Su Rui was stunned. Liang Zhi, Liao Lei, and Xu Zuyi who were talking about it were also stunned. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, who were looking at the map carefully and frowning, were also stunned.
"What is he here for?"
Su Rui raised his head. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi also cast doubtful glances at him. He could only shrug his shoulders and make a very Western gesture.
Seeing Suri's expression of confusion, Li Zongren pondered for a moment and smiled and said: "Zhongxin, since Hurley and Sir Carl are here together, we can't just leave them outside, so we might as well meet them."
Suri nodded: "Well, that's fine, let them come in."
Soon, Hurley and Sir Carl entered Suri's office under the leadership of their staff. As soon as they entered the door, they saw five or six generals sitting or standing in the office. At this moment, they all looked at each other.
Looking at myself.
Seeing this situation, Hurley and Sir Carl immediately realized that they had arrived at the wrong time. Suddenly they saw so many generals in each other's office, and the fool knew that the other party was discussing something.
After Sir Carl entered the office following Hurley, his eyes quickly shifted to the three sitting generals. The reason for this was not because the shoulders of these three generals were shining with the rank of general.
Three generals, but based on his many years of experience, he could clearly feel that the status of the three generals in this office was obviously the highest, especially the young soldier in the middle who surprised him.
As the ambassador of the British Empire to China, Sir Carl naturally has a wide range of sources of information. As soon as he saw the young man sitting in the middle looking at him with a smile, he immediately recognized that this was the protagonist he was looking for today.
.is also the current ruler of the four provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi and Fujian. Su Rui was appointed as a first-class army general by the National Government when he was just thirty years old.
"Colonel Hurley, Sir Carl, welcome to your arrival." Suri stood up with a smile and extended his right hand towards the front.
After seeing Su Rui, Sir Carl also stopped. He politely extended his right hand to shake it with him, and said in the usual reserved tone of the British: "Hello General Su, first of all, I want to express my presumptuous arrival and disturbance.
I apologize for interrupting the meeting between you and these generals, but I hope you can forgive my abruptness, because I am here to discuss some matters with you under the orders of the British Empire Government."
Sir Carl had just finished speaking. Hurley, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but his heart jumped sharply. He had dealt with Suri several times, and he knew very well the proud temper of the guy in front of him who was always smiling.
Sir Carl's tone of voice, which may appear polite on the surface but is full of arrogance, will definitely make the other party unhappy.
Sure enough, after Sir Carl finished speaking, Su Rui's eyes twitched slightly, nodded with a smile, pointed to the sofa next to him and said: "That's it. Sir Carl, Colonel Hurley,
You guys take a seat first."
After the two parties sat down, an orderly came in and brought tea to everyone. Suri sat on the single sofa and leaned back in a comfortable posture, and then said to Hurley: "Colonel Hurley, since
Goodbye last time. Although you have been in Guangzhou all the time, you haven't come to chat with me for a long time, which is not good."
"Friend, I'm just a bastard who wants to be friends with you." Hurley secretly cursed the hypocritical guy in front of him, but he had to put on a smile on the surface. "General, I'm really sorry. I've been
I'm really too busy. If I hadn't accompanied Sir Carl here today, I'm afraid it would have been some time before I could see you."
"Oh, that's right. I wonder what you have been busy with recently..."
Suri just talked nonsense with Hurley one sentence after another, but turned a blind eye to Sir Carl who was so close at hand, as if he was a transparent person.
The people present were either generals, military attaches, or ambassadors of a country. Su Rui's attitude was so obvious that they could naturally see it clearly. Sir Carl had made it very clear just now that he came to Su Rui on behalf of the British government.
Rui had something to discuss, but this guy was so good that he just left him there. What do you think of him, a transparent person?
Seeing this situation, the corners of Sir Carl's eyes couldn't help but beat sharply a few times, and a wave of anger rose from his chest to his mind.
"This guy dares to ignore me. This general of a third-rate country actually ignores me, the diplomatic ambassador of the British Empire. This is really unforgivable!" The anger in Sir Carl's heart became more and more furious, but as the ambassador to China, he still
Soon the diplomat's rationality suppressed the anger in his heart.
It's just that although Sir Carl's expression was well concealed, who were Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi sitting on the other side? Having been in the officialdom for most of their lives, they could easily detect this guy's hidden anger.
Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren looked at each other and gave a very cryptic look, hinting at what to do. Li Zongren slowly shook his head, indicating not to be anxious and wait and see how the gaffe develops. As for Liang Zhi, Xu Zuyi and Liao
Although Lei understood it, the three bosses did not speak in this situation. They were not even qualified to speak, so they could only sit aside and stare.
After talking for a while, Hurley finally couldn't bear it anymore. He had to interrupt Su Rui and said: "Dear General Su, it is really a pleasure to chat with you, but I still have to regret to tell you that today
I am just a supporting role, Sir Carl represents the British government today and is discussing important matters with you."
"Oh...really? I'm so sorry. I was so happy when I saw my old friend. I'm really sorry." Su Rui pretended to suddenly realize it, turned his head and smiled and nodded to Sir Carl sitting beside him to apologize.
Just looking at him, there wasn't even a trace of embarrassment in his look.
Gritting his teeth secretly, Sir Carl tried his best to pretend to be formal and said: "Dear General Su, hello, I am here to discuss some matters with you on behalf of the British Empire government. Please allow me to discuss it in detail alone.
Is it okay?"
"Oh? That's right. But I don't think we need to talk alone. The people sitting here are all senior generals from our four theaters. General Li Zongren and General Bai Chongxi are the top leaders of our government, and their status is higher than mine.
It's only high, not low, so I don't think there's any need to avoid them, let's talk here."
Su Rui refused without hesitation Sir Karl's request to be alone. Seeing Karl's face becoming darker and darker, Su Rui felt happy in his heart. The guy just came in with a tone that he could not refuse and said:
Speaking for yourself, you really treat yourself as a piece of cake. Do you think Britain is still the empire on which the sun never sets in the past? The Germans have beaten you to that kind of virtue, but you haven’t put down the arrogance in your heart.
, which makes people feel uncomfortable when they see it.
"Okay, let's talk here." Although Sir Karl's face turned black with anger, he still had to pretend to sit upright as if nothing had happened, and took out a document from the briefcase next to him and put it on the table.
He stood on his knees and said formally: "Dear General Su, as a senior general of your country, you must be very familiar with what happened in the English Channel in Europe. Am I right?"
Suri also put away the smile on his face and nodded solemnly: "Yes, respected Sir Carl, I am very sorry for what happened in Dunkirk. The Germans' ambitions for the world are well known.
It is very commendable that your country can hold high the banner of justice and resolutely stand with the French people to resist fascist aggression. I personally express my heartfelt condolences to the heroic British soldiers and civilians who are fighting on the front line of the battlefield to resist fascism.
We express our sincere admiration." After saying that, Suri bowed slightly to Sir Karl.
Seeing this scene, everyone including Hurley, Li, and Bai had a look of surprise on their faces. They didn't expect that this guy who looked a little narrow-minded could actually say something like this that made people confused.
The diplomatic rhetoric. But what everyone didn't know was that this guy had seen countless similar things in another time and space. Even if he didn't deliberately remember it, those diplomatic rhetoric that had been honed by countless diplomats had long been deeply ingrained in his mind.
It came to his mind, and now that he wanted to use it, he naturally opened his mouth to do it.
"Thank you very much for your comments on our government and people." Seeing the unfailing expression on Suri's face, Sir Carl's dislike for this guy could not help but lighten a lot. It seems that this guy is not that annoying after all.
.
"General Su, I am glad to hear your evaluation of our government and our military and civilians. I would like to express my gratitude to you on behalf of our government." A rare smile appeared on Sir Carl's face. "Actually, I came here this time because I have suffered a lot.
We are entrusted by our government to discuss some matters with you."
Su Rui nodded and said solemnly: "Please speak."
"Okay." Sir Carl straightened up, opened the briefcase on his knees, took out a document and handed it to Su Rui with both hands. He solemnly said: "Dear General Su, although our country's soldiers and civilians are brave, the French army
Under resistance, the German tanks have been blocked on the other side of the English Channel, but the Germans have not put away their ambitions. Since July, the Germans have continuously sent planes to bomb our country, and countless people of the British Empire have
He was killed under the bombing of German planes. Although our pilots launched a brave counterattack against the Germans, our losses were huge because our fighter planes were far inferior to the German BF-109 in both performance and quantity.
And we have also heard that you have a fighter aircraft with very excellent performance and achieved excellent results in the battle against Japan. Therefore, our government hopes that you can provide us with these fighters to protect our airspace. This is the goal of our country.
The type and number of fighter aircraft the government hopes to obtain."
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