Chapter XXVI

But under the current situation of such a stalemate between the Soviets and the Anti-Union, the Chinese will not be allowed to go to Britain through the Soviet Union. In particular, the Soviets had considerable scruples and even doubts about the current close ties between the Anti-Japanese Federation and the United States and Britain, and the Soviets would not agree to send personnel to Britain to study.

Don't look at the Soviets who are now asking for the United States, but in their eyes, they have been preventing the United Nations from falling to Britain and the United States. First of all, Kovalev warned openly and covertly, and this time, at the negotiating table, he also secretly reminded the Anti-Japanese Union more than once not to get too close to the United States and Britain.

Yang Zhen always felt that at this time, the attitude of the Soviets was so tough, in addition to wanting to get benefits in some aspects, and part of the reason was probably to sue the Anti-Japanese Union. Don't look at the Americans who are paying attention to you now, but your veins are still in the hands of the Soviets.

If you go too far, the Soviets can easily cut off your access to foreign supplies at any time. In other words, as long as the Soviet side wants to, you can get nothing. You can get very close to the United States and Britain, but this close Cheng dรน must not be divorced from the tolerance of the Soviets.

The Soviets have always feared that the Anti-United Nations will completely fall to the side of the United States and Britain under the temptation of large amounts of aid from the United States and Britain. Especially after the two wars last year and this year, the Anti-Japanese Federation has still not been able to change the state of being far away from Yan'an, and has actually been in an independent situation.

After several years of confrontation, the Soviets have clearly realized that Yang Zhen can indeed fight compared to the original leaders of the Anti-Japanese Federation, but it is also more difficult to control than the original people. Because he always knows exactly what he wants and where his strengths are.

He knew better what the Soviets wanted, and he knew the whole world like the back of his hand. Far more than the former leaders who were isolated in the mountains and forests, it was necessary to understand the impact of changes in the world on the security of the Soviet Union. Know what the Soviet side needed and when. And this can always be used to get the USSR to follow his course.

On the day of the end of the Soviet army's march into Western Ukraine and Western Belarus, this guy sent people to the Far Eastern Military District, hoping that the Soviets would provide the Polish army equipment captured in Poland. He knew very well what the bottom line was between the Soviet Union and Japan. He successfully took advantage of the agreement between the Soviet Union and the Japanese to obtain a large amount of weapons and equipment from the great Soviets.

After the three Baltic countries returned to the Soviet socialist family, this guy actually came to the Soviet Union with a cheeky face and demanded that the Soviets be able to hand over the captured weapons and equipment of the three Baltic countries to them. This sense of smell and reaction speed made the Soviets wonder how they knew how the world had changed in such a short period of time.

The Soviets never found out where this guy got this information. If it weren't for the commander of the Far Eastern Military District, General Abanashenk, and Marshal Timoshenko personally finding the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. Kovalev, who was in charge of liaison with the Anti-Japanese Union, almost suffered a disaster from the pond fish.

He has the most dealings with the Anti-Japanese Federation, and he is from the background of intelligence, who else could he have leaked these things if he didn't leak them? You know, the broadcasts of the Japanese, the Soviet Union is also monitoring them at all times. When the Japanese, who were slow to react, broadcast these news, it was already half a month after this guy spoke.

To be honest, since they started dealing with Yang Zhen, except for the Soviets who understood that the young opponent in front of them was an extremely difficult guy, the rest of them were like dreams. They never understood where such a strange guy came from among those stereotyped and even dogmatic Chinese.

This guy is very different from his comrades, who are even idealistic and staunch believers in Marxism-Leninism, both in terms of his style of conduct and in terms of his thinking. Not only extreme reality, but also extremely cunning. When it should be soft, it will never be hard, and when it should be hard, there is no room for negotiation at all. is a realist who is survival first through and through.

At that time, he knew the leaders of the Anti-Japanese Federation well, and even personally went out to solve many disobedient and self-reliant leaders of the Anti-Japanese Federation. He had also suspected the way of this guy who suddenly appeared and was completely different from his comrades. But after a careful investigation of many secrets, no too many suspicious points were found.

Yang Zhen's sudden rise made the Soviets both happy and headache. Rejoicing in his ability to toss in the northeast, he defeated the Kwantung Army many times, which greatly reduced the military pressure of the Soviets in the eastern border area. The headache is this guy, too scheming, too difficult to deal with, they simply can't grasp and control.

This guy was able to send someone to make a detour to Yan'an under the noses of the Soviets. He was so well aware of the attitude that the Soviet side had been secretly adopting. This is something that the Soviets, who had been thinking of a way to cut off the ties between the Anti-Japanese Federation and the central government, had never thought of it at all.

The Soviet Union loved and hated Yang Zhen, but there was nothing to be done. Love this guy, fundamentally changed the situation in which the USSR could be caught between the east and the west, solved the danger on the eastern border. It's this guy that they hate, it's not something they can control at all. And you have to guard against him, don't eat his secret loss when.

At first, the Soviets also thought about killing this guy who was not under their control, but considering the current situation on the eastern border and the enormous pressure brought by the Kwantung Army, they finally abandoned this idea. Let's not talk about the question of whether or not you can succeed, that is, after killing this guy, the possible consequences are also something that the Soviets are unwilling to bear.

And the current Soviets have long known that it is impossible to fully control the Anti-Japanese Union, and they are now unable to look eastward. In order to prevent the Anti-Japanese League from really falling to the United States and Britain, the Soviets have changed their previous lukewarm attitude towards the United Nations and Yan'an. On the contrary, he repeatedly asked Yan'an to select cadres to work in the northeast.

Even at a time when he was too busy to take care of himself and transferred almost all the planes from the Far East to the Western Front, he sent a liaison group and two transport planes to Yan'an to be stationed there. This is a rare occurrence for the Soviets. You must know that when the Anti-Japanese Union pretended to contact the Soviet Union or Outer Mongolia and Guannei, they did not have this attitude.

Although they didn't stop it, they often closed the traffic line without even saying why. In those years, the troops in the Guannai were airlifted to the northeast to replenish the troops. The airlifted troops, while passing through the Soviet Union, were often trapped in the territory of the Soviet Union for dozens of days.

There have even been incidents of airlifted troops being disarmed and detained by the Soviet army. Now as long as there are people from Yan'an passing through the Soviet Union, even if it is just a soldier, they will be entertained with delicious food and drink along the way, so that they can deeply experience the warmth of Big Brother. Along the way, it was a green light.

It was this mentality of the Soviets that made Yang Zhen feel that this time the Anti-Japanese Federation was selected to send personnel to Britain to study, in accordance with the consistent practice of the Soviets. It would be nice if the Soviets did not obstruct it secretly, and they could still give the green light to this matter before the negotiation matter is resolved? Even if the negotiation problem is solved, I am afraid that they will not let it go lightly.

Since the arrival of the US delegation in North Manchuria, the Soviets have been ambiguous, and have even been secretly suppressing and sabotaging the cooperation between the United Nations and the Americans. Yang Zhen was already mentally prepared for the non-cooperation that the Soviets might take in this matter, or even secretly obstruct and sabotage.

But for Yang Zhen, no matter whether the Soviets cooperate or not, or what obstacles they secretly create, he must do his best to promote it. And whether the British are sincere or not, or secretly calculating something, the matter must be resolved as much as possible.

Whether or not the personnel studying in the UK can make the trip smoothly and whether they can learn the much-needed experience is a question related to the future strategic development direction of the Anti-Japanese Federation. It is also related to the question of how much benefit the Anti-Japanese Federation can get from the Americans and lay the foundation for China's future development.

The resolute attitude of the British, as well as the attitude of the Soviets who are not giving an inch at present, made Yang Zhen finally decide to negotiate in person after careful consideration. For Yang Zhen, no matter what the real intentions of the British are behind them. But this matter is still extremely beneficial to the Anti-United Nations.

At the same time, he also felt that this matter was not just a simple British who were building momentum, taking the opportunity to exert pressure and make trouble, but also the shadow of the Americans behind this. Otherwise, Pearson, who had just returned from the United States, would not only be recalled to China at this time? Americans don't have the style of tossing and turning around like a Chinese person.

Even Yang Zhen suspected that Pearson, who returned to the United States through the Soviet Union, did not return to China at all. I am afraid that the place of his debriefing is not Washington in the United States, but Moscow in the Soviet Union. Because Yang Zhen knew that the plenipotentiary representative of the current US president had only returned from the Soviet Union not long ago. At this time in Moscow, secret negotiations were being held between the Soviet Union, the United States and Britain.

The central content of the talks held by the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union in Moscow at the moment is the issue of US-British assistance to the Soviet Union. The Americans were represented by Harriman, the former ambassador to Britain and the original representative in charge of U.S. aid to Britain. This makes the level of this negotiation quite high.

It also shows the importance of the Americans. However, the Germans, who were not strong compared to the navy, even after occupying LinkedIn, and the Soviets, who were still separated from the Americans by the Atlantic. At present, the Americans, who are directly facing the naked threat of the Japanese army, cannot afford not to pay attention to the changes in the shape of Asia at this time.

The Americans, who had already decided to separate the aid to the United Nations from the aid to Chongqing, and included it as part of the aid to the Soviet Union, were bound to talk about the issue of the aid to the United States at this meeting. Therefore, Yang Zhen believes that the unexpected appearance of the British this time may have the shadow of the Americans behind them.

On some issues, both countries have consistently worn a pair of pants. On the issue of dealing with the Japanese, the two countries also have quite a tacit understanding. It is clear to the Americans that they do not want to put too much pressure on the United Nations on this issue. However, the current stalemate between the Anti-Japanese Union and the Soviet Union is not in line with the interests of the United States at this stage.

At present, the British, who are fighting the war against Germany with all their might, have more than enough strength in the East, and do not have much energy to participate in the Asian theater at all. Without great benefits, I will never take the initiative to take this job. This should have been planned by the Americans and carried out by the British.

Even if they have the mentality of using the Anti-Japanese Union as one of the bargaining chips in the negotiations with Chongqing, they will not risk offending the Soviets and come out in this matter. It's just that Yang Zhen didn't understand that the Americans didn't know what kind of mentality they had this time, so they actually let the British come forward to be the contact in the middle.

At the same time, Yang Zhen also felt the unusual taste in the current attitude of the Soviets. Compared with the Soviets, who were only tough, after returning to Harbin after the battle, they became arrogant. I'm afraid I'm also forcing myself to come forward and negotiate with them in person.