Chapter 6 Chapter 1 The Burning Land (6)

The Soviet ambassador was an astute and skilled professional diplomat who spoke fluent Chinese, and he embraced the Chinese chairman according to Western custom.Chiang Kai-shek frowned slightly, but it was only a momentary expression. A friendly smile soon appeared on his face, and he congratulated the Soviet ambassador on the joint victory of the "April 29 Air Battle Victory".In fact, Chiang Kai-shek didn't like this fat Russian with a pair of blue eyes. He didn't even like all Westerners. He always thought that Westerners had an unpleasant animal smell. The Soviet ambassador came here to inform the Chairman of the Chinese General Assembly of the latest proposal of his government; in order to ensure that the Sino-Soviet combat friendship is unbreakable, Generalissimo Stalin and the great Soviet government proposed to officially send a military advisory group to China to help the Chinese army more effectively Master Soviet weapons to fight the invaders.This proposal will be one of the prerequisites for the Soviet government to consider providing three loans totaling 250 million US dollars to China.

The chairman still smiled meaningfully, but his smile began to become a little stiff and a little frozen.Since the Anti-Japanese War, only a small number of Soviets have been allowed to serve as military advisers in the Central Army. The main task is to help train the Chinese army to master Soviet-style weapons.But anyone with a little common sense knows that the CPSU provided international aid to the anti-communist Chiang Kai-shek government entirely out of compulsion. Stalin's move was not out of international morality but out of consideration of his country's strategic interests.Because Russia and Japan were sworn enemies in history, China’s War of Resistance was a great help to the Soviets. At that time, almost all European capitalist countries, including Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, and of course the powerful opportunist the United States, They all hope to see the ambitious Japanese attacking the Soviet Union instead of China. The more determined the Chinese resist, the longer the war will hold the Japanese back, making it impossible for the Japanese to let go and attack Siberia.

But the Soviets are by no means fools. Even if helping China is in their own interests, they are not willing to make a loss-making deal, so of course their assistance has additional conditions. At this moment, the Soviet ambassador justifiably proposed to send a military advisory group to ask for a return.The Soviet advisers’ visit to China was by no means a show, and they naturally demanded certain privileges, such as access to the command center of the base camp, intervening in the government’s core secrets, and even requesting control of military command and so on.Chiang Kai-shek felt this quietly approaching red threat.If it is said that before the arrival of the Russians, he welcomed the German military advisers more, in addition to material reasons such as Germany's generous military aid, it was also because Hitler's anti-Russian and anti-communist stance coincided with him.So what are the Soviets?They are the ancestors of the Communist Party, the birthplace and headquarters of the Communist Party, which is regarded as a "red disaster" by the Western world!

Chiang Kai-shek still smiled gracefully, hiding his ever-changing inner activities. Only those who are familiar with him can see the iron-blooded will behind the chairman's various masks.China's war of resistance urgently needs weapons and international aid. Chiang Kai-shek's biggest enemy is the war of aggression launched by the Japanese imperialists, as well as Wang Jingwei, his opponent in the party. Therefore, he must unite all international forces, even if it is the former enemy of the Communist Party. The biggest concession will be spared.The Chairman is a leader of a big country. Politicians have neither permanent enemies nor permanent friends. The only principle that remains unchanged is the supremacy of interests.Chiang Kai-shek expressed his position to the Soviet ambassador on the spot. The Nationalist government certainly does not object to the friendly Soviet government sending a military advisory group to China to help in the war. However, the advisory group alone cannot win the war. Therefore, Mr. Ambassador, please tell the respected His Excellency Stalin, and ask your country to approve it as soon as possible. Loan treaty, this is the only correct way to defeat the Japanese.

The Soviet ambassador left with satisfaction, and Chiang Kai-shek stood by the window with no expression on his face. He watched the Soviet car disappear into the depths of the wet forest path in the East Lake mansion, and then turned around and issued two urgent instructions.One is to order Chen Cheng, Minister of Military and Political Affairs, to immediately take strict measures to absolutely not allow the Soviets to access any core secrets related to national interests. The other is to secretly order Dai Li, the head of the secret service, to secretly monitor all Soviets who come to China to prevent them from colluding with the domestic Communist Party to endanger the interests of the party and the country.

5 A wailing air defense siren resounded through the sky like a ghost crying, startling Wang Jingwei, vice president of the Kuomintang and chairman of the National Senate sitting in the car with his eyes closed. Fortunately, there were armed guards in front of him to clear the way, so he led the car into an air-raid shelter Emergency escape.As the Japanese won successive victories on the ground, Japanese aircraft significantly stepped up their raids on the three towns of Wuhan, making people feel that the footsteps of war are approaching this important town in central China, the thoroughfare of nine provinces.

Wang Jingwei, named Zhaoming, styled Xiuxin.Originally from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, he was born in Panyu, Guangdong.In his early years, he studied in Japan and joined the Sun Yat-sen League. He was one of the veterans and founders of the Kuomintang.In his youth, Wang Jingwei was a fanatical revolutionary. He devoted himself to the republic and overthrew the imperial system of the Qing Dynasty. For this reason, he did not hesitate to participate in the assassination of Zaifeng, the regent of the Qing Dynasty. He was arrested and imprisoned because of the failure of the operation.In the prison, he sang generously in the face of death, and wrote the well-known and eternal swan song: Generous Song Yanshi,

Be a prisoner of Chu calmly. Draw the knife into a fast, Live up to the boy's head.Judging from the photos left over from history, Wang can be regarded as a handsome and suave talent. He is known as one of the "Four Great Talents of the Republic of China", and he is knowledgeable and excellent in poetry and prose. Therefore, some people comment that Wang Jingwei's political career is really a historical mistake. He should have a pen, ink and paper in his hand. Inkstone rather than state power.Wang Jingwei was once highly regarded by Sun Yat-sen, the pioneer of democracy. At that time, there was a saying in the Kuomintang that "Wang Jingwei, a literary talent, and Chiang Kai-shek, a military general". In 1925, when Sun Yat-sen was critically ill, Wang Jingwei drafted the "Premier's Will", which contained the famous saying "The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard" to pass on to the world, which shows that the talent of this generation is by no means in vain.Whether Sun Yat-sen designated Wang Jingwei as his successor is still controversial in the historian circles, but it is an indisputable historical fact that Wang Jingwei succeeded the leader of the Kuomintang and took power after Sun Yat-sen passed away.However, the good times didn't last long, and the rising commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, Chiang Kai-shek, suddenly emerged. He took advantage of the success of the Northern Expedition and the military power in his hands to unceremoniously replace Wang Jingwei, and ascended to the throne of the ruler of the Republic of China in one fell swoop.It is not Wang Jingwei's personal misfortune that the barrel of a gun defeats the barrel of a pen, but the only way for all state powers that claim to be republics to emerge from nothing.

In the Kuomintang, Wang Jingwei has always regarded himself as the orthodox successor of Sun Yat-sen, but every time he came to power, he was kicked out by the soldiers. Therefore, he was in conflict with the military politician Chiang Kai-shek. The opposition led by him never stopped the movement to overthrow Chiang. The Wang dispute became the most important factional struggle in the Kuomintang before the Anti-Japanese War.But political frustration was not the inevitable reason for Wang Jingwei to go to the pro-Japanese faction. A large number of historical materials show that Wang Jingwei's transition from the pro-Japanese faction to prostitution was not accidental. During his stay in Japan, he had already accepted the view of power that "Asia must be led by Japan".In many articles and speeches, he repeatedly explained the so-called theory of strengthening the country that "if you want to be a teacher, you must first be a student". If Japan is the teacher, then "Today's Japan will be tomorrow's China".If Wang Jingwei’s remarks before Japan’s invasion of China were still the opinion of one family and did not cause fundamental harm to national interests, then with the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he ignored the harsh reality of Japan’s massive invasion of China, and still advocated the mutual support of China and Japan, and spread the principles of peace. Compromise remarks against Japan, such as two benefits, two losses in war, etc., show that his position has stood on the opposite side of the country and the nation.There is also evidence that the Wang Jingwei Group had maintained secret diplomatic channels with the Japanese long before the Anti-Japanese War, and it has never been interrupted.

Of course, Wang Jingwei also has exceptions. When the "September 18 Incident" broke out in 1931, Chiang Kai-shek resigned and stepped down as the target of public criticism, and Wang Jingwei was elected to take charge of the government.Wang Jingwei, who was on stage at this time, was uncharacteristically, and there was no shadow of a "pro-Japanese faction" or a "peace talk faction".Not only did he give speeches everywhere in support of patriotic students, and he called out for the war of resistance, but he also spared no effort to personally condolences to the front-line troops, calling on the people to save the country and recover the lost land.Many scholars have pointed out that Wang Jingwei's seemingly abnormally active performance does not indicate that his pro-Japanese stance has changed. On the contrary, the War of Resistance is just a means of party struggle. The great cause of the war of resistance against Japan is all sold to the Japanese?

Fortunately, Japanese planes did not launch a large-scale air strike that day. Only a reconnaissance plane flew over Wuhan for reconnaissance. It did not fly away until the Chinese fighter jets took off.But Wang Jingwei was not in a hurry to rush to the meeting. He simply came to the riverside and sat leisurely for a while before boarding the car and starting again.