"Does the Liaodong Army want to launch a general attack on us and destroy us!" A division commander said with a miserable face.

As soon as he finished speaking, an officer rushed in and reported.

"Sir, the Bantian Wing was hit by the heavy artillery of the Liaodong Army and suffered heavy losses!"

"Infantry, what about the infantry of the Liaodong Army, did you follow and attack!" The chief of staff asked with a frown.

The staff officer shook his head and replied: "No, the surrounding Liaodong Army only advanced a hundred meters towards us and stopped!" ”

A brigade commander frowned and asked, "To launch such a fierce attack, the infantry will not attack!" What does the Liaodong Army want to do, play us? “

The frowning chief of staff replied: "It's not to fool us, it's to give us a warning, get off the horse, let us not act rashly!" ”

"I'm sure this shelling won't last long!"

Five minutes later, the heavy shelling stopped.

Despite the short duration of the shelling, the Sakata Wing still lost almost a thousand people as a result.

After receiving the news, the division commander immediately asked the chief of staff: "Such a fierce artillery fire is just a warning, what is the purpose of the Liaodong Army?" ”

"I don't know!" The chief of staff shook his head and replied.

It didn't take long for another staff officer to rush in, and under the gaze of more than a dozen pairs of eyes, his face was complicated.

"Sir, an officer from the Liaodong Army came over and said he wanted to negotiate with you with a white flag. As long as the negotiations are successful, they will let us out of here! "How do you know the content of the Liaodong Army's negotiations!" The chief of staff frowned and hurriedly asked.

Seeing the anger and dissatisfaction on the face of the chief of staff, a hesitant expression quickly appeared on the staff officer's face. "Yaga, what do you say? I won't hold you accountable for this little thing! The chief of staff, who was frowning, followed assurance.

The staff officer with a hesitant face had to answer: "It was the officer of the Liaodong Army who said it!" As soon as this person arrived at our position, he told us the purpose of the negotiation! Now there are many people outside the command headquarters who know the news! ”

"Eight Geya Road, the cunning Liaodong Army, this is to stir our army's hearts, cut off our back road, and force us to negotiate with them!" After knowing the situation, the chief of staff did not care about his identity at all, and scolded at the air.

A division commander followed: "After the troops know that the Liaodong Army is going to negotiate with us, even if we give the order to let them fight, they will not do their best!" Because, in the shelling just now, the Liaodong Army has already let the soldiers see their strength. ”

"Now, many soldiers who have received the news must have this idea in their hearts: negotiate with the Liaodong Army, and they will be able to leave alive. If they don't negotiate with the Liaodong Army, they will only have a dead end! ”

The analysis of the division commander made the already heavy atmosphere of the command even heavier.

However, the expressions on many people's faces have changed: hope has rekindled in their faces of despair!

At this time, a brigade commander whispered: "Then should we negotiate!" Anyway, the people sent by the Liaodong Army are outside, so it's better to meet and see what conditions the Liaodong Army has. ”

Ordinary soldiers force themselves to negotiate in order to survive, and the chief of staff can still ignore them.

However, when these division commanders and brigade commanders who hold real power come to force themselves, the chief of staff has to think carefully.

Facing more than a dozen pairs of eyes looking at him at the same time, the chief of staff had to order: "Let him in!" ”

When the negotiators of the Liaodong Army delivered the negotiation conditions to the Russian army to the Japanese army, not only the brigade commanders below, but even the chief of staff himself was moved.

According to the conditions, the Japanese army only needs to take out nearly 3 million taels of silver and ammunition to bring back all the more than 20,000 elites and equipment saved on the battlefield.

You must know that there are more than 20,000 elites, and the rifles and light and heavy machine guns in everyone's hands alone are worth nearly 1.5 million taels of silver.

In addition to these, the amount of silver distributed to each soldier was only fifty taels, including nearly 1,000 officers of the three divisions and regiments, and several thousand artillery of the heavy artillery brigade.

It is certain that even if this transaction is reported to the commander-in-chief Da Shanyan, Dashan Yan will not hesitate to agree.

However, he just let himself surrender without fighting, and the chief of staff was unwilling.

The Liaodong Army, who was standing in front of him, seemed to see his concerns, and immediately said: "Do you know where the artillery fire that was shelled just now came from?" The artillery is the artillery of my Liaodong Army, but the artillery is the artillery you just dropped. "In the face of more than a hundred field guns and heavy artillery, is it still possible for you to successfully break through?"

"Also, you should know better than I do how many shells you drop when you drop your artillery. If all these shells fall on you, you should know better than I do! "I forgot to tell you, in addition to the more than 100 field artillery and heavy artillery you left behind, my heavy artillery division of the Liaodong Army is also equipped with more than 100 heavy artillery, no accident, these artillery pieces should have arrived!" "If you continue to be obsessed, our commander said, I don't mind letting you taste what it's like to be shelled by three or four hundred heavy guns at the same time!" "Yaga! I'll kill you! "There is no shortage of Japanese in the command who are not afraid of death.

As soon as he finished speaking, a Japanese major general brigade commander drew out his command knife and slashed towards the position of the lieutenant colonel.

At the critical moment, the chief of staff spoke.

"Baga, stop me, have you forgotten the repeated explanations of the commander-in-chief before we sent the army? Also, why did you come here from China in the first place, and why did you forget why? ”

After a lot of scolding, everyone kept their mouths shut. The brigade commander, who had just scolded the most fiercely, also put away his command knife with a look of unwillingness, and looked at the lieutenant colonel angrily.

At this time, the chief of staff had already understood that in the face of the Liaodong Army's coercive and luring demand for negotiations, he had no choice but to agree to negotiate.

Thinking of this, the chief of staff could only answer with a reluctant face: "I agree to the negotiation you proposed, but I can't make the final decision, I hope that your army can let one of our major generals leave here and return to the headquarters to report to the commander-in-chief." ”

"If you can, I hope you can send someone who speaks to follow you and complete the negotiation and transaction directly at our General Headquarters!"

There was no doubt about the final result, and the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, Oyama Iwa, agreed.

One and a half million taels of silver and nearly 20,000 rounds of various artillery shells were sent to the battlefield in the form of baggage.

As soon as the silver and shells arrived, the Liaodong Army would make a hole in the encirclement and let the Japanese leave. (To be continued.) )