Chapter 223 The Soviets with a keen sense of smell
Seeing Yang Zhen getting more and more excited as he spoke, Kovalev quickly said: "Comrade Yang Zhen, I can explain this. You need those machines and equipment too urgently, and you also know the situation in the Far East. This is neither Moscow nor Ukraine. Lenin
There are no factories producing these things in industrial areas like Grad."
"If we wait for Moscow to transport new production machinery and equipment from other places, it will take at least half a year. Moreover, the new equipment needs to be installed, debugged, and fully formed into production capacity. It will take at least several months. We can afford it.
, but you can’t.”
"It is precisely in order to solve your difficulties in the shortest possible time that Comrade Stalin personally ordered that all the machinery and equipment developed by you in the Far East Military Region Repair Station be handed over to you. In order to meet your needs, we have even
Several small arsenals directly under it were demolished."
"I can guarantee that these machines and equipment are indeed a bit old, but they are all in good condition. Once installed, they can be used directly. The weapons you specified are also drawn from the Far East Military Region and the Red Flag Pacific Fleet.
Weapons and equipment in active service.”
"You must know that these machine guns have just begun to be equipped in the Soviet Red Army. The number of the Far East Military Region, which is a second-line military region, simply cannot meet the establishment requirements stipulated by the General Staff. The Far East Military Region is only a second-line military region in the great Soviet Red Army.
The importance of the military districts along the western border is simply incomparable. Even small military districts such as the Volga River Military District and the Central Asian Military District cannot compare."
"You must know that compared with those veteran military regions, the Far East Military Region, which was reorganized from the Red Flag Far East Special Group Army in order to strengthen the defense of the Far East after the Zhang Gufeng incident last year, is just a little brother. Coupled with transportation reasons, almost all new equipment
They are all the last batch to be installed.”
"In order to ensure that your designated anti-aircraft weapons and sniper rifles are delivered to you on time, the entire Far East Military Region has mobilized almost all the Deshka anti-aircraft machine guns that were recently equipped. There are even some from the ships of the Red Flag Pacific Fleet and coastal defense
Removed from the fortifications."
Having said this, Kovalev opened his gray eyes and stared at Yang Zhen for a while before saying: "Comrade Yang Zhen, General Abanashek cherishes the friendship between the Far East Military Region and the Second Anti-Alliance Army. As a result,
As a qualified soldier, as a military commander with the rank of general, he will not engage in such treacherous and villainous behavior."
"The reason why the batch of shoddy weapons and equipment appeared is not our fault. Originally, according to Comrade General's opinion, we were planning to transfer a batch of foreign weapons in better condition and with relatively sufficient ammunition from the weapons stored in the Far East Military Region.
Transfer it to Chinese comrades free of charge."
"But as soon as this matter was implemented, the NKVD suddenly intervened. Those weapons were not done by us. I can guarantee this to you and all Chinese comrades. However, the matter of Comrade Yang Zhen
I only know so much, and I can only say so much. Don’t ask any more about the rest, and the rest of the gold.”
After hearing what Lieutenant Colonel Kovalev said, General Abanashek always cherished the so-called traditional friendship between the Far East Military Region and the Second Anti-Alliance Army. Yang Zhen couldn't help but cursed in his heart: "Cherishing is nothing, it's just mutuality."
Just taking advantage of it. If it hadn't been for the Nomenhan incident, if it hadn't been for the European War that was about to break out, and if it hadn't been for my rapid rise and my ability to conquer such a huge world, would you still be looking at us? Damn it."
"The Anti-League has asked for help many times before, why haven't you reached out? Even a small amount of supplies are obtained by the Anti-League cadres and soldiers with their blood and lives. The Anti-League people will deduct and arrest them whenever they say.
Catch. From the commander-in-chief and army commander down to ordinary cadres and soldiers, if there are no losses on the battlefield, how many have been lost in your hands?"
However, Yang Zhen frowned when he heard that the Soviet NKVD, which now made all Soviets tremble with fear, had intervened in this matter. Yang Zhen knew very well what the NKVD did.
.As for the reason why they intervened in this matter, Yang Zhen could imagine it with his eyes closed.
Except for the NKVD, whose hands and eyes are all powerful, and who holds the power of life and death in the entire Soviet Union, he is afraid that he will be surprised by the wealth, and he may have no intention of controlling himself in their hands. Those rubbish can only be replaced by shoddy goods and gold.
There should be some warning in it against his repeated request to establish direct contact with the central government.
After the Anti-Japanese Alliance withdrew to the Soviet Union for rest, several senior generals were unwilling to hand over the radio stations in their hands and still tried to find the Central Committee.
The Far Eastern Military District wants to exploit itself, but the NKVD wants to control itself.
Could this be Stalin's signal? Without Stalin's consent, the spy chief who was his thug would not be so bold. But since they have allowed the central delegation to come to the Far East, it does not seem like Stalin's instructions. After thinking for a long time, Yang
Zhen didn't even want to figure out what the NKVD wanted to do with this move. Is it really as simple as making money?
Seeing Yang Zhen remain silent, thinking that he agreed with his words, Kovalev breathed a sigh of relief. For these Chinese comrades, as the commander of the military region directly facing the Kwantung Army's heavily armed group on the front line, Aba
General Nashaik attaches great importance to it.
As the head of the Far East Military District, which has only one connection with the Soviet Union and is almost isolated from the Soviet Union, General Abanasek knew that once a large-scale war broke out between Japan and the Soviet Union, his weaknesses would lie there.
The supply lines are too fragile, making the Far East Military Region extremely passive after the war breaks out. It may even be cut off from the interior of the Soviet Union at the first opportunity.
Therefore, in the view of General Abanasek, if there is a strong resistance force in the jurisdiction of his opponent, the opponent will not be able to do his best in a war that may break out one day in the future. The burden of the Far East Military Region will be much smaller, and it will not face threats.
It will be much smaller.
Moreover, with the existence of a powerful resistance force in the rear, it was impossible for the Japanese army to risk the risk of fighting on two fronts and attack the Soviet Union. In other words, as long as Yang Zhen's troops became stronger and stronger, a full-scale outbreak would occur between Japan and the Soviet Union.
The danger of war will be smaller. General Abanashek and the political commissar of the military region Ivanov both see this clearly.
That’s why General Abanasek repeatedly requested Moscow to give these Chinese comrades some help. At least in his opinion, it is better to support these Chinese comrades who have strong combat capabilities than to assist their government troops who have repeatedly lost battles.
It is much more capable of containing the Japanese army's attempt to move north.
General Abanasek has always stubbornly believed that no matter whether the Chinese government forces that have retreated to western China are still resisting, they are too far away from the great Soviet Union. He is concerned about the Kanto troops stationed in Manchuria under his nose.
The heavy military group has little effect in containing the enemy. The Anti-Japanese Alliance still resisting in Manchuria will be its biggest helper.
At least they would provide intelligence support. Of course, it would be better if these resistance alliances could expand quickly and pin down the Japanese army in Manchuria. That's why after taking office, he changed his predecessor's indifferent attitude towards the resistance alliance and tried his best to
Provide partial support.
Moreover, after Yang Zhen's rapid rise, he called Stalin three times, hoping to provide him with equipment help so that he could quickly become stronger and form a fatal threat to the Kwantung Army as soon as possible.
Of course, this is just his own point of view. After all, as the commander of the border military region, no one wants to face a well-equipped, heavily armed group with hundreds of thousands of people and extremely combat effectiveness. Especially in his opinion, these are all
The Japanese are like crazy dogs.
After being transferred to the Far East Military Region, General Abanashek made great efforts to study the Japanese. He became a rare Japanese expert among the Soviet generals. A nation of madmen like gamblers, a ruthless and ruthless people who will ignore anything as long as they make up their minds.
An army that bites like a mad dog. This is General Abanasek’s evaluation of the Japanese nation and the Japanese army.
As a senior general of the Soviet army, General Abanashek absolutely did not want the outcome of the Russo-Japanese War to repeat itself. Especially when he was the commander of the Far East Military Region who directly faced these mad dogs.
Therefore, although he was dissatisfied with the NKVD's involvement in the matter, he was helpless with the agents and rarely sent his own personal representative to explain to the other party.
When Kovalev saw that Yang Zhen listened to his explanation, his expression slowly relaxed. Knowing that Yang Zhen accepted his explanation, he completely relaxed in his heart: "Comrade Yang Zhen, in order to make certain compensation for the losses you have suffered.
As compensation, General Abanasek has decided to provide you with 10,000 tons of grain and a batch of other urgently needed materials. Of course, these grains or materials require you to pay some ores or gold in order to
Comrade General can explain to Moscow."
"There are also one thousand Soviet Red Army Mosin-Nagant rifles, fifty DP light machine guns, ten Maxim heavy machine guns, one million rounds of ammunition. There are also one hundred Tokarev pistols. I
We can guarantee that these weapons are the latest from the factory."
"We have seen your submachine guns. General Abanashek believes that these automatic weapons have a simple structure and can be mass-produced, which is very suitable for your current situation. However, the Japanese eight-millimeter pistol bullets they use are a bit weak. If
Use our Tokarev pistol bullets instead, which will be more powerful."
"In order to enhance the power of this weapon, the general specially transferred a Tokarev pistol ammunition production line from the Far East Military Region's military factory in Vladivostok to you free of charge."
"Comrade Yang Zhen, this is the most that Comrade General can do, and it is also the limit of what he can do without asking Moscow for instructions. Comrade General, let me tell you something: as long as he is still in the Far East Military Region
As commander, the Far East Military Region will be the most reliable ally of the Anti-Alliance Second Route Army."
"In your future struggle against Japan, he will provide as much assistance as possible. He hopes that the friendship between the Far East Military Region and the Second Anti-Alliance Army created by him and you can be maintained and developed. He himself is even more looking forward to working with you.
meeting in person.”
"However, Comrade General, I hope that these Red Army standard weapons we provide should not be used directly on the battlefield to fight the Japanese army. It is best to keep them in reserve. After all, although the conflict between us and Japan broke out in the Nomenhan area, the Soviet Union and Japan
Our country has not yet entered a state of direct war. We still have to consider some things for diplomatic reasons and cannot go too far."
It cannot but be said that the sense of smell of these Soviet people who have also been operating in Northeast China for a long time is no worse than that of the Japanese. They now know very well who is the real leader of the Anti-Alliance Second Route Army. These words were not said to the commander-in-chief who was still negotiating in the Soviet Union.
But it was Lieutenant Colonel Kovalev, who was the personal representative of General Abanashek, who told Yang Zhen personally.
Yang Zhen, who understood the general's intention to attach great importance to General Abanasek, thought for a moment and then said: "In this way, we will not need your standard weapons. General Abanasek attaches so much importance to us, and we also
We can't cause too much trouble for him. We don't want those rifles. If possible, we can replace them all with Tokarev pistols."
"Our demand for combat pistols with excellent performance is much stronger than having a large amount of captured Japanese equipment, at least the rifles and machine guns that are currently equipped. Comrade Kovalev, you should know that the pistols equipped by the Japanese army are really terrible.
After we seized it, no one wanted to use it."
Regarding Yang Zhen's request to replace the pistol with a rifle machine gun, Kovalev said without even thinking: "I can make the decision. However, the Far East Military Region does not have such a large number of pistols, so it cannot provide too many at once.
In this way, we will first hand over to you a thousand Tokarev pistols, and I guarantee that all of them are the latest TT33 type."
"As for the ammunition, we will set up production in your production line and do our best to help. However, all marks and numbers on the guns will be destroyed before they are handed over."
Having said this, Kovalev said to Yang Zhen: "Comrade Yang Zhen, we have tried our best to meet your needs. However, I hope to see your troops with my own eyes. This is why General Abanashek told me
He hopes that I can inspect your army on his behalf."
"Isn't there a saying in your country that hearing is believing, seeing is believing? I hope to see with my own eyes this army that is powerful in combat and has repeatedly defeated powerful opponents in battles."
After hearing what he said, Yang Zhen, knowing that he and General Abanashek were behind him, were not at ease whether his troops were as good as the intelligence in their hands said, nodded and said: "There is no problem with this. But
In order to keep it secret, we won’t hold any military parade. I can show you our training. But not directly.”
After saying that, Yang Zhen smiled and said: "It's the kind of person who holds a telescope and peeks. Comrade Kovalev, you should know that the Japanese intelligence agency's nose is still very sensitive. In order not to bring anything to the Soviet comrades
It’s unnecessary trouble, I think it’s better for us to proceed quietly.”
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