"Since it is related to the Eighth Route Army, let's see. The Eighth Route Army's development momentum is getting better and better. Shanxi is almost no longer the Shanxi of our Jinsui Army. We must find a way to use the power of the Japanese to suppress them!" The commander replied thoughtfully.

Not long after, a middle-aged man wearing ordinary people's clothes came in! He had a small bunch of goatee beards and could tell at a glance that the other party was Japanese.

""Sir, this is Noda Nakasa, the deputy chief of staff of the Japanese division, and he is ordered to negotiate with us!"

"Hello, Commander, I am ordered by the North China Command of the Imperial Japanese Imperial Army to come to your army to negotiate!"

"We are enemies and opponents. What's there to talk about? Deputy Chief of Staff Wang, please send guests away!" In Shanxi for so long, the commander of Shanxi merchants learned a lot of shrewdness and negotiation methods. As soon as he started, he took the initiative in the entire negotiation.

Noda Nakasa replied with a smile: "We are good opponents, but now, we have a common enemy, the Eighth Route Army!"

"You Chinese have a saying that the enemy is a friend. We have a common enemy. Even if we cannot become friends, there should be no problem with living a peaceful life!"

The commander's eyes lit up and asked, "How to live in peace!"

"The Imperial Army and the Jinsui Army secretly ceased the war. In order to show sincerity, the Imperial Army troops on the front line took the initiative to retreat ten kilometers. The middle ten kilometers area was a buffer zone between us, and neither side could send troops in!"

The commander-in-chief was moved.

After fighting with the Japanese for so many years, the Jinsui Army suffered huge casualties. Although many troops were rebuilt, the total force was still more than 100,000.

However, because the troops were not trained enough, there was no difference between sending them to the battlefield and sending them to death.

For the commander, he would not feel heartbroken no matter how much the recruits lost on the battlefield. There are people in Shanxi, and the recruits would never be able to recruit soldiers if they lose at most. The only thing that made him feel heartbroken was the weapons equipped by the troops.

After the recruits died in battle, all the weapons and ammunition equipped by the recruits undoubtedly ended up in the hands of the Japanese.

Although I took away a lot of assets when I evacuated Taiyuan, no matter how many assets I had, I could not withstand such rapid consumption.

Faced with this situation, the subordinates have proposed more than once that the troops need a time to undergo concentrated rest and training... Otherwise, the combat effectiveness of the Jinsui Army will definitely be greatly weakened.

The commander-in-chief also knew about this situation, but in order to put pressure on himself, the Japanese have never stopped their attacks and have no time to rest the troops.

Now that the Japanese have proposed a truce with the Jinsui Army, the commander immediately thought of the biggest problem facing the Jinsui Army.

But on the surface, the commander-in-chief did not make any noise, as if he heard something very ordinary, and he asked with a smile on his face: "On the battlefield, you have always been the ones who win more than you lose less, and you have an absolute advantage. Now you suddenly proposed a truce. There must be some reason why we don't know! Tell me! What are the conditions you have!"

"The purpose is very simple. The Imperial Army wants to concentrate all its forces to deal with the Eighth Route Army, just like a cancer, the Eighth Route Army entrenched in North China!"

The commander sneered and asked back, "If this is the case, our Jinsui Army will become the helper to destroy the Eighth Route Army!"

"The Jinsui Army is still a friendly army with the Eighth Route Army. I still know the old man who has lost his lips and cold teeth. Once you kill the Eighth Route Army, it will be our next opponent you want to kill! I don't believe that a contract can keep us in southwest Shanxi!"

"This!" Noda Nakasa did not expect the commander's mind to turn so quickly. He could see the true purpose of the Imperial Army at a glance. He was stunned for a long time before he could react.

"I believe that since the Front Army has proposed this idea of ​​a ceasefire, the Front Army must be sincere. Please consider this clearly before replying to me!"

"In addition to signing a secret armistice agreement, after learning that your army lacks weapons and ammunition, the Front Army decided to return the weapons and ammunition seized from your army in previous battles to you, including 10,000 rifles, 186 light and heavy machine guns, 16 mortars, and more than 500,000 ammunition in various types!"

The most lacking thing the Jinsui Army now is weapons and ammunition, so the commander could not help but ask immediately: "Your conditions are!"

"Exchange food in equal value!" Noda Nakasa replied.

The commander suddenly reacted: "I understand. If I remember correctly, your troops in Linfen City will be about to lose food!"

"In addition, all the roads leading to Linfen were occupied by the Eighth Route Army. You can't replenish Linfen's food and ammunition, and then you'll hit me!"

"To tell you the truth, I have food. If I don't say too much, I can take out all tens of millions of kilograms of food."

"As for you to offer to exchange food from me with weapons and ammunition, in principle, I agree, but I have to calculate the price carefully."

"In this way, Noda Nakasa, you will rest in the headquarters for one night. I will ask my subordinates to make a special yard for you in the headquarters, and then send heavy troops to guard you. After dawn tomorrow, I will give you an answer!"

The Japanese Noda Nakasa was just taken out, and the intelligence director next to him couldn't help but remind him: "Sir, I think this transaction is feasible with food for weapons~ However, the Japanese are too cunning. We must be cautious when trading, so we cannot be fooled by them!"

"As for the Japanese who proposed to cease war with us and concentrate their forces to deal with the Eighth Route Army, Bei Yi fully supports your decision just now. We cannot agree to the Japanese!"

"What you said just now is right. We and the Eighth Route Army will lose our lips and teeth. As long as one of them is killed by the Japanese, the other will definitely not be spared!"

At this time, the commander shook his head unexpectedly and replied: "No, I will agree to the request of the Japanese to cease fighting with us!"

The Director of Intelligence asked with confusion: "But, you obviously refused just now!"

"And you also said that our relationship with the Eighth Route Army is full of lips and teeth. If the Eighth Route Army is finished, then we will be killed by the Japanese... Sir, please think twice!"

The commander asked back: "Do you think the Eighth Route Army is so easy to kill?"

"If they were so easy to be killed, they would not have lived until now. The troops are getting stronger, the troops are getting stronger, and the territory is getting bigger and bigger!"

The Intelligence Director asked with confusion, "Sir, what you mean is that even if we Japanese soldiers cease to fight and let them concentrate their forces to deal with the Eighth Route Army, it is impossible to kill the Eighth Route Army!"

"The best situation is that they severely damage the Eighth Route Army!" the commander-in-chief replied.

Then he changed the subject and continued: "However, based on my understanding of the Japanese and the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese must have encountered some difficulties before they came to us!"

"In this case, the Japanese army in a division here will be particularly important in the entire sweep."

"With this division, the Japanese army will at most draw with the Eighth Route Army!"

"However, the Eighth Route Army is too cunning. Although I don't know what they asked about the victory of the anti-sweeping campaign, they are not without a chance."

"Of course, for our Jinsui Army, the most wanted result is that the Japanese and the Eighth Route Army were both defeated."

"Order, Chief of Staff, Director of Logistics, come to my place right now!"

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