Chapter 733 Upgrade
No one knew what Xu Chaoyang did during those days in Yan’an, but almost everyone knew that he moved into Zaoyuan.

He went alone, got up almost before dawn and went to bed at midnight.

Xu Chaoyang is learning the last lesson in difficult situations. In fact, this lesson consists of only three words at most, but he has spent half a month learning it.

These three words are – don’t be afraid.

At the beginning, Xu Chaoyang’s understanding of these three words was “courage”. As long as you are brave enough, you will not be afraid.

But in the past half month, he almost followed the other person closely and found that “don’t be afraid” must be paved with results, and courage is created through results. Use the results to deduce the direction of the whole thing, and finally you can get the courage to say the three words “don’t be afraid” like others.

This is not something that can be explained by recklessness.

There is one thing that can explain this clearly. That is, the Soviet people sent back a message saying that the other party was very arrogant during the communication, and was holding a charity attitude towards our assistance and treating our words with contempt. These can be seen from the other party’s face.

But then?

The Soviet side restarted the negotiations, changed its previous attitude, and allowed the talks to continue.

Xu Chaoyang did not receive any explanation during this process, and the only thing he could see every day was a map.

What’s on the map?
The Japanese invaders rested in Wuhan, and the entire history changed. Our army pushed the front line to Tuanchengkou and Pingxingguan, and could march to Datong and Tianzhen at any time, and then threaten North China. Once this situation is formed, the Japanese invaders will face the possibility of us cutting off the connection between Central China and North China.

At the same time, the Japs were still clamoring on the Khalkha River, watching the Nomonhan Battle about to break out. If a crack was torn in the covered area on the map, making it impossible to connect the north and the south…how could they still be so arrogant on the Khalkha River?
This is something the Nationalist army simply cannot do at this stage!
In addition to the threat to North China, what can attract the Japanese attention is the oil fields in Yan’an.

Xu Chaoyang knew that the war between the Japanese and the Americans started in 41. Half a year before that, Germany invaded Soviet territory. And the Japanese began to buy on credit in America using the country’s credit in 39. That is to say, this young man who was trading cards could no longer make any money since 39. What about at the end of 38?
It wasn’t that the young man who was cheated of oil couldn’t make money from the first day. In other words, by the end of 38, the Japanese were already short of money for military expenditure, so they had to buy oil on credit in 39.

Well, during this period, the Japs were already at the end of their strength, and the decency and splendor they had taken so much trouble to maintain was nothing more than the suffocating calm before the storm came.

What is the Soviet side facing?

Since Germany’s blitzkrieg on Poland, the Soviets began a large-scale reconstruction of their army. When they saw that more than 75% of the buildings in Wieland, Poland were destroyed, they realized how fierce the blitzkrieg studied by Derian, the child of the old Gu family, was!
In fact, someone on the Soviet side had proposed to transform the troops into a mechanized force in the early days. The person who made this suggestion was Tuha at the time, but his father was defeated by him.

At this time, the Japanese’s clamor on the Khalkha River just became the trigger for the Soviet mechanized force reconstruction on the eve of the reconstruction. At the same time, they also became a touchstone. They were beaten by the firefighters and their heads were almost broken.

This is the result.

Even though the Soviets did not believe that Germany would attack them at this time, the friction between the Japanese and them at the Khalkha River had almost taken shape. At that time, my father felt that the conflict in 1938 did not hurt the Japanese, so he urgently transferred “Old Zhu’s firefighter Kofu” to the Kremlin, which led to the Battle of Nomonhan in 1939.

So, at this moment, what did the loving father see when he turned around in the tall palace?
In real history, what he saw was not the Wanjialing Victory, but the National Government losing Wuhan!
For people in that class, a temporary victory is not a victory. What best explains the problem is where the battle line is. But what about the time and space where Xu Chaoyang is?
Good news keeps coming from the Shanxi front. A burning red is spreading across the land of Shanxi, or a shrinking white. Which one has more influence on the situation? Just like what investors say, “No one in this world can invest in the future, but someone can lead the future.”

For the old Russians, they are indeed qualified to lead the future at this stage, so they gave such great support to the government in the official history. But what is the result? They regard the situation they judge as the future based on their own cognition, and the same is true now. Shanxi’s victory has reached the point where they are betting on both sides.

This is the fundamental reason why Zaoyuan can make such a firm voice. This is also the three words Xu Chaoyang learned after taking classes for half a month – don’t be afraid.

Because he didn’t believe that under this situation, the masters in the Kremlin didn’t want to see anyone who could contain the Japanese invaders; and he didn’t believe that the Japanese would not turn around for oil. So while preparing for war, he was communicating with the Soviet side that had helped the National Government to garrison Wuhan, and he could still take the most normal attitude and say: “Since you don’t want to talk, then don’t talk.”

After all, once the Japanese get the oil, it will not only solve their immediate problems, but they also have a fleet that has been drinking oil but can’t find a place to join the war.

It was under such circumstances that Xu Chaoyang left Zaoyuan and Yan’an, but this time he brought back extremely good news!

During the negotiations, the Soviet side promised to “provide BT-5 light tanks and help us train the first batch of pilots for our army”, but all this is not free aid, you have to buy it; secondly, you must take Tianzhen and Datong as soon as possible, and even the entire Shanxi Province…

When Xu Chaoyang received the news, he was very excited, but the atmosphere in Zaoyuan was a little depressing.

He knew that the Russians had already shown the same attitude that the Americans showed towards the Japanese invaders, just like a vampire taking off his gentleman disguise.

The Americans’ demands on the Japanese were economic, while the Russians’ demands were strategic.

Just like in history, the Russians provided T26 tanks to the National Government during the Battle of Kunlun Pass, except that it was a little earlier in the timeline.

But the BT5’s suppression power on the Type 45 light tank is enough, whether it is the offensive 110mm main gun or the defensive armor, not to mention the speed of kilometers per hour.

Xu Chaoyang’s only problem now is how the Soviets will deliver the tanks. He is considering the transportation routes, but the higher level consideration should be how to get rid of dependence…

In the winter of 1938, Xu Chaoyang returned.

With Yan’an’s commendation for Unit 217, the good news of the upcoming tank purchase, and the impending war, they returned to Shanxi, which was still in an atmosphere of victory.

At this time, Xu Chaoyang is like a level 109 player in the online game “Fantasy Westward Journey”. Through training in Yan’an, he can be upgraded to level 145. It can be regarded as an improvement in talent. This does not mean that you have reached level 145, but that you have the hope of rising.

The combat power of the Japanese invaders is about level 155, but the real war between the Soviet Union and Germany is at the top level of level 175. There is also a “Hua 175” player who has surpassed level 9 and is waiting eagerly in the Pacific Ocean, but he can’t find the opportunity to take action.

(End of this chapter)