Chapter 15: Force each other with momentum (2)

After Germany annexed Czechoslovakia, its strength expanded sharply and the situation in Europe deteriorated rapidly. In order to cope with Germany's threat, on April 16, the Soviet Foreign Minister met with the British ambassador in Moscow and formally suggested that Britain and France sign a trilateral mutual assistance treaty with the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union asked the State party to sign a military agreement to make the mutual aid treaty effective, and also required the signatory countries to guarantee all countries Central and Eastern Europe that they believe they are threatened by Germany. Stalin hoped that Western countries could work with the Soviet Union to curb Germany's expansion in Europe. However, this suggestion did not receive a positive response from Chamberlain and Daraday.

Although Britain and France also sent representatives to Moscow, Molotov and Voroshilov also held more than ten talks with them, the negotiations were very slow. By the end of July, the representatives of Britain and France still refused to express their opinions on substantive issues.

On July 29, Pravda published an article saying that the negotiations between Britain and France and the Soviet Union had made no progress, and accused neither Britain nor France of wanting to form an alliance with the Soviet Union and not being prepared to stop Hitler.

In August, due to the indifference between Britain and France, the refusal of the Polish government to reject the Soviet army, the negotiations to concluded mutual assistance treaties and military agreements between Britain, France and the Soviet Union were finally declared broken.

Britain, France and the Soviet Union failed to sign a contract, but Hitler seized the opportunity to extend an olive branch to Stalin. Germany took the conclusion of the Soviet-German trade agreement as a stepping stone, and after temptation, it opened the door that the two countries had been closed due to mutual hostility since Hitler came to power. Subsequently, under the attention of Hitler and Stalin, the two sides quickly replaced the original trade agreement with the Soviet-Germany Non-Aggression Treaty.

Starting from the evening of August 15th, when German Ambassador to the Soviet Union Shurenberg was ordered to meet Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, to the evening of August 23rd, German Foreign Minister Ribbintrop and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov signed the Treaty of "Soviet and Germany's Non-aggression" in Moscow, the Soviet and German sides not only turned enemies into friends in just eight days, but also entered the honeymoon period! The negotiation process was really dazzling and jaw-dropping.

Su and Germany, who have been life-and-death enemies for more than six years, suddenly concluded a non-aggression treaty like lightning. This is like a rat being a bride for a cat! In a cartoon entitled "Absurd Companion", Stalin was wearing a wedding dress and Hitler was wearing a tuxedo dress, and the two looked at each other affectionately. This also reflects the direct feeling of the international community at that time about the contract between the Soviet and Germany!

Once the news of the Soviet and German contracting of a treaty was announced, it caused an uproar internationally!

Hitler's allies were furious about this. Mussolini and Franco publicly disagreed with Germany's anti-Soviet stance and contracting with the Soviet Union. Among the allies in the **International Agreement, Japan was the one who responded the most.

The Japanese Kwantung Army was suffering a heavy blow in a large-scale war with the Soviet army in the Nomenhan area. It was also arguing endlessly about whether to establish a three-way alliance with Germany and Italy. Germany suddenly concluded a non-aggression treaty with the Soviet Union without any warning, which not only caused the two-way alliance Seishiro Itagaki, Hideki Tojo, and others who insisted on signing the three-way alliance were hit, but even the Hiranuma cabinet complained that "the situation in Europe is complicated and strange" due to the adverse impact of the changes in the European situation on Japan. In addition, the failure of the Nomenhan war, the Hiranuma cabinet resigned on August 30!

The results of the Battle of Nomenhan show that it is difficult to shake the Soviet Union, a giant, by the Japanese army alone. The fact that the Soviet Union and Germany concluded a non-aggression treaty caused the "Northern Advance" faction in the Japanese military, represented by the Kanto Army, to a temporary end, and Japan's national policy gradually changed from "Northern Advance" to "Going south".

Compared with the anger of Germany's anti-Soviet allies, supporters of Chamberlain's appeasement policy in the British Conservative Party completely abandoned their previous praise of Hitler and clamored to take Hitler's life. Under pressure from home and abroad, Chamberlain finally signed the long-suspended "English-Poland Mutual Aid Treaty" with Poland on the 25th.

Some people later believed that the signing of the Soviet-German Treaty of Non-Aggression has allowed the Soviet Union to temporarily avoid being involved in war and won time to consolidate national defense. This statement seems to make sense, but in fact it ignores the fact that the Soviet Union and Germany are not bordering at all!

Germany and the Soviet Union are separated by Poland and Romania, and these two countries are seeking to establish an alliance with Britain and France. In the west of Germany, there are Britain and France, which are waiting to reap the benefits. Even if Germany really wants to attack the Soviet Union eastward, it must first resolve Poland and Romania and relieve the worries from Britain and France. (To be continued 89 free novel reading "")

Since Hitler came to power, the Soviet Union has long been vigilant against Germany because of his anti-Soviet remarks. After the Soviet Union and Germany secretly fought in the Spanish civil war, they all knew that the other side was a tough bone that was difficult to chew. The Soviet Union even hosted more than one million soldiers on the Western Front!

In contrast, Britain and France have been deflated since the First World War, and their military strength has been clearly understood by Hitler. One side is a tough guy that is difficult to chew, and the other side is a strong man who is strong outside and the middle. As long as Hitler has not had a serious head, he will definitely make the choice of west first and then east first.

In this way, whether Germany attacks Poland, Romania first, or removes the threat from Britain and France on the Western Front, it will win time for the Soviet Union.

Moreover, as long as the Soviet Union was close to and concluded a treaty, Hitler had to worry about the reactions of Britain, France and the Soviet Union when it came to invasion of Poland. Even if it still attacked Poland, the launch time would definitely be greatly delayed. At least it would never send troops in just over a week after the Soviet Union and Germany signed the contract!

In fact, for the Soviet Union, the most important thing to sign a treaty with Germany was to break the state that the entire Western world was enemies of the Soviet Union since Britain and France implemented the appeasement policy. Of course, determining the strength of the Soviet Union and Germany in Central and Eastern Europe was also an important purpose of the Soviet Union's contract.

In addition to the non-aggression treaty, the Soviet Union and Germany also signed an additional agreement listed as top-secret documents. It stipulates that the Baltic countries such as Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are the scope of strength of the Soviet Union; it determines the dividing line between the Soviet Union and Germany to divide Poland; it emphasizes the special interests of the Soviet Union in Bisarabia, Romania.

Based on this additional agreement, it can be confirmed that the "Soviet-German Treaty of Non-aggression" is essentially a secret spoil sharing agreement concluded by the two major powers of the Soviet Union and Germany in advance to divide the interests of small countries!

The breakdown of the negotiations between Britain, France and the Soviet Union and the signing of the Soviet-German non-aggression treaty enabled Germany to guarantee the neutrality of the Soviet Union, and immediately changed the balance of power in Europe, allowing Hitler to let go of the invasion of Poland. Just one week after the contract was signed, the German attack on Poland began!

If the situation in Europe was turbulent in August, then September would be a sudden change!

In the early morning of September 1, more than 1.5 million German troops crossed the Polish border and advanced to Warsaw in three directions, north, south and west! On September 3, Britain and France declared war on Germany based on their respective alliance treaties signed with Poland, and World War II began.

The great powers were in Europe, and this was not anything to do with the People's Party's armed forces, but the stupid moves made by the British government, especially the British-Indian Governor Victor Hope, gave Zhao Zhenzhong a new opportunity.

On September 3, the British-Indian Governor Victor Hope ignored the wishes of the local Indian people and declared war on Germany on behalf of India. This move attracted strong opposition from the Muslim alliance led by Jinnah. Jinnah claimed that he would use force to resist the war imposed on the Indian people by the British colonists in order to win national liberation and national **!

Even Nehru, the leader of the Congress Party, known as a moderate, complained: "One person, and the representative of foreigners and hateful systems, can throw them into war without having the minimum discussion with 400 million people!"

The former Congress chairman, Chandra Boss, who insisted on radical propositions such as "early armed struggle is the foundation of the **" and "any reform can only be achieved through struggle, or even bloody struggle", and was expelled from the Congress party because of the organization "Forward Group" breaking with Gandhi, and now the Indian radical radical Chandra Boss, called on the Indian radical factions to fight the British and Indian authorities to the most resolute struggle, while quietly rushing from Kolkata to Chittagong to seek the support of the People's Party and the People's Army, which is hostile to the British and Indian authorities.

Chandra Boss was born in a high caste lawyer family in Ktak, the capital of Orissa, British India. After completing his university degree in India, he went to study at the Fitzwilliam College of Cambridge University in the UK. In 1921, he gave up his career and returned to India, joined the non-violent non-cooperation movement led by Mahatma Gandhi, and was elected as the general secretary of the Congress in 1927. In 1938, Boss was elected as the chairman of the Congress.

Unlike Gandhi and Nehru and other moderate leaders of Congress, Boss is one of the few radicals in the party. After being elected as chairman of the Congress in early 1938, Boss began to establish a national planning committee, proposing new economic programs of Congress such as "rebuilding India, carrying out land reform, and implementing state industrialization", forming a sharp opposition with Gandhi's negative economic proposition represented by hand-made spinning wheels. Boss's economic proposition was strongly opposed by the conservative group within the Congress, but Boss was not suppressed. On the one hand, he defended his economic and political propositions, and on the other hand, he continued to publicize and mobilize the masses to prepare for the struggle for national liberation.

At the end of 38, a violent activist plan proposed by Boss aimed at achieving complete India's total victory made the contradiction between the radicals and conservatives of the Congress party difficult to reconcile. Although in early 39, Boss defeated the right-wing leader Padabi Sidalamaya, who was supported by Gandhi, and was re-elected as the chairman of the Congress party, but Gandhi took the lead in opposition. Except for one person, the entire Congress party working committee refused to cooperate with Boss and resigned collectively.

In desperation, Boss resigned as chairman of the Congress in April and organized the "Forward Group" to break with Gandhi's Congress in June, preparing to concentrate all radical factions in India in this group and continue to fight resolutely with the British colonial authorities. As the price of the breakup, Boss was also expelled from the Congress.

The People's Army that defeated the British had occupied Shannan for more than a year. The People's Party's propositions Boss has also heard some of them. In addition, the Muslim Alliance led by Jinnah has successively received help from the People's Party from Xinjiang. Therefore, after the outbreak of World War II, Boss, who believed that "the enemy of the enemy is a friend", thought of Chittagong occupied by the People's Army and other places to seek support from the People's Party for its anti-British movement.

In original history, Boss was imprisoned again for anti-British activities in July 1940, and in early 1941, he sought opportunity to escape from Kolkata, and arrived in Moscow through Afghanistan to seek support from Stalin for his anti-British movement. After being rejected, Boss went to Berlin to seek support with the help of the German Embassy in the Soviet Union. Later, Boss surrendered to Germany and Japan for his surrender. Some people even compared him to "Wang Zhaoming of India" in later generations.

But in fact, this analogy is inappropriate. Wang Zhaoming, as the second-ranked figure of the central government of a sovereign state, became "Wang Ni". His selling of the country and for glory harmed China's national and national interests.

Boss was just a radical who sought to realize the Indian Supreme Court. He opposed the British colonial government. India was not a sovereign state at that time, so Boss' actions could not be said to be treason.

As for India's national interests, compared with the realization of India's highest standards under the rule of British colonists and the help promised by Japan, although Boss' choice was criticized, it was not comparable to Wang Zhaoming. In later generations, the portraits of Chandra Boss and Gandhi and Nehru were paralleled in front of the Indian Parliament Hall, which shows how he evaluated in India.

Although Zhao Zhenzhong was a little surprised about Lin Chenglou and Chen Zhiyuan's report on Boss's search for the People's Party and the People's Army to support his anti-British anti-British situation, he also knew that this was a rare opportunity.

Although the People's Army had signed an agreement with the British authorities in Shannan to ease bilateral relations, it was just a ceasefire agreement reached on actual control and had nothing to do with the confirmation of ownership in the region.

If we only consider the ownership issue, the People's Party only needs to reach an agreement with the British in the future. However, if we want to include Shannan into China's territory and accept it in the surrounding areas and respect this fact, the People's Party must also work hard on the local political forces in India and Myanmar, and at least to avoid the emergence of ** forces in the neighboring areas.

In fact, Zhao Zhenzhong previously provided assistance to the Muslim alliance led by Jinnah through the Ma Bufang brothers, which was also to enable local Muslim forces in India to recognize the reality of the existence of the People's Party and the People's Army in Shannan, and lay the foundation for the future development of bilateral relations with Pakistan by eased and strengthened relations with the Muslim alliance. Chandra Boss is now seeking support in Chittagong, which provides another possibility for the People's Party to develop relations with India in the future.

In recent times, by supporting Muslim forces represented by Jinnah and Hindus anti-British forces represented by Boss, in exchange for their recognition of the People's Army's occupation of Shannan and strengthening their influence on these two forces, at least the People's Party will gain more bargaining chips and gain greater benefits in the negotiations with Britain in the future.

"Old Zhao, it's really good to exchange recognition for support, but why do I feel a little familiar?" Zhou Mingyuan scratched his head and said after listening to Zhao Zhenzhong's idea.

"The Shannan issue is not the Taiwan issue. Taiwan wants to separate, and Shannan needs to be included in our territory." Zhao Zhenzhong laughed. "After we founded the country in the future, foreign countries should establish diplomatic relations with us. First of all, we must recognize that Shannan is an inalienable part of our territory. Of course, this recognition is mainly for neighboring countries and regions to see it, so as to save them from causing trouble."

"I'm talking!" Zhou Mingyuan suddenly realized and said, "Brother Ma Bufang is a Muslim, so it's okay to go to Jinnah. No Hindus can be sent to Boss now!"

"We will not send people this time, we will only provide some materials for their anti-British anti-Britishness! In addition, for Boss' request for help, we will hand over to Lin Chenglou of the Shannan Committee, Chen Zhiyuan on behalf of our party, and our army will come forward to solve the problem." Zhao Zhenzhong shook his head and continued, "The Muslim population is a minority in India. Jinnah now uses several provinces in northwest India as the main activity areas. The more help we provide will only benefit our country in the future. And the Hindus population is too large. If we support a strong India around Shannan, it will not be in line with our long-term interests! Whether it is supporting anti-British forces now or treating India and Pakistan differently in the future, we only remember that "helping the weak and suppressing the strong" is!"

Zhao Zhenzhong determined his strategy to deal with Boss, and sent clear instructions to Lin Chenglou and Chen Zhiyuan. Lin and Chen also knew what to do.

After Boss arrived in Chittagong and contacted the People's Army, he spent a few days waiting and visiting. In just a few days, Boss heard and witnessed the reality that Chittagong had recovered vitality and prosperity under the control of the People's Army through the introduction of the translator, and had a preliminary understanding of the situation of the People's Party and the People's Army, and his confidence in this trip was significantly improved.

However, when Boss met with Lin Chenglou, the head of the People's Party Shannan, and Chen Zhiyuan, commander of the People's Army Shannan War Zone, after the conditions of both sides were listed, he was somewhat hesitant. In addition to the People's Party's inability to send personnel to assist because it did not understand the language and customs of the local Indian people, what made Boss feel a little embarrassed was the issue of recognition of Shannan rights raised by Lin and Chen.

Regarding the issue of ownership in Shannan, the People's Party has put forward a complete set of highly convincing propositions from the aspects of history, culture, race, reality, etc.

Historically, the Assam region was not an inherent territory in India, but the homeland of the Ah Hong Dynasty, which was seized by the British from Myanmar and was destroyed by Myanmar. This Ah Hong Dynasty was established by the Dai people in Yunnan, China after they moved to Assam in 1228 and unified the local tribes. It has historical origins with China.

From a cultural perspective, the traditions of the local residents of Assam are very similar to those of the Dai people in Yunnan, China. The characters they use are also developed from the different pronunciations of Chinese characters and belong to the Chinese cultural circle.

From the perspective of race, the local residents of Assam are both yellow and Chinese. They are essentially different from the brown and Indian populations and are also very different from the Islamic population.

From a realistic perspective, when the People's Army entered Shannan, except for the few local residents of Assam, they did not see Muslims or Indians. The People's Army occupied the "dead land" abandoned by the British after the outbreak of the epidemic and was in a state of unbroken state! The People's Party paid a huge price to eliminate the epidemic in Shannan and develop the local area, and it was impossible for it to hand over this area to others again!

Moreover, out of the need for the struggle against Britain, the triangular "destiny" south of the Casey Mountains, west of the Ganil River and east of the Brahmaputra River will be included in the control of the People's Army as a buffer zone!

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