Far East Theater in WWIII
1946
In an abandoned coal mine,
Somewhere in
Soviet-occupied Manchuria
This is what now constituted
a
"People's Congress", committee meetings in the dark, hunted now more than
ever before, with a completely shattered command structure and facing more and
more defections to the new Republic of China Armed Forces, with the most
devastating being the defection of Xu Haidong's Yennan Route Army. Mao has
sworn his revenge on Xu and his traitorous followers, and to all who have
abandoned the people's war. How could he have been so blind as to not see the
coup that deposed Generalissimo Chiang coming from within his own ranks? But
none of that second-guessing did anything to remedy his situation right now...
The issue at hand was the
disruption of recruitment of new troops for the army of the new government and
blocking the reforms that they are attempting to implement, starting a new
propaganda campaign that decried this government as more of the same
corruption. This dog Sun was smart, but even a smart dog must be made to heel;
bending him and his reforms to Chairman Mao's, and by extension the Chinese
Communist Party's, will is a step in that direction. In order to make this
happen, Mao must discredit Sun, and his government, first, and that was
increasingly becoming an insurmountable task.
On the military front, Mao
was becoming increasingly irritated with the Soviets, and their decreasing
material support for his war. Though his manpower numbers were decreasing, he
was no longer being supplied with first-rate weapons, ammunition and equipment
from the Soviets themselves, but with second-rate weapons, ammunition and
equipment captured from the Allies in their lightning attack across Europe.
This was causing severe logistical hardship on Mao's troops, with the
additional issue of hampering his operations because of it. This is another
reason why Sun's counter-offensive against his forces have been so successful,
so much so that Mao's forces have been pushed back behind the Soviet lines in
Manchuria. Comrade General Chou En-lai was working on a new plan of attack, and
they were retrofitting some special equipment that the Soviets had just
delivered to them, just for this attack. It was sure to be a nasty surprise to
the government forces who will no doubt be facing it. Mao Tse-tung smiled at
the thought, as the meeting came to order...
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