Chapter 709 Negotiations
When Li Nian heard Hu Bin say that Okamura Neji came here to send money, he looked at Hu Bin with great interest. He was no longer surprised by such things. He knew that as long as Hu Bin seized the opportunity, he would go to cheat Japan's money. They were also happy to see Hu Bin like this. △
A few days later, Li Nian went out to purchase supplies again. This time, Hu Bin was very rich. He got hundreds of millions of rice and pounds from the British troops. This was used to purchase supplies so that the soldiers of the entire army could get some benefits. Of course, Hu Bin's troops could not get all of this money. He had to share half of it, but it was also a lot of half left.
"Now is not the time for us to fight the decisive battle with the Japanese. If it were a decisive battle, I would have fought for Mandalay long ago. So, we have to rest now, but the Japanese are not at ease.
He didn't know when I was in a good mood or bad mood. If I attack Mandalay, would they still dare to attack India? If I didn't settle me, hehe, do you think Okamura Niji dare to go? So, now he is going to bring me Lucai!" Hu Bin explained to Li Nian with a smile.
"Well~ What you mean is that in order to stabilize us, Okamura Yasuji hopes to use money to bribe the route to attack India, so that he can avoid having to place many troops in Mandalay, right?" Li Nian asked at Hu Bin.
Hu Bin nodded when he heard this, and it was indeed what he meant.
"But I'm a little worried!" Li Nian said.
"What are you worried about? I'm worried that after Japan occupied India, I'll hit us with my backhand?" Hu Bin asked looking at him.
"That's right!" Li Nian nodded and said.
"I will not let them occupy India in full. India will become a flesh-and-blood grinder for Britain and Japan. I don't care how many people they die. What I care about is how much benefits we China can get from it. Once the war develops towards the Japanese, we will have to move. Japan is in Southeast Asia, so don't think it will be completely occupied!" Hu Bin said with a smile.
"Are you sure you can control it? I heard that the Japanese have recruited 3 million soldiers in Southeast Asia and have to continue recruiting soldiers. If the Japanese really trained those recruits, the pressure for us in China is huge!" Li Nian said to him.
"Hehe, it takes time to train soldiers, right?" Hu Bin asked with a smile.
"That's definitely the case, it's probably as short as 3 months, and as long as half a year!" Li Nian nodded and said.
"I just need this time. Now we fight, the casualties are too great. Although the results of the battle are very large compared to other troops in our country. But I don't want so many soldiers to be ruined here.
I hope that our troops can fight the Japanese with absolute advantage in the future, so that the course of the war will be controllable, and casualties will be controlled. The soldiers will follow us, not to die. Since we are their leaders, we must be responsible for their lives!
In our country, there are enough soldiers who have sacrificed. I don’t want our country to rely on sacrificing a large number of soldiers to win the battle in the future. It takes time for the Japanese. I also need time!" Hu Bin looked at Li Nian and said with a smile.
When Li Nian heard this, he looked at Hu Bin in confusion. He didn't know where Hu Bin got his confidence, and he dared to say that he used his absolute advantage to fight the Japanese here. Not to mention anything else, it was just air supremacy. In Li Nian's opinion, it was impossible, otherwise Hu Bin wouldn't choose to fight at night often.
"This, Xiaobin, don't blame me for being too verbally. Are you so arrogant?" Li Nian reminded Hu Bin and said.
"You don't know a lot of things, you'll know them later. Now I'm right to listen to mine!" Hu Bin smiled, without explaining, but just asked Li Nian to support Hu Bin.
"I must have listened to you, but I'm a little worried. I know a little about the situation during this period. I don't know where our country should go. It seems to be beneficial to our country, but it is also very dangerous.
Although the Japanese said they wanted to return the land to us, their country's strength was still there and our country was still very weak. Once they wanted to continue fighting, we still couldn't defend it." Li Nian looked at Hu Bin and expressed his concerns.
"I'm not worried about this. If you give us half a year to deal with the Japanese, I will be sure to win. No matter where he recruits soldiers from, I don't care about him attacking other countries around the world, but the Japanese still want to invade our China, so it's not that simple!" Hu Bin said with a smile.
He was indeed not worried. Now the commander-in-chief has established artillery schools, aviation schools, and armored schools in Yan'an. Hu Bin has dispatched more than 200 well-educated armored soldiers to secretly go to Yan'an.
Armored soldiers are now being trained, and aviation soldiers, that is, pilots, are also training. The aircraft manufacturing plant is almost completed. Once it is established, the aircraft can be manufactured immediately.
In order to train those workers, Yan'an also established an Aviation Technology University. On the one hand, it is to train technical workers and on the other hand, it is to train ground staff. Now there are tens of thousands of people in several schools that are training, all of which are built in the mountains and forests. Those who go into the training cannot come out after the training is over!
After another three days, it was still raining here. Major General Taro Takahashi, the representative of Japan, brought more than a dozen assistants and some lieutenants to a village in front of Hu Bin's command center. Hu Bin arrived there before they came. After Taro Takahashi arrived, he immediately came to Hu Bin's temporary office under the leadership of the guards.
"This is our Commander Hu!" After the guard brought them in, he signaled to Hu Bin and said to Taro Takahashi.
Takahashi was stunned when he saw Hu Bin. He knew that Hu Bin was very young, but after he really saw him, he was still very shocked.
"Hello, Commander Hu!" Takahashi Taro quickly walked to Hu Bin and said with bowing, with two assistant officials standing behind him.
"Hehe, hello!" Hu Bin nodded with a smile, then motioned him to sit down.
"Thank you, Commander Hu!" Takahashi Taro saw Hu Bin so easy-going, and sat down with a smile.
"How much money Okamura Nishi wants to give me this time? If the money is less, I won't talk about it!" Hu Bin sat there, leaned against the chair, then put his legs on the table, looking at Taro Takahashi and asked.
"Ah?" Taro Takahashi was stunned when he heard Hu Bin say this. He didn't know how Hu Bin knew that he came to negotiate with him and had to negotiate money.
"No? Why don't you come here?" Hu Bin saw that he didn't move? He frowned and looked at Taro Takahashi with dissatisfaction and asked.
"No, no, yes, that, yes!" Takahashi Taro said immediately. He was very proficient in Chinese and did not need translation at all. However, when he heard Hu Bin say this, he was very reluctant to reveal his bottom line.
"It's good to have it, how much?" Hu Bin said, lit a cigarette for himself and asked.
"Ah?" Taro Takahashi heard Hu Bin ask, feeling that he didn't understand the rules. This has not been discussed yet. Now he came here to visit Hu Bin, but Hu Bin asked directly how much it cost.
"What, how much is it? I'll talk to you. If there is less money, please get back to me." Hu Bin vomited a circle and looked at Takahashi Taro and said coldly.
"We haven't talked about this yet! We didn't send you money for nothing!" Takahashi Taro looked at Hu Bin and said with difficulty. He was afraid that saying this would anger Hu Bin.
"What's the point? Isn't it just that I won't let me attack Mandalay. Are you good at attacking India? OK, 3 months! Tell me, how much?" Hu Bin said to him.
"You, you know?" Taro Takahashi looked at Hu Bin in surprise and asked.
"I'll ask you how much it costs? Why is it your turn to ask me?" Hu Bin showed great impatientness.
"3 months won't work. We need you for a year and don't attack our Mandalay!" Takahashi didn't dare to tell his bottom line, he could only say that it would work for 3 months.
"Is Okamura Niji OK? It takes one year to fight an India. He won't be able to fight?" Hu Bin directly despised him in front of Okamura Niji's hands.
"Three months really won't work. It will take us 1 year, and it's not just Mandalay. We hope you don't take the initiative to attack our troops in Southeast Asia!" Taro Takahashi said.
"Okamura Yasuji, you're so frank. Do you believe it or not, I'll order the troops to attack Mandalay tomorrow, and I can't attack other troops in Southeast Asia? What about him? "Hu Bin heard it and looked at Taro Takahashi with a sneer and said.
"This!" Takahashi Taro didn't know how to respond to Hu Bin's words.
"Tell you, my bottom line, Mandalay, 4 months, other places, I'm not interested for the time being. Just don't anger me, you'll be angry. I might sign the contract today and hit Mandalay tomorrow. You go and send a telegram to Okamura Nishi and make it clear!" Hu Bin said to Taro Takahashi.
"Hi! No, yes!" Taro Takahashi nodded immediately and said.
"You haven't answered my question yet. Look at me, I'm young and easy to bully?" Hu Bin asked staring at him.
"This, this! If you give us a year, we are willing to pay you 30 million meters of gold. If it is half a year, we are willing to pay 10 million US dollars!" Takahashi said with a thorn in his mouth when he heard Hu Bin say this.
"Okay, 4 months, 30 million, go back and send a telegram to Okamura Yanji!" Hu Bin nodded and said when he heard this.
"This, this!" Taro Takahashi looked at Hu Bin in surprise when he heard this.
"You can't make the decision, go back and send a telegram to Okamura Niji. By the way, tell him that it doesn't matter if he doesn't agree. Remember to release 400,000 troops in Mandalay. I will kill them this rainy season!" Hu Bin took back his feet, stood up, and said to Taro Takahashi.
Chapter completed!