Washington's principle is a one-on-one exchange of prisoners of war" Ridgway met in his office with the generals and officers involved in the negotiations, including Colonel Parkes. He spoke eloquently about the many issues of the negotiations, and when it came to the issue of prisoners of war, he laid out a principle, that is, Washington's instruction, "After all the prisoners of war of the coalition forces have returned, the remaining prisoners of war of the Chinese and Korean armies shall be handed over." ”

Ridgway's policies are just a repetition of those congressmen in Washington, he has no right to decide, the decision is in Washington, and the bottom line of the joint ** is no longer with him. And these participants in the negotiations are only striving for greater interests on this basis. Parks frowned, it is obvious that the principle of prisoners of war has touched the bottom line of China and North Korea, and they will not agree to such conditions, because one-on-one, the Chinese and North Korean troops have been captured by the US military far more than the US military has been captured by the Chinese and North Korean troops.

But he still knows this history, and he already has a plan in his heart, and he has pondered the terms that are acceptable to both parties in the future, and the most important thing is that he needs Winters to come back, and use this opportunity to improve his due role and prestige, so as to facilitate his own development in the future.

Armistice negotiations were held on July 10, 1951 at Kaesong on the 38th parallel. At this time, Ridgway received a telegram from the War Office, instructing Colonel Parks to participate in the negotiations of the prisoner of war portion only. This puzzled Ridgway, and the War Office did not give a reasonable explanation, of course, in his capacity, he would not have questioned Colonel Parkes. Although he had a good impression of Colonel Parks, it did not mean that he would not do something about his own influence.

What Parks needs to do is to get this negotiation over as soon as possible, not nearly two years. Of course, the entanglement of interests in this is not something he can say, and the most important thing is to see the preparations of those bigwigs in Washington and Li Qiwei. Although General Ridgway did not ask Parks to explain anything, Parks took the initiative to come to him.

Ridgway was surprised that Parks would come looking for him alone, but he still found time to meet the man who made an exception for the War Department, he knew Colonel Parkes' background, knew that he had a close relationship with the arms dealers of the Gray family, which had recently risen rapidly, and that he had a laboratory, and that his inventions were at the forefront of the world, and of course, after learning about this, he met Parks in his private office, and apparently made it clear that his meeting with him was purely personal, There will be no political issues involved, and he will put himself in the right position.

"Hello, General" Parks still gave a military salute as he entered, and he still had some admiration for Ridgway, at least he was different from MacArthur's megalomaniac. Without MacArthur's arrogance and self-appreciation, he didn't even buy the face of the president. Ridgway is actually quite easy-going.

"Sit down," General Ridgway gestured casually, then nodded at Parks, "Relax, we're just chatting now, it's like- like friends."

Parks nodded, and he didn't talk about it straight to the point, but talked about some of his experiences in Europe, and talked about Winters: "To be honest, Lieutenant Colonel Winters is my best friend, and he is a very good officer. Of course, that's why I suddenly wanted to join," Parks introduced the topic to the point, and then said his purpose for coming without concealment, "General, I am here to bring my friend back to the United States safe and sound. ”

Li Qiwei was slightly stunned, and then quickly shook his head and said: "It's not that you can calculate what you say, and it doesn't count if I say it, we can't sacrifice the interests of the Americans in order to reach an agreement quickly, this won't work."

"I know, General," Parks nodded, "I think this negotiation will be very difficult, and in fact there may be a larger war in the negotiation, because it will bring benefits in the negotiation and force the other side to make concessions." And I'm sure you, General, must be ready for this too, huh? ”

Li Qiwei was stunned for a moment, and then quickly smiled with relief: "Of course, any negotiation that can obtain benefits is achieved in victory, and of course we are no exception, in order to protect the interests of the United States, as well as our security, we must do this."

"But, General, it's not just us who thinks so, the other side must also think so, if both sides have a large army on the battle front, and both have strong fortifications and strong firepower as a guarantee, then will it be another Verdun? This winch machine will winch more American lives. Parks looked at General Ridgway, and said without waiting for him to speak, "I know that the strength of the American army is that it has strong firepower coverage, but the squadron also has their strengths, they are good at building strong fortifications, and use the fortifications to avoid artillery fire and hit the opponent, don't forget that we are not facing the guerrillas, they defeated the Chinese Kuomintang army of eight million, they have experienced a hundred battles, have rich combat experience, although we have a lot of veterans, but we must not underestimate them because of this." ”

This history is clear to Parks, who has read a book on the Korean War written by a Chinese military writer: On the defensive lines of both sides, more than 2 million troops were intensively deployed, and the longest, most complex, and strongest fortifications in the history of world warfare were constructed. The defense line of the United ** is composed of well-deployed artillery positions, tank groups and infantry, several layers of positions make it up to 300 kilometers deep, each layer of defense line has built permanent fortifications and trenches, each layer of defense line has formulated a thorough air support plan, forming a powerful three-dimensional defense network, this line of defense is called "an insurmountable abyss of death". On the defense line of the squadron, hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers began to build the world's largest underground defense project, the total amount of earth and stone can dig several Suez Canals, along the confrontation line from west to east, hundreds of kilometers of defense line, deep underground permanent tunnels and traffic trenches like spider webs in all directions, hundreds of thousands of Chinese officers and soldiers on the front line live underground, well-equipped underground, the fire traps they arrange can make any attacking enemy be immediately devastated, these Chinese officers and soldiers who are waiting underground are called by Western military experts'The dragon in the cave'.

"Really?" Li Qiwei couldn't help but smile slightly, although he believed what Parks said, and he had already considered this, but now he had to think about how to win the military struggle to obtain favorable conditions for the negotiations, "Look, the topic of our conversation is inseparable from the war, why not talk about your development in New York?" I heard that your lab is doing well" Obviously, Ridgway wanted to divert the subject, he did not want to discuss this with a colonel for a long time.

Parks was a little disappointed, but he also knew that he couldn't convince General Ridgway right away. He was disappointed, but he didn't lose faith. After talking for a while, Parks felt like he was going to take his leave, and he took out a document from his briefcase and said, "General, this is my estimate of this negotiation, and of course I have some predictions of the conditions I have made for this negotiation, and I hope it will have some effect. So saying, he took his leave.

Li Qiwei looked at the document, flipped through it casually, couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, and then threw it aside, he didn't expect that this person actually joined in halfway for his friend, and what he didn't expect was that he actually drew up some estimated documents on negotiations, and when he flipped through them, the contents of the document were obviously not accepted by those bigwigs in Washington, such as the restoration of the 38th parallel of the South Korean border before the war, etc., and the prisoner of war issue set up a prisoner of war camp in neutral India, and by neutral India, Representatives of Poland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Sweden formed a "Neutral Nations Repatriation Committee", which was chosen by the prisoners of war and voluntarily repatriated.

Of course, the events did not go as he expected, and the US military was able to obtain the advantage of negotiations with a large number of weapons and bombs. The joint ** launched the summer offensive and the autumn offensive from August 18 to September 18 and September 29 to October 22, respectively, attacking the western and eastern fronts of the DPRK and China. After two months of fierce fighting, the United ** occupied 646 square kilometers of land, advancing an average of about 2 kilometers. This made Ridgway seem so complacent that he had even forgotten the report that Parks had submitted to him, and the negotiations were held in Panmunjom according to the American side's design.

But it didn't take long for the Volunteer Army to launch a local counterattack between October 30 and late November, occupying 280 square kilometers of land and consolidating the defenses of the Kaesong area.

And it was at this time, in early December 1951, that negotiations on the question of prisoners of war began. On the issue of prisoners of war, the two sides still have differences, with China and North Korea demanding forced repatriation, while joint ** demanding voluntary repatriation. The negotiations were again deadlocked, and at this time, General Ridgway suddenly remembered the Parks document, took it from under the drawer, and after considering the terms of it, reported it to Washington, and was able to present it at the time of negotiation.

Obviously, the camp was set up in the neutral country of India, and the "neutral country repatriation committee" was formed by representatives of the neutral countries of India, Poland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Sweden, and the prisoners of war were selected and partially voluntarily repatriated. However, on the issue of the repatriation of prisoners of war, Parks, who has not expressed his position, proposed a plan for the repatriation of prisoners of war to be carried out in batches, and after the conclusion of the negotiations on prisoners of war, a batch of repatriation will be repatriated, and both sides will provide a repatriation list, and this list belongs to the list of forced repatriation. In this way, the needs of all parties are satisfied, and both sides know that there are people who are not suitable to stay in a hostile country, and that would be very detrimental to themselves, both in terms of public opinion and politics

The first prisoners of war were repatriated, and Parks stood early near the line of communication between the two sides near Panmunjom, and he tried to search for everyone in the procession, who walked silently with their heads bowed, and then were identified by American soldiers, and then crossed the border. In the middle of the line, Parks finally saw the familiar figure, thin and silent, following the long line. That figure, for a moment, made Parks' throat choke in a panic, and he wanted to shout, but he couldn't say anything, he just watched silently, looking at finally meeting again, Dick V! ~！