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The standoff between the lone battalion and the British continued.

The ground floor of the Italian Army's six-storey apartment building is an entertainment complex with popular entertainment facilities such as bridge, poker, chess, billiards and bowling.

This will Xu Rui and Xie Yuan playing billiards, and Yang Rui and several company commanders are watching from the side.

Xie Yuan gently pushed a flower ball to the mouth of the bag, got up and said, "Commander Xu, what should we do next?" ”

"What's next?" Xu Rui bent down to aim at the brown ball, grinned and said, "I really haven't thought about this." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Rui pushed it out, but due to the excessive force, he directly pushed the brown ball out of the table, and Shi Changqing next to him immediately retrieved one from the panchromatic ball that had fallen into the pocket and put it back on the table.

"Didn't think about it?" Xie Yuan's head immediately floated two black lines, didn't they? This matter is related to the lives of the 423 brothers in our lonely military camp, how can it be child's play?

Yang Rui and the rest of the company commanders also looked at each other.

Xu Rui grinned again and asked, "What good advice does Camp Chief Xie have?" ”

Xie Yuan's face became darker and darker, at this time, what good advice do you ask me? If this was a company commander, Xie Yuan estimated that he would directly slap him to death.

However, Xu Rui was not the company commander under him after all, but the life-saving benefactor who saved their lonely army camp.

Moreover, although Xu Rui didn't get along with the officers and soldiers of the Lone Army Camp for a long time, he quickly won the approval of the big guys, and there was no other reason, just because Xu Rui commanded the Lone Army Camp to do a few things, which was so relieving! Whether it's killing the British, destroying the Italian barracks, or last night's massive arrest of whites, it's so fucking relieving.

Therefore, Xie Yuanzhen wanted to slap Xu Rui to death, and the brothers would never spare him.

But soon, Xie Yuan reacted that Xu Rui was joking with him, and immediately shook his head and said: "Commander Xu, please forgive me for not having such a good psychological quality as you, and I can't withstand such a fright, so please tell us the follow-up action plan no matter what, and let us be mentally prepared." ”

"Okay then." Xu Rui's face straightened, and when he was about to speak, there was a sudden commotion outside.

"What's the matter? I'll take a look. Ye Ming turned around and walked out, and then quickly turned back and said, "Commander Xu, there is still a camp, the National Government has sent Finance Minister Song Ziwen to negotiate." ”

"Song Ziwen?" The corners of Xu Rui's mouth immediately showed a hint of a smile.

This is a legendary man, not his ability or experience legendary, but his wealth is legendary, in the forties of the twentieth century, his wealth was able to crush the old consortium such as Rockefeller in the United States, and became the richest man in the world, in any case, this can be called a legend, of course, his wealth is not very glorious.

Xie Yuan, Yang Rui, and several company commanders in the lonely military camp were all slightly moved.

"Let's go, let's see." After Xu Rui finished speaking, he turned around and walked out, and Xie Yuan and the others hurriedly followed.

Soon, Xu Rui took Xie Yuan and others to the front of the position, and the interesting thing is that at this time, the forward position of the lone army camp had even advanced to the nose of the British army, which was not in place in one step, but tried to push forward little by little, and pushed forward a little bit after a while, and found that the British army did not dare to shoot and advanced a little further.

The British army also refused to take half a step back, so there was a situation of bull fighting, the forward positions of the two armies were already close together, and the sentries on both sides could fight bayonets.

Therefore, when Xu Rui and the others came to the front line, they immediately saw a small man wearing glasses and looking like a gentleman who was arguing fiercely with Jonathan, the chief director of the Ministry of Industry of the Concession, and the little man waved his arms from time to time, his expression looked very excited, and his tone was also very fierce, which was simply a quarrel.

Obviously, this little man with glasses is undoubtedly Song Ziwen.

Jonathan also did not give in, constantly waving his fat hands like pig's feet and roaring loudly.

The two spoke English, and although they spoke very quickly, Xu Rui sounded without any obstacles.

In fact, it doesn't matter if there are obstacles, because there are two men in suits and leather shoes, I don't know when they came to the position of the lonely military camp, and translated the conversation between the two into Chinese immediately.

Song Ziwen said: "Mr. Jonathan, I must solemnly affirm to you that this is Shanghai, this is China, and our Chinese soldiers are justified in taking any necessary military action on Chinese soil, and this is the sacred right entrusted to us by international law, which will never be deprived by any individual or country." ”

Jonathan said: "Minister Song, I also want to remind you that this is a concession, a concession!" According to the treaties signed between the British Empire and your government, and the agreements signed by subsequent governments, the concession has extrajudicial jurisdiction, and your government has no power to exercise sovereignty in the concession, and your army is not allowed to take any military action in the concession. ”

Song Ziwen said: "The Treaty of Nanjing signed between your government and the Manchu government was originally an unequal treaty, and it should have been abolished, but today, we will not discuss this first, we will only discuss the matter of the lone army camp, and the actions taken by the lone army camp are indeed a bit radical, which I admit, but this is not without reason. ”

Jonathan said: "I don't care about any bullshit, your army's behavior has seriously offended the British Empire, if your army cannot release the hostages within twenty-four hours, it will incur serious consequences, not to mention that you are a finance minister, even if the leader of your country comes in person, it will not change this result." ”

Song Ziwen said: "If that's the case, then there's nothing to talk about." ”

After a pause, Song Ziwen said solemnly: "Before I came, I communicated with Chairman Jiang, and the attitude of Chairman Jiang and the Nationalist Government is very clear, no matter what happened before, we must ensure the safety of the lonely army camp, and only under the premise of fully ensuring the safety of the lonely army camp can the negotiations continue." ”

Jonathan said, "Keeping the lone barracks safe? No way, it's impossible! ”

Song Ziwen said: "In this case, then please send troops from Hong Kong to prepare for war, although China is poor and weak, but we will definitely not be afraid of any strong enemy, now there is an enemy of Japan, and we will never be afraid of any more of you Britain, come on, just come." ”

After finishing speaking, Song Ziwen ignored Jonathan anymore and strode over to Xu Rui and them.

Seeing Song Ziwen coming, Xu Rui just smiled slightly, Xie Yuan, Yang Rui and a few company commanders originally wanted to step forward, but when they saw Xu Rui standing and didn't move, they didn't move.

Song Ziwen's eyes fell on Xie Yuan's face at once, and he enthusiastically stretched out his hands and said, "Battalion Commander Xie, we are too late, so that the soldiers of your lonely army camp have been wronged." ”

The deeds of the eight hundred heroes in the Sixing Warehouse have been in the newspapers, and Xie Yuan has even appeared on the camera, so Song Ziwen easily recognized Xie Yuan, but Song Ziwen did not find Xu Rui standing in front of Xie Yuan, in fact, Song Ziwen subconsciously regarded Xu Rui as Xie Yuan's personal guard, and stood in front to ensure Xie Yuan's safety.

Xie Yuan stretched out his hand and shook Song Ziwen tightly, there was no need to hide, Xie Yuan was very moved.

Song Ziwen continued: "Please rest assured, Battalion Commander Xie and the soldiers of the Lone Army Battalion, Chairman Jiang already knows about your affairs, Chairman Jiang has given instructions, let us ensure your safety no matter what, and we have also made a military order to Chairman Jiang to bring back all the soldiers of the Lone Army Camp." ”

Xie Yuan glanced at Xu Rui, and saw that Xu Rui didn't say anything, so he said, "Thank you, thank you for remembering us." ”

"Of course the commission remembers you." Song Ziwen said again, "Your 88th Division is the elite of the Central Army, and your lone military battalion is the only battalion-level structure of the 88th Division, how can the commission forget you?" So don't worry, the commission will save you at any cost. ”

After a pause, Song Ziwen continued: "Of course, there is still some trouble for the time being, and now the attitude of the British is very tough, Battalion Commander Xie, it's really not that I blame you, you have indeed gone too far this time, not to mention killing so many British guards, but also arresting so many Westerners, this is going to cause international political incidents." ”

Xie Yuan smiled bitterly, and was about to speak but Song Ziwen interrupted, and Song Ziwen continued: "Fortunately, it's okay, this matter has not yet reached the point of no return, and we still have a way to make the British back down, but you may need to make some concessions in the lonely military camp, such as releasing a group of hostages to show sincerity first." ”

Xie Yuan looked at Xu Rui again, and when he saw Xu Rui bowing slightly, he immediately nodded and said, "Yes, we can release a batch of hostages first." After speaking, Xie Yuan turned back to Shi Changqing and said, "Company Commander Shi, you will take someone to bring two hostages, just those two Belgian women, let them go." ”

Shi Changqing agreed and turned around.

Soon, Shi Changqing went and returned again, and brought two white women with him.

"Camp Commander Xie, thank you for your support." Song Ziwen patted Xie Yuan on the shoulder, and took the two white women to negotiate with Jonathan again.

Then, Song Ziwen and Jonathan calmly started negotiations.

Song Ziwen said: "Mr. Jonathan, our lone military camp has shown enough sincerity to release two hostages first, should you also show something?" ”

Compared with just now, Jonathan's mood has obviously calmed down, and said: "Okay, the negotiations can continue, but this sincerity is probably not enough, the lone military camp must release all the British citizens who have been kidnapped, and we will believe that they are really sincere, and then we can discuss and release the matter." ”

Song Ziwen said: "Your requirements are too high, I'm afraid it will be difficult to meet." ”

Jonathan said, "Then release half of the hostages, half first." ”

Song Ziwen said: "I can try, but I can't guarantee it. ”

After speaking, Song Ziwen walked towards the lonely military camp again.