The news of the reorganization of the 33rd Independent Division into the New 33rd Army quickly spread through various channels throughout the country, and most of the forces were full of vigilance against the New 33rd Army, except for a few forces that particularly hoped that the New 33rd Army would play a mainstay role in future battles.

The rise of a new force is not a good thing for the old forces, because it will inevitably affect their vital interests.

Of course, the biggest impact is the little devil, because the occupied area of the Japanese army and the control area of the new 33rd Army are neighbors, and when they go out and shout, the two sides can say hello, and what makes the little devil's heart twist is that the north-south traffic artery of Jindong and Shun County are controlled by the new 33rd Army, and they have to find a way to solve this matter, otherwise Jindong will get out of their control sooner or later.

The Japanese army in Shanxi stabilized the situation in western and northwest Shanxi within a month, and although they lost two county seats, they returned to the state of confrontation between the two sides, which was already a good situation for the Japanese army in Shanxi.

The west has stabilized, and of course the little devil has to transfer his energy to the east of Jin, and the new 33rd Army in Taihang Mountain has become a sharp dagger, which is inserted into the waist of the little devil in Shanxi, so that the little devil can't sleep at night and can't sleep well.

In the evening of that day, the Supreme Commander of the Japanese Army stationed in Shanxi sent a messenger to deliver a letter to Liao Fan.

"Old Lu, lock him up first, I can't let him leave before I think about how to reply, and of course I can't let him die!" Liao Fan looked at the frightened messenger in front of him and said that he couldn't figure out how the little devil could send such a timid person to deliver the letter.

After Lu Liming took away the puppet army who delivered the letter, Liao Fan handed over the letter in his hand to Li Lingfei.

“…… Discuss the ...... of Greater East Asia Co-prosperity with Commander Liao," Li Lingfei unconsciously read out the contents of the letter.

"What do you think?" Liao Fan waited for Li Lingfei to finish reading the content of the letter, and then asked Li Lingfei.

"It's not good, the little devil is clearly trying to buy our new 33rd Army!" Li Lingfei shook his head and said.

"The little devil will send someone to negotiate the morning after tomorrow, how about you negotiate this matter?" Liao Fan asked Li Lingfei.

Li Lingfei looked at Liao Fan in surprise: "Brother Fan, this is related to the future of the New 33rd Army, will it be a little ...... for me to negotiate with the little devil?"

"Are you afraid that the New 33rd Army will have no future, or are you afraid of little devils?" Liao Fan stared at Li Lingfei and asked, "Don't pay too much attention to this negotiation, we were never afraid of little devils when we were still a division, and now that we have become the new 33rd Army, we don't have to worry about the little devils, as for the future of the new 33rd Army, it is not in the hands of the little devils, but in our hands." ”

"And your military rank will be promoted to colonel, it is estimated that this time the little devil will send a major general to negotiate, the colonel will not be able to insult the prestige of our Chinese soldiers!"

Li Lingfei looked at Liao Fan, he was nervous and excited, this negotiation, he represented tens of thousands of soldiers of the New 33rd Army and the people of the entire Taihang Mountain, which is enough to show Liao Fan's trust in him, but the little devil is not a fuel-efficient lamp, this negotiation is not closely related to the face of the New 33rd Army.

"At that time, the people from the Chongqing office and Political Commissar Liu will be present, and there are still two days to go, you communicate with Shen Zhengwen, he will be your translator, as for the specific content of the negotiation, you can talk as you want, as long as you don't lose the face of the Chinese!"

In Liao Fan's opinion, negotiating with the little devil is obviously taking off his pants and farting. The Japanese now occupy a large area of China, and they have killed so many Chinese people, and they are already unstoppable. And when the little devil comes to negotiate, it is the weasel who gives the chicken a New Year's greeting. The most important thing is that Liao Fan no longer takes the little devils in Shanxi in his eyes at this time, so he doesn't have to regard this negotiation as an important matter.

The commander-in-chief of Shanxi's little devils immediately sent a messenger to Taihang Mountain after the stabilization of western Jin and northwest Jin, and the reason why the negotiations were arranged two days later was that he did not want to give Liao Fan time to prepare.

However, since Political Commissar Liu made a bet with Liao Fan, Liao Fan has been thinking about the little devil coming to Taihang Mountain to negotiate, after thinking about it, Liao Fan feels that there is really nothing to talk about with the little devil, so he asked Li Lingfei to preside over this negotiation, at least to exercise Li Lingfei's ability.

Two days later, the chief of staff of the Japanese army stationed in Shanxi came to Taihang Mountain with a negotiation team, and Liao Fan certainly showed a warm welcome, but the smile on his face was a mockery of the little devil. After everything was arranged, Liao Fan disappeared from everyone's field of vision.

In Liao Jundong's headquarters, at this time, Liao Fan was crossing Erlang's legs, closing his eyes and recuperating.

"Brother, how many guns does the artillery brigade have?"

Compared with dealing with little devils, Liao Fan is more concerned about the situation of his troops, and since the separation, Liao Fan has been smeared with his own troops. Whether it is the number of people, weapons and equipment, or the level of training, Liao Fan has already put the division commanders and brigade commanders in charge, no matter how you train, as long as you can beat the little devils.

"Fanzi, you gave us a brigade establishment, but you didn't give us a brigade of equipment!" Liao Jundong complained that several howitzers of the artillery brigade were still extorted from Hu Guoshan.

"Brother, there will be steamed buns, there will be steamed buns, we all have howitzers, when I first came to Taihang Mountain, I couldn't sleep all night when I was happy with two mountain cannons!"

Liao Fan had an embarrassed smile on his face, now all units are developing on their own and self-sufficient, as for the equipment, except for the hoarding of Sun Boyong's logistics department, Liao Fan does not have a single bullet in his hand, let alone artillery.

"Although a few howitzers were brought from Heshun County, our foundation is too weak, and we still rely on mortars, and there are only a dozen heavy mortars! The most important thing is that we lack ammunition, and after a battle, I have to mobilize all the fighters to find shells. Liao Jundong shook his head helplessly.

The artillery brigade is very atmospheric when it hears the name, but only he knows how difficult it is to read his own scriptures, and if the artillery brigade is allowed to fight a defensive battle or a small-scale offensive battle, it is okay, but if it is to continue to fight, the firepower of the artillery brigade will be greatly reduced.

Although artillery has developed well under Liao Jundong, Liao Fan is also very clear that it is not a long-term solution for weapons and ammunition to be captured.

"No way, we lack machinery and equipment now, even if we have machinery and equipment, we can only get enough coal in Shanxi, and you know that only coal can't make weapons and ammunition!" Liao Jundong continued.

"The raw material thing is easy to do, it is machinery! If there is machinery, I will send troops to occupy the Jingcheng mining area, the little devil has been mining there for a year, the machinery is fully equipped, as long as we can take over completely, the matter of raw materials naturally do not have to worry. ”

Liao Fan already had an idea about the Jingcheng area, but they didn't have a good arsenal and occupied the Jingcheng mining area, which not only consumed the troops of Taihang Mountain, but most importantly, they couldn't mine.

The current situation is different, the time is ripe, as long as Taihang Mountain establishes an arsenal, the Jingcheng mining area is theirs.

However, Liao Fan also had to admit that they did not have any industrial base in Taihang Mountain, and now there is only one power plant, which can only be supplied to hospitals and schools.

"By the way, the little devil sent someone to negotiate, and you came to me, aren't you worried?" Liao Jundong heard that the Japanese had sent representatives to negotiate, "No matter what, he is also a major general, so it is not appropriate for you to show up." ”

"There's nothing inappropriate, since the little devil came to Taihang Mountain, it means that they are begging us, I don't have to worry about handing over this matter to Li Lingfei, and besides, there is political commissar Liu to help keep an eye on it!"

"I think your machine can be considered from these little devils, after all, we are still occupied by little devils!" Liao Jundong reminded Liao Fan.

Liao Fan patted his head, as if he suddenly woke up: "Why didn't I think of it, although the little devils may not give it, but we don't want it, they will definitely not give it, it seems that I have to drag out this negotiation for a while......"

"What! Got an idea? Liao Jundong asked.

"A little, but this time I may have to trouble the brothers of the artillery brigade, this is not an easy job!" Liao Fan thought about it and said.

"Don't worry, there is nothing to stump my soldiers yet!"

"I'll think again, let the brothers of the artillery brigade be ready to attack at any time!"

After speaking, Liao Fan left Liao Jundong's headquarters and took Lu Liming to Chu Pengtian's spy company. Now Liao Fan's command has been requisitioned by Li Lingfei, and Liao Fan can only run to Chu Pengtian's company headquarters.

"Chu Pengtian, arrange for someone to notify Li Weimin to come to the headquarters for a meeting here, remember to come secretly!"

Just when Chu Pengtian arranged for someone to go to Beitai Peak, Lu Liming called Huang Changsheng to Chu Pengtian's company.

"Changsheng, arrange a squadron of soldiers to be on standby at any time, set off immediately after receiving the order, remember to keep it secret!"

Huang Changsheng knew that there was a combat operation, and their new 33rd Army's actions were aimed at the little devils, and now the little devils were negotiating at their station, of course, they had to keep it secret.

"This operation is based on safety, and we don't need to sacrifice any of our brothers now!"

Liao Fan knew that this time it was mainly to persecute the little devils, and then increase his bargaining chips at the negotiation table, so Liao Fan didn't want to sacrifice the lives of his brothers for a few chips.

"I know Brother Fan, I'll arrange it now!" Huang Changsheng said.

"Lao Lu, you go to the command headquarters, tell Li Lingfei, let him talk slowly, and strive to drag out this negotiation for three or five days, and if necessary, you can give the little devil some specific temptation!"

Liao Fan arranged the order step by step, now what the little devil needs is a stable Shanxi, and what Liao Fan needs is mechanical equipment, since the little devil took the initiative to send it to the door, Liao Fan changed his plan to ignore the little devil at first, and under Liao Jundong's point of view, Liao Fan plans to make a fortune from the little devil!