Regarding Yang Zhen's words, Li Yanping nodded deeply and said: "You can rest assured on this point. I know the priorities of the matter. We will first solve the gasoline and technical support personnel that we most urgently need at the moment. As for the following matters, You can give the Soviets some credit, Lao Yang, you are right, we cannot always put ourselves in a subordinate position."
"If we only wanted something from them before, then now they have needs from us. Since it is exchange, even if absolute equality cannot be achieved, relative equality is still necessary. Once we indulge them too much, That is a crime against ourselves, and being cowardly must not become our style and habit."
"I'll go back and continue talking to them. Anyway, we have to get this batch of military raw materials, cotton and gasoline back. The weather in northern Manchuria is about to get colder now. If the problem of winter clothing is not solved, it will delay the big event. , plus the time it takes to make hundreds of thousands of cotton-padded clothes, we don’t have much time left to negotiate.”
"As for what Lao Guo said about exchanging some supplies with the Soviets for German prisoners of war, I don't think it's necessary. Even though the Soviet-German war has only been going on for a few months, the human losses after several major failures are quite huge. The Soviet army is in urgent need of a large number of new soldiers."
"Now the Soviet Union has asked us to assist them in mobilizing more than 100,000 young and middle-aged Belarusians who are suitable for military service in Harbin and the entire North Manchuria base area to return to the country to join the war. The Soviets even set the upper age limit to three Ten years old."
"The Soviets asked us to mobilize as much as possible, and even asked us to help them force those Belarusians to return to the country. Can we take advantage of this opportunity and exchange them one-for-one? Compared to the German prisoners of war, the Soviets are probably more eager to have these Belarusians return to the country. , to make up for the huge losses in soldiers.”
"Although these White Russians in Harbin have always been firmly opposed to the Soviets, they are still compatriots to the Soviets after all, and they are still a resource that can be used. In fact, to put it bluntly, they can serve as cannon fodder. Although the total number of people is different from the domestic There are fewer in any administrative region, but for the Soviets who have suffered too much losses at the moment, no matter how small a fly is, it is still a piece of meat."
"We conducted an investigation through the Political Department of the Military Region and found that the Belarusians who currently remain in China mainly live in Northern Manchuria, except for Shanghai. Harbin, Jiamusi, and Qiqihar are currently the largest residential areas of Belarus in the country. Although September 1 After the Eighth Incident, some Belarusians went to Shanghai and abroad, but the number of Belarusians living in Harbin is still quite large, and the total number is still nearly 100,000."
"If you select people from the White Russians living in Harbin who are 18 to 30 years old and can serve in the military, there will be about 16,000 people. Although the number is not large, according to the Soviet army's establishment, they can also form an entire army. With the number of Belarusian troops in Qiqihar, Jiamusi and other areas of northern Manchuria, the number of people suitable for military service is about 25,000 to 30,000."
"Of course, if the Soviets don't care about age or being too old, it is estimated that it will not be too difficult to piece together two more divisions on the original basis. The Soviets asked us to assist them this time and force Belarus to return to the country to participate in the war. The main reason is The reason is of course that the loss of soldiers in the early stage was too large, and the replacement soldiers have reached the point where they are hungry and have no choice but to eat."
"However, I asked the Military Region Intelligence Department to conduct an investigation on the numbers provided by the Soviets, and found that not all of them were White Russians, but also included Jews in Harbin and Jiamusi, as well as several thousand Poles, Czechs, and people who were not recognized as already Some so-called stateless persons such as the three Baltic countries that were annexed to the Soviet Union."
“These people came to the Northeast with the Tsarist Russian army to make a living and work in the Northeast when Harbin opened as a port. Of course, more of them were those who fled to China after the October Revolution in the Soviet Union, former Tsarist Russian nobles and troops, and of course the Nine Before the Incident, businessmen from other countries came to Northeast China to do business."
"Poland, Western Ukraine and Western Belarus, as well as the three Baltic countries have been integrated into the Soviet Union, so the Soviets believe that all Poles and people from the three Baltic countries are part of the Soviet Union. The scope of their Belarus is very broad, not just Refers specifically to the Soviets currently in Harbin."
"Instead, all Eastern European residents in Harbin and the base area, as well as so-called stateless residents, are included. As for the authentic Belarusians in Harbin, one-third of them have received Soviet passports. However, these people have received Soviet passports. It was just an expedient measure and not recognition of the Soviet Union. Although the Soviet Union worked repeatedly, most people still refused to return to the Soviet Union."
"But I think this is only one of the main reasons why the Soviets are eager to mobilize these Belarusians to return home. As for the other reason, I am afraid that these Belarusians staying in Northern Manchuria bordering the Far East of the Soviet Union have always been an unstable factor for the Soviets. .”
“These White Russians frequently attacked the borders of the Soviet Far East during the Beiyang government period. During the Japanese and puppet period, they even acted as thugs for the Japanese and puppet troops, specializing in espionage activities against the Soviet Union, or posing as Soviet troops to trigger friction between Japan and the Soviet Union. Taking Chestnuts from the Kwantung Arms."
"At present, although North Manchuria is now in our hands, and these White Russians are also in our hands, we basically no longer harass them like they did during the Japanese and puppet times, but for them, the hidden dangers are not completely eliminated. Removing and keeping these people by your side is still a destabilizing factor."
"So we cannot rule out the idea that the Soviets will take advantage of this so-called national disaster in Russia to organize these Belarusians back into the country and organize them into troops and send them to the front lines to defeat them all in order to avoid future troubles forever. And in this regard, the Soviets are absolutely able to It’s done, and it will be done very thoroughly.”
"When these White Russians return home, they will directly put on military uniforms and divide them into various units to participate in the war. As long as they are not allowed to form a group and according to the Soviet army's strict control of the troops, even if a few of these White Russians surrender to the enemy, most of them will not be able to defeat them. If there is any disturbance, the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs may even directly execute the so-called unstable elements among them as soon as these people return home."
"Actually, this time I came to the Twin Cities, in addition to the previous things, there is another thing I want to discuss with you two. No matter what the fate of these Belarusians returning to China, I think we still accept the conditions of the Soviets. The reason There are many, but there are two main reasons.”
"First, these Belarusians, who are extremely hostile to the Soviet Union, believe that we were supported by the Soviets under the propaganda of the Japanese puppets. Since our army entered some big cities such as Jiamusi and Harbin, their attitude towards our army has been extremely unfriendly. They are even extremely hostile, not only secretly inciting the Chinese people to boycott our army, but also repeatedly provoking troubles."
"And in the minds of many people, because we share the same beliefs as the Soviet Union, their hatred of the Soviet Union has been transferred to us. A considerable number of these Belarusians have always refused to accept the RMB and refused to use it in the Belarusian schools established
It was left under our control, and some people even secretly encouraged merchants to go on strike and refuse to accept RMB as a trading currency."
"Secondly, there are many spies trained during the Japanese and Puppet era in these White Russians. There is evidence that there are hundreds of people who have been in Dalian and Xinjing and have been specially trained by the Kwantung Army intelligence department, and there are also people who were trained by the Kwantung Army intelligence department.
The White Russian armed forces in the Puppet Manchukuo Railway Guards captured by the army are a destabilizing factor."
"This month alone, our army cracked two Japanese and puppet radio stations in the Belarusian settlement of Harbin, and seized many firearms and ammunition, mainly pistols, as well as a batch of prohibited materials. In the process of suppressing bandits before, our army also
Bandits led or organized by Belarus were found.
"The most important thing is that while we uncovered the Japanese spy network hidden in Belarus, we discovered that the backgrounds of many people in Belarus are not that simple. Although we did not continue to dig deeper due to environmental restrictions, many Belarusians have obvious backgrounds.
There are also shadows of the Soviet KGB and GRU, which is also a very negative factor for our internal security."
"It is inappropriate to keep these Belarusians in Harbin, Jiamusi, and Qiqihar, which are our core areas. It is also a very unstable factor for us. No matter what the purpose of the Soviet Union's proposal this time
, but I think taking this opportunity to return these Belarusian batches to the Soviet Union is a more beneficial method for our army."
Having said this, Li Yanping sighed slightly and said: "Although we also know what kind of fate these Belarusians will face when they go back, there are too many hidden dangers in leaving them behind, and it is also a considerable factor of instability for us.
.”
"If these people can honestly stay in the Northeast, I don't want to, let alone make this determination. After all, people's hearts are full of flesh. I know what kind of treatment they will receive when they go back, but I still force them to go back to die.
We still know a little about what happened to the Belarusian people who returned to China a few years ago. Those who returned to China after listening to the Soviet Union were basically eliminated."
"At the same time, many people in Belarus have intermarried with Chinese, and it is also very common for Russian women to marry Chinese. Forcibly sending them back will be somewhat detrimental to the people's hearts, and the impact on us is not very good. But now from the overall situation
, and considering the trouble these White Russians have brought us, it would be better to send them all back home."
"But maybe things are not as bad as we thought. After all, the current Soviet Union is very different from the situation a few years ago. Now the Soviet Union has lost a large area of land and people to the Germans, and is in urgent need of manpower replenishment. I think if they return to the country
To be honest, there may not be any bad treatment."
Regarding the suggestion made by Li Yanping, Yang Zhen did not answer immediately, but pondered for a while. To be honest, although Yang Zhen's impression of this group of White Russians could not be said to be bad, it could not be said to be good, although it was not as good as that of Japan.
People, but not much better.
However, using the Belarusian talents living in Harbin and major cities in northern Manchuria to cultivate a group of foreign language, financial and other specialized talents for itself is a plan that the Northeast Bureau formulated under Yang Zhen's previous request and has already begun to implement it.
After Yang Zhen proposed the establishment of a junior college specifically to train foreign language talents, the Northeast Bureau, which currently feels the urgent need for foreign language talents, acted quickly. However, after careful study and considering the current urgent need for foreign language talents in the base area, this school was not included.
And to the new Northeastern University to be established.
Instead, the new Harbin Foreign Languages College was established based on the school building and some teachers of a Russian railway school in Harbin. In order to establish this foreign language school, the Northeast Bureau even used two national high schools and a normal high school in Harbin during the Puppet Manchukuo period.
All the thousands of Chinese students in the school no longer participate in the college entrance examination organized in the base area, but are all allocated to this school as a whole. This book was first published on 17K Novel Network, so you can read the original content first!