Ge Yunfei successfully concluded his friendly visit to Germany and boarded a battleship in Wilhelmshaven. The ships moved west along the North Sea Passage and then turned south into the English Channel. The deck was very lively, in addition to Wen Qing and Mrs. Sa, there were also more than a dozen foreign women and children. This time, Ge Yunfei made an exception and asked the German officers on the ship to go home to save their relatives, and if they were willing to allow their families to go to China.

At present, the living conditions in Germany are extremely bad due to the defeat of the war, the reparations are extremely bad, and millions of people are unemployed. None of the German officers went to China with their families, and a few of them were in a hurry to get married and take their brides with them.

The number of female dependents has increased, there is a warm atmosphere on the battleship, and the loneliness of the journey is not boring. The purpose of Ge Yunfei's move is to let German officers serve in the Chinese Navy with peace of mind. The fact that a large number of German naval officers and sailors have joined the Chinese Navy is undoubtedly the best shortcut to improving the overall quality of the Chinese Navy.

Another dawn came, Ge Yunfei and his wife Sa Zhenbing and his wife, and Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi were having breakfast when a subordinate hurriedly came in to report: "The chief of the report, Winston Churchill, the British Secretary of State for the Army and Air Force, has called in his private name to request a meeting, and the place is the Isle of Wight opposite Portsmouth. ”

Ge Yunfei took the telegram and looked at it and said in a deep voice: "Churchill showed outstanding leadership skills during the European War, and he will be a leader in British politics in the future." Call back and agree to meet on the Isle of Wight. "A few hours after the telegram was sent, two British frigates appeared ahead.

In the afternoon of the same day, under the guidance of two British frigates, two Chinese warships slowly approached the military dock on the Isle of Wight. As an unconventional meeting, Churchill and his wife were only on the dock to greet them. Since it was an unconventional meeting, Ge Yunfei only disembarked with his wife and guards, and the others stayed on the battleship. The two sides met, shook hands, and exchanged pleasantries, and then Churchill invited Ge Yunfei and his wife to the White Island Naval Base and hosted a banquet for Ge Yunfei and his wife. The meeting was private, so there were no journalists present.

The conversation between the two men was naturally about the military sphere, and in October, the world's focus was once again focused on the Far East, as a result of the large-scale Russian offensive against the Far Eastern Republics. "General Ge, the British Empire expresses its strong indignation at the military attack of Soviet Russia on a democratic country. The vital interests of your country are at stake in the Far Eastern Republic, and I do not think your country will sit idly by! Churchill was blunt. Ge Yunfei said with a smile: "The Chinese government has announced to the world that it will never interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. We could not refuse military assistance to the Far Eastern Republics. ”

"According to the information we have obtained, the powerful offensive of the Soviet army has been frustrated, and General Ge must have made a sober prediction." "To tell you the truth, I have just received news that the Soviet army launched an attack with four armies in the southern region of Lake Baikal, but it was stubbornly resisted by the troops of the Far Eastern Republic, and after half a month of fierce fighting, the Soviet army's offensive was frustrated." "Our intelligence indicates that the Far Eastern Republics committed air forces and launched heavy bombardments of Irkutsk, which was the main reason for the setback of the Soviet offensive."

"Yes, we have provided advanced fighters for the army of the Far Eastern Republics, but we will not send troops to the war, this is our bottom line." "It seems that General Ge has long been confident, and everything is under control. Yesterday the US Government decided to provide economic and military assistance to the Far Eastern Republics. "The Americans are thinking about the geostrategy of Alaska, and in addition the Americans are interested in Kamchatka." "It seems that nothing can be hidden from General Ge's eyes, and the European Union has decided to urge Soviet Russia to stop its operation, otherwise it will send troops to support."

The Western powers' solidarity with the Far Eastern republics was not the real goal, and containing the Soviet Union was the top priority, and Churchill clearly tested Ge Yunfei's attitude. Ge Yunfei said: "At present, the domestic political situation in the Soviet Union is unstable and embattled, and if the military objectives cannot be achieved before the severe cold comes, the offensive will be aborted. In particular, the Air Force of the Far Eastern Republics carried out frequent air strikes on the Siberian transport lines, and the war materiel at the front could not be satisfied, and it was expected that the Soviet offensive would be frustrated. "No wonder General Ge is so calm and leisurely that he went to Europe, you already expected this result."

"General Churchill, the Paris Peace Conference has been recognized by all countries in the world, and people urgently need peace. The Soviet Union's brazen military action against a sovereign country is obviously contrary to world peace, and therefore the Soviet military's military action cannot achieve its goal. Just yesterday, the Soviet army dispatched two cavalry divisions in an attempt to make a detour from the northern side of Lake Baikal, but they were intercepted by tank units in the Far East and suffered heavy losses. I judge that in mid-November, the Soviet army will stop military operations. Next year, it will be impossible for the Soviet army to attack again, and the pattern of the Far East has already taken shape. ”

"General Ge is the sudden rise of China's army and has changed the pattern of the Far East. From a military point of view, it was the general who alone changed the pattern of the Far East. "General Churchill has over-praised, and it is precisely the awakening of China that has changed the pattern of the Far East. The Chinese nation, which has a history of 5,000 years of civilization, has created incomparable prosperity, and its rise again has verified the heritage of the Chinese nation, which is also an inevitable trend. "I have seen in General Ge why China has undergone degeneration, self-confidence and perseverance in just a few decades, and there is one question that I have always been puzzled about."

"General Churchill, I have no secrets here, and I will try to satisfy the general's curiosity." "This time, China relied on air power to defeat the powerful Japanese army. When the Wright brothers of the United States soared into the blue sky, General Ge must have seen the tremendous role of air strikes in warfare. Even if General Ge had foresight, he must know that it is not easy to develop an advanced fighter, and it will not be possible without a long period of exploration. Moreover, with China's scientific and technological and manufacturing capabilities at that time, it was even more difficult to develop an aircraft capable of combat. ”

Ge Yunfei said with a smile: "The Chinese have a history of flying in ancient times, and many myths and stories have been widely circulated, when the Wright brothers used machinery to create the feat of flying in human history, creating conditions for our dream of soaring into the blue sky." There is a Chinese proverb called: If you are not afraid of not being able to do it, you are afraid of not being able to think of it. After careful analysis, we believe that the engine is the difficulty in how to stay in the sky for a long time and be flexible. It can be said that we started from scratch, and we could only hire foreign flight experts, engineers, and technicians to focus on the development of aircraft engines. ”

"To tell the truth, we used German technicians to produce the first aero engine after three years of development. Before the fall of the Manchu dynasty, we were already able to build aero engines. At the same time, we have cultivated a group of aviation talents, and we are at the forefront of the world in the field of aviation. "General Ge, is the same for tank fighting vehicles?" "Much the same, it can be said that in the process of developing and modernizing weapons, our manufacturing technology is also making rapid progress, and a large industrial country has shown its clues. Today's China is changing with each passing day, and a factory is being born every day, and this trend is unstoppable. ”

"General Ge, I understand, you first built a kingdom in your own territory, and then took advantage of the special historical conditions to lay the overall situation in one fell swoop, and you created a miracle to make China quickly become a military power. We only saw the role of air strikes and tanks in the later stages of the war, and you have already mastered the use of them on the battlefield. Presumably, the defeat of the Japanese army was not accidental, and at the strategic level the Japanese had already lost. General Ge, you are very frank, and you have learned your extraordinary. ”

The two sides talked about the military field until late at night, and then they stopped. In particular, Ge Yunfei's profound knowledge and sober understanding of today's world deeply shocked Churchill. The next day, when the Chinese warship disappeared into the depths of the sea on the dock, Churchill said quietly: "An extraordinary man has completed the redemption of a country and a nation." His sober perception and judgment of the future is particularly terrifying. It is good that China does not have a strong navy, which is a blessing for us. May we never be adversaries on land. ”

On the battleship, Ge Yunfei and Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi stood side by side on the deck, looking at the gradually blurred British Isles, Tang Shaoyi said happily: "China's warship is close to British territory, this move is of epoch-making significance!" "Churchill was a man of temperament, and he risked being attacked by public opinion to meet me in order to get to know me up close. As for the extent to which he learned, it did not matter, the point was that it was particularly important for him to fully understand China's foreign policy, and that in the future the main energy of the British Empire would be to deal with Soviet Russia, which would be good news for us. ”

"Chief Executive, we have successfully completed redemption on the stage of the changing world, and there is still a long way to go. If we want to truly become a world economic and military power, the risks we face are still very large, and we should not take them lightly. "Yes, in the future, domestic stability is the key, in the past we were not defeated by foreign enemies, but by ourselves, and the lessons of history must be kept in mind." "What the chief said is that history is like a mirror, which must be taken out every day to take a look at it, and change your mind!"

The battleship entered the South China Sea, already in November. On the morning of that day, his subordinates handed Ge Yunfei a telegram report: "The Ministry of Defense has sent a telegram that the Soviet army has failed to achieve its operational objectives after a month and a half of frantic attack. According to the report of the Front Command of the Far Eastern Republic, there was a general ceasefire of Soviet troops, and aerial reconnaissance showed signs that Soviet troops began to withdraw. Sa Zhenbing said: "Chief, as you expected, the crisis in the Far Eastern Republic has been resolved." ”

Ge Yunfei said with a smile: "At present, the military aid from the United States has been continuously delivered to the Baikal front line through the medium-long railway, and the Soviet side naturally understands it clearly. As far as I know, the United States provided 2,000 artillery pieces, 500,000 shells to the army of the Far Eastern Republics, and Britain joined the aid. In particular, the European Union collectively condemned Soviet Russia, and the external environment continued to deteriorate. If the war is protracted, it will inevitably exacerbate the internal turmoil, which is an unavoidable reality for Soviet Russia. The overall situation in the Far East has been decided and cannot be reversed. ”

The battleship docked at Haiphong, Ge Yunfei and his wife said goodbye to everyone and disembarked, and the battleship continued to sail to Guangzhou. Hanoi, including the area north of Haiphong, is already Chinese territory and is often under the jurisdiction of Guangxi Province.