Chapter 328: Chairman Hobbes
Li Junhao's current mind is to do a good job in the concession, and all the efforts he has made before are to keep the peace of the concession after the war in the future, in this process, there is nothing to write a few reports to Ayres, and he really doesn't want to care about other things. However, sometimes things are just so annoying, and the more you don't want to do more, the more things come.
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October 10 was the National Day of the Nationalist Government, and Chongqing held a number of celebrations, although it was not lively, but it was reasonable, but there was a storm at the reception of foreign envoys, and the impact was extremely bad.
At the reception, Colonel Hobbes, the deputy military attache of the U.S. Embassy, openly accused the government of not being a responsible government by ignoring the overall situation and repeatedly attacking friendly parties and forces......
Because of his accusation, the government officials and generals present were very embarrassed, and it was inconvenient for them to argue because of the identity of the other party; However, Chairman Jiang was present at that time, but he was very unhappy and forced a few sentences......
Who would have thought that Colonel Hobbes did not give him face at all, but directly pointed out that Chairman Chiang, as the head of the national government, was mainly responsible for the actions of the national government and the national army......
Chairman Chiang was angry at that time, but as the leader of a country, if he continued to talk more, he would really lose his identity, and he could only walk away and shut himself up!
Naturally, the reception broke up unhappily, and when the news came out, it naturally caused all kinds of discussions, and the noise was raised......
Upon his return to the Huangshan Residence, Chairman Chiang summoned US Ambassador Jensen, lodged a strong protest with him, and demanded that Hobbes be immediately removed from his post as deputy military attaché......
Although Ambassador Jensen promised to consider it, he also made it clear that the suppression and attack of the underground party and the Eighth Route Army by the national government in the past was indeed not in line with the identity of an ally...... Colonel Hobbes was a professional soldier, and it is understandable that he was not used to this kind of behavior!
His words made Chairman Jiang very angry, but he didn't know what to do.
Before leaving, Ambassador Jensen said something that made him even more angry: "Mr. Chairman, in view of the fact that the Eighth Route Army is currently taking the initiative to attack the Japanese army in North China and has achieved good results, in order to show its support, a quarter of the aid materials sent to China this month will be allocated to the underground party side......
The attachés in the chamber found that after the US ambassador left, the chairman of the committee smashed many things such as teacups and tea sets one after another.
Madame Chiang still had a way, and quickly persuaded the angry chairman of the committee, and then analyzed the character of the Americans for him, saying that they are all extremely free and accustomed to it, and even the policies of the president or government of their own country, they criticize if they want to, so this incident is not unusual!
When Chairman Chiang heard this, although his anger was a little lowered, he was still extremely dissatisfied with Hobbes, who prevented him from coming down in public, and he had to be kicked out of Chongqing in order to relieve his anger. In addition, this Ambassador Jensen is not a good thing, and he actually gave a quarter of this month's aid to the underground party, which is many times more than before, which is really hateful
Madame Chiang promised him that she would communicate with her friends in the United States and get this Hobbes away as soon as possible; However, it is impossible to decide whether Ambassador Jensen will stay or not, and perhaps after the presidential election of the United States, the new president will have a chance to take office......
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On the other hand, Hobbes, who had returned to the embassy, was approached by the military attache Barred, who criticized him for being too irrational and should not have bluntly criticized the government of the country where he was located on the occasion of a reception, let alone be rude to a country without a leader......
Hobbes was furious and immediately retorted! Although the other party is a military attaché and half a rank higher than himself, the two have the same rank, both are colonels, and the other party is the army and he is the navy, Hobbs is really not afraid of Barred, or he has never obeyed the other party's anger.
The quarrel between the chief and deputy military attachés was seen by the subordinates of the military attaché's office, no one dared to come forward at this time, and the other embassy personnel were all civilian officials, and it was not easy to meddle in the affairs of the military, just like that, no one persuaded them to fight for a while!
The more the two quarreled, the more fierce they became, and they almost started to fight, but fortunately, they still had a little reason and didn't really fight...... Eventually, Hobbs slammed the door and left Barred's office, and returned to his office in a rage.
When Ambassador Jensen came back, he was also very angry when he heard this, why were these two so uneasy? However, he knew the temper of these soldiers, so he did not talk to the two of them at the first time, but was ready to deal with them coldly, and at the same time give himself time to consider Chairman Chiang's request.
Hobbes, who returned to his office, was angry for a while, and wanted to find someone to talk to, but found that he had no friends here in Chongqing, so he was even more depressed.
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Li Junhao, who was in Shanghai, only learned what had happened after receiving a telegram from Hobbes the next day. Although he admired Hobbes's character, he did not approve of his approach, because he knew that not only would he not solve the problem, but he would also put himself in a disadvantageous position, after all, the matter involved diplomatic relations between the two countries...... In short, the occasion is not right, the method is wrong!
At this time, he did not know that Ambassador Jensen had decided to allocate a quarter of this month's aid to the underground party, and if he had known, he would have said: This is the right way! In the future, as long as the government dares to produce demon moths, it will be punished in this way, and I don't believe that they are disobedient!
After thinking about it, Li Junhao called Hobbs back and invited him to come to Shanghai to relax, and by the way, take a look at his newly established army aviation detachment and see the two new fighters...... Oh, and Rear Admiral Gali of the Shanghai Naval Detachment, you can introduce the two to each other, they are also from the navy, and they should have a common language.
After receiving his reply, Hobbes was moved and asked Ambassador Jensen for leave. Jensen was thinking about how to get him to leave Chongqing temporarily for a while, and naturally immediately agreed. So Hobbs did not delay, and on the 12th, he took a plane from Chongqing to Hong Kong, and then transferred to Shanghai.
Because of Li Junhao's special status now, he did not go to the airport in person, but sent two officers from the Military Attache Office of the Consulate General with his own team of guards to pick up the plane.
That night, he invited Hobbes to his house for dinner and chatting, drinking with him, and listening to him whine......
Slowly, he heard that Hobbes was certainly not used to seeing the dirty things done by the government this time, but he deliberately made trouble at the reception - to put it bluntly, Hobbes just didn't want to be a military attache abroad anymore, and wanted to go back to the navy to serve, and now that the country has begun to expand the size of the fleet, he believes that it will have its own use!
(End of chapter)