Colm stayed with Zhuo Fei until dinner time, Zhuo Fei gave advice to Colm, but he deliberately delayed his statement, until Colm took out the reply in his pocket, and Zhuo Fei changed his tone. "That's right, if you want to get our help, you should show real sincerity, and the current China is not the Manchu Qing Dynasty." Zhuo Fei meaningfully took another reply from Colm, but the latter directly ignored Zhuo Fei's words.

In Colm's second reply, the British Cabinet made it clear that Hong Kong's sovereignty belonged to China, but the British Cabinet wanted the Hong Kong issue to be put on hold until China had driven the Japanese out of the country, since Hong Kong was now under Japanese control. The so-called sincerity of the British cabinet is to provide China with a batch of weapons, ammunition and equipment free of charge, and in the additional list of arms, Zhuo Fei sees most of the infantry equipment, but the planes and tanks he wants are not listed.

"Colonel Colm, I am very grateful for your hard work and efforts, and this restoration you have brought has also shown me the sincerity of your country, but I regret to tell you that this sincerity of your country is obviously not sincere enough. The Japanese army was almost armed to the teeth, and compared to them, the Chinese army lacked the necessary weapons and equipment. Refugees equipped with excellent weapons and equipment could not withstand the attack of the Japanese army, so should we, the Chinese soldiers who lacked weapons and equipment, go to their deaths in vain? ”

Zhuo Fei's question was difficult for Colm to answer, and after receiving the reply from the mainland, Colm already understood what the cabinet had in mind. In exchange for a large number of Chinese cannon fodder troops to help fight with a pile of moldy arms stored in India and waiting for mold, such a deal will be talked about by anyone, but when the other party exposed the truth in front of him, Colm didn't know how to answer the other party for a while.

"Well, Colonel Colm, I don't bother you. You can send another telegram to your cabinet saying that the Chinese government has only three demands, and as long as your cabinet fulfills our three demands, the Chinese government will immediately send troops south to Burma to help in the war. Zhuo Fei's words made Colm instantly resurrect with full blood, but after he got the three conditions given by Zhuo Fei, the whole person became bad again.

Zhuo Fei's three conditions are actually quite simple, the first is the Hong Kong issue, Zhuo Fei promised to settle the ownership of Hong Kong after the war, but it needs the British royal family and cabinet to jointly endorse now, acknowledging that Hong Kong will be returned to the Chinese government after the war. The British cabinet obviously wants to drag the Hong Kong issue without discussing it first, and then wait for the post-war period to join forces with many Western countries to put pressure on the Chinese government, so that the working government will no longer talk about Hong Kong affairs, but it is a pity that they met Zhuo Fei.

The second condition put forward by Zhuo Fei was not very difficult, and at the same time that Britain promised to provide free support to the Chinese government for a batch of weapons and equipment, Zhuo Fei opened his mouth and asked the British government for a batch of trucks. The projection of troops, to a large extent, will directly affect the success or failure of the battle situation, Zhuo Fei does not want the hard-trained soldiers to become real infantry, he wants a new type of infantry with rapid mobility ability.

The third condition put forward by Zhuo Fei was to ask the British troops stationed in India for heavy equipment such as planes and tanks, and there were a large number of pilots and tanks recruited from Europe by the Umbrella Company in the Ruili training camp, but there was a shortage of enough planes and tanks, and Zhuo Fei planned to make up for the lack of planes and tanks from the British. The planes and tanks of the British were difficult to defeat the German army in the European theater, but this was the eastern battlefield, and among the heavy equipment equipped by the Japanese army, only the aircraft may be able to defeat the British army, but the Japanese tank may not be the opponent of the British tank.

The Umbrella Company has already penetrated into production in Ruili's arsenal, but they can only produce infantry light weapons and equipment, and the modified light combat vehicles and tanks are based on American tractors, and once they encounter the Japanese medium tanks, these home-made tanks are not opponents. may not really send troops south to help in the war, but Zhuo Fei has already made up his mind to scrape off a layer of flesh from the British, at least British tanks and planes are absolutely indispensable.

With Zhuo Fei's three conditions, Colm sent a telegram to the British mainland again, and sent back the information that Zhuo Fei had told him, but he didn't know how much turmoil his war report would cause in the cabinet. "Damn Chinese are really picky." Churchill was troubled by Colm's telegram from Chongqing, and in fact he could no longer refuse these conditions from the Chinese side, because the British envoys to the Soviet Union and the United States had all returned in vain.

"Gentlemen, I'm afraid this is the final condition proposed by the Chinese, what do you think?" The cabinet members are still arguing, and some people agree with and some oppose the three conditions proposed by Zhuo Fei. Those who praise it believe that the most important thing at present is to ensure the safety of the Burmese garrison and the expatriate, while the opponents are clamoring that the Chinese are taking advantage of the fire and robbery, and absolutely cannot agree to these three conditions, otherwise the face of the British Empire will be lost.

"Face, face, when is it now, and what face are you interested in talking about." Churchill suddenly became angry, pointed at the opponents in the cabinet and shouted, "Since you are all opposed to cooperation with the Chinese, then please go to Burma to meet the Japanese, as long as you can guarantee that you will not harm the interests of the empire in India." As soon as Churchill said this, the opponents immediately fell silent, because they knew that it was impossible.

"You know better than anyone how bad the situation in Burma is right now, and we are already seriously short of troops in our homeland, and troops from other colonies have to be transferred to defend our homeland. If we cannot seek the Chinese government to send troops to Burma, then, gentlemen, tell me, what guarantee will we use to guarantee that the Japanese will not attack India? How can our soldiers and expatriates in Burma be safely evacuated from India? ”

In the minds of Churchill and his cabinet members, it was natural to see which was more important than India, and Churchill would rather give Burma to the Japanese for nothing than see the Japanese attack India. But the problem at present is that after the Japanese take Burma, they will never stop attacking, and once they have full control of Burma, perhaps the next target of the attack will be India, which borders Burma, and the British garrison in Burma will definitely not be able to stop the Japanese attack.

China is suffering from Japanese aggression, but the Chinese population is large, and what the Chinese lack is only the necessary weapons and equipment, as long as they are provided with enough weapons and equipment, I believe that the Chinese will be very willing to act as bargaining chips and cannon fodder to restrain the Japanese army from attacking India. This is the real purpose of Churchill's order to send a special envoy to Chongqing for talks, as long as India can be kept for the British Empire, Churchill will not care how many Chinese will die at that time.

Among the three conditions put forward by Zhuo Fei, support trucks and heavy firepower equipment, Churchill had already planned to agree to it without much thought, but the Hong Kong issue was a little tricky, and the British royal family and cabinet would definitely not easily return the colonies that had occupied a hundred years to the Chinese. "I was originally prepared to drag the Hong Kong issue without making a decision, and wait for the end of the war, as long as we cooperate with Western countries to put pressure on China, the Chinese will never dare to talk about the Hong Kong issue again, but now it seems that the Chinese's attitude towards taking back Hong Kong is unusually resolute."

Churchill expressed his hesitation about Hong Kong, and the rest of the cabinet had no better way to do it, and the thorny matter was immediately sent to Buckingham Palace after the meeting. More often than not, the British royal family only plays the role of mascot, but at some moments, the British cabinet still has to consult the royal family, such as the Hong Kong issue raised by Zhuo Fei.

The royal family does not eat white rice, knowing that the cabinet is going to drag the royal family into this sewage, only half an hour after the report was sent to Buckingham Palace, the royal family made a decision, and the Hong Kong issue was left to the cabinet to make its own decisions, and the royal family has always stood with the British people. After getting the royal family's reply, Churchill couldn't help but secretly scold the royal family for not being authentic, but they couldn't help it, who called him the prime minister, he had this black pot on his back.

The British cabinet's reply came belatedly, and Colm, who received the reply telegram, could not help but be surprised; the cabinet not only agreed to provide a batch of arms to the Chinese government free of charge, but also promised to provide trucks and heavy equipment to the Chinese army, and made it clear that the supporting materials with the endorsement of the British royal family and the cabinet had been handed over to the ambassador of the national government to Britain. Agreeing to the conditions put forward by the Chinese in one go, which Colm did not expect, when did the British Empire, which has always been proud, learn to bow to people?

After getting the reply telegram sent by Colm, Zhuo Fei hurried to the South Bank villa, how could he not let those old men be happy with such a happy thing. The heavily defended South Shore Villa was destined to be a sleepless night tonight, and the top government officials did not value the large quantities of arms and equipment provided by the British for free, and they were excited that the British had promised to return Hong Kong to China.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please drink this cup to the fullest for the return of Hong Kong and the compromise of the British." Chiang Kai-shek, whose eyes were red, broke the habit of never drinking, and walked among the crowds with a wine glass, and after a hearty drink, there were few high-level people in the hall who could still keep their heads clear. The resolution of the Hong Kong issue is indeed an exciting event for everyone, even if they are high-level government officials, they cannot hide the excitement and excitement in their hearts at the moment, as evidenced by the crowd full of alcohol.