Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 1736
When Wavell and Ouyang Yun held talks in Bangkok, it coincided with the fierce battle between the British and German navies in the North Atlantic. Things forgot.It is also a coincidence that not long ago the British Navy sank the German battleship Bismarck in the ocean near France, killing more than [-] German naval officers and soldiers. The British cabinet is grateful for having a powerful Royal Navy. So after receiving Wavell's telegram, they were immediately moved by his proposal to sacrifice the French Far East Fleet in exchange for Chinese friendship and change the passive situation of the British army in the Far East.

Since the French government was preparing to surrender to the anti-Germany, the British regarded the French navy, ranked fourth in the world, as the sword of Damocles hanging above their heads.Although the current French navy has existed in name only, but because France has surrendered to Germany, its large Far East Fleet is still a big threat to the British.

"I think Wavell's proposal is feasible. The commander of the Far East Fleet, Jean Decourt, has always been wary of us. According to the current development trend, it cannot be ruled out that he will take refuge in the Germans or even the Japanese. My opinion and Like Commander Wavell, it is better to give it to the Chinese than to make it a sharp weapon for the enemy to use against us. The Japanese have already controlled the Strait of Malacca, and the Chinese cannot play its role even if they get the Far East Fleet. Of course, they If we insist on challenging the powerful Japanese navy with this, we have no objection, if they think that ocean-going ships are as easy to maneuver as sampans in the Yangtze River—” At the next day’s cabinet meeting, Aiden first expressed his opinion on Wavell’s proposal , he talked eloquently, and at the end he ridiculed the ability of the Xuebing army and sailors, which aroused everyone's ridicule.

The British are very proud of the combat power of the Royal Navy. As early as a year ago, their agents sent back information about the construction of an aircraft carrier by the cadet army in the United States, but they did not attract even the slightest attention from the British high-level.

Churchill then expressed his opinion: "I support the opinion of the Foreign Secretary." Then he used the topic and said: "In just one month, Britain lost Malaysia, Singapore and southern Myanmar successively in the Far East. The facts tell us that we alone It has been unable to stop the advance of the Japanese army. Did you know about the war that took place in Thailand last month? The "retaliation action" launched by the Xuebing Army was so powerful that it drove the Japanese out of Thailand and forced the Thai government to defect in just one week. Do you find it ironic? But it is the truth. Gentlemen, it is imperative to seek the help of the Xuebing Army in the Far East. Therefore, no matter how rude the Chinese are, we can only give in at this time. Of course, we cannot In vain to return to the villain. Commander Wavell mentioned in the telegram that General Ouyang Yun, the commander-in-chief of the Xuebing Army, once privately said that he was sure to rescue the British soldiers from the Singapore POW camp. I think this is the best condition What do you all think?"

The British Cabinet at this time was equivalent to Churchill's eloquence. Who dared to have any objections when he released his words, so Wavell received a call back from Churchill that night.

With the support of Churchill, it is said that it will be easy to talk about it, but the fact is the opposite.

The talks on the first day broke up unhappily, on the second day they had a happy talk, and on the third day, because Wavell had to wait for Churchill's reply, the meeting was delayed by one day at his request.On the fourth day, the atmosphere of the meeting was acceptable at the beginning, but when the conditions were discussed seriously, differences arose immediately.

In Wavell's words: "You Chinese are too greedy!"

Of course, Ouyang Yun disagreed.He said directly: "Yes, I want the Far East Fleet of the French, but do you think that just one Far East Fleet can offset the compensation you should make for killing tens of thousands of overseas Chinese and exchange the lives of more than 3 soldiers? Oh, forgot, it seems that you still want to take back the 'Langluga Prisoner of War Death Squad' that has received formal training. Hey, Your Excellency Commander, if you want to say greedy, you British are more suitable for this term."

Wavell's face was flushed red, he stood up and slapped the table and shouted: "Commander Ouyang, what do you mean there is no room for maneuver?"

Ouyang Yun looked at him calmly, and said coldly: "The Far East Fleet is just compensation, if you want to save people, you have to pay a new price. There is no free lunch in the world, you should be familiar with this saying."

"Then we don't need to talk—" Wavell dropped this sentence, and was about to leave with his sleeves.

Seeing this, Clary quickly pulled him back, and then said to Ouyang Yun: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, businessmen have room to bargain when doing business. Are you being too absolute?"

On the side of the British, Clary was Wavell's deputy; on the side of the Xuebing Army, Ouyang Yun's deputy was Chu Tiange.Clary stood up to smooth things over, and Chu Tiange also stood up, and he said to Clary, "Major General Clary, what you said has some truth, but you just saw that it was Wavell who spoke first without leaving any room for it. Commander." Then he persuaded Ouyang Yun: "Brother, we have a common enemy after all, we should leave some room for each other."

Ouyang Yun snorted, and over there, Wavell was pulled back to his seat by Clary.

Because of this, the talks on the fourth day broke up again.That night, at Clary's suggestion, Wavell suppressed his impatience and called London again for advice.He telegraphed London at eleven o'clock in the middle of the night Bangkok time, so Churchill saw the telegram that night.According to Clarley's proposal, Wavell specifically mentioned in the telegram that because the bottom line of the negotiations had been captured by the Xuebing Army, the Xuebing Army insisted on demanding compensation from the overseas Chinese and asked whether to give up the rescue of the captured soldiers in Singapore.And at the end of the telegram, also based on Clary's proposal, he added a seemingly insignificant additional message, saying that because the two parties had reached a preliminary intention two days ago, journalists from China, Britain, France and Thailand were attracted to cover the talks. The terms have been disclosed and so on.

It was this insignificant extra news that aroused Churchill's extreme dissatisfaction. He asked Aiden to be found overnight, and then handed him the telegram, cursing with a cigar: "Weville is as stupid as a pig, no, more than that." The pig is still stupid—is he a junior high school student who has just left school? I don’t know who was reserved during the negotiation, and I really don’t know how he became an admiral. Well now, once the relevant terms are disclosed, for the morale of the people , Singapore’s captured soldiers are saved whether we are saved or not.”

After reading the telegram, Aiden frowned and said, "The problem is that we don't know what the apprentice army wants. What if we can't meet the conditions they put forward?"

Churchill paced back and forth anxiously for a while, took out a cigar from his mouth with his right hand and said, "We can only talk about it first, and make a move according to the conditions. Wavell, bastard, I really want to shoot him!"

(End of this chapter)