Beiyang reactionaries

So even if Stalin was a fool, he knew that after the failure of the Kiev battle, the German army must attack Moscow.Therefore, the Soviet Union was prepared for the Battle of Moscow, and it did everything it could to prepare.At present, a large number of Soviet troops have begun to gather in Moscow, preparing for the next Moscow campaign.

It's a pity that there are too many troops and not enough weapons and equipment.

In the past year, the Soviet army has suffered consecutive defeats on the battlefield.In the Far East and Central Asia, those beaten by the Chinese army abandoned their armor and lost a lot of weapons and equipment.The Soviet-German war broke out, and the Soviet Union lost a large amount of weapons and equipment in less than two months, which was even more serious than the Sino-Soviet war.Even if the Soviet Union is a powerful industrial country, it cannot afford to lose so much equipment in a short period of time.

Give the simplest example.

In 1939, the Soviet Union produced only about 4700 tanks a year, and in 1938, the Soviet Army's tank production was only about 3000.But in the first half month of the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, the Soviet army lost about 3800 tanks.The number of tanks lost so far has exceeded 8000.When the Battle of Kiev and the Battle of Smolensk are over, the Soviet Union will lose tens of thousands of tanks.With such a large-scale loss of tanks, how could the Soviet arsenal replenish them so quickly.

In addition, during the Sino-Soviet war, the Soviet Union also lost thousands of tanks.

In the Sino-Soviet War and the Soviet-German War, in a short period of time, the Soviet army has lost most of the tanks produced by the Soviet Union in recent years.Under such circumstances, it was simply too late for the Soviet arsenal to produce weapons.

Therefore, the Soviet weapons currently in the hands of China are definitely a timely help for the Soviet army in Moscow.Molotov was very anxious, hoping to deliver the weapons to Moscow as soon as possible to equip the Moscow troops.

"Go on."

"We signed a material agreement with the Soviet army. The Soviet Union is going to use 150 tons of gold to buy some materials. Including 1.4 trucks and 2.7 motorcycles. Many materials overlap with those requested by Germany. "

"150 tons of gold. I don't know whether to say that the Soviet Union is rich or courageous."

Duan Xun didn't know what to say for a moment.

But Duan Xun knew that Stalin was indeed not to be underestimated, and he would never be ambiguous when it was time to give up. More than 300 tons of gold, Stalin is really willing.If it was Duan Xun, Duan Xun dare not say that he has such courage and can spend so much gold.

But Stalin dared.

In fact, Duan Xun knew that although the Soviet Union also needed a lot of supplies, even trucks and motorcycles, after all, the war had just begun, so it was not in such a hurry.But they have to spend so much money to order these supplies from China.

They actually want to use money to stabilize China.

The money is not only for the war, but also to make China feel its sincerity, so that China will not attack the Soviet Union with Germany.For the sake of grand strategy, Stalin discarded money outside his body as soon as he had to.

The 300 tons of gold will be taken out as soon as they are said to be taken out.

"We just signed a large-scale material supply agreement with Germany, can we provide what the Soviet Union needs?"

"I have talked with various departments, and there is no problem in supplying the Soviet Union and Germany."

Minister of Commerce Liu Dajun replied.

While negotiating with the Soviet Union, Liu Dajun has already checked the data with other departments.The fastest growing industry in China in recent years is the mining industry.Although selling resources and selling raw materials is not as profitable as industrial products, for China, this has always been China's largest source of foreign exchange.

And it is precisely because of the rapid development of China's mining industry that China's equipment manufacturing industry has also begun to develop rapidly.After all, with the rapid development of China's mining industry, it is impossible to import all the required machinery and equipment.

During World War II, the United States almost alone assumed the logistics of the anti-fascist countries.Also in China now, a country is responsible for the materials needed by the Soviet Union and Germany, and there is no problem at all.

"That's good, sign."

"Yes."

"Vice Chairman Wang, how is the border issue going?"

"Chairman, it went well."

Wang Jingwei was very happy.

Wang Jingwei is not Liao Zhongkai.Liao Zhongkai is a ruthless person, obviously not from the direct line of the People's Party, but after serving as the head of the People's Party Disciplinary Committee, he dared to strike, and he did it deadly.Even in the face of those meritorious figures of the People's Party, many people with deep qualifications and great achievements dare to attack.

But Wang Jingwei did not have that courage.

Wang Jingwei always felt that he was from the Kuomintang.Although the Kuomintang was reorganized by Duan Xun's People's Party, the two parties are different after all.Duan Xun's People's Party was established and developed in Sichuan and in the southwest, and it is completely self-contained.Later, after taking over Beijing, relying on the advantage of his direct lineage from the Beiyang Army, he reorganized many Beiyang Army forces.The Kuomintang was considered the last reorganization of Duan Xun.

Therefore, although Wang Jingwei has risen step by step within the People's Party and has been a member of the Standing Committee of the People's Party until now, he still does things with trepidation and dare not surpass him at all.

But this time I was really happy.

Because Wang Jingwei personally negotiated to formally establish the Sino-Soviet border.From this negotiation alone, Wang Jingwei knew that he could leave his name in history.So it's impossible not to be unhappy.

"The Soviet Union is willing to sign a formal border treaty with our country, not the last statement. And the Soviet side is willing to demarcate all clearly recorded border lines within one year."

"it is good."

This is the best news.

As long as there is a formal border agreement, the Sino-Soviet border will be completely determined.

"Minister Gu (Gu Weijun), you have to continue to be responsible for this matter and fully implement the newly signed contract."

"Yes."

"Chairman, the last thing left is the peace agreement requested by the Soviet Union."

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"Chairman, the last thing left is the peace agreement requested by the Soviet side. The Soviet side asked both sides to reduce their troops on the border, especially thinking that my country has too many troops in the direction of Xinjiang."

"Withdraw troops?"

The meaning of the Soviet Union is already very clear.

It is to relieve their pressure in the Far East and Central Asia.China now deploys too many troops on the Sino-Soviet border. Including the Construction Corps, there are nearly 300 million troops on the front line.There are more than 200 million reserve troops behind them. Many troops have not withdrawn from the front line after the Sino-Soviet war, and are still deployed on the Sino-Soviet border.

The Soviet Union is now tense.

Impossible not to be nervous.The Soviet-German war broke out. According to the current situation, when the German army attacked Moscow, the Soviet casualties would reach 300 million.This level of casualties is a big blow to any country.

The Soviet Union was also a populous country.

Before the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, the population of the Soviet Union reached about 1.8 million, ranking third in the world after China and India among countries in the world.However, after the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, the Soviet Union had already lost tens of millions of people.This made the situation in the Soviet Union very dangerous.

If it weren't for this, Stalin would not have lowered his profile with the US ambassador to the Soviet Union in history.Stalin means steel in Russian, but Stalin does not mean that he only knows toughness, he is a very courageous person.He really dared to bow his head when it was time to bow his head.For the aid materials of the United States, Stalin really lowered his profile.

Molotov came here this time to stabilize China, and one of the big demands was that China reduce its troops on the border.As long as China does not reduce its troops, even if China and the Soviet Union sign any treaty, the Soviet Union cannot really rest assured.

So they hope that China can reduce the troops on the border.For this, Stalin threw out more than 300 tons of gold.

"Cichen (Xu Yongchang), what's your opinion on the General Staff?"

"Chairman, I think we can appropriately reduce our troops on the border, especially those in Xinjiang. After the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, the Soviet army suffered huge losses. Up to now, the casualties have exceeded 200 million, and this figure has been increasing. Expansion. The Soviet army is already at an absolute disadvantage in the current Kiev campaign, and a large number of troops are divided and surrounded by the German army. Once the Kiev campaign fails, all 90 million troops of the Soviet Kiev military region will be scrapped. In that way, the Soviet army will lose 3 casualties in less than 300 months There will be more than 600 million people. In order to fill the shortage of troops caused by these casualties, the Soviet Union has mobilized the whole country and mobilized troops from various military regions. Now the German army is aggressive and can be said to be invincible. If you want to resist the current German army that is driving straight in, the Soviet side It is impossible without 100 million troops. In this way, it is impossible for the Soviet Union to have too many troops on the Sino-Soviet border. Our General Staff has done calculations. Judging from the current situation of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union will deploy on the Sino-Soviet border It is impossible for the number of troops to exceed 100 million. Moreover, the current situation on the Soviet-German frontline is not good. The troops in the Novosibirsk Military Region of the Soviet Army are well-equipped and have participated in the Sino-Soviet War. Their combat effectiveness is not bad. It is estimated that as long as we are willing to reduce the border troops, Moscow will These troops will be transferred to fight against the German army, and then replaced with some newly formed troops. It can be said that the outbreak of the Soviet-German war has greatly reduced the pressure on our border. According to the current situation of the Soviet Union, I think our border troops can be reduced by [-] million If the situation on the Soviet-German battlefield continues to deteriorate, the pressure on us from the Soviet Union will continue to decrease. At that time, we can continue to reduce troops.”

Xu Yongchang immediately analyzed from the military.

The Soviet Union lost too many troops in the Soviet-German War, and Moscow has begun to mobilize troops from the Ural Military Region.But Moscow still felt that it was not enough, so it wanted to mobilize troops from the Novosibirsk Military District.

The troops of the Novosibirsk Military Region performed very well during the Sino-Soviet War.During the Battle of Tacheng, the Novosibirsk army stormed Tacheng, causing heavy casualties in the Xinjiang Military Region.

Of course, the troops in the Novosibirsk Military Region also suffered heavy casualties, and later added a lot of people, and currently has more than 80 troops.But it is precisely because we have fought tough battles and experienced a major retreat, and have seen China's style of play.Therefore, it is more experienced and more effective than other Soviet troops.This army has really fought a war, and it has fought a bad war.