Chapter 592: The Eagle Over London (6)
All the people in the bar were stunned when they saw the comer, only to see a resolute-looking old man with a two-horned hat, a civilized staff in his right hand, and a thick cigar in his left hand, striding in, followed by a tall and beautiful secretary-looking woman and two officers in army uniforms. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"God, who do I see?"
"Oh my God, it's His Excellency the Prime Minister!"
That's right, it was none other than Winston Churchill, the dusty British prime minister who hurried from London to Birmingham in the evening. Churchill, who had just entered the bar, immediately saw the Luger P08 artillery pistol in Ma Kaihang's hand, so he opened his mouth and shouted.
"All stand up...... Salute! ”
Seeing His Excellency the Prime Minister coming, Hill, who had the highest rank, shouted loudly, and all the British officers stood up and saluted Churchill in unison.
Seeing that the British all stood up, the pilots from China naturally couldn't sit so swaggering, and they all stood up and saluted Churchill.
Churchill walked up to Ma Kaihang with his trademark thick cigar in his left hand, patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Ensign, your gun is very good, if you want to sell it, don't forget to call me, I will pay a big price!" You know, I'm definitely richer than that lieutenant! ”
As soon as Churchill's words came out, everyone burst into laughter, and just one sentence Churchill mobilized the atmosphere of the bar, and at this time, Ma Kaihang, Du Changfeng and others also learned Churchill's identity from the mouths of their companions next to them.
I saw Churchill striding to the middle of the bar and said to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, today the Germans have sent many batches of planes to attack all parts of the British Empire, and London alone has been bombed by more than 200 planes, and our heroic British Empire air force has not retreated in the face of a strong enemy, they have driven fighter planes to fight to the death with the Germans in the sky, and they have fought to the end without hesitation for the British Empire, and they are worthy of the oath they made at the beginning!" ”
......As soon as Churchill's words came out, the bar burst into thunderous applause, and the British officers and soldiers all clapped their hands excitedly.
Immediately afterwards, Churchill said: "Today I would like to thank a group of brave men who came from thousands of miles away, they are pilots from China, they did not retreat in the face of the brutal German fascists, but fought together with us against the Nazi attack, they are all good!" When I heard the news, I told myself, I'm going to Birmingham, I'm going to give medals to those Chinese warriors who have come from afar! ”
After speaking, he swept the surrounding Huaxia officers with sharp eyes, and then he nailed his gaze to Du Changfeng's body and said with a smile: "You must be Major Du Changfeng from Huaxia, right?" ”
With a "snap", after listening to the words translated by Ma Kaihang on the side, Du Changfeng saluted and said loudly: "Du Changfeng, the leader of the fourth flight squadron of the 1st Air Division of the 3rd Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, has seen His Excellency the Prime Minister!" ”
Churchill nodded slowly while listening to the interpreter's words, he glanced at Du Changfeng meaningfully and said: "Major, in view of your outstanding performance today, on behalf of His Majesty George VI of the British Empire, I would like to award you the Air Cross of the Third Class, and I hope that you can join hands with the pilots of the British Empire to work together to defeat the German fascists!" ”
"Of course, that's what we're here for!" Du Changfeng said solemnly.
"Good!" Churchill nodded appreciatively, and took an oval-shaped bronze medal with a cross on the outside from Maggie's hand, and hung it on Du Changfeng's left chest.
"Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister!" After Churchill finished awarding the medal, Du Changfeng saluted again.
Afterwards, Churchill said to the crowd: "Gentlemen, in recognition of your contribution to the British Empire, I have decided to award each of you a distinguished flying medal!" Because today, you have saved London, and you have saved the innocent women and children of London! ”
"Whoa!"
As Churchill's words fell, there was another round of applause in the bar, and judging from the applause of the British officers and soldiers, they still recognized these pilots from China.
The following award ceremony did not need Churchill to do it himself, and naturally there were officers in his entourage to award them medals. Many pilots looked at the medals hanging on their chests with mixed feelings, and Ma Kaihang even muttered in a low voice: "We, the dignified officers of the national army, have been awarded medals by the British, what is this called?" ”
"Shut up, I'll talk about it when I get back!" Du Changfeng turned his head and whispered to him.
Just when Du Changfeng was talking to Ma Kaihang in a low voice, Churchill, who was standing not far away, observed the pilots led by Du Changfeng with great interest. The reason why he hurried to see these Chinese pilots was just a pretense, but in fact, observing these Chinese pilots and narrowing the distance with them was his real purpose. Churchill is a politician, and the basic skill to become a mature politician is not to put the joys, sorrows and sorrows in his heart on his face, although he does not like colored people in his heart, but in the face of these pilots that Britain urgently needs at present, he can quickly put aside the prejudices in his heart and deliberately narrow the distance between these Chinese pilots, which is what a mature politician should do.
He casually beckoned his secretary and said, "Maggie, you help me record it, and immediately tell Major General Leedler that I want to give these Chinese pilots the best treatment and give them equal treatment in military ranks." Moreover...... Give each of them two more military uniforms, do you remember them all? ”
"Okay Mr. Prime Minister, I remember!" Maggie nodded as she quickly recorded it in her notebook.
Churchill stayed for more than half an hour before returning to London, after all, as the prime minister, he had a busy day of work, so naturally it was impossible to waste time in the bar with these soldiers.
After Churchill left, the originally quiet bar was lively again, and the Chinese pilots and the British pilots were very lively in pushing glasses and changing lamps, and just as everyone was drinking happily, in Paris, France, the commander of the Fifth Air Force, Admiral Stumpf, was in front of a group of German officers.
"A bunch of fools, more than two hundred fighters were defeated by the British with less than a hundred planes, are you still soldiers of the German Empire?"
An officer boldly said: "I'm sorry General, according to the pilot's report, they were about to defeat those British, but the British suddenly came with a group of reinforcements, and they were caught off guard and failed!" (To be continued.) )