Sawada is becoming more and more imposing. However, because what he said was not the truth, Tamura was humble but fearless.

"Your Excellency, I have considered everything you said, but it is not the people of China who are making deals with us. No, it may not be accurate to say that, although they are also Chinese people, they are not Han people, but Li people who have deep contradictions with the Han people. ”

"Li?"

"Yes!"

"However, I heard that the ethnic minorities in Hainan are very tough, we have invaded their land and killed their people, don't they hate us?"

"Of course I hate, but I'm putting the blame on those bastards in the Navy!" Xu is because Sawada's attitude has changed a lot, and Tamura's heart is relieved to say that he leaked his mouth.

Sawada's eyes flashed, and he immediately caught it, he looked at Tamura with round eyes, and said, "'I', you personally participated?" ”

Tamura was shocked and said in fear: "Your Excellency! ”

Sawada smiled: "Sit down." Tell me everything, I know, you must be hiding something. ”

Tamura sat down and told the story before and after the meeting with the "Lang Yuntou people", and then said his original intention: "Your Excellency, the highest state pursued by the military masters in ancient China is a soldier who surrenders without a fight, and I think it would be a good idea to expel the student soldiers from Lu by bribing the ethnic minorities on Hainan Island." Your Excellency, you have been in the Fourth Division for a while, and you must know the three no's principle that is widely circulated among the soldiers of the Dao Dao—"

Sawada naturally knew this, and he sneered: "'Don't pay for fearless sacrifices', 'Don't participate in unreasonable battles', and 'Don't pursue desperate enemy troops.'" Your so-called three no's principles are these three, right? What are the three unprinciples, isn't it just the fear of losing your life! Eight grids, why is Lao Tzu so unlucky, he will be transferred to the fourth division as the division commander! ”

Tamura smiled awkwardly.

After Sawada Shigeru vented a few words, his mood calmed down a little, and he sighed and said, "Let's be straight, what are you going to do?" As long as it makes sense and works, I won't be inflexible. ”

Tamura was overjoyed when he heard this, and he said: "The soldiers are timid and afraid of death, since they can't win the Xuebing Army, then simply let the Li and other ethnic minorities come forward to help us drive them out." In that case, we will be given the name of the capture, and the Li people will drive out their old enemies, and everyone will be happy......"

After Tamura's words were finished, Sawada felt that this theory was a bit ridiculous, but at the same time he had to admit that it did have a certain degree of feasibility. He thought about it seriously and said, "Tamura, to deal with barbarians like the Li tribe, it is definitely not enough to just buy them. You have to know that when people interact with each other, if one party behaves too weakly, the other party will become more and more arrogant. Originally, if the Combined Fleet had stayed in the nearby waters to maintain a military deterrent, we would not have to worry about those barbarians turning against us. But this is obviously impossible. Once the combined fleet is gone, what will we do to maintain deterrence? The soldiers are so timid and afraid that once there is friction, they will definitely be the one who is being bullied. At that time, once these barbarians find out that our people are honest and deceitful, can you guarantee that they will not drive us away like they drove away the cadet army? ”

Sawada's worries are not unreasonable, Tamura thought of the "300,000 people" mentioned by the "Lang Yuntou people", and then thought of the entire Hainan Island, where there are at least one or two million barbarians like the Li and Miao people, his face turned pale, and he was speechless.

"Report!" Chuan Sheng's voice suddenly sounded outside the house.

Sawada glanced at Tamura and was satisfied with the effect of what he had just said, and he shouted to the door, "Kawakatsu, come in." ”

Kawakatsu walked in. Sawada glanced at him, saw that his face was pale and his forehead was covered with sweat, and he couldn't help but prune for a moment, and then asked, "What happened?" ”

"Your Excellency, something big has happened!" Chuan Sheng shouted in a crying voice and presented a telegram.

Sawada was startled, he stood up and took the telegram and read it quickly, and then his face turned pale in an instant.

Tamura took in the changes in the faces of the two of them, and was shocked in his heart, and said in his heart: "It can't be the student army who is coming, right?" Could it be that Lang Yun had already been bought by the Xuebing Army? The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this was very likely, and I couldn't help but turn pale.

This telegram was sent by Yamamoto, and he chose to send it at this time, just to strengthen his determination to evacuate alone. The Combined Fleet began to return at half past nine last night, and now they have joined the crippled Nagasaki Supply Fleet, which is more than 250 kilometers away from Hainan Island.

Although Sawada thought about it, he never believed that Yamamoto could really do such a thing. However, now that the wood is in the boat, even if he is unwilling, he can only reluctantly accept this cruel reality. He suddenly exposed, tore the telegram to shreds, and then scolded: "Hachige, Yamamoto, this bastard - the bottom of the kettle!" He is trying to murder more than 20,000 loyal samurai under His Majesty the Emperor! ”

Tamura was shocked when he heard this, he looked at Chuan Sheng, and asked in a low voice, "Chuan Shengjun, what happened?" ”

"The Combined Fleet was evacuated overnight," Kawakatsu said with an indignant expression.

"What?" Tamura was stupid. Although they are planning to occupy Hainan without a fight, this is just the beginning after all. And as Sawada said, once the deterrence of the combined fleet is lost, will the barbarians on Hainan Island still be so obedient? With a chill in his heart, he looked at Sawada and said in confusion: "Your Excellency, it seems that you have to make a decision early." While the people of China still didn't know about the matter, we hurriedly reached an agreement with the Li people in the Baisha area. In this way, even if the Cadet Army launches a counteroffensive, they will be able to block it for us. ”

Sawada has gradually calmed down after his anger. He asked Kawakatsu, "What about the Marines?" What about the Marines along the coast? ”

"They should all be withdrawn, they belong to the navy, didn't His Excellency Yamamoto say in the telegram that Hainan will be handed over to your army from now on, and our navy will no longer care about ......"

"Eight grids!" Sawada scolded fiercely, then paced back and forth in the room. A few minutes passed, and just when Tamura and Kawakatsu were dizzy from his figure, he suddenly stopped and stared at Tamura and said, "Just do as you say." That Seiichiro Kuroda, let him be the head of the affairs department of the division. Tell him to be confident and bold in doing business with those barbarians, and that he can exchange anything but firearms and equipment. Tamura, Kuroda was recommended by you, and you are responsible for supervising him. The businessman is the most unprincipled, don't let him sell us all. If you need to, you can bring that Lang Yun to me. Yamamoto wants to put us to death, we not only want to live well, but also take Hainan. Only in this way can he be given a big surprise. ”

"Hay!"