Chapter 203 Chiang Ching-kuo takes the Soviet Union

Yue Hanping saw that Fuller had already expressed his opinion that he could benefit each other, so he looked at Chiang Ching-kuo. Chiang Ching-kuo nodded secretly and signaled to Yue Hanping to express his thoughts. Yue Hanping took a sip of tea and said, "Mr. Fuller, I suggest that this can be done. The ownership of Yumen Oilfield belongs to China and the development of the oilfield is jointly undertaken by China and the United States. Mobil Company invests in the form of providing new technologies and new equipment, and China provides cheap labor. China takes out crude oil with a total amount of 30 yuan of Yumen Oilfield to Mobil Company every year to pay dividends. We have been paying dividends for 15 consecutive years. After 15 years, all the technologies and equipment of Yumen Oilfield belong to China. But Mobil Company has the right to preferential parity for crude oil mined by Yumen Oilfield, and Mobil Company has the right to preferentially refute for 10 years."

Fuller shook his head, "Oh, General Yue, you are too harsh, this condition is not good." Yue Hanping smiled, "Mr. Fuller, you have read the information about the oil reserves of Yumen Oilfield, and you should know better than me. After 15 years of use of machinery and equipment, you will also know better than me. We have not limited the total amount of crude oil per year, but only determined the proportion of crude oil to compensate Mobil's investment. If the total amount of Yumen Oilfield is large every year, it is still Mobil's company that takes advantage."

As a businessman, when Yue Hanping proposed the conditions, his head was calculating quickly. As Yue Hanping said, as long as Mobil's advanced technology increases the annual mining volume of Yumen Oilfield, the total amount of 30 is compensated for Mobil's investment. And there is also a 10-year priority right, and the mechanical equipment in 15 years can only be a pile of scrap iron, which is a big advantage for Mobil.

Fuller still made a painful statement, "General Yue, you are so good at negotiating. Mobil's oil mining technology and equipment can be said to be the most advanced in the world. We have given you advanced technology. In general, we still suffer. However, as the general said just now, everyone needs to drink a sip of tea so that everyone can be happy."

Mr. Fuller's words made Chiang Ching-kuo, Yue Hanping and others laugh. In a harmonious atmosphere, the Chinese representative of Yumen Oilfield signed a contract with the American Mobil Company. After signing, Mr. Fuller smiled and shook Chiang Ching-kuo's hand, "Mr. Jiang, I will be in China from now on. If I have time, I can drink coffee together." Chiang Ching-kuo also agreed happily.

In a blink of an eye, it was 1940. The just-passed 1939 was a year full of disappointment and pain for the Japanese army. The Japanese army originally wanted to oppress China to sign a truce treaty with military victory, so as to achieve unprecedented political victory. Things were not satisfactory. In addition to occupying Yichang, the Japanese army almost lost again and again on the battlefield of China, especially the Battle of Nomenhan with the Soviet Union, which smashed the Japanese army's confidence to pieces.

Just after the New Year, the Japanese Emperor summoned ministers to discuss the war process. Due to the shortage of war resources, the opinions of the Japanese senior Japanese army's top leaders occupied the mainstream, especially the naval generals' statements, passionate and silly fighting spirit. The emperor was also exhausted by the Chinese battlefield. China was simply a bottomless pit. I don't know how many heroic imperial warriors had to be filled in.

The thoughtful emperor decided that in 1940, the Chinese battlefield was mainly based on political inducement, accelerated the division of the Kuomintang, and found a spokesperson in China. In order to go south to Southeast Asia, the emperor specially abolished the establishment of the South China Front Army, and the Japanese army in Guangdong were assigned to the 21st Army. The 25th Army was established, mainly used in Southeast Asia. Taking advantage of the time when Britain and France were restrained by Germany and had no time to look east, they seized the colonies of Britain and France and plundered a large number of strategic resources such as oil, rubber, steel, and coal. Driven by the Japanese Navy, the Japanese base decided to attack French Vietnam in February 1940, and then attacked Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar as a base, and attacked China's important international support line-the Yunnan-Burma Highway. It not only completely blocked China's foreign aid path, but also captured a large number of French and British colonies.

Chiang Kai-shek keenly foreshadowed that the Japanese army's next action would launch an offensive in Southeast Asia, and China would have a rare opportunity to supplement the training in 1940. However, the support of European powers such as Britain and France was indifferent to China. Although the US Congress passed the Lease Act, allowing the United States to provide strategic materials to countries that resist fascist attacks, Europe placed an important position based on the traditional US policies. Therefore, China can get support from the United States in legal terms, but in reality, it is difficult for China to want the United States to support it.

This is the only one left of the Soviet Union. In order to win more Soviet aid, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Sun Ke and Chiang Ching-kuo to go on a mission to the Soviet Union. In February 1940, Sun Ke and Chiang Ching-kuo went to the Soviet Union and held talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov on the issue of Sino-Soviet aid. In order to help China resist the Japanese attack, the Japanese army was firmly dragged onto the Chinese battlefield and prevented the Soviet Union from head-on battle with the Japanese army. Molotov expressed his opinion on behalf of Stalin that the Soviet Union was consistent.

Support for China. Before Chiang Ching-kuo set off, Yue Hanping gave Chiang Ching-kuo two suggestions. One was to ask Chiang Ching-kuo to reach an agreement with the Soviet Union, and the Jewish Greenspan came forward to start a trading company in the Soviet Union. In the future, the United States' weapons support could be transported directly from the western United States to the Soviet Union and then transferred to China through the Soviet Union. The second was to ask the Soviet Union to resell some military steel smelting technology to China for support.

Chiang Ching-kuo did not understand the meaning of doing this, and Yue Hanping was inconvenient to explain that in 1941, Japan and the Soviet Union would sign a treaty that would not be violated by each other. At that time, the Soviet Union would have to block aid to China. After a company opened in the Soviet Union was transferred, it would be possible to avoid embarrassment from the Soviet Union and explain to Japan and the Soviet Union. Purchasing advanced steel smelting technology from the Soviet Union was a need of China's war, which was easy to understand.

Out of trust in Yue Hanping, although Chiang Ching-kuo did not understand Yue Hanping's intention, he still informed the Soviet side of the idea of ​​preparing to open a trading company in the Soviet Union. Stalin and Molotov thought very far, and they vaguely realized that China seemed to see far, especially the direction of the relationship between the Soviet Union and Japan. Molotov was waiting for Stalin's instructions. Stalin took a few breaths of pipes, and the room was filled with a strong smell of tobacco.

Finally, Stalin stopped paced and looked at Molotov, "All China was allowed to start an international trading company in the Soviet Union as Jews. There are capable Chinese people. If the Soviet Union and Japan enter the war, Chinese companies can still help us buy arms; if the Soviet Union and Japan maintain neutral relations, the arms purchased by Chinese companies in the Soviet Union can also make us break away from our relationship. The Japanese cannot catch their braids."

Molotov formed the minutes of the meeting between China and the Soviet Union, and signed by the personnel of both China and the Soviet Union. Stalin promised to assist 360 Chinese tanks, 200 armored vehicles, 200 aircraft, 500 105 caliber artillery, and 800 88 caliber artillery in 1940. There are no less than 20 divisions of various guns.

Under Stalin's arrangement, Chiang Ching-kuo and Sun Ke also inspected the Soviet military production and steel production in the Soviet Union. Sun Ke and Chiang Ching-kuo were warmly entertained in the Soviet Union, especially Stalin said that he would continue to support China, which gave Sun Ke and Chiang Ching-kuo sufficient confidence in persisting in the War of Resistance.

In fact, after the July 7 Incident in 1937, the Soviet Union clearly supported China's War of Resistance. On July 13, Pravda published an article. On July 14, Soviet Foreign Minister Livinov met with Chinese Ambassador Jiang Tingfu and expressed his willingness to aid China. The National Government began to strengthen relations with the Soviet Union. On August 21, representatives of China and the Soviet Union signed the "Treaty of Non-aggression" in Nanjing, which is undoubtedly a major moral support from the Soviet Union to China.

After signing the contract, Chiang Kai-shek sent Deputy Chief of Staff of the Military Commission Yang Jie and Central Executive Committee Zhang Chong to Moscow in the name of an "industrial inspection team" to negotiate Soviet military aid to China; in February 1938, Sun Ke was sent to the Soviet Union as a special envoy to the Soviet Union to request the Soviet Union to aid China. Stalin made it clear that "the Soviet Union is willing to always help." On February 7, China and the Soviet Union signed the "Military Aviation Agreement". In March, the Soviet Union provided China with the first long-term loan to purchase Soviet weapons.

Equipment. In July, the Soviet Union provided a credit loan for the second time. The above two loans were each worth US$50,000. On June 13, 1939, the Soviet People's Foreign Trade Minister Migoyang and Sun Ke reached an agreement again and signed a loan treaty of 150,000. A year later, the Soviet Union provided another US$50,000. China repays the loans above at the price of agricultural and mineral products. On June 16, 1939, China signed a trade treaty to develop business relations between the two countries.

The Soviet Union not only supported China's War of Resistance in morality and materials, but also sent military advisers and volunteers to directly help the Chinese people fight against Japanese fascism. According to statistics, from the end of 1937 to the summer of 1939, the Soviet Union sent 3,365 military advisers and experts to China. As of the end of 1939, the Soviet Union sent 5 brigades of volunteer air force pilots, two people and more than 2 aircraft. The Soviet Volunteer Air Force participated in the air battles to defend Wuhan, Chongqing, Chengdu and Lanzhou, and more than 200 pilots died, including officers such as the bomber captain Kurishenko and the fighter captain Rahmanov.
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