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After listening to Grandpa Li's words, Derek's heart shook, and he started to ponder about what Grandpa Li had just said. There was obviously a hidden secret inside, what did his words portend? If the Gome lost due to intelligence and weapon performance, then what about us, was we able to do enough intelligence? Is there any new weapon in China that we don't know about? The more he thought about it, the more scared he became. He raised his head to look at the Grandpa Li, and forced himself to remain calm he said, ”We can understand your feelings, but war cannot avoid casualties, but how can you be so sure that we won't be able to protect you before the war begins? If you have confidence, can you wait and see for a while? Would it not be too late to see what was going on before making a decision? In terms of benefits, I also hope that you can be more prudent. If you really want to leave, we can't stop you, but I hope you won't make such a big move. If you want your workers and families to leave with you, that's not appropriate right? ”
Grandpa Li immediately shook his head: ”No, Prime Minister is wrong, according to the current situation, we should be the best choice to retreat, we do not want any reputation, the workers' retreat is also a necessity, one third of the workers are the backbone of the various groups, they are indispensable, without their support and hard work, our group will collapse, so they will have to leave with us, the remaining technical workers' skill is not something that can be trained in a short period of time, so from the long-term interests of the group, we have organized a group retreat, for this development, I think we should not say anything more.”
Derek shook his head and smiled wryly, ”It seems that I won't turn back no matter how much I try to persuade you.” Derek shook his head and said, ”Alright, then tell me what you want and see how we can help you.
The Grandpa Li laughed and said: Then I thank the Prime Minister for his consideration, in fact we did not want to leave, we were forced by the situation, for the sake of our family, young and old, for the group's development, we could only come up with this plan, and I will not beat around the bush. Let's be frank, I think the Prime Minister and the authorities should be very clear about our withdrawal situation, the number of workers in our group this time around, are already more than 600,000, adding on top of the fact that the families of our relatives already have almost two million. Our destination is also not far from here, and it will be the Philippines and Malaysia in the south. As our withdrawal lineup is too strong, it will be a burden for both countries, so I hope that the authorities can discuss our withdrawal with Malaysia and the Philippines.
Derek immediately shook his head and said, ”You can leave, but that's your own doing. We can't interfere with that, but if you want us to send out a fleet to protect you, I'm afraid we can't agree to that. If we agree to your request, then your actions will belong to the government, and as for the Philippines and Malaysia, we can help you communicate with them. We still need to do the necessary security work before we leave the country. You don't have to worry about that, but I still haven't figured out one thing, the evacuation of three million people, how many ships are needed to carry out such a huge project, you don't have enough ships, do you? ”
Grandpa Li knew that Derek would not send troops to escort them, so he was not surprised to hear his reply. He nodded his head to express his understanding, and when Derek asked about the transport fleet, Grandpa Li immediately said calmly, ”Our various groups already have a lot of ocean-going businesses with the transport ships, but now that the operations have stopped, all the transport ships that we can use are all used to transport people and goods. Furthermore, we have gathered a large number of transport fleet from Malaysia, the Philippines, Doyen, Vietnam, Huaxia bay stand, Macao and other places.
As for the matter of the fleet, no one had reported it to him yet, so he did not know about it yet. However, the Peng Dingjun knew about this matter, as he had just received the report from the navy this morning, Derek had assigned him to meet the Grandpa Li and the rest before he even had the chance to report it to Derek. Thus, when the Grandpa Li finished his introduction, he nodded at Derek to show that what he said was true.
Derek looked at Peng Dingjun and knew that what he said was true, but he did not say anything. He looked at Grandpa Li and the rest and nodded, ”Alright, since you are all prepared, then I have nothing else to say, I hope you all know what's good for you all, and that we will help you all with the accommodations, but when you all get there, you all will increase the burden on us, so I hope that you all do not cause trouble, and that you all will abide by our laws and regulations as much as possible. After we leave this place, we do not have the ability to take care of you all. With that, he got up and left with his men.
After the people of Grandpa Li stood up and sent Derek off, they also bid their farewells to the Peng Dingjun. After the Peng Dingjun sent everyone out, he immediately turned around and returned to his office.
When Peng Dingjun returned to his office, he saw Derek's gloomy face. Seeing him enter, he angrily said, ”What the hell are you doing? China has a fleet that's participating in such a big thing, yet you didn't tell me? Are you trying to rebel?”
Peng Dingjun immediately trembled in fear, wailing in injustice, he tried his best to explain: ”Prime Minister, I only received the report before receiving them, and I didn't have the time to report it to you, that's why I didn't say it, how would I dare to hide it from you, I definitely do not have any ill intentions towards the empire, I beg Prime Minister to atone for his sins.”
Derek looked at him and said angrily, ”What else can you do? We must be blind to let you be the governor.” Then, he picked up the phone and said, ”Call me at the shipping office.”
The call was picked up in a few seconds. Derek ordered without wasting any time, ”I'm Prime Minister Derek. You're not allowed to put any foreign ships in here. Let them know how to transport people and goods to the high seas and get them on board. Do you understand?”
Derek put down the phone and saw that Peng Dingjun was still standing there with his head lowered. He immediately said angrily, ”What are you still standing there for? ”Hurry up and arrange for people to go to different ports for supervision. If anything goes wrong, I'll directly find you and settle the score.”
The Peng Dingjun left respectfully, and Derek received calls from the embassies in the Philippines and Malaysia, asking the ambassador to meet with the Philippine and Malaysian authorities to resolve the issue of the presence of the personnel. After arranging everything, Derek made the necessary arrangements, bid them farewell, and left for London.
The brothers of the Loyalist Alliance were even more responsible than those policemen, they spontaneously took charge of the security of the retreat. In these two days, they did not discover any problems with robbery, theft, and murder, which were completely out of their expectations. They did not expect the retreat to be so orderly, to the point where they almost thought that these people were not escaping, but were travelling together.
The busiest place in the past two days was the port, and every day there were over ten thousand ships sailing on the surface of the sea. On the route from Hong Kong fragrant to the Philippines and Malaysia, there were many ships moving back and forth, like ants moving their homes, pulling up a long transportation line one by one, which was not much to look at. Journalists from various countries around the world were reporting about this major event, and there were mixed opinions.
Fortunately, there was no one in the group who came to Malaysia and the Philippines, and the people were also safely sent to the mainland. These people all had a plan, and in the next few days, they were all secretly transported to the continent, and these people were all planned, divided into groups, and as for the surveillance personnel sent by the Philippine Government, the Malaysian Government and the Guoying, none of them noticed that there were any decreases in personnel. In the last instance, they used their large ocean-going operations to completely move the remaining people back to the country, and only now did Guoying understand that the mastermind behind the incident was the Hua Xia Continent.