Chapter 599
"Hello, Commander Zhou, I am a small businessman in Yangquan. I have heard others say how powerful the National Salvation Army is, how young and promising, Commander Zhou, you are young and promising. Today I finally saw it. I am really lucky to have three lives." After the merchant was brought into the command center by Liang Hongjiang, he looked at Zhou Chengru with a compliment.
Seeing the other person's face full of smiles, Zhou Cheng didn't know which sentence he said was true or which sentence was false.
But Zhou Cheng knew that this was definitely not his real purpose in finding him.
So I didn't respond, and planned to wait until the other party expressed his true purpose before speaking, so as not to be led by the other party.
The middle-aged man was confused, but he didn't expect that Zhou Cheng was so calm and could be calm in the face of his compliments.
He knew that he had met an opponent and decided to release his ultimate move first.
Only by letting Zhou Cheng speak and follow his own ideas can he take the initiative in the battlefield in the subsequent negotiations and persuade the National Salvation Army to cooperate with the Japanese to eliminate the two independent regiments.
After taking a deep breath, he continued: "In order to express our welcome to the National Salvation Army, I have joined hands with some merchants to raise a thousand oceans as a gift for the National Salvation Army. I hope Captain Zhou can accept it!"
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he called the small box in his hand, and there were ten big yellow croakers inside, which looked particularly dazzling.
"Company Commander Liang, since this is the meeting gift that the villagers welcome us into Yangquan, then take me to take it!" Zhou Cheng didn't expect that he would gain something when he saw him. Regardless of the other party's real purpose, he would accept the meeting gift first and take the benefits into his own hands before talking about it.
"Yes, the regiment commander..." Liang Hongjiang took the box from the merchant's hand expressionlessly, then retreated to the command department for warning.
Dong Fei and He Feng stood aside and were anxious, wanting to persuade Zhou Cheng not to collect the money.
As the saying goes, people are short-speaking, people are short-selling, and even the other party’s identity and purpose are not clear. They will take advantage before the negotiations begin. If the other party proposes something that the national rescue army cannot do, it will be difficult to do.
But Zhou Cheng issued a ban order to them.
If they do not get the permission of the regiment commander and speak rashly, they will be driven out of the command center.
In order to find out the real purpose of the other party coming here, no matter how anxious they were, they could only hold back and not speak, so that they could continue to stay here and listen, and figure out the real purpose of the merchants coming to save the national army.
Zhou Cheng doesn't care about that much.
He doesn't care about being short-speakable and having short-speakable people, and others will bring benefits to their mouths. It would be a pity if he didn't take them down.
As for He Feng and Dong Fei’s concerns, Zhou Cheng didn’t care at all.
In his eyes, this thousand yuan was a gift from the other party to the National Savior Army, not a fee for service.
When he accepted it, he never made any promises. If the other party was sent by the Japanese, he wanted the National Savior Army to do something that could not be done. Zhou Cheng not only would not agree, but would also eliminate the harm for the people and kill the traitor in front of him who was working hard for the Japanese!
Middle-aged people laughed very happily.
His idea is similar to Dong Fei.
Zhou Cheng didn't even know his identity and accepted his meeting gift directly, which showed that he was a jealous person.
Such people are the easiest to deal with. As long as you pay full attention to the benefits in the following negotiations, Zhou Cheng will definitely agree to cooperate with the Japanese to eliminate the independent group.
I didn't expect that Zhou Cheng's idea was completely opposite to them. The collection of money was no different from what I had to do next, let alone the short-speaking and short-selling people...
In Zhou Cheng's eyes, these words and rumors in others' mouths are not worth mentioning in front of a thousand dollars.
The merchant did not know what Zhou Cheng thought, and planned to continue talking to Zhou Cheng according to his own ideas and ideas. After recalling the ideas in his mind, he said: "Captain Zhou, the 1,000 oceans just now were just a gift for the National Salvation Army. Next, there is a larger gift. It involves three or four thousand replenishment guns, one or two hundred light and heavy machine guns, enough for 4,000 people to eat more than half a year of food, hundreds of thousands of bullets and shells, as well as hundreds of thousands of oceans and countless medicines. I wonder if you dare to take them, Commander Zhou!"
The middle-aged man's words are clear enough.
As expected, the weapons and ammunition in his mouth should be all the equipment and supplies existing in the two independent regiments, but they far underestimated the equipment level of the two independent regiments.
If the weapons and ammunition that the National Rescue Army had just compensated them were included, the two independent regiments could have at least five thousand rifles, and maybe six thousand were possible.
After hearing this, Zhou Cheng had already vaguely guessed the other party’s true identity.
But he did not expose it immediately. He wanted to continue talking and figure out the other party's real purpose. He stared at the middle-aged man and asked with interest: "So many weapons and ammunition, can you get a Japanese arsenal?"
"If you really have an arsenal in your hands, as long as you dare to take it out, I will dare to collect any more weapons and ammunition."
"The National Salvation Army has just taken Yangquan and Shouyang, and the troops will continue to expand and urgently need a large number of weapons and ammunition. If you can really take out so many weapons and ammunition, it will solve the urgent need of our National Salvation Army and be our great benefactor!"
The middle-aged man quickly explained: "Captain Zhou, you misunderstood. We don't have an arsenal in our hands, nor do we have as many weapons and ammunition as we said just now..."
After hearing this, Zhou Cheng pretended to be very angry and cursed: "Are you playing tricks on me at this time? The weapons and ammunition are not in your own hands. What a bullshit gift!"
The middle-aged man didn't expect Zhou Cheng to suddenly get angry and continued to explain: "Captain Zhou, don't be angry. Although these things are not in our hands, we can help you get them."
"As long as you nod, Captain Zhou, the National Salvation Army only needs to pay a small price to get the weapons, ammunition and supplies I just promised."
"If we hadn't helped, the National Salvation Army would have to pay more than three times the price to get the gift I just mentioned."
Hearing this, Zhou Cheng once again showed a very interested expression.
The businessman standing in front of Zhou Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and he felt more sure that Zhou Cheng was a jealous person. He decided to strike while the iron was hot and continue to paint big cakes for Zhou Cheng: "The greetings I just said are just conservative estimates..."
"As long as Commander Zhou, you nodded and agreed to cooperate with us, after the operation is over, you will still get more than a thousand well-trained recruits, which will greatly reduce the pressure of the National Salvation Army to expand the army."
"Wait a minute..." Zhou Cheng suddenly interrupted.
"You have said so much just now, but I still haven't heard of who is in the hands of these equipment, ammunition and supplies. How should our National Salvation Army cooperate to get this meeting gift!"
"And I remember you just said that you are just a group of merchants. Merchants only need to abide by the rules and do business. Why do you still need the cooperation of the troops? Are you not merchants, or there are other people behind them!"
The middle-aged man decided to express his identity and tasks, and replied in response to Zhou Cheng's eyes: "Captain Zhou's eyes are as sharp as a torch, and I admire him..."
"I am indeed a businessman who is active in Yangquan, but in addition to this, I have another identity: the captain of the First Operation Team of the Special High School Course in Yangquan, specializing in collecting information for the Japanese."
"Spy, I didn't expect that you are a traitor... The regiment commander, our National Salvation Army is a team of attacking Japanese devils, and they are incompatible with the spies. You can pull him out and chop him out now..." The first battalion commander He Feng did not suppress his bad temper, and suddenly jumped out, cursed at the merchant, and then walked towards the middle-aged man.
As long as Zhou Cheng nodded, he immediately pulled him out and chopped him up.
The guards guarding the door also rushed in, with two submachine guns and two re-shot guns, and at the same time, they could only issue a gun order.
"Captain Zhou, don't be impulsive. You must listen to me first. If you want to kill and cut it, you will be able to listen to the emperor. I promise not to say more words of begging for mercy..."
After confirming the other party's true identity, Zhou Cheng's mind also had the idea of killing the other party at that moment, and almost gave orders to He Feng.
But he swallowed it back when he was at his mouth.
The Japanese knew that the National Salvation Army had a bloody hatred with them and sent people to die. There must be a very huge conspiracy hidden inside.
Even if you really want to kill the other person, you must first figure out the other person's purpose.
Decisively suppress the idea of killing the other party immediately, take a deep breath, force yourself to remain calm, and then command: "Company Commander Liang, let your people go out first. He has only one person, and we have four of them, so we can't make big waves."
"Captain He, please stay next to you first and don't talk. If you really want to kill this spy, I will definitely hand him over to you!"
"You can say now that our National Salvation Army and the Japanese are irreconcilable. You are a traitor who works hard for the Japanese, and you must be irreconcilable. If you say it well and convince us, you may be able to save your life. If you say it badly and fail to convince us, you will be sorry."
The businessman was actually very scared, but he knew that the more he was worried, the more likely he would be to make mistakes in the subsequent negotiations, and the greater the chance of losing his life.
Taking a deep breath, forcing myself to calm down, and then speaking: "Captain Zhou, what I want to say next is very confidential. I don't know if you can stop me from leaving!"
Zhou Cheng shook his head: "No, they are all battalion commanders of our National Salvation Army. They will execute everything I need to do. If even they don't know the secret you are going to tell next, even if I agree, the troops will not be able to execute it."
Middle-aged people think about it for a while and no longer worry about this issue.
He felt that it might be a good thing to let these battalion commanders stay here.
If Zhou Cheng does not agree to cooperate with the Japanese after he finished speaking, and some of the battalion commanders agree to cooperate, he can help him persuade Zhou Cheng.
Chapter completed!