When Wavell and Ouyang Yun held talks in Bangkok, it coincided with the fierce battle between the British and German navies in the North Atlantic, and all British eyes were focused here, so Churchill and Aiden forgot about it after giving instructions to Wavell. It also happened that not long ago, the British Navy sank the German capital ship Bismarck in the sea near France, killing more than 2,600 German naval officers and men, and the British cabinet was rejoicing in having a strong Royal Navy, so after receiving Wavell's telegram, they were immediately moved by his proposal to sacrifice the French Far East Fleet in exchange for the friendship of the Chinese to change the passive situation of the British army in the Far East.

Ever since the French government was preparing to surrender to Nazi Germany, the British regarded the French navy, the fourth most powerful navy in the world, as a sword of Damocles hanging over their heads. Although the current French navy has existed in name only, because France has surrendered to Germany, its Far East Fleet is still a big threat to the British.

"I think Wavell's proposal works. The commander of the Far Eastern Fleet, Jean? Degu has always been wary of us, and with the current trend of the situation, it cannot be ruled out that he will take advantage of this to join the Germans and even the Japanese. My opinion, like Commander Wavell, is that it is better to give it to the Chinese than to make it a weapon that the enemy uses against us. The Japanese already controlled the Strait of Malacca, and even if the Chinese got the Far East Fleet, it was impossible to play its role. Of course, we have no problem if they insist on challenging the mighty Japanese navy with this, if they think that ocean-going ships are as easy to maneuver as sampans in the Yangtze River—" At the next cabinet meeting, Aiden was the first to express his opinion on Wavell's proposal, and he spoke eloquently, and the last remark that ridiculed the ability of the cadet army and sailors caused everyone to laugh.

The British were quite conceited about the combat power of the Royal Navy, and as early as a year ago, their agents sent back information about the Cadet Army building aircraft carriers in the United States, but it did not attract even the slightest attention from the British high-level.

Churchill went on to express his opinion: "I support the Foreign Secretary's opinion. Then he said: "In just one month, Britain lost Malaysia, Singapore and southern Burma in the Far East, and the facts tell us that we alone can no longer stop the advance of the Japanese army. Is there any knowledge of the fighting that took place in Thailand last month? The 'retaliatory action' launched by the Cadet Army was overwhelming, driving the Japanese out of Thailand in just one week and forcing the Thai government to defect. Think it's ironic? But that's just the way it is. Gentlemen, it is imperative to seek the help of the cadet army in the Far East, so even if the Chinese are rude, we can only make concessions at this time. Of course, we can't be wicked for nothing. Commander Wavell's telegram mentioned that the commander-in-chief of the Cadet Corps, Admiral Ouyang Yun, had privately said that he was sure that he would rescue the British soldiers from the Singapore prisoner of war camp. ”

At this time, the British Cabinet was equivalent to Churchill's words, and who would dare to have an opinion when he let out his words, so Wavell received a call back from Churchill that night.

With Churchill's support, it was supposed to be easy to talk about the future, but the opposite happened.

The first day of the meeting ended unhappily, the second day was very pleasant, and the third day was a day late at Churchill's request because Wavell had to wait for his reply. On the fourth day, the atmosphere of the meeting was acceptable at the beginning, but when the conditions for the serious lecture began, disagreements immediately arose.

In Wavell's words: "You Chinese are too greedy!" ”

In this regard, Ouyang Yun certainly did not dare to agree. He said very directly: "That's right, I want the French Far East Fleet, but do you think that a single Far East Fleet can offset the compensation you should make for killing tens of thousands of overseas Chinese and exchange the lives of more than 30,000 soldiers?" Oh, forgot, it seems like you want to get the 'Lanluga POW Death Squad' back to the already properly trained. Hehe, Your Excellency, if you want to say insatiable, you British are more suitable for this term. ”

Wavell's face turned red, he stood up and slapped the table and shouted, "Commander-in-Chief Ouyang, do you mean there is no room for maneuver?" ”

Ouyang Yun looked at him calmly and said coldly: "The Far East Fleet is just compensation, and if you want to save people, you must pay a new price." There is no such thing as a free lunch, and you should be familiar with this saying. ”

"Then we don't have to talk about it—" Wavell threw down the sentence, and was about to leave.

Seeing this, Clari hurriedly grabbed him, and then said to Ouyang Yun: "Your Excellency, businessmen have room for bargaining when they do business, are you too absolute?" ”

On the British's side, Clary was Wavell's deputy; On the side of the Xuebing Army, Ouyang Yun's deputy was Chu Tiange. Clarly stood up to fight in the round, Chu Tiange also stood up, and he said to Clarley: "Major General Clarley, there is some truth in what you said, but you also saw just now that it was Commander Wavell who spoke first and left no room for anything. Then he persuaded Ouyang Yundao: "Big brother, after all, we have a common enemy, so let's leave some leeway for each other." ”

Ouyang Yun snorted, and over there, Wavell was also pulled back to his seat by Clarley.

Because of this incident, the fourth day of talks broke up unhappily. That evening, at Clary's suggestion, Wavell resisted his impatience and called London again for advice. The time he called London was 11 a.m. Bangkok time, so Churchill saw the telegram that night. According to Clarley's proposal, Wavell specifically mentioned in the telegram that because the bottom line of the negotiation had been captured by the Cadet Army, the Cadet Army insisted on asking for compensation from the overseas Chinese, and asked whether it would give up on rescuing the captured soldiers in Singapore. At the end of the telegram, also according to Clary's proposal, he added a seemingly insignificant additional message, saying that because the two sides had reached a preliminary intention two days ago, they had attracted reporters from China, Britain, France, and Thailand to cover and report, and the terms of the talks had been disclosed.

It was this insignificant additional news that caused Churchill to be so displeased that he had Aiden called for him overnight, and then handed him the telegram, scolding with a cigar in his mouth: "Wavell is as stupid as a pig, no, more stupid than a pig—is he a junior high school student who has just left school?" I don't know how to reserve a hand in the negotiations, and I really don't know how he became a general. Now, once the relevant provisions are disclosed, for the sake of the morale of the people, we will be saved if we are the captured soldiers in Singapore, and we will be saved. ”

After reading the telegram, Aiden frowned and said, "But the problem is that we don't know what the Dao Scholar Army wants, what if we can't meet the conditions they put forward?" ”

Churchill paced back and forth anxiously for a while, took the cigar out of his mouth with his right hand and said, "We can only talk about it first, and see if the conditions are moving." Wavell, this bastard, I wish I could shoot him! ”