The Republic of Heroes

"Absolutely not!"

Wu Xiaoliang unceremoniously refused. He made so much effort to keep the battleship Suidong. The most important thing he lacks now is money. Sun Jiayu took advantage of Liangda to earn hundreds of millions of assets for him, saying that he is as rich as an enemy. Never exaggerate.

Tsukada Gong was dumbfounded. He imagined countless possibilities, but he never expected that General China would flatly refuse, and immediately stayed on the spot, hesitating how to persuade the stubborn General China next.

Not only Tsukada Gong, but Fang Qidao also secretly blamed Wu Xiaoliang for not acting out of temper, but he knew that he could not directly object, so he could only cough as a reminder.

"Tukada-kun, I only offer 1000 million. If you can't decide, the telegraph office in Vladivostok can send a long-distance telegram. You can go back and send a telegram to ask for instructions before replying to me."

Wu Xiaoliang is still very tough, he does not intend to make any concessions on the battleship Suidong.

"Leave aside the issue of the warship ransom. Let's discuss the next issue. The prisoners of the 24th regiment, we don't have too much food to feed them. If your country can't come up with a suitable solution, then they He will probably be sent to the mine to dig coal!"

Tsukada took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and then unbuttoned his collar. Compared with the battleship Hanoi, he valued Chief Miyake and the 24th Regiment. This time, he wanted to take the 24th Regiment back no matter what. .

"Okay, but I don't know what your Excellency General is planning..."

Wu Xiaoliang laughed, "Based on head count, there are 1311 prisoners of war regardless of officers and soldiers. According to the discussion of the staff, they are sent to mines to dig coal, but for various considerations, I think they are Japanese soldiers after all. Soldiers, sending them to do hard labor will damage the majesty of the Japanese Empire, why not, you can redeem them at a price of [-] each, what does Tsukada-kun think?"

Tsukada Gong secretly scolded Wu Xiaoliang for being cunning and greedy. Each person paid 1311 yuan. If he wanted to redeem 300 people, he got 300 million silver dollars, which happened to be deducted from the warship payment. In the end, he still had to give him [-] million yuan. There is such a good thing?The people of China are deceiving too much.

However, he really had no other way. After much deliberation, he decided to ask the Prime Minister for instructions. For such an important issue, he absolutely did not dare to be the master, and he also could not bear the responsibility.

"Since Your Excellency the General proposed a solution, I will go back and ask the Prime Minister for instructions, and we will discuss this issue before we discuss it."

After Tsukada attacked back, he took Wu Xiaoliang's approval note and sent a telegram to the country overnight, reporting the general policy of the Chinese people's plan to arrive at the ship with money and replace them with money.After a long day and two nights of waiting, but no reply, he gradually began to be disappointed. Perhaps the prime minister in the temple was already disappointed in him.

Waiting, especially waiting without a definite result is the most tormenting. For two nights, Tsukada Gong couldn't fall asleep. He felt that if he continued like this, he would collapse, but fortunately this situation didn't last long. The third At [-]:[-] noon, Japan finally sent back a telegram, the whole text only had two words, "Yes"!

Although it was just the simplest two words, Tsukada Gong was ecstatic, but after a moment of ecstasy, he calmed down. How could the Prime Minister of Terauchi agree to such a harsh request?He didn't expect that the country would agree. The reason why he sent a telegram back was completely helpless. He kicked the ball to those big bosses and officials in the country, but he didn't expect these old guys to agree. Could it be that they Get lost insanity, everyone is old and confused?

It was a lot of wild thinking, and finally he decided to fight with reason and try to compress the conditions within the most reasonable range.

"What? 2000 million? Absolutely not, Suidong Army can't afford so much money..."

This time Fang Qidao was ordered to negotiate with Tsukada Gong, and he still took a tough stand. Tsukada Gong was so angry at his way of negotiating that his forehead throbbed.However, after two days of fierce confrontation, they finally achieved the results of their initial assumptions.

First of all, the payment amount of the Hanoi ship was upgraded from 1000 million to 2000 million, and the individual redemption price for soldiers of the 24th Regiment was reduced from 1 yuan to 5000 yuan. This is not a small victory.

However, Fang Qidao finally posed a super problem for him. He proposed that after making such a big concession, he hoped that Japan could sell a certain amount of large-caliber shells to Suidong. As the name suggests, the so-called large-caliber shells will definitely not It is an ordinary shell with a caliber of 360 mm, and it must be a super shell with a caliber of [-] mm and a weight of half a ton.

Tsukada Gong also had no choice but to suspend the negotiation, and once again sent a telegram to the country to ask for instructions. This time, the reply was very fast. In addition to the word, there are two more words, "as appropriate".He immediately understood it, but felt faintly surprised, why did those old guys in the cabinet become so talkative after that?

Therefore, Tsukada Gong went to Wu Xiaoliang non-stop, and told him that the imperial cabinet had agreed to all the conditions proposed by Suidong, and asked him to start the procedure of releasing the prisoners of war immediately.

Wu Xiaoliang was also very surprised. This is obviously not the Japanese way of doing things. They have always been the ones who only allow others to suffer and take advantage of themselves. How did they change their nature?But he still did not agree to immediately release the prisoners of war. Now everything is a verbal agreement. He needs to record these negotiation terms in written form. At the same time, this matter must be signed by someone with a corresponding status in Japan. number.

"It's the last step, Tsukada-kun."

Tsukada Gong had an expression on his face that he had thought that you would not readily agree, and persisted through the 99 steps. Of course, he would not let the whole negotiation go to waste because of this last step.

"Your Excellency, please speak!"

"We need Japan to send someone with a similar status, preferably from the military, to sign with us, so that it will have full legal effect."

Tsukada Gong thought for a while, and felt that General Shina's request was reasonable, so he got up and left, and went to the telegraph office again to ask the country for instructions.This time the cabinet still kept him waiting for a day and two nights. On the morning of the third day, a telegram was sent back from Japan, with a simple line: "General Otani is leaving today!"

Finally, Wu Xiaoliang couldn't stand Tsukada Gong's soft and hard thinking, and ordered to start the screening of prisoners of war to make preliminary preparations for their release.But just when all the Japanese prisoners of war felt that they were going home soon.A whole battalion of soldiers with live ammunition drove into the prisoner-of-war camp, and all the officers were escorted away. Miyake Miyake also boarded the carriage they brought and left in a hurry.

The Japanese soldiers were ordered to return to their barracks, and were not allowed to go out without an order. Sensitive people immediately realized that something serious must have happened outside.