Just after British Prime Minister Chamberlain declared: "No British government will and will never sacrifice the life of a British grenadier to defend the Polish Corridor."
After French Army Commander-in-Chief Gamelin threatened: "If the German army can destroy Poland within half a month, France will be free from moral uneasiness."
The spokesperson of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said inexplicably: "Although Japan has withdrawn from the League of Nations, it has been committed to maintaining the internal stability of the League of Nations. Regarding the internal fighting between the Soviet Union and Poland within the League of Nations, Japan strongly condemned the Soviet Union for provoking the war.
aspect, and always be prepared to take action to maintain internal stability in the League of Nations."
No politician with a bad mind would take the words of the Japanese spokesperson seriously. In this troubled world, which country does not believe in self-interest? To maintain the internal stability of the League of Nations, it will never be the turn of the Japanese station that voluntarily withdraws from the League of Nations.
out!
The cunning foreign affairs departments of various countries easily analyzed from the speech of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Japan was looking for an excuse to fall out with the Soviet Union.
Sure enough, the day after the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said these words, that is, exactly one month after the Soviet Union invaded Poland, on October 10, 1939, the Japanese Kwantung Army established an army in the Nomonkan area of eastern Mongolia under the Soviet sphere of influence.
Big move.
First, the Japanese Kwantung Army claimed that a soldier "missed" when one of their search teams was conducting exercises near the eastern Nomenkan area, so the Kwantung Army made a request for a large army to enter the Nomenkan area to search.
The unreasonable request of the Japanese Kwantung Army was immediately rejected by the Mongolian border defenders. Then, without any communication, the Japanese army launched an attack on the Xilin Taolagai Post guarded by more than 50 cavalrymen from the 7th Border Post of the Mongolian Army, and then occupied the post.
outpost.
Later, the Japanese Lieutenant General Ogisu Tatehe ordered the 23rd Division of the Kwantung Army to advance on a large scale towards the Nomonkan area.
The meager Mongolian border army was no match for the Japanese army. At the beginning of the war, it was defeated by the Japanese Kwantung Army and fled all the way from the border to the Halaha River.
Immediately afterwards, Lieutenant Colonel Higashibabaizo of the Japanese Kwantung Army, with the cooperation of 5 Japanese aircraft, led a small-scale Kwantung Army cavalry of more than 100 people to launch a fierce attack on the Mongolian Army's 742 Heights east of the Halaha River.
Occupied on the same day.
After losing the most critical 742 Highlands east of the Halaha River, the Mongolian army had no choice but to retreat again and retreat to the west bank of the Halaha River.
The Mongolian government, which had lost its city and territory, quickly realized that it was absolutely impossible to defeat the Japanese invaders with its own strength. Therefore, the anxious Mongolian envoy plenipotentiary quickly went north to seek allies that had signed the "Soviet-Mongolian Mutual Assistance Agreement" with Mongolia.
Soviet support.
"They are repeating their old tricks!" As soon as they entered the conference room prepared by Stalin in the Krem Palace, the Mongolian representative said emotionally in fluent Russian: "These hateful Japanese have been doing this since eight years ago.
They are looking for all kinds of bad reasons to justify their aggression against neighboring countries. Now that they have encountered obstacles on the battlefield in East Asia, they have begun to look north for their aggression."
"This group of Japanese have always been annoying, and the Soviet government has actually been wary of their Kwantung Army going north." A fat general in his forties standing behind Stalin comforted the Mongolian representative.
After listening to the words of such a general, the Mongolian representative also sensed the Soviet government's attitude towards Japan from the words. He said with some excitement: "Since the Soviet army has been guarding against the Japanese Kwantung Army, and there is an agreement between our two countries.
"Soviet-Mongolian Mutual Assistance Agreement, why not join forces to eliminate this group of Kwantung Army?"
At the end of the oval conference seat, Stalin listened expressionlessly to the Mongolian representative's speech. He picked up his water glass and took a sip from time to time, but he never made any statement on the Mongolian representative's proposal.
Seeing that Stalin remained calm, the Mongolian representative became anxious on the spot. He clenched his fists and said anxiously: "Mongolia has always followed the Soviet Union's lead. Now the Mongolian army is willing to be the vanguard of the Soviet army to fight against Japan. I just ask the Soviet army to send troops as soon as possible!"
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Seeing that the Mongolian representative was anxious, Stalin said with a half-smile: "Mr. Representative, it's not that I don't want to help you, but the Soviet Union is currently at war with Poland, known as the fifth military power in Europe, and it really has nothing to do. If there is not enough reward,
, it is also difficult for us to muster our strength to assist you immediately in a short period of time..."
The Mongolian representative dismissed the first half of Stalin's words as a cliche. The Mongolian side, who knew relatively well about the strength of the Soviet army, never doubted that he fully believed that it would not be difficult to conquer Poland with the Soviet military power. What's more, this time
There is a newly rising Germany cooperating with the Soviet army to attack from both sides.
He knew very well that what the other party really meant was in the second half of the sentence - it was not that the Soviet Union did not want to help, it just wanted to ask for "a little" satisfactory reward after helping.
"Of course we will not treat our Soviet allies badly. Mongolia will accept any Soviet demands." The Mongolian representative tried his best to squeeze out this sentence that was disrespectful to the country's dignity.
In fact, the Soviet Union has long sent a large number of political commissars and advisors to the Mongolian army and government, and established a financial and monetary system controlled by the Soviet Union, expelling all third-country businesses, and even strictly prohibiting the entry of third-country personnel. In other words, Mongolia has long been fully
Sovietized and became a vassal and satellite state of the Soviet Union.
But even so, Stalin was still dissatisfied!
Facing the respectful Mongolian representative, Stalin handed him a resolution that had been drafted just this morning - Mongolia must abolish Mongolian and use Russian instead!
The resolution also stipulates that children must learn Russian starting from elementary school. School textbooks and reference books must use Russian books published by the Soviet Union, and courses must be taught in Russian.
At the end of the resolution, Stalin also offered a sweetener, which was to allow Mongolian people who had not joined the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to join the Soviet army and receive the same treatment as Soviet soldiers.
This so-called sweetness seemed to give the Mongolian people a special case of preferential treatment, but in fact it was expanding the number of soldiers for the Soviet army to meet Stalin's next "Thunderstorm Plan" of invading all of Europe.
Although he did not know about the "thunderstorm" of the Soviet military, the Mongolian representative was not a fool. He naturally knew what Stalin's intentions were in proposing this resolution. However, in this situation, he could only lower his head to represent the country.
Accept it. However, the Mongolian government has long been accustomed to this kind of thing.
In contrast, although the Soviet Union has been trying to control Mongolia, it has still sent many technical personnel to assist in the construction of a large number of national industries for parts and processing in Mongolia. Even Mongolia's largest central power plant is
Made by Soviet aid workers.
On the other hand, Japan is attacking Mongolia. If Mongolia falls into their hands, the consequences will be really disastrous. Not to mention, the three northeastern provinces of China will serve as a warning!
Compared to the Soviet Union, which was just a bit more exploitative, the Japanese really didn't regard the people in the occupied areas as human beings at all!
"No problem, I think the country will definitely accept this resolution proposed by the Soviet Union." The Mongolian representative answered Stalin like his predecessor.
"I think so." As if he was waiting for such a statement, Stalin, who had been calm just now, immediately showed a harmonious smile: "There has always been a long-standing friendship between the Soviet Union and Mongolia. When seeing Mongolian friends in trouble, selfless
The Soviet government will never sit idly by and watch!"