Xiao Yaonan immediately ordered that the more than 300 innocent people must not be allowed to go missing, and they either hid in the mountains and forests, or they had already run back to Myanmar across the jungle. He ordered the 258th Regiment to form a team, immediately search, and arrived at the Sino-Burmese border to intercept the fleeing British soldiers.

Subsequently, Xiao Yaonan ordered to gather the surrounding mountain people to go home, and asked them to participate in the operation of capturing the British and Dabaotou, and the whole people participated in the capture of the enemy army.

Soon, in this huge nationwide arrest campaign, 76 Indians and British officials hiding in the mountains had to flee from the mountains and surrender to the Chinese side. The rest of the people were nowhere to be found, and I don't know if they were caught by the angry mountain people and killed and buried without permission. But Xiao Yaonan had heard about it, saying that a few angry mountain people ignored the military orders and secretly killed the British prisoners to avenge the destruction of their homeland.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, after listening to the report of the Ministry of Communications in a hurry, Wang Maoru once again asked after learning that the British had surrendered, and immediately laughed.

He immediately summoned Premier Gu Weijun, Vice President Bi Guifang, Foreign Minister Chen Yi, Vice Foreign Minister Yu Guifang, National Defense Minister Sa Zhenbing, National Defense Vice Minister Jiang Fangzhen, National Defense Chief Wu Peifu, National Defense Deputy Chief of Staff Ren Yuanxing, National Defense Senior Adviser Duan Qirui, Presidential Office Think Tank Staff Chief Tang Shaoyi, and Finance Minister Fang Hongxin to convene an emergency meeting. At this time, it was already six o'clock in the afternoon, and all the officials had already gone home from work, but they were called to the presidential palace by Wang Maoru, and when they learned that Wang Maoru called them so urgently, these people also knew that it must be an important matter.

Someone from the Ministry of Defense is, of course, an insider. Others have guessed cause and effect, and this is probably the most important thing in the new year. It is the battle of Banhong, the battle of Banhong was won by a great victory, how will China deal with this matter?

After Wu Peifu, chief of staff of the Ministry of National Defense, announced the news, Foreign Minister Chen Yi was the first to jump up and laugh: "Now it depends on what the British say." ”

However, Prime Minister Gu Weijun said that he was cautious, we had such a mouth on John Bull's face, and if we really beat John Bull's face crooked, the British would be desperate. The arrogant British don't care if they're evil or not, they only look out for their own national interests. If necessary, a Sino-British war may be launched.

Wang Maoru said: "The prime minister is right, whether we choose to give them a resounding slap in the face or choose to give them a stab in the back." A slap in the face to them will certainly make us happy and let outsiders see that China is strong, but this move may bring us great trouble. China's reunification is true, but it is still insufficient in the face of the British. And Britain and Japan have always worn a pair of underwear. If the British had done it from the south, the Japanese would have done it from the north, and maybe the Russians would have done it from the west. ”

Gu Weijun affirmed: "What the president said is very true. He stood up and said: "Britain is a country that is different from Soviet Russia, we fight with Soviet Russia, and the whole world will watch the excitement and even secretly support us." But if we fight with the British, the whole world will follow the British and pick up the cheap. The British Empire is currently the world's largest naval kingdom and the world's largest army kingdom. ”

Chen Yi said depressedly: "What a good opportunity, what a good opportunity." ”

Wang Maoru said with a smile: "Foreign Minister Chen doesn't need to be bored, the current government is not the Manchu government. We are not the likes of Cixi and Shunzhi. Chief Tang, tell me how to do it. ”

As Chief of Staff of the Presidential Office. Tang Shaoyi's every move, word and deed represents Wang Maoru's decision, and his own status also determines that he is highly respected. Tang Shaoyi said: "In this battle of Banhong, we chose to let the British suffer dumb losses. According to intelligence, the British troops in India were not authorized by the British Parliament, but by the Viceroy of British India, Rufus. Isaacs privately authorized the march. So we now have more than 1,700 prisoners, and in fact the British government is not aware of it. In other words, even if the British knew, they had to pretend not to. Therefore, if we announce it to the whole world at this stage, it will be tantamount to a slap in the face to the whole world, and the loss of benefits will only make the British hate us, and send an expeditionary force in anger - and more importantly, the trade between our two countries will be interrupted as a result. ”

"The interruption is nothing, is it?" Duan Qirui said with a smile.

"Zhi Lao," Jiang Fangzhen, vice minister of national defense, said with a smile, "our army has an engineering that cannot be separated from the British, our aircraft. Only two models of aircraft engines were able to be produced in-house, and the rest of the fortunate aircraft engines had to be purchased from the UK. If business is interrupted, our Army Aviation Department will come to a standstill. ”

Duan Qirui sighed and said with a wry smile: "It seems that the two sides can't tear their faces." ”

"I reckon after this defeat this Rufus. Isaacs would soon be dismissed from his post by George V's Defence. Gu Weijun speculated, "He used force without authorization, did not give face to the Congress, fought and defeated again, made King George lose face, and the two sides did not please him." ”

Wang Maoru said: "Rufus. Let's leave the question of Isaacs aside for the time being, let's talk about what benefits the capture of the British will bring us this time. ”

"Secret talk." Tang Shaoyi nodded strongly, "China and Britain can't tear their faces now, we are inferior in strength, and the British side can't afford to lose people." ”

Wang Maoru smiled: "Yes, this is indeed the truth. He turned his head and asked Secretary-General Zhang Kuian: "Dingguo, you can also talk about it." ”

Zhang Kuian put down his notes and said with a smile: "The president is invited, so I will say my thoughts shallowly." He sorted out the manuscript at hand and said: "I very much agree with the idea of the Tang Shogun, that is, at this stage, we can't make a fuss about the victory against the British. Although we forced the British government to sign an alliance under the city several times in the diplomatic field last year and took back the British Concession in Wuhan, it was a contest in the diplomatic field after all. But according to what we know about the British, they will absolutely not allow military defeat, the only defeat of the British Empire gave birth to the United States, so they will not allow a second defeat to be attempted in our country. I believe that using these captives as an excuse is actually to threaten the British to abandon the Pianma region, the Mengmao Triangle and the Banhong region under the threat of the glorious loss of the defeat of the British Expeditionary Force, and we can also fight for the Jiangxinpo, Nankan, Kandi, and Hukang regions accordingly. ”

"These areas are all forests or deep mountains, especially Jiangxinpo and Kandi, which are Savage Mountains." Wu Peifu said, "Even if we get it, we can't stand it, and it will be even more difficult for the soldiers to be resupplied at one time." ”

"However, once we get our hands on it, we can look down on the whole of Myitkyina, and in the event of a war, we will be condescending." Zhang Kuian said with a smile, "It is precisely because these areas are wild mountains and old forests that we have fought for it." ”

The meeting lasted until two o'clock in the morning, and everyone came up with a series of solutions. Subsequently, the Ministry of National Defense sent a secret telegram to Xiao Yaonan and all the 3rd Mountain Division, congratulating them on their success in suppressing bandits in Banhong.

"Successful banditry?" Xiao Yaonan was taken aback, and Li Shucheng looked at each other, what bandit? Where are the bandits? Could it be -- these British and Indians?

"It's too much!" Li Shucheng said angrily, "It's obviously a national war, but it has become a bandit, what do the people from the Ministry of Defense do to eat?" Our brothers were bleeding and sweating in front, and it was good to go to them, and all the credit for our brothers was lost at once. ”

Xiao Yaonan called Du Baosan, commander of the Seventh Group Army, overnight and asked him why the Ministry of National Defense had given him a commendation order for the success of the bandits. They have shed blood and tears for the country in a real way, and the senior staff of the Ministry of Defense are erasing the glory of the military in doing so!

This made the 3rd Mountain Division from top to bottom no one could understand, although an order is an order and must be carried out, but they need an explanation, so they questioned Xiao Yaonan, the deputy chief of staff. Xiao Yaonan was also angry, and sent the telegram of questioning to the headquarters of the Seventh Army.

As soon as corps commander Du Baosan and chief of staff Xu Yongchang put together, this matter will not be so simple, and the Ministry of Defense will not deliberately suppress the credit of a small division commander. Then Yan Xishan, the deputy commander of the legion, came, and when he saw the two of them in a daze, he smiled slightly and said, "You haven't figured this out? There's something wrong with the identity of these captives. China and Britain are not at war, and we have captured so many of them, and once it is made public, it will cause the diplomatic relations between the two countries to deteriorate rapidly, and even war. This is something that neither China nor Britain wants to happen, so they have wronged Deputy Chief of Staff Xiao and the 3rd Mountain Division. ”

It turned out that this was the case, Du Baosan figured it out, and sued Xiao Yaonan. Although Xiao Yaonan knew before and after, he couldn't admit such a great achievement, which still made him very angry. The 3rd Mountain Division was also depressed enough, and it was busy for a week, which was good, and it became a small bandit war. As if to confirm that these prisoners were bandits, the 260th Regiment, which was responsible for guarding the prisoners, burned the uniforms of the 1,727 prisoners, but kept their soldier and officer certificates and sent them to the headquarters of the Seventh Army in Kunming.

Of course, as for the Indian soldiers' large buns, they have long been burned by the Chinese soldiers as firewood for heating. The captives cried and cried, leaving only a pair of big pants and nothing else, but fortunately it was Yunnan, where the temperature was more than 20 degrees all year round, and the captives hugged each other to keep warm at night when it was cold, and received pitiful food during the day, which made them quickly lose weight.

The British soldiers immediately protested, saying that the Chinese had insulted them, and the commander of the 260th regiment, Kong Qiu, replied: "The British government has never admitted that it has ever sent troops into China, so you are not prisoners of war, but foreign robbers and bandits who entered our country without permission, so your identity is that of a criminal." For criminals, your single demand is unreasonable and ridiculous. ”

The British ** officials suddenly screamed: "Damn, we were killed by Rufus. Isaacs, the abominable Jew, has been tricked! ”