An hour later, the lieutenant general answered Wang Ping again.
From his calm face, Wang Ping could not see his inner thoughts at this moment.
"Commander Wang, our commander-in-chief agrees with your proposal just now: the credit for killing the Japanese regiment leader and annihilating the two infantry brigades will go to our theater, and the theater will give you some compensation to the Eighth Route Army. However, the amount of this compensation still needs to be discussed."
"Two thousand submachine guns are too many. Even if we agree, we won't be able to mobilize them in a short time!"
"The commander's opinion is that a thousand submachine guns are needed. Because the ammunition for submachine guns is very large, I will give you a little more ammunition. After all, you are in the enemy-occupied area and have to fight with the devils all the time. Every submachine gun will be given to you.
Equipped with a thousand rounds of ammunition, a total of one million rounds of ammunition!"
This compensation standard has met Wang Ping's inner requirements.
However, General Li's straightforwardness made Wang Ping realize that there was still room for bargaining in this temporary deal.
He frowned and replied with a very dissatisfied expression: "No! One thousand submachine guns are too few!"
"On the battlefield, there are more than a thousand light rifles and dozens of light machine guns. A thousand submachine guns can defeat those rifles and light machine guns at most! In addition to these light infantry weapons, there are dozens of grenadiers on the battlefield.
, a dozen mortars, a dozen heavy machine guns, and that’s not even counting!”
"In addition, we also consumed a lot of ammunition and suffered a lot of casualties throughout the battle. Our losses must be made up for!"
"Add 500 submachine guns and 500,000 rounds of submachine gun bullets, and I agree. I will also give you all the command knives captured on the battlefield, leaving no one behind."
The lieutenant general frowned and replied: "Fifteen hundred submachine guns, one million rounds of ammunition..."
"Fifteen hundred submachine guns, 1.3 million rounds of ammunition~" Wang Ping took a step back and answered!
This time, the lieutenant general hesitated for a full minute before gritting his teeth and making a decision: "Fifteen hundred submachine guns, 1.1 million rounds of ammunition, no more, this is the highest price I can offer!"
"Agree~deal~" Wang Ping finally showed a smile on his face and answered with certainty.
General Li was also very decisive and made a decision directly: "It is two o'clock in the morning. I will send a telegram to the war zone now and ask them to prepare weapons and ammunition. Let's set off now. If nothing happens, we will be here at five o'clock in the morning."
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Wang Ping nodded and replied: "The Japanese plane will arrive at eight o'clock in the morning. You have a regiment of troops here. They can definitely clean up the battlefield in three hours and then separate the troops to retreat. Therefore, as soon as the weapons and ammunition you promised arrive, I will send people
I leave the battlefield to you!"
"One regiment is too small!" General Li replied, shaking his head.
"We are going to bring back everything related to the Japs on the battlefield as evidence that we have wiped out the two Japs infantry brigades. When the troops send ammunition later, I will call in another infantry regiment..."
At five o'clock in the morning, dozens of carts of weapons and ammunition arrived on time.
He only exchanged a few words with General Li and then left in a hurry, leaving General Li baffled.
But it didn’t take long for General Li to understand why Wang Ping left in such a hurry!
"Sir, we were fooled by the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army was too cunning. They did not sit idle for a few hours when they controlled the battlefield. Instead, they took away all the ammunition carried by the Japanese on the battlefield. Not only that, they also took away
At least five hundred rifles, twenty light machine guns, five heavy machine guns, five mortars, and twenty grenades!" Captain Zhou reported with a dissatisfied look on his face.
"This Wang Ping, I was tricked by him again. I finally understood why they were so eager to go back after collecting the weapons and ammunition. It turned out that there was something wrong in their minds..." The lieutenant general couldn't help but curse.
Then he quickly suppressed his inner anger, stared at Captain Zhou and asked!
"Did you take anything else with you, such as the little devil's command knife, epaulettes, etc.?"
"I have kept all of these, including the Colonel's command sword of the Japanese commander and the Colonel's epaulettes, all of them have been left behind!" Captain Zhou replied quickly.
The lieutenant general's face suddenly became much better: "As long as the command sword and epaulettes are still there. As for those weapons, it is easier for them. They have been fighting in the Japanese-occupied areas and fighting Japanese every day. It is more difficult than us. Even if
Let’s give them some compensation!”
At eight o'clock in the morning, Wang Ping finally returned to the base area, where the third battalion was stationed.
"Commander, these are the weapons that the chief of staff asked me to bring back from the battlefield. They are all carefully selected. They are at least 80% new and have no problems..." As soon as Yan Song caught up with Wang Ping, he pointed at the soldiers behind him to carry them.
The weapons and ammunition left were reported.
"Well done. With these weapons and ammunition, we can form a main battalion again~" Wang Ping answered with satisfaction, without any worry on his face.
Zhong Chenggong, who was next to him, had a worried look on his face. He couldn't help but reminded him: "Captain, are we going a little too far in doing this?"
"We promised the war zone well. We will give them all the things on the battlefield. We will not take any guns or ammunition. Now the weapons we have brought back can form a reinforced battalion, and there will be more ammunition. I am worried that they will find out that they have been tricked.
Are you causing trouble for us?"
"How to find it?" Wang Ping answered with a nonchalant expression.
"This transaction was originally carried out secretly. If they really want to cause trouble for us, why not make it public? How should they use this military exploit!"
"Chief of Staff, don't worry, these weapons and ammunition are treasures to us, but they are nothing in the eyes of the World War II zone. As long as they have this military exploit, they can take back the weapons and ammunition we took away at will.
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After saying that, Wang Ping stared at Yan Song and ordered: "The weapons and ammunition brought back from the battlefield will stay with you. From now on, your mission is only one, expand the base area, master the base area, and then expand the troops."
"You have a third battalion here, a new third battalion, a third garrison battalion, a total of three battalions. I will give you an independent third battalion. The battalion commander and instructor will let your deputies take over, and they will be brought back from the battlefield.
The weapons and ammunition are the weapons of this independent third battalion."
"In addition, I will give you two hundred more submachine guns. Each submachine gun is equipped with five hundred rounds of ammunition. How to divide them specifically? The regiment headquarters will issue an order in the next two days!"
"The order to form the Third Independent Battalion will also be issued by the regiment headquarters. You can set up the Third Independent Battalion first and then recruit troops!
No officer dislikes having more soldiers in his hands, and the same is true for Yan Song.
Therefore, as soon as Wang Ping's order was given, he responded excitedly: "Captain, please rest assured and promise to complete the task!"
Taiyue Military Region Headquarters, Commander Chen, political commissar, and chief of staff, as if they had agreed upon it tonight, stayed in the war room without rest.
It wasn't until six o'clock in the morning that the sound of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded at the door, breaking the silent and depressing atmosphere in the war room.
"Chief, there is an urgent message from the leader of the new regiment. There are only two words, success!"
"Okay..." The political commissar was the first to shout loudly out of excitement.
"Commander, this Wang Ping is indeed a lucky general. Now I finally understand why Commander Nie and the two bosses at the headquarters like him so much... Now, I like him too!"
"In just a short time, not only did we bring out an elite force and build such a large base area from scratch, but we also built the first artillery battalion, the first cavalry battalion, and the first armored assault force in our base area.
Battalion, the first air defense battalion, and now even the heavy artillery regiment and arsenal have been built for us!"
"Wang Ping has experience in setting up arsenals. I suggest that the first director of our Taiyue Military Region arsenal be let him serve concurrently. The site of the factory is in his defense area. He can choose the specific location by himself!"
"I agree!" the chief of staff agreed without thinking.
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