"It can be changed!" Chief of Staff Zhou gave the other party a positive answer.
The lieutenant general took advantage of the slope to get off the donkey and return to his position.
Take out the list given to them by the Eighth Route Army two days ago and analyze it: "The economic pressure in the war zone is too great. I will give your army a pension of up to 200,000 yuan, and the rest of the pension will be replaced with grenades."
"Produced by a regular arsenal, a wooden-handled grenade and an iron casing to increase its power cost a total of three yuan. We will deduct the price according to this price, and all the pension owed to your army will be replaced by a grenade and an iron casing."
"The mountain artillery will be implemented as just proposed. No matter how many guns are negotiated, they will all be replaced by mortars to compensate your army."
"Heavy machine gun theaters can't give you that much."
"I will compensate you for up to twelve guns, and replace all the remaining heavy machine guns with light machine guns. One heavy machine gun will be replaced with three light machine guns."
"In addition, if your army needs it and the theater cannot produce so many light machine guns, we hope to use submachine guns to replace the light machine guns."
"The ammunition provided to your army as compensation is not that much, especially artillery shells. Not only are you lacking, but the theater is also lacking."
"Except for the three thousand mortar shells, all the remaining shells have been replaced with hand grenades!"
A logistics officer sitting next to him quickly recorded the lieutenant general's suggestion, then spent ten minutes changing things and making a new list.
After reading the data on the list, Chief of Staff Zhou handed it to the other party: "This is a list we have re-listed according to your request."
"Including a pension of 200,000 yuan, 350,000 grenades, 3,000 artillery shells, 1.5 million rounds of various bullets, 44 mortars, 12 heavy machine guns, and the number of light machine guns and rifles remains unchanged
, and add another five hundred submachine guns."
Having just received the list, the lieutenant general was in a very good mood.
Grenade is a melee weapon and a one-time consumable. It is gone after use and will not increase the strength of the Eighth Route Army.
Replacing oceans and artillery shells with hand grenades would definitely be in favor of the war zone.
Although the current arsenal in the war zone has less than 30% of the production capacity of the Taiyuan Arsenal, many heavy weapons cannot be produced.
But a simple weapon like a grenade can.
If production is at full capacity, all 350,000 grenades can be manufactured in a month at most.
The deduction standard on the list is three pieces, one hand grenade and the matching iron shell, which is the market price.
In fact, the grenades are produced in the war zone itself, and many raw materials are free of charge. The cost of producing a grenade and the matching iron shell may be less than two oceans.
By going back and forth like this, it is equivalent to saving more than 300,000 yuan in the war zone.
But looking at it, the lieutenant general couldn't help but laugh.
Adding up all the compensations on the list, he found that the Eighth Route Army had not lowered its asking price, and it was still 80% of the initial asking price.
This is equivalent to all the bargaining with them at the beginning being in vain and meaningless.
His expression returned to seriousness, and he looked at Chief of Staff Zhou and said, "No, compared to the old list, the new list has only changed the items, but the total amount has not been reduced."
"Chief of Staff Zhou, you are too unreasonable. I have spent so long talking, even if you give me a 10% reduction in compensation!"
Chief of Staff Zhou answered firmly: "Not even 10% can be reduced."
"Eighty percent is our bottom line. If we drop it any further, Commander Li and I will become criminals of the Eighth Route Army. I'm sorry for the soldiers who died and were injured in the battle of Datong."
The relaxed atmosphere in the conference room suddenly solidified.
Both sides were sullen and deep in thought, and the entire negotiation seemed to have reached a deadlock again.
At this moment, Li Hao suddenly spoke, dissatisfied and asked: "General Zhou, it would be unreasonable of you to ask us to lower the compensation."
"Considering that the war zone is indeed very difficult, we have replaced the unavailable pensions and artillery shells with grenades as you requested. It is already cheap enough for you, what else do you want to do!"
"Don't think I don't know how much grenades cost to produce."
"Our Eighth Route Army also has its own arsenal, but the production equipment is not as good as yours."
"In our arsenal, the cost of producing a grenade and matching iron shell is at most two and a half oceans. Your production cost is definitely lower."
"This means that the 350,000 grenades we agreed to exchange have helped you save nearly 300,000 oceans. You can't be dissatisfied."
The lieutenant general was embarrassed again. He didn't expect that Li Hao even knew the cost of grenade production, so he directly expressed his inner calculation.
But even so, the Eighth Route Army's asking price is still too high, and the war zone will definitely not agree to it.
He could only shamelessly pass the blame: "Captain Li, I admire your knowledge very much. You even know the production cost of grenades."
"But we don't know, and neither do the theater commanders. They will only calculate these compensations based on market prices, not costs."
"Let me put forward another idea: "According to the compensation data on the new list, there are ten fewer mortars, thirty less light machine guns, five hundred thousand fewer rounds of ammunition, one thousand fewer rifles, two hundred fewer submachine guns, and other
No change, if you agree, we will sign the agreement now."
Before Li Hao had time to refuse, Chief of Staff Zhou had already spoken.
"no……"
"You've cut too much, and when you open your mouth, it's like a regiment's equipment."
"Our Eighth Route Army has a weak foundation. According to your approach, the troops will have been wiped out a long time ago. I don't agree."
At this moment, Li Hao suddenly spoke, breaking the re-solidified atmosphere in the conference room: Chief, "General Zhou, I have a proposal. If you agree, we will not need the equipment of this regiment."
"What can we do?" the lieutenant general asked quickly.
As long as the compensation in the new list can be reduced by one more regiment's equipment, their value will be lower than that of a main division, and the theater will definitely agree.
Li Hao did not answer, but flattened a map on the negotiation table.
Pointing to the two areas marked above with a pencil, he introduced: "These are the four towns in Datong close to the garrison regiment base area and the northwest Shanxi base area. The war zone assigned these four towns to our Eighth Route Army for management. The equipment of this regiment
We don’t want it anymore.”
"What the war zone wants is Datong City and the large and small coal mines within it."
"These four towns are far away from Datong City. Not only are they inconvenient for you to manage, but they also only have a few small coal mines. If you give them to us, you won't lose much, and you can save a regiment's equipment."
"As long as you agree, we will sign the agreement now and promise to hand over Datong to your army within three days."
The lieutenant general couldn't figure out what the Eighth Route Army's purpose was in wanting these four towns.
But there is one thing Li Hao said right.
These four towns are indeed too far away from Datong City, and there are only a few small coal mines with little value.
More importantly, they are close to the Eighth Route Army base area. If they are controlled in the war zone, a large number of troops will be deployed to defend and prevent the Eighth Route Army from penetrating Datong.
After thinking for a few minutes, the lieutenant general agreed to Li Hao's proposal.
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