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Luo Yaoguo lightly pointed to his wife, and smiled at his uncle: "See? This is the will of the people. Do you think we can disapprove? Chiang Kai-shek's work is beautiful, no matter whether the CCP can agree to it in the end, our party The image in the south is a bonus. If the CCP wants to reject it... I am afraid that the public opinion in the south will be criticized without our command. And if we oppose it, I am afraid that we will be scolded to be stinky. This public opinion It is very deterrent to us."

Luo Yiqun was silent. What his nephew said was right. The public opinion in the south must have been applauded about this matter.There is no harm to the KMT anyway.The only risk is the possibility of an all-out civil war!

When he was silent, Luo Yaoguo sighed softly again: "It's a pity that the relationship between the two parties has been maintained for so many years, but this time it is really about to break."

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On the banks of the Songhua River in Harbin, two generals of the Northeast Army were walking along the river with a large group of soldiers who looked like generals of the Northeast Army.Behind is surrounded by a group of strong guards.Both sides of the Songhua River are lush green farmlands. Farmers in the Northeast are wearing bamboo hats and transplanting rice seedlings in the fields, catching up with the solar terms before and after the spring rain.The Northeast is rich in land and rich in products. What's more rare is that the land is sparsely populated, and there are no sharp land conflicts like in the pass.Therefore, the people's livelihood is also relatively prosperous. Since Zhang Xueliang retired from the customs, the Northeast Army authorities have pursued a policy of resting with the people. During this period, the Northeast has indeed seen some signs of prosperity.What He Chengjun and Guo Songling said that day were not all flattery. Even compared with the current South China, the people in the Northeast seem to be richer.Of course, the premise is that the rulers of the Northeast will send troops to the pass to find and beat them if they have nothing to do.

Of the two generals, one is the current ruler of the Northeast, the vice president of the Beijing government of the Republic of China and the security commander of the three northeastern provinces.One is Guo Songling, the General Counselor of the Northeast Army, the "Second Emperor" of the Northeast.The two walked slowly with their hands behind their backs, talking quietly while walking.The discussion seems to be whether to send troops to pass again!

"Teacher, do you see if Chiang Kai-shek is sincere to our Northeast Army?" Zhang Xueliang suddenly stopped and looked up at Sun Island in the distance.

Guo Songling sneered: "Hanqing, it's not a matter of sincerity or insincerity, but whether our Northeast Army has any value for Jiang. He has given us so many benefits over the past year, and he has won us over. This purpose has finally been revealed now. He wants to use our Northeast Army to help him fight the Communist Party, but after defeating the Communist Party... what is the use value of our Northeast Army? Maybe it will be our turn to be unlucky? "

Zhang Xueliang nodded slightly, paced a few more steps, and said: "Then according to the teacher, should we reject Chiang Kai-shek and not participate in the disputes in the pass, or live our lives in peace?"

Guo Songling sighed for a long time, and shook his head helplessly: "I'm afraid this won't work either. In the past two days, the Kuomintang has proposed to uphold justice for the hundreds of thousands of people in the besieged city of Taiyuan, and not allow the CCP to cut off their food routes. Hanqing, don't you Do you see anything wrong with it?"

"The Kuomintang is going to use this as an excuse to start a war with the CCP?" Zhang Xueliang looked a little hesitant. Things like besieging cities and starving for food are not uncommon in the history of civil wars in the past dynasties of China.In history, I don't know how many people starved to death, and I have never seen anyone come out to uphold justice!The matter raised by the Kuomintang this time sounds fresh enough!It is said that the local organizations of the Kuomintang in the south have also launched an activity to donate money to buy food for the hungry people in Taiyuan in the past two days. I don’t know if the people in Taiyuan can wait for these life-saving food?

Guo Songling smiled deeply, and looked at her student Zhang Xueliang: "Hanqing, if you are the leader of the CCP, how should you respond to this request from the Kuomintang?"

Zhang Xueliang froze for a moment, frowned, and seemed to be thinking hard. After coming for a while, he shook his head and sighed: "It's not easy. If you agree to the Kuomintang's request, this city will not be surrounded. The common people have something to eat." , Can you be hungry and have a gun in your hand? This city will not be able to be surrounded for 100 years! But if you don’t agree, the public opinion in the south will be instigated by the Kuomintang, and the public opinion of the Northern Expedition will rise. I heard that the Kuomintang has a comprehensive plan. The general mobilization system, even though there are only less than 60 soldiers now, if there is a general mobilization, there will be 2000 million bayonets! Even if there is water, there may still be three to four million troops... At that time, each person will spit, and the CCP will have to drown die."

"So we can't reject Chiang Kai-shek." Guo Songling smiled bitterly: "At present, Han Qing, you and Chiang Kai-shek are brothers, and our Northeast Army and the Kuomintang don't have any deep hatred. It's really not possible... we still can't lose the position of Marquis. If If you offend them, it will be difficult to wear small shoes in the future."

The muscles on Zhang Xueliang's face twitched after hearing this.Before he could figure out what to say, Guo Songling sighed again: "Now we are choosing sides between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. If we make a wrong step, we will regret it! Hanqing, this is your father." How to choose the remaining country, you can make up your own mind, my words can only be used as a reference. Right now, we don’t have much room for neutrality. If the Kuomintang and the Communist Party go to war, our Northeast Army will either do our best to help the Communist Party resist the Kuomintang, so as to preserve our Northeast The foundation, or... have to prepare to offer soil and surrender, and it is better to surrender early than late, because it is worthless to wait until the soldiers approach the city!"

Chapter 0497 Civil War ([-])

"Comrades! The Kuomintang reactionaries are about to raise their butcher knives against our party!"

In the conference room of Xihua Hall, Mao Zedong's Hunan accent sounded again.After learning about the Kuomintang’s request that the CCP allow all daily necessities such as food, medicine, fuel, and cloth to enter the besieged city of Taiyuan to supply the citizens of Taiyuan, or allow the citizens of Taiyuan to leave the war zone and seek refuge in the Kuomintang-controlled area.Mao Zedong saw through Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy in the first place!He stood up abruptly, waving his hand holding the cigarette lightly, with a very serious expression on his face:

"The Kuomintang's request seems to be righteous, but in fact it is unreasonable. It even cheers up the reactionary warlord group Yan Xishan in Taiyuan City, encourages them to resist to the end, and creates for us to save hundreds of thousands of oppressed and enslaved working people in Taiyuan City. More obstacles! What's more, they are trying to use this as an excuse to incite the masses in the south who don't know the truth to rise up against us. Create a public opinion base for them to implement a general mobilization of the whole people and launch a full-scale civil war against the people! For this, we must Prepare for the worst."

The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became tense, and all the committee members seemed to be in shock all of a sudden, and they were all silent. Everyone's eyes were cast on Zhou Enlai, the de facto core figure of the CCP.Zhou Enlai nodded slightly, as if he approved of Mao Zedong's analysis.Although Mao Zedong's analysis is a bit sensational, it still makes sense when you think about it carefully.The Kuomintang took advantage of the siege of Taiyuan to make a brilliant move and posed a huge problem to the CCP, which was about to win the Shanxi Battle.

Mao Zedong glanced at the people in the conference room, and finally cast his eyes on Zhou Enlai: "Comrade Enlai, the cause of the party has reached the most dangerous moment. At this moment, we cannot shrink back, because if we retreat an inch, the enemy will advance. One foot! Our only solution is to unite all patriotic and progressive forces, form a united front against the Kuomintang reactionaries, and smash the ambitions and plots of the Kuomintang reactionaries!"

Zhou Enlai frowned slightly, wondering how many patriotic and progressive forces in the country could be united?At present, apart from the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the various factions with armed forces are nothing more than the Northeast Army, the Youth Army, and the Jin Army, and there is also a fake Communist Party Wang Zhongyi... Among them, the Jin Army is naturally impossible to unite, and the Youth Army can at best remain neutral. Of course, Wang Zhongyi couldn't unite. The only one who could unite for a while seemed to be Zhang Xueliang from the Northeast!This young marshal should also be clear about the reason why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, right?In addition, what advantages does the CCP offer to win over Zhang Xueliang?

"Now we have reached the time to 'Unite Wu against Cao'!" Mao Zedong said in a heavy tone:

"Our party has more than 70 soldiers, and the Northeast Army also has more than 60 soldiers. Together, the two have [-] soldiers, which is [-] more than the [-] of the Kuomintang! Moreover, the Northeast Army has food and guns in its hands. ...If you are willing to lend us a part, we can immediately expand more troops to fight against the Kuomintang reactionaries. Therefore, the joining of the Northeast Army is very important to us, and we can only trouble Comrade Enlai for a while. Going to Harbin."

"But what can we use to impress Zhang Xueliang?" Zhou Enlai was very frank, glanced at Mao Zedong, and said with a wry smile: "Zhang Xueliang is now the vice president, and it is estimated that he will not come to Beijing to take office even if the president is handed over to him." ? What else can we offer now?"

Mao Zedong thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Tianjin! Let's give him Tianjin, if it's not enough, add the eastern part of Zhili. Then he should be tempted, right?"

With a slap, Xiang Ying slapped the table, stood up, and said angrily: "No, there are hundreds of thousands of working-class people in Tianjin City, and millions of poor and lower-middle peasants in the east of Zhili. How can we, as a proletarian party, Can sell workers and peasants to feudal warlords!"

Zhou Enlai frowned, and was about to refute, but Xiang Ying went on self-consciously: "Among the millions of workers and peasants, there are more than a dozen or 20 who can take up arms to defend the people's regime, right? Let's give them up. With Zhang Xueliang, he can dispatch 20 troops to help us fight? In my opinion, instead of ceding the territory to Zhang Xueliang, it is better to violently expand the revolutionary armed forces! Doesn’t the Kuomintang have a general mobilization of the whole people? We can also mobilize, and rely on our party The mobilization efficiency will be much higher than that of the Kuomintang. There are at least 4000 to 200 million people in our jurisdiction. According to the mobilization level of various countries during the World War, it is not a problem to organize [-] million troops!"

"Hahaha." Mao Zedong laughed loudly. After the laughter, he said with a serious face: "Chairman Xiang, what will our Central Revolutionary Military Commission use to arm these 200 million troops? We have so many rifles, machine guns, and cannons." Ammunition? How much does our Baotou arsenal produce in a month now?" He waved his hand at this point: "I don't think there is anything wrong with giving up the eastern part of Zhili and Tianjin to the Northeast Army! Our party organization did not say that we would Withdrawing from there, the vast rural areas of Zhili and the working class in Tianjin are still in our hands, and Zhang Xueliang only got a few cities."

A strange smile slipped across Mao Zedong's face, and he glanced at Zhou Enlai: "Enlai, what did Zhuge Liang say to Liu Bei before he went to Jiangdong to lobby Sun Wu? If Sun Wu can't beat Cao Cao, where should Liu Bei go?"

"You mean..." Zhou Enlai immediately realized that Mao Zedong was not only targeting the south, but also turned his attention to the vast and prosperous Northeast. It is very reasonable. We must unite all the forces that can be united in this battle, especially Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army. However, the task of mobilizing and expanding the revolutionary armed forces must also be grasped. As for weapons and equipment, Advisor Miff, what do you think? ?"

A gleam of light flashed in Miff's eyes, and he smiled and said, "Please don't worry about the weapons and equipment. I will immediately apply to the Communist International. I believe that the Soviet people will help the Chinese people's liberation cause with the greatest enthusiasm!"

Zhou Enlai nodded with satisfaction: "We Chinese people will always remember the helping hand extended by the Soviet people at the most difficult time of the Chinese revolution. Comrade Xiang Ying, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission should be fully responsible for the expansion of the revolutionary armed forces. I suggest that the ten The Eighth and Nineteenth Route Army will be completed, and then new troops will be added. Lobbying for Zhang Xueliang's work... let me go to Harbin myself." At this point, he turned his head and looked at Mao Zedong: "Run Zhi , Our preparations for the war will take time, so the negotiations with the Kuomintang will continue, and the only task is to invite you, the president, to step in. In any case, the time for the breakup must be postponed for several months. Our current We don’t have much food reserves, so it’s best to wait until after the autumn harvest, when we’ll have enough food for our soldiers, and we won’t be afraid of anything!”

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Ye County is located in the central part of Henan Province, just at the junction of the Central Henan Plain and the Western Henan Mountains. It is adjacent to Shahe River in the north and Funiu Mountain in the south. It is an ordinary small county in the Central Plains.However, since 1927, when it fell under the control of the right wing of the Kuomintang, the status of Ye County has become increasingly important.Because the Ministry of Armaments of the Nationalist Government established a secret weapon testing base here.Moreover, through a secret cooperation plan with Germany, a large number of experts and extremely important equipment and instruments that originally belonged to the Swabian weapons test site in Germany were also secretly transported to the secret test site in the south of Ye County. Asia's largest and most advanced weapons testing base has begun to take shape!

On May 19, 11, which happened to be the [-]th year since the May [-]th Patriotic Movement broke out, the atmosphere at the Mazhuang Experimental Base in Ye County seemed a little strange.The guards around the base have at least tripled.In addition to barbed wire and fixed posts, there have also been many Kuomintang gendarmerie patrols with dogs.In the test field, at least a dozen people in general uniforms and dozens of people in suits stood on a tall concrete stand.In front of the concrete stands is an endless muddy field.Senior officials of the Nationalist Government's Army Department, General Staff Department, Armament Department, Armored Forces Command, German military advisers, representatives and designers from several large factories in South China all gathered here.Everyone is automatically divided into several circles, and people are talking about the "T" plan that is their biggest concern at the moment.

As early as 10 after the Middle East Road War, some large industrial enterprises in southern China and Germany, including Mercedes-Benz, MAN Heavy Equipment, Krupp Steel, Rheinmetall, China Military Industry Corporation, China Steel Company, China-Germany Aircraft Manufacturing Company, China Shipbuilding Company, and even the GM China Company that opened later, and Ford China Company have received notices from the Armament Department of the Nationalist Government and the Armored Forces Command, asking them to produce a [-]-ton model. Tracked combat vehicles or tanks!This is the first time that China plans to develop and manufacture tanks on its own land, and it is also the first time that those large German companies bound by the Treaty of Versailles have the opportunity to participate in the development of tanks. It is crucial to produce more powerful and advanced tanks!For the Americans, it is an excellent business opportunity to tap the Chinese arms market and obtain a large number of orders and banknotes.So all the big companies that received the notice were gearing up there, and they were all working hard, ready to do a big job.

Therefore, Luo Yaoguo, Chief of the General Staff of the National Revolutionary Army, Sun Ke, Minister of the Armament Department, and Huang Guyu, Director of Armored Forces of the National Revolutionary Army have all become the targets of the businessmen present.These businessmen want to take advantage of the last chance to promote their company's products.

"Your Excellency Marshal, this '100MK' was jointly developed by Krupp Steel Corporation and MAN Heavy Equipment Company. The hull was designed by MAN, the rotating turret was designed by Krupp, and the engine was designed by Daimler-Benz's Maybach gasoline engine. '100MK' borrowed part of the design of the British Carden Lloyd light tank, with 5 small-diameter road wheels and 4 supporting pulleys on each side, using a set of 2 The plate spring balanced suspension. The turret is equipped with a KWK30 type 20mm machine gun with 180 rounds of ammunition, and a 7.62mm machine gun with a bulletproof plate with 1425 rounds of ammunition; a Zeiss periscope with a wide field of vision is used. The body is made of steel plates that have been heat-treated Welded, with an average thickness of about 30 mm at the front and 16 mm at the rear; the turret is also made of this, about 30 mm thick at the front edge and 16 mm at the rear."

A tall, handsome, and very young-looking German guy in a black suit was standing opposite Luo Yaoguo, pointing to a small black-painted tank in the distance, proudly introducing it.This man's name is Alfred Krupp, he is the son of Gustav Krupp, the heir of the Krupp family, he has met Luo Yaoguo several times, this time he was sent to China by his father to open up the market.

"Oh!" After listening to Alfred Krupp's introduction, Luo Yaoguo nodded with a smile.The tank jointly developed by Krupp and MAN is a bit like the No. 5 tank in history.But in this time and space, I'm afraid it will become the No. 5 tank, because the request proposed by Guderian to design a 15-ton tank has been rejected by Luo Yaoguo on the pretext of insufficient funds!Uh, while vetoing the 20-ton tank, Luo Yaoguo proposed a plan to design [-]-ton and [-]-ton tanks, and the design requirements have also been released. guys come.

"Mr. Krupp, if I give the order to Krupp and MAN, can you cooperate with us to build several factories to produce tanks? Besides, you will also start a technical school in China to help us train skilled workers "Luo Yaoguo's concern is obviously not only the performance and quality of the tank.Because he knows very well that once a war breaks out, advanced weapons such as tanks, aircraft, and cannons that look like durable goods in peacetime are nothing but "several items" that are quickly consumed, so it is very important to achieve localization.

"Oh! Your Excellency, Marshal, there is no problem at all." Alfred Krupp smiled slightly, it was a great depression right now!The survival of the company is the first priority, technical secrecy and so on... can only be left behind.He paused, then laughed again: "Our Krupp company is very willing to share our most advanced technology with Chinese friends, including technology in steel, artillery casting and shipbuilding, etc. can be transferred."

"Brother Fuwen!" Just as Krupp finished speaking, Sun Ke, Minister of Armaments, squeezed a middle-aged man with blond hair, a slender figure, and a slightly sluggish appearance.Sun Ke pointed to the blond foreigner beside him with a smile: "This is Mr. Walter Christie, an American engineer who cooperated with GM to develop tanks. If we can order the products designed by him, he is willing to open a company in China to manufacture tanks in the future." Help us realize the localization of tank production.” Then Mr. Sun pointed to a funny-looking thing without a turret in the distance: “This is GM’s Christie tank, er, it looks pretty good, right?”

To be honest, comparing this strange mouse-like "tank" with the Krupp "100MK" tank next to it, it really corresponds to the saying "you have to throw it away when you compare goods."

"Well, it seems to be okay..." Luo Yaoguo worked in the Air Force in his previous life, so he didn't know that the "mouse" in front of him was the famous Christie tank!But he still saw a little way.He smiled and nodded at the American engineer Christie: "Its slanted armor design is very novel, and it should have a good bulletproof shape." Speaking of this, Luo Yaoguo turned around and smiled at Alfred Krupp: "The front of your 100MK tank should also adopt this kind of slanted armor design. Today's warships use this style of armor, and tanks should also adopt it."

"Your Excellency! The most outstanding feature of my Christie Tank is not that its front is shaped like a wedge, but its suspension device." The American engineer named Walter Christie gave Luo Yaoguo a slight smile and said:

"This tank uses 4 large-diameter road wheels, the driving wheel is placed at the rear, and there is no idler pulley for steering in early tanks. The road wheels and the car body are connected with large coil springs, and the last road wheel is horizontal. Helical state, thus improving the stroke of the road wheel. When its second road wheel is in a highly compressed state, the remaining three road wheels are still in a stretched state. In this way, it can reach 3 kilometers per hour in driving At the same time, after the track of the Christie tank is damaged, the road wheels can still travel at a normal speed, and the speed is faster, reaching 44 kilometers per hour when the road surface is in good condition."

"It's really that fast!" Luo Yaoguo shook his head suspiciously. Of course, he had already seen the stats of this Christie tank from the report provided by GM.However, the reports he received from various companies boasted that their products were like flowers, but they had not been tested in the wild and close to actual combat, and the reliability of these data on paper was not very high.In peacetime, the testing of complex heavy weapons like tanks generally takes several years, and the more advanced technology is adopted, the longer the testing period will be.

Today Luo Yaoguo came to the Ye County Weapons Test Base to observe the off-road tests of the new tank prototypes produced by various large companies.A total of five tanks participated in this test. In addition to the "100MK" tanks of Krupp and MAN, and the Christie tank of GM, China's China Shipbuilding Corporation, China Steel Corporation, and China Army also jointly produced Ford and Daimler-Benz have also come up with their own prototypes...

At this moment, there are five prototype cars produced by major companies at home and abroad, each with three units, and a total of fifteen prototype cars are parked two kilometers away from the cement platform, like soldiers undergoing inspection.Since today's off-road test was conducted, in order to reduce weight and make my vehicle run faster, all fifteen prototype vehicles did not have armed turrets installed, just fifteen isolated sites, and there seemed to be no personality The appearance of the tank.

With the wave of a red signal flag, all five prototypes started to start slowly.However, unlike the F1 racing scene in another time and space, these tanks participating in the test did not drive at high speed immediately, only a person behind each tank was shaking the joystick desperately.It took a while for "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." Fifteen tanks were ignited one by one, and white smoke was discharged from the exhaust pipes at the back.However, many cars obviously haven't been well run-in, and two cars have been lying on the ground not long after driving.The engineers who were originally standing behind rushed over in a hurry, quickly started emergency repairs, and soon the two prototype cars were repaired, and they ran rumblingly.

However, the nightmare of all the vehicles participating in the test has obviously just begun, and the terrain of the Ye County test site in front of them has been carefully modified.Covered with muddy ground, irregular large stones, and wide ditches, this short five-kilometer test distance almost caused all the vehicles participating in the test to stop for overhaul several times.Only one "100MK" tank jointly launched by Krupp and MAN was moving slowly from beginning to end without any problems.In addition, there is also a GM Christie tank that performed well. The speed of this tank is indeed faster than other vehicles. It took a long time to replace the track, and it can be regarded as finishing the whole course, and won No.3, and the top two were taken by German companies. No.1 is the "100MK" with excellent quality there, and No.2 is a sample car from Daimler-Benz.

As soon as the test is over, all the people in the stands will go down, especially the engineers of the Armament Department and the personnel of the Armored Corps Command. The performance of these tanks has scored what they think is reasonable, and these scores will become an important basis for the Ministry of Armaments to purchase these tanks.

Of course, the final decision must be in the hands of Luo Yaoguo. Unlike those businessmen and experts, he is not very interested in these chariots.Although the Armament Department of the Nationalist Government has already placed a large order of 10 units, Luo Yaoguo knows that the 15-ton tank will not have much room for development in the future World War II, and naturally it is impossible for the future National Revolutionary The backbone of the army's armored forces.This level of tanks is just a bridge to the future 20-ton, 30-ton, or even [-]-ton new tanks.

Chapter 0498 Civil War ([-])

AD [-], May [-]th.

Soviet Union, Moscow.

At this moment, a conference is being held in the Soviet Conference Hall of the Kremlin, and it is not known what the discussion is about, but the atmosphere in the conference hall is quite brisk, and it is estimated that it has nothing to do with the famine that is sweeping the Soviet motherland right now.

The great leader Stalin was sitting in the front seat in the middle of the large oval conference table with a smile on his face, with the iconic pipe dangling from his mouth, curling green smoke kept coming out, his shiny eyes were full of joy and excited.