"What did you say?"

Baden was furious. When did a Chinese dare to speak to him in such a tone? Not to mention the mayor of Shanghai, even if Chairman Chiang came, he would still give him two cents.

"I said you were a coward." Lin Yue sneered, "Kick me out if you dare."

Baden was so angry that he blew his beard and glared: "Don't forget, if they weren't afraid of us, the Sihang Warehouse would have been captured by the Japanese long ago. You have no right to say this."

Lin Yue said: "But they are not afraid of you now."

"The Japanese said that what happened in the morning was a tactical mistake. The pilot of the fighter plane did not act in accordance with the command's requirements and committed suicide in the sea in order to avoid punishment."

"You just believe what the Japanese say? During September 18, the Japanese said that the Northeast Army blew up their South Manchuria Railway. During the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, they also said that a soldier was missing in Wanping. Your ambassador

They were blown up and they said they mistakenly targeted the target because of bad weather. You British people, in order to persuade yourselves not to have a direct conflict with the Japanese army, you even learned mental tactics. Oh, Mr. Baden may not know what it means.

Regarding mental warfare, if you have time, you might as well read Mr. Lu Xun’s short story "Kong Yiji", I believe you will definitely find yourself in the book."

Baden didn't know what "spiritual warfare" was, but he could feel the sarcasm in his words.

"Don't be arrogant. The 524th Regiment will soon receive a retreat order from the headquarters. At that time, you will have to lower the flag even if you don't want to."

Lin Yue smiled: "Whose order? Old Chiang Kai-shek?"

Baden said: "Of course."

"Oh, who said that the army must obey the orders given by the superiors? There is an old saying in China that 'a general will not accept military orders abroad', not to mention..."

He winked at Fang Xingwen: "Show the ambassador what you took."

Fang Xingwen shuddered and suddenly woke up. When he looked at Lin Yue again, the fear in his eyes turned into fear.

It seems that this guy has accurately predicted the British reaction early on.

The Japanese fighter planes destroyed the British airship and massacred the soldiers guarding the bridge. It was expected that the Chamberlain government would continue to appease in the face of the surging public pressure in the country. Baden contacted the National Army and asked the 524th Regiment to evacuate the Sihang Warehouse in order to change the tension.

The situation was also what he expected.

"What are you still doing? Hurry up."

"oh."

Fang Xingwen threw away the messy thoughts in his mind and showed Baden the picture he just took.

"The current 524th Regiment is no longer Xie Jinyuan's 524th Regiment. Do you think Chiang Kai-shek's orders are binding on me?" Lin Yue looked at Baden, whose face changed greatly, and said, "Don't think that you can solve all problems by controlling me.

If I didn't go back before dawn, they would take the initiative to attract the Japanese army to attack. At that time, if a shell fell into a natural gas tank in the concession, not only a few foreigners would die, but thousands of people in the concession would die.

How many Americans, French, and British people will die? Faced with this level of casualties, can that idiot Chamberlain continue to appease? I think the citizens of London will smash his ass."

"Do you know how many Chinese people are in the concession?"

"Xie Jinyuan will care about their lives, but I won't. Sacrifice hundreds of thousands of lives and force the Western world to become enemies of Japan. I think this deal is very cost-effective. After all, our lives are cheap."

"Madman, you are a madman."

"Yes, you are right, I am a madman. To deal with 'gentlemen' like you, I have to be a little bit crazy, otherwise I might be betrayed one day."

Baden stood up and walked back and forth in the hall, clenching his hands tightly, with visible veins bouncing on his temples.

Lin Yue seemed not to notice the face that affected his appetite, so he picked up the coffee cup on the table and took a long sip.

In the movie, the British put pressure on Chiang Kai-shek with the proposal of "humanely ending the war", and Chiang Kai-shek agreed. The condition given was that the British guaranteed that the soldiers of the 524th Regiment would evacuate through the concession and join the 88th Division on the Western Front. What was the result? The British

In order to please the Japanese, people turned around and sold the 524 group.

Here, he pretended to be a Japanese pilot and shot down a British airship, which made a really big news. If Chamberlain wants to continue to appease the Japanese, he must make this matter a big deal and a trivial matter. How can he achieve this effect? ​​Best

The only way is to distract the public and reduce the intensity of the incident. People are always forgetful. Sometimes the memory is not much better than that of a fish. As long as there are no more battles and no explosive news in Sihang Warehouse, things will be easy to handle in the future.

Already.

Therefore, Baden was the most eager to see the 524th Regiment retreat to the British Concession smoothly and orderly.

In fact, the Japanese are also very anxious. Before they can gain a foothold in controlling East China, on the one hand they are unwilling to break up with the Western powers, and on the other hand they are eager to get the Sihang Warehouse so that they can boost morale and promote their victory domestically. Likewise

It can also dampen the enthusiasm of the Chinese people to resist the war.

Therefore, the British and Japanese are anxious. They are anxious, but Lin Yue will naturally not be anxious. He will not let the 524 regiment in the eye of the storm become anxious. The less anxious his own people are, the more anxious the British and Japanese will be.

"Don't forget that you still have to win our support at the Brussels meeting."

"It's a joke. Now that the airship is destroyed by Japanese fighter planes, we have to cower and choose to settle the matter. Will that old dog Chamberlain agree to our request?"

"I want to drive out all the Shanghai citizens in the concession." Baden patrolled for a while and yelled at Lin Yue.

"Okay, tomorrow I will plant blue sky and white sun flags on the rooftop of Sihang Warehouse, and then brutally kill a few Japanese prisoners. Every day from now on, I will create some hot news for those reporters, so that the world's attention will focus on Sihang Warehouse." Lin

Yue sneered: "Do you think a master who is willing to sacrifice dozens or millions of lives in order to force Western countries to declare war on Japan would be afraid of such a threat?"

Baden took several deep breaths and walked up to Lin Yue: "What exactly do you want us to do before we are willing to evacuate Sihang Warehouse?"

Lin Yue smiled and said: "It is not impossible to allow the 524th Regiment to withdraw its troops. Japan and Britain must issue a joint statement, announcing to the outside world that they are requesting the national army to abandon the Sihang Warehouse out of humanitarian considerations, while ensuring the personal safety of the evacuated soldiers until they and the 88

The main forces of the division have gathered."

Baden sat back on the sofa with a sullen face. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Japanese army threatened to destroy China in three months. Now it seems that this goal cannot be achieved. Now Lin Yue asked Japan and Britain to issue a joint statement and requested the country out of humanitarian considerations.

Although I did not mean to ridicule the Japanese army, it is not easy to get the other party's consent. After all, such a joint statement is related to the international image, and once it is made, there is no room for change.

Lin Yue said: "Is this request difficult? Isn't it difficult? You must know that the Japanese army owes you more than a dozen British lives. If you are not willing to make even this concession, then in the future, grassroots soldiers will kill people from various Western countries.

There won’t be any worries.”

After saying this, without waiting for Baden to answer, he stood up and walked outside: "You have one night to contact the commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force. If you don't get a reply tomorrow morning, I will raise the first person on the rooftop of the Continental Bank warehouse.

Two flags.”

He paused briefly as he approached the door: "Du Yuesheng has a phone number to contact the other side."

He left, but Baden didn't go to see him off because he really wasn't in the mood to do so.

After coming out of the ambassador's residence, Fang Xingwen went to open the car door.

Lin Yue said: "If you want to stay in Nan'an, you can leave now."

Fang Xingwen was stunned for a moment, looked at the camera hanging on his chest, and thought about the suicide note given to him by Dragon Boat Festival with the words "Sacrificing one's life for righteousness, as one wishes", he shook his head, opened the car door and got in.

…

The next morning.

On the first floor of the Continental Bank warehouse, Qi Qi was awakened by the rapid ringing of the phone. He subconsciously went to pick up the microphone on the desk in front of him, when a half-circle-large hand held down his hand.

"Looking for me."

"Brother Lin?"

Qi Qi let go of his hand, and Lin Yue answered the phone.

It was a call from Baden's assistant. The content was very simple. He told him that as long as the 524th Regiment gave up the Sihang Warehouse, the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army agreed to issue a joint statement with Baden. Based on humanitarian considerations, the soldiers of the 524th Regiment would be evacuated from Shanghai through the British Concession.

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After hanging up the phone, there was a sound of footsteps at the door, and Xie Jinyuan walked in with Yang Ruifu and Shangguan Zhibiao.

"Who called?"

"Baden's assistant."

"Baden?" Xie Jinyuan didn't understand why Baden called. You must know that this old boy has been eager to avoid the officials of the National Government. How could he take the initiative to contact them this time? Could it be... because of what happened yesterday?

"Yes, Baden, he called us to tell us that the Japanese have agreed to the evacuation of the 524th Regiment through the British Concession."

"Evacuate, what are you talking about?"

Xie Jinyuan's face changed. You must know that he had no intention of evacuating the Sihang Warehouse. Just last night, looking at the rising enthusiasm of the residents of the South Bank for the war of resistance, he also warned himself that even if he fights to the last man, he must show the backbone of the national army.

And style, let the Japanese know that the Chinese are not easy to bully, why today...why did Baden say such a thing?

"Did you make the decision on your own?"

Lin Yue curled his lips: "I made my own decision? You will know soon whether I made my own decision or not."

"Tuanfu... Tuanfu..."

While the two were talking, a soldier ran over.

"The commander of the Japanese army is here and wants to see the regiment subordinate."

"Japanese commander? Where is he?"

“Just at the Qianmen Square.”

At this time Lin Yue walked outside.

Xie Jinyuan noticed his actions: "I haven't finished speaking yet, what are you doing?"
Chapter completed!