Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 1125 Negotiations
All the guns of the Dragon Army were aimed at the US positions, and the Longwei Army Command had issued the final order to end the battle in Atlanta on this day.The soldiers have all entered the designated positions, the bayonets have been loaded, and the fuses of the grenades are pulled on their fingers; the engines of the tanks are roaring, ready to be put into the battlefield at any time.All the Chinese troops participating in the war are only waiting for the final order from the headquarters.

Suddenly, two Americans walked out of the early morning mist. The one walking in the front wore the rank of Brigadier General, held a white flag high in his hand, and kept talking in English.The commander of the [-]th Division, who was in charge of the main attack, knew some English, and he vaguely heard what the American man was yelling, "Don't shoot, I'm here to surrender!"

Luo Lie called an interpreter. After listening for a while, the interpreter told Luo Lie, "That man is Brigadier General Mislin, the chief of staff of the U.S. Army. He negotiated the surrender on behalf of Admiral MacArthur."

"I don't come sooner or later, but I come at this time." Luo Lie cursed in a muttered voice, "Take him to the commander-in-chief and order the soldiers to stop attacking temporarily. It seems that this time is going to be a waste of time." Already!"

Passing through the Chinese positions, Mislin saw the curious eyes of the Chinese soldiers and the daunting bayonets in their hands. He straightened his chest as hard as he could, trying to maintain the dignity of an American officer.When Mislin passed the Chinese field hospital, he was surprised to find that many women from various countries were busy there, many of them looked like European girls, which made Mislin very curious.

"Colonel Mislin!" A European girl ran over. She obviously knew Mislin. When she ran to Mislin, she realized that the colonel had been promoted to brigadier general: "Oh, sorry, I should call you now General Mislin, don’t you know me? I’m Jennifer, an American reporter, and I interviewed you.”

It was only then that Mislin remembered this well-known reporter in the United States. Ever since she was kidnapped in Mexico and rescued by Chinese soldiers, this beautiful reporter had never concealed her love for the Chinese military officer. She traveled across the sea to China to find her sweetheart. After she came to China for the last time, she lost news of her, but she appeared here unexpectedly.

"Miss Jennifer, it's a great honor to meet you here." Mislin said very gentlemanly: "Have you found your sweetheart?"

Jennifer nodded seriously, and said with a happy face: "Yes, I have found it and I have become his wife. According to the Chinese custom, you should call me Mrs. Zhuang now. My husband is his wife. An officer in China, and as for his position, oh God, I can't tell you, they have a lot of discipline."

Mislin thought, maybe this person can help him: "Then I should congratulate you, Miss Jennifer, oh no, Mrs. Zhuang. Then why did you come back to America?"

Jennifer doesn't feel sorry for her country being devastated by the flames of war. She now feels that she is a completely standard Chinese: "After I married my husband, I was still working as a reporter. This time it was On behalf of the "China Daily" came to the United States for an interview. There were a lot of wounded transported from the front yesterday, and they were too busy, so I came to help. There are many women in this country. That is the famous American anti Ms. Zhan, Ms. Stancy, now she is also the wife of a Chinese colonel; that one is the Filipino girl Yasi; that one is the French nun Sister Elena. By the way, what about you, what are you doing here? Are the Americans ready to surrender?"

"Yes." Mislin looked a little embarrassed: "General MacArthur felt that enough people had died in this war, and he didn't want to continue this death game, so he ordered me to discuss surrender with the Chinese. matter. Mrs. Zhuang, your husband is a senior Chinese military officer, and you are also an American, I hope you can do your best to facilitate this matter."

"No, I'm a Chinese now." Jennifer corrected the brigadier general's mistake: "My husband will be very upset if you say that. At the same time, my husband strictly forbids me to interfere in everything in the army. , However, I have interviewed Chief of Staff Zhu Peide and the general many times, I can inform them and let the two generals meet you." Jennifer really did what she said, and Zhu Peide met with the negotiators of the US military immediately.Firstly, they were curious about why the U.S. military suddenly surrendered; secondly, they were really troubled by the bad record of this beautiful reporter in the past.

"Let me introduce to you, this is the general, this is General Zhu Peide." After entering the headquarters, Jennifer said, and then pointed to Mislin: "This is the chief of staff of Admiral MacArthur, the plenipotentiary representative of the negotiation Commodore Mislin."

He nodded slightly, and pointed to the seat next to him: "Please sit down, General Mislin. I think that General MacArthur's decision may be correct, and surrender is your best choice."

Brigadier General Mislin sat down a bit nervously. The general in front of him was a famous man who commanded thousands of troops to conquer the north and south. In front of such a person, Mislin seemed somewhat inferior.

"Although the negotiations between our army and General Clark's troops were fruitless some time ago, we still have hope for the negotiations." He said flatly: "We still welcome the request of the United States to lay down its arms. General MacArthur It seems a bit late to make this decision, if it had been earlier, more innocent casualties could have been avoided."

Mislin shrugged helplessly: "We are soldiers, and our responsibility is to fight. If it is not a last resort, I don't think we will surrender. Your Excellency, at this point, I hope you can understand the US military and MacArthur. The general’s difficulties, I don’t want the negotiations to be in a state of mutual distrust from the very beginning.”

Zhu Peide smiled: "We don't want to either, but it must depend on the attitude of the Americans."

Mislin felt that he was now full of shame and sorrow. Only the Americans had always spoken to the troops of other countries in this way.I remember that during the American Revolutionary War, facing the powerful British army, the United States also triumphed with pride. In August 1781, the British general Cornwallis led 8 British troops to retreat to Yorktown at the top of the Virginia Peninsula.At this time, in the entire North American battlefield, the British army mainly shrank to two points in New York and Yorktown.Washington personally led the French and American coalition forces to secretly go south to Virginia. At the same time, the French fleet led by De Grasse also arrived in the waters outside Yorktown, defeated the ships that came to aid the British, and completely controlled the command of the sea in the theater. On August 7000, 8 Franco-American trains surrounded Yorktown from both land and sea.Under the heavy bombardment of the Allied artillery, Cornwallis was desperate, and on October 28, 17, the fourth anniversary of Burgoyne's surrender, he requested surrender negotiations. On October 1781, 10 British trains walked out of Yorktown, when the neatly dressed red shirts passed by the ragged American soldiers and put down their weapons.The military band played the famous movement "Turned Upside Down, The World Is Turned Upside Down".So this time, it should be the turn of the Chinese to play the music.

On behalf of General MacArthur, Brigadier General Mislin put forward the following conditions to the Chinese: to ensure the safety of the lives of American surrendered officers and soldiers, to ensure that they were treated humanely in the prisoner-of-war camps; to ensure that American officers could receive the same treatment as when they served in the US military.Whether it is food, clothing and housing; it is guaranteed that after the war is over and China and the United States have signed the agreement.The American soldiers who surrendered can be released immediately; American officers do not have to undertake any physical labor in the POW camps. Soldiers can, but they must be paid the same according to the American work law. Unjust treatment brought about by long-term labor; American military officers have the right to be jointly responsible for the management of prisoner-of-war camps with Chinese military officers, etc.

The more he listened, the more he frowned deeply. He looked at Zhu Peide and found that his expression was the same as his own.

"Now you can go back, don't go any further." Interrupted the chattering Brigadier General Mislin: "Go back and tell your General MacArthur. Get ready to fight. Since he has shown a certain sincerity of surrender today, then I You can also order my troops to postpone the launch of the general offensive until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning!"

Brigadier General Mislin looked astonished. He didn't understand why the Chinese suddenly turned their backs. He didn't think he said something wrong, or offended the Chinese commander in any way.

Shaking his head: "I don't think General MacArthur thinks he has surrendered, and the prisoner-of-war camp is definitely not a prisoner-of-war camp according to your conditions. What is General MacArthur thinking? Do you think he is here for vacation? Or does he think that the Chinese prisoner-of-war camp Here, can help the United States solve the unemployment problem? Fortunately, our emperor did not hear this, otherwise he will issue the most severe order and give General MacArthur a severe punishment. Before you and your general negotiate, you must first Know our emperor's temperament and our ability to bear it. I don't want to seal all the doors of negotiations, but such conditions are absolutely unacceptable to us!"

"Go back and tell General MacArthur." He said coldly: "I can promise him that as long as he and his army put down their weapons, walk out of the trenches, and stop engaging in unnecessary resistance, then I can guarantee that the lives of American officers and soldiers will definitely be affected." Our guarantee, and when conditions permit, we will release some prisoners of war in batches."

(End of this chapter)