"Gifts?"

"Yes. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info This is a little bit of my heart, please General Nie must accept it. ”

"What do you want to do?"

Nie Shicheng looked vigilantly at Wang Zhen, a comprador arms dealer standing in front of him who claimed to have only come to give him gifts, he had met this guy a few times, and his accomplice, who was called Easter. Hartman's Americans. The two of them had been in China for several years, and had a little relationship with officials at all levels, so he could always see them on different occasions - this time, of course, Mr. Hartmann did not appear.

Hartman certainly won't show up. If he hadn't been killed by the boxers, or had fled from Naoli in a panic, he would have just stayed in the concession and would never have wandered around in such a dangerous time. Of course, Wang Zhen should not have done such a thing - he was no better off than his Western friends.

However, this is not Nie Shicheng's concern, what he cares about is the purpose of this comprador arms dealer who is now visiting his door and giving him gifts.

At this sensitive moment when China and Western countries have de facto wars and the Dagu Fort is in danger, why did this guy give him a gift?

"What do you want to do?" He repeats the question.

"As I said earlier, it's just a little bit of a heart, and nothing else." The arms dealer smiled professionally, "General Nie can accept the gift with confidence, don't worry." ”

"Nothing to be courteous, not a traitor or a thief. Boss Wang must have heard this sentence, right? Nie Shicheng snorted. Nothing else? This comprador arms dealer treats him as a fledgling, inexperienced stunned young man, or an old fritter with an eye for money and insatiable greed?

"I think it's better to open the skylight and say something bright, Boss Wang." He said in a near-threatening tone, "Otherwise, ......"

How else is it? Nie Shicheng didn't want to say it, because they all knew that he could only drive Wang Zhen away at best—and given Wang Zhen's close ties to officials at all levels, and his American background, even the slightest beating up would cause a lot of trouble, not to mention the more severe punishments.

Of course, sending this guy to the boxers was an option, but he didn't think he needed to rely on the boxers to deal with the problems, and he didn't like those people either.

Now, Nie Shicheng can only hope that Wang Zhen does not intend to tear his face and destroy the relationship between the two sides - so that he will reveal his intentions.

But things were completely unexpected.

"Believe me, General Nie, I really don't have any purpose." Wang Zhen was still smiling, but spread out his hand and made a helpless gesture, "In fact, I can guarantee that as long as you have seen the list of gifts, you will know that I am not lying." ”

"Where's the list?"

Wang Zhen took out a folded piece of paper from the pocket of his clothes and handed it to Nie Shicheng. Eager to know about the arms dealer's intentions, the former commander of the Wuwei Army couldn't wait to open it, but after only a few seconds, he was completely stunned as if he had seen something bizarre that was completely beyond his comprehension.

Nie Shicheng really couldn't understand Wang Zhen's intentions: the gifts on the list included 5.5 million rifle bullets and 500,000 9mm pistol rounds, 20 Browning machine guns, 250 hand-held machine guns - that is, submachine guns - and 10,000 meters of barbed wire, which were fully in line with the status of a comprador arms dealer, but ......

What exactly does he want to do? Nie Shicheng undoubtedly became even more confused. His troops were about to go to war with the Western coalition forces, and Wang Zhen's big boss led an army, which was an important part of the coalition forces, but this guy gave him weapons, ammunition and barbed wire...... Is he going crazy, or is he setting a trap for the former army of Wuwei?

Nie Shicheng didn't think that Wang Zhen did such a thing just because he loved the Qing Dynasty - it was completely inconsistent with the code of conduct of a comprador businessman like him.

He......

As if seeing through Nie Shicheng's meaning, Wang Zhen explained: "Please don't worry, General Nie, every gift on the list is intact and can be used immediately." By the way, if these gifts are given to officers and soldiers who have been trained in umbrella companies, they will fully use their value. ”

What do you mean? The mind of the commander of the former army of Wuwei still couldn't turn. Could it be that Wang Zhen really just out of patriotism, at the moment when the war was about to break out, he provided him with weapons and ammunition, so that he could deal a heavy blow to the Western coalition forces? How could a comprador businessman do such a thing?

And his boss......

"Oh, by the way, General Nie." As if he had just remembered, Wang Zhen added: "General Qin Lang of the U.S. Army and Colonel Yi Shui of the Marine Corps led the troops to guard the Zizhulin Concession, and they asked me to pay tribute to the general on their behalf and ask the general to understand, because they need to deal with the boxers, so they can't visit in person." ”

Nie Shicheng finally understood.

Yes, it was an insidious ruse, but not against his former army, but against the Western coalition army under the command of Seymour...... It's just that what is the purpose of Qin Lang and Yi Shui doing this? Just to fight the Western coalition forces?

It's obviously not going to be that simple.

Nie Shicheng fell into deep thought.

Just as he was trying his best to consider Qin Lang's intentions, Qin Lang was surprised by the news he had just gotten, and this news that could surprise him was that the Japanese commander he saw at the coalition meeting yesterday was none other than the former Japanese governor in Taiwan who had resigned less than six months ago, and General Nogi Noshinori, who would have become extremely famous because of the Russo-Japanese War, another Japanese military god.

Or rather, the representative and symbol of the rigid thinking and rigid tactics of the senior officers of the Japanese Army.

There is no doubt that this is the case. Nogi Noshinori is best known for the bloody Battle of Fort Arthur. Under the brilliant command of this great military god, the Russian troops defending the fortress of Arthur succeeded in adding more than 59,000 names to the casualty list of the Japanese Army's Third Army, which was the main attack, in 115 days of fighting, although it still failed in the end, and included Nogi Honoritori, the second son of the army general, in 115 days of fighting.

In fact, many people believe that if it weren't for the astonishing achievements created by the god of war, which made the chief of the Japanese Army General Staff, Gentaro Kodama anxious, and caused him to go to the front line to direct the battle, the Third Army's last attack on the 203 Heights would still be another failure, and the Japanese losses would have become even more staggering.

Of course, history does not have so many "ifs" to speak of, but Qin Lang believes that the Russian government did award Nogi Noshinori a medal for his tireless efforts to redeem the Russian army's poor performance in the Russo-Japanese War.

Or, the Qing government could have awarded the medal: since the commander of the Japanese army was Nogi Noshinori, their losses in this military operation would have been quite staggering, and in fact, could have become even more staggering if Nie Shicheng had received more gifts.

Qin Lang began to regret that he hadn't been able to identify His Excellency the General God immediately, otherwise he would have asked Wang Zhen to send more things to Nie Shicheng, not just a little. But what else could he do now? It is impossible to let Wang Zhen run again, which not only endangers his life, but also may attract the attention of Seymour or others.

Qin Lang didn't want to create a diplomatic problem for himself. Even if the whole world knew that he did not like the Japanese and had set a trap on them, the Japanese could not publicly accuse him as long as they did not have credible evidence.

So...... Well, at least he still has a little remedy.

Qin Lang shifted his attention from Nogi Noshinori to the row of mercenaries standing in front of him, a total of forty people, all of whom were loyal and trustworthy, and they were all the best marksmen among the Chinese soldiers, even if they didn't have a scope, they could hit targets three hundred meters away, but they couldn't kill them with one blow like snipers.

But he now has no professional snipers to use, and the few sniper teams he has are under O'Connor's command, and it is impossible to reach China anyway.

Hope can only be pinned on the performance of these people in front of them.

He let his gaze slowly sweep over the forty mercenaries. "You already know what I asked you to do, secretly attack the coalition forces and assist the Qing army in defending Tianjin." He said word by word, in a soft voice but in a very stern tone, "You must remember that this mission needs to be kept strictly confidential and must not be disclosed to anyone, including your teammates; At the same time, if you are killed or captured by the coalition forces, the company will not recognize your identity and will not take rescue measures. Do you understand? ”

"Totally understood, boss."

Qin Lang nodded, satisfied with this answer, and then he asked, "What other questions do you have?" ”

"Boss." Only one person stood up, but he spoke for everyone, "There is only one question, why are we carrying out this mission?" Someone has a deal with us, boss? ”

"Nope. Although I would love someone to pay for you to do this. Qin Lang smiled, "If you think I have a little patriotism, then it's not the same." There is only one reason," he emphasized, with a long pause, "that there are no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only eternal interests." ”

It's all about profit. (To be continued.) )