In the year, Stalin asked the Eighth Route Army to aid the Soviet Union six times, how to decide?
If you liked this article, don't hesitate to click "Follow" on the top right. Your support and encouragement are the driving force for us to move forward, let's create a more comfortable reading experience together.
In June 1941, Germany abruptly tore up the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact and launched a full-scale war against the Soviet Union. At this time, Japan, as the German Axis power, was eyeing the Soviet Far East, and the Soviet Union was facing a grim situation of being attacked on two fronts.
Stalin, exhausted, sent six telegrams in a row to the chairman requesting the dispatch of troops for support, but regrettably, these requests were rejected one by one. So, what exactly is causing this?
Let's find out.
On August 23, 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact, and the two countries coexisted in harmony, supported each other, and cooperated for 20 years.
However, due to Hitler's expansionist ambitions, this 20-year friendship was finally broken, and the Germans showed their true colors and prepared to wage war against the Soviet Union.
As the old Chinese saying goes, the things of the world must be divided for a long time, and they must be together for a long time. Due to its limited resources, Germany occupied 14 European countries, including Poland, Austria, and Czechoslovakia, and then coveted the vast land and oil of the Soviet Union.
Coupled with the unfair treatment they received during the partition of Poland, the Germans held a grudge against it, and laid the foundation for the imminent Soviet-German war. As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves.
Once one side has such thoughts, war is inevitable.
After the completion of the two five-year plans of the Soviet Union and the assistance of Germany, its military and scientific strength should not be underestimated. If it is allowed to develop, it will become more and more powerful, and it will only become more and more difficult to attack in the future.
So, if you don't act now, when will you act? War is imminent, and the arrow has to be sent. In May 1941, Soviet spy Sorge discovered secret information in Japan that Germany would launch an attack on the Soviet Union on June 22, with a total of 5.5 million troops, in an operation known as the "Barbarossa" plan.
It can be seen that Germany made adequate pre-war preparations for the capture of the Soviet Union. However, this information did not attract the attention of Stalin, who believed that all this could not have come so quickly, that the Germans could not have gathered so many forces at once, and that it was not yet time for a real war.
A small oversight, which cost Stalin dearly in the Barbarossa plan, and the almost total annihilation of 3 million troops in 21 days, taught him the importance of intelligence.
Faced with the threat of renewed war, Hitler's rhetoric sent Stalin into a panic, and he scurried around like a headless fly, and the Soviet Union was thrown into chaos. However, Stalin, who had experienced strong winds and waves, still firmly believed that the importance of intelligence was self-evident, and it was better to believe that it was something than not to believe it.
Once upon a time, the Chinese had an old saying, "Misfortune is not a single line, but blessing is not a double coming." "When you think you've reached the bottom of your life, you don't know that more tragic things await you.
At the same time, Japan began to deploy troops in the Soviet Far East, expecting Hitler to capture the Soviet capital of Moscow and then fully occupy the Soviet Union.
As a result, Japan increased the strength of 20 divisions in the northeast region, totaling more than 700,000 men, which was indeed a significant military move, and it seemed that Japan was ready to take the Soviet Union.
Germany and Japan were caught between the East and the West against the Soviet Union, and the Far East was under dark clouds, and Stalin was full of anxiety. How to solve this problem?
The comrades of the Great Revolution had a deep revolutionary friendship with Dimitrov Stalin. At a critical juncture when the great leader of the CPSU was facing an existential stake, Comrade ** did not sit idly by.
After receiving Stalin's request for help, although Comrade ** realized that the national conditions of China and the Soviet Union were different and there was no possibility of direct support, he still did not hesitate to express his support for the CPSU, and issued an order to Comrade *** to adjust the deployment and prepare for support as soon as possible.
He replied to the letter as soon as he received it, and his attitude was very firm. However, after emphasizing the words "only cooperate, not fight", in the face of the chairman's bitter advice, ** deeply understood the chairman's intention.
After all, they are old comrades-in-arms who have worked together for many years. At present, the Eighth Route Army can carry out some small-scale sabotage operations, but the possibility of containing the Japanese army is still extremely small.
If Germany and Japan really occupied the Soviet Union, it would undoubtedly be a disaster for other countries. Faced with this situation, the President was also very anxious. On November 12, 1941, Stalin telegraphed the chairman for the second time, saying that there seemed to be an abnormal movement in the direction of the Great Wall, and that the situation was not very safe, and hoped that the chairman could send some additional troops to the direction of the Great Wall.
Under pressure from *** and Stalin, the Comintern harshly criticized ***. However, ** still adhered to his strategic approach, believing that the Eighth Route Army was not ready for large-scale operations and could only assist the Soviet army in combat, rather than directly confronting the enemy.
In the face of pressure and pressure, we have always insisted on taking the protection of our military strength as the starting point and saving more strength, rather than blindly obeying the commands and dispatches of others, and also avoiding possible wrong decisions.
The root of all this is that China was in the midst of war at that time, and he was deeply concerned about the safety of the army and the lives of the people he led.
In May 1942, the German ** team asked for help for the third time, hoping that he could send a part of his troops to contain the Japanese army in South Manchuria. However, the soldiers of our Eighth Route Army are also flesh and blood, and they cannot be deployed at will.
In the face of Stalin's request, ** still adhered to his battle plan, rejecting his proposal. Stalin did not stop there, and he asked us three more times to send troops.
However, ** remained firm and refused his request. However, within three days, Stalin finally found a new strategy. This time, he proposed that on the pretext of providing new equipment, he hoped that we would send troops to the junction of Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia to receive new equipment.
But if you want to get new ** equipment, you must exchange it for troops. Despite this, we remain convinced that the lives of our soldiers are equally precious and cannot be easily paid for in pursuit of new equipment.
Therefore, we decided to stick to our position and not accept this proposal of Stalin.
The new ** equipment is undoubtedly very important for our army, but putting the Eighth Route Army in a defenseless place is undoubtedly putting them in danger. If the Japanese bombs are dropped, we may lose our ability to resist and have to be slaughtered.
After all, in the past, the ** equipment provided by the Soviet Union was for the Kuomintang, not ours. We can't ignore the lives of the Eighth Route Army because of some ** equipment.
This account will not be paid in any way. At the same time, it also shows that Stalin was very conflicted in his heart. He wants to lure us with ** to get temporary help, but this method is obviously not feasible.
So Stalin called *** again and asked if it was possible to send small guerrillas to the area where Manchuria and Mongolia meet, to receive ** in batches, in order to strengthen our resistance.
After much deliberation, Stalin put forward a program that he hoped would be supported by *** in order to be able to make a difference at a critical moment in the life and death of the country.
However, despite Stalin's disappointment, he did not give up, still believing that as long as we were willing to send troops to support and give them a chance to breathe, victory would be waiting in the near future.
In the face of Stalin's repeated phone calls, ** still resolutely refused to send troops. He knows that the future of the country and the lives of the people cannot be joked with, and no one can take it lightly in the face of the moment of life and death.
However, Stalin still did not give up, and he made a sixth telegram asking *** to deploy troops on the front line inside and outside the Great Wall. After a series of contacts, Stalin decided that such a deployment would be the least costly and most likely for both sides.
Although Stalin's first five phone calls were not supported by ***, he still believed that as long as our side was willing to send troops to support, then victory would come.
Having understood Stalin's intentions, ** made a request that he most likely accepted. After the telegram was read by ***, he began to proceed from reality and began real assistance.
He deployed Yang Chengwu and Lu Zhengcao and other troops on the front line inside and outside the Great Wall, ready to infiltrate the northeast region at any time. This was the most advantageous position for the Eighth Route Army, which could advance and attack, retreat and defend, and could also give the Japanese a fatal blow at a critical moment.
It turned out that the decision of the ** was correct, and at the same time protected most of the strength of our army. In the face of war, it is everyone's responsibility to strengthen themselves. At the beginning of the war, on June 23, 1941, ** drafted an article entitled "The Agreement on the International United Front Against Fascism".
Everyone longs for freedom and independence and does not want to be oppressed and enslaved.
When the real war comes, we feel extremely helpless and hopeless. In the torrent of war, we must unite and fight the enemy together. Only in this way can we ensure the victory of the revolution.
However, the basis of all this lies in our respective real strengths, and the corresponding deployment. We can't help but try our best to fight a powerful enemy, and that's like a praying arm blocking a car, doomed to failure.
** He insisted on refusing to send troops because he knew the absolute difference in strength between the enemy and the enemy. When we are not able to protect ourselves, how can we be distracted to help others?
This is simply not possible. Any act of helping others at the expense of oneself is not feasible and undesirable. Therefore, we must choose the safest and most secure method to achieve the cons after weighing the pros and cons.
This is the most reliable and the easiest to achieve.
The combination of common strength and mutual interests has enabled the Chinese People's Liberation Army to go further and further on the road of advancement. Only by being strong can we become the support of others and protect the people and the country with our own strength.