China's lack of cooperation has greatly distressed the Japanese side. Ichiro Honno said that if the Chinese side does not participate in the discussion of this matter, the Japanese side will refuse to discuss other matters with the Chinese side. Under this threat, the Chinese Foreign Ministry officials led by Shi Fatzi reluctantly discussed with the Japanese side the prisoners of war captured by the Chinese side.

"These captives are invading our Chinese territory and destroying my homeland, and they must be tried by our Chinese laws before a verdict can be made." Shi Fatzi gave his opinion.

"Minister Shi, they are citizens of our Great Japanese Empire, and if they want to be judged, they will be judged by the laws of our Great Japanese Empire, and you China have no right to judge the citizens of our Empire." Ichiro Honno said angrily.

"Mr. Honno, I've shed blood in Japan. As far as I know, Chinese students who have broken the law in Japan are punished by Japanese law, not our Chinese law. What do you say about this? Shi Fatzi retorted.

"This ...... It's different! Ichiro Motono was a little confused, but he tried his best to refute it.

"What's the difference, you Japanese nationals who commit crimes on our Chinese soil will be tried by your Japanese laws, and we Chinese students who commit crimes in Japan will also be tried by your Japanese laws. Shi Fatzi bit his big hat and didn't let go. The sharp words made Ichiro Honno a little speechless.

"Anyway, the captured soldiers of the empire must be returned, this is our bottom line of negotiations." Ichiro Honno was a little short of words and had to move out of the big Japanese brand.

"Mr. Honno, I don't know if you've heard of the prisoner ransom policy? Your country's prisoners of war are now the wealth of our northeast, and it is impossible to return without a reason. Shi Fatzi said with a smile. This kind of thing should not have been raised on such an occasion, but seeing that the Japanese side insisted, Shi Fatzi put forward his own opinion. Prisoners of war want? Okay, get the money and buy it! As long as Japan can afford to pay for it, the Chinese side can sell these prisoners of war.

"Mr. Shi, what do you mean by that!" Ichiro Motono frowned. The Northeast Army actually proposed the terms of the transaction so nakedly, which made Ichiro Honno feel overwhelmed.

"It's not interesting, if your country doesn't care about those prisoners of war, of course we won't mention it again, but I'm afraid we can't return it casually. Our Northeast is now financially strapped and in dire need of cheap labor to work, and your country's prisoners of war are a good choice. Shi Fatzi said with a smile. It is no secret that Tohoku uses a large number of prisoners of war as coolies, and all countries know it, and the Japanese are the largest among the prisoners of war. Of course, there are also many criminals who have been concentrated in various places and prisoners of war who have been unruly in the civil war. These people do not obey the rule of the Northeast and are unruly, so they can only become victims of the primitive accumulation of the Northeast. In this regard, Feng Yongke is very ruthless. In all the stable areas of the Northeast government, the government has never condemned prisoners, and all those who committed crimes were sentenced to prisoner camps and served as coolies to atone for their crimes. Determine the year of hard labor according to the size of the sin, and if you can't survive it and die. That was his own fate, too. The territory controlled by the Northeast is so vast, coupled with the extreme turmoil in various places, bandits, bandits, horse bandits, and ruffians and hooligans are everywhere, and these prisoners of war are thinking about the concentration in the Northeast in large numbers, which makes the prisoner camps in the Northeast expand dramatically. This is also an important reason why the infrastructure in the Northeast can be started without the availability of funds and raw materials, these captives and criminals must not be kept in vain, they must work if they want to eat.

"I protest against the Chinese government's use of prisoners of war from the Japanese Empire as coolies." Ichiro Motono said loudly.

"Mr. Honno, if you want to eat in your country, you have to work, right? The same is true of these prisoners of war, in our Chinese prisoner of war camps, those who do nothing are the masters, and what qualifications do you Japanese prisoners of war have to be masters as vanquished. If you want to eat, you have to work. This makes sense everywhere in the world. I don't want to discuss these trivial matters here, but I don't think you should care more about the prisoners of war who have not yet been captured than these captured prisoners of war. We wouldn't mind expanding the camps again. Shi Fatzi said with a smile.

"Minister Shi, what do you mean by this?" Ichiro Motono looked at Shi Fatzi's weird smile, and his expression couldn't help but tighten.

"It doesn't mean anything, it's just that our Northeast Army has besieged a noble invading force in the Changbai Mountains, and according to the prisoners' confessions, there happens to be Lieutenant General Chai Golang, the commander of the first division of the Gui Army. This Changbai Mountain is high and densely forested, and there are fierce beasts inside, and there is no guide from the locals, so they can't come up with it. Of course, with the great family and business of the Japanese Empire, you may not care about these thousands of people. The smile on the corner of Shi Fatzi's mouth is intriguing.

"You ......," Ichiro Honno felt heavily stressed. Although Shi Fatzi said it easily, there was a naked threat between his words. He had also heard about the First Division, which was a secret that the First Army had told them. The remnants of the 1st Division soon lost contact with each other after entering Changbai Mountain, and the 1st Army had asked them to take the opportunity to probe the movements of the remnants of the 1st Division during negotiations. I didn't expect Shi Fatzi to bring it up here.

"Okay, we can talk about the prisoners later!" Ichiro Honno said almost through gritted teeth. The entire rhythm of the negotiation is almost controlled by the hateful fat man in front of him, which is also something that cannot be helped, after all, the empire has left too many handles on the battlefield. It is impossible for them to take the initiative.

"Then let's talk about the ownership of Qingdao now!" Shi Fatzi said with a smile.

"There is no need to negotiate the Qingdao issue, Qingdao is what we snatched from the Germans. This is clear to the world, China has not done anything, what qualifications do you have to take it back? Ichiro Motono was angry in his heart, and his words were naturally unkind.

"Mr. Honno, Qingdao is China's territory, what qualifications do you have to compete with another country for the ownership of our national land? If you want me to say, there is no need to negotiate this issue at all. Qingdao is our port in China, and we deserve to take it back. Shi Fatzi put away the smile on his face and said with unprecedented seriousness.

"No, this issue can't be discussed, and we won't discuss it in Qingdao." Ichiro Motono said in a deep voice.

"Then there is no way! Our Northeast Army is bound to win Qingdao, and no matter who occupies Qingdao Port, we will definitely take it back. Shi Fatzi said in a deep voice.

"You threaten me? In Qingdao, we have a brigade in the Great Japanese Empire, and the main force of the Combined Fleet, what can you do? Ichiro Honno said disdainfully. You must know that Qingdao has long been operated by the Germans into an extremely strong military fortress, after the Japanese occupied Qingdao, it strengthened the fortress on its original basis, so that Qingdao's defense level was improved again, and now there are a lot of weapons and ammunition hoarded inside. Its level of defense is unusually strong. In addition to the sea, advance and retreat freely, not to mention the 20,000 people in the Northeast Military Region, even if it is doubled, it is impossible to capture Qingdao in a short time.

"What if we gather an army of 100,000? How long can a mere brigade last? Compared with population, China has an absolute upper hand. "Shi Fatzi is-for-tat.

"Humph! Do you have the strength to mobilize an army of 100,000? Ichiro Honno said disdainfully. With Japan's national strength, it is extremely difficult to mobilize 100,000 troops, not to mention the northeast, which has a weaker foundation.

"We have mobilized. I think you've already received the news by now, right? Shi Fatzi said confidently.

Looking at Shi Fatzi's confident fat face, Ichiro Honno's heart tightened for no reason. If the people of China are gathering 100,000 troops on the periphery of Qingdao, it may open up a third-party battlefield, which will be a huge consumption for both the empire and China, and even if the empire claims to be a world power, it will be difficult to support the consumption of the three battlefields. Now the southeast battlefield is in a completely passive defensive state, and the southern battlefield is even more defeated, and only a lonely city is left. If the Shandong battlefield is opened again, the empire will definitely not be able to bear it.

"This condition is reserved, and we can discuss it next." Ichiro Honno compromised. A smile appeared on Shi Fatzi's face, he knew that he had won. This will definitely be achieved after Ichiro Honno gets the news that China has dispatched 100,000 troops. Although it is difficult for Japan to abandon Qingdao as a military fortress, it is also difficult to mobilize more troops at home to open up a third battlefield. At present, Japan is not ready for a full-scale war.

The two sides then discussed the issue of the 10th Division, and the Chinese side insisted that it would not provide the 10th Division with any supplies until the negotiations were concluded. As for China's other conditions, the Japanese side vetoed them without hesitation. In the end, the two sides had a fierce confrontation over the issue of compensation. It's just that in the end, no one got a bargain. This third negotiation has come to an end with a myriad of issues retained.

Outside of Qingdao.

After the negotiations began, the 4th and 20th Brigades were assembled towards Qingdao. Now it is less than twenty miles from the Japanese defense line.

In the command of the South-Western Military District.

"Commander, the Shandong Military Region has assembled 100,000 troops, and now it is heading eastward, and it will be able to arrive here in two days at most, and there is no cover along the way, presumably the Japanese army already knows the news now."

"That's good, and hopefully this operation will help the negotiations." Guo Shanhu sighed and said. This time, the Shandong Military Region dispatched 100,000 new soldiers, and its role was more of a deterrent, and it was impossible to really go to war. After all, the Northeast really does not have the ability to arm 100,000 troops and maintain the consumption of 100,000 troops in a short period of time. And if there is really a war, even if the 100,000 troops are all on board, Guo Shanhu has no bottom in his heart whether he can defeat the fortress in front of him. After all, even if Japan attacked this fortress back then, it cost a lot of manpower and material resources. That is still under the premise that the Sino-Japanese alliance has maritime superiority. If China attacks, it will face a double blow on the ground and at sea, and the pressure will be enormous.

(To be continued)