Chapter 578: James Visits

The high-level military meeting of the German High Command was very successful, and in Chinese parlance, everyone unified their thinking and set the tone under the guidance of Führer Hitler. After setting the tone, the German top leaders regarded the matter of welcoming General Bai Chongxi, chief of the general staff of the Huayi Xia General Staff, as an important task.

But when it came time to determine the size of the reception, these old-fashioned Germans encountered another problem: according to Hitler's meaning, at least one field marshal should be sent to the airport to meet the plane. However, at the meeting, he was questioned by the air force generals headed by Goering, because Bai Chongxi, who came to visit, was only a general, and according to the principle of reciprocity, the German side only needed to send a general to meet him. But in the name of von. The generals of the German War Department headed by Marshal Brauchitsch said that the highest military rank in China was a special general, but now no one has obtained this rank since the original Chairman Chiang stepped down, and Bai Chongxi's first-class general already represents the highest military rank in China, so Germany should send at least one or more marshals to pick up the plane.

The two gangs of generals of the Air Force and the Army quarreled and finally kicked the ball to their boss Hitler. Field Marshal Brauchitsch greeted the distinguished guests on behalf of the German Government.

Just as the German government was arguing over what kind of specifications to use to meet, our senior officer of the Soviet Union was also busy with one thing, that is, what kind of landline should Bai Chongxi take to Germany. The straight-line distance between Huaxia and Germany is about 8,400 kilometers, but this is only a straight-line distance, and the actual distance is definitely more than that. Even the longest-flying B-24 had a range of only 5,152 kilometers, and Gao Zhihang reported this problem to his own boss, and under the personal "care" of our commander Su Da, the Air Force sent five B24 long-range bombers to the aircraft factory for emergency modification, and it took four days to temporarily convert the five B24 Liberator bombers into passenger planes, and then the plane's bomb magazine was changed into fuel tanks, and then the range was barely increased to more than 12,000 kilometers.

After finishing everything, under the personal send-off of Su Tong and Jiang Baili, Bai Chongxi took a visiting group of more than 100 people to board the plane, and at Nanjing Airport, five temporarily modified huge passenger planes flew off the runway in a neat formation and flew to the west.

Looking at the distant plane, Su Tong shook his head vigorously, and sighed in his heart. This world has changed a lot because of his arrival, and the biggest official he had ever seen in another time and space was just the village chief, and now he has become the president of the Republic of China in this time and space by mistake, and his life is more wonderful than Si, but can he really lead the 450 million people of China on the road to rejuvenation? History has forked here, where is the road to China's rejuvenation going?

"Jianming, Jianming" A voice sounded in Su Tong's ears, and Su Tong looked back and saw that it was Jiang Baili looking at him with some concern.

"Oh, I'm fine, I'm just a little tired." Su Tong, who noticed that he was distracted, blushed.

"Jianming, I see that you have been busy these days, and you haven't had a good rest for several days, you go back and sleep well first, and we will talk about something tomorrow morning." Jiang Baili, who had something to discuss with Su Tong, saw Su Tong's tired face, and thoughtfully urged him to go back to rest.

After returning to the presidential palace, Su Tong unexpectedly found that there were two guests at home who made him feel a little surprised, one was the US ambassador to China, James, and the other was Alice, a beautiful reporter from the Washington Post in New York who had not seen her for a few days.

"Jianming, (brother-in-law) you are here" Seeing her husband come back, the two sisters, the little nurse and the little girl, hurriedly greeted her.

"Hey, dear Ambassador James, Miss Alice, it's okay to see you for a long time? What is the wind that is blowing you today? After taking off his coat and handing it to the little nurse who greeted him, Su Tong smiled and shook hands with Ambassador James and Alice respectively.

Ambassador James shook hands with Su Tong with a professional smile on his face and said, "Mr. President, I hope you don't turn away these two uninvited guests. ”

"There, it's a great honor for you to come to my house as a guest, how could I turn away such an honorable guest as you" Su Tong's words were full of kindness in the blame, well, at least on the surface.

The sentence "hypocrisy" and its small and faint voice came from in front of Su Tong, it turned out to be Alice, a beautiful reporter who did not tolerate sand in her eyes, came from between her teeth, if it weren't for Su Tong's hearing was very different from ordinary people, she would almost not be able to hear it.

"Alice, long time no see, are you okay? Looks like you're a little thinner than the last time we met. Looking at Su Tong, a beautiful reporter who has not seen her for almost half a year and has become more sexy and mature, her expression can't be as calm as she is in the face of James.

Alice's beautiful face is still radiant, but Su Tong always thinks that there is a trace of exhaustion in her eyes. Facing Su Tong's greeting, Alice just said lightly: "Yes, I haven't seen you for a long time, but you are a little fatter, it seems that you have been doing very well these days." ”

"Uh" Alice's words were still so straightforward, and James on the side was a little anxious, so he could only smile awkwardly on the side.

"Alice, although I have gained a few pounds, you are still so beautiful, God is too partial to you." Su Tong, who knew Alice's character, didn't care at all, and patted it casually without hesitation.

"Hmph" Hearing Su Tong's words of praise, Alice, who was very useful in her heart, snorted lightly and stopped talking.

It is said that politicians are the most hypocritical group of people, although Su Tong has vaguely guessed the purpose of James and Alice's joint visit, but Su Tong still doesn't plan to say anything, just talking to James in the living room.

After being the ambassador to China for so many years, James of course knows the habits of the Chinese people, but he really doesn't have time to grind the machine with Su Tong, and today Bai Chongxi and his party have left Nanjing by plane to fly to Germany, and the news was written by the reporter shortly after the plane took off and sent to the newspaper, and James naturally got the news as soon as possible. James, who had a keen sense of smell, instinctively sensed that something was not right. At this time, Alice, Roosevelt's niece, who had a good relationship with President Huaxia, had just returned to Nanjing from an interview in Nanyang, and Ambassador James, who was afraid that she would run into a wall here with Su Tong, took her to the presidential palace to inquire about the news.

Finally waited for Su Tong to take a sip of tea from the teacup, and James hurriedly said: "Mr. President, I came here to tell you good news, just the day before yesterday, our Congress passed the bill submitted by President Roosevelt on the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act. In addition, on behalf of President Roosevelt and our government, I would like to apologize to the Chinese in the United States who were harmed by the Chinese Exclusion Act. At the same time, I personally express my regret and apologies. ”

"The bill to repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed the day before yesterday, and you just came to tell your buddy today." Su Tong secretly slandered in his heart, and naturally there was no good look on his face, and he said with a solemn expression: "Mr. James, although your country and China have different national conditions and social systems, but our desire to pursue democracy and freedom is the same, in the United States, which claims to be democratic and free, I and my government are very incomprehensible and indignant that such a discriminatory bill can be passed in Congress. For example, I was disappointed by the recent incident in New York against my country's watchman company, which was suppressed by unknown forces in your country, and this cannot but make me doubt the sincerity of your country."

Chief Su gave James an endless ideological and political lecture for half an hour, which almost stunned the American political elite, but James had to listen attentively to Chief Su's nonsense out of politeness. The little nurse and the little girl on the side covered their mouths and snickered from time to time.

Alice was stunned when she saw that the president who was usually imposing and decisive suddenly turned into a Peking Kanye. Finally, when Su Tong spoke dryly and picked up the teacup to drink tea, James quickly interjected: "Dear Mr. President, this time I apologize to your country on behalf of my government with great sincerity, and I have one more thing I want to ask you." ”

"Oh? Do you have something to ask me? Tell me anything. The dumb man who ate the rice balls and knew what to expect, Chief Su, said knowingly.

"That's right, I heard that General Bai Chongxi, chief of staff of your country, has flown to Europe for a friendly visit to Germany, is there any reason for this?" James asked cautiously.

In fact, James can't help but be careless, as an ambassador sent by a country, it is very impolite to rashly ask the president of this country about people's internal affairs, and Su Tong has enough reasons to ignore this issue.

Su Tong just talked about it for so long just now to see how patient the American ambassador was, and it was also a small revenge for the Americans' small actions against his company, and now seeing that James could endure it for so long before he said his true intention today, Su Tong finally couldn't help laughing