"This... this is a heavy artillery..." In a forest, Yan Youjin touched the cold barrel of the 105-caliber mountain cannon, his eyes wide open, his face full of shock.
Li Hao nodded and introduced: "This is a 105mm large-caliber mountain cannon equipped by the Japanese Independence Mountain Artillery Regiment. It has a long range and great power. It is a very powerful siege artillery. There are eight in total here, all of which we obtained from the Japanese army.
The ones captured in our hands are at least 50% new, so there is no problem at all in firing a few hundred rounds of shells."
Yan Youjin said nothing, strode towards a larger artillery not far away, and continued to ask with a shocked expression.
"What kind of artillery fire is this? The barrel seems to be longer than the cannon just now."
Li Hao proudly introduced: "The 105 mm large-caliber field gun is a suppressive artillery equipped only by the heavy artillery wing of the main division of the Japanese army. Compared with the mountain gun, it has a longer range and greater power, with a maximum range of 11,000
meters, it can completely defeat the 105mm large-caliber mountain cannon just now."
"The only drawback is that it is too heavy, weighing more than 3,000 kilograms, so it can only be transported by car."
"There are four gates here, which were captured by our garrison from the Japanese army. They are at least 50% new..."
Touching the cold barrels of the artillery and looking at their long barrels, Yan Youjin took a long time to calm down.
Staring at Li Hao, he asked: "Captain Li, what is the purpose of showing me these heavy artillery pieces?"
"These heavy artillery are treasures. You can't buy them even if you have money. Your garrison will definitely not show them to others easily."
"Now that we have seen the things, let's go to the headquarters to chat. You will know why I let you see these artillery pieces in a while!" Li Hao didn't answer immediately?
After walking into the heavily guarded conference room, he went straight to the point and said: "I heard that when your Shanxi-Sui army counterattacked Datong, because the army lacked heavy artillery, they fought for three days without advancing into the same city. In the end, they had to retreat because of too much loss.
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"Not bad!" Yan Youjin didn't hide anything.
"Nearly fifty cannons were lost in Guangshan, and Commander Yan was heartbroken for a long time."
"If we had had large-caliber heavy artillery at that time, the troops would have successfully recaptured Fatong City."
What I said is already an open secret, there is no need to hide it.
Moreover, Li Hao has taken out his treasures such as heavy artillery. If he is still secretive, it would be too insincere.
Because he was anxious to know the purpose of Li Hao taking out these heavy artillery pieces, he spoke out the bold idea that had just popped into his mind before Li Hao could speak again.
"Captain Li, our Jinsui Army is short of heavy artillery and returned with a huge defeat outside Datong City. If you show me those heavy artillery now, are you trying to sell those heavy artillery to us?"
After saying that, Yan Youjin stared at Li Hao closely, not wanting to miss any of his next words.
If he can really help the Jinsui Army buy back these heavy artillery and establish a heavy artillery regiment, Commander Yan will definitely reward himself heavily and make him famous and wealthy.
Li Hao smiled and answered with certainty.
"Yes, these heavy artillery are intended to be sold to your Jinsui Army."
Hearing the answer he wanted, Yan Youjin was nervous and excited, fearing that he had heard wrongly.
Looking at Li Hao, he confirmed very seriously: "Captain Li, you really plan to sell these heavy artillery to our Jinsui Army."
"A gentleman's words come quickly and his horse whips!" Li Hao replied readily.
"Eight large-caliber mountain guns and four large-caliber field guns. Each gun is equipped with fifty rounds of shells. All of them will be sold to your Jinsui Army."
"Great!" Yan Youjin was completely relieved and shouted loudly without suppressing his inner excitement.
"With these heavy artillery, we have the first heavy artillery regiment. In the future, we will not be overwhelmed by the Japanese heavy artillery when we counterattack."
"Don't worry, Captain Li. I will definitely be able to get you a suitable price and I will ensure that you won't suffer a loss."
The more Yan Youjin talked about it, the more excited he became, as if the deal was a done deal and the winning ticket was within his grasp.
Li Hao interrupted decisively: "I can sell the gun to you, and I can sell it to you at a very low price, but I have a condition."
"What conditions?" Yan Youjin asked quickly.
"Cooperate with our Eighth Route Army to purchase grain from the Northwest, Sichuan, Chongqing and other places, and then send it to Datong in the name of your Shanxi-Sui Army, and hand it over to our Eighth Route Army. We will then use our own secret channels to cross the Japanese and puppet army blockades and transport it.
Go back to our base." Li Hao replied.
Yan Youjin couldn't laugh anymore.
This is an order from Chongqing to interrupt the grain trade with the Eighth Route Army and prohibit grain from flowing into the Eighth Route Army base area. Will Commander Yan disobey Chongqing's military order for these twelve heavy artillery pieces, and eventually lose his title as commander of the World War II zone?
This price is too high. Based on my understanding of Commander Yan, I would probably not agree to it.
So Yan Youjin's heart suddenly fell to the bottom, as if the fat that had been brought to his mouth had slipped away, and his face was full of disappointment.
Looking at Li Hao, he shook his head and said in denial: "Captain Li, I can tell you for sure that Commander Yan will never agree to your condition."
Li Hao's expression did not change. This result was completely within his expectation.
After thinking for a moment, he continued.
"If I have a way to prevent the whole thing from being exposed and prevent Chongqing from knowing about this transaction, then there is no such thing as disobeying military orders. In this case, will you, Commander Yan, agree?"
"This is impossible!" Yan Youjin denied with an expression of disbelief.
"Although the main force in the World War II zone is our Jinsui Army, there are also many troops stationed in Chongqing. It is possible to secretly transport tens of thousands of kilograms of grain without them."
"But your Eighth Route Army is short of tens of millions of kilograms of grain. How can such a large quantity avoid their eyes and ears?"
"Furthermore, there are only one or two hundred thousand troops in the entire World War II zone, and the total annual rations for the entire army is less than 100 million kilograms of grain."
"We bought five to six thousand kilograms of grain from Sichuan, Chongqing and other places at once, which is more than half a year's rations for the entire army in the World War II zone. Even a fool knows there is something wrong with this, let alone the spies lurking in the World War II zone."
"They will definitely keep a close eye on these grains and figure out where they come from."
"I have a way to prevent them from doubting the origin of these grains!" Li Hao continued with a sure-win expression.
"A severe drought in North China affected most of the Eighth Route Army's base areas. Not only did the Japanese see that we were short of food, they took advantage of it and sent agents and planes to attack our food transport team, burn down the grain depots, and further expand our food gap.
Chaos to our base area."
"The area occupied by your Jinsui Army seems to have also been affected by drought. The Japanese can also use the same method to mess with you and affect your military morale and morale."
"Burn the grain depot in the name of the Japanese, and then you can go to Sichuan to buy grain and send it to the front line in the name of military ration." Yan Youjin reacted quickly and immediately understood Li Hao's idea.
Li Hao thought for a moment and added: "That's what it means, but this burning is not real burning."
"Transport the grain out of the grain depot in advance and leave thousands or tens of thousands of kilograms behind to hide it from people's ears. If it is burned, it won't hurt. This way, you can definitely deceive those eyes and ears."
"Chongqing also doesn't want to see troubles in World War II areas due to lack of food. It will definitely give you the green light to go deep into Sichuan to purchase food to ensure that the morale of the frontline troops is stable."
Yan Youjin was moved. As long as the risks were not big and the benefits were big enough, Chief Yan would definitely agree to this deal.
He immediately said to Li Hao: "This matter is too big. In order to prevent accidents from happening, I must go back and report to Commander Yan personally and ask him to make a decision."
