Chapter 320: 24 hours

Tan Zhenhua stared at the alarm clock on the table unblinkingly. He has maintained this position for more than 2 hours, as if there is nothing else in this world that can be better than this magic clock alarm clock. Aroused his interest.
He didn't move, and Mou Weisen didn't move. The two of them just sat quietly, the atmosphere in the room was so solemn that even the air had stopped flowing.
Until a harsh phone ring broke the silence.
As usual, Mou Weisen answered the phone, and after listening to it as usual, he handed it to Tan Zhenhua.
On the phone, there was still the low voice: "The people surrounding your friends, 3 dead on land, 5 caught, 2 dead in the water, 3 or 4 ran away, we are still chasing."
This is not what Tan Zhenhua is most concerned about. In fact, now he doesn't care about the lives and lives of these people at all. He only wants to know about Zhang Xiaohua and the others, so he asked: "Where are my friends? They? how about it?"
"We didn't see your friends, none of them, dead or alive, but according to my personal expectation, they should have taken advantage of the chaos and left the waterway."
Tan Zhenhua frowned. He couldn't judge the truth at all. If it was true, of course it would be best. It also means that Zhang Xiaohua and the others did escape the encirclement during the chaos, but in case it was false...
He could hardly imagine the consequences.
The person over the receiver obviously understood what Tan Zhenhua was thinking. He paused and then said: "I can only guarantee that everything I say is true, but I also know your current concerns. It is better for everyone to calm down. , How about waiting for the news?"
Tan Zhenhua was silent for a moment, and replied: "24 hours."
In his thoughts, if Zhang Xiaohua and the others are really safe and sound, then in these 24 hours, they will definitely want to contact him or Xie Li to confirm that they are in good condition, and get the next action plan.
After all, this accident happened and many things need to be rearranged.
Moreover, Tan Zhenhua believes that thanks to Xie Li's experience of tumbling on the battlefield for so many years, it should not be possible to arrange only the three of Zhang Xiaohua to contact him. He must have a back hand in case of accidents.
And now, it's time for this backhand to come into play.
Of course, no matter what the back hand is, if Zhang Xiaohua and the others are not contacted in 24 hours-then don't say anything, pack up and get ready to start the fight!
Tan Zhenhua, who had heard Xie Li's story, knew the position of these three in Xie Li's mind.
There was silence on the receiver side for a moment, and then he replied: "Okay, 24 hours, it's a deal."
Now that the two parties have reached a temporary agreement, Tan Zhenhua doesn’t want to say anything to him. Although they reached an agreement through Wu Juewen and almost became partners, they are still unclear about the enemy and he really can’t afford to fight for peace. The other party is too entangled.
What's more, all those who are engaged in intelligence work feel gloomy to him—well, except for the cripple.
So he was about to hang up, but he heard the person on the other end say in a deep voice: "There is one more thing, I think you must be interested to know."
Since the other party said so surely, Tan Zhenhua's curiosity could not help but aroused. He asked, "What's the matter?"
The other end of the phone replied: "Of the 5 people we caught, 4 were of Karen ethnicity, and the other was a white man. We cannot confirm his true identity for the time being. Due to time constraints, we have no further details. The results of the interrogation, so there is only so much I can tell you."
Karen? White man?
Tan Zhenhua was on the spot with the microphone in his hand. Numerous thoughts, questions, and assumptions were turned in his mind. When he came back to his senses and wanted to ask more clearly, he found that the other party had already hung up the phone. There was a busy tone of "toot".
Although in Wenzhou, Tan Zhenhua once heard Xie Li talk about the current situation of Burmese jade, but the numerous ethnic groups in Burmese jade and the vast number of civilian military organizations still made Tan Zhenhua dizzy. He really didn’t know this. Where is the sacred "Lun", and how can they be mixed with a white man.
However, there are China's military attachés in Burma by his side. Presumably, those who can sit in this position should understand these situations, right?
So he put down the phone and turned around to ask Mou Weisen, "Military Officer Mou, I want to ask you a question, what is the situation of the Karen people in Burmese, do they have any contact with the white people?"
Mou Weisen smiled and replied: "Zhenhua, you are asking the right person. As far as the understanding of the situation of Myanmar jade is concerned, I am afraid that there are not many who are more familiar than me. Let me tell you. Among these civilian warriors, the Karen tribe is the most special."
Tan Zhenhua asked: "Oh? What do you say?"
"Because, this nation, it can be said that it didn't regard itself as a member of Burmese jade from the beginning."
Looking at Tan Zhenhua's suspicious eyes, Mou Weisen explained: "This Karen tribe has an armed force under its name, the "Karen National Alliance". Unlike other civil war fighters, this alliance was established in the 19th century. When Burmese jade was a British colony, Britain had vigorously promoted the policy of national checks and balances, and this Karen tribe was one of them cultivated and reused.
Therefore, the Karen not only had its own armed regime early on, but also became the main force of the British army. During the occupation of Burmese by the Japanese, the Karen armed forces also became an important force for the British army to resist the Japanese.
After Burmese jade became independent in 1948, the Karen alliance took up arms and sought national autonomy and equality from the Burmese jade government. It was one of the first batch of civil wars, but it was repeatedly rejected and suppressed. And because of its special relationship with Britain, the alliance and its armed forces have always carried traces of Western supporters in their words and deeds.
The most typical manifestation of this kind of trace is that at the Panglong Conference in 1947, the Karen people did not send any representatives to participate, because they considered themselves to be a member of Britain; and in the mobile schools run by the Karen people, English has always been regarded as the most important teaching subject besides the language of the family.
This Karen tribe originally originated in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China, and its beliefs belonged to a branch of Buddhism; however, in the process of attaching to Britain, many elites chose to become Christians.
This also resulted in two branches within its "Alliance". They formed the "Karen Buddhist Army" and the "Karen Christian Army" according to their beliefs; these two men and horses gave the Karen people a huge amount in the Myanmar Army. When there is military pressure, they can work together. However, the Burmese army has recently adopted the method of pulling one faction against one faction, and the Karen armed forces have suddenly fallen into division.
The faction belonging to the "Buddhist Army" advocates cooperating with government forces in exchange for political benefits, while the faction belonging to the "Christian Army" advocates resolute resistance. And I recently heard that Bomi Ya, the leader of the "Christian Army" faction, tried to negotiate with the leader of the "Buddhist Army" Surabe to reach consensus. Unfortunately, it seemed to have failed. "
After listening to Mou Weisen's introduction, Tan Zhenhua suddenly screamed: "I understand!"
Mou Weisen wondered: "Zhenhua, what do you understand?"
Tan Zhenhua was not busy answering, but smiled embarrassedly at him: "Well, Military Attaché Mou, I still need to use your security phone."