The living room was smoky, and Churchill sat on the sofa with a cigar in his mouth.

Guo Taiqi took the initiative to accost: "I heard that Mr. Churchill has just returned from Germany? ”

"Yes, I went to investigate the current situation of the Nazis in Germany, and the situation was worse than I could have imagined." Churchill shook the ash of his cigarette casually, he didn't bother to look at the ashtray, he reached over by feeling, and most of the ash shook on the coffee table.

Guo Taiqi had long remembered Zhou Hexuan's instructions, and said to him: "The expansion of fascist forces is indeed worrying, Germany and Italy in Europe, and Japan in Asia, we must be vigilant against these three countries." ”

"Oh, really?" Churchill was interested, "Mr. Guo was also against Nazi expansion?" ”

Guo Taiqi said: "Of course, Nazism is the common enemy of all mankind, and people of insight can see its harm to the world. ”

"That's true." Churchill nodded.

Zhou Hexuan got up and returned to the study, took a copy of "The Chrysanthemum and the Knife", handed it to Churchill and said: "Mr. Churchill, this is a contemptible clumsy work, and some of the contents are about fascist expansion. ”

Churchill took it and flipped it over: "Unfortunately, I don't understand Chinese." ”

"You can get someone to translate." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Churchill casually put "The Chrysanthemum and the Knife" into his bag, and he didn't bother to pull back the zipper of the briefcase, which shows how lazy this fat man is.

Churchill's grandfather was a British duke, his grandfather was an American real estate developer, and his family was rich and status, so that he developed the habit of a young master since he was a child. He didn't want to do anything at all, except that he was more diligent in ordering cigars, and he couldn't even squeeze toothpaste on his toothbrush, and he would never hold up when the bottle was poured, and he didn't bother to wipe the tea on the table when he knocked over the teacup.

No, before he finished a cigar, he shook the ash all over the coffee table.

A super lazy person like Churchill doesn't want to lose weight in this life. When he can sit, he never wants to stand, how comfortable he comes.

Perhaps Churchill's personality was largely inherited from his American mother. The daughter of the real estate developer, with a wild, bold, willful, and unruly temperament, ran to dance with a big belly, and gave birth to Churchill when she came home after dancing, and was pregnant for seven months - severely premature.

Therefore, Churchill was also very self-willed, and could even be described as opinionated, in order to achieve his own goals, he did not care about other people's opinions.

He was originally mixed with the Conservative Party, but was disqualified by the Conservative Party because of his opposition to the Prime Minister's policies. During the First World War, he issued his own naval mobilization order without a cabinet order, and was ostracized by the Liberal Party. After the war, the British people supported the Labour Party, and Churchill resolutely opposed the ideas of the Labour Party, so he offended the Labour Party.

It can be said that Churchill at this time was a street rat in British politics, and no party looked at him favorably.

Throughout Churchill's life, from the time he stepped into politics to the time he became prime minister, he always stood on the side of the minority, which was quite a bit of "everyone is drunk and I am sober". Perhaps it was in this way that he was able to turn the tide in World War II, when pessimism was spreading, in the face of the bombing of London.

When one cigar was finished, Churchill immediately took out another. As if he had a bit of compulsive smoking disorder, he subconsciously lit the cigar, held it between his fingers and did not smoke, let it burn slowly, and said: "The Nazi Party has 230 seats in the German Reichstag and has overwhelmingly become the first party in Germany." Hitler will soon be in full control of Germany, and I estimate that within five years there will be war in Europe. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled and asked: "Who do you think is Germany's first target?" ”

Churchill thought for a moment and said, "It's probably ......"

"Wait," Zhou Hexuan interrupted, "why don't we write the answer on paper." ”

Churchill was stunned and smiled, "Interesting game." ”

Zhou Hexuan found a pen and paper and wrote out the answers with Churchill. Guo Taiqi hurriedly came over to take a look, only to see that the two of them had Austria written on their papers.

"Hahaha!" Churchill burst into laughter.

Guo Taiqi patted his ass and said: "The two heroes see the same thing, and they can be described as confidants. ”

Zhou Hexuan explained: "Actually, it's easy to guess. Germany and Austria were both countries with German national themes, and after the end of World War I in Europe, both Germany and Austria had the intention of merging, but Britain, France, and Italy intervened to stop it. If Hitler wanted to expand abroad, Austria was naturally the first target, and he could completely annex Austria by political means without blood. ”

Churchill added: "Now that Britain and France are pursuing appeasementism, it is likely that they will not prevent the German-Austrian merger." The only obstacle was Italy, and as long as Italy did not interfere, Hitler's annexation of Austria was a foregone conclusion. ”

Churchill felt that it was a pleasure to chat with Zhou Hexuan, and now that the whole of Europe was anti-war, no one supported his idea of expanding arms warfare. Now a person suddenly pops up, and his thoughts coincide so much, like finding a soulmate in the vast sea of people. Churchill excitedly asked, "Mr. Zhou, if Hitler succeeds in annexing Austria, what will be his next step?" ”

Zhou Hexuan drew a simple map of Europe, circled Czechoslovakia, and said: "The Sudetenland, where many German-speaking peoples live. Under the pretext of saving his compatriots, Hitler could have sent troops to the Sudetenland and then invaded Czechoslovakia. The annexation of Austria would give Hitler access to an abundance of human resources; The occupation of Czechoslovakia would have multiplied Hitler's military power, as it was home to the second and third largest arsenals in Europe. Once Hitler completed the annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia, he had to have guns and men to challenge the whole of Europe. ”

Churchill's expression became solemn: "Mr. Zhou, your prophecy is likely to come true. ”

Guo Taiqi seemed to be listening to the Arabian Nights: "With such unscrupulous expansion of Germany, will the British and French powers not care?" ”

Churchill scoffed: "Those stupid politicians still have extremely naïve fantasies in their hearts. Only when war really breaks out and burns into their own land will they wake up. Mr. Zhou, go on. ”

Zhou Hexuan drew a few more circles on the map: "Next is Poland, then Denmark, Norway, Sweden." As long as it controlled these four countries, Germany would have strategic bases at sea and supplies of grain and iron ore. ”

"It's kind of interesting," Churchill said, looking at the map and drawing a circle, "no matter how stupid the British and French politicians are, they will not tolerate Hitler's wanton expansion." It is possible that when Germany attacks Poland or Denmark, Britain and France will declare war on Germany. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "Don't forget that Italy, Italy and Germany are both fascist regimes, and they are likely to form an alliance for military expansion. ”

"What about the Soviet Union?" Churchill asked.

Zhou Hexuan said: "If I were Stalin, I would choose to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, laughing at the fight of several major capitalist countries." Even when Germany invaded Poland, it could share the spoils with Hitler, take the opportunity to occupy a large area of Poland, and then quietly support Germany's attack on Britain and France. ”

Churchill nodded: "Stalin is indeed such a person. When the time comes, the French land will become a meat grinder again, the capitalism of Europe will suffer heavy casualties, and the Soviet Union may become the biggest winner. ”

Well, no matter how accurate Churchill's vision was, he could never have predicted that the French would surrender so quickly. He also thought that he would repeat the tragedy of the First World War, in which the warring parties fought to the end in France, and in the end it was the turn of the Soviet Union to run out and pick up the bargain.

Of course, Zhou Hexuan will not say it explicitly, it is good to let Britain and France suffer. What's more, even if Zhou Hexuan said it, Churchill would not believe it, and whoever believes it is a madman.

The two enthusiastically discussed the future war, and the simple map was drawn in a mess, and finally collected by Guo Taiqi, who played soy sauce.

Seventy years later, when Guo Taiqi's descendants were sorting through old things, they found a map sandwiched in a diary and happily put it up for auction. Zhou Hexuan's grandson bid $8 million, and if he got the treasure, he took a picture of the map and his diary, and donated it when the "World Alliance of Anti-Fascist Museums" was founded.

Whenever a visitor visits, the museum docent says: "This diary is the relic of Mr. Guo Taiqi, the first chief representative of the United Nations to China and permanent representative of the Security Council. In his diary, Mr. Guo recorded in detail the first meeting between Prime Minister Churchill and Mr. Zhou Hexuan, and left the map drawn by the two during their chat. As you can see from these circles and routes on the map, as early as 1932, Mr. Zhou and Churchill anticipated the outbreak of World War II and made very precise calculations about the expansion of Germany......"