In the conference room, although the layout of the whole room is very good, it can even be said that working in this room is definitely a very comfortable thing. However, the expressions of Trotsky, Molotov, and even Stalin and Lenin, who are sitting in this room at this moment, are unusually ugly.

The reason is simple, because of what Trotsky has just said.

"You mean, the Chinese are not reliable anymore..." After a period of silence, Bukharin, who was on the side, asked in a deep voice.

Bukharin, a very famous person in history, even Yan Shao knew this person. Of course, this is not only because Bukharin claims to be the number one thinker in Soviet Russia, because if this is the case, Yan Shao is obviously unlikely to know about Bukharin as a person.

Because in Yan Shao's somewhat degraded head, the person who can record it is either Lenin or Stalin, and as for Bukharin, this kind of person who was executed by Stalin before World War II, Yan Shao will not remember it at all.

The reason why Yan Shao remembers Bukhalin is only because of one reason, that is, in his era, in a movie called "Party A and Party B", when Uncle Ge was knocked unconscious by a flower pot, he once said something in a trance. "Quick...... Go and save Lenin...... Bukharin...... It's a traitor......"

Yan Shao has always liked that movie, after all, from a certain point of view, that movie can also be regarded as one of Yan Shao's childhoods, so Yan Shao may not be very clear about Bukharin, but this name has always been remembered. I have always wondered what kind of person Bukharin really was ...

It is also because of this that when Yan Shao traveled to this era and began to contact Soviet Russia. will more or less know a little about Bukharin and even be enthusiastic ...

As for the problem that the Chinese are not reliable, in fact, this has long become a consensus within Soviet Russia. Of course, so far the things related to China are only clear to the top level of Soviet Russia, as for those middle and lower classes, basically only a very small number can vaguely feel some of them, and the vast majority still regard China as a class enemy who does not share the sky...

However, although it has long been clear that the Chinese are not reliable, the Soviet and Russian top leaders do not think that this kind of problem will be reflected now. After all, Soviet Russia is still very useful to China today. If it weren't for the fact that Russia had stood in the middle, giving China and the European powers as a buffer zone, China's new provinces would not be as stable as they are now.

That's exactly what happened. It was only when they got from Trotsky's mouth that the faces of those present became so ugly.

Naturally, although Trotsky was very strict, there were two in the room at the moment who did not care very much. Still, the vast majority of people still attach great importance to what Trotsky has just said.

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"That's right." Hear Bukharin's words. Trotsky's righteous words even opened his mouth with some stern sù. "To be exact, there is no one in this world who is reliable except our own comrades ..."

For this, the people present were very recognized. After all, the current position of Soviet Russia in this world is a very isolated one. It can even be said that with the exception of Soviet Russia, everything else is basically the enemy, so at least in this regard they can still agree.

"Therefore. As I said before, we may be very useful to the Chinese now. Therefore, the Chinese are willing to provide us with some information behind the scenes, and at the same time are willing to provide us with funds, weapons and equipment and even machinery and equipment without others discovering it, but if one day, the strength of the Chinese is so strong that we no longer need us to buffer, and even our storage zài has become a hindrance to its entry into Europe, then our situation is somewhat dangerous, and this situation is not impossible. ”

"I have studied China in great detail and found some important problems, first of all, unlike other countries in Europe, from a certain point of view, China can be said to be a single ethnic country, and among the more than 500 million people in the whole country, the number of Han people is at least 80 percent, and may even reach 80 to 5 to 90 percent, which also enables China to move forward in a certain way, rather than like the multi-ethnic countries such as Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Turkey in the past. Classification may occur. ”

"Of course, this is also possible in the original China, after all, the areas where the Han people lived in the past were usually their traditional residential areas, and for those remote areas, especially the border areas, these Han people are very rare, and this is also in the areas where China's ethnic minorities often gather, especially in the newly occupied territories, the number of Han people is particularly small, almost to the point of none, so if something really happens in the future, it is difficult to guarantee that these areas will not be separated."

However, the Kuomintang government had discovered this, and in order to change this, the Kuomintang government began to relocate the surplus Han Chinese population in the country to these new occupations. In some areas, the Nationalist government can even move more than 300,000 people in a year's time, which is definitely not a small number, and as the benefits of the new place continue to spread to the traditional areas of domination, more and more Han Chinese are willing to move to new lands..."

"As long as this continues, I believe that soon, the Chinese government will no longer have to worry about the underpopulation of these areas..."

"Even if some changes do occur in the future, the Han Chinese population in these areas will be able to maintain Chinese rule. In other words, even if these areas are really independent, they will become Chinese countries―――――― unless all the Chinese in these areas can be cleaned up..."

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"And unlike a colonial country like the United Kingdom, the territory of the United Kingdom is very large. The population is relatively large, but it is basically a colonial population, and even one-third of these human resources can be utilized. It's already very good, but unlike China, China's land is not only vast, but most importantly, China's population is also very uniform, which makes it unlikely that there will be discordant voices when moving forward. ”

"This is a particularly important point. At present, the newly occupied land in China is sparsely populated, so what the Chinese government has to do. It is enough to simply move the surplus population of the country to the above-mentioned areas, and there is no need to worry about the possibility of conflict between the newly relocated population and the local population, because these places are so big that even if you move 10 million or 20 million people into them, it will not be too much of a problem..."

"Plus most of these areas are very resource-rich areas. In the past, all that was lacking was population and development. Neither of these things is a problem for the Communist government..."

"Therefore, in my opinion, the development potential of the Communist government is undoubtedly much greater than that of countries like Britain and the United States. It is worth saying that as long as the Chinese are given enough time, China's national strength may even exceed that of Britain and the United States combined, and at that time, China, which will inevitably embark on the road of expansion, is difficult to say which direction it will ultimately choose as its breakthrough..."

"Southeast Asia? This may be possible, but Europe is also clearly a very likely region. And if we choose Europe, we are in their way. ”

"Not to mention our respect for regions such as Siberia. We have a great inheritance right, and even today, we have not relinquished our ownership of these areas, and the Chinese government cannot be wary of this..."

"So?" Hearing Trotsky say this, Stalin, who had been listening attentively, asked.

"Therefore, if one day our strength exceeds the expectations of the Chinese and arouses their vigilance, maybe they will cut off contact with us in advance." Although this is not a very high possibility, we cannot help but prepare in advance. ”

"What's more, the fact that we have ties with China at the moment no longer seems to be a secret on the side of the great powers. If China is forced to cut off ties with us under pressure from the great powers, it is hard to say whether it will be..."

In a way, Trotsky felt that the most likely, on the contrary, was this...

That is, the current communication between China and the Soviet Union was discovered by the foreign powers, and then China had no choice but to cut off contact with Soviet Russia in advance.

You know, for Soviet Russia, which is trying to find a way to restore its industry, many projects currently rely on equipment purchased from China. If the connection with China is suddenly cut off, then China will definitely be fine, although trading with Soviet Russia, Soviet Russia usually needs to pay some hard currency ratio, such as gold, but is China short of gold?

This is just some additional revenue while giving support to Soviet Russia.

But for Soviet Russia it was different, if the equipment of the Chinese transaction was really suddenly interrupted, then...

I am afraid that at least half of the projects currently underway need to be terminated, which is very damaging to the Soviet Russia's restoration plan...

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"So, what's your opinion?"

After listening to Trotsky's speech for so long, Lenin, who had been silent, finally spoke.

Although he did not care at all about the 20,000,000 square kilometers of Siberian Nakin―――――― he had already ceded a lot of the treaties he had signed with Germany before, although it was not at all comparable to those occupied by the Nationalist government, but it was much higher in terms of importance.

After all, no matter how large the area and abundant resources of Siberia and Central Asia are, they have not been developed, and what Lenin ceded not long ago was almost all heavy industrial areas of Soviet Russia, and at the same time densely populated places, there is no difference between the two.

This is just like during World War II, whether it is Tibet or Xinjiang, it is basically not under the control of the Republic of China. But did this have any impact on the Republic of China? No, because there aren't many people there, and again, there's no industry.

So even though it's a large area, it will definitely hurt if you really want to cede it, but it won't have much impact. Even if the resources there are unusually abundant and not developed, the abundance is abundant!

This is the case in Siberia. Although it seems distressing, the impact of the cession of these regions on Soviet Russia is probably not as great as the land ceded by Lenin before.

The impact of those ceded lands on Soviet Russia is the real effect...

"My opinion is simple," said Trotsky with a beaming face when Lenin finally spoke. It is to find a breakthrough in the epidemic prevention circle that is about to be formed, and a replacement for China. Of course, this substitute does not necessarily need to be able to provide us with all the things we need, we just need him to be a communication channel for us. ”

"This is a window to the outside world. We can get what we need in the outside world, and that's enough. ”

"So?"

"Therefore, we should strengthen our ties with the Turks as much as possible and make them our comrades thoroughly." So to speak. Trotsky couldn't help but get up from the couch. "Turkey doesn't have much industry though. It is not possible to provide the weapons and industrial facilities that we need, but the location there can be said to be extremely important, through guò, we can completely pass through the black sea to achieve the purpose of communication with the outside world, in the same way, although all the countries of the world are very well guarded at present, but in the capitalist world, only 300 percent of the benefits are needed. The capitalists will dare to sell us the ropes that will hang them..."

"It's like the Chinese today, even if they know everything they sell us now. They could all be used to strengthen us, but they continue to export our gold to us. ”

"So, even if the Chinese really cut off contact with us in the future, with the power of money, we can get what we want from the capitalists, of course, according to them, this type of transaction is usually called smuggling..."

Trotsky's idea was simple, to first of all draw Turkey together, so that Turkey could become one of their external channels, and even if the Socialist government did turn against them in the future, and at the same time cut off all contact, they could get what they wanted from the outside world through guò.

As for whether it can really be done? They weren't worried about that at all...

Yes, the blockade of them is indeed very tight, but on the other hand, as Trotsky said, the capitalists even dared to sell the ropes on which they were hanged to Soviet Russia for the sake of 300 per cent profits.

So as long as the Russians can afford it, they don't have to worry about not being able to buy things at all...

They can smuggle it all the way they want to get what they want...

And maybe the other side also provides door-to-door delivery services, of course, the premise is that they must first firmly win over the Turks, after all, if there is no way to solve the Turkish problem, they will be completely blocked, and the Black Sea will become their Dead Sea―――――― Russia back then, it was because Turkey stood in the camp of the Allies, and as a result, Russia did not get any supplements from the Black Sea channel throughout the European war.

You know, since the Italians joined the Entente, the Entente has always had an absolute advantage in the Mediterranean...

Therefore, the Black Sea was supposed to be an excellent channel for aid to Russia, but because of a small Turkey, all this qiē was lost, which shows how important Turkey's assistance is...

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In Trotsky's view, the best solution was to bring Turkey over first.

As long as this is the case, then Soviet Russia can have a permanent access to the outside world.

In the same way, in order to preserve this external channel, Soviet Russia should do everything it can.

And in this regard, Soviet Russia still has a very strong advantage, because now the Turks are considered quasi-allies of Soviet Russia. At least now, if it were not for the weapons and equipment supplied by Soviet Russia, Turkey would not have been able to confront the Greeks and Britain and France there.

But...

Trotsky obviously could not have imagined that the governments were now thinking about co-opting Turkey. It was only because of the resolute opposition of the Greek government that it was not adopted.

However, it is not surprising that Trotsky was right in at least one sentence, that is, the Communist government is not reliable, and this sentence is very accurate.

Yes, as a buffer zone and a target for attracting hatred, Soviet Russia was indeed very successful, but this does not mean that the Nationalist government likes Soviet Russia as a deposit. What's more, the government of the Kuomintang only needs Soviet Russia to save its zài, but it does not want to see a strong Soviet Russia save zài.

So...

Finding a way to contain Soviet Russia first became the first thing that the Nationalist government needed to do...

This is also the reason why Li Liang proposed such a proposal at the meeting, because if Turkey also joined the camp of Soviet Russia, then it is unlikely that it will be possible to contain Soviet Russia...

Similarly, although Soviet Russia still has a lot of eyes and ears, it is obviously impossible to know such a secret thing. In fact, what Soviet Russia knows at present is only the general items of the meeting, or some relatively important things, and it can even be said that what Soviet Russia knows is basically some things that are known through the newspapers of various countries, and the actual situation may not be more than that of ordinary civilians... (To be continued......)