Li Hao only waited for eight days, and the negotiator of the Jin Suijun came, led by a major general, and Yan Youjin followed as a deputy.

They need artillery too much, especially heavy artillery with strategic deterrence.

Before leaving, Commander Yan gave them a death order, without endangering the interests of the Jin Sui army and without taking risks, to get these heavy artillery at all costs, and to set up a veritable heavy artillery regiment, so that the little devil would no longer dare to underestimate himself.

As soon as the two sides met, the leading major general hurriedly said: "Commander Li, I want to see these artillery pieces first!" ”

Li Hao knew that they must have brought artillery experts to determine whether these guns had the value of purchase, and then there would be next negotiations.

The heavy artillery that I want to sell is genuine, and I am not afraid of their inspection.

And only by letting them see things will they be moved, and they will be more confident at the negotiating table.

Without thinking about it, he agreed: "Yes, I'll take you there now." ”

After hesitating for a few seconds, he cautiously proposed: "But these cannons are too important, there are many people, in order to prevent the location of these cannons from being exposed and bombed by the devil with a plane, you can only take five people with me." ”

"Yes!" The Major General's face also became serious, and he readily agreed.

These heavy artillery pieces are not only the treasures of the garrison regiment, but also the treasures of the future of the Jin Sui army, and there must be no accidents in the middle.

The group quickly rushed to the hiding place of the twelve heavy guns, and with a wave of his hand, three people came out behind him, some carrying the rank of colonel, some carrying the rank of lieutenant colonel, and inspecting one door by one.

From the position they checked, Li Hao could be sure that they were all very professional artillerymen, either artillery commanders or battalion commanders.

Ten minutes later, the three men returned to the major general and reported in a whisper.

Li Hao didn't know what they said, but he could feel from the excited expression on his face that they were very satisfied with the results of the examination.

Then he saw the major general walking towards him, and Yan Youjin followed behind.

"Commander Li, we are very satisfied with these artillery, how to trade the specifics, we can talk about it now!"

"Chief Yan agrees to your proposal in principle, cooperates with you in purchasing food, and sells these heavy artillery pieces to us at half price. I hope that the next negotiations can be fully determined, and I will report back. ”

"In addition, fifty shells per gun is too little, and we hope that the number of shells can be increased to one hundred and fifty rounds each."

No one is sure whether the Jin Sui Army will use these heavy artillery to deal with the Eighth Route Army in the future, giving them more shells, and when the day really comes, and the shells in their hands are very sufficient, that is, they are making trouble for themselves.

Besides, Li Hao also wants to control the utilization rate of the heavy artillery regiment of the Jin Sui Army by selling artillery shells in the future.

Sell them shells at a high price and recoup today's losses

Therefore, each cannon is equipped with one hundred and fifty cannonballs at a time, and Li Hao will never agree.

He resolutely vetoed: "No." ”

"These heavy artillery pieces were captured by us from the Japanese army, and so are the shells, if one cannon is given to you with 150 shells, there will be no shells for the remaining heavy guns of the garrison regiment."

"I can't give you all the shells, the artillery I am equipped with is a decoration, and there are no shells to use."

"However, fifty shells for one cannon are indeed a little less. In a larger battle, all 50 shells can be wiped out in two artillery battles. ”

"In this way, I will add thirty more shells to each cannon, bringing it to eighty, for a total of a thousand heavy artillery shells."

"One hundred and twenty heavy artillery shells per cannon, eighty rounds is still too little!" The major general was obviously a master negotiator, and he did not let go because of Li Hao's refusal, and continued to insist on bargaining.

"One hundred rounds, this is my final bottom line." Li Hao hesitated for a moment to make a decision.

If you are not mistaken, after the Jin Sui army takes these heavy artillery, it will definitely attack Datong again, and it will be a shame.

These heavy artillery pieces will be the key to whether the Jin Sui army can take Datong.

If there were fewer shells for them, they would definitely not dare to use a large number of heavy artillery on the battlefield, and the pressure on the Japanese garrison would be much less, and it would be difficult for the Jin Sui army to take Datong City.

With plenty of shells, they will dare to use heavy artillery to the fullest, and the troops will fight more and more bravely with the support of artillery fire.

Regardless of whether Datong City can be taken in the end, it will cause huge casualties to the Datong defenders, which is conducive to the overall situation of the entire Anti-Japanese War.

"Okay, just a hundred rounds!" The major general first breathed a sigh of relief, and then made a decision immediately, fearing that Li Hao would regret it.

After both sides confirmed this number, the major general looked at Li Hao and continued to ask, "How do you calculate the price of these heavy guns and shells?" ”

Li Hao replied very seriously: "I have understood: the same caliber, the same service life, plus 100 shells, if you buy from Germany and the United States, the twelve heavy guns add up to at least 800,000 oceans." ”

The major general's face was not shocked, apparently he had known this result for a long time.

As a negotiator, I have done a lot of homework before I came, especially the price of heavy artillery, which I have long kept in mind.

The price of 800,000 oceans is very reasonable and there is no exaggeration.

But the major general did not speak, but continued to look at Li Hao, waiting for the following.

Yan Youjin's report at the theater headquarters was very clear that as long as the Jin Sui army secretly cooperated with them to buy food, these artillery pieces could be sold to the Jin Sui army at half price.

For the previous Jin Sui army, 800,000 oceans was not much, and it could be taken out by gritting its teeth.

But now it's different, the territory has shrunk directly to one-tenth of the original, the cornucopia of Datong has also been lost, and the less and less income can't even support the food and clothing of the entire Jin Sui army, let alone allocate 800,000 oceans to buy artillery.

If it weren't for Chief Yan's family background being thick enough and supported by his old capital, the Jin Sui army would definitely not be able to survive so many troops.

In this case, it is definitely a very big temptation to save 400,000 oceans.

This is also a very important reason why Chief Yan agreed to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army to buy grain.

Li Hao didn't let him wait too long, and continued: "Director Yan should have reported to you: as long as your Jin Sui army can cooperate with us to purchase grain in Sichuan, Northwest and other places, I can sell these heavy artillery and ammunition to you for 400,000 oceans." ”

"After the transaction starts, you will first provide me with 10 million catties of food, and I will deliver you a large-caliber mountain artillery and a large-caliber field artillery, so that you can use them for training first."

"In the future, for every 10 million catties of grain purchased, we will deliver two heavy artillery pieces and supporting shells."

"A total of 60 million catties of grain, the purchase is completed, and our transaction is completed."

It takes at least half a year for a heavy artillery regiment to start from scratch and form combat effectiveness.

First train the heavy artillery regiment with two heavy guns, and then slowly wait for the heavy guns to be in place.

Half a year later, when the transaction was completed and all the heavy artillery was in place, the gunners of the heavy artillery regiment also formed combat effectiveness, and they could participate in the battle when they got the artillery.

This is a mutually acceptable way to trade.

The major general agreed without thinking about it: "Yes, just follow Commander Li's proposal." ”