Chapter 115: Chauwen of the Great Power

Zeng Yiyang originally thought it was a domestic problem, and the contradictions in the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party became increasingly acute, which led to his transfer from the frontline.

But after only more than an hour from the train, Zeng Yiyang felt his mind buzzing.

The Japanese army unscrupulously contacted Shengshicai, who was entrenched in Mongolia. After comparing the situation in the Far East, Shengshicai's position was somewhat shaken. In the comparison of the strength of the Soviet and Japanese in the Far East, Japan had a clear advantage.

Shengshicai, who had joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, suddenly changed his mind and talked about nationalism. Within a certain range, he began to exclude Soviet military agents and began to isolate many Soviet officers in his army. The situation in Mongolia is developing in the direction Japan hopes.

Now the Soviet Union became anxious. The Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a note to the Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union, Shigemitsu, and the two sides began to argue fiercely on the Mongolian issue.

As early as the Beiyang period, Outer Mongolia was mentally prepared to return to the territory of the Republic of China.

However, Duan Qirui's government used military means to cause resistance from the princes and nobles of Outer Mongolia to the Beiyang government. Although Duan Qirui achieved great military success and once recovered Outer Mongolia, more than a year later, the princes and nobles of Outer Mongolia united and overthrew the rule of Beiyang.

At this time, Outer Mongolia needed a strong ally to resist the army that might have sent from the government.

The Soviet Union took the opportunity to intervene in Outer Mongolia affairs.

By the 1930s, the establishment of the foreign countries had been recognized by the Soviet Union. Moreover, the military and political aspects of Outer Mongolia were controlled by the Soviet Union. Although it was a magnificent, it had actually become a province controlled by the Soviet Union in the Far East.

In Outer Mongolia, the Soviet Union had two cavalry divisions and one infantry army's troops, which were under the command of the Far Eastern Front.

The emergence of Shengshicai brought Chinese to the Soviet Union's sight, or Stalin's sight.

Unfortunately, Sheng Shicai met Commander Ga, and Ning Ma was driven away by the Red Army from Ningxia, and the Ma family in Qinghai also lost its foundation due to the entry of Xue Yue's corps. Therefore, Gan Ma and the three families formed a whole, attacked the ***, and met Sheng Shicai.

Although the prosperous times had a large number of heavy weapons supported by the Soviet Union, they were repeatedly defeated against the thousands of Commander Shangga, not to mention the intervention of the 100,000 Ma family cavalry.

After losing the ***, Sheng Shicai was unwilling to fail like this, and the Soviet Union really needed a spokesperson in the Far East. Sheng Shicai was arranged by the Soviet Union to Outer Mongolia. With a large amount of military aid from the Soviet Union, Sheng Shicai gradually recovered his strength.

The troops quickly developed to three divisions, with nearly 30,000 troops.

The Soviet Union's concern about the inseparable connection between Outer Mongolia and Inner Mongolia has increased its suspicion of Shengshicai. If the Soviet Union did not take action, Shengshicai would not dare to waste time with the Soviet Union, and at most it would give some convenience to the Kwantung Army. However, the Kwantung Army was forced to force, and most of the Japanese army occupied half of China, and the Kwantung Army's 500,000 army was really scared Shengshicai.

Sheng Shicai's compromise didn't matter, and it had a drastic impact on the Soviet Union's layout in the Far East.

Moreover, the Soviet Union has learned that Japan and Germany have had close contacts and have signed agreements for relevant strategic alliances.

Stalin's military talent was far less sensitive to politics. However, the Soviet Union and Germany were in the political honeymoon period. The stability of the Soviet Union and Germany was to influence whether the Soviet Union could be outside the war, but Japan was different.

Stalin stubbornly believed that China could not resist Japan's full-scale attack. He even repeatedly emphasized in his telegram to Major General Cui Kov, the head of the Soviet military delegation who helped China, that equipment sold to the Republic of China government should be given at the most critical moment.

In this way, the national strength of the Republic of China can be drained to the limit, thereby consuming more Japanese strength.

Stalin's approach was correct for the Soviet Union. But for neighboring countries, the harm of the Soviet Union was actually almost the same as that of Japan.

Entering the 20th century, the Soviet Union not only successfully split Outer Mongolia from China. Since the early 1930s, the Soviet Union began to seize the ***.

Even if China and Japan fought hard, the Soviet Union, as one of the strategic partners, not only did all the aid be paid in gold, but also wanted to seize the other party's land and resources. Such greedy partners are terrifying than the most vicious beasts.

But when the Soviet Union was at a diplomatic disadvantage, they asked their allies to do this and that.

In this case, Stalin asked the Communist International to send an army to the outside of the pass and the northeast, and the general who led the troops was directly named by Stalin, Zeng Yiyang, who was in the unusually beautiful north China.

However, the Chairman analyzed the situation outside the pass and secretly scolded Stalin for being shameless, and delayed the time for sending troops to play outside on the grounds that the combat troops were not trained.

While Outer Mongolia was gradually being attracted by Japan, the Soviet Union panicked. According to Stalin's wishes, the Soviet government immediately found the Republic of China government and demanded a larger-scale counterattack against Japan in the North China War Zone.

It also used the Soviet heavy artillery, which was not easy to use in China, as bait.

Chiang Kai-shek made a full gesture, not talking about fighting, nor saying that he would not fight. It was just one word, procrastination. If you want to see the Soviet-Japan War, there were undoubtedly two people in China, one was Chiang Kai-shek and the other was Zeng Yiyang.

The relationship between the Soviet Union and Japan is unbreakable, and Chiang Kai-shek can curse himself, but Zeng Yiyang can only stay aside and complains about the fact that Japan is too unconfident. What are you afraid of? At worst, you can fight with the Soviet Union.

Time gradually entered July 1938. The Soviet Union launched a small-scale war on the puppet Manchukuo border under Japan's control without warning.

A squad of the Soviet army launched a raid on the Kwantung Army border defense forces with less force.

In the early stage, he successfully occupied a small hill outside Aihui City, which immediately annoyed the Japanese.

The Sino-Japanese War has gradually entered a deadlock after the Battle of Xuzhou.

The real strategic stalemate has not yet arrived, but the Japanese army's lack of military strength in China has begun to emerge.

So much so that during the Battle of Xuzhou, it was discovered that the two fronts were not enough to defeat the Zhongzhang team. This made the top Japanese army begin to examine how many troops were needed to make China surrender.

As early as March, the Japanese base camp passed a mobilization of 10 new divisions in China. In time, Japan was the sixth largest industrial country in the world at that time. It was impossible to form an army of 300,000 in a short period of time after conscription of one million troops across the country.

Even the army's expenses are relatively lower than those of the Air Force and the Navy.

But this has also put Japan to its limit.

The Soviet military temptation suddenly alerted the top Japanese leaders. Behind them, there was a beast that was no different from them, peering behind them.

The Soviet Union sold arms to China, especially a large number of Soviet fighter jets appeared on the Chinese battlefield, and even the pilots were Soviet pilots, which had already aroused the evil fire of the Japanese military, and the Kwantung Army and the Soviet Far Eastern Front were always in hostile situations.

In the past, both sides used tacit means such as agents to fight the enemy within the scope of restraint.

But Zhang Gufeng, who was sending troops to the Tumenjiang River, suddenly stabbed the tense nerves of the Kwantung Army.

Whether to declare war or bow your head, the Kwantung Army was very afraid.

In particular, the negotiating Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shigemitsu Shigemitsu's disregard in Moscow, made the Japanese military feel disdainful. But this was not enough to make the Kanto Army determined to launch a medium-sized battle against the Soviet Union.

The key is that the Soviet Union mobilized two armies from the First Caucasus Army and deployed them in Outer Mongolia, which made the Kwantung Army extremely nervous.

This is the last straw that will break through the last little patience of the Japanese senior leaders. The Japanese Army Minister issued two orders to the Governor of Korea, ordering him to ban the Japanese army in North Korea to ban the border. As long as the Soviet army does not cross the border, he will let his subordinates restrain themselves and not take the initiative to attack.

But on the other hand, the 19th Division and the 104th Division began to mobilize and supplemented the two second-rate divisions with weapons such as field artillery gangs and anti-aircraft artillery brigades. It is obvious that these two troops were temporarily expanded to deal with the Soviet Union's provocative behavior.

The total force used by both sides was less than 1,000. As early as early July, three Japanese soldiers disguised themselves as Korean peasants and teased the patience of the Soviet border guards near Zhanggufeng. Soon, these three were discovered by the Soviet army and sent 10 people to destroy one of the three, and the rest were beaten away.

This historical event proves that the Japanese who steals landmines have historical materials to check, and the Japanese are just fine.

Logically speaking, this matter should be over. But for some reason, the 10 Soviet border guards stationed troops in two areas without defense and set up defenses in the Zhanggufeng area, which had been advertised as the puppet Manchukuo, which made the Kwantung Army unable to face.

The commander of the Japanese army of North Korea, Lieutenant General Takataro Nakamura, ordered the commander of the 19th Division stationed in Ronan to prepare for the dispatch of troops. A attacking force consisting of four infantry squadrons, two mountain artillery brigades and one field heavy artillery brigade, with a total force of 3,000 people, quickly repelled a platoon position of the Soviet army, and the scale of the battle between the two sides became larger and larger.

By August, both sides dispatched air forces and ground forces.

Just as the Kwantung Army was preparing to increase its troops, the Soviets suddenly accepted peace talks from other provinces in Japan. Soon, the two sides agreed to withdraw troops in the Zhanggufeng area. They used this area as a military no-man's area to exchange prisoners. It seemed like an unexpected move without fighting or knowing each other, but in fact, the Soviet army did it on purpose.

The most important thing is that many senior Soviet officials still could not stand Stalin's great purge within the party and began to flee the Soviet Union.

It is obviously difficult to escape from the Soviet border in Europe, but in the Far East, the Soviet Union's control was relatively weak. With the tens of thousands of kilometers of border lines, it is impossible to set up checkpoints everywhere to block the escaped personnel, and became the best choice for senior Soviet officers to escape Stalin's devil.

General Liushkov, the Soviet Minister of Political Security, fled to Northeast China and was protected by the Kwantung Army.

This was a betrayal that Stalin could not tolerate. General Liushkov's status had already been able to contact the most core secrets of the Soviet Union. In addition, General Liushkov served as minister in the Soviet Union's Ministry of Political Security, which was like the central nervous system of the Soviet Union.
Chapter completed!