Ouyang Yun was ruthless, but Wavell and Clarley were filled with grief and indignation - after they reported to London the progress of the new talks, they were not praised by Churchill, but were reprimanded. In the eyes of Wavell and Clarley, for the pride of the British Empire, the more than 30,000 captured British soldiers in Singapore died and sacrificed for the empire, which was the normal fate of soldiers; But in Churchill's view, if the government really did nothing when it could, the blow to morale would be outweighed.

"It's just four 'Navy Minister V-class' old warships, and besides, the Strait of Malacca has been controlled by the Japanese army, so what can you not give up when the Z fleet is not fully organized? In the way that the Thai Prime Minister proposed, Lend-Lease, so that the face of the empire could be preserved—" Churchill said to Aiden, waving a cigar in his right hand.

Aiden, who had served as Secretary of War before, understood Wavell and Clarley's feelings. In his opinion, they were not wrong, and more than 30,000 captured officers and soldiers should also be rescued. He looked at this matter from a different angle than Churchill: "The Chinese even want our 'old V-class', do they really want to fight the Japanese in the Indian Ocean?" The Royal Navy does not currently have the ability to maintain two battlefields at the same time. Even so, simply feed the Chinese a little fattener, so as to strengthen their courage in naval war with Japan. In any case, we are not in a position to regain control of the Strait of Malacca for the time being. ”

"That's a good idea. If the Chinese really have the courage to go to war with the Japanese Navy in the Indian Ocean, then we don't mind forging further alliances with them. At present, there is a shortage of drugs in China, but the pharmaceutical industry of the Cadet Army is on a par with the United States, and we can ask them to offset the rent with medicines. ”

"Wavell has reported that the Cadet Army's light weapons system is quite good, Your Excellency, the Empire is currently unable to support the Indian colonial army from the mainland, you see?"

……

In the past, the arrogant British would never have paid such a high attention to the cadet army. If China is not even in their eyes, how can they bother to understand a warlord regime in this country? However, as the war in the Far East intensified, as the Cadet Army emerged in the revenge campaign against Thailand, and with the opportunity of the Bangkok talks, the British Wartime Cabinet headed by Churchill had to look to the Far East.

Later, in a telegram sent to Wavell, Churchill first reprimanded Wavell in the name of the Cabinet, and then gave the bottom line of negotiations: as long as the Cadet Army can really rescue the British soldiers captured in the First World War of Singapore, then everything can be discussed. At the end of the telegram, he focused on the Revenge-class fleet aircraft carrier being built in Karachi, allowing it to be used as the last killer weapon.

Two days later, under the mediation of Thai Prime Minister Shinawatra, the talks in Bangkok resumed.

After being scolded by Churchill, Wavell relented a lot, and at the same time appeared to be lacking in interest - the conditions offered by the cabinet to the Chinese were so generous that Wavell even felt that he was flattering. This was unacceptable to the old Englishman, and he was a little disheartened, so he pushed his deputy, Clarley, to the forefront.

The so-called mediation was actually Shinawatra's request to bring the Cadet Army back to the negotiating table. Therefore, the arrogance of the student army has become more arrogant.

After a short cutscene, it quickly gets to the point. Corresponding to the British side pushing Clarley to the forefront, Chu Tiange took the initiative to stand up and accept it. Chu Tiange demanded that in view of the fact that the talks in the past few days were all due to the fact that the two sides had too big differences on a certain issue, the entire talks ended without a hitch, and this time they must be discussed separately. He then insisted that the Singapore incident was the cornerstone of the talks and must be resolved first. After the signing of the minutes, the matter of the rescue of Singaporean prisoners of war could be continued. Then there are other areas of cooperation.

The activities of the Red Fox Squad and the Tianwei Squad outside the British residence with the "Lanluga Prisoner of War Death Squad" in the past few days have been very effective, just as Ouyang Yun said, Wavell and Clary almost drooled when they saw it.

Unlike Churchill's instructions, Wavell and Clary's private agreement was to have a desire for the "death squads". It is believed that the value of these more than 3,000 British soldiers is much higher than that of the more than 30,000 Singaporean prisoners of war. This is what they believe is the bottom line of the British side.

Chu Tiange didn't even mention it, and as soon as he finished speaking, Clarley stood up and pointed out this.

Chu Tiange replied, "The situation of the death squad is quite special and it is not in the project of this meeting", Claridon was anxious, and asked with red eyes: "Why is the death squad special?" Aren't they soldiers of our British Empire? ”

After Chu Tiange solicited Ouyang Yun's opinion, he took out the "Letter of Volunteering to Join the Cadet Army to Resist the Japanese Invaders" signed by Charlie and pressed his fingerprint.

The "Book of Volunteers" was written in quadruplicate, and the official and individual of the Cadet Army kept one copy in Chinese and one in English, and Clarley was dumbfounded when he read through it.

Wavell took it and looked at it, slapping the table and shouting "deserter." The old British man was originally going to never speak at the meeting today, but now he was so excited that he forgot: "If this is really Captain Charlie's signature, then he is a deserter, Commander-in-Chief Ouyang Yun, your army should not prevent us from capturing the deserters of our army, right?" ”

The British old man reacted quickly enough to immediately think of a legitimate reason for recalling the "death squads".

Ouyang Yun smiled: "Of course." However, I declare that I will not be responsible for the bad consequences caused by this. ”

As soon as he heard this, Wavell's momentum immediately deflated like a ball that had leaked air.

Clarley sensed that something was wrong, and said anxiously: "Commander-in-Chief Ouyang, is there no room for remedy?" ”

"This-"

Clarley was about to cry: "Commander-in-chief, anything can be discussed." ”

Chu Tiange smiled: "Okay, what about your sincerity?" ”

Clary looked at Wavell. Wavell was no different from a defeated rooster at this time, and he waved his hands in despair. Clarley then took out a document from his backpack and solemnly handed it to Chu Tiange and said, "The 'death squad' must return to our army's establishment, and everything else is easy to discuss." This is, this is our sincerity. ”

Chu Tiange took it and looked at it, and then handed it to Ouyang Yun.

Ouyang Yun looked at it, picked up the pen, and added "and a Grievance-class fleet aircraft carrier" after the clause "The Royal Navy will provide the Cadet Army with four 'Minister of the Navy V-class' destroyers on a lend-lease basis", and then threw it back to Clary and said: "If you are really sincere, then sign it!" ”

Clarley glanced at it, his heart fluttering, and pushed the file in front of Wavell.

Wavell glanced at it, his eyes suddenly focused on the line "and a Grievance-class fleet aircraft carrier", and after a while, he raised his head and glared at Ouyang Yun fiercely, and said, "Okay, I can sign!" ”

Ouyang Yun and Chu Tiange glanced at each other, their eyes were full of smiles, he stood up and looked at Wavell and said, "Commander Wavell, leave the discussion of other matters to them, let's go, I'll invite you to have a drink!" ”

Wavell grimaced: "I'm sorry, I don't have time." ”

Ouyang Yun snorted: "Don't you want to meet those 'death squad' boys?" They seem to be reluctant to leave Bangkok. ”

Wavell's face changed, then he squeezed out two smiles, stood up and said, "In that case, then go for a drink?" ”

"Gone!"