It was one day in August 1935, two and a half years before the scheduled time for the invasion of the Soviet Union.

Lieutenant Commander Chiang Ching-kuo was ordered to come to the capital Wuhan to accept an important mission, and when he strode into the Admiralty building, all eyes were focused on the eldest son of the Minister of Defense. Chiang Ching-kuo, who graduated from the third phase of the Cheung Chau Island Maritime School, actually did not receive any special care, and has always served in the Nanyang Fleet. After all, the scale of the navy is expanding rapidly, and there are always too few well-trained naval officers, so it is not uncommon for a young and well-educated officer like Chiang Ching-kuo to become a lieutenant colonel in just a few years. What really caught his attention was that he had just been appointed chief of staff of a transport command subordinate to the China Expeditionary Force.

This appointment is not a great deal in peacetime, and there are many better positions in the navy. But the current situation is very special, because everyone knows that this command is responsible for transporting troops to Europe, which is basically one of the only two combat missions of the Navy in the next big war! What this means, naturally, is needless to say. I don't know how many admirals broke their heads and wanted to compete for this position, but in the end, it fell to this lieutenant colonel whose background was as hard as a steel plate!

Rear Admiral Lin Zun, secretary general of the Admiralty, was waiting for him in military uniform at the door of the living room on the second floor, and as soon as he saw Chiang Ching-kuo arriving, he took his hand affectionately and informally, and said with a smile: "Lieutenant Colonel Chiang, you arrived so quickly!" You came from Zhanjiang as soon as you received the order, right? Have you ever been home?

Minister Jiang hasn't seen you for a long time, right? ”

Jiang Jingguo smiled faintly, gave a military salute to the other party and said with a smile: "I arrived in Wuhan yesterday afternoon, and I have already returned home and met my father and Wei Guodi." Of course, he has also met his stepmother Song Meiling, but Jiang Dagongzi, who has not received GC education, is not willing to deal with this noble stepmother at all. Then he asked, "Minister Long is waiting for me?" Do you know what's going on? ”

Lin Zun smiled: "Could it be that Minister Jiang didn't tell you?" It seems that his old man is really ............... the public si, is it the case, the chief of the general staff of Luo and the Germans,

o The Lans reached an agreement and decided to send a maximum of one and a half million Wehrmacht troops to fight in Europe! In addition to sending two battleships, the Navy went

In addition to the war in the Sea of Romania, he was responsible for transporting the army to Europe. To this end, the General Staff instructed the Navy to create a transport command dedicated to organizing the convoy to transport troops and rice to Europe. Brother Jing Guo is the chief of staff of this transportation command. What an opportunity to soar! Congratulations. ”

Listening to Secretary General Lin's obviously flattering tone, Chiang Ching-kuo really felt the difference between this and the Nanyang Fleet. In the fleet, not many people care about his identity as the eldest prince of Jiang, and there will not be a major general who speaks to himself, the lieutenant colonel, in such a flattering tone, because there is a real army, and everyone regards the honor of soldiers as important as life! And this Admiralty is more like an officialdom, and climbing up is the first thing. He despised the other party in his heart, but his face turned into a spring breeze. "Tongxi, Tongxi, the younger brother can have this position, thanks to the support of the chiefs, as soon as the matter here is over, the Pacific Hotel will have a dinner, and the younger brother will be the east."

While the two were talking, they heard footsteps at the top of the stairs. The two of them looked in that direction and saw a middle-aged man with a solemn face, wearing the regular uniform of an army summer officer, wearing the rank of marshal, walking up, Minister Long of the Admiralty followed behind, with a smile on his face, and there was a twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old rear admiral beside him, Chiang Ching-kuo recognized him as Long Yuhui, the former captain of the aircraft carrier Zhongshan.

Seeing Jiang Jingguo and Lin Zun standing together, Luo Yaoguo smiled and nodded, and walked over. "Brother Jing Guo didn't expect you to come from Zhanjiang so soon, you are really diligent, come in and talk together."

When Jiang Jingguo sat down, before he could speak, Luo Yaoguo looked at him and smiled: "It looks a little darker, but it's also much stronger, the navy is really a good place, it's much better than going to the north...... By the way, do you have a girlfriend? Let me introduce you to a White Russian girl, a relative of Empress Anastasia and a member of the Romanov family, who is actually of Germanic descent, blonde and blue-eyed, and beautiful. ”

Jiang Jingguo smiled faintly, and did not take the topic, but went straight to the point.

"Auxiliary marshal, Minister Long, the department wants to start work as soon as possible, what are the new arrangements for my new position?"

Luo Yaoguo smiled, this Jiang Jingguo's mentality of can't wait to do things has finally not changed, if he becomes a gentleman, it will be a pity. He smiled and nodded, and instructed Long Tenghui beside him: "Xingguo, you are the Minister of the Navy, come on." ”

Long Tenghui took a signed letter of appointment from his son and handed it to Chiang Ching-kuo. He said lightly: "Lieutenant Colonel Chiang Ching-kuo, this is your latest appointment, Chief of Staff of the Naval Transport Department, and the commander of this command is Rear Admiral Long Yuhui." You go to Zhanjiang and set up a transport command there, and the German Navy will soon send liaison officers, and the Wehrmacht Army will also have liaison officers. The first stage of your work is to draw up a plan for transporting up to one and a half million troops to Europe, with one panzer division and one aviation division to Germany before 1938. ”

Speaking of which, he glanced at Luo Yaoguo and continued! "In addition, there is a secret mission, Major Hu Dingxin and Major Qiao Guanhua sent to your transportation headquarters are the ground workers of Zhongg. You have to convince the two of them that China is really preparing to transport 1.5 million troops to Europe...... Provided that the Far Eastern and Central Asian theaters of war go well. He said it lightly, but Jiang Jingguo's heart jumped, and the tea bowl in his hand was almost not held. What the! Dingxin and Guanhua are GCD! How is this possible?

It's impossible, they're my classmates! They're all good people! ”

Luo Yaoguo nodded and said with a smile: "They are good people, but they believe in GCISM, and there is nothing wrong with saying it, they are just their own masters." And we just used their secret identities to convey some information to the Soviet Union and the Chinese G. And the most important task of you, the transport command, is to mislead the USSR, everything must be as it is! ”

The train marched forward "clang" and went north along the light railway from Zhangjiakou to Kulun. The railway, which is more than 1,000 kilometers long and laid on the ancient grassland of Méng, was officially completed and opened to traffic in early September 1935 after more than three years of construction. At this time, it is the early autumn season, the grassland is yellow and clear, the warm autumn wind blows on the face, you can also see a lot of cattle and sheep in the grass from time to time, there is really some wind and grass to show the grassland style of cattle and sheep. However, the leaders of the central government who were riding on the train did not have much mood to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the grassland at this time.

On the one hand, the news that the Nationalist Government in Wuhan was planning to launch a military attack on the six northern provinces was spreading in a boiling motion: on the other hand, the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China refuted the rumors in a high-profile manner, claiming that relations with the Nationalist Government were good and that all the agreements reached between the two sides were being carried out normally. In order to show the friendship between the two sides, the leaders of China and Gambi even went to Zhangbei, the capital of Chahar, to board the first train to Kulen of the Kuzhang Railway, which was built and operated by the China Railway Company, indicating that the relations between the two sides are still friendly...... The rumors can be contained, but the news of the arms war on the northern front of the National Defense Force is still being transmitted to the desk of Gu Shunzhang, the person in charge of the Central Special Branch, through secret channels!

"Comrades! All kinds of intelligence show that the enemy is serious this time, and we must be vigilant. In a certain carriage of the train, a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Central Committee was being held, and Gu Shunzhang Yin was issuing a warning with a calm face.

"Our vigilance has always been very high," Xiang Ying frowned and said: "The border guards have long been in the highest state of combat readiness, and there is no way to raise their vigilance anymore, otherwise the string will have to be broken." ”

"You can say whatever you want, Lord, but the fact is that our current army includes border guards, local troops, volunteers, militia, and less than 500,000 people, including the children's regiment. Moreover, all the troops except the border guards and the volunteer army did not have artillery, and there were very few machine guns, only some old-fashioned rifles, and some 7.9 gauges, and there were no bullets at all.

And by 1938, the Kuomintang would have six million regular troops armed with tanks, planes, artillery, and warships, and even the Soviet Union would be wiped out by them! What are we going to do then? What should we do without the USSR! Gu Shunzhang seemed to be very frightened, and at first glance he was frightened by the Kuomintang's bluff.

"Will the USSR be able to withstand it?" Zhou Elai ignored Gu Shunzhang, who was a little abnormal, and turned his head to Zhang Xueliang. In recent years, he has been fighting with Peng Dhuai in the Far East to help the Soviet big brother fight, and he has first-hand information.

"There is not much of a problem here in the Far East, the Amur defense line is very strong, the Soviets are like crazy to use everything that can be used to build a defense line, several major crossings on the Heilongjiang River have built fortresses, and the defense of these fortresses requires that they can withstand two direct hits from heavy artillery of 12-inch caliber! More critically, the Soviet Red Army garrisoned more than a million troops on the Amur defense line, and it was well equipped, and recently it had brought in quite a few tanks. ”

"Tanks! How many are there? Is it big or small? Mao Zd leaned forward and asked. Medium g

Now I am also interested in this advanced weapon, and no one mentions the millet plus rifle or something.

"The T-26 tank is heavy, with a 37mm rapid-fire gun, this tank is stronger than the Kuomintang No. 1 tank, and it was designed by the Soviet Red Army to the opponent's No. 1 tank." Zhang Xueliang told him that "the number is about five hundred, and it is the configuration of a Soviet tank army." In addition, a 30-ton tank with a cannon appeared at the May Day parade in Moscow this year! Codenamed T-28, it is said to be the most powerful in the world, even more powerful than the Kuomintang's No. 2 tank. ”

"Where's the Chinese plane?" Mao ZD asked again.

"The Soviet aviation industry has also made great progress in the past two years, and this year two very good aircraft have been produced, one is the two-wing Yi-15, which is better than the Kuomintang's F2 series fighters: the other is the single-wing Yi-16, which is also better than the Kuomintang's F3 series, at least that's what the Soviet side claims. Both aircraft were met at this year's May and Labor Day parades, and I have seen them with my own eyes, and it is estimated that they should be ready for service next year. ”

"It seems that by 1938, the Soviet Union should also be able to have planes and tanks that could stand up to imperialism." Mao ZD exhaled softly and took out a paper cigarette from his pocket. Rubbed the fire and smoked...... It's finally a little reassuring, but the sniffers still have to plan for both. "Two-handed plans?" Zhu D twisted his thick eyebrows, "Deputy Mao, what do you mean to do with both hands?" ”

Mao ZD glanced at Zhu D and said in a deep voice: "Of course, it refers to the attack of the Kuomintang!" What else could there be? ”

"But how are we going to resist the enemy's army of six million?" Zhu D's face sank so much that it was almost out of the water.

"There is always a way, and we must firmly believe that justice will triumph over evil, truth will triumph over falsehood, and capitalism will triumph over capitalism! Zhou Elai got up and said, "That's all for today." When Zhou E returned to his box, he said to Zhao Shiyan, secretary general of the Central Committee: "Call Comrade Mao ZD and Comrade Zhang Xueliang over, I have something important to discuss with them." "Yes, Lord Zhou."

The Politburo meeting on the train and the news that "the Kuomintang is about to attack" made him impatient, Zhou Elai walked into his box, found out the intelligence summary sent by the "Central Special Branch" from the mountain of documents, and waited for Mao ZD and Zhang Xueliang while watching. Gu Shunzhang is right, the situation is really very serious, the Kuomintang is turning China into a war machine, and China G can not do much but watch things happen! Even in the face of possible attacks, there is no way to fight back. The only thing that can be done is to correctly grasp the direction of the next world war, and we must stand on the side of the winner, this is the two-handed preparation in Mao Zd's mouth! But who will emerge victorious?

A hurried knock on the door announced the arrival of Mao ZD and Zhang Xueliang. Zhou E came to close the intelligence summary and let them in. "Runzhi, Hanqing, sit down, sit down first." Zhou Elai ordered the orderly to serve barley tea. He asked Zhang Xueliang: "Han Qing, do you really think that the Soviet Red Army can hold the Amur River defense line?" "Yes, it should be able to hold on." Zhang Xueliang said: "But it is not the Far East that determines the outcome of the war, but the western defense line of the Soviet Union. ”

"What's the situation there? Can it be held? ，…

"The Soviets built a line of Stalin defense there, which I visited in May of this year." Zhang Xueliang sighed: "It's hard to say, the western border of the Soviet Union is a large plain, unlike the Far East where there are mountains and rivers to rely on, the so-called Stalin line is built on the border of more than 2,000 kilometers of seven or eight hundred reinforced concrete fortifications, the rest are trench defense areas, there are about three million people guarding there, whether they can hold it only God knows, after all, their opponents are Germans!" The Germans are very difficult to deal with! In the last world war, they almost defeated the whole world, and this time it was with the help of the whole world that they fought the USSR as a country. "What do you propose?" Zhou E came to ask.

Zhang Xueliang smiled bitterly and sighed: "Of course, the safest thing is to stand on the side of the Kuomintang and attack the Soviet Union!" In this way, the Northern Front should not be used to attack us. However, in that case, the liberation of the whole of China will be greatly delayed, and the Soviet Union will also perish as a result! His remarks could not be said at the Politburo meeting just now, and he could only say it at this small meeting of three people, and even if it was so, he did not dare to publicly say anything like the fact that there was no hope for the revolution.

"What do you see?" Zhou Elai asked Mao ZD again, Mao ZD waved his hand: "Things haven't come to that point yet, don't be intimidated by the Kuomintang's 500,000 army!" With such a small number of troops, it is simply impossible to occupy the six northern provinces, which have nearly three million square kilometers! Their 500,000 people have been withdrawn, and there is less than one person per square kilometer, and we are afraid that we will not be able to deal with it? The key is that we must change our thinking, and we must not cling to the big cities of Baotou, Zhongyibao, Datong, and Guihuacheng to fight positional warfare with the enemy. In that case, the enemy's aircraft artillery will be useful, and our firepower will be insufficient, so we will have to be beaten.

In addition, we cannot just be beaten and not fight back, we can develop in the mountainous areas of the Kuomintang region, such as the Taihang Mountains, the Taiyue Mountains, and the Luliang Mountains, open up base areas, and establish an anti-imperialist patriotic regime. "Attack on the Kuomintang?" Zhou Elai gasped. cool, I subconsciously wanted to shake my head, but after thinking about it carefully, I felt that Mao Zd's analysis was still reasonable. If it only blindly defends and does not take the initiative to attack, then the Kuomintang will be able to calmly mobilize the troops of the whole country to attack, and if it continues to fight in this way, it will fail sooner or later.

"Is it to give up the big cities, the plains, and even the ancient grasslands of Méng, and retreat to the mountains for development?" Zhou Elai thought about it and asked again: "Will the heavy industry base in Baotou also give up?" Those people in Zhongyi Fort ......"

"Give it all up." Mao ZD said: "As long as we keep the flame of the revolution, and establish a base area in the mountainous areas of Hebi in Shanxi, the Changbai Mountains in the northeast, and the mountainous areas in northern Shaanxi, we will be able to hold on to the day when the world anti-fascist war is won!" ”

"What if the fascists win?" Zhang Xueliang asked.

Mao Zd shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile: "Then we have to judge who will win before the outbreak of the anti-fascist war, and then stand in line...

I guess that the Kuomintang is forcing us to make a statement by putting on the appearance that it wants to go to war with us. As long as we stand with them and go to the USSR, they will definitely not come to attack us...