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

Chapter 554: The Terror of Outer Mongolia

Gan Dunzhu was well aware of Mongolia's situation.

In 1921, Outer Mongolia achieved success in its "revolution" with the support and encouragement of Country E.

It is natural to choose to maintain a high degree of consistency with Country E in terms of political system.

Country E originally wanted to have a loyal younger brother to follow him in building his empire, but things went against his wishes.

Since the successful "revolution" in Outer Mongolia, there have been heated discussions in the political arena of Outer Mongolia until the 20s. Some national awakening people and advanced people have different opinions and serious disagreements on what kind of economic system to adopt and how to develop the economic system.

In 1932, Country E was no longer happy.

I can support you in making revolution, but I can also take your life.

In order to prevent Outer Mongolia from deviating from its original political track, the United States and the Communist International constantly interfered in its internal affairs. The consequence of such forced intervention was that Outer Mongolia had a more acute political struggle.

Where there is oppression, there is resistance, and the same is true in Outer Mongolia.

After a large amount of accumulated dissatisfaction, several uprisings broke out among the herdsmen in Outer Mongolia.

The reason why the revolution in Country E was successful was because of the red soil accumulated over time, while Outer Mongolia belonged to the "Great Leap Forward".

It's like giving a primitive man a laptop. Can he get used to it? He can only complain that the laptop is not as good as a stone when it comes to cracking walnuts?

Well, in that case, since you force me to use a laptop, my stone is useless and will just hit you on the head.

Such a dire situation made Country E, the Communist International and the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party realize:

The basic policies implemented at that time were not suitable for the social conditions in Outer Mongolia.

In September 1934, the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party held its 9th National Congress, adopting the New Deal as the party's general line, implementing political pluralism and developing a market economy. For a period of time, the new political policy brought a brief dawn to Outer Mongolia, and the United States also relaxed its interference in Outer Mongolia's internal affairs to a certain extent.

When the people of Outer Mongolia were jubilant and their lives were getting better day by day, and they began to prepare for a new life, the international situation once again changed drastically.

As the territorial conflict between the Soviet Union and Japan continued to deepen, Stalin's interference in Outer Mongolia's internal affairs began in the mid-20s, once again affecting the region's political direction.

The political direction chosen by the Outer Mongolian leadership at that time was completely contrary to the route of Country E.

Stalin sent a working group to persuade them to stop.

However, these Outer Mongolian "revolutionaries" seemed to be addicted to revolution and had forgotten how they made their fortune. They directly rejected the working group's suggestions in the name of the people.

The main disagreement between Country E and the Outer Mongolian leadership is how to treat lamas and temples.

Stalin believed that in order to resist the Japanese invasion, Outer Mongolia should increase military spending and expand its army.

But at this time, the temples had already controlled most of Outer Mongolia’s property, and even some Mongolian herdsmen obeyed the temples’ requests and refused to join the Outer Mongolian army.

It was inconceivable to Stalin. How could a temple have more say than a government? How could the Outer Mongolian herdsmen donate the taxes that should have been paid to lamas who did nothing all day and deceived the people?

Therefore, Stalin suggested that the then Outer Mongolian regime of Gendun must eliminate the lamas and temples.

When Stalin met Gendun in 1943, he was furious and blunt:

"Two independent regimes have formed in your country, one is the Gendun regime, and the other is the Lama regime. The Lama regime is more powerful."

Stalin also advocated the establishment of a Ministry of Internal Affairs in Outer Mongolia to specifically address issues concerning temples and lamas.

The Internal Affairs Department was established, but it was slow to take action. The consultant sent by Country E to the Internal Affairs Department had no choice but to leave Outer Mongolia. Before leaving, he conveyed Stalin's advice to the head of the Internal Affairs Department for the last time:

That is, all lamas are counter-revolutionaries and must be punished publicly as traitors to the motherland in front of the masses, and lamas and temples must be severely punished.

Gendun was extremely dissatisfied with this. His implication was that Outer Mongolia was an independent sovereign state, and you, a consultant from Country E, were only here to offer suggestions. Do you really think you are a dish to be made?

Gendun then wrote a letter to Stalin and handed it to the Soviet adviser, which mainly expressed two points of view:

First, we must not treat temples and lamas violently to prevent violent conflicts within Outer Mongolia. Instead, we must adopt a gradual legislative approach to restrict the development of temples.

Second, we cannot mechanically expand the size of the military and force the free-spirited Mongolian herdsmen to join the army. Instead, we must expand technical arms and purchase military equipment.

This letter from Genden, the de facto leader of Outer Mongolia, is actually just an attempt to prove his point. What say can a government that is controlled remotely have?

Country E's control over Outer Mongolia has become pervasive.

In addition, the puppet Mongolian army controlled by the Japanese devils constantly tested and harassed the border, which made Stalin, who was worried about the Siberian transportation lines, feel uneasy.

So Stalin invited several "little brothers" to come to Moscow to listen to his teachings, including the Outer Mongolian delegation.

This time, Stalin wanted to conclude a military and political alliance with Outer Mongolia.

At the meeting, Stalin spoke passionately, promoting socialist ideas on the one hand and intensifying the "dumping" of ideology on the other.

However, Gendun was not impressed. When others took the lead in applauding, he pretended to be deaf and dumb, and even dozed off openly, obviously not taking his big brother Stalin seriously.

It should be clear that Outer Mongolia was a staunch little brother of Country E at that time, and Stalin was the supreme leader of Country E. How could Gendun be so disrespectful to him?

But after all, all the participants were dignitaries of status, so Stalin suppressed his anger and prepared to deal with Gendun after the meeting.

What no one expected was that before Stalin could react, Gendun actually stood up, and under the influence of alcohol, slammed the table and rudely interrupted Stalin who was speaking.

He pointed with his right hand and cursed Stalin in front of everyone present.

The representatives who could understand Mongolian heard that Genden was angrily denouncing Stalin as the "bloody red tsar" and that all the participants in the meeting were his accomplices; Stalin not only wanted to be the dictator of Country E, but also wanted to be the dictator of Mongolia and bring all the federal republics under his command.

Every word Genden said hit the nail on the head, and the delegates who listened to him were both excited and scared.

Gendun became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and seemed to have forgotten that he was still in Country E. He rushed to Stalin, pulled the pipe out of his mouth, threw it to the ground, and kicked him twice. Stalin's precious pipe was immediately smashed to pieces by Gendun.

The guards nearby were so frightened that they did not react for a while.