Beiyang reactionaries

In order to stabilize China, under such a crisis situation in the Soviet Union, Soviet politicians like Molotov visited China in person.I haven't seen Duan Xun for five days since I came to Beijing, but I haven't left.Because for the Soviet Union, stabilizing China and fighting Germany are the most important things.

The third is to contact the United States.

The "Lease Act" of the United States is definitely a huge support for the United Kingdom.The United States is a big industrial country and a powerful country in the world. The United States accounts for nearly 40% of the world's industry.

In particular, the United States proposed the "Lend-Lease Act", which is a timely help for many countries.

So did the Soviet Union.

Of course, the Soviet Union has just started the war, and has not yet felt the lack of supplies.Therefore, the Soviet Union contacted the United States and wanted to join the United States' "Lease Act" list, more because it wanted to form an alliance with the United States.

In order to improve relations with the United States, Molotov had already met with the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union before coming to China, and the Soviet ambassador to the United States also began to contact the U.S. government.It was the same when I came to China.

The ambassadors of various countries currently in China are also assigned by gangs.

Germany, Italy and Japan are in the same group, and the Soviet Union also wants to find allies.That's why Molotov asked Pan Youxin to contact the US embassy more.It is also an important step in Soviet diplomacy to start from all sides and strengthen the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States.

"Comrade Roshin."

Molotov looked at those present, and at last suddenly called Nikolai Roshin's name.

"arrive."

Nikolai Roshin was surprised.

I am just an assistant to the Soviet military attache in China, assisting Cuikov in his work.Because the Soviet-German war broke out, the Soviet Union urgently needed a group of officers who had fought in the war, so Moscow prepared to call Cuikov back home.When Chuikov returns home, Nikolai Roshin will become the Soviet military attache in China.

So he did not expect that on this occasion, Molotov suddenly called his name.

"Comrade Luo Shen, you are talking with the Ministry of Commerce of China about the sale and purchase of materials. General Blyuchel has listed the list of supplies that are currently being continued. Your task is to negotiate with the Ministry of Commerce of China and get them to agree to a short-term Sell ​​these materials to us within a few days. China has just signed a big order with Germany, and China must not be allowed to sell all materials to Germany instead of us."

"Yes."

Nikolai Roshin solemnly accepted the task.

The cooperation between China and Germany has been going on for nearly 20 years.After Duan Xun took over Beijing, he fell out with Japan within two years, and has been strengthening cooperation with Germany since then.Although China later improved its relationship with Japan, it did not stop its cooperation with Germany, but continued to strengthen its relationship with Germany.The cooperative relationship between China and Germany has a long history, and the interest groups in China that maintain Sino-German cooperation are also very powerful.

It is not so easy to destroy the relationship between China and Germany at this time.But Nikolai Roshin was still willing to give it a try.

"Comrades, the Soviet needs you all. I know there will be many difficulties in this negotiation, but everything is for the Soviet."

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"Foreign Minister, how is the Sino-Soviet negotiation going?"

The negotiations between China and the Soviet Union attracted the attention of many national intelligence agencies.

Especially the three countries of Germany, Italy and Japan are more concerned about the negotiations between China and the Soviet Union.Because as Germany attacked the Soviet Union, the German-Italian-Japanese Alliance and the Soviet Union were already hostile.The relationship between China and the Soviet Union will also affect the interests of the allied countries of Germany, Italy and Japan.

"Both sides are very confidential, but the two sides have frequent contacts. Wang Jingwei, vice chairman of the Supreme Council of China, and Wei Chen, Minister of Foreign Affairs, had 7 negotiations with Molotov. Marshal Blyuchel of the Soviet Army also participated in the negotiations. , General Cuikov, the Soviet military attache in China, and China’s vice minister of foreign affairs, Gu Weijun, deputy director of the Economic Development Commission, Song Hanzhang, and China’s military commissioner, Han Linchun, and others.”

"Both heavyweights on both sides."

Hideki Tojo was a little annoyed.

As the Prime Minister of the Cabinet in a special period.Hideki Tojo became the Prime Minister of the Japanese Cabinet during the war, and he became the Prime Minister of the Cabinet as a representative of the military radicals.So his prime minister is too different from the usual prime minister.

Like Hideki Tojo, he has a lot of duties.

Hideki Tojo was both Prime Minister and continued to serve as Minister of War.In addition to the Minister of War, he also served as the Minister of Education, the Minister of Military Supplies, and even the Minister of Internal Affairs Hideki Tojo concurrently.

It can be said that he has great power.

This is wartime.

Centralization of power is needed in wartime, and the more wartime, the more politically strongmen appear.Needless to say, people like Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin, even Roosevelt in the United States served four consecutive terms as president.

It is rare in Japan for a prime minister to hold so many positions concurrently.Even Yoshiichi Tanaka, the powerful Japanese prime minister, never held so many positions during his reign.It can be seen how much the current Japanese political circle supports Hideki Tojo.

"Two days ago, Duan Xun met with Molotov in person and talked for about an hour. However, their conversation was conducted in secret. Both sides brought an interpreter with them, and no one else was brought along. So we talked about it in detail. What, outsiders don’t know. But after meeting Duan Xun, negotiations between China and the Soviet Union suddenly increased.”

"It looks like Duan Xun made some promises to Molotov."

Hideki Tojo analyzed it at once.

It must be that the meeting between Duan Xun and Molotov has achieved certain results, which is why there have been more negotiations between China and the Soviet Union.Hideki Tojo looked at Yosuke Matsuoka and said, "Foreign Minister, what do you think the Chinese government will choose?"

"Hitler was wrong."

Yosuke Matsuoka spoke with certainty.

Said: "Zina is very cunning and despicable, and Duan Xun is a cunning old fox. They don't have any allies in their eyes. They always only know how to protect their own interests. Currently, the British and Indian troops on the Burmese battlefield use Most of the arms are provided by China. These bastards make money on both sides, and they don’t pay attention to the empire at all, and they don’t pay attention to the cooperation between the two countries. It is completely impossible for Germany to expect China to send troops to help. It is estimated that China will continue to sell things on both sides of the Soviet Union and Germany as they did before, and make a lot of war money."

Japan is clear about the arms trade between China and the British and Indian armies.

After all, it is such a large-scale arms transaction, how many vehicles pass through the Burma Highway.Japanese intelligence agencies are not blind, how can they not be clear.It's just that there is too much cooperation between Japan and China now, and Japan's current main force is in Nanyang. Japan's main opponents are Britain and the United States, so it is still impossible to turn against China.However, China's behavior of making war fortunes is completely kept in mind by these high-level Japanese officials.They will definitely take revenge in the future if they have the opportunity.

"I think so too."

Hideki Tojo nodded.

He curled his lips and said: "Hitler, a lunatic, has a beautiful idea. Look at it. While selling so many supplies to Germany, China will definitely give a lot of supplies to the Soviet Union. China has been afraid to do anything in order to make money in the past few years. Damn China, when we integrate Southeast Asia, we must give him a look. Otherwise, he really thinks that we can play with us at will."

If it hadn't been for Yoshiichi Tanaka, the entanglement between China and Japan was too deep. Hideki Tojo really wanted to go to war with China now.

Fortunately, Hideki Tojo is crazy, but not a fool.

After Hideki Tojo scolded China a few times, he continued: "Continue to pay attention to the negotiations between China and the Soviet Union, but there is no need to pay too much attention. This is a headache for the Germans, and it has nothing to do with us."

"Shimada-kun, what did General Yamamoto say?"

Hideki Tojo turned his head and asked Shimoda Shimoda, Minister of the Navy.

Shigetaro Shimada is the person who became the Minister of the Navy after Hideki Tojo became the Prime Minister of the Cabinet.The original Minister of the Navy and Shiro Kawatani neither supported war nor did they support non-war. They belonged to the centrist when they were in the Konoe Fumimaro cabinet, and no one could offend them.It turned out that Fummaro Konoe didn't like him, and Hideki Tojo didn't like him either.

So the Navy was asked to recommend another person for the post of Lord of the Admiralty.

The Navy originally hoped that Vice Admiral Toyota would serve as the Minister of the Navy, but the relationship between Vice Takeshi Toyota and Hideki Tojo was very bad.Hideki Tojo has just become the prime minister of the cabinet, and the navy does not want to directly oppose Hideki Tojo.So General Shimoda Shigetaro was chosen.

Shintaro Shimada is a very interesting person.

He had no interest in being the Secretary of the Navy, and he didn't like wars very much, especially he didn't agree with wars with the United States.But later this person's attitude began to change, and instead became Tojo's biggest supporter.

He had a saying, "I'm so sorry if the warplane was delayed because of my Secretary of the Navy's objection alone."

Shimada Shintaro's point of view is similar to Kido Koichi's before.They don't necessarily like Hideki Tojo, and they don't necessarily agree with Hideki Tojo's proposition.But they still support Hideki Tojo, because they know that when there is a war, the battle is the biggest.

It doesn't matter whether Tojo is right or wrong in fighting the war, once the decision is made to go to war, the whole country must unanimously support Tojo.That's the case with Shintaro Shimada.Shimoda Shintaro's choice made the friction between the army and the navy, which had a very bad relationship, much less.