When Zhou Weiguo returned to the headquarters, he was smiling all the way. He could imagine the reaction of the Japanese, and he would probably scold him half to death in his heart.
Indeed, when Nakajima and Inoue received the telegram from the headquarters, both of them became angry.
"Yalu, how could there be such a shameless person!" Inoue was really furious, "Here they are negotiating with us, but they secretly let their soldiers attack Baoding!"
Nakajima, on the other hand, could only nod. He remembered that Zhou Weiguo had said before that if they didn't give it to these places, he would get it himself. Sure enough, within a few days of saying this, he was already taking action. Although Nakajima was calmer
, but he did feel that Zhou Weiguo was shameless. But isn’t it an established rule to not use weapons during negotiations? Why did someone suddenly come out to sabotage it?
"Nakajima-kun, the telegram tells us to go to Zhou Weiguo immediately and ask him to stop his attack on Baoding!"
"Um."
"Let's go?"
"No." Nakajima shook his head, "Let's go find representatives from other countries. This will make it easier to talk."
"That's fine."
…
When Nakajima and Inoue visited the headquarters with representatives from several countries, Zhou Weiguo was stunned. Are the Japanese so anxious? Well, in that case, "Go and tell them that I am taking a nap."
"Yes!" Although the soldier who reported the news was surprised, he still carried out Zhou Weiguo's order to the letter.
After Nakajima and others heard the soldier's answer, everyone's expressions turned ugly. Even if you control Tianjin now, you can't ignore us like this, right?
"Mr. Ambassadors," Nakajima said in German, "The independent division, Zhou Weiguo, appeared to mediate with us, but they ordered the attack on Baoding. I feel that this is disregarding the dignity of several countries and not putting you in the first place."
In the eyes.”
"No, No, No!" The British representative shook his head, "I remember that Mr. Zhou said a few days ago that if you don't give it to him, he will get it himself. Mr. Zhou is a good friend of our British Empire."
"I agree. Mr. Zhou is also a good friend of our French Empire."
"I agree, Mr. Zhou is also a good friend of our United States of America."
At this time, what Zhou Weiguo had sent before had an effect. For the sake of the benefits obtained, representatives from several countries were unwilling to offend Zhou Weiguo.
The German representatives were really confused. When had Britain, France and the United States already sided with Zhou Weiguo, but what about their own side? There were only representatives from a few small European countries that the empire was currently coercing. "A few, no matter what, Zhou Weiguo
During the mediation period, launching troops against Japan would be a violation of the agreement."
"Agreement? What agreement?" the American representative asked, "Did we ask them not to attack again before we mediated? What's more, the place we are standing on now belongs to the Chinese. The Chinese only take back what belongs to them.
Is there anything wrong? In my opinion, it was Japan who was wrong. They provoked the war for no reason, causing heavy casualties to both countries."
"Indeed, our countries are all peace-loving." Seeing what the American representative said, the British representative was not far behind. "In my opinion, Japan, have you formed an alliance with the evil empire of Germany? Or,
Germany has been led astray by you!"
Nakajima was really confused. Where was the mediation that was agreed upon? Why were you talking to Zhou Weiguo? His fists were clenched, and Nakajima was on the verge of getting angry. But after all, he was still sober and knew that the representatives of other countries were being manipulated by Zhou Weiguo.
bribed, but what can he do? The top priority is to see Zhou Weiguo first and stop the independent division's attack. "I will not refute what the ambassadors said, but no matter what, the most important thing now is to ask Zhou Weiguo to
Please come forward and stop attacking Baoding."
On the sidelines, Inoue felt secretly ashamed. He was really not as good as Nakajima, who was more tolerant.
Seeing this, the German representative also spoke, "Gentlemen, since we are here to mediate between Japan and China, we should take responsibility. Please stop joking."
The representatives of Britain, France and the United States flashed a hint of embarrassment, but then they shook their heads, "Now, we don't ask, Mr. Zhou is on his lunch break. It is impolite to disturb others, and it is not considered a gentleman's behavior."
A group of people argued for a long time in front of the command post, and Zhou Weiguo actually fell asleep. When he woke up, Zhou Weiguo felt that the group of people must have gone back, but the soldiers came to report that they were still waiting at the door.
At this point, Zhou Weiguo had to invite a few people in.
After entering the headquarters, representatives from several countries looked at the equipment of the soldiers of the Independent Division and were very interested, especially Inoue and Nakajima. If possible, they would like to get the design drawings of the Independent Division's rifles.
"Everyone, I'm very sorry. I just took a lunch break. I don't know how many people have been waiting at the door for so long. I'm really sorry." After seeing a few people, Zhou Weiguo spoke first, admitting his mistake very sincerely.
What else can a few people do? They can only recognize them by pinching their noses.
"Weiguo." The American representative called Zhou Weiguo in a weird accent and said with a smile, "You've been sleeping for too long."
"Sorry, sorry." Faced with such teasing, Zhou Weiguo replied with a smile, which relieved the awkward atmosphere, "Please come in."
After saying that, Zhou Weiguo walked in first, followed by representatives from Britain, France and the United States, followed by the Japanese, Germans and others.
We entered a larger conference room and several people sat down.
"I wonder if some of you came to see me at this time. Do you have anything to do?" Zhou Weiguo said with a smile. He is the master here.
"Zhou Wei (Wei) Guo!" Inoue slapped the table, stood up, and shouted Zhou Weiguo's name loudly.
"This is Zhou Weiguo. If you can't speak Chinese, please stop talking." Zhou Weiguo said calmly, "If you don't want to come in, please leave. I am an independent division and you are not welcome. Come!"
"Yes!" Then, more than a dozen soldiers with guns and live ammunition appeared at the door with awe-inspiring momentum.
Inoue opened his mouth, but in desperation, sat down again.
Nakajima exhaled and said, "Mr. Zhou, we should have had a pleasant discussion recently, right?"
Zhou Weiguo nodded, "Well, do you have any questions? Don't we have to wait until we have discussed everything before we get back to you?"
"Mr. Zhou, a wise man doesn't speak secretly." Nakajima suppressed his anger again, "Early this morning, the Independent Division attacked Baoding from the 4th Route. I hope Mr. Zhou can give us an explanation for this matter."
Zhou Weiguo raised his eyebrows, "Explain? I remember, I said, if you don't give me these places, I will get them myself. Did you forget it so quickly? So you came here to ask about this? Am I independent?
Do I still need to explain to you where we are going? Since we are not here as a guest, please go back and we will not entertain you."
After saying that, Zhou Weiguo stood up and prepared to leave. After the temptation reached this point, Zhou Weiguo had deeply felt the Japanese people's tolerance, and they still wanted to negotiate for peace even like this.
