On November 21, 1943, a Boeing 307 stratosphere passenger plane was flying to the Egyptian capital Cairo Pein Airport.

The chairman was sitting by the window, looking at the blue sky and white clouds with interest through the transparent glass, and looking at the picturesque mountains, rivers and rivers below.

The Boeing 307 passenger aircraft is the world's first passenger aircraft that fully uses pressurized cabins and is put into use. It is a Boeing 307 "stratosphere passenger aircraft" built on the basis of the B-17 military bomber.

It has 5 crew members and can carry 33 passengers and comfortably cruise above 6,000 meters above any other transport aircraft at the time while maintaining a cabin pressure altitude of 2,400 meters.

This allows "stratosphere passenger aircraft" to fly under most harsh weather conditions, thus providing passengers with a faster and smoother flight experience.

The Boeing 307 passenger plane has a maximum speed of 396 kilometers per hour and a maximum range of 3846 kilometers. The current price is as high as US$350,000, which is indeed very luxurious and comfortable.

"Dalin, we are about to arrive in Cairo. This is the first time that our Chinese country has entered the international diplomatic stage as a world power!"

The first lady leaned close to the chairman, and her expression seemed extremely relaxed and pleasant at this moment. She talked to the chairman from time to time to express her pride and excitement that she could not suppress.

"Yes, yes, our China has finally ended its hardships and is finally able to be proud in front of the world's powers."

The Chairman was also worried at this moment. The dream that he had been looking forward to day and night for many years has finally become a reality step by step.

After the outbreak of the Pacific War, China, the United States and Britain formed an alliance.

In early 1943, Britain, the United States and China signed a new treaty and issued a joint statement announcing the abolition of all unequal treaties against China in the past century, formally abandoning the legal rights inside and outside China, and safeguarding China's sovereignty.

Roosevelt pointed out that "when solving global problems, China should be treated equally with other world powers." Churchill believes that "the statement that China should be equated with world powers such as Britain, the United States, and Russia is extremely incorrect."

In order to coordinate the relations between the allies, Roosevelt proposed a meeting in Cairo to discuss the next strategy for combat against Japan.

On October 20, 1943, US President Roosevelt sent a telegram to the Chairman, inviting him to meet with the U.S. and British leaders in Egypt. On November 1 and 9, he wrote to the Chairman twice, inviting him to attend the Cairo meeting.

Faced with such a warm invitation, the Chairman naturally would not break the appointment and went on a trip on November 20. It took two days to finally arrive at his destination Cairo, Egypt.

More than half an hour later, the passenger plane landed steadily at Pein Airport.

After the stop was stopped, the hatch door was opened soon.

"Click! Click!"

Amid the high and exciting military music, and the crazy flashing of the spotlights, the representatives of the expeditionary forces waiting there, the reporters of major newspapers and radio stations, as well as the many greeting staff, saw the chairman and the first lady appear at the cabin door facing the eager eyes of everyone, with a smile like spring breeze.

On the afternoon of November 22, after the Chairman, Churchill and Roosevelt had dinner together, a preparatory meeting for the Cairo meeting was held.

At 11:00 the next day, the delegation of the Three Kingdoms held its first plenary meeting. At the meeting, the chairman insisted on "strong and powerful naval operations" and "China is the key to the entire Asian battle."

That night, the Chairman and Roosevelt had dinner and had a long talk with Roosevelt and the US Special Assistant Hopkins on political issues.

After several days of negotiations, the Chairman and Roosevelt and Churchill held a media meeting on the lawn next to the Mina Hotel, announcing that the Cairo meeting reached a preliminary consensus.

In order to solicit Comrade Si's opinions, the Cairo Declaration was not signed or made public. As soon as the Cairo meeting ended, Roosevelt and Churchill immediately went to Tehran to meet with Comrade Si.

Comrade Si said he "completely" agrees with the "declaration and its entire content", saying that this decision was "correct", "North Korea should be independent, and islands such as Manchuria, Taiwan and Penghu should return to China."

On December 1, China, the United States and Britain issued the Cairo Declaration in Chongqing, Washington and London at the same time.

The Cairo Declaration claimed that the purpose of this war was to stop and punish Japan's invasion, reiterated its status as one of the top four Chinese, and pointed out that "the territory occupied by Japan from China after the September 18th Incident, including Lushun, Dalian leased land, Taiwan and Penghu, should be returned to China." "Japan's public and private industries in China, as well as Japanese merchant ships, should be completely accepted by the Chinese government."

The Cairo Declaration for the first time required Japan to "surrender unconditionally" and return all the lost lands that China had robbed by Japan.

The Cairo Declaration is not only legally effective in form, but also substantively supported by historical legitimacy. It not only expresses the firm determination of the Allies to defeat Japanese militarism, but also clarifies the illegality and ineffectiveness of plundering other countries' territories by force.

For China, the Cairo Conference was the first meeting that China participated in as a world power since the Opium War.

One of the important significance of the Cairo Declaration is to enhance China's prestige in the international community and establish the status of the top four in the world of China.

With the Cairo Conference successfully concluded, the Battle of Changde, known as the "Defense of Stalingrad in the East" on the Chinese battlefield, gradually came to an end.

The Battle of Changde, also known as the Battle of Xiangbei, refers to the battle between November to December 1943 and the Japanese invaders and the Chinese troops in the Changde area.

The commanders of the 11th Japanese Army stationed in Wuhan were frequently replaced.

Anan Weiji was promoted to commander of the Second Front in July 1942, and Tsukada Toru, who was originally the chief of staff of the Southern Front, took over his position.

However, Tsukata attack had a tragic fate. A few months later, on the way back to Wuhan from Nanjing, the landline was directly hit by the Chinese anti-aircraft artillery troops when they passed through the Dabie Mountains, and they died.

As the saying goes, the new official takes office, Yokoyama Yong, the newly appointed commander of the 11th Army, naturally wanted to show his skills. After taking office, he began to make trouble. Although he failed in the previous battle in western Hubei, it did not make him restrain his arrogance.

After a long period of planning, Yokoyama Yong, after asking the General Command of the China Expeditionary Army, brazenly launched the Battle of Changde, which aims to plunder strategic materials, attack the morale of the Chinese army, and conquer Changde, the "capital barrier".

Hengshan Yong believed that if they seized Dongting Lakeside, a famous grain and cotton production area in China, they could not only greatly increase the military ration supply of the troops in the rear, but also defeat the Chinese army's will to fight the war.

Therefore, the time for the Japanese army to attack was chosen when the autumn harvest was full of grain.

Yokoyama Yong was the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army in this battle, and Iwaeiwang was the commander of the Japanese army's attack on Changde.
Chapter completed!