The British side, represented by Churchill, sent a negotiating team to China to start a dialogue with the Chinese side on the Hong Kong incident.

At the same time, the British ** team was being closely dispatched, the Eastern Fleet was all back to India for rest, and two British divisions with four Indian divisions were assembling in the direction of Vietnam. Two destroyers docked in Hong Kong, plus a few gunboats, also began cruising in Shenzhen Bay. A brigade of Hong Kong defenders, ready to assemble in the Futian area, while a so-called security regiment composed of Chinese began to distribute ammunition.

The French garrison in Southeast Asia also made some moves, and the French Gallic Army, which thought it was the First Army, two divisions and a heavy artillery regiment marched to Lang Son on the Sino-Vietnamese border with high morale.

The move of Britain and France, Chen Shao got the news as soon as possible.

Britain sent people to negotiate, and Chen Shao made a very positive gesture and also selected a negotiator. On the one hand, it has stepped up intelligence reconnaissance of British and French forces in Southeast Asia in order to prepare for it. As for the British army in Hong Kong, for the People's Army at that time, it was a piece of meat on the side of its mouth, and it could be eaten whenever it wanted.

On the surface, both countries agreed to dialogue, but both countries knew that this war could not be avoided. This is a contest between the emerging forces and the old forces, and when the emerging forces win, it is called a complete rise. The old forces won, and they are also tightly trying to save that poor face.

The protesters in Hong Kong also disappeared for a while, and on the second day of the demonstrations, except for a few people who demanded severe punishment of the murderers at the gate of the Governor's Palace, the rest of the people did whatever they wanted. Except for leaving them with enough topics to talk about after dinner, the rest looked very calm. Chen Shao's goal has been achieved, so there is naturally no need to do such a thing. As for those who are still protesting, there are some things that must be done, otherwise it will be too anticlimactic.

Situ Bat's is a complete tragedy, and with such a huge political stain, his career has come to an end. Another purpose of Churchill's visit was to investigate the whole story, but in any case, Stubbs was completely sad. With Churchill's temper, not asking for guilt is already a blessing.

Churchill traveled all the way, and by the time Churchill arrived in Hong Kong, twenty days had passed. By this time, Hong Kong had returned to its original state, exactly as it had been before the protests. In Churchill's mind, Hong Kong at this time should be the same as the British general strike, with factories closed, businesses closed, and slogans everywhere on the streets. Although the scene in front of him was different from what he had in mind, Churchill thought that things had taken a turn for the better.

When Stubb welcomed Churchill back to the Governor's Palace, Churchill realized that things were still the same, but not elsewhere. The crowd of demonstrators at the entrance of the Governor's Palace continued, and Stubb had become accustomed to this tone in the past 20 days.

As soon as he entered the governor's mansion, Churchill scolded Stubb, and waited until his anger had subsided a lot before he got down to business.

"What the hell caused the march?" Churchill Road.

"After many investigations, there is only one reason, the Chinese want to have the same rights as British citizens. It's all to blame on the Portuguese, seeing the military strength of China, they immediately coaxed, and the continuous improvement of the treatment of Chinese in Macao stimulated the Chinese in Hong Kong, which led to this incident. Stubb was scolded very badly, and in order not to anger Churchill, he replied cautiously.

"Really? Didn't you find out that there was a shadow of China behind this matter? Churchill was not satisfied with this answer, and in his opinion, China was behind the scenes.

"Maybe it was the Chinese side that defeated Japan, so that the Chinese in Hong Kong saw the strength of China and took the opportunity to make trouble! As for whether China is promoting this matter behind it, no relevant evidence has been investigated. Stubbs said.

"Humph! It's useless to say these things now, even if it is found out that there is China behind and then pushes it, it will not help. At this time, it is not just an accidental injury incident, China is taking advantage of this to take back Hong Kong, which is the most important thing, and as for who did it, I am not in the mood to know. Churchill said helplessly. I just asked these questions just to see if my inference was true, but now that I saw that there was still no evidence at all, my mind naturally broke off. As for Stubbat, Churchill did not intend to let him go, and in any case, a dereliction of duty was absolutely inevitable.

Stubbs had a lot to say, but when he saw that Churchill didn't want to say any more, he kept his mouth shut, and the outcome was already predictable.

The venue for the talks between the two countries is Guangzhou. At first, the British side demanded that the venue for the negotiations be set in Hong Kong, but the Chinese side did not agree. Britain did not want to let the negotiations be stillborn for the sake of such a trivial matter, after all, whether they could negotiate or not, and whether war could be avoided would be avoided. In the end, I reluctantly agreed to choose the location in Guangzhou.

Churchill took a brief rest in the morning and then drove to Guangzhou in the afternoon.

The Guangzhou government office building specially vacated the only conference room for this negotiation.

By the time Churchill arrived, the reporters who received the news had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Churchill get out of the car was inevitably a flash of light.

In this negotiation, many well-known newspapers and periodicals at home and abroad have received invitations from China to participate in the whole process of this negotiation.

The participation of the press and media was obviously beyond Churchill's expectations, and as soon as he got out of the car, he saw so many reporters, and he did not reflect it at once, and his good cultivation allowed him to recover immediately. Although he was very dissatisfied with China's move, Churchill did not express it, and now that the wood is in the boat, he is losing his face to say anything.

As the negotiator of the Chinese side, Zong Li walked out of the building and greeted Churchill after Churchill arrived.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, they walked into the Guangzhou government office building together.

After arriving at the conference room, the two of them didn't say those boring polite words anymore and went straight to the point.

The invited reporter also walked in after him, picked up a pen and paper to write down the content of the negotiation.

"Here, I apologize to the Chinese who were accidentally injured in this Hong Kong incident, and I'm sorry. At the same time, we in Britain will also compensate this unfortunate Chinese, and we will also severely punish the British policeman who was injured by mistake. Churchill was the first to speak.

"Mr. Churchill, was this incident an accidental injury? I don't understand the two robberies in a row, can you please explain. "Zong deviated.

"Mr. Zongli, we will come up with evidence if it was injured by mistake, but for this demonstration, didn't you deliberately promote it? In order to achieve your own goals, you have no regard for the deaths and injuries of the people, and this is your policy of governance. What is for the country and the people, I think is fooling the ignorant people. Churchill said.

"Mr. Churchill, you can be held accountable for what you say. As a powerful country, deliberately distorting facts and maliciously slandering other countries, is this the true face of Britain? Without any evidence, it is the character of Britain to frame other countries at will? As everyone knows, China has always been poor and backward, and as the saying goes, if you are backward, you will be beaten. If the power is small, the right to speak is small, we know this. But for your country that has hurt my country so badly, even if we are weak, we will ask you for an explanation. "Zong deviated.

"Mr. Zongli misunderstood, this is just my personal opinion, and it does not represent the United Kingdom." Churchill regretted saying what he had just said, but he did not expect that he would be caught, and if such words were declared by the newspapers, then he Churchill would be a sinner in England.

"Mr. Churchill, I will continue what you have just said. Let me ask you, if the Chinese people in Hong Kong can live and work in peace and contentment, if the Chinese people in Hong Kong can be treated fairly, if they like Hong Kong now, and if they are satisfied with the ruling organs in Hong Kong, will they still march and petition? Will the bloodshed like the one before happen? Let me ask again, if Mr. Churchill was satisfied with his present life, would he choose to rebel against the current British government? I only know one truth, there is oppression and there will be resistance. ”

Zong Li made a lot of sharp rhetorical questions, so that Churchill could not answer, nor did he not answer. Now Churchill began to admire this young Chinese diplomat a little, and he had heard that in the Sino-Japanese peace talks, he forced former Prime Minister Yoshiichi Tanaka into a corner. At first it seemed to Churchill that the rumours were exaggerated, but now it seemed to him that the young diplomat was indeed capable of it.

"Mr. Zongli, I admire your eloquence."

"Reason goes all over the world, and unreasonable is difficult to move an inch. If I am not reasonable, Mr. Churchill must have refuted it. On the other hand, if I had a point, Mr. Churchill would have no choice but to use strong words. And I just asked Mr. Churchill that I have not yet answered, is this a great disappointment to the British who have always been gentlemanly, especially those who represent the country like Mr. Churchill. Zong Li didn't intend to let Churchill go, and pressed forward step by step.

"Huh! We will improve these problems in the future, and strive to ensure that every Chinese in Hong Kong can get what they deserve in the future. In the name of the British Empire, I guarantee that such a thing will never happen again. Churchill laughed dryly, and sighed in his heart: Amazing!

"Hopefully! I believe Mr. Churchill's words for the time being. Now it's time to talk about Hong Kong. Zong Li didn't care about this, because he knew Chen Shao's strategic intentions, this sentence was the most important, and today's goal was to break down the negotiations, and the initiative must be grasped in his hands. And Zong Li also knew that Churchill's goal was the same as his, but there were some slight differences, that is, it was better to be able to negotiate, and he couldn't negotiate and then use the sword.

"Mr. Zongli's words made me a little confused. I'm a little confused about Hong Kong's problems. Is there anything else wrong with it besides the accidental injury? Churchill knew the subject was coming, but he wanted to pretend to be confused and let the other man speak first.

(To be continued)