Chapter 665: Lao Jiang wants to visit the Pyramid Mosque
On the 24th, the meeting was closed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoQuartet delegation, group photo in the courtyard of the hotel.
It was the most relaxing moment of the meeting, all the delegates were smiling, as if there had been no quarrels, no bargaining, no disagreements, very united and very friendly.
This time, the seating arrangement is very interesting, from left to right, in turn, for de Gaulle, Lao Jiang, Roosevelt, Churchill, Soong Meiling, and many reporters took a lot of photos. Then, it's time to shoot freely. All the delegations took a group photo with the U.S. delegation, followed by a group photo of China and France, China and the United States, and France and the United States.
Song Meiling saw that the British were embarrassed, so she took the initiative to step forward and take a photo with Churchill. When Song Meiling and Churchill took a group photo, the two talked a few words, which were heard by reporters.
"Madame, do you think I am a very old man?"
"Where, you, the great statesman, are old and strong, and his spirit seems to be stronger than that of young people."
"Madame, do you know what I believe?"
"It is said that Your Excellency believes in colonialism, but I don't believe that you will ......"
"Madame, what do you think of me?"
"I think Your Excellency is more fierce when he says it than when he does it."
In this group photo, the reporters actually focused on the Chinese delegation, and the beautiful female members of the Chinese delegation, as well as capable young people, all became the objects of the reporters' pursuit. Among them, Gong Peng and others stole more than half of Song Meiling's limelight, and half of the reporters aimed their cameras at them.
During the group photo, Gong Peng and others distributed hundreds of photos and corresponding text materials to the reporters. Without exception, the content of the photos is a photo of Japanese crimes committed in China, and the text accompanying the photo is very short, but the numbers are staggering. Surprisingly, the materials are available in English, French, German, Chinese, and even Japanese.
Yan'an has just received a notice from the US side, and when the US president and the president of the United States talked, he repeatedly stressed that the United States did not want to see China fall into a civil war, and asked the president to form a coalition government with Yan'an to unite against Japan.
On the morning of the 25th.
Today is a break from the meeting, and delegations are free to move. Mr. and Mrs. Chiang led his delegation on an afternoon tour of the pyramids and the Iben Tulun Mosque.
This decision was announced the day before yesterday. Because of the small road, the Egyptians were very warm and polite to President Chiang and his wife, which greatly exceeded Chiang's imagination, and they prepared early to welcome the Chinese guests.
The Iben Tulun Mosque is located in the south of Cairo, far from the east bank of the Nile, surrounded by dense residential areas with Arabic, beehive-like houses. However, the hive is square and not hexagonal.
Li Shun found Zheng Jiemin early and proposed that the pyramids could be visited, but the mosques could not, and there was an intelligence reaction last night that a small number of Germans and Japanese entered Cairo for an unknown purpose. Going to the mosque is complicated by the terrain and the people are complicated, and it is difficult to ensure safety. Please change your plans and cancel the mosque tour at short notice.
Zheng Jiemin felt the seriousness of the problem, and when he saw the president, his wife stopped and was very displeased: The British allies have promised to protect our security, how can it be temporarily canceled? Are we afraid of spies?
Zheng Jiemin had no choice but to immediately find the British and ask for tighter security measures, because President Chiang insisted on visiting the mosque. The British, for their part, insisted that our security measures were the best and that the delegation should be reassured.
To put it bluntly, he is perfunctory.
Zheng Jiemin had no choice but to come to Li Shun. Li Shun is willing to help, but he has to report first.
Li Shun found Xiaolu, who had just finished talks with the British delegation, and this was the second meeting.
Britain made an exception to hold informal talks with the Yan'an side. When the British delegation and the Chinese delegation met, the content was rather vague, or rather, the topic was very large. However, the Yan'an side was very specific, demanding that the guerrillas withdraw from northern Burma after the war and that military activities in northeastern India be stopped.
Xiaolu firmly disagreed, less than one percent of the guerrillas were foreigners, and the rest were local natives, so how could they retreat? More than 100,000 Chinese expeditionary forces are also in India, so why not let them evacuate as well?
Xiaolu proposed that India cede tens of thousands of square kilometers of China's traditional Tibetan territory south of the McMahon Line, and that in the future, the guerrilla population could consider withdrawing from southern Burma.
I will not only reclaim the land north of the McMahon Line, but also the land south of it.
The meeting ended in vain, and Zhou Gong proposed that the matter could be discussed after the war.
At this time, Li Shun came.
Xiao Lu listened to Li Shun's report and said, "Your proposal is very correct. We're going to protect them. Everyone must raise their awareness, we have to protect Lao Jiang's safety, otherwise something will happen, and everyone's face will not be good. This is the problem of the whole Chinese. Walk. Let's go to Zheng Jiemin. ”
At this time, Zheng Jiemin was outside the door, saw Xiaolu coming out, and said, "General Lu, you have to think of a way." ”
Cheng was appointed as a delegate to the Allied Military Council in Singapore in January, during which time he was promoted to major general in February. Since then, he has been designated to participate in the Sino-US Joint Staff Conference and served as an intelligence liaison, during which he has traveled to India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia many times, and has made great achievements. In view of this, and especially his experience with the Allied forces, the elder Chiang brought him to the Cairo Conference.
His role in the delegation, primarily in military matters, was consistent with his previous work with the Allies. Security is a secondary responsibility. Now, he also realized that something was wrong, and he couldn't persuade Lao Jiang, so he came to find a path.
Xiaolu said: "We suggest that President Jiang visit the pyramids, not the mosques. Otherwise, something went wrong and I couldn't explain it. The distance from the hotel to the mosque is ten kilometers and cannot be protected. The terrain of the mosque was complex, making it easy for Assassins to hide. ”
Zheng Jiemin said: "If the president insists on going, what can you do?" ”
Xiaolu said: "Your eight guards, plus the five people I pulled out, are not enough. The British and Egyptians are not reliable, they can only rely on ourselves. Think of yourself as an Assassin and take a trip along the way, looking for places where the Japanese might attack, focusing on defense. Second, when President Jiang traveled, he first released a fake news. Third, strengthen close protection, pull out three of your people, close protection, and use your body to block bullets if necessary. ”
Zheng Jiemin said: "That's all. ”
Li Shun and one of Zheng Jiemin's men left early, and he made a trip along the way, treating himself as an assassin, surveying along the way, looking for the best place to assassinate. After walking all the way, he found two suitable plots for assassination. Both of these places are densely populated areas, one is a town and the other is a mosque, including the residential areas near the mosque. In other areas, not only are the roads smooth and the speed of the car is fast, but it is not conducive to the concealment of killers.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Li Shun and the others returned to the villa and held a meeting with Zheng Jiemin to study the siege measures. Zheng Jiemin agreed to Li Shun's plan, and after greeting the British, he scattered the people.
One of the main points of the plan was that Commander-in-Chief Lu personally accompanied President General to visit the mosque this time, and if necessary, he was responsible for protecting President Chiang.
At the same time, spokesman Gong Peng announced that President Jiang would visit the Yiben Tulun Mosque at around 3 p.m. today, and hoped that the reporters and friends interviewed by Yao would make appropriate arrangements for their own itinerary.
It was easy to visit the pyramids, and Zhou Gong and others also went. The whole process went smoothly, the only accident was that two beggars suddenly came out and begged for Sister Deng, who had no defensive weapons, and was seen by Sun Weishi and held a gun in front of Sister Deng. The beggar was frightened when he saw the young woman with a gun.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Jiang couple, who returned from the pyramid, did not rest, and were full of interest, preparing to visit the mosque as planned. Zhou Gong and the others listened to Xiaolu's advice and stayed in the hotel. And Xiaolu himself followed the convoy and went to the mosque to visit. The convoy crossed the Nile Bridge safely, passing through the village, where hundreds of British soldiers patrolled the village without incident.
Xiao Lu felt more and more that danger was imminent, so he took out a device and pressed a red button drippingly. This is a new product developed by the Radio Research Institute, which can carry out simple communication over long distances, and is an intermediate product for the development of walkie-talkies. When the other party heard three sounds, he knew that this was Xiaolu's order, requiring all areas of No. 3 to be on guard.
The sky was very clear, and although it was November, it was a little hot, making it feel like spring was over and summer was coming. This is the Mediterranean climate.
The calm of the Egyptian houses on both sides of the street remains, and many people are doing business, walking, begging, smoking, and even drinking black tea at the door. Children were running around the streets, looking at the convoy that came to watch, and they all came to watch the excitement. British and Egyptian soldiers standing guard in the streets separated people from the side of the road and let the convoy pass.
Xiaolu looked around in the car, and even saw two of his own people standing guard on the roof, one of them was well hidden, he was holding a sniper rifle, and the other was holding a telescope, looking around.
The convoy arrived at the entrance of the mosque and stopped. Get off the trail first and check it out. A man in an Arabic robe sitting in the doorway raised his hand and made an ok gesture.
That's Li Shun. Xiaolu turned back and made a gesture. Yu Jishi opened the car door and asked President Jiang and his wife to get out of the car. Sir Robert also got out of the car and invited President Chiang and his wife into the temple with great interest.
The delegates followed President Jiang and rushed in. The people in the mosque saw the path and greeted him. Xiaolu nodded and smiled, but his eyes looked around. It was dark in the mosque, it was cleared of people, it was quiet.
The group visited with great interest, only Xiaolu and the others were very vigilant.
After visiting the hall, people entered the large square in the middle of the mosque. Xiao Lu looked back and said, "That tower is the pattern of the Egyptian five-pound banknote." Are there any of our people up there? ”
Zheng Jiemin said: "There is one of my people, and he is observing from above. ”
Xiaolu said: "Something is wrong. You go up and have a look. ”
Zheng Jiemin was originally reluctant to be commanded by Xiaolu, but once the defense battle began, Xiaolu's aura was strong, and he couldn't help it, so he ran up. When I looked at it, I was amazed to see his people lying on the ground, blood flowing down the stairs.