Republic of China game

"Japan." Luo Yaoguo quietly put his head into Chiang Kai-shek's ear and whispered these two words.The current civil war in China is not an era where a few soldiers are allowed to compete behind closed doors.

Will Japan watch helplessly as the Soviet-supported Communist Party advances into Beijing so easily?Besides, is Zhang Zuolin's hundreds of thousands of troops really that easy to deal with?The Communist Party was the winner in the history of another time and space, but their strength also has a process of gradually strengthening. The Communist Party's army did not perform well at the beginning, and it was only later that it gradually gained experience and grew stronger.And the USSR of 1925 is not the USSR of 1945.Taking a ten thousand step back, what if the Communist Party invaded Beijing?To seize power?I am afraid that what awaits them is a joint attack by imperialism and warlord forces.

It's not that Chiang Kai-shek doesn't understand this kind of truth, but he was confused just now when he was in a hurry. After hearing the word "Japan", Lao Jiang remembered that Beijing is not so easy to enter. Without a certain territory and strength, he was afraid of entering and exiting. No, and Zhang Feng may not let the Communist Party go first.Besides, if a big pie is not drawn now, how could the Soviet Union be enthusiastic about aiding heavy industry?

Chapter 0041 trip to Russia (six)

There are many luxurious and luxurious aristocratic manors on the banks of the beautiful Moscow River, which used to be a place for the imperial dignitaries to spend their weekends and have various entertainment and leisure.After the victory of the revolution, it has returned to the hands of the Soviet people, and some of them have been used to entertain friends from all over the world.

A certain beautiful villa was filled with the most advanced eavesdropping and candid equipment in the world at that time, and it was also equipped with a Cheka that always had a charming smile on its face and could "take care" of the guests properly. warrior.A certain big butterfly from later generations believed that the "Northwest Military Plan", which he carefully hid in the luxurious bedroom cabinet, should have been translated into Russian and sent to the desk of some important person.

"Comrade Sklyansky, have you studied this plan?" Comrade Kamenev, one of the Soviet Union's three chariots who are busy with every day, squeezed out time from his busy schedule to care about the Chinese revolution. At this point, Luo Yaoguo should have felt tears welling up in his eyes.Before Skryansky could answer, Kamenev raised his funny beard again and squeezed out a little smile: "Has Comrade Lev Davidovich (Trotsky) read it?" ?”

"Comrade Lev Borisovich (Kamenev), the Revolutionary Military Council has carefully studied this plan and conceived various possibilities. The details are not perfect, but the feasibility is quite high, and this is the best plan to help the Chinese Communist Party grow stronger." Vice Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council Skryansky highly praised Luo Yaoguo's plan.

Kamenev picked up the "Northwest Military Plan" on the table and flipped through it. Pointing to one of them, he asked, "What does Comrade Lev Davidovich think of this article? Keeping a low profile and accepting appointments from the Beijing government seems like an act of surrender!"

After hearing Kamenev's idiot question, Sklyansky had the urge to go up and pull his beard. Such an idiot is actually a troika of the Soviet Union! "Comrade Lev Borisovich, this proposal is precisely the most exciting part of this plan. China's revolutionary forces can first lurk in the northern part of Shaanxi Province, which is a barren land ignored by the northern warlords. The forces can wait there for a new round of civil war between Chinese warlords to break out, and then they can suddenly attack and take Suiyuan Province and open up ties with the Soviet Union, and the Chinese Communists will be in charge of this plan.” Sklyansky said It highlights the Chinese Communists, which is of great significance.

"Oh, is there such a thing?" Kamenev put on his glasses and looked at it carefully, and then suddenly realized: "It turns out that this plan is led by the Communists, and the Chinese bourgeoisie will not be afraid that after the Communist Party occupies Beijing Is there a revolution?"

"This is exactly what Comrade Lev Davidovich was wondering about. The Chinese general who made this plan seems to have little interest in Beijing." Sklyansky shook his head lightly to express his confusion.

Kamenev thought for a while, then asked again: "Has Comrade Lev Davidovich finally decided to support this plan?"

Skryansky nodded and replied: "Comrade Lev Davidovich thinks this plan is too attractive. Even if it contains some conspiracy, we have to practice it. If such a god-given opportunity is missed, Then how can the revolution of the Communist Party of China proceed?"

"Well, I also support this plan." Kamenev's only experience in the military is as a special commissioner of the Labor and Defense Committee to supervise the battle at the front, so he can only listen to Trotsky on military issues, lest Made a mistake and caught Trotsky.

"Comrade Lev Borisovich, there is another question. According to the analysis of this plan, China's next large-scale civil war will start before the end of 1924." Speaking of this time, Slyaksky's glasses It's full of worries.

Kamenev said blankly, "Oh, what's the matter?"

"Of course there is a problem." Slyanksky picked up the calendar on his desk and pushed it in front of Kamenev: "It is already June 1923, 6, and there is only one year left before the impending war Too much, the time left for the Chinese comrades is very tight, if this opportunity is missed, the rule of the Chinese bourgeoisie may be consolidated, Sun Yat-sen may control the South, and Zhang Zuolin, with the support of Japan, will control the North."

"Then this plan should start immediately." Kamenev showed the style of giving orders to the Labor and National Defense Committee, and waved his hand to order the "Northwest Military Plan" to start immediately.

"The idiot!" Scryansky cursed inwardly.But on the surface, he still showed a face of respect and obedience. He said: "Dear Comrade Lev Borisovich, in order to realize this plan, we must obtain the support of the Kuomintang. This support cannot be free. .”

Kamenev spread his hands, shook his head and asked, "Isn't that what the Kuomintang in China proposed? Would they still object?"

"Uh huh, this, this Comrade Lev Borisovich, this plan was stolen by our comrades from that Kuomintang General Luo." Sklyansky made a move to steal a wallet, which provoked Kamenev laughed.

"Hehe, I forgot if you didn't remind me. This plan is one of the many "Northwest Military Plans", and they won't come up with it all at once. Uh, how about this, we can support the Kuomintang's request for aid, A loan of up to 500 million gold rubles can be provided, with an annual interest rate as low as 3%, but the money will be used to purchase Soviet machinery and equipment and hire experts from the Soviet Union or the Communist International. We can also provide 100 for the "Northwest Army Plan". A grant of ten thousand gold rubles, but this money must be managed by the Chinese Communist Party and must be used in the "Northwest Military Plan." Kamenev is now presiding over the Politburo meeting, and Kamenev believes that the money is still It's easy to raise.

While the Russians were studying Luo Yaoguo's "Northwest Military Plan", Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo also started their busy diplomatic activities. The first person to meet Chiang Kai-shek was the head of the Eastern Department of the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, and the two sides exchanged polite words for about an hour. , except for the agreed meeting time with the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Chicherin, there is no nutrition.However, Chiang Kai-shek seemed to be quite satisfied with this meeting, and he was in a good mood on the way back to the villa, talking and laughing with Luo Yaoguo. At 6:12 p.m. on June 2, Chicherin, the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, met with Chiang Kai-shek again. Luo Yaoguo was not present this time, but Shen Dingyi accompanied him and took notes.

On the same day, Luo Yaoguo and Lu Ming went to visit an arsenal in Moscow. They saw the dilapidated factory, the working class who pretended to be enthusiastic, and the engineers and managers who obviously looked worried.Luo Yaoguo and Lu Ming cooperated very well to be a good audience, and delivered a passionate speech. Luo Yaoguo said nastily: "The great October Revolution brought about the rapid development of Soviet industry, and the Soviet working class is in charge of the country. In the future, it will be the happiest working class in the world, as well as the hardest-working and most responsible working class in the world. The products of the Soviet Union are the best-quality products in the world, and are the most popular among the working people all over the world. Proud to own an industrial product produced in the Soviet Union."

Lu Ming’s speech was more profound. He said in fluent Shanghai dialect: “Allah Shanghai now only has oriental and western goods, and rarely see Soviet goods. This is really a pity. There are thousands of working people in China who want to buy cheap industrial products, but there is no place to buy them. On behalf of the working people in China, I invite Soviet trading companies to set up offices in Guangzhou. Great sales and promotion of Soviet products."

After listening to Lu Ming's speech, the Soviet escorts present and Luo Yaoguo nodded frequently. The general manager of the Soviet Orient Trading Company who accompanied the visit made a decision at that time to open a branch in Guangzhou. The person in charge of the branch, of course, is Natalie Lesinskaya is a Polish beauty.

The next day, June 6th, the representative of the Soviet Union was promoted to another level. The secretary of the Central Committee, Jan Estovich Ruzutak, is not the same as the current general secretary of a certain party. in the post of Secretary-General.

"We are representatives of the Kuomintang sent to Moscow. The purpose of coming here is mainly to understand the Russian Communist Party represented by its Central Committee, to listen to some suggestions for our work in China, and to inform each other about the situation." Chiang Kai-shek first told Lu Zutak notified the intention of the delegation, and very modestly stated that he was here to listen to the Soviet Union's proposal.

"I am entrusted by the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party to welcome the delegation. The Kuomintang is very close to the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in its spirit. In addition, there are other important circumstances that bring the Chinese working people closer to the Soviet Union. Whether in China or in Russia, The peoples of the two countries are mainly engaged in agricultural production; the territory of the Soviet Union is several thousand versts adjacent to the Chinese border, so it is natural for the Soviet people to have contact with the working people of China. Unfortunately, there is no relationship between the working people of China and the Soviet Union. Any contact, which hinders the strengthening of this natural connection. The arrival of the delegation is the first step in this direction." Ruzutak's answer was more CCTV-style, and as usual, there was no nutrition.

"The KMT has always considered the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to be its sister party. Today, the delegation wishes to hear a brief account of some of the most important phases of the Russian Revolution, of the mistakes made during the Revolution, and of the role and significance of the Communist Party in the revolutionary process. Introduction, because the experience and lessons of the Russian Revolution may be very instructive for the Kuomintang’s work in China.” Chiang Kai-shek’s answer seemed to be a monk surnamed Tang, who came to the Soviet Union to learn from it.

Since he came to learn scriptures, he naturally wanted to listen to other people's chanting. Luo Yaoguo had to force himself to listen to Lu Zutak's continuous two-hour recitation of scriptures. The content was nothing more than why the Soviet revolution was successful. Luo Yaoguo naturally has no interest in how the national policy of the Communist Party of China succeeded, and why the Soviet Union implemented the New Economic Policy.Because Luo Yaoguo knew that the Soviet Union's ethnic policy was a model of failure, a negative teaching material, and that the New Economic Policy would probably be changed if it continued.

Chapter 0042 Soviet Russia trip (seven)

On June 1923, 6, Sklyansky, vice chairman of the Soviet Revolutionary Military Council, finally squeezed out time from his busy schedule to meet Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo. The real talks started today.

The talks were held in a building belonging to the Revolutionary Military Council. After a few pleasantries between the host and the guest, Chiang Kai-shek first went straight to the topic. He said: "The central mission of the delegation this time is in the military aspect. In fact, the delegation should be a military Therefore, what I attach the most importance to is the discussion with the Soviet Russian military authorities. The mission of the delegation to visit the Soviet Union mainly has the following three tasks:

[-]. I hope that the Soviet Union and Russia can assist in the construction of a steel factory and help rebuild the existing arsenal in Guangdong.Due to the distance between Guangdong and the Soviet Union, all transportation can only be carried out by sea. Unfortunately, the control of this sea area undoubtedly belongs to Japan, which has the third largest navy in the world.If the Chinese revolution touches the interests of Japan, the Japanese navy can easily cut off the shipping from the Soviet Union to China, so Mr. Zhongshan hopes that the Soviet Union can help us establish the most basic military industry, so that we can independently produce cannons, machine guns, rifles and more. Has a decent amount of ammunition.This point is very important for the victory of the Chinese revolution and for opposing Japan, the common enemy of China and the Soviet Union.

Second, we hope to jointly discuss China's combat plan.At present the Kuomintang has controlled Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and half of Hunan Province, and has gradually gained victory in the south.However, the political center of China has been the northern region for thousands of years, and the Kuomintang's power in the north is still very weak. Therefore, the Kuomintang hopes that the Soviet Union can support the Kuomintang's military activities in the north.It would be best for the Kuomintang to establish a base in Mongolia, train and arm the army, and then attack the Beiyang warlords occupying the center of China from north to south.For this reason, the Kuomintang can agree that the Communist Party and the Kuomintang will jointly lead the revolutionary army in the north. Now Mr. Zhongshan has appointed Comrade Mao Zedong, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party, as the chairman of the Northwest Military and Political Committee.

[-]. I hope that the Revolutionary Military Council of the Soviet Union can send personnel to Guangdong to help train troops and personnel, mainly to help train troops and personnel for the Northwest Military Plan.To this end, Mr. Zhongshan has agreed to establish a Northwest Military and Political School, which will be jointly led by the Generalissimo's Camp Staff and the Northwest Military and Political Committee. "

Sklyansky's reply was: "The plan to establish a base in Mongolia is not feasible in fact. The Mongols are afraid of the Chinese. The Kuomintang should not conduct military operations there anyway. This will cause serious misunderstandings. The proposal of the Revolutionary Military Council is Looking for supporters of the Kuomintang in the remote areas of northern China to establish bases, the Soviet Union is willing to provide all necessary support such as personnel, funds, weapons and ammunition.

The Soviet Union agreed in principle to aid the construction of steel plants and help the Kuomintang to rebuild its arsenal. However, since the Soviet Union itself had just experienced a brutal war, it did not have much spare power to support the industrial construction of the Kuomintang. However, the Communist International could mobilize the working class and intellectuals in Western Europe. elements to participate in this construction assistance, the Soviet Union will also send some experts to participate.It's just that the Soviet Union can provide very limited assistance in terms of funds. It can only provide a loan of 300 million gold rubles at most, with an annual interest rate of 3%, and this loan must be used to purchase industrial equipment produced by the Soviet Union.

The matter of sending personnel to help train personnel for the Northwest Military Plan should be implemented after a feasible Northwest Military Plan has been established. The Soviet Revolutionary Military Council will do everything possible to help the Kuomintang establish a revolutionary base in Northwest China. "

At that time, the gold ruble was also called Chervin bank note, which was guaranteed by 25% gold and 75% commodities. The theoretical gold content of a Chervin bank note was 7.742 grams of gold, which was almost equal to 5 US dollars.Of course, this is only a theoretical value. In fact, it is not recognized in Western countries because of its insufficient gold content.The 300 million gold ruble loan given by Skryansky is theoretically equivalent to 1500 million U.S. dollars and more than 4000 million silver dollars. If the money was saved at that time, it could almost build a 10-ton steel plant, including special steel factory.The bottom line that Kamenev gave that day was 500 million gold rubles, which is equivalent to nearly 7000 million silver dollars. In this way, not only steel factories, but also nitric acid factories, sulfuric acid factories, gunpowder factories and even copper smelting factories can be built. Even the most basic military industry has been built.

After listening to Qu Ming's translation, Lu Ming, who was in charge of the aid negotiations, put forward his own opinion. He said: "First of all, on behalf of the Kuomintang and Mr. Sun Yat-sen, I would like to thank the Soviet Union for its generous aid. However, there are two things we hope to be able to determine in advance. 25. How much machinery and equipment can the Soviet Union provide, and what is the quality of these equipment? [-]. I hope the Soviet side can determine the repayment method and repayment time. Since the actual gold content of Chervin bank notes is only [-]%, we cannot Repay this loan all in gold or silver. We hope that the commodities and gold and silver required for repayment can be determined in advance. In addition, we hope that the repayment can be made in silver and commodities instead of gold, because gold in our country Production is very small."

Sklyansky gets a headache when he hears about gold, silver, commodities, etc. He is a proletarian revolutionary, and he is really not very good at this kind of money, and this guy with round eyes looks shrewd Most of the Chinese people are probably either capitalists or managers. It is best to leave this kind of people to the Ministry of Foreign Trade. This is their specialty. Representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Bank should come to discuss with you, what we want to determine is the general direction. The Revolutionary Military Council will arrange comrades from the Soviet Foreign Trade Department and Banking Department to discuss the specific details with you, how about it?"

Lu Ming nodded in satisfaction after hearing Sklyansky's answer, and added: "We also hope to send supervisors to participate in the production of the machines and equipment provided by the Soviet Union in order to determine their quality."

"Okay, that's it. The Revolutionary Military Council hopes that you can come up with a new Northwest military plan as soon as possible. At that time, we will discuss the details of aid construction and how to implement the Northwest military plan. Now, on behalf of the Revolutionary Military Council, I invite your delegation Participate in the welcome banquet held for you by the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Revolutionary Military Commission.” Well, it was not eating and drinking with public funds, but entertaining foreign guests. Please don’t get me wrong, the Soviet revolutionaries of that era were still very pure.

"Ziyan, is 300 million gold rubles enough? I think the attitude of the Soviets seems to be more than enough." In the bathroom of the banquet hall, Luo Yaoguo turned on the faucet to the maximum, wasting precious water resources, and talked with Lu To discuss official business.

Lu Ming smiled lightly and said: "If the Soviets allow us to use these gold rubles to purchase German or American machinery and equipment, of course the more the better. But if we can only buy Soviet machinery and equipment, I think 300 million gold rubles is enough. It’s almost there. I think the Soviet Union’s coke ovens, blast furnaces, and Martin furnaces can still be used. They should also be able to assist in the construction of the refractory material factory. The electric arc furnace is suspended. Forging machines, extrusion machines and other precision equipment I suggest. Let's buy German ones at an additional cost. Most of the equipment used by the Soviet Union today was purchased from France during the Russian Empire.

So 300 million gold rubles is enough, and we need to settle with the Soviet Union first on the issue of repayment. Our country has more silver than gold, so we should use 25% silver plus 75% commodities. I recommend textiles for commodities. Shanghai There are now many large textile factories there. In addition, rubber can also be considered. Rubber is a strategic resource, and the Soviet Union itself cannot produce it at all. Our Hainan Island has now attracted many Nanyang businessmen to open rubber plantations. In the future, these rubbers can be sold to the Soviet Union. "

"Well, your idea is very good. We can't use too many agricultural products to pay back, and our own agricultural products are not enough. Textiles and rubber can be considered. I don't think Soviet textiles are very good. We must find a way to occupy the Soviet market. "Luo Yaoguo's memory in his previous life seemed like a socialist country. Except for the socialism with a certain country's characteristics, it was generally a lame industry. The heavy industry developed supernormally, and the light industry did not develop at all.

After Lu Ming left the toilet and went back to eat a big meal, Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo started to "diarrhea" again, wasting the Soviet Union's water resources by the way.

"Fuwen, it seems that the Soviet Union will definitely not return Mongolia." Chiang Kai-shek's face was ugly, probably because he really ate his stomach, and the caviar seemed not very fresh.

Luo Yaoguo looked indifferent, he said: "Mr. Jie, this matter is expected, we don't need to worry about it. Now that the Soviets are willing to give 300 million gold rubles to aid in the construction of our heavy industry, our purpose of this trip is It has been successful. I guess the Soviet Union is satisfied with our new "Northwest Military Plan", so they agreed to aid in the construction. Well, let's come up with this plan next. By the way, I will ask the Soviet Union for 200 million gold rubles. The aid is used for the Northwest military plan, and I guess it is not a big problem to ask them to ask for 100 million gold rubles in cash to purchase arms from Yan Xishan."

Hehe, ask Yan Xishan to buy arms!Uh, Mao Zedong can’t be allowed to buy it, right?His old man has no way out, and Yan Laoxi won't sell it.This requires the Kuomintang to come forward. Now the Kuomintang has a lot of face, and most of this business is responsible for the staff.The rebate or something, as usual, is 5% to 10%, about [-] to [-] gold rubles!Almost hundreds of thousands of dollars.Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo's face was already filled with joy, as if the silvery silver coins were beckoning to him.

"Well, I will leave this matter to you when the time comes. Remember, do it beautifully." Luo Yaoguo couldn't hide his thoughts from Chiang Kai-shek at all, but Chiang Kai-shek was not very interested in anti-corruption, although he himself did not How corrupt, but it is obviously too conniving to his subordinates.

"Jiegong, I understand." Luo Yaoguo showed a bright smile, and respectfully saluted Chiang Kai-shek.Well, what it means to be beautiful is that you can’t take it all by yourself. Basically, you get [-]% of it, and the rest is handed over to Chiang Kai-shek for him to distribute.

Chapter 0043 trip to Russia (eight)

In the next few days, Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo devoted themselves to revising the "Northwest Military Plan" in the villa full of bugs. Anyway, the Soviets had known about this plan for a long time, so Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo were very generous. Discuss the details of the plan next to the bug.

"General Hucheng is a loyal believer of the Prime Minister, and he is still unwilling to accept Wu Peifu's appointment. There should be no problem in getting him to support our Northwest military plan. After we return, we will invite Ran Weng (Yu Youren) to go to northern Shaanxi and Hucheng Contact the general." This draft was written by Chiang Kai-shek himself, and Luo Yaoguo suggested it.Well, Chiang Kai-shek's handwriting is beautiful, Luo Yaoguo hasn't practiced it much.

"Yes." Chiang Kai-shek nodded and recorded this.Hearing the name Yang Hucheng, Lao Jiang always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell exactly what was wrong.However, this Yang Hucheng is now holding high the banner of the prime minister, and it should not be a problem to persuade him to cooperate with the Kuomintang: "General Hucheng is a swordsman and seems to have a good relationship with Xingmin (Fan Zhongxiu). Can Xingmin lead his troops down?" Northern Shaanxi?"