San Francisco Pier.

"Xiao Nan, Xiao Ning, say goodbye to Dad!" Yu Peichen hugged her two daughters and said.

"Daddy, see you!" Zhou Ning waved his little hand and shouted in a milky voice.

"Whoa, whoa!!" Zhou Nan suddenly cried, as if he vaguely understood that this was to separate from his father.

Zhou Ning turned his head to look at his sister, stunned, and cried as if he was infected.

Zhou Hexuan hurriedly hugged his daughter, kissed and comforted him, and finally made the two little guys burst into laughter.

Zhou Hexuan hugged Vivien Li, who came to see her off: "Vivian, take care of yourself in the United States, and send me a telegram if you have anything." ”

Vivien Leigh was wearing a windbreaker, sunglasses and a hat, tiptoe to kiss Zhou Hexuan's forehead and said, "I will, don't worry." ”

"Goodbye, two sisters!" Ma Jue also smiled and waved.

"Goodbye!"

Zhou Hexuan's return to China this time happened to take a tailwind boat and leave with the US special mission to China.

The special envoy for this visit to China is Laughlin Currie, a senior administrative assistant to Roosevelt, who visited China in the capacity of Roosevelt's personal representative.

In the study of modern history, many scholars believe that Currie's visit to China was invited by Soong Ziwen to discuss the "Concession Act" that was about to be passed, and he wanted to get more US aid. In fact, this misunderstanding is wrong, because when Chang Kaishen and Soong Ziwen submitted the invitation to visit, the "Lend-Lease Act" had not yet been introduced in the US Congress.

In fact, Chang Kaishen invited Roosevelt's close adviser Hopkins in order to reach a Far East cooperation plan between China, Britain, and the United States. But Hopkins went to England some time ago, and Roosevelt appointed Currie, an administrative assistant, as a special envoy.

Not only that, but Hemingway and his wife were also members of the special envoy this time, the same Hemingway who later won the Nobel Prize for writing "The Old Man and the Sea".

Hemingway's ostensible identity was a US government commissioner and a reporter for Currier magazine and the Afternoon Post, but his real intention was to be sent by Roosevelt to investigate the "Southern Anhui Incident" and the relationship between the KMT and the Communist Party, so as to facilitate the US Government to formulate a specific plan for aiding China.

Historically, the Hemingways also secretly met with Zhou Gong in Chongqing.

Martha (Hemingway's wife) was so impressed by Zhou's demeanor that she later recalled: "We thought Zhou was a victor, the only really good man we had ever seen in China." If he is typical of the Chinese Communist Party, then China's future will be theirs. For me, I was strongly attracted to this charismatic man. ”

Hemingway, on the other hand, recalled: "Zhou was a man of great charisma and wisdom, and he maintained close contact with the embassies of all countries in China. He succeeded in getting almost everyone who had contact with him in Chongqing to accept the Communist Party's position on whatever happened. ”

When Hemingway returned to the United States to meet Roosevelt, he directly predicted: "After this war, the Communist Party will definitely take over China, because the best people in that country are the Communist Party." He also wrote a report on the relations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, in which he clearly pointed out that Chang Kaishen regarded Japan as a "skin disease" and "China's red peril" as a serious problem.

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The U.S. special mission to China was aboard the passenger ship "Matt Nissan", which could only sail to Hawaii, where it would transfer to a Pan Am plane to Hong Kong.

Zhou Hexuan met Curry and Hemingway on the boat, and the three of them took the initiative to shake hands and greet them very warmly: "Hello, Mr. Zhou, I am very happy to walk with you." ”

"I'm also very happy, why don't you have a few drinks?" Zhou Hexuan invited.

The three Americans, who were obviously drunkards, happily said, "Very good advice." ”

Martha Gellhorn sat down skillfully in front of the bar, picked up her wine glass and said, "Mr. Zhou, I like your rock song very much, it's very exciting!" ”

"My pleasure." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Hemingway said: "Ever since I saw your "The Goddess", Martha has always wanted to go to China. ”

Zhou Hexuan shook his head and said: "The current situation in China is very bad, you must be mentally prepared." ”

"War is familiar to me," Martha said, "I've covered the Spanish Civil War, I've covered the Soviet-Finnish war, and I know what war means to a country." I want to know about China and write about it so that the whole world can know about it. ”

"Thank you so much, I toast you!" Zhou Hexuan raised his glass and said.

Martha Gellhorn is a female writer and war correspondent. She and Hemingway met in a bar and became Hemingway's third wife a month ago, well, she herself is a second marriage.

The couple has a lot in common, they are both writers, both war correspondents, and both ended their lives by suicide. Even the reason for their divorce is the same - the ideological discord with the other half.

It's just that Martha Gellhorn is more aggressive, and when she was in Chongqing, she could provoke Song Meiling to be furious and foul spoken just by asking questions.

No, before she could say a few good words, Martha began to expose Zhou Hexuan's shortcomings: "Mr. Zhou, I heard that you have a good personal relationship with Hitler?" ”

"Who did you listen to?" Zhou Hexuan asked with a smile.

Martha said: "When I came back from the battlefield in Finland, I went to Berlin on the way and found something very interesting. Your work has been banned in Germany. After careful investigation, it seems that it was ordered by Hitler himself. ”

"And then?" Zhou Hexuan said.

Martha said: "Then I continued my investigation and got a clue from the mouth of an SS. You, Mr. Zhou, an internationally renowned anti-fascist fighter, were once Hitler's guest of honor, and Hitler even personally designed a pistol to give you. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "King George VI of England once admired Hitler, do you think that the King of England will collude with fascists?" ”

"Of course not," said Martha, "but after my careful investigation, the new version of the racist pamphlet of the German Nazis was published after your visit to Germany." So I've always wanted to interview you about Nazi racist propaganda, what is your role in that? ”

Zhou Hexuan raised his eyebrows and said, "This lady, you are not interviewing, but maliciously slandering." ”

Martha laughed, "Annoyed and angry? I'm just ......"

"My dear," Hemingway interrupted, "you can drink two less, or say a few less drunken words." ”

Special Envoy Curry also smiled: "Mr. Zhou, can you tell me about the situation in China?" I thought I should have been more prepared. ”

"As you wish, Mr. Envoy." Zhou Hexuan said.

Curry asked: "What do you think about the incident in southern Anhui that happened not long ago?" ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "I strongly condemn that the Chinese need to unite and not fight among themselves before driving out the enemy. ”

"What about the relationship between the KMT and the CCP?" Hemingway also began to investigate.