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Volume 1: Turbulent Era Volume 3: Cannons are firing Chapter 433: Mad Dog

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    China's declaration of war on the Soviet Union frightened Stalin. The short Georgian never expected that the Chinese would have the guts to go to war with them.  You must know that compared with Russia, China, the old empire, fell from its high altar after being bombarded by the British with cannons in 1840, and became a delicious meal for the great powers to divide it up.

    If it weren't for the fact that China is too big, has too many people, and that Western countries are trying to contain each other, China would have been completely carved up long ago. But even if it barely maintains a complete country and government, it has never suffered from internal and external troubles.  Never stopped.  Especially in the past few decades, with the collapse of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the struggle between various parties and forces after the establishment of the Republic of China, China is still a third world country in the eyes of outsiders. Although China has gained some benefits as a victorious country since the European wars, its national strength  It is also gradually strengthening, but compared with traditional powers, China is still far behind.

    But compared with the Soviet Union, China's current situation is much better than that of Russia. After these years of national constitutionalism, China's national power has been greatly improved, and the benefits gained from successfully taking sides in the European war have made the Chinese government far better than the Republic of China.  It was powerful when it was first built.

    On the other hand, in Russia, after the domestic revolution overthrew the Tsar, the Soviet government continued to fall into the quagmire of civil war. Moreover, due to the "Great Famine" for many years, the productivity of the Soviet-controlled areas dropped sharply.  On the one hand, they are desperately advocating Bolshevism to hypnotize the people. I am afraid that they will collapse before they can defeat their opponents on the battlefield of the civil war.

    At this time, the plan of "exporting revolution" that Stalin was proud of went completely bankrupt, and Trotskyist defections occurred on the front line and China subsequently declared war on the Soviet Union. This made Stalin panic and furious.  After receiving the news that the Chinese government had officially declared war, Stalin immediately convened a meeting of the Supreme Soviet Committee to make military arrangements for the situation of the Chinese National Defense Forces moving north.

    ¡°But who would have thought that the Chinese have shouted loudly but have never taken any substantive action. Except for receiving intelligence that the Chinese National Defense Force has mobilized several troops to the Sino-Russian border, there is no sign of a formal war.  This situation puzzled Stalin.  And as time went by, his uneasy heart gradually relaxed.  He judged that the so-called war by the Chinese was nothing more than diplomatic blackmail. In the face of the extremely heroic Red Army, the Chinese National Defense Forces did not dare to fight across the border. The reason they did so was just to eliminate Stalin's "export revolution" plan in China.  An illusion created by failure.

    As the days passed, and as the Chinese continued to stand still, Stalin became more and more certain of this speculation.  Stalin, who thought he had figured out the details of the Chinese, was completely relieved and ordered the large number of troops that had been transferred to the south except for some to be stationed at the border.  The rest of the troops turned around and headed east, targeting the Far East government and Trotskyist forces that he regarded as his henchmen.  On the Chinese side, Stalin secretly sent a special envoy to contact the Chinese government through the diplomatic channels of a third country, intending to use this method to obtain a secret agreement with the Chinese side in private, and even on the condition of returning part of China's former territory occupied by Tsarist Russia, hoping that the two countries would continue to maintain inseparability.  This situation of war and discord.

    After receiving the report from Cao Rulin.  Fang Zida got what he wanted, and he immediately instructed Cao Rulin to contact the other party secretly and try his best to delay the matter.  The war between the Chinese government and the Soviet government has been extremely bizarre from the beginning. The two sides declared war in name, but in fact not a single soldier had formal contact. Instead, the diplomatic envoys of both sides secretly flirted with each other.

    "If Stalin and Fang Zida were both confused by each other.  That is absolutely impossible.  Both men are extremely smart politicians, and they each know that this private and secret contact is just for each other to get what they need.

    The Chinese need preparation time, and the same goes for Moscow.  It would not do Stalin any good to add a powerful opponent before defeating the orthodox government of the Russian Empire.  It can be said that both sides have a tacit understanding. As for who will break up first in the end, it depends on how the situation changes.

    Having temporarily stabilized the south, Stalin was free to deal with his opponents in the east first.  The defection of Trotsky's Eastward Front and the government troops of the orthodox government of the Russian Empire were Stalin's greatest worries. He wanted to get rid of this opponent quickly.  Due to the Trotsky Incident, the Soviet Union experienced a brutal purge, which resulted in the Red Army lacking a large number of outstanding commanders and fighters. In order to make up for this shortcoming and ensure victory in the civil war, Stalin considered for a long time the appointment of Mikhail Va.  Silvich Frunze was Vice Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee and Deputy People's Commissar of the Navy and Army.

    After Frunze became the Deputy People's Commissar, Stalin gave him the command of the Red Army's front line.  It can be said that Frunze's current status has almost replaced Trotsky's.  Compared to Trotsky.  Frunze's ability is not inferior, and he is a relatively simple military strategist who also has a deep relationship with Stalin.??Friendship, this is also the main reason why Stalin dared to put him in this position.

    ? But what¡¯s surprising is.  Stalin's deputy for Frunze was Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov. Almost everyone in the Red Army knew that Voroshilov was Trotsky's confidant.  Before Tsky's defection, Voroshilov was still singing praises for the victory of the Battle of Tyumen at a military meeting. It is conceivable that this Trotskyist general should have stayed in prison even if he was not killed in the purge. How could he be dismissed by Stalin?  What about being entrusted with important responsibilities?

    In fact, the reason is very simple. When the news of Trotsky's defection first came, Voroshilov immediately drew a clear line with Trotsky and expressed his loyalty to Stalin.  Not only that, in order to appear in front of Stalin, especially to eliminate Stalin's "misunderstanding" that he was a Trotskyist, Voroshilov even took the initiative to cooperate with Comrade Dzerzhinsky in "purging" the reactionaries within the party.  ".

    In order to test his loyalty, Stalin agreed to Voroshilov's request after careful consideration, and Voroshilov did not disappoint Stalin. After suddenly transforming from the backbone of the Trotskyists to the executor of the purge, Voroshilov  He waved the butcher knife at his former comrades and comrades-in-arms without any thought.

    During the entire purge process, Voroshilov used more vicious means than Dzerzhinsky to brutally suppress them. He directly participated in and killed more than 5,000 so-called "Trotskyists" alone, as well as thousands of their family members.  He used various cruel methods to torture him to death, and even enjoyed it endlessly.  Perhaps, only with the blood and heads of his comrades can Voroshilov wash away his charges and make Stalin truly trust him.

    Afterwards, Dzerzhinsky wrote in his diary that Voroshilov is simply a lunatic. He does not need a reason to arrest suspects and execute people, because the more people he kills, the more he kills.  The more loyal to Stalin.  Compared with the crazy Voroshilov, Dzerzhinsky is simply an extremely pure and kind-hearted angel.

    At the cost of nearly 10,000 lives, Voroshilov finally gained Stalin's complete trust. This time, in order to prevent the Trotsky Incident from happening again on the front line, Stalin reused Frunze while also releasing the people around him.  The purpose of this mad dog was to firmly control the Red Army troops with his hands.  (To be continued.)
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