"You must stop the ship and cooperate. This is a very serious conflict. We in France have the obligation to investigate clearly..."
"Stop the ship? Are you dreaming? Since you have said that it is very dangerous here, why do we still stop? Don't you want to detain us?"
"Oh God! Are all the reports about you in Europe false? They say that you are very proficient in international law and good at foreign affairs. Why is your level so low today? According to the agreement signed between the French and Egyptian governors, we France has full responsibility for the security of the Suez Canal..."
"Don't tell me this. Since you, France, are fully responsible for security issues, why would anyone still fire at us? That's a cannon, not a shotgun. Don't you know anything about it?"
On the west bank of the canal, on the dry sandy land, Xiao Letian and his men were already at odds with Viscount Ferdinand, and both sides refused to give in at all.
Major General Jason hurried over and said, "Dear gentlemen, please calm down. You are all true gentlemen. It is really not honorable to argue like this!"
"Decent?" Xiao Letian didn't look good at all today. He roared angrily, "I was attacked and I am the victim. However, this diplomat actually asked me to stop the ship and cooperate with the investigation. It is really unreasonable!"
From the establishment of the United Fleet in Singapore to now, this is the first time Jason has seen Xiao Letian lose his temper. The two parties had been very friendly before. Jason ate countless banquets on the Zhiyuan alone and took commemorative gifts. A lot.
In a daze, Jason regarded Xiao Letian as a gentle monarch, a friend whom he had met for the first time but seemed to have known him for a long time. But today, he immediately woke up. No matter how amiable Xiao Letian was, he was still the head of the Chinese clan, the founder of a new force in East Asia who started from scratch.
How can such a person be easy to get along with? Once angry, his aura is really terrifying.
Ferdinand felt unprecedented pressure. Except for the pressure he had felt when negotiating with powerful politicians in Europe, he had never encountered an opponent outside of Europe.
An inexplicable sense of shame once again burned his face. "Dear Head of State..." Ferdinand said word by word, "Can you please stop being so messy? When such a big attack happens, shouldn't you cooperate?" Do you want to investigate?"
"Even if it is a judicial case in life, as a victim, you are obliged to cooperate with the police investigation! Isn't this simple common sense? What's wrong with me asking you to stop the ship and accept the investigation?"
"Not only that, we will also mobilize the garrison around the canal, and then protect you into the Mediterranean... You are also very aware of your relationship with Tsarist Russia. Don't you have any doubts about this attack? We will provide you with protection. What’s wrong with that?”
After all, Major General Jason is not a diplomat. He thinks what Ferdinand said is quite reasonable. It is also reasonable for France to ask the victims to cooperate with the investigation. In addition, it also needs to provide protection. Isn't this the goodwill of France? ?
"Well... Dear Mr. Head of State, what the Consul said is not unreasonable. Could you please think about it..."
"Consider?" Xiao Letian's eyes stood up. "There is nothing to consider! Nothing you said, Mr. Consul, is tenable in front of me!"
"You said that the police have the power to require the victim to accept investigation? That is the principle within a country. When the victim and the police are in a country and a system, and both parties have established trust, then they have the obligation to cooperate with the investigation! "
"I would like to ask you, are we a country? As the victim, do you and I have trust? Let me be more clear. I don't trust you, so I have no obligation to cooperate with the investigation!"
"As for sending troops for protection? Hahaha... That's ridiculous. Have you cleared your suspicions?"
Ferdinand was angry at the time. In diplomatic situations, the two sides were very particular about not breaking each other's faces. Although the ambush was done by France, if I don't admit it, you can't rely on suspicion.
"Dear... Head of State! Please pay attention to your words and deeds! Everything you say must be done responsibly... Can I think that you are making false accusations out of thin air?"
Xiao Letian raised the left corner of his mouth and sneered contemptuously, "Responsibility? It seems I should be the one to ask you! Someone... report our harvest to the distinguished consul!"
"Yes..." A beautiful woman walked out from behind Xiao Letian. It was Cai Bixia, the communications commander on the Zhiyuan.
She held a few thin pieces of paper in her hand and whispered, "After the commando celebration, four disassembled artillery pieces and eighteen undisassembled pieces were found at the ambush site, with the inscriptions of the Austrian Arsenal on them..."
"Look, it's Austrian artillery. Someone must be blaming Austria..." Ferdinand said before he started talking.
Cai Bixia ignored the French trouble at all, and just continued calmly: "Another 1,230 gold francs cast in France were found at the scene...a military map marked in French...the standard French army's individual soldier rations are thirty pieces... "
Cai Bixia read out the seizures one by one. Cold sweat broke out on Ferdinand's forehead. He suddenly shouted, "What does this mean? Do you doubt us? Are we all idiots who would do anything in our own territory?" Attacking you? Isn’t this against common sense?”
Xiao Letian shrugged, "Sir Consul, why are you so excited? We just read the list of seizures, we didn't say anything... Why are you so sensitive? Could it be that you have a guilty conscience!"
"Enough! Your Majesty the Head of State, you have greatly let down France's goodwill and underestimated our firm will to safeguard sovereignty! This is a very serious attack, and I must give an explanation to international public opinion, so... So you must stay today! I will never allow you to leave here without completing the most basic confession..."
"My request is completely in compliance with the public laws of all nations, and you have no right to refuse!"
Xiao Letian and the officers and soldiers around him looked at Ferdinand with a sneer, "I didn't expect that such an excellent diplomat, so famous internationally, would now become so ugly! What if we firmly disagree with the anchoring! "
"Hahaha..." Ferdinand suddenly laughed wildly. "You are too arrogant and underestimate the strength of France! If you don't drop anchor and stop the ship...then we will block the canal!"
"When the time comes, I'll see how you cross this canal..."
Ferdinand exhausted the air in his lungs and almost roared out threatening words, but before he finished speaking... there was only a pop and a melodious exhaust sound that echoed continuously in the scene.
Immediately afterwards, a stench comparable to biological weapons began to fill the air, and everyone was so scared that they quickly covered their mouths and noses.
Jason yelled in shock, "Who! Who is this... who farts poisonous gas!"
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