Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Old Feng, what do you say? Should we use the radio to contact the boss immediately?!" Old Zhang's tone was a little excited. The conditions given by the Japanese were already higher than those ordered by the boss.

They also brought a radio with them this time because the mission was very important, so they brought a radio so they could communicate at any time.

Of course, if an accident occurred, they would rather be destroyed along with the radio station than let it fall into the hands of the Japanese.

"There's no need to contact each other, we can make the decision now. Judging from the Japanese' tone, this condition is already the best. If they want to push for more, I'm afraid the mission will fail, and we can't leave." Lao Feng made the decision slowly after careful consideration.

The Japs have already told them their bottom line, with the aim of making them stop thinking about asking for more benefits, otherwise the negotiations will be terminated.

"That makes sense. Let's do this. It's already very good to be able to exchange our soldiers and get so many guns and ammunition." Upon hearing this, Lao Zhang nodded in agreement. Things were going very smoothly.

"I didn't expect that these dozens of Japanese pilots are so valuable." Lao Zhang couldn't help but sigh. Just a few dozen pilots, but the Japanese were willing to pay such a high price to exchange them.

"Well, it can be seen that training an excellent pilot is indeed a very difficult task.
I don’t know if we can train excellent pilots in the future.” Old Feng nodded and couldn’t help but sighed at the end.

The Japanese were willing to pay such a huge price for dozens of pilots, which only shows that the materials needed to train a pilot must be astronomical.

"I think there will always be a day when we will become stronger and stronger. By then, training not only dozens of pilots, but even thousands of pilots will not be a problem!" Lao Zhang said with certainty.

He believed that one day, they would not only be able to train their own pilots, but also own many powerful aircraft. By then, they would no longer be bullied by other countries!

"That's right! Although it's a bit far away, as long as our generation is willing to work hard, we can definitely do it." Old Feng looked serious.

"Let's finish the task first." Lao Zhang reminded them that they had gone a little too far and the most urgent thing was to complete the task first and the rest could be dealt with later.

"Someone come here!" Old Feng shouted towards the door.

Soon, Major General Yoshida walked in.

"Have you two discussed this with your superiors?!" Major General Yoshida asked with a smile on his face.

"The conditions you gave have been agreed to by the higher-ups, so we'll do as you said." Old Feng said expressionlessly.

"Okay, then let's discuss the exchange of addresses!" Upon hearing this, Major General Yoshida also planned to move to the next step. He also wanted to exchange those pilots back as soon as possible.

"There's no rush now. My superiors will contact us after they have discussed it. Please ask Major General Yoshida to send someone to escort us out of the barracks and live outside." Lao Feng responded. He didn't want to live in the Japanese barracks.

There is no way. Living here, he never feels safe. Even if the Japanese are watching him outside, he still feels it is better than being in the military camp.

"No problem." Major General Yoshida thought about it and agreed. Since the other party was unwilling to stay, then forget it.

Anyway, the other party won't run away before the exchange, so there's no need to worry too much.

Soon, Major General Yoshida arranged an interpreter and a small team of more than a dozen people to escort Lao Feng and Lao Zhang out of the military camp. They walked towards a restaurant not far from the military camp.

"If you two need anything, you can tell me at any time. As long as it's not excessive, I will send someone to solve it." The interpreter said as he walked, he bent over and was very respectful.

"You say you want to be a good person, so why do you want to be a dog for the Japanese?!" Old Feng couldn't help but sneer.

As soon as the words came out, the translator's expression changed instantly, but he quickly returned to smiling.

"Eighth Master, I have no choice. I just want to make a living. Please don't make things difficult for me." The interpreter responded.

"You can do anything to make a living, but you have to be a traitor." Lao Zhang also interjected at this time. In short, they really had no good feelings towards traitors and running dogs.

The interpreter was helpless and had to pretend he didn't hear it and didn't answer at all.

Lao Feng and Lao Zhang were too lazy to continue talking. Since the other party was spineless, there was no point in saying anything.

After watching the two men leave the barracks, Major General Yoshida went to the communications room immediately.

"General Yoshida." A Japanese major quickly stood up and saluted.

"How is it? Did you detect the enemy's radio fluctuations just now? Can you decipher the enemy's radio?!" asked Major General Yoshida. What he wanted to know most now was whether he could decipher the enemy's radio.

If we can successfully decipher the enemy's radio station, then fighting against them in the future might be easier, because by deciphering the enemy's telegrams, we can get the enemy's deployment and then target them.

"General, there was no radio station sending a telegram just now." The Japanese major responded. They had been guarding here, but did not detect any radio station sending a telegram nearby.

"What?! This shouldn't be possible. Could it be that the other party didn't use the radio to contact their superiors at all? Or, the radio they brought was just for show. In fact, these two people can represent us in the negotiations with full authority." Major General Yoshida frowned. At the moment, this was the only possibility.

"I'm not sure about that. Anyway, there was no radio station sending a telegram just now." The Japanese major replied after hearing this.

"Okay, you keep having people keep an eye on it. If anything happens, send someone to notify me immediately." Major General Yoshida said this and turned to leave.

"Hi!" the Japanese major shouted towards Major General Yoshida's back.

A few minutes later, Major General Yoshida came to Itagaki Seishirō's office.

"Division Commander!" Major General Yoshida saluted Itakune Seishirō.

"What's the situation?!" asked Itagaki Seishiro.

"The other party has agreed to the conditions we proposed. I wanted to discuss exchanging addresses with them, but they said they had to wait until their superiors chose the address before discussing it," said Major General Yoshida.

"Well, that's understandable. After all, they also want to be cautious. What about those two people?!" asked Itahira Seishiro.

In exchange with them, the Eighth Route Army will definitely choose a safe address.

"They have already left the barracks and said they would tell us once their superiors have arranged a location. I have arranged for them to live in a nearby restaurant opened by an imperial merchant." Major General Yoshida added.

"Send someone to protect these two people. If anything happens to them, the deal may be over." Itahiro Seishiro ordered. These two people should be quite important. If they die here during the negotiation, it will be a problem. Those dozens of pilots may never come back.

"Understood. I will send more people to protect them." Major General Yoshida nodded quickly. "Division Commander, I just went to the communications room and wanted to ask the signalmen to decipher the enemy's radio station, but..."

He told the story, and after he finished he looked at Itagaki Seishirō, wanting to know what the division commander was thinking.

"The radio they brought is of course real, but the reason they didn't contact us is because of the conditions we gave us. We have met the other party's expectations, or even exceeded their expectations. Therefore, they can make the decision on their own without reporting to their superiors." Itahiro Seishirō guessed it immediately.

"Should we bargain again?!" Major General Yoshida said quickly. If the price exceeds the limit, we can just reduce the supplies.

"No need for that. Even if we give them this little bit, it won't cause any big waves." Itaige Seishiro shook his head.

"Captain, I think we should send someone to arrest those two people. We might be able to find the code book from them.

By then, we can directly decipher the radio station over there, and our subsequent actions against them will be more accurate!" Major General Yoshida came up with this idea.

He was sure that the two men must have the code book on them. If he could get it, even if he couldn't bring back the dozens of pilots, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Upon hearing this, Itakune Seishirō looked at Major General Yoshida twice, which made Major General Yoshida a little panicked.

"Division Commander, did I say something wrong?!"

"Yoshida-kun, I remember you used to be pretty smart, how come you suddenly became so stupid?!" said Itahira Seishirō.

"Um... this..." Major General Yoshida didn't know what to say for a moment. Is there anything wrong with his suggestion? ! Probably not.

"If you arrest them, the Eighth Route Army will be unable to contact these two people and will immediately know that something has happened to them. Then they can directly change the code book.

Or what if they don't change it and instead use a trick on us? !" Itahene Seishiro explained helplessly.

How could he not think of such an easy way to obtain the code book?! After careful consideration, he felt that doing so would be stupid, so he didn't say it.

"You want to arrest people directly? Even if you said you secretly sent someone to take a photo of the code book without letting the other party know, I would have praised you." Itahira Seishirō continued to preach.

"Hey! What the division commander said is right! I was inconsiderate. Please punish me!" Major General Yoshida hurriedly lowered his head to admit his mistake.

He also realized how stupid his suggestion was.

"Okay, you are doing this for the good of the empire, so let it go this time." Itahira Seishirō did not pursue these matters, as there was no point.

"Hi, thank you, division commander." Major General Yoshida also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the division commander did not want to punish him for this.

"Division Commander, for this transaction, should we send people to set up an ambush at the transaction location? Once the transaction is completed, we should immediately attack them and take this opportunity to annihilate them! We can also get our supplies back." Major General Yoshida couldn't help but make another suggestion.

"The other side may have thought of what we can think of, and will arrange an ambush earlier than us.

If we really choose to take action after the transaction is completed, I am afraid the problem will not be so simple. Moreover, don't forget, there is also the Northeast Army.
The Eighth Route Army might call them to help. If we dare to act rashly, we may not be able to come back. "Itaheng Seishirō shook his head and explained the pros and cons.

If it were in the past, he would definitely agree to Major General Yoshida's proposal, but now, he could not agree, because they really had no way to deal with the Northeastern Army.

"Moreover, not only can we not do anything shady behind the scenes, but we also have to have them keep an eye on the Northeast Army and prevent them from attacking us.

Otherwise, not only would the supplies be gone, but the pilots would probably be gone too." It was a shame to be forced into this state by a group of soldiers.

"Damn it, that unit is such a troublemaker! We have to destroy them sooner or later." Major General Yoshida also felt very aggrieved.

"Don't be anxious, that day will come. Just wait a little longer." Itaheng Seishiro narrowed his eyes, his tone carrying a hint of murderous intent.

We have lost so many people at the hands of the enemy. How can we explain to the commander if we don't destroy them?

"Hi!" Major General Yoshida nodded!
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At this time, Lao Feng and Lao Zhang also entered the restaurant room. The interpreter originally planned to open two rooms for them, but the two did not agree.

There is no other way. At this time, we cannot live separately, otherwise if something happens, we will have no one to take care of us.

"This restaurant opened by the Japanese devils looks really good." Lao Feng looked around the room. The air in the room was very fresh. He went to the window and opened it. He found that there were Japanese soldiers standing guard below the restaurant. This was also expected.

"It's bullshit. This restaurant used to belong to us Chinese, but now it's been taken away by the Japanese businessmen using some unknown means." Lao Zhang put the radio on the table and retorted when he heard Lao Feng's words.

"The Japanese sent people to guard the restaurant. Are they trying to keep an eye on us or are they afraid that something might happen to us?" Lao Feng also came to the table and sat down.

"Needless to say, it's both. If something really happens to us here, this exchange will basically be a failure. Go close the window. I want to send a telegram to the boss." Lao Zhang responded and asked Lao Feng to close the window.

"Okay." Old Feng was also a little helpless. He shouldn't have opened the window just now.

Lao Zhang started to use the radio to send telegrams to the boss, informing him of the progress of the matter, and then waited quietly.

"Do you think the Japanese will try to get our code book?" said Lao Feng.

"It's hard to say, maybe, maybe not, but the Japs shouldn't be that stupid. We can't contact the boss, so they must know that something bad is going to happen to us. There's no point for the Japs to get the code book.
Besides, this code book was made temporarily, and it would be useless for the Japanese to get it. "Old Zhang looked calm, the boss had already considered everything, the Japanese wanted to trick them, but they were too naive.

"Yes, our boss is really amazing and considers things very carefully." Old Feng couldn't help but admire him.

"Of course, this is just a small part of the boss's story."

"To be honest, if it weren't for this exchange, I really wouldn't have known that so many of our comrades were captured by the Japanese. They must have suffered a lot." Old Feng felt sad when he thought of the number of prisoners the Japanese said. Those beasts of the Japanese must have killed countless of their comrades.

(End of this chapter)