Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 2303 Three Reply Letters
After the two men left, the remaining old man took off his hat and looked at the coffee cup in front of him, feeling annoyed.

I looked at the time and felt annoyed again.

"Somebody come!"

The adjutant at the door heard the voice and immediately walked in, then saluted respectfully, "Sir, your orders!"

"Did the other party reply?"

"No, sir!"

"I just got through the communications department, and there was no response from the other party, including a confirmation receipt for the inquiry!"

The adjutant finished speaking calmly, and then added carefully, "Sir, could it be that it was too late for the other party to notice?"

The old man snorted coldly, "What do you think this is? Are you playing house?"

"This is a national event. Even if it is received in the middle of the night, someone will deliver it to a special place!"

"Humph! It's not that they didn't receive it, they just don't dare to say it!"

A hint of resentment flashed in the old man's eyes, and then he waved his hand and asked the adjutant to leave.

Half an hour later, the white-haired old man and the old man with the medal came back. They looked at each other, then walked to their seats and sat down!

An hour later, the three men were walking around the room with gloomy faces.

Two hours later, it was dark.

The old man with the medal came back from the toilet again, and he could no longer suppress his anger. "Damn it, they are guilty as thieves. It must be them! It must be them!"

"I need to contact the fleet, I need to send the planes..."

Angry roars came from the conference room, and the adjutants sitting on the benches outside the room looked at each other in confusion.

"The other party wouldn't really fall asleep!"

The adjutant who had entered earlier spoke in a low voice, and his companions around him nodded seriously.

"It must be!"

"Otherwise, how dare they not reply?"

Everyone nodded affirmatively!

In the room, the remaining two people looked unhappy when they heard the roar of the old man with the medal.

"I'm leaving. Anyone waiting here foolishly is a fool."

The old man with the medal had had enough. He had been waiting here for most of the day and his pants had started to smell. Normally, he would have changed them and handed them to the servants at home. He had never experienced anything like this.

"I think I'm ready to go."

The white-haired old man also said, "This kind of waiting is simply a waste of time."

"If the other party was sincere, they would have sent it long ago."

"Obviously, they treat the goodwill of the great United States as shit. I think we can submit a bill to Congress tomorrow to increase the military budget."

"agree."

The old man with the medal agreed immediately. If the budget could be increased, he would have an explanation and he would also have more money in his hands.

Only the old man in the hat felt more uncomfortable than being killed when he heard that they were going to take money from them.

They have money, but it depends on how they spend it.

If you can win and gain benefits, it would be best not to come.

But if it is like the battle more than ten years ago, where we spent so much money but still failed to win, the result would be disastrous.

They didn't make a penny back then, and even lost a lot, and in the end, all the money went to the island country.

After that incident, they have been regaining their strength.

And this war in Annan is another chance for them.

However, the investment this time has already been enough. If more investment is required, the cost of this battle will be very high.

While the old man was thinking about how to communicate with Congress tomorrow, the other two had already walked out.

Seeing this, the old man looked at the time. He had already been working overtime for several hours, so there was no reason for him to continue waiting.

So he followed the two of them out.

But just as he was about to get in the car and told the driver to start the car, an adjutant from the building behind him ran out quickly and stopped in front of the car.

The old man frowned and rolled down the window unhappily, "What's the matter?"

"Sir, the other party's receipt has arrived."

The young adjutant spoke quickly, and the old man almost gasped when he heard it.

I'm about to leave, and you're sending me a message at this time. What does that mean?
You just want me to work overtime.

'Damn bastard.'

He cursed in his heart, then got out of the car reluctantly and walked towards the office building.

"By the way, call those two bastards back. Don't even think about running away."

The young adjutant nodded, "We have arranged a car to notify them."

When the old man came to the office and picked up the receipt he had just received, he only took a look at it and his anger rose.

"Asshole, you actually brought up the jet lag as an excuse, how shameless."

The young adjutant listened from the side and felt somewhat proud. He had mentioned this before, and now look, it had come true.

"Get out, you have nothing to do here."

When the old man saw the young adjutant's expression, he immediately guessed what he was thinking and yelled at him angrily. The adjutant quickly restrained his expression and turned away.

The old man then took a deep breath, then sat aside and picked up the document to look at it.

After a while, the other two people came in with gloomy faces, then came forward, picked up the receipt and started reading it.

"Damn bastards, they dared to refuse? They are playing a joke on us. This is a naked provocation."

"They must pay!"

The old man with the medal pounded the table angrily, and the old man with white hair started to shout, "They are talking nonsense with open eyes. They are talking bullshit."

"Yeah, it's still that stinky son of a bitch."

The old man with the medal cursed rudely, and the other two also started cursing after hearing it.

The three old men's mouths were more vicious than those of the nagging women at this moment. They could say all kinds of dirty words, as if only in this way could they release the anger in their hearts.

After a long time, the three of them gradually calmed down.

Then the white-haired man calmed down and said, "The other party obviously doesn't want to admit it. I think they are hiding something."

"It's very likely that they hid the means of attack and the wreckage they obtained."

"Whichever it is, we have to figure it out."

After the white-haired old man finished speaking, the old man in the hat looked serious.

The former would threaten their aircraft, turning the aircraft they had spent a lot of money to manufacture into scrap metal, while the latter would leak their technology, improve the opponent's aircraft technology, and at the same time conduct reverse research to find the flaws of their aircraft, which would cause greater losses.

Either one will threaten their interests, which they cannot accept.

"Warn the other party immediately, criticize their behavior as unethical, and make sure they give a specific response and explain the details of what happened."

"We need to know what happened and what the outcome was."

"And tell them not to neglect the friendship of the United States."

The white-haired old man nodded and left.

Soon, another inquiry was sent out.

Four Nine Cities.

The thin old man got up and exercised for a while, then had breakfast with the eldest sister, and took Xingxing for a walk in the yard for a while before returning to the office to prepare for work.

Tang Mingyue followed the old man's instructions and delivered the letter to the communications office after daybreak, then sent the reply just before work.

Then she waited here, because she felt that the other party would definitely reply soon.

Sure enough, after waiting for less than half an hour, I received the second letter from the other party.

Tang Mingyue took a look and a sneer flashed across her face.

After getting the document, Tang Mingyue returned to the West Garden and handed it to the thin old man.

"Haha, it's still the same as before."

"Threats, sophistry, trouble-making, nothing new."

"Ignore it."

After reading it, the old man threw it aside and looked at the time. "At ten o'clock, send them a copy, the original one, and modify the wording so that they don't think we are perfunctory."

Tang Mingyue smiled, then nodded and left.

The old man continued to work.

Then, around ten o'clock in the morning, Tang Mingyue asked someone to send out the revised reply.

On the other side of the river, the white-haired old man has already drunk five cups of bitter coffee and has been waiting from around seven in the evening until nine now.

If he waits any longer, his patience will run out.

Fortunately, at this time, the other party's reply came.

Without waiting for the young adjutant to speak, the old man with the medal immediately stepped forward and snatched the document. After taking a look at it, he slammed it on the table and cursed, "Damn bastard, you have no sincerity at all."

After seeing this, the remaining two people were also very angry.

"Send another one and ask about their sincerity."

The white-haired old man suddenly spoke up, "As long as they admit that this incident was an accident, explain the details, and return the wreckage of the plane, we can pretend that this incident never happened."

The remaining two nodded.

But they didn't notice the change in their tone.

The original tough orders, followed by warnings, eventually became a disguised compromise.

The three people didn't notice it, but the thin old man had already discovered the problem when he received the third inquiry.

The older sister who was eating saw the old man laughing happily, and the old man said, "These guys are paper tigers, and they are right."

"Look, if we act tough, they will give in."

The eldest sister glanced at the report and put it back. "They say that a biting dog doesn't bark. These guys are really vicious. Don't be fooled."

The thin old man nodded immediately, "As expected of a female Zhuge Liang, this reminder comes at the perfect time."

The elder sister shook her head in annoyance after hearing this, "You are becoming more and more talkative."

"No, I always say that."

"Haha, after all these years, I still don't know you?"

“Unfair.”

The old couple showed their affection at the dinner table and didn't take the reply letter seriously at all.

After lunch, the old man walked around the yard with his wife twice. After digesting the food, he returned to the study and found Tang Mingyue.

"Mingyue, let's change our strategy this time. Since the other party said that we shot down their plane, let's ask them to provide the specific take-off time, the time of entering our country, the aircraft model, flight route, etc."

"We need detailed information to facilitate the investigation."

Tang Mingyue smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll go right away."

Walking out of the yard, Tang Mingyue looked at her watch. It was 1:30 in the afternoon.

At this time, the white-haired old man's eyes were bloodshot and he kept yawning.

It was already early in the morning and they had been busy the whole day and were very sleepy.

On the other side, the old man with the medal was already snoring. Fortunately, the facilities here were good, and the adjutant found a few large beds for everyone to rest.

Just the thought that the other party hadn't sent a message yet made him annoyed.

Da da
The footsteps were so harsh in the silent night that the old man who was dozing nearby woke up immediately and looked at the door.

The next second, the young adjutant came in and handed the reply letter he had just received to the old man.

At some point, the old man with the medal also sat up from the bed, rubbed his eyes, and looked at the contents of the document.

"what?"

"A timetable? A roadmap? These damn bastards, what do they want to do?"

The old man with the medal immediately came to his senses and realized that this thing must not be given, otherwise more secrets would be exposed.

After hearing the words of the meritorious old man, both of them were in deep thought.

After a long while, the white-haired old man finally said, "We can't go on like this. The other party is obviously stalling for time."

"I suggest that we directly announce the situation and put pressure on them."

After the white-haired old man finished speaking, the old man with the medal immediately shook his head, "No, the honor of the soldiers of the United States cannot be desecrated."

"Blasphemy? Shit, it's the truth."

The white-haired old man immediately fought back, and the old man with the medal widened his eyes and clenched his fists, "It was just a mistake."

"You have to know that we still have tens of thousands of soldiers in Nan'an. Do you want their morale to collapse?"

"Shit."

The white-haired old man cursed, and then the sound of a cane hitting the ground was heard from the side. The two stopped arguing and looked aside.

"There's no need to hide this matter."

"I will explain the situation to the higher-ups. We have no say in this matter."

Then I heard the old man in the hat say, then he picked up his walking stick and walked out.

After hearing this, the two people behind him stopped arguing and decided to wait until tomorrow to talk about everything.