Five hundred tons of bristles were sold for the price of glass stockings. However, for the United States, which is rich and at war time, it is not even a dime, the Pacino family has made a lot of money, and the senior officers of the army and navy from Honolulu to Washington also have thick tickets in their purses, and Chen Zikun has a huge amount of money, and the shipyard has a new brush, which will not delay the construction period, in short, everyone is happy.

Stilwell trained 100,000 fully American-equipped elite soldiers in Ramgarh, India, as the Chinese Garrison in India, codenamed Unit X, rearmed the Chinese Expeditionary Force with 30 divisions in Kunming, codenamed Unit Y, for counterattacking Burma, and trained troops armed with 50 divisions in other parts of China to counterattack the Japanese army, codenamed Unit Z.

On January 11, 1943, China, the United States, China and Britain re-signed a new treaty, the unequal treaties of the past 100 years were officially terminated, the extraterritoriality, concessions, inland waterway shipping rights, the right of warships to sail into territorial waters, and the right to garrison the embassy in Beiping were abolished one by one, and the concessions in Shanghai, Tianjin and other places were officially returned to China.

Since then, the foreigners in the concession have been in charge, the foreign soldiers in Beiping have gathered, and the scene of foreign warships anchoring on the Huangpu River will become history, although these have disappeared because of the Japanese invasion, but legally speaking, they still exist, and it is the diplomatic efforts of Song Ziwen, Xiong Shihui, Chen Zikun and others that have made China an equal country like the great powers.

For a time, the whole country of China was jubilant, and the portrait of Chairman Chiang and the portrait of Roosevelt Churchills and Stalin were hung in various public places, as if China had become one of the four great powers.

Under the mediation of Chan, U.S. Senator John Brown. Stanley advocated that the restriction on Chinese immigration, the notorious Chinese exclusion case, be abolished, and that Chinese people should be allowed to enter the country and become naturalized. President Roosevelt said that the Chinese exclusion bill was a historical mistake, and that the abolition of the Chinese exclusion bill would not only prove that the United States regarded China as an ally in wartime but also as a partner in peacetime.

After the signing of the New Treaty, Chen Zikun suddenly received an order to follow President Roosevelt abroad as a Chinese observer and arrived in Casablanca, Morocco, North Africa, to hold a military conference on the deployment of the European theater.

Now that the world is in war, which can be called World War II, the center of the war is still in Europe, and the conference decided that the attack on Sicily in 1943 and the landing in France in 1944 will not be discussed, but the heads of state feel that they need a Chinese to join in the fun, and Chen Zikun is the most suitable candidate.

During this period, it was the most leisurely years of Chen Zikun during the entire war, vacationing and resting in Casablanca, looking at the blue sea and blue sky and the unique white roofs of North Africa every day, it really felt like being in another world.

After the meeting, Chen Zikun returned to the United States and welcomed China's first lady, Soong Meiling.

Soong Meiling made a special trip to the United States for a visit, and her main task was to win more and more US aid, and her heartfelt and deeply touching speech to Congress won the hearts of the entire American people, and her short 20-minute speech was interrupted several times by applause, and it was a great success.

Mrs. has lived in the United States since childhood, speaks English more fluently than Chinese, coupled with noble temperament and extraordinary communication skills, suddenly became the darling of American society, as the chief liaison officer in the United States, Chen Zikun naturally shouldered the heavy responsibility of protecting the first lady. When the Americans learned that the obscene bald head in the portrait was the husband of the first lady, they all sighed, as if they felt that a flower was inserted in cow dung.

In the spring of 1943, Chen Zikun finally left the United States, and at this time, Yan'er had been admitted to Harvard Medical School as she wished, and she was still a classmate of Elizabeth.

The plane flew over the Atlantic Ocean and Africa, first arrived in Ramgarh, India, the training of the Indian army is still in full swing, every day a battalion of recruits is transported from the country, after landing, they are ordered to strip off the military uniform and burn it together with the lice inside, the recruits' hair is shaved, thrown into the big bathhouse to wash off the dirt, and then the physical examination, vaccination, qualified soldiers put a blue stamp on their arms, and those who do not meet the standards are sent back to China.

Chen Zikun met with Stilwell and the generals of the army stationed in India, and conveyed to them the spirit of the Casablanca Conference, that is, to open up a second battlefield in Europe first, the Chinese theater can only be rear, everyone can't help but sigh, raising troops for a thousand days for a while, eating and drinking all day long, the morale of the army stationed in India is sky-high, and they have long wanted to go to the battlefield, for China, it is particularly important to open up the Yunnan-Burma channel, relying on the air transport of the Hump route alone is a drop in the bucket for the vast number of Chinese battlefields, and they can only barely hang their lives, and the war lasts for a month longer. More people will die and more materials will be consumed, and the Chinese will naturally not be happy.

This is the decision of the Supreme Commanders of the Allied Forces, no matter how dissatisfied they are, they have to endure it, Chen Zikun and Stilwell secretly discussed how to better distribute the limited Lend-Lease materials in order to play a higher role and attack Japan.

Stilwell said: "Chen, there is an old saying in China, good steel should be used on the blade, the United States weapons and ammunition only help the army willing to fight, the peanut army is vulnerable to attack, no initiative, I plan to use your Jiangbei lineage as a pilot, consider arming a half-American local army, directly threaten the rear of the Japanese army." ”

Chen Zikun naturally readily agreed.

After returning to Chongqing, Chen Zikun found himself on a trip to the United States, and his political value soared, and a large number of officials, professors, and generals who had not interacted much before came to visit him, and the things he talked about were nothing more than Sino-US relations and China's future.

Scholars are already considering the issue of constitutional government after defeating Japan, and the deepening ties between China and the United States will inevitably lead to subtle political influence, and it is not clear whether Chen Zikun, who has good relations with the United States, may be a political star in the future.

Of course, they also took into account the role of Chairman Chiang, but the general trend of the future may not be swayed by one or two people, and a group of people in the Department of Political Science faintly regard Chen Zikun as the spokesperson of their faction.

Many universities, social organizations, and government agencies also invited Chen Zikun to give a speech and report, and he became famous in Chongqing for a while.

Chen Zikun is a down-to-earth person, he knows his own catties, and quickly left Chongqing and flew to Jiangbei to avoid suspicion.

The Jiangbei Longwangmiao Field Airport was built by the Japanese, but now it has become an important advance airfield for the Allied forces in Jiangbei, the runway is laid with drilled steel plates, which can take off and land fighters and transport planes, and under the care of Lieutenant Colonel Chandes, a C47 transport plane arrives every week to send weapons, ammunition, food, and baggage.

Today's Jiangbei Anti-Japanese Salvation Army has been fully equipped with American-style equipment, from head to toe, a new one, M1 steel helmet, canvas jacket, army top, high leather boots, large eight semi-automatic Garand rifles are new rifles that the United States Marine Corps has not yet equipped, as well as a small and exquisite carbine with very low recoil that even women can shoot very accurately, and it is the new favorite of soldiers.

There were a few open-top jeeps parked on the side of the airport runway, Chen Qilin led the crowd to greet them, talking and laughing back to the headquarters, the yard was full of supplies, clothes and boots were everywhere, and there were fresh vegetables and spicy chicken, stewed beef, but there was no luncheon meat on the table.

"Wangcai of the headquarters shook his head when he saw the luncheon meat, not to mention that he was a human being, and he was tired of eating it early." Everyone said vividly.

As soon as Chen Zikun arrived, an invitation from the Eighth Route Army came, inviting him to give a speech at the base area, convey the spirit of Roosevelt, the leader of the Allied powers, and attend Zhao Ziming's wedding by the way.

Speech or something, Chen Zikun didn't care, but Zhao Ziming's eldest nephew's wedding was a must, he happily went, and the guards drove several jeeps and Dodge ten-wheeled trucks to escort him all the way.

When they arrived at the territory of the Eighth Route Army, the welcome ceremony was quite grand, and the Jiangdong Provincial Party Committee and the Jiangbei Special Committee all came, and Chen Zikun talked and laughed with them with ease.

High-level meetings, and the people below also interact. Chen Zikun's guards are all wearing American-style canvas lapel jackets, chewing gum in their mouths, carrying carbines, and a pair of American styles, while the guards and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army are still dressed with canvas bullet belts, 38 bayonet guns, and legging cloth shoes, which is simply an old nose.

Zhao Ziming came to the outside of the venue, saw the carbine's eyes lit up, borrowed one to play, it felt good, the weight was moderate, the bullet clip was fifteen bullets, and the semi-automatic firing was a button and a sound, I couldn't put it down.

"Man, I'll swap with you." Zhao Ziming took out his box gun and handed it over, the authentic German original Mauser gun, the tile blue and shiny, once upon a time, the heroes on the rivers and lakes were proud of a box gun.

But the times are changing, Chen Zikun's guards can't look down on the box cannon at all, and said with a smile: "That is, to see Company Commander Zhao's face to borrow you to play, I don't agree to change it if others take a look at it more, Company Commander Zhao is not embarrassed, this gun is an American product, it is worth a mile, and there is no place to mess with bullets if you change it, so it is better not to change it." ”

Zhao Ziming was furious: "If you don't change it, you won't change it, let's play it for a while." ”

The man said: "Okay, this shuttle bullet is all for you, play as you like." ”

Zhao Ziming went out of the village with a gun, and happened to meet Lao Zhang from the arsenal, and when he saw the carbine, he immediately stopped him: "Xiao Zhao, what are you taking, show me." ”

"It's an American-made carbine, it's quite ingenious, borrowed for juggling." Zhao Ziming said.

Lao Zhang couldn't walk anymore like a hungry wolf who saw meat, so he turned over and over again, and said eagerly: "Will I get a shot?" ”

"Whatever."

Lao Zhang picked up the carbine and fired a shot, the bullet hit a big tree thirty meters away, his shoulders didn't shake, Lao Zhang's tears suddenly welled up: "I have lived for so long, and I have countless guns in my hands, I have never seen such a good gun, this gun is too good." ”

Zhao Ziming said: "Then you can shoot two more shots, this is borrowed, and you have to pay it back later." ”

Lao Zhang said: "Wait, I'll take a caliper to measure the size of the gun, and let's try to copy it." ”

Zhao Ziming said excitedly: "That's a good daring." ”