"Mr. Ambassador, the time is almost up, you ......"

"You're in a hurry?"

Sir Carr squinted at his urging secretary and asked in an unkind tone.

"No, there isn't." The secretary was stared at a little hairy, and hurriedly shook his head.

"If you don't, why don't you care if it's up? Let the Chinese wait. Karl said coldly.

"Yes...... The secretary still felt a little hesitant, "it would be rude to be late." ”

"Don't be so polite to Chinese." Carl casually turned his head and continued to flip through his newspaper, "Besides, it's their rudeness. ”

“…… All right. Seeing Carl's determined appearance, the secretary had no choice but to give up, "When are you going to leave?" Do you want me to remind you? ”

"In another hour, call me then." Carl said casually.

"An hour?" The secretary was surprised.

"You think it's too short?" Karl glanced at him again.

"No, no, no, I listen to you...... Call you in an hour. The secretary hurriedly dodged away.

"A bunch of guys who don't know what to call it!"

Carl continued reading the newspaper. However, from the frosty complexion, it can be seen that the British ambassador is in a very bad mood at the moment...... It is true that he should feel bad, because he was 'summoned' by Chiang Kai-shek. It's hard to accept. When were the envoys of the British Empire "summoned" in Asia? If it's Japan, it's okay to say, after all, it is at least a little stronger. But which onion is China? Moreover, even Japan did not give an order to the envoys of the British Empire to be "summoned". That's right, it's an order. From the almost hard-line attitude of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, he felt a humiliation that he had never felt before.

But what could he do?

Revenge for a "inappropriate" word? If it had been before, he might have had this ability. A small lesson can be taught to the bald man surnamed Jiang in various ways, but how can the British Empire still care about China? If they were able to take care of it, even if they only drove over a few warships cruising in the English Channel and, nay, the Indian Ocean, the Japanese would not dare to excessively infringe on their interests in China. But they can't. So, the Japanese are now trying to drive them out of China along with the Americans. And what about the Chinese? After seeing their weakness, they also changed their attitude.

"Summoned?" Carl couldn't help but bump into the fire at the thought of the word, but he couldn't help it. Because this is the most normal attitude of a government towards a diplomatic envoy. Not to mention that Chiang Kai-shek summoned him, it was justified that Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui summoned him. And in the face of such treatment. All he could do was to be deliberately late, and at most tell the man who had 'summoned' him that he was late because he was reading the newspaper:

"The Second World War is coming! …… After the end of the First World War, the defeated countries were forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles, which was the result of a compromise between the three main Entente powers, according to which the Germans assumed all responsibility for the war. But Germany was not completely weakened, nor was it appeased. And obviously. Germany is tough. Therefore, the final outcome of the treaty foreshadowed a factor of instability for both the victorious and the defeated, and indeed for the whole of Europe, and indeed for the whole world. ”

“…… I remember during the Paris Peace Conference. Our then Prime Minister, David Brown. Lloyd's. Although Mr. George also advocated the punishment of Germany, he advocated a lighter concrete measure than France. Apparently, he was well aware that excessively harsh conditions would provoke a strong sense of revenge in Germany, and that this would be detrimental to the long-term peace of the country. Other than that. Germany is also Britain's second-largest trading partner, and too much weakening of Germany's economy would also hurt the British economy. But in the end, because France had suffered too much damage in the First World War, the Prime Minister's ideas were not well implemented, and although he also advocated helping Germany to recover its economy, none of his goals were fully achieved......"

"And now, the Germans are rising again. A short mustache led the country out of the Treaty of Versailles, allowing the 'German chariot' to re-emerge from its hideous muzzle...... Obviously, Germany is not our toy, it is not only fierce, but also shrewd. But sadly, we failed to appease it when we should have done so, and resorted to 'appeasement' when we should have contained it most! ”

"War is coming. After the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Marshal Foch, commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, said: This is not peace, but a truce of 20 years. And now, twenty years have passed, and the truce has ended! ”

"Poor Prime Minister Chamberlain, I feel sorry for you. Because you will inevitably become one of the responsible persons for this new round of world wars that are about to break out. People will be unhappy with you, especially since you will inevitably continue your policy of appeasement after the Germans have started their chariots...... I feel sorry for England, for we are about to taste the pain of war, which will burn even across the English Channel; I feel sorry for the French, the Germans have already learned the lessons of the last great war, they will not make the same mistakes again, and as a country that has lost the desire to attack, can you win again? ”

……

"Who do you think you are, pathetic Collie?"

This is the latest Times that Sir Carr has gotten...... The article was the headline of this issue of the newspaper, signed by the author, Colley, and the name was followed by a special indication that he had been a consul in China. He was only amused by this. War is coming...... Who doesn't know about this? But this guy actually predicted that the French would suffer a big loss? He also didn't want to think about the line of defense that the French had spent twenty years building! The Germans simply could not break through there unless they were ten times stronger. But if they couldn't break through the Maginot Line, then the Germans wouldn't be able to bring the flames of war into France, so how could they start a war with Britain? Moreover, the first target of the Germans should be the Soviets. Look at Stalin, look at the only man of Soviet Russia, who was obviously beaten to Central Siberia and Lake Baikal by those Japanese dwarfs, but still concentrated his heavy troops on the side of Germany, for what? Isn't it just that Hitler is going to beat him?

"According to the Chinese, this guy is just grandstanding. Although the article is very demagogic, it is just a clown after all...... Is this level of politics something that a small consul like yours can participate in? ”

I'm in a little better. Sir Carr rang the bell on his desk.

"Sir!" The secretary quickly pushed the door in, "What do you command?" ”

"Prepare the car, let's go meet the Chinese head of state." Karl said lazily.

"Huh?" The secretary was stunned, "You...... Didn't you say you had to wait an hour before you went? ”

"Did I say that?" Karl glared at him, "Punctuality is an important etiquette in diplomatic situations. How could I make such a mistake? ”

"But, but ......" the secretary was hesitant, his face was strange, and he breathed a sigh of relief helplessly after a long time, "Okay." I'm going to arrange the car. ”

……

"Today's young people are really incorrigible!" Looking at the figure of the secretary leaving, Carl shook his head frequently, and casually swept the newspaper he had just read, "Just like this guy who can't help himself!" ”

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"Hello Dr. Todman."

The British ambassador got into the car. Qin Wei had already received the German ambassador in his capacity as director of the Military Command Bureau...... Of course, the ambassador is not the current one. Last year. Dr. Todmann was recalled to Germany by Hitler. However, Qin Wei has now "summoned" him back.

"It's an honor to meet you. General Qin. Toddman smiled and shook Qin Wei's hand, "Even in Germany, I have heard about the achievements of the Chinese Air Force. And as far as I know, Marshal Goering also had great admiration for your Air Force, and even suggested to the Führer cooperation with the Chinese Air Force. ”

"Really? If you have time, please thank you to Mr. Goering on my behalf. Xie Lu thanked him for his high view. Qin Wei said with a smile.

"By all means." Todman smiled too, "But with all due respect. Why did you call me back from Germany? You must know that my mission in China was not successful, on the contrary, it caused some trouble to your country. ”

"That's not your fault." Qin Wei said with a smile. He knew what Todman was referring to. When the Anti-Japanese War first broke out. Chiang Kai-shek sought help from the "state" everywhere, and he successively met with British Ambassador to China Jackson, American Ambassador Jensen, German Ambassador Todman, Italian Ambassador Collet, Soviet Ambassador Bogmolov, and French Ambassador Nazia, and asked various countries to mediate the Sino-Japanese war. However, the Japanese side took a tough stance and announced that it would not welcome the mediation of any third country, so he could not find anyone who could help. Eventually, Todman approached him and told him that Germany was willing to intervene, but that Japan's attitude made it difficult to open mediation. And Chiang Kai-shek finally found such a life-saving straw, how could he give up? He immediately said that if Germany could not intervene, then China would have to reconsider its relations with the Soviet Union. Soon after, with the signing of the Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, the German government was taken aback and feared that the Soviet Union had regained its influence on China. As a result, Hitler instructed the ambassadors to Japan, Dixon and Todman, to try to prevent Japan from escalating the Sino-Japanese conflict into war through diplomatic means. In the following three months, in order to seek "armistice" and "peace", Todman carried out a series of secret diplomatic activities, but the result was not as he hoped, this mediation led to an attempt by Japan to surrender in the early stage of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the secret compromise of the Nanjing Nationalist Government with Japan, and finally failed. And Todmann was recalled to Germany after the mediation failed.

"Thank you for your understanding. China has achieved great results in its recent war with the Japanese...... I'm also very happy about that. Even like many, China believes that it has begun to embark on the road to victory. But I don't understand, since your country has achieved such an advantage, why do you want to call me, a former diplomat, back? Tao Deman looked at Qin Wei deeply: "And it is not your country's diplomat who receives me, but you, General Qin." ”

"Who called me the head of the Military Administration? Intelligence. Qin Wei smiled, looking helpless: "I heard that Germany is about to attack Poland, right?" ”

"Huh? ......" (To be continued......)