On July 23, the member states of the League of Nations voted in Geneva and passed a resolution on sanctions against the Soviet Union. The sanctions mainly included three items: the removal of the Soviet Union from the member states of the League of Nations, a trade embargo, and the freezing of overseas assets. In addition,
, the International Court of Justice in The Hague issued a wanted order against Stalin and more than a dozen senior Soviet military and political officials on several charges including "creating famine", "massacre", "genocide" and "waging war".
The first item is very simple, it is to expel the Soviet Union from the League of Nations. The second item of the embargo covers all supplies except necessary humanitarian supplies, such as food and medicine. Most industrial products, manufacturing
The raw materials for weapons, chemicals, coal, oil, ores, etc., were all closed to the Soviet Union. The third overseas asset freeze refers to if the Soviet Union has any assets in the member states of the League of Nations, including deposits, investments,
Creditor's rights, etc., shall be frozen by all member states of the League of Nations.
This was a huge blow to the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union's ability to sustain the war was cut at least in half. Although the Soviet Union was vast and rich in resources, and could produce most of its natural war materials, such as oil and minerals, the Soviet Union's
The level of industrial technology is not high, and many semi-finished raw materials and finished products needed for military industry need to be imported. Now, this door is closed. In addition, the Soviet Union also has a lot of gold abroad, and also holds a large number of foreign bonds, and
Foreign exchange - that is, foreign banknotes. Now, gold is no longer allowed to be withdrawn, bonds are no longer redeemable, and even the hundreds of tons of U.S. dollars, pounds, and francs in hand cannot be spent because of the trade embargo.
My hands became waste paper.
In a short period of time, the operation of the Soviet war machine became very difficult. After a brief weighing, Stalin decided to abandon Spain. He terminated the provision of assistance to the Spanish leftist armed forces and recalled the pilots, instructors, advisers, and military personnel sent to Spain.
All "volunteer fighters". Soon, Spain's right-wing armed Franco's army regained the initiative on the battlefield and began to win successive victories. Poor Spain, because of the lack of moderate middle class and democrats, was destined to be in the battle between the extreme left and the extreme right.
There is no escape from the struggle. Now, even if we have escaped the fate of Bolshevism, we still cannot escape the fate of fascism.
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Xiang Xiaoqiang and Zhu Yourong moved to Dihua and settled in the capital of northern and southern Xinjiang. At this time, the Ming army had occupied the Kashgar area in southern Xinjiang and blocked the mountain roads of the Pamir Plateau in the west. The Soviet troops of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
, it is no longer possible to increase troops to southern Xinjiang through here. Southern Xinjiang has become a closed battlefield. The remaining approximately 200,000 Soviet troops have retreated south to the Hotan area. To the north and east of the Hotan area are the vast Taklimakan
In the great desert, there are the insurmountable Kunlun Mountains and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the south, and the Ming army following them to the west. It can be said that it is only a matter of time before the 200,000 Soviet troops in southern Xinjiang are annihilated.
In northern Xinjiang, the Soviet army is still increasing its troops. The terrain of northern Xinjiang is not as closed as that of southern Xinjiang. Although northern Xinjiang is also surrounded by mountains, it is closed to the Altai Mountains on the back and the Tianshan Mountains to the south.
, it is difficult to cross. The mountains on the east and west sides are not so closed, they are intermittent, and their height and scale are not comparable to the two large mountain ranges in the north and south. To the east of northern Xinjiang are Inner and Inner Mongolia, which are areas controlled by the Ming army. It doesn't matter. The key is
The west leads to Kazakhstan, and it is from this direction that the Soviet army continues to mobilize troops to northern Xinjiang.
What the Ming army is doing now is to surround and not attack the 200,000 Soviet troops in the Hotan area. By focusing on the direction of the Pamir Plateau and the roads on the edge of the desert, they can trap the 200,000 Soviet troops in the Hotan area. At the same time,
In northern Xinjiang, the Ming army has controlled the entire southern area from Dihua and Changji to Lake Aibi in the southwest, while the main force of the Soviet army is entrenched in the Tacheng area and Altay area in the north, with the entire Jungar area in between.
Basin, in the middle of the basin is the Gurbantunggut Desert. The two sides are now fighting and competing on the edge of the desert along the road.
The situation in northern Xinjiang seems to have returned to last spring, when the Ming army came to attack the "Ili Empire" of Erdunmutu. At that time, it was the same as now. The Ming army controlled the southern side of the desert, and Erdunmutu controlled
Towards the north of Northern Xinjiang, the Ming army attacked north along the road on the edge of the desert.
Now, the "Ili Empire" has become the "Ili Kingdom", and the "king" has also changed from Erdenmutu to the former Northern Qing Emperor Guangwu. However, the capital of the "Ili Kingdom" is still Altay City in the north. These
Heaven, as the Ming army's war in the northern and southern territories became more and more smooth, and the recovery of the entire territory was just around the corner, Xiang Xiaoqiang became more and more happy. He estimated that Guangwu must be extremely angry at this time. He became emperor in the Northern Qing Dynasty and died.
The country once fell. Now that I am the king of the Ili Kingdom, it is about to be overthrown again. The country has been overthrown twice in two years. Anyone who replaces him will want to kill him with a piece of tofu.
Although it was only a matter of time before the Ming army occupied Altay, neither Xiang Xiaoqiang nor Zhu Yourong had any hope of catching Guangwu. Altay was very close to both Russia and Kazakhstan, so they picked him up as soon as they said they would.
The Ming army attacked quickly and surrounded Altay on all sides before the Soviet army could react. It only took one plane to pick up a few people.
Thinking of this, both Zhu Yourong and Xiang Xiaoqiang felt very sorry. In the more than a year since the liberation of the north, the various tyranny of the Northern Qing Dynasty, especially the traces of tyranny left by the Guangwu Dynasty, are shocking everywhere. Just because
More than 50,000 people have been massacred to suppress resistance. Their names can be found so far. This was only from the end of 1935 to the first half of 1937, which is just over a year. There may be more whose names are unknown.
The total number of people who could not be traced is probably a terrible number. Although the number of people Guangwu killed in a year was not as many as Stalin killed in a day, it was enough to define Guangwu as a "tyrant".
It would be ideal if Guangwu could stand trial in court and then be executed publicly. But at present, it seems that the possibility of capturing Guangwu alive is very small. If the Soviet Union wants Guangwu to hand over to the Ming Dynasty, then
It is probably impossible not to beat the Soviet Union to the point of begging for mercy. Otherwise, the Soviet Union would definitely prefer to keep Guangwu and let him establish a government-in-exile in the Soviet Union and constantly disgust the Ming Dynasty. And everyone knows that with the Ming Dynasty and
In a country of the Soviet Union's level, it is very unlikely that someone will beat someone to the point of begging for mercy.
Therefore, after discussing with Zhu Yourong, Xiang Xiaoqiang began to formulate a plan to kidnap or assassinate Guangwu. If you can kidnap the best, if you can't kidnap, then kill him. Kidnapping or assassinating a "head of state of another country" is a difficult task.
A very large goal requires the close cooperation and sincere cooperation of various special intelligence agencies in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, there are time and location restrictions. It must be carried out while Guangwu is still in northern Xinjiang. If he waits for him to be taken to the Soviet Union, then
It's too late. The Soviet Union was a strict police state. It was harder to do anything than to reach the sky. It was hard to get started, and even harder to escape after you succeeded.
As the Ming army continued to advance, approaching Altay day by day, Guangwu became more and more likely to flee to the Soviet Union. But the military operation to regain the northern Xinjiang came first after all, and it was impossible to assassinate or kidnap Guangwu.
force creates conditions and slows down the entire military offensive.
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On July 30, Dongchang and the People's Guard each mobilized a group of key personnel, chartered three large planes, and flew to Dihua secretly. They came to conduct on-site inspections and make plans nearby. These people were not ordinary agents, but two
The middle and high-level personnel of each department. The deputy directors of two bureaus and several division chiefs came from the East Factory. The People's Guard came with stomachache, Shi Shige and Xiu Xiu, and Qiu Qiu also took the opportunity to follow. The three ladies were in high spirits.
, it was hard to suppress the joy in their hearts. Especially Shi Shigege and Xiu Xiu, who usually looked at each other unhappy, have become almost good sisters now, talking and laughing on the plane, very intimate.
From the end of April to the end of July, Xiang Xiaoqiang has been away for three months. The three ladies have been "idle" at home for three months. They have long been looking at the northwest and dreaming of Xiang Xiaoqiang's return. But now the two ladies have been "idle" at home for three months.
The war in Xinjiang is going well, and the outside world is speculating that the Queen and the Prince will at least wait until the two Xinjiangs are completely recovered before returning. I don’t know how long it will take. One month, two months, three months are all possible. For a war,
Of course, such a short time is not a long time. But for three young ladies in their prime, it is too long.
It's okay now. Although Xiang Xiaoqiang will not come back, they can go find him legitimately.