Churchill planted a big fight, the election results showed that the Conservative Party's sudden adjustment of foreign policy was a huge mistake, British voters who did not want to pay high military spending, feared Soviet nuclear weapons, abandoned the fat man who led them to victory, Churchill's Conservative Party suffered a waterloo in the election, lost a mess, won only 101 seats, which is nearly half of the 197 seats in history, and the Labour Party won a comprehensive victory, almost to let the Conservative Party get out. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"To be ungrateful to their great men is the mark of a great nation." Churchill, who walked out of 10 Downing Street gloomily, could only console himself with such self-deceptive words. But the fat man was not lacking in confidence in the future, and when he summoned Learman for the last time at 10 Downing Street, he said: "Ma'am, in five years we will be working together in this office again, the Labour Party will not last long, let's wait and see!" ”

Yes, Attlee was weaker than Churchill in all respects, and his unilateral policy of conservative contraction was a dead end in Churchill's view. In the words of the old smoker: "This is the new policy of appeasement towards the Soviet Union." The last time we used it against the Nazis we suffered an unprecedented fiasco, and this time it was used against the Bolsheviks, it was still a fiasco. ”

Churchill left No. 10 Downing Street a little depressed, I have to say that this is a little embarrassing, after going to the field, he is ready to write a memoir of World War II, on the other hand, he is also going to go to the United States, he is ready to visit his old friend Roosevelt, Roosevelt's life as president is not too satisfactory, and his relationship with his wife is more tense, it is difficult to get care after being completely paralyzed.

One can imagine how embarrassing it was when Churchill and Roosevelt met, just a few months ago they were two of the world's top three, but after a few months they were in the past. Politics has always been about red and white, and those who lose power will not gain sympathy and attention.

"Old friend, what do you think about the future situation?" Churchill asked Roosevelt in bed with his trademark big cigar in his mouth.

The old president's face is not bad today, the arrival of an old friend has dispelled his loneliness, and he can finally have someone to talk to.

"The situation is not optimistic, and the Soviet Union will present great challenges. For the time being, it will be difficult to curb the expansion of the Red Empire! Roosevelt's mind was still very sharp and clear, and he said without worry: "And our successors now seem to be incompetent, and Attlee is a little naïve, who prefers to please the electorate than to do the facts." Truman's lack of prestige made it difficult to keep the unruly military and old politicians at bay. ”

When it comes to Truman, the old president seems irritable, because the post-war American national policy seems inexplicable, sometimes tough and sometimes weak, always swaying from side to side. The veteran politicians and generals put too much pressure on Truman. In particular, the Republican-controlled Congress made it difficult for Truman to really do anything. To make matters worse, the Soviet Union, the main adversary of the United States, had a much smoother transfer of power, and the departure of Trotsky did not cause any turmoil in power, and the triumvirate led by Li Xiaofeng, Sverdlov, and Ruzutak quickly took over state power, and the Soviet Union moved steadily at the set pace.

In Roosevelt's view, on the one hand, Britain and the United States were "struggling", and on the other hand, the Soviet Union was "striding forward", which meant that the gap between the Soviet Union and Britain and the United States would continue to decrease rapidly in the next four to five years, which meant that the challenges ahead were very great.

Anyway, Roosevelt was quite worried, and the arrival of Churchill exacerbated his worries, he used to think that even if Truman was not very powerful, there was still a Churchill who could take the helm at a critical moment to control the free people. The Overworld's Steering Wheel. And now Churchill has unexpectedly fallen, that is to say, the freedmen. The Overworld is now controlled by a bunch of clowns, and the future is dark!

"Soviet ambitions will destroy them," Churchill could only comfort his old friend, "and now people can't see the true face of the Soviet Union, just like Hitler in the thirties, who can confuse the world." But once they show their hideous fangs, they will be ruthlessly abandoned. Let's let the Russians be proud for a while, the fruits of victory are not so easy to digest, and once they are indigestible, it will be our chance. ”

Roosevelt nodded slowly, although he knew that this was just an old friend's comfort to him, but it was not impossible for Churchill to say that this situation could happen, and if the United States and Britain were smart enough, they could have accelerated the process.

However, it is still a bit early to talk about this, and there is no point in it, even if the two "old ghosts" who are not on the stage have made a good plan, how many people can listen to them, and Churchill's Iron Curtain speech in the United States before will be applauded and denounced by the news media as "warmongers". So Roosevelt decided to change the subject: "What are you going to do in Palestine?" ”

Churchill sighed: "Attlee is ready to back down, now public opinion and public opinion are very unfavorable to us, and the people are generally demanding the withdrawal of troops. Attlee was ready to succumb to this pressure, and he was ready to withdraw his troops from Palestine and give the Arabs military aid only. ”

As a long-time dealer with the Soviet Union, Roosevelt shook his head and said, "That's not enough!" ”

"Who's to say it isn't!" Churchill also sighed, "Our concessions will only make the Soviet Union even worse, and before they only dared to give military aid to the Jews under the guise of humanitarianism, now they will not hesitate to intervene directly...... And the Arabs, who were unreliable and extremely naïve militarily and politically, even agreed to a temporary truce. It is conceivable that after this breath, the Jews will beat them to the point of urine! ”

Speaking of this, Churchill couldn't help but sigh again. It wasn't the Arabs who made him feel stupid the most, and it was understandable that the turtles were stupid, because they lacked political experience, and it was too normal to be deceived. Didn't the British Empire deceive them for more than 20 years? It was Attlee who really drove Churchill crazy, a fool who believed in the so-called armistice, saying that the British government would strictly abide by the armistice and promised that no one would be allowed to break the peace. Isn't that stupid home?

Churchill could well have imagined that East Prussia and the Soviet Union would unload ships of munitions from the docks in Haifa and send tens of thousands of East Prussian Wehrmacht troops to Palestine during the precious armistice. After the armistice expires, what awaits the Arabs is not peace but a steel lion armed to the teeth, and it is the Arabs who will be beaten up at that time.

Roosevelt sighed when he heard this, he was no stranger to such a routine, this kind of operation was a pediatric trick in the political arena, and now what makes people speechless is that the British, who know it well, have been fooled. In the previous hundred years, this was almost unthinkable. Is this the so-called extreme of things must be opposed?

Just when Roosevelt was a little deserted, Churchill sighed again: "Don't talk about this annoying topic, is your operation in China still going well?" That Chairman Chiang was much more clever than the Arabs, and he didn't have the trickery of the Bolsheviks, right? ”

This time it was Roosevelt's turn to sigh, he blinked and said helplessly: "He is indeed much more clever than the Arabs, but the bad thing is that these clever people only belong to the category of cleverness, and the support of the Kuomintang in China is quite bad, and he is unwilling to really fight corruption, and he has lost serious points on the land issue, and the only force he can rely on is facing the demolition of internal separatist forces, in short, it is a mess!" ”

In fact, Roosevelt has not said anything worse, that is, Truman's hesitation, in all fairness, if the United States is willing to support the Kuomintang at any cost, then Lao Chiang will become very difficult to entangle. And the bad thing is that Truman had a very bad impression of Chiang and always thought that he was not a citizen. The friend of the Overworld is just a dictator who lies and has a swarm of locust-like followers under his wing. In Truman's eyes, the T Communist Party was an ideological enemy, while Chiang was a people. Enemies of the Lord. It's all enemies anyway. And this also determines that it is difficult for him to support Jiang in an all-round way. Truman was very reluctant for American voters to think that he was the same as the scum of Chiang, so he had to draw a moral line with Chiang.

As a result, the US policy toward China has always been in a state of vacillation. Proceeding from the doctrine of industry, it is necessary to crack down on the T Communist Party, and on the other hand, because of the poor political image of the Kuomintang and Chiang, it is necessary to cut off from them. The consequence of this is that the United States is struggling with the China issue.

"I heard that the Scraping Democratic Party and the T Communist Party are also engaged in peace talks?" Churchill asked again.

Roosevelt sighed again: "It's just a show, I know that Chairman Chiang very well, and it is impossible for him to coexist peacefully with T and establish any kind of coalition government." He is now being oppressed by us and the public opinion and has to pretend, and the preparations have not been completed, so he has endured it for the time being. Once his army was in place, a civil war in China would break out immediately. ”

Churchill nodded thoughtfully and asked, "If Chiang provokes a civil war, will the U.S. government still be on his side?" ”

Roosevelt laughed: "Nominally we will pursue the same policy as the current Soviet Union in Palestine, calling for peace and sanctioning those who provoke war." But in fact, in order to prevent altogether. As industryism continues to spread in the East, we will covertly support the Kuomintang as pawns against Soviet expansion. ”

Churchill nodded, as if relieved. But immediately Roosevelt's words made him feel cold: "But, to tell you the truth, even with our support, I am not very optimistic about Chairman Chiang......"

Churchill couldn't believe it, because he was still quite optimistic about Chairman Chiang before, and in his opinion, the old fox didn't do anything to fight the Japanese in order to suppress the Communists, and it was impossible for him to play tricks when suppressing the Communists, right?

"It's not a matter of attitude," Roosevelt smiled bitterly, "it's a matter of ability, his trick of preserving strength seems to preserve strength, but it seems to me that he is waiting for the T to become stronger." In the course of the war against Japan, the T Communist Party not only expanded its army but also accumulated rich combat experience through active actions, and more importantly, it greatly won the support of the Chinese people. On the contrary, I am afraid that most of Chairman Chiang's army is fancy, and when the few elites trained by us are consumed, the results that await him may not be optimistic! ”

Churchill didn't expect Roosevelt to be so pessimistic, and he couldn't help but be even more nervous, although China's modern history is an out-and-out tragedy, the potential of this country is quite amazing, and once it erupts, it will be earth-shattering. And once the Scrape People's Party loses Huaxia and puts the T Communist Party in power, it will be for the Free People. The Overworld will be no less catastrophic than the October Revolution in the Soviet Union.

"Is that really that unsatisfactory?" Churchill asked.

Roosevelt sighed and replied, "You know that before the war was about to end, my country sent a military observation mission to Yan'an. After a long period of investigation, the investigation team concluded that no matter the organizational structure, the people. The degree of dominance, morale, influence and mobilization ability, the T Communist Party is far stronger than the Scraping People's Party, and compared with the T Communists, the Scraping Democratic Party is a rotting political zombie. The Mission even advised us not to waste our efforts on the side of the Kuomintang, and that the T Communist Party was a worthy target. ”

Speaking of this, Roosevelt couldn't help but sigh again: "I admire the Russians in this regard, and they found a real worthy partner from the beginning." Before the Mission's report came out, I thought it was just because I belonged to the same party. The protist party, the Soviet Union valued the T Communist Party. Obviously, this conclusion is wrong......"

Churchill listened very carefully, and if it weren't for the circumstances, he would have even taken out a small notebook and wrote down what Roosevelt said one by one, these are precious treasures! Although he is no longer the prime minister, and Britain is not capable of interfering in Chinese affairs for the time being, who can guarantee that the day when Britain does not deal with T, it does not hurt to know a little more about potential opponents. What's more, Roosevelt still admired this opponent very much, so it was even more necessary to pay attention.

Late that night, Churchill wrote a letter to the Conservative Shadow Foreign Secretary, reminding him to pay attention to China, especially the situation of the T Communist Party, in the words of the old smoker: "This is very important!" ”

But first of all, I want to interject here, there may be many comrades who don't know what the hell is the so-called shadow foreign secretary, is it the shadow of the foreign secretary? Is it an assistant to the Foreign Secretary? Or is it the one behind the manipulation of the Foreign Secretary?

Oh, not really. Britain has a peculiar political tradition, and the Shadow Chancellor is one of them. In fact, there is not only a shadow foreign secretary, but in fact all the existing ministers (ministers) in the British cabinet have corresponding "shadows". Of course, this shadow does not mean a spare tire. The shadow minister does not belong to the ruling party, and it is impossible for the minister of the ruling party to hide as a shadow, right? The so-called shadow ministers belong to the opposition party, and for example, the Conservative Party, to which Churchill belongs, is now an opposition party, and they do not have the power to govern, so naturally they cannot talk about forming a cabinet. But even if it is an opposition party, the Conservative Party is ambitious, and the next general election may turn over?

Naturally, in order to turn over and form a cabinet in the future, it is also necessary to cultivate the second echelon when they are in opposition, and the so-called shadow ministers are actually the second echelon cultivated in the party in the form of the opposition party's imitation cabinet. To put it mildly, this is the trick of the opposition parties, and the shadow minister is not a real minister, and he can barely be regarded as a spare tire.

Of course, being a shadow minister doesn't mean that it's okay to pretend, you still have to understand the relevant affairs. Although the shadow foreign secretary cannot really engage in diplomacy, it is inevitable that he will care about relevant foreign affairs. Churchill's mention of the shadow minister was also to prepare for the future.

So what is the current situation in China? The eve of the storm, the last darkness before dawn, or the rain of the mountains. When Trotsky arrived in Yan'an for talks with the top brass of the T Communist Party, he basically made a clear judgment that civil war was imminent. Trotsky was not surprised by this, and one of the purposes of his visit was to remind the T to be vigilant, which at the present seemed to be completely superfluous. For the leadership of the T Communist Party who came from the 412 Middle School, they have already learned a lot of Jiang's tricks, and they still want to take the initiative by means of a surprise attack, which is completely a fool's dream.

For Trotsky, therefore, the next visit to Yan'an would be pleasant, and he could devote more energy to exchanges with the leaders of the T Communist Party, not only on philosophical questions, on the questions of the world revolution, on military issues, but in general, on everything. This kind of open and honest communication has benefited both sides a lot, most importantly to enhance friendship.

Years later, Trotsky recalled: "The visit to Yan'an, a small and barren city in the north-west of China, was economically underdeveloped, but ideally rich. I came into contact with a group of high-quality, highly motivated revolutionary comrades who were proficient in Marxist theory, full of enthusiasm and extremely strong-willed. For many days we talked about everything, they were able to face difficulties head-on and more humbly accept criticism and advice, and they were much better than some of our old revolutionaries in everything but not speaking Russian...... The exchange with Comrade Mao was even more beneficial, although I was surprised by his roughness when I first met this comrade, but soon I forgot about these superficial things, he was very proficient in philosophy and was always able to get to the point, his language was never boring, and he was full of charisma compared to our old revolutionaries who could only read from the script...... If there is any regret about the trip to Yan'an, it is that the time is too short, we have too many topics to talk about, and because of my mission, I have to go to Nanjing. ”

So what was Trotsky's impression of Nanjing? In his memoirs, he wrote: "Nanking is uninteresting, the city is empty and boring, developed without capitalism but full of the rancid stench of capitalism. Comrade Chuikov told me that they did lack sleep, and that a considerable number of the key members of the Scraping Party were mainly focused on making money and having fun, and they were busy dividing up the property left by the Japanese and traitors, reselling American supplies, and preparing for the civil war. Jiang's first impression was not very good, his thin cheeks and bald head gave me a gloomy feeling, I felt that he lacked sincerity, his flickering eyes meant that he was playing with conspiracy, he always wanted to perfunctory me, trying to pretend in front of me that he was not ready to fight a civil war. ”

"It's a terrible feeling, not only him, but other dignitaries of the Democratic Party have similar expressions, hypocrisy and falsehood, always trying to deceive us. Of course, it was more of their chatter and protest, they hoped that the Soviet Union would stop supporting the T Communist Party, and demanded that the Soviet Union respect that the People's Government was the only legitimate government in China. And when I said privately that I hoped they would also reject American weapons, they would immediately deny it and even be furious. ”

In Trotsky's words, some of the key members of the Scraping People's Party were not able to communicate at all. Of course, Trotsky also saw the confidence of the Scraping Democracy, and he wrote in his memoirs: "The Scraping Democracy Party thought that I really did not know how much military aid the United States had given them, and always tried to keep it to a parity, but on the other hand they were happy to show their muscles in front of me, to show the planes, artillery, and tanks they had obtained from the United States, probably thinking that this would intimidate the Soviet Union and force the Soviet Union to change its support for the T Communist Party." Truth be told, it's really ridiculous. ”

Trotsky made in-depth visits to Nanjing, Wuhan, Chongqing, and Canton, carefully examined the conditions of China in these four cities, and when he returned to China, he admitted: "The revolutionary tactics of the T Communist Party are correct, and in a backward agrarian country this is the only feasible strategy." ”

After returning to Moscow, Trotsky went to power. He said: "The Kuomintang is a strong foreign party in the middle, and the 30-year war has made the Chinese people yearn for peace, and those who wantonly provoke a civil war cannot be supported. The KMT's economy is in jeopardy, the presence of bureaucratic capital and huge military spending have already made the district miserable, and if effective changes are not made, collapse is imminent. The Scraping People's Party army is uneven, with elite troops equipped with American equipment, but more often than not, beggar-like troops covered in patches and without even shoes. The KMT is too blindly optimistic about the future civil war, believing that with the support of the United States, the T Communist Party can be eliminated quickly, so the military preparations are rough and large, and if the progress does not go well, a series of contradictions will be detonated. According to my observations, if the necessary support is given to the T Communist Party, the elimination of the Kuomintang and the victory of the Chinese revolution are just around the corner. This will completely change the fundamental situation of the revolutionary struggle of the proletariat in our country and in the world......" (To be continued. )