Chapter 364: The Great Bombing of Yunnan-Burma 4

The Huaxia Air Force did not want to be unknown in this big drama, so Commander Zhou sent out two captured Type 97 fighters, pretended to chase the transport plane for a while, and frightened Governor Smith to shout for the plane to make a forced landing, and signed several documents without even looking.

It was not until the early morning of July 13, when the fuel tank was running out, that the Ric-2 transport plane landed at the Wuhan airport, and it was not until he met with the British ambassador that Governor Smith learned that the Japanese had not launched a large-scale invasion at all, and had only bombed northern Burma from beginning to end.

Before Governor Smith arrived in Wuhan, the Japanese side also took the initiative to hold a press conference, announcing that they had completely destroyed the Yunnan-Burma Highway, and as for why the Japanese army bombed northern Burma, the Japanese side also gave an explanation, insisting that they had not bombed Burma from beginning to end, because the border line of the Japanese military map was also based on the "Qianlong Inner Prefecture Map" in the 40th year of Qianlong.

In this way, northern Burma has become a very special area, in the so-called perception of the Japanese army, this land does not belong to China, nor to Britain, but belongs to an enclave of the former Chinese government, so the loss of the Japanese bombing caused huge losses of people and property in northern Burma is only responsible for the little emperor of Xinjing.

In order to give the Japanese a platform, Emperor Kant had to get up overnight and go to the Xinjing Radio Station to deliver a radio speech, strongly condemning the Japanese army's bombing of Manchukuo's "southern Yunnan province" and saying that the government would form a special investigation team to go to southern Yunnan province to investigate on the spot, and once it was found out that there was a humanitarian disaster there, the government would absolutely not sit idly by, and he and the Manchukuo army had the determination and ability to defend the country and the people.

Immediately, a large-scale demonstration broke out in Xinjing, during which many Japanese and overseas Chinese enterprises were smashed in a matter of fact, and the most jaw-dropping thing was that the puppet police who maintained order at the scene were actually led by the Japanese police inspector, and the indignant police inspector even personally threw Molotov cocktails at a Korean grocery store.

The Japanese government also expressed its position in a timely manner, saying that as a friendly country, the Japanese government is willing to pay for Myanmar's time, and they will provide a special fund of one billion yen to the Manchukuo government to rebuild northern Myanmar and help the affected people. Isn't that nonsense? As long as Manchukuo does not really control the "southern Yunnan province," the Japanese government will never have to pay this money, whether it is one billion or ten billion, it is just a number.

Governor Smith was also dumbfounded, Nima, I've seen a stinky and shameless one, but I've never seen such a shameless one, even if you admit to the accidental bombing, it's okay now, you don't directly recognize that the northern part of Myanmar is Burma, and the southern Yunnan province, counting five thousand years, is there such a province in China?

However, the Governor was also curious about the "Qianlong Inner Mansion Map" that he had heard many times in the 40th year of Qianlong. Suddenly, he had a bad feeling.

The former Chinese dynasty has been hacked for decades, but no one can deny that those former emperors all attached great importance to the production of maps, and the Kangxi Dynasty drew the "Imperial Opinion Panorama Map" after geodetic surveys under the auspices of Zhou Peigong, which was once evaluated by Joseph Needham as "better than all European maps at that time".

However, at that time, the Geldan rebellion had not been completely quelled, so the "Imperial Opinion Panorama" failed to measure the area west of Hami. In the 21st and 24th years of Qianlong, Emperor Qianlong sent Qin Tianjian twice to survey, and drew the "Qianlong Inner Mansion Map", which was very accurate and an important basis for later generations to survey the border.

In the 40th year of Qianlong, the "Qianlong Inner Mansion Map" was made of 104 copper plates by the French missionary Jiang Youren, and a total of 13 rows were spliced and printed, so it is also known as the "Thirteen Rows of Maps". The graticules, projections, and scales used are detailed, and errors in the plateau section have been corrected.

Although he hasn't seen this map yet, Governor Smith is already dumbfounded, his haste is equivalent to planting a huge thunder for the empire's rule in Southeast Asia, once it explodes, let alone northern Burma, I am afraid that the whole of Myanmar will not be able to keep it.

Thinking of this, I couldn't care about the hard work of the long journey, so I took the British ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China overnight to negotiate, wanting to save it, it was best to be able to get back those documents that I signed and destroy them, but they went around Wuhan a few times, and they couldn't find anyone who could call the shots.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the envoy plenipotentiary was not from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at all, and there was not even any official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the attaché, so you could not find our Ministry of Foreign Affairs on this matter, and as for coordinating your contact with the envoy plenipotentiary, there would definitely be no problem, but this matter needs to go through the normal process, at least you can not apply until dawn, and it depends on the foreign minister's schedule.

The British ambassador couldn't hear that this was a shirk, and hurriedly dragged Governor Smith to the treasurer's residence, wanting to solve the matter through his good friend, but he was told that the treasurer was actually on a business trip, do you dare to believe that the treasurer would go on a business trip in the middle of the night, so angry that our British ambassador didn't fight with the second lady on the spot, he naturally wouldn't know that the treasurer was sitting in the paddy fields outside the city and leading everyone to fish for gold, and he was very happy to do it.

Later, they went to the Military Commission, the Ministry of Military Affairs, the National Government, and the Sixth War Zone, but apart from being kicked around, there was no progress at all, and everyone was watching their jokes, so Governor Smith had no choice but to report the matter to London.

Not surprisingly, the prime minister, who had not slept all night, was furious, and the British government had decided to adopt a forbearant attitude towards the provocation of the Japanese after judging the situation and sizing up the situation, but I did not expect that the governor of Burma at home did give himself a greater "surprise", and Britain dared to admit that what "Qianlong Inner Mansion Map", if it really admitted, not only Burma, but also Tianzhu and the British colonies in West Asia will have legal problems.

But the prime minister at this time is still quite confident, compared to China, Britain still has a crushing advantage in strength, it's a big deal not to recognize those documents when the time comes, anyway, this kind of shameless thing Britain has not done, as long as they defeat Hans, they Britain will still be the leader of this world, and some others are secondary.

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