Chapter XXIX
"Ivan, what do you mean by letting our guerrillas hold back the Kwantung Army, and the so-called benefits you give us are only to buy heavy weapons at a price below the market?"
"Yes, you understand it too correctly. We will cooperate extensively on this basis. General Ren, this is a great opportunity, please don't miss it! ”
Ivan was completely oblivious to the change in Ren Laifeng's tone. He only listened to the literal meaning, and thought that Ren Laifeng had understood the terms of exchange between the two sides. In his feeling, it was impossible for Ren Laifeng to refuse. The last nagging was his habitual tone particle.
Golden opportunity? Don't miss out? This kind of words fell into Ren Laifeng's ears, don't mention the one that doesn't please your ears. Of course, Ren Laifeng will definitely not say to my face that I don't want to, the guerrillas really lack heavy weapons. He just asked Ivanovic, we don't know the market price of heavy weapons at all, how do we know how much discount you give? Otherwise, you give me a batch for free, let me use it to try it, and I'll buy it again when the effect is good, what do you think?
Ren Laifeng understood what Ivan said, and he was also stunned. Give away a batch of heavy weapons for nothing? How dare he call the shots on such a big matter? Besides, he's not an official negotiator. There was no way, Ivan had no choice but to say to Ren Laifeng: I have no right to make a decision on your request, and I will send a formal negotiator after I go back to report.
Send another representative? Then send it again. Anyway, don't talk about it until you get it!
Ren Laifeng wanted to stay with Ivanovic for two days, but he didn't expect Ivan to insist on leaving. The task of contacting Ren Laifeng has been completed, but he doesn't know if this meeting is a pleasure, and Ivan is in a hurry to go back and report.
People are in a hurry to leave, and the wind is not strong to stay. Ten local tea eggs were sent to Ivan as dry food, and then troops were sent to escort the representative of Soviet Russia out of the country, and the next thing was to wait for the next official negotiator to arrive.
After the Battle of Wangfu, Ren Laifeng did not collect his troops and returned to Qinggang, but stayed in Prince Durbert's Mansion, and he also enjoyed the treatment of a prince.
In the prince's palace, there are luxurious houses, fine food, obedient servants, and herds of slaves, you name it. When people live here, they can fully experience the luxurious living environment of the feudal aristocracy in the old society.
Feng Wenying is not very suitable for this kind of luxurious life, Yu Xiaoqian is full of curiosity and runs around, and only Jin Haitang and Xiaoqing, who are from large families, adapt to this kind of life relatively quickly. That's how people have lived since childhood, and now it's just a matter of reliving the past.
On the sixth day, the official representatives of the Soviet and Russian sides came. The official deputy, of course, is not comparable to Ivanov's front stop. The official delegates sent by Soviet Russia were a group of 20 people, of which 10 were representatives and team leaders, and the remaining 10 were escorts.
After the Soviet Russian representatives came, Ren Laifeng first met with all the members of the delegation on behalf of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Guerrillas, and then the two sides entered the formal negotiation process. On Ren Laifeng's side, in order to match the number of people, in addition to Huang Guojin, Xiao Qingfa, Liu Wenju, and stunned, six more people were added, making up ten people.
Twenty representatives from both sides began negotiations in the conference room of Prince Durbert's palace. First of all, the two sides agreed on the issue of the guerrillas sending troops to attack the Japanese army, and the main difference was over the remuneration paid by the Soviet side.
The Soviets believed that they would be paid for selling some heavy weapons to the partisans at prices below the market price. But the representatives of the guerrillas felt that they had given too much and received too little.
Fighting the Japanese army is undoubtedly a high-risk job, and if you don't get it right, you will die. And what the Soviet Russia had to pay was to sell some weapons that were not needed, or the kind with very opaque prices. Such a deal is really unfair and a treaty that is completely unfair to the partisan side.
The guerrillas proposed that Soviet Russia first send a batch of heavy weapons for free, and let the guerrillas try them out for a period of time, and then consider buying them if their performance is good. At first, the Soviet and Russian sides were reluctant, but when they saw that our side was resolute, they had no choice but to report to the authorities. Sending weapons for free is not within their purview, and must be decided by their superiors.
I don't know how the commanders in Soviet Russia discussed, but in the end it was the Soviet Russian side that compromised, and they promised to send the partisans a batch of heavy weapons. This includes ten heavy machine guns, two large-caliber guns, and even an armored combat vehicle equipped with a heavy machine gun.
The things to be given were decided, and the chief negotiator of the Soviet and Russian side, Jansky, asked the partisan representatives who were stunned: "Give you these things, will you use them?" Why don't you send a few people to us to learn Russian for half a year, and then learn the operating procedures of these advanced weapons? ”
Stunned and furious! Isn't this a clear disdain for people? Don't fight for steamed buns! Won't work? We'd rather throw these heavy weapons there as scrap metal than send someone to learn from you! What kind of cannon and heavy machine gun, even if it is used in a different way, how much worse can it be? If we think about it ourselves, we don't believe that it can't be done!
Ren Laifeng is a nationalist through and through, stunned is Ren Laifeng's die-hard and hardcore follower, and because of his long-term influence by Ren Laifeng, he has also become a nationalist. Although this kind of good negotiation does not smell of gunpowder, let alone turn the other cheek into an enemy, these do not affect the stunned and use some means behind the scenes.
For example, a certain Soviet Russian representative suddenly ate a bad stomach for some reason, and another example, the Soviet Russian representative suddenly stopped hot water when he was taking a bath. You know, this is the Dulbert Banner that is higher than the latitude of Harbin! Taking a cold shower at such a high latitude is probably something that only the Russians can afford.
In any case, the guerrillas always prevaricate on the grounds that their own conditions are difficult and that their hardware facilities cannot keep up. The Soviet deputies were angry and could not speak, but in short, they were unhappy with food and accommodation during the negotiations.
In the end, the two sides negotiated a mutually acceptable result: the guerrillas launched at least one attack on the Japanese army every week, and each time the result should be counted as if the Japanese killed or wounded more than five people.
The price paid by the Russian side was that, in addition to the heavy weapons mentioned above and the ammunition corresponding to the two bases, the remaining partisans also needed to buy five armored vehicles, four large-caliber artillery pieces, as well as several mortars of common calibers and corresponding ammunition.
The Russian-Soviet side promised a discount on the weapons that were sold to the partisans at a 6% discount on the market price. As for what the market price is, the guerrillas can inquire for themselves. In any case, there is no shortage of arms dealers in this war-torn era.