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When he heard that Xu's army had entered Myanmar with hundreds of tanks and hundreds of self-propelled artillery advancing in parallel, Wei Weil was overjoyed and immediately went to the Imphal front to encourage the British-Indian forces, asking the soldiers to hold on and resist until the reinforcements of Xu's army arrived.

Just two days later, when he contacted Xu Jiajun again, he felt his blood pressure suddenly rise and he almost fainted!

"It's been 48 hours, and the fully mechanized troops have only moved 10 kilometers! They don't have cars, they have wooden carts, right? No, even if people were pushing wooden carts, they wouldn't have moved this far in two days!"

He was already furious, and when he received the reply from Xu's army, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Well, this is the first time for our Xu army to go abroad. We are not familiar with the roads. We got lost these two days and went in circles. Fortunately, we found ourselves in time, otherwise we would have almost gone back to China! You guys hold on, we will be there soon!"

Wei Wei'er then realized that Xu Le was not joking. If they in England did not give up those three places, Xu's army might have been lost on the border between Myanmar and the Tang Dynasty!

But Prime Minister Churchill was having detailed discussions with Wylie, and the results would not come out in a day or two.

Xu’s army can afford to wait, but the hundreds of thousands of British and Indian troops in Imphal cannot, and the Japanese cannot afford to wait even more!

There were originally 10 Japanese troops attacking Imphal, and now they received news that two independent heavy artillery regiments of follow-up support from the Japanese were also about to arrive. Those were regiments equipped with 150mm caliber field heavy artillery, and they could not withstand them.

In order to allow Xu Le to act faster, Wei Weier made a unilateral decision to send Xu's army's pay without waiting for Churchill's order.

So, the Y-7 that was waiting for Wei Li returned to Tengchong. The plane was loaded with 2 tons of heavy gold bars, which was enough to support the military salary expenses of the 201st Army for a long time.

But these two tons of gold bars were like meat buns thrown at a dog, they went away without coming back, without making any sound!

He received the message that Xu Le was lost for the second time, and then there was no third time because he could not contact him.

Maybe he walked into some mountain valley, so the radio couldn't send out...

In desperation, Wei Wei'er flew to the mountain city in person, wanting to meet with Commander Jiang and ask him to order Xu Le's troops to speed up their march in his capacity as the President of the Tang Dynasty.

But the news he received was that Commander Jiang had gone to the front line to inspect the troops. He might be here now, but would be in another place in the next hour. He would not be able to find him if he went to look for him, so he could only wait where he was.

He waited for three days but Commander Jiang didn't come back, but he did get a call from Commander Jiang!

Xu's Army? What Xu's Army? I don't know!

Oh, you mean Xu Le's army? That's called the 88th Army. It's currently confronting a million Japanese troops in Shanxi Province of our Tang Dynasty. How could it appear in Myanmar? You must be mistaken. No army of our Tang Dynasty has crossed the border.

I said, the Soviet Union has tied down a million Japanese Kwantung Army, the 88th Army has tied down a million North China Army, and the rest of the Tang Dynasty's army has tied down another million troops in Central and South China. The Japanese army now has not many troops to mobilize. As an ally of the Tang Dynasty, England should seize the opportunity to counterattack the Japanese army!

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Well, what kind of person is Wei Weier? He immediately got the clue from Commander Jiang’s words!

This was a denial, but whether he admitted it or not, he could hear that Commander Jiang really could not control Xu Le.

It is impossible to ask Commander Jiang to mobilize troops from other places for support. Now the only one he can rely on is Xu Le's Xu family army.

But now no one can mobilize Xu Le. If it is an ordinary army, he can ask them for assistance in the capacity of the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces, but Xu’s army is obviously not an ordinary army.

He was sure that if he pissed Xu Le off, Xu Le would point the gun at him!

The fact that Xu Le dared to ask for Ceylon Island showed that Xu Le was very courageous and had a big appetite, and he also grasped the opportunity very well.

He also believed that Prime Minister Churchill would agree to Xu Le's request, but he didn't know how he would agree.

With a heavy heart, Wevil returned to his command headquarters in India. He now only hoped that Churchill could negotiate an agreement as soon as possible.

Finally, after waiting for another 5 days, Weiweier met Wei Li and also received Churchill's order. This whole process took more than half a month.

Churchill's order to Weiwei was simple: agree to Xu Le's conditions and unconditionally lease Rangoon, Cheduba Island and Ceylon to Xu's army for 99 years! Let them cooperate with Xu Le as much as possible without damaging the ownership and overall interests of the rest of England's colonies!

There are two key points here. First, the three areas were unconditionally leased to Xu's army, not to the Tang Dynasty, and of course, not ceded;

Secondly, there was no clear superior-subordinate relationship between the two armies when they cooperated in the war of resistance. It was equivalent to both sides being in an equal position and no one could command anyone!

There is an unwritten rule in the international community that if a country loses the right to manage its territory for 100 years, it means that it has permanently lost its ownership and the land will become the inherent territory of the occupier.

When Xu Le saw the many treaties signed between Wei Li and Churchill, he was very satisfied.

What 99 years, what 100 years, it’s just talk. If you have the ability to take it back from me after 99 years, that’s your ability.

Churchill was not someone who could be easily fooled. There was a clause in the contract that if Xu's army could not do its best to help England keep India, all the agreements in the contract would be invalid!

It will take more than a few days to secure such a large territory, but in order to facilitate the deployment of troops by Xu's army, Xu's army temporarily has the right to use these three locations!

In addition, Churchill also awarded Xu Le the highest honor medal in England: the Victoria Cross.

In this regard, Xu Le expressed that he had no interest at all.

"Advisor Wei, thank you for your hard work on this trip to England. You have conquered the first piece of territory for my Xu family army. You are truly a founding father!"

After Xu Le finished speaking, both Fang Yue and Liu Quanhua cast envious glances at Wei Li. They were sure that if this task was given to them, they would also be able to do it well, but they would definitely not be able to do it as well as Wei Li!

3-year ownership of three pieces of land, about 99 square kilometers of territory, almost as big as two Taiwans.

Wei Li scratched his head embarrassedly, but he was actually quite excited. There were 4 million people in the entire Tang Dynasty, and he was the first one to complete the expansion of territory. Although he knew Xu Le's ultimate goal and that this territory would not belong to the Tang Dynasty, they were all Tang people and could be put together.

"Marshal, I actually don't have much credit. Churchill agreed because of the strength of our Xu family army. You also built up the Xu family army, so I don't dare to take the credit. It should be yours!"

Xu Le waved his big hand solemnly: "To be honest, if I were to talk to Churchill, with my temper, the talks might fail! Looking at the entire army, only you have the ability to do so. I will remember your contribution. By the way, you have been there for a long time, but not a short time either. You should have learned about the latest situation on the European battlefield, right? Tell me about it!"