March 30, 1944, Beiping. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

A delegation of U.S. troops arrived in Beiping.

In the past few days, Beiping City has mobilized the citizens of Beiping to carry out dozens of projects with grain as wages, several of which are to repair several airfields around Beiping. Nanyuan Airport was the first to be repaired. The first wave of planes to land at Nanyuan Airport was a special plane of the US military delegation.

The mayor of Peiping was temporarily represented by General Ye, chief of the general staff of the Eighth Route Army. After a few days, his achievements were outstanding, and people simply removed the pronoun and called him Mayor Ye directly. However, Chongqing has not yet replied to his appointment, and his position is still in the state of deputy.

Mayor Yedai and Koji came together to welcome the U.S. delegation.

This plane was not a US military observer group, but an advance member of the observation group.

The first to get off the plane was Davis.

John Davis was born in 1908 into a missionary family in Sichuan, China.

Davis, who spent his childhood in China, was stoic and restrained, and had a sense of closeness to China. Davis attended elementary and middle school in China, returned to the United States for a college education, and after graduation became a diplomat, returning to China in 1933.

In the summer of 1938, Davis met Zhou Gong for the first time in Hankow, and he was deeply impressed by his personable Zhou Gong. When Davis met Zhou Gong again, it was already 1942. In February of that year, he was appointed Stilwell's advisor and second secretary of the U.S. Embassy in Chongqing. In the summer of that year, he visited Zhou Gong three times in Chongqing. Zhou Gong expressed to him his determination to resist the war and welcomed the American delegates to Yan'an to have a look.

Since then, Davis has been pushing for the matter. Based on his years of observation, he felt that Lao Jiang couldn't win.

In June 1943, Davis wrote a report to ****** that if a civil war broke out between Chiang and the Communists, it was unlikely that Chiang would be able to crush the Communists with his clear superiority in weapons. In his report, he suggested that the United States establish direct contact with the Communists and send observers to Yan'an.

On January 15, 1944, Davis sent a letter to Stilwell, calling for the early dispatch of military and political observer teams to the area under the control of ****. Later, he made a similar suggestion to the American diplomat in China, David Tse: establish some kind of connection with ****.

This time, hearing the news of the Northeast Coalition Army's recovery of Beiping, Davis mediated up and down, which facilitated the operation of the advance personnel of the US military observation group to come to Beiping. Despite Chongqing's best efforts to stop it, they still came.

Almost all the dignitaries in Peiping came to the airport to greet them, and apart from the security personnel, there was not a single welcoming crowd at the airport.

The officials who came to welcome Peiping were very enthusiastic, but the members of the US military delegation did not understand that the supreme governor of Peiping was Mayor Ye Dai. Isn't the Supreme Commander the Commander-in-Chief of the Road? Fortunately, Mayor Ye Dai was kind and could talk to everyone, plus Commander-in-Chief Lu chatted with every member of the group, and the atmosphere was very good.

After a brief welcome ceremony, the convoy immediately left the airport and drove into Cuimingzhuang.

The group got out of the car and went directly into the conference room for a meeting.

At the meeting, all the articles were official articles, and Xiao Lu finally spoke, saying: "I originally wrote the manuscript to read, but I changed my mind temporarily. Important topics have been talked about by our acting mayor. I'll talk a little bit about something else. We have a mutual friend, Mr. Jiang, who is in Chongqing, and he doesn't like it when you can come here. We are liked, and we are happy from the heart. ”

The crowd laughed.

"That's why we don't organize the masses to welcome you. It was supposed to organize the masses to welcome you, so that it could send a positive signal to the world. But please understand that it was canceled for this reason. ”

Everyone nodded.

Xiaolu said: "In addition to friends in Chongqing, we also have friends on Capitol Hill. These dudes love to scold us. During the Great War, you will cooperate with us, so support you to come to us. It's hard to say after the war. So, keeping a low profile is good for your future destiny. This is the second reason. ”

Several Americans had disagreement on their faces, almost imperceptible, but clear.

"There's a judge in the Wisconsin Circuit Court, Joseph McCarthy, who do you know?" ”

The crowd shook their heads.

"Please don't forget this name, if you have too much contact with us, this person will be detrimental to you, to your personal political future. Well, we've arranged a feast and welcome everyone. The banquet is definitely not as good as Chongqing, and I ask for your forgiveness. Beiping had just fought a war and was short of food. ”

A few people entered the cafeteria in Cuimingzhuang, and Xiaolu said: "The tableware in this canteen was still Japanese tableware a few days ago, so it is very high-end." ”

In the middle of the table there was a large plate with a dozen fried eggs, and the rest was potato and cabbage soup, turnip soup, and tortillas.

Mayor Ye said: "A few days ago, the Japanese ran out of food, and the price of grain in Beiping increased tenfold at that time. After they kicked out the puppet army, they were still short of food. So they fled. After we took over Beiping, we brought in grain and sold it at a price that was 50 percent cheaper than the market price, and within two days the price returned to normal. We started some works and used grain as wages. At present, the order in Peiping is normal. ”

Davis: "Your meals are similar to those in Yan'an, and there are no eggs in Yan'an this season. ”

Mayor Ye said: "This is to welcome you, specially transferred from the hospital. The eggs were brought in from the Northeast. ”

Xiaolu said: "Our hens lay eggs in winter in order to resist the Japanese. What a great spirit. ”

The crowd laughed.

Davis: "When we went into town, we saw a lot of people cleaning up the garbage. Your organizational skills are admirable. ”

Mayor Ye said: "For nearly 100 years, Beiping has used coal as its main fuel. The garbage is mainly coal ash. In front of Tiananmen Square, garbage is like a mountain. The biggest project we have carried out is to clean up the garbage in Beiping. Rations are available to all those who work. Some of this garbage is paved with airport runways, some are paved with roads, and some are filled with trenches. ”

After eating, the meeting continued.

This time, it was Davis who introduced the situation in the Pacific theater.

Although everyone present knew about the situation of the Pacific War, after listening to Davis's introduction, everyone's faces were still heavy.

The Battle of Coral Island and the Battle of Midway took place in 1942, both of which ended in Japanese victories. Later, the U.S. military discovered that the Japanese army had seized Kuah Island, and they started the Kuah Island War with the Japanese army. The war ended in early 1943, when the Japanese army was defeated and withdrew from Kuah Island.

Throughout 1943, the U.S. military planned a counterattack in Australia, and by the end of 1943, the counterattack began. Because the Japanese army lost Kuah Island, supplies were not smooth, and the American Australian army counterattacked from land. The counterattack began smoothly, with the powerful US Air Force gaining air supremacy. But soon, the two sides entered a stalemate over the issue of supplies. Australia mobilizes production supplies across the country to supply the front line.

So far, the US-Australian coalition forces have gradually gained the battlefield advantage and are steadily advancing northward. Because the Japanese army was strong in combat, the coalition forces had to pay a lot of casualties every time they pushed forward.

Australia's economy has all but been dragged down.

In the whole of Australia, except for the overtime production of military supplies, all other industries have withered, and almost all young and middle-aged people have joined the army, and the factories are full of old and weak and women. Because of its weak combat effectiveness, the Australian army has suffered heavy casualties on the front line, with 100,000 dead, and counting the population slaughtered by the Japanese army, nearly 8 percent of the 9 million people have died in the war.

The strategic goal of the U.S. military was to first achieve victory on the European battlefield and then free up energy to deal with the Japanese. Because the Japanese army was mired in China in the past two years, the United States began to aid China, hoping to use China's strength to drag Japan down. If you can't drag it down, at least drag the Japanese.

The current United States and the Soviet Union at the beginning have the same idea for China.

Australia has never been a military power, because of the large number of islands in the South China Sea as a barrier, a large desert block, Australia has not been occupied by the Japanese army in history, and the Japanese army has only bombed the Australian port of Darwin. After MacArthur was kicked out of the Philippines, he kept his headquarters in Australia.

The United States has provided Australia with a lot of supplies, and the most of its aid, except for European countries, is the Commonwealth countries, and Australia is more in the Commonwealth. It consumed so much material and was so close to the Pacific theater, but it did not contribute much to the war, and it also had all kinds of disadvantages for China after the war.

Xiaolu doesn't look used to it. Why do you all have to introduce the water of disaster into China, let China attract Japan's main firepower for you, consume Japan, and finally you enjoy the fruits of victory?

So, a mysterious hand pushed the Japanese army to invade Australia.

It does not seem difficult to lure the Japanese into making mistakes, but as long as they are attracted with great benefits at the critical moment of their decision-making, it is possible to lead them astray, because the desire for colonies, the thirst for colonial resources, has already overwhelmed the minds of the vast majority of people.

They took advantage of Pearl Harbor and finally asked them to occupy Australia, and they really did it.

Sure enough, the Japanese army was affected by the small road, invaded Australia, and evaded the islands defended by the American army, hit the empty gate of the American army, and successfully occupied the northern part of Australia. Although it dealt a heavy blow to Australia, it did not do Japan any good, but dispersed their military forces.

The military is insufficient, and it is drawn from China. So the pressure on China has decreased.

Today, the U.S. military and Australia have consumed a lot of military and national strength, and finally recovered Australia, although Australia has returned to its original point, its national strength is far different, and its attitude towards Japan is also different.

Looking back at China, recently, the **** battles in Central and South China have been disgraced and very ugly, a large number of elite troops have received American equipment, received American training, ate and drank well, and the soldiers have gained weight, one by one. However, Chongqing just didn't let them enter the battlefield.

The U.S. officers in China were disappointed in them, which is why they came to Yan'an.

Finally, Davis said: "Recently, there have been successive victories in the Northeast, the Far East, and even North China, and we believe that we need to observe your victories further, and we hope to establish a special bond with you to fight the Japanese together." ”

In the evening, Xiaolu and Davis talk alone. They spoke in English and Chinese, Davis's Sichuan dialect was very good, Mandarin was poor, but it was better than Xiaolu's English. When he speaks, he often speaks in Sichuan dialect and Xiaolu, Ge Laozi, Ge Laozi, and he can't finish talking.

Xiaolu said: "I'm interested in your idea. I think you're going to make some progress on your idea for the time being, but you're going to run into a lot of resistance. ”

Davis said, "This is the second time you've expressed concern for us. I wonder why. ”

"The mainstream values of Americans still think that our party is a beast of prey, and they would rather cooperate with a corrupt government than cooperate with us. ”

"To be honest, there's controversy within the United States. ”