June 6, 1933, Tokyo, Japan

The day after the Soviet High Command announced that it had won the Battle of the Poznan Bulge and inflicted heavy losses on the German White Army, Tukhachevsky, Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Red Army, accompanied by Yasuo Yasuda, arrived in Tokyo, the capital of Japan

"This is Nagata Kiyoshinsai, a well-known patriotic religious figure in Japan, a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Japan, a close comrade-in-arms of Comrade Trotsky, Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Red Army, and an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the United States Comrade Tukhachevsky."

At the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Takeda smiled and introduced the Japanese minister-level monk to the visiting chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Red Army

Of course, Tukhachevsky had heard of the name of this Japanese "diplomatic monk", and his eyes immediately swept over Nagata several times, secretly guessing that this person's monk status must be a cover, perhaps this transcendent religious identity was of great benefit to his special diplomatic work between China and Japan. That "Comrade Zuo Min" of China's GCD has always openly declared that there are immortals in the world!

Yasuo Yasuda, who accompanied Tukhachevsky to Akasaka to leave the palace, didn't care about Nagata, his eyes were attracted by Takeda Heng's wife Takeda Lan, not because of how beautiful Takeda Lan was, but because this occasion doesn't seem to be very suitable for Takeda Lan to appear in the current GC Japan, but there is no convention of bringing his wife to appear in diplomatic occasions! And in the just-concluded three major Japanese GCD Takeda Lan was also elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Japanese G, in charge of the Japanese G organ newspaper "Red Flag" In addition, Takeda Lan also gave birth to a baby son to Takeda Heng at the beginning of this year, it seems that he must shoot more of the first lady's sycophants in the future, but Muto Nobuyoshi seems to be in poor health recently, I don't know if this woman will fall out of favor after losing her father......

After retracting his gaze from Mrs. Takeda, Yasuda introduced Tukhachevsky's intentions with a smile on his face: "Chairman, Comrade Trotsky has already expressed his understanding of our policy of temporary détente with Chinese imperialism, and the Soviet intelligence agencies have confirmed that the invasion of Japan has become the core of the war policy of US imperialism, so Comrade Trotsky has appointed Comrade Tukhachevsky to Japan to inspect the navy, and he also hopes to learn about Japan's preparations for war against the United States."

In addition to the American people who were kept in the dark, the whole world already knew the national policy of the United States to "squeeze into the war", and Trotsky naturally no longer had any illusions, in his opinion, a war between Japan and the United States was inevitable, and it was better to fight late than early, and it was better to fight than to wait until the US Navy was fully prepared, and it was better to fight while it was still possible to fight, of course, the Soviet Union would not personally end up, and the consequences of a war between Japan and the United States must be borne by Japan alone!

And Nagata Qingxinsai, who has been in China for a few months, now fully supports the war against the United States, because of the contact with the high-level of the "Chinese and ethnic groups", he has found that Chang Ruiqing's "heart to die" is very resolute! It is almost the same as the determination to oppose the Soviet Union, so the United States will never fight China for a small Japan, and after the United States forces Japan to achieve the goal of entering the war, it is very likely to use Japan to make a deal with China, after all, the stumbling block on the road of US world hegemony is the British Empire and the Soviet Union, not China, so the only way for Japan to survive now is to drag the United States, the ultimate enemy, for the Soviet Union

So Nagata Kiyoshinsai immediately said: "Chairman Takeda Tukhachevsky, Chief of General Staff, in the past few months in China, I have met many high-level Chinese people, and they already have a good understanding of China's national policy, and their goal in this war is very clear, that is, to expand territory and establish hegemony in East Asia, so China's primary enemy is the Soviet Union, and the second enemy is the colonial system of the Western world in the South Seas, and we Japan can only rank third, if Japan has further conflicts with the West, they are very happy to see, Not only will they not join forces with Britain and the United States to attack us in the short term, but they will secretly provide support."

However, everyone here knows that not in the short term does not mean that it will not be in the long term! China now has a very powerful navy, and at least five aircraft carriers have recently started construction, and six large merchant ships are about to be converted into aircraft carriers! In addition, there is a new type of warship called "tank landing ship" under development, which, as the name suggests, is probably designed to carry tanks and prepare to land in Japan, right?

So Nagata Kiyoshin paused and said again: "Of course, the Chinese are immortal, and if we lose the war against the United States, they will quickly pounce and land!" They would never tolerate Japan falling into the hands of the United States, and a considerable part of the Japanese people probably thought the same way......"

His words were quickly translated into Russian by Yasuo Yasuda, and Tukhachevsky frowned slightly after hearing it, looked at Takeda Heng and said, "Chairman Takeda, what do you think about this issue?" Will the Japanese people not fight to the end against the Chinese aggressors in order to defend their socialist motherland? ”

"I'm afraid most of the Japanese won't fight to the end!" It was Takeda Lan who answered this question, she exchanged glances with her husband, showed a helpless expression, and replied in stiff Russian: "Comrade Chief of the General Staff, I think you should understand that our Japanese revolution is not thorough, and the Japanese GCD has never been able to get the Japanese free from the shackles of traditional culture and let them truly believe in GCISM, and the essence of Japanese traditional culture is to worship the strong and reverence for the gods, the former is now embodied in Sinophobia, and the latter has turned into reverence for Chang Ruiqing after the emperor's godhead was shattered!" If the Japanese Navy loses the war with the United States and Japan faces the doom of national destruction, I believe that the majority of Japanese would rather accept the 'Japan-China Coalition' than die in the United States......"

A hint of surprise flashed in Tukhachevsky's eyes, he did not expect that in a GC-ist country, the great leader of the GCD was not an idol of the people, as if he was not as prestigious among the people as the ruler of neighboring imperialist China

Yasuo Yasuda saw Tukhachevsky's expression and leaned into his ear and explained in a low voice: "This is the situation in Japan...... Chairman Nippon and Chairman Takeda relied on the promise to lead Japan's revival and won the support of the people and the army to establish their rule, and as long as this promise was not fulfilled, even if they were not really strong, and there were suspicions of liars, on the other hand, Chang Ruiqing used the war and the Tokyo earthquake to convince most Japanese, he gave ' The conditions of the Japan-China alliance also gave some people the illusion of reviving Japan with the help of China's strength, so the real object of worship of the Japanese people was not Chairman Takeda, especially after the Korean War......

Of course, there are still some things that Yasuda really can't say, that is, because the Japanese and the Japanese have not established the rule of "monopoly of truth" in Japan because of their defeat in the struggle against the "counter-revolutionary samurai", in the minds of a considerable number of Japanese, they regard the Japanese as puppets of the Soviet Union, and there is also a suspicion of using the Japanese as artillery to help the Soviet Union fight! If it is defeated in the end, I am afraid that the Japanese will not survive the imperialist landing and will be overthrown by the angry people!

As for the "life of reforming traditional Japanese culture", Takeda and the Japanese GCD have not thought about it, not only have they thought about it, but they have also repeatedly tried to carry out several political campaigns in the past few years, but each political campaign has been stopped because of the frequent assassinations of basic cadres in Japan...... The struggle that touches the soul of GCISM seems to be vulnerable in the face of the spirit of bushido, which is directly fatal! In the face of such an unreasonable national, Takeda Heng and Nichi now have no way to retreat, only gritting their teeth and leading Japan to carry out the revolution to the end.

Although he was extremely dissatisfied with the weak position of the Japanese in the struggle against the "counter-revolutionary samurai class", Tukhachevsky did not mean to lead the topic to this, but took out a list from his pocket and asked Yasuda to hand it to Takeda Heng, and then said: "Comrade Takeda, this is the latest list of aid that Comrade Trotsky has entrusted me to transmit to you, including all the drawings and molds of the Il-1 and Il-18, as well as the design drawings and production molds of the latest M35 aircraft engines, which will be shipped to Japan before the end of November. In addition, the number of planes and pilots will be increased by another 20%, which is already our largest strength, considering that the Far Eastern Republic may be attacked by China at any time, this batch of assistance is likely to be the last batch, I hope you can make good use of it."

Tukhachevsky's words were very frank, Takeda took the list and looked at it a few times, his brows tightened, his fingers lightly tapped on the armrest of the sofa, and he repeatedly considered the gains and losses, and now he and the whole of Japan are like a gambler who is ready to gamble with all his wealth, and it is obvious that in the big gamble that is about to begin, the Soviet Union will not openly side with Japan! Japan must deal with the United States, Britain and China alone, three opponents who have more money and more gambling skills than themselves! The odds of winning this gamble are so small that it's almost negligible

Seeing that Takeda Heng didn't even say a word of thanks, Tukhachevsky scolded the "white-eyed wolf" in his heart, and then went on to say: "Chairman Takeda, Comrade Trotsky has some analysis of the shape of the imperialist camp, let me convey to you that the current international imperialist camp seems to be united, but in fact it is divided into three groups that struggle with each other, and among them, China and Germany belong to one bloc; Britain and France belong to another bloc; And the United States is a group of its own, and China, Germany, Britain and France do not want the United States to become bigger, if Japan can hit the United States hard, they are all happy to see it, and they will never help, so Japan needs to deal with only the United States! ”

"Only against the United States!?" Takeda Heng was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "It is possible that China will not help the United States, but Britain ......"

Tukhachevsky smiled coldly and said: "Britain will not help the United States either, just look at their calculations in the situation in Europe for hundreds of years...... When you attack the United States, you are actually helping them maintain their leading position in the world, they will definitely not help the United States, for them, interests always come first! ”

Takeda Heng has always admired Trotsky's vision of international politics, so after thinking about it, he nodded at Tukhachevsky: "I understand what to do, we Japan will not provoke Britain and France."

"Not only Britain and France, but also the Dutch East Indies!" Tukhachevsky explained: "The resources of the Dutch East Indies can be obtained through trade, and once the Japanese navy severely damages the American Pacific Fleet, the Dutch will not dare to offend Japan, let alone interrupt trade, but if you seize the Dutch East Indies, you will inevitably have a conflict with the British, and you may also incur an attack from China, because they have always wanted to expand into the South Seas, but they are not willing to have a direct conflict with Britain and France, so they will probably not let go of the opportunity to 'recover' the Dutch East Indies from Japan."

"Even the Netherlands didn't dare to provoke it, so what was the purpose of Japan's fight with the United States? Is it just to provoke the world's first industrial power, and then sit back and wait for its demise? Takeda muttered a few words in his heart and did not answer Tukhachevsky's words

In addition, after studying the contrast of strength between Japan and the United States, the General Staff of the Soviet Red Army also put forward some suggestions" Tukhachevsky knew that the other side did not listen to his words, but he still talked eloquently: "In view of the huge disparity in strength between Japan and the United States, the only way for you to win the war is to sneak attack!" And the target of the sneak attack should not be the 9 capital ships that will be delivered to the UK, because it is obviously a trap to lure you into attack, and we believe that the target of the sneak attack should be Pearl Harbor! Japan should take advantage of the emptiness of forces at Pearl Harbor to seize it! With this key base, Japan will have the capital to maneuver around the Pacific with the United States......"

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Although with the generous assistance of the Soviet Union, their strength has been greatly enhanced, but against such an industrial giant as the United States, the Japanese Red Navy still has no certainty, not to mention that they are still in a state of war with China and Britain, the two major naval powers, if you add such an opponent as the United States, it is not difficult to imagine the great pressure, so after hearing the news of the visit of the chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Red Army to Japan, the new commander of the Red Navy's combined fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto, came to Tokyo overnight. It was hoped that the opportunity would be taken to ask the Soviet Union for more assistance

But as soon as he walked into the Akasaka Palace, he saw Ishihara Waner, deputy commander of the Second Department of the General Staff of the Japanese Red Army, and Yasuo Yasuda arguing in a low voice in the hall. You came just in time for Yasuda-kun and I to discuss the strategy proposed by the Soviet Union."

"What strategy did the Soviet Union propose?" Yamamoto Fifty-six was stunned for a moment, then he stepped forward to hear what the Soviets had done to Takeda Heng Yasuda had his own office in the Akasaka Imperial Palace, and when he saw Yamamoto Fifty-six, he also wanted to hear the opinion of this man who was said to be the best naval officer in Japan, so he invited Yamamoto and Ishihara into his office together, and then informed Yamamoto of the original construction proposed by Tukhachevsky

"It's really nonsense, where do they know what navy!" Before Yasuda's words were finished, Yamamoto Fifty-six shook his head vigorously: "How can you fight Hawaii before destroying the main force of the US Pacific Fleet?" This Tukhachevsky thought that the US Navy was an army that ran on two feet? How long does it take to get from the South Pacific to Hawaii? With the mobility of the Navy, we simply could not wait for us to take Pearl Harbor, and the main force of the US Pacific Fleet would come to fight us in a decisive battle! At that time, we will be flanked by the planes of Pearl Harbor and the warships of the US Pacific Fleet, and we will probably have to leave the landing force and flee for our lives! ”

Yasuda glanced thoughtfully at Yamamoto Fifty-six, and then personally made a cup of Chinese tea for Ishihara, Yamamoto, and himself, and Yamamoto's analysis continued: "As for not moving the UK...... Then it is even more inexplicable, naval warfare is not as good as land warfare, there is not so much dangerous terrain on the ocean to defend, and the means of reconnaissance are very limited, the enemy's huge fleet may appear near the main force of the combined fleet at any time, is it because they are British or Chinese fleets will not attack? If the other party strikes first, it is likely to be the end of the Japanese Navy! So after the war with the United States, the Combined Fleet still could not give up its efforts to destroy the British and Chinese naval fleets! ”

"And to destroy the Chinese fleet?" Yasuo Yasuda secretly kept these words in his heart, and Ishihara Wan'er, who was sitting next to him, was also a little surprised, and reminded: "Yamamoto-kun, Nagata Kiyoshinsai has reached a tacit agreement with Chinese to 'declare no war', if the navy ......"

"If the main force of the Chinese Navy hides in Guangzhou Bay as the Zài fleet, of course it is impossible for the Navy to attack, but if they dare to appear in the Pacific Ocean, then the Navy will still be the first to strike!"

"And how is the Navy going to deal with the Americans?" Yasuda deliberately steered the topic to the Japanese-American war

Yamamoto Fifty-six looked at Yasuo Yasuda, then at Ishihara Wan'er, and said in his heart: "One of these two people is Takeda Heng's henchman, and the other is Muto Nobuyoshi's sworn friend, their own plan will come to their hands sooner or later, it is better to get to the bottom now, so as to win their support" So he said: "The specific battle plan has not yet been drawn up, but the general idea is already there, that is, to make full use of the Japanese Navy's strength in a dominant position in the short term, and try as much as possible to eliminate the main naval forces of the United States and Britain in the Pacific region, Occupy the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, British Malaya, and join the Soviet Union in India! If possible, consider expanding into Australia! ”