Age of Rebirth

Tang Qiuli's tall and straight figure appeared at the entrance of the hotel lobby, and immediately attracted everyone's attention. Few of the guests present had seen Tang Qiuli's real face. Once he arrived in Manila, it would stir up a storm of wind and rain. How did the Chinese who killed more than 30 American soldiers turn out to be superficial and fierce? **

According to common sense, Mei Xue, dressed in a cheongsam, charming and charming, should be the focus of attention. In this kind of social occasion, beautiful women are always the focus of attention, but today, Mei Xue was temporarily ignored. Because Tang Qiuli's name is too great, looking at the history of Manila, in the American territory, Tang Qiuli is probably the No. 1 person who can make Americans bow their heads so much.

Tang Qiuli smiled wryly. This time, he didn't want to be famous. After seeing Tang Qiuli's face clearly, almost everyone showed surprise and whispered. This is the famous and vicious Tang Qiuli. Qiuli, young, unbelievably young, gentle and elegant, according to the signs of Westerners, this is a standard gentleman, if not for the scar on his face, remind everyone, this is a man with a million soldiers in his hands, everyone must One would think that this is a well-educated son of a wealthy family.

After looking away from Tang Qiuli, everyone noticed Mei Xue beside him, and they couldn't help but whisper, "It's so beautiful!" I have to admit that even though they have prejudices against Tang Qiuli, such a couple The man and woman walked into the resplendent hall with arm in arm, looking so harmonious and natural, as if this was a stage built for them.

Stilwell hurriedly greeted him, "General Tang. It is our honor to welcome you to the reception." Of course, this was a polite way of speaking.Tang Qiuli glanced away, and had already seen the expressions of the guests. Most people's eyes were not friendly, and even had hatred. This is understandable. I just killed 38 American soldiers. People who look at themselves with distaste.Should be American. [

MacArthur, Alexander, and Brooks stood side by side, holding wine glasses, and looked at Tang Qiuli with their own thoughts. MacArthur entered the hall from Tang Qiuli.I am certain that this is the one who slapped himself repeatedly and forced himself to order and shoot 34 American soldiers, that annoying Chinese Tang Qiuli.

An unquenchable revulsion.He couldn't help frowning, MacArthur didn't plan to meet him personally, he had to wait, waiting for Tang Qiuli to come over to greet him.It seemed that only in this way would he feel better.It seems that it is one thing to make concessions to Tang Qiuli to save some face.In public, it is another matter to take the initiative to show affection to this extremely annoying Chinese. Therefore, MacArthur's attitude became even more arrogant, and he folded his arms around his chest, looking at Tang Qiuli coldly. walk in.

Alexander's mood will be more complicated. In a sense, Tang Qiuli and his independent division are the saviors of Alexander and the British army. If there is no Tang Qiuli's troops, they will capture Myitkyina and start the westward retreat to India. Alexander and the remaining British soldiers either became a rotting corpse on the land of Burma, or became a member of the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp.

But from another point of view, it was also the Chinese, Tang Qiuli, who refused to carry out the orders of the Allied Army headquarters, tore a hole outside Mandalay, and rescued the British army, which led to the death of more than 40 British and Burmese soldiers. , first in the Libao Grand Canyon, was ambushed by the Japanese, and then fell into a catastrophe by the Yindun River.

In the end, there were only more than 2 people, and they retreated to Imphal in India in panic. Alexander himself was left out in the cold and deprived of his military power. All of this is related to the Chinese in front of him. For Alexander, who is used to being the boss in Myanmar, is there anything more painful than this?How can you embarrass Alexander?

As for Lieutenant General Brooks from Australia, he didn't know much about Tang Qiuli, the most powerful man in China. For Brooks, China was too far away, separated by the vast Pacific Ocean. In his impression Here, the Chinese men should be wearing long braids, wearing tattered clothes, numb faces, and malnutrition.

This is not to blame for Brooks. His father, who once served in the U.S. military and participated in the battle of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces to capture Beijing, often said so when he was a child. Moreover, Brooks’ home still has a lot of things from China. , the gold and silver treasures that his father looted back, tonight, the necklace on his wife's neck is an item in the Chinese imperial palace. It is said that it is a personal belonging of a concubine of the emperor. After his father raped the concubine , harvested the life of that Chinese woman with small feet and this necklace together.

Brooks’s attitude towards the Chinese is even more contemptuous than that of MacArthur. It is the kind of contempt with little knowledge and inherent thinking. He is also in the most relaxed mood. Not having to deal with this ignorant and backward nation will save a lot of trouble. It is very strange that MacArthur, who has always been arrogant and arrogant, would worry about this Chinese, would he give in and bow his head for this Chinese, and pay the lives of more than 30 American soldiers?

The top representatives of the western powers of the three allied countries watched Tang Qiuli approaching step by step. Different lights shone in his blue-gray eyes, including curiosity, complexity, and undisguised contempt and hostility. Unexpectedly, Tang Qiuli was five or six meters away from them, smiled at the Chinese beauty who was holding his arm, and sat down directly at a table. The three most important figures in the audience are more transparent than air.

A burst of anger climbed up MacArthur's face, but Alexander was calm. He had met Tang Qiuli twice, and he had confronted Tang Qiuli twice. He knew the pride of this young Chinese man. The mood caused the dissatisfaction of the American, but he didn't mind taking the initiative to say hello.

Brooks looked at Tang Qiuli with great interest. This young Chinese aroused his great interest. He didn't mind talking with Tang Qiuli, mainly because he had an urgent question, "Excuse me, General Tang, where is your braid? Does your beautiful lady still have small feet? Can I see it?"

Imagine the Chinese man in front of him, wearing a suit and leather shoes, with a big braid behind his head, and the plump and attractive beautiful woman beside him, under such a graceful body, a pair of small feet no longer than the palm of his hand, how to support her With a sexy body, Brooks felt itchy when he thought of it, wishing he could take off Mei Xue's cheongsam and see what happened.

Thankfully, Brooks also saw that MacArthur did not move. He was embarrassed to be the first to step forward, and the so-called gentlemanly demeanor saved him. Otherwise, the reception tonight had not started yet, and the first person to be carried out would be this Brooks Of course, he was not drunk, but he must have been hit hard by Tang Qiuli and passed out. As for whether he can wake up, it depends on his luck.

Stilwell's forehead was dripping with sweat. He didn't expect Tang Qiuli to take such a move in less than a minute to greet other guests. Looking at MacArthur's increasingly livid face, Stilwell Wei seemed to smell a puff of gunpowder smoke, sparks popped out of the air.

The other guests had obviously noticed this, and started whispering to each other. Tang Qiuli couldn't keep a low profile, so Stilwell hurried forward and said, "Vice Chairman Tang, please allow me to introduce, this is the American Four-star General MacArthur, the commander-in-chief of the US military in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, this is Lord Alexander, the Civil Affairs Officer of the British Empire in Eastern India, and this is the Chief of Staff of the Australian Army, Lieutenant General Brooks."

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand to Tang Qiuli, and introduced: "This is the vice chairman of the Chinese Civil Affairs Commission, the commander in chief of the Myanmar theater, and the second-level army general, General Tang Qiuli." Alexander is an old acquaintance Just as he was about to shake hands, MacArthur beside him didn't move, and he quietly withdrew his hand again. There was no way, now that the world was dominated by Americans, he had to act according to MacArthur's winks.

As for Brooks, with a so-called posture, he just kept looking at Tang Qiuli, and kept looking behind his head. MacArthur's falcon-like, blue-gray eyes were staring at Tang Qiuli. He was waiting for Tang Qiuli. Qiuli took the initiative to extend his hand. According to his position, he was the first deputy commander of the Allied Army, while Tang Qiuli was just the commander of a unit under the Allied Army.

As for his title of vice chairman of the Republic of China, MacArthur didn't pay attention to it at all. Even if the chairman of the Generalissimo came, so what?MacArthur, who has been in the East for a long time, knows that this is momentum and what the Chinese call face. You, Tang Qiuli, took the initiative to salute, and you are correcting your status as a subordinate. Tomorrow's meeting will be easy to handle. Much more!

But he was wrong, Tang Qiuli didn't intend to reach out his hand at all, there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and he just looked at it calmly, in his eyes, MacArthur was gradually ignited, this smile, in MacArthur's view , full of provocation and contempt, this is something that the boss is used to, absolutely unacceptable, dare to contempt and challenge me, MacArthur, in public, it is beyond self-control. [

The guests stopped talking and looked at Tang Qiuli and MacArthur who were not giving in to each other. Those who had good things even started to bet. Which of the two reached out first?Stilwell hurriedly smoothed things over, "Several generals, let's sit down and talk."

Tang Qiuli and MacArthur reached out their hands almost at the same time, and squeezed each other tightly. The eyes of the two collided. Tang Qiuli narrowed his eyes slightly, and MacArthur felt a cold light coming from this Chinese man who was half a head shorter than him. In the eyes of the young man, it disappeared in a flash.

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