“…… Although the erroneous war ended with a shameful result, we should face it bravely. It was the Conservative Party officials who deserved to be tried for the law who single-handedly contributed to this tragic outcome. The brave soldiers have shed too much blood for this erroneous war, and we should not think about how to expand the war, but about a victorious negotiation with a new perspective and on the premise of identifying with the opponent...... I am confident that this war, which has not yet been finally over, will end with a satisfactory outcome under the new leadership of the Labour Party. And our brave soldiers can go home early to reunite with their families......"

10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom.

On the rostrum in front of the Prime Minister's Office, the new British Prime Minister, Chairman of the Labour Party, MacDonald, was ousted less than a year after he was ousted, taking advantage of the collapse of the Conservative Party because of the wrong war, he rose strongly and formed a cabinet with the absolute advantage of the Labour Party, and the King of the Commonwealth announced the formation of a new cabinet.

The Conservative Party's overly conservative and intransigent approach was immediately condemned by the whole of Britain when the news of its defeat at the front came back. Under the operation of the Labour Party, the members of Parliament immediately launched the impeachment proposal against the Prime Minister, and the Conservative Party, which lacked the right people at the right time, finally handed over the power in its hands.

The new Prime Minister McDonald, on the other hand, has adopted the slogan of increasing the welfare of workers and employees of the political axe, reforming the political axe, and promoting economic development. When questioned in Parliament, MacDonald repeatedly stressed that war does not have to be bloodshed and sacrifice to obtain the greatest benefits, and what is not gained on the battlefield can be achieved through negotiations.

Under the huge wave of anti-war in the British Peninsula, MacDonald sent his senior assistant as the chief negotiator for George, and before leaving, told his senior assistant: "George, this negotiation with the Chinese is very important to us. I hope that the previous plans will be put to good use. Whatever reaction the Chinese may have, you should put the interests of Britain and the Labour Party first. ”

"Dear Prime Minister, the French were also defeated by the Chinese, and the French cabinet also fell. This negotiation may be staged again. Ambitious, George seems to have seen that the Chinese have signed the negotiated agreement with his superior diplomatic means. The incompetent Knox, the incompetent Far Eastern Command, even the Chinese can not be defeated, perhaps, they will win this war with the power of one person, and they will not be able to gain anything.

In his view, war is just an excuse, and the fruits of war are what politicians need to consider. As for the captives? Oh God, obedience to the will of the people is always a trick of politicians.

"George, I don't want this to be what you really think. The Chinese may have been very stupid, and there may be equally stupid Chinese now, but this person will not be our negotiator, Zhang Shusheng. This man is mysterious, and his rise will almost astouncrate the whole world, just look at what these Germans and American cowboys write in their newspapers: the decline of a great empire will usher in the revival of another ancient country. Southwest China: The Far Eastern Necropolis of the British.

George, as a good politician, you must learn to see the essence through the phenomenon. Like, no matter what percentage of the damn stupid Indians are in this war, we actually lost this war. And since the opponent can beat us, no matter what method they take, he is a successful opponent. And Zhang Shusheng and we are actually walking the same road, in order to achieve the goal, at any cost.

For this negotiation, whatever the substantive outcome of the negotiation, we must let the people of the empire know that we have fought a victorious negotiation battle, even if we are under the negotiating table and pay some unavoidable ......"

As a close confidant of Prime Minister McDonald, George is a China expert, which is an important reason why he can lead the negotiations. As for the level of this person's ability, MacDonald didn't worry too much, compared to the fools of the Conservative Party who clamored for another military expansion, George was definitely a smart man.

If nothing else, just because George always does what he tells him to do, this time, it won't be a surprise.

After the massacre in May, the Chinese once again made headlines in newspapers around the world because of the August Ruili victory, whether it was the French, the Americans, the Germans, the Italians, and even the British themselves, all of which reported on the great defeat of Britain and France.

Many newspapers even described the war at length as a great defeat for the British in the Boer War and the defeat of the French in the face of the Germans in the European War.

Compared with the Boers and the powerful Germans, the Chinese, this backward, uncivilized, poor, extremely underdeveloped country lacking education, science and technology culture, was able to defeat the Anglo-French army armed to the teeth.

Tens of thousands of prisoners, if it was on the battlefield of the European war that year, it would be just a number. After all, at that time, the opponent of the British and French was the German Army, which claimed to be the first in the world. It was at that time that the Germans had to organize a fairly large-scale campaign to achieve the same results.

However, the Chinese, relying only on their backward equipment and poorly trained soldiers, were able to capture tens of thousands of Anglo-French troops, and the media around the world were thinking about the same question: when did the Chinese become so powerful.

Of course, there were also two or three newspaper reports that on the battlefields of the British and Chinese, warplanes and tanks appeared. And he swore that the information was provided by British and French soldiers who had fled back to Burma from the jungles on the China-Burma border.

However, this huge discovery was immediately met with unanimous opposition, and even the newspaper's mailbox was flooded with angry complaint letters.

Everyone does not believe that China, which was still barbaric and backward yesterday, can form an excellent air force and tank unit today; you know, this is not a third-rate army that can be trained by buying a few guns and a few bullets and practicing shooting for several months, just relying on the Chinese, can catch up with the advanced ranks of the world and form a modern air force and tank unit?

All did not believe it, and it was unanimously agreed that it was the newspaper's reporter who insulted the intelligence of the readers. This is simply more absurd than the British and French being defeated by the Chinese with broadswords. Many readers have given repeated examples, some saying that they had traded in Europe and Asia, and only sold hundreds of advanced rifles to the Chinese last month because they could not produce such advanced weapons. Others said that they had just returned from China last year, and that they had even witnessed a warlord war in the south, where the stupid soldiers, without artillery cover, without adequate heavy machine gun cover, were forced by officers to charge forward with pistols. He even saw the Chinese plane, a poor small biplane canvas plane, and he even swore that he saw the pilot of the plane, pulled out a pistol and shot at the position below.

It is absolutely impossible for the Chinese to have such advanced weapons, and to spread rumors, this is absolute rumors. This is an absolute slander of the reader's IQ.

However, the report on the desk of the British and French defense ministers is completely contrary to mainstream public opinion, and exactly the same as what was said in the several newspapers that were drowned in saliva.

"Honorable minister, why not take the initiative to announce that the Chinese have a large number of advanced weapons, it is likely that the Germans or Americans assisted them, from the intelligence of many aspects, I think the rise of the southwest, there are Germans."

Britain's Minister of Defence Intelligence stood in front of the famously wise Secretary of Defense, holding in his hand more detailed information gleaned from the soldiers.

"Failure is already the result, leave the rest to the politicians. Sicole, you know, even if we tell the truth to the world, the world will question us. With the brains of stupid civilians and pedantic politicians, it is hard to imagine this. So, follow the mainstream voice, as long as the country knows about this matter. ”

The Minister of Defense rubbed his sore temples, this defeat will inevitably bring about large-scale personnel changes in the military, these small things of gossip news are no longer what he needs to care about, what he needs to decide is which generals should be retained, and which fools he has hated for a long time should be kicked out as scapegoats.

Public opinion abroad is boiling, and domestic public opinion has not stopped.

When the news of the Southwest's victory came out, the first reaction of all parties was very direct: ridiculous!

When will the Chinese be able to defeat foreigners? Don't you see the concessions everywhere, such as the foreign buildings in the forest, and the high-spirited foreigners everywhere? Don't you see the entire coast and northeast, full of great powers? Don't you see that along the Huangpu River, small fishing boats are knocked over by the British's river boats every day? Didn't you see the sign at the entrance of the park in the concession where Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter? Don't you see that the only widows in the past can eat the great China to death now...... Perhaps, a handful of voices would say that things are changing.

On the Huangpu River, there are occasionally one or two British river boats that suddenly sink to the bottom.

Occasionally, in the early morning, there are always a few dying Indian gatemen who have been beaten in the middle of the night lying strangely at the entrance of the concession park.

Occasionally, on the streets at night, a few foreigners who were drunk and bullied Chinese would be beaten up by the sneaky gangsters who came out of the corner until they could vomit out their bile...... A small number of people are slowly noticing these changes, while most Chinese are still struggling to extricate themselves from the shadow of the sick man of East Asia.

The southwest victory was like a thunderbolt from the sky, shattering this suffocating and hopeless haze.

After the hoarseness, struggle, roaring, roaring, questioning, and shouting excitedly, more and more Chinese realize the fact that the southwest is China's hope.

Go Southwest! Seek what they have been pursuing, but have never been able to understand, go to the southwest, they can defeat the British, the French, they must have a way to improve themselves and save the country.

The people are surging, a latent tide is being staged all over the country, students who are about to graduate, workers who are not willing, bankrupt households who have no way to survive, Huizhou businessmen, Zhejiang businessmen, etc., are planning their own novel ideas, without exception, the southwest is their goal.

"Dear Miss Avril, I think we should end this interview without any doubt, and the British Command in Burma or the French Command in Vietnam are our sensible targets."

William held a bulky flashing machine and followed his boss, and as a reporter for the New York Times, a famous American newspaper giant, Miss Avril was an alternative.

As an assistant, William even thought she was ill when he heard that Miss Avril was preparing to travel across the ocean to cover the war and the ensuing negotiations in southwest China. Who knows, Miss Avril's application was not only approved by the new big boss as quickly as possible, but also doubled the budget amount.

Miss Avril Avril is a graduate of the prestigious Yale University, a linguistics genius who speaks eight foreign languages, and William has always felt that she is simply too aggrieved not to go to the Foreign Office, but to be a journalist. Just like now, William, who has been in Shanghai for a few years, speaks less than half the standard of Chinese.

Fluent in Chinese, William often couldn't help but remind her not to forget that she was American.

However, it turned out that his boss was wrong this time. It took William more than a month to follow her to the Southwest. By the time they reached the southwest, the prisoner camp outside the city was long gone.

After a few days of interviews, William found that these Chinese were full of lies, and most of the people interviewed worshipped their political axes and the army to the extreme, and some very old people were even more ridiculous, and even had a new dress on their bodies, and when they took photos after the interview, they repeatedly told themselves not to forget to write "The new clothes are issued by the political axe." ”

God, William only felt as if he had entered a land of lies. He has been a person who runs the world since he was a child, and he has never seen anywhere, out of 100 people, 99 people are praising the political axe, and the remaining one is not dissatisfied, but because he is deaf...... But he also found something different from the rest of China.

First of all, most Chinese see that their two foreigners no longer bend down to salute as before, and he even feels in a trance that the Chinese in this city are looking at him with a kind of colored glasses, not curious, not afraid, more like a proud mockery.

Then he noticed that the people here seemed to be very smiling, and there was no such thing as the dejected faces of the Chinese in other cities.

"William, have you noticed that we haven't seen a single beggar on the street all day, let alone a child begging for food on the street?" Avril had just finished an interview with a shoeshine on the street.

"Beggars?" William gritted his fist, thought about it carefully, and shook his head suspiciously: "I don't seem to have seen a beggar in the past few days." ”

Avril nodded, and looked through the interview notes in her hand again, "The shoe-shining craftsman said that he has 5 children, but he is the only one who earns money to support the family. However, the five children are all in school, the eldest is in the third grade of primary school, and because of the special situation of their own family, they do not need to pay tuition fees to go to school, and the school also has a free lunch at noon every day, and the children only need to complete the work-study assigned by the school on time......

"It's great, if I had such a good thing when I was a kid, I wouldn't have to run around the world." William, who was also born in the slums, couldn't help but sigh that he seemed to have forgotten what he had just complained.

"William!" Avril was actually talking more to herself, but at this time she turned around, and Miss Avril, who was like an elf princess, said to him seriously: "This is China, but you grew up in the United States, don't you know that there is anything wrong here?" ”

"Questions? What's the problem? Isn't it something that only God can do to be able to go to school without spending money and still have a free lunch? Oh, praise God. ”

"You are wrong, they will not praise God, they will only praise Zhang Shusheng!"

After Avril finished speaking, she didn't care about this idiot, she should go first, today is the arrival of the British negotiation team. All for the sake of more than 30,000 prisoners, this negotiation will definitely have high news value.

"Chief, the British negotiating team has arrived!"

Mao Yun pushed the door first and walked into Zhang Shusheng's office, because of some inconvenient reasons, Zhang Shusheng still decided to serve as the chief of the three provinces, so he became the chief of military affairs.

"So fast? I thought that these gentlemen, who would only enjoy themselves, would have half a month to climb from the mountains of Myanmar! ”

The British originally asked for a direct transfer flight to Kunming from the makeshift airport on the border with Myanmar. As a result, Zhang Shusheng sternly refused, rejecting this group of big-name gentlemen on the grounds of military security.

Just kidding, are you still afraid of hardship in negotiation? Can't stand the bumpy ride from the muddy road? Your own soldiers have been fighting us in the mud of the field for more than twenty days.

The British expressed strong dissatisfaction at first, after all, in order to demonstrate the strength of this negotiation, the British verbally shouted for an armistice, but in India they urgently transferred three native divisions and three Indian divisions, as many as five integrated divisions, and the number of nearly 100,000 troops, which seemed to make their waists straighten. Moreover, in order to deal with the de facto existence of the Chinese air force, the British also adopted the same method, built a temporary military airfield on the Burmese side of the Sino-Burmese border, and transferred more than 20 old fighters transferred from India to act as a gateway.

As a result, he didn't expect that Zhang Shusheng still rejected the British for a long time so harshly. Instead, he was put on a stand by Zhang Shusheng.

The British had nothing to do, yes, they had nearly 100,000 troops behind the border, but, according to reliable intelligence, the Chinese also mobilized at least two main divisions, nearly four garrison divisions of huge military forces, to stay behind the border. Although the British who were already frightened on the battlefield, although their mouths were very hard, the Far East Command had already issued intelligence analysis results in private: considering tanks, aircraft and the opponent's many heavy artillery, a British native division would never be able to fight against the most elite main division of the Chinese. What is even more outrageous is that about two Indian divisions are needed to barely guarantee that the bottom line will not be broken by a single Chinese garrison division.

Therefore, the British themselves understood that the dignity of the empire could not be lost, and what seemed to be a monstrous move could only guarantee an embarrassing draw. This is not Europe, it doesn't have enough planes of its own, it doesn't have tanks, it doesn't have enough heavy artillery, the only thing it has, it's just a myriad of damn Indians who can be sent to the battlefield as cannon fodder at will.

"Chief, what should be the standard of hospitality? Is it necessary to implement the standards for foreign guests in accordance with international practices? "Mao Yun is very cautious in doing things first, and likes to ask for the opinions of his superiors in everything, especially such important things.

"Foreign guests? No, no, no, they don't deserve it. So be it. Zhang Shusheng's eyes widened when he heard this, and he waved his hand without thinking, "Let the kitchen prepare two overnight cold dishes casually." ”

Later generations will treat you as grandfathers and grandmothers, but as long as Lao Tzu Zhang Shu does not die for a day, you don't want to be that superior Westerner.

After Zhang Shusheng motioned for Mao Yun to go out first, he picked up the internal phone on the table, "I'm Zhang Shusheng!" ”

"Chief!" On the other end of the phone, Chen Jun saluted.

"Are you all ready? The British will go to the prisoner camp tomorrow at the latest. ”

"Don't worry, teacher, it's all arranged."

Zhang Shusheng hung up the phone with satisfaction, the British, I want to get back what I didn't get on the battlefield from Lao Tzu, I want to be beautiful, and Lao Tzu wants to make you spit out more things.

Before the British came, they not only wantonly deployed troops and moved around the political axes of the north and south, but even wanted to telegraph themselves to Burma to negotiate when they were thousands of miles away. It's really a gentleman who doesn't know the pain when he is killed, and he doesn't know how to cry when he sees the coffin.

"The southwest is not a Qing political axe, you should never try to emulate the Sino-French war of the year!!"