From mid-June to early July 1936, the Red Army units that had retreated from the direction of Belarus and Ukraine were ordered to go to Moscow to converge, and at the same time, the Soviet troops that were still fighting in the lower reaches of the Volga River and the Caucasus Mountains, as well as in the Urals, were also ordered to concentrate on Moscow. Only the Northern Front of the USSR received orders to defend Leningrad, Murmansk and Arkhangelsk, and there were no signs of moving east to participate in the defense of Moscow.

Infantry, artillerymen, trucks, ambulances, horse-drawn carriages lined up in columns and marched around the clock along the roads leading to Moscow from all directions. And the new commander-in-chief of the Moscow Front, Field Marshal Yakil, was also in the midst of these torrents of troops that were pouring into Moscow. He was the commander of the Middle East Front, which was responsible for defending Persia and the Caucasus, and there had been calm for quite some time, so Yakir did not lose much of his troops and territory, and this credit was indeed very prominent for the Red Army, which was now in a rout everywhere, so the 40-year-old Jonah was very prominent. Emanuilovich. Yakir was promoted to marshal by Trotsky, who was a national general, and was given the responsibility of defending Moscow.

He was now sitting in a half-track armored vehicle converted from a gas truck, and watched with a blank gaze as the infantry trotted like a torrent and marched in a hurry. Beside him sat Marshal Ubolevich, who was born in the same year as him, and who had previously been the commander of the Soviet Southwestern Front, but who had been defeated by the Germans at the Battle of Trotskygrad. lost more than a million troops and led hundreds of thousands of remnants to flee all the way out of Ukraine. However, Trotsky did not punish Ubolevich for his defeat, since the defeat of the Southwestern Front was due to the defeat of the Western Front. The German panzer group went all the way south along the Dnieper, overtaking their rear roads, so the responsibility was not on the South-Western Front. Of course, it was not in the Western Front, a company of six nuclear fission bombs bombed down, and the iron-clad troops also collapsed, and Yegorov and Tukhachevsky also did their best to organize an Orsha tank battle, and Tukhachevsky himself died at the front...... In a word. Both the Western Front and the Southwestern Front are good, and the only thing to be cursed is the imperialist nuclear fission bomb!

So Ubolevich is now Yakil's deputy, deputy commander of the Moscow Front, and he is now holding a thick stack of troop charts. All above are the numbers of the Soviet Red Army group or tank corps that are preparing to participate in the defense of Moscow, as well as the personnel and equipment of the troops.

"There are 62 army groups, 27 tank armies, 3 aviation armies...... Jonah. Emanuilovich, this is definitely the largest force I have ever seen! As if he wanted something encouraging, Ubolevich glanced at Yakir and added: "The construction of Moscow's city defense has long begun. Two or three million people were mobilized to work for more than two months with hoes and shovels...... They dug a huge ring around Moscow. In this ring, there are ravines, mounds used as shelters, dense tree villages that are diagonally inserted in the direction of the enemy, cross-shaped trees that are carefully set up and welded with iron beams, piles of trees that have been felled, anti-tank trenches and cliffs, permanent firepower points and earth-wood firepower points, and various obstacles have been set up -- pull-villages, diamond-shaped horse-resisting horses, tree trunk deer villages...... All the works were carried out under the strict command of the engineering specialists and should have been quite solid. ”

"Good. It seems that we have a fairly strong fortress, like Krasnoyarsk. Akil said unintentionally.

"Moscow is much bigger!" "The total area of the entire defensive zone will be more than 10,000 square kilometers," Ubolevich reminded. There is no way to destroy it with 100 nuclear fission bombs. ”

"So, what about 200 nuclear fission bombs?" Yakil said that nuclear fission bombs are no longer a taboo word, after all, one or two million Russians have already seen mushroom clouds. A melancholy look flashed in his eyes: "The enemy may not have so many nuclear fission bombs, maybe there are so many, who knows?" But why should we defend Moscow? Why not abandon Moscow and retreat into the Ural Mountains? Maybe I can also defeat the Chinese who are fighting from the east, their logistics line is almost 10,000 kilometers, this is a fatal weakness, if I use the forces defending Moscow to deal with the Chinese in the eastern part of the Urals, I am 100% sure that I can win! But why did the above repeatedly reject my construction and insist that I lead my troops to defend Moscow, which is destined to be undefendable? ”

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The same question was raised at a meeting of the Supreme Command of the Soviet Army on July 12, 1936, and General Pavlov, who replaced Tukhachevsky as Chief of the General Staff, once again proposed to build a new question, hoping that Trotsky would consider abandoning Moscow and using flexible and mobile operations to break the aggressors on the eastern and western fronts. But Trotsky's reasons for opposition sound very strong.

"Comrade Pavlov, it is inevitable that our cause will go through a low ebb." Trotsky's tone was very calm, "This is the test we must endure before we can win the final victory......

"I know, Comrade Trotsky." Pavlov said.

Trotsky continued: "So the true meaning of the defense of Moscow is to inspire the youth of the future to continue along the path we have taken, to set off a second, third, and even fourth world revolution until the liberation of all mankind!" Comrade Pavlov, do you think that a vigorous battle for the defense of Moscow will inspire future generations, or will the flight of millions of troops into the Ural Mountains be more exciting for future generations? ”

"The defense of Moscow, Comrade Trotsky, but it is possible that we will hold out much longer in the Ural Mountains," Pavlov said, "and even until the outbreak of the Second World Revolution, which is now deeply contradictory and the Third World War may soon break out......"

"World War III? Unfortunately, I don't see that possibility. Trotsky pulled a cigar out of his pocket. I lit the fire and took a puff. "They will coexist peacefully for a long time, because the four imperialists of China, the United States, Britain and Germany will need time to consolidate their respective camps. Moreover, China and Germany, the militarily powerful of the four great powers, both had a large amount of spoils to consume after the war. This creates a great demand...... In this way, they will not have much demand for the external market in the short term. In addition, China and Germany also have extremely rich resources for expanding their territories. Therefore, for a long time, China and Germany will not have the motivation for external expansion, so that there will naturally be no third world war in the short term. ”

Pavlov was silent, he looked at Trotsky, and for a moment there was nothing to say.

"When will Comrade Yakir and Comrade Ubolevich get to Moscow?" Trotsky looked at Pavlov.

"This afternoon, at the latest this evening, we can get to Moscow." Pavlov replied.

"Let them come to the Kremlin as soon as they arrive in Moscow."

"Okay." Pavlov stood up. He took up his military cap and put it on his head, and gave Trotsky a military salute to prepare for his farewell. I heard a rush of footsteps outside the door, and then I saw a major general of the Red Army walking in with a newspaper and stuffing it in Pavlov's hand.

"What's the matter?" Trotsky asked.

Pavlov looked through the telegraph and looked at it, and his face became a little gloomy: "The Chinese occupied Yekaterinburg!" And they are also dividing troops in the direction of Chelyabinsk, Novouralsk and other directions. It is estimated that they will soon have crossed the Ural Mountains. ”

"Comrade Trotsky. Could this be an opportunity? Perhaps the Chinese wanted to get their hands on the territory of Europe, which Hitler could not tolerate! "People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR Litvinov reminded Trotsky with some excitement. During this time, his diplomatic efforts have suffered a series of failures, but he still shows no signs of discouragement, and now he wants to hold on to even the slightest hope.

"Don't think about such a good thing, the Chinese must have started acting at the request of Germany." Trotsky sighed and gestured to Pavlov to signal that he could leave. Pavlov gave Trotsky another military salute before leaving the conference room in the Kremlin bunker with his head down.

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Nanjing Tangshan. Chang Ruiqing's official residence.

Although it is the hottest time of the year in Nanjing, the central air conditioning has just been activated. But it makes the official residence building of Nuoda as cool and comfortable as spring. However, in the small living room of the official residence, it was still steaming at this time. Although Chang Ruiqing installed a novelty such as an air conditioner in his home, he did not use a chilled Coca-Cola to entertain Mao Zd and Chen Duxiu, who came to visit together, and brewed traditional Chinese green tea. Four cups of hot tea were brought into the living room by Shuko Yamaguchi and placed on the coffee table next to the four of them.

When Yamaguchi Shuzi came in, Mao ZD was talking about his short-term investigation in the Hunan countryside in the official dialect of Hunan, and when he saw the beautiful Yamaguchi Shuzi, he paused slightly, perhaps in his heart to condemn the Prime Minister Chang Da who spoiled the little Japanese girl. Then he took a sip of the teacup, and then continued: "Speaking of which, I haven't been to the countryside for many years, especially to remote villages, so this trip to the countryside in Hunan can only be described as an eye-opener." Prime Minister, I think you should also go to the countryside and listen to what the peasant brothers have to say. What do they want? How to develop the rural economy. ”

"Of course, today's farmers don't want to be farmers anymore and farm again, even if they can't achieve this goal themselves, they must find ways to let their children and grandchildren achieve it." To tell the truth, Chang Ruiqing knows better than anyone what the Chinese peasants think in this era, and there is no need to go to the countryside to listen to what the peasant brothers say.

Mao Zd frowned, and said in a deep voice: "I don't want to be a farmer anymore, who will plant the land?" ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled: "President, Mr. Zhongfu, we are all GCD people, right?" ”

Mao ZD and Chen Duxiu said in their hearts: "Is there a GCD person with so many little wives from you?" And all of them are more beautiful than the concubines in the palace of the Manchu Emperor. But he nodded solemnly on his face.

Chang Ruiqing smiled faintly, glanced at Shuko Yamaguchi, who was standing beside her, waved at her, and asked her to retire first. Then he said, "What is our GC-ist distribution model?" Well, don't say anything about need-to-need, that kind of place sounds a bit like the Caliph told me about their Hyslanist paradise last time. ”

"That's going to happen in the future!" Mao ZD glared at Chang Ruiqing and said coldly: "At this stage, distribution according to work should be the distribution method advocated by our party. ”

"That's right, more work gets more, less work gets less!" Chang Ruiqing said with a smile: "President, do you think the farmers work hard, or do the workers work hard?" Is it the peasants who earn more, or the workers who earn more? Moreover, the workers in the city do not have to pay taxes, they do not have to worry about losing money, and they will have pensions when they are old, and even if they are sick, they can find their employers to reimburse part of their medical expenses, which are all benefits that the peasants do not have. The peasants are now working more and earning less, and there is no guarantee, and if they are willing to work for generations, they must be mentally abnormal. So, it's not a question of who will farm the land, the question is how much money should be earned from farming. ”

"How can this be explained by work?" Mao ZD frowned deeply, to be honest, what Chang Ruiqing said now, how harsh he listened! However, he didn't know how to refute it, Chang Ruiqing was a politician and thinker on the same level as Lenin and Trotsky! It should be difficult to refute the reasoning that is said. Chen Duxiu, who was beside him, also nodded frequently: "It's such a reason, it's such a reason, I have been the Minister of Agriculture and the president of the Fishery and Farmers Association for so many years, and all I think about is to make farmers rich, but this is not easy to say." There are more than 400 million peasants in China, and about 200 million people are directly engaged in agriculture, and if we want to reach the average income level of workers, the total income of the peasants in the whole country will reach more than 200 billion yuan! How much food do you have to grow to earn it? ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled and waved his hand: "You can't earn any amount of grain you grow, our problem is that there are too many farmers and the land is too scattered...... I believe that the President and Mr. Zhongfu can get the answer in the United States, because the average annual income of American farmers can be several thousand dollars, which is equivalent to tens of thousands of Chinese dollars, which is higher than the salary of President Mao and me! Everyone is a farmer, and what the Yankees can do, I believe that Chinese farmers can also do it, so I am still very confident in the future of China's agriculture! As long as we do a good job in agriculture and urbanization, China will certainly stand on the commanding heights of the world in the future. (To be continued......)