Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 1164 Desert Eagle
Marshall smiled knowingly, and then said with some embarrassment: "Your Highness, I actually have some private matters to trouble you this time. Oh, and of course I will also tell you the final resolution of the Congress yesterday."

"Oh?" Although Pu De was very concerned about the congressional resolution, he wanted to know more about the private matter Marshall said.

"Let's get down to business first." Marshall said: "The results of the Congress came out last night. The resolution on strengthening Sino-US strategic cooperation proposed by Mr. President was passed. Except for twelve votes against and nine abstentions, the rest All members of Congress voted in favor. You must know that since the establishment of Congress, in the past hundred years, there have been few times in the agreed items of Congress that have been so consistent. This morning I believe that the major newspapers in the United States will spread the news Go out, and the whole world will know that our Sino-US strategic alliance has really been established."

"I sincerely welcome this correct decision of your country." Pu De said happily.

Of course, Pu De knows what the passage of this resolution means. This means that China and the United States will maintain strategic unity in terms of political and military affairs in the future, whether it is at the congressional level.

"Your Highness, it seems that we will really have the opportunity to fight side by side in the future." Marshall looked very excited, waving his hands and said: "Do you know, Mr. President gave me a new order yesterday, that is, in the two Tianli, immediately set about forming the Seventh Army, and went to receive the guidance of the Chinese trainer two months later. This is an excellent start for Sino-US military cooperation..."

"Oh." Pu De became interested for a while, and he said with a smile: "So when we advance to the Balkans in the future, we will become competitors?"

"You can say that." Marshall nodded and smiled.

"Then we might as well have a game to see whose troops can enter the Balkans first." Pu De said.

"Then we've made a deal." Marshall said straightforwardly, "I'm confident that I can get there one step ahead of the Dragon Army."

"Oh?" Pu De laughed. He moved closer to Marshall and asked curiously, "Why is the general so confident?"

"Your Highness, don't forget that there is still a powerful Soviet Union lurking in the north of your country." Marshall said with a smile, "If given the opportunity, I don't believe His Highness would give up the opportunity to personally command the battle against the Soviet Union."

"Hahaha" Pu De laughed heartily: "I didn't expect the general to really understand us. The general is right. If I fight against the Soviet Union, I will definitely be the first to fight, but this does not mean that I will miss the opportunity to enter the Balkans." Opportunity, I hope the general will not be careless and lose in my hands in the end."

"His Royal Highness can rest assured about this." Marshall said, "Being careless has never been a mistake that Marshall will make."

"En." Pu De and Marshall looked at each other, and they could feel a strong confidence in each other's eyes.

"Since we are all so confident, we might as well place some bets on it." Marshall thought briefly and then smiled.

"Oh, General Marshall raised some bets, I have no objection." Pu De replied: "It's just that I'm poor, and I have nothing to bet on the general."

"Haha, it's just a symbolic bet. Your Highness only needs to take out one or two belongings." Marshall laughed.

Pu De immediately understood that Marshall's mind was not really on the bet, he just proposed to exchange gifts with himself in another way.There is such a habit in diplomacy that the visitor and the host must give each other gifts. This gift can be light or heavy, and it is a commemorative thing.Under normal circumstances, this kind of matter should be brought up by the interviewer first, but Pu De has no experience, so he forgot about this matter.Now Marshall raised it to cover up Pu De's faux pas.

Having understood the mystery, Pu De felt very embarrassed. This time he came to the United States, he was careful everywhere, lest he would not notice somewhere and make some jokes.Unexpectedly, there is still a mistake.Fortunately, Marshall is a good person. He didn't say anything, but used this implicit method to remind himself, for which he was very grateful.

"How about this." Pu De thought for a while and stood up from the sofa, walked back to his bedroom, took out his own gun from his belt, returned to the living room and said with a smile: "I really have nothing, only this A sidearm, which has been with me since the day I fought with the army, and now I put it as a bet to the general."

Marshall took Pu De's side gun and looked at it carefully. It was a slightly ordinary Chinese-made pistol, basically the same structure as the 9mm pistol, and it adopted the gas-operated working principle.Features an adjustable trigger mechanism.The plastic grip is an integral structure, its shape is like a U, and it is fixed behind the bullet receiving port by a spring pin.The grip angle is 75 degrees, and the distance from the trigger is 70 mm. This grip is suitable for medium-sized hands.The polygonal barrel is precision forged. The standard barrel length is 152mm. Other barrels of the same caliber can also be replaced, and the sleeve does not need to be removed when unloading the barrel.However, when changing the barrel caliber, it is necessary to completely replace the barrel, latch, magazine, etc.Compared with the 9mm pistol, the barrel weight of this pistol has increased by 137 grams, the slide has increased by 94 grams, and the barrel axis has also increased by 1.5 mm.The name of Pu De and a pattern of a five-clawed golden dragon flag are engraved on the handle.

Marshall is definitely an expert in guns. He knew that this gun had many unusual features as soon as he held it in his hand, "Good gun, good gun! This is the best Chinese-made pistol I have ever seen. What's the name of the gun?"

"Desert Eagle."

"Good name."

After examining the pistol in his hand carefully for a while, Marshall carefully put it away, and then took out a revolver from his belt and put it on the table, saying: "Since Your Highness is betting on your pistol, then I You may wish to follow suit. This is my sidearm, and it has been with me since the year I graduated from West Point, and I present it to His Royal Highness as a souvenir."

Pu De took the gun in his hand, and looked it over carefully like Marshall.To be honest, his gun is much more beautiful than his Desert Eagle, with a silver gun body, exquisite engraved patterns, stitched golden letters, etc. All in all, this gun looks like a handicraft.

This is a typical American general's gun, it cannot be worn by Marshall when he left West Point, Pu De secretly smiled.However, he would not expose such a lie, after all, he did not wear the side gun as he said he had been with the army since the beginning of the battle.For a soldier, it is impossible to wear a gun for several years or even decades, unless the soldier is worthless and cannot be promoted for so many years.

"Oh, that's right, the general said just now that there is another private matter, can you tell me about it now?" Pu De remembered what Marshall said just now, and put the silver saber into his arms casually.

"Oh, that's right. This is indeed an unfeeling request for Your Highness." Marshall rubbed his hands together, and said with some embarrassment: "I have a niece who is currently writing for the New York Times. The news of your coming to the United States , it's no secret now, and you know that your name is now a household name in the United States, and now you are more popular than a Hollywood star in the United States. So, this time, my niece got a good job, She said that she wanted to do an exclusive interview with Your Highness, and she has been pestering me for the past two days, so I really have no choice, so "

Pu De understands, it turns out that this is the case, the emotional Marshall came to walk through his back door.This matter does not seem to be a big deal, it is just an exclusive interview, and if you agree, you will agree, but Pu Denan's identity is there, and if he agrees to an interview with an American reporter casually, if it spreads in the future, it may cause discussions in the empire.So no matter what, Wu Tingfang's approval must be obtained first, otherwise he felt that it would be safer to refuse directly.

"General Marshall." Pu De thought for a while, and then said with some embarrassment: "It's not that I don't want to help you, but I'm afraid I really can't promise you directly. You should also know that this visit to your country , I am by no means just representing myself, so in many aspects I must must, can the general understand what I mean?"

How could Marshall understand?You must know that this kind of thing is very normal for Americans. How can a personal interview be related to a country?
"If that's the case, forget it." Although he didn't understand the other party's meaning and felt very sorry, Marshall still understood the other party's decision. It was originally an unfeeling request. After all, not everyone in this world I like newspapers.

"No, no, general, don't get me wrong, I didn't say no." Pu De hurriedly explained: "What I mean is, hey, forget it, I think so, general, you might as well let your niece first A general interview content is brought, I will go back and ask Mr. Wu for instructions, and see his opinion first."

This time Marshall understood that it was not Pu De himself who refused, but that people with Pu De's status in China could not accept interviews with reporters privately.He felt somewhat apologetic, realizing that he had made things difficult for him with his request.But it's too late to say anything now, if I withdraw the request at this time, it seems even more inappropriate.

"In that case, then I'll let her come over." Marshall finally nodded gratefully and said, "But your Highness, don't make things difficult, if it doesn't work, forget it."

"You don't need to worry too much, General." Pu De laughed and said, "As long as your niece's questions don't involve our country's military secrets or some questions that need to be avoided, I don't think there will be any problems."

(End of this chapter)