Chapter 615 Qiu Pang Arrives

People will always encounter some inadvertent big things in this life that happen quietly when they don't know anything about them.

Just like when George W. Bush visited an elementary school and laughed with the children, he would not have thought that this bold guy would dare to send someone to hijack a plane and crash it into a building. No one on earth would have ever dreamed that Comrade Chuan Jianguo would order the US military stationed in Iraq to directly arrange for a certain active major general.

Malashenko, who was busy helping workers in the factory and going into battle personally, also did not expect that a prime minister from a black tea country had already entered the Soviet airspace aboard a special plane amid heavy artillery fire.

Almost none of the passenger planes during World War II could be said to be of good enough comfort. Sitting in such a rickety and butt-crushing plane made Churchill, who had just left Downing Street, miss sitting in his office drinking. The comfort of the little secretary serving herself black tea.

If the time had not come when he had to take action himself, Churchill would not have wanted to fly to Moscow from the sky above the area where the Soviet and German armies were fighting. This would be no different from dancing on the tip of a knife.

"Why can't this damn plane take a detour with more fuel!?"

Churchill thought angrily.

Before coming to Moscow, Churchill had gone to the last commander of the Royal Air Force, General Dowding, who had retired to work at home, and asked whether the fighter jets currently used by the Germans on the Soviet battlefield were powerful. To find some psychological comfort for yourself.

But the answer Churchill received made him feel a little scared.

Admiral Dowding told Churchill that the BF109 F-series fighter jets recently developed by the Germans were no worse than the Spitfire of the Royal Air Force. The "Butcher Bird" FW190, which had just debuted, was also a very formidable opponent.

In short, if Churchill's plane was intercepted by the Luftwaffe, Lieutenant General Dowding suggested that Churchill immediately parachute to gain a chance of survival. Of course, if the German pilots realized that this was an unarmed aircraft and not a bomber and did not launch an attack, but only threatened the accompanying aircraft, Admiral Dowding felt that saving his life first was the best option in this case.

As for the first prime minister in the history of the British Empire to surrender, who cares as long as he survives?

Churchill, who was a little frightened, was always worried that German fighter jets would come out from an unknown direction, and his special plane would be caught off guard.

Although he was extremely worried, Churchill still had to pretend to be calm and nothing happened. Otherwise, the Prime Minister would panic and let other people on the plane deal with it.

Later generations often say that Churchill was the most mercurial "politician with a thousand faces". He could regard the Soviet Union as a mortal enemy and publicly curse and promote an anti-Bolshevik spirit. Churchill hated from the bottom of his heart the Bolsheviks who had killed the Czar's family, who were related to the British royal family, and he did not hide his thoughts even in public.

Similarly, for the sake of the safety of the British Empire and the overthrow of Hitler, Churchill could change his face faster than flipping a book Danger!", scolding the idiots in the parliament who opposed aid to the Soviet Union.

The Thousand-Faced Politician was Churchill’s political face. The image of a sinister face wearing a black top hat and holding a drum and Chicago typewriter was the best embodiment of Churchill’s tough stance towards Hitler.

Compared with the Red Bolsheviks who were feared by the entire European camp, Churchill was able to clearly realize that Hitler was a more terrifying beast and actively persuaded Roosevelt to increase aid to the Soviet Union.

On this point alone, Churchill was countless times better than the former Prime Minister Chamberlain who was forced to step down due to the miscarriage of appeasement policy.

The purpose of Churchill's trip to the Soviet Union was to bring the Soviet Union's supreme leader Stalin an extremely unfortunate news: the US-British coalition decided not to open a battlefield on the Western Front in 1942.

It was past five o'clock in the afternoon and the sun still showed no signs of setting. Churchill's special plane landed slowly and stopped at the Moscow Airport with the landing gear rubbing against the runway and making a harsh noise.

As soon as the somewhat paunchy Churchill stepped out of the plane, the first thing he saw was the flags of the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union flying on the airport in front of him and the neatly arranged honor guard of the Soviet Red Army.

Churchill understood that Stalin at this moment did not understand the disappointing news that he was about to bring him. Such a grand welcome ceremony at the airport was obviously prepared for the previous Three Kingdoms Alliance treaty.

"I hope this little shoemaker from Georgia won't give me too much trouble."

As he walked down the gangway with an uneasy feeling, Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, who made a special trip to greet Churchill, immediately greeted him with a warm smile.

"Welcome, Mr. Prime Minister, the good news you bring is enough to cheer up all the soldiers and civilians of the Soviet Union!"

When they met, without saying a word, he first put a high hat on Churchill's forehead.

Churchill, known as the politician with a thousand faces, knew very well what the extremely cunning Molotov in front of him was planning, and his answer was just a smile that changed the subject.

"Of course, we'll walk and talk."

Also arriving on a special plane with Churchill was the American delegation, including Harriman, the special representative of US President Roosevelt.

Out of praise for the friendship between the three countries, the Red Army honor guard at the airport played the national anthems of the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union with passionate music. Churchill, who maintained a habitual smile from beginning to end, reviewed the military equipment accompanied by Molotov. The energetic Soviet Red Army Honor Guard, this group of outstanding young men gave Churchill a little more confidence in Stalin's ability to stop Hitler.

"I have to say, you Russians have a great army and it looks like Hitler will eventually die at your hands."

Churchill, who said casually to Molotov, would not have thought that Hitler, a madman with two skills in his opinion, would actually die in the hands of the Russians.

After staying at the accommodation arranged in Moscow, Churchill chatted with Harriman, the special representative of the US President who was accompanying him, and discussed how to tactfully tell Stalin the devastating news later.

It didn't take long for Churchill and Harriman to receive invitations. Comrade Stalin, the supreme leader of the Soviet Union and loving father, was waiting to receive them in the Kremlin.

"How are you going to tell Stalin the news? Directly? Or more implicitly so he can understand?"

Facing Harriman's whisper, Churchill, who had already made a plan in his heart, waved his hands helplessly.

"To be honest, if Stalin is still not satisfied, then I can only add more numbers to his aid list, hoping that this will offset his anger a little. Of course, the same is true for you Americans."