097 Drawing Room Talk

"Reporter Su Hui." Yang Yibing beckoned to her, but the range of this action was not large, after all, this was the chairman's chamber.

Su Hui had already seen Yang Yibing beckoning, she walked over and smiled, "General Yang, why are you here?" ”

"I have some official business to report. I heard that you went to the front line in Myanmar some time ago? I have read many of your great works in the newspaper, and they are very well written, especially one about the relationship between soldiers and priests on the ancient front. What Yang Yibing said was not polite, the members of the Reserve Cadre Department had to read the "Central Daily" every day, and in recent days, Su Huifa's manuscripts in the "China Daily" in the United States have often been reprinted by the "Central Daily", so naturally they have seen it.

"Thank you. General Yang is overrated. Su Hui continued: "However, there are too many touching deeds on the front line in Myanmar, and I can only choose a small part of them to publish. ”

"Then you're here to report on something?" Yang Yibing regretted a little after saying this, after all, it was taboo to ask around. Fortunately, Su Hui was also generous, she leaned over and whispered, "I'm here to see a father, not the supreme head of the country." Of course, if he's interested, it's not a bad idea to do an impromptu interview. ”

As she spoke, Su Hui introduced Mr. Capa to Yang Yibing, who had met him at the dinner party where Hemingway was welcomed, and the two shook hands.

"You said you came to see a father?" Yang Yibing was a little puzzled.

Su Hui explained that she and Mr. Capa were going to leave for the United States recently, because the Kappa reporter was about to return to the United States, and he was going to leave for the African battlefield.

When Huang Ke heard about it, he wanted her to bring her daughter Huang Ying in Washington some snacks made at home.

"Huang Ying has always liked the mung bean cakes and small oil cakes made by her mother, and Uncle Huang is usually reluctant to use public resources, so when he heard that I was going, he also knew that I was good friends with Huang Ying, so he let me take it."

Yang Yibing sighed with emotion after hearing this, and when the two were greeting, a hearty laugh came. Looking back, Huang Ke had already walked to the door, and he asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

Yang Yibing, Su Hui and Capa immediately got up to greet him, and Su Hui said, "We are Kuahuang Uncle Huang loves his daughter, and we also made snacks for me to bring over." ”

Huang Ke waved his hand, "Ying'er is a glutton, I'll let Madame make some, if you like it, I'll give you some back." ”

As he spoke, he brought a small carton and handed it to Su Hui, and then said a few more hard words. He waved his hand and motioned for the three of them to sit down. Su Hui knew that he and Yang Yibing must have official business to discuss, and it was inconvenient to stay here, so she got up and prepared to leave.

"No, you and Mr. Capa don't rush to leave. A commendation order has just been approved here, you can take it and take a look, and by the way, ask two more people to give us a moistening pen, and write a manuscript in the international media as a witness to send it out, which can be regarded as promoting the War of Resistance Against Japan. Huang Ke said, handing over the list of commendations that had just been set.

Su Hui translated the flowers, and Kappa said that there was no problem.

"It should." After Su Hui took it, she looked at it carefully, the names on it were very familiar, and she also knew many of the generals of the expeditionary force. However, in the column of rewarding the Battle of Ren'anqiang, the first commendation was not the regiment commander Liu Fangwu, but the lieutenant colonel and deputy regiment commander Lin Zhangyan.

Su Hui was a little puzzled, during the Battle of Ren'anqiang, she was besieged in Ren'anqiang. She clearly remembered that the small regiment commander Liu Fangwu led his troops to come to the rescue, how could there be such a deputy head Lin at this time?

Could it be to perform other tasks? She wanted to express the doubts in her heart, but considering that this was a high-level military secret, it seemed a little unreasonable to ask too much.

After thinking about it, she handed the commendation order back to Huang Ke and said, "I have to trouble Uncle Huang to lend me paper and pen again, when I came in just now, my notebook and pen were taken away by the security department." ”

"Oh, no need, this is a copy, you can use it well." Huang Ke picked up the teacup and took another sip, "Go back and tell Fourteen Tsai, the security of Xiao Su when he comes in doesn't have to be so strict, and you can still bring paper and pencils." ”

Yang Yibing nodded in response, and Su Hui smiled and said, Thank you, Uncle Huang.

Several people chatted about the situation on the front line in Burma, and Su Hui talked about some of her own experiences, and she also saw the soldiers fighting bravely and well.

"To be honest, the British are doing a terrible job this time, but there are also some international friends like Pastor Sean who are doing their best to provide all kinds of assistance to the expeditionary force and the local people in Burma."

Huang Ke nodded, "It's okay now, the British have retreated to India, and we have one less lag on the Burmese side." ”

Su Hui couldn't help but secretly sweat to herself, this Huang Ke spoke really straightforwardly, although this kind of thing is a fact that is obvious to all, but after all, he is the head of state, not to mention that in front of Kappa, saying such words will probably cause discord among allies.

She kindly reminded: "Uncle Huang, although what you said is true, but this is ......"

Huang Ke glanced at Kappa next to him, knowing that he couldn't understand Chinese, so he smiled and said, "Since it's the truth, why can't you say it?" Besides, Churchill's public remarks on China are not much better than my remarks, and he is always careful to offend this and that, but instead thinks you are weak and can be bullied. In this sense, a country is the same as a person. ”

Huang Ke did not shy away from talking about the next plan, and he also specially found a translator to translate for Mr. Kappa on the spot. He said that since the expeditionary force is called an expedition, it will certainly not be limited to Burma. After opening the Burma Highway, they would continue their march south to attack the Japanese-occupied islands of Thailand, Malaya, and Indonesia.

Kappa was a little puzzled, and he said bluntly and unceremoniously: "Mr. Chairman, what I don't understand is that the Japanese troops in China have not been expelled, so why should they use troops outside Burma after the Yunnan-Burma Highway is opened?" ”

The translator translated the words, and although he deliberately slowed down his tone a little, the aggressive words in it could still be felt.

Huang Ke did not get angry after hearing this, if all he heard around him was praise, then this person would inevitably be deceived, he smiled and said: "Mr. Kappa, I think that by the time we are ready to use troops outside Burma, all the Japanese troops in our country will have been driven into the sea. ”

"So, you have a plan for a larger battle?" Capa laughed.

Huang Ke nodded, "Yes, but I can't reveal it now." ”

At this, everyone laughed.

Huang Ke talked about the international situation again, and when he talked, he was not as rigid as other dignitaries, but asked the attendants to bring telecommunications and make tea, as if he was chatting in the living room of his own home.

He said that the post-war world pattern will naturally have to be redivided, and that China, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union will naturally be the only four remaining major powers, and that a new world order will naturally be built. "We hope that the Chinese can work together to build our motherland into a strong democracy like the United States."

After some conversation, Capa invited Huang Ke, saying that when they came from Africa, he hoped to do an interview with Huang Ke. "Mr. Chairman, as you must know, I'm not very good at dealing with dignitaries, and with all due respect, I don't think they have a word of truth in their mouths, and you make me feel different."

"God forbid, if I am lucky enough to be able to return alive from the African battlefield, I would like to interview you with Ms. Su Hui."

"You've come back from Africa, and I'm inviting you to dinner! Braised pork with red spicy seeds, and then with cold beer, race over the living immortals. Huang Ke added, "However, my personal interview is enough, if you want to interview anyone in the Chinese theater, we can make arrangements." ”

Capa and the others were amazed, this was a great opportunity to show the world.

Huang Ke further explained: "In any war, the most respectable are those ordinary officers and soldiers and ordinary people, so whether the war is won or not, the leader should not be praised. We Chinese say that 'one will achieve ten thousand bones', which is what it means. ”

As he spoke, Huang Ke also handed the commendation order to the translator and asked the translator to explain to him the reason for the grassroots soldiers who were commended above. Kappa noticed that among the number of commendations this time, the number of ordinary officers and soldiers awarded was more than ten times that of senior officers, and this was related to the composition ratio of officers and soldiers on the one hand, and on the other hand, it may be that Huang Ke said, tilting the rewards to the front line.

After the interpreter explained the list, he thought that the conversation was about to end, but Capa pointed to one of the photos and said, "Mr. Chairman, I don't understand why this lieutenant colonel's commendation is ranked in front of Regiment Commander Liu Fangwu. The translator just explained to me that it was he who commanded the Battle of Ringanqiang? ”

Su Hui also had this question, but she didn't ask about it, but she didn't expect Capa to be quick to talk and say her problem directly.

Huang Ke looked at it and said with a smile: "That's the case, this lieutenant colonel performed well in the battle, leading his troops to break through the Japanese defense line and rescue the besieged British army, so he won this award." ”

After translating the original words, Capa shook his head and said, "Impossible, Mr. Chairman." At that time, I was the first to be on the periphery of the Japanese defense line, and I saw with my own eyes that Regiment Commander Liu Fangwu led his troops to break through the Japanese defense line. Among the officers I met, there was no lieutenant colonel. ”

"This ......" Yang Yibing wanted to say something to ease, but Su Hui said: "Uncle Huang, I can testify that Mr. Capa was the first Englishman to see the expeditionary force break through, and he was almost captured by the Japanese in order to take this photo. ”

Hearing Su Hui say this, Huang Ke's face suddenly became grim.