Chapter Eighty-Four: "Lao Kong" Visits

After shopping on the street to buy good things, Lin Jun, who returned to the hotel, ran into an unexpected visitor, who had been waiting for them for a while. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Why the accident? Because the visitors were Kong Xiangxi, vice president of the Executive Yuan of the "Republic of China," and Chen Shaokuan, minister of the navy, they had come to invite the Soviet "special envoy" to a reception to be held tomorrow at the Chinese Embassy in Britain.

To be honest, in the face of the visit of "Lao Kong", Lin Jun was a little "crying and laughing", but he still maintained his politeness. Now that a full-scale war between China and Japan is on the way, ****** still has the illusion of mediation between the United States and Britain, and has not made a final decision. It's a pity that Gu Linjun knows that Kong Xiangxi will "return empty-handed" this time, and he will go to France and Italy next, of course, the result is similar - the British are too busy to take care of themselves, and Italy is simply out of the same nostril as Japan, of course, it will end up with nothing.

Since Kong Xiangxi only has an English translator on his side, the communication between the two sides needs to go through multiple translations - which makes Lin Jun hold his breath when he listens, and the meaning of some places is a little changed after two translations, but he can't speak in Chinese anyway.

"President Kong, as far as I know, as early as April this year, our Comrade Molotov forwarded to your government through the Soviet Embassy an official document on the provision of a large number of loans and military aid to your country. But so far, you haven't said anything. What Lin Jun said about this incident was real, but the bald head was not at that time to the point of "cornered" and did not take this document seriously at all, which made Stalin very unhappy: he did not even hear back from helping others, and everyone would be unhappy if it was replaced. Of course, this document was also the result of ****** sending Chiang Tinghuang to the Soviet Union in 1934.

Lin Jun's words embarrassed Kong Xiangxi, and he used an evasive strategy: I don't know about this because I have already embarked on a cruise ship to visit the UK in April.

Why did Kong Xiangxi come to invite the Soviet "envoy"? For his trip to England was really deaf and dumb, forced to laugh, and his stomach was full of anger -- they were greeted at the port by only ordinary British diplomats, and the dignified vice president of the Executive Yuan of the great Chinese country was received as ordinary guests of the third class -- the British did not take them seriously at all! This made him truly appreciate the taste of "a weak country has no diplomacy".

Since his arrival in Britain on 5 May, he has frequently held press conferences, banquets, and cocktail parties to meet and invite high-level figures from British political and business circles to "peddle" China's "rejuvenation" plan, but all these efforts have yielded little success. Britain's political focus at this time was to "deal with" Germany and the Soviet Union, two European military and industrial powers, and how to keep these two countries in check with each other was the focus of Britain's diplomacy.

In Asia, on the one hand, Britain has to maintain its own vested interests, and on the other hand, it has to consider how to deal with the distribution of interests with the United States in Asia, and it also has to consider its relations with Japan. Germany and Japan had also put pressure on Britain to help China militarily and economically, because this would harm German and Japanese interests in China.

With so many "premises", Kong Xiangxi's actions were doomed to be futile at the time, but he still kept "trying". Of course, Kong Xiangxi was very clear about the economic and military assistance of the Soviet Union that Andrei had said in front of him: but "Lao Chiang" did not speak, and he could not say anything more. And the ideologies of the two sides are too different.

In fact, Kong Xiangxi knew very little about the Soviet "special envoy" in front of him, and it was only after arriving in Britain that he learned that the "deputy envoy" of the Soviet delegation was a "new star" who had only recently risen in the Soviet Union and a famous combat hero. And from the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom, Guo Taiqi, I also learned that the German delegation was eager to stuff this Andrei into hell, and in Spain, this Andrei slapped the Germans hard. Before today's dinner, he learned that this "deputy envoy" had suddenly become a special envoy of the Soviet delegation, and what surprised him even more was that this Andrei was only 24 years old! His latest official title is that of a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union, and his rights and honors in the Soviet Union are definitely in the top 10 of the Soviet leadership.

"The guy who appointed this guy must be crazy!" This was Kong Xiangxi's first thought, "At the age of 24, even a genius can't be entrusted with such an important position and power!" Too young, too young! ”

But Kong Xiangxi immediately thought of another person, a person who had given him and "Lao Jiang" a great headache: that person's surname was Lin, and he was the commander of the Chinese Red Army at the age of 23, when the entire Red Army had only two decent regiments - this person reimbursed 200,000 regular troops in one year.

"This Andrei is not easy to deal with!"

But why did he personally come and send out the invitation to the drinking party? Because after dinner, Chen Shaokuan reported to him one thing: the Soviet delegation and the Japanese delegation met at the door of the hotel, and the two sides refused to give in to each other, and finally the Japanese took the initiative to push back under the "strong force" of the Soviets. And the young "envoys" of the USSR showed great "contempt" and even hostility towards the Japanese.

Chen Shaokuan's words made Kong Xiangxi feel a little flavorful, and it also reminded him of the document handed over by the Soviet ambassador that he had seen before coming to Britain: Maybe Soviet Russia would be an ally, and the young and vigorous Soviet "envoy" could just "use" it. Kong Xiangxi really had no choice, or he would not have asked Soviet Russia for help.

As for his diplomatic and political experience and ability, Lin Jun knows that he is not an opponent of "Lao Kong", so this "meeting" is also a "haha" all the way - this is also in line with his current status.

After accepting the invitation to attend the "drinking party" tomorrow night, Kong Xiangxi politely said goodbye - anyway, there is something to talk about tomorrow, but it is not good to talk too much when we meet for the first time.

"Andrey, is it appropriate to accept the invitation of the Chinese now?" Ibos asked.

"Now that they've given them an invitation, we're going to take it. Also, our mission this time is to come and watch the ceremony, so we will not make any substantive diplomatic steps, which we know, and they understand, that the two sides are at most courtesy. But do you feel that the reason why they are inviting us at this time is because of what happened in front of the hotel at night: they sensed that we had a common enemy, Japan. I can conclude that in a short time a full-scale war will break out between China and Japan, and in the Far East, the Japanese will also break out in the near future with us, because we absolutely cannot allow a situation in which Japan completely occupies China, which is too unfavorable for us. ”

Lin Jun paused for a moment, and then said: "There is something I can reveal to you that once a full-scale war breaks out between China and Japan, we will not sit idly by, this is a matter that has been decided by the upper echelons." As soon as China sends a message that it needs assistance, we will provide economic and military assistance, and it is likely to do so in the same way that Spain did. ”

Before coming to Britain, Stalin and Lin Jun discussed this matter, because judging from the current development of the situation, when Lin Jun first returned to Moscow from Spain a few years ago, he said that a full-scale war between China and Japan would soon become a reality, and the Soviet Union must be prepared.

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On May 9th, Ibos was going to "visit" Aiden in the morning, along with Ambassador Meskey, who had come to pick him up.

Before leaving, Mesky also had a conversation with Lin Jun.

"I heard that yesterday you had a conflict with the Japanese delegation?"

"Conflict? Is that also called conflict? In my mind, cutting off the heads of those Japanese pigs is called conflict. ”

"There is a saying that you may not be happy to hear, and yesterday's situation may cause us some diplomatic trouble."

Lin Jun became angry when he heard it: "Comrade Mesky, pay attention to your words and deeds!" You are a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and if you think that this will lead to our diplomatic passivity, then I will think that you are no longer capable of doing the job you are up to. Diplomacy is the business of your diplomats, but you must remember that the preservation of the honor of the Soviets is your highest criterion! Also, you are the ambassador to the United Kingdom, and you don't need to pay much attention to other things, and sometimes your hand will be cut off if you stretch it too long. I don't want to remind you of your duty again! ”

Lin Jun was talking to Mesky with a glare, although he also knew that the ambassador was well-intentioned, and what Mesky said was reasonable, but someone was angry when Lin Jun said that he "had to be polite to Japanese pigs". If someone in the Soviet Union dared to talk to Lin Jun like this, he would definitely let Alexander arrest him directly - that person must be a dead end, no matter if you are an ambassador or a commissioner! Lin Jun can "save" people, so it is more convenient to "kill" people, and there is no need to think about the crime himself - Alexander will definitely "serve home in one stop".

When a person has a right that he is not used to, a small incentive will make him abuse the power in his hands - Lin Jun is just a mortal, and he can't avoid it.

Lin Jun's words made Mesky's face pale and his back was full of cold sweat, he really wanted to slap himself twice - why talk so much, it was Andrei in front of him, a person who dared to fight hand-to-hand with the enemy, and now the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs can be intervened at any time, and even Yagoda made this Andre "easily die"! He is just an ambassador, or an ambassador sent to a capitalist country, and it can be said that he will not need to exert any effort at all if he wants to finish himself!

Lin Jun didn't pay much attention to Mesky, and if he continued to talk about it, he might really "lose control", and he and his subordinates went out to "go shopping and travel". "If you don't look at the UK now, I don't know if you will come back next time until the Year of the Monkey."

Igbos also heard Lin Jun's rebuke of Mesky, and in the car he said to the ambassador: "Today you really went around from the ghost gate, and in the future, in front of Comrade Andrei, you must not mention any "good words" about Germany and Japan, there are many things in this area of diplomacy that Comrade Andrei does not like, especially to Germany and Japan!" We are all people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and we do the business of diplomacy, and Comrade Andrei only cares how to destroy the enemy. Also, you don't know, during the stalemate with the Japanese yesterday, I even felt that Comrade Andrei had a murderous aura! You may not be able to understand what "murderous" is, a feeling that only a person who has killed someone at that time can feel when facing a mortal enemy, and this feeling is only felt by very few people. You should have noticed how Comrade Andrei called those Japanese - Japanese pigs! ”

As soon as Mesky heard his words, his face, which had already recovered somewhat, became a little ugly.

"Don't worry too much, you're lucky today, if you had said this to Comrade Andrei in Moscow, you would have been in the interrogation room of the Ministry of Internal Affairs by now. Comrade Andrei is a comrade who has a very clear distinction between good and evil, and he is extremely enthusiastic about his comrades and willing to help take responsibility. You may not know that many "suspected" comrades were guaranteed by him, and time has proved that they are all good comrades. Like the dean of the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy, Comrade Arkhipov, and now the Hero of the Soviet Union in Spain, Comrade Andlup, who was only a major at that time, was vouched for by Comrade Andrei with his own head! And I know a lot more about it. I can describe his attitude towards his comrades and enemies in one sentence: he is as enthusiastic as the summer sun for his comrades, and for the enemy it is the cold winter of Siberia! ”

"Ibos, what should I do? Comrade Andrei may have an opinion about me. "Mesky has a bitter face, and it's not worth losing his head because of that sentence.

"It's okay, do your job well, and never stretch your hand too long. Diplomacy doesn't work everywhere. Also, if you are enthusiastic about Comrade Andrei, he will also be enthusiastic about you, of course, this needs to be sincere, and people who have been on the battlefield do not like the one in the officialdom. Don't worry too much, I'll find an opportunity to explain today's events to Comrade Andrei. ”

Ibos thought for a while, and then said: "You also have to look farther, as a diplomat, you should also understand that our relations with Japan are not good, and the current international situation is complicated, for countries like Japan and Germany, if you still blindly pay attention to diplomatic etiquette, then I will find a way to destroy you without Comrade Andrei's action." You have to use everything flexibly, if you don't really tear your face, you can get by on your face, I think you're much more proficient in this than I am. ”

Ibos took advantage of this effort to "teach a lesson" to the ambassador comrades.

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