A negotiation full of expectations ended badly because the Eighth Route Army did not play its cards according to common sense.
Watching the Jinsui Army negotiators slowly disappear, the confidence on Chief of Staff Zhou's face began to be replaced by seriousness. He looked at Li Hao and asked: "Is there any news from the front line?"
"These Jinsui Army are too arrogant and don't take our Eighth Route Army seriously at all."
"They still think that we are the Eighth Route Army who didn't even have a few rifles a few years ago."
"If there is no telegram from the front line, we will send them a telegram immediately: "After the attack begins, we must be quick, accurate and ruthless. Use the shortest time and the most violent offensive to kill the Japanese and puppet troops, and teach the Jinsui Army a good lesson.
They know that our Eighth Route Army is no longer what it used to be."
After signaling the operator to send a telegram, Li Hao said: "Chief, although they are very arrogant, we did not get nothing from the negotiation just now."
"Not only do we know that the Jinsui Army will exert military pressure on us early tomorrow morning, but we also know that the Jinsui Army is indeed, as we judged, more guilty and afraid of a military conflict than we are."
"Although they keep saying harsh words to us at the negotiation table, they have no confidence at all."
"Especially when I compared the combat effectiveness of the two armies with the defeat of their last attack on Datong, several people became obviously anxious and began to speak awkwardly. They kept urging us to agree to their proposal and sign the agreement to avoid a military conflict between the two armies.
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"You can be sure from this: after listening to my analysis, they panicked and became even more afraid."
"I estimate that within two hours after the frontline battle is over, negotiators from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army will come over and return to the negotiating table."
Half an hour later, the radio operator hurriedly ran into the war room and shouted from a distance: "Chief, good news for the 12th Regiment!"
"It only took them 26 minutes to capture the Pingshan stronghold, eliminate 729 Japanese and puppet troops, including 296 puppet troops captured, and seize a large amount of materials, equipment and ammunition."
"The troops are cleaning the battlefield and will be able to retreat in another hour."
Chief of Staff Zhou was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses, and his face instantly lit up with joy.
The attack speed of the 12th Regiment was faster than the planned battle plan, which must have given the Jinsui Army watching the battle a huge shock and made them re-recognize the Eighth Route Army.
Immediately ordered: "Call back to the 12th Regiment and send a company to escort the wounded and capture them back to Datong. The other troops will establish a defense line on the spot and will not retreat for the time being."
"Put all the light and heavy machine guns, mortars, and mountain artillery that the command headquarters has given them on the defense line, and aim them at the Shanxi-Sui Army positions, assuming a posture of defending Datong."
"But without my order, no one can shoot or start a war."
"Since we want to put on a show for the Jinsui Army, then we will put on a complete show to let the Jinsui Army know that military pressure is useless in front of our Eighth Route Army."
"If we want to achieve great harmony, we must resolve it through negotiation."
The residence of the Jinsui Army negotiator. The lieutenant general and his subordinates returned here and began to send telegrams to the war zone to prepare the war zone for military pressure on the Eighth Route Army.
But almost half an hour after the telegram was sent, there was still no reply from the war zone.
Time passed little by little, and when the lieutenant general couldn't help but send another telegram to urge the war zone, the telegraph machine finally started to move.
Ten minutes later, the telegraph operator put down his earphones and code book and walked up to the lieutenant general with a serious look on his face.
"Sir, urgent call from the war zone: The original plan has been terminated. Let us continue to negotiate with the Eighth Route Army!"
"What?" the lieutenant general shouted with disbelief.
Anger surged out, and after confirming that there was no problem with the telegram, he cursed loudly: "The negotiations have collapsed, and we have said all the harsh words we should say. Now that we are told to terminate the original plan and restart negotiations, isn't this a joke for the Eighth Route Army?"
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The major general who spoke harshly to Chief of Staff Zhou at the negotiation table with the lieutenant general also became anxious and immediately reminded him.
"Sir, at this time we offer to continue negotiations. Even a fool knows that something is wrong on our side."
"Even if the Eighth Route Army agrees to continue negotiations, it will take the opportunity to blackmail us, insist on insisting on the previous conditions, or even add conditions. In this case, we will definitely suffer a big loss."
"How about sending a telegram to the war zone first to find out what happened that caused the war zone to suddenly change its plans, and then discuss how to restart negotiations."
The lieutenant general also wanted to know what happened behind this decision, and immediately ordered: "Send it now..."
Before the operator got the order and had no time to send it out, the radio rang again.
"The war zone has sent us another telegram!" the operator reported while putting on his earphones.
This time it took a full twenty minutes to translate the telegram.
There was a lot of content, and I wrote three whole telegraph newspapers.
The lieutenant general was the first to read the telegram, and then fell silent.
The major general was the second to read it, and after reading it, his face showed a look of disbelief and shock.
After passing the telegram to others, he looked at the middle and asked: "Sir, how could the Eighth Route Army have such strong strength!"
"It took more than a thousand days for the puppet troops to be wiped out in less than half an hour. This speed is too fast!"
The lieutenant general looked very ugly and replied in a serious tone: "As long as the artillery fire is strong enough, it is not difficult to kill more than a thousand puppet troops in half an hour."
"What shocked me most in the telegram was the strength of the Eighth Route Army's artillery."
"At the negotiation table, we laughed at the Eighth Route Army for its poor equipment, but what happened? They slapped us hard with the facts."
"They are not only well-equipped, but also equipped with a large number of artillery: mortars, infantry artillery, mountain artillery, heavy artillery, whatever the Japanese have, they are equipped with them all, and there are many of them."
"Is this still the Eighth Route Army we know?"
"In just a few years, a force that didn't even have rifles was developed into a powerful force with mortars, mountain cannons, and even heavy artillery."
"Captain Li was right when we negotiated just now: We fought for five days but failed to capture Datong, and they captured Datong in two days with fewer troops than us. There is no better proof of which of the two armies is stronger than this.
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The major general's expression became more and more solemn, and he stared at the lieutenant general and continued to ask: "Sir, there is one more thing I don't understand."
"The Eighth Route Army did not attack early or late, but it waited until we were about to exert military pressure on them. What a coincidence!"
"Also, the Japanese and puppet troops they are attacking are right under our noses. Logically speaking, we should attack them. This is obviously taking food from the tiger's mouth. Didn't the frontline troops negotiate with them and ask them to withdraw?"
"In addition, the total number of Japanese and puppet troops confronting us is more than a thousand. We can completely eliminate them with mountain artillery and mortars. There is no need to use heavy artillery. It is a waste of time to kill a chicken with a sledgehammer. Is it possible that the Eighth Route Army already has too many heavy artillery shells?
Is it time to squander?”
The lieutenant general sighed and replied: "Haven't you seen it? This is not an ordinary military operation, but the Eighth Route Army demonstrated to us through an attack, demonstrated its strong strength, and made us afraid of them."
"As for the frontline troops, they will certainly not stop it."
"Someone helped them eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops. It's too late to thank them. How could they object?"
"Perhaps there are still people who want to be fishermen and plan to sit back and enjoy the gains when both the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese and puppet troops are harmed."
"Unexpectedly, the Eighth Route Army slapped them hard with its strength, making their wishes come true. They were also shocked."
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