Bernard Montgomery, born in 1887, a priest in a family of ministers, a British field marshal, became famous during World War II, defeated German Field Marshal Rommel, nicknamed the Desert Fox, in the North African theater, and successfully carried out the Dunkirk retreat. Montgomery, who retired from the army in September 1958, looked back on his life as a horseman, reflected on the rights and wrongs of the first half of his life, and found that the idea of "eliminating war" with war and thus "achieving peace" was an unrealistic fantasy.
Montgomery pondered and couldn't figure it out, but he never got started. Therefore, he set his sights on the ancient and new countries of the East, and he boldly guessed: The key to peace in the future world is China. At that time, in the Western world, people who held this idea were like carp crossing the river, and Montgomery was just one of those who were more courageous, dared to practice, and seriously explored.
In 1959, when Montgomery visited India, he asked our ambassador to India to visit China. At that time, we were facing the strategic encirclement of the United States and the Soviet Union at the same time, and the pressure was unprecedented**There are already ideas for détente with Europe to alleviate some of the pressure.
Montgomery's request for a visit was quickly granted. Montgomery's trip also has an important goal, that is, to get to know *** understand *** to meet *** must pass *** - after all, *** has all kinds of opportunities, not everyone can see it. After two meetings, ** determined Montgomery's attitude and ideas, so he agreed to his meeting with ***, and made arrangements.
On May 27, 1960, ** made a special trip from Hangzhou to Shanghai to meet and talk with Montgomery. As soon as the two sides met, they launched a "confrontation" against Maimang. Montgomery, by his own eyes, came to the conclusion that the West's perception of us was completely wrong;** Hearing the rumors is a non-caring and dismissive attitude, saying that the West's perception of us is basically wrong, and although our average grain per person is not much, it is better than it was under Lao Chiang ten years ago.
After a while of idle talk on some inconsequential "little things", Montgomery looked like he was humbly asking for advice, and asked *** to talk about the current world situation. Only two sentences were spoken, which made Montgomery's mood fluctuate and be completely different. The first sentence, "The international situation is good, nothing is bad." "Montgomery felt that *** was overly optimistic and did not know the truth. The second sentence is "nothing more than anti-Soviet and anti-Chinese in the whole world." Montgomery found out that *** knew it all, and he thought it was nothing.
Montgomery was puzzled by this understatement of "being the enemy of the whole world", and repeatedly said, "This is very bad. * Or the same reaction: "It's made in the United States, it's not bad." It's not bad, it's still good. * He also analyzed the various things in the United States, saying: "They do this intermittently. ”
Montgomery believed that in 50 years, China would have everything and develop everything. He asked, what is China's future by then?** Catch at a glance what Montgomery really thinks about our "future in fifty years" and bluntly single-point: "You think we're going to invade then, don't you?"”
Montgomery vehemently denied it, but finally admitted: "At least I hope you don't." "Montgomery's idea is the thinking of a large part of the West: fear of being invaded by us. Montgomery felt that China would be the most powerful country in the world in 50 years, and what would be the fate of China at that timeOr what kind of path will it take?
Montgomery asked again and again, desperate to get a definite answer from ***. ** Reply: "That's not necessarily, our fate in 50 years will still be 9.6 million square kilometers." * Again, we were dubbed the "aggressor" by the United States;He smiled and asked Montgomery if he knew he was talking to an aggressor, and there was an aggressor sitting across from him.
Montgomery admits that his country has invaded us, but he doesn't care: "There used to be, but now that hatred is gone, and only a little tail remains." "He was stunned. Through Montgomery, we put our attitudes on the desks of Western countries. This move can really be described as a thousand pounds, "spending a little effort and doing a great thing".
** With his superb art of conversation, he has achieved half the success of uniting and winning over Western countries, and has gained many secret "friends".