For Zhuo Fei, it is not difficult to penetrate Australia at this time, but how to gain the trust of the British government, so as to obtain the opportunity and permission to enter Australia on a large scale. After receiving a notice from the Independence Army, the British Embassy in Chongqing immediately contacted the British troops stationed in India, and sent an envoy to Sumatra to visit the Anglo-Australian prisoners of war who had been rescued by the Independence Army.

"Welcome, Envoy Wellington." In order to create an atmosphere conducive to the umbrella company, Zhuo Fei chose to personally greet the Wellington envoy from Chongqing, and his words were full of enthusiasm and sincerity. Wellington, who is over fifty years old, is not a layman like Kazuo Suzuki, although Zhuo Fei is very enthusiastic, Wellington still smells of conspiracy from Zhuo Fei.

At this time, Sumatra Island was devastated, and the strong firepower of the Independence Army was really brutal, in order to settle Wellington and his party, Zhuo Fei had to temporarily requisition a manor of a local indigenous head, and the head of the family had been escorted by the Independence Army to Vietnam to mine. "Mr. Wellington, this is the list of all the prisoners of war who have been rescued by our side, a total of 34,000 people, including 11,000 British, and more than 12,000 Australian soldiers and more than 10,000 Indian soldiers."

Wellington and his entourage expressed their eagerness to see those Anglo-Australian prisoners of war, so Zhuo Fei had no choice but to hand over the prepared prisoner of war roster to the other party, and then personally accompanied Wellington and others to the prisoner of war camp. "I have to say sorry, but at the moment the whole of Sumatra is at war, so many prisoners of war can only be placed in prisoner of war camps first. However, Mr. Wellington can rest assured that we have prepared a medical team and are currently examining the physical condition of these prisoners of war and treating their injuries. ”

Whether it was the prisoner of war roster or the medical team, these became bargaining chips between the umbrella and the British government, so no matter what Wellington thought in their hearts, the things that Zhuo handed them over to them could not find any flaws. Escorted Wellington and his party to the prisoner of war camp in person, but Zhuo Fei did not participate in the talks between Wellington and his party and the prisoner of war representatives, this kind of occasion was obviously not very pleasant, and Zhuo Fei did not want to continue to pour salt into the wounds of the British government.

"Very good, but you have to remember that if you can, try not to use Western medicine, and use more herbs of traditional Chinese medicine, otherwise the British will think that our Western medicine is blown by the wind. There is also the problem of food, and there is no need to give them too good food, referring to the food standard of the servant army, which is slightly higher than that of the servant army. Let the British people realize that our umbrella company is not a charity, and there is no money to support them idlers in vain. After inspecting the daily affairs in the concentration camp, Zhuo Fei secretly instructed the person in charge of the affairs of the concentration camp for a while.

"According to the information filled in by the prisoners of war officers and soldiers when they register on the roster, we should single out all the technical arms among them, artillerymen, pilots, tank soldiers, engineers, automobile soldiers, we all need these technical arms, even if we can't persuade them to join us, at least let them help us train new soldiers, otherwise our salaries will be reduced." More than 30,000 Anglo-Australian prisoners of war, which is also a wealth for the umbrella, especially the technical arms among these prisoners of war, which Zhuo Fei needs.

They all have the same European appearance, so these allied prisoners of war who were rescued by independence have a good impression of the independence army from the inside out, but most of them are very puzzled by the fact that an army of European soldiers has an Asian commander. Zhuo Fei didn't pay attention to the gazes that were secretly looking at him, under the protection of dozens of senior mercenaries under the umbrella, Zhuo Fei didn't believe that these prisoners of war who had just escaped from the sea of suffering dared to do anything to him.

I don't know what Wellington and his party said to the POW representatives, but it took more than three hours for Wellington and his party to end the meeting with the POW representatives, and Zhuo Fei had already carefully inspected the entire POW camp. "Zhuo, thank you very much for your help to the British Empire, on behalf of these young people who were rescued by your army, I would like to pay tribute to that, and on behalf of the British Empire, I would like to express my gratitude to you." Seeing Zhuo Fei again, Wellington first saluted Zhuo Fei, and then gave Zhuo Fei a hug.

Unable to refuse Wellington's gratitude, Zhuo Fei had to hug the guy with gray temples, and at this moment, Zhuo Fei saw sincerity and gratitude in Wellington's eyes. "Zhuo, I want to know the next direction of your army's actions. These young people have endured hardships that they should not have endured, and I hope that they will be able to stay away from the war for a while in the coming days, and I will need instructions from the Cabinet as to how to resettle them. ”

"Mr. Wellington, the next direction of our army's action has not yet been determined, but if Mr. Wellington can persuade your cabinet to authorize us, we can send them back to the Australian mainland according to the request of the Australian prisoners of war soldiers." Zhuo Fei casually opened a map, pointed to the location of Java Island on the map, and said to Wellington, "This is Java Island in Indonesia, as long as we attack and occupy this place next, all the allied prisoners of war soldiers rescued by us can return to the Australian mainland through Java Island to stay away from the war." ”

Zhuo Fei's words caused Wellington to fall into deep thought, before he flew from Chongqing to Sumatra, he was only ordered to confirm the number of prisoners of war, as for whether to settle these coalition prisoners of war who were rescued by the independent army, Wellington did not have the authority to decide. But the plan proposed by Zhuo Fei just now is very tempting for Wellington, once the umbrella troops take Java Island, the passage south to the Australian mainland will be opened, and these rescued prisoners of war can be smoothly transferred to the Australian mainland.

Although several German landing operations were thwarted by the Empire's native troops, everyone knew that the fall of the Empire was a foregone conclusion if there was no new force to turn the tide of the war to join. The Australian continent is the last pure land away from the battlefield, and some of the Philippine American troops have already withdrawn to Australia, if these 30,000 prisoner of war soldiers can go to Australia, then the empire can rely on these 30,000 prisoner of war soldiers to reorganize a new army.

Maybe this new army can play some role in the local war, Wellington muttered silently in his heart, and then asked his entourage to send a telegram to the mainland, submitting Zhuo Fei's proposal to the cabinet for decision. Two days later, Sir James, who had been close to Zhuo Fei, arrived in Sumatra from India, and James, who succeeded Wellington as special envoy, brought the final decision of the British Cabinet, which agreed to Zhuo Fei's suggestion, but did not agree to the Umbrella Company's selection of technical arms from among the prisoners of war.

"Sir James, you know, our Umbrella Company is a mercenary organization. If we do our part, we will have to reap the benefits, otherwise we will refuse to help transfer these coalition prisoners of war. As for the island of Java, please go and attack it yourself, and there is no need for us to go to Java for the sake of irrelevant people and things. Ignoring the check that James had shown, Zhuo Fei directly refused to attack Java Island.

"Zhuo, please help these young people, they have already endured the suffering they should not bear, and now, there is only so much that can help these young people." Seeing that the talks were about to collapse, Wellington intervened at the right time to take on the role of He Mu, pulling Zhuo Fei back again, and at the same time secretly giving James a slap in the face. "Zhuo, Sir James has brought the sincerity of the British Empire, if there is any objection, please raise it now, we can try to communicate, but please do not refuse the friendship and sincerity of the British Empire."

Zhuo Fei sat down again as if he was embarrassed, and after pondering for a long time, he said, "That's good, I already have a rough idea of your government's attitude, and I no longer insist on the idea of selecting technical arms from among the allied prisoners of war. But as I said earlier, our umbrella company is a mercenary organization, and we will not do anything that is not beneficial. We can help you send these Allied POWs to Australia, but we need your consent to buy land in Australia. ”

"Buying land?" Wellington and James looked at each other, but they couldn't think of what the umbrella company could do with the land in Australia for a while.

"Yes, buy the land." Zhuo Fei repeated what he had just said with certainty, "The Chinese government is currently negotiating peace with the Japanese, and the logistics base of our umbrella company is in southwest China. Australia is far from other continents, and at the same time far from war, and is obviously a suitable place for our logisticians to settle, so we need the right to buy land in Australia. ”

Zhuo Fei drank his coffee slowly, but the tension in his heart made his heart beat sharply, if it wasn't for Taylor's sudden appearance, maybe Zhuo Fei's nervousness would have been seen through by Wellington and James. "Boss, I just got the news that the Chinese government has successfully negotiated with the Japanese, and within a month from now, the Japanese army will withdraw one after another, and restore the area controlled by the Japanese army to the area before the Lugou Bridge incident." Taylor's voice was not very loud, but it was just enough to be heard clearly by Wellington and James, and the two looked at each other again, understanding Zhuo Fei's true intention of wanting to buy land in Australia.

After a tense and heated debate, James agreed on behalf of the British government that the Umbrella Company had the right to purchase land in Australia, and at the same time guaranteed that the land purchased by the Umbrella Company in Australia was protected by the British government and the law. On behalf of the Umbrella Company, Zhuo Fei promised to attack Java Island and help the British government transport these allied prisoners of war back to Australia, and all expenses during the period were jointly borne by the British government and the Umbrella Company.