Chapter 26: Making a Friend (Revision)
"It's this bastard again......"
As was the case last time, the emir. Colonel De Leon again overstepped and presented a report to General Gallieni, Minister of the War Office, and, as on the previous occasion, this telegram of serious protest was forwarded to Chauffeur.
Of course, he did not mention that the gendarme was his own son, and that Cather. Merlin's questioning also seems to be intent on forgetting about it.
Of course, these telegrams received above only made General Xia Fei angry, but not worried, at least not to the point of panicking.
The other telegram came from a small source, but it was definitely quite serious. It was a protest from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce from his close old friend and a prominent figure in the business world.
The Boston banker not only made the matter public in the American newspapers, but detailed that the French gendarmerie officer had taken his partner from the house of the councillor of Nancy like a barbaric soldier of a barbaric country without any order.
Delaying the development of equipment that could have changed the tide of the war, and putting the American volunteers of Lafitte Squad in undeserved danger.
This matter has been given to a considerable number of U.S. congressmen who oppose the war, which makes Xia Fei a little afraid. He knew very well that the expectation of Britain and France for the final victory of the war came from the eventual entry of the United States, an industrial power, into the war.
Although this trivial matter will not affect the determination of the United States to enter the war, it will certainly raise the asking price of the United States. For France and England, this was a terrible thing, even more terrible than the loss of a general Xia Fei.
And in the telegram that the Boston banker sent to Xia Fei, there was a sentence that made Xia Fei remember deeply.
"Your Excellency, dear general, for the sake of freedom and civilization in the Western world, I send my son to fight in Europe. The way in which the noble army treats our collaborators is truly shocking. It even makes me wonder if France, which is not free, is still a friend worthy of our help. ”
The most heart-wrenching telegram, which Xia Fei had not yet seen here, was being brought by Colonel Carancy, the chief intelligence officer of the War Department.
Colonel Caranser also had no idea that the general's order to arrest a "small" Chinese spy would cause so much trouble. As far as he knew, General Xia Fei had received a large stack of telegrams just for this matter, but in fact, the one in his hand now was the heaviest bomb.
"General!"
Colonel Carunser, who came to Xiafei's back, called softly, but Xiafei, who was deaf, was indifferent. Colonel Caranser had no choice but to speak to himself. But he was still a little afraid in his heart, to know the content of this piece of information, which was the most fatal blow to Xia Fei.
"General, according to reliable sources, the British House of Commons is discussing the intention to pass a resolution condemning the German Fokker aircraft 'being brutally killing royal pilots'!" (It is true in history)
Hearing Colonel Caranser's words, General Xia Fei did not answer. He only stretched out his somewhat sluggish hand to take the telegram away, and did not look at it and put it in the stack of various telegrams in his hand. The blows of the past two days have made him a little numb and sluggish.
As a senior general, as the current commander of the French army, he knows very well in his heart. If the House of Commons does vote like this, then another vote is likely to follow.
It will not be long before they will know through the American media that they have just convicted the person who could put an end to this massacre as a German spy, and if they are convicted of the crime, they may eventually shoot him directly, and then the time of the end of this massacre will become an unknown item.
At that time, in order to calm the public anger, it is likely that the British House of Commons will issue a bill of no confidence and condemnation of itself.
"Oh my God, since they can pass the scheme of condemning the Fokker plane, then what else can they not condemn? And this will lead to a very disgraceful end to my military career...... But what did I do? God, I didn't do anything! ”
Looking at General Xia Fei's suddenly old appearance, Colonel Caranser was a little overwhelmed, and everything that happened now made him unable to believe that a small Chinese could make such a big wave. If it weren't for personal experience, whoever was interested in the possibility of such a development would just shake their heads and be overwhelmed.
"It's all because of that damn shooting coordinator!"
While he muttered a curse in his heart, he still screamed tentatively, because there were some things that General Xia Fei had to know.
"General, that incident has attracted the attention of the media, and a large number of reporters have gathered at the entrance of the command, hoping that the general will be able to accept their interview on this matter! At the same time, they also pay attention to that Chinese and hope that you will allow them to interview that Chinese......"
General Xia Fei shook his head suddenly, stopping Colonel Caranser from further talking.
"No, no interviews, and you go to Nancy to deal with that damn order. Also, if that Chinese arrives, I want them to wake me up...... Me...... I'm really tired, I think I'm going to have some rest! …… Go, my child, and do what you have to do!
Oh, don't forget to prepare a Chinese translator for me, that's all you go. ”
(The first release of this book) does not laugh at group A: 35761481
Colonel Caranse's heart is not to be mentioned, this general has always been known for his composure. But now, a small espionage case has been caused a storm in the city, and it can even make him break the precept of not being disturbed by others.
He knew he had to hurry, and as soon as possible, or that somewhat rash order would be taken by the legislators and end into the hands of the media. It was undoubtedly a disaster for the French high command, especially General Chauffeur.
He was speechless about this, so he had to shake his head to himself.
"It's ......"
In the afternoon, Tang Yunyang was secretly escorted to the French high command, and his meeting with General Xia Fei was extremely dramatic.
Due to the peculiarity of this espionage case, both the arrival and the meeting with General Xia Fei were extremely secret, and almost no one knew about it except for a limited number of people.
Xia Fei sat behind his desk and looked at Tang Yunyang who was walking towards him.
The eyes of the two have been "fighting" together since they were far away. Almost instantly, with the intuition of a veteran, he judged that the other party was a soldier, and that he was an extremely good soldier.
Xia Fei also gave Tang Yunyang a very good feeling, and it turned out that he was not an old and mediocre general, as some comments suggested.
If you are deceived by his Santa Claus-like face, such a person is a stupid person. The sharpness and shrewdness of his gray-steel-colored gaze were all revealed in the occasional flickering of a moment.
"It shouldn't be easy to get some benefits from him!"