The worries in the middle-aged man's heart disappeared instantly.

Zheng Yunshan’s words revealed too much information to himself.

The National Salvation Army suddenly attacked the Zhengtai Railway, and the reason was indeed exactly the same as the above analysis. It was a temporary decision to retaliate against the Shanxi garrison posing as the National Salvation Army to attack the Independent Regiment.

As long as the superiors show sincerity and give some compensation to the National Savior Army, this misunderstanding can be eliminated, and the relationship between the two sides will be reconciled and cooperation will continue.

He immediately said to Zheng Yunshan: "Don't worry, Deputy Commander Zheng, since the superior sent me to negotiate with the army, he must have come with sincerity. I will contact my superiors now and make sure the compensation that the superiors promised to give to the army."

"I hope Deputy Commander Zheng can meet Captain Zhou again. I hope the National Rescue Army can slow down the offensive. The Zhengtai Railway has too great an impact on the war zone and must not be interrupted for too long. If the National Rescue Army can slow down the offensive, I will ask my superiors to give the National Rescue Army more compensation."

"If the National Salvation Army can ensure that the Yangquan section and the Pingding section of the Zhengtai Railway will not be destroyed, I believe that the Shanxi garrison will definitely be willing to give your army some other benefits..."

Zheng Yunshan knew Zhou Cheng’s plan best and immediately agreed: “Don’t worry, as long as your army calmed down the commander’s anger, everything is easy to discuss.”

"As for the Zhengtai Railway, we don't want to destroy it. But our National Salvation Army needs steel to produce weapons and ammunition, and the National Salvation Army has no conditions to produce qualified ones, so we can only find a way from the railway."

"Of course, if your army can really give us some compensation and solve the problem of our lack of qualified steel, I believe the regiment commander will definitely not attack the Zhengtai Railway in one go!"

At the Taiyuan Japanese Army Headquarters, the intelligence officer ran to the commander with excitement: "Sir, your judgment is correct!"

"Although the National Salvation Army rejected our negotiation request, it was not too full. Our intelligence personnel also drew a lot of useful information from the deputy commander of the National Salvation Army."

"They attacked the Zhengtai Railway as a sudden action, with the purpose exactly like your judgment, and retaliated against our behavior of pretending to be a national rescue army to attack the Independent Regiment, so they deliberately wore Royal Army uniforms during the battle."

"Although the two sides have not started negotiations, the National Salvation Army has promised us not to expand the scale of the battle for the time being. As long as we show sincerity, they will immediately end the battle and withdraw from the Zhengtai Railway."

"In addition, the intelligence officer also sent back another good news!"

"The reason why the National Salvation Army often slashed the railways before was that they lacked qualified steel to produce weapons and ammunition, and had to settle for the second best and use a lot of rails."

"The National Salvation Army agreed that as long as we can help them solve this problem, they can ensure that the Zhengtai Railway's pacification section and the Yangquan section will not be attacked in the future!"

The commander breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

With this information, it would be easy to solve the problem of the attack on the Zhengtai Railway by one. As long as we reach an agreement with the National Salvation Army, they will stop attacking and evacuate the Zhengtai Railway. The railway garrison will repair the damaged railway and restore it to traffic, and the problem will be gone.

As for another good news brought back by the intelligence officer, the army commander was very moved.

This matter seems complicated, but it only takes a few words to say: Spend money to buy peace.

The Yangquan section and Pingding section of the Zhengtai Railway are more than 50 kilometers in total. According to the defense plan formulated by the railway garrison, at least ten strongholds need to be built on this section of the railway and the forces of nearly one garrison brigade are stationed."

More importantly, the railway will still be attacked with heavy troops, and will be once every two months, making the military unpredictable.

It costs money to garrison troops, repair railways, and lose troops and weapons and ammunition on the battlefield, and it is an unlimited investment.

If you can really spend money to buy peace, the military headquarters will take out some funds or materials to compensate the national rescue army for the safety of this railway line. The military headquarters will definitely pay much less. There is no need to worry about the railway line being destroyed again. By the way, it will save a lot of troops to support other places with shortages of troops, killing three birds with one stone!

The commander became happier the more he thought about it, and immediately made a decision: "Send a telegram to our negotiator, and the military department agreed to him to compensate the National Rescue Army for benefits, and demanded that the National Rescue Army immediately stop attacking the Zhengtai Railway and evacuate the railway line."

"By the way, let's talk to the National Savior Army about our expenses to buy peace. What price should we pay to make the National Savior Army ensure the safety of the Zhengtai Railway's pacification section and the Yangquan section!"

At around four o'clock in the morning, middle-aged people sent by the Japanese appeared again at the Yangquan command department of the National Salvation Army.

This time Zhou Cheng did not refuse to see him.

"What are you asking for me?" Zhou Cheng asked angry when he saw the middle-aged man.

"Captain Zhou, don't be angry. I am here to express my apology to Captain Zhou on behalf of the superiors!" The middle-aged man quickly comforted him.

"Without the consent of the Independent Regiment, we asked the Imperial Army to pretend to be a national rescue army to launch an attack together, which had a very bad impact on the reputation of the army."

"In order to make up for the losses of your army, and by the way, your army will see our sincerity in continuing to cooperate with you, the superiors decided to give the National Savior Army 50,000 kilograms of food and medicine worth 2,000 oceans."

"I hope your army will stop attacking the Zhengtai Railway immediately and evacuate the Zhengtai Railway."

"Hmph!" Zhou Cheng sneered and asked back: "Are you playing beggars?"

"That little food and medicine can't even make up for the losses we've attacked the Zhengtai Railway tonight. What kind of compensation is it?"

"Go back and tell your sir that I didn't see their sincerity."

"What kind of compensation do you just said can be seized by us by randomly capturing two strongholds on the railway line. What's the point of being a shit!"

The middle-aged man had long expected Zhou Cheng to say this and continued to answer: "Captain Zhou, don't be angry. Since it is a negotiation, bargaining is bound to be indispensable. I wonder what kind of compensation your army needs to agree to settle the matter, end the attack, and withdraw from the Zhengtai Railway?"

"Negotiation!" Zhou Cheng was happy on the spot when he heard these two words.

"Since it's a negotiation, it's possible that we both sides will not reach an agreement and end up in disagreement. The National Salvation Army is not at a disadvantage now to suspend the attack on the Zhengtai Railway!"

"If I guess correctly, your army must have made preparations. While negotiating with us, we will delay time while mobilizing troops to reinforce the front line."

"If we don't reach an agreement and your army's reinforcements have also arrived at the front line, we will have no chance to expand the results of the war!"

"In order to make cooking truly fair, we can negotiate, but the National Salvation Army's attack on the Zhengtai Railway cannot be stopped for the time being. When will our negotiation end and when will the attack stop!"

The middle-aged man began to be anxious and immediately asked, "What do you want to do if Captain Zhou?"

Zhou Cheng did not want to make the relationship between the two parties too stiff because of this incident, which would affect his follow-up plan.

The reason why I vetoed the other party’s proposal was nothing more than trying to get more benefits.

Seeing that the middle-aged man seemed a little confused, he answered decisively: "After knowing that you were going to see me, I thought you were apologizing to us on behalf of the Shanxi garrison. I didn't think about the negotiations at all, so I agreed to your request and not expand the scale of the battle for the time being."

"Now I understand it wrong. I didn't expect that your army came to us for negotiations. Then our National Salvation Army must deal with you in the negotiation method!"

"No matter how negotiations are, both sides will fight each other before reaching an agreement, and there is no need to discuss this."

The middle-aged man quickly replied: "Then we will not negotiate, but will express our respective requirements and conditions directly. If we can reach an agreement, we will reach an agreement. If we cannot reach an agreement, I will ask the above for instructions and ensure that we will come up with a plan that will satisfy both parties."

"The conditions I just prescribed are just testing. The maximum authority given to me by my superiors is twice the compensation standard just now, with a total of 100,000 kilograms of grain and medicine worth 4,000 oceans."

Revenge on the Japanese was just an excuse for Zhou Cheng to deal with the Japanese. The real purpose of the National Salvation Army tonight's attack on the Zhengtai Railway was to complete the tasks issued by the war zone.

Faced with the compensation that doubled suddenly, Zhou Cheng was immediately happy.

For the National Salvation Army, these compensations are unexpected surprises. It is a good thing that a pie falls from the sky, so don’t be in vain.

What's more, there are medicines that the National Savior Army cannot buy even if they have money. Zhou Cheng had no reason to refuse and agreed on the spot: "100,000 kilograms of food, worth 5,000 yuan of medicines. As long as your army agrees, I immediately order the National Savior Army to stop the attack and evacuate the Zhengtai Railway before dawn!"

The middle-aged man replied without hesitation: "I agree!"

Faced with this happy result, Zhou Cheng and the middle-aged people all breathed a sigh of relief.

Just when Zhou Cheng felt that the other party would leave immediately, the middle-aged man did not move, but stared at Zhou Cheng and continued to say.

"Captain Zhou, the Zhengtai Railway is very important to us. The Yangquan section and the Pingding section together are more than 50 kilometers. In the past, this section of railway was very uneasy and would be interrupted every one or two months due to attacks, which made us very upset."

"Now this section of railway is completely located in the Guijun defense zone. As long as the Guijun does not destroy the railway, the Yangquan section and Pingding section of the Zhengtai Railway will not be attacked again!"

"The superiors hope that the National Salvation Army can promise us not to attack the Yangquan section and Pingding section of the Zhengtai Railway."

"I also know that the big reason why your army attacked the railway was to slash the railway and make up for the steel that was urgently in short supply in the arsenal by seizing the railway tracks."

"If you don't attack the Zhengtai Railway, your army's arsenal will stop production due to iron shortage."

"In order to make up for the losses of your army, we are willing to transport two trucks of scrap steel to your army through railway lines every month."

"Spend money to buy peace!" Zhou Cheng understood the purpose of the Japanese after hearing this, and then frowned.

The safety of the two-car scrap steel that can be replaced with the Yangquan section and Pingding section of the Zhengtai Railway every month is absolutely very cost-effective for the Japanese.

If they paid all the price they paid to buy scrap steel because the railway was interrupted once, it would be fine if they could buy scrap steel.

And this is just the benefit that the Japanese can see on the surface.

The benefits they actually get far outweigh these scrap steel.

Not to mention anything else, the economic losses caused by the three-day interruption of the railway to the Shanxi garrison are more than ten cars of scrap iron.

For the National Salvation Army, although the scrap steel of two cars can meet the needs of the arsenal, the huge benefits the Japanese have obtained in this matter, the scrap steel of two cars of two cars is too little, and the Japanese will agree to it twice as much.

So, Zhou Cheng directly stared at the middle-aged man with a look of a fool, without saying anything, just staring at him like that.

The middle-aged man knew what Zhou Cheng meant, and immediately showed a embarrassed expression: "Captain Zhou, if you think the conditions we drove were too low, we can increase it a little more. How about the scrap steel that gave Guijun three cars every month?"

Zhou Cheng still stared at the middle-aged man and refused to speak.

"Six car skins, this is my greatest authority!" The middle-aged man's scalp was numb when Zhou Cheng saw it, and he replied with a thorny bullet.

Zhou Cheng nodded: "I agree with the scrap steel. Every month, four cars will be sent directly to our National Rescue Army Defense Zone through the railway. At that time, I will let the troops pretend to attack the Zhengtai Railway and rob the scrap steel of the four cars of the scrap steel."

"But every time we attack the Zhengtai Railway, we get more than just the railway tracks. If we are lucky, we can seize a large number of weapons, ammunition and other materials, and we may even seize some funds."

"Your army used scrap steel from four cars to get rid of us. Wouldn't you be too stingy?"

When middle-aged people heard this, they knew that they had encountered a tough problem today. If they wanted to complete this negotiation, their superiors would definitely have to bleed heavily.

He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Captain Zhou, what conditions do you have to ask? As long as your superiors agree, you will definitely be satisfied with your army."

Zhou Cheng thought for a while and replied: "Add 100,000 kilograms of grain and 500 mountain cannon shells every month, so you won't need anything else!"

The middle-aged man took a breath.

Just looking at 100,000 kilograms of grain and 500 shells is not a lot, but don’t forget that this is just a month’s amount, and the total number of the whole year is 1.2 million kilograms of grain and 6,000 shells.

Although the food is only worth ten thousand oceans, it is enough for a main group of 2,000 people to eat for a year.

The shells are more valuable. Based on the twenty oceans of a shell, the total amount is 120,000 oceans.

The key is that the war is now in chaos, and even if you hold 120,000 oceans, you can't buy so many shells.

Based on the middle-aged people's understanding of their superiors, they will definitely not agree to this condition. Unless the National Salvation Army now agrees to adapt the Imperial Army, their superiors will never do stupid things to raise tigers because of Zhou Cheng's promise.

It immediately shook his head and denied: "Captain Zhou, there are too many 50,000 kilograms of grain and 500 shells. I don't need to report it to me and I know that the above will not agree. To put it bluntly, if we turn against each other again in the future, these shells will hit the Japanese. They will definitely not do such stupid things as digging their own graves!"

"But there is one thing you think very well. Food and shells are consumables, and they will be gone after they are used up. Compared with weapons, the superiors will definitely be willing to give you food and ammunition, but the price you offer is too high."

"Your army will give in a little bit, 10,000 kilograms of grain per month, and 100 mountain cannon shells! If it is this quantity, the superiors should agree. Many times, your army will capture a stronghold, and the Japanese will suffer almost so much!"
Chapter completed!