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On June 1941, 6, the German army launched Operation Barbarossa, in which 22 divisions with more than 190 million people were divided into three army groups and launched an attack on the Soviet Union.

The Soviet-German War broke out.

The German army launched the surprise attack at three o'clock in the morning, and the attention of the whole world was attracted by this sudden yet expected war.

When the news spread around the world, the German army announced the results of the first day of battle in a high-profile manner:

More than 1200 Soviet aircraft were destroyed in the first day's attack, of which more than 800 were destroyed at the airport before they took off. In addition, a large number of Soviet strongholds on the border were surrounded, and the German army marched straight into Soviet territory.

For a moment, the whole world was shocked.

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The outbreak of the Soviet-German War also made the top leaders of the Nationalist government "optimistic" about the future.

They believed that in order to ensure that it would not be attacked from both sides, the Soviet Union should increase its support for the Chinese battlefield to ensure that the Japanese army would be dragged onto the Chinese battlefield and that a situation of joint attack by Germany and Japan would not occur.

Therefore, the Nationalist government at this time immediately asked the Military Control Commission to step up its intelligence gathering efforts.

They needed intelligence about Japan's intentions towards the Soviet Union to convince the Soviets to increase their support for China.

After receiving the order, Dai Chunfeng issued instructions to all district stations of the Military Control Commission to collect relevant intelligence, and emphasized that the Beijing-Shanghai district should produce results as soon as possible.

But Zhang Anping, who received the telegram from Lao Dai, calmly lit it.

Because he knew the result, he realized that the expectations of the top leaders of the Nationalist government were just illusions.

Sure enough, after the Soviet-German War lasted for two weeks, the Nationalist government immediately gave up the extravagant hope that the Soviet Union would increase its aid - because the Soviet army was pinned to the ground by the German army, and the situation was so serious that the Soviet army began a scorched earth war.

which is:
[When the Red Army troops had to retreat, they must transport all the railway rolling stock, leaving not a single locomotive or carriage, not a single kilogram of food or a single liter of fuel for the enemy... In the occupied areas, we must create conditions that make it impossible for the enemy and all their running dogs to find shelter, pursue them step by step, eliminate them, and disrupt all their activities.]

(These words were spoken by the loving father.)
When the Nationalist government saw these familiar words, they immediately felt the same way.

They knew that their extravagant hope of getting more Soviet aid had failed, and that the Soviet Union might not even be able to provide the entire $2.5 million credit loan.

(This is indeed the case. As the situation in the Soviet Union deteriorated, the general adviser of aid to China in 42 was recalled. The Soviet Union, which was unable to take care of itself, completely stopped its aid to China. The material aid of 2.5 million US dollars in credit loans was actually paid for 1.73 million US dollars in materials.)
The hope of increased Soviet aid was dashed, and the Nationalist government began to be concerned about another matter:

When the Soviet-German War broke out, the German army entered the Soviet Union with ease, and the "Soviet Union will be destroyed in March" theory was circulated, would the Japanese attack the Soviet Union?
Although the Soviet Union and Japan signed the [Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact] in April, everyone knows that the purpose of a treaty is to be broken. Faced with such a rare opportunity, will the Japanese take the opportunity to start a war against the Soviet Union again? !

Once the Soviet-Japanese war breaks out, the Japanese, who had suffered losses at Nomonhan before, will inevitably increase their military deployment. Once they increase their military deployment in the Far East, their military forces in China will naturally decrease.

After all, Japan is a small country with a small population. Since the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the elite Japanese troops have suffered serious losses on the Chinese battlefield. Although the number of troops has skyrocketed again and again, the quality of the soldiers and officers is completely different from when the War of Resistance Against Japan broke out.

If we take action against the Soviet Union, the elite troops and experienced officers will naturally lean towards the Soviet side. At that time, China will be facing second-rate or even third-rate Japanese soldiers. The pressure will be greatly reduced, and even regaining lost territory will not be a dream.

In this situation, at the request of the Military Affairs Office, all districts, stations and groups of the Military Control Commission were required to increase their intelligence gathering efforts.

Although Zhang Anping could report the precise future movements of the Japanese army, without factual basis, the report would only add to the joke. Naturally, he could only report and make suggestions based on the existing intelligence.

Fortunately, Zhang Anping had a trump card called "Okamoto Heiji" in his hand. Through Jiang Sian, Zhang Anping reported the internal movements in Japan in a timely manner.

After summarizing the intelligence from various places, the following results were obtained:
As soon as the Soviet-German War broke out, Japan's Northward Advancement Faction was eager to cooperate with the German army to launch an attack on the Soviet Union.

However, the internal divisions in Japan were still quite serious, with the two factions of advancing north and moving south arguing fiercely.

This time, the Northern Advance Faction still had the upper hand. After all, the temptation to attack the Soviet Union on two fronts was too amazing.

However, the Japanese were still haunted by the defeat at Nomonhan, and finally made the following decision:

Prepare quickly and act when the time is right!

The "opportunity" that the Japanese were waiting for was naturally the German army's unstoppable force on the battlefield and the annihilation of a large number of Soviet main forces.

According to the current speed of the German attack, the Japanese made a time to act:

August 29th.

As the time was determined, the Japanese began to prepare for war quickly.

In the name of military exercises, they secretly mobilized troops to the Soviet-Zhonghua border, and by the end of July, they had prepared more than 700,000 troops. Together with the troops that had already been mobilized on the mainland, the total number of scattered troops reached a total of one million.

A large amount of supplies were therefore gathered in the Northeast, including tens of thousands of tons of food, enough oil for the Far East Army for a quarter, and a large amount of munitions...

……

Zhang Anping obtained numerous intelligence reports from the Northeast Region and Jiang Si'an that the Japanese army was about to launch a military attack on the Soviet Union. In addition, he also learned the time when the Japanese army was ready to take action. Under such circumstances, Zhang Kengkeng came up with a bold idea:

Otherwise, how about "tricking" our Soviet brother?

Hey, why are you calling me brother?!

He knew that the Japanese ultimately chose to move south instead of north. After the Japanese army moved south on a large scale, the Soviet Union also began to withdraw its troops from the Far East one after another and put them into the war against Germany - so, could the Soviet Union contribute a bit of strength?
When weighing the pros and cons, Zhang Anping remembered the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Treaty signed by the Soviet Union and the Japanese in April, and made up his mind.

pit!
A telegram was sent from Shanghai to the Military Intelligence Bureau headquarters in Chongqing.

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Military Command Headquarters.

Office of the Deputy Director.

Dai Chunfeng held the long telegram in his hand, his thoughts unable to calm down for a long time.

The telegram was sent by Zhang Anping - apart from his nephew, probably few people would dare to write such a long telegram.

In the telegram, Zhang Anping summarized the current movements of the Japanese and painted a picture of the Japanese sharpening their knives and ready to attack the Soviet army at any time.

then……

Then he changed the subject and began his analysis, which roughly means:

Although the Japanese army was well prepared for war against the Soviet Union, all this was based on the premise that the German army would easily defeat the Soviet army, that is, on the premise that the German army would destroy the Soviet Union in March.

Zhang Anping believed that although the Soviet army's performance at the beginning of the war was appalling, the Soviet Union had a long depth, vast territory and population. After the Soviet Union had passed the initial stage of confusion, it would definitely rely on a large number of sacrifices to reduce the speed of the fall of territory and then enter a strategic stalemate with the German army.

Taking the war between China and Japan as an example, he discussed the chances of a country with a large population and a large land area winning when facing invasion. He concluded that after the rapid advance in the early stages, the German army would inevitably be dragged into Russia's harsh winter. When the German army's morale dissipated, the war would enter a stalemate.

For major powers, stalemate means victory.

He then began to analyze the situation in Japan.

Zhang Anping believed that at this time the Japanese top brass had already regretted the all-out war against China. With this lesson in mind, the Japanese army, which had experienced the defeat at Nomonhan, would not rashly go to war with the Soviet Union without absolute certainty.

He believes that the absolute certainty of the Japanese means:

The main forces of the Soviet Union were completely wiped out, the German army had an absolute advantage, and the Soviet Far Eastern Army was seriously lagging behind the Japanese army in terms of manpower.

If the Japanese headquarters felt that they were not absolutely sure, they would not put all their strength on the Soviet Union. On the contrary, once the Japanese felt that there was no opportunity to take advantage of, the southward faction would inevitably gain the upper hand, and the Japanese strategy would undergo a fundamental shift.

Based on the existing information, it is clear that:

The Japanese were already preparing to move south, but the outbreak of the Soviet-German War caused the Japanese Kitayama faction to rise again. However, if there was no opportunity to take advantage of, moving south would be the only way out for the Japanese.

After these analyses, the real "main part" comes.

Zhang Anping suggested providing the Soviet chief adviser on military aid to China with all the current intelligence on the Japanese army, so that he would realize that the Japanese army's attack on the Far East was inevitable.

Then, all our forces in the Northeast were mobilized, and with a determination to go all in, we attacked the Japanese army's logistics in various ways, including but not limited to bombing supplies, bombing railways, delaying transportation, etc.

In a nutshell, the Chinese people are grateful for the Soviet Union's chivalrous words and support when our country was invaded, and are willing to pay a huge price to fight for the Soviet Far East Army to delay the Japanese army!

We are willing to pay a huge price to fight for you. As our elder brother, the Soviet Union should provide insignificant support to our armed forces in Northeast China at this time. This should be a moral obligation, right?
If you think this will violate the [Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Treaty], that's fine, just put the things in Soviet territory and our people can take them themselves - that should be fine, right?
Our requirements are not high. It is not too much to equip each soldier with a weapon? It is not too much to equip them with some matching ammunition? In addition, it is not too much to set up a camp for wounded soldiers and a training camp for new recruits right under my nose...
We are willing to pay a huge price for you, brother. I understand your situation, but it is true that you are suffering now, but it is not too much to let us completely settle the previous credit loan transaction? !

——All of the above are Zhang Anping’s subtext.

To be honest, Zhang Anping's suggestion made Lao Dai very moved, extremely moved, and particularly moved.

The reason is simple. Based on the existing intelligence, one thing is certain: Japan intends to take action against the Soviet Union.

Even if, as Zhang Anping said, Japan would not ultimately choose to attack the Soviet Union, if the National Army behaved in this way at this time, it would certainly receive gratitude from the Soviet Union.

Between countries, gratitude is actually insignificant, but when the directions are the same, being grateful can be a big plus.

Once the Soviet Union can resolve the difficulties, its support for China will reach an unprecedented level.

To put it another way, even if there is no future, based on our efforts in the Northeast, it is worth it to allow the Soviet Union to complete the subsequent credit loans and royal aid!
But Lao Dai still has a worry:
If the forces in the Northeast were really used with this mentality, it would inevitably usher in the most brutal outbreak of the Japanese. It is very likely that after this battle, the military power in the Northeast would be completely lost.

Last year, the Japanese invaders launched a brutal sweep in Northeast China. Both the armed forces of the Military Control Commission and the Anti-Japanese United Army suffered heavy losses. They had finally recovered, but if they lost everything...

But Lao Dai couldn't help but think of the Soviet military aid that had not yet been completed. If he could solve the remaining military aid that the top leaders were no longer optimistic about at the cost of sacrificing the Northeast's armed forces, it would be a big deal after all. After weighing the pros and cons, Lao Dai decided to ask the attendant room for instructions.

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At this time, the Nationalist government was seriously pessimistic about whether the Soviet Union could deliver the remaining military aid - after all, the Soviet Union was so weak on the battlefield, so weak that the Nationalist government was pessimistic about whether the Soviet Union could survive in the future.

At this time, the Military Control Commission suddenly offered a plan, which instantly aroused the interest of the attendant room.

For the Military Secretariat, the Northeast is out of reach. No matter how large or miserable the enemy-occupied armed forces in the Northeast are, they can hardly affect the front line, so they have never paid much attention to it.

This is also the reason why the Military Control Commission has not developed rapidly in the Northeast. If it were not for Zhang Anping's persistence and contribution of manpower and effort, there would be no decent Military Control Commission organization in the Northeast at that time.

Therefore, it is not impossible for the Secretariat to use chess pieces that they pay less attention to and "discarded pieces" in exchange for Soviet military aid.

After all, the attendant's office could do something as terrible as the Huayuankou dike breach, so why would they care about the "abandoned pawn" in the faraway Northeast?
After the "Chief Aide" made up his mind, he praised Dai Chunfeng fiercely. When comparing the performance of Xu Rongzeng next door, the "Chief Aide" had only one thought:
My own son is still the most reliable!

After the "Chief Aide-de-camp" made the decision, the Nationalist government took action and began consultations with the Soviet Union's chief adviser on aid to China.

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It was actually a universally acknowledged fact that Japan would attack the Soviet Union when the Soviet-German War broke out. The Soviet side was even more prepared for battle because of the so-called military exercises of the Japanese army - they couldn't let the Japanese devils catch them off guard again like the Germans did, right?

It can be said that at this time the Soviet Union was already prepared to fight on two fronts.

At this time, the Nationalist government jumped out and said that it was willing to fight for the Soviet Union at all costs to delay the enemy. Naturally, the Soviets felt extremely excited.

As for the conditions mentioned by the Nationalist government, they were really not a problem in the eyes of the Soviets.

[In just two weeks, we lost 1.5 million troops, thousands of tanks, and thousands of planes. Compared with this loss, what are the few individual weapons of the armed forces behind enemy lines in the Northeast?
It's nothing more than the guns that killed tens of thousands of people. If we can achieve the goal of delaying the Japanese army, this little sacrifice is nothing! 】

And fully fulfilling the military aid of the credit loan is not a big deal. After all, there are only tens of millions of dollars of military aid left.

The two sides hit it off.

Because of the example of the Nationalist Government, the Soviet Union also became "interested" in the Anti-Japanese United Army. Since the Nationalist Army could do this, then the Anti-Japanese United Army could do it too!
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Zhang Anping had been paying close attention to the negotiations with the China Aid Chief Advisor. After learning that the two sides had hit it off, he immediately reported to the organization through Lao Cen:
No matter what, we must promote the union of the Anti-Japanese United Army and the Northeastern Armed Forces of the Military Control Commission. After the two forces unite, they will actively fight against Japan in the Northeast.

At the same time, he gave advice to Sister Qian in the telegram, asking her to convey the message to the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army: We must find a large number of strong men to build relationships with the Soviets, and we must let the Soviets see our "miserable situation" where we are not short of people but only short of weapons.

After receiving the telegram, Sister Qian was amused and confused by Zhang Anping's "rogue" behavior again, but because Zhang Anping had already reported his views, she knew that Zhang Anping was making efforts for the situation in Northeast China.

After she reported the situation, she received support from her superiors. In addition, the Soviet Union had already conveyed similar requests to us, so after careful consideration, her superiors agreed to the Soviet Union's request and asked the Soviet Union's chief adviser on aid to China to act as a go-between to broker all-round cooperation between the Military Control Commission's Northeastern armed forces and the Anti-Japanese United Army.

The Chief Advisor for Aid to China was naturally willing to act as the go-between, and he invited special personnel from both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to hold talks.

If it were any other battlefield, Old Dai would never agree to join hands with the Chinese Communist Party.

But this is the Northeast.

In his opinion, the Military Control Commission's armed forces in Northeast China would enter a period of decline after this war, and might even retreat into the Soviet Union.

At the same time, this matter also involves the remaining military aid of more than 90 million US dollars from the Soviet Union to China, and it was agreed by the Chief of Staff. Under such circumstances, it is not a big deal to unite with the Communist Party of China.

After all, although he agreed with Zhang Anping's judgment, he was full of pessimism about the future of the Northeast's armed forces. Since they were abandoned, why not unite with the Communist Party of China?
It was precisely because of this mentality that the chief adviser on aid to China easily achieved his goal, and the two forces in the Northeast were thus united.

It's funny to say that this scene was actually initiated by Zhang Anping, but after the alliance, he, Zhang Anping, was also the one who voiced the loudest opposition.

In Zhang Anping's words:
"My students are all pillars of the party and the country. They only have the party and the country and the leader in their eyes. They will never go along with the underground party!"

For this reason, Lao Dai sent a telegram to Zhang Anping, telling him that this was for the sake of the party and the country, so he should stop complaining and warn his students to consider the overall situation...

This telegram almost made Zhang Anping laugh.

Well, the imperial sword has arrived. No matter what happens in the Northeast in the future, this telegram is here. It has nothing to do with Zhang Anping!
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The situation of the armed forces behind enemy lines in Northeast China was extremely difficult.

The situation there is special and different from the main battlefield.

In the final analysis, the main battlefield is a combination of the frontal battlefield and the battlefield behind enemy lines. However, in the Northeast, there is no frontal battlefield at all. Guerrilla warfare is extremely difficult, and weapons and equipment are all captured and cannot be effectively replenished at all.

Xu Zhongyi had been honing his skills in Shanghai for several years, and with the large amount of financial support from Zhang Anping, he was able to barely maintain less than 20% of the supplies for the Military Control Commission's armed forces in the Northeast. The rest of the supplies ultimately had to be obtained through seizure.

It can be said that the Military Control Commission in Northeast China was living a miserable life.

And now, they suddenly received supplies from the Soviet Union. In Gong Shu's words, that is:
How long has it been since Watma fought such a prosperous battle?
The situation of the Anti-Japanese United Army was similar. After the bullets in their pockets were full, many problems were no longer problems.

Just as the saying goes:

The traitors hoard (derogatory term) grain and I hoard (commendatory term) guns. The traitors are my granary!
After the two armed forces became wealthy, they joined forces and began large-scale raids behind enemy lines. In addition, the Military Control Commission, influenced by Zhang Anping, often sent photos of battle results to "Big Brother on the List", which made "Big Brother on the List" even happier and he wanted to send rockets every day.

The dire situation in Northeast China was revived thanks to the strong support of the “big brother on the list”!

The Japanese were furious. While mobilizing troops to carry out a sweep, they also protested to the Soviet Union by citing the "Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Treaty".

The Soviets laughed:
I have never sent a single soldier across the border to support the anti-Japanese forces. How can you slander me?
Then, they increased their support.

Because Soviet agents discovered the anti-Japanese armed forces in the Northeast, the speed of Japanese military supplies and troop assembly was seriously delayed.

So what are you waiting for? Increase your support!
If we could delay the Japanese until winter, facing the extreme cold of Siberia, I guess they wouldn't be able to make up their mind to go all in - wouldn't that easily buy us half a year?
I didn't expect that without any manpower and only a little bit of supplies, it could have such a miraculous effect!

Influenced by this, in the middle and late stages of the Soviet-German War, the Soviet army even sent a large number of guerrilla officers behind enemy lines to the Anti-Japanese United Army to learn from them.

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End of August 1941.

After analyzing the situation on the Soviet-German battlefield, the Japanese headquarters finally made a decision:
Give up going north!

The reason is simple. After the initial rapid advance and large-scale annihilation campaign, the German army's advance speed dropped from an average of 30 kilometers per day to just a few kilometers, and the Soviet army's roller tactics had begun to effectively deal with the German army's blitzkrieg.

After many analyses, the Japanese army came to the conclusion:

It would be impossible for the Germans to defeat the Soviet army in a short period of time.

If they rashly sent millions of troops into the war against the Soviet Union at this time, once they got stuck in a stalemate, the Japanese army would inevitably collapse.

The road to the north is completely blocked.

Looking back at the situation, the Japanese discovered that the "brown bear" in the north was a monster that would drag them into the quagmire, but what about the south?
The French forces that were defeated by the Germans and surrendered?
Join forces with the British forces that were being pinned to the ground by the Germans in France?
Their power in Asia is essentially colonial power. As long as they raise the banner of "liberation", their only opponents are the small number of British and French troops stationed in the colonies!
The only ones to worry about are the Americans.

But compared to the Soviet Union next door, which easily amassed hundreds of thousands of troops, the Americans... don't seem to be that difficult to provoke!
Let’s take a look at the territories of these great powers in Asia:
Myanmar, Vietnam, Southeast Asia...

These places are rich in resources and have only a small number of colonial armed forces. Compared with the tough China and the Soviet Union, these places are simply the pretty girls in the slums of the United States!

Go south! Go south! Go south!

From then on, the Japanese strategy of moving south was completely finalized!
The Japanese turned around and began to withdraw their troops stationed at the Sino-Soviet border. When they did the math, the Japanese, who were already living a tight life, almost cried.

They painstakingly drew troops from the mainland and the Chinese battlefield, and together with the Kwantung Army, formed a million-strong army on the border, and also mobilized astronomical amounts of various materials to prepare for the war.

result?

As a result, they returned without firing a single shot, and the mobilized supplies had to be transferred to the Chinese battlefield. The most tragic thing was that a large amount of supplies were damaged due to the harassment of the anti-Japanese armed forces. After all the goings on and on, the consumption required for a large-scale battle was spent, but there was not a single gain.

No, it’s not that we gained nothing—we clearly gained tougher and more generous opponents in the Northeast.

So much so that the southern group cursed:

"Damn those army idiots, they are just bastards who waste money and food!"

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At this time, the "big mastermind behind the scenes", after calculating the gains from this wave of taking advantage of the situation, felt that the sky was bluer, the air was sweeter, and even when he saw the Japanese devils, he suddenly felt that they looked handsome.

"It's rare to meet such a nice little devil, so I'll stab you less!"

Zhang Anping killed the lone Japanese soldier with one sword, left behind the name "Yan Shuangying" and left.

With the gradual withdrawal of the Shanghai action forces, the name of "Yan Shuangying" has not been heard in Shanghai for a long time, so that many traitors started jumping around again.

Seeing this situation, the big "boss" Zhang Anping had to take action himself and use "Yan Shuangying" to deal with the Japanese devils to make his presence felt.

On the way back, he thought:
The time is almost right, it's time to meet Zhou Fuhai. (End of this chapter)