At the siege headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Datong, when Li Hao and Chief of Staff Zhou had just finished eating and were about to stay in the war room to wait for the attacking troops to receive good news, the negotiators of the Jin Sui Army came directly to them and asked for immediate negotiations.

Li Hao looked puzzled, thinking that the army's plan to demonstrate had been leaked, and the Jin Sui army was ready to strike first.

It was only after the negotiations began that I realized that I was overly worried.

"Chief of Staff Zhou, Commander Li, we have just received an order from the commander-in-chief, let's finish the negotiations tonight!" The lieutenant general said straight to the point.

"Considering that your Eighth Route Army has indeed paid a huge price for capturing Datong, the war zone has decided to double the compensation for you!"

"If your army agrees, we will sign the agreement now."

"The compensation and commendation promised to your army will be brought to Datong City by the receiving troops and handed over to your army!"

After the compensation was doubled, there was still a distance of 108,000 miles from his own request, and of course Li Hao would not agree.

Without hesitation, he objected: "No, the compensation in the war zone is too little." ”

"If we agree, the Eighth Route Army will send heavy troops to attack Datong, and this battle will lose our wife and soldiers, and we will become the sinners of the entire Eighth Route Army."

"Considering that the war zone is indeed very difficult, I can reduce the conditions put forward in the last negotiation by 20%, which is the greatest sincerity we can give, and no less can be negotiated."

The other party was obviously prepared, and he was not surprised at all after listening to Li Hao's words.

took out a piece of paper and retorted: "Chief of Staff Zhou, Commander Li, this is a piece of information sent to me by the war zone during the day today. ”

"It is said that after your army captured Datong, it seized all the shops, warehouses, and coal mines controlled by the Japanese puppet army and the Japanese chaebol in Datong City."

"Judgment of the war zone: Your army has seized a large amount of wealth and materials from these people, and if all of them are converted into the ocean, it will definitely not be less than one million."

"In addition, in the course of our negotiations, your army's military operations have not stopped."

"Every day, several coal mines are captured by your army."

"These coal mines not only have wealth, equipment, food, supplies, but also a lot of weapons and ammunition."

"After your army captured these coal mines, they loaded almost all the things that could be taken away from the coal mines and transported them back to the base area, and even took away a lot of absenteeism."

"One coal mine may not capture too many things, but ten coal mines, or even a hundred coal mines combined, will capture more things, which will definitely make up for some of your army's losses in siege warfare."

"Coupled with the compensation given by the war zone, your army will definitely not suffer a loss in the battle of attacking Datong."

Li Hao understood, it turned out that this was the reason why the other party was in a hurry to negotiate with him, and it was not that the Eighth Route Army's plan to prepare a demonstration was exposed in advance.

Since the plan has not been revealed, the remaining problems can be solved.

Although the theater received information that the Eighth Route Army had sealed the shops and warehouses of the Japanese puppet army in Datong City, it also knew that the units of the Eighth Route Army were attacking large and small coal mines in Datong.

But Datong is still controlled by the Eighth Route Army, and whether or not so much wealth has been captured depends on his own mouth.

As for whether the other party believes it or not, that's not their own business.

Chang relieved and replied: "General Zhou, if we really capture so many things, then you are underestimating the Japanese." ”

"We did seize a large amount of materials from the Japanese puppet army in Datong City, I don't deny this."

"But these materials are all grain that the enemy has no time to take away and destroy, adding up to nearly a million catties."

"The oceans and gold and silver seized are very small."

"The Japanese have long known that they can't hold Datong, so they hid the gold and silver in advance, and we have searched the entire Datong to see less than 100,000 oceans and 50,000 oceans worth of gold and silver, and General Zhou, the information you received is very different?"

"Outside the city, we have taken 24 large and small coal mines, and we have indeed seized a lot of things, but they are certainly not as many as General Zhou's intelligence said."

"Those coal mines are defended by the army and the mine protection team, needless to say, the army has the habit of destroying weapons before death, everyone knows it."

"The mine protection team is not easy to deal with, judging from the coal mines that have been down, more than half of the members of the mine protection team are veterans who have retired from the Japanese army."

"The habit of destroying weapons before death is ingrained in their bones, so it is difficult for us to seize weapons from them."

"The few weapons that are not there are are almost all captured from the puppet army and Japanese expatriates."

"There are twenty-four large and small coal mines in total, and no more than five hundred rifles and no more than ten light machine guns have been captured, how can we make up for our losses in the siege battle?"

Lieutenant General Li Hao asked a series of rhetorical questions.

When he received this information, the lieutenant general was full of confidence in the next negotiations, and after a little preparation, he was full of confidence and went to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to ask for the resumption of negotiations.

One thing was overlooked: the information I received was only a judgment of the war zone, and there was no real evidence.

And everything mentioned in the intelligence happened in Datong, and now this is still their territory, and they have the final say.

It's like yesterday's negotiation, knowing that the Eighth Route Army gave itself a list of casualties and losses, but there was no way to refute it, no matter how bitter it was in his heart, no matter how unconvinced, he could only swallow it in his stomach, who let himself come without evidence?

After putting down the information he had high hopes for, the lieutenant general decided to get straight to the point with Li Hao.

When the theater sent this information to itself, it also forwarded the order of the commander-in-chief.

He was anxious and wanted to control Datong as soon as possible, earn wealth for himself through the coal mines buried in Datong, and make up for the weaker and weaker economic foundation of the Jin Sui army.

The order is very clear: if you can't talk tonight.

Early tomorrow morning, the three main divisions assembled on the border will enter Datong to exert military pressure on the Eighth Route Army in Datong and cooperate with them in negotiations.

The commander-in-chief did not want to settle the ownership of Datong by military means, let alone have a military conflict with the Eighth Route Army and provoke a war.

This will be known better than anyone.

Once the theater issued an order for military pressure, no one dared to guarantee that the Eighth Route Army would not engage in-for-tat, which would eventually lead to a clash between the two armies.

So the pressure on the shoulders of the lieutenant general is very great, and it is necessary to do everything possible to reach this negotiation.

"Chief of Staff Zhou, the theater has issued a retreat order to your army, regardless of whether the compensation meets the requirements of your army, the retreat must be retreated, this is a military order, there is no room for negotiation, otherwise it is disobeying the military order, and at least it will go to a military court, or it will be eliminated as a rebel."

"Early tomorrow morning, the three main divisions assembled on the edge of Datong will enter Datong and take over the defense here from your army."

"I advise Chief of Staff Zhou to agree to my proposal just now to avoid unnecessary friction between the two armies."

"I believe that your army has not yet had the courage to block us head-on, provoke war, sabotage the united front, and become a national sinner."

"With the agreement, you can still get some compensation when you retreat."

"If you don't sign an agreement, when the three main divisions rush outside Datong City, you won't get anything, why bother?"

"Threat!"

Chief of Staff Zhou and Li Hao had two words popping up in their minds at the same time.

They looked at each other for a moment, and they both saw anger in each other's eyes.

After failing to take advantage of the bargaining table, he began to crook his ways, intending to force the Eighth Route Army to submit through military pressure.

But their calculations are clearly about to fail.

Li Hao had long thought that they would carry out military pressure, and he had made preparations in advance.

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