The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 656 American protests
The Yangon Defense Battle achieved a brilliant victory, especially the ability to force the surrender of the Japanese troops of the two divisions. So far, this is the first time on the battlefield against the Japanese army.It also caused a huge repercussions in the world. Congratulatory telegrams from the anti-Japanese allies and all walks of life in China flew over like snowflakes, and all kinds of praises were flying all over the sky.

All the officers and soldiers who participated in the battle were very excited, but Gao Jiu couldn't help laughing, because after this battle, from an economic point of view, Gao Jiu would suffer.

First of all, in the defense of Yangon, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians were mobilized in the northern area of ​​the Golden Triangle to participate in the battle, and thousands of casualties were among them.Many of these people are technical backbones and talents in various fields. Their loss is really heartbreaking.

Secondly, from a financial point of view, there were tens of thousands of anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians participating in the Yangon Defense War. Not to mention the weapons and ammunition they consumed, it was the food, drink, and sleep of so many people. The expenditure required was astronomical. And the vast majority of this money was paid out of the high school.

In addition, there are also pensions for a large number of casualties and rewards for various anti-Japanese troops. This is another large sum of money, an astonishing number, which makes Gao Jiu's heart ache.

In this case, all the praise from all sides can't comfort Gao Jiu.The only thing he has to do now is to quickly reduce the loss.It was indeed a glorious victory to capture more than 13000 Japanese soldiers, but building prisoner-of-war camps and providing these prisoners with food and medical supplies cost a lot of money every day.

Gao Jiu didn't want to keep these guys for nothing, so he was in a hurry to send them away.Gao Jiu could have asked Little Japan for a ransom so that they could redeem the well-trained backbone of the Japanese army.

But he didn't want to do this yet, because he had to keep his word to the Japanese army.Otherwise, it will not be so easy to make others surrender in the future.If the Japanese army resisted desperately and refused to surrender, the losses to the Anti-Japanese Army would be far greater than the economic losses.

In this situation, Gao Jiu could only consider himself unlucky.

After counting the number of Japanese soldiers and putting them in the prisoner-of-war camp, Gao Jiu sent a telegram to the Japanese army, asking them to send someone to take the prisoners back.

The Japanese Southern Expedition sent a telegram to thank Gao Jiu, and then sent a delegation to contact Gao Jiu to arrange the return of the prisoners of war.

At this moment, the British Governor in Burma suddenly came to Gao Jiu and conveyed to him the British request, hoping that Gao Jiu would not release these Japanese prisoners of war.Immediately afterwards, the government also sent a telegram to Liao Tong and others of the Yuanzheng Army, asking them to dissuade Gao Jiu from releasing these prisoners of war, and said that the superiors would send people to Yangon City immediately, and there were important matters to be resolved. Discuss with Gao Jiu.

Not long after, Gao Jiu learned the whole story.It turns out that this matter was first raised by the Americans.

The Bataan Death March was a war crime and torture of captives that shocked the world created by Japan in World War II. After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Army also began to invade the Philippines and fought against the United States and the Philippines. The U.S.-Philippine defenders on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines fought fiercely with the Japanese army for four months. Finally, due to lack of support and assistance, they surrendered to the Japanese army on April 4, 1942. About 4 people surrendered, and nearly 9 people were killed. Forcibly escorted to a prisoner-of-war camp 78 kilometers away, there was no food or water along the way, and they were stabbed and shot to death by the Japanese army along the way. About 000 people died in this atrocity.

The Bataan Death March incident caused a huge psychological shadow on the Americans. They hated the Japanese army and wanted to take cruel revenge on the Japanese army for a long time.

They captured so many Japanese prisoners of war this time, of course they did not want Gao Jiu to release them back, but asked to transfer these prisoners of war to the Americans in order to avenge the death march of Bataan.

Since a large part of the troops participating in the defense of Yangon City were the British army and the Burmese servant army it belonged to, as well as the Indian army, they had a great say in how to deal with these prisoners of war.Therefore, the United States first asked the British governor in Myanmar to persuade Gao Jiu through the British side, detained the prisoners of war, handed them over to the Americans, and paid Gao Jiu the corresponding remuneration.

Not only that, the Americans also put pressure on the government, hoping to achieve what they want.

This matter makes Gao Jiu very embarrassed. Gao Jiu has a lot of industries in the United States. At the same time, the development of the industry in the northern part of the Golden Triangle is closely related to the United States. It is impossible not to care about the attitude of the Americans.

Gao Jiu also had to give face to the demands of the UK and the government.

However, if these Japanese prisoners of war were detained because of this, Gao Jiu would lose his good reputation as a promise, and it will be difficult to deal with the Japanese in the future, and it is very likely that the Japanese will retaliate wildly.

Although Gao Jiu himself is not afraid, but the northern area of ​​the Golden Triangle is a big family and business. If it is destroyed by the Japanese, even if Gao Jiu can repel the Japanese attack, it will definitely cause a lot of loss of personnel and materials.

If you only consider it from a personal point of view, Gao Jiu will definitely choose to send these Japanese prisoners of war away.

Two days later, the Japanese delegation and government representatives arrived in Yangon almost at the same time.Gao Jiu received them separately and listened to their demands.

To the representatives sent by the Japanese, Gao Jiu told the delegation of the Japanese army the demands made on him by the Americans, the British, and the government, and said: "It's not that I don't keep my word. You have also seen it. Now my How much pressure is there. I can't agree to this matter yet, please give me a few days and let me think about it carefully. "

The representatives of the Japanese army were very dissatisfied with this, but seeing Gao Jiu's attitude so sincere, they had no choice but to report the situation to the Japanese Southern Dispatch Army immediately.

The Southern Dispatch Army felt that the situation was serious. They already knew that Hejian Dazuo had dealt with Gao Jiu and had talks in Chongqing.They sent Hejian Dasaku to meet Gao Jiu in person to discuss the return of Japanese prisoners of war.

The representatives sent by the government heard that the Japanese army had sent high-level negotiating representatives, and rushed to find Gao Jiu, reminding Gao Jiu to take care of the righteousness of the whole nation, and at the same time, the feelings of the Americans and the anti-Japanese allies. Selfishly reached a settlement with the Japanese.

Gao Jiu was suppressed with a big hat, so he couldn't say anything, he just said that he would definitely consider the government's opinion.

After sending away the government representatives, Gao Jiu called Wang Zhankui, Guo Hengming, Tian Chuan, Li Chengwu, Wang Guimin and others to discuss a solution to the current predicament.

Wang Zhankui said: "Master Jiu, when we think about this issue, we should first consider the interests of the Taohuashan guerrillas, and don't care about interference from other parties. The big idea of ​​this matter is still up to you. What do you think about Taohua The cause of the mountain guerrillas is beneficial, so do what you want. The reason why Wang Zhankui said this is not because he likes the Japanese so much. He wants to speak for the Japanese, but because he was suppressed and betrayed by the government before, and he has always been bitter about it. Yu Huai.

Therefore, he is unwilling to satisfy any requests from the government.

Of course, he is not a person who is completely disregarding the overall situation and acting impulsively. His opinion still has some truth.The reason why Gao Jiu was invincible and he was often able to get the cooperation of the Japanese in battle was mainly due to his trustworthy credit.If the credit is lost, it will have an impact on Gao Jiu's reputation. Not only will the Japanese no longer trust Gao Jiu, but other forces will also question Gao Jiu's reputation.

In fact, Gao Jiu agreed with Wang Zhankui's opinion.If you consider the stakes, the Americans and the British are still on the government side. Even if Gao Jiu refuses to agree to their conditions, they are still on the same front as Gao Jiu. Nine grievances.What's more, Gao Jiu can play an important and even irreplaceable role on the anti-Japanese battlefield.

From this point of view, the anti-government allies will not do anything against Gao Jiu.

Guo Hengming, Tian Chuan, Wang Guimin, and Li Chengwu, who have followed Gao Jiu for many years, all understand the thoughts of the master, and they support Gao Jiu's opinion.

So far, the core members of Taohuashan have basically agreed on their opinions. They decided to rule out interference and hand over these Japanese prisoners of war to the Japanese to take them back.

After Gao Jiu made up his mind, he called Jia Liu and asked him to inform Hejian Daisaku to discuss the transfer of Japanese prisoners of war.

At this moment, someone asked to see him.Gao Jiu felt his scalp tingle when he saw the person who came. The person who came was a member of the delegation sent by the U.S. Military Industry Department to the northern area of ​​the Golden Triangle, that is, the big girl Mary and Weideman.

After meeting the two, Gao Jiu bit the bullet and said very politely: "Welcome Mr. Weidman, welcome Miss Mary! May I ask why you are here?"

Mary is not representing the Ministry of Military Industry this time, but the U.S. military. She also came to talk to Gao Jiu about the Japanese prisoners of war.

After seeing Gao Jiu, Mary's complexion was very bad, even a little ugly.She said bluntly in a questioning tone: "Mr. Gao, these damn Japanese are executioners, despicable and shameless barbarians. How can you let them go? On behalf of the US military, I lodge a solemn protest with you."

The reason why Mary was so angry was not only because Gao Jiu wanted to let the Japanese go, the most important thing was that she had always pretended to be Gao Jiu in her heart.

Not only did Gao Jiu already have a lover, he even had a child now, which made Mary very disappointed and very angry. In addition, she accepted the entrustment of the US military to talk to Gao Jiu about the Japanese prisoners of war. Naturally, Gao Jiu wouldn't give Gao Jiu a good look.

Gao Jiu himself didn't want to get entangled with Mary, so he also said bluntly: "These Japanese prisoners were obtained by us sacrificing countless anti-Japanese fighters and fighting bloody battles. We let them go not to make these Japanese cheaper, but to let them go. It is to disintegrate the enemy army and prevent the Japanese army from staunchly resisting on the battlefield in the future, thereby reducing the casualties of the anti-Japanese soldiers.

We do this from the perspective of the overall situation of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and it is one of the correct methods of fighting the enemy that have been proven in practice.Besides, I have the right to decide this matter, and no one has the right to interfere. "Gao Jiu said this on purpose. He was very worried that the American girl would play around with him like a woman, and he would not be able to get along with her when the time came.

Seeing Gao Jiu's attitude, Mary became more and more angry. She simply pointed at Gao Jiu and said, "Gao Jiu, you are unreasonable. What you do is completely wrong. You are hurting us in the United States. human feelings.

If you don't listen to dissuasion and insist on doing this, you will definitely pay the price. "

Gao Jiu wanted this kind of atmosphere, he just wanted to break up with Ma Li and get rid of her entanglement.He said decisively: "I have already decided on this matter, there is no room for further discussion. That's it, see off the guests." After speaking, Gao Jiu got up and walked out.

Mary's face was flushed with anger, tears rolled in her eye sockets for a while, and finally fell down.At this moment, she hated Gao Jiu very much, hated Gao Jiu for being incomprehensible, ruthless, hurting her own feelings, and also hated him for not giving face to Americans.

She became a little annoyed and wanted to scold Gao Jiu, but after all, she had received a good education and had a good upbringing.She opened her mouth a few times, but finally she didn't say any more ugly words.

The head of the delegation temporarily assigned by the US military this time is actually Colonel Weidman.He originally thought that Mary had a close relationship with Gao Jiu and was a great beauty. There were many beautiful women around Gao Jiu. It can be seen that Gao Jiu is still a bit lustful and easily influenced by women. Therefore, he first asked Mary to discuss with Gao Jiu about What happened to the Japanese prisoners of war did not expect such a result.

Seeing that Gao Jiu said everything to death, Wei Deman felt a little regretful in his heart, and felt that he might as well come to discuss with Gao Jiu himself.

After leaving Gao Jiu's residence and returning to the guest house, he asked Mary to rest, and he went back to his room to rest for a while.After sorting out his thoughts, he came to see Gao Jiu again.

Because Gao Jiu's attitude just now was already very bad, Weidman felt a little worried. He thought as he walked, he had to say some gentle words to Gao Jiu that could change the atmosphere, so as not to be embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, when he saw Gao Jiu, Gao Jiu greeted him with a smile, and his attitude was very kind.

Gao Jiu smiled and said: "Mr. Weidman, I heard that you are the head of the US military delegation. It is normal for us to talk directly. We are old friends. Straight up."

Seeing Gao Jiu's kind attitude towards him, Weidman immediately felt relieved.He and Gao Jiu are really old acquaintances, and they know Gao Jiu very well.He knew that he couldn't talk about great truths with people like Gao Jiu, and he had to be down-to-earth.

So he directly showed his hole cards and said: "Mr. Gao, I know that these Japanese prisoners of war were captured by you who fought bloody battles, sacrificed blood, and paid countless hardships. How to deal with these prisoners of war? No right to say anything.

However, I came here to make a suggestion to Mr. Gao. I have been authorized by the US military, and I am willing to exchange these Japanese prisoners of war with rice yuan or weapons or other things that Mr. Gao wants.Mr. Gao, what do you think?Feel free to talk directly about your offer. "

Although Gao Jiu had already made up his mind, when he heard that Weidman was negotiating terms with him again, he was still a little curious and wanted to hear what benefits the Americans could give him.

(End of this chapter)