EBE Chapter 152 Mediation Team Meeting
Chapter 152 Mediation Team Meeting
"No need to say more, Captain Xie, you should quickly inform the brothers. I'll go to the British first. Don't worry, I have arranged for the British, the American Marines, and the police station in the British Concession. They will just pretend to do something so that the brothers can rest assured." After Zhang Wenwu finished speaking, he squeezed out again.
Captain Xie also quickly informed everyone of Zhang Wenwu's plan, asking them to pass it on one by one. After the last soldier arrived at the concession, Captain Xie ordered everyone to assemble. After everyone had lined up, Captain Xie ordered everyone to put down their weapons and ammunition on the ground. Although everyone was reluctant, after thinking of the action plan that had just been notified, they slowly put down their guns and various ammunition as required.
After the Chinese army laid down their weapons and ammunition, Captain Taylor ordered the U.S. Marines to surround the Chinese army and then led them to the designated location. Along the way, the common people on both sides were cheering for the Chinese army and moving slowly along with their pace, while Smith asked the British soldiers to quickly move all the weapons on the ground onto the trucks.
When the Chinese troops passed the intersection where the mediation team was located, the participants from various countries in the mediation team all breathed a sigh of relief. This matter was finally resolved satisfactorily for them, which would be a very important achievement in their political careers.
Just as the mediation team was about to leave, many of the onlookers suddenly ran away, shouting, "The Japanese are coming to attack the concession, the Japanese are coming to attack the concession, run!"
All the politicians in the mediation team were confused. They looked at the Japanese diplomatic representative one by one. The meaning was very clear. Please give everyone a reasonable explanation. The Japanese diplomatic representative was also surprised. His first reaction was: these army idiots, are they trying to overthrow their superiors again? Have they been kicked in the head by a donkey? He was really a little afraid that the army idiots had rushed through the concession.
But before he could open his mouth, he heard a voice in not very standard Japanese shouting from the front: "For the sake of Japan, kill these soldiers."
Then, the entire concession fell into chaos, with civilians fleeing everywhere and patrol police running around the streets. The politicians from the mediation team also ran to their respective consulates under the protection of their bodyguards to avoid the chaotic situation.
After two hours of chaos, the streets of the concession finally quieted down a little. However, Captain Xie and his remaining 300-odd brothers, under the guidance of the gang members arranged by Old Xu, changed into plain clothes, and were sent out in batches from various locations in the Shanghai Concession through checkpoints that they had bribed long ago.
Zhang Wenwu stayed at the checkpoint all night, while Smith ordered the British army to keep an eye on the Japanese army across the concession to prevent the Japanese army from really attacking the concession. When it was daybreak, the concession finally returned to peace. Zhang Wenwu waited until daybreak and contacted Mr. Xu through the phone in the hotel. After learning that Captain Xie and the surviving officers and soldiers had been safely sent out of the concession, he came to Smith, who had not slept all night, in a good mood and whispered: "Major Smith, we succeeded. You are a hero of our Chinese people. Your great move will be passed down among the Chinese people forever in the future."
When Smith heard Zhang Wenwu say that the operation was successful, he was also very happy. Especially when he heard Zhang Wenwu say that he could become a hero praised by the Chinese people, he was so happy that he couldn't help it. Who doesn't want to be a hero?
"Well, Major Zhang, now we need to hypnotize ourselves and let us forget about these things. I received a call and I need to attend the meeting of the mediation team later. As a member of the mediation team, you should also go and listen. We still have to clean up the troubles later." Smith said as he pulled Zhang Wenwu towards the jeep. He felt extremely annoyed when he thought about facing the questioning of politicians from various countries in a while. He pulled Zhang Wenwu over and wanted Zhang Wenwu to know how much pressure he would have to bear in order to complete his crazy plan.
Zhang Wenwu understood Smith's thoughts. After getting in the jeep, he smiled and comforted Smith, "Major Smith, those Chinese soldiers went out from different checkpoints of various countries in the concession. You don't need to worry too much." He wanted to tell Smith that the executive personnel under the entire concession had basically been dragged into the water, and he was not facing it alone.
Smith was shocked when he heard this. Zhang Wenwu had corrupted all the people in the concession checkpoints of various countries. He was safe now. As long as the people in the concessions did not cause trouble, he would not have to worry at all. As for the Japanese diplomatic representative? Humph, although the British Empire was not strong enough in the Far East to go to war with Japan directly, it was not afraid of the Japanese.
During the meeting, the Japanese representatives angrily accused the concession of failing to fulfill their agreed responsibilities and that it should be held accountable for the incident. The relevant personnel must be punished and Japan must be allowed to send people into the concession to capture the escaped Chinese soldiers.
In response to the accusations of the Japanese representatives, the consuls of various countries stated that it was obvious that Japan had disregarded the previous discussions and had sent people here on its own to create the chaos, causing many losses in the concession. Japan needed to give an explanation to various countries for this incident and compensate for the losses in the concession.
Zhang Wenwu was really enlightened when he saw the two sides accusing and arguing with each other in the conference room. It turned out that this was how negotiations were. He had previously thought that negotiations were so sacred and serious. This was just a quarrel in the vegetable market with less swearing.
After both sides repeated their demands seven or eight times, under Zhang Wenwu's strong anticipation, the representatives of various countries finally reached an important decision: to adjourn and start lunch.
Yes, only after everyone has eaten and drunk enough will they have the energy to continue talking about the same things in the afternoon. Otherwise, if they are hungry, it will affect the performance of these outstanding politicians and diplomats.
"Major Zhang, this steak is pretty good. You can have some." Captain Taylor enthusiastically introduced the food in the buffet to Zhang Wenwu. As the direct person in charge of the escort last night, he also attended today's meeting, but there was no worry in his expression.
Zhang Wenwu followed Taylor's advice, put a steak on his plate, took a glass of red wine, and sat down at Smith's table.
"Smith, you have a good appetite. Are we still going to attend the meeting in the afternoon?" After Zhang Wenwu praised Smith's appetite, he asked when he could go back to the consulate to sleep. He felt that this kind of meeting was so boring that he almost fell asleep in the meeting room in the morning.
Smith looked at Zhang Wenwu with a smile and said, "Oh, poor Major Zhang, it seems you still need a long time to adapt to this atmosphere. Haha, it's a pity that your wish may not come true. We have to stay here in the afternoon. When you adapt to the atmosphere and way of holding meetings, you will be able to enter the high-level positions of your country." He also knew that Zhang Wenwu wanted to go back to rest, but how could he miss such a good opportunity to play a prank on Zhang Wenwu? It was impossible for him to let Zhang Wenwu go back to rest and leave himself here to suffer alone.
"Mr. Majors, you don't recommend that a junior officer sit here and eat a pitiful lunch together." Captain Taylor walked up to the two men with a plate full of food and asked jokingly.
After Taylor finished his meal, Zhang Wenwu said with a relaxed look while smoking a cigarette, "Captain Taylor, are the brave Marines satisfied with the food I provided?"
After hearing what Zhang Wenwu said, Taylor smiled and said, "Oh, of course. All the officers and soldiers of the United States Marine Corps asked me to express my gratitude to you and gave me the opportunity to invite you to our Marine Corps barracks. I think we will become good friends." Taylor was very satisfied with Zhang Wenwu's actions this time. The officers and soldiers of the entire Marine Corps basically did not contribute much. They just pretended to be busy for an entire night. Everyone got their share of the benefits, and everyone was asking him if he had such a good job.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Wenwu climbed up along the pole handed to him by Taylor and quickly asked: "Captain Taylor, do you have any good things in your barracks? I think I can provide more high-quality food for the Marines." He knew that the Chinese government had almost used up all its previous reserves in order to fight the battle in Shanghai. Now that he was not short of money, he had to make good use of every opportunity to get more useful things back to the troops.
As soon as Smith heard what Zhang Wenwu said, he knew that Zhang Wenwu was about to start again. He had always been curious about where Zhang Wenwu got so much money. He felt that Zhang Wenwu should have another very stable source of money. When he had the chance, he would definitely ask Zhang Wenwu, and it would be best if he could join his money-making channel.
"Major Zhang, it's a pity that your country has always been close to Germany in military affairs. The caliber of guns and bullets in our barracks are different from yours, and the same goes for artillery. I think we can only cooperate when the time is right in the future." Taylor also knew what Zhang Wenwu was planning, but he didn't think that what he had in his barracks was suitable for Zhang Wenwu.
After hearing what Taylor said, Zhang Wenwu still had some hope and asked, "Captain Taylor, can you tell me what's in your Marine Corps barracks? Maybe there's something I need in there."
Taylor didn't expect Zhang Wenwu to be so persistent. Although he didn't think there was anything in the warehouse of his barracks that Zhang Wenwu needed, he still introduced it to Zhang Wenwu seriously: "Well, in the warehouse of the Marine Corps, there are rifles, machine guns, mortars, small-caliber artillery, canned food, clothes, socks, and of course, even underwear. In addition, if you have enough fuel, the warships on the seashore can also provide it, haha."