Now that the Soviets have revealed their attitude in disguise, Yang Zhen can only reluctantly accept it. There is no way, the shape of the present shì is pressing. Although Yang Zhen prefers to stand behind the scenes, he hates to meet with these people who forget their interests and only have their own interests in their eyes, and their favorite thing is to meet the guys who have fallen into the well.

But regardless of this matter, whether the United States and Britain are exerting pressure, or whether the British have raised this matter. Even if he hated meeting directly with the Soviets, Yang Zhen knew that the time had come for the negotiations with the Soviets to be resolved. If it continues to delay indefinitely, the material import channel will not be opened, let alone prepare for the next phase of the battle that will start in a few months.

Among this batch of materials, except for the cotton used to make zuò winter clothes, the rest of the materials were prepared for the next stage of the battle. Except for some trucks and transport aircraft, almost all of them are urgently needed military raw materials to prepare for the next operation. Without this batch of military raw materials, even half of the ammunition required for the next batch of operations will not be able to complete the reserves.

In particular, the much-needed artillery shells and aerial bombs simply could not fulfill the predetermined reserve plan. At present, although the large-scale battles between the enemy and our armies have stopped, small battles on all sides take place almost every day. Especially on the Rehe battlefield, the shape shì was still very tense.

After the cessation of military operations on all fronts in the Northeast Theater, the Kwantung Army significantly strengthened the deployment of Rehe troops. The 11th Division, which was withdrawn from the Linxi battlefield, was directly strengthened to the front line of Jianping and Chifeng. With the withdrawal of the Fifth Division to Huludao, the Kwantung Army transferred an additional division from the hinterland of Mukden Province into Chengde.

At the same time, the Japanese North China Front Army and the Mongolian Xinjiang Garrison Army also advanced to Rehe to control the surrounding counties of ZhaŬ District, as well as the Chabei area, and mobilized a large number of troops. Even the Mongolian garrison troops did not hesitate to weaken the strength of the confrontation with the national army in Suixi, and transferred most of the troops from the Suiyuan front to the various alliance flags in northern Chabei.

Unlike the Kwantung Army, which was licking its wounds and basically stopped its operations. The Japanese Mongolian Xinjiang garrison and the North China Front army tightly sealed the surroundings of Rehe, and strictly enforced the supplies, and a living person entered the advanced army to control the zhì area. If there are Chinese who try to enter the several counties under the control of the advancing army, they will be killed if they are discovered.

In addition to the tight blockade, the Japanese army in North China also transferred a large number of troops into the Genan and Rexi regions. Although there has been no large-scale attack, a large number of cavalry and artillery combined forces have been continuously dispatched to carry out uninterrupted sweeps against several counties that have advanced into the army's control.

Not only were the troops left behind in Rebei pinned down, but the shape shì was quite tense. The troops left behind by the Anti-Japanese Federation on the battlefield in Linxi also spent a lot of energy on the Rehe side. Almost constant battles, large and small, consumed a lot of supplies. At the military station set up by the Logistics Department in Kailu, the reserve of supplies is declining almost every day.

In view of the fact that a major war may break out at any time in the direction of Rehe, the ammunition and materials currently in stock can only be replenished to the west of Linxi on a priority basis. The most important thing is that after the consumption of this war, there is not much ammunition left in stock. In particular, stocks of large-caliber artillery shells, rockets and aerial bombs have bottomed out.

And Rehe's current shape is undoubtedly showing that the current Kwantung Army is no longer fighting alone. Under the direct threat of advancing to Rehe and directly threatening the Pingjin front-line anti-Japanese alliance, in the next stage of the campaign, the Japanese Kwantung Army, the Mongolian Xinjiang Garrison Army of the North China Front, and the troops directly under the Pingjin region will fight in coordination.

The base camp of the Japanese army is also increasing the strength of its North China Front. Last month, when the war was raging, the Japanese army base camp mobilized the 17th Division and the 33rd Division from South China and stationed them in the Pingjin area. The 110th Division, which was originally stationed in Shijiazhuang, gradually began to move north after completing a sweep of the North China base area.

With the addition of the three newly formed independent mixed brigades, the deployment of the Japanese army in North China from Datong in the west to Tianjin in the east almost doubled. In particular, the Japanese garrison around Beiping has increased a whole independent mixed brigade. The original puppet security army was all transferred to the central Hebei region for defense, and the defense was changed to be taken over by the Japanese army.

The Japanese army stationed in Mongolia has also increased its strength by an independent mixed brigade. Under the heavy pressure of the Japanese puppet army, the two pieces of Pingbei and Pingxi of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, which are located in the vicinity of Beiping and Tianjin, and bear the link between the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the eastern Hebei region, can no longer stand on their feet.

In addition to the cadres who went underground on the spot to hold on, and a small number of local armed forces, they were forced to move to the deep mountains and old forests of the Yanshan Mountains to hold on. The main force and most of the cadres could only withdraw westward to the Beiyue area. A small number of others took advantage of the weak part of the Japanese blockade circle and entered Rehe to join the advancing army.

It can be said that the headquarters of the advance army that remained in the Rebei and Rexi areas have been completely cut off from the troops in the Kannai, and the contact with them has been intermittent, and the support of the Kannai troops has been completely lost. The loss of the Pingbei and Pingxi base areas was not just the loss of the two support points south of the Great Wall for the Advance Army.

After the complete loss of the Eastern Hebei Military Region, the two guerrilla base areas near Rehe in Pingbei and Pingxi have become the only link between the advance army and the battlefield in Guannei. At present, these two guerrilla base areas have also been lost, and it can be said that the advance army has completely lost its connection with the battlefield in Kannai. The shape of the Kannai battlefield is getting worse and worse, and the reaction is cascading.

Judging from the current situation around Rehe, if the Anti-Japanese Union is ready to take advantage of the fact that the attention of the Kwantung Army is attracted by the southern battlefield after the Japanese attack the United States and Britain, it will carry out the second phase of the operation. Then as the supply lines get longer and longer, more and more cars and gasoline need to be put into the battlefield.

In other words, the next step of the Anti-Japanese Union may not only be faced by the Kwantung Army, but the three-sided siege of the two strategic groups of the Japanese army. Judging by the current judgment, the scale of the battle in the second stage is far from being comparable to that of the first stage. The amount of materials needed to conduct such a large-scale battle will also increase significantly compared to before.

If the problem of external access cannot be solved for a long time, the urgently needed materials and raw materials will not be able to enter the base area. Not to mention opening up the connection with Kannai, it is difficult to maintain the current front. Without ammunition, how can the troops fight? Without cars and gasoline, how can the troops solve the problem of transportation?

There is also a situation where the troops are about to freeze, and if the winter clothes urgently needed by the troops are not solved, the troops will be frozen. And as the weather has gradually begun to get colder, the problem of winter clothing is already imminent. If the problem of winter clothing cannot be solved for a long time, then the troops will also freeze and collapse, and there will be no talk of the next stage of operations.

However, this time Yang Zhen personally went out, but he didn't plan to go alone, but pulled the two veterans of the advance army to participate in the negotiation together. Both veterans had eaten bread on the other side and were proficient in Russian, and they knew only more about the character of the Soviets than they did, and definitely not less than themselves.

In particular, the teacher who was in the 129th Division, although he did not know anything about diplomacy and economics, when it came to the art of war, there were few people in the whole of China who were his opponents. Having their own checks can effectively reduce their temper and irritability, and their own mistakes.

And for Yang Zhen, there are some things that are better to be directly clarified than to hide them. Although Yang Zhen has always been calm on the surface, he has never really taken it lightly. Rather than letting some people ponder there and cause unnecessary misunderstandings, it is better to directly drag them to participate.

After the headquarters of the advance army arrived in the base area, several listening stations of the Ministry of Communications had already reported to Yang Zhen that the radio station of the headquarters of the advance army had unusually frequent contact with the Guannai. Compared to the time when he was fighting in Rehe, the number of contacts was more frequent. Correspondence is carried out almost 24 hours a day.

It was not the Ministry of Communications that consciously monitored the radio stations of the Advance Army. However, they are responsible for monitoring the signals of all the enemy's radio stations and monitoring all the radio stations in the area. All signals received from the radio must be identified, judged, analyzed, and compiled into detailed records.

The radio stations of the advance army were in frequent contact with Kannai, and it was impossible for the eyes and ears of the Ministry of Communications not to hear them. Failure to do so would be a remiss of their duty. Their job was to monitor whether there were secret radio stations internally, and to monitor and analyze all kinds of radio contact signals of the Kwantung Army externally.

Although Yang Zhen had already criticized one of the vice ministers in charge of surveillance in the Ministry of Communications, he had asked him to immediately withdraw the surveillance of the radio station of the Advance Army and destroy all records. It is forbidden to decipher the signal of the advance march radio station in any way, even if it is tentative. This matter is not to be revealed to anyone but him.

However, this information also shows that the Advance Army has always maintained close ties with the central authorities. Because after analyzing and sorting out those signals and making judgments, the Ministry of Communications found that among these radio stations, in addition to the radio stations with which the ministries contacted themselves, there were at least three high-power radio stations that were in constant contact with the northwest.

Although, due to current technology, it is not possible for the communications department to determine the exact location of their signals. But in the northwest, in addition to Yan'an, where else has the ability to receive so many high-power signals? It can't be to contact Chongqing in Xi'an and Lanzhou.

As for the reason for such a close connection between the advance army and the central government. Yang Zhen didn't want to guess, let alone guess. For him, this kind of thing is known to himself, and that's the end of it. There are some things that are too much to know, but it is troublesome. What's more, in the shape of the Northeast, it is better to let others report many things.

Therefore, after deciding to personally participate in the negotiations with the Soviet Union, Yang Zhen invited the two old leaders to participate in the negotiations after careful consideration. Rather than hiding it, it is better to let the central government directly control it. Some things, reported by the mouths of the two old chiefs, are much easier than just saying it themselves.

Regarding Yang Zhen's invitation, the two veteran commanders who were inspecting the base area of the Anti-Japanese Federation did not hesitate to agree under the tacit situation that everyone tacitly agreed. It's just that these two bosses who originally thought that everyone would talk about it would be good, but what they didn't expect was that the attitude of the fraternal party and the big brother at the negotiation table would be so aggressive. And Yang Zhen's attitude was also beyond their expectations, almost not giving an inch.

The attitude of the Soviet side was unusually resolute, demanding that the Anti-Japanese Union come exactly according to their demands. And Yang Zhen is sticking to the bottom line, and he would rather no one get this batch of materials, and he is unwilling to make any concessions. One of the two aspects is the desperate sky-high price, and the other is to sit on the ground and repay the money, but they are still holding each other.

After a few days of participating in negotiations, the two veterans have never experienced anything like this. Rao is experienced in a hundred battles, and he was also stunned by the sword and sword shadow at the negotiation table. It's just that Yang Zhen, who looks extremely tired, has to grind with the Soviets during the day, adjusts the latest deployment of the whole army at night, and has almost no time to rest to deal with various things, has been suppressed and did not ask.