Chapter 38: The Tyrannical Negotiation

  Inside the city of Fengtian, in a bustling alley on East Main Street, stood a spacious mansion. The mansion had three courtyards front and back, with ten wing rooms on each side, totaling dozens of rooms, which was considered a large household locally. At the entrance of the mansion, two Northeastern Army garrison soldiers stood guard, holding rifles and vigilantly watching passersby!

  This is the residence of Zhang Yun Tian, deputy commander of the Northeast Army!

  At this time, Deputy Commander Zhang Yun Tian was sitting in the house, with his signature large pipe in his mouth, staring at the map on the wall. It was made by his Russian friend, Lieutenant General Levsky, and he liked it very much. He had been inseparable from him for many years.

  Just as Zhang Yun Tian was concentrating on the map, the phone on the table rang loudly. He hastily picked it up and said, "I'm Zhang Yun Tian!"

  "Deputy commander, the communication soldier sent to Beidaying has returned and said that Duan Ying is disobeying orders and even wants to leave the Northeast Army!" On the other end of the phone was the Chief of Staff of the Northeast Army Command, Rong Zun, who could be heard seething with anger. "This little brat is thinking of rebelling, it's really chaotic!"

  "Haha, don't worry, I'll be right there!" Zhang Yun Tian comforted Rong Zun with a smile before hanging up the phone. He stood up and grabbed his jacket, "Sun Jianping, let's go to the war room!"

  "Commander, today is your wife's birthday, aren't you going back home?" Along with the voice, a Northeastern military officer with sword-like eyebrows and tiger-like eyes walked in from outside. He took off his military hat from the coat rack and handed it to Zhang Yun Tian while saying, "You haven't gone back home for over a month, shouldn't you go back on your wife's birthday?"

  What Sun Jianping said was not referring to Zhang Yuntian's wife, but rather his close friend Zhao Xiangning, a famous patriotic figure known for her beauty and talent like Qiu Jin.

  Zhang Yun Tian took the military cap from Sun Jian Ping's hand, put it on his head, adjusted it properly and said, "No way, these days the little devils are making a big fuss, the situation in Fengtian City is very tense. As the deputy commander of the Northeast Army, I have nothing but military affairs on my mind every day, how can I think about romantic love? After this busy period, I'll go see her again!"

  Sun Jianping had no choice but to follow Zhang Yuntian as he walked towards the door.

  Two people came out of the gate, Zhang Yun Tian's car had been waiting on the road outside the gate, the driver saw the deputy commander come out and hurriedly opened the door for him to get in.

  Zhang Yun Tian walked towards the car from the stairs, just as he was still seven or eight steps away from the car, a shrill gunshot suddenly echoed through the alley!

  A bullet grazed Zhang Yun Tian's temple and flew over, hitting the car's windshield, shattering it into pieces, and then shattered the rear window glass and flew out!

  At the same time as the gunshot, Sun Jianping made a tiger pounce and knocked Zhang Yuntian to the ground. Then he pulled out the revolver from his waist and pointed it in the direction of the gunshot!

  In the blink of an eye, he saw a figure flashing on the rooftop more than 50 meters away on his left side. The shotgun in his hand responded immediately, and the tiles flew everywhere, but the sniper had already crawled into the back of the house, and he didn't hit him!

  "Hey!"

  Sun Jianping snorted in anger and jumped up to chase, but was stopped by Zhang Yun Tian. "Sun Jianping, forget it! These people's goal is not to kill me, but to intimidate me, hoping I'll surrender!"

  "Commander, this won't do! We can't always have you under the enemy's threat!" Sun Jian said anxiously, vigilantly observing the surroundings, "I think it's time to strengthen our guard forces!"

  "Heh heh, no big deal. If they kill me, I'm afraid a large part of the Northeastern Army will immediately change their stance!" Zhang Yun Tian was very calm, seemingly indifferent to his own life and death. "If they want to invade the three eastern provinces later on, they'll have to pay several times or even ten times more in terms of strength. They're not that stupid!"

  Zhang Yun Tian naturally knew that these assassins were sent by the Kwantung Army, and their purpose was not to kill him but to intimidate him, making him abandon his tough stance against Japan and cooperate with them instead.

  As for killing himself, it is estimated that he will not do so for the time being. Otherwise, he would inevitably provoke a part of the Northeastern Army leaders who are closely related to him, and the resistance from the Japanese will be even greater!

  Of course, if the Japanese really go mad, Zhang Yun Tian has also made preparations to sacrifice his life for righteousness. Even if he dies, as long as it can awaken more hot-blooded warriors, it will be worth it!

  Sun Jianping was very worried about Zhang Yun Tian's safety, but he was also helpless. Even if his own martial arts skills were exceptional, the people under him were much weaker and couldn't bear the heavy responsibility of protecting Zhang Yun Tian!

  As for inviting someone from outside, Sun Jianping is also worried about safety, and it's possible that it will only add more trouble in the end!

  At a loss for a solution, Sun Jianping had no choice but to get into the car with Zhang Yuntian and head towards the Northeast Army Headquarters!

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  In the reception room of the Northeast Army Headquarters, Chief of Staff Rong Zun had a smiling face and politely explained something. In front of him stood Consul Sakai of the Japanese Consulate General in Fengtian, with an arrogant attitude!

  "Mr. Rong, I am representing the Empire of Japan, and formally submitting a protest to your Northeastern Army regarding the destruction of the South Manchurian Railway and the attack on our independent guard units' first, second, and third battalions, resulting in one battalion commander killed, one injured, and one missing. Please respond promptly, otherwise all serious consequences arising from this will be borne by your side!" Sakai spoke in standard Chinese, having started his espionage activities in China's Northeast at the age of 18 with the South Manchurian Railway Company, later moving to Japan's Consulate in Fengtian. It had been 28 years since then, and he could be said to have spent more time in China than in Japan itself, making him extremely familiar with the country.

  Listening to the Japanese man's questioning, the Northeast Army Chief of Staff Rong Zun had a polite expression on his face, but in his heart he was deeply disgusted, however he didn't dare show it. "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, this is all just a misunderstanding! We will definitely thoroughly investigate this matter, bring the perpetrator to justice and give you an explanation!"

  "Alright, you have three days. You must hand over to us all the people from Beida Camp who led the attack on our independent guard team!" Sakai said, pulling out a list from his pocket and handing it to Rongzun. "This is some information we've collected. The parts circled in red must be completed 100%. That's the main culprit behind this military raid!"

  Rong Zun took the list and looked at it, his eyebrows furrowed imperceptibly because, apart from Duan Ying's First Battalion and Cheng Tianlei's Special Operations Battalion, a mysterious unit was also introduced in great detail!

  The part circled in red is precisely the part about this mysterious unit, and among them, a person's name was even double-circled in red, with an exclamation mark underneath!

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