Chapter 63 Ultimatum
A victory in a battle cannot represent the victory of a battle, and a victory in a battle cannot represent the victory of the entire war. Although Zhujiandenovsky, the half-baked and half-incomplete armored battalion, destroyed and defeated the White Army around Chalizin, in the Battle of Chalizin, the Bolshevik Red Army suffered 30,000 casualties under the command of the guerrilla commander Voroshilov. The Krasnov White Army calculated the bodies and serious injuries and wounded people who remained in Chalizin when they retreated in a panic, and the casualties were less than 10,000.
The ones that can be evacuated are basically minor wounded. According to Zhu Jiande's estimate, the enemy's casualties are up to 15,000 casualties, so from the perspective of casualties, the Red Army was defeated in this battle, and the White Army, which was not injured, is likely to make a comeback.
Zhu Jiande could only talk to Hu Wenyao. In the telegram sent to Moscow from Stalin and the Chalizin Soviet Union and the Chalizin Military Commission, this battle was called a great victory. Under the siege of tens of thousands of White Bandits, the brave and fearless Red Army soldiers finally defeated the White Bandits and won the victory in the Chalizin defense battle.
Then, victory was only on paper, in the telegram, Trosky's confidant, and the Revolutionary Military Commissioner Arikseivanovic Okulov came to Taritzin the day after the war ended. After seeing the bodies of wounded people all over the city and asking about the situation in detail, his report shocked Trosky and Lenin. Soon, Trosky ordered the establishment of the Southern Front Revolutionary Military Commission in the name of the Revolutionary Military Commission, and appointed the old Russian officer Major General Seding as the commander of the front, Voroshilov as the deputy commander, Comrade Steel and Minin as the committee members.
In order to prevent Stalin from interfering in the military in the name of the Charizin Revolutionary Military Commission, the newly established Revolutionary Military Commission on the Southern Front would move to the city of Kozlov, which was equivalent to reclaiming the military power that Stalin had finally seized.
In response, the unwilling comrade Steel accused Trosky of his orders as "unreasonable", and then sent consecutive reports to Comrade Lenin of Moscow, clearly opposing the handing over military command to the hands of bourgeois military experts who often clamored for reactionary slogans such as "Russians will not kill Russians", because this would cause dissonance between the army and the commanders and completely destroy the southern front.' At the same time, he also emphasized: "Our new army is under construction, because the new type of revolutionary commanders grow together with the new type of soldiers."
No matter how you defend, Comrade Stalin could not eliminate the huge price paid by the Red Army in the Battle of Chalizin. Trosky, who defeated the Czech Legion and occupied Kazan, was the most critical savior of the Soviets. Of course, it cannot be said that Comrade Stalin's actions were not important to the revolution. Now, the food sent from Chalizin to the north is saving the Soviets' lives.
So, the old Russian officer appointed by Trosky, Major General Seding, the commander of the Southern Front, was quickly ordered to be arrested by Stalin for "sending an unknown cargo to Kozlov on his own". When cleaning the entire North Caucasus Command, Stalin detained all the old Russian officers on an old barge on the Volga River, and then sank the barge one day. Only Commander Snesarev was rescued by Trosky in advance. Now seeing Stalin wanting to use the same trick again, Trosky immediately issued a stronger protest to Moscow, and the conflict between the two suddenly reached a heightened intensity.
Hu Wenyao did not fully know the battle between the top leaders of New Russia. Only Voroshinov, who was big-mouthed, would involuntarily curse the bourgeois military experts and their master Trosky, who had just joined the party yesterday. Although it was unclear, it might be that Trosky was the general backstage of the old Tsarist Russian experts, while Comrade Stalin opposed the general backstage of these old Russian bourgeois military experts. In September, Trosky announced that he would implement the red terror and passed the Bolshevik Central Committee. After Trosky began to kill people every day because his friend Uritsky was killed.
The superior gave Hu Wenyao a task that he could support Stalin as much as possible, and did not intend to intervene in the power struggle within Russia. In the past twenty days, all the weapons he had promised had been transported. But strangely, Stalin did not ask him for military supplies again, but just asked him to transport the food as soon as possible. One day in the October lunar month of the Russian calendar, the long-lost comrade Steel called him again, and this time he was invited to lunch.
"Comrade Zhang San, if nothing unexpected happens, I will go back to Moscow the day after tomorrow." Comrade Stalin, who took off his pipe after dinner, said. He liked some real things, and Zhang San provided him with many real things, so he liked this Chinese more and more.
"Ah." Hu Wenyao was shocked and immediately knew that Comrade Stalin had been defeated in the power struggle against Chalijin.
Comrade Stalin was not surprised by Hu Wenyao. After all, according to the logic of the other party supporting him, this failure would definitely disappoint the other party, but he didn't want to say anything, but wanted to hear what the other party said.
Hu Wenyao was shocked and immediately realized that he had lost his composure. He immediately smiled and said, "This is actually not the key to the problem. After nearly a month of contact, I feel more and more that the Prime Minister's decision was extremely correct."
"Is that?" Although Stalin heard what he wanted to hear, he frowned, "You and Your Excellency the Prime Minister must be clear. That is, Joseph Visarionovic Stalin will always be loyal to the Soviet Union and will always be faithful to Mac**. Under no circumstances will I be ruthless to anyone, including my relatives and former friends. Stalin will always be Stalin!"
"Of course! Comrade Stalin, I fully agree with this point. This is also what the Prime Minister of Our country repeatedly emphasized in the telegram." Hu Wenyao felt that Comrade Stalin was a little angry, no, he should be a little complaining. "It is precisely because of his steel will and a belief that absolutely cannot be desecrated that you can lead the Soviet to become stronger. This is what Your Prime Minister of Our country wants to see most, because only the growth of Soviet Russia is in line with our interests, and ** and colonial countries are the objects of the bourgeoisie to be eliminated and enslaved. In other words, if Soviet Russia collapses, imperialism will be hostile to our country the next day.
Unfortunately, this is just the idea of His Excellency the Prime Minister of my country. Other leaders of our country do not fully agree with this. Some people even advocate the elimination of Soviet Russia with the bourgeoisie. This is another reason why some things I do now need to be extremely hidden. Public opinion and the public do not agree that it is appropriate to assist Soviet Russia. I always feel that some people can never break out of the idea of imprisoning themselves. They always think that everything should be beautiful..."
"This is the bourgeois phobia!" Comrade Steel was a little satisfied with Hu Wenyao's answer, not as he kept telling himself to be careful of the cunning and temptation of the other party as before. He gave a very accurate definition of the people described by Hu Wenyao. "An old society should be completely changed into a new society as soon as possible, and only one way to save one. Implement the bloody and prenatal revolutionary terror! Only in this way can the poison of the old society be eradicated and people can be quickly transformed from raw materials in the capitalist era to new people."
Comrade Stalin was not speaking fast and said kindly, but Hu Wenyao only felt a layer of blood spreading between him and Stalin. He didn't think what Stalin said was wrong. But his slightly fragile nerves could not accept this immediately.
Comrade Stalin, who had a very pleasant lunch, did not notice Hu Wenyao's discomfort. He continued: "I think your Prime Minister will fully agree with this. Because the international situation allows, your revolution can clear the scum of the old society step by step and turn the old society into a new society step by step. Also, because the international situation allows, your revolution can find help from the United States after the success of the revolution and obtain huge benefits from the European war. This is what we all envy, and it is also the reason why your revolution has few killings.
But the Russian Revolution is different. The Bolsheviks were surrounded by enemies at home and abroad as soon as they were born. If they wanted to survive, they had to carry out revolutionary terror. This would not only eliminate the enemy, but also make internal unity: let everyone in the party know that there is no way out, and they will either be completely victorious or completely destroyed in the future."
The steel comrade who was about to return to Moscow couldn't help but say these words in a boring manner, but after a while he realized that something was wrong, he immediately stopped this meaningless feeling. He added to the pipe and added to the cigarette. He continued: "Comrade Zhang San, I have a few requests to ask you for help."
"Please say, as long as I can do it." Hu Wenyao knew Comrade Stalin's style and would never ask you for dinner if you have nothing to do.
"Although Your Excellency the Prime Minister has provided 10 million pute food, it is far from enough. I hope that starting this winter, your country can provide another 100 million pute food to give Hu Wenyao a surprised expression. Stalin stressed, "This is not entirely aid. We will pay gold, platinum, jewelry and other valuables."
Ten million puddles are 160,000 tons, and 100 million puddles are 1.6 million tons, which means that 10,000 tons of grain must be transported from the country every day. Because domestic grain production increases every year, for China, which now produces 150 million tons of grain annually, it is definitely not a problem to provide 1.6 million tons of grain, but transportation and confidentiality are definitely a problem. Thinking of this, Hu Wenyao couldn't help but shake his head and said, "The amount of grain is too large. my country's Western Regions Railway has not been fully completed. Even if it is completed, it is difficult to transport so much grain with a single railroad. The 500,000 tons of grain that supports Persia and this batch of grain combined with this batch of grain is more than two million tons of transportation. Such a large amount of grain transportation is a problem. Confidentiality is also a problem."
"How much food can your country deliver at most?" Stalin also knew that the other party could not provide this amount, especially because the two sides were still in hostility. "As far as I know, your country's Western Regions Railway is a heavy-gauge railway, which can transport more than 1,000 tons per train, rather than hundreds of tons of ordinary trains. Ten trains are shipped every day, which means more than 10,000 tons."
Hu Wenyao did not expect Stalin to know the current situation of the Western Regions Railway. He smiled and said, "Ten thousand tons a day, it will take more than 200 days to transport these grains. Even if Persian food does not take the railway and sea route, it will take more than 160 days to transport these grains, which does not include the transportation volume occupied by other materials. Therefore, my country is building the Western Regions Railway, but it will take several years to complete the double-track. With the current situation, it is the limit to aid another 10 million Putty grains. If there are more, the matter will definitely not be hidden."
"Ten million pute food is definitely not enough." Stalin shook his head and looked serious, but he did not say the reason.
Hu Wenyao can guess the reason when he looks. The Brest Contract requires Russia to provide billions of marks of goods, most of which are food, because the whole of Europe is short of food. Although Germany won this year, it is very likely that the war will not be able to continue. That is to say, if Russia does not deliver food according to the treaty, Germany will attack Russia again. The flu, which is staggeringly killed and injured by the Allied coalition forces, is raging in Western Europe. They have no way to stop it, and there is no need to stop Germany's attack on Russia. That is to say, starting today's winter, the whole world will encircle Bolshevik Russia.
"If you don't consider confidentiality, how much food can your country transport?" Stalin also understood that Russia would face a comprehensive dilemma if it could not deliver food. His meaning was actually to say how much food can China transport when the two countries sign a contract to recognize the border.
"If you transport grain at all costs, considering that cotton planting has been reduced in Central Asia since last year, it will probably be transported out... about 200 million puds." Hu Wenyao heard the sound and immediately gave a data. "However, except for the Volga River, the railway in Orenburg needs to be reopened, otherwise so many materials will not be able to be transported."
The Central Asia Railway passed through Orenburg, and the city was in the hands of the Fuxing Army. They fought against the Red Army dozens of kilometers outside the suburbs. At the beginning of the year, there were some battles, but the Red Army, which was not predominant, immediately stopped the attack. After all, compared with the White Army who wanted to subvert the Soviets, the Chinese without greater ambitions could be temporarily placed.
Comrade Stalin was not happy to hear the name Orenburg, because it should belong to the Soviets. He endured the discomfort and asked again: "What about the weapons? How many weapons may your country provide?"
"It can fully satisfy your country's efforts to quell civil strife and resist the interference of various countries in the military." Hu Wenyao said solemnly.
"Will this bring diplomatic pressure to your country?" Stalin smiled rarely.
"As long as the Orenburg railway can be opened and container transportation is used, countries may not be able to discover what we are transporting. However, there is no airtight wall in the world. If it is discovered, our government will withstand the pressure and complete the promised things." Hu Wenyao said. He understood that this time Stalin saw him for the Sino-Russian peace talks. The things he asked about now may be discussed at the meeting of the Executive Committee of the All-Russia Central Committee in four or five days.
"Can it really be done?" Stalin wanted to confirm again, staring at Hu Wenyao without hesitation.
"Aid materials can be fully achieved, but we must recognize Soviet Russia with great fanfare. We can only sign a secret agreement first, and then publicly recognize our expeditionary forces after the European war is over. Before that, our country will not publicly recognize the Soviet Union, everything else is no different from recognition." Hu Wenyao said. "What we are most worried about is that if imperialism uses force against our country for this, the expeditionary forces will not be surrounded and annihilated by them."
"I understand!" Stalin nodded, from China's perspective, it was appropriate to first recognize the Soviets in a secret agreement, although he was not satisfied with this. "What is your country's requirement? The Russian Far East? Central Asia and the entire grassland governor's area?"
"The Russian Far East is just a lost land in our country. In addition, all Russian immigrants have left, and our immigrants have already cultivated locally, so there is really nothing to talk about in this place." Hu Wenyao said. "But the Siberian Railway was built by your country and there is also the Vladivostok port, so these can be returned to your country by renting..."
"Since you admit that railways and harbors belong to our country, it should not be rented, but returned," said Stalin.
"But the problem is that the land belongs to our country, and the buildings above belong to your country. We rented the land occupied by the railway and Vladivostok port. This makes completely legal sense, so we can only rent it and renew the contract continuously." Hu Wenyao said.
"If it is a loan, then Vladivostok will always be just a commercial port, and the Pacific Fleet will no longer exist." Stalin said.
"It's true." This time Hu Wenyao did not argue that eliminating the Russian Pacific Fleet was the unanimous wish of China and Japan. For this reason, both sides did not hesitate to fight to the end in Central Asia and Russia.
"Without a fleet, there is no way to protect our interests in the ocean." Stalin further said. "If your country regrets that day and does not admit to the lease, then..."
"The lease right of the Siberian Railway and Vladivostok port will be guaranteed by the Grassland Governor's District." Hu Wenyao immediately remembered a passage in the secret file and said. "The contract can state that if our country cancels the lease right of the Siberian Railway and the Port, your country has the right to request our country to return the Grassland Governor's District. This is actually similar to a territorial exchange, using the Grassland Governor's District to exchange the Pacific Ocean's exit."
"How do you explain Turkestan and the Outer Caspian State?" Stalin asked again.
"This is just national independence. Comrade Ulyanov of your country has called on and allowed the independence of all ethnic groups." Hu Wenyao said. "Although we all know that this is a stopgap solution, the fact is that Shiva and Bukharin have become independent. They and Persia have signed treaties with our country, and their territory has been recognized. From a legal perspective..."
"Shit and law!" Stalin's fist suddenly hit the table, and the knife, fork, plate, and wine glass suddenly jumped up. "You are nothing more than Germany, just like Germany, forcing some nations to be independent while the Soviets were at its weakest. Laws are only within the range of the cannon."
"I agree completely." Hu Wenyao was shocked, but said, "But now the Soviet Union is in danger, and our original intention is to hope that the Soviet Union will be strong. Although there are territorial contradictions, China and Russia are just a pair of friends with conflicts, which is essentially different from other imperialist countries."
"Speak on. What else do you want?" After getting angry, Stalin restrained his anger, hugged his hands and smoked his pipe.
"We only have these things," Hu Wenyao said. "East from the Southern Ural River and one hundred kilometers south of the Siberian Railway, this was originally the boundary of the Yuzi region in history..."
"Let the cannons decide the boundary between the two sides!" Comrade Iron seemed to be unable to help but get angry again, but this time he did not smash the table. "I will pass on all that you said today to Comrade Ulyanov, as well as the members of the Central Executive Committee and the Revolutionary Military Commission. They will discuss these contents carefully. For me personally, it is most appropriate to decide the boundary between the two countries by cannons."
"I agree." Hu Wenyao glanced at Stalin, not surprised by his words. He turned to laugh, "If the Soviets consumed their limited power in Yuz and Mongolia, then our Prime Minister would be very regretful, and imperialism would benefit from it. He believed that the war between us would be another European war, which would last for several years until one of them fell."
After Hu Wenyao said the last sentence, he stood up and said goodbye. The next afternoon, after asking for Stalin to be unsuccessful, he asked Voroshinov to pass on a letter to say goodbye, and then took a plane to leave Chalijin and head for the Fuxing Army controlled area east of the Ural River. Before he left, Zhu Jiande and others had evacuated. It was exactly one month from his arrival in Chalijin to leaving Chalijin, which means that Chalijin had gained nothing except for piles of weapons and tens of millions of food.
Hu Wenyao thought that this was nothing, but Yang Rui, who received his detailed report, did not think so. If the polar bear is so easy to deal with, it would not be a polar bear. It would be a big part of the place and there would be no result if it did not fight. With the character of the Mao Bear and Comrade Stalin, in their opinion, the weak people have no right to survive, and the weak country is even less worthy of respect.
"How many days will the grain be transported?" Yang Rui asked Zhang Shi while drinking tea in Yin'an Palace.
"Probably..." Zhang Shi didn't expect Yang Rui to ask this. He thought for a while before saying, "It should be fourteen or five days left. We are mainly responsible for transporting the food to Chalijin, and the Russians are responsible for unloading the ship."
"Do you think it's necessary to defeat Chalizin?" Yang Rui asked another question that Zhang Shi didn't expect. "From the previous war, Chalizin's location is very important. Now the entire Russian food is counting on the North Caucasus south of Chalizin and the Don River area west of Chalizin. It can be said that this is the lifeblood of the Russians. We have fully expressed our kindness. If the Russians don't appreciate it, they have to take action first. Central Asia can't wait for them to take action passively, right?"
What Yang Rui said seemed to make sense, and Zhang Shi was a little confused: "But Mr. Don't say that he should minimize the conflict between China and Russia, and Stalin, he doesn't say that he wants to win his friendship..."
Chapter completed!