After walking around the huge training ground, Xu Rui just returned to the regiment headquarters when he met Wang Husheng.
"Old Xu, where have you gone? I'm looking for you everywhere." As soon as he saw Xu Rui, Wang Husheng immediately came up to him, and then said happily, "I'll leave you alone, Lao Jiang is really giving in." ”
"Really." Xu Rui chuckled and asked, "What did he say?"
Wang Husheng shook his head and said with a smile: "Prince Kong Dagong came just now. He relayed Lao Jiang's opinion, saying that the National Government can make up for the price difference of 3 million original shares, which is 72 million yuan, but still There is an additional condition, that is, the Baotou Refinery must provide 5,000 tons of gasoline to the National Government every year, and it must be at a fair price.”
"Gasline? Is it even cheaper?" Xu Rui suddenly became happy, "Having his dream of autumn!"
After a pause, he continued: "At this time, you still want to show off and negotiate terms with me. Lao Wang, just send a telegram to Lao Jiang and tell him to forget about gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and don't talk about affordable prices. You can’t buy it even at a high price! But asphalt is available for free and can be used to solidify the road network in the southwest.”
Although Xu Rui looks down on Chairman Chiang, at this stage, the main force in the war of resistance is still undoubtedly the National Army. If Chairman Chiang leads the National Army to surrender to the Japanese at this time, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for the Chinese nation. Therefore, He did not mind providing the National Government with any help he could.
At this time, the Yunnan-Burma Highway had just been completed and opened to traffic. However, because the road surface had not been solidified, depressions and even collapses often occurred due to rainwater erosion, leading to traffic accidents. If asphalt could be used to solidify the Yunnan-Burma Highway and the Chengdu-Kunming Highway , which can undoubtedly greatly increase the safety factor and transportation capacity of this lifeline.
Wang Husheng hesitated and said: "Old Xu, how about saving some face for Old Jiang and giving him one or two thousand tons of gasoline as a token? We can still squeeze out this amount of gasoline."
The Baotou Refinery was built with Soviet aid. It was agreed before the construction that the light fuel produced by the refinery must be given priority to ensure the supply of the Far East Front Army. However, the Far East Front Army urgently needs diesel and aviation kerosene, but the demand for gasoline is It's not big, so it's really not difficult to squeeze out one or two thousand tons of gasoline.
Xu Rui understood Wang Husheng's mood. He was worried that he would not be able to get the difference.
At that moment, Xu Rui said: "That's okay, but parity is definitely not okay."
"Then offer a high price!" Wang Husheng said happily, "I'll do it right away."
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The intentions of the Chahar Independent Regiment were quickly reported to Chongqing through Kong Lingkan.
Of course Chairman Jiang was very angry after hearing this. He thought he had made a big concession. He even promised to make up for the difference of 72 million yuan, which was almost blackmail. However, Xu Rui still refused. It is simply unreasonable to ask the Nationalist government to buy gasoline from Baotou at a high price.
But besides being angry, Chairman Chiang had nothing to do with Xu Rui.
By this time, Xu Rui was no longer afraid of his economic blockade. A cold fact that made Chairman Chiang feel extremely aggrieved was that Xu Rui now even had the strength to impose an economic blockade on him! For example, the Nationalist Government cannot produce fuel, but Xu Rui's base can produce it.
The National Government has a huge demand for fuel. At present, it can only import fuel from Myanmar through the newly completed Burma Road. The US and British governments did not actually charge high prices when exporting fuel to the National Government. However, due to the Burma Road, Poor road conditions keep transportation costs high, which in turn drives up fuel prices.
Although the price offered by Xu Rui is high, it is still much cheaper to import it from Myanmar.
Therefore, Chairman Jiang had no choice but to grit his teeth and accept Xu Rui's conditions.
"Okay, then we'll do it according to the conditions they offered!" Chairman Chiang stomped the floor with his civilized stick and said in Mandarin with a strong Ningbo accent, "However, one day, this account will have to be paid with the principal." Get the profit back!"
"The committee is wise." Kong Xiangxi quickly complimented, but he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. To be honest, Kong Xiangxi was really worried that Chairman Chiang would cause trouble again. The turmoil at Baotou Tea Trading Company was finally solved. If the opportunity is ruined because of this little incident, then the old Kong family will really lose all their money.
After obtaining Chairman Chiang's consent, Minister Kong Da finally left with peace of mind.
After watching Kong Xiangxi leave, Chairman Jiang called Director Dai again with a phone call.
In less than half an hour, Director Dai hurried to Chairman Chiang's official residence and went straight to the study on the second floor.
Seeing Director Dai stooping down and walking in, Chairman Jiang immediately put down his brush, stood up and wiped his hands while asking: "Yunong, what happened to the thing I asked you to do before?"
Chairman Chiang was talking about revealing the news of the completion of the Baotou Industrial Zone to the Japanese.
Director Dai replied: "The report to the committee has been disclosed to the Japanese through reliable channels."
Chairman Chiang hummed and then asked, "So, what's the reaction from the Japanese?"
"I haven't heard of any response yet, and even if there is a response, we haven't heard about it yet." Director Dai shook his head and said, "However, there is good news."
"Good news?" Chairman Chiang asked, "What good news?"
Director Dai said: "The informants lurking in Tokyo have just returned the news. It is said that Emperor Hirohito of Japan held an imperial meeting not long ago to discuss new strategies against China."
Chairman Chiang frowned and asked, "Is Japan's strategy toward China going to be adjusted again?"
I heard that Hirohito had convened another imperial meeting to discuss the new strategy against China. Chairman Chiang's first reaction was that the Japanese government would return to the newly established policy of political surrender as the mainstay and military offensive as the supplement. Mainly military offensive, supplemented by political inducement to surrender, this is not a good thing for China.
Director Dai looked at his face and knew immediately that Chairman Chiang had misunderstood.
At that moment, Director Dai said: "Commissioners, don't worry. The Japanese government's China strategy will no longer return to military attack as the mainstay and political surrender as the supplement. Instead, it will change to political surrender as the mainstay and military defense as the supplement!"
"What?" said Chairman Chiang. "Political inducement is the main one, and military defense is the supplement?"
"Yes." Director Dai said, "This means that the Japanese army will completely stop military offensives on the Chinese battlefield, including the Changsha battlefield where the confrontation is still ongoing." After a pause, he added, "This is enough to show that, The news previously disclosed to the Japanese had an effect. The Japanese army stopped the offensive on the frontal battlefield. If nothing else, it must be to concentrate on dealing with the Communist troops on the battlefield behind enemy lines. Xu Rui's troops were definitely the Japanese army's top priority. Hit the target!”
"Well, your analysis makes sense." Chairman Chiang said, "It must be so."
After a pause, Chairman Jiang said to Wang Shihe: "Shihe, go and call the headquarters and ask Jingzhi to immediately call all war zones according to the orders of the headquarters. During this period, stop all contact with the Japanese army. Military operations, in particular, we must warn Xue Boling in the Ninth Theater Command not to issue any military provocation to the Japanese army for any reason or by any means."
"Okay, I'll make a call right away." Wang Shihe agreed, turned around and left in a hurry.
Director Dai smiled sinisterly and followed Chairman Chiang's unspoken intention: "Since the Japanese army wants to shrink its troops and use all its strength to deal with the Communist army on the battlefield behind enemy lines, then we might as well help them and let them fight the Communist army in a lose-lose situation. ! In this way, the national troops in each theater can reap the benefits. Isn’t this better? "
Chairman Chiang laughed and said: "Those who know me are rain farmers."
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The CCP’s intelligence capabilities are only stronger than those of the military.
How can the CCP not know what the military commander knows
Almost at the same time, the Yan'an side also detected top-secret information that the Japanese army had once again changed its strategy against China, and then quickly fed it back to various base areas behind enemy lines to make everyone be more vigilant. Obviously, the Yan'an side's judgment of the Japanese army's intentions was exactly the same as Chairman Chiang's. , all believed that the Japanese army was going to shrink its troops and raid our base areas.
The Chahar Independent Regiment in Baotou also received a warning from Yan'an.
When the telegram from Yan'an came over, Xu Rui was holding a combat meeting.
The main topic of the meeting was to discuss the operational objectives of the counterattack starting in early April!
Although it is still only late February and there is still one and a half months to early April, but the army has not moved and the food and grass have to go first, some things must be prepared in advance. Let’s not talk about anything else. The combat objectives must be determined. Only when the combat objectives are determined can we further develop a combat plan.
But after saying a few words, I received a telegram from Yan'an.
After reading the telegram, Wang Husheng immediately said: "Old Xu, it seems that our counterattack plan will be aborted."
Liu Mei, Xiao Yanyue, Leng Tiefeng, Jiang Nan, He Guangming, Shi Changqing and other members of the Youth League Party Committee and officers above the battalion who participated in the meeting suddenly looked at each other. What happened
Xu Rui said: "Old Wang, what are you talking about?"
"You'd better read it yourself." After Wang Husheng finished speaking, he handed over the telegram.
After Xu Rui read the telegram, his eyebrows immediately locked tightly.
After Leng Tiefeng and others had finished circulating the telegram, Wang Husheng continued: "At present, it seems that the Japs have fully realized the threat posed by the Baotou base area to them, so they do not hesitate to take a defensive position on the frontal battlefield, but also have to free up enough troops. The troops are going all out to deal with us, and our Baotou base area must be the first target of attack!"
"It's probably unrealistic to expect that the national army will help us contain the Japanese army!" After a pause, Wang Husheng added, "So let's not discuss the counterattack for now, and let's prepare for the coming raids. It can be foreseen that the Japanese will The intensity of this wave of raids will be beyond imagination, and we must be prepared for the worst!"