Chapter 55 Negotiations with Yan Laoxi The Second War Zone Headquarters, Beicunpo in the Shanxi border area. The Eighth Route Army sent the Deputy Chief of General Staff to talk to Yan Laoxi about the transfer of the alliance flag. In the conference room, Yan Laoxi did not attend the meeting, but Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang Xinru was in charge of the negotiations. The Deputy Chief of General Staff went straight to the point and directly put forward the Eighth Route Army's demands. "This time, our Eighth Route Army suffered heavy losses in order to capture these two regiment flags. If the headquarters wants to take away the flags without paying anything, it may be inappropriate." Deputy Commander Yang nodded: "We know this, Chief of Staff, please state your demands. Let's get straight to the point. How much do you need before you are willing to hand over the wing flag?" The deputy chief of staff thought for a moment and then said, "30,000 rifles, 3 million bullets of all kinds, and no less than 200 light machine guns. Thirty heavy machine guns, twelve mountain guns or direct-fire artillery such as infantry guns, forty 60mm mortars, four hundred thousand grenades... and a number of other supplies." Speaking of this, the Deputy Chief of General Staff felt a little guilty and was ready to slam the table. "Okay, we agree."
"No……?" The Deputy Chief of General Staff was just about to open his mouth to refute the other party's words, but he suddenly realized that the other party's answer was agreement, not opposition. The Deputy Chief of General Staff was a little confused at the moment. He was prepared to bargain with these people, but these people agreed directly. The words he prepared were of no use at all, and the Deputy Chief of General Staff began to think quickly. "Just, just agree to everything? When did you become so generous?" The Deputy Chief of General Staff felt something was wrong when he saw the other party agreed to his conditions so happily. "Are these guys trying to trick us with junk?" Thinking of this, the Deputy Chief of General Staff quickly added: "Deputy Commander Yang, the guns we want are good guns. It should be a Type 38 rifle, or your own Jin-made Type 65 rifle, or a Hanyang-made rifle. It should be at least 70% new, and the bullets cannot be reloaded, they must be original." As soon as the Deputy Chief of General Staff finished speaking, Deputy Commander Yang, who was preparing documents, looked up at the Deputy Chief of General Staff. Seeing Deputy Commander Yang suddenly looking up at him, the Deputy Chief of General Staff felt a little guilty. The low price the boss offered was just 5,000 guns and 1 million bullets. He directly increased the low price six times, but he didn't expect the other party to not bargain and agreed directly. While feeling surprised, the Deputy Chief of General Staff was also somewhat frightened, worrying that the conditions he proposed were a bit harsh. It would be bad if the other party regretted it, after all, the low price was only 5,000 rifles and 500,000 bullets. But now the other party directly agreed to the conditions proposed by himself. Even if the guns given are not very good, there are still 30,000 guns, not to mention a bunch of other equipment. After thinking for a while, the deputy chief of staff whispered again: "As long as it's not soil..." "Don't worry, I promise I won't use a crappy gun to make up the numbers." Before the deputy chief of staff could finish his words, Deputy Commander Yang waved his hand nonchalantly, interrupting what he was about to say.
Deputy Commander Yang said calmly and confidently: "As for rifles, we will give the Jin-made Type 65 rifle, Hanyang-made rifle, and Type 38 rifle. How about these three types? Ten thousand for each, which is exactly thirty thousand. Each gun is equipped with eighty bullets, and as for the rest you can decide for yourself what type you need. The light machine gun is the Jin-made Type 65 light machine gun or the Czech-style, Type 99 handle. The only heavy machine guns we can provide you are the Type 24 heavy machine guns. As for mountain cannons, I can give you three Type 13 mountain cannons made in Jin, three 37mm anti-tank guns, and six Type 13 mountain cannons made in Shanghai. …… How is it, are there any problems? If there are no problems, I will report it to Commander Yan. " The Deputy Chief of General Staff listened to what the other party said about weapons and equipment and had no objections. He quickly took the document and signed for confirmation. After Deputy Commander Yang took back the signed document, he chatted with the Deputy Chief of Staff for a while and then left the meeting room with the document. Looking at the spare document left behind, the Deputy Chief of General Staff smiled helplessly and shook his head. "Boss, boss, you've suffered a great loss this time, please give me less." …… Deputy Commander Yang handed the Eighth Route Army's list directly to Yan Laoxi. Yan Laoxi looked at the list and couldn't help but smack his lips: "Tsk tsk tsk, the Eighth Route Army really dares to ask for so many things." "Commander, you said that no matter what the Eighth Route Army wants, no matter how much, we will agree to it. Now?" Yan Laoxi waved his hand and said, "Give it to them. Tell them to rest here for two days and then prepare the things. When they leave, send someone to help them deliver the things and bring back the regiment flag." "In addition, I will personally give them an extra one million bullets." "Leave the list here, go and prepare and arrange it. Ask my chef to cook a table of Shandong dishes. Shanxi dishes are not up to standard and cannot be served on the table. Don't let people say that I, Yan, don't know how to entertain guests." "Yes!" Deputy Commander Yang then turned around and went out to make arrangements. Yan Laoxi looked through the list, then noticed that his personal guard looked a little strange, and asked curiously: "Xiao Gao, what's wrong? Do you miss your wife?" Xiao Gao, who was Yan Laoxi's personal guard and also Yan Laoxi's nephew, was somewhat puzzled when he heard Yan Laoxi's questions. "Commander, why did you agree to give so much equipment to the Eighth Route Army? Aren't we also short of equipment?" "Hahaha~ Xiao Gao, these are all business." Yan Laoxi laughed a few times and then explained to Xiao Gao: "I didn't provide these equipments, why shouldn't I agree?" "Since Chongqing wants the squadron flags, they naturally have to provide the equipment. Otherwise, these two squadron flags would be ours." "Go, edit it, and report everything above to Chongqing twice as much. Oh, and don't forget to add the one million bullets I mentioned later. If you still don't understand what's going on, go ask your brother in the evening." "Oh……"
Xiao Gao seemed to understand what was going on. After telling Yan Laoxi his idea, Yan Laoxi nodded in agreement and let Xiao Gao prepare it himself. This is one of the reasons why the stingy Yan Laoxi suddenly became so generous. Anyway, he wasn't the one paying, so why should he refuse the Eighth Route Army's request? Moreover, the Eighth Route Army has become stronger, so he will feel more comfortable, right? In the battle between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese, no matter who loses, it will be beneficial to him. He knew that when the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits. The Eighth Route Army is weak now, so he will increase the strength of the Eighth Route Army, and then the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese will fight to a mutual defeat. He will become the most powerful one, and maybe he will have a chance to retake the entire Shanxi Province, and even advancing into Hebei Province is not impossible. By then, he will have both territory and army. Who can touch him? Even if he couldn't, would the Japanese dare to provoke him when facing the strengthened Eighth Route Army? Not only do you not dare to provoke him, you also have to do everything you can to please him. Wouldn't he be safer then? This is also one of the reasons. As for the question of whether the one in Chongqing will not reimburse him for the items on the list. He is not worried about this at all. At most, the reimbursement for Chongqing will be a little less, but at least 70% of it will be reimbursed to him! In this way, not only did he not suffer any loss, he also made a huge profit, which was equivalent to him doing nothing. Then he got a lot of equipment, merit, and improved security for no reason. What reason did he have to refuse? If the guy in Chongqing dares not to reimburse, then Chongqing will definitely not get the squadron flag. He directly publicized it in the Second War Zone, saying that this was a glorious victory achieved by a certain unit in the Second War Zone under the command and leadership of Yan Laoxi. At that time, the Chinese people will see why the Second War Zone was able to achieve such great results despite facing such great pressure with fewer troops than the Japanese. Why did the South keep losing? Was it because someone was leading the battle blindly? By then the guy from Chongqing will probably be completely humiliated, and then he will have to replenish the supplies on the list. If there was no replenishment or the replenishment was too little, he would dare to directly spread the word that the person in Chongqing was narrow-minded and refused to replenish military supplies to the Second War Zone in an attempt to let the Japanese army completely destroy the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. He even hoped that the guy from Chongqing would not give it to him. If that guy from Chongqing did not give it to him, he would have sufficient reasons to contact the Japanese! The person in Chongqing refused to provide supplies to the meritorious troops, which led to the rebellion of more than 100,000 Shanxi-Suiyuan troops in the Second War Zone. Just think about it, if this news gets out, the guy in Chongqing will be skinned alive if he doesn't die! The angry citizens will definitely tear the one in Chongqing to pieces. …… "Niang Xipi!" "This Yan Baichuan, he actually dared to ask for such a high price!" “One hundred thousand rifles, ten million bullets? Two million grenades, Thirty guns with a caliber of no less than 75 mm... Is he planning to refit his entire Second World War zone?!" "Crack~" An angry roar came from the war room, accompanied by the sound of equipment breaking.
Several officers who walked outside the operations room with documents in their hands listened to the voice coming from inside, looked at each other, shook their heads, and quickly turned and left. (End of this chapter)