Three
The family feast was restored to a friendly and harmonious atmosphere amidst Mrs. Chesterton's jokes.
However, Major General Chesterton was very unwilling, he came prepared, aiming at a war of words with Liang Bida, so he asked Liang Bida to talk about his views on war and peace.
Liang Bida held back his unhappiness, but still said politely and earnestly: "In the name of one soldier against another, and not in the name of one side of the war against another, I would like to talk to General Chesterton about my important experience, that is, peace is the most perfect form of war and the ultimate goal of war. But there can be no peace without war, and without the word 'war', the word 'peace' would not exist. There is no war, not even human civilization. War is the old lady of all human civilizations. The attitude of our Chinese armed forces is: First, we will uphold the five principles of peaceful coexistence and never use any force to spare. Secondly, our war is the only way to peace, which is to eliminate war. The word 'wu' in our Chinese character is a Ge at the top and a 'stop' at the bottom, which means to stop the soldiers from meeting each other. It is the mission of our Chinese soldiers to stop the use of force and to stop the war with war. Third, we will, as always, maintain our strong strength, but this is not for the purpose of waging war, but precisely for the purpose of playing a balancing role in the world's military structure, forming a confrontational posture with those military powers, and achieving the goal of surrendering the army without a fight. β
Chesterton shrugged his nose and looked very serious, as if he was sniffing something wrong, and relaunched the offensive and said, "Well, how to explain the war between China and the United Nations forces in Korea in the early fifties?" To fight against the United Nations forces is in fact to be the enemy of the whole world. β
Liang Bida's face changed as soon as he said it, and he immediately stretched it out, picked up his wine glass, took a big sip, sneered slightly, and said: "This issue has long been discussed by the international community, and it is very unfriendly and provocative for General Chesterton to raise this issue on this informal occasion. But now that the question has been raised, I must express my opinion. First, as for saying that we are fighting against the United Nations forces, I do not agree with this statement, because your so-called United Nations forces are in fact some pseudo-international gendarmes that interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, and they are a very small number of countries headed by country Y and cannot represent the United Nations. Second, the Korean War has already ignited the flames of war on our borders, and we cannot stand idly by. For example, I set a fire to your neighbor's house in Chesterton, can you be indifferent? You say that you uphold justice and uphold justice, but I don't see it that way. Non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries is justice and justice. Since you're nosy, I have a reason to meddle with you. Third, no one should want to dominate the world. Whoever claims to be the king and hegemons endangers the interests of the Chinese nation, and we agree, but we do not agree with this. Otherwise, we will do what we soldiers do. β
Liang Bida was drunk half-truthfully, not only accentuated his tone, his expression became yin and yang, but also simulated the shape of a pistol with his hand, and gestured to Chesterton's chest.
Whether it is the soldiers and wives of country Y or China, they all obviously feel that the atmosphere of the family banquet has taken a sharp turn again, even to the point of exploding as soon as it ignites, and they can't help but secretly sweat. Although there have been situations that should be avoided by diplomatic rules, everyone is a soldier, and here, the blood of the military is a little inflated, and they all want their number one person to overwhelm each other in momentum.
There is no mud when it is most needed and the mud.
Chesterton did not show weakness, and also simulated the shape of a pistol with his hand, and smiled arrogantly: "General Liang Bida, do this, you can't kill us now." Heavenly, underground, close-range, remote, you are all far behind. Our gear is top-notch. β
Liang Bida laughed heartily, laughed heartily, and said loudly: "Haha, your equipment is first-class, and Lao Tzu's people are first-class." Do you believe it or not? The two of us will go to hell together to try, Lao Tzu can come back, you may not be a dog. β
As soon as the words came out, everyone was shocked.
Chesterton understood, but his attachΓ© was not all China experts, only knew that the atmosphere was tense, but he didn't know why it was so tense.
The female translator stood on her feet, and she couldn't make up her mind for a long time. She didn't know if Commander Liang's derogatory and sneering words could be translated as they were. Liang Bida did not restrain himself, and said to the female translator: "Tell them about it, just say what I said, I propose that Chesterton and I go outside to fight bayonets, and see if his equipment is first-class or Lao Tzu's people are first-class." β
The female translator thought about it, adjusted Liang Bida's words, and translated it. The faces of all the members of the military delegation of Country Y immediately froze, and they looked at Liang Bida stupidly.
Or Chesterton reacted first, thinking that it was time to end, really tearing his face and causing a diplomatic scandal, Liang Bida, the old devil, didn't care, but he couldn't eat and walk around when he returned to China, his mission was not to come to China to scold Liang Bida, nor to embarrass him. Thinking of this, he grinned and said, "General Liang Bida has a demeanor, this is it." I'm kidding. As he spoke, he stretched out his thumb, approached Liang Bida, and patted Liang Bida's shoulder.
Liang Bida also smiled and said, "General Chesterton is this." As he spoke, he held out his little thumb, "I'm kidding, too." I hope that our jokes will not affect the friendship between the Chinese and Y peoples. β
At this point, Liang Bida paused, beckoned Chesterton to approach, stretched out his hand to put the heads of the two people together, whispered intimately, and said in a low but very powerful voice: "I, Ri, you, Mom!" β
Chesterton understood the sentence unmistakably, as if someone had slashed him in the ass, and he was stunned. Most of the other people in both countries actually heard this "whisper" and didn't know what kind of expression to make, so they were all at a loss.
Liang Bida looked calm, laughed heartily, picked up his wine glass, and said loudly with a serious attitude: "I heard that Chesterton's father was killed on the Korean battlefield decades ago, and I was a division commander at that time, and I don't know if General Chesterton's father was killed by my troops. Whether it is or not, I regret it β we can only regret what has happened, but we don't want it to happen again. As I have just told General Chesterton, we will not only welcome him, his wife, and all of you to visit the Headquarters, but we will also invite General Chesterton's mother to visit China at an appropriate time. β
The Chinese present immediately understood Liang Bida's trick and couldn't help but snicker.
The soldiers of Country Y also clearly saw the anger and helplessness on Chesterton's face. However, before Chesterton could attack, Dou Yuquan had already taken the lead in applauding, and responded loudly to Liang Bida's words: "Okay, a toast to the health of Lord Chesterton Lingxuan!" β
Everyone responded unanimously, and the call suddenly began, and there was a clanging sound of clinking glasses.
At this point, Chesterton was out of business, and he couldn't help but toast to his mother's health. Besides, what can be done? When Liang Bida scolded that sentence with a grin, he didn't react in time and lost the fighter. Now it's too late to fight back, there is no such atmosphere, everyone is toasting to his mother, if he tears his face with Liang Bida, he will not only lose his ugliness, but also expose his own childishness, so he has to pretend to be confused, and he didn't understand Liang Bida's words.
Thinking of this, Chesterton swallowed a sullen breath of hatred, made a drunken appearance, staggered his body, and raised his glass. But he didn't clink glasses with everyone, but glared at Liang Bida viciously, raised his neck menacingly, and drank it all.
Liang Bida ignored Chesterton's gaffe, smiled open-mindedly, looked around, the spring breeze rippled on his slightly drunk face, and suddenly raised his voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, comrades and friends, for the sake of the eternal friendship between the people of China and Y, I propose that I drink ten cups with General Chesterton." β
Chesterton was dumbfounded when he heard this, he wanted to protest, but he didn't know what other tricks Liang Bida had to hurt people, he couldn't afford to provoke this old devil. Besides, people said that they wanted to have sex with his mother, according to their thinking habits of country Y, it was not too embarrassing, although Liang Bida did not mean to be friendly with his mother, but obviously insulted, but at this time it can only be understood as friendly. He really underestimated Liang Bida, he regretted that he shouldn't have taken the initiative to provoke a war and fight a war of words, he was also not Liang Bida's opponent. Besides, he could not be allowed to protest, and the soldiers of Military Region D, Dou Yuquan, Jiang Jiahu, Chen Mohan, Tao Sanhe, and others, who were attending the family banquet, saw that Liang Bida had sent a signal, and rushed up to outflank the rest of the military delegation of Country Y.
Several other members of the military delegation of country Y are also ethanol lovers, and in the face of China's most historically prestigious wine, how can they be indifferent, and they have long been impatient with the lip service lawsuit of Chesterton and Liang Bida.
An Xuemei, Yu Zhen and others pestered Mrs. Chesterton and did not let go, and the women's circles of the two countries expressed their friendship with extreme sincerity, and insisted on pouring more than a dozen glasses of liquor into Mrs. Chesterton one after another, so that she was so drunk that she still held a wine bottle and poured it down.
By this time, there was no one to support Chesterton. The whole family feast competed with each other in friendly words, toasting and clinking glasses, and the situation soon returned to its "pre-war state" of joy. In this way, Major General Chesterton had no choice but to accept Liang Bida's challenge and "toast to the friendship between the Chinese and Y peoples for generations." This is really a drink to wash away humiliation.