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    I want oil

    After the deputy chief of staff of the Soviet Red Army walked into Stalin's office, Stalin had woken up from his decadence and sat in his seat with a majestic look.

    After taking a deep breath, he asked bluntly: "Deputy Chief of Staff, where did you get this news Where is Comrade Tukhachevsky who was ordered to command this battle? Why didn't she directly  Report to the General Staff"

    Facing Stalin, who had supreme power in the Soviet Union, the deputy chief of staff did not dare to neglect, and replied cautiously: 'Comrade Stalin, the content of the telegram was sent by the frontline air force, it is certain.  As for Comrade Chief of Staff, at least so far, the General Staff has not contacted him"

    "In other words, with 700,000 Far East Red Army troops, we really lost to the Chinese National Defense Force. What's more important is that even the Chief of General Staff of the Red Army has lost trace" Stalin, with a pair of eyes radiating a cold air, looked cold.  asked rhetorically.

    "This is the situation for the time being" the deputy chief of staff replied with a guilty conscience.

    Hearing this, Stalin was completely angry.  Completely ignoring the identity of the deputy chief of staff in front of him, like an angry leopard, he roared loudly: "Cowards, they are all a group of cowards The 700,000-strong army cannot even defeat the National Defense Force of less than 400,000 people, and even the Chief of General Staff of the Red Army cannot defeat him."  Lost it, have the large amount of military expenditures we invest in the Far East Military Region every year been used for the military"

    For the next five minutes, in addition to Stalin¡¯s angry roar, the only thing left in the office was the slightly nervous breathing of the deputy chief of staff.

    Finally, when Stalin was tired of scolding, the deputy chief of staff seized the opportunity and comforted him with a meaningful expression: "Comrade Stalin, please calm down. Although we failed on the battlefield, we must not fail politically. So, please Stalin.  Comrade, take care of yourself. Organize personnel to negotiate with the National Defense Forces as soon as possible to prevent the situation from developing to our disadvantage"

    Seeing that Stalin's angry face remained unchanged, the deputy chief of staff continued to remind: "Comrade Stalin, although the General Staff has received news of the defeat on the front line, this news is only known to a few people. In order to prevent the news from spreading.  It may cause domestic political turmoil in the future, so I have issued an order in advance to block this news."

    "So, we must solve the various adverse effects that this defeat may have on the Soviet government and millions of Red Army soldiers before the news completely spreads. And in order to solve these problems, the first issue is to negotiate with the Chinese National Defense Forces  , redeeming prisoners of war from the Chinese National Defense Forces, and requiring the Chinese National Defense Forces to keep the results of this battle secret."

    After receiving the news of the defeat on the front line, Stalin's first thought was anger. He wanted to know why the 700,000 elite Red Army troops could not defeat the Chinese National Defense Force, which had only 400,000 troops.

    Now, with the reminder from the deputy chief of staff, Stalin suddenly woke up from his anger.  At the same time, a trace of cold sweat began to flow from his forehead.

    As the deputy chief of staff said, if we fail to resolve the frontline defeat in time, it may have various negative impacts on the domestic political situation.  The prestige and status that he has worked hard to build over several years will suffer an unprecedented blow.

    What¡¯s more important is that the millions of elite Soviet Red Army troops scattered across the European defense lines may fall into a turbulent situation with unstable military morale.  At that time, the entire Soviet government will fall into a dangerous situation of internal and external troubles due to its own mistakes.

    After casting an admiring look at the deputy chief of staff.  Stalin, who slowly woke up, answered decisively.

    "You are right. The immediate priority now is to deal with the various impacts of the defeat on the Soviet government. If conditions permit, it would be best to do the same as the last Sino-Soviet battle. Redemption of the Far East Army officers captured by the Wehrmacht, and  The National Defense Forces are required to keep the results of this battle secret"

    After a brief reflection.  He ordered the deputy chief of staff in front of him with a majestic look: "Deputy chief of staff, I appoint you as the secret negotiator of the Soviet government. After transferring 30 relevant staff officers from the staff department as negotiators, they immediately took a military plane to the Far East to negotiate with China  Wehrmacht negotiates¡­¡±

    ¡°My request is very simple. No matter what the cost, we must ensure the confidentiality of the results of normal battles and redeem the officers of all levels of the Far East Military Region who were captured by the Wehrmacht¡±

    After the decisive battle in Outer Mongolia ended successfully with the victory of the National Defense Forces, Li Guosheng, who knew the final result, directly took a military plane back to Shenyang.  Because, in the possible subsequent Sino-Soviet negotiations, Li Guosheng still has many issues to discuss with Jiang Baili, Li Zongren and others.

    At the same time that Li Guosheng returned to Shenyang, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Soviet Red Army also arrived in the Far East quietly and expressed his intention to negotiate with Luo Zhang, who was still stationed in Outer Mongolia.

    Li Guosheng has just returned to his hometown after a long absence.Jiang Baili hurried over to the office.

    He raised the telegram he had just received in his hand and said excitedly to Li Guosheng: "General Sir, what you said in the telegram was indeed correct. Facing a new round of defeat, Stalin, who was far away in Moscow, was indeed forced to panic.  The battle has only ended for one day, and they sent a secret negotiation delegation to negotiate with us"

    ¡°Um¡­Stalin¡¯s reaction speed is so fast¡­¡± Li Guosheng asked with a surprised look on his face.

    After taking the telegram and browsing it, Li Guosheng said with a mocking look: "Chief of Staff, it seems that Stalin's character has not changed at all. In his eyes, nothing is as important as his face and the reputation of the Soviet government.  "

    At this point, a playful smile suddenly appeared on Li Guosheng's face, and he continued to Jiang Baili: "Believe it or not, I can definitely surmise here: among all the conditions brought by the Soviet negotiators, there must be one that allows us to  The result of the decisive battle shall be kept confidential unconditionally.¡±

    "That's for sure" Jiang Baili replied with a look of deep concern.

    Then, he reminded Li Guosheng: "Chief Commander, today's National Defense Force is no longer the National Defense Force a year ago. Even if it faces the Soviet government, it still has the ability to fight. Under such circumstances, we don't have to worry about the Soviet government's new round of military  Threats, and even troops pressing down on the border. Therefore, this time we cannot let the Soviet government off easily"

    ¡°I don¡¯t know what demands the General Administration intends to make to the Soviet government¡±

    I saw a smile in front of me.  Jiang Baili looks like a profiteer.  Li Guosheng couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Jiang Baili, who was still a soldier a few years ago, has been nurtured by him for several years.  It has gradually developed the potential of a profiteer.

    After a weird smile flashed across his face, Li Guosheng replied without hesitation: "That's for sure We didn't have the strength a year ago. We could only take advantage of Stalin. This time we finally caught such a good opportunity. I, Li Guosheng,  Of course I won¡¯t let it go.¡±

    "As for the specific demands to be made to the Soviet government, I haven't thought about it yet. However, the general outline is still there: what we lack, and what the Soviet government has, we want. In a word, we must  If we sell what we have in hand at a good price, it would be best to make up for all the losses we suffered a year ago."

    As soon as Li Guosheng finished speaking, a crisp knock on the door suddenly sounded from the office door.

    As Commander-in-Chief of the National Defense Forces.  There are adjutants on duty outside Li Guosheng's office 24 hours a day.  Under such circumstances, there are definitely no more than ten people in the entire National Defense Force who can directly knock on the door of their own offices without the adjutant.

    What¡¯s more important is that even if there are no more than ten senior members of the National Defense Forces, they will not knock on the door of their own offices directly without the adjutant, unless there is an important situation.

    So, the moment he heard the knock on the door, Li Guosheng frowned subconsciously.

    certainly.  With his brows furrowed, he subconsciously ordered: "Come in"

    The door to the office was pushed open, and Li Guanghua, the deputy commander in charge of the logistics of the National Defense Forces, appeared in front of the two of them very unexpectedly, carrying the rank of lieutenant general on his shoulders.  More importantly.  Li Guanghua, who had always been smiling, showed a rare serious expression on his face.

    "Old Li, is there a logistics problem" Facing his old subordinates.  Li Guosheng asked directly without any pretense.

    Li Guanghua nodded.  Answered with a wry smile.

    "General, not only is there a problem. There is a big problem As for the decisive battle in Outer Mongolia that just ended, if the battle continues for another week, I, the deputy commander of the National Defense Forces in charge of logistics, will not be able to continue my job.  , was chased and beaten by military chiefs at all levels"

    While Li Guosheng had a puzzled expression on his face, Jiang Baili also had an interested expression on his face.

    After quickly sorting out the thoughts in his mind, Li Guanghua directly handed a piece of data he had calculated to Li Guosheng and reported: "Chief, this is the oil consumption of the entire army one year ago."

    "As the mechanization of the troops becomes higher and higher, the armored group army is expanding faster and faster. The oil that used to be consumed by the National Defense Forces for one year can now only be used for half a year. Coupled with the just-concluded decisive battle in Outer Mongolia,  The $50 million in oil we imported from abroad this year has bottomed out."

    "If we cannot obtain new sources of oil in a short period of time, even if we use the oil stored in combat readiness warehouses, our army's current oil consumption rate will only last for two months."

    Seeing the list data, Li Guosheng was also shocked.

    Just when he was about to ask a question, Li Guanghua spoke directly one step ahead.He said: "General, according to the statistics of the Logistics Department, the Armored Group Army alone is equipped with more than 2,000 tanks of various types. This does not include the armored assault battalions directly under the field division, the tank regiments directly under each field army, and the tanks directly under the group army.  Division. If all these tanks and armored fighting vehicles are added up, the number is definitely more than five thousand."

    "You know, both tanks and armored fighting vehicles are big consumers of fuel. I made a statistics and found that the annual fuel consumption of these tanks and armored fighting vehicles is definitely around 30,000 tons"

    "In addition, the entire army is also equipped with tens of thousands of transport vehicles, thousands of fighter planes, and hundreds of various ships that are also big oil consumersall of which need to consume tons of oil. If a war breaks out, these equipment will  China's oil consumption will directly more than double"

    "The entire military's oil consumption is increasing, and the total amount of oil we import from the United States every year is only more than one million tons. One goes down and the other goes up. How can the entire army consume this amount in a year"

    Hearing this, Li Guosheng couldn't help but reveal a wry smile on his face, and said to himself: "Now it seems that it is really not an ordinary difficulty to truly develop the army into mechanization without sufficient oil resources.  "

    ?Unexpected.  Faced with the problem of oil shortage, Jiang Baili couldn't help showing any expression of worry on his face.  Instead, he was filled with inner confidence, as if Jiang Baili had found a solution to the problem of oil shortage.

    Li Guosheng, who looked worried, quickly asked: "Chief of Staff, have you already thought of a way"

    Jiang Baili nodded noncommittally, pointed in the direction of the Soviet Union, and reminded with a kind face: "General, although large-scale oil fields have not yet been developed in the area occupied by our National Defense Forces. However, there are many oil fields in the Soviet Union.  And it has very large oil production.¡±

    "I believe that Stalin would be very willing to exchange oil for his face and captured officers."

    Li Guosheng reacted suddenly, and something quickly emerged in his mind.

    ??Whether it is in the Second World War in later generations.  Still in the late nineteenth century, the Soviet government and Russia after the coup were very large oil producers in the world.  Take World War II as an example. The Soviet government's annual oil production has reached 30 million tons, which is five or six times that of Germany.

    With such a huge oil production, Li Guosheng is confident that Stalin will definitely agree to get a share of the pie.

    Of course, if Stalin disagrees, he can also threaten him by sending troops to seize Siberia.

    With Stalin and all Soviet people's enthusiasm for land.  Li Guosheng believed that when it came to the choice between land and oil, Stalin would definitely be willing to pay for oil.

    After all, the current Soviet government has not yet entered a state of war, and the entire country is in a state of war.  There is absolutely no problem in extracting tens of millions of tons from the huge production of 30 million tons per year.

    For the Soviet government, which had fully entered an industrialized country, tens of millions of tons of oil was only their consumption for four or five months.  However, for still based on agriculture.  For the National Defense Force, whose industry is only represented in the military industry, these oil saves a little.  There is absolutely no problem in using it for more than two years.

    You know, in the course of World War II in later generations.  The Japanese government, which has a huge combined fleet, only needs about five million tons of oil every year.

    Thinking of this, Li Guosheng said firmly: "Okay, in this negotiation with the Soviet government, we want oil."

    No one would have imagined that in the opinion conference room of the National Defense Forces Headquarters, which seemed to have remained unchanged on the surface, there were representatives of the National Defense Forces led by Li Guosheng, supplemented by Yan Xishan, and representatives of the Soviet Union headed by the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Soviet Red Army.  The two negotiators were sitting opposite each other, bickering in the small conference room, and fighting on the negotiating table.

    Facing a completely different situation from the National Government, Li Guosheng, the commander-in-chief of the National Defense Forces, was tit-for-tat from the beginning of the negotiations and regarded himself as the defeated side.  Although the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Soviet Red Army was holding back his anger, in order to avoid the breakdown of the negotiations, he could only lower his head, which he had always shown to be aloof in front of the Chinese.

    After taking a long breath, the deputy chief of staff, who slowly calmed down, had to put down his airs and asked Li Guosheng bluntly: "Commander-in-chief Li, the Soviet government comes to negotiate with your army with great sincerity.  .In order to ensure the smooth progress of the negotiations, the Soviet government can meet some conditions of your army within a certain range"

    ¡°I don¡¯t know what conditions your army wants before it can agree to the series of demands put forward by Comrade Stalin of our country.¡±

    "The real meat show is here"

    After subconsciously sighing in his heart, Li Guosheng, who was still groggy just now, immediately cheered up.  ?His eyes flashed outward quickly, and he answered with a smile on his face.

    ¡°As for the series of demands put forward by Comrade Stalin of your government, I think we should negotiate point by point¡­¡±

    At this point, Li Guosheng suddenly changed the topic and said with a strange face: "We all know that your country is the first communist country in the world. At least so far, your country is still in the same relationship with capitalist countries such as Europe and the United States.  Hostile state. If I announce the results of the decisive battle in Outer Mongolia, I believe that those capitalist countries that want to be detrimental to your country will spare no effort to support our national defense forces and expand the war"

    "So, if your government wants to keep our national defense forces secret and give up the various interests that European and American countries are prepared to support us, your government must compensate us for all the losses caused by this"

    Seeing the smiling Li Guosheng in front of him, the deputy chief of staff had the urge to slap Li Guosheng twice.

    Because Li Guosheng, who was sitting in front of him, completely overturned his impression of the Chinese. Not only did he have a thorough understanding of the Soviet government's current embarrassing position in the world, but he also made good use of the situation to attack Europe and the United States, which were still hostile to the Soviet government.  All countries are drawn into one camp.

    It is conceivable that if the Soviet government did not agree to the other party's conditions and faced an elite force that could wipe out millions of Soviet Red Army troops, the situation on the battlefield in the Far East might really be as Li Guosheng said before him.

    The deputy chief of staff, who already felt that this negotiation would become increasingly difficult, had to nod his head and replied: "I don't know what Commander-in-Chief Li wants our country to compensate for"

    ¡°Give me 10 million tons of crude oil, and I will keep the outcome of the decisive battle in Outer Mongolia a secret. Even if European and American countries obtain information from other sources and use heavy profits to win over our army, our national defense forces will remain neutral in the Far East¡±

    Ten million tons of crude oil in exchange for a guarantee that doesn¡¯t mean much. In the eyes of the deputy chief of staff of the Soviet Red Army, the other party is definitely talking big.

    Therefore, as soon as Li Guosheng finished speaking, the other party refused without hesitation: "God, why don't you go and grab it Ten million tons of crude oil is too much, absolutely not possible One million tons of oil at most"  "

    Li Guosheng, who was determined to bargain with the other party, shook his head and asked: "One million tons of crude oil Is your government trying to be a beggar If our National Defense Force releases news that it will continue to march towards Siberia?  , I believe that European and American countries will rush to send me one million tons of oil"

    "Eight million tons of oil, not even a ton less As long as your government agrees, this clause will be crossed" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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