Chittagong.

After discovering that the seven large ships of the Far Eastern Fleet and all the warships of the Z Fleet had disappeared from the docks, Degu thought that the Chinese and British had gone to the ocean for training, so he did not think much about it. At noon that day, while he was reading a book in his room, the second lieutenant who was in charge of guarding him suddenly ran in and said, "Your Excellency, Commander Wavell, please go to the dock at once. ”

"What's going on?" Degu put down the book and asked, but he was thinking in his heart: It can't be that the Chinese mishandled and damaged our warship, right?

"You'll know when you go."

Frowning, Degu followed the ensign out of the door, and then got into the car and was taken to the dock. Seeing the British soldiers he met along the way, they all looked very excited, and Degu was even more puzzled.

Seeing Wavell at the docks, seeing that although his eyes were bloodshot and tired, but he was in good spirits, he was wondering if the Chinese and British had attacked the Japanese fleet to the west—and that he had won the victory? But he heard Wavell say, "Commander Degu, come, you and I will stand together." ”

Giving Wavell a cold look, Degu stepped forward to stand side by side with him.

Wavell turned his head and was about to say something to him, when suddenly a British soldier on the watchtower in front of him suddenly put down his binoculars and shouted, "I saw it, they're back!" ”

"Boom-" The dock exploded immediately.

Wavell didn't bother to talk to Degu anymore, so he took the telescope from Clarley and looked over. After a full minute, he put down his binoculars and said to Degu, "Commander Degu, I want to thank you. ”

Degu looked at him silently, but he became more and more sure in his heart that it was the Chinese and the British who won the battle.

Wavell was already immersed in great joy at this time, and said to himself: "If it weren't for the seven big ships of the Far East Fleet, we wouldn't have been able to transport so many soldiers back at once!" ”

Wavell's words completely refuted Degu's speculation, and curiosity aroused, and he asked, "What happened?" ”

Wavell smiled and said, "You definitely don't believe it-" His tone changed and he was full of pride: "We rescued more than 30,000 officers and soldiers captured in Singapore. ”

Degu had already decided in his heart that no matter how great the victory of the Chinese and the French was, he still exclaimed: "What? It's true? ”

"Yes! It's incredible, but now they've made it back! ”

"Incredible!" Degu said, and then something flashed through his mind, and he quickly asked, "Your Excellency Wavell, you took our warship for this purpose?" ”

"Yes."

"This—if it's to rescue the captured soldiers of your country, can you just say no to me? We definitely do better than the Chinese! Degu said, his tone becoming respectful.

Wavell was stunned, knowing that he had misunderstood, and said with a smile: "You can't do it, this thing can only be done with the help of the strength of the Chinese." ”

Degu didn't know what he meant by this, and immediately said unconvinced: "It's ridiculous, the Chinese don't even have a decent navy, how can their ship handling level compare to the young men under me?" ”

Seeing that he was completely crooked, Wavell didn't want to explain anything more, and said, "Let's go, go and meet our heroes!" ”

Degu had just seen a glimmer of hope for the fleet to be retracted, so he was willing to let go easily, chased after him and said, "Isn't it okay for us to agree to join the sniper fleet?" How to say that we are better than the Chinese who don't understand anything! ”

Wavell stopped, turned to look at him and said, "We welcome you to join our volunteer army, but I'm sorry, I've already handed over the Far Eastern Fleet to the Chinese!" ”

"What? How can you do that! Degu shouted: "The Far Eastern Fleet belongs to our France, and you have no right to dispose of it at all!" I, I will accuse you to Marshal de Gaulle! ”

"Please!"

"Wavell, you bastard—"

Because of this episode, when the mixed fleet approached the dock and the British joyfully welcomed their hero's return, Degu left indignantly despite the second lieutenant's dissuasion.

Soon after Degu turned to leave, the "Richelieu" slowly approached the dock after sounding the whistle and being dragged by two tugboats. Immediately, the pier erupted in earth-shattering cheers.

Stimulated by the cheers behind him, Degu's figure stiffened, and then he secretly felt ruthless in his heart: Even if I go to Hanoi to be humiliated, I will never surrender to the British.

The Richelieu carried nearly 3,000 British soldiers on board, some of whom wept from the moment they saw the pier, and when they stepped on land, they fell to their knees with weak legs, and then kissed the concrete floor like madmen. After kissing the concrete floor, these British soldiers raised their hands and shouted "Long live Great Britain, long live Queen Elizabeth", which immediately triggered a new round of mountain shouts "Long live".

When Wavell was negotiating with Ouyang Yun about the rescue operation in Bangkok, he felt that this matter was too difficult and impossible to achieve, so he didn't take it to heart at all, but at this moment, when he saw this scene, he felt that all the efforts were worth it.

The rescued prisoners of war were the first to land, and because of the large number of people, the process lasted more than an hour. In this process, the Jungle Special Operations Brigade and Qi Minghao watched silently, and their hearts were touched.

"Looks like we've done a great good!" Lei Tianwei said to Song Yuanzhuang.

Guo Kui heard this, and he turned around and asked, "You don't have any other ideas?" ”

Lei Tianwei scratched his head. Song Yuanzhuang's eyes flashed and said: "I have a little feeling - for individuals, the country is our biggest backing, and it is too important to have a strong country." ”

Guo Kui nodded approvingly and said, "That's why we have to defend our motherland to the death!" ”

Suddenly, the sound of military music sounded, and everyone followed the voice, and saw that the rescued British soldiers were invited away from the dock, and then Wavell came over surrounded by a group of generals.

Wang Changlong said: "The British have a lot of tricks, but is it late?" ”

Guo Kui glanced at him and straightened his military uniform and said: "It's for us, the British have a little conscience, get off the ship!" ”

Wavell was undoubtedly a conceited person, no matter how strong the Cadet Army was in the Battle of Bangkok, he always had prejudices in his heart, and he didn't feel that he should bow his head in front of Ouyang Yun. However, after receiving Phillips's report and learning of the entire rescue process, his attitude changed completely.

One hundred and fifty men attacked the prisoner of war camp defended by 2,000 Japanese troops, not only did they completely defeat the Japanese army, but not a single one died, if he didn't know Phillips's character, he would have thought that the other party was telling a story.

When Wavell decided to welcome Guo Kui and them with the highest standards, he was opposed by many of his subordinates. Their reasoning is that the party has already paid enough money, and this will encourage the arrogance of the Chinese and will not be conducive to future cooperation between the two sides.

Wavell shut their mouths with a single sentence - I give you 10,000 people, can you do it?

The taste of being a hero is quite good, and the trainees of the Rao is Jungle Special Operations Brigade have long developed a temperament that is not surprised by changes, but many people are still very excited with red faces. In this regard, Guo Kui's evaluation of them afterwards was: There is no interest, and this little scene was shocked.

According to Wang Changlong's later revelations, don't look at Commander Guo's indifferent appearance afterwards, in fact, his mouth was always grinning at that time.