The commander in Moscow is an extremely ruthless man. He can clean up the Soviet army with trumped-up charges. How many marshals and generals have made great achievements in war. So if he feels that Yang Zhen is harming the interests of the Soviet Union, he will not do it because of it.
Several marshals and generals under his command decided to let Yang Zhen go.
And whether Yang Zhen was a Soviet general or a Chinese, he didn't care about all that. During the climax of the Soviet Union's suppression of counterrevolutionaries, not many Chinese who stayed in the Soviet Union were killed. Yesterday they dared to detain the commander-in-chief of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
, who killed the anti-alliance cadres, they may not dare to kill Yang Zhen, a guy who might become a stumbling block for them today.
Not to mention that the Central Committee would not agree to let him go, even if it agreed to let him go, he would definitely not go. He did not want to go to the Soviet Union to be a prisoner at this time, or to lose his head inexplicably in the Soviet Union. The revolution was far from successful.
Yang Zhen cherishes his own life very much, not to mention whether the central government will allow him to take risks, Yang Zhen is still confident.
In fact, this time Yang Zhen was really a little too worried. The invitation this time was really from Shaposhnikov, the current Chief of General Staff of the Soviet Army, and he had just been transferred back from the Leningrad front line to take over the Moscow defense line.
Together with General Zhukov, they proposed it to the supreme leader whom Yang Zhen called the old man in Moscow.
As the Chief of General Staff of the Soviet Army, given the current precarious situation on the entire Western Front, I have always been worried about the security of the Far East. Especially some time ago, the Soviet Army suffered too many military losses. Several military districts in the Far East were
As the Chief of General Staff, he had great concerns about whether he could deploy some more troops to the Western Front while there was still a Japanese invasion.
As the Chief of Staff of the Soviet Army, he knew clearly that the Anti-Japanese Alliance had now occupied the border area with the Soviet Union, which temporarily relieved the possible crisis in the Soviet Far East and at least alleviated the possibility of the Japanese army cooperating with the German army to attack the Soviet Union.
sex, but it has not fundamentally alleviated it.
Although the Anti-Japanese Alliance is currently doing well, it is still not enough for the Soviet army. Can they persist until the end of the war with Germany and develop to completely solve the pressure of the Soviet army fighting on both sides? The Soviet General Staff
But right now, I don’t have much confidence.
In the view of the Soviet General Staff, although the threat on land is no longer great, the Japanese navy has always been a considerable threat to the Soviet Far East. The Japanese army with a powerful navy can completely avoid the frontal resistance zone.
, conducting landing operations in the coastal areas of the Soviet Far East.
If the Japanese army insists on cooperating with the German army on the western battlefield, it can also threaten the security of the Soviet Far East through landing warfare and prevent its forces in the Far East from being transferred westward. Moreover, Japan has a powerful navy and can completely guarantee its maritime transportation.
As long as the Japanese Navy operates along the coast of the Far East for just one day, the Soviets will feel a thorn in their backs.
What's more critical is that after the Far East Military Region transferred most of its original troops, the newly formed army of hundreds of thousands is also urgently needed on the Western Front. With threats still existing at sea, these troops can finally be mobilized.
How far you go will also determine whether you can get enough supplementary troops for the Western Front war situation.
Before the next move of the Japanese army is fully understood, the Soviet army cannot let go of its worries. Now it is more needed than ever before. The Anti-Japanese Alliance can contain more Japanese troops in the Far East. They will not let go here. time, make any unfavorable move against Yang Zhen.
The reason why Marshal Shaposhnikov extended the invitation was to meet with Yang Zhen in person to confirm his views on the current Japanese threat to the Soviet Far East, and to discuss with Yang Zhen how to maximize the use of the anti-alliance forces. , to share the pressure on the Soviet Far East.
This proposal was originally proposed to Marshal Shaposhnikov by General Zhukov, who had fought against the Japanese army in Outer Mongolia, when he took over the Moscow theater. The purpose was to integrate the Soviet defenses in the Far East with the anti-alliance companies. In order to reduce the pressure on the coastal areas of the Far East.
From the perspective of the current Army General, who is the only one among the current top brass of the Soviet Army who has directly fought against the Japanese, no matter what the reasons are or what kind of intelligence there is, as long as the Japanese army's goals for the next phase of the war are not truly launched, The threat from the Japanese troops in Korea and Japan to the Far East of the Soviet Union always existed.
The Soviet Union, which is currently at war, simply does not have the ability to cope with two wars. Moreover, the failure of the Vyazma-Bryansk battle has become a foregone conclusion, and the total loss of troops may be as high as more than one million, and the reserve force is already insufficient. The Soviet army urgently needed to mobilize troops from the Far East to supplement the Western Front.
In particular, the tank troops deployed in the Far East were extremely important to the defense of Moscow in the opinion of the former Soviet Chief of General Staff, so he suggested that the General Staff invite Yang Zhen to visit the Soviet Union to study it with the Anti-Japanese Alliance. The two armies jointly defended the Soviet Far East.
Especially after the main force in the Far East has been transferred away, once the Japanese army lands in the Far East of the Soviet Union, the issue of whether the Anti-Japanese Alliance can send troops into the Soviet Union to cooperate with the Soviet army is because the current strength of the Far East is too small for the Western Front. It didn't help. If too many troops were deployed, the remaining troops would not be able to resist the Japanese landing operations.
His view is naturally quite in favor of Marshal Shaposhnikov, who is worried about the current unfavorable situation in the western battlefield and that the Japanese army may land in the Far East and launch a two-sided attack on the Soviet Union. The more Japanese troops that can be contained in Manchuria, the smaller the threat to the Soviet Far East will be.
After consulting the top leaders and obtaining consent, Marshal Shaposhnikov, the Chief of General Staff of the Soviet Army, came forward, and then dragged General Yakovlev, the General Minister of Ordnance of the Anti-Resistance Alliance who had always been curious, to And the general asked Marshal Timoshenko to co-sign the invitation and sent an invitation to Yang Zhen.
And even if the Soviet leader no longer wants to see Yang Zhen, a troublemaker, he will not destroy the Far East defense at this time. He knows very well that the stronger the Anti-Japanese Alliance is, the greater its power will be to contain the Japanese army, and it can completely defeat the Japanese army. Contact with the Japanese threat to the Soviet Far East.
Therefore, he agreed to Shaposhnikov's request without any consideration. After personally reviewing the contents of the invitation message, he also specifically added that the Soviet Union would guarantee Comrade Yang Zhen's safety within the Soviet Union and personally Drafted a telegram to Yan'an, hoping that Yan'an could exert some pressure.
However, Yang Zhen's ambiguous attitude towards the Soviet Union's invitations and the central government's lack of cooperation in this matter also prevented the matter from happening in the end. The impatient General Shaposhnikov finally ignored the front line. When necessary, when the battle to defend Moscow was intensifying, a deputy chief of staff was sent to visit Harbin together with the commander of the Far East Military Region, General Abana Shenk.
There was no way Yang Zhen was not in a hurry, but the Soviet army, which was in urgent need of additional troops, was in a hurry. During the Battle of Moscow, the Soviet army, which was already hungry for additional troops, almost demobilized all the troops in the Far East. Even the border defense troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, except for the Soviet Union, Except for some troops on the border and on Sakhalin Island, they were all organized into a division and transferred away.
As for the technical arms, except for the Pacific Fleet aviation, all the remaining aviation and tank units were transferred, two-thirds of the artillery units were transferred, and all the air defense units were transferred. The remaining strength of a huge Far East Military Region was not enough. A group army is not enough to defend the entire Far East region, even the front line of Vladivostok.
Under such circumstances, could Marshal Shaposhnikov not be anxious? If the Japanese landed on the coast at this time, the Soviet army in the Far East Military Region would have almost no resistance. Yang Zhen was reluctant to accept the invitation. The answer was that he could only send people to the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
Fortunately, although Yang Zhen kept nagging and refused to reply, the deputy chief of staff who came all the way from Moscow was not in vain. Yang Zhen was not ambiguous about the Soviet Union's request. In the presence of the deputy chief of staff of the Military Commission who came from Yan'an and carried the chairman's true intentions, as well as the commander and political commissar of the advancing army, they reached a defense agreement with the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
It's just that this so-called defense agreement was thrown into the safe like waste paper by Yang Zhen, the deputy chief of staff of the Soviet Army, in front of the three veterans. This agreement was signed by the military region political commissar Li Yanping and the deputy chief of staff came forward to negotiate the actual content of the agreement, but he didn't even glance at it.
As for the battle plan required for the so-called assisted defense operation, at this moment, he was completely focused on preparing for the next stage of the battle. He had not thought about it at all, let alone paid attention to it. The chief of staff could only shake his head and smile bitterly.
After going back to report to the chairman, the chairman just shook his head and smiled without saying anything. The central government did not put any pressure on Yang Zhen on this matter. After all, with the chairman's personality, he was allowed to harm China's own interests. The Chairman would never do anything like protecting the interests of the Soviet people.
Sending people to cooperate with the Anti-Union was just a matter of honor due to pressure from Moscow. He had no expectations at all whether this agreement could be truly implemented. He even hoped that this agreement would never take effect. Yang What Zhen did was in line with the chairman's wishes. Naturally, the chairman would not put any pressure on Yang Zhen in this matter.
However, although the chairman does not hope that this agreement can be concluded, he has been worried about the Anti-Japanese Alliance in his heart. After all, although he has received a report from Yang Zhen that the Japanese army will go south to launch an offensive in Nanyang, there is no real possibility that the Japanese army will fight southward. Before the fight begins, no one can guarantee what their true intentions are.
In case the Japanese really attack the Soviet Union under the pressure of the Germans, then whether this agreement, which is more harmful to the Chinese than the benefits to the Chinese, is implemented or not, not to mention the pressure from the Soviet Union, the external channel of the Anti-Union It will also be cut off and executed. For the Anti-League, it is an act of taking charcoal from others' fire. It was not until the Pearl Harbor Incident broke out that the chairman's heart, which had been hanging on Yang Zhen and the Anti-League, was relieved.
In the years to come, although there were stumbling blocks, and the Soviet Union tried countless times to get supplies for the Anti-Japanese Alliance, due to Yang Zhen's various calculations, the cooperation between the two sides was still barely complied with, although there were certain limitations. There were twists and turns, but luckily it didn't cause any big trouble.
Although in some aspects, everyone did not fully abide by the agreement, and there was obviously no big confrontation, in fact, the secret calculations against the other party did not stop for a moment, and the weak resistance alliance suffered more secret losses. But overall, it's still manageable, at least I didn't suffer too much of a loss.
The Soviets, who wanted to eat more and occupy more, went too far in some incidents and could not even save face. They did not expect the unprecedented strong backlash of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. In other aspects, the Soviets may also More or less compensation was given to Kanglian,