Naturally, the British consul would not be too idle to treat a junior Chinese officer to dinner.
He has two purposes for this trip. The first purpose is to understand Dragon Boat Festival and find its weaknesses. If he can control Dragon Boat Festival, that would be great.
And if he could not control the Dragon Boat Festival, he would negotiate to minimize the losses in the British Concession.
And this is the main purpose of the British consul. He doesn't care if Japan fights China, or if China fights Japan. What he cares about is his own interests in China.
The British Concession was captured by the British with strong ships and cannons. They could not let it be taken away by others. The Japanese could not do it, and neither could the Chinese.
But after several days of fighting, he found that the Dragon Boat Festival was even more dangerous than the Japanese. This person was almost uncontrollable. And because of the appearance of the Dragon Boat Festival, the Chinese government's attitude became increasingly tough.
So he wanted to start from the root and understand everything about the Dragon Boat Festival.
After just a few words, the British consul was shocked beyond words. Duan Wu did not look like a small farmer born and raised in China. His vision and understanding of the world were even more impressive than even the British consul who had lived for forty years.
Over the years, veteran colonists who have traveled to dozens of countries feel inferior to themselves.
He felt that he had no control over the man in front of him. He could only choose to negotiate with Duanwu.
British Consul: "Mr. Dragon Boat Festival, although you have temporarily repelled the Japanese, your impact on the entire war situation is only minimal. And your chairman wants to use the Nine Nations Guild to put pressure on Japan.
, I don’t think it has any effect.”
Duanwu: "I have known this for a long time. I have only one purpose, which is to kill the Japanese. There are only so many Japanese. If I kill one, I will lose one."
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The British consul was speechless, because in a war, no one would target ordinary soldiers, right?
A country, a city, a fortress, a stronghold, a king, a lord, a general, or the opponent's commander. These are the goals of a war and a battle, right?
However, the man in front of him targeted the smallest ordinary soldier on the battlefield. This was simply crazy.
The British consul felt that it was no wonder that so many people called the man in front of him a madman. He was really mad.
However, even if it is a lunatic, the British Consul feels that the other party should have its own tactics, right? After all, if you want to kill someone, you need the necessary means.
Therefore, the British consul continued to ask: "Mr. Dragon Boat Festival, the Japanese are about to attack the border with troops. Even if you have obtained some new weapons and equipment, you lack enough heavy weapons. If you continue to guard the Sihang Warehouse, you will probably die.
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But the most important thing is that the Japanese will probably fight you seriously this time..."
"Mr. Consul, are you saying that the Japanese were just kidding me in the previous battle?"
Duanwu smiled before the British consul finished speaking.
The British consul quickly explained: "No, no, that's not what I meant. What I meant is that the Japanese will most likely use heavy artillery this time. The Sihang Warehouse cannot be defended.
What's more, there are two huge gas storage tanks just behind the Sixing Warehouse. Once they explode, two million residents of Shanghai will die because of you. Can you bear it?"
Duanwu asked back: "What about Mr. Consul's opinion?"
The British consul was slightly happy and thought to himself: How about it? In the end, you should help me, right?
After a moment of secret joy, the British consul continued: "Hand over your weapons and retreat into the concession. Our British Empire will protect your safety. And I can hire you as the director of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Industry. Do you think this is okay?"
Mr. Dragon Boat Festival, I think you are a smart man. The Japanese are now overwhelming the country with their troops and they are overwhelming. Even if you are covered in iron, how can you support such a huge China? It is better to stay useful for the time being and wait for the war.
If we continue to develop our ambitions,..."
"Stop kidding me."
Snapped!
Duanwu waved his hand, and the knife flew out from his hand and was directly nailed to a painting on the wall of the restaurant.
The mural shows a roaring lion with its head raised, and the knife pierced the lion's throat.
The British consul looked at the table knife and the lion whose throat was pierced, dumbfounded.
"Mr. Consul, you seem to have made a mistake. I have already put my life and death at risk!
We will not just watch as our country, China, is destroyed and our people are bullied by aliens! No country or person can do this!
If anyone wants to challenge me, let him be prepared to die first!"
Duanwu roared loudly, then threw his fork on the table, stood up and left.
The British consul came to his senses at this time and said quickly: "Mr. Dragon Boat Festival, please stay. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing. I just meant to give you a suggestion. The Japanese army is approaching. Are you there?"
It’s not a solution for Sihang Warehouse to continue to support itself, right?”
Duanwu glanced at the British consul, thought for a while and said: "I will consider Mr. Consul's kindness and I will give you an answer tonight."
The British Consul looked happy, bowed slightly and said, "I will always be waiting for Mr. Dragon Boat Festival's arrival."
Duan Wu said nothing more and walked towards the door. The British consul followed behind to see him off. It was not until Duan Wu and Wei Zheng escorted the weapons away. Then he sighed and returned to the restaurant.
He wanted to take something, so he pulled out the table knife from the mural with great force.
The knife penetrated the wall at least about three inches. Such force surprised the British consul.
He sighed and said: "Is this madman warning me about the British Empire?"
Looking at the male lion again, Consul Ying nodded. He thought his guess was correct. He had seen so much about Dragon Boat Festival, so how could he not know the allusion to it?
"Hmph, this lunatic is much more dangerous than the Japanese. I have to be more cautious."
The British Consul said naa, then left the western restaurant and took his own car back to his consulate.
But before they arrived at the office, the secretary hurriedly ran up to him and said: "Mr. Consul, during your absence, the commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force, Mr. Matsui Iwane, called you thirteen times. From the phone call
You can tell that he is very angry."
"Huh! He's angry, and I'm still angry!"
The British consul was disdainful because he wanted to re-evaluate the war between China and Japan.
The Japanese came with force and chanted the slogan of destroying China in three months. However, three months later, they could not even capture a mere Shanghai. How could they still destroy China?
The British consul found it ridiculous, and even felt that there was no certainty that the Chinese would invade the island in three months' time!...