"You, you ......"

What is diplomacy? To put it mildly, it is to say the most barbaric words in the most civilized language; In more vulgar terms, it's to see who is more likely to play hooligan. Gosmo considered himself a brilliant, civilized scoundrel, but he had never met a guy like Qin Wei. It's not just hooligans anymore, this has escalated to banditry. But shouldn't bandit-level diplomacy be a means used by the strong against the weak when there is a huge difference in strength between the two sides? Why is it China's turn to use it against France today? And it was only a Chinese general who made the shot?

Gosmo's thoughts were a little confused for a while, but he was still an excellent diplomat after all, a representative of a country, and he quickly understood Qin Wei's intentions:

"This guy is trying to disrupt my rhythm so that I can't really ask for them...... So what does this behavior of his represent? Is it just like their war with Japan has reached this point, but they have never been willing to declare war, which means that they do not want to offend France further? Yes, definitely! They did not want to add France to the object of war, but they did not know how to avoid it, so they could only avoid talking about it. This psychology of theirs should be seized and forcibly forced to let go of the encirclement of North Vietnam. ”

Gosmo thought he understood the intentions of Qin Wei and even the entire Nationalist Government. So, he no longer paid attention to Qin Wei's low-level and naked framing, and straightened his chest and was about to speak. However, Qin Wei didn't give him a chance to speak at all:

"Mr. Ambassador, I want to protest!"

"Huh?"

Gothmer was stunned again.

"I would like to protest against the harm done to our Chinese by the French authorities under the French Government, for which you must compensate and apologize fairly, otherwise our Government will take drastic measures to protect our people." Qin Weiyi is strict in his words.

"What did you say?" Gothmo was stunned and then angry. "Hurt the Chinese people? We didn't go to war, where did we hurt your people? Obviously, you have invaded our French possessions for no reason, and now you are directly surrounding our French Indochinese authorities, and even set up some kind of 'no-sail zone' in the Gulf of Tonkin to prevent our ships from transporting all kinds of daily necessities to our staff...... Do you dare to say that you want us to apologize? ”

"Mr. Ambassador, you can't be so shameless." Qin Wei sighed, "Especially an ambassador like you represents the image of a country. We should pay more attention to protecting our own image, so that we can talk nonsense. What do you think of diplomacy? ”

"General Qin, please make your words clear......"

Shamelessly scolding the ambassador of a country to his face!? Gothmer was so angry that he had a cerebral hemorrhage. He had never met such a person in his life, let alone such a thing. That is, now everyone talks about civilization, and one hundred and eighty years ago, he would directly throw Qin Wei a pair of white gloves because of this sentence.

"Mr. Ambassador. I would like to protest against the persecution of my people and the looting of their private property by the authorities of French Indochina, to which your country belongs! Qin Wei put away his smile. Then snapped his fingers. Soon. Someone came in with a large bag of documents.

"What is this?" Gothmer asked in a deep voice.

"Proof!" Qin Wei said coldly: "Evidence that the French Indochina authorities persecuted the Vietnamese Chinese and robbed them of their property. Not only did they use their power to force the Chinese who were doing business to give up their careers, but they also imposed heavy taxes on them, and they incessantly incited the Vietnamese natives to endlessly harass, bully, and even kill the Chinese. Moreover, after accepting the management of the Japanese. They even directly acted as the doglegs of the Japanese, providing the Japanese with information about the local Chinese, and leading the Japanese to drive, loot, and kill the Chinese...... Mr. Ambassador, you want to protest against our blockade of the Gulf of Tonkin. But before that, please answer me, what would you do if someone treated you French people in this way? ”

"I don't believe it." Hit a rake! Gosimo once again understood Qin Wei's purpose in an instant. He protested, and so did Qin Wei...... It's nothing more than trying to protest for protest and then mess things up. This method is just pediatrics for him, and it also makes him see Qin Wei's lust and guilt...... If you are really not afraid of anything, you are not afraid of turning your face with the French government, why bother so much? Just block him out of the door, ignore it, and then command the troops to start fighting, can't it be done? Thinking about Chiang Kai-shek's reaction to refusing to meet before, and just pushing the task of negotiation to Qin Wei, isn't it obvious that the other party is afraid that things are beyond the scope of acceptance, and wants Qin Wei to test the water first, in case something goes wrong, someone can come forward to redeem it? Otherwise, in foreign affairs, why didn't even the Ministry of Foreign Affairs come forward, but asked a general to come forward? In the final analysis, it is because the general cannot represent the country, and there is more room for maneuver after the failure of the negotiations!

"As far as I know, most of the Chinese in Vietnam live in the south. And after the Japanese took over French Indochina, most of their troops were placed on the south bank of the Red River to fight against your army that invaded Vietnam without authorization! Therefore, General Qin, I do not recognize the authenticity of the information you provided. Believing that he had seen the truth of the Chinese government, Gosmer became more and more determined and tougher: "On the contrary, your country should explain the unauthorized invasion of French Indochina and compensate accordingly." At the same time, all troops in French Indochina were withdrawn. ”

"Is this your request?" Qin Wei frowned and asked.

"This is a request from the French government." Gosmer said solemnly.

"Mr. Ambassador, we cannot accept this kind of thing of yours, and we will not accept it at all. If you insist on insisting, then please......" Qin Wei stood up and pointed to the door with a cold face.

"General, whether you accept it or not, this will be our request, and no matter when, your country can only accept it." Small, still pretending with me? Gothmer slowly stood up, sneering in his heart. He had been in China for almost a year, and his predecessor had told him how the Chinese behaved, and as a diplomat, he thought he knew them well. In the final analysis, the Chinese just love face too much, but they don't have any inside, so they will always be soft after the worst. Although France is no longer the France it used to be, and it can even be said that it is a defeated country, the overall strength of France has not been damaged much. The Chinese should understand this very well. And this is where his confidence lies.

"Perhaps, Chiang Kai-shek just didn't want to bear the pressure from France anymore, so he handed over this negotiation to a general, right?"

With this speculation in mind, Gothmer left. But he didn't know what to do, as soon as he left Qin Wei's living room, Bai Zhenxi and Xu Tingyao came out of the back door.

"I now understand what you mean by 'romantic Frenchman'." Bai Zhenxi shook her head as she walked in the direction Gosmo had left, "Why do they feel so good about themselves?" Do you still think this is the Qing Dynasty? ”

"In the eyes of these white people, the Republic of China is really not much different from the Qing Dynasty." gave up the seats for Bai Zhenxi and the two. Qin Wei picked up the teapot again and poured a cup for each of them, "Actually, there are still many Europeans who think that we still have a pig's tail behind our heads." ”

"How can it be?" Xu Tingyao couldn't help but bump up angrily when she heard this, "A defeated country is its own, what qualifications do you have to look down on us?" ”

"Because even if they lose, they are actually quite strong." Qin Wei said with a smile. Moreover, blackmail is nothing more than the most common diplomatic method. Nothing. ”

"When I came. I heard that there are already many reporters waiting in front of me, will this 'romantic' French ambassador say all his requests? Xu Tingyao thought about it and asked with a smile. Gosmo shouldn't have come to Guilin, as soon as he came, he was in the trap. Because in Hanoi, the French Indochinese authorities, who were under the encirclement of North Vietnam, had already been contacted by the people of their military command in Vietnam. This group of people who are no longer qualified for war do not want to fight at all. Because whether they lose or win, they are already losers. Case. What are you trying so hard for? However, as an important town in North Vietnam, the Japanese could never give up Hanoi. Moreover, the Japanese, who were encircled and also felt that the situation was not good, did things very inauthentically, and not only asked the French to provide them with all kinds of supplies. They were even asked to gather their small colonial troops, obey commands, and prepare for battle...... The French can't live without romance, they can't live without wine, they can't live without women, but now the authorities in French Indochina are in no mood to care about these things. Because they suddenly realized that if they just obeyed the Japanese arrangement, they would probably lose their lives in the ensuing war.

Why fight so hard in a war that has little to do with you? The people in the military command contacted this group of people at the right time. It is a pity that although these people are moved, they are not really motivated, and they seem to want to keep the honor of France, and most importantly, they think that the French government can rescue them. And if there is hope, why bear the reputation of a capitulator again?

If it weren't for Qin Wei, maybe the hopes of these French people would have come true. But Qin Wei not only wanted to eliminate the Japanese troops in the three divisions in the encirclement, but also wanted to eliminate them more easily. That's where the French in Hanoi come in. But how can these naïve French people recognize the situation and take the initiative to surrender? It just so happened that Gosimo jumped out by himself, so a cover was ready...... Thinking of this, Xu Tingyao secretly felt sad for Ge Simo. You say that you are a French ambassador, and you can be regarded as a high IQ, why do you like to do stupid things? Wouldn't it be nice to be able to save my own people, but I had to save the Japanese as well. Yes, he could see that Gothmer's main goal was to keep French Indochina. Because if the three divisions of the Japanese army had nothing to do and easily jumped out of the encirclement, then it would be impossible for the Chinese army to continue to occupy Vietnam, and perhaps it would not dare to continue to occupy Vietnam. Because China's navy is not good, and Vietnam is close to the sea. And what about Japan? Whether it was for the favor of these three divisions, or for the performance of not being able to "protect" Vietnam and other places before, there was no reason to claim this land from France again, so that French Indochina would still be French. This is equivalent to a great contribution by Gothmo. In the future, whether the Vichy government remained in power, or any other government, it could not erase his achievements in keeping an important colony, and his position would be secure. But Gothmer, as clever as he was, forgot one thing: France was a defeated country.

Qin Wei only deliberately induced him to think that China did not want to offend France too much. And no matter how he behaves at the end of the day, the outside world will report that the French ambassador wants to rescue the Japanese together. And this will be a hammer for the French in Hanoi! Surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops, war could start at any time, and his ambassador was not in a hurry to save himself, but wanted to rescue the troublemakers together? Is this possible? Do you want to wait for the artillery fire to come in Hanoi? The Chinese have already said that during the Battle of Songhu, Britain and France behaved extremely poorly, and actually allowed the Japanese to attack the Chinese army through the concession, so they will not set up any security zone in this battle, and everything that stands in front of them is the enemy!

"Nine times out of ten, even if you don't say it now, it will be reported in the newspapers tomorrow." Qin Wei shrugged his shoulders, "But I didn't expect this benevolent brother to be so cooperative, I originally thought that I would have to play with him for a few more days, and then guide him well." ”

"If the French Indochina authorities surrender, then we have an eighty percent chance of winning this battle, and there is a possibility of a quick victory." Bai Zhenxi calculated the current battlefield situation, "If this is the case, if the Japanese want to rescue Hyakutake Harumichi and them, it will be too late." ”

"It's a pity, if I didn't want to leave more strength for the Japanese to go south, I would really have fought Taiwan. If that's the case, why don't you care about Vietnam? Qin Wei stretched hard, "Don't look for me when you fight in the future...... How many days have you not had a good night's sleep? What a loss! ”

"Are you embarrassed?" Bai Zhenxi was originally quite happy, but when she heard this, she was angry, "Our two old men arrange military affairs for hundreds of thousands of people every day, and you have a deputy commander-in-chief, and you only show up at the end of three days, dare to say that you are a loss?" ”

"Nonsense. I've always said a few words casually, behind the back. When have you ever faced an enemy? Qin Wei rolled his eyes as a matter of course, "And this kind of large-scale battle command is not my specialty, and you are not an old man, you are only forty-seven years old, you are in the year of fighting, okay?" ”

"Okay, let's not talk about that." Xu Tingyao stopped the two, "After solving the French, there is only one problem left now, that is, those Chinese who were arrested and sent to Hanoi...... What to do? (To be continued......)