Chen Zikun replied to Xiong Shihui with a wry smile: "Yes." got on the thief ship, and the Americans were so ruthless that they had to swallow it obediently knowing that it was fragrant bait. ”

Xiong Shihui said: "The American military rank is valuable, haven't you heard that a US military captain in the Indian army dares to throw face with our division commander, you are the American brigadier general, you can take care of these proud soldiers for us." ”

Chen Zikun said: "That's secondly, having such an identity, it is beneficial to the integration and understanding of the two sides, the contradiction between the commission and Stilwell is deepening, there must always be a buffer, so I accept it, but for myself, this is not a good thing, everyone knows the heart of the commission, the more the Americans value me, the more he hates me, and when the war is over, it is the day when the donkey is unloaded." ”

Xiong Shihui said: "No, it's not as pessimistic as you think, it's true that the chairman of the committee is a little narrow-minded, but he is always passable in terms of face, even if he treats political opponents, don't you see Hu Hanmin and Wang Jingwei?" Moreover, the United States is the world's number one power, and now that the world is in a war, all countries rely on the United States for aid, to put it mildly, the United States is the world's largest landowner, Britain is his wife, France is his concubine, the Soviet Union is a good friend raised outside, and China is at best a big girl, it's okay to be coquettish, really turn the face, no one has the courage. ”

Chen Zikun smiled dumbly: "Brother's words are interesting. ”

Xiong Shihui said: "Even after the war, the chairman of the committee is inseparable from the assistance of the United States, you know, Yan'an's *** is becoming more and more climate, Hu Zongnan's thirty divisions are not on the front line, and they are stationed in Shaanxi, that is, to monitor them, and when the war is over Japan, it is time to start a war with **, then you, the brigadier general of the US army, will still show your strengths, hehe, maybe you will already be a lieutenant general by then." ”

Chen Zikun said: "How can it be so fast, you should be on a plane." ”

Xiong Shihui said: "It's really so fast, there is a lieutenant colonel staff officer in the US army named Eisenhower, who was just promoted to brigadier general in 40 years, and he will be a lieutenant general this year, maybe he will be a general next year, during the war, nothing is impossible." ”

The next day, Song Ziwen learned that Chen Zikun was left by Roosevelt to entertain the dinner, and he couldn't help but be a little jealous, he was China's foreign minister, but he had never been honored by this, Chen Zikun got this courtesy when he first arrived, it was really uncomfortable, fortunately, Chen Zikun was his old friend, if it was someone else, he would definitely have to find a way to send him back to China, and save the eyesore.

It is said that the bureaucratic style of the administrative organs in the United States is also very serious, but President Roosevelt personally arranged things for special things, and several tailors came to the hotel where Chen Zikun was staying to help him tailor the clothes, and rushed to work overnight to make a full set of military uniforms, shirts, jackets, dresses, hot spots, short-sleeved trousers, shorts, large-brimmed hats, boat-shaped hats, all kinds of leather shoes, and shiny military rank insignia.

The person who sent the military uniform was a young man with a freckled face, the rank of corporal in the army, called Jimmy White, was from the logistics department of the War Department, and was now assigned to General Chen as an orderly, he served Chen Zikun to put on the army uniform, helped tie the belt, and startled Lao Chen when he opened his mouth: "Ah fit?" ”

The corporal spoke the official dialect of Nanjing, and asked carefully, it turned out that Mr. White had been a missionary in Nanjing, and Jimmy had grown up under the Jinling city wall since he was a child, and he was used to drinking duck blood vermicelli soup, and his Chinese dialect was extremely fluent, and it seemed that the War Department had also moved his mind.

After Chen Zikun's ID was made, he was assigned to the senior liaison officer of the Allied General Command, and he was also assigned a 40-year-old Oldsmobile car, OD army green, with a big white star painted on the door, and a small red flag planted in front of the car, with a white star on it, which was Chen Zikun's brigadier general star.

Although he was the first time to be a general in the American army, he knew the rules very well, and he didn't dare to use the bus and driver, so he paid out of his own pocket and bought an old Ford car with an American Express traveler's check, changed into civilian clothes and prepared to go.

The road between Washington and New York is unimpeded, the highway is straight and open, the scenery along the way is beautiful, the factory community is dense, showing the prosperity of the eastern United States, when passing through Baltimore and Philadelphia, Chen Zikun got off the car to visit, thinking of his poor and backward motherland in the war, I can't help but sigh with emotion, when will my country be as rich and strong as the United States.

After looking at Philadelphia and continuing on the road, Jimmy kept looking in the rearview mirror and said, "Sir, there's a car following us all the time." ”

Chen Zikun looked back, and sure enough, he saw a black sedan following behind, so he said: "Maybe it's the same road, Washington to New York, many people are walking this road." But he was secretly vigilant in his heart.

When he arrived in New York, it was already evening, Chen Zikun was anxious to see his daughter, and went directly to Yan'er's boarding high school, but was blocked, and the old lady who guarded the door looked at the Asian with vigilant eyes, saying that even parents could not enter the school, and students could return home on weekends, so they could naturally meet each other.

Chen Zikun was about to explain, Jimmy stepped forward and said that this is our general, who is far away in Asia fighting for peace and freedom, and has countless Japanese devils, just returned to China to have lunch with President Roosevelt, and drove over to see his daughter without rinsing his mouth, and he hasn't seen his daughter in five years as a father, so will you wait until the weekend to see you?

The old lady was speechless, but she still insisted that she was not allowed to enter the school, but she picked up the phone and notified the dormitory and asked Chen Yan to go downstairs.

After a while, Yan'er and an American girl walked to the school gate, and saw clearly that it was her father who had not been seen for a long time standing outside the iron fence gate.

With Yan'er is Catherine's daughter Elizabeth, who looks quite like Catherine when she was young, the two girls have a very good relationship, like sisters, and heard that there are guests looking for Yan'er, so they accompany her down.

When the father and daughter reunited in a foreign country, they naturally had countless things to say, and before Chen Zikun could speak, the old lady said: "Remember to come back before half past nine." ”

"Thank you, Headmaster." Yan'er couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"She's your headmaster?" Chan was stunned.

"Yes, Ms. Margaret is the principal of our boarding school."

"Thank you, ma'am." Chen Zikun gave a military salute.

"You're welcome, General, I wish you to kill a few more Japanese monkeys."

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Chen Zikun found a café to sit with his daughter, and was talking, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the black car parked on the corner of the street, and the people in the car were holding a telephoto camera to shoot at this side.

"Jimmy, you're with them." Chen Zikun went out quickly, and the car reacted quickly, stepped on the accelerator and ran.

Back at the café, Yan'er asked her father what was wrong, and Chen Zikun pretended to be okay and said, "I saw an acquaintance passing by, but I didn't catch up." ”

The time passed quickly, and at 9:10 a.m., Chan sent his daughter and Elizabeth back to school, driving around the streets of New York City, looking in the rearview mirror from time to time, and the car was still behind.

Mr. Chan got out of the car and made a phone call, continued driving, and stopped when he reached a secluded road in Brooklyn, stopping the car a few hundred meters away.

Suddenly, countless car lights turned on, and blinding pillars of light shone on the staring vehicles, and uniformed New York police officers shouted with revolvers: "Get out of the car slowly, put your hands on the top of your head." ”

The police came to the car and searched for a pistol and a camera from two white men in their thirties, both wearing trench coats and top hats, but they did not have any identification documents.

These policemen were arranged by the Pacino family, Chen Bei's godfather Mario has grown into a big fat man, his shirt can't be buttoned, he stepped forward with a big belly and hugged Chen Zikun, and after a pleasantry, he said: "Leave these two boys to me, keep them and let them tell the truth." ”

When the two men saw the mafia appear, they were shocked and asked the police to talk to someone from the FBI.

The police in the Brooklyn area were all fed by the Pacino family, so the local police didn't buy the FBI's account, and they slammed it with rubber batons, and the two guys were honest and shouted, "Don't fight, we're OSS people." ”

Everyone was puzzled, they had never heard of the OSS unit, and continued to beat it up.

Chen Zikun thought of the group that had searched his room in the hotel, stopped the police, questioned carefully, and the two confessed that OSS was the US Strategic Intelligence Agency, and was specially ordered by his boss to protect Chen Zikun.

"Protection? Do you have to search my room, and even my daughter has to be photographed? "Chen Zikun punched him, and one guy lost three teeth.

"General, we have no ill intentions, this is just a routine investigation, even if Churchill goes to the United States, we have to do the same."

This is true, even allies have their own secrets, and a unit like the Strategic Intelligence Bureau is probably specialized in not being able to see the light of day. The two unlucky children were only acting on orders, and Chen Zikun didn't want to embarrass them, so he instructed Mario to hand them over to the FBI.

A crisis was resolved, Chen Zikun was much more relaxed, and stayed at Percino's house that night, the old man Anthony was over 70 years old, in good spirits, wearing a nightgown to receive Chen Zikun, drinking and talking, and talking all night without mentioning it.

The old man told Chan that his five grandchildren had joined the army, and that there were members of the Percino family in the navy, army and marines, and he was quite proud: "This country has given us a lot, and we have to repay this country." ”

Chen Zikun sighed with emotion, although China has said that the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband since ancient times, but the war is all about catching strong men, and people with a little way do everything possible to avoid being a soldier, or simply make a fortune in the country, what is this for?

Old Anthony's words are very reasonable, this country has given us a lot, and our Republic of China government, what has it given to the people? Take those Henan refugees as an example, the spokesmen of the country, the government and the army have nothing but endless oppression.