As we said earlier, pacifism in Britain in the 30s was politically correct and no one was allowed to stand up against it.

Therefore, including Churchill, who fought the iron-blooded war, must also be "pacifists", at least to advertise themselves as "pacifists".

What if world peace is reached?

The British were divided into two factions.

One faction is called the "warlike faction". Represented by Winston Churchill and Attlee (Labour Party leaders), who believed that opposition to war was necessary for the use of material force, including the final use of military force, the relevant group was the "League of Nations" (LNU).

One faction is called the "war abandonment". Represented by Lansbury and Dawson (editor-in-chief of The Times), who condemned and opposed all wars, and advocated a negotiated and cooperative solution to crisis conflicts, the relevant groups were the "Peace Pledge Alliance" (PPU).

By the mid-'30s, the two factions were increasingly divided, competing with each other for membership, funding, and supporters.

Funnily enough, they used the same method, that is, to use war to intimidate the population through the media, causing the British people to become more and more afraid of war. Later, when Chamberlain was running for prime minister, the slogan simply said, "If you vote for Chamberlain, you will have more peace."

The content of Zhou Hexuan's lecture at the University of London seemed to provide ammunition for the British "pacifists", who had fresh material for war intimidation.

The Times and The Observer were the most active, with the two newspapers selecting the most tragic photographs of the massacres and devoting a third of their pages to them. They constantly stressed that war can only bring death, condemned Japan for stopping its aggression against China, and called on the British people to support the "peace movement."

At the same time, the Conservative Party, which was defeated in the local elections, also attacked the Labour Party with the massacre of Japan's invasion of China, accusing Japan of speeding up the pace of foreign expansion, which stemmed from the connivance of the Labour Party during its administration. The Labour Party also countered the incident, saying that the Conservative Party's compromise foreign policy was the main culprit for Japan's military expansion.

Zhou Hexuan's trip to London was obviously involved in the whirlpool of political struggle between the British "warlikes" and "war abandoners", as well as the Conservative Party and the Labour Party.

Britain's largest anti-war group, the League of Nations Association (War Fighters), and the newly established Peace Oath Alliance (Abandoners) unanimously extended invitations to Zhou Hexuan, hoping that Zhou Hexuan would participate in the public speech they organized.

There is no doubt that Zhou Hexuan's anti-war lecture has touched the most sensitive G-spot of the British.

Throughout October, Zhou Hexuan spent the whole month of giving speeches and lecturing. He learned wisely this time, but he kept repeating anti-war and peace, and did not reveal which side he was on, let alone be stupid enough to say anything about "seeking peace through war". As for the "anti-fascist" argument, Zhou Hexuan did not dare to mention it, otherwise he would definitely anger the "anti-war faction".

As a result, the "warlike faction" and the "abandoning war faction" respected Zhou Hexuan even more, and tried every possible way to pull him to their side.

The British Conservative Party also frequently invited Zhou Hexuan to participate in cocktail parties, hoping that Zhou Hexuan would help pull local votes, and wanted to rub hot spots to brush up the public's favorability.

According to the statistics of later historians, in October 1935 alone, Mr. Zhou Hexuan gave 8 academic lectures, 16 public lectures and was invited to attend 13 private receptions throughout the United Kingdom.

Coupled with the crazy propaganda of the newspaper media, Zhou Hexuan is simply a god in Britain and is known as a "peace fighter from the East".

Zhou Hexuan's "The Chrysanthemum and the Knife", and "Under the Dragon Flag", which introduced the First Sino-Japanese War, suddenly became bestsellers in Britain. Under the propaganda of these two books, the British had a terrible impression of Japan, which was generally regarded as a barbaric country in the cloak of civilization.

The Times then duly threw out the Chinese silver crisis and analyzed the benefits that Britain could get from intervening, which was immediately widely recognized by the British people.

……

In late October, Zhou Hexuan circled around the UK and returned to London, the foggy capital.

Weekend.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

Trafalgar Square.

Thousands of British people gathered here to listen to Zhou Hexuan's speech. This time, no one paid anyone to hire someone to support the scene, and as soon as the newspaper published the news of the speech, countless citizens spontaneously came to the scene.

"Didi!"

Car horns sounded, and the crowd spontaneously moved out of the way.

Four armed mounted policemen led the way, straddled snow-white horses, one of them whistling violently. Behind is an extended Bentley bulletproof car, sitting Zhou Hexuan, Zhang Leyi, Yu Peichen and Sun Yongzhen. Behind them are more than a dozen street policemen, wielding wooden batons tasked with maintaining order at the scene.

When they arrived at the Nelson Memorial Column in the southern section of the square, the four mounted policemen suddenly dismounted, and the street police escorted Zhou Hexuan and others to the center of the square.

Zhou Hexuan walked under the 53-meter-high memorial column, he suddenly turned around, took off his hat and saluted at the memorial column, and Zhang Leyi and others also bowed and saluted.

"Bang Bang!"

Warm applause suddenly rang out inside and outside the square, and it was obvious that Zhou Hexuan's move had won the favor and respect of the British.

Stepping onto the makeshift podium, Zhou Hexuan raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said loudly with an iron speaker: "I am honored to be able to give a speech in Trafalgar Square, 'Trafalgar' is a name worthy of nostalgia." More than 100 years ago, Napoleon ignored the desire of the European people for peace, launched wars of aggression year after year, and conquered most of Europe. He recruited all the ships of France and Spain to form a combined Franco-Spanish fleet, intending to annihilate British maritime power in one fell swoop. It was in the waters of Trafalgar that the British fleet defeated the combined Franco-Spanish fleet and dashed Napoleon's aggressive ambitions! ”

Zhou Hexuan pointed to the Nelson Memorial Pillar in front of him: "In that naval battle, the one-armed general Lord Nelson fought bloodily and died unfortunately. He was the pride of Britain and the pride of the people of the world for his success in stopping Napoleon's shameless aggression! ”

Zhou Hexuan raised his arms violently and shouted: "Long live Lord Nelson!" ”

The citizens of London were stunned, and Zhou Hexuan shouted again: "Long live world peace!" ”

When Zhou Hexuan shouted long live again, more and more citizens followed the shout-

"Long live Lord Nelson!"

"Long live world peace!"

The atmosphere at the speech scene instantly became enthusiastic.

Zhou Hexuan's use of great British men as an introduction to his speech is undoubtedly an extremely clever strategy, and he is easily regarded as his own by the citizens of London.

Ma Jue squeezed into the crowd, looked at the man on the stage with blazing eyes, and said excitedly: "Mr. Zhou said it so well, he is so good at making speeches!" ”

"Of course, is there anyone in Britain who doesn't know Mr. Zhou now?"

"A Mr. Zhou, enough to reach a large army, he let the British know the ugly face of Japan."

"Long live Mr. Zhou!"

“……”

The other male classmates were talking while guarding Ma Jue's surroundings to prevent their goddess from being squeezed by the dense crowd.

On the podium, Zhou Hexuan continued: "Peace is sacred, and it is the ultimate dream of mankind for thousands of years. I was very shocked when I came to the UK this time, and I was deeply impressed by the pacifist concept of the British people. Like the UK, China is a peace-loving country, and we never take the initiative to invade other countries......"

"But it's a pity that China has a bad neighbor – Japan. I don't think I need to repeat the many bad deeds of Japan, but the newspapers from this period have reported them in detail. I would like to say that last year's silver policy in the United States triggered an economic crisis in China. This crisis has not only caused serious losses to China, but also to the interests of the British people......"

Just as Zhou Hexuan was enthusiastically giving a speech, three Asian faces kept squeezing forward, gradually coming to the bottom of the podium. They whispered in Japanese:

"Can't let him continue, this guy is the most dangerous enemy of the Great Japanese Empire."

"If we do this, it won't cause trouble, and it may cause diplomatic disputes."

"Don't be afraid, the British are all anti-war, they are all cowards who dare not fight."

"But Zhou Hexuan is an international celebrity."

"It's already here, so don't hesitate. Although I was only a student, I was always ready to give my life to the Great Japanese Empire. Leave a bullet behind, and if you can't escape, kill yourself to repay the emperor! ”

"Hello!"

"Ozawa-kun, Maekawa-kun, listen to my orders, let's act together."

"Good!"

"One, two...... Three! Do it! ”