Chapter 53: The Prime Minister's Inspection I

Nov. 8 at 10:30 a.m. There was a lively scene up and down the base, and the airport runway was lined up with neat warplanes on both sides. A wide red banner was hung on the training building, which read, "Warmly welcome Premier Zhou Enlai to the D1 Army of the Air Force to inspect and guide the work!" The 121-member Air Force Honor Guard composed of the Guard Company and the Maintenance Brigade was led by Deputy Commander Gao Qiang. Dressed in a Type 07 military uniform, lined up in a neat queue. Waiting on the helipad in front of the training building.At 11 o'clock, the M171 helicopter circled over the base. Slowly landed on the airplane's aisle 30 meters from the helipad. Zhou Enlai was wearing a silver-gray woolen windbreaker, accompanied by Deng Feng, and walked off the helicopter with a smile on his face. Gao Qiang walked in front of Zhou Enlai. Raise your hand to salute and report loudly with Dantian Qi: "Dear Premier Zhou Enlai, Deputy Commander of the D1 Army of the Air Force of the Chinese People's Volunteers, Gao Qiang reports to you: The Chinese People's Volunteers, the D1 Army of the Air Force, the honor guard prepared for you, has been rectified, please review!"

Subsequently, accompanied by Deng Feng and Gao Qiang, they inspected this elite amateur honor guard. Zhou Enlai made the rostrum on the steps in front of the training building. Greetings to Mike: "Hello comrade!" The following immediately replied, "Good chief!" Zhou Enlai then said: "Comrades have worked hard" and replied like a tsunami, "For the people, serve!" Zhou Enlai left a deep impression on the good mental outlook and majestic appearance of the Zhikong D1 Army, and was sincerely happy that New China could have such an army.

He made an impromptu speech: "All comrades of the D1 Army of the Air Force of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army and the base. First of all, on behalf of the Party Central Committee, [***] and the people of the whole country, I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to you on your great victory! And I would like to express my best condolences to you!

In the great movement to resist US aggression and aid Korea, you dared to struggle and win with the fearless revolutionary spirit of the proletariat, and displayed great revolutionary courage and wisdom. You are worthy of being the Great Wall of Steel of the People's Republic of China and the mainstay of the Chinese nation. Dear comrades, you are the heroes of the Motherland! And the people of the whole country have placed infinite hopes on you, hoping that you will continue to experience in the future socialist revolution and socialist construction. Do not be arrogant or dry, maintain your glorious honor, and make new contributions to the motherland and the people!

In order to resist imperialist aggression, we must build a strong national defense force and we must build up a strong economic force, both of which depend on you and the people of the whole country to unite as one. Struggle together.

Finally, I wish you all greater achievements in your future work and study!"

Subsequently, Zhou Enlai came to the conference room of the base's war room. To Deng Feng and Liu Jun, [***] instructions were conveyed to "prepare for the worst". He also analyzed the current situation, saying: On July 23, Truman followed the advice of US Secretary of Defense Johnson and ordered ten B29 bombers to fly to Guam with non-nuclear components. However, we have no choice but to guard against such a pre-deployment of nuclear potential by the United States in the Asia-Pacific region and a new act of war by the United States. Deng Feng and Liu Jun said: Please rest assured that the Party Central Committee. We are ready, as long as [***] gives an order, we will definitely live up to our mission. Give a resolute response to a possible nuclear attack by US imperialism.

In the Lantian Hotel, Zhou Enlai and his entourage visited the base and family area in the afternoon after a short break. Great interest was expressed in the management and construction of the base and family areas. They were amazed at how fast and efficient the digital management of the base was. Then they visited the family area, came to the home of a mechanic of the maintenance brigade, and saw a family of three, living in a spacious and bright two-bedroom, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom 120 meters away from the house and home TV, washing machine, refrigerator, computer, disinfection cabinet. The bathroom had everything he needed, and he was still shocked, and he inquired in detail about the work and income of the hostess of the house. The hostess happily answered the Prime Minister's questions. When he learned that the hostess was doing technical work in the Blue Sky Feed Factory, the Prime Minister inquired in detail about the overtime work in feed production and the feed-to-meat ratio. Feed-to-egg ratio. Then I asked if every house was as spacious and beautiful as yours. The hostess said, "My family at the base can only be regarded as a very ordinary family. There are so many better than us. When the prime minister finally asked what questions there were, the hostess said that the current restriction of electricity at the base will bring a lot of inconvenience to life. In addition to watching the three-hour TV and programs provided by the base, I can't see other TV programs, and I can't get on the Internet. You can only get on the base's news network, and there is very little content to watch, which is boring. In there is a winter heating that is not as good as in previous years. The indoor temperature is only 17-18 degrees. There is also no petrol supply for private cars."

Through the visit to the premier, he felt that China still has a long way to go in order to meet the people's growing material and cultural life. There is still a long way to go!

In the evening, he held a discussion with the main leaders of the base on Sino-US relations at the Lantian Hotel. At the seminar, the deputy political commissar of the D1 Army of Zhikong. The speech of Li Dawei, director of the Political Department, attracted the attention of Zhou Enlai. He said: Since the founding of the People's Republic of China one year ago, China has established diplomatic relations with 17 countries, and in addition to the socialist countries headed by the Soviet Union, it has also established diplomatic relations with Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, and Finland. However, if China wants to establish diplomatic relations with most countries in the world, it must first solve the problem of relations with the United States, because the United States is the leader of the Western world, and many countries look at the United States, and without China and the United States have established diplomatic relations, China's relations with these countries cannot develop. And we need technology, money, and the United States is the largest developed country, which can provide these things. If we can flexibly adjust our foreign policy, we may have a breakthrough in Sino-US relations.

Sino-American Relations and the United States and the Soviet Union. Sino-Soviet relations are closely related. There is a good side to our one-sided foreign policy and a bad side at the same time. On the good side, you can get the funds and technology of the Soviet Union, and you can also get "institutional help", but on the bad side, you have to have an all-out confrontation with the capitalist countries led by the United States.

On 5 January this year, US President Harry S. Truman issued a statement saying that the United States has no intention of plundering Taiwan or any other territory of China, and that the United States is not ready to build military bases in Taiwan or anywhere in China, nor is it prepared to interfere in China's internal affairs. This statement can be seen as the clearest indication that the United States is ready to extricate itself from China's internal strife. But half a year later, why did he change? I believe that this is related to the fact that the Prime Minister and the President visited the Soviet Union in January this year and concluded the "Sino-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance, Alliance, and Friendship," which caused unease on the part of the United States. Truman's political axe gradually retreated from his original promises, especially MacArthur, who said that if Taiwan fell into the hands of [***], it would be like an unsinkable aircraft carrier and submarine, and they could use Taiwan to counter military attacks from Okinawa and the Philippines, and the United States could not let Taiwan fall into the hands of [***] in any case. Obviously, when he said "***], he didn't mean China, but the Soviet Union, so as soon as the Korean War broke out, Truman ordered that the Seventh Fleet should be re-entered the Taiwan Strait to prevent our military attack on Taiwan, and they were afraid that the Soviets would build a naval base somewhere. Because the main adversary of the United States is the USSR, not ours . The United States has suffered the worst blow since the founding of the DPRK this time, and this is not what they are most afraid of. What they fear most is that the USSR will fight a world war in Europe. The most feared thing is that the Soviet Union and us will join forces to attack Yuben.

Now the U.S. Eighth Army, which they are guarding in Ben, has been wiped out by us in North Korea. In the international arena, we have fully demonstrated that we are a political force to be reckoned with. We now have tens of thousands of American and British prisoners of war in our hands. That's a good stake for us. Because we are lagging behind, they look down on us. They thought that we were just a little brother of the Soviet Union, that everything we did was decided by the Soviet Union, and now they have something to ask us for. And we want to make it clear to them that Asian affairs can only be done with us. China is a big country with independent reading power, and no one can be the master of China. Nothing will happen in Asia without China's involvement. In addition, through this "nest-smashing operation", no one in the United States and the Soviet Union can figure out what is going on in the short term, and mutual suspicion between them is certain. Their focus is on Europe, and they're all going to make a move in Europe. In this way, the situation in Europe will definitely become tense. Or even in crisis. As long as we grasp it well. We're going to make a breakthrough in diplomacy. Break the blockade for the greater good of China.