Chapter 502 Tiger's Nest (Part 1)

(... Although our relationship with the Soviet Union finally broke down later, and the subsequent territorial disputes made many Chinese people feel very disgusted with the Soviet Union, I have to say that the role the Soviet Union played in China's War of Resistance was irreplaceable to any other country, because it was when China fought against Japan alone... Excerpted from "My Memories of the War of Resistance - Cao Xiaomin")

The Soviets finally came, and this time Chiang Kai-shek led the team himself, and the group finally arrived at the "tiger's den" of Madang, which was famous for the Battle of Wuhan.

This time, the strong lineup of the Soviet delegation was beyond Cao Xiaomin's expectations: the team was led by Lu Ganzi, Ambassador to China. The delegation members included Cherepanov, the military officer of the new Embassy in China who had just arrived for a few months, and the Soviet representative of the Chinese Air Force International Advisory Group, Japan Galev, and others who had previously interacted with them; but what surprised Cao Xiaomin was that those who had never been given a date had reached more than 80 people!

The Chinese representatives are really amazing: Chiang Kai-shek and his wife came together, as well as Kong Xiangxi and Song Ziwen, as well as Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui, Sun Ke and Yang Jie, who have been in charge of work on Su Ai.

Oh no, maybe Chiang Kai-shek has changed again! Cao Xiaomin secretly complained that he had no good feelings for this country that later ate a large amount of China's territory, but judging from the current delegation's formation, it was probably that Chiang Kai-shek was conquered by the Soviets again...

The combat command center was very large, and representatives such as Britain and the United States had left, and now many of the original sub-battlefields had already stopped. Therefore, the huge Soviet delegation did not feel that the space was small after entering. For this command center that made Chen Cheng want to sit at the position of the highest commander immediately after seeing it, Chiang Kai-shek and all the Chinese representatives were shocked at first sight. They had heard that the command center arranged by Cao Xiaomin was imposing, but they did not expect that there would be such a formation!

The Soviet representatives seemed very excited when they saw this, and Cherepanov kept asking questions. Of course, he could only get Cao Xiaomin's cold and stinky face.

Seeing that Cherepanov hit a wall, Luganzi spoke. He did not raise any questions about the battlefield to Cao Xiaomin, but was just emphasizing the Soviet Union's determination to support China. From the beginning, he said Stalin was the only direct statement that internationally should jointly intervene in the military to eliminate Japan's fascist actions, and that the Soviet Union was the only country that directly sent troops to participate in the war. In the past few days, the Soviet Union's aid to China was said.

To be honest, if it weren't for Cao Xiaomin's time traveler, and knowing that many of the territory was occupied by the Soviet Union and lost because of the Soviet Union, Cao Xiaomin would have been moved by Lu Ganzi.

Indeed, from the facts, the Soviet Union's help to China was undoubtedly huge. If Cao Xiaomin had not emerged out of thin air, the aid materials of other countries in the world would not be as good as the Soviet Union (historically, Soviet aid accounted for half of the foreign aid in eight years, higher than the total of other countries): twenty divisions of Soviet-style equipment, more than 800 aircraft of various types (the number of the protagonists of the novel is actually more than 300 to 400), a total of 250 million US dollars of loans (the real data of the total number of eight years)... Now Lu Gan

Zi revealed to Cao Xiaomin one more thing: Stalin agreed to increase the loan to China to US$450 million, and the interest rate was reduced to 2% (historically, it was 3%, while the British and American loans during the same period were 65%!). More importantly, the Soviet Union agreed to increase the supply of aircraft to China to 1,800, and at a discount on the prices of various arms supply! (20% off for the normal international price.) Obviously, the Soviet Union was even providing China with loss-making arms, and their interest could at most allow these arms to recover the cost!

The Soviets themselves knew very well that Cao Xiaomin, the one who treated the Soviet Union the worst attitude among Chinese generals, pretended to be invisible to him, but they kept emphasizing the Soviet Union's support for China's war of resistance.

"This time, Mr. Stalin agreed, which in my opinion is the most important point, that is, repayment; we can repay without gold or silver, and both minerals and agricultural products can be directly deducted..." Sun Ke was obviously very friendly to the Soviet Union: "Soviet friends originally meant that agricultural products and minerals each accounted for half, but after our explanation, we also needed a large amount of minerals in the war. Later, my friends agreed that the proportion of minerals and agricultural products was 25% and 75% (the final transaction reached in history was half)......"

Cao Xiaomin was stunned. If he hadn't known what happened later, he would have been grateful!

But why? Why was the Soviet Union willing to spend such a big price to exchange for friendly relations with the state government? Cao Xiaomin couldn't help but think that according to his own valuation, it is not necessarily worth so much now!

"So what about the additional conditions?" Cao Xiaomin looked at Lu Ganzi proudly: "We want to open up propaganda in full and open up propaganda? We want to guarantee our friendship with the Soviet Union?... Humph, I'm going to hide it from you, here I have a plan to weaken the influence of the Soviet advisers in **. Moreover, the reason why the Soviet delegation did not come to observe the real battle with the representatives of Britain and the United States this time was because your country has always interfered with our country's internal affairs, which made me feel very disgusted."

Without any modification, Cao Xiaomin directly expressed his attitude towards the Soviet Union: "I even suspect that the Soviet Union's friendship with us is ill-intentioned, perhaps because it is coveting our territory or other resources; a country that constantly divides through various means in our Xinjiang and other places cannot win my trust. No matter what actions he uses to show his friendship to me, I will not be grateful; at worst, I don't want those things!"

The Soviets were nothing, but Sun Ke and Yang Jie's expressions changed immediately. They were quite anxious and kept looking at the faces of the Soviets and Chiang Kai-shek.

Cao Xiaomin understood that this time Chiang Kai-shek wanted to make his own statement! He understood from Chiang Kai-shek's ancient Jing Bubo's expression that if someone else does good people, he is responsible for the black face.

"I don't think the Soviet friend proposed that it is an additional condition, because it is equal to both sides; our place reopens the newspapers, but we can also do the same thing anywhere..." As soon as Sun Ke finished his words, Cao Xiaomin's face became darker: "Who doesn't know that the people in our place have all kinds of freedoms, but in the other party's base, they will hold various gatherings, and let their people not accept our propaganda in advance. What else is there to talk about accepting new propaganda and opening up? Also, we are the central government, and Stalin will not refuse to admit it? Our propaganda is supposed to reach anywhere in the country. I'm wondering why we have to go to certain non-Japanese-occupied areas to be subject to various restrictions... Maybe, after I finish this plan, let's talk again!" Cao Xiaomin once again slapped his plan to the Soviet Union on the table: "Unless I am not in this position, I will never let any division of the Soviet Union against us succeed!"

Everyone looked at Chiang Kai-shek. It was obvious that Cao Xiaomin was threatening his resignation and would never agree to such terms!

In the past, anyone who dared to make such a statement in front of Chiang Kai-shek would have a miserable end! Almost everyone was worried or gloating about Cao Xiaomin's future, but Cao Xiaomin looked calm - he had too much contact with Chiang Kai-shek, and he knew that this was what Chiang Kai-shek asked him to do.

"Liehou, how can you play like this in the national affairs? You are not alone in the War of Resistance Against Japan; don't you do it? Do you want to escape? Since you have done well in this position and have dealt with the Japanese in a mess, you can't ignore it!" Chiang Kai-shek spoke, but he did not say that he would agree to the Soviets' conditions to suppress Cao Xiaomin.

"In order to show the support of the Soviet people for the Chinese people, I can reveal here that Comrade Stalin plans to launch a military operation against the Japanese in the Northeast, which is within a few months..." Lu Ganzi suddenly changed the topic: "I think General Cao should not have any doubts about our sincerity!?"

What? The Soviet Union wanted to use troops against Japan!? Cao Xiaomin almost suspected that he had heard it wrong - he, a time traveler, didn't even know the Battle of Nomenkan!

"Hmph! Why did I receive the news that the Japanese are going to use troops against you?..." Cao Xiaomin began to act like a scoundrel, but he didn't expect that he happened to hit the hearts of the Soviets!

This is top secret news. In order to obtain support from the Germans, Soichi Teraunuchi signed a contract with the Germans: they will launch a major military operation against the Soviet Union next year!

Such news will generally not be leaked in advance, but because Soichi Teraunuchi was defeated too badly in the battle, many political enemies in Japan wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of him, so the base camp revealed Soichi Teraunuchi's merits in the negotiations with Germany. In this way, the Soviets, who had important agents at the top of the Japanese, knew that when they watched Hitler erode Eastern European countries, they did not want to start another war in the east. Seeing that the ** team won a great victory in the Battle of Wuhan, Stalin simply made a big blow to the aid to China, which made the senior officials of the government completely irresistible!

Cao Xiaomin actually knew that Japan was going to take action against the Soviet Union? The Soviets were shocked, but they remained silent on the surface.

Seeing that he was about to freeze on this topic again, Lu Ganzi changed the topic again. His topic surprised Cao Xiaomin: "I know that your country has always been worried that there will be problems with the combat guidance of the team of your ** after the German consultants left. So we also brought a large number of military consultants this time, and they all came today..." Eighty people, all of whom came to see the consultant position of the team of Chinese **!

Didn’t he just express his opinion? Lu Ganzi didn’t take himself seriously! Did the Soviets want to monopolize the position of military adviser for all military branches? Cao Xiaomin felt a chill!

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Chapter completed!