The next day.

Zhou Hexuan's speech and the king's visit to the Old Town were also featured in major British newspapers, with George VI being the front page and Zhou Hexuan on the third page.

The content of the speech was greatly praised for the "March of the Volunteers", especially Zhou Hexuan's comparison between China and the United Kingdom, Chongqing and London, which made the British feel an inexplicable sense of intimacy with China, perhaps it should be called sympathy.

As we said earlier, more than 80 percent of the members of the British Cabinet are not in favor of a compromise with Japan. This time, more than a dozen newspapers immediately took advantage of the situation and wrote articles on various aspects of emotion and situation, begging the British government to open the Yunnan-Burma Highway as soon as possible.

The entire Indian Ministry jumped out and shouted every day that it wanted to help China. The reason behind it is nothing more than the Asian colonies, including India, which affect the interests of too many British lords.

Churchill was under a lot of pressure, and he was forced into the palace by the cabinet, but he still did not let go.

Britain and the United States are dragging their feet, and even the missions sent to China are "delaying" for the purpose of negotiations. Churchill naturally wanted to delay the intervention of the United States, while Roosevelt wanted to delay until he was successfully re-elected as president, so Lao Chiang found that all kinds of benefits were in front of him but could not eat.

Finally, the Japanese gave them a lot of gifts.

On September 23, Japan, with the permission of the French puppet government, marched its troops into Vietnam, taking the first step towards the annexation of Southeast Asia. The United States and Britain were extremely nervous about this, and immediately accelerated negotiations with China, and Churchill's attitude towards the reopening of the Yunnan-Burma highway was somewhat relaxed.

On September 27, Germany and Italy accepted Japan as an Axis Nation and signed the Triple Pact, forming the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo axis.

On September 28, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the British armed forces in Singapore as a threat to peace in the Far East under the pretext that Britain was using the Yunnan-Burma Highway to aid China, and demanded that all British troops withdraw from the Pacific and Southeast Asia. If Britain refuses, Japan will start a war.

In the face of Japan's inexplicable threat of war, Churchill was stunned, this is not according to common sense!

Churchill was furious and immediately asked Locien, the ambassador to the United States, to ask the United States about its attitude. U.S. Secretary of State Hull replied: "The United States has always supported China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and is considering increasing the scope of the embargo against Japan, continuing to oppose Japan's aggressive actions, and strongly hoping that the Yunnan-Burma Highway will be reopened." In the event of a conflict between Britain and Japan, the United States will use all possible means, especially economic means, to support Britain. ”

Okay, American dads have made a statement, so what else is there to say?

On 30 September, the British Wartime Cabinet passed a resolution that the Burma Highway would be reopened. On October 1, Churchill formally announced the resolution, along with notes to China, the United States and Japan.

The reopening of the Yunnan-Burma Highway was 17 days ahead of schedule.

Although it was only half a month, it reflected a lot of situations, that is, Britain and the United States paid more attention to the Chinese battlefield - they were all scared by Lao Chiang's fake surrender. If Zhou Hexuan doesn't play that play, Churchill will definitely delay until the expiration of the three-month contract, because there is only more than half a month left before the deadline.

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London.

There was cheering in the Chinese embassy in the UK, which was tantamount to a big victory for the diplomats.

Guo Taiqi put on a newly-made gorgeous dress, his hair was combed with oil, and he said with a civilized staff: "Gentlemen, how about going to enjoy the stage play tonight?" ”

"Go together, go together, you should celebrate." Wang Rizhang laughed.

Zhou Hexuan said: "Don't run around, German planes like to attack at night recently, and I don't want to eat bombs at night." ”

Wang Rizhang suddenly asked: "Mr. Zhou, you should confess now, did you have any plans from the beginning?" ”

Ma Jue also said: "Yes, you haven't been worried. ”

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "President Jiang faked his surrender and did it for the great powers. ”

"If that's the case, I'll say that the head seat will never surrender!" Ju Yiqiao said happily that he was discharged from the hospital last month.

Guo Taiqi said with a smile: "The Japanese are really not popular enough to swallow elephants, they can't even eat China, and they actually ordered the British army to withdraw from the Pacific and Southeast Asia." Now that it looks good, Britain and Japan will inevitably go to war, it is only a matter of time. ”

Ma Jue said adoringly: "Mr. Zhou has expected it a long time ago. I remember in "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword", he said that Japan was destined to go south, and there would be conflicts with Britain and the United States. ”

Wang Rizhang said with emotion: "Yes, Mr. Zhou is like a god, and he has never missed the situation deduction he made. ”

Guo Taiqi asked: "Brother Mingcheng, when do you think Britain and Japan will officially go to war?" ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "Definitely not in the short term, both countries are not ready for war." But since Japan had already stationed troops in Vietnam, the next step was to occupy all of Vietnam. ”

Wang Rizhang said in surprise: "Didn't Japan get the consent of the French puppet government to peacefully garrison Vietnam?" Could it be that Japan still wants to take Vietnam by force! ”

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "The fight has already started, and only a few hours after Japan signed the agreement with the Vietnamese colonial government, it blatantly violated the agreement and started a fierce battle with the French colonial army. When Vietnam was completely occupied, Japan would inevitably attack the Dutch East Indies (Indonesian archipelago). Although the Netherlands had been occupied by Germany, the Dutch government was in exile in Britain and still controlled the colonies in the Far East. The Dutch East Indies were weak in troops and resourceful, and the Japanese attack there was an excuse to help their ally Germany, which was simply a big fat sheep, and they would never let it go. ”

Ma Jue was puzzled: "Mr. Zhou, the U.S. government should be able to see these movements of the Japanese army, right?" ”

Zhou Hexuan nodded and said, "I can definitely see it, but Roosevelt is busy with the election, and it is impossible to take Japan seriously for the time being." I guess that when Japan completely occupies Vietnam, the U.S. presidential election will be over. At that time, Roosevelt will certainly impose tougher economic and trade sanctions on Japan, and China's predicament will be much easier. ”

Guo Taiqi sighed: "I hope so." ”

At this moment, the embassy staff suddenly ran with a telegram: "Mr. Zhou, there is a telegram from the University of Oxford, hoping to confer on you a doctorate in philosophy and invite you to be an honorary professor of the university. ”

Guo Taiqi smiled: "Dr. Zhou, congratulations!" ”

Oxford University really likes to play this set, Guo Taiqi was also awarded a Juris Doctor by Oxford University two years ago, and now it is Zhou Hexuan's turn. As for the "Doctor of Philosophy", this thing is a panacea in the West, and in principle can be awarded to doctoral graduates in any discipline.

Anyway, the diplomatic mission was completed, and Zhou Hexuan happily agreed to go to Oxford, and on the way, he could also go to see Turing, the man who took a bite on the apple.

Although Jobs denied that the Apple logo was because of Turing, the legend is still beautiful.