"Then I'll go to Butler. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Steve gritted his teeth and said, "Asking the French army to send troops, the British army, the American army and an infantry regiment of the French army should be enough, I don't believe it can't be suppressed." ”

Steve waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about whether it can be suppressed, let's make an assumption, if the concentration of the British, French and American coalition forces can really suppress the lone military camp, so what?" Can you guarantee that the Lone Army Camp won't kill all the hostages before they are wiped out by the Coalition? If all the hostages are killed, we're finished. ”

Ferguson was immediately dumb, yes, if all the hostages were killed, the political future of the two of them would definitely be over, not only would he be dismissed, but Steve, the foreign minister, would not be able to do it, because Steve was born in the aristocracy, he may not have a chance to recover in the future, but it is difficult for him Ferguson to have a bright future.

After a long time, Ferguson said very depressedly: "Is there really no other way?" ”

"I'm afraid it's really gone." Steve shook his head and said, "Actually, Zhao'an is not a bad way, not only to ensure the safety of all hostages, but also to preserve the national dignity of the British Empire, of course, there is no need to hide it, this can also save the political lives of both of us." ”

"But the conditions they put forward were too harsh," Ferguson said. ”

Ferguf waved his hand and said: "Negotiation, it's nothing more than asking for a price and bargaining on the ground, what the surname Xu said may not necessarily be the reserve price, and the cabinet may not necessarily refuse, anything, never rush to a conclusion before you have tried it, Your Excellency General, are you right?" ”

Ferguson said, "Well, try it? ”

Steve nodded and said, "Try it." ”

Steve and Ferguson decided to give it a try, so they tried to send a message to the cabinet, in which Ferguson and Steve gave a detailed account of the causes and process of the Lone Barracks incident, in which Ferguson downplayed the defeat suffered by the British army, saying only that it had suffered a shameless sneak attack on the Lone Barracks and thus failed.

Steve's capture even became, entering the tiger's den alone to negotiate with the lone military camp, and then being detained, this change, Steve immediately changed from a passive and timid captive to a lonely hero who forgot his selfishness and took risks alone, and the image of the whole person immediately became tall.

Immediately afterwards, the two of them focused on the shameless conspiracy of the Japanese in their address.

Of course, this conspiracy must have been judged by Steve and Ferguson based on the various movements of the Japanese army and the puppet 76, and then Steve instigated the incorruptible tongue to persuade the lone battalion to fight side by side with the Gurkha battalion, and together they thwarted the Japanese conspiracy.

In the middle of the message, Steve and Ferguson were very sincere and put forward a plan to solve the Lone Army Camp incident, which was to recruit an army and reorganize the Lone Army Barracks into a patrol camp, which would be responsible for the security of the area west of Minti Niyin Road in the Public Concession, and at the same time the Public Concession Bureau would issue military salaries, weapons and ammunition.

In the end, Steve and Ferguson proposed with great modesty that the lone military camp hoped that the cabinet or the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Concession could provide a "more appropriate" amount of settling-in expenses, which was the cost of buying machinery and equipment, weapons and ammunition in Steve and Ferguson's plan.

Obviously, Ferguson and Stie both believed that it was extremely inappropriate to directly include the provision of supplies for three divisions and the full equipment of a small arsenal into the negotiations, and the cabinet could not agree at all, and the two of them would only be caught in the middle, so they could only find a way to turn around.

As long as the cabinet agrees to provide this settling-in fee, the rest will be easy to do; as long as they have money, they can completely buy weapons, ammunition, and machinery and equipment from the United States, and they can do things without leaking, even if the settling-in expenses are not enough to cover all the expenses, they can also make up for it from other channels, and this is also an unwritten rule, and when the cabinet allocates funds overseas, it will never pay the full amount, but will only allocate a small part, and the insufficient part will be found by itself.

Therefore, the solution is forced.

(Dividing Line)

Steve and Ferguson's briefings were soon on British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's desk.

It's just that when the beautiful female secretary put the message on Chamberlain's desk and explained that it was a message about the incident in the Shanghai Lonely Military Camp, Chamberlain waved his hand extremely tiredly, frowned and asked, "Anna, who wrote this message?" What does it say? You tell me about it. ”

Chamberlain's implication was that he was not ready to read the State Council.

In fact, Chamberlain really doesn't have the energy to do that now.

Because MI6 just intercepted a top-secret piece of information between the Soviet Union and Germany yesterday, the intelligence shows that the Soviet Union and Germany are secretly and closely negotiating to conclude a non-aggression pact! This is like a bolt from the blue for Britain, and especially for British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who has always pursued a policy of appeasement!

All along, Chamberlain adopted a national policy of appeasement and connivance towards Germany, and his purpose was very clear, that is, to lead the disaster of Germany to the Soviet Union, but now, Germany actually wants to conclude a non-aggression alliance with the Soviet Union, what does it mean? This means that Germany wants to shake hands with the Soviet Union, it also means that Germany wants to concentrate all its efforts to attack Western Europe in the west, and it also means that Chamberlain's appeasement policy is completely bankrupt!

The only good thing is that the Soviets and Germans only negotiated, and did not formally sign a treaty.

But even so, the focus of Chamberlain's work has completely shifted to this matter, first of all, to determine whether the Soviet Union and Germany are really secretly negotiating such a non-aggression pact, and if it is confirmed, then the next work is to sabotage the negotiations between the Soviet Union and Germany at any cost, and absolutely cannot let them sign such a treaty!

Later in the evening, Chamberlain held an overnight meeting with a dozen cabinet aides to discuss this matter.

Therefore, at present, Chamberlain really has no energy to take care of the affairs of Shanghai anymore, because compared with the affairs of Germany, the affairs of Shanghai or China are simply insignificant, because China will not threaten the survival of the British Empire in any case, while Germany can really threaten the survival of Britain.

Anna opened the message and spoke to Chamberlain about the main thing.

After hearing this, Chamberlain waved his hand impatiently, and then said: "The strategic center of gravity of the British Empire is in Europe, and the Far East is not where the core interests lie. ”

Chamberlain was still very wary of the Japanese, because the Japanese could also threaten Britain, and although Japan could not threaten Britain's survival like Germany, it could threaten Britain's position in the world order, because if Japan sent troops to occupy Shanghai and Hong Kong, and Britain could not give a strong counterattack, then this would inevitably seriously weaken Britain's prestige and position in the international community.

At this time, Britain's attitude toward China and Japan was similar to the attitude of the United States toward China and small countries such as the Philippines in later generations.

And this is the offshore balancing policy as a world hegemon.

Therefore, if the Japanese make the slightest reckless move, the British will have to give a stern warning.

Okay, the female secretary agreed, and turned around and walked out of the office with the message in her arms.

Soon, the British Cabinet's reply came to Shanghai, and the Cabinet agreed to the plan of Zhao'an, and gave carte blanche to the British Minister to China, Steve, and Brigadier Alex Ferguson, the commander of the British Forces in Shanghai, to be responsible for consulting with the Lone Military Camp on the matter of recruiting An, and thus the incident of the Lone Military Camp that caused an uproar subsided.

So, imperialism is all paper tigers.

(Dividing Line)

Two days later, in Chongqing, at the official residence of Chairman Chiang.

"Finished?" Chairman Jiang looked at Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui and said in disbelief, "That's it?" ”

"It's over." Wang Chonghui spread his hands and said with a wry smile, "There is no lone camp now, but only a patrol camp in the western area of the concession. ”

"Patrol camp?" Chairman Jiang said with a dark face, "Isn't it a patrol room, how can there be a patrol camp?" ”

Wang Pethui said: "This patrol camp in the western district of the concession is different from ordinary patrol houses, and the patrol chief and senior patrol or patrol officers in the patrol house are all foreigners, and they have to be under the control of the police department, but this patrol camp in the western district, from the patrol chief to the ordinary patrol and arrest, are all Chinese and are not under the control of the police department. ”

"Niang Xipi." Chairman Jiang couldn't help but scold, "Won't it become an independent kingdom?" ”

Wang Chonghui smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, basically, it is almost an independent kingdom. ”

Chen Cheng, He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi and other staff members standing next to him were also dumbfounded, what is the situation? The Shanghai Public Concession was originally a country within a country, and now it has made a country of China? And what is even more unbelievable is that China, the country of China, is still ruled by Chinese, which is really incredible.

Of course, the patrol battalion converted from the lone army camp is nominally already a member of the public concession, and it has nothing to do with the national government, at least in legal terms.

Chairman Jiang's cheeks twitched, and then turned his head and asked Wang Shihe: "The lonely military camp, oh no, it's the patrol battalion, has the military commander found out the origin of the commander of the patrol camp?" ”

Wang Shihe said: "There is no news yet. ”

"Niang Xipi!" Chairman Jiang was immediately furious when he heard this, paused with the cane in his hand, and said in a deep voice, "You can call Dai Li and ask them to speed up." ”