Chapter 280 Sino-British Negotiations
"Too many? You're going to drive Chamberlain crazy!" The uncle looked at the draft with more than a dozen pages in his hand and said in a daze. It was filled with conditions proposed to the British, from the amount of military aid to various unequal treaties that need to be abolished, and even many things that he didn't know very well. Not to mention anything else, it would be impossible for the British to agree to the return of one to Hong Kong.
"I'm asking for a lot of money to pay it back. Now the British are begging us, so of course we have to have a bigger appetite. As long as you can think of everything, it's their business as to how to bargain!" Boss Yang said indifferently.
"In fact, there is nothing valuable in Myanmar except the Ren'anqiang oil field. Even if the British don't want it, it's no big deal. If we ask for the price too high, they simply withdraw to India. It's a big problem for us. The French have interrupted the transportation of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway because they are afraid that the Japanese will cause trouble for them. Now the transportation of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway is interrupted. Now we only have Myanmar, an external channel. It's best to pull the British in Myanmar at this time." The uncle frowned and said.
"Don't worry about these things. It's better if the British go to India. We'll take the opportunity to grab the Ren'anqiang Oilfield." Yang Feng said. He didn't care much about Ren'anqiang Oilfield. He was worried about the super large jade pit in northern Myanmar. He was determined to win this place, otherwise the British would have nothing to do with his life or death.
"As for material imports, we don't need to import arms. I can supply whatever I want. Now there are liquefaction plants in Yunnan and Yanchang Oilfield, which is basically enough. Besides, the Japanese have not sealed the two ports of Tianjin and Qingdao!" The goods continued.
"Can you make sure that Americans always protect this route?" said the uncle frowned.
"How can I guarantee this kind of thing? But there is one thing I can guarantee. As long as I am Yang Feng is here, domestic supplies will inevitably be provided." Yang Feng said with his chest patted. In fact, the bald man didn't need much at this time. A hump route in later generations could support it. It only took less than one million tons of supplies in three years, and most of them were oil materials. Now there is coal liquefaction and there is an oil field. In addition, the Yumen Oilfield will be brought out. Even if the Japanese really blocked Tianjin and Qingdao Ports in the future, it would be enough to support domestic consumption.
As for the other supplies, it’s just a few more trips.
His explanation could not reassure the uncle. Although he had to pluck the courage to raise the request to the British, he was somewhat lacking in confidence.
Foreign Minister Anthony Aiden, the head of the British negotiations, looked at the conditions listed on the paper with contempt, and then said with a regretful expression: "Empress, we are discussing the issue of alliance combat, not the issue of post-war interest distribution. I think it is too early to discuss these."
"His Excellency Minister of Foreign Affairs, then when do you think it's not too early? Or when the Japanese troops were at the city of New Delhi." Yang Feng, who was sitting next to Song Ziwen, said with a smile. He is now the deputy envoy of Sino-British negotiations. In theory, he is here to assist Song Ziwen, but in fact, Song Ziwen listens to him in everything.
"Mr. Yang, you are so humorous." Aiden said with a smile. He could be arrogant to Song Ziwen. He didn't dare to Yang Feng, otherwise this guy would be in a bad mood and he had pretended to be * in front of him. Then he urged several MPs to find fault with him and would be troublesome. To be honest, even Prime Minister Chamberlain was not very clear about how many people in the upper and lower houses of the UK received JY's secret salary.
"Humor? I don't think so at all. In fact, as the wearer of this medal," Yang Feng said with a reserved look down at the big cross on his chest, and then continued: "I am always worried about this issue. The Royal Navy threw away Hong Kong in one morning, Singapore in one morning, and Malaya in one month. So how long does it take to throw away Myanmar? Two months or half a year?
As the most sincere friend of the British Empire, I was sleepless day and night for the war in Southeast Asia, but you actually thought my worries were humorous. Do you think this statement is appropriate?”
"I'm so sorry, Mr. Yang, I'm not very appropriate in terms of words, but I can assure you and all friends who care about the British Empire that the Imperial Team has the ability to defend any inch of the Empire's land." Aiden said, pinching his nose.
"Then why are we sitting here?" Boss Yang said with a pure face.
‘Uh?”Aiden almost made him faint. Of course, he also knew what Yang Feng meant. This guy was just telling himself that Britain is asking for China now. Since he was asking for help, he had to show his attitude towards asking for help.
"I think you'd better take a closer look at our negotiation proposal." Song Ziwen said with a smile. Now he understood why his brother-in-law had repeatedly told Yang Feng to listen to everything in the UK. No matter who is the negotiator in the UK, he would inevitably have some psychological pressure. It would be good if he could perform half of the normal level.
Aiden lowered his head resentfulness, and then he became more and more angry as he looked at it. Although we are begging you now, there is no need to speak so much, right? Let's see what these are? What jokes are you about to cancel the consular judgeship and let the noble whites accept the trial of the Chinese?
Returning all the concessions in China, including Hong Kong, is simply shameless.
The abolition of the privileges granted to Britain by all unequal treaties signed by Britain with previous Chinese zhengfu since 1840 is purely blackmail.
Why don’t you grab military aid worth no less than 200 million US dollars?
The illegally demarcated McMahon Line was abolished, and part of the territory originally belonged to China in southern Tibet was returned to China. In addition, the permanent lease rights to Nankan and the illegally occupied Jiangxinpo were originally belonged to China's territory. This is simply a humiliation to the British Empire. We are now lucky, but it is not something that the Chinese can humiliate.
Minister Aiden became more and more angry as he watched. Finally, he held back his anger and said with a gloomy face: "Mr. Special Envoy, your country has too many requests. I can't see any alliance friendship from this."
"So what is the friendship of alliances? Extraordinary legal power? Or an unequal treaty? Or a permanent lease of one thousand rupees?" said Yang Feng.
"His Excellency Foreign Minister, the alliance must first be equal. Since we need our help, we continue to treat us with discriminatory treaties. We have not seen the sincerity of your alliance." The guy continued lightly.
"Mr. Yang, these are historical issues and it takes longer for us to discuss them," Aiden said.
"We are not in a hurry. We have time. We can discuss it slowly. If we don't have a month, we will discuss it for a year. I think we will always find a solution." Yang Feng said with a smile.
Damn, can you wait for us? It’s time for the Japanese to fight to India. Aiden gritted his teeth and said, “Mr. Yang, the front line is in war. We should not be involved in this issue for too long. You must know that the only way we can help China is Myanmar. If we lose Myanmar, it is impossible even if we want to provide assistance to your country.”
This guy’s meaning is very clear. Losing Myanmar is not good for us. Don’t think that you can threaten us freely.
"It's okay, I can send a plane to India for transportation." Yang Feng laughed happily when he said this. He suddenly realized that it was actually quite good to watch the fun. If the British army asked the Japanese to drive out of Myanmar, then he would take the opportunity to take action and grab northern Myanmar with peace of mind in the name of reinforcements.
Aiden didn't know that this guy had made up his mind now to delay time and wait for the Japanese to occupy Myanmar. The Chinese were not anxious. The British were really anxious. The Japanese troops passing through the Isthmus of Kra on the battlefield captured Yangon without any blood. Then, they used Yangon as a base to receive domestic sea supplies and attacked north along the railway line. The British troops stationed in Myanmar continued their wandering journey and fled towards Mandalay continuously.
This is an army that has completely lost its soul. They now have no courage to fight. They are determined to leave the crisis-ridden Myanmar jungle, run to the warm, friendly and kind India, and lie in the arms of the dancers to comfort their wounded little heart.
Now the Indian governor is almost crazy. He will not stop the British defeat of Myanmar. The Japanese army will invade India next time. Eight telegrams are sent to China a day. Chamberlain's hair is so worried that his hair is almost white. At this time, not only the Japanese are causing trouble for him, but the British army's poor performance in Southeast Asia greatly stimulated the German ambitions. The Sudei issue, which was originally hidden, no longer needs negotiations. On the same day that the Japanese invaded Yangon, the German army occupied Czechoslovakia.
And the occupation was occupied without any explanation. The representatives of the Czech League of Nations cried like rain, begging Britain and France to give them justice like a young wife exposed. Unfortunately, the British still wanted to find someone to preside over justice for themselves. Chamberlain could only watch the Germans show their power on the European continent.
Moreover, the intention of attracting some troops to reinforce Asia was completely dispelled. No one except the Chinese could help them in Myanmar. After the negotiations were stranded for more than half a month, the arrogant Chamberlain finally decided to make appropriate concessions and chose a few from a series of requests put forward by the Chinese to agree first, such as the issue of extraterritorial legal rights that Yang Feng had been scrambling to, and the Jiangxinpo issue. As for the concessions in various places, they can discuss except Hong Kong. If it really doesn't work, Hong Kong can discuss it. Anyway, the Japanese have taken over the place. As long as the Chinese have the ability to take it back, the British Empire will pinch its nose and accept it. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!