Chapter 194 The Unwilling Soviets
While the ambassadors of the United States, Britain and France were discussing, intense discussions were also taking place in the Soviet embassy, which was diametrically opposed to their ideas and ideologies.
Unlike the first three countries who only took a bystander attitude towards the Sino-Japanese war, the Soviet Union not only sent military advisers but also excellent air force pilots to participate in the war.
During the half-year-long Battle of Wuhan, fighter jets flown by Soviet pilots cruised over various battlefields and shot down hundreds of incoming Japanese aircraft.
At the same time, a large number of outstanding Soviet pilots died in the skies of foreign countries.
Of course, the Soviet Union did not do this out of friendship, but out of considerations of its national interests.
"It's hard to imagine that such a poor and backward country could withstand Japanese aggression."
Olesky, the Soviet ambassador to China, looked out the window at the people marching and said emotionally:
"The Japanese conspiracy cannot succeed, and China will never surrender!"
Major General Khachanov, the Soviet attaché to China and general military adviser, was also standing by the window. After listening to Ambassador Olesky's words, he nodded in agreement.
"Chinese soldiers are as brave as the Soviet Red Army and are not afraid of sacrifice. When I was on the front line, I saw many scenes of dying together with the Japanese."
Khachanov assisted the Nationalist Government's Military Commission in formulating some battle plans for the Wuhan Battle, so he was familiar with the army's officers and soldiers.
After reading for a while, he turned around and sat down on the sofa, holding the Central Daily News on the table and flipping through it.
Ambassador Olesky also sat back on the sofa with a heavy face. "What do you think of the general advertised in the newspaper?" he asked Major General Khachanov.
Khachanov waved the newspaper casually,
"After getting along with each other for this period of time, I found that Chinese military officers generally lack military command skills and military professionalism, even their top leaders are like this."
"Many outstanding soldiers lost their lives in vain because of improper command or because officers fled first. I have seen many such cases."
Oleski nodded and then shook his head.
"This Jiangdong is different from other officers in China. I specially sent people to check it. Ninety percent of what was reported in the newspaper is true. This man often defeats more with less, and makes the Japanese very embarrassed."
"Oh." Khachanov became interested. He had previously only focused on the situation on the Wuhan battlefield.
"Why haven't I heard of such a person in the Chinese military headquarters?"
"I don't know about that. Maybe it's because of jealousy. I heard that this general is very young, less than 30 years old."
Oleski said with some envy,
"The main reason I came to you today is to talk about this person."
"Why, even though he is young and talented, he cannot change the current situation on the battlefield in China."
Olesky nodded solemnly and told Major General Khachanov with his eyes that he was not joking.
"We have received information that Hitler attaches great importance to this person. Moreover, this Nazi leader has sent people to make two transactions with Jiangdong."
Major General Khachanov's face was full of disbelief, and Olesky continued:
"The Germans traded their arms with this general, but we don't know what this general gave the Germans."
"In short, judging from the current situation, he can not only change the shape of the battlefield in China, but is also likely to affect the future war situation in Europe and our great motherland."
"Comrade Olesky, are you kidding me?" Such an exaggerated statement was simply a fantasy. Major General Khachanov was a battle-hardened soldier and he was very doubtful about it.
"General!" Olesky's tone and eyes were unprecedentedly solemn.
"Military is a continuation of politics. Judging from the intelligence currently available, I am very confident that this person can affect the world war situation. Please believe me, I will not make fun of the safety of our great motherland."
Kachanov's face became serious after hearing this. He stared intently at Jiang Dong's photo in the newspaper, as if he wanted to see through the photo.
It took him two minutes before he spoke,
"Comrade Olesky, what do you want me to do?"
Olesky, the Soviet ambassador to China, looked outside the door vigilantly and made sure that no one could hear them before he said:
"General, you have seen the current situation of the Nationalist Government. If it continues like this, no matter how much materials and Red Army soldiers we invest, it will not change the situation of the war."
"If these two million Japanese are allowed to free up, plus the one million Kwantung Army located in northeastern China, the Far East region of our great motherland will be extremely dangerous."
"Hitler has shown his devil's fangs, and Europe is very close to a war."
"In order to prevent our great motherland from falling into a melee on the east and west fronts and to concentrate our superior forces on dealing with the Nazis, we must make the Japanese army trapped in the Chinese battlefield and unable to escape."
Olesky lowered his voice,
"General, I hope you can secretly go to Shanxi and carefully inspect Jiangdong and his army. If, I mean if..."
"If you find that Jiang Dong can really change the war situation in Japan and the world, then you might as well sign a secret treaty with him."
"The content of the treaty is mainly about military assistance."
"You can refer to what we have signed with the National Government."
"Do you get me?"
Khachanov's eyes were as big as copper bells, and his beard was trembling slightly with shock.
"Are you saying that in the future we will skip the National Government and directly send material and personnel assistance to Shanxi?"
Olesky nodded,
"As long as it is beneficial to our great motherland, the aid given to Shanxi in the future will even exceed that given to the National Government now."
Major General Khachanov clenched his hands into fists and then unclenched them. He repeated this action more than ten times, and finally asked very seriously:
"Comrade Olesky, does Moscow know what you are talking about?"
"General, these are Moscow's instructions!"
Oleski said word for word,
"Part of the information about Jiangdong was obtained by our comrades from high-level German officials. This task assigned to you was directly issued by the General Secretary!"
After hearing this, Khachanov sat up involuntarily. He no longer hesitated and said with firm eyes:
"Comrade Olesky, please tell the General Secretary, Comrade Ji, that I promise to complete the task."
After he finished speaking, he stood up and performed a solemn military salute.
Olesky also stood up, and the two of them held their hands tightly together.
Chapter completed!