Touching Wang Mo's gaze, Joey's face turned pale, and his legs trembled slightly involuntarily. Wang Mo suddenly made a ruthless attack with a smile on his face, which was far more terrifying to him than directly coming up and shouting viciously to kill. At this moment, in his eyes, Wang Mo is an out-and-out smiling tiger, polite on the outside, but a brutal demon on the inside.

"No...... No, Your Excellency, I ...... I retract the request I have just made. I'm not asking for an extended free time, now ...... That's good now! Joey said in a trembling voice, and at the same time retreated a few steps back again and again, for fear that Wang Mo would suddenly shoot at him again.

"No, no, I've always been a man of my word, and since I agreed, I had to do it." Wang Mo shook his head and said seriously, "Cui Zhengming, since Mr. Joy doesn't like to stay in a dark and cramped barracks, let's change him to a spacious and cool place." ”

Cui Zhengming was stunned when he heard this, and asked puzzledly: "Commander, change ...... Where to switch? ”

"Isn't there a big tree at the entrance of the prisoner camp, I think it's quite spacious and cool, hang him up, and put it down after three days without dying." Wang Mo said, the tone of his voice was like inviting Joey to go to a more comfortable place to enjoy.

Syllable!

Joey was so frightened that his legs went limp, he stumbled under his feet, fell to the ground, and said in horror, "No...... No, I'm not going...... I'm not going! ”

actually wanted to hang this English foreigner on a tree like dried salted fish for three days, Cui Zhengming couldn't help but lose his mind, isn't this a bit too ruthless.

"No, Commander Wang, you are abusing prisoners of war, you can't do this!" Colonel Barnadiston immediately stepped forward and stood in front of Joey, trying to protect his men.

"Although we are your prisoners of war, we are also active soldiers of the British Empire, and you can't abuse us so brutally!"

The rest of the British officers and soldiers shouted loudly again, and stepped forward to protect Joey in the crowd. Of course. In the face of so many guns around, no one dared to approach Wang Mo.

Wang Mo smiled coldly, then waved his hand and ordered: "Drag him out!" ”

Wang Mo's order was given at once. Immediately, a large group of soldiers of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance rushed forward, smashed the British officers and soldiers who were trying to protect Joey with the butts of their rifles, and then dragged Joey, who was already completely frightened, out of the crowd.

Colonel Barnadiston and the other British officers and men were furious and wanted to rush forward and rescue Joey.

Bang-bang-bang

At this time, Cui Zhengming pulled out the shell gun and fired several shots into the sky. Then he pointed his gun at Colonel Barnadiston and the others, and shouted: "Go back, go back, otherwise don't blame Lao Tzu for being polite!" ”

The soldiers of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army who were on guard with guns all around them also entered a state of preparing to shoot, and under such a deterrent, the British officers and soldiers had no choice but to retreat in anger, and watched as Joey, who was struggling in terror and struggling, was carried out by the soldiers of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance.

The struggle was undoubtedly futile, and Joey was soon tied with ropes and hung high from the large tree in front of the prisoner camp.

Looking at Joey who was hanging from the tree, Colonel Barnadiston said loudly to Wang Mo with anger on his face, "Commander Wang." Are you trying to go to all-out war with the British Empire by so brutally abusing the soldiers of the British Empire? ”

"Colonel, I'll tell you one last time, the British Empire that runs rampant in your eyes is here, it's not bullshit! You'd better not do anything stupid and anger me again, or I won't guarantee your lives!" Wang Mo's eyes were cold and murderous, obviously these words were not just warnings and intimidation.

Witnessing Wang Mo's toughness, Barnadiston knew that Wang Mo was really not afraid of the British Empire, which was so powerful that it had planted the rice flag all over the world, but he didn't understand why.

All the British officers and soldiers could see that Wang Mo really dared to kill them. Therefore, no one dared to blow up the thorn, and all of them bowed their heads and remained silent.

After intimidating all the British prisoners, Wang Mo did not toss them anymore, but turned around and left the prisoner camp.

Just walked out of the prisoner camp. Zhang Wei couldn't help but say to Wang Mo: "Commander, is this a ...... A little too much? If it spreads, foreigners are afraid that they will accuse us of being too brutal and barbaric, and will things be made big because of this? ”

Brutal and barbaric?

Compared with the genocide and frenzied plundering of Western colonizers in various colonies of the world, Wang Mo's punishment is not qualified to be related to brutality and barbarism.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Mo is disgusted by the humanitarianism that Western colonizers talk about. A group of colonists who killed people and set fires all over the world had the audacity to demand that he follow the so-called humanitarian spirit. Improving the treatment of these prisoners of war is simply ridiculous!

"Too much? I think this kind of punishment that doesn't hurt or itch is too light, and if the British prisoners dare to blow up the stab again in the future, they will be cleaned up by Lao Tzu, and it doesn't matter if you kill a few! Wang Mo sneered, "You remember, it's definitely not us who should be afraid of making a big fuss, but the English foreigners!" ”

After the incident in the prisoner camp, the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance once again saw Wang Mo's toughness in the face of foreigners.

Affected by this, the soldiers of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army, who were in charge of guarding the prisoner camp, no longer had the caution and fear in the face of the British foreigners in the past, and they were not soft on the British prisoners who dared to disobey the control.

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Tokyo, Japan.

At this time, the Japanese people were still looking forward to the wonderful prospect of the Japanese army defeating and annihilating the Chinese army and the German army, and seizing Qingdao and even the whole of Shandong.

The young people were still bent on joining the army and embarking on the great quest to divide colonial China.

The elders discussed among themselves when the army would be victorious, and who would have relatives who served in the army would receive compliments and praises from their neighbors.

Ever since Japan won the Russo-Japanese War, the self-confidence of the whole country has swelled pathologically. Almost overnight, the Japanese people became the number one power in Asia.

In the eyes of the Japanese people, the Imperial Japanese Army had no possibility of defeat against the decaying and backward Chinese army and the isolated German army, and the only difference was the length of time it took to achieve final victory.

However, contrary to the optimism and longing of the people, at this time, most of the Japanese high-level officials were incredulous, disappointed, unwilling, manic, and angry, and no one could accept that the military operation to seize the Jiaozhou Bay concession in China had failed.

"Waste, the army's group of red deer is all waste, twice as many troops as the Zhina, and they will be defeated again and again by the Zhina, and now even the allies have let the Zhina people be captured!" Admiral Sotaro Misu scolded the Army at a joint meeting of the Cabinet and the Ministry of War.

Since the fall of the Yamamoto Gonbei cabinet due to the "Siemens incident" and the coming to power of the Okuma Shigenobu cabinet, the strength of the army has been replenished and strengthened, thus weakening the strength of the navy in disguise.

"Sansu Zongjun, your navy's performance in this battle is not necessarily much better, the Second Fleet suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of the Shina bomber group, and lost dozens of large and small ships. Could it be that the Navy's performance is very heroic and commendable? "Major General of the Army, Governor of the Tokyo Garrison, Satoru Nakamura, unceremoniously retorted Sotaro Misu.

Japan is an island country with few resources and small national strength, and its investment in the military is very limited, so the army and navy often quarrel over the investment of national resources.

Mutual criticism and ridicule like Sotaro Misu and Satoru Nakamura have long been commonplace, and even the current Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma is used to it. If the Admiralty and the War Department don't quarrel one day, it is estimated that the sun will really come out of the west.

Knock-knock-knock

Youpeng of Shanxian knocked on the table and said with an unhappy face: "Okay, there is no point in accusing each other now, it is better to discuss how to deal with the changes in the eastern part of China." ”

At this time, the Japanese military headquarters was still firmly in the hands of the Yama Prefecture faction headed by Yama Prefecture Aritomo, so as soon as Yama Prefecture Aritomo said this, Misu Sotaro and Nakamura Satoru immediately stopped arguing, and just glared at each other angrily.

"According to the information sent back by the Banxi Army in Beijing, the Sichuan Army has completely wiped out the Southern Kuomintang. In other words, the powerful Sichuan army can go north at any time to support the Yimeng Autonomous Coalition Army, and even if our newly formed reinforcements arrive in the eastern part of China, I am afraid that we may not be able to achieve the final victory in the war. Therefore, I think that there is no point in fighting this war any longer. Japan's last veteran and prime minister, Saionji Kotochi, said.

Saionji is not only an old man, but also the president of the Politics Friends Association, which is a powerful political force in Japan, so his influence in the cabinet is very large, even the current Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma cannot match.

Many cabinet officials echoed their words, not only because they supported the public prestige of Saionji, but more importantly, this colonial war, which was originally ten stable, has now basically turned into a bottomless pit that is not considered to be consumed, and Japan's finances, which have just recovered from breath, are really a little uncomfortable.

"Then do you just give up grabbing the leased land in Jiaozhou Bay? After paying such a huge price and not gaining anything, how can we explain to His Majesty the Emperor and to the people of Japan? Sotaro Misu immediately asked.

Now the Japanese people do not know that the Japanese army has been defeated, and if they learn that so many people have died and they have spent a huge amount of money on the troops, they can only withdraw their troops in disgrace and gain nothing, and they do not know what will happen to them.

No one knows what radical Japanese youths will do in anger.

"Gentlemen, if you want to seize the leased land of Jiaozhou Bay in China, there is not necessarily only one means of war." Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma smiled slightly, "Presumably, your lords already know that our allies have invited us to send representatives to participate in their mediation of the war in Qingdao with Western countries. ”

Everyone understood that the fact that the inability to seize Qingdao by means of war does not mean that this goal cannot be achieved at the negotiating table, and this has been precedent many times in China. (To be continued.) )