This time Song Ziwen was the most embarrassed. He had no guards www.biquge.info only about twenty members of the delegation, all diplomats and secretaries, no military personnel. He heard that the United States and Britain had a delegation of several hundred people at every turn, and people from all walks of life in the whole country were very unpleasant.

In addition, in the Chinese delegation, nominally he was the head of the delegation, but in essence, he had no influence on Yan'an at all. Several other countries will not talk to him, but to talk to Mao. In the past few days, telegrams from various countries have been sent directly to Yan'an, ignoring him at all.

Song Ziwen had to answer, and said, "Before I came, the chairman of the committee asked me a lot. Ziwen should strive for the greatest interests of our country in line with the purpose of not dishonoring sovereignty. ”

Wang Chonghui blinked on the side and said, "Every time we encounter a major event, we should quickly ask the chairman of the committee. ”

It's the same as not saying. Mao Gong was very dissatisfied with such an answer, but for the sake of face, it was difficult to say anything, so he had to smoke.

Xiao Lu didn't want to take their words, but in order to grasp the initiative, he quietly reminded Song Ziwen to recognize his position, so he asked: "Then what is the president's plan for the division of international spheres of influence after the war?" ”

Song Ziwen said: "President General will cooperate with allies in Asia to maintain freedom and peace in Asia. ”

Koji: "What is the arrangement for Japan?" What about arrangements for the Philippines? What about the Japanese-occupied areas of the Indochinese Peninsula such as Vietnam? What about North Korea? How did you occupy the Ryukyus? There are 200,000 Japanese troops in Taiwan, what is President Chiang going to do? Is it just a sortie in Burma? ”

Song Ziwen said: "The Philippines will be occupied by the US military. ”

Xiaolu: "So is the government ready to send troops to occupy Taiwan?" ”

Xiaolu was a little pressing, but he still used a deliberative tone: the meeting is about to start, and we have to communicate.

Song Ziwen not only did well in business, but also had good eloquence. However, this time he was not empowered, and it is difficult to say anything about policy strategy. Xiaolu asks specific questions, and it is not okay to be vague, and it is even more impossible to talk big, only not to speak.

Xiao Lu knew that he couldn't say it, so he didn't ask anymore. He knew that in the past, only three countries participated in the Yalta Conference, but now five countries participated, and China's participation would greatly change China's position after the war. At the end of World War I, China was victorious, but its treatment was comparable to that of the defeated countries, and Germany's holdings in Shandong were still to be transferred. Nowadays, there is no such thing.

That night, a series of questions from Song Ziwen's bar road were sent back to Chongqing. He expects Chongqing to answer, in fact, he knows that Chongqing has no preparation for these questions, feasible preparation is unlikely, and Chongqing will probably only pat its head.

January 30, 1945. The entire Chinese delegation arrived in Yalta.

Yalta is located on the coastline of the South Black Sea in Crimea. Russia occupied Crimea from 1856, and after the Soviet Union, Crimea became a republic of the Soviet Union. Crimea is a peninsula with a strait from the Soviet mainland and a narrow isthmus connecting it to Ukraine.

In 1941, after the German army occupied Ukraine, it fought on the isthmus, suffered heavy losses, and broke through the Soviet defenses. Blocked by Soviet troops in Sevastopol until 1942. In 1944, Soviet troops reoccupied Sevastopol.

As the course of history changed, the Soviets intensified their offensive in this area, reoccupied the entire territory of Crimea, and then occupied eastern Ukraine and advanced westward. With the attack of the Soviet army again, the German army was losing ground in Ukraine, so the safety of Yalta was guaranteed.

The Chinese delegation was greeted by an old acquaintance, Mikoyan, on the Soviet side.

Lao Wolf and Li Shun were responsible for the security of the delegation. The Soviets sent them a liaison to assist them in liaising with the Congress. The liaison officer can speak Chinese, which saves a lot of effort. The old wolf and Li Shun cooperated again, and as soon as the two arrived in Yalta, they asked to go to various places to check. The liaison officer drove the two of them to the venue, to the station, to the airport, and to all the main transportation routes. The two walked by themselves, leaving no dead ends.

The United States delegation stayed at the Livadia Palace in Yalta. The British delegation stayed in the Vorontsov Palace, and Stalin's headquarters were in the Koreiz Palace by the sea. The place where the Chinese delegation was stationed was a resort hotel, and about 100 people happened to stay.

The old wolf and Li Shun walked through all the places, and they knew it in their hearts.

Yalta is a mountain town by the sea, there is no flat land, although the slopes are not steep, the roads are twisty, and the seaside is full of resorts. The population of the city as a whole is small, and almost all of the population is engaged in vacation-related jobs. Sixty-five percent of the people here are ethnic Russians, twenty-five percent are Ukrainians, the rest are Tatars and Belarusians, and there are not many of them.

Everywhere the two went, they could see Soviet troops standing guard and patrolling. Many plainclothes people disguised themselves as various people, etc., and scattered all over the place.

The precautions between the two are so strict, and there is a tendency for all the people to be soldiers, which is similar to the prevention of Japanese devils in the base area, and they are immediately relieved.

Given the terrain here, it was not very easy to bomb by aircraft, plus several nearby airfields, where dozens of aircraft were stationed, plus several air defense positions on the outskirts, the air defense was very tight.

Since the decision on the place of the meeting was recent, the Germans already knew about it, but it would have taken some time for the Germans to think about it. The security issue is better than the last meeting in Tehran.

However, because of the length of the meeting, it is not excluded that the Germans will arrive here after the start of the meeting.

The two returned to the station, Xiang Xiaolu reported the details, and Xiaolu discussed the defense plan with them, asking the two to implement it as soon as possible.

Old Wolf: "When will the other delegations arrive?" Is there a schedule? ”

Trail: "They start arriving tomorrow and arrive in the evening. ”

Old wolf: "I heard that Churchill was unwilling to hold a meeting here?" ”

Xiaolu: "It's just him. He grumbled: "Even if we spend 10 years researching, we will not be able to find a worse place in the world." ”

Li Shun: "It's really hypocritical. We saw a lot of Soviets building houses and streets in the city, and they were preparing for meetings. Pretty good. ”

The security questions were arranged, and Xiaolu felt a lot more relaxed.

Beginning on January 31, 1945, various delegations arrived one after another.

On the evening of 1 February, the number of planes taking off and landing at the airport reached its peak, and the combined delegations of the United States and Britain numbered more than 700 people, all of whom flew from Malta. The planes were American C-54 transport planes, and they all flew many kilometers in the dark of night before they arrived at Yalta. At present, German aircraft are still operating in the Balkans, flying at night, just for safety.

The airfield is more than a hundred kilometers outside the city of Yalta. The people on board the plane were to get into Tarta in various Soviet cars in turn. Although the road is not long, the road is in extremely poor condition, and from time to time there are shell craters in the middle of the road. Although the Soviets repaired it, a few cars walked over, and the big pot returned. It is a rickety walk from the airport to the city, which is a six-hour walk.

On 3 February, personnel from all over the world arrived. These days, the Chinese delegation has not been idle for a day, and has paid courtesy visits to the Soviet Union, France, the United States, and the British delegation. The senior members of the delegation had not yet been contacted, but the middle and lower members had been contacted several times.

General Chen and General Su of the New Fourth Army, General Zuo General Quan of the Eighth Route Army, and Lu Xiaoming, commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army, were the main personnel involved in this wave of contacts. Zhou Gong and Mao Gong met with the Soviet side several times, because Stalin did not arrive, and the contact was tentative and there was no substantive progress.

In addition, Xiaolu also participated in a preparatory meeting to arrange some details of the meeting.

Just an hour after de Gaulle arrived in Yalta, he held his first formal talks with the Chinese delegation.

On February 4, the Yalta Conference officially began.

The meeting was held at the Palace in Livadia, where the American delegation was located, and was supposedly to take care of Roosevelt's leg mobility problems. Apparently, the United States and the USSR had a preparatory meeting beforehand.

The president of the United States took Secretary of State Stettinus with him, and a large number of generals. American generals all came from the battlefield in Europe. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill also brought Foreign Secretary Aiden, who was also a large general. Stalin also took Foreign Minister Molotov, also a large number of generals. In contrast, de Gaulle was much shabby, with only a few generals, a few civil officials. China is the most peculiar delegation, Soong Ziwen is not the head of state, but he is the head of the delegation. Mao Gong and Zhou Gong had a large number of generals, but they were only leaders of the opposition party.

Xiaolu figured out which one was Alger, an American ****** official? Hiss, because this man was a Soviet spy. Of course, this is read in the history books, and the identity of this person's spy, the Americans do not know.

At the beginning of the meeting, Xiaolu saw an interesting scene, which was very funny. The core of the conference was naturally Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill. All three of them happen to be shorty. Churchill was 1.6 meters, Stalin was better, 1.63 meters, Roosevelt was tall, but he was polio and could only sit.

This is the triumvirate of three dwarfs. De Gaulle, though not the most eye-catching member of the conference, was the tallest.

Mao Gong walked in, he was guided by the Soviet functionaries and sat next to Stalin.

At first, when Stalin saw that Song Ziwen was sitting next to him when the seating arrangement was arranged, he explained that Song Ziwen's seat was moved and he sat with other ordinary delegates, while Mao Gong was invited to the front row of the rostrum and sat next to Stalin.

This is the first time that several giants have seen Mao Gong, and they all came to shake hands with him. They were curious about Mao. Mao was wearing brand new clothes, some of which didn't fit well, his hair was freshly cut, and he always had a cigarette in his hand.

The seat of the rostrum is Roosevelt in the middle, Stalin on his left hand, and Mao Gong on the left; On the right hand is Churchill, followed by Charles de Gaulle.

The meeting ended in the evening. At the plenary session, several giants, as well as Charles de Gaulle, spoke. The Chinese delegation was the only one speaker, Mao Gong. The texts of the statements were prepared in advance and translations were available to all delegations.

At the meeting of the day, all the speeches were made according to the script, and the positions, principles, and policies were discussed. The implementation of the manuscript was all drawn up, the meeting was ceremonial, and there were no surprises.