The chairman of the board of directors of the Soviet Union in Xi'an asked for assistance from the Vladimirov lion, and the deputy chairman of the board of directors in Chongqing and the eldest sister Deng were also negotiating with the US ambassador to China, Mr. Goss.

Deputy Zhou was waiting for this good news when Liu Yimin led the army to leave Shandong!

Since the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government is responsible for contacts with the United States, although the Chongqing Office of the Eighth Route Army is located in the same city as the US Embassy in China, normal contact rarely occurs. In particular, after the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army broke through from southern Anhui, the office of the Hongyan Eighth Route Army was closely monitored by Dai Li's spies, and it was very inconvenient to communicate with the outside world, let alone contact with the US Embassy in China, and even with the Soviet Embassy in China.

After receiving the telegram that Zuo Ye led the army to attack Lushun and Li Lingfeng to attack Shenyang, Deputy Zhou went to the house of Ms. Rao Guomo, the owner of Dayou Farm, and said to Ms. Rao Guomo: "Comrade Rao Guomo, borrow your phone, and you can go outside and watch." ”

Rao Guomo is a celebrity in Chongqing, and her phone is not monitored.

After Rao Guomo went out, Vice Chairman Zhou made a phone call to the US Embassy in China, introduced his identity, and then said that he had a major military operation related to the development of the situation in the Pacific Theater to inform the US side, and hoped to meet with Mr. Ambassador for detailed discussions immediately.

The second secretary of the embassy answered the phone call, who replied that Ambassador Gao Si was not available now, and that he would try to convey it as soon as possible, and asked General Zhou to wait for the call at the office of the Eighth Route Army.

waited until Liu Yimin's telegram was sent.

When the phone rang in the office, Deputy Director Zhou walked briskly to pick up the phone, this time from Mr. Goss, the U.S. ambassador to China.

Mr. Gao Si kept apologizing on the phone, saying that he was out today and had just returned. Let Mr. Zhou wait for a long time, he will come to the office of the Eighth Route Army in Chongqing, and ask Mr. Zhou to wait.

Putting down the phone, Deputy Zhou's footsteps were also brisk. His face was also lively, and he smiled and said to Dong Lao, Chief of General Staff Ye, and Sister Deng: "Hurry up and prepare, US Ambassador Gao Si will be here soon, and the four of us will meet together." ”

Dong Lao smiled and said: "Liu Yimin's fight, I can't imagine that I can reap diplomatic results." Ambassador Gao Si came to visit, I don't know if Chiang Kai-shek will scold Niang Xipi again after he finds out! ”

Dong Lao usually doesn't smile, but at this time he actually laughed Yan Yan. It may have been inspired by the good news of our army's recovery of Shenyang, Dalian, and Lushun.

Chief of General Staff Ye said to Deputy Chief Zhou very seriously: "I suggest that we report to the Central Committee, and instead of letting a few of us spend here, it is better to send us to the northeast." Now that Dalian and Lushun are under the control of our army, we can propose that the US fleet dock at Lushun and Dalian and directly take off to bomb the Japanese mainland, so that the decline of the US military in the Pacific theater can be quickly reversed. We can even get the U.S. military to send a fleet of planes into Shenyang to bomb the Kwantung Army. When the time comes. The Kwantung Army has to be a fart and pee! ”

Sister Deng continued: "The Americans are not stupid, they must have seen that they could use the airports and military ports in the northeast, so they let the ambassador to China come to visit." Speaking of which. Liu Yimin really sees farther than us. When he first attacked and occupied Qingdao, he proposed that Qingdao and New York become sister cities, and we all have opinions. Looking at it now, if the Americans had accepted Liu Yimin's proposal at that time, Qingdao would not have been lost, and there would have been no later sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and the Pacific War. ”

A few people just briefly discussed for a while and then went to prepare.

At this time, there were few cars, and although the roads in Chongqing were potholed by the Japanese bombing and difficult to walk, Gao Si still arrived quickly.

Seeing the car of the US Embassy in China driving into the office of the Eighth Route Army, the spies in charge of monitoring the office of the Eighth Route Army hurriedly reported to the authorities.

Deputy Chairman Zhou, Sister Deng, Dong Lao is Mao suit, and Chief of General Staff Ye were all wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army and stood in front of the office building to greet Mr. Gao Si.

This meeting. Mr. Gao Si warmly hugged Vice President Zhou, saying that the American people loved the Eighth Route Army that persisted in the War of Resistance behind enemy lines and achieved extraordinary results.

After taking a seat in the conference room, Deputy Chairman Zhou introduced Sister Deng, Dong Lao, and Chief of General Staff Ye to Mr. Gao Si one by one, and then said: "Mr. Gao Si, in order not to delay your precious time, I will give you a more detailed introduction to the situation of our army's march into the northeast. ”

Translation after translation. Goss nodded in agreement. Deputy Chairman Zhou said: "The U.S. government, the U.S. side, and the American people are all familiar with the instructor of the Eighth Route Army and General Liu Yimin. Ms. Ni Hua, who gave a speech to the US Senate, is the wife of General Liu Yimin, a doctor of medicine from Columbia University and a student of Mr. Doug, a famous American medical scientist. This time it was the main force of Shandong developed by the instructors of the Eighth Route Army under the command of General Liu Yimin. Because Chairman Chiang Kai-shek banned the name of the instructor, our party had no choice but to change the name of Liu Yimin's department to the Shandong Military Region, and after entering the northeast, it is now renamed the Northeast People's Anti-Japanese "People's Coalition Army." ”

Mr. Gao Si does not understand Chinese, and Deputy Zhou cannot speak too long, otherwise it will be difficult to translate.

After the translation was finished, Deputy Director Zhou said: "Mr. Gao Mi, please don't record what your secretary says, what I said is a high level of secret of our army, just listen to it, you can't record it." ”

After listening to this, Gao Si shrugged his shoulders and said, "The mysterious China, the mysterious Eighth Route Army" and glanced at the first secretary of the embassy who came with him, and said OK.

Seeing that Gao Si's secretary put away the record book, Deputy Zhou Xi Cai said: "This time, our army marched into the northeast, with a huge number of troops, a total of 12 field infantry columns equivalent to the ** army-level formation, an artillery column, a cavalry column, and other armored brigades, air defense brigades, engineer brigades, baggage brigades, coastal defense detachments and other troops equivalent to the ** division-level formation, with a total strength of nearly 500,000. ”

When he said this, Deputy Zhou's eyes radiated a scorching light, his tone was full of pride, and there seemed to be a majestic scene in front of him that Liu Yimin would wave millions of troops and enter the customs in the future.

After listening to the translation, Goss jumped up from his chair in shock. He is tall, has good physical fitness, and is a hawk with a first-class attitude in the United States, and under the excitement, he jumped violently, and his head almost touched the sky, which made Sister Deng laugh.

I heard Gao Si exclaim: "500,000 elites, my God! Dear Zhou, I heard you right, right? ”

Deputy Zhou nodded with a smile and replied affirmatively: "Mr. Ambassador, I said, what I said is a high level of confidentiality of our army!" ”

Gao Si didn't recover from the shock for a long time, and kept muttering to himself: "500,000 troops, and it is an elite army that has won successive battles, gods, all people can't think of it!" Unbelievable, unbelievable! ”

Deputy Zhou Xi, Senior Sister Deng, Dong Lao, and Chief of General Staff Ye did not speak, and looked at Gao Si quietly, waiting for his mood to be stable.

Gao Si finally recovered from the shock and said to Deputy Chairman Zhou: "Dear Zhou, thank you, thank you for trusting the United States of America so much. I think I will report your words to President Roosevelt as soon as possible, so that he can know that General Liu Yimin is the largest and most elite strategic bloc in China. ”

After speaking, Gao Si stretched out his hands to shake goodbye to Deputy Zhou's chair.

Deputy Zhou asked Gao Si to calm down, and then told him that the Eighth Route Army had long been in contact with the US military, and that there were six retired US military flight instructors in the Eighth Route Army's air force, and they were the ones who helped the Eighth Route Army train and form an aviation group. Every remarkable achievement of the Eighth Route Army Air Force was attended by retired US military flight instructors and overseas Chinese pilots who returned from the United States. From this point of view, it is reasonable for the Japanese military to accuse US pilots of participating in the war.

Ni Hua talked about this situation when he was propagating in the United States, and the top level of the United States knew about it, and Gao Si also grasped it.

Deputy Chairman Zhou went on to say that not only the pilots, but also the medical personnel and military technical personnel from the United States in the Eighth Route Army, including the fleet of the Eighth Route Army that transported troops to attack and occupy Shanghai and landed in the northeast this time, all of which have dozens of retired US Navy technicians in service. It can be said that the cooperation between the Eighth Route Army and the US military has entered a very deep level.

Some of these situations were known to Gao Si, such as the medical team organized by Ni Hua to aid China, which the US government acquiesced to at that time. Some are not clear, such as military technical personnel and retired technical personnel of the Navy.

The reason why Deputy Chairman Zhou explained the situation so frankly to Gao Si was that Liu Yimin and Chairman Zhou agreed upon after analyzing and studying the situation when they returned to Xi'an, and the purpose was to completely shake the Yankees, so that the US military could provide strong naval and air cover for our army's advance into the northeast and give it great assistance. Because the American Yuanhua materials were controlled by Chiang Kai-shek, it was said that a part of the materials in China could be distributed to our army at his discretion, but in fact it was impossible for our army to obtain them.

The more Gao Si listened, the more shocked he became, and finally simply said: "Dear Zhou, what does your party demand from the US government, and what does General Liu Yimin demand, please tell me, and I will report to President Roosevelt immediately." ”

Deputy Chairman Zhou then said: "Mr. Gao Si, Dr. Ni Hua, the wife of General Liu Yimin, sent me a telegram, saying that you are a well-known person in the US government who supported the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression against China. You and General Stilwell, even General Marshall, President Roosevelt, can talk openly and honestly. The reason why I tell you the high secrecy of our army is because our party and our army trust you. The Central Committee of our party asked me to convey my respect to President Roosevelt, and our party demanded: 1. The US military should set up communications and liaison offices in Xi'an, Shenyang, Dalian, and Shandong to communicate with the two armed forces and coordinate the two armed forces in cooperative operations. 2. The United States should unconditionally support our army's combat operations in the northeast and provide air cover for our army's annihilation of the Kwantung Army, the largest strategic group of the Japanese army. At least three air wings should be stationed in the Northeast. 3. In accordance with the Lend-Lease Act, the United States will provide our armed forces with 2,000 aircraft, 2,000 tanks, 5,000 trucks, and an aircraft carrier battle group. ”