New Delhi Airport.

The moment Chang Kaishen stepped down the gangway, the military band began to play. The British Governor-General in India, Linlithgow, strode forward and smiled: "Welcome to British India with Mr. Chiang and his wife." ”

"Darling, the Lord is greeting you." Song Meiling still knows the basic etiquette, and she did not rush to speak on major occasions, but honestly stood next to her as a translator.

Chang Kaishen immediately shook hands and said in Chinese: "Hello, Lord Linlisgow." ”

Linlisgow introduced the officer beside him and said, "This is Lord Wavell, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific. ”

"Hello, General Wavell."

"Hello, Mr. Jiang, Mrs. Jiang."

Rommel was known as the "Desert Fox" and Montgomery was known as the "Desert Rat". Before Montgomery's massacre, there was already a British unit called the "Desert Rats", and that was the British Seventh Armored Division under Wavell.

For the first two years, Wavell had been fighting the Italians in North Africa. Inferior in all respects, Wavell captured more than 100,000 Italian troops in two months at the cost of 500 killed and 1,400 wounded. The fraudulent tactics he used in North Africa were dubbed "special warfare" by Churchill, so it is also said that Wavell was the inventor of special operations.

The one-eyed general also had a contest with Rommel last year, and the casualties on both sides did not exceed 1,000, except that the British lost dozens more tanks.

Now Wavell is the commander-in-chief of the allied forces of the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, and Australia in the southwest Pacific, with unified command of all forces of the Allied forces in the Far East except China. Of course, this post will be removed in a few days, because the Allied countries are full of contradictions, and there is no unified command at all, and Wavell can only be reappointed as commander-in-chief of the British forces in India.

In addition to easing the contradictions between the Indians and the British, Chang Kaishen's visit to India was more important to discuss the Burma war with Wavell, who had taken over Burma's defense a month earlier.

Song Meiling continued to show her English: "This is Mr. Zhou Hexuan and his wife, Ms. Zhang Leyi. ”

Lin Lisgo smiled and shook hands in greeting: "Hello, Mr. Zhou, I am your loyal book lover." ”

"Hello, Your Excellency the Governor." Zhou Hexuan replied.

It took more than 10 minutes for important figures from both sides to shake hands and greet each other, and then two Brits accompanied the Chinese delegation along the runway. On both sides of the runway were Indian and British troops, who saluted in unison, accepted Chang Kaishen's review, and released two rows of empty ammunition to welcome.

Everyone took a car to the city, and the atmosphere in the city was even more lively. Thousands of Indians waved flags to welcome them, which made Chang Kaishen and Song Meiling feel very face-saving, so they didn't have to guess whether these people were all childcare arranged by the British.

That night, Linlithgow held a grand banquet for the Chinese delegation, all of whom were British officials and nobles living in India. Except for the servants who served tea and poured water, Zhou Hexuan didn't even see a single Indian at the banquet.

In the days that followed, Chang Kaishen had been holding military talks with Wavell, while Zhou Hexuan was led around for sightseeing.

Truth be told, there was really nothing to do in India in the 40s, the only difference from the 21st century was that the floors were lower and there was less industrial waste. It's still cows running around, it's still hungry, and there's still no toilet to be found outdoors.

Major Indian newspapers published a large number of articles about China, mainly about the heroic resistance of the Chinese people, which showed that British war propaganda in India was already working. The newspapers that focused on Chang Kaishen and Zhou Hexuan came from media outlets controlled by Indian progressives.

After the military talks, Chang Kaishen went to the Indian border to inspect the Khyber Pass fortress, while Zhou Hexuan stayed in New Delhi to meet with Indian progressives from all walks of life.

The first to visit him was the leader of the Congress Party, Jawaharlal Nehru, who also brought two doctors, named Mu Kehua and Zhuo Kehua in Chinese. These "Hua" characters are all the Chinese flowers, which were specially coined when they supported China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

A total of five "Hua" went to China, and two of them are still in China.

Kotnis served as the first director of Bethune International Hospital. During the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, he did not sleep for several days and nights, performed a total of 558 surgeries in 13 days, and treated more than 800 wounded and sick patients. Another Indian friend, Ba Suhua, works in the hospital affiliated to the Ministry of Health of the Eighth Route Army, and will serve as a senator for the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region in two years.

Both Mu Kehua and Zhuo Kehua returned to India due to illness, especially Mu Kehua, who immediately collected medicine after recovering from his illness and personally escorted him to China. As a result, he was stopped by the British in Burma, and at that time, the British were still engaged in appeasement, fearing that they would arouse the dissatisfaction of Japan, so they directly sent Mu Kehua back to India.

After Zhuo Kehua returned to India, he engaged in propaganda while working as a doctor, introducing what he saw and heard in Yan'an to the Indian people. He accompanied Nehru to visit Zhou Hexuan this time, and he also had the identity of a reporter.

At this time, the Indian National Congress Party was definitely a progressive party, and it engaged in friendly exchanges with the oppressed nations of the world all day long. At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, Nehru decided to send a medical team to China at the invitation of Mr. Zhu, and all walks of life in India responded enthusiastically to this, and more than 700 medical personnel signed up to aid China, and the "Five Hua" were selected from those more than 700 people.

"Hello, Mr. Zhou."

"Hello, Mr. Nehru."

"Hello, Mr. Mukeji."

"Hello, Mr. Zork."

Nehru said: "I have high respect for the spirit of the Chinese people in the war of resistance, and your deeds inspire the Indian people. ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "I am grateful to the people of India for their support, and I am also grateful to the Congress Party and the medical personnel who have come to China for their generosity. ”

Nehru, the future founding prime minister of India, came from a Brahmin background and was a standard Caucasian. If we count by all the strange misunderstandings, Nehru and Hitler were still of the same race - both Aryans (squint).

As for the two doctors, Mu Kehua and Zhuo Kehua, they are one white and one black. The black one is obviously of a lower caste, but certainly not a pariah, because untouchables have no right to education.

Although Mahatma Gandhi opposed the caste system throughout his life and encouraged intermarriage between the upper and lower castes, he did not include untouchables. India's untouchable community accounts for more than 20% of the total population, but the tolerance is as great as Gandhi's ignos, and he wastes one-fifth of his human resources.

Nehru quickly talked about his study abroad career in the UK, and talked about Einstein, Romain Rolland, George Bernard Shaw and other friends. Immediately afterwards, he praised Mrs. Sun again, and asked Zhou Hexuan to help bring gifts to Mrs. Sun.

Nehru took out a copy of "The Rise of Great Powers" from his bag and said, "Mr. Zhou, I have benefited a lot from your magnum opus, please be sure to leave your signature." ”

"That's my pleasure." Zhou Hexuan quickly signed the title page.

Nehru asked: "Mr. Zhou, you are an expert on international issues, how do you think a country like India should seek independence, liberation, development and rise?" ”

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "India's independence is inevitable, and this world war is an opportunity. ”

Nehru shook his head and said: "Britain released the news that India would become independent 20 years ago, but every time it was a deceptive trick. These "Joint Declarations of the United Nations", although the British explicitly expressed their willingness to allow India to become independent, they were always perfunctory, and the Indians did not see any hope. ”

"The key to India's independence is in the United States, not in the United Kingdom," Zhou said. ”

"The United States?" Nehru seemed to have captured some inspiration, but he couldn't figure it out, and said in surprise, "Please Mr. Zhou elaborate, thank you very much!" ”