"Okay! As long as there is the phrase "General Seat", there is nothing that cannot be done! Yuko Kitajima pursed her lips and smiled, and then said: "By the way, Wang Zhijun, the representative of the Red Regime Office, came to the headquarters to look for you this morning, it seems that things are in a hurry!" Jiang Qiang looked down at the time, it was about to be dinner, and after thinking about it, he said, "Then you tell him to come directly to our house at half past one in the afternoon!" ”

Yuko Kitajima nodded and said, "Okay! I'll do it right away! "Go ahead, hurry up and finish the urgent business in hand, and let's go home for lunch together in 20 minutes!" Jiang Qiang smiled and waved his hand, his three wives are definitely career-oriented strong women, and none of them can be idle, especially Yuko Kitajima, who doesn't like red clothes and loves arms, has been his right-hand man from the beginning.

After lunch, Wang Zhijun arrived in Jiangqiang as promised, accompanied by a Soviet man. After entering the study, Wang Zhijun began to make an introduction: "Commander Jiang, this Comintern representative Comrade Andrei. Comrade Andrey, this is the famous General Jiang Qiang, commander-in-chief of the Shandong Group Army! "Hello General Jiang, I have heard the name of the great man for a long time, and I am really fortunate to see it today, and I am fortunate to meet it!"

When Wang Zhijun's voice fell, Andre stretched out his hands to Jiang Qiang in a half-baked Chinese dialect. "Mr. Andre, I'm glad to see you!" Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling man, Jiang Qiang warmly shook Andre tightly and waved his hand: "It's a guest from afar, please sit down and taste our authentic Rizhao green tea in Shandong!" ”

"Thank you very much General Jiang for your hospitality!" Andre nodded politely, and then sat on the sofa opposite Jiang Qiang with Wang Zhijun, but he didn't reach out to pick up the teacup and drink tea, but sat down and looked at Jiang Qiang with focused eyes.

From Andrei's standard sitting posture and the fierce aura he exuded, Jiang Qiang could tell at a glance that Andre was by no means an ordinary person, he must be a strictly trained soldier or agent. At this time, Wang Zhijun said in a sincere tone: "Commander Jiang, I can't hide it from you, Comrade Andrei was sent by Comrade Stalin to China to ask for help.

As you know, on September 14 this year, Nazi Germany brazenly launched a sneak attack on the Soviet Union, and due to the Soviet Union's lack of preparation, the Soviet Union suffered heavy losses in the early stages of the war, and more than 5 million Soviet Red Army troops have now fallen on the battlefield of defending the country and fighting fascism. Now the Germans have broken through the outer defense line of Moscow and are besieging Moscow,......"

Listening to Wang Zhijun's explanation, Jiang Qiang quickly understood what was going on, in this time and space, the Soviet Union was defeated even more miserably and faster. Due to the mistakes of the Soviet High Command headed by Stalin in judging the time of the outbreak of the war and the direction of the German army's attack, coupled with the impact of the Great Purge on the Soviet Red Army, the Soviet army suffered one defeat after another at the beginning of the war, and the fierce German army approached Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, in only three months!

Germany's Axis ally, Japan, was also preparing to move in the Far East, and the Japanese Kwantung Army in northeastern China increased to 20 divisions, with a total strength of more than 700,000. A large-scale actual combat military exercise against the Soviet Union, codenamed "Kwantung Exercise," was being carried out in northeastern China, and for a time war clouds were gathering in the Far East, and the war between Japan and the Soviet Union was on the verge of breaking out, and the Soviet Union was facing an unprecedented crisis of fighting on two fronts, east and west!

Stalin, who had already felt the serious crisis of annihilation, was now really on fire and rushed to the doctor, not only wrote a letter to Roosevelt asking for help, but also thought that the Eighth Route Army could send troops to contain the Japanese army and prevent the Soviet army from falling into a passive situation of fighting on the eastern and western fronts. Although the Soviet Union had received a clear attitude from the Japanese government that it would never send troops to the Far East, the 700,000-strong Kwantung Army heavy army group in northeastern China still made Stalin panic.

In response to Stalin's request, the Red regime responded positively, but at present, the Eighth Route Army is still in a relatively weak stage, where is it possible to cooperate with the Japanese army in a large-scale military campaign from the frontal battlefield? At best, it fought guerrilla warfare, tried its best to destroy the Japanese army's logistical supply and communication lines, and provided strategic cooperation for the Soviet army's operations. As a result, the Soviets hit Jiang Qiang with the main blow, knowing that although the Shandong Group Army was besieged by the Japanese with heavy troops, its strong military strength should not be underestimated, and if it launched a fierce offensive on the Lubei Plain and even the Pingjin area at this time, it would definitely be able to exert strong pressure on the Japanese.

After Wang Zhijun finished explaining, Andrei said in an extremely earnest tone: "Dear General Jiang, the Nazi fascists are not only the enemies of the Soviet Union, but also the enemies of all mankind. Wang Zhijun hurriedly nodded and agreed: "Yes, General Jiang!" At present, the Nazi fascists are running rampant, burning, killing, looting and plundering everywhere, and world peace and the democratic freedom of the peoples of all countries have been threatened with extremely severe threats.

Only by establishing an international united front and waging a stubborn struggle against the Nazi fascists and only by guaranteeing the victory of the Soviet Union will it be possible for the peoples of the whole world to strive for freedom and independence! "I couldn't agree more with both of them, yes, the Nazi fascists are our common enemy!"

Jiang Qiang nodded and smiled, as a modern person, he is naturally very familiar with these arguments, and has a strong immunity, and he will never throw his head and spill his blood because of these three or two sentences, and devote all his wealth to the cause of the liberation of all mankind. After a pause, Jiang Qiang changed his words and said, "It's just that you should also be very clear about our situation here, Mr. Andre.

The Japanese devils have been besieged and blockaded for many years, resulting in a lack of materials in our army's defense area, economic difficulties, and people's misery, so that the landlord's family has no surplus food. The worst thing is that during this period, the devils also carried out large-scale encirclement and suppression of our army many times, causing great casualties and material consumption to our army! To tell you from the heart, it is not easy for our army to be self-reliant and persist until now, and at this stage there is really no spare strength to launch a counteroffensive against the Japanese army, let alone fight out of the encirclement and send troops to Pingjin to contain the most elite Kwantung Army of the devils! ”

"Ahem, ahem!" Wang Zhijun's face turned red when he heard this, yes, you call it "lack of materials, economic hardship, and people's lack of livelihood" here, so is it called hell on earth in other places? Commander Jiang, if you don't want to help, forget it, how can you talk nonsense in front of me like this? Although Andre's Chinese is not very good, he can also hear that Jiang Qiang is prevaricating, and his face gradually becomes difficult to see, but now he has a request for others, so he can only continue to ask:

"General Jiang, the great Soviet Union will never forget the friends who helped him, and as long as he can help the Soviet Union overcome this difficulty, he will certainly repay his kindness and help the Chinese people achieve national liberation and independence!" At this time, Wang Zhijun once again helped: "Yes, the Soviet Union has provided a lot of assistance to our country, not only directly providing a large number of weapons and equipment and war materials, but also sending the Soviet Volunteer Air Force to aid China, and directly participating in the air battle against the Japanese army. There are still many Soviet comrades who shed blood and sacrificed for the national independence and liberation of our country, and this kindness will never be forgotten by our Chinese nation! ”

"Representative Wang, Mr. Andre, I can completely understand your feelings, but at present, we are really powerless." After the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance, Japan carried out a frenzied invasion of China. Because the enemy was strong and we were weak, the Chinese army was defeated and retreated, losing half of the country, the Nationalist government's fiscal revenue fell by 90 percent, and the finances were on the verge of collapse. At this critical moment, the Soviets extended a helping hand and provided Huaxia with loans of up to $100 million, as well as more than 200 aircraft, 1,317 artillery pieces, 82 tanks, more than 1,800 vehicles, 14,025 machine guns, and a large amount of weapons, ammunition, oil, and other materials.

In terms of personnel and technology, the Soviet Union also gave China great help, sending about 5,000 Soviet military advisers and experts to China to conduct military guidance and training for China, and many people directly participated in the battle, such as the famous Soviet Aviation Volunteer Corps. In the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Soviet Union was the only country that provided direct military assistance to China, and the Soviet Union's assistance to a certain extent relieved China's urgent needs and strongly supported China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

Jiang Qiang is naturally well aware of these helps, but there is no hatred in the world for no reason, and there is no love for no reason, Jiang Qiang knows very well that the reason why the Soviet Union came to aid China was not because of selfless help and compassion. Instead, they hoped to use China to contain Japan, so that Japan could not go north and relieve the Soviet Union's military pressure in the Far East. Although China and the Soviet Union had such a "honeymoon period" of cooperation that lasted for a long time, when the Japanese army suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Nomenkan and had to restrain its arrogant ambition to "go north," the situation changed.

The Soviet Union was anxious to stabilize Japan in order to remove the threat of fighting on both the east and the west, and the attitude and intensity of the Soviet Union's aid to China from 1940 onwards obviously changed unfavorably to China. In particular, after the signing of the "Neutrality Treaty" between the Soviet Union and Japan, due to the lifting of Japan's threat to the Soviet Union, in order to avoid irritating Japan, the Soviet Union's military chief adviser to China, Chuikov, was recalled to China, and the Soviet Union no longer aided China to resist Japan, and recognized the puppet Manchukuo.

In another time and space, it was not until August 1945, after negotiating with the United States and Britain a number of conditions that would damage China's sovereignty and interests, that the Soviet army launched a final blow against the Kwantung Army entrenched in northeast China. At the same time that the Soviet Red Army sent troops to Manchuria and North Korea to smash the Japanese Kwantung Army, it also committed serious crimes in parts of Northeast China and North China and North Korea. In addition, Jiang Qiang also knew that Tsarist Russia had invaded and occupied more than 1.5 million square kilometers of territory in China, and during the Soviet period, the Soviet Union invaded and occupied 170,000 square kilometers of territory in Tangnu and Ulianghai in China, and cut off more than 1.5 million square kilometers of territory in Outer Mongolia.

In this regard, Jiang Qiang really couldn't find a reason to stick a knife in the ribs of the Soviet Union and smear his liver and brain. "General Jiang, as the ancient Chinese saying goes, the fire at the city gate will affect the fish in the pond, if you blindly want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, I am afraid that you will only burn yourself in the end!" Seeing that Jiang Qiang was still unmoved, looking like "a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water", Andre began to get anxious, and asked in a very unfriendly tone:

"The Japanese are very ambitious, if they really send troops to the Far East and join forces with Germany to destroy the Soviet Union, then you China will definitely not be able to escape the destruction of the country, do you think this result is really good? Before I came, I always thought that General Jiang was a far-sighted general of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and a Chinese national hero who stood up to the sky. ”“……”

Wang Zhijun secretly shook his head when he heard it, how did he not know Jiang Qiang's temperament of eating soft and not hard, and he was never bound by the so-called reputation and morality. Sure enough, as soon as Andrei's words fell, Wang Zhijun saw Jiang Qiang's brows furrowed, and said in a cold tone: "Mr. Andrei, please put away your set of rhetoric!" How to fight and when to fight, I have my own measure, and I don't need you as a foreigner to point fingers!

If Mr. Andre has nothing else to do, then please go back! Seeing that the atmosphere suddenly stiffened, Wang Zhijun hurriedly said: "Commander Jiang is angry, Comrade Andrei is just too anxious, and there is no malice. Now that the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany are engaged in a life-and-death war, and at this time, the Japanese Kwantung Army is ready to move and engage in so-called military exercises, and their intention to send troops to the Far East has become very obvious. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Zhijun couldn't help but sigh lightly and said: "If the devil really sends troops to the Far East to cooperate with Nazi Germany to flank the Soviet Union, the consequences are really unimaginable!" As a Red Party that believed in the Soviets, Wang Zhijun was really very heavy and worried, and in his eyes the Soviet Union was like a beacon and a beacon of navigation on the road to revolution, and to a certain extent, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a source of faith and strength.

If the Soviet Union really perished, the ideological blow to the red regime can be imagined. Andre said with a gloomy face: "General Jiang, I'm sorry, I didn't say anything just now, but I really didn't mean to offend, I just really hope that at this difficult moment, General Yang can help!" "Representative Wang, Mr. Andre, please rest assured, I'm not so stingy!"

Jiang Qiang smiled indifferently, and when he saw that he had almost mastered it, he got to the point and said: "If you want our army to carry out a campaign to cooperate with the Japanese army, it is actually not impossible, but if it is not profitable, you must not get up early, and the Soviet side must show enough sincerity." "We, the Soviet Union, will definitely repay our kindness and will never treat our friends badly!"

Hearing this, Andre's eyes flashed with surprise that could not be concealed, and he hurriedly asked, "I just don't know what General Yang means by sincerity?" Jiang Qiang said with a smile: "Very simply, as long as Comrade Stalin promises to guarantee the territorial integrity of our country, we must not divide any inch of our territory."

At the end of the war, it is necessary to return to us the occupied areas of Sakhalin, Lake Baikal, Lake Balkhash, Tangnu-Ulianghai, **** and other areas! "If we count from the Treaty of Nebuchu in the 27th year of Kangxi, Russia has invaded and occupied a total of 10,000 square kilometers of Chinese territory, accounting for 60% of the current land area of China and one-third of the land land of the Qing Emperor. Jiang Qiang, who is too far away, won't think about it for the time being, but these territories at the door of his home must be brought back, otherwise how can he be worthy of his life.

"Commander Jiang, you ......" Wang Zhijun's pupils constricted, he really didn't expect Jiang Qiang to do this, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was shocked, and his appetite was so big. What makes Wang Zhijun even more incomprehensible is that according to Jiang Qiang's consistent style of not getting up early, he will definitely calculate the gains and losses when he does anything, and he will never do a loss-making business.

These places are separated from Jiang Qiang's defense zone by 108,000 miles, even if the Soviet Union is forced to return to China due to the situation, what advantage can Jiang Qiang take? Andrei's face turned black all of a sudden, and he glared at him and said loudly: "General Jiang, how can you take advantage of the fire to rob, and it is still a lion with his mouth wide open?" I am very confused, and I have to tell General Jiang that the places you just mentioned are already the inherent territory of the Soviet Union, and it is absolutely impossible to divide them......

Jiang Qiang unceremoniously waved his hand and interrupted: "Enough, don't talk about those useless!" That's what my condition is, there's nothing negotiable! Andre's face sank like water, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "General Jiang really has no room for negotiation?" Jiang Qiang snorted coldly: "National sovereignty and territorial integrity are paramount, you have cut off nearly 6 million square kilometers of my territory in China before and after, and I just want to come back a small half of it is already cheap for you!" So please don't continue to bargain, there is absolutely no room for negotiation on the territorial issue! "General Jiang, what a big breath!"

Andrei couldn't help it at all, and said in a cold tone: "Let's not talk about whether you are qualified to ask for territory with the Soviet Union, just with your current weak troops, you dare to open your mouth, don't you think you are very self-conscious?" Jiang Qiang smiled: "Since you think I am insignificant, why do you have the cheekiness to ask for help?" Is this really a slap in the face, or is it a slap in the face of you Stalin and the USSR? "You!" Andre was so angry that his forehead was bruised, his five fingers clenched into fists, and his knuckles turned white, and he couldn't wait to pick up his fist and smash it towards Jiang Qiang now!

Jiang Qiang ignored Andrei's anger at this time, but said lightly: "If you can't be the master, you can go back and ask your superiors and tell them that as long as Comrade Stalin meets my requirements, I can promise to launch a large-scale counteroffensive in the near future and launch a campaign to cooperate." And if the little devil really sends troops to the Far East, I will do my best to go north until the Kwantung Army has to return to defense! ”

"Humph!" Andre twitched his nose very unpleasantly, and he didn't believe that Jiang Qiang had the strength to forcibly turn things around. Because his highest luxury here is simply that Jiang Qiang hopes to tear through the encirclement of the Japanese army, lead an elite army, and then form a confrontation with the Eighth Route Army against the Japanese army in North China. However, at this time, Jiang Qiang continued to half-jokingly say: "The world is impermanent, maybe one day in the future, after I finish cleaning up Little Japan, I can also wave my army north to help you fight the Germans together!" ”

"Humph!" Andrei no longer knows how to describe the contempt and madness in his heart, and he can't figure out where the confidence and cheekiness of the young man in front of him come from. ", a dragon in the face of wind and clouds. Don't look at me now, I only have a corner of the land, but my goal is not this corner of the place! Jiang Qiang continued to mend the knife and said in a vigilant tone:

"Mr. Andrei, I can't bear the wolf with my child, although the Soviet Union is huge, but it can't withstand the devouring of the Germans, you have to think clearly! As you said just now, if you can't be the master, you can report to your superiors to Stalin, but don't let the Soviet Union fall into a state of no return because of personal emotions. ”“……”

Andre still didn't say a word, but his face became more and more ugly, and he couldn't understand whether Jiang Qiang was crazy or stupid, and he turned it upside down like this! If it weren't for the fact that this was not his own territory, Andre would have gone up and beaten him so hard that his mother didn't know him, otherwise it would be difficult to get rid of the evil spirit! Andre's expression of imminent violence, Jiang Qiang took in the bottom of his eyes, but without the slightest emotional fluctuation, he picked up the tea bowl on the table at any time and tasted the tea leisurely.

In fact, Jiang Qiang really did not expect such empty promises alone to make Stalin give in and promise to spit out the annexed Chinese territories. But Jiang Qiang will not let go of this opportunity to take a stand, even if it is to lay a foundation for the future!

In addition, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if, maybe Stalin, who is now desperate, promised it with a brain fever? "Commander Jiang, then let's take our leave first!" The topic has been completely frozen, the two sides have nothing to talk about, Wang Zhijun can only glance at Andre, stand up and say goodbye to Jiang Qiang! "Okay! Representative Wang, please go slowly! Jiang Qiang nodded and smiled, ignoring Andre, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and sent the two of them out of the study with a smile.

"How can this be true? Outrageous! As soon as he walked out of the gate of Jiangfu, Andre, who was holding back his anger, let out a roar, clenched his fists and slammed forward! Comrade Andrey, please be impatient! Before I came here, didn't I say that Commander Jiang has always been particularly independent, and it is very difficult for outsiders to influence him. Although this result is not good, isn't it also expected by us? ”

Wang Zhijun seemed very calm, because he had the mentality of giving it a try before he came, and he didn't have any hope! Andre, who was in an extremely unhappy mood, not only did not stop his anger, but his anger exploded, and he yelled at Wang Zhijun: Are you Chinese people so blind and arrogant? If the Soviet Union really fell to the hands of the Germans and the Japanese, you should not try to escape the fate of the country. ”

Stalin sent several groups of people to this urgent request for help, but so far, whether it is the United States, the Nationalist Government, or the Red Regime, all of them have been thundering and raining, and there has been no effective response at all. To Jiang Qiang, that is Andrei's last bit of hope, even if he knows that even if Jiang Qiang agrees to cooperate with the battle, the role will be very limited, it is much better than sitting empty-handed and waiting for the Soviet Union to perish! However, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, Andre is really murderous now! "Comrade Andrey, please calm down!"

Wang Zhijun can fully understand Andre's mood, because he is also uncomfortable and worried. After a pause, Wang Zhijun could only be a dead horse and a live horse doctor, and comforted him softly: "Comrade Andrei, although General Jiang Qiang's words are a bit unbelievable, he is not a man of false words. I think that if he said that, maybe he really has the ability to help the Soviet Union turn the tide of danger? Andre looked at Wang Zhijun coldly and snorted coldly: "Representative Wang, do you believe his nonsense?" ”

Wang Zhijun did not avoid Andrei's cold eyes, and nodded seriously in front of his gaze: "To be honest, as far as I am concerned, I really believe in Commander Jiang's words. Because, too many miracles and incredibles have happened to Commander Jiang, and many things cannot be inferred by common sense, but they all happened right under his nose!

Shouldn't we think about it from another angle, since Commander Jiang can develop and grow into today's situation under the nose of a devil, there must be something outstanding in it! When things go wrong, there must be demons, right? Comrade Andrey! ”