As the president's special envoy, Curie's main purpose in coming to China was to promote China's dispatch of troops to Burma, but he also had another duty, that is, to inspect the use of US aid materials and weapons and equipment, and to report to the president the real equipment of the Chinese army.
At Kunming Airport, the plane of Special Envoy Curie slowly taxied into the parking shed under the escort of eight new 40N fighters.
General Wei Lihuang, commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, Lieutenant General Song Yuhang, commander of the Kunming garrison, General Chennault of the 14th Air Force of the United States, and senior officials of the regional government office came to the airport to greet the special envoy Curie, and the grand welcoming ceremony made Curie very happy.
At the welcoming ceremony, Curie put aside his lame translator and made a short and wonderful speech, and although eighty percent of the people present could not understand what the US envoy was saying, the crowd still gave thunderous applause to the US envoy, whose expression seemed to be very excited.
After the welcoming ceremony, at the request of Special Envoy Curie's secretary, the special envoy wanted to see the situation of the troops stationed near Kunming, and in the envoy's own words, Washington did not want the Chinese army to take responsibility that was really beyond its capabilities.
In the face of Curie's inferior agitation method, Wei Lihuang and Song Yuhang directly ignored the filter, China and the United States have different cultural backgrounds and humanities, China is the only existing four ancient civilizations, and the United States is a modern emerging colonial immigration country, Curie wants to use his Texas set of cattle herding "tricks" to stimulate Wei Lihuang and Song Yuhang's sense of military honor, and the result is naturally conceivable.
Curie first inspected the First Mechanized Corps, which was equipped with US-aided weapons according to Song Yuhang's arrangement, and the training ground was full of dragons and tigers, with banners waving slogans for many days, and the neat military appearance of the First Mechanized Army and the officers and men with high morale left a deep impression on Curie; Curie was not a soldier, he was at most a hunter, and he had shot wild ducks with a shotgun in his hometown of Texas.
Especially those choreographed hand-to-hand combat and battalion attacks made Curie's blood boil, and he was sure that Little Japan must not be the opponent of the squadron, let alone counterattack Burma.
Even if you hit Tokyo, it's not a problem.
But the rest of the trip Curie can be said to have fallen from heaven to hell, tattered military uniforms, many soldiers even hold ancient cold weapons in their hands, although these soldiers also appear to be well-trained and morale, but their weapons and equipment surprised Curie Wei Lihuang and Song Yuhang saw Curie's extremely shocked expression, and the two quickly exchanged glances.
Song Yuhang said bluntly in English: "I believe that Mr.
Special Envoy has seen that our soldiers are not like the British army lacks training and courage, what we lack is weapons and equipment, we feel that the American friends provide us with everything, but the number is too small, so I have to ask you to think of Mr.
Roosevelt and Congress, if the Chinese army really assumes the responsibility of the Allied member countries, please give us weapons, even if it is one-tenth of what the United States gave to Britain."
While taking pictures, Curie asked Wei Lihuang for a large knife in the soldier's hand. said that he was going to return to China for display.
After returning to the Kunming Garrison Headquarters.
Curie officially held talks with Song Yuhang, the chairman's plenipotentiary envoy, in the capacity of special envoy on the Myanmar issue.
Song Yuhang's young age made Curie very envious.
But Song Yuhang's straightforwardness and stubbornness made Curie a little annoyed.
He knew that this was a young Chinese general and a relative of Commissar Chiang.
Song Yuhang clearly remembers the United States since the Lend-Lease Act came into effect in 1941.
By 1945, a total of $30 billion in arms and strategic goods had been provided to the British Commonwealth.
Aid to the former Soviet Union with a total value of $10.2 billion in supplies.
Since May 6, 1941.
After Roosevelt officially announced that Lend-Lease applied to China.
Until September 3, 1945.
The United States has given China a total of $84.5 billion in aid.
Moreover, nearly 200 million US dollars of materials quietly disappeared without a trace under the management of the British land transit The U.S. government's policy of dominance has led to a serious imbalance in the distribution of goods.
So favoritism in allocating schemes. made Song Yuhang angry when he thought about it.
In particular, the British even withheld and misappropriated a large amount of aid materials for India.
Song Yuhang knows that China is a member of the US Senate and House of Representatives, and it is difficult to compare with the United Kingdom.
If it weren't for the expeditionary force to send troops to Burma as soon as possible.
I am afraid that the special envoy Curie will not condescend to come to Kunming.
The United States has formulated a strategic approach to Europe first and then Asia.
It is destined that Song Yuhang has little room to play.
That's why Curie is here.
There is therefore no rush to substantive consultations.
Curie even thought that the young man in front of him was probably a smoke bomb set off by President Chiang.
The Chinese love to do these unrealistic things to waste their already urgent time.
Song Yuhang also understands this, and he has to play as much as possible in a limited space.
Historically, the United States did not provide China with weapons and equipment for American-style heavy divisions, but now the First Mechanized Army under the command of Song Yuhang has organized an American-style heavy division.
"History can be changed" Song Yuhang was a little nervous when he made this determination, after all, he had suffered the loss of trying to change historical events and affect the course of history.
Although Chiang Kai-shek appointed Soong Yuhang as his plenipotentiary representative, he did not give Soong Yuhang specific instructions, and he only pinned his hopes on Soong Yuhang to delay time, and when the Japanese beat the British buttocks, the Americans' conditions would definitely be more relaxed.
Song Yuhang was different from Chiang Kai-shek, although their ideas were to maximize profits.
But comparatively.
Chiang Kai-shek clearly lacked courage and courage.
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Suna, who served as the secretary of the record, handed over the English version of the shocking "synopsis" of Song Yuhang's drafting site to Curie, who was not only an outstanding politician.
And he is also a financier, and he still has a certain understanding of history.
Curie looked at the synopsis of the equivalent of a letter of conditions quietly, and the first article of the synopsis listed that the United States would increase the transportation volume of the Hump route to 20,000 tons per month to ensure the supply of materials and ammunition for the Chinese expeditionary force.
Second, the United States needs to send an air force with a considerable number of no less than the number of Japanese fighters to Kunming, effectively guarantee the air supremacy of the expeditionary force in Burma, and provide the Chinese Air Force with 1,000 new field 51B fighters.
Third, after the opening of the Indo-Burma Highway, the United States will provide about three infantry divisions with weapons and equipment in the next six months, and help China build military facilities in Kunming, Chongqing, and other places, so as to initially realize the local supply of China's American-style weapons and ammunition.
Fourth, when the squadron is in concerted operations, the squadron, including the Indian garrison, has an independent command system and is not under the jurisdiction of the British army.
Fifth, the Chinese Expeditionary Force could use all the facilities and supplies of the Allied forces during the war.
Sixth, the United States should provide no less than 40 percent of its assistance to the Asian theater of operations, and support China in the fields of heavy industry and technology, so as to eventually achieve self-sufficiency.
Seventh, that is, we and the British side are on an equal footing.
In order to demonstrate the generosity of the British Empire and the spirit of equality and mutual love among the members of the Central Powers, Britain and Portugal had to return Hong Kong and Macau.
Curie's first impression after reading the simple six clauses The so-called "synopsis" is more like a contract, from the first to the sixth Curie thinks it is very reasonable, but for this headless and brainless seventh clause with the atmosphere of robbery, Curie is really not good to comment.
Subsequently, Song Yuhang verbally supplemented a series of requirements for a large number of special materials, especially the infantry weapons of the 30 divisions, and Song Yuhang hoped to get the latest new carbine approved by the United States Army, because the new carbine is more suitable for the body type of Asians.
If Curie knew that Song Yuhang was the patent owner of the new carbine, I don't know how he would feel.
Six of the seven items mentioned by Song Yuhang were basically promised by Roosevelt, but the seventh item Curie really couldn't decide, Hong Kong was a British colony, and Macao was a Portuguese colony, and these two places were now occupied by the Japanese army, how to carry out the so-called declaration of sovereignty and return Fearing that the Chinese side would feel too smooth, Curie had to go around some details, such as the volume of the hump and other technical issues.
But unexpectedly, as soon as Song Yuhang opened his mouth, he revealed the core confidential data of the US side, which made Curie convinced that someone had accepted bribes from them.
In the continuous negotiations, Curie found that Song Yuhang did not have the reserve that an Oriental should have.
His brazenness is almost shameless, and even the street hooligans and scoundrels are much better than him.
After a long day of negotiations, Curie, who was a little tired, lit a cigar, took a few deep puffs and said, "I need to ask the president about the seventh point, and whether the seven points of General Song can represent Mr.
Chiang's meaning?"
After receiving Song Yuhang's nod in the affirmative, Curie motioned to the secretary to stop recording, and then said: "General Song, now the whole world needs a large number of weapons to resist fascism, and a large number of American troops are also in urgent need of equipment, and finally the United States and Japan will fight a decisive battle in the Pacific Ocean."
Song Yuhang suddenly interrupted Curie's words very impolitely.
Smiling and said to Curie: "Mr.
Special Envoy, our army's training and lack of equipment are what you have seen with your own eyes, the First Mechanized Army with American-style equipment under my command has won brilliant victories in many battles against Japan, if we can recover Burma and obtain a large number of weapons and materials, our army will undertake more tasks, then it is bound to save a lot of blood of American youth." ” Curie was stunned for a moment, Song Yuhang's statement made him extremely excited, the United States did everything possible to win over China The ultimate goal is nothing more than this, the United States will provide money and weapons, and China will provide people.
Together, we fight against a common enemy Curie asked in a slightly changed tone of voice with excitement: "May I ask if this is what General Song means or what Mr.
Jiang means?"
Song Yuhang smiled slightly: "It's what I mean."
"Oh," Curie's face suddenly showed a look of disappointment.
Then Song Yuhang said: "But I can influence the chairman's decision-making through my connections, after all, the Japanese are the common enemy of both of us." ” That night, Curie, who had made great gains on key issues, reported to Roosevelt on the other side of the ocean, while Song Yuhang made a corresponding report to Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing.
Chairman Jiang, who had already changed into pajamas and took off his dentures and was about to fall asleep, was told by his attendants that there was an emergency call in Kunming As soon as he heard the emergency call from Kunming, Chiang Kai-shek's heart suddenly chuckled, and he secretly thought that it should not be Song Yuhang's stabbing again Ask for a monthly ticket on behalf of the hussar, and see that when someone goes out on a business trip to drill a ravine, he can still stick to the code word.
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