The War of Resistance Against Japan: Special Operations Battalion Traverses Shanghai and Slaughters

President Ross held the third telegram sent by Long Fei, his arm trembling with anger and tension.

After a long silence, President Ross realized that he had to be careful this time, because Long Fei had kept his word the first two times, and this third time it had also become a reality.

It's important to know that Task Force 58 is the absolute main force of the US military in the Pacific. If it were to be completely sunk by Long Fei, the strength of the US Navy would be reduced by at least half.

Because Long Fei only gave him twelve hours, President Ross immediately convened Congress to discuss the matter.

At first, the members of parliament were arguing fiercely, with some arguing that the focus of the war should now be shifted to the European theater to defeat the Hans as soon as possible.

Some lawmakers, however, believe that the United States should not succumb to the tyranny of the Dragon Flame Kingdom and should take a tough stance.

Many members of parliament even clamored for an immediate declaration of war against the Dragon Flame Kingdom.

President Ross knew that these congressmen were not familiar with Longyan Kingdom and Long Fei, so he told the general what Longyan Kingdom and Longyan People's Army had been doing in the past two years.

After hearing this, all the members of Congress fell silent, and no one dared to clamor for war anymore.

At this point, President Ross made his suggestion.

President Ross believed that it was not worthwhile to wage a full-scale war against the Dragon Flame Kingdom for the sake of more than 10,000 Japanese prisoners, especially when victory was not assured.

However, we cannot unconditionally agree to the demands of the Dragon Flame Kingdom, after all, the Palau Islands were reclaimed from the Japanese army by the US military at the cost of countless lives.

In addition, the People's Army of the Dragon Flame Kingdom destroyed an airport near the Palau Islands, sank three US aircraft carriers, and shot down more than 700 carrier-based aircraft.

Therefore, President Ross's intention was to save face for the United States by sending people to negotiate with the Longyan Kingdom and have them agree to compensate the United States for its losses before handing over the more than 10,000 prisoners of war from the 14th Division of Japan.

At present, President Ross's suggestion is the most feasible, because it not only avoids an immediate war with the Dragon Flame Kingdom, but also saves face for the United States.

Ultimately, all members of Congress unanimously approved President Ross's proposal and decided to send a three-person negotiation delegation consisting of Commander Mitchell of Task Force 58, Commander Radford of the 3rd Amphibious Force, and Commander Smith of the 1st Marine Division to negotiate with Long Fei.

After receiving the telegram from President Ross requesting negotiations, Long Fei knew that the other side was preparing to make concessions, and that the negotiations were merely to save face for the United States.

Therefore, Long Fei replied that he agreed and informed the other party that the Longyan People's Army Navy would send a warship to the port of Palau Island, and the two sides conducted negotiations on the warship.

Long Fei left Xie Qiang on the "Dragon King" ship to take command, while he took the monk to another destroyer and ordered them to proceed at full speed, with Palau Island as their target.

Three hours later, Long Fei's destroyer swaggered into Palau Port.

After docking, Mitchell, Radford, and Smith, along with more than a dozen of their men, boarded the ship and came to Long Fei.

Long Fei had already set up a negotiating table on the deck and said to the three men with a smile, "Gentlemen, welcome. Let me introduce myself first. I am Long Fei, the Supreme Commander of the Longyan People's Army and the Supreme Leader of the Longyan Kingdom."

The three were surprised to see that Long Fei was so young, and then introduced themselves to him one by one.

"Alright, that concludes the introduction. Let's not waste any more time and get straight to the point. Tell me your terms."

Seeing Long Fei's straightforwardness, Mitchell, as the head of the negotiating delegation, asked frankly.

"Mr. Long, before we state our conditions, may I ask why you insist on taking these prisoners from the 14th Division of Japan?"

Long Fei replied coldly, with a fierce expression, "Because I want to avenge the heroes of China who died tragically at their hands."

Mitchell shook his head vigorously upon hearing this.

"No, no, no, Mr. Long, they have already surrendered and are now prisoners of war, according to the Geneva Conventions..."

Long Fei raised his hand and made a stop gesture, preventing Mitchell from continuing.

"General Mitchell, excuse me, but I would like to ask whether Japan has signed the Geneva Convention?"

"No, but we in the United States signed it."

"I'll ask you again, did my Dragon Flame Kingdom sign the Geneva Convention?"

Mitchell replied definitively, "Of course your Dragon Flame Kingdom did not sign."

"Since neither my Longyan Kingdom nor Japan signed the convention, why are you bringing it up with me now?"

Mitchell was taken aback by Long Fei's question, but after thinking for a moment, he continued.

“You didn’t sign, but we did, so we have to abide by the provisions of the convention.”

Long Fei slammed his hand on the table and said angrily, "It's your business if you want to abide by the rules. Don't talk to me about it. Don't try to beat around the bush. Just tell me your conditions. If you don't want to, then get out."

Mitchell was a lieutenant general, after all. To be told to get lost in public by the young Long Fei was a huge loss of face.

"Mr. Long, please watch your words. We are the negotiators from the United States, and you must give them at least some respect."

Long Fei said impatiently, "Mr. Mitchell, respect is mutual. You were the ones who asked for negotiations, and now that I've agreed and come here, you're spouting this nonsense to me."

"If it weren't for the fact that you guys are so good at fighting the Japanese, I would have wiped out your 58th Task Force long ago and landed to occupy the Palau Islands."

"I'm asking you one last time: state your conditions, or don't waste my time."

Mitchell was left speechless by Long Fei's words. He could only suppress his anger and shake his head at Radford, signaling him to continue.

Radford understood immediately and replied, "Alright, Mr. Long, let's not talk about anything else. After all, we paid a considerable price to force the Japanese 14th Division to surrender."

"So you can hand over the prisoners of the 14th Division of Japan to us, but you have to pay one hundred dollars in compensation for each prisoner, which we will use to compensate the wounded and killed soldiers."

Long Fei did not consider the US request excessive, and it also fully demonstrated that Americans have always valued their own interests.

One Japanese soldier captured for one hundred dollars; twelve thousand Japanese soldiers would amount to more than one million two hundred thousand dollars.

This amount of money may not seem like much today, but back then it was a huge sum.

Mitchell and his two companions thought Long Fei would try to negotiate, but to their surprise, he agreed immediately.

"A problem that can be solved with money isn't a problem. I agree to your terms. Do you have any other conditions?"

"You agree now?"

Mitchell and the other two were still surprised. After a moment of stunned silence, Radford continued.

"Another condition is that you destroyed the airports around Palau, sank three of our aircraft carriers, and shot down more than 700 of our fighter jets. You need to compensate us for these losses."