The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China - Chapter 1001

   New Delhi Airport.

   As soon as Chang Kaishen stepped down the gangway, the military band began to play. British Governor-General Linlithgow strode forward and smiled: “Welcome Mr. Jiang and his wife to visit British India.”

   “Darling, the lord is greeting you.” Song Meiling still knew the basic etiquette, and she did not go overboard on major occasions, but stood by the side as an interpreter.

  Chang Kaishen then shook hands and said in Chinese, “Hello, Lord Linlithgow.”

  Linlithgow introduced the officer around him: “This is Lord Wavell, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific.”

   “Hello, General Wavell.”

   “Hello, Mr. Jiang, Mrs. Jiang.”

  Rommel was called the “Desert Fox” and Montgomery was called the “Desert Rat”. Before the Montgomery massacre, the British already had a unit known as the “Desert Rats”, that is, the British 7th Armoured Division under Wavell.

   For the first two years, Wavell had been fighting the Italians in North Africa. At a disadvantage in all aspects, Wavell captured more than 100,000 Italian troops within two months at the cost of 500 killed and 1,400 wounded. The deceptive tactics he used in North Africa were named “special warfare” by Churchill, so some people say that Wavell is the inventor of special warfare.

   The one-eyed general also had a contest with Rommel last year. Neither side suffered more than 1,000 casualties, but the British army lost dozens of tanks.

  Now Wavell is the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces of the United States, Britain, Netherlands and Australia in the Southwest Pacific, and commands all the troops of the Far Eastern Army except China. Of course, this position will be sacked in a few days. The reason is that the Allied countries are in conflict with each other, and there is no unified command at all. Wavell can only be changed to commander-in-chief of the British Army in India.

  Chang Kaishen came to India this time. In addition to easing the contradictions between the Indians and the British, the more important thing was to discuss the issue of war in Burma with Wavell – Wavell took over the defense of Burma a month ago.

  Song Meiling continued to show English: “This is Mr. Zhou Hexuan and his wife Ms. Zhang Leyi.”

  Linlithgow smiled and shook hands and greeted: “Hello, Mr. Zhou, I am your loyal book fan.”

   “Hello, Your Excellency Governor.” Zhou Hexuan salutes back.

  It took more than ten minutes for important people from both sides to shake hands and greet each other, and then two British men accompanied the Chinese delegation along the runway. On both sides of the runway were Indian and British troops, who stood at attention and saluted, accepted the inspection by Chang Kaishen, and placed two rows of empty bombs to show their welcome.

  Everyone took the car to the city, and the atmosphere in the city became more lively. Thousands of Indians waved flags to welcome them, which made Chang Kaishen and Song Meiling feel very proud, so they didn’t have to guess whether these people were childcare arranged by the British.

   That night, Linlithgow held a grand banquet for the Chinese delegation, all of whom were British officials and nobles living in India. Except for the servant who brought tea and poured water, Zhou Hexuan didn’t even see a single Indian at the banquet.

   In the following days, Chang Kaishen had been holding military talks with Wavell, while Zhou Hexuan was led around for sightseeing.

   To be honest, India in the 1940s really had nothing to do. The only difference from the 21st century was that the floors were lower and there was less industrial waste. There are still cows running around, there are still hungry people, and there is still no toilet outside.

  India’s major newspapers published a large number of articles about China, mainly introducing the situation of the Chinese people’s heroic war of resistance, which shows that the British war propaganda in India has been running. As for the newspapers that focused on Chang Kaishen and Zhou Hexuan, they came from the media controlled by progressive Indians.

After the military talks ended, Chang Kaishen went to the Indian border to inspect the Khyber Pass Fortress, while Zhou Hexuan stayed in New Delhi to meet progressive people from all walks of life in India.

   The first person who came to visit him was the leader of the Congress Party, Nehru. Nehru also brought two doctors, whose Chinese names were Mu Kehua and Zhuo Kehua. These “Hua” characters are all Chinese, and they were deliberately coined when they supported China’s war of resistance.

   There were five “Hua” who went to China at first, and two of them still stay in China.

  Ke Dihua served as the first president of Bethune International Hospital. During the Hundred Regiments War, he stayed up for several days and nights. He performed 558 operations in 13 days and treated more than 800 wounded and sick. Another Indian friend named Basuhua works in the Hospital Affiliated to the Ministry of Health of the Eighth Route Army, and will serve as a Senator in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region two years later.

   Both Mu Kehua and Zhuo Kehua returned to India due to illness, especially Mu Kehua. After he recovered, he immediately collected medicines and escorted him to China in person. As a result, he was stopped by the British in Burma. At that time, the British were still engaging in appeasementism. They were afraid of causing Japan’s dissatisfaction and sent Mu Kehua directly back to India.

   After Zhuo Kehua returned to India, he worked as a doctor while promoting propaganda, introducing what he saw in Yan’an to the Indian people. He accompanied Nehru to visit Zhou Hexuan this time, and he was also a reporter.

   At this time, the Indian National Congress was definitely a progressive party, and it maintained friendly exchanges with the oppressed nations of the world all day long. At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, at the invitation of Mr. Zhu, Nehru decided to send a medical team to China, which received enthusiastic responses from all walks of life in India. There were more than 700 medical personnel who signed up to aid China. It was selected from more than 700 people.

   “Hello, Mr. Zhou.”

   “Hello, Mr. Nehru.”

   “Hello, Mr. Mukherjee.”

   “Hello, Mr. Drake.”

   Nehru said: “I pay high tribute to the Chinese people’s spirit of the war of resistance against Japan. Your deeds have inspired the Indian people.”

   Zhou Hexuan said: “Thank you for the support of the Indian people, and even more thanks to the Congress Party and the Chinese medical staff for their generosity.”

   Nehru, the future founding prime minister of India, was of Brahmin origin and was a standard Caucasian. According to various strange misunderstandings, Nehru and Hitler are still of the same race – they are both Aryans (squint laugh).

   As for the two doctors, Mu Kehua and Zhuo Kehua, they are one white and one black. The black one is obviously a lower caste, but it is definitely not a pariah, because pariahs have no right to be educated.

   Although Mahatma Gandhi opposed the caste system all his life and encouraged intermarriage between upper and lower castes, he did not include untouchables. India’s untouchables account for more than 20% of the total population, but as tolerant as Gandhi does not regard untouchables as human beings, one-fifth of human resources is wasted in vain.

  Nehru soon chatted about his study abroad career in the UK, and also talked about friends such as Einstein, Romain Rolland, Bernard Shaw and so on. Immediately afterwards, he praised Mrs. Sun again, and asked Zhou Hexuan to help bring gifts to Mrs. Sun.

  Nehru took out a copy of “Rise of Great Powers” from his bag and said, “Mr. Zhou, your masterpiece has benefited me a lot, please be sure to leave your signature.”

   “That’s my honor.” Zhou Hexuan quickly signed the title page as a souvenir.

  Nehru asked: “Mr. Zhou, you are an expert on international issues. How do you think a country like India should seek independence, liberation, development and rise?”

   Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: “India’s independence is inevitable, and this world war is an opportunity.”

Nehru shook his head and said: “Britain released the news of making India independent as early as 20 years ago, but every time it was a deceitful trick. This “United Nations Common Declaration”, although the United Kingdom expressly expressed its willingness Let India become independent, but they are always perfunctory and Indians see no hope.”

   Zhou Hexuan said: “The key to India’s independence lies in the United States, not the United Kingdom.”

   “America?” Nehru seemed to have captured some inspiration, but he couldn’t figure it out, and said in surprise, “Please explain in detail Mr. Zhou, thank you very much!”