Beiyang reactionaries

Just before Molotov came to Beijing, Molotov had already received the telegram.The German army adopted the method of frontal assault and flank detour, dividing and encircling the troops of the Kiev Military Region in a few strokes.

The Soviet Union has 80 million troops in Kiev.

Timoshenko was sent by Stalin to serve as the commander of the Kiev Military District. Timoshenko made suggestions to Stalin. Now that the German army has just closed the encirclement, the troops can quickly choose to break through.If they break through at present, most of the troops will still be able to return to Moscow intact.But Stalin refuted Timoshenko and asked the Kiev Military District to hold Kiev.

Compared with Stalin's fury, Molotov may not be in the game, so he is much calmer.Although Molotov does not understand military affairs, he can also feel that the current situation of the Soviet army is not good.Once there is a problem in the Kiev Military Region, the losses of the Soviet Army will be too great.

Running out of time.

After the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, the Soviet army has lost more than 100 million troops.If there is a problem with the troops of the Kiev Military District, the situation in the Soviet Union is really dangerous.The Germans would certainly be heading straight for Moscow.

The Soviet Union has a large territory and a large population, but the loss of millions of troops at one time is also a big blow to the Soviet Union.If we negotiate with China again at that time, we will be at an absolute disadvantage.

Time can't afford it.

Therefore, although Molotov knew that if he spoke first, he would be at a disadvantage in the negotiation, but he still opened his mouth and said: "Vice Chairman Wang, I am here to hope that our two countries can sign a 'friendly agreement', and the two sides will end the negotiation." In the case of heavily deployed troops on the border, we only leave a small number of troops on the border to maintain peace and friendship between our two countries."

"Commissioner Molotov, I said that our country has always been committed to world peace."

Wang Jingwei is still playing Tai Chi.

Wang Jingwei's personality is smooth, and although his courage is average, he is very good at playing this kind of Tai Chi.Several people around Molotov were furious when they heard Wang Jingwei's words.China, you are a warmonger, making war money everywhere, and dare to say that you are committed to world peace.

Seeing Wang Jingwei playing Tai Chi, Molotov looked at Blyuchel next to him.

Blyuchel immediately said: "Vice Chairman Wang, on behalf of the Soviet Defense Committee this time, I hope that China will return the weapons and equipment seized last year to our country."

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"Molotov came here this time mainly for three things."

Molotov was really in a hurry.

So after coming to Beijing, I always wanted to have an interview with Duan Xun.However, Duan Xun never showed up. It was Wang Jingwei who led the minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wei Chen and Yang Jie, secretary-general of the Military Commission, to negotiate with Molotov several times.The main thing is to figure out what the Soviet Union meant.

In just a few days, the two sides had many contacts.

After these few days of contact, Wang Jingwei has roughly figured out what the Soviet Union meant.

"Of course, the ultimate goal of these three things is one, and that is to reach a 'peace agreement' with our country to ensure the security of their Far East and Central Asia. The first thing Molotov came this time was to implement the 'border as soon as possible' treaty'."

"How do they want to implement the 'border treaty' quickly?"

"Our two countries started with the 'Treaty of Nerchinsk', and later formulated so many border treaties. In fact, there have been surveys on some important border lines, and not once or twice. Both sides have very detailed information on these borders. Therefore, many places do not need us to re-survey, just determine the boundary line according to the previous survey. It’s just that the Soviet Union has been delaying time before, and every place has to be re-surveyed, so a lot of time is wasted. In fact, as long as Our two countries really want to speed up the demarcation of the border line, then the border line of important places can be completely demarcated within one year. The remaining sparsely populated places, places that were not clearly demarcated before, need to be re-surveyed. But these places It is completely possible to explore slowly, because there are basically no people in those places, and it will not affect anything if you eat a little to determine the boundary line."

Gu Weijun answered for Wang Jingwei.

Gu Weijun has been in charge of negotiations, surveys, and demarcation of the border in the northern region for the past year.This time, because Molotov came to Beijing, there were questions about the Sino-Soviet border, so Gu Weijun came back specially.

Because it is very likely that Gu Weijun will also participate in the negotiations.Gu Weijun has been in charge of the Sino-Soviet border line for seven or eight months, investigated a lot of information, and gained a lot of his own understanding of the division of the Sino-Soviet border.

"Can the boundaries of important places be demarcated in one year?"

"Yes."

Gu Weijun nodded.

Confidently said: "Actually, it doesn't take a year. The borders of many places have already been divided during the Qing Dynasty. There are records in various places, and there are also many materials left by China and the Soviet Union. According to Vice Chairman Wang Judging from the current situation, the Soviet Union must be eager to determine the border line to appease our country. Since this is the case, they will not care about some concessions when dividing the border line. I think this is a good opportunity. We and The border line of the Soviet Union is very long. Although it has not been carefully measured, it is at least 8000 kilometers, and it is even possible to reach [-] kilometers. Therefore, in terms of the division of the border line, we push forward a little bit, then The land area obtained will be astonishing. Taking advantage of the fact that the Soviet Union is more anxious and will not be too careful, we can obtain many benefits that we cannot obtain under normal circumstances."

"Ah."

Duan Xun nodded.

Immediately looked at Dai Kan on the left.Dai Kan knew that Duan Xun was asking about himself, so he immediately said: "Minister Gu is very reasonable. Although we do not invade other countries, if God does not take them, then we are too stupid."

"Correct."

Jiang Hongyu smiled.

Everyone was in a good mood and the atmosphere was very relaxed.Then he said: "Chairman, that's really the case. Now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as we don't overdo it, I believe the Soviet Union will definitely give in. They will give in to some unimportant places, as long as we don't offend the Soviet Union." The bottom line, this time the boundary division, we can get enough benefits."

"Now or never."

Duan Xun was also smiling.

Time has changed.

I think Tsarist Russia took advantage of China's weakness and kept devouring China's northern regions.If it weren't for Zuo Zongtang's expedition to Xinjiang, when the Republic of China was founded, Xinjiang probably chose to separate from China like Outer Mongolia.And once Xinjiang is unstable, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, and Shaanxi will all be in danger.

But decades later, the situation is completely different.

The Soviet-German war broke out, and the Soviet Union must stabilize China.Otherwise, the Soviet Union would fight on two fronts.In order to stabilize China, the Soviet Union must of course make concessions.On the tens of thousands of miles of border between China and the Soviet Union, as long as they occupy a little more land, China can get tens of thousands of square kilometers of land.

This is a good thing.

This time to divide the border, the two sides must re-sign the "Border Treaty".This is something that has legal implications.Unless the Soviet Union is willing to use force to redefine the border one day, China will not spit it out if it swallows it.

"Vice Chairman Wang, continue to talk about the second matter of the Soviet Union."

"Yes. The second thing Molotov said was that he hoped that the Soviet weapons and equipment seized by our country last year could be returned to them. I have contacted the Ministry of Military Affairs, and they do have a large number of Soviet weapons and equipment in their hands. There are more than 3700 aircraft, but about 1000 of them need to be repaired. There are about 5900 tanks, and about 1100 of them need to be repaired. More than 7000 cannons were seized, including more than 2000 heavy guns. Other mortars, heavy machine guns, There are also countless kinds of shells. Our military industry system is not consistent with the Soviet army, so a small amount of these seized arms were sold to some tribes in the Far East and Central Asia at that time, and some of them entered our military industry research department , and most of the remaining weapons and equipment are left in the warehouse."

"What about the money?"

"They want to buy these weapons and equipment at a low price."

"Vice Chairman Li (Li Jishen), what do you think?"

"Yes."

Li Jishen nodded.

Dao: "The weapon system of the Soviet army is different from that of our country. At present, there are not many countries using our weapons. Except for ourselves, the weapons of the North Korean army are completely in accordance with our country's weapon system. Then there is the British and Indian army. They accepted our arms, so all the ammunition for their troops needs to be provided by our country. Therefore, so many Soviet weapons and equipment in our hands, as well as ammunition, are of no use to us. If the Soviet Union is willing to spend money, sell them It's a good idea."

"Ah."

In 1939, the Soviet army was truly disastrous.

The speed of the defeat of the Soviet army far exceeded that of the Soviet-German war.The speed of the defeat was too fast, and a large amount of Soviet arms fell into the hands of China.Including their large arsenal, which contains ammunition prepared by the Soviet Union for the war, all of which have become China's spoils of war.

It has not been dealt with.

Still in our own warehouse in China.If it is in history, the Chinese army has such a capture, I don't know how happy it will be.But in this time and space, China's arms have long been self-sufficient.Moreover, China's weapons and equipment have their own system, and it is impossible to use Soviet weapons.

Now that the Soviet Union wants these weapons, it is a good thing to sell them.If it stays in China, it is just scrap iron, and if it is sold to the Soviet Union, it will be money.After all, with so many weapons and equipment, even if they were sold at a low price, it would not be a small amount.

"continue."

"The third thing for Molotov and the others is that they want to do business with our country and buy the materials they need from our country. Many materials are very sensitive, and they are materials on the Ministry of Commerce's strategic materials list."