Chapter 63: Unhappy Breakup
He is not afraid of Stilwell's kind of ambitious, but he is a man with low eyes. He wasn't even more worried about the kind of guy with his nostrils up and his heart being arrogant. What he worries most about is a guy like Wavell who has a strategic vision and can see far away, but can be quite rational and suppress the desires in his heart.
The delegation of the British army was led by such a figure, and Yang Zhen felt a lot of pressure on his body. The difference between facing a mediocre person and facing a person who has a strategic vision and is quite good at thinking can be described as almost a world away.
Yang Zhen was not afraid of Major General Stilwell's roaring and provocation, and he was not afraid of the arrogance of other British generals. For him, the more arrogant and unwilling the British generals were to accept the experience of the Resistance League, the more beneficial it was for him. But Wavell's meaningful smile when he parted made him very uncomfortable.
I always felt that the eyes of this old man, although they seemed to be very kind on the surface of the smile. But that vision is like a sharp sword, which can see through people's hearts. It was this vision that made Yang Zhen very stressed. I always feel like this old British man can see through everything.
Looking at the back of the American and British delegation leaving in a hurry, Yang Zhen shook his head and smiled bitterly. Honestly, he didn't know what was going on tonight. There weren't many of them before, but they were still sleek, and when they faced the US Army major general, almost all of them were gone.
After saying some words, Yang Zhen himself felt a little too much. In addition to being consciously annoying, the latter words were more that he didn't want to give the American major general too much time to think. What Yang Zhen has to do is to completely disrupt his thoughts, so that he doesn't have the heart to always entangle himself like this.
In fact, Yang Zhen didn't know that the reason why he was so angry and spoke so harshly in the face of this major general of the US Army was very simple. Because of the previous difficult negotiations with the Soviet Union, the greed and extreme selfish attitude of the Soviets had already accumulated considerable anger.
In addition, when the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union studied the aid of the Anti-Japanese Federation earlier, the exclusion of the party involved in the Anti-Japanese Federation made him feel a disguised insult. Of course, the surprise visit of the US and British delegations this time is also one of the important reasons for the distrust of the United Nations.
All the feelings accumulated together, coupled with the fact that he had a bad impression of the American major general, and his repeated provocations, in addition to his disrespectful remarks at the beginning. made Yang Zhen always hold back a momentum in his heart, and finally broke out on him.
In fact, this Major General Stilwell deserved to be unlucky, and it happened to be delivered to his gun at this time. If it weren't for this old American man, he would have come up with a posture of distrust, which deepened the anger that Yang Zhen had been forcibly suppressing in his heart, and completely intensified it.
In fact, no matter how bad Yang Zhen is impressed by him, he will not take the initiative to stir up trouble. After all, he is a guest from afar, and he still understands this truth. Even in order to give the US and British delegations some face-saving issues, he could not be so rude. During this time, he suppressed too much, so he vented it in this way. Other than that, if he had any other thoughts, only he knew.
After sending off the U.S. and British military delegations, Pearson, who had not followed back, looked at Yang Zhen and smiled bitterly: "Yang, we are not here to quarrel this time. Even if some of Major General Stilwell's words were a little rude, he was a major general in the U.S. Army after all. It's very inappropriate for you to do this, and it will make it very difficult for me. ”
"You know, he's very trusted by His Excellency the President. In terms of military policy toward China, he has served as a military attache stationed in China for many years, and he still has a very strong say. You offended him, although you can't really influence the established policy of the White House. But if he exerts some bad influence in the White House, it will still be quite bad for you after all. ”
"Yang, as an old friend, I still have to advise you, for General Stilwell, you should at least show some respect on the surface. Although you are a lieutenant general, he is nothing more than a major general. But at least in terms of age, his age is more than enough to be your father. Even as a junior to an elder, your attitude today is a bit excessive. ”
Regarding Pearson's persuasion, Yang Zhen shook his head and said: "Pearson, I can thank you for your persuasion and reminder from the care of a real old friend." I can also tolerate his distrust of me, even some insults. But I could never accept the contempt he had for my troops, and the honour they had achieved with their blood and lives. ”
"Pearson, you are also a soldier, and I think you see the honor of a soldier as much as your own life. If we change positions today, I am accusing or despising you American military, but as you, who are also proud of being American soldiers, can you accept that? ”
"If we lose, we can accept it, but we are winners at least today. It is true that our army has not had a long history, not to mention that it is very young and short compared to the other Western powers, and even compared to some factions in our country. ”
"But all the honor we have on us has been earned through bloody battles from enemies who are countless times stronger than us. We have come to this point not because of the gift of the enemy, but because we have given countless lives and blood to take it back from the hands of the enemy. ”
"My personal honor and disgrace can be put aside. However, the honor that our army has bought with blood and lives cannot be casually ruined and blamed by a single person, even if that person is a US Army general. Because of the innate sense of honor of a soldier in me, I can't accept such groundless accusations and slanders from him. ”
"Pearson, I can tell you here today that neither our adversaries nor our allies, nor anyone else, should doubt our determination to defend our honor. We are not those Eight Banners soldiers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, let alone those warlord troops of the Qin Muchu Dynasty. We are an army with an iron will to defend our dignity and dare to meet any challenge. ”
Yang Zhen's generous and powerful words fell, but Pearson was speechless for a long time. As a military man, despite a long time working in the intelligence system. But the innate sense of honor of a soldier in him is also no worse than that of any other person. Major General Stilwell's words and deeds today are indeed quite excessive. If I change myself, I'm afraid the reaction will be even stronger.
Looking at Pearson with a dazed face, Yang Zhen asked Yuan Zhiruo to make a few cups of coffee and bring it over, and after taking a sip of it himself, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Pearson, have you decided on the share of equipment and materials for us?" The meeting of the three countries in Moscow will not fail to study our affairs. ”
Pearson, who didn't know what to think about anymore with his coffee, heard Yang Zhen's question, and without careful consideration, he said directly: "It's not finalized, it's just an approximate number." As for the details, it depends on your needs before making a decision. ”
was obviously careless, and didn't notice that Yang Zhen took the opportunity of his distraction to get information from his mouth. casually gave a reply to Yang Zhen, and immediately reacted, Pearson, who knew that he had said something he shouldn't have said, immediately widened his eyes and said: "Yang, as an old friend, you have done a very inauthentic thing. You're tricking me into getting information out of me. You know these things, I should never have said them. ”
Regarding Pearson's accusation, Yang Zhen took a sip of coffee and said, "Pearson, are you authentic as an old friend?" You personally told me to go back to China to visit relatives and pick up my wife, but I went to Moscow to see the scenery. Don't tell me, you didn't go to Moscow to participate in negotiations, but to pick up girls. ”
"Ever since you came to us, you've been eye-to-eyed with that petite and delicate private typist in your Observation Mission. For such a long time, I believe that with your rich and handsome identity, plus your brother's wrist, I am afraid that you would have been laid with a long time ago. ”
"With your boy's physique, with such a beautiful woman by your side, you don't have the energy to deal with tall Russian women anymore. Because you can't be a stallion, at most it's just a limited amount of flowers. Your kid's background and identity won't allow you to go there and hook up. ”
When Yang Zhen said this, his mouth was in a mocking tone, but the expression on his face was very strict. As for Pearson, who knows Yang Zhen very well about his private life, he doesn't care about his ridicule, and he doesn't feel embarrassed at all, but he has a way to pick up girls for himself, and he is proud.
He came from a military intelligence background, and he saw some things very thoroughly. Although there are authentic Americans around him, the people who serve him are all sent by the Anti-Japanese Federation. The secret plainclothes guards around the station are also members of the Anti-Japanese Federation. If they hadn't even found out the little affair between themselves and the typist, they would still have today, and they would have been served by the Japanese army a long time ago.
It was precisely for this reason that he didn't care about Yang Zhen's love affair. This guy has never regarded himself as an outsider in front of Yang Zhen, let alone any taboos because Yang Zhen is a so-called communist. The guy took a sip of coffee and said, "Yang, I can't live your Puritan life." ”
"Men, it's normal to have that kind of need. I was far away from my homeland, far away from my family, and came to work in this icy Manchuria. Apart from a few books, there is hardly any entertainment here. You know, Yang, you don't have American movies, you don't have a ballroom, you don't even have a ballroom. ”
"If there were no women, life would be extremely unbearable, and I would not be able to spend lonely nights one by one. You know, I'm not Rodriguez's old-fashioned guy. In Chongqing, what was unbearable was the weather and the endless bombing by the Japanese. But here, you are bored, bored and lonely. ”
Regarding this guy's explanation of obviously changing the topic, Yang Zhen shook his head and said: "Pearson, as long as you don't harm us Chinese women, it has nothing to do with us if you are willing to sleep with a few American women." Even if you are blocked in the bed by your wife, and your head is broken and bleeding at home, I only think of it as a view. Excuse me, dude, to go back to your Moscow or New York. ”
"I just want to ask you now, what ulterior secret did you three answer behind our backs? Pearson, after all, this is related to our future and to whether or not we can fight a decisive battle with the entire Japanese army invading China. And we have to have a certain number in mind about the agenda of this negotiation, right? ”
"The most important thing is what kind of requirements we can make. Especially in some special aspects, such as in military equipment, can we put forward some requirements? Or can we ask you to transfer some weapons production technology? I don't need you to say it explicitly, but what I need is a rough bottom line. ”