While waiting anxiously, half an hour seemed like a long day.
The anxiety on the lieutenant general's face became darker and darker. At this time, Chief of Staff Zhou and Li Hao finally appeared.
Chief of Staff Zhou was not polite at all. When he saw the Lieutenant General, he said tit for tat: "General Zhou, I kept you waiting for a long time."
"In order to defend Datong and prevent the blood of the soldiers from being shed in vain, I had to organize troops to kill the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in Datong, first solve the worries of our Eighth Route Army, and then use the strongholds they built to establish a defense line on the border.
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"If your army really plans to attack Datong early tomorrow morning, our Eighth Route Army will also have positions to defend, so that we will not be passively beaten."
The whole thing is definitely not as simple as Chief of Staff Zhou said.
The lieutenant general was very embarrassed, knowing that the other party was laughing at him.
I really wanted to get angry, but in order to complete the negotiation task, I could only endure it and took a deep breath to answer: "Chief of Staff Zhou, you must have heard wrong. The Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army are friendly forces and will definitely not attack you."
"I'm here now to continue the negotiations we haven't concluded yet."
"I just asked the war zone for instructions. Considering that your army did suffer heavy casualties in the attack on Datong, I decided to give you an additional 20% compensation."
"This is equivalent to the war zone compensating your army with 40% of all the materials and funds in the list."
"This ratio is already very high. In normal times, even if our Jinsui Army suffered heavy casualties in battle, the war zone would only compensate us for 40% of our losses, and we would have to figure out how to deal with the rest of the losses."
"And I believe that the numbers on the list are not the real losses of your army in the Great Unification War. There must be a lot of water in them."
"So I will compensate you in proportion to 40% of the loss. Even if you really suffer a loss, it won't be too much."
Sixty percent compensation is the lieutenant general's bottom line, but he won't reveal his trump card as soon as he opens his mouth.
To put it simply, negotiation means bargaining. Only by increasing the bid little by little can the opponent be tempted.
If you reveal your trump cards with just one mouth, the other party's appetite will definitely grow bigger and bigger, and the negotiation will not proceed.
Chief of Staff Zhou looked calm, but in fact he was already happy.
The other party offered to double the compensation. Nothing could prove better than this offer that the Jinsui Army was eager to make a breakthrough at the negotiation table.
Now that the Jinsui Army has given up military pressure, he has nothing to worry about.
I decided to bargain hard with the other party here to gain more benefits for the Eighth Route Army.
Facing the Lieutenant General's gaze, he refused without hesitation: "No!"
"Eighty percent is our bottom line. If it's less than 80%, our Eighth Route Army will suffer losses."
"The Eighth Route Army is not like your Jinsui Army, which wants money and ammunition."
"We have a weak foundation. If we lose our wives and lose our troops in every battle like now, our Eighth Route Army will have been wiped out long ago. How can we continue to kill the Japanese?"
The lieutenant general hesitated and replied: "We will add another 10% to make up for 50%!"
Then he looked at Chief of Staff Zhou and said with a sincere expression: "Chief of Staff Zhou, this is the greatest sincerity in the war zone."
"After the defeat of the last attack on Datong, in order to rebuild the three main divisions, the war zone has emptied the bottom of the army."
"As expected, the compensation I just promised you will need to be drawn from each unit in the war zone. The supplies and ammunition stored in the warehouse in the war zone are not even enough to cover the entire compensation."
"If there are any more, we really can't get them out of the war zone!"
Chief of Staff Zhou was unmoved and continued to shake his head: "No, the ratio of 50% is still too small!"
Li Hao sat beside him and remained silent.
Before entering the conference room, he had discussed it with Chief of Staff Zhou. After the negotiations started, the chief played the bad role and he played the good role.
Join the negotiations at the appropriate time, ease the atmosphere of the negotiations, and use part of the territory in Datong to offset the compensation that cannot be obtained from the war zone.
The lieutenant general did not expect Chief of Staff Zhou to be so difficult to deal with, and his face became increasingly serious.
After taking a deep breath, he continued: "Chief of Staff Zhou, if you act like this, we won't be able to continue talking."
"Bargaining does not mean that we just increase the price, you also have to reduce the price, otherwise we will lose too much."
"Is this okay? Let's give in to each other."
"The theater will give you an additional 10% compensation. In order to show your army's sincerity, you must also reduce the asking price by another 20% on the basis of 80%."
"The reason why you lowered the price by 20% and we only increased by 10% is because we have increased the price several times just now, but you have not lowered it even once."
Chief of Staff Zhou didn't hear anything, and still looked at the other party with a calm expression.
The lieutenant general was completely angry this time, and he couldn't hold it back. He stood up from his seat, stared at Chief of Staff Zhou and shouted dissatisfied: "We really can't talk about it like this!"
"We have already made so much concessions, and it makes no sense for your Eighth Route Army to refuse to give in an inch."
"Let's go, let's not talk anymore. Let's go back to the war zone now. If the commander-in-chief wants to punish me, I will punish him. Anyway, I don't plan to talk anymore. I can send whoever wants to come!"
After saying that, the lieutenant general put on a posture of walking out.
Li Hao could tell at a glance that they were motivating the generals and putting on a show of bitter love, so he sat and watched their performance with a cold expression on his face.
Sure enough, as soon as the lieutenant general left his seat, the major general next to him stood up quickly, grabbed him, and then persuaded him.
"Sir, calm down! The Commander-in-Chief believes in you and asked you to come here to negotiate. If even you give up, the Commander-in-Chief will definitely be very disappointed."
Then he looked at Chief of Staff Zhou and said: "Chief of Staff Zhou, please lower your asking price a little!"
"The ratio of 80% is indeed too high. If we return to the war zone with this result, everyone here will be punished..."
"If a 20% reduction doesn't work, let's reduce it to 10% first, and then we can talk slowly."
"We can also discuss the items on the list in detail and replace the supplies, equipment and ammunition we don't have with those we have."
"As long as we both continue to talk, we will definitely be able to find a balance point and come up with a result that both of us are satisfied with."
"For example, the pension in the list is too much for the war zone and cannot be withdrawn at all. However, the war zone can use grenades to replace part of the pension and deduct it according to the normal market price. I wonder if your army agrees."
"There are also mountain artillery, which is impossible to bring out in the war zone. In this case, can we use mortars to counter it?"
"According to the market price, three mortars are exactly equivalent to one mountain cannon..."
"As long as your army agrees, we can continue to talk, and we will definitely be able to reach a result that is satisfactory to both parties."
"I don't know what you think, Chief of Staff Zhou."
Of course Chief of Staff Zhou would not refuse.
The overall equipment level of the Eighth Route Army is still very poor, and it lacks all weapons and ammunition.
For the Jinsui Army, mountain artillery was a treasure and they were reluctant to give it to the Eighth Route Army.
But for the Eighth Route Army, if one mountain cannon can be exchanged for three mortars, then mortars will definitely be needed.
Not only because of the large number of mortars, but also because the mortars are light and easy to transport, making them more suitable for the Eighth Route Army.
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