Volume 2: The crown and the hat are all over the capital, and the spirit is full of energy and enter the foggy city Chapter 127 Easter (Part 2)
The subtitle of this chapter: Other people use Baidu Encyclopedia, Murong Shui uses Wikipedia, this is the coolness, book friends.
Our Master Yuan didn't stay in New York, but came to Fort Myer. Of course, it was not because the PM2.5 in Daxin Township was always exceeding the standard, so he came to the countryside to breathe fresh air.
He came to meet Eisenhower and Marshall, the two future "three great commanders of the empire". It was self-evident how important the Army Chief of Staff and the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe were to his "grand plan".
However, Yuan Yanshu was indeed very interested in this guy Pershing, and one of the small reasons for coming here was to pay his respects to the only living six-star admiral.
In fact, ordinary Serbian history enthusiasts are not very familiar with Pershing, and have no motivation to learn about him. Just look at the length of his entries in Baidu Encyclopedia and Wikipedia to know this.
However, Pershing was the real leader of the US Army at that time and a prominent figure who had a profound influence on American history.
So far, the United States has fought several important wars besides World War I:
The War of Independence from 1775 to 1783 was actually a continuation of the Seven Years' War between Britain and France, and the independence of the thirteen states of North America was actually the result of the Seven Years' War. The Seven Years' War from 1756 to 1763 can be called the real "First World War", and even the Qing Dynasty was indirectly involved.
The "War of 1812", also known as the Second War of Independence, was the one that burned down the White House. Infuss heard that this war was in response to Napoleon on the European continent, who was invading Russia that same year. Part of the reason for the war was that the Americans claimed that the Royal Navy had seized their merchant ships and forcibly conscripted their sailors in order to enforce the embargo on France.
The Mexican-American War broke out from 1846 to 1848. Through this relatively small war, the United States seized 2.3 million square kilometers of land and became a great power across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In contrast, Mexico lost most of its territory and was severely damaged, and from then on it became a vassal of the United States.
The Civil War from 1861 to 1865 was naturally very important to the United States. It was so important that even high school students in Serbia a hundred years later had to study it. There is nothing much to say about it.
The Spanish-American War in 1898 was a war of little fame but great significance. It was after this so-called "first imperialist war" that the United States could truly be called American imperialism.
Pershing made his fortune in this war. He fought side by side with Theodore Roosevelt on the battlefield in Cuba, and these two men with the same strong personality traits became good friends with a deep friendship.
In 1903, Theodore Roosevelt asked the Army General Staff to promote Pershing from captain to colonel. However, the General Staff rejected the promotion, saying that Pershing did not even have the qualifications to be a lieutenant colonel or a major. This made Roosevelt very angry, but according to the law, he, as the president, could not interfere with the appointment and dismissal of colonel-level officers.
So in 1906, President Roosevelt made a unique and extraordinary move in American history, asking Congress to make Pershing a brigadier general, because the power to appoint general officers lies in the hands of Congress.
Then, Pershing was unprecedented and jumped three levels, bypassing more than 800 officers and was promoted directly from captain to brigadier general!
Well, maybe this is true love...
Fate is always fair. Although Pershing made rapid progress in his career, he suffered great misfortune in his family life.
In August 1915, a fire broke out in Pershing's Los Angeles home, killing his wife, Helen Warren, the daughter of a California senator, along with his three daughters. Only his six-year-old son survived.
In 1917, he became engaged to Patton's sister, Nitta Patton. They had agreed to marry after the war, but when the war was over, they broke off the engagement.
The main reason was that after Pershing went to Europe, he caused a lot of "war scandals". The female painter who painted his portrait was a teenage schoolgirl, a young widow whose husband had just died... He accepted all of them and was very philanthropic.
As the story goes, one of these women became Douglas MacArthur's first wife!
Well, this amazing woman has to be mentioned.
This woman's name is Louise Cromwell Brooks. Yes, this Cromwell is that Cromwell. Her ancestor is the famous Lord Protector Cromwell, and her ex-husband is Brooks, a tycoon American real estate developer with a net worth of over 100 million.
The mistress of the villa where Pershing lived in France was Mrs. Brooks. Then they had sex. When Louis asked Pershing to marry her, Pershing replied: "Marrying you is like buying a book for others to read."
Buying a book for someone else to read…isn’t that a public library?
Listen, what an artistic way of saying it. And it was true, Louise was really the kind of beauty who couldn't bear to be lonely . After breaking up with him, she hooked up with the British generals... plural, indeed, including their orderly soldiers.
If this world is really like what Major Patton believes, and if we humans have reincarnation, then the previous life of this beauty is likely to be Cleopatra or Daji.
Later, Louis returned to Pershing and hooked up with one of Pershing's important deputies, Majesse Quiquemer.
What Incus heard was that Pershing did not mind at all, but wanted to promote the marriage between Quekomer and Louis, because he regarded Quekomer as his own son and the woman was indeed rich.
What's more, Chuis heard that Quekomer would take Louis to visit MacArthur at West Point in January next year. It was this meeting that made the handsome West Point president and the charming billionaire fall in love at first sight.
A biographer wrote: "When MacArthur saw Brooks, he felt as if the world suddenly split open beneath his feet. He fell from the tree into the abyss like a shot bird, and in an instant he could not help but fall at the feet of this 31-year-old woman."
Their love was as fast as lightning. Less than a month after they met, MacArthur and Brooks held their wedding ceremony on Valentine's Day in 1922. At that time, an American newspaper published the news of their marriage on the front page with the headline "The marriage of the god of war and the woman of wealth!"
However, Pershing was not satisfied with this matter, thinking that MacArthur had robbed his younger brother's lover, so he put a lot of obstacles in his way. Therefore, the grudge between MacArthur and the people in the "Shawmont Gang" became even greater.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
As an ordinary history enthusiast with average psychological endurance, Yuan Yanshu could only close the book and sigh after reading this history.
The only six-star general in the United States, General Pershing, was a nymphomaniac who had affairs everywhere. He also left two illegitimate children in the Philippines...
MacArthur, the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Theater, married a slut with three children, which offended the Army Chief of Staff...
The daughter of a wealthy British family and the wife of an American tycoon have slept with the military circles of both Britain and the United States, and even married the president of the West Point Military Academy, who has a promising future...
Any author who writes such characters and such stories will be criticized to death by his readers.
It turns out that the biggest difference between reality and fiction is... reality does not require rationality at all, only fiction requires rationality!
Although after learning about this period of history, Yuan Yanshu's worldview was slightly impacted, but there was also a benefit, he was completely immune to the "aura of shock" that Pershing brought with him.
This guy had a nickname called "Terrible Jack", which meant that Pershing was very strict with his subordinates and was a very serious person.
Major General Fox Connor, Major George Marshall, Major Dwight Eisenhower, and several other officers were all respectful in front of him.
But in the eyes of Master Yuan today, this seemingly mighty and domineering six-star admiral is nothing more than a pretentious old pervert.
He looked at Miss Moman beside him. The little girl was indeed looking at the American hero with admiration.
Yuan Yan suddenly coughed and said softly, "Ai Si, you have to be careful about that old guy."
"What old guy? That's General Pershing!" Miss Moman was stunned when she heard that, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Boss, why? Why should I be wary of General Pershing?"
He sighed and said, "Anyway, I asked you to be careful, so just be careful. This is for your own good..."
At this moment, Pershing, accompanied by Patton, had walked up to them.
"This is Miss Morman from New York." According to the custom of ladies first, Patton first introduced the excited female secretary.
"Nice to meet you, Miss Moman." The old general took the little girl's hand and kissed it in a gentlemanly manner .
The female secretary had long forgotten her boss's instructions and stammered, "General, I am very happy too."
Master Yuan standing by complained in his heart, what a young girl who has never seen the world. You know, this old guy doesn't even let teenage female students go.
At this time, Major Patton introduced in a very respectful tone: "This is Mr. Neo Yuan from New York."
Yuan Yan suddenly bent down slightly, looked the old man straight in the eyes and said, "It's an honor to meet you, General."
"Neo Yuan..." Pershing showed a thoughtful look, frowned and said: "Oh, right, you are the Chinese... the Chinese who almost scolded President Wilson to death?!"
His expression turned cold and he said, "I heard that the German emperor made you a knight for this?"
“Haha…” Master Yuan chuckled and said, “General, I just said a few fair words for William II and a few fair words about President Wilson.”
He said calmly: "Although I don't want to be a German knight, and the title of Junker Knight is not worth much, but as a gentleman like me, I just can't bear to reject that poor old man."
"Poor old man?! Hahaha..." Pershing asked with a laugh, "Mr. Yuan, if you think the German emperor who started the war is a poor old man, then what is our American Expeditionary Force..."
Yuan Yanshu said without hesitation: "What?! Of course, your expeditionary force is a righteous army that fights against tyranny! The great hero who liberated Europe! The savior of world peace!!!"
Before Pershing, whose expression had eased a little, could figure out the true meaning of these words, he heard the Chinese man in front of him continue to say: "General, do you believe this yourself?"
"You!" The six-star admiral was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and he couldn't speak for a while.
Master Yuan immediately spread his hands and said, "Right, even you, the general, don't believe this. It's not just you, ask everyone else..."
He pointed around, but everyone present was frozen in place, neither nodding nor shaking their heads.
"Well, everyone thinks so." Yuan Yan said to herself: "If Woodrow Wilson really believed that he had done a great thing, then why would he admit his failure at the Versailles Conference?"
"If the American people really believed that he did a great thing, then how could the Democratic Party have suffered such a disastrous defeat?"
"If I was really talking nonsense, how come I'm still in the United States and not beaten to death?"
"If you really think that my scolding is wrong, then... we can have a duel."
With the "Yuan Rules", Master Yuan's mother no longer has to worry about him losing a duel!
"You!!" Pershing was a great military strategist, but he could never compare to our Master Yuan in terms of bickering. Of course, he would not duel with this Chinese man who could drink so much.
He was extremely angry and asked in a cold voice: "Mr. Yuan, do you think our expeditionary force fought an unjust war..."
"Wait, General." Yuan Yan suddenly opened her eyes wide and asked in surprise: "How can you say that your expeditionary army fought an unjust war?!"
Before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, they heard him say confidently: "You guys are clearly fighting an unjust war!"
"Yes, that's not what I said. It was your colleague Marshal Foch who said that. He said this about the Treaty of Versailles: it's not a peace agreement, but a 20-year armistice."
"You!!!" Veins on Pershing's forehead were throbbing and his face was distorted with anger.
"General, you guys are tired too, aren't you? How about I take you inside to rest for a while?"
"Yes, yes, George will prepare your favorite wine for you."
The Bartons had to come out to smooth things over. If they hadn't known that Yuan Yanshu was a true "scientist", they might have turned against him and kicked him out of their home.
However, Master Yuan's "scientific experiment" was so impressive, and someone who possessed such "scientific power" was not so easy to offend, so they had to persuade Pershing to go into the house.
At this time, Marshall also reacted. As Pershing's adjutant, he hurried forward, and together with Patton, each of them grabbed one of the six-star general's hands, and half-dragged and half-pulled him into the living room.
“Snap!”
Yuan Yan calmly lit a cigar and sat back in her original seat as if nothing had happened.
