Chapter 19: Barton's Assertion
"Mr. Barton, this doesn't match your proud character." Lin Huiyin showed a lovely smile.
"Whatever you say, I'm just going with you, I speak too much Chinese, I've seen your chairman, I just said a few words, you didn't see his face, it's like eating a box of mustard." Barton quipped.
"You really know how to laugh, you have met the chairman, then you must have been to Chengdu, I don't know if you have gained anything from this trip." Lin Huiyin asked curiously.
Speaking of Chengdu, Patton's face was very interested, "To be honest, this trip was supposed to be for that Stilwell guy, but my General Liu Yuan's record is too dazzling, so I asked the president to give me that opportunity, and I have gained a lot from coming to China this time."
"Personally, I think Chengdu is the most vibrant city in China, full of dreamy colors, where there are unattainable buildings, and there are also the most classical buildings in China. Do you know the truth? This is a city that completely combines East and West, walking around Chengdu, I feel like a young vigorous and powerful heart, every time he beats, it will bring fresh blood to your country, there is a saying in the West, there are two holy places in China, one is Yan'an, he is responsible for washing people's hearts, and the other holy place is Chengdu, he is responsible for hematopoiesis. After going to Chengdu, I learned that it was a very unwise choice for Japan to go to war with you, and that a trip to Chengdu would affect the relationship between China and the United States, and we would get to know our partner anew. "Patton was a pure military man, and he didn't have so much ego in his heart.
Compared to Stilwell, he didn't have as much desire to express himself, and he wouldn't have come to this ancient country if it weren't for the sake of meeting his favorite Eastern general.
Xu Zhimo didn't like this situation very much, so he said, "Sir, you may not have made careful observations, Chengdu's various management systems are very strict, you haven't lived there, you don't know the way, everyone who lives there is like a puppet, and there is no freedom of your own at all." ”
Xu Zhimo is still the son of the Xu family, and he doesn't have the freedom he wants when he goes to the southwest, but his favorite person doesn't like him, which makes him very dislike Liu Yuan.
It seems to feel that the lala la is breaking frequently,.
Soldiers are naturally sensitive, and Barton obviously sensed Xu Zhimo's dissatisfaction with Chengdu, and after looking at the Oriental girl who seemed to be a little annoyed, Barton roughly understood the reason for the contradiction.
"There is no absolute freedom in this world, everyone is under the operation of the rules, enjoy their own freedom, for your various rules, I am not very good to evaluate, but you can go and ask this little girl's teacher I think he has a very good answer there." Although Patton is a soldier, he is very skilled in the use of foreign vocabulary. Every sentence basically does not indicate one's own attitude.
"Mr. Patton, you are a qualified diplomat." Xu Zhimo looked at Barton dissatisfied.
"Ha Luha, if you receive more than a month of training from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, you will be like this." Barton's whisper finally betrays his straightforward nature.
"I have a hunch that a million-level battle will begin in this beautiful place. I don't know how the people here will survive. Photographer Simon has carefully saved all the photos he has taken.
"Dear Simon, this doesn't need your hunch at all, if I were the commander of Japan, I would be flanking along both sides of the Jingpu Road, and then." After saying that, Barton suddenly felt as if he had said something he shouldn't have said.
However, no one noticed Patton's expression, and Simon continued, "Then why do the Japanese have to rest for so long?" You must know that some time ago, in the area of Xuzhou, there were not many troops with combat effectiveness. Simon asked Barton curiously.
"According to the information provided by the Union Investigation Bureau, the Japanese suffered very heavy losses in Songhu and Nanjing, especially on the Nanjing battlefield where they underestimated the enemy, and their losses were extremely heavy, so they continued to rest. On the other hand, there was a contradiction among the Japanese, and a considerable part of them thought that it was necessary to digest the gains they had already possessed and not to expand the war, but a considerable part of them did not think so, so the Japanese were engaged in internal suffrage for a long time. Barton explained to Simon.
"General Patton. You're not afraid that the FBI will get you in trouble and you're here to leak information that they've worked so hard to get. Lin Huiyin quipped to Barton.
"No, beautiful Oriental girl, as far as I know, your Chinese secret pile and military intelligence bureau are the world's first-class intelligence agencies, and it is impossible for you not to know the way." Barton said with a pout.
"I'm afraid that a gradually recovering China will make the Japanese feel fearful, so some people don't want to continue fighting." Simon analyzed.
"Simon, you are wrong, it is those Japanese who see clearly that the Chinese are recovering and desperately hope that the war will continue, they cannot give China a chance to recover, China is too large, once they recover, Japan will have no chance to conquer them, in fact, this is still a very risky move, because their probability of success is very small." Barton said confidently.
"And what if Japan stops the war with China?" Xu Zhimo felt that the close body heard many things in this American that he couldn't hear at all in the past, it turned out that in the eyes of foreigners, Chengdu was already a very good place, and it turned out that Liu Yuan was so respected abroad.
"Of course, if the Japanese are sensible, they really should stop aggression for the time being, because strategically they have fallen into passivity, and China has a group of great strategic masters." Barton said calmly.
"Then does China have any hope of an armistice with Japan?" Xu Zhimo asked with concern, in fact, he didn't want the damn war to continue.
"No, because China has a group of strategic masters, Mao needs war to redevelop his strength, Chiang Kai-shek takes the opportunity to use the strength of the whole country, the strength of external forces to digest the strength of his own opponents internally, and the southwest needs war to find opportunities to develop himself in war. Moreover, Liu Yuan is a very heavy ethnic group, and I think that even if the Japanese cease the war, he will not agree. Once the war began, it would not stop, and the war was no longer a matter for Japan alone. Barton found out that it was too late to be tricked, and his professional habits had already allowed him to speak a lot of his mind.
"You two are really cunning." Barton smiled and said to Lin Huiyin and Xu Zhimo.
"But don't be complacent, this time fighting in the northern plains, for the Japanese that is their advantage, this time the battle is definitely not as simple as Songhu and Nanjing." Barton hoped that he could wake up Liu Yuan through the two young men in front of him.
"What if they lose this war?" Simon said puzzled as he looked at Barton, whose tone suddenly changed.
"If the war is lost, General Li Zongren will have to take responsibility for Liu Yuan, Japan will open a lifeline, and the Nationalist Government will lose the courage to resist, and even surrender to the Japanese. In my opinion, this is very likely. Barton continued.
"Mr. Patton, this time I think you are wrong. My teacher will not lose to the Japanese, and this Xuzhou will definitely become a place of failure for the Japanese. Lin Huiyin said confidently looking in the direction of the headquarters.