Xiao Yaonan immediately ordered that the more than 300 people should not be allowed to disappear innocently. They either hid in the mountains or had crossed the jungle and ran back to Myanmar. He ordered the 258th Regiment to complete the team, search immediately, and arrive at the China-Myanmar border to intercept fleeing British soldiers.

Subsequently, Xiao Yaonan ordered the surrounding mountain people to be summoned home, and asked them to participate in the capture of the British and the Big Baotou, and the whole people participated in the capture of the enemy.

Soon, in this massive national arrest campaign, 76 Indians and British officers hiding in the mountains had to escape from the mountains and surrender to China. The rest were not seen. I don’t know if they were caught by angry mountain people and buried them privately. However, Xiao Yaonan had heard of this incident, saying that several angry mountain people ignored the military order and secretly killed British prisoners to avenge their destroyed homes.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, after listening to the Ministry of Transportation's report, Wang Maoru asked again and again. After learning that the British surrendered, he suddenly burst into laughter. Now that Ban Hong has recovered, he is very happy.

He immediately convened Prime Minister Gu Weijun, Vice President Bi Guifang, Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Yi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yu Guifang, Minister of Defense Sa Zhenbing, Deputy Minister of Defense Jiang Fangzhen, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defense Wu Peifu, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defense Ren Yuanxing, Senior Advisor of the Ministry of Defense Duan Qirui, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Office Tang Shaoyi, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Office Fang Hongxin and others to hold an emergency meeting. It was already six o'clock in the afternoon, and all the officials had already gotten home from get off work, but were called to the Presidential Office by Wang Maoru. When they learned that Wang Maoru called them so urgently, these people knew that it must be an important matter.

The people of the Ministry of National Defense are naturally insiders. Others have guessed the cause and effect. This is probably the most important thing after the New Year. It is the Battle of Ban Hong, and the Battle of Ban Hong was a complete victory. How will China handle this matter?

After Wu Peifu, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defense, announced the news, Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Yi was the first to jump up and laughed: "Let's see what the British guys say now."

However, Prime Minister Gu Weijun expressed caution. We slapped John Bull's face so hard. If John Bull's face is really slapped, the British will fight desperately. The arrogant British people will not care whether they are evil or not. They will only focus on their own national interests. If necessary, they may launch a Sino-British battle.

Wang Maoru said: "The Prime Minister is right. Should we choose to give them a loud slap in the face or a slap in the back. Give them a slap in the face, which certainly makes us happy and allows outsiders to see that China is stronger, but this move may cause us great trouble. China is true, but it is still insufficient in the face of the British. Moreover, Britain and Japan have always worn a pair of underwear. If the British take action from the south, the Japanese will definitely take action from the north, and the Soviets may take action from the west."

Gu Weijun affirmed: "What the President said is very much." He stood up and said: "British country is different from Soviet Russia. When we fight with Soviet Russia, the whole world will watch the fun and even secretly support us. But if we fight with Britain, the whole world will follow the British behind the scenes. The British Empire is currently the world's first naval kingdom and the world's first army kingdom."

Chen Yi said depressedly: "What a great opportunity, what a great opportunity."

Wang Maoru smiled and said, "Don't be bored with Foreign Minister Chen. The current government is not the Qing government. We are not Cixi and Shunzhi. Chief of Tang Mu, please tell me what to do."

As the chief of staff of the Presidential Office, Tang Shaoyi's every move, every word and every action represents Wang Maoru's decision, and his own status also determines that he is respected. Tang Shaoyi said: "In this battle of Banhong, we chose to make the British lose in silence. According to intelligence, the British army in India did not obtain the authorization of the British Parliament, but was authorized by the British Governor Rufus Isaacs, who was the governor of the British, and in fact, we have to capture more than 1,700 prisoners, but in fact the British government is unaware of it. In other words, even if the British know, they have to pretend not to know. So if we announce it to the world at this stage, it is equivalent to slapping the British in the face in front of the whole world. If we don't get the benefits, it will only make the British hold a grudge against us and send an expeditionary force in anger. More importantly, the trade between our two countries will be interrupted."

"It's nothing to interrupt, right?" Duan Qirui said with a smile.

"Old Zhi," said Jiang Fangzhen, the Deputy Defense Minister, laughed. "Our army has a project that cannot be separated from the British. Our aircraft. Only two models of aircraft engines can be produced by themselves. Fortunately, the rest of the aircraft engines must be purchased from the UK. If business is interrupted, our Ministry of Aviation will stagnate."

Duan Qirui sighed and smiled bitterly: "It seems that both sides cannot break up."

"I guess after this defeat, Rufus Isaacs will soon be removed from the defense of George V." Gu Weijun speculated, "He was arbitrary and did not give face to Congress. He was defeated in war, which made King George lose face and not please both sides."

Wang Maoru said: "Let's not talk about Rufus Isaacs's question for the time being. Let's talk about what benefits will the capturing of the British this time bring to us?"

"Confidential talk." Tang Shaoyi was a little stronger, "China and the UK cannot tear each other apart now. We are not as strong as the UK, and we cannot afford to lose."

Wang Maoru smiled and said, "Yes, this is true." He turned to ask Secretary-General Zhang Kui'an and said, "Dingguo, you can talk too."

Zhang Kui'an put down his notes and said with a smile: "The president has invited me, so I will just talk about my thoughts." He sorted out his manuscript and said: "I agree with Tang Muzhan's idea, that is, we cannot make a fuss about victory against Britain at this stage. Although we forced the British government to sign a sub-city alliance several times in the diplomatic field and took back the British concession in Wuhan, it was a battle in the diplomatic field after all. However, according to our understanding of the British people, they would never allow military failure. The only defeat in the British Empire gave birth to the United States, so they would not allow a second defeat in our country. I think that using these prisoners as an excuse was actually threatening to use the loss of glory of the British Expeditionary Force as a threat to force the British to abandon the Pianma area, the Mengmao Triangle and the Banhong area. In addition, we can also compete for Jiangxinpo, Nankan, Kandi and Hukang areas accordingly."

"These areas are all forests or deep mountains, especially the river center and the Kandi, where are the Wild Man Mountains." Wu Peifu said, "Even if we get it, we can't stand it. It's even more difficult for soldiers to replenish them once."

"However, after we get it, we can look down at the entire Myitkyina. Once a war breaks out, we will be condescending." Zhang Kui'an smiled, "It is precisely because these areas are full of wild mountains and forests that we have fought for it."

The meeting lasted until two o'clock in the morning, and everyone came up with a series of solutions. Then the Ministry of National Defense sent a secret telegram to Xiao Yaonan and all the 3rd Mountain Division, congratulating them on their successful bandit suppression in Banhong.

"Successfully suppressing the bandits?" Xiao Yaonan was shocked and looked at each other with Li Shucheng. What bandits? Where are there bandits? Could it be these British and Indians?

"It's too much!" Li Shucheng said angrily, "It's obviously a national war, but it actually became a bandit suppression. What do the people from the Ministry of National Defense do for? Our brothers were bleeding and sweating in front of them, so they could tell them that all the credits of our brothers were gone."

Xiao Yaonan called Du Baosan, the commander of the Seventh Army, and asked him why the Ministry of National Defense gave him the reward order to successfully suppress bandits. As soldiers, they definitely did not understand the country's political concerns. They were really bleeding and crying for the country. The senior leaders of the Ministry of National Defense did this to erase the glory of the soldiers!

This made no one in the third mountain master understand from top to bottom. Although the order is an order and still has to be executed, they need an explanation, so they questioned Deputy Chief of Staff Xiao Yaonan. Xiao Yaonan was also angry and sent the telegram to the Seventh Army Command.

The commander of the army, Du Baosan and Chief of Staff Xu Yongchang, agreed that this matter would not be so simple. The Ministry of National Defense would not deliberately suppress the credit of a small division commander. Then the deputy commander of the army, Yan Xishan, came. When he saw the two of them in a daze, he smiled and said, "I didn't understand this? The identities of these prisoners are problematic. China and Britain did not fight. We captured so many of them. Once they were made public, the diplomatic relations between the two countries would deteriorate rapidly and even wars broke out. This is something that both China and Britain did not want to happen, so they felt wronged Deputy Chief of Staff Xiao and the 3rd Mountain Division."

It turned out that this was the case. Du Baosan figured it out and told Xiao Yaonan. Although Xiao Yaonan knew about it, he could not admit his great achievements, which still made him very angry. The 3rd Mountain Division was also very depressed and worked hard for a week. This turned out to become a small bandit suppression battle. It seemed to be to confirm that these prisoners were all bandits. The 260th Regiment responsible for guarding the prisoners burned the military uniforms of 1,727 prisoners, and left their soldier certificates and officer certificates to the Kunming Seventh Army Command.

Of course, as for the Indian soldiers' big Baotou, it had been burned by Chinese soldiers as firewood for heating. The prisoners cried and shouted, leaving only a pair of big shorts. Fortunately, it was Yunnan, and the temperature was over 20 degrees Celsius all year round. The prisoners hugged each other to keep warm when they were cold at night, and received pitiful food during the day, which quickly made them lose weight.

British soldiers immediately protested, saying that the Chinese had insulted them. Concuo, the leader of the 260th Regiment, replied: "The British government has never admitted that it had sent troops into China, so you are not considered prisoners of war, but foreign robbers who entered our country without authorization. Therefore, your identity is a criminal. For criminals, all your requirements are unreasonable and ridiculous."
Chapter completed!