Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.
Chapter 383: Surrender and Lose Half
Under the violent attack of the Volunteer Army, the defense line of the Rogue Eagle Coalition instantly became shaky, as if it would collapse at any time. As the general attack order from the brigade commander resounded through the sky, the two iron-blooded torrents of the 40th Army and the 42nd Army, like tigers descending from the mountains, pounced on the enemy along the death channel opened up by the 16th Army with blood. They merged with the iron torrent of the 63rd Army, forming an invincible destructive force, vowing to completely crush the first line of defense of the Rogue Eagle Coalition.
On this battlefield filled with smoke, the artillery fire was deafening. The artillery fire of the Volunteer Army poured down like a storm, blowing the enemy's position to pieces. The armored forces charged forward with the force of thunder and crushed all the enemies in front of them. Under such a fierce attack, the infantry of the Rogue Eagle Alliance could only resist desperately, but their defense line was like paper, torn and destroyed one by one.
On the battlefield, shouts, explosions, and gunfire intertwined to form a thrilling symphony. On this land baptized by war, every inch was filled with blood and killing. With fearless courage and firm belief, the volunteers launched the final charge against the enemy, constantly planting the flag of victory on the enemy's position!
Negotiating table.
The Rogue Eagle representative banged on the table and shouted excitedly, "No, what you are doing is unethical and you have totally disregarded the ceasefire agreement signed by both parties. I will sue you! I will go to the United Nations to sue you for this."
Looking at the smiling volunteer army representative opposite him, the Rogue Eagle representative suddenly stopped.
Because I feel like a clown and the other person is just a spectator.
"Mr. Fleming, if we don't reach a real ceasefire agreement today, then by tonight, I'm afraid our second front will be gone," the representative of the Volunteer Army said calmly. "If we can't reach an agreement tomorrow, I'm afraid your third front will be gone too."
"So, Mr. Fleming, instead of being furious, why don't we sit down and have a serious talk? There is a saying in my hometown that goes, 'If you surrender, you lose half the battle.' Now, if we put aside those unrealistic ideas, we believe we can reach an agreement under fair and just conditions."
Mr. Fleming, the representative of the Rogue Eagles, had his eyes flickering after hearing the translation. He turned around and whispered with his partner. Although he didn't quite understand why the representative of the Volunteer Army surrendered and lost half, it seemed to be correct based on the meaning on paper.
"Mr. Deng, we can have a serious talk." Mr. Fleming turned around and said to the representative of the Volunteer Army. "But we hope that both sides will immediately cease fire and negotiate under the current state of controlling the areas under the control of both sides."
"No, no, no, Mr. Fleming, I think you misunderstood what I said. Now that the Allied forces are surrounded by us, the only decent way out is to surrender. Only then can we guarantee their safety and at the same time accept such a real ceasefire!" The representative of the Volunteer Army shook his head. Are you kidding? The meat is in the bowl and you want to run away. Do we look like people who are so easy to fool?
"We do not accept any other ceasefire plan other than this, and we will not stop our military operations unless negotiations yield results."
"Countless of my comrades have fallen forever on this land because of this war that should not have happened. Now their companions have reason to annihilate those responsible for starting this war. We will not, and there is no reason to, let down this victory fought for by countless martyrs."
The representatives of the volunteer army expressed their emotions unrestrainedly.
Now, the pressure is not on his side, so he can sit here and chat with the Rogue Eagle's negotiators with a relaxed expression.
But the huge pressure was all placed on Rogue Eagle's negotiating representative Alexander. Every second of hesitation might mean dozens or even hundreds of casualties for Rogue Eagle!
After their retreat was cut off and they were surrounded, the Volunteer Army has now cut off the Rogue Eagles' logistical supplies. The three remaining Rogue Eagle coalition's defense lines will become more and more difficult and bloody as the battle progresses!
When the ammunition is used up, if they do not surrender, they will have to walk out of the tunnels and engage in hand-to-hand combat. Unfortunately, the Volunteer Army will never give them such an opportunity. The Volunteer Army has secured logistical supplies, and now there is plenty of ammunition for every battle, with a lot of surplus supplies for each battle!
The battles they fought were so prosperous that the brigade commander could never have imagined before!
In another historical time and space, logistical support was extremely difficult, to the point where the soldiers were not even able to wear warm clothing in winter.
Fleming was very helpless. The situation on the battlefield was completely unfavorable to them, so he had to turn around and have intensive consultations with his partners.
Obviously, this is a difficult decision. If he agrees to it, he will face tremendous pressure when he returns.
But now, at the negotiating table, there is an intelligence information officer who maintains a hotline with the general command and is constantly reporting the battlefield information received.
As for the current communications, even if they are cut off into separate positions, the Rogue Eagle Alliance can still maintain close communications between the battalion and company levels and the headquarters, so the headquarters is actually fully aware of everything that happens on the front line.
General Clark, the commander-in-chief of the Rogue Eagle Alliance, was almost on the verge of collapse.
He never thought that his troops would lose so miserably.
The huge defensive position at the front had no power to fight back and was simply pinned to the ground!
The armored force that was originally placed with high hopes was directly crushed by a very strange armored force of the Volunteer Army this time!
Although they do not have a lot of armor, their strength is overwhelming, just like the J-5A in the air.
Precisely because of the fear of the J-5A, the Allied Forces Headquarters has not sent out any air force to assist in this battle until now, because everyone knows that even the most elite jet fighters would be hard to match.
It's just pure stupidity that makes people lose their minds.
Now, it's the turn of the ground armored forces to be beaten!
This information was delivered to the negotiating table with almost no reservations.
So Fleming was very clear that every minute he delayed here, how quickly the rogue Eagle youth would disappear on the front line!
"Okay, Mr. Deng, we choose to surrender and lose half." After some drastic internal measures, Mr. Fleming finally gritted his teeth and accepted the latest ceasefire conditions.
With these words from him, at least 100,000 Allied officers and soldiers on the front line would be captured and lose countless weapons and ammunition. All of these things would become spoils of war for the enemy and strengthen their power.
However, compared to the more than 100,000 corpses sent back to the country, this is a blessing in disguise.
What happened at the negotiation table was quickly fed back to the front line.
So as soon as the negotiation results came out, the Volunteer Army temporarily stopped the attack and waited for the next move of the coalition forces, but there was no intention of recalling heavy weapons such as tanks and artillery.
This time, the knife was directly placed on the heads of the Rogue Eagle Coalition. Naturally, they did not dare to engage in any conspiracy and honestly ordered the Rogue Eagle Coalition troops who were surrounded on the front line to surrender.
Let the fifth battle end perfectly.
This made Li Yunlong feel a little regretful. He had just fought a fairly tough battle, and the several combined brigades under his command had integrated their combat effectiveness on the battlefield after some bumps and bruises.
Although the tank troops were badly beaten, under the condition of constantly updating the damaged composite armor, the tank troops can still fight!
The special operations brigade also tried its hand this time, using its airborne advantage to seize a bridge on the southern line, which was considered as sending the airborne special operations battalion out for actual combat training. However, there were still many subjects that could not be carried out in time, so this rogue Eagle gave in and surrendered.
This made Li Yunlong very unhappy.
At present, his combined brigade has only carried out the first subject training of frontal assault, and advanced tactics such as thousand-mile raids and large-scale penetrations have not been used.
Many of the tactics in the booklet still exist on paper, which makes Li Yunlong feel unsatisfied.
Now on the battlefield of this peninsula, perhaps only people like Li Yunlong would hope that Rogue Eagle could be tougher and continue to maintain his original unruly appearance, so that he can try out all the eighteen tactical methods of the combined brigade on Rogue Eagle and thoroughly satisfy his desire to beat the opponent.
After the synthesis, not only the command of the troops is more smooth and satisfactory, but more importantly, the new weapons incorporated into them are powerful enough to have the upper hand even without the need for tactical battles. This opportunity to defeat a superpower will be difficult to come by in the future if we miss it now.
The Rogue Eagle coalition forces that were divided and surrounded on the three defense lines of the Rogue Eagle now all know that the upper echelons have conducted armistice negotiations and the two sides have reached a secret agreement. By ordering the surrounded troops on the front line to surrender, the smoke of gunpowder that has permeated the peninsula for more than two years was resolved at one stroke, allowing the peninsula to truly return to peace.
Now having lost more than 100,000 elite troops at once, the Rogue Eagle Alliance finally faced up to reality and began to prepare for negotiations in earnest.
The real peace talks are taking place secretly outside the peninsula.
The first is the peer-to-peer negotiations of secret contacts between Dongda and the Rogue Eagles.
That is a difficult and all-round bargaining process, which cannot be resolved in just a few words.
As for the outcome of this war, the practical faction represented by Ren Zhong did not have many demands, but they formed the bottom line of the negotiations: such as mutual opening of foreign trade, mutual protection of the interests of both parties in intellectual property rights, mutual recognition of each other's patents and legal provisions on patent transfers, etc.
Although many people now cannot understand what this has to do with the future, as the person behind the technology, no one dares to ignore this person's opinion.
So these conditions are important conditions that cannot be compromised.
But for the rogue eagle, these are not big problems.
After evaluating these provisions, they confirmed that there were no traps behind them and basically there were not many objections.
However, in order to protect the interests of their own farmers, they put forward terms for the export of agricultural products, requiring a minimum trade requirement of no less than 1 million tons and a maximum of no more than 3 million tons of wheat.
Many people are opposed to this clause, believing that it will have a huge impact on the country's newly developed agriculture. Since the farmers in Rogue Eagle have a high level of mechanization and technology in farming, the cost of wheat is obviously lower than the price of agricultural products under our current small peasant economy.
If the policy is relaxed, it will have a significant impact on domestic agricultural production. Tens of millions of tons of wheat may affect the livelihoods of tens of millions of farmers.
However, after seeing this clause, Ren Zhong said that he fully accepted the requirements of this clause and could exchange foreign exchange for purchasing wheat through large-scale exports of clothing products.
Although he didn't know whether he would encounter such extreme weather again in this time and space, Ren Zhong would rather make more preparations and keep enough grain reserves to deal with possible agricultural production difficulties.
Although the current agricultural infrastructure is much stronger than that historical time and space, the construction of reservoirs and canals is several times that of the original time and space, especially since the northern region was liberated earlier and the water conservancy facilities are more complete.
However, in the face of extreme weather, many things are beyond human control, not to mention that the production of food crops such as hybrid rice, hybrid corn, and hybrid wheat has only been greatly improved now, and high-yield varieties with an output of 700 to 800 kilograms per mu have not yet been fully developed to solve the country's food problem once and for all.
With the stable life after the war, the population has rebounded significantly, and the country is still very sensitive to food supply. Although it can barely achieve self-sufficiency, the output is still relatively low and the grain reserves are insufficient. The current national production has just exceeded 1.3 million tons. Even though it is nearly 2% higher than the original time and space, it is still too little for the current population of 6.7 million.
The average per capita weight is less than 400 kilograms. For most people at this stage who still have big bellies, eating a little more than one kilogram a day is not safe enough, not to mention using grain to raise more pigs, cattle, sheep and other livestock to improve people's living standards.
If we can produce an additional 2 million tons or even 3 million tons every year, there will be much more room for turnover. These grains can be kept as reserve grain. If we reserve or million tons of grain, we can get through it calmly even in a year of major disaster, and there is no need to worry about people going hungry.
For Ren Zhong, who has studied history, this is certainly a big event. However, most people may not have thought about it now, and the disasters and difficulties that may be faced next will exceed everyone's imagination.
Most of them see the harm of open agriculture from the perspective of local production, but fail to see the benefits of disaster prevention.
The current price of wheat in Rogue Eagle is about US$1 per bushel (1 bushel equals 27.216 kilograms), which is similar to the domestic price of two dollars for a 46-pound bag of imported flour. It is not expensive, but it is not cheap either.
If we import in large quantities, we may be able to lower the price to just over US$30 per ton. Then 3 million tons of wheat would be just over US$ million. Considering the current foreign exchange surplus, this burden is not too heavy.
Penicillin had earned Ren Zhong a lot of US dollars before. Due to the limited imports, Ren Zhong wanted to buy things like the Rogue Eagle, but they were unwilling to do so. That meant he spent a lot of money on two destroyers and a large number of transport planes, but there was really nothing else to spend a lot of money on.
Ren Zhong did some calculations and found that this deal was not a loss-making one.
Wheat also has a good shelf life. At room temperature, wheat can generally be stored for 3 to 5 years, and if stored at low temperature (15°C), its shelf life can be extended to 5 to 8 years. These shelf lives are based on the fact that there is no significant change in the edible quality of the wheat.
In this way, the cycle of replacing the old with the new is repeated every three years, and spending US$3 billion to ensure a wheat inventory of 15 million tons is not expensive at all for the security of the entire domestic food supply.
Because the Volunteer Army put forward pragmatic demands and did not ask for too much, the Rogue Eagles quickly reached a consensus, which greatly promoted the negotiation process. The negotiations that originally required a long period of time were not so bumpy this time. After all, the Volunteer Army had more than 100,000 prisoners, which was enough to kill any adventurous ideas of the Rogue Eagle coalition in the cradle. (End of this chapter)
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