Chapter 678 Reasonable Blackmail
After receiving the task given to him by the war zone, the middle-aged man felt that using oceans to compensate Zhou Cheng was a very good choice. He never thought about whether the oceans compensated by the military headquarters for the national rescue army were reasonable.
After listening to Zhou Cheng's analysis, he also felt that the military headquarters was too much.
The organization and equipment of a security brigade were reduced, and the commander became the deputy commander, and the result was that the national rescue army was compensated for 20,000 yuan, which was not enough to send beggars.
But the decision of the military headquarters was not something that he, an intelligence officer, could determine whether it was right or wrong.
Even if they know that their decision is wrong and very unreasonable, as subordinates, they still have to execute it, and they also have to find ways to convince the other party. If they really cannot complete the task, they can only express their own opinions and reflect the other party's ideas. As for what choices the military headquarters will make in the end, it is not something they cannot control.
He was embarrassed to answer in response to Zhou Cheng's gaze: "Captain Zhou, this is what the above means, and I can do nothing, but I can report your ideas."
"I don't know how much ocean you think can make up for the losses of the National Army. I agree to turn the position of commander into deputy commander, and reorganize the National Army into two security brigades."
Zhou Cheng didn't expect the middle-aged man to be so direct, because he didn't want the Japanese to agree to his own terms immediately, so he continued to drag the negotiations until the Hundred Regiments War began.
On the spot, the lion decided to speak loudly again, and then frowned and analyzed: "Then I'll do it well with you."
"In the last negotiation, the three conditions I proposed were very low, and there was no intention of a lion opening his mouth. Your army was not satisfied and wanted to lower the other two conditions by compensating the ocean. This time, no matter what we say, we can no longer suffer."
"Let's calculate the equipment first. A security brigade requires four thousand rifles, one hundred and fifty light machine guns, thirty heavy machine guns, thirty mortars, six infantry guns, and five base ammunition."
"Under normal circumstances, it will cost at least 300,000 yuan to buy all these equipment!"
Seeing that the middle-aged man had not waited for his words to finish his words, he showed a stunned and shocked expression. Zhou Cheng was very satisfied with the effect and continued to analyze it.
"Next, let's calculate the organization of the troops with you."
"A security brigade has 5,000 people. The Japanese have to provide me with at least 100,000 oceans of military pay every year. Now this brigade is gone, and for me, the annual military pay for 100,000 oceans of military pay is gone."
"In addition, the existence of the security brigade will greatly increase our overall strength, defeat the enemy, and gain a lot of benefits on the battlefield. If it is a ocean, there will be more than 50,000 oceans every year!"
"I won't speak out to you lions. As long as the Japanese promise to compensate us for 150,000 oceans, that is, a year's military pay for a security brigade and the income it brings to us within one year, I will now agree to reduce the establishment of a brigade."
"As for the commander who was demoted to deputy commander, you just thought it too easily."
"After my level is reduced, all the current deputy commanders and chiefs of staff of the National Salvation Army will be demoted together."
"Everyone has been following me for so long. After joining you, he will still wear a traitor. He should give them a good future in terms of emotion and reason. Now you can't give it, so you can only use the ocean to compensate them."
"I don't want to pay too much. I will compensate us 50,000 oceans at one time, and I will agree to the army commander becoming deputy army commander."
"The three compensations totaled a total of 500,000 oceans, plus the military expenses and military pay you promised us in the previous negotiations, a total of 600,000 oceans."
"As long as your army agrees to give us the money, I will promise you the new conditions to reorganize the National Salvation Army into the Imperial Army!"
When Zhou Cheng analyzed, the middle-aged man's mouth became wider and wider.
After saying the number of 600,000 oceans, his mouth had opened into a big O-shaped shape, and he couldn't say a word after a long time.
At this time, he could no longer be described as shock, but was frightened by a series of data analyzed by Zhou Cheng.
He subconsciously wanted to refute it, but Zhou Cheng's statement was reasonable and he racked his brains to think of a reason to refute him.
It doesn't work if you agree, because the war zone will definitely not be able to afford so much money.
Just when he was shocked and was embarrassed and didn't know how to make the final decision, Zheng Yunshan suddenly broke in with a nervous report: "Captain, something happened!"
"The rogue suddenly appeared in our National Salvation Army's team that we wanted to be traitors. The soldiers were talking about it, and many lower-level cadres also joined in."
"Although I notified the battalion company commander to control the troops and make the soldiers believe in the regiment headquarters, I can only temporarily stabilize the situation and it is difficult to completely break this rumor."
"I am worried that if these rumors continue to spread, they may affect our military morale and morale, and ultimately affect the overall combat effectiveness of the National Salvation Army!"
Zhou Cheng stood up from the chair, first punched the table, and then cursed with anger: "Who leaked the news about our negotiations with the Japanese? I remember telling you again and again that this matter must be kept confidential and cannot be told to anyone."
"It took only a long time before the news was leaked. What did you, the deputy commander in charge of intelligence, do? When did the confidentiality system of our National Salvation Army become so poor that you can't even hide a secret."
After hearing Zhou Cheng's angry scolding, the middle-aged man also began to get anxious.
The news of the negotiations between the military headquarters and the National Salvation Army was leaked just now, which will definitely have a great impact on the subsequent negotiations.
If the National Salvation Army fails to handle this accident in time, the rumors will spread more and more widely and more frequently, the pressure from the soldiers at the bottom of the army will likely change Zhou Cheng's idea, and even force him to compromise, and he has to give up the idea of reorganizing the National Salvation Army and stop talking to the Japanese.
What the middle-aged man didn't know was that all this was what Zhou Chengyan showed him.
The reorganization of the Imperial Army of the National Salvation Army has spread to the bottom of the army, and Zhou Cheng has known it for a long time and has controlled the situation. The reason why he has to re-exert here is to put pressure on the Japanese to see if he can get some benefits for the National Salvation Army in the chaos. So Zhou Cheng was angry, but there was always a look of light staring at the middle-aged man's facial expression, to figure out his reaction after hearing this bad news.
Seeing him getting anxious, Zhou Cheng knew that his goal had been achieved and quickly continued to perform. He looked at Zheng Yunshan with anger and asked, "Have you found out who leaked the news?"
"The intelligence personnel of our National Salvation Army lurked in the war zone!" Zheng Yunshan answered very affirmatively.
"War zone?" Zhou Cheng pretended to be incomprehensible: "They were so far away from us, how could they know that we would negotiate with the Japanese again? If I remember correctly, the entire National Salvation Army only knew about this, and we could count it with a slap. We would definitely not be stupid enough to leak such an important secret."
Speaking of this, Zhou Cheng immediately turned his head to look at the middle-aged man in front of him.
The middle-aged man also looked at Zhou Cheng at this moment, and the moment the eyes of both sides collided, he understood the implicit meaning of the words just now.
Negotiations are the business of both parties. If the news was not leaked by the National Salvation Army, it might be that something happened to me.
I quickly recalled the people I might have come into contact with from the beginning to the present, and then my heart was cold and I had 70% or 80% of the conclusions in my mind.
There are too many Japanese people who know this secret. From the perspective of themselves, they can't count both slaps.
In addition to himself, he is also a direct participant, a chief of staff, a radio operator who sends and receives telegrams, and an intelligence officer... There may be problems in any link in the middle, so the possibility of the Japanese leaking information is much higher than that of the National Salvation Army.
If the result was really judged by himself, the problem would arise with the Japanese. With his understanding of Zhou Cheng, he would definitely not miss the opportunity to blackmail the military.
Middle-aged people are afraid of whatever they come.
Zheng Yunshan seemed to see what the middle-aged man was thinking, and he did not give him any chance to analyze, and continued to report with Zhou Cheng's words.
"I just learned from the war zone that the deputy commander of our National Salvation Army was arranged to the war zone that the war zone already knew that our National Salvation Army asked the Japanese for an army organization, so that he could take the opportunity to win over soldiers in the National Salvation Army who were unwilling to be traitors to fight against the regiment headquarters, and finally replace him and he would be the regiment commander."
"I also learned from their secret telegram that the deputy commander only learned that we were negotiating with the Japanese after the war zone gave him an order."
"He knew nothing about this until he received the war zone order."
"If this secret was leaked by our side, as the highest-level officer lurking in the National Salvation Army in the war zone, he would not have known this secret."
"It can be concluded that the secret of this negotiation was leaked by the Japanese."
"It is very likely that it was leaked through telegrams."
Middle-aged people especially don’t want to take the blame and want to refute Zheng Yunshan’s report.
But Zheng Yunshan held the secret in his hand and was not a evidence leaked from the National Savior Army, and he had nothing, and he also felt that this matter was almost true.
I could only answer vaguely: "Captain Zhou, I think Deputy Commander Zheng's conclusion is too arbitrary. If this secret is really leaked, we will definitely not blame it. If the secret is not leaked, we will not bear the blame!"
"I will report this matter to my superiors when I go back and find out who leaked it!"
Zhou Cheng replied dissatisfiedly: "We must not only find out this matter, but also give us an explanation."
"I will personally go out of the army to stabilize the situation during this period, but because there is a war zone behind the rumors, I don't know how long I can stay stable."
"So your army must give us an answer as soon as possible."
"Otherwise, in order to stabilize the national rescue army, we can only temporarily interrupt negotiations."
The middle-aged man was afraid that Zhou Cheng would interrupt the negotiations due to this accident, so he quickly comforted him: "Captain Zhou, don't worry, there will definitely be a solution to this accident!"
"If it really doesn't work, I can apply to the military headquarters for more compensation, or give you some compensation in advance so that the troops can see the benefits. This will definitely stabilize the turbulent situation of the National Salvation Army."
"As for the negotiations between us, it will definitely not be completed overnight. I hope you can wait patiently and not interrupt the negotiations casually!"
Chapter completed!