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Chapter 5 Speeches on Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill, a mound that is only 83 feet high, is not located in the center of Washington, DC. However, because this block brings together almost all important political institutions in the United States, it has long been a focus area of ​​attention. The highest legislature of the U.S. federal government, the Capitol Building, is located on the top of this mountain.

In the early morning, the warm sunshine gently scattered on the white marble dome of the Capitol building under the breeze. The bronze statue of Liberty looks particularly clear under the golden sunshine.

At nearly 8:30, in the parking lot near the pool in front of the building, there were already a variety of cars. Around the square, countless well-equipped police officers were on guard, closely guarding every corner where possible. Every Washington, and even every American knew that whenever such a situation occurred, it meant that another important meeting was held in Congress.

At about 8:30, under the escort of several black cars, a silver-white luxury car turned around the corner of National Street and slowly drove into the square brick ground of Congress Square. Seeing the luxury Cadillac sedan slowly coming, with the star-striped flags, sickle hammers and five-star flags flying on the front of the car, the police in charge of martial law in the square immediately stood up and saluted.

In the back seat of the car, Chu Sinan looked out quietly through the brown window. This was his first time to come to the United States and his first time to visit Capitol Hill. No matter how he had no good impression of the powerful American eagle in later generations, he had to admit it at this moment. The place in front of him was indeed full of majesty. He believed that when every American came here, the same Chinese would step on Tiananmen Square, and a Russian would step on Red Square with the same solemn mood.

Beside Chu Sinan, Tukhachevsky seemed to be not interested in the scenery outside the window. From the moment he left the hotel, he had been leaning against the seat and closed his eyes to rest. Chu Sinan had not even seen his eyes open once, nor did he know what he was thinking.

With a slight shaking, the car stopped in a special parking space guarded by many big men in black suits. Then a figure flashed, and the car door that Chu Sinan was facing was pulled open from outside.

"The general, a smiling young man stood on the side of the car door and said to Chu Sinan. What he said turned out to be a pure Russian language.

Chu Sinan subconsciously glanced at her side, but found that the map beside her was Khachevsky getting out of the car door on the other side. She no longer hesitated. Chu Sinan also lowered her head and got out of the car.

Outside the car, Chu Sinan looked up at the Parliament Building. He saw that this pure white building, which is not tall but extremely grand, was actually made of whole pieces of marble. Although its area is far less than that of the Kremlin, it does not look inferior in terms of momentum.

"General," Eisenhower, who was waiting not far away, walked up to him quickly. He stood in front of Chu Sinan. He stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "Good morning."

"Good morning." Chu Sinan shook hands with him. Then he said, "I didn't expect that General would have to wait here."

"It should, it should." Eisenhower made a gesture of invitation, and looked at Tukhachevsky, who was talking to Roosevelt on the other side, and asked in a low voice, "How are the generals prepared? The people in Congress are waiting to listen to your speech at this moment."

"It's almost done." Chu Sinan replied.

"Absolutely?" A trace of concern flashed across Eisenhower's wrinkled face. "General, those MPs are very picky, and most of them have never had a good impression of your country. I believe that these people will raise many difficult questions based on your speech by General. If you are not fully prepared, you may be very embarrassed at that time."

Chu Sinan smiled and said nothing. He knew that the American general in front of him did not understand what Chinese modesty was. If it were a Chinese person in front of him, he would understand that the so-called "almost done" means that he had already prepared well.

"General, I'm not kidding," Eisenhower was slightly dissatisfied when he saw Chu Sinan's disapproval. He stressed again, "You must be fully prepared and must not get any flaws by these people. Otherwise, embarrassment is a small matter, and the most troublesome thing is that it may affect the overall situation of the war."

"Don't worry, I will deal with it well." No matter what the other party gave him these reminders, from the current perspective, they were kind-hearted after all, so Chu Sinan nodded and said, "Don't forget, we are all soldiers. On the battlefield, facing guns and bullets, millions of enemy troops are not afraid of the pretext, let alone those mere councillors who can only talk?"

Eisenhower obviously had some doubts about Chu Sinan's words. He stared at the young general in front of him for a while, then sighed and said, "Oh, I hope so. But I still want to advise the general that facing the blame from those congressmen, it may not be easier than going to the battlefield."

Chu Sinan smiled, disagreed. He thought in his heart that the reason why Eisenhower was nervous about the criticism of those congressmen was that he thought he was an American and a soldier, so he had many interests with those congressmen. In this case, he would take the criticism of those congressmen seriously. And what about himself? As a general in the Soviet Union, he would not take those so-called American congressmen seriously. In front of him, those guys were no different from a shit.

"Let's go, general, they are all waiting." Seeing that Chu Sinan disagreed, Eisenhower did not explain much. He pointed in the direction of Roosevelt and Tukhachevsky, and said at the same time.

Chu Sinan nodded, and then walked towards the location where Roosevelt and others were led by Eisenhower.

It was Chu Sinan's first time to come to Washington, and naturally it was his first time to enter the cave gate of the Capitol. When he followed Roosevelt and his group into the main entrance of the Capitol, what was displayed in front of him was a magnificent palace.

Perhaps for Americans, the Capitol is not only an administrative building where the legislature is located, but also an artistic building that records the entire history of the United States. In the building, there are countless murals and engravings of characters on the walls and ceilings of the corridors and halls. There are many things Chu Sinan saw and understood, such as the Battle of the Saratoga Valley, the Lexington Uprising, the Civil War, etc. As for the carvings of characters, there are Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, etc.

President Roosevelt was obviously very competent in the tour guide. While he was staggering forward with a cane, he also frequently introduced the contents of the murals to the two guests from the Soviet Union. His tone was full of a sense of pride. Chu Sinan could understand that if it were himself, he would probably be even more proud than the president in front of him when introducing China's long history.

This ornamental journey lasted for nearly ten minutes. Finally, everyone stopped in front of a spacious, clean white double door. Through the tightly closed door, noisy talk came from it.

Two followers quickly stepped forward and pushed open the two doors. Then, a venue that was several times wider than the Kremlin Grand Conference Hall appeared in front of Chu Sinan. This was the main venue of the US Congress.

Roosevelt didn't give in at this time and took the lead in walking into the door. Chu Sinan's position was behind Eisenhower, and he was the fifth place to enter the venue.

As soon as he entered the venue, Chu Sinan felt a great pressure coming out of thin air.

The layout of this venue is completely different from the venue of the Kremlin in the Soviet Union. When the Kremlin held a meeting, there were always more than a dozen people qualified to attend, and an oval conference table was enough. However, the situation here was completely different.

The venue is very spacious and its layout can be divided into three different stairs: on the first stairs, there are four rows of seats similar to the rostrum, which are located in the middle of the north side of the venue against the wall; on the second stairs, it seems a little empty, with only a small platform built, and there are a speech tables that are nearly one meter high and only thirty centimeters wide. Obviously, this is specially prepared for those who will give speeches or be questioned in Congress, so its position is quite conspicuous and can be said to be the focus of the entire venue; the third stairs, that is, the stairs on the lowest level, have arranged thousands of pictures in a fan shape.

The tables and chairs are the seats for district congressmen from all states and districts across the United States. It can be said that every law, regulation, and foreign policy benchmark in American history is voted by people on these seats. At the same time, in order to ensure the openness of Congress decisions, many special seats for journalists are arranged around the entire venue. Every time there is an important meeting in Congress, these positions are filled with journalists from all over the United States and even around the world. It is precisely because of this that, except for those decisions that require absolute confidentiality, most of the meeting content of the US Congress can be quickly known to the public.

Just like at this moment, the entire venue was already full. When the door opened, thousands of pairs of eyes were thrown into the direction of the door, and most of them were focused on Tukhachevsky and Chu Sinan. In this case, Chu Sinan would naturally feel an invisible pressure.

"When Chu Sinan was looking at the entire venue, Eisenhower, who was walking in front of him, suddenly turned around, made a gesture at him, and then said, "Your seat is there. Because you will have your speech later, you must lean a little outside in the seating arrangement. Please forgive me for this. However, the seats here are not divided into primary and secondary, and everyone is equal."

"Thank you." Chu Sinan glanced at his seat and smiled.

Chu Sinan's seat was arranged on the rostrum on the first floor, and it was on the outermost side of the first row, and next to him was Eisenhower, who was responsible for receiving him. As for Tukhachevsky, his seat was in the center of the first row, close to Roosevelt.

"Gentlemen," at this moment, Roosevelt's speech suddenly sounded in the huge venue. Chu Sinan knew that this meant that the local Congress meeting had begun today.

Following Eisenhower, Chu Sinan quickly walked to his seat and sat down, then looked at the lecture in front of the lecture. At this time, Roosevelt was standing in front of the rostrum with the support of a crutch, standing in front of the rostrum, facing the microphone and saying something. Through the translation oral statement, Chu Sinan realized that this was Roosevelt's opening speech for this meeting as president.

Since it is the opening speech of the conference, there is obviously nothing worth paying attention to. The issues that can be included are nothing more than the issues discussed at this Congress meeting, as well as Roosevelt’s own views on these issues, etc. Generally speaking, if it is not really involved in the direct interests of the states, members of Congress will give the president some face. They can hear the president’s position from this opening speech, and at the same time use this as a reference to vote for themselves.

Roosevelt's opening speech today was very long. In addition to explaining the main topics of the meeting, he also expressed his position to everyone present. At the same time, he also gave a detailed introduction to Tukhachevsky and Chu Sinan.

From Roosevelt's opening speech, Chu Sinan understood the topic of this meeting. It was very simple. There was only one content, that is, the United States would increase its war aid to the Soviet Union and other anti-fascist countries, and the aid to the Soviet Union was the largest. As Roosevelt said, a total of 8 billion US dollars of aid projects will be urgently allocated to the Soviet Union after the parliament was passed, and in exchange for this. The Soviet Union launched a large-scale offensive against the Japanese Kanto Army entrenched in Manchuria, China, at the beginning of next year.

Given the tense wars on the Pacific battlefield and the further expansion of Japan in South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia, and the interests of the United States are suffering further losses, Roosevelt proposed that Congress adopt this bill to increase aid in order to further enhance the strength of the countries of the international anti-fascist alliance and restore world peace one day earlier.

Speaking of the Soviet issue, Roosevelt also declared to all members of the Congress that in the current international environment, anti-fascist war is the most critical issue, and other differences and contradictions such as race, concepts, social systems, etc. should and must be downplayed. Roosevelt clearly told everyone that when voting, they should give up the previous hostility to the Red Soviet Union, give up the interests of the states and districts, and consider the issue this time from a global and long-term perspective.

Chu Sinan sat in his seat, listening quietly to Roosevelt's speech. When he looked at his extraordinary demeanor of being free, calm and talkative when facing thousands of pairs of eyes, he had infinite admiration in his heart. After all, the giant is a giant. Although he is a disabled person, this president who is famous in the history of the United States and even the world still has too many abilities that ordinary people cannot reach.

"General, it's time for you." Just as Chu Sinan was thinking about his thoughts, Eisenhower, who was sitting next to him, reached out to pat his lap, and whispered, "You should make some preparations."

Chu Sinan woke up in shock. Sure enough, the translator around him translated at this time: "...I think our two guests today are most qualified to explain the situation facing Europe and the actual situation of the German military strength. Next, I will invite the Soviet Lieutenant General  ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄�

"Go and get General, it's up to you." Eisenhower whispered in a low voice without taking the opportunity.

Chu Sinan nodded, stood up from his seat with a solemn expression, first tidying up his clothes, then took a big step, and walked quickly towards the podium where Roosevelt stood under the eyes of thousands of people in the venue.

"rustle……"

“Buzz…”

On the podium, Chu Sinan first tried the microphone in front of the test, then looked around the entire venue, and then spoke: "Dear members of the United States of America, as a lieutenant general of the League of Soviet Socialist States, I, Chu Sinan, are very proud to be able to stand here to deliver a speech today."

"Sweep..." Frequent flashes focused on Chu Sinan. The reporters around the seats in the venue were taking photos.

"But my pride does not come from being able to stand here today, but from what I represent, the anti-fascist people in the world who are unyielding to violence, fearless of sacrifice, and fight for freedom and peace. I feel unremarkable glory and pride for being one of them." Chu Sinan continued calmly, "Although I am a lieutenant general of the Soviet army, I am a Chinese. My motherland and the country I am in are suffering from the torture and ravage of war, and the two fascist countries  ̄ ̄ Japan and Germany."

"Just just now, the President asked me to introduce to you what is happening in Europe," Chu Sinan looked back at Roosevelt, and said at the same time, "I think everyone here may not want to know about this. What will happen in Europe? What will happen in Asia? Wars are happening there, unprecedented large-scale wars. From the day this war started, it has created countless pains for it, filled with smoke everywhere; there are no boundaries in the ruins at a glance; hundreds of thousands or even millions of broken corpses; enough to fill the blood of the entire Lake Subilir. And all this is all the situation in Europe and Asia. In a word, there is hell, a devil roar, a roar of cold wind, but at the same time, there is also a hell of hope."
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