The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China - Chapter 1000

  December 7, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

   On December 8, the Japanese attacked the Malay Peninsula from Thailand, and the scale of the war in Southeast Asia expanded. On the same day, the Japanese army attacked Hong Kong, and the scholars and celebrities who escaped from Hong Kong retreated to the north.

  On December 9, the head of state Lin Sen issued the “Declaration of War on Japan”, China officially declared war on Japan. On the same day, the United States and Britain declared war on Japan, and Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.

   On December 20th, the Flying Tigers shot down 6 Japanese aircraft in Yunnan, wounded 3 aircraft, and had no damage to themselves, winning the first battle.

   In other words, the three squadron emblems of the Flying Tigers are so magical.

   “Adam and Eve Squadron” is a naked woman chasing a man; “Panda Squadron” depicts a squinting and smiling panda; “Hell’s Angel Squadron” is a woman with long wings and a halo on her head, also without clothes.

   In combination with the team logo and the big magical shark painted on their plane, it added a humorous atmosphere to the brutal Chinese war of resistance.

   1942, New Year’s Day.

   Led by the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and China, representatives of 22 countries around the world signed the “United Nations Common Declaration” in Washington. It marked the official formation of the World Anti-Fascist Alliance and laid the foundation for the establishment of the United Nations after the war.

   After Song Ziwen signed the Joint Declaration of the United Nations, he immediately received the task assigned by Lao Jiang—to seek a loan of at least 500 million US dollars from the United States.

  Roosevelt urged Treasury Secretary Morgenthau to solve it as soon as possible, but Morgenthau was unwilling to give money, but proposed another way. That is, the United States pays 1 million Chinese troops every month, calculated at $10 per person, and pays $10 million per month.

  Song Ziwen bargained and proposed that the United States should pay 3 million military personnel and pay 30 million US dollars per month. Morgenthau agreed. Song Ziwen was overjoyed and reported to Chang Kaishen, “This is equivalent to 600 million fiat money coming in every month.”

  Chang Kaishen firmly disagrees, he believes that the United States is trying to control China’s military.

  Due to the US’s defeat in the Pacific War, the US government was even more panicked than Lao Jiang, and the congressmen forced Morgenthau to give money as soon as possible. After a full month of delay, the U.S. Congress passed Bill 422, agreeing to provide China with a $500 million loan.

   These loans have no interest, and there is no stipulation on when they must be repaid, and everything will be discussed after the war is over. Its impact on China’s war of resistance was huge. Without the $500 million, the fiat currency would collapse even faster, and China’s finances would not even last until 1942.

   Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor really saved China.

   In late January, Linlithgow, the British Governor in India, invited Chang Kaishen to visit India, and Roosevelt made it clear that Zhou Hexuan and his wife must also go there.

  What does Lao Jiang’s visit to India have to do with Roosevelt?

But it was the United Kingdom that agreed to the independence of India in the “Common Declaration of the United Nations”, which made the Indians overjoyed, but there was absolutely no hope in the actual operation. Nehru, Gandhi and other famous Indians made trouble because of this, and some Indians even United Japan to engage in national independence movement.

   And Roosevelt wanted to establish a Chinese theater in Asia, which required India to cooperate with tasks such as transportation. He did not want India to become chaotic, so he proposed to let Chang Kaishen visit India to persuade the Congress Party to compromise with the British government.

   As for Zhou Hexuan’s fame in India, it is not far from Tagore’s fame in China. The same oppressed Asian country, the same Asian who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, Zhou Hexuan won high praise in India.

   Even Zhou Hexuan’s speech “I have a dream”, the historical monograph “Rise of a Great Power”, poems “Praise”, “Answer” and other works are widely circulated among Indian folk. The “Collected Works of Zhou Hexuan” published five years ago in India even invited Tagore to write the preface – Zhou Hexuan did not get a cent for the copyright fee.

   This situation is not only in India, but also in Japan.

   Asia before World War II was a symbol of backwardness. No matter how Japan left Asia and joined Europe, it would not change the status quo. Therefore, as long as there are Asians who have made great achievements, all Asian countries are honored. The Japanese and Indians regard Zhou Hexuan as an Asian hero.

  Even though the Japanese authorities later listed Zhou Hexuan’s works as banned books, the Japanese people still kept a lot of them, and the more banned Japanese intellectuals became, the more they liked to collect them.

   At the advice of his advisers, Roosevelt learned of this situation, so he named Chang Kaishen to bring Zhou Hexuan with him when he went to India.

  On February 5, the Indian delegation headed by Chang Kaishen officially set off, along with Wang Chonghui, Shang Zhen, Zhang Daofan and Zhou Zhirou.

   boarded the special plane, Chang Kaishen asked Zhou Hexuan to sit with him, and asked Song Meiling to go to the house with Zhang Leyi. With such a close attitude, the accompanying officials of the government looked sideways and regarded Zhou Hexuan as the number one celebrity in academia.

   “Mingcheng, this time the progressives in India need you to contact me.” Chang Kaishen said.

   Zhou Hexuan said: “I really don’t know India, I don’t know anyone.”

Chang Kaishen seemed to know the situation in India in advance. He said: “All the elites in India can speak English and Latin, and they like to read Western literature. Take Nehru, the leader of the Congress Party, for example. I especially like Nietzsche and Bernard Shaw, and are friends with the great writer Romain Rolland. You also know Bernard Shaw and Romain Rolland, and you must have something in common with Nehru.”

   Zhou Hexuan asked: “What is the purpose of President Jiang’s visit?”

  Chang Kaishen said: “The purpose is that the two great nations of China and India will work together and fight side by side. China supports India’s independence!”

   “Okay, I will adhere to this purpose and contact the Indians.” Zhou Hexuan was speechless.

  Chang Kaishen is not just shouting slogans, he really did it in history.

  Roosevelt’s original intention was to have Chang Kaishen persuade progressives in India to compromise with the British government. As a result, after Chang Kaishen arrived in India, he actually supported Indian independence in various ways and called on Britain to immediately agree to the national liberation of India.

   Lao Jiang’s operation made Churchill so angry that he threw his dentures, and at the same time caused huge public pressure on the British authorities at home and abroad.

  Churchill scolded his mother in his heart, while expressing his opinion through Reuters: “The British government has paid sympathetic attention to Chiang’s proposal, and the British War Cabinet has thoroughly reviewed the entire situation.”

   Our President Jiang is still continuing to show his operations. After he left India, he did not stop and held a grand “India Day” event in Chongqing. He wrote to Roosevelt and Churchill again, criticizing Britain for “closing its eyes and not looking at the facts”, urging Britain to change its attitude immediately, and to ease the antagonism of the Indian people, otherwise it would be too late when Japan attacked India.

  Churchill received a letter of criticism from Chang Kaishen and threw his dentures again.

   From February to July, Chang Kaishen called Roosevelt again, asking Roosevelt to make Britain make concessions. This made Churchill so angry that he threatened to revoke the Sino-British covenant, and then took Nehru and Gandhi to prison together.

  The reason why Chang Kaishen did this was to use Indian affairs to improve his status in allies and to confirm China’s status as a great power in Asia.