking for help if it was not a last resort or the situation was very critical.

It was time to make up his mind, Stalin put down Timoshenko's telegram, called Molotov, and said in a solemn tone: "Comrade Molotov, the Political Bureau has decided that you will be the head of the regiment and form a delegation to negotiate with Tang Qiuli, give that damned Chinese what he wants, as long as it is not beyond our tolerance, remember, the only purpose is to save the lives of Comrade Zhukov and hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers." ”

Molotov heard the helplessness and hatred engraved in his bones from Stalin's tone, how could he not be like this, Stalin decided to compromise with Tang Qiuli, hoping to end this nightmare, but Stalin, the old politician, would never have thought that this was just the beginning of the fight with Tang Qiuli, and the incident that made him vomit blood was still in the future