Yang Zhen's words came from the bottom of his heart. After several contacts with General Abanashenk, he felt that the commander of the Far Eastern Military District, although he appeared very rude on the outside, was actually a very shrewd person. Yang Zhen once heard Vice Chairman Zhou mention that this man's complaint in Moscow was piled up, but the position of commander of this military region was still as stable as Mount Tai, and he won Stalin's trust.

Not only that, but his relationship with the top brass of the Soviet army, such as the current People's Commissar of Defense Marshal Timoshenko, the Deputy People's Commissar of Defense General Shaposhnikov, and the former Deputy People's Commissar of Defense Marshal Budyonny, although on the surface they were only ordinary, were in fact very close.

But although he was a shrewd man, he was a pure soldier. Yang Zhen also saw this and persuaded him. He didn't want the old friend to get involved in too much of a thing, so as not to give Moscow the impression that the tail was too big to come by. When the time comes, he will not end up much better than his two predecessors. For Yang Zhen, who is already familiar with the style of this general, he is unwilling to change to another opponent.

After saying this, Yang Zhen, who felt that he had said everything, took out a well-made box from his military jacket, took out a medal from it, and said: "This is a first-class liberation medal specially set up by our military region to commend senior commanders who have made outstanding contributions at the campaign level. This kind of medal so far you are not only the first foreigner to be awarded, but also the first person to be awarded. ”

Yang Zhen put this medal on Abanashenk's chest and said: "Although this medal cannot be compared with the Golden Star Medal of the Soviet Union in your eyes, it represents the highest honor of the Anti-Japanese Federation. I am awarding this medal to you on behalf of the Anti-Japanese Federation, just to express our high respect for the help you have been having. ”

This medal was decided by Yang Zhen after studying with several standing committee members of the military region and the commander-in-chief before he came. For a pure soldier who is in a high position and has always been enveloped by Stalin at any cost, he will not be tempted by things outside his body such as money. Stalin spent tens of thousands of rubles in a red envelope, and no matter how much money he sent, he would not be tempted.

But for such soldiers, what they value most is a sense of honor. However, he is in the Far East, which is thousands of miles away from the battlefield, and unless he is transferred to the western region, his military exploits will not be his turn. After thinking about it for a long time, Yang Zhen still decided to give him a first-class liberation medal, the highest medal formulated by the military region.

Anyway, this medal was awarded by the military region itself, and it only represents an honor recognized by the military region. Leaving the Anti-United Nations is not appropriate for other people's farts. Except for the exquisite workmanship, it does not represent anything.

The practical value of this medal is much worse than the so-called Golden Star Medal awarded to Yang Zhen by the Soviet Union. At least in the world, except for Yang Zhen and the Anti-Japanese Federation, no country in the world recognizes this kind of medal. Even the current Nationalist Government and its immediate superior, Yan'an.

Yang Zhen's intention of giving this medal is to satisfy the vanity of this comrade general from another aspect. The other is also as a return gift for the Gold Star medal awarded to them by the Soviets. Although one is in the name of the state, and the other is only admitted internally, the difference in value is far from the same. But it's kind of a relationship, isn't it?

It's just that what Yang Zhen didn't expect was that after listening to Kovalev's explanation of the significance of this medal in the Jidong Military Region, he showed an unusual love for this exquisite medal. After touching it for a long time, he said, "Thank you to the Chinese party and the Chinese people for giving me this honor." Comrade Yang Zhen, I will definitely cherish this medal. ”

Looking at Abanashenk's love for it, Yang Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. I really got this guy's preference right, and it seems that I really didn't make a mistake with this medal. However, after saying that, Yang Zhen didn't stay long, and simply said goodbye to Abanashenk and left.

Now that the matter has been negotiated, there is no need for Yang Zhen to continue to stay in the Soviet Union. And General Abanashenk does not intend to insist on keeping him in the current delicate situation. After leaving a few days to make final discussions on some minor matters of future cooperation between the two sides, Yang Zhen, who was anxious to rush back to China, got on the plane sent by the Soviet side, which he tacitly assumed.

After the plane back to Luobei took off, Yang Zhen recalled his experience in the Soviet Union and couldn't help but smile slightly. And looking at Kovalev, who was sitting opposite him with a weird smile on his face and returning with him on the same plane, he couldn't help but feel a little creepy, this guy is too cunning. He smiled, not knowing that he was calculating the hapless guy again.

However, thinking of the experience of this negotiation, Kovalev, who remembered one thing, suddenly remembered one thing, and rubbed his hands a little embarrassedly: "Comrade Yang Zhen, the medal you gave to General Abanashenk is really beautiful and exquisite. Can you give me one too? I know that there are strict rules for awarding medals, and I have no delusions about that kind of high-level medal.

"However, can you also award me one, even if it is a third-class Liberation Medal. Comrade Yang Zhen, I don't know if you can meet my little request. ”

Looking at Kovalev, who was smiling in front of him, Yang Zhen pondered slightly, and finally nodded: "Yes, I will truthfully report this request to the Northeast Bureau when I go back." Rest assured, we'll do our best to accommodate your little request, won't we? ”

Yang Zhen was dealing with Kovalev on the lips, but in his heart he was thinking that he had already completed the preliminary foundation and preliminary tactical training in the first three days before his return, and had already taken the military train specially provided by the Soviet side according to his own requirements, and adopted the method of railway transportation to return to the armored unit yesterday.

Looking at his watch, Yang Zhen knew that according to the predetermined plan, at this time, this group of combat vehicles and personnel should have already joined the five infantry battalions and other arms such as automobiles in Fujin and went to the Fujin Comprehensive Training Base to make final preparations for the upcoming synthetic training.

Compared with the armored units that have already returned to China, although the aviation units that have gone abroad first have completed their initial basic flight training, they still need to undergo a period of training in other aspects. And it is also necessary to wait for the receipt of the new fighter jets transported from the United States in two months and the completion of the flight conversion. If you want to return to China, you will need at least half a year of training.

This time, Kovalev's unauthorized action to replace the engines for those Polish rags that were handed over to Yang Zhen was replaced quickly after General Abanashenk acquiesced. After replacing the engines of the I-XVI fighters, the performance of these old Polish aircraft increased significantly.

After the engine was replaced, the maximum level flight speed of the P-11 was still somewhat inferior to that of the latest I-16 fighter, but it was about the same as the most advanced of all the original Polish fighters, the P-24. But the fighting performance has surpassed that of the I-XVI fighter whose flying stability is very poor and appears a little bulky. It is on par with the latest fighters of the I-15 type.

After these aircraft have been improved and completed test flights, their basic performance has surpassed that of the Type 95 fighters that the Kwantung Army has begun to eliminate one after another, and can roughly be compared with the latest Type 97 fighters of the Kwantung Army. Nowadays, the difference is mainly in the number of aircraft and the experience of the pilots on both sides. And it will take at least two months for these pilots to complete the tactical confrontation drills they have formulated.

Thinking that those P39 fighters that would arrive one after another in two months also needed to be mastered by skilled pilots, Yang Zhen's brows couldn't help but furrow again. In this way, its own aviation will not be able to participate in the war for at least most of this year. This is still calculated by the fact that this batch of American fighters can arrive on time according to the current plan. Once there is some kind of deviation, then it will have to wait until the combat effectiveness of its own air force is formed, let alone the year of the monkey.

quickly smoothed out the history of World War II that he later understood, but Yang Zhen couldn't find any events that were favorable to him except for the Japanese army's attack on Vietnam in late September, but there were a lot of unfavorable ones. Today is the 15th of May, and the Battle of France has begun in its entirety five days ago.

In the Western European battlefield, which is already in full swing, the rapid rout of the British and French forces in just one and a half months will affect the delivery of their own aircraft, which is first of all unknown. Deliveries of these aircraft began at the beginning of the British air war.

Yang Zhen, who did not know that the planes themselves were returned by the British, had been pondering the hunger and thirst of the British for war materials throughout the British air, especially for fighters, who had lost all their weapons and equipment in the Western European campaign. Only after these British learned that the United States had such a batch of fighters in stock, would they take advantage of the so-called traditional friendship between Britain and the United States to take these fighters for themselves?

Yang Zhen now only hopes that the tiger skin of the Soviet Union on his body can scare off the greedy and incompetent wolf of Britain, who often falls into the well and disregards the interests of others, and does not come to his mouth to grab food.

If the wheel of history had not changed dramatically because of its coming, this year would have been the most severe year for ourselves and even for the whole of China. The rapid defeat of Britain and France in a short period of time made the Soviets turn more of their energies to the West. All forces and equipment will also be tilted to the west, which will greatly weaken some of the containment of the Japanese army.

In this way, the Japanese army will devote more energy to itself, which will definitely not be good news for itself without modern industry. Thinking that the pressure of hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army was about to overwhelm him, this was definitely not good news for Yang Zhen.

What worries Yang Zhen the most is whether the Soviet Union will completely cut off the supply of its own materials, especially military raw materials, because of the rout on the battlefield in Western Europe, in order to avoid falling into a two-front war that they are extremely unwilling to see, and to avoid a full-scale conflict with the Japanese army?

Even if his dealings with the Soviet Union could be kept strictly secret, the Soviet trucks and Soviet-style transport planes that appeared on the battlefield would never be able to hide from the shrewd Japanese. Once the Japanese put military and diplomatic pressure on the Soviet Union, would the Soviets cut off their own follow-up sources of supplies in order to avoid the risk of fighting on two fronts?

No matter how good Abanaschenk is to have a good impression of himself and support himself, he is only an executor, and he cannot make this decision in place of Moscow. Yang Zhen was all too clear about the extreme egoism of the Soviets, especially the character of Comrade Stalin, who had always been selfish and self-interested.

And Yang Zhen leaned on the back of the seat with his eyes closed, seemingly resting, but in fact, he had been thinking about the possible adverse effects of the war situation in Western Europe on him. Especially now that a new war between himself and the Kwantung Army is about to break out, Yang Zhen definitely doesn't want to have the result that the equipment transferred last time was seized. The danger brought by the two stupid donkeys is not only their own evil.