Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

After thinking for a moment, Yan Shuangying spoke again: "Governor Yan, as far as I know, your Yan warlords are also very short of military equipment, especially artillery and light and heavy machine guns. As long as you get the assistance of this group of Fuso people, you can greatly improve the embarrassing situation of your Yan warlords' lack of heavy firepower."

"I said the same thing. You don't need to tell me the benefits here. I can see it myself. But if I want to get this batch of armaments, I can get them anytime and anywhere. It's impossible for you Northwest Revolutionary Army to convince me without bleeding some blood."

Seeing that the negotiations had reached a deadlock, Yan Shuangying had no choice but to show the sincerity of the Northwest Revolutionary Army.

"As long as Governor Yan is willing to have his troops cooperate with us, our Northwest Revolutionary Army will not take a penny of this batch of military aid. In addition, our Commander Su said that he is willing to give another 100 million dollars to the Yan faction as a token of our sincerity."

After Yan Shuangying offered the price, Yan Baoguo remained unmoved and shook his head slowly.

"This price is not enough. Your Northwest Revolutionary Army is far away in Linzhou, but Jiangbei is not far from our Yunzhou. Once this matter is exposed, the Pang faction warlords will inevitably have a fierce military conflict with us. As long as the war starts, the cannons will sound, and there will be thousands of taels of gold, what can a million dollars do?"

"Besides, I, Yan Baoguo, although I live a simple life, I am not really short of money. What I really lack is good military equipment."

Yan Baoguo looked at Yan Shuangying and said straight to the point: "I heard that your Northwest Revolutionary Army has a lot of 150mm heavy howitzers and other types of artillery. If you want me to make a move, take these artillery and trade them."

Yan Shuangying refused without hesitation, "In this era, artillery is an indispensable weapon for any warlord army. Our Northwest Revolutionary Army still has a lot of artillery shortages. How can we give artillery to Governor Yan?"

"I don't think you can make the decision. Why don't you stay in the Governor's Mansion first and contact Su Zhengyang to ask him what his bottom price is. At least for now, your bargaining chips can't impress me."

Yan Shuangying nodded and said, "Since Governor Yan has invited me so kindly, I will not refuse. After I report the situation to the commander, we can sit down and have a good talk."

"Someone take Director Yan downstairs to have some food. He must have been exhausted from the long journey."

20 minutes later, Yan Shuangying looked at the porridge, vegetables and fermented tofu in front of him and couldn't help but shake his head in his heart. Yan Laokou's reputation was really well-deserved. In the whole China, the only one who could use such dishes to entertain guests was Yan Baoguo. There was no other like him.

After finishing his meal in a few bites, Yan Shuangying sent a telegram to the Northwest Revolutionary Army Headquarters.

Su Zhengyang immediately convened a meeting to discuss the matter.

After half a day of discussion, Su Zhengyang wrote back to Yan Shuangying.

It is impossible to get a large number of artillery. The bottom line of the Northwest Revolutionary Army is that it can give the Yan warlords 50 oceans, plus 3 Type 88 committee rifles, and a considerable number of bullets.

As for artillery, two 150mm heavy howitzers and matching heavy artillery tractors can be given to the Yan warlord as a friendly gift.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Yan Shuangying sat at the negotiating table with Yan Baoguo again.

After Yan Shuangying quoted the price of the Northwest Revolutionary Army, Yan Baoguo pondered for a moment and slowly said, "I'll waive the 50 yuan for you, but I want 5 military trucks and 105 mm howitzers. No negotiation. This is my bottom line."

Looking at Yan Baoguo's unquestionable expression, Yan Shuangying knew in his heart that this old fox would probably not make any more concessions.

"Okay, I'll talk to the commander again."

After receiving Yan Shuangying's telegram, Su Zhengyang frowned and thought.

Nowadays, 105mm caliber heavy howitzers and troop transport trucks are in short supply. Even if you can offer a high price, the great powers may not be willing to sell them to you.

However, the country has no ability to manufacture cars, and in terms of artillery, it can only imitate 75mm mountain cannon.

Of course, Yan Baoguo's willingness to waive the benefit of 50 oceans can be considered very sincere.

For Su Zhengyang, as long as he continuously completes the system tasks, he will have no shortage of artillery. In addition, the system may be upgraded in the future. Once the various armaments rewarded by the upgraded system are up to date, they will all be at the level of World War II. By then, the various units of the Northwest Revolutionary Army may have to eliminate a batch of old equipment.

After much deliberation, Su Zhengyang agreed to Yan Baoguo's conditions. As long as he could prevent the military aid from the Fuso Empire from reaching the Guo faction smoothly, the struggle between the Northwest Revolutionary Army and the Guo faction would no longer cause any surprises or waves.

On the contrary, if the Guo warlords successfully obtained this military aid, it would pose a great threat to the Northwest Revolutionary Army.

It's worth paying these costs.

After receiving a positive response from Su Zhengyang, Yan Shuangying quickly reached an agreement with Yan Baoguo.

When it came time to take action against this batch of military aid from the Fuso Empire, according to the original plan, the 711th Regiment would take action first, and the 712th and 713th Regiments would be secretly mobilized behind the 711th Regiment. On the surface, it seemed that they were cooperating with the two regimental-level combat units of the Pang faction to wipe out the 711th Regiment, but in fact they were working together to kill the two regimental-level combat units of the Pang faction.

This batch of looted military aid naturally fell into Yan Baoguo's hands, including a large number of artillery and light and heavy machine guns, plus the benefits obtained from the Northwest Revolutionary Army.

It can raise the combat effectiveness of the Yan warlords to a higher level in a short period of time.

It can be said that if this matter is accomplished, it will be a win-win situation for the Northwest Revolutionary Army and the Yan warlords.

Afterwards, the Japanese and the Pang warlords will definitely realize which link went wrong, and they will definitely hold the Yan warlords accountable.

In the words of Yan Baoguo, as long as the combat effectiveness of my troops is improved, I don’t care whether you are the Fuso Empire or the Pang warlords, as long as you dare to show your teeth to me, I will fight back. These days, fists are the hard truth.

From this point of view, Yan Baoguo was actually a warlord leader with a strong personality.

In order to avoid the news leaking out, Yan Baoguo secretly gave orders to the 712th and 713th Regiments, asking them to carry out the plan.

In order to avoid arousing suspicion from the Pang warlords, the spies from the Jiangbei Intelligence Bureau captured by Yan Shuangying were under the strict supervision of the elites of the Northwest Intelligence Bureau and continued to maintain contact with the Pang family.

Pang Jinghong was very proud and complacent. In his opinion, everything was under the control of the Pang family. Su Zhengyang, a second-generation rich man, was not yet ready to fight with him.

The large amount of military aid provided by the Fuso Empire will arrive in Zhongshan County, Yunzhou in 7 days. Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner as planned.

Su Zhengyang really wanted to know if the old man Guo Qicheng would go crazy if something went wrong with this batch of military aid.