Chapter 475: The Road to the Iron Curtain ()

"Comrade Stalin, this is part of the photos we got of the military parade in Berlin, Hitler showed a lot of new weapons, which is quite enlightening and, of course, puts a lot of pressure on us."

In the face of the information handed over by Beria, Stalin nodded, but turned to ask another question: "What do you think about the compromise between the United States and Japan?"

"This is the ...... of imperialism colluding with each other"

Beria was halfway through his speech when he was interrupted by a wave of Stalin's hand, and he instantly understood: Comrade Stalin did not want to listen to what he said in public.

He thought for a while, and said in a different tone: "I think the Japanese ruler is still smart, after the armistice between Germany and the United States, although Japan occupies the advantage of the scene, but we all know that this advantage is impossible to last, Japan and the United States are too different in national strength, the reason why the early stage can occupy the advantage is because on the one hand it gave Japan a lot of aid, on the other hand, Germany exerted great pressure on the United States, so that the United States can not concentrate all its forces to deal with Japan, if Japan and the United States do not make peace, Japan will be difficult to maintain for a long time, So Japan extorted a sum of money from the United States on the condition of returning Hawaii - this money is a lot for Japan, but for the United States, it may only be equivalent to the military expenditure for the recovery of Hawaii, so ......"

"What about the Chinese side?"

"The two sides are rapidly approaching, and the Chongqing authorities have basically completed the negotiations with the Nanjing authorities, and the areas controlled by the former Nanjing regime will enjoy a certain degree of autonomy...... In terms of territory, the Chongqing authorities agreed to lease Chongming Island and Hainan Island to Japan for a period of 50 years, and to set up an economic development zone in the coastal zone, which will be stationed after the original Nanjing authorities' army was changed to a special police, with a total strength of no more than 100,000 troops, and the rest of the troops will be taken over by the Chongqing authorities, and Japan will withdraw from China within six months. Beria thought for a moment, "Hainan Island is still a barren land, and there is nothing special about it, but Chongming Island is a big threat, and the Japanese army and navy will definitely station troops on it." By the way, the concessions of various countries had been recovered by the Nanjing authorities with the help of Japan, and only the issue of Hong Kong and Macao remained unresolved. Macau was still largely occupied by Portugal, and Britain and China were both asking Japan for Hong Kong, but Japan was reluctant to give it and wanted to make a fuss about Hong Kong. ”

"What article?"

"Japan wants to use the United Nations to turn Hong Kong into an international trusteeship – in essence, it wants to become a Japanese-German co-administrator."

"Germany?" Stalin raised his eyebrows, "How did you involve Germany?" ”

"On the one hand, Qingdao was originally related to Germany, and it was obviously impossible to return it, so Germany proposed to find a port in China to intervene, and after the restoration of Germany's Asian territory, it also hoped to radiate its influence to East Asia, and Japan because it had a lot of economic, trade and technology that needed German cooperation, so it planned to make concessions to Germany in this position." Beria thought for a moment, "Hong Kong's civil affairs continue to be managed by the British, and the army is stationed by the United Nations - mainly Japan and Germany. ”

Stalin, who had seen the photos of the military parade, suddenly understood Japan's thoughts: In essence, Japan would not allow other countries to get involved in China again, but Germany was too strong, and in addition, it was inevitable that the United States and China would resume contacts after the armistice between Japan and the United States and Japan-China.

"Will the Chongqing authorities sign such a treaty?"

"More than 80 possibilities of countersigning, first, Japan promised to help China as a representative of Asia to obtain the status of a permanent member of the United Nations after the normalization of Sino-Japanese relations, but the voting rights are only about 14, not much higher than the non-permanent members, but there is no need for rotation, but it is still a victory for China; Second, Japan has put forward the principle of prioritizing economic interests – in effect, it wants China to realize a limited open-door policy led by Japan; Thirdly, there was a lot of pressure on Chongqing, and although there was gossip that Chiang had sent people to Berlin to seek support, Germany would not stick a knife in China's ribs......"

Beria's intelligence work is indeed very good, Kong Xiangxi also attended the military parade in Berlin, but it is not clear that it is the Chinese representative, so it will be very funny that a Chinese representative will appear on the European Victory Day, and Hoffmann has already known about his intention, although the "anti-Bolshevik" is the general trend, but it does not mean that Bolshevik Germany everywhere will have to rebel, and now the task of East Asia is obviously handed over to Japan - Hoffman also hopes that Comrade Stalin can find some trouble for the Japanese.

As for economic and technical cooperation, there is no problem with this; Germany originally wanted to get a piece of the East Asian market, but the problem is that China does not have very good economic and trade opportunities now: the old arms in Japan's hands are piled up like mountains and it is difficult to dispose of them, and it is even less cost-effective for Germany to sell them from afar; as for the use of China's mineral resources for trade, if it had been 10 years ago, Germany would have welcomed it with both hands, but now Germany has a number of mines in Africa, the Balkans, and the East, and is no longer interested in trafficking Chinese minerals over long distances......

"You know what? In the past two days, the Chinese comrades have repeatedly sent telegrams to me, saying that they hope that the Soviets will heighten their vigilance against Japan and prevent them from colluding with the Chinese reactionaries to attack us. ”

Beria smiled: "After the merging of the governments of Chongqing and Nanjing, after the armistice between China and Japan, the pressure on the Chinese comrades was unprecedented, so I can understand their eagerness to disturb the line of sight, but it would be too stupid to really believe it."

Stalin's thinking was obviously not the same, he was holding back his efforts to develop southward and seize Xinjiang, but after the revolution in the three districts was in turmoil, his attitude was very intriguing - the emergence of "nationalist sentiment" criticized by Stalin made him very unhappy, and the back-to-back plan of Lianhe was relaxed.

"You know what? The Chinese comrades also suggested going with us to attack Manchuria, with us as the main attacker, and they provided flank containment ......"

Beria shook his head: "They are too optimistic and naïve, are they going to attack Manchuria, and the Chongqing authorities will not fight them?" Now those southern warlords are anxious to jump into the so-called anti-Bolshevik chariot of the Germans, and there is no excuse for them......"

"By the way, when you talk about this, I suddenly remembered another piece of news." "Their intelligence chief, Li Kenong, swore that Japan was sending troops to the country, believing that they would attack the Far East part of the Soviets, and that we should be vigilant," Beria reported. ”

"Far East?" Stalin laughed and shook his head, "If Japan says that it wants to attack Vladivostok, maybe it is still a little convincing, what is it doing to attack those places in the Far East, and it will be used as a springboard to attack Alaska?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Vasilevsky's phone suddenly came in, and his voice was very low and serious: "Comrade Stalin, I have news to report to you."

"What's the matter?"

Stalin "chuckled", and his face was still very calm.

"The Japanese aggressors perfidiously launched a surprise attack on the Kamchatka Peninsula 40 minutes ago, the port of Petropavlovsk was subjected to an air strike by the Combined Fleet, and the shelling and landing are expected to begin soon!"

"Bastard!" Comrade Stalin angrily threw away the carved pipe in his hand!

(End of chapter)