From a purely personal point of view, Ouyang Yun does not reject the word "**". To be more extreme, he even believes that it can illustrate the strength of China at that time. The word is simply meant to praise rather than belittle.
However, because he knew that the word "**" might cause various unfavorable situations for China in the real world, he immediately stood up and severely refuted this statement and emphasized that China is a peace-loving country. The war the Chinese people are currently engaged in is the Patriotic War, which is a very important part of the world's anti-fascist war. In his news speech that night, he even pointed out: Yes, our sending troops to Southeast Asia and the Middle East has indeed endangered some national interests in these areas, but what I want to point out is that the reason why we do this is, on the one hand, to completely eliminate Japanese militarism, and on the other hand, to save the people of these regions and countries that were ravaged by Japan... I have never wanted to make the numbers public because I know that once they are made public, I will definitely be scolded by everyone. But now, when the Western media starts to maliciously attack us and misunderstand the true intentions of our military operations outside the country, we may be scolded. Shower, I have to say that so far, in order to support the Soviet Union's counterattack against the Germans, in order to help the people of Southeast Asia fight the Japanese invaders, in order to help fight for France's restoration, and in order to support the Korean people's anti-colonial struggle, we have sacrificed more than five lives. Thousands of soldiers, and the money lost was measured in billions of military coins. I know that in many places, many Chinese people are very dissatisfied with me because I have been unable to lead the national defense forces to regain all the lost territory. They even accuse me of worshiping foreigners. My compatriots, today, I apologize to everyone. I was wrong. I betrayed your trust. I should not have sent troops to support Soviet Russia and to Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Americans and British were besieged and captured by the Japanese in Southeast Asia. The Japanese prisoners are none of our business, so I shouldn't be so sentimental as to send troops to rescue them. However, I do not regret supporting the French Zionist Army in the war of national independence. Facts have proved that France is our most loyal ally...
The emergence of the "**" conspiracy is also a good thing for the coalition government, because through this incident, the British government's position has been very clear, which means that the high command does not need to think twice in handling many matters.
What Churchill didn't know was that the coalition government's strong stance in rejecting their political blackmail was not actually the final trump card. Rather, precisely because it cherished its alliance with Britain, the coalition government was actually very conservative in handling Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern affairs.
At first glance, this statement seems a bit pretentious, at least, judging from the reaction of Churchill's cabinet at the time, it may be because of a lack of understanding that Churchill, under Truman's instigation, instructed his men to create "* *" conspiracy, and wanted to use the attack on the French Nationalist Army to scare the monkeys and isolate China.
In places where China has recovered, the penetration rate of television is extremely high. Take the newly recovered cities of Peking and Pingding as an example. These cities already have a relatively solid foundation, plus they have preferential policies provided by the coalition government (such as providing services for everyone). Each community or village is provided with free wires and a television). According to local government statistics, by the end of 1946, there were more than 50,000 televisions in Beiping City and surrounding areas.
The high penetration rate of television makes it easier for foreign agents active in China to grasp the latest developments in China at the first time. Naturally, the content of Ouyang Yun's speech was quickly picked up by political figures from Western countries who pay close attention to China. Known.
As China's mainstream media, adhering to the wishes of the coalition government, began to join the ranks of denouncing the "**" statement, they began to publish some heavyweight editorials, and began to publicize inequalities around the world with great fanfare, and called on the United Nations to The complete elimination of colonialism and imperialism within the country should be regarded as daily work and the most important task at the moment. Churchill and other perpetrators knew that the Chinese counterattack was coming.
Previously, when Churchill sent a heavyweight delegation to Chongqing for political blackmail, although the coalition government firmly rejected the British unreasonable demands, it did not complete the matter. For example, it tried to persuade Myanmar to completely get rid of British influence. This should be a misunderstanding. Because of the goodwill of the coalition government, or thinking that the coalition government has limited influence on Myanmar and the Middle East, when the British concocted the "**" conspiracy, they never thought that in addition to face-to-face war, the Chinese had other means to retaliate against them.
Even though they knew that the Chinese government was going to retaliate against Britain, the British military and political leaders headed by Churchill did not take it seriously.
If we do not take into account subsequent changes, the situation faced by Britain in this time and space is more than ten times better than that time and space. After Hitler died, the Germans began to fully retreat to Europe; in addition, the Indochina Peninsula was under the strong power of the Chinese army. , the Japanese imprint was removed early, so whether it is the Middle East or the Indochina Peninsula, the British interests have not suffered much losses. As for Malaysia and Singapore, because the war is currently at its hottest, the British have spoken. They asked China to return control after the war, but they actually didn't take it seriously. When it came to taking sides in the German Civil War, the British chose the Wehrmacht. In terms of the actual area of control between the two sides of Germany, the Nazis were larger than the Wehrmacht. The Wehrmacht is much larger, but in terms of military strength, the Wehrmacht is much stronger than the Nazi Party. Because the current focus of the battle between the Nazi Party and the Wehrmacht is on the control of Germany, many other European countries are stronger than the Wehrmacht. The powerful Britain suddenly had a much higher say in many European affairs, which also made the British ambitions expand again, and they began to dream of becoming the boss of Europe and even repeating the dream of an empire on which the sun never sets.
If there were no subsequent changes, the British dream might really come true. First, no matter which side wins the German Civil War, its national power will inevitably be greatly damaged after this turmoil, and Britain will inevitably be the dominant power in Europe in the future; second, In the end, the fight between China and the United States will definitely end in a lose-lose outcome. In addition, the Soviet Union and Russia are now unrecoverable. Then, with the resource support of many colonies in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and other places, Britain will surely be able to restore its pre-World War II strength as soon as possible. Thus becoming the world's most powerful country.
In fact, Churchill's cabinet is currently focusing on these two aspects. As for planning the "**" conspiracy, it is actually just a good idea that Churchill sold to the Americans. In other words, although Churchill planned this incident, he actually did not Didn't take it too seriously.