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- Obviously, the Soviets were able to make this request because they had received a request from the United States and even received a list of this batch of machinery and equipment provided by the United States. Otherwise, they would not have made this request, which seemed fair but actually harmed the interests of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
You must know that if the United States really sells a batch of advanced machinery and equipment, it will definitely be prepared if it knows that it will transit through the Soviet Union. Once the Americans know that the machines and equipment they provided have fallen into the hands of the Soviets, I am afraid that the Americans will not be so generous next time they want to get new American machines and equipment.
What makes Yang Zhen even more disgusted is the so-called equipment provided to him. So far, I don't even have a detailed directory on hand. The Soviets knew first that it was the United States that had negotiated with the Soviet Union for the fastest arrival of this batch of materials and consciously leaked it. Or did the Soviet Union's powerful intelligence agents obtain similar information from the Americans?
Although I know that at this time, the United States has not yet organized the so-called "Paris Coordination Organization" that specializes in technological blockades of socialist countries. As long as someone buys general equipment, exports will basically be allowed. Just like the foundation for the Soviet Union's comprehensive industrialization came from the United States. But no matter what, the fact that he always felt like he was being used made Yang Zhen very disgusted.
In his heart, Yang Zhen believed that this information might have been disclosed to the Soviets by the Americans in advance. Because of the Soviet-Finnish War last winter, the Americans temporarily suspended trade with the Soviet Union. In particular, severe sanctions have been imposed on the export of advanced machinery and equipment.
The level of sanctions on some advanced machinery and equipment that can be used in the military industry is even higher than the export sanctions on military supplies. But now times have changed, and now that most of their European allies have fallen under the iron heel of the Nazis, the Americans will not try their best to win over the Soviet Union, which has huge military strength.
Although last year¡¯s Winter War made a country whose military strength was a drop in the bucket compared to that of the Soviet Union, the Soviet army that was so messed up has almost become a laughing stock. But the Soviet military's military strength of several million troops, tens of thousands of aircraft, and more than 10,000 tanks is a considerable force for any country. Especially when Britain and the Soviet Union are still in secret negotiations, as a staunch ally of the British, the Americans will not fail to help.
This time the machinery and equipment were exported to ourselves, and then re-exported to the Soviet Union through ourselves. For Americans, the key to effectively avoiding the long and protracted process in the United States is the Congress, which has many members talking at once, and even many members who are in office but are always causing trouble for President Roosevelt. and wooed the Soviets in exchange for support from the shrewd Stalin.
It¡¯s just that Yang Zhen doesn¡¯t want his judgment to be confirmed. Because if this is the original intention of the Americans, although it is for a reason, it is related to the so-called interests of the United States, and it is also related to the pattern of World War II. But for Yang Zhen, there is always a feeling of being used and betrayed.
In fact, Yang Zhen has always been extremely dissatisfied with the so-called sanctions imposed by the United States on the Soviet Union. When the Soviets invaded the two small countries of Poland and Finland, they suffered extremely severe sanctions from the Americans. But the Japanese have invaded China for two full years, and the Americans have not taken any action. Instead, a decree was issued prohibiting American ships from transporting weapons, equipment, and military supplies to China and Japan.
And this is the biggest blow to the Chinese who lost all their ports in a short period of time. There were almost no restrictions on the Japanese aggression. As an island nation, the Japanese have the third largest navy in the world and the largest in Asia. There is a huge transport fleet. All military supplies purchased in the United States can naturally be transported.
Not long after the war began, the Chinese lost all of their navy and almost all of their merchant fleet. They could only hire foreign ships at high prices and pay high transit fees to go to the British colonies or French Indochina. And this lifeline was not the closure of the British and French colonial governments forced by the Japanese army.
Compared with Japan, China¡¯s military-industrial capabilities are almost too weak to be worth mentioning. In order to maintain the ability to continue the war. The price paid is almost unbearable compared with the national strength. In the early stages of the war of aggression against China, Americans played a very disgraceful role.
In Yang Zhen¡¯s view, the so-called sanctions clause of the Americans is just that they want to be a ** but still want to build a memorial. Naturally, the Soviets, with their vast land and extremely rich resources, would not use their oil and rare metals. The Soviets, who can basically take care of themselves in the military industry, will not import American equipment in large quantities. Americans actually didn't make much money from the Soviets.
The Japanese are different. For an island country with poor resources and no basis for developing modern industry, almost all raw materials must be imported. Although it occupies an area rich in iron and steelNortheast China has abundant resources, but due to its own insufficient production capacity, it has to import large amounts of scrap steel from the United States.
"Compared to the Soviets, who have extremely high self-sufficiency capabilities, the Japanese, who rely heavily on the Americans for resources to continue the war, are the ones who can make them a lot of money. This is also true. After the July 7th Incident, most of the Japanese's foreign exchange reserves were spent on purchasing American machinery and equipment, oil and products, and scrap steel. Americans made a lot of money during the Sino-Japanese War.
¡°And in Yang Zhen¡¯s view, the American sanctions are extremely unreliable. In the spring of this year, I commissioned the Soviet Union to import fighter jets. In order to get rid of the P-39 fighter jets that are eager to get rid of those who have money and are unwilling to buy them, and those who have no money can't buy them even if they want to buy them. Now for the Americans, the P-39 fighter jets have become a burden. Didn't the United States ignore the so-called sanctions clauses and buy them in one fell swoop? Are a large number of fighter jets exported?
In Yang Zhen¡¯s view, American standards have always been two-pronged. As long as it is beneficial to itself, it is the interest of the United States. What is detrimental to oneself is jeopardizing the stability and security of the world. Although Americans have not yet kept talking about human rights, there has still been no change in the primacy of interests.
Although he was 70% angry and 30% dissatisfied, Yang Zhen finally partially agreed to Major General Grigorenko¡¯s request after thinking about it. However, although he nodded, he only partially agreed to the Soviet request. Yang Zhen accepted all the Soviet experts' participation in the research.
"But Yang Zhen only accepted half of the Soviet Union's request to transfer some of the machinery and equipment provided by the Americans that the Soviet Union also lacked. Yang Zhen agreed to provide some samples as requested by the Soviets, but did not agree to transfer all of them to the Soviets.
¡°Compared to our own and the Soviet Union¡¯s current industrial capabilities, most of these machines and equipment are urgently needed by us first. Even many devices may seem insignificant at first glance, but they are crucial to future development. Transferring it to the Soviets would be very detrimental to my future plans.
At the very least, we don¡¯t even know what kind of equipment the Americans provided that made the Soviets try so hard to get it from themselves. Without knowing what equipment the Soviets were interested in, a hasty agreement would only make them passive in the future.
However, in order to silence the Soviets, Yang Zhen also proposed a compromise plan. After the American machines and equipment arrive, the Anti-Japanese Alliance can provide some samples according to the Soviet Union's requirements. And agreed that the Soviet Union would send experts to study it in order to imitate it or redesign it according to its own national conditions and technical strength. But this kind of participation must be secret and must not be known to Americans.
Faced with Grigorenko¡¯s opposition, Yang Zhen blocked his mouth with a few words. Yang Zhen's words were simple: "If the Americans knew that they were transferring equipment that they had embargoed against the Soviet Union to the Soviet Union, they would not provide any of the latest machinery and equipment when providing machinery and equipment in the future."
"If the Americans no longer provide new equipment, then the losses to the Soviet Union will be greater. If the Americans no longer provide new equipment, then the Soviets will have even less possibility of obtaining technical information in this area. Keep the cooperation you said. Through this method, the Soviets could continuously obtain the latest technical information from American industry.¡±
"But if the Americans no longer provide the latest machinery and equipment because they transfer the new machinery and equipment provided by the Americans to the Soviet Union, the Soviets will also lose the latest Western industrial intelligence they need. This will have a great impact on the future of the Soviet Union industrial development is quite unfavorable.¡±
When Yang Zhen said these words, he felt very confident. He knew very well that the Soviet industry at this time could be called an industrial power. But compared with the United States and Germany, it is far from being called an industrial power. Its working machines also rely on imports from the United States and Germany. Without the latest source of science and technology from the United States, the Soviets' industrial progress and industrial expansion capabilities will be extremely slow.
The Soviets have a huge industry, but they are heavily dependent on Western imports for machine tools, especially various new machines and equipment. What truly established the Soviet Union's status as an industrial power was the hundreds of thousands of the latest machinery and equipment provided by the United States during World War II. and the post-war plunder of German talent and industry.
It was the Americans who provided hundreds of thousands of the latest Western machine tools during the war and dismantled the industrial base of the Soviet theater, which concentrated a considerable part of Germany's industrial sector. This allowed the Soviet Union to recover quickly after World War II and make great progress in a short period of time, truly establishing its status as an industrial power.
For Yang Zhen, although the Soviets' looting behavior made him angry, he knew that this was his last chance to join forces before the Soviet-German war broke out.?Opportunity. After the outbreak of World War II, in order to allow the Soviets to maintain the war, and to contain the Germans as much as possible. The Americans would provide a large amount of advanced machinery to the Soviet military industry during the implementation of their Lend-Lease Act.
Hundreds of thousands of the latest U.S. military equipment, while fully industrializing the Soviet Union, will also prevent the Soviets from asking anything more of themselves in this regard. And they can no longer extort any benefits from the Soviets unless the Americans transfer to themselves certain military technologies that make the Soviets jealous.
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