After watching Lü Buwen leave, Pashali called all his subordinates to his room, and an attaché was sent to the staircase to guard in case the Chinese came to eavesdrop. The nearest Sentinel of the Liberation Army was also thirty yards away, and Pashali thought it impossible for them to hear his conversation.

Everyone randomly found a place to sit down, and because there were not enough chairs, Pashali had to stand and speak. "Gentlemen, we have come to the inside of the enemy, and we have also communicated with these Chinese, and everyone has talked about their perception of the Guangfu Army!"

Several subordinates looked at each other, and the deputy head of the negotiation, a veteran secretary, spoke first, "First of all, we must admit that the Liberation Army is different from the traditional consciousness of the Eastern ignorant peoples, their way of acting and logic are closer to us Westerners, and they are very familiar with the situation of Western society, whether it is history or current situation, and even the deeds of Ms. Nightingale are known, which shows that they are also different from the conservative and closed Eastern Dynasty." We don't know much about their situation, and I think the next negotiations are going to be tough! ”

"And what do you think they will offer?" Pashali still attaches great importance to the secretary's opinion.

"It should demand compensation for military spending, which is an international practice, and the Liberation Army should be well aware of this." Although the reparation army is an international practice, it will only be the defeated side that pays compensation to the victorious side, and if the recompensatory army proposes compensation, it will be a gesture of the victorious side, although this is a fact, but it also makes it difficult for several British people to accept. However, the Liberation Army still had four or five thousand "meat tickets" in their hands, and the British were doomed to hemorrhage. "Hong Kong Island has been occupied by the Liberation Army, and the possibility of coming back is basically gone, as for what name and method to end British rule in Hong Kong, you need to bargain with the Liberation Army! After all, Guangzhou is still in our hands, and the Liberation Army will not mind paying a certain price for the peaceful reception of the city. ”

Pa Xiali nodded, he also thought of these contents, he didn't have many chips in his hand, and Guangzhou was undoubtedly the heaviest one among them. Mr. Counselor looked at the others again, "What else do you think?" ”

One of the young men in the attaché was about to speak, but with the encouragement of Pashali's eyes, he still expressed his opinion, "Gentlemen, I don't think the Liberation Army actually wants to be our enemy!" ”

Everyone looked at him with strange eyes, "Don't want to be an enemy?" Didn't you see them beat us to the ground so fiercely? Another young attaché shouted. However, Pashali's eyes lit up, "Go on!" ”

With the support of his superiors, the young attaché also became fluent in the language. "The responsibility for the cause of this incident lies with our side, and the conflict between the Liberation Army and us is also to protect their compatriots." After Davis watched the live video, the British knew that they could not escape the responsibility for provoking the conflict, so no one refuted this. "In the battles of the next two rushes, our side attacked automatically, and the Guangfu Army was a passive defense, but we didn't expect the strength of the Guangfu Army to be so strong, and the two attacks failed."

"Then why did they attack Hong Kong?" Another attaché thought he had found evidence to refute it.

"Did you get punched twice and didn't fight back?" The former officer said unhurriedly, "I think the Liberation Army intends to show its strength and bring us back to the negotiating table, and the evidence is that they will immediately present the negotiations after they win." ”

Listening to the words of the young attaché, Pashali fell into deep thought......

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In a room on the second floor of the Navy Office Building, 500 meters away from the British residence, Li Xiangqian, Lu Renjia, Yang Bo, Zhang Anbang, and several members of the negotiating team were sitting around a desk, on which a large recording equipment was working, and Pashali's voice came from the loudspeaker, and the picture in the two monitors was exactly what was happening in Pashali's room. Pashali thought that his defense against the Chinese was sufficient, but he clearly underestimated the scientific and technological level of the Guangfu Army. Not only Pashali's room, but all the rooms where the British lived were equipped with monitors and bugs, and every move, word and deed of the British was under the surveillance of the Liberation Army, and now the content of their conversation fell into the ears of a few people sitting down word for word.

Lu Renjia laughed, "How do you say that sentence, 'It is your enemy who knows you best'!" ”

"I'm just saying that negotiations shouldn't have been brought up so quickly, look! People have seen through our cards. Yang Bo clasped his hands and said a little angrily.

Li Qianqian looked at a few comrades-in-arms and smiled, "There's nothing to worry about, whether we can fight or not, and whether the British want to fight or not, whether this battle will continue can only be decided by us, so the initiative is still in our hands." The deputy commander-in-chief turned his attention to several members of the negotiation team, "Knowing yourself and knowing that the other side can survive a hundred battles, now the British have also seen their hole cards, how to win, how much to win, it depends on yours!" ”

Zhang Haotian knocked on the folder on the table, which contained the draft treaty of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs system. "It's similar to what we expected, the British's chips don't appeal to us, and we can only lead us by the nose."

"Don't worry!" Lu Buwen also patted his chest and promised, "Our knife has been sharpened very quickly, and if we don't cut a large piece of meat from the British, we won't let them out of this gate." ”

"The British don't feel actually threatened, and they won't give in so easily." Yang Bo always believed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was too optimistic, "We should put on a posture of attacking Guangzhou to promote talks." ”

"We've declared a ceasefire, wouldn't it be a slap in the face to do it now? What does this make others think of our Liberation Army? Lu Buwen said a little unhappily.

"It's not a problem to get hands-on. When the time comes, we just need to put the blame on the British and convince others that they broke the ceasefire. That's what our Ministry of Foreign Affairs does, saying that the square is round, and if it doesn't make sense, we have to make up a reason. Everyone was amused by Zhang Haotian's words, but they had to admit that he was telling the truth. Although the strength of the Liberation Army is still weak, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is even more of a grass-roots team, it is at least stronger than the "takeaway" department that only had "serious concern" and "strong indignation" in the past. "But can we still draw troops out for military feints now?"

"It's not really going to war, it's just pulling the troops out for a turn, and it's just a long-distance training." After Yang Bo finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Li Xiangqian, who thought for a while and said: "I think it's okay, send out the second battalion and four companies stationed in Xin'an and the third battalion and seven companies stationed in Longgang. We can let them go around the Humen area, which can not only put on the posture of marching into Guangzhou, but also announce our existence to the people of Dongguan. Director Yang, you make a plan tomorrow, set the route of the march, and then hand over the plan to me. ”

After talking for more than an hour, the British went back to their rooms to sleep, not knowing that their hole cards had been looked at. This also gave the members of the negotiation team of the Liberation Army more confidence and confidence, and they could sleep peacefully until dawn.

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Early the next morning. Both sides got up early. There was a long queue in front of the two portable toilets placed in the small downstairs of the guest house, and the ceramic flush toilets were an eye-opener for the British earthen buns. As he passed by, he heard a British soldier complaining to his comrades that the Chinese toilets were so clean that he couldn't pull out.

Pa Shali and others were invited to the restaurant again, and the breakfast was completely Chinese, but the combination of fried ghost with soy milk was still popular with the British. After breakfast, the Englishman was asked to leave for a while. When they returned, the dining table had been covered with a white tablecloth, and in the middle was a marble flag base, on which were two small flags, one was the British rice flag, and the other was a red flag with a yellow five-pointed star in the upper corner. Pashali was pleased with these small details, and he was impressed by the fact that the Liberation Army had acted in accordance with international practice, but he was also a little angry by the Liberation Army's behavior of putting its position on a par with that of the United Kingdom.

After waiting for the waiter to serve coffee, Zhang Haotian first began his opening remarks, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are sitting here today to end the state of war between our two sides as soon as possible. Whatever the cause, war is always an unfortunate event, and it brings only suffering to the people of both sides, which is why we are sitting here today. I hope that you will show peace sincerity so that we can reach a peace agreement as soon as possible! ”

Although he could understand Zhang Haotian's words, Pashali still waited slowly for the attaché to translate, which is also a common small means in diplomatic negotiations, and he can take advantage of the time of translation to think about how to reply. After the attaché finished translating Zhang Haotian's words, Pa Xiali took out a stack of documents and handed it over, "I very much agree with Mr. Zhang's words, this is a peace agreement drafted by our side, please take a look!" If there are any doubts that can be raised, the parties can discuss the modifications. ”

Pa Xiali wanted to seize the initiative as soon as he came up, but Zhang Haotian and the three of them were not vegetarians, although they had not participated in diplomatic negotiations, they still had experience in business negotiations, and there was not much difference between the two. If you only wait for the British to make an offer and then discuss it on the British's offer, you will not be led by the nose by the British. So Zhang Haotian also took out a folder, "This is the terms drawn up by our side, please take a look at it!" ”

Pa Xiali's wishful thinking did not start, so he had to exchange documents with Zhang Haotian in amazement. Although the draft of the Restoration Army was written in Chinese, there was no problem for Pashali to understand it, but after reading the content of Article 1 that "the British side should be fully responsible for this military conflict, and must be responsible for compensating the military expenses incurred by the Restoration Army and the personnel and property losses of the Chinese people," he knew that the gap between the two sides' offers was too large to reach an agreement. After reading one by one, he had nothing to say, although he had expected in advance that the conditions of the Chinese would be very harsh, but he did not expect that he still underestimated the "greed" of the Guangfu Army, and forcibly suppressed negative emotions such as humiliation and anger in his heart, and he handed the draft of the Guangfu Army to other compatriots, so angry expressions appeared on the faces of other Britons.

The Guangfu Army was also dissatisfied with the British's draft, but the faces of the three members of the negotiation team showed a mocking look, and Yang Hualu muttered in a low voice: "The British still don't know the situation!" If we still want to return Hong Kong, is it that we are the ones who lost the war? ”

Yang Hualu's voice was not loud, but Pa Xiali still heard it clearly, although he knew that Hong Kong would not come back, but if he didn't call the price higher, there would be no room for counter-offer later. So Mr. Counselor just didn't hear Yanghualu's words, coughed to hide his embarrassment, and threw the draft of the Liberation Army in the middle of the table. "Mr. Zhang, I do not see the sincerity of your peace in this draft. This is not a peace agreement, this is blackmail! ”

"Really?" The corners of Zhang Haotian's mouth turned up slightly, "But compared with the treaty you signed with the Qing government more than ten years ago, I think we are already very polite." ”