September 1979, on the eve of the National Day.

On the flight from Los Angeles to Beijing in the United States, there were two Americans, one old and one young, the old man had gray hair, but a pair of blue eyes with typical characteristics of European and American races were still bright, and the young man looked about 20 years old, tall and handsome, especially the decent navy uniform, which provoked several blonde flight attendants on the flight to discharge him frequently.

It's a pity that the young soldier only cared about talking to the old man in a low voice, and didn't notice the winking of a few flight attendants at all.

"Time flies so fast, forty years have passed in a blink of an eye, and I am old." The old man muttered, "But it's worth it to come to China again before I die, to meet my old friends, I really didn't expect to be able to meet them again in my lifetime." ”

The young man shrugged his shoulders and said, "Grandpa David, are you surprised that China and the United States can re-establish diplomatic relations?" ”

"Of course." The old man smiled and said, "Ten years ago, who would dare to say that there would be a day when China and the United States would resume diplomatic relations?" ”

The young man waved his hand and said: "Actually, China and the United States had the opportunity to become friends, and if the U.S. government had adopted the Dixie mission's suggestion and given military aid to the Chinese Communist Party to the Nationalist government, the nascent Red China regime might have completely fallen to the United States, and there would have been no Korean War later." ”

The old man smiled and said: "Jack, you have seen the problem simply, it is impossible for the nascent Red China regime to fully fall to the US government, and the reason why the US government gave military aid to the Nationalist Government instead of the Communist Party is not a wrong choice, this is actually an inevitable choice of the US government. ”

"Why?" The young man was puzzled and said, "Why is this an inevitable choice for the U.S. government?" ”

The old man smiled slightly, and said: "Because the Nationalist Government recognizes all the treaties signed with the West since the Manchu Qing Dynasty, such as the public concession in Shanghai, and the customs taxes mortgaged to Western banks, and Hong Kong ceded to the British, etc., while the new Red Regime cannot recognize these treaties, you should know that these treaties are not just the treaties themselves, but involve tens of billions of dollars in debt, of course, these are not the most important. ”

The young man was stunned for a moment and said, "Then Grandpa David, what is the most important thing?" ”

The old man lowered his voice and said: "The most important thing is that at that time, neither the United States nor the Soviet Union wanted to see the emergence of a unified new China, and they both hoped that China would remain divided, and under the circumstances at that time, if the US government abandoned the Kuomintang and went all out to aid the Chinese Communist Party, the Kuomintang would soon be defeated by the Chinese Communist Party, and China would be quickly reunified, which was not in the interests of the United States, so it was impossible for the US Government to assist the Chinese Communists." ”

The young man frowned and said, "You mean that on the eve of the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the power of the Chinese Communist Party has occupied an overwhelming advantage over the Kuomintang?" If there is no aid from the US government, let alone three years, they will not even be able to last a year? Can I understand that? ”

"You can understand it that way." The old man said, "But what I want to say is that without the assistance of the US government, the Kuomintang would not have been able to hold out for even half a year!" You haven't experienced that era, you can't imagine how greedy those officials of the national government were, just say their finance minister, before World War II was just an unknown person, but after the end of World War II, he became the richest man in the world at that time, richer than our American steel tycoon Morgan and oil tycoon Lockler, can you imagine how the money came from? ”

"I know." The young man said, "All this money was given by the U.S. government to the Nationalist government, but in the end it was all deposited into the private accounts of these bureaucrats, so President Truman was very angry and said that all the high-ranking officials of the Nationalist government, including Chiang, should be thrown into prison." ”

The old man waved his hand and said, "Jack, don't talk about these meaningless things, say anything else." ”

"Okay." The young man nodded and said, "Then Grandpa David, I heard that you actually studied mechanics when you went to college, and when you got a job after graduation, you became an Associated Press war correspondent in China, and later, you became a legendary arms dealer, I want to know how you did it?" Especially the transition from journalist to arms dealer. ”

"Well...... old man looked at the white clouds floating outside the window, and said leisurely, "It's actually an accident, at the beginning, I didn't actually want to be an arms dealer, but just wanted to help my friend get a batch of equipment from the American army, but when I reacted, I found that I had already fallen into it, I can only say, that guy is too cunning, he is a fox, and he can always inadvertently let you step into his trap, whether it is his friend or enemy." ”

"Grandpa David, you're talking about General Xu Rui." When the young man heard this, he immediately became interested, and said eagerly, "That guy who once annihilated our first cavalry division on the Korean battlefield, right?" ”

"Yes, that's the guy." The old man smiled and said, "Soon we will be able to see him, forty-one years, I really miss him a little, you don't know, this guy is not only talented, but also very eloquent, always able to make you sell yourself in the spring breeze." ”

The young man immediately became vigilant and said, "If you say that, this negotiation may not be easy." ”

The old man shook his head and said: "That's not going to happen, please believe me, the whole negotiation process will be very relaxed, the atmosphere will be unimaginably harmonious, and your military will eventually agree to our Sikorsky company to transfer the key technical drawings of the Black Eagle to the Chinese side for a fee, because that guy can always give you a bargaining chip that you can't refuse." ”

"It can't be." The young man exclaimed, "Although I admire General Xu's legendary experience, I will never make a decision that is unfavorable to the United States for personal reasons." ”

"Well, let's wait and see."

The old man looked at the white clouds floating outside the window, his eyelids were already a little slack, and he seemed to be asleep, and he seemed to be caught in the acceleration of the past, and the young man actually had many questions to ask the old man, but when he saw the old man like this, he didn't ask any more questions, just pulled the blanket and covered the old man.

This old man is David, but at this time, he recalls the meeting that changed his life.

(Dividing Line)

It was the day after the Battle of Feicheng ended, and when he heard that Xu Rui was going to see him, David immediately put down what he was doing, took his beautiful translator Liang Yixiao, and hurriedly came to Xu Rui's office.

"Colonel Xu." As soon as he walked through the door, David said, "Do you finally have time for my interview?" ”

"Interview? There's no rush to this. Xu Rui waved his hand and asked with a smile, "I heard that you know how to do machining, and you are also a fitter level 6?" ”

David immediately looked back at Liang Yixiao, only Liang Yixiao knew that he was a sixth-level fitter.

Liang Yixiao spat at David ****, saying that she didn't mean it, in fact, she was inadvertently leaking her mouth when she was talking to He Shuya, you and me, the fate of the world is so magical, Liang Yixiao and He Shuya were originally two people who could not have intersected at all, but because of this damn war, they fell in love.

"Yes, I do have a grade 6 certificate as a fitter." David can only admit.

"Really? But I didn't believe it. Xu Rui said as he took out a drawing from the drawer, then pushed the drawing in front of David, and said, "If you can change this machine gun on the drawing, I believe that you are a sixth-level fitter, and if you are really a sixth-level fitter, I will accept your exclusive interview." ”

David took the drawings and was immediately intrigued.

"Portable Gatling machine gun?" David said, "It's kind of interesting for you to change the method, but the Gatling gun and the chain are at least 100 kilograms, are you sure someone can carry it?" ”

Xu Rui snapped his fingers, and the Siberian tiger, python and GI entered proudly.

Looking at the three giant men who were more than two meters tall and whose arms were thicker than his thighs, David shook his head and said: "Okay, I take back what I just said, but I have to let me see the Gatling machine gun used for modification, if the gun is too old, there may be problems in the process of modification, so it is most likely that there are spare parts." ”

Xu Rui shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm sorry, don't talk about spare parts, I don't even have the original." ”

"Oh?" David said, "You don't even have the original Gatling, so how can you change it?" ”

"So, that's the main reason I'm looking for you today." Xu Rui said, "Mr. David, I hope you can become my agent and help me import arms from Shanghai and even the United States, this first batch of arms is six Gatling guns, I am willing to pay you twice the market price, if the cooperation is happy, I will import more arms and equipment from the United States, Mr. David, this is much better than being a reporter for the Associated Press." ”

David couldn't help but be thrilled, the reason why he risked his life to apply for the Associated Press as a trainee reporter was only because the job paid well, so why would he turn down if there was a more rewarding job in front of him now? Being an arms dealer is obviously much more promising than being a journalist.

From the expression on David's face, Xu Rui knew that he was moved, and immediately added another fire: "Mr. David, in order to show my sincerity, I can even give you a part of the advance payment in advance, according to the market price, the price of a Gatling machine gun is about three hundred dollars, six is one thousand eight hundred dollars, double the price, that is, three thousand six hundred dollars, I can pay you in advance a thousand dollars worth of gold, about 30 ounces." ”