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Chapter 1021: The Present Is Not What It Used To Be (1)

The negotiations between the Chinese and British governments finally began under the mediation of the United States, and the British, who had been driven out of China by all the Dian troops, were no longer able to fight any longer, and in the face of the aggressive offensive posture of the squadron echoing north and south, they no longer dared to insist on "the squadron's immediate and unconditional withdrawal from the east bank of the Rolling River to the line from the town of Mare" as a precondition for negotiations, and sent two negotiation delegations to Nanjing and Kunming respectively to argue with the Chinese government's negotiating team. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xia Jian had a big face this time, and the 30th Division of the 26th Army under his command strongly occupied a large area of land on the east bank of the Rolling River, and the 64 mountain artillery field guns directly under the artillery regiment pointed at the British and Burmese troops in the town of Rolling Lane across the river every day; Yan Yaohuan, chief of staff and commander of the 33rd Division, commanded the officers and men of the headquarters to rush to repair the fortifications on the front line of Ma'anshan, three kilometers north of Malei Town, and the number of engineers has increased to 35,000, and most of the officers and men of the engineering unit have been put into it. The officers and men of the 4th Air Regiment, which had been fully replenished, were full of fighting spirit, and as soon as the weather permitted, they flew into the air to inspect all the airspace in the areas controlled by the officers and men of the 26th Army, and carried out reconnaissance and monitoring of the deep areas of Burma further south.

The brigades of Dai Zhengliang's Southern Yunnan Garrison Command launched a vigorous campaign of "national unity and investigation of internal traitors" in various counties in southern Yunnan, and together with Xia Jian, they turned southern Yunnan into an iron plate.

At this time, the government of southern Yunnan had reached an agreement with the Kawa and other ethnic groups to jointly mine the silver ore in the furnace according to the method of dividing the furnace into four or six parts, with the government accounting for 40 percent, the Kawa people accounting for 5 percent, and several other small tribes accounting for 10 percent.

The agreement was signed, and a grand oath of slaughter was held. After drinking, more than 10,000 people of the Kawa, Pengyi, and Hui nationalities, under the leadership of the Political Department of the Garrison Headquarters and the leaders of various ethnic groups, carried the cement and tools provided by the Anjia Army free of charge, and poured into the furnace mining area.

The central government repeatedly asked An Yi to make concessions, and Chiang Kai-shek, who was annoyed by the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was directing a large army to attack, so he called An Yi twice and asked him to stop, but after receiving two detailed secret telegrams from An Yi, he no longer cared about such things.

Wang Jingwei had no choice but to call in person, but Chiang Kai-shek kindly persuaded him to consult directly with An Yi and Zhu Peide.

Wang Jingwei immediately realized that the military had reached a tacit understanding from Chiang Kai-shek to the front-line commanders, re-examined the situation on the Sino-Burmese border, and finally acquiesced in An Yi's handling method, after all, it is a hundred times better to negotiate after being invincible than to be exhausted in parrying, and the "Tanggu Agreement" is a lesson from the past.

The officials of the International Red Cross and the British government arrived in Syria by special plane, and immediately went to the temporary prisoner of war camp to visit the 34 British ** officers who were held there.

First of all, the camp is a hundred times better than the crowded and dirty conditions of the two prisoner of war camps in Baoshan and Luxi in Yunnan, the prisoners of war are not mistreated, and there are three hours of exercise or walking time in the morning and afternoon every day. Secondly, the International Red Cross and British government officials had no choice about the fact that prisoners of war were separated separately and interrogated for a long time during the first three days of detention, because after careful questioning, it was found that the interrogators of An Jiajun did not beat and scold, but only intimidated, which is already very civilized in the wars of all countries in the world, not to mention that the sick and wounded can receive timely treatment, and no one is in poor health until now, so what can be required as a prisoner of war?

Speaking of the food and drink during the detention, there is also an interesting episode here, two members of the international organization and the British consular officer visited the Luxi prisoner of war camp, and saw the food that the pigs and dogs were not as good as the food, and immediately jumped like thunder and shouted. He pulled the military interpreter in front of the dancing foreigners, and ordered the translator to translate his words in full:

"Gentlemen, in order to win this battle, we have done everything we can, and everywhere the British and Burmese invading armies went, like the robbers, they plundered all the wealth and grain goods of our banks, shops, customs warehouses, etc., and transported them back to Burma, and now even our soldiers can only eat two meals a day, and there is not a trace of oiliness in the green vegetables, all because of these bandits who have blatantly invaded us.

"If you feel the need to improve your food, we will raise your hands in favour, but you must provide enough food to do so, and you must treat our soldiers equally. In addition, I will tell you one thing, due to the chaos and serious damage caused by this war, there is a great shortage of salt in western Yunnan, and our salt is purchased from southern Sichuan all the year round, and it cannot solve the problem at all in a few days, so from tomorrow onwards, there will be no taste of salt in the meals in the prisoner of war camps, if you are really merciful and fraternal, send us a batch of salt as soon as possible! ”

Zhan Huanqi's sharp counterattack completely shattered the hypocritical masks of the foreigners, and then the foreigners no longer dared to be presumptuous.

Officials of the International Red Cross Society urgently convened a meeting, and immediately found Zhu Peide and Li Hongxiang, promising to give 500,000 US dollars in humanitarian aid to southern Yunnan within a week, but hoped that the food of the prisoners of war would improve, and implored the Yunnan side to send a simple change of clothes to the prisoners of war.

With the help of translators, the two foreigners figured out the detailed and perfect measures in the text, such as cleaning up the sanitary environment, distributing mosquito nets and clothes, urgently mobilizing medicines, managing prisoner of war detachments, detaining British and Burmese prisoners of war in separate camps, and repairing barracks, and finally showed an apologetic smile.

It was precisely because of the lessons learned from the trip to Yunnan that the international organization delegation came to Syria with a surprisingly good and humble attitude, because all of them knew that An Yi, the native emperor of southern Sichuan, was more cunning and ruthless than the generals of the Yunnan army.

This young general, who has a high status in the hearts of the Chinese, is not only a strong nationalist, but also an all-pervasive and unscrupulous Chinese capitalist, the rogue and murderous Japanese have repeatedly hit a wall in front of An Yi, under the crazy blows of An Yi and his army, there is no way, how dare European and American countries, which regard themselves as pioneers of civilization, treat An Yi with the attitude of Chinese officials in other regions? During the Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai in early 1932, the Japanese troops and overseas Chinese captured by An Yi were in an even more difficult situation, and they could only eat one meal a day and needed to do manual labor in exchange, and the pro-Japanese faction at the top of the Chinese government did a lot of work and gave An Yi a lot of political power, so that the problem was completely solved three months after the end of the war.

After visiting the British prisoners of war, Major General Howard, who had been promoted to military attache at the U.S. Consulate General in Beijing, immediately contacted An Yi and asked for a private meeting.

An Yi was very enthusiastic about his old friends who were very familiar with him before the Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai, and soon sent a car to take Howard and his secretary to the private room on the third floor of the Minjiang Restaurant. To An Yi's surprise, the beautiful and moving reporter Kaplan actually followed Howard, which made An Yi a little unprepared for a while.

Howard saw that only An Yi was in the box and Shen Fengdao, the silent adjutant of the major general who was inseparable from him, knew that An Yi might have doubts about Kaplan's identity for a long time, and felt that it was better to go with the flow and there was no need for a special explanation, so he praised it heartily after sitting down:

"Dear Ann, in the war on the border between China and Burma, you and your generals beat our British friends so badly, especially on the last day, four and a half hours before the two countries reached a decision to reach peace talks, your 26th Army suddenly launched the Battle of the Rolling River in Northern Burma, which shocked the whole world.

"No matter what the outside world says about the rights and wrongs of this battle, in terms of military significance alone, you have done a fantastic job! To everyone's surprise, the British Far East Air Force lost nearly a regiment of fighters and personnel, the vast arsenal of northern Burma and a battalion of defenders completely disappeared, and the British and Burmese troops had to withdraw hundreds of square kilometers of the disputed border between the two countries. In the Sino-British negotiations that are taking place under the auspices of our country, our British friends have no territorial interests to exchange for, they are very passive, and all this is done under your leadership, my friends, and my colleagues and I have deep admiration for you! ”

An Yi waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Howard, you also know how difficult China's current situation is, who wants to fight at this time?" The British were too unwise, and it was too whimsical for them to want compensation from the Sino-Burmese border on the eastern front after their defeat in the Sichuan-Tibet region.

"To put it bluntly, you and I both know very well in our hearts that today's Britain is no longer the number one power that dominated the world in the last century, even if they still have a strong war capability, they should not wage war in southwest China, where they are not good at, the terrain and climate are very complicated, they need to cross thousands of kilometers of difficult roads, supplies are very difficult, how to fight? These areas deep into the hinterland of the continent are not coastal areas where naval artillery can help, and even if the British send ten more divisions into the battle, they will not be able to change their fate of defeat, I dare to assert this.

"Therefore, it is not how good my command is, nor how effective the Yunnan army and the southern Yunnan army I hastily formed are, but that our side occupies important advantages such as the right time, place and people, and it is normal to win against the British ** team and their lackey Burmese army, and it is not normal to win if you can't win."

Howard and his secret ha laughed, and Kaplan couldn't help but laugh, every time they were with An Yi, they could feel the vitality and unique sense of humor of the young general, which made people feel very relaxed and comfortable.

This is a common view held by people in Europe and the United States who have been in contact with An Yi, so regardless of their political stance, everyone is willing to accept and get close to the cunning and funny warlord leader An Yi.