Ouyang Yun laughed and said: "From a soldier's point of view, I agree with what you said, but from a country's prime minister's point of view, I think you are quibbling."
Of course, Ouyang Yun's desire to meet Li Mei cannot be simply to satisfy his personal curiosity. As he said, from a military point of view, since the United States is determined to confront China, other than completely defeating the United States on the battlefield, there is no other option. Anything, including sadness and sighing, is outside of professional matters. However, as the prime minister, even if he hates the United States extremely, he still has the idea of crushing the United States completely, but his first consideration is whether to do so. It is in the national interest and will not cause trouble to the country.
Both soldiers and politicians need to think rationally about problems, but due to different professions, the former only need to stay awake enough on the battlefield, but the latter must stay rational enough at all times. After all, different social statuses, Different social expectations they bear will also have different requirements for their own qualities. According to the secret telegrams sent back by Kong Lingyi and other agents from the United States, Ouyang Yun knew that the current American society is not as united as one, as advertised by American newspapers. Truman The position of president is not as secure as it seems on the surface.
No matter what kind of person Li Mei is, as long as there are still problems of this kind in the United States, then this meeting can become a seed that will take root sooner or later.
"The war launched by the Japanese government and the former German government is anti-humanity. You and I both know that if these two countries win in the end, what will they bring to the world? In order to maintain world peace and human justice, The alliance between the United States and China is both a general trend and a need for mankind around the world. Seeing the imminent collapse of Japanese militarism, your government has chosen to abandon her loyal allies and form an alliance with the enemy. General LeMay, this is a responsible act. What country and government will do? I have always firmly believed that justice will defeat evil. Therefore, no matter what the process is in this new great war, we will definitely win in the end. I think this is also the case. The appeal of peace-loving people all over the world.”
Ouyang Yun talked about great things. Even though Li Mei had decided to ignore all Ouyang Yun's words early on, she couldn't help but feel some emotion in her heart. Before the outbreak of the second Pacific War, if he was still ambitious, More than reason, I feel that although it is morally unjustifiable to form an alliance with Japan to jointly contain China, it can bring real benefits to the United States. Now, after experiencing a defeat with no hope of victory, I have a premonition that this may become a milestone in the history of the United States. At the turning point, naturally, regret appeared in his heart.
When Ouyang Yun saw that Li Mei did not answer, he only looked at the construction workers in front of him from time to time, followed his eyes and asked: "General Li Mei, why are you interested in urban construction?"
"Urban construction, isn't it national defense fortification?" Li Mei blinked twice and asked.
His society was at a turning point, with China realizing the false elements in it and the need for world peace.
I will beat him until he surrenders. He has no time to worry about national affairs. Naturally, he will not consider it and the United States will not consider it.
Seeing that Li Mei always watched the workers at work, Ouyang Yun asked: "How interested are you?"
"Isn't it a national defense fortification?"
"Haha, of course it can be used as an air-raid shelter during the war, but its main function is to drain and remove sewage in the city. This is actually just a small waterway on the main road in Guangzhou."
"Sewer, General Ou,."
"My last name is Ouyang, not Ou." Ouyang Yun said with a smile.
Li Mei blushed slightly and changed her words: "General Ouyang, don't you think the sewer with a diameter of five meters is a waste? Although China has become rich rapidly, it seems that it has not reached this level."
Ouyang Yun shook his head: "I know you don't believe it, but this is a main road sewer in Guangzhou. The reason why it has to be dug so big is because when our engineers designed it, they thought it should function for at least a hundred years."
"A hundred years." Li Mei raised the corner of her mouth with a hint of sarcasm: "A medium-sized war can ruin it, General Ouyang, why do I think it's a joke?"
"Joke." The corners of Ouyang Yun's mouth also turned up, and he said a little arrogantly: "General Li Mei, let me tell you something you don't want to hear, Guangzhou, who else can break in now, you are still Japanese, right? It seems that there are also Britain and Soviet Russia. Your Pacific Fleet cannot even break through our third island chain, and you still want to threaten Guangzhou. General Li Mei, I know that as a soldier, self-confidence is one of the basic qualities that must be possessed. But what I want to remind you is that being too confident is arrogance. In history, arrogant people have had good endings. Of course, if you feel unconvinced, you can try again after you go back. But I am sure that even if you can arm another Pacific Fleet, you will still be beaten to annihilation by us on the third island chain." Ouyang Yun's contemptuous words obviously angered Li Mei, and he glared coldly. Ouyang Yun shouted: "General Ouyang." Then, he remembered something, his voice dropped slightly, and asked: "After we go back, are you willing to let us go back?"
"Your government has sent us a message through a neutral country, hoping that we can release all of you prisoners. General Le Mei, if you stand in my position, and the war between your country and our country is not over yet, you What will you do?"
The sharp edges on Li Mei's face immediately receded like a tide, and if he was in Ouyang Yun's position, he would naturally not be able to put them back.
"It's impossible to put them all back, but I don't think it's impossible to put you back alone."
Li Mei was stunned for a moment, then shook her head vigorously and said, "If that's the case, I'd better stay as a prisoner."
Ouyang Yun laughed loudly: "No, it's not your turn to make the decision. Hey, who told me that you are more pleasing to me? Anyway, I have to let one person go back to send a message to Truman. It's you. General Li Mei, when you go back Tell President Truman, just say, even if the U.S. government feels sorry for us first, we Chinese people are the most nostalgic for the old friendship, so we still hope to be friends rather than enemies with the United States. Of course, if President Truman insists on being in the United States despite our good intentions, If we go further and further down the wrong path, then I'm sorry, we will use more brutal methods to deal with the Americans than we did with the Japanese. We Chinese hate betrayal the most."