However, in Umezu Yoshijiro's view, the independent division was arrogant, and his various performances at the negotiation table made him frown. It was a bit difficult to deal with fools. Zhou Weiguo's behavior was not in line with common sense.
"The independent division is unwilling to accept mediation?" Umezu Yoshijiro touched his chin and squinted his eyes, "It's just that he wants to show off his power and seek greater interests. He is certainly not a young man who can be underestimated."
"Here comes someone."
"Hi!"
"Call back to the Tianjin negotiation team. As long as the bottom line explained before is not touched, the mediation will be completed as soon as possible."
"Hi!"
…
So after Inoue and Nakajima in Tianjin received the telegram, they were a little confused. In other words, this is how the account was settled today?
"Ya Lu!" Inoue was unwilling to give in, "Is this the case?"
"Inoue-kun, that seems to be what the commander means." Nakajima nodded. Although he was unhappy, he was definitely not as unhappy as Inoue. You know, Inoue was slapped by Zhou Weiguo more than ten or twenty times.
Inoue was silent, closed his eyes angrily, and stopped talking. That would be it for today.
April 30, Tianjin, German Concession.
Seeing Inoue's swollen face again, Zhou Weiguo burst into laughter. Why didn't he feel so happy yesterday?
When Zhou Weiguo smiled, Inoue and Nakajima became very embarrassed.
"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Fang, Mr. Inoue, Mr. Nakajima, please take a seat." The German representative broke the awkwardness and spoke.
So everyone sat down.
"Today, let's continue yesterday's topic, about the mediation between China and Japan." The German representative said again.
"Continue the topic from yesterday?" Zhou Weiguo tilted his head and made a slap in the face gesture, "Is this it?"
One action made Inoue extremely embarrassed and angry, "Mr. Zhou, if you continue to insult me and our Empire of Japan, then it's okay not to mediate."
Zhou Weiguo nodded, "If that's the case, then I'll leave."
With that said, Zhou Weiguo stood up and was about to walk out.
Once again not following the routine, Nakajima quickly stood up and said, "General Zhou, General Zhou, stay!"
Zhou Weiguo turned around and looked at him with a smile, "It's you who want to mediate, and it's you who don't want to mediate. If you don't talk nicely, don't blame me as an independent master for being ruthless. I never tolerate others being arrogant in front of me. You know,
My brothers from the independent division have surrounded the entire concession. If you make me unhappy, I don’t mind. There will be smoke everywhere."
Zhou Weiguo said this in Chinese. Regardless of whether they understood it or not, Zhou Weiguo sat down and said, "I will give you another chance."
How could these representatives who came to China not understand some Chinese? He opened his mouth, feeling that Zhou Weiguo could really do such a thing. The American representative spoke, "You two from Japan, please save your time and speak carefully.
."
"That's right." The British representative nodded.
"If you are unwilling to talk properly, then I think this mediation is unnecessary." The French representative also spoke. For a moment, Inoue was really speechless. It was obviously Zhou Weiguo who provoked him first, wasn't he?
"We understand." Nakajima nodded, but he still helped Inoue. If Inoue does this again, he might be the one to make the decision.
After being pulled, Inoue realized that he could not do whatever he wanted here, so he took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I understand, please start."
The German representative finally nodded happily. It was not easy. "According to Japan's intention, it wants to achieve temporary peace between the two countries."
Inoue and Nakajima nodded, it was only a temporary peace, because they never gave up the invasion of China.
Zhou Weiguo sneered, "Temporary peace? How long is this time? What is the use of mediation just for temporary peace?"
"Mr. Zhou." Nakajima stood up, "The matters between you and us cannot be resolved by a small mediation. The mediation here today will be beneficial to both parties. After all, once the war begins,
It’s going to kill someone, right?”
Zhou Weiguo nodded, "That's true. Let's do it this way. If you want to mediate, you can agree, but I have requirements."
"Mr. Zhou, please speak."
"Since it was you who proposed mediation, I think your country will always have to pay something."
Nakajima nodded. Inoue remained silent.
"Let's put it this way, no matter which Nationalist government talks to you before, your country should have said that it would withdraw all its troops from China. Of course, that is a major national matter and cannot be solved by one mediation."
"Originally, I wanted to continue to capture the Beiping, Tangshan, and Baoding areas." Zhou Weiguo said, "I don't ask for much. I just want your army to withdraw the troops from Beiping, Tangshan, and Baoding. This is also the opportunity I give you.
Withdraw, otherwise, don't blame my independent division for being cruel."
"Impossible!" Inoue stood up and retorted loudly, even pulling the wounds on his face while speaking.
Zhou Weiguo shrugged and looked at Nakajima, "Although I don't know which of you will make the decision, I think that this colonel cannot make the decision. May I ask, do his words represent the meaning of your Japanese military?"
Nakajima was silent for a while, then pulled Inoue down, "General Zhou, your request is too high, please change it. If General Zhou doesn't know, then I have a suggestion. Over the past few years, our army has many possessions from your country.
prisoners."
Zhou Weiguo's face suddenly darkened. Are you talking about the prisoners? "I'm really sorry. Unfortunately, I have a bunch of generals from your army on my hands."
"Hi! What I mean is to conduct a prisoner exchange." Nakajima said, these generals from the Tianjin Command must be exchanged back.
"Haha, the value is different." Zhou Weiguo smiled pretending not to care, "I wonder how many prisoners your army has in your hands? And what price will it cost to exchange for the prisoners in my hands?"
Nakajima was silent for a while, "According to what I know, the highest rank among the prisoners held by your army is major general."
Zhou Weiguo nodded, "What about the highest military rank of the prisoners in your army's hands?"
"He is also a major general." Nakajima replied.
"In that case, in this case, for these prisoners in my hands, one major general will be replaced by five major generals in your hands." Zhou Weiguo said, not that he looked down on the prisoners in the hands of the Japanese, but only in this way can we save as many people as possible.
, Zhou Weiguo had limited prisoners in his hands.
Nakajima shook his head, "No, a major general is replaced by a major general."
Zhou Weiguo also shook his head, "One for five."
"One for two!" Nakajima increased the price.
Zhou Weiguo continued to shake his head, "One for five, no bargaining." The initiative now lies in Zhou Weiguo's hands, and Zhou Weiguo still has the confidence.
Nakajima was silent for a moment, "General Zhou, one for five is impossible. The highest, one for four."
"Okay, deal." Zhou Weiguo nodded, exchanging four for one, and he was actually relatively satisfied.