Nearly thirty kilometers away from the urban area of Kunming, there is a medium-sized rare germanium metal mine. Due to the limited terrain, this rare mine is very difficult to mine, although it has a high value. Before that, more than 1,000 workers worked hard all night, and the production capacity could not be increased.

However, since tens of thousands of prisoners were escorted here more than a month ago, it took a week for the "industrious" British and the "practical" French, who had been pointed at gunpoint to the head in the entire huge ravine, to build a makeshift prisoner of war camp that was beginning to take shape, the largest of several prisoner of war camps. Subsequently, the production of germanium ore increased dramatically, not only to meet the needs of several high-tech projects, but even to have stocks.

In order to implement the special regulations of the Supreme Command of the Southwest Army on the treatment of British and French prisoners of war, a regiment under the command of the main force of the Third Division stationed in Kunming was responsible for guarding this prisoner of war camp.

This integrated regiment, in addition to routine guards, did every day around the prisoner of war camp, shouting loudly and waking up the sleeping British and French prisoners of war before six o'clock every day, and then, at six o'clock, the guards of the prisoner of war camp kicked open the doors one by one and lifted them out of bed like pigs and dogs.

In order to feed these prisoners of war, Zhang Shusheng immediately sent a special telegram to the British Legation in Nanjing, claiming that the Southwest Union was financially tight and could not maintain the normal expenses of these tens of thousands of prisoners of war, and that if a prisoner of war fee was not paid in advance, perhaps some people would starve to death.

After receiving the telegram, Lampson, the British minister to China, almost lost his glasses, this shameless southwestern warlord, unexpectedly, asked for the cost of prisoners of war before even the negotiations began. The telegram was torn up on the spot, but in less than two minutes, the minister summoned the secretary of the embassy and asked him to draw up a report to be sent to China, in which he requested a secret special negotiation fee...... It's useless to reason with unreasonable people, and the money that should be paid is not a lot, otherwise, you won't be able to run away if you starve to death. Who made the southwest say that he has no money.

Every morning, the British and French who were kicked out of the house drank a bowl of "gruel", saying that it was gruel, which was the same as that of the British Chinese in the Chinese yarn factory, which was held in the hand and used as a mirror.

“…… Fucking love to drink or not, a bunch of pampered little white faces. As a company commander of the prisoner of war camp guards, Wang Gongliang was unusually promoted because of this border war. When he saw a British prisoner of war glaring at him, he didn't say a word, he stepped forward and kicked him down, "Don't think this is Britain." Look at your black-hearted capitalists, what do we Chinese eat!! ”

Wang Gongliang casually took out a few pictures torn from newspapers from his arms, on which was a scene of a British yarn factory worker eating in a suburban county of Shanghai, and on the camera, not even a grain of rice could be seen in the pot. "Uncle is in a good mood today, teach you foreign barbarians an idiom, remember, what is called courtesy. Lao Tzu said that this is called courtesy and exchange...... When the time comes, let's go to the mine!! ”

As soon as the hands of the watch pointed to 6:15, Wang Gongliang waved his big hand, and regardless of the British and French who were busy pouring soup into their mouths, the orders were like a mountain, and the soldiers began to drive people down the mine with rifles. "You don't need to talk too much, right? The old rule, the first 3,000 people who complete the task and go out of the mine have steamed buns, vegetables and fatty meat. The middle 3,000 people who completed the task came out, including steamed buns and pickles. In the end, 4,000 people came out, and each person only had one steamed bun! ”

It is said that it is a steamed bun, which is not much bigger than a fist.

Watching those docile foreign devils scrambling to pick up their own rattan and rush into the mine, in the past two months, these gentlemen, who were originally high up and only knew how to drink wine and play with women all day long, had already been trained to obey.

In the words of the British, the Chinese are too ruthless.

Anyone who violates the rules of the prisoner of war camp, such as singing bel canto in the middle of the night, meeting in the morning and running to the convenience, eating without washing the dishes, breaking the bowl, throwing away the tools used to go to the mine, and not being able to pay for it...... Anyone who violates the rules will be beaten and scolded at every turn, and all kinds of punishments that do not require human life are endless, such as the simplest punishment station, there was an unlucky Englishman who stood for nearly four hours in a row, and finally stood in a half-conscious and was held by his hand to finish the last time. The French also have bad luck among them, they are not allowed to sleep, and the Chinese will prepare all kinds of programs for these disobedient prisoners of war, ranging from applause to big to pulling people to heavy machine guns and training with heavy machine gun shooters, and some really can't help it, and their eyelids are actually propped up with small sticks.

In short, those who violated the rules of the corresponding prisoner of war camps were each punished with very frightening punishments.

Perhaps these punishments were not fatal, but they were enough to make these pampered English and French choose to be obedient. The Chinese may not slaughter themselves openly, but they will find enough pain for themselves between life and death.

With such a rectification method, the foreign devils in the prisoner of war camp have become refined one by one, and they have all thrown away their shitty gentlemanly demeanor, and the soldiers said that if they go west, they will go west, and the soldiers kick it, and they have learned to wait with their buttocks.

Of course, these are just basic management, and only working in the mines is the most important thing in the prisoner of war camp. The Chinese do not consider making concessions at all on this matter. The 10,000 prisoners of war were divided into three grades, from the first grade to be able to eat "relatively good" to the last grade, which could only eat a small cold steamed bun overnight to pad the belly, and all of them showed 120,000 points of enthusiasm.

I have to say that among these 10,000 people, there are many smart people, and there may even be future politicians, military strategists, or thieves and liars. But no matter what they are, in the face of the most basic human instinct for hunger, they have chosen to fight.

These romantic British and French, turned into outright prisoners of war, poor losers who were completely played with by the Chinese in the palm of their hands in order to survive.

In fact, according to Zhang Shusheng's meaning, torturing these prisoners of war was only the most superficial reason, and venting personal emotions was not his original intention. His original intention was to let these captives, from the day they fall into the hands of the Chinese, be torn off the false mask of civilization and discover the dark side of their surnames. Whether it is the strict regulations of the prisoner of war camps or the special classification of lunches, they are all just training methods. Neither the British nor the French realized that they had learned to be submissive in the midst of being tortured again and again in these little things.

Zhang Shusheng knows that he is not a German, and he will not be so cruel to the point of exterminating people's surnames, he, of course, is a real civilized person, he must be reasonable and take his time.

Gradually, in less than two months, these Englishmen or French became accustomed to frenzied fighting. When they went down to the mines, they robbed each other of their ores, and when they ate, they robbed other people's bowls, and as for their personal belongings, sorry, the prisoners of war had two torn clothes all over their bodies. And at this time, the originally ferocious [***] people did not stop it, but stood aside and watched them make trouble.

Finally, in the evening, the prisoners of war had just finished the second half of the day and were ready to have dinner, and the regiment commander Gu Tianfeng came to the prisoner of war camp.

"Gentlemen, there is a very important thing to announce to you today, and of course, it is good news. After a deliberate decision, the Southwest Political Axe decided to negotiate the aftermath with the joint negotiating group of the British and French political axes, and the prisoners of war would be one of the negotiating issues. The Southwestern Governor has decided to negotiate the release of 3,000 prisoners in advance. According to the ten groups that you are usually assigned, tomorrow you will have full freedom to fight for it. Gu Tianfeng stood on the podium, looked at the ten groups of people standing densely below, and said with a playful smile: "Of course, I know that each of you wants to go back to the British to enjoy your red wine and women, but I still have to remind you that only three thousand people in three groups can become the winners, and if you can't catch the opportunity this time, perhaps, you can only catch up with the second or even tenth prisoner of war negotiation in a few years." Don't blame the southwest political axe, it's really your political axe that is too poor to afford it. Otherwise, I'd like to kick you beastly fools back to England and France. Chinese is a kingdom that worships the strong, and we will give priority to letting the truly strong, like a hero, return to your kingdom......"

Although they were reprimanded by Gu Tianfeng without dignity, the prisoners of war's eyes lit up one by one. They had had enough of the prisoner of war camps, yes, the Chinese did not torture the prisoners, and even they were better than the Germans, but their methods were more vicious, and they were all indisputable. You can't tell someone that you can't stand for a long time and you're obedience...... The 10,000 men were divided into ten groups, and under the intentional or unintentional inducement of the Chinese soldiers, two months was enough time for these ten groups to accumulate full hatred values. The British or French, who were already in a very strong conflict, all showed a sinister gaze.

If you can't mess with the Chinese, you can't mess with other fools. Lao Tzu can snatch your ore, snatch your lunch and dinner, the first batch of 3,000 negotiable places, Lao Tzu must grab it!

"Sun, I am very dissatisfied with the behavior of the southwest political axe."

When the Anglo-French joint negotiating team, led by George, finally arrived at the so-called nearest prisoner of war camp, George, who jumped out of the car, was already on the verge of going berserk.

A few years ago, I even participated in the handover of prisoners of war with the Germans. Speaking of which, the hatred between the British and the French and the Germans was much greater than this unworthy border war. However, the post-war issues in Europe can allow both sides to sit down and talk about it, unlike this time, when they were calculated by the Chinese one after another.

First of all, he was forced to come to Kunming by car bumps, and even ate cold dishes overnight for breakfast, and George, who was pretentious, was already on the verge of madness. However, Sun Changqing, who didn't seem to have a good ear next to him, didn't seem to hear his words at all, but instead went to the prisoner of war camp first.

“…… The political axe has not forgotten you, and in this negotiation, we, on behalf of the great Commonwealth and the great French Empire, will ......"

"**, I'm going back!!"

"**, British, take us back!!"

George's speech had barely begun, and he was triumphantly interrupted by the prisoners below. He couldn't help but be a little annoyed, the tattered and ungentlemanly appearance of these prisoners of war already made him very dissatisfied. For the sake of being bullied by the Chinese, he originally forgave them, but now, as a messenger who came to save them, he was so rude.

"**, Glen, you shit, you want to go back, taste my fist first."

"Royce, you idiot, usually rob me of food and mine, and today, I will knock you down with my fists. You are the lackeys of the Chinese, so we should go back. ”

"This punch is for your mother!"

…… Standing on the tall rostrum, George originally wanted to reprimand these nearly 10,000 undisciplined prisoners of war who did not know the image, but what happened next surprised him not even to know that the speech slipped.

On the artificially leveled simple square, tens of thousands of British and French, I don't know why, have already formed a mess at this time. If you look closely, you can see that they are roughly divided into more than a dozen camps, each of which is dealing with the other faction and is also guarding against being defeated by the other faction.

George was stunned and had no idea what was going on.

How did he know that the Chinese generously revealed their hole cards in advance. If this is a prisoner of war camp in Europe, then, after staying for two months, these people may still be able to pretend to be gentlemen, but after two months in the prisoner of war camp in the southwest, they are accustomed to fists and domineering, and they have completely disregarded their true colors, and all the strong speak. That's what the Chinese told them, the first opportunity of 3,000 people must not be snatched away by those cowards.

Originally, it was the impression that these Englishmen or Frenchmen should have seen their arrival and cheered together and waited for their negotiations to win, and then brought them home. However, at this time, George found that he was wrong.

The scene was completely chaotic on a massive scale, and everyone was fighting, for unknown reasons. Some people punched each other in the face, some even bit each other's ears, and some two or three people pressed one or two people and rode on their bodies to hit ...... The brawl, a super open-air brawl of tens of thousands of people, a so-called civilized man is really a big brawl between journalists and politicians from all over the world.

Reporters from various countries and all over the country specially invited by the Southwest Political Axe have finally opened their eyes. Britain and France, who were originally called civilized countries, fought with the prisoners of war only when they first met the envoys, and even beat them to the death like the ancient Spartans. The Chinese, on the other hand, stood politely aside, and in the event of a scramble, they did not even put down the rifle on their shoulders, but carried it safely on their backs. There was no excuse to punish a single Englishman or Frenchman, let alone arrest or shoot.

Avril was also in the crowd, and when she saw such a hot news topic, he hurriedly asked his assistant to take a picture: "Quick, take a picture......

"No, no, don't shoot!"

George suddenly came to his senses, but then realized a more serious problem, "Mr. Sun, I ask your soldiers to stop this farce immediately. Otherwise, I will regard it as a premeditation by you Chinese. ”

"Mr. George, you and I are not the only ones here, but also journalists, as well as distinguished envoys from the United States and Germany. Everyone saw that not a single Chinese soldier, not even a Chinese, provoked this brawl. With all due respect, they're like crazy......" Sun Changqing euphemistically expressed regret. "You're a high-ranking British political officer, and I think you should have enough deterrence to deter them."

George angrily stepped forward and stood on the edge of the podium, ready to shout dissuasion, "In my capacity as the plenipotentiary of the Joint Negotiating Group, I order you to stand ...... Alas......"

Unfortunately, before he finished speaking, a pair of stinky things were thrown up from the audience, smashed into the face of George Plenipotentiary, covered his aching left eye and looked down, it was actually a pair of rotten military boots, and it was also the standard uniform of British soldiers...... "Well, I approve of any action you take, including killing, and you must stop the mess immediately." George compromised, and if he continued to fight, he would kill someone in front of him. The Chinese are not ashamed of their face, he does not know, the face of the British will definitely become a floor tile all over the world and be stepped on by everyone.

Sun Changqing gave a noncommittal glance to Chen Jun beside him, who nodded to Gu Tianfeng in the distance, signaling that it was enough.

Gu Tianfeng got the order, walked to the rostrum, and shouted, "Take a break!" Turn left! ”

This was not shouted to the British and French prisoners who were fighting like mad dogs, but to the guards. I saw that the guards turned around in unison when they heard the words, and at the same time put down their rifles, lifted them to their chests with a snap, and looked at the British and French prisoners of war who were fighting.

The two battalions of specially dispatched troops, moving in unison and with a loud beat, the British and French prisoners of war who were originally fighting were suddenly frightened, looking at the Chinese soldiers one by one, feeling that everyone had murderous in their eyes, maybe if they continued to fight, the other party would really want to shoot.

The lives of the prisoners of war were good, and if they knew that with one order, these soldiers would really slaughter them on the spot, and they would probably be scared stupid.

The reporters present, officials from the United States and Germany, and negotiators from Britain and France could not help but be surprised, although the economy of this southwest is not as good as that of their own country, at least the army in front of them is definitely the elite of the elite. Those who participated in the European war among the British and French representatives were even more shocked, and the ordinary army guarding the prisoner of war camp in front of them may have the style of the most elite German troops of those years.

"Mr. Sun, let's go back and continue the negotiations." George was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, and it was a shame to be disgraced today, and the British and French were so embarrassed in front of so many journalists from all over the world at the same time, that he, the plenipotentiary, was eager to find a hole to drill.

Damn, if I didn't have to bring you back, I'd even let you scum stay in China forever. George scolded fiercely, but alas, he couldn't.

“…… First, as the provocateur of this war, the political axe of southwest China should bear all the combat costs of Britain and France in this war, totaling 23.65 million pounds...... Second, lease the Ruili area to the Burmese political axe for 99 years...... Third, Britain and Yueben jointly leased Fangchenggang for 99 years...... Fourth, the return of all prisoners of war...... Fifth, Zhang Shusheng wants to personally apologize to the British and French political axes......"

"Poof!!" When he heard the British read out the terms of this negotiation, Sun Changqing couldn't hold back his breath, and directly squirted out a sip of tea, not caring about his image, he was already not young, and slapped it on the table: "Mr. George, I hope to clarify a problem before we start negotiations." In this war of aggression against southwest China launched by the British and French, you are the losers. ”

“no，no，no！ Mr. Sun, it was your commander-in-chief who slaughtered our soldiers and patrolled in Shanghai that led to the outbreak of war. George retorted.

"Hmph, we're just punishing the executioner who deserves it. They shoot at students, a heinous crime that the whole world will not tolerate! Sun Changqing refuted.

"However, it is a concession and we have extraterritoriality. Moreover, we did not fail, we are in Burma, in India, in Vietnam, on the coast of China, and there are hundreds of thousands or even more troops, ready to enter China. This friendly negotiation was well-intentioned. George quibbled.

Sun Changqing: "Whether it is a concession or a forcible occupation, it is all the land of our Chinese. Extraterritoriality is not appropriate for such crimes against humanity. When it comes to war, we are here for you. I would like to remind you, Mr. Plenipotentiary, that this is a thousand miles away from England, and we are only a few hundred miles from Burma. Of course, I think the German government would be keen to see your country increase its forces in the Far East again, but perhaps your people will have a different opinion! ”

"You ......" George was a little speechless, this old man Sun is really a little cunning, according to the information, he has never even been abroad, why do you know so much about the international situation?

George was also clear about the Sino-French war that year, so he strongly advocated that Britain and France jointly form a negotiating team, just to strengthen the momentum. Increasing troops in Burma was also his suggestion, allowing the north and south to exert pressure on the southwest, which was also one of the auxiliary actions of the negotiations.

All this is because he wants to negotiate the negotiations into a second Sino-French war.

At that time, the people of the Qing Dynasty were panicked after winning the war, and they did not know enough about the domestic situation in France, which led to the French who were strong and capable for a while, and actually got from the negotiation table what they could not obtain on the battlefield.

However, the attitude of the Chinese this time seems to be a little different!!

Negotiations, struggling to move forward in an impasse.

And when it was the turn of Liu Dengke, one of the Chinese representatives, to read out the conditions of the Chinese side, George, like Sun Changqing, almost jumped.

"First, Britain and France shall bear full responsibility for the war, and compensate the southwest political axe for military expenses, economic losses, war damage, mass pacification, and early capture costs, totaling 25 million pounds. Second, Britain and France must punish war criminals and put them on trial in China. In addition, Britain and the two countries must publicly apologize for the May 15 tragedy, punish the murderers, and give an explanation to the Chinese people. Third, Britain and the two countries immediately withdrew from Fangchenggang City. Fifth, the first ransom for 3,000 prisoners is £5,000,000......"

"No, you guys are blackmail, **naked blackmail, I will never agree to any of them." George snorted coldly.

Sun Changqing: "Mr. George, don't worry, when you read out the conditions before, our Chinese side did not agree to any of them, and it was just settled." ”

"Mr. Sun, you should understand that we, the British and French countries, will never agree to such harsh conditions. I thought, maybe war is more suitable for us. ”

George made a gesture to get up and leave. Originally, he said that he wanted to participate in this negotiation, but Zhang Shusheng sternly refused, and even the Americans and the Germans, the two observer countries, could not participate in the negotiations. At the negotiating table, there were only a dozen representatives of Britain and France, as well as Chinese. The representatives of the political axes of the North and the South, and the politicians of other countries, were all pushed aside.

"So, let's see another high. However, Mr. George was kindly reminded that the war could continue, and it would take more than half a year to see the battle of 300,000 people. Mr. George, don't forget to pay the living expenses of more than 30,000 captives on time, the southwest is too poor, and if you eat tree bark one day, it will kill you. Maybe I'm overthinking, and at that time, it will be the turn of the Conservatives to come to power again. For you may be fighting again against ......"

Sun Changqing's words immediately crushed the pretending George, yes, no matter how he pretended, the war must not continue, and the prisoners need to be brought back one hundred percent. All this is not his own will, but it has become the expectation of the whole British people, and the basis of the Labour Party.

"Dear Mr. Sun, I have just thought of a new direction, perhaps we can explore this ...... more deeply" George decided that the negotiations must continue, even if the results cannot be reached in a day, a week, and a month, the negotiations cannot be completely failed. Otherwise, when I return to the UK, I will definitely not be greeted by rotten eggs, but black guns.

Sun Changqing, who had been mentally prepared for a long time, couldn't help but feel happy when he saw George's deflated appearance, of course he was not in a hurry, it was best to negotiate slowly. Just like Shu Sheng said, it's good to talk about it for a year and a half. Whether the southwestern government should develop the economy or continue to develop the economy, everything will return to the pre-war period. Work hard to save for the next war.

Let yourself talk slowly with the British and French, as for Shusheng, the entire southwest is still waiting for him to build.

Half a month later, Zhang Shusheng's office.

"Chief, why did you so easily agree to the British's offer to redeem the prisoners of war?" Mao Yun first soaked Zhang Shusheng with the tea tea hand-tanned by the old man Sun, a small folk tea, which has a unique flavor.

Zhang Shusheng took the tea, didn't reply, opened the tea with the lid, tasted it deliciously, and then smiled: "The captives of 3000 are just for them to taste something fresh." £1,000,000 is just a few dollars. As soon as this group returns to England, the families of the remaining soldiers will really go crazy. Imagine what would happen if you were a soldier's family? ”

"They will run every day to besiege the Prime Minister's House. clamoring for his son to come home! Mao Yunxian's eyes lit up, but that's not it.

"Not bad! If you want to take it first, and don't give some sweetness, how can the British ass be lit? ”

Zhang Shusheng smiled secretly in his heart, the British were in a hurry, and when the negotiations reached an impasse, they thought that it was a good thing to send back a few prisoners of war to solve their urgent needs, but they didn't expect that they would inevitably suffer a lot in the future if they made such a move to raise the requirements for follow-up negotiations. When the time comes, they will naturally know that the small cheap is not so easy to stand on. More will be spit out, who let you be a loser, there is a kind of sending hundreds of thousands of troops from thousands of miles away, in addition, Lao Tzu is really not afraid of anything else.

Westerners shout equality every day, but I want to see who is more anxious when 3,000 people go back and 30,000 stay here.