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"That's up to you." Luo Yaoguo didn't bother with this issue too much.In his view, there is always a contradiction between the world revolution of the Comintern and the domestic politics of various countries, and it is not so easy to coordinate the two...

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"Well, I just found a newspaper that published a photo of the Russian Empress and carefully identified it. It seems that the woman we saw at Prince Kung's Mansion this morning is Anastasinia." In a car bound for Beiping Nanyuan Airport In the limousine, Deng Yingchao frowned and said to Zhou Enlai beside him.

"Oh, is that so?" Zhou Enlai smiled, and replied, "I didn't notice, I thought Luo Yaoguo had a new love." He shook his head again, "Leave the frontline military affairs alone. , but met with a sympathizer in Beiping, this Marshal Luo seems to be rotten."

Seeing her husband's nonchalant expression, Deng Yingchao thought for a while, then changed the subject: "Recently, Comrade Kruskaya's health has been deteriorating. There seems to be something wrong with her lungs. The American doctor at Peking Union Medical College Hospital diagnosed it as lung cancer. , needs to be operated on as soon as possible.”

Zhou Enlai frowned and sighed softly: "Comrade Kruskaya's health is related to the future and destiny of the entire world revolution, we must do our best to heal." He paused and said: "I heard that the Canadian Communist Party Norman Bethune is a well-known thoracic surgeon, and Comrade Kruskaya's operation is best carried out by him."

"Okay, I'll let the Secretariat of the Communist International arrange it." Deng Yingchao nodded.The current thoracic surgery is a very difficult operation, and even the doctors at Peking Union Medical College Hospital are not sure. It is indeed the best choice to ask Bethune to treat Kruskaya.

While the two were talking, the car had already driven into Nanyuan Airport, and a Junkers Ju-52 airliner painted with a red star was already waiting there.Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao walked up the gangway together, and as soon as they entered the cabin, they saw Chen Mingshu chatting with a plump lady, who was Ms. Song Qingling, the leader of the Kuomintang Revolutionary.

"Mrs. Sun, I didn't expect you to come too." Zhou Enlai greeted him with a smile on his face, and shook hands with Soong Ching Ling.

"It's as if after I told the reason for Harry Hopkins' visit, I felt that it was necessary to meet with the special envoy of the US President and ask some questions in person, so as to make some preparations for the future review of the China-US alliance by the Overwatch Council." Song Qingling last year In the election of members of the Legislative and Supervisory Councils of Guangdong Province, the members of the Supervisory Council were elected by a high number of votes, that is, the so-called members of the National Assembly.

"That's right, you should go see the Americans." Zhou Enlai seemed very happy. He sat down with Soong Ching Ling face to face. A pleasant-looking waiter brought two cups of tea and asked if the plane was OK. Take off, and after getting an affirmative answer, go to the cockpit.

"Mr. Zhou." Soong Ching Ling looked at Zhou Enlai solemnly, and said, "I was voted for by the folks in Guangdong Province because of Prime Minister Xian's face, so I have to speak for them. You Do you understand?"

Zhou Enlai smiled and nodded: "Of course, we Communists also want to speak for the people. This is consistent with Mr. Song and the Kuomintang."

Soong Ching Ling smiled wryly and waved her hands: "It's not exactly the same. I am speaking for the voters now, and you are speaking for the people. There is still a little difference between the two."

Zhou Enlai was taken aback for a moment, then glanced at Chen Mingshu next to him.Chen Mingshu smiled bitterly, and explained: "The political awareness of the voters is not as high as that of the people. They can only see the immediate interests, instead of looking at the future from the height of all mankind. For example, the concept of the current world anti-fascist war cannot Recognized by most voters in Guangdong Province, what they want is only Nanyang and Australia. In order to get those fertile lands for free, they can bear certain sacrifices, but they have to fight fascism for the benefit of all mankind. Fighting is probably just a delusion."

"Can't we educate voters well and let them understand that fascism is a threat to all mankind, and in order to defeat them, we should unite all forces that can be united, and should we give up some immediate interests?" Zhou Enlai frowned and asked rhetorically.

Soong Ching Ling took a sip of the teacup and said with a light smile, "Mr. Zhou is joking, we members of Congress have no time to please the voters, how dare we educate them?"

"Isn't it okay to say what Mr. Song said? You are the wife of the former Prime Minister." Deng Yingchao's tone was a little puzzled, as if she was surprised by what Song Qingling said.

"Oh, by the way, your party boycotted last year's elections, and you will know about this year's elections in several southern provinces." Soong Ching Ling shook her head and explained: "Although China's democratic politics has just started, all kinds of disadvantages are still there. It has been fully revealed. Elections are manipulated by money, and the KMT relies on its strong financial resources to declare war; voters only care about immediate interests and have no regard for the long-term, and are very easily deceived by nationalist slogans. We politicians can only find a way to cater to them."

"Hmph, the so-called democracy is just a game played by politicians to cheat votes!"

Chen Mingshu also muttered at this time, with a disdainful expression on his face.He lost the Legislative Council election late last year to a disabled officer who was said to be a battle hero!That guy has been studying and living in a juvenile military academy since he was 12 years old. He has never been in contact with society for more than ten years, and has no political experience at all. He was elected as a legislator!But when such a person enters the Legislative Yuan, besides acting as a voting machine for the Kuomintang, what else is there to do?

"Oh, that's right." Zhou Enlai smiled noncommittally, and did not go further into this issue, but changed the topic and returned to the meeting with the Americans. "Mr. Song, Mr. Zhenru, how can we urge the National Government to stand on the side of the World Anti-Fascist War?"

Song Qingling and Chen Mingshu were silent, the world anti-fascist war and the weapons of the war against Japan are two concepts!With China's current national strength against Japan, there is almost no possibility of failure, only how much it wins.But if it is anti-fascist... then Germany, Italy, Spain, Romania, Hungary, even Poland and Russia may become enemies!In such a war, China may not have much success.

After a while, Soong Ching Ling frowned and said slowly: "I'm afraid it will be very difficult. I think it is better to promote the anti-Japanese alliance among China, the United States and the Communist International. I am sure that if the United States is willing to admit that China has To annex the rights of Eastern Australia, the national government will definitely form an alliance with the United States. Otherwise, the national government will also fight against Japan, but it will not form an alliance with the United States...because an alliance with the United States may cause a breakdown in Sino-German relations."

Chapter 0940 opened the door of the United States (nine) to resist Germany and aid the United States! ?

On November 1939, 11, Khabarovsk, the capital of the Far Eastern Republic.

An American-made DC-3 airliner is circling over the capital of this socialist country. Khabarovsk under the wings is gradually becoming clear under the warm sunshine. The Russian-style buildings all over the city make the city full of European sentiment.Harry Hopkins was holding a high-powered telescope, looking at this rapidly developing city under the leadership of the Communist Party with great interest.

On the northeastern sides of the city, there are construction sites under construction everywhere, and from time to time you can see a few stars and stripes flying high. These are factories invested by the United States or jointly established by American businessmen and the government of the Far East Republic.This emerging socialist country has not fallen into the dogma of public ownership like the Soviet Union. On the contrary, it may have the best investment environment in the world, none of them!Low labor costs, a clean and efficient government, a stable social environment, and friendly trade unions... It is said that they will never organize a strike!It's just a pity that the territory of the Far Eastern Republic is too small, and the people under their leadership are really too small.Otherwise, his mission would be much easier.Thinking of this, Harry Hopkins sighed lightly, feeling a little heavy.

Browder, the general secretary of the American Communist Party beside him, seemed to feel his emotions, patted him on the shoulder lightly, and said in a low voice: "Believe me, the leaders of the CCP will have a way, they know how to get China to join this In a war."

Harry Hopkins nodded with a wry smile.Last night, they stayed overnight in Magadan, the capital of China's Northern Xinjiang Province.The accompanying U.S. Army representative, Colonel Wedemeyer, told him that the U.S. intelligence agency had discovered that the Russian Empress Anastasinia had quietly come to Peiping, and she was staying in Prince Gong's Mansion where Luo Yaoguo was "resting"!

Obviously, the Russian empress was Hitler's lobbyist.For him, the special envoy of the President of the United States, is there any worse news than this?

"Mr. Minister, look!" Browder suddenly pointed out the window and exclaimed excitedly.Following the direction of his fingers, Harry Hopkins could clearly see that the sky was filled with colorful flags around the airport on the outskirts of Khabarovsk, and the road from the airport to the city was filled with black welcome crowds, there were always hundreds of thousands of them!I don't know how the Far Eastern Republic, with a population of just over 100 million, organized such a large welcome lineup?

"Welcome! Welcome! Warm welcome!"

As soon as the cabin door of the plane was opened, Harry Hopkins heard the cheers from the Shanhu and Tsunami Office. When he stepped out of the cabin door and before he went down the gangway, he saw Zhou Enlai wearing a long black woolen coat , with Zhang Guotao, Chen Changhao, Pan Hannian, Deng Yingchao, and some leaders of the Far Eastern Republic or the Communist International that Harry Hopkins has not seen in photos are already standing below.A little farther away are two neat rows of officers and soldiers of the Comintern Army, one of which is a military band and the other is a guard of honor of the three services.

As soon as Harry Hopkins stepped off the gangway, Zhou Enlai greeted him and shook hands with him. Then he pointed to a middle-aged woman in a black cheongsam and introduced in fluent English: "Mr. Hopkins , this is Ms. Soong Ching Ling, the widow of Mr. Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of the Republic of China, and she is also a member of the upper house of the Chinese parliament, the Supervisory Yuan, and has a very high prestige among the Chinese people and the government."

When Hopkins heard that it was the former first lady who had a bad relationship with the Kuomintang, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, but Soong Ching Ling smiled and nodded at him: "It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Hopkins."

"Me too, Mrs. Sun." Hopkins also responded with a gentle smile: "I didn't expect to see you in the capital of the Far Eastern Republic. I originally thought of visiting China in the future, and now I have fulfilled my wish in advance."

Soong Ching Ling nodded lightly: "It's because I couldn't wait to see Mr. Zhou, so I came to Khabarovsk together with Mr. Zhou from the Communist Party of China. I hope that I can exchange views with Mr. Zhou about the World Anti-Fascist War in advance."

Hopkins was taken aback by Soong Ching Ling's frankness, and from Soong Ching Ling's tone, he also heard that the other party was inclined to let China join the anti-fascist camp.

"Now China is likely to be the key force that determines the outcome of this war. As long as China can join the anti-fascist camp, the end of Hitler and his henchmen will be approaching." Zhou Enlai also said to Hopkins with a smile .And he also directly mentioned Hitler instead of Japan.

"Could it be that Mrs. Sun and Mr. Zhou both support China's participation in the anti-fascist camp?" Hopkins asked with a faint smile.

"Of course!" Soong Ching Ling's answer was very affirmative.Zhou Enlai also nodded with a smile: "The Comintern's consistent position is to oppose all forms of aggressive wars, fascism, and imperialism! And we are very much in favor of the Atlantic Charter."

Hopkins nodded with some relief, regardless of whether the two people in front of him and the political factions behind them have the power to make China go to war with Germany.However, this statement is still the greatest support for the United States in trouble. Obviously, they are true friends of the United States!It seems that President Roosevelt's vision is still very unique.

Then the President of the Far East Republic, Zhang Guotao, Prime Minister Chen Changhao and others stepped forward to shake hands with Hopkins one by one.Zhang Guotao and Chen Changhao also made it clear that they will soon declare war on fascist countries such as Germany, Italy and Russia!Of course, the Far Eastern Republic does not have its own army, and the matter of sending troops to participate in the war still needs to be decided by the Communist International.

After a cordial conversation between the host and the guest, there were routine ceremonies such as raising the national flag and reviewing the guard of honor.By the way, the flag of the Far Eastern Republic is also the flag of the Communist Party with hammer and sickle, and the national anthem is "Internationale", which is exactly the same as the ex-Soviet Union that has perished.

After inspecting the guard of honor of the three services, Hopkins and Zhou Enlai boarded an open car directly, and drove to the urban area of ​​Khabarovsk under the welcome of hundreds of thousands of people from the Far Eastern Republic...

"The people of the Far Eastern Republic seem to be very friendly to us and the United States." Looking at the cheering crowd on both sides of the road, Hopkins couldn't help feeling: "It would be great if I could see such a scene in Wuhan."

"That's impossible." Zhou Enlai waved to the welcoming crowd while pouring cold water on Hopkins. "You're lucky if you don't see protesting crowds in Wuhan."

"Protest?" Hopkins frowned slightly. It seems that the United States has never offended China?

Zhou Enlai glanced at Hopkins and explained: "There are many far-right political parties in China now, such as the Chinese Youth Party, the National Socialist Workers Party, and the Fascist Party. Organize demonstrations and protests. Moreover, there are many pro-German factions in the Kuomintang and the National Defense Forces. Luo Yaoguo’s brother-in-law, Marshal An Sihua, is the leader of the pro-German factions in the National Defense Forces, so they will definitely let this kind of demonstration go unchecked.”

At present, most provinces in the southern part of mainland China have completed or are about to complete the political training, and have begun to enter the democratic constitutional period!As a big brother from another time and space said, "The Chinese must be governed." Now, the Chinese who have no one to discipline them will naturally gradually lose their way in the so-called democratic constitutional government.All kinds of reactionary political parties have come on stage, especially the extreme right-wing ideology is rampant, almost to the point where it can compete with the left-wing parties!Although these right-wing parties are not necessarily in favor of uniting Germany to destroy the United States, they all oppose war with Germany without exception.They believe that if there is a war between China and Germany, apart from the United States, their mortal enemy, the Comintern, will benefit...

"Yeah, China's democratic politics has gone astray!" Harry Hopkins nodded, thinking in his heart that the extreme right-wing forces in the United States are also gradually rising.If the United States gets into trouble in this war, it cannot be ruled out that the United States will eventually become a fascist totalitarian state.

"It's just a small setback. The road to democracy in any country will not be smooth sailing." Zhou Enlai looked at the welcoming crowd on both sides of the road and smiled confidently. "The masses of the people are only temporarily confused by these rightist policies of aggression and expansion. Once the war falls into a quagmire, they will definitely wake up. I believe that this day will eventually come."

"But, Mr. Zhou," Hopkins raised his eyebrows, and said calmly, "Do you have a way to make China fight against Germany? Otherwise, the war may not last long, right?"

Zhou Enlai laughed and said: "The solution is what people think of. We have come up with a solution in the past two days." He leaned into Hopkins' ear and whispered: "Let the national government declare war on Germany. It is unrealistic for the time being, but they have already gone to war with Japan, and it is entirely possible to form an alliance with the United States. This point can be fought for, and the current disagreement may be Australia. The national government may ask the United States to recognize the entire Australia after the war. Owned by China...Even if the United States is more difficult in this regard, it is not inflexible. For example, the United States can issue a joint communiqué with China, indicating that the United States does not take any position on the Australian issue."

"It's possible." Hopkins nodded: "But what does this have to do with China joining the war against Germany?"

Zhou Enlai smiled at Hopkins: "Of course it is related, otherwise President Roosevelt would not have sent you to China, would he?" At this point, he paused for a while, and said with emphasis: "With the Sino-US alliance If there is no relationship between the lower levels, our party will have a way to launch a movement to resist Germany and aid the United States in China and recruit the Chinese People’s Volunteers, just like we supported the Soviet Union to resist fascist Germany. At that time, Hitler will think so? Where will Sino-German relations go? ?”

Hearing this, Hopkins suddenly felt his eyes light up, and said repeatedly: "Okay! Good way! Now fascist Germany has also recruited many volunteers from pro-German countries to participate in the war of invading the United States. The Communist International recruited soldiers from China. It makes perfect sense for volunteers to help the United States resist Germany. I just wonder how many Chinese people are willing to help the United States fight?"

Zhou Enlai looked at Hopkins with a serious face, stretched out his right hand, and made a gesture of counting money, "The key is this, as long as the United States can pay a reasonable return, the Chinese people are very willing to join the world anti-fascist war. of."

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