Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 535: The Love and Hate Between Country E and the Japanese

"Old Zhao, what do you mean? Mengzi has been talking for a long time and you didn't say a word! What is your attitude towards the Mongolian issue?"

Zhao Gang had a gloomy face, and only opened his mouth after Li Yunlong's repeated questioning.

"Old Li, my attitude is that you can fight against the pseudo-Mongolian army in Inner Mongolia, but I reserve my opinion on using this as an opportunity and springboard to control Outer Mongolia!"

Wang Meng had already anticipated Zhao Gang's opinion. It was not difficult to control Outer Mongolia, but the difficult part was challenging the polar bear behind Outer Mongolia.

The October Revolution of the Polar Bear brought new hope to the confused Chinese people. For a long time, China worshipped the "foreign monks" sent by Country E as gods, and copied their theories and lines with unconditional trust.

Putting aside the polar bear's powerful military strength, the fact of falling out with the polar bear itself was difficult for Zhao Gang to accept.

"Old Zhao, I understand how you feel. Is this like a student challenging a teacher? Or is it like two brothers having a falling out?"

Zhao Gang nodded.

Since the dissolution of the Communist International, the Eighth Route Army has taken its own path and its relationship with polar bears is not as close as before.

The independent column also separated from the Eighth Route Army and had no direct connection with the polar bears.

However, the blood of the October Revolution still flows in Zhao Gang's bones.

"Lao Li, Mengzi, maybe we shouldn't think so much? From the perspective of the world, we and Country E are still comrades in the same trench."

Li Yunlong did not understand the international situation, but he had his own considerations regarding human nature.

"Old Zhao, you scholars think too highly of people. You all say that human nature is inherently good, but I don't think so.

We were close to Country E in the past because we really needed the spark, and they also wanted to expand their red range, so we were tied together. To put it bluntly, it was all about interests!"

Zhao Gang didn't believe it. Deep down he still believed in revolutionary friendship.

"It's all about profit, isn't it? Didn't Country E provide us with unconditional supplies? We're using them to fight the war!"

Wang Meng shook his head. It seemed that there was too little information about this era and Zhao Gang was unable to see the true face of Country E. So he told him everything he knew.

The grievances and hatred between Country E and the Japanese devils began in the late Qing Dynasty.

In order to divide up the corrupt Qing Dynasty, the powerful countries established a relationship of both competition and cooperation within China.

The competition is because they want to occupy territory.

The reason for the cooperation is that they have established a "multi-country consensus" system on China issues, adopting the same approach to China's issues and advancing and retreating together.

Therefore, the war between Country E and the Japanese devils that was in full swing later could be said to be the Zeroth World War.

On the surface, it looked like Country E was fighting the Japanese, but in fact, China and Britain were also indirectly participating in the war.

Including the vested interests behind the scenes, Germany and France.

The British were the most prominent, as the Japanese and the British were allies at the time. The Russian fleet had no right to stop at the British colonies when it was halfway through its journey.

The relationship between the great powers, which was both competitive and cooperative, was reduced to pure competition in the Russo-Japanese War.

Before the First World War was over, the October Revolution broke out in Country E, and the Tsar died, completely withdrawing from the stage of history.

Country E and Germany secretly negotiated peace in bed and withdrew from World War I ahead of schedule.

As a result, Germany said that there was no pressure on the Eastern Front, and all its troops were sent to the Western Front. This made Britain and France very angry! What does this mean? Are you an ally of Germany? We agreed to fight together, but you ran away early?

World War I had not yet officially ended in March 1918.

There are 14 countries, mainly the Allied Powers, who formed a 14-nation coalition to expedition to Country E.

Unexpectedly, the Beiyang Army also sent more than 3000 people. The Beiyang Navy drove the Hai Rong-class cruisers bought from Germany and followed the Japanese army into Vladivostok to join in the fun.

From then on, Country E and the Japanese devils had a feud.

Can Country E tolerate people who dare to bring people who don’t know the truth to cause trouble at my doorstep?

The Japanese were also unaware of this. Ever since they invaded China, these bastards felt that Country E would definitely interfere with their complete occupation of China.

As a result, with new hatred and old grudges added, Country E and the Japanese started a thorough fight.

To this end, the Japanese formed the most elite Kwantung Army to keep an eye on the Soviet Union and prevent them from attacking.

However, whenever these Japanese devils gather together in large numbers, they always think of causing trouble.

In order to test the Soviet Union's attitude, the Japanese Kwantung Army constantly made trouble on the border between China and Country E. In 1935 alone, the Japanese Kwantung Army provoked Country E's Far East Frontier Guard more than 100 times.

As a result, the Japanese watched for a long time and thought that this E countryman was quite patient. Well, in that case, they would not be polite!

In 1937, the full-scale war of aggression against China broke out.

On August 1937, 8, China and Country E signed the Non-Aggression Treaty.

In order to let China hold back the Japanese, Country E began to formally aid China.

China has signed a loan agreement with Country E, which means borrowing money from Country E and then buying weapons from Country E.

The first batch of aid was loan military aid, in September 1937, I-9, I-15, C16 bombers, a total of 6 aircraft.

In addition, 6 TB-3s were given as gifts.

In addition, 86 experts from Country E were sent over for training, and two aviation brigades volunteered to fight.

By October, the Soviet Volunteer Air Force had added a C10 squadron and an I-6 squadron.

Most of these aviation equipment departed from Kharkov and refueled in Almaty. Then they were disassembled and transported to Hami by trucks. In Hami, the inventory was checked and then transported to Lanzhou. In Lanzhou, they were reassembled and flown to various war zones.

It is easy to deal with those flying in the sky, but it is difficult to deal with those running on the ground.

Land or air transportation is not economical.

In the end, the only option is sea transportation through the Black Sea.

But there is another problem. Since the Japanese already know that China and E country have started to cooperate, then the large-scale transportation will definitely not work, right? Because the Japanese have blocked all the coastlines of China.

Later, China and Country E simply hired two British cargo ships, entered the Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal, and then went through the Malacca Strait to Hong Kong and Myanmar.

In short, it took about seven or eight months to transport these weapons to China.

Although their timeliness was not very good, these weapons and equipment at least solved China's urgent needs.

During this period, Country E provided great assistance to China, with enough tanks, artillery and machine guns to equip dozens of divisions.

However, in 1941, Country E fought a battle with the Japanese at Nomonhan, and both sides were beaten to a bloody pulp, and then they signed the "Country E-Japan Neutrality Treaty."

This evil "E-Japan Neutrality Treaty" is a shameless treaty based on China's interests!