The Yangon defense battle achieved a brilliant victory, especially the fact that it could force the Japanese army of the two divisions to surrender. This is the first time so far on the battlefield against Japan. It also had a huge response in the world. Telegrams from the anti-*** allies and all walks of life in China flew over like snowflakes, and various praises flew everywhere.

All the officers and soldiers who participated in the war were very excited, but Gao Jiu couldn't laugh because after the battle, Gao Jiu suffered a loss from an economic perspective.

First of all, in this Yangon defense battle, the North District of the Golden Triangle launched 100,000 military and civilians to participate in the battle, with thousands of casualties. Many of these people were technical backbone and talents from all walks of life, and their losses were really heartbreaking.

Secondly, from a financial perspective, there were 100,000 anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians participating in the Yangon Defense War. Not to mention the weapons and ammunition they consumed, the expenses required for so many people to eat, drink, defecate, and sleep was astronomical, and most of the money was paid by Gao Jiu.

In addition, there are pensions for a large number of casualties and rewards for various anti-Japanese troops. This is another large sum of money, and the astonishing number makes Gao Jiu feel pain.

Under such circumstances, all the praise from all sides could not comfort Gao Jiu. The only thing he had to do now was to reduce the losses as soon as possible. Capturing more than 13,000 Japanese troops was indeed a brilliant victory, but the construction of a prisoner of war camp and providing food and medical supplies to these prisoners of war was another big sum of money every day.

Gao Jiu didn't want to keep these guys for free and eat, so he rushed to send them away quickly. Gao Jiu could have asked the Japanese side for ransom to redeem the well-trained Japanese backbones.

But he didn't want to do this, because he had to be trusted by the Japanese army. Otherwise, it would be less easy to surrender in the future. If the Japanese army resisted desperately and refused to surrender, the losses to the anti-Japanese army would be far greater than the economic losses.

In this case, Gao Jiu can only admit that he is unlucky.

After counting the number of Japanese troops and locking them into the prisoner-of-war camp, Gao Jiu sent a telegram to the Japanese army, asking them to send people to take the prisoners back.

The Japanese Southern Expeditionary Force sent a telegram to express his gratitude to Gao Jiu, and then sent a delegation to contact Gao Jiu to arrange for the return of the prisoners of war.

At this moment, the British Governor-General to Myanmar suddenly came to Gao Jiu and conveyed to him the British demands, hoping that Gao Jiu would not release these Japanese prisoners of war. Immediately afterwards, the government also sent a telegram to Liao Tong and others from the far-fledged army, asking them to dissuade Gao Jiu from releasing these prisoners of war, and said that the superiors would send people to Yangon City soon and discuss important matters with Gao Jiu.

Not long after, Gao Jiu learned the whole story. It turned out that this matter was first proposed by the Americans.

The Batan Death March was a war crime and abuse of prisoners committed by Japan during World War II that shocked the world. After Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese army also began to invade the Philippines and fought with the United States and the Philippines' joint defenders. The US and Philippine defenders on the Batan Peninsula in the Philippines fought fiercely with the Japanese army for four months. Finally, due to lack of support and assistance, they surrendered to the Japanese army on April 9, 1942. The number of surrenders was about 78,000. These nearly 80,000 people were forcibly escorted to the prisoner-of-war camp 120 kilometers away. They had no food or water all the way. They were stabbed and shot and killed by the Japanese army along the way. About 15,000 people died in this atrocity.

The Bataan Death March caused a huge psychological shadow on the Americans. They hated the Japanese army and had long wanted to retaliate against the Japanese army.

This time, so many Japanese prisoners of war were captured. Of course, they did not want Gao Jiu to release them back, but instead asked them to pass them over to the Americans to retaliate against the death march of Badan.

Since a large part of the troops participating in the defense of Yangon City were the British army, the Burmese Servant Army, and the Indian army, they had a great say in how to deal with these prisoners of war. Therefore, the United States first asked the British Governor to Myanmar to persuade Gao Jiu to detain the prisoners of war, hand them over to the Americans, and pay Gao Jiu the corresponding remuneration.

Not only that, the Americans also put pressure on the government, hoping to achieve the goals they want to achieve.

This incident made Gao Jiu very embarrassed. Gao Jiu has many industries in the United States. At the same time, the development of industrial development in the North Golden Triangle District has all aspects of connection with the United States. It is impossible not to care about the attitude of the Americans.

Gao Jiu must not give face to the requirements of the British and governments.

However, if these Japanese prisoners of war were detained for this reason, Gao Jiu would lose his reputation as a promised daughter, and it would be difficult to deal with the Japanese in the future, which would likely cause the Japanese to retaliate wildly.

Although Gao Jiu himself is not afraid, the northern district of the Golden Triangle is now very wealthy. If it is destroyed by the Japanese, even if Gao Jiu can repel the Japanese attack, it will definitely cause a large amount of losses of personnel and materials.

If we only consider it from a personal perspective, Gao Jiu would definitely choose to send away these Japanese prisoners of war.

Two days later, the Japanese delegation and representatives from the Guogong Prefecture came to Yangon City almost at the same time. Gao Jiu received them separately and listened to their demands.

Gao Jiu told the Japanese delegation the request made by the American, British and Guogong government to him, and said: "It's not that I don't trust, you have seen how much pressure I am now. I can't agree to this matter yet. Please give me a few days to let me think about it carefully."

The representatives of the Japanese army were very dissatisfied with this, but when they saw Gao Jiu's attitude was so sincere, they had no choice but to report the situation to the Japanese southern dispatched troops immediately.

The southern dispatched troops felt that the situation was serious. They already knew that Hejian Dazuo had dealt with Gao Jiu and had talks in Chongqing. They sent Hejian Dazuo to meet Gao Jiu in person to discuss the return of Japanese prisoners of war.

Representatives sent by the government heard that the Japanese army had sent high-level talks and hurried to find Gao Jiu, reminding Gao Jiu to take into account the righteousness of the whole nation, and to take into account the feelings of the Americans and the anti-*** ally. We cannot reach a reconciliation with the Japanese because of their own selfishness.

Gao Jiu was pressed by someone with a big hat, and he couldn't say anything, just said that he would definitely consider the opinions of the government.

After sending away the representatives from the government, Gao Jiu summoned Wang Zhankui, Guo Hengming, Tian Chuan, Li Chengwu, Wang Guimin and others to discuss solutions to the current dilemma.

Wang Zhankui said: "Jiu Ye, when we consider this issue, we should first consider the interests of the Taohuashan guerrillas, and do not care about interference from other aspects. You will still take the big idea of ​​this matter. You will do whatever you think is beneficial to the Taohuashan guerrillas' cause. The reason why Wang Zhankui said this is not because he likes the Japanese so much. He wants to speak for the Japanese, but because he was suppressed and betrayed by the government before, and he has always been resentful about it.

Therefore, he was unwilling to satisfy any request from the government.

Of course, he is not a person who is completely disregarding the overall situation and acts in a stubborn manner. His opinions still have some truth. The reason why Gao Jiu is invincible and often gets cooperation from the Japanese in battle is mainly due to Thaksinho's credit. If he loses his credit, it will have an impact on Gao Jiu's reputation. Not only will the Japanese no longer trust Gao Jiu, but other forces in various aspects will also question Gao Jiu's reputation.

In fact, Gao Jiu agreed with Wang Zhankui's opinion. If we consider the interests, the Americans and British people are still in the country, even if Gao Jiu does not agree to their conditions, they are still on the same front as Gao Jiu. At most, they are dissatisfied with Gao Jiu, but they will not be jealous of Gao Jiu. What's more, Gao Jiu can play an important or even irreplaceable role in the anti-Japanese battlefield.

From this point of view, the anti-*** allies will not do anything against Gao Jiu.

Guo Hengming, Tian Chuan, Wang Guimin and Li Chengwu have followed Gao Jiu for more than 10 years and have understood the ideas of the boss. They support Gao Jiu's opinions.

Up to now, the core members of Taohua Mountain have basically agreed. They decided to eliminate interference and still hand over this group of Japanese prisoners of war to the Japanese to take back.

After Gao Jiu made up his mind, he called Jia Liu and asked him to inform Hejian Dazu and discuss the transfer of Japanese prisoners of war.

At this moment, someone asked for a meeting. Gao Jiu felt a little numb when he saw the visitor. The visitor was a member of the delegation sent by the US Military Industry Department to the North District of the Golden Triangle, namely the Ocean Girl Marie and Wedeman.

After seeing the two, Gao Jiu gritted his teeth and said politely: "Welcome to Mr. Weidman, and Miss Mary! What's the point of doing you come here?"

Mary's representative this time was not the Ministry of Military Industry, but the American military. She also came to talk to Gao Jiu about these Japanese prisoners of war.

After seeing Gao Jiu, Mary looked very bad and even said she was a little ugly. She said bluntly in a questioning tone: "Mr. Gao, these damn Japanese are executioners, despicable and shameless barbarians. How can you let them go? On behalf of the US military, I protest to you solemnly."

The reason why Mary was so angry was not just because Gao Jiu wanted to let the Japanese go, but the most important thing was that she kept pretending to be Gao Jiu in her heart.

Gao Jiu not only had a lover, but even had a child now, which made Mary very disappointed and angry. In addition, she accepted the commission from the US military to talk to Gao Jiu about the Japanese prisoners of war, so she naturally would not give Gao Jiu a good face.

Gao Jiu himself did not want to get entangled with Mary, and he also said bluntly: "This group of Japanese prisoners was obtained by our sacrifice of countless anti-Japanese patriots and fighting bloody battles. We let them go not to give up on these Japanese people, but to dismantle the enemy and avoid the Japanese army's stubborn resistance on the battlefield in the future, thereby reducing casualties of anti-Japanese soldiers.

We did this based on the overall situation of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and it was proven by practice and one of the correct methods of fighting against the enemy. Besides, I have the right to decide on this matter and no one has the right to interfere with it." Gao Jiu said this on purpose. He was very worried that the American female girl would be tempted by her and would be irrelevant to mess with her. Then she would be unable to tell her.

When Mary saw Gao Jiu's attitude, she became more and more angry. She simply pointed at Gao Jiu and said, "Gao Jiu, you are a person who is unreasonable in your work. You are completely wrong in doing this. You are hurting the feelings of us Americans.

If you don’t listen to the advice and insist on doing this, you will definitely pay the price.”

What Gao Jiu wanted was this kind of atmosphere. He just wanted to get rid of her entanglement when he had a breakdown with Ma Li. He said decisively: "I have decided on this matter and there is no room for discussion. Just like that, let's see the guests off." After that, Gao Jiu got up and walked out.

Mary's face was flushed with anger, and tears rolled in her eyes for a while, and finally fell down. At this moment, she hated Gao Jiu very much, hated Gao Jiu for not understanding the charm, not being merciful, hurting her feelings, and hating him for not giving face to the Americans.

She was a little angry and wanted to scold Gao Jiu, but she had received a good education and was well educated. She opened her mouth a few times, but finally she didn't say anything even more unpleasant.

The head of the delegation assigned by the US military this time was actually Colonel Wedman. He originally thought that Mary had a close relationship with Gao Jiu and was a great beauty. Gao Jiu had many beautiful women around him. It can be seen that Gao Jiu was still a little lustful and easily influenced by women. Therefore, he first asked Mary to discuss with Gao Jiu about Japanese prisoners of war, but unexpectedly, this was the result.

Seeing that Gao Jiu was saying everything he said to death, Wei Deman felt a little regretful and felt that it would be better to come and discuss with Gao Jiu in person.

After leaving Gao Jiu's residence and returning to the guesthouse, he asked Mary to rest, and he also went back to the room to rest for a while. After he sorted out his thoughts, he came to see Gao Jiu again.

Since Gao Jiu's attitude was already very bad just now, Wei Deman felt a little worried. While walking, he thought that he would say something gentle to Gao Jiu and would be able to reverse the atmosphere so that he would not be embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, when he saw Gao Jiu, Gao Jiu actually greeted him with a smile and a very kind attitude.

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "Mr. Weidman, I heard that you are the leader of the US military delegation. It is normal for us to talk directly if there is anything. We are old friends, just say whatever you have."

Weidmann saw that Gao Jiu was so kind to him, and his heart was relieved. He and Gao Jiu were really old acquaintances, and he also knew Gao Jiu very well. He knew that people like Gao Jiu could not talk about any great principles, and they should speak and do things in a real way.

So he showed his trump card and said, "Mr. Gao, I know that this group of Japanese prisoners of war was captured by you who fought bloody battles, sacrificed blood and suffered countless hardships. How should you deal with these prisoners of war? What do others have no right to say?

But I came to make suggestions to Mr. Gao. I have obtained authorization from the US military and am willing to exchange these Japanese prisoners of war with Mi Yuan or weapons or other things Mr. Gao wants. Mr. Gao, what do you think? Why not talk about your conditions directly."
Chapter completed!