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Ferguson, Jonathan and Johnson are anxiously awaiting the outcome of Wang Tianmu's negotiations with the lone military camp.

Seeing that Wang Tianmu had not come back for a long time, Ferguson was a little impatient, brandished his club and scolded: "These damn yellow-skinned monkeys, don't fall into my hands, when they are disarmed, I will definitely not let them go, I will definitely make them regret coming to this world to be a man, I will definitely make them regret it, Fake, Afake oil horse fever." ”

Jonathan was not as optimistic as Ferguson, frowning and saying: "What I'm worried about is that they will not disarm, after all, the lone army camp has already suffered a loss, and this time it may not obey the orders of the national government." ”

"I can't." Johnson whispered, "How dare they disobey the leader's orders? ”

"It's hard to say." Jonathan shook his head and said, "Looking at the current posture of the lonely military camp, there is no way back for himself, so disobeying Lao Jiang's orders is also a high probability event." ”

"I don't think it's possible." Johnson said, "No matter how big the trouble is in the lonely military camp, in the end, it will return to the battle sequence of the Nationalist Army, and if they refuse to carry out Lao Chiang's orders, are they not afraid that Lao Chiang will settle accounts after the autumn?" ”

"Hell knows." Jonathan shrugged his shoulders and smiled wryly, "I don't think it's going to be that simple anyway." ”

Johnson said, "God, these yellow-skinned monkeys must obey the orders of the people, or they will be in great trouble." ”

If the problem of the lone army camp is not handled well, several people here, including Brigadier General Ferguson, the commander of the garrison brigade, will be unlucky, but the first to be unlucky must be Johnson, the police commissioner, because the resistance of the lone army camp has caused a series of chain reactions, and it is likely to detonate the whole of Shanghai.

It must be mentioned here that after the Battle of Songhu, more than 2 million refugees took refuge in the Shanghai Concession, and the sudden influx of so many refugees into the Public Concession and the French Concession was bound to put heavy pressure on the normal operation of the Concession.

Throughout the winter, hundreds of refugees froze to death and starved to death almost every day.

Life is hard, and the refugees will always complain to the concession authorities to a greater or lesser extent.

The fact is that at this time, the public concession and the French concession are like two huge powder kegs, just a little spark can detonate the two concessions, and the foreigners in the concession will be blown to pieces, and once this situation really occurs, the first person to be blown apart must be Johnson, the police commissioner.

Therefore, Johnson is the one who most hopes that the situation can calm down as soon as possible among the few people present.

Unfortunately, Johnson's good wishes will be disappointed after all, and a quarter of an hour later, Wang Tianmu, the head of the Shanghai District of the Military Command, completed the negotiations with the Lone Military Battalion, but brought back a bad news: the Lone Military Camp refused to obey Jiang's orders!

Johnson and Jonathan were dumbfounded, but Ferguson roared with rage.

However, Ferguson roared a few times, and he really didn't have the courage to go to war, the reason is very simple, once the conflict really broke out, whether the British army won or lost, Ferguson would not have any good fruit to eat, because if he won, the lone army camp would definitely massacre hostages in retaliation, and then in order to calm the pressure of international public opinion, the supreme commander of the Shanghai garrison would definitely be used as a scapegoat, and if he lost, it would go without saying.

So unless there is a domestic authorization, Ferguson will never launch an attack.

It was also at this time that Ferguson, Jonathan and others found out that they were helpless.

Are they really helpless, because they suddenly found out that the lone military camp did not enter the army and resorted to military intimidation? They're not afraid of you at all! Diplomatic pressure? The lone army camp did not even pay attention to the orders of the supreme leader of the national government, and it was useless at all! I really can't think of a good way, so I can only continue to put pressure on the national government.

Jonathan turned around and instructed the beautiful and coquettish female secretary: "Jenna, you immediately called the embassies and consulates of the United States, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and other eight countries in Shanghai, and said that the Nationalist Government was perfunctory and did not seriously put pressure on the Lone Army Camp at all, and the Lone Army Camp showed no sign of releasing the hostages, so that they could continue to exert pressure on the National Government." ”

"Okay, I'm going to call." Jenna turned and hurried away.

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The pressure from Shanghai was soon transmitted to Chongqing.

The envoys of the Nine Nations once again came to the private residence of Chairman Chiang to express their strong protest against the Nationalist Government.

"On behalf of His Majesty the Noble King of Italy and His Excellency Prime Minister Mussolini, I would like to issue the most stern warning to your Government, Mr. Minister, that if your Government does not settle the situation satisfactorily within the next twenty-four hours, we, the Government of Italy, will take decisive action and inflict a brutal military blow on your country."

"Yes, yes, Mr. Minister, rest assured, we will calm down the situation, we will calm down."

"Minister Wang, I must remind you that the patience of the Belgian government is limited, and the kidnapping of two innocent Belgian civilians by the lone military camp is a serious provocation, which is a wanton insult to the Belgian government, and it is also a flagrant violation of international law and international rules.

"Yes, yes, we will resolve the incident satisfactorily and ensure the safety of Belgian citizens."

"Mr. Minister, the dignity of the British Empire must not be offended, and this atrocity in the lone military camp has seriously offended the dignity of the British Empire, and even more seriously damaged the international image of the British Empire.

"Yes, yes, this is an international political event, a political event."

"Hmph, if your government fails to take drastic measures to force the lone battalion to release the hostages, our British Empire's army will take drastic measures to carry out armed rescues, and if regrettable casualties are caused, all the consequences will be borne by your government, and your government will bear the severe retaliation of the British country."

"Yes, yes, we will definitely take drastic measures, and the hostages will definitely be released."

Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui endured repeated bombardment from the ministers of the nine countries in the reception hall.

Half an hour later, when the envoys of the Nine Nations had finished venting, Wang Chonghui walked into Chairman Jiang's study with a saliva on his face, dragging his legs that seemed to be filled with lead, and extremely tired.

Seeing Wang Chonghui's appearance, Chen Cheng lost his voice and said, "Minister Wang, why did you become such a ghost?" ”

"That's pretty good." Wang Chonghui wiped the saliva on his face with his sleeve, and said with a wry smile, "Brother Cixiu, there is still a commission, if the situation cannot be calmed down, if the lonely military camp does not release the hostages, I am really worried that the minister of the nine countries will tear me up, anyway, I am really about to be unable to parry, and the minister of the nine countries is about to run out of patience." ”

Chairman Jiang's face immediately became gloomy, and he stomped on the floor with a civilized stick, and said, "Everyone, let's talk about it, what should I do now?" ”

Several of the staff members present looked at the floor under their feet, as if there were flowers on the floor.

Seeing that several staff members refused to say anything, Chairman Jiang's face became more and more gloomy, and he directly named him and said: "Jiansheng, I know that you have always been resourceful, and the situation is difficult, do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Bai Chongxi didn't want to say it, but since Chairman Jiang named him, he no longer hid it, and said loudly: "My suggestion is very simple, negotiate solemnly, and fight on the basis of reason!" ”

Chairman Jiang frowned and said, "Solemn representations? How to argue with reason? ”

Chairman Jiang almost suspected that he had misheard, and it was time for you to tell me this?

Now it is the ministers of the nine countries who are asking us for justice, not us asking the ministers of the nine countries to deal with us!

Bai Chongxi continued: "For this matter alone, what the Lone Army Camp did was not wrong, because the British treacherously came first, and then there would be the Lone Army Camp's retaliation, of course, it was not right for the Lone Army Camp to kidnap Western citizens, but wasn't this also forced by the British?" If it weren't for the perfidy of the British before it, the lone barracks wouldn't have done it. ”

Chairman Chiang's face became darker and darker, and the last bit of patience was about to be exhausted.

But at this time, Chen Cheng heard Bai Chongxi's voice, Bai Chongxi's meaning is to support the lonely army camp first, first calm the grievances of the lonely army camp, and then the next thing is simple, as long as the grievances of the lonely army camp are calmed, as long as the hostages are released, the lonely army camp still has to be handled by Lord Yang?

To put it more bluntly, it is to let Western countries cooperate with the national government to sing a play to deceive the lonely military camp.

is worthy of Xiao Zhuge , and only Bai Chongxi can come up with such a sinister and vicious trick.

Objectively and fairly, Bai Chongxi's trick is really powerful, but it is really immoral to do so.

At that moment, Chen Cheng said: "But the problem is that the liaison group sent by the military unification faction cannot enter the lone army camp at all, and the officers and men of the lone army camp cannot hear our solemn negotiations with Britain at all. ”

Bai Chongxi said indifferently: "Didn't Minister Song happen to be in Shanghai?" ”

At this time, Chairman Jiang also reacted, nodded and said, "This suggestion is good, so let's do it." ”

Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui said with some concern: "This method is good, but I am worried that the ministers of the nine countries will not agree, and the British army in Shanghai will not cooperate. ”

"Minister Wang, this depends on your ability." Bai Chongxi said with a smile, "You are the Minister of Foreign Affairs, isn't it your strength to fool others and encourage others?"

"What is flickering, and what is agitation?" Wang Chonghui was not happy, "This is called negotiation skills." ”

"Yes, yes, negotiation skills." Bai Chongxi smiled, "How to persuade the ministers of the Nine Kingdoms and how to persuade the British army to cooperate depends on your negotiation skills." ”

Wang Chonghui said: "Okay, I'll give it a try." ”

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