Chapter X Diplomatic Efforts
It's too ridiculous to be a little American captain, but Stilwell's meaning is not like joking about what the other party sold in the gourd Chen Zikun could guess that he smiled and said, "Joe is afraid that my position is not as simple as a senior assistant."
Stilwell said straight to the point: "That's just a transitional position. I want you to command the Chinese team of the China-Myanmar-Indian War Theater. You are a person recognized by both China and the United States and proficient in English and understand the thinking patterns of Americans. I really can't think of anyone more suitable than you, even Sun Liren, who is not good after all, he is a Virginia Military Academy who graduated from the Virginia Military Academy and is not as good as our Western pastry student."
Chen Zikun said: "I'm sorry, Qiao is not in the school. I have forgotten all the things I have fought in the past few years. The Japanese have fought many times and are low-level guerrilla warfare. I am really not qualified to serve as deputy commander. I just want to do something to do for China and the United States. I hope you can provide this opportunity."
Stilwell thought, "Okay, I'll still give you the position of senior assistant and another plane and pilot you can go anywhere you want to do anything."
After the matter was negotiated, Chen Zikun returned home and reunited with his wife and children. Everything was normal. The cabinet was filled with Spam lunch, meat and canned beef. You don’t have to worry about eating and drinking.
Chen Zikun and Liu Ting discussed all night long, and inspired her to finally have a general plan.
The time spent with relatives during the war is always very precious the next day Chen Zikun will return to India with Stilwell and the plane takes off from Baishiyi Air Force Base and arrives in Kunming first and then fly over the Hump Route to India.
Hump route is extremely difficult and dangerous, snowy peaks stand on the turbulent air currents. The wreckage of the plane reflecting the sun in the canyon points the direction for the route. The transport plane returns because it is no load, so the maneuverability is relatively good. The heavy-loaded transport planes often crash. Every once in a while, there are few familiar faces in the club. At least hundreds of young American pilots are buried on the top of this vast snow-capped mountain.
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Everything in the Lambgar Allied Army Camp in Uttar Pradesh, India made Chen Zikun feel refreshed? Is this still the Chinese team?
The camp is built according to the standards of the US military. The houses are lined with wood. There are boards and eyes. The flags of China and the United States are floating on the watchtower. The blue sky and the sun are shining with stars and stripes. The soldiers are wearing US Army khaki uniforms, big shorts, stockings, big leather shoes, canvas armed with Thompson submachine guns. The image is completely different from the previous beggar soldiers. Even more energetic than the German equipment division for 37 years.
At the gate of the camp was a joint jeep and truck of China and the United States armies roared and flew dusty. Stilwell's car was in front of a Samsung flag sentry. He immediately stood at the sight of the flag and saluted them. When they were in, they happened to meet the troops for dinner. A large number of soldiers lined up with enamel jars and aluminum lunch boxes waiting to make meals.
Chen Zikun got off the car and took a look at the soldiers' lunch beef, potatoes, carrots, butter, and a cup of black tea. Although the amount is not large, the amount is enough, the oily and water can be seen by looking at the soldiers' red faces.
In the conference room, Chen Zikun met his old friend Sun Liren. His troops were the most fully preserved in the expeditionary army. They retreated to India and became the best and most powerful army. The army was equipped with the best and strongest combat effectiveness. All American equipment and the US Army were no different from the US Army. The troops were all American instructors who taught cars, tanks, roads, bridges, and radios. Blasting operations were new things that the Chinese team had never heard of.
Sun Li is very beautiful and is so energetic, but he keeps a certain guard against Chen Zikun's arrival. After all, the other party has a higher military rank and a better relationship with the Americans. He will replace him at any time.
Stilwell held a meeting very quickly and listened to the report for five minutes and took Chen Zikun to inspect the training ground of Lambgar Camp. Tanks and trucks galloped back and forth in the training ground of Lambgar. Teams of infantry were lively on the obstacle field. The shooting ground. Thompson's submachine gun Browning machine gun sounded like a piece of gunfire. Chen Zikun couldn't help but ended up taking a semi-automatic rifle from the soldier. He aimed at the target in the distance. He shot eight shots in a row. With a crisp sound, the bullet bridge clamp jumped out of the gun chamber and landed on the ground.
"Good Gun" Chen Zikun sincerely praised
"The general's shooting skills are better," Stilwell smiled.
The honest soldiers applaud together
Chen Zikun said: "How are the young men of Qiao?"
Stilwell said: "They are the best infantry I've ever seen, but they're almost literate but it doesn't matter if their intelligence can offset that."
Chen Zikun said: "Do you think this army is not enough?"
Stilwell said: "Of course, Peanuts treat the country's army as private property and are unwilling to let me command it."
Chen Zikun said: "The Chairman starts from scratch and relies on how the army is willing to release military power, but I have a solution. We can not transfer the direct army of the commission and instead arm the army of other factions, such as Long Yun from Yunnan, he must be willing to accept the conditions of the United States, such as my Jiangdong army is also willing to cooperate with the US military."
Stilwell shook his head: "Long Yun has also contacted him, but Peanuts are determined not to allow local power to occur. As for your army, you can consider erecting a model when fighting behind enemy lines."
Chen Zikun said: "Since Long Yun's Yunnan Army is not good, let the chairman come out without the existing army to recruit new soldiers to Ramgar. Anyway, the plane transporting materials will be returned without load, so it is better to transport troops to come and arm ten divisions first and then you will command. After the Japanese army and the guns are handed over to the chairman, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"
Stilwell's eyes lit up: "This is a good method"
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Chen Zikun is only responsible for giving advice and specific implementation. It depends on the Americans and Chiang Kai-shek's negotiations. He stayed in Lambgar for several days and sent his family letter to the commander of the army stationed in India. He then flew to Tehran, Iran and transferred to Egypt. Morocco arrived in London, England under the bombing of the German Air Force.
After twenty years, Chen Zikun returned to London after bombing. The British capital was broken and ruined, but the fighting spirit of the citizens and the army was still high.
After helping the Embassy in the UK, Chen Zikun found Li Yaoting's children. The two children thought that studying in the UK could avoid the war. But London was worse than Shanghai than in the threat of bombs. Not to mention food, it was extremely short of British children. All of them were evacuated to Australia and Canada. Who cares about the lives of foreigners. If it weren't for their strong family, they would starve to death.
Chen Zikun used his special plane to bring his two children to the United States and the whole world was fighting, but the United States was not threatened by war. But he could clearly feel that the war was approaching the conscription. The outsiders were full of people wearing decent suits and wearing plane heads. Someone was brushed off and cried bitterly. This made Chen Zikun think of the situation of recruitment in China. The refugees who were recruited were all refugees who could not eat. They either caught soldiers directly and were tying them up with ropes like a string of grasshoppers.
Chen Zikun, Washington, DC, changed into three golden stars in China. Foreign Minister Song Ziwen, the head of the China Affairs Delegation Xiong Shihui and the ambassador to the United States, came to greet the greetings and the four of them talked about diplomatic affairs in the car.
Chen Zikun said: "Brothers went to the United States this time not only to seek more aid. The focus is still lower. Why not take this opportunity to greatly improve the international status of the Republic of China. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Song Ziwen said: "Brother Kunwu means I understand that President Roosevelt elected Chairman as the Supreme Commander of the Allied China War Zone, isn't this the plan? It sounds like it's amazing, but it doesn't have any practical effect."
Hu Shi also said: "The top four of the Allies in China, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union are just high hats worn by the great powers, and it is just President Roosevelt's wishful thinking Churchill never mentioned it. Even the bloody sacrifice of the Chinese team in Myanmar is not a word of thanks. Our focus is to strive for the right to distribute aid materials. This is actually helpful."
Chen Zikun knew that they had been in the United States for a long time and suffered a lot of blows. He was relieved and said: "Material distribution is the last method for Americans to restrain us. They will not let go easily. We naturally have to strive for it vigorously. On the other hand, we must also strengthen ourselves. I suggest that we abolish all unequal treaties by ourselves and take back the concessions and take back Hong Kong and Macau."
"No," Song Ziwen shouted, "Zikun, are you trying to create rifts in the allies? Of course, Britain and the United States have to cancel their privileges in China, but they cannot be abolished by themselves. We should talk slowly."
Hu Shi also said: "General Chen, you should be familiar with the environment first when you are here."
When Hu Shi was a professor at Peking University, Chen Zikun was still a coolie who drove rickshaws. Now he has become a senior official and a first-level general in the State Administration. As soon as he arrived in the United States, he was talking about diplomatic issues. How can Hu Shi, who is the ambassador to the United States, be convinced?
Song Ziwen and Hu Shi were also disagreeing with each other. At this time, they actually opposed Chen Zikun's enthusiasm was poured on cold water and stopped mentioning it.
After the reception banquet, General Xiong Shihui, the head of the military delegation to the United States, came to Chen Zikun's residence to visit. He did not say a word in the car, but he talked freely: "General Chen, your opinion is the same as the current failure of US aid. The unequal treaty should be cancelled to show that the equal diplomats among allies have their considerations and different from our soldiers. I suggest you bypass them and directly ask the US side that there must be the following."
Chen Zikun is quite interested: "Brother Xiong, do you have channels?"
Xiong Shihui said: "You can find Mr. Curie, the White House President's Executive Assistant."
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