At eight o'clock in the morning, "Jianming, Liaoyuan City has been captured." At Su Tong's house, the family's intelligence chief, Xia General, gave Chief Su, who was having breakfast, a telegram signed by Wang and Liao.
"Well, not bad." Su Tong bit a big cake in his mouth while looking at the message in his hand, "Wang Dayong is a fierce general, needless to say. Liao Yaoxiang also has a way to fight. He knows how to use strengths and avoid weaknesses to tie the troops together and advance together.
, quite like a bulldozer.”
Yulia, who was sitting next to her, was five months pregnant and her belly was already high. She was sitting lazily next to her husband, happily stroking her high belly from time to time while listening to her husband's words without a word.
Discussing the current war situation with her sisters, nothing is more important to her now than her husband and family.
"Honey, can you come back for dinner tonight?"
Su Tong turned around and looked at Yulia's longing eyes, and smiled gently, "Baby, I will come back as soon as possible. If you are bored at home, you can go shopping with Fei'er to buy some clothes."
Yulia pouted her little mouth and said coquettishly: "You ask me to go shopping for clothes now, are you laughing at me for being a big-bellied woman? But if you go with us, I will go."
Su Tong knew that women are more sensitive during pregnancy. Besides, he was busy all day long. It was indeed a long time since he had gone out with his wives. He picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth before coming to You with an apology.
Liya hugged Yulia gently, "Baby, I will take time to go shopping with you in a few days, okay?"
Yulia's beautiful eyes rolled around, she looked at her husband softly and chuckled: "Forget it, I don't know about you yet. If you can spare time to have a meal with me, I will be very satisfied. I don't expect us to
I have a busy family and can accompany me to go shopping."
Su Tong touched his nose awkwardly. It seemed that he really didn't have much time to go shopping with his wife, and he might not be able to fulfill his promise.
Looking at Yulia's pretty face that had gradually plumped up due to pregnancy, Su Tong smiled apologetically and was about to speak when Tieniu's voice came from downstairs: "Sir, Secretary-General Xi Hanqian sent a message asking you to rush to the Government Building as soon as possible.
Miss Alice, the reporter from the United States, has brought a guest and is waiting for you at the provincial government office."
"Okay, I'll go over there," Su Tong agreed, kissed Yulia's smooth forehead apologetically, and then went out.
In the Zhangjiakou Provincial Government Building, Alice was sitting in the living room sipping coffee with a middle-aged foreign man with blond hair and bright blue eyes in his forties or fifties.
After taking a sip of coffee, the man asked with a hint of kindness: "Alice, is your job in China going well? If you don't like this job, you can be transferred back to Europe."
Alice wrinkled her thick eyebrows mischievously, and her usual shrewdness and ability seemed to have disappeared without a trace. "Dear Uncle Hawkins, what else do you think I can do? I'm just doing my work.
"Don't be so nervous. Besides, I am a reporter from the most powerful country in the world, and no one dares to do anything to me."
Hawkins shrugged his shoulders, "Oh, okay. I won't say more about your work issues. I want to ask you a question now. Have you ever entered Chahar after you have been here for so long?
Let’s go and have a look at your military camp.”
Alice's thick eyebrows frowned, "Uncle Hawkins, you have to know that I am just a reporter. I am not a spy and I will not take the initiative to spy on other people's military secrets."
"Haha" Hawkins laughed, "Yes, I shouldn't ask you this, but dear Alice, since you are a reporter, you should know that this is related to the interests of our United States."
"I hate people who always use national interests as a guise, but do unscrupulous things." Alice said angrily: "Essentially, you and Uncle Roosevelt are the same people."
"Okay" Hawkins shook his head helplessly, "You and your Aunt Eleanor are both carved out of the same mold. You are a typical character who cannot tolerate disdain in your eyes. You can't"
As soon as Hawkins said this, he saw Alice's thick eyebrows starting to stand up again and quickly raised her hand: "Okay, let's change the topic. Alice, you have also had several contacts with the leaders here. Can you tell me?"
His character, temperament, and political views? It doesn’t violate your principles.”
"Okay," Alice nodded, "I have only had a few contacts with the Chairman of Chahar Province, who has the most power in China and the first-level general of the Republic of China, and I don't know him very well.
, but my feeling about him is that he is a somewhat contradictory person."
"Contradictory Man" Hawkins asked in surprise.
"Yes, it's a contradiction." Alice frowned and said, "When I usually interact with him, he seems very normal and easy to talk to, and he is also a very easy-going person. But once he encounters some issues involving principles and interests,
At that time, he was like a stingy Grandet, especially when it came to dealing with the Japanese. He was simply a tyrant. Just a few days ago, his army suppressed more than 30,000 Japanese settlers from Manchuria.
He actually sent all of the civilians in the regiment to the mines to dig, and some of them were sent to build roads. I heard that the environment in the mines was very bad, and people died every day due to overwork. He seemed to be aware of all this.
Turn a blind eye, you say, how can I remain indifferent to such atrocious things? I will report this matter in a few days and let the international community condemn their cruel behavior."
Hawkins looked at the beautiful reporter who looked aggrieved because of her excessive sense of justice, and smiled bitterly: "Alice, I advise you not to report this matter, because it is useless, the hatred between these two nations
It can only be resolved with blood."
"Humph" Alice did not answer, but raised her eyebrows stubbornly.
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and then a figure strode in. Alice and Hawkins took a closer look. The three stars on the shoulders of the person and the young face showed the person's identity.
Identity: Su Tong, the current ruler of the four Chahar provinces, the first-level general of the Republic of China.
Su Tong did not greet Hawkins immediately, but smiled and said to Alice: "Miss Alice, we meet again. You must have brought me some good news today."
Alice's angry expression just now seemed to have disappeared without a trace, and she said with a smile: "Of course, General Su, today I want to introduce to you a distinguished guest who has traveled thousands of miles from the United States of America."
Alice gently pointed at the foreigner next to her: "This is Mr. Hawkins, the special assistant to our US President Roosevelt. This time he is here to negotiate with you on behalf of President Roosevelt. I believe he can bring you some ideas."
It was an unexpected surprise.”
"Oh, really?" Su Tong also smiled reservedly, turned to Hawkins and stretched out his hand: "Welcome to Mr. Hawkins, I hope you can leave a good memory for you during your stay in China.
."
"General Su, hello, it's an honor to meet you." Hawkins also shook hands with Su Tong politely, "I would like to congratulate you on behalf of President Roosevelt. I heard that your army recaptured another city yesterday. Congratulations.
, you are truly a brave and outstanding general”
"Please sit down, Mr. Hawkins, would you like something to drink?" Su Tong asked enthusiastically after the two of them sat down on a sofa.
"Thank you, if you can, please give us another cup of coffee." Hawkins was not polite, and the two of them sat on a sofa and chatted some polite nonsense. Alice next to them looked at this.
It's pure nonsense.
After elegantly taking a sip of the coffee just served by the staff and placing it gently on the coffee table, Hawkins said: "General Su, I have been entrusted by President Roosevelt to express to you the support of our country's politics and people.
I would like to express my admiration and appreciation for the unremitting efforts and sacrifices made by you and the local government and military under your leadership for freedom and justice. In addition, President Roosevelt also entrusted me to visit the environment of the place under your rule and express my gratitude to the people under your command.
We will make a simple assessment of the combat effectiveness of our military to see if there is any possibility of cooperation between the two of us."
"Oh, really?" Su Tong smiled softly, but he was cursing secretly in his heart, "These Americans really think of themselves as the world's police. They were like this in their last life, and they are still like this now."
Although he was secretly complaining in his heart, he still asked calmly: "Mr. Hawkins, in what areas do you think we can cooperate?"
Hawkins smiled slyly, "Of course, we can, for example, we can cooperate with transportation, oil, or" he slowly lengthened his voice, "the navy, what do you think?"
As soon as Su Tong heard the word navy, his heart beat violently involuntarily. He took the opportunity of drinking tea to cover up his expression calmly and asked slowly, "Mr. Hawkins, can you tell me?"
Can you be specific?"
Hawkins' smile continued, "General Su, we know that you have always been determined to build a navy that can protect your country's interests, and this is precisely your country's weakness. Although you have received some help from the German government, please
With all due respect, that is not enough. Because for Germany, the navy is exactly their weakness, and our United States of America can meet your requirements in this regard, what do you think?"
"Damn it, Americans have really good noses. I just did something with the mustache, and now the whole world knows about it." Chief Su cursed in his heart.