The Cold War: Jumping back and forth between the two camps

"Is such that!"

Gu Lidong nodded in acknowledgement.

"But the problem is that those prisoners are too stubborn. I've worked for so many days, but there are only a few of them willing to go to the island. Even if we trick them onto the ship, it will definitely be a problem once we get to the island!"

Gu Lidong really didn't expect that it would be so difficult to persuade people to surrender.

The most important thing is that some work was not done well on Geoje Island, and he can wait until he is on the isolated island to do it, but in that case it will appear that his work is not done well enough, which will affect his future!

So during this period of time, he has been jumping up and down, trying to relax the United States' policy of preferential treatment for prisoners.

Be able to convince more prisoners of war.

"At present, our most important task is to avoid causing trouble on the front line. Since we implemented the policy of preferential treatment for prisoners, at least on the front battlefield, we have captured more prisoners. This is an indisputable fact, so this shows that our current policy is useful!"

Of course Dunn knew what was in Gu Lidong's mind. He learned from Feng Shuo that the Solitary Island was basically concentrating on his work, and he did not learn from Feng Enshuo that the Solitary Island had already started to do the work of higher-level people.

This can be regarded as giving Dunn some face.

But what Sun An said just now also made Dunn feel a sense of crisis. Even if the isolated island is willing to give him face now, what about the future? Especially if the war continues to be stalemate, the patience of the top leaders of the United States will be gradually eroded.

It will be a big question whether they are still willing to stick to the current policy at that time.

As for the fact that more and more Volunteer Army prisoners of war were captured in Qianxian County, it was simply because of the war. Now they were fighting more positional warfare, unlike the Volunteer Army's previous three battles, where they advanced triumphantly all the way and did not give the American army a chance to capture prisoners of war.

Dunn didn't know whether it had anything to do with their policy of preferential treatment for prisoners, but what he did know was that the fighting spirit of the volunteers on the front line was still as strong as before.

I have never heard of any large-scale surrender of volunteer soldiers. Most of them were captured because of injuries on the battlefield or other reasons.

After all, the current tug-of-war basically means that the US army occupies certain strategic points during the day, and the volunteers will take them back at night.

If the situation continues like this, both sides will definitely be able to capture more prisoners on the battlefield, not to mention that the American army captured more volunteer soldiers as prisoners of war.

The Volunteer Army also captured a lot of American prisoners of war, although the overall number was much smaller than the previous three battles, but that was because the mainland had already entered the stalemate stage from the rapid advancement of the line, so the number of prisoners of war captured was not as many as before, but if you count carefully, the proportion of soldiers captured on both sides is really similar, if it weren't for the fact that the American army's equipment was more advanced, it would rely more on long-range firepower strikes.

In addition, there are sufficient means of transportation to transport the wounded to the rear.

Otherwise, the volunteer army might actually capture a number of prisoners closer to that of the US army.

"Director Gu, this is where the conflict between us lies! You must do enough work to satisfy the higher-ups, and I must maintain the current situation to ensure that the resistance of the Qianxian Volunteer Army is undermined!

If we don’t solve this problem, it will be hard for either of us to convince the other side!”

Having said that, Dunn looked at Gu Lidong, who also nodded.

"So my idea is to just do the work of your senior management and directly reduce the current working group!"

Seeing Gu Lidong's surprised expression, Dunn continued to explain.

"First of all, since we have already captured these prisoners of war, we will definitely not send them back to the mainland. Even if we want to send them back, we will only send a very small part of them. The vast majority will definitely be taken directly to the isolated island!

My idea has always been to say nothing at that time, and wait until the war is over to trick people onto the ship, and then do the work after sending them to the isolated island, instead of starting to persuade them to surrender on Geoje Island!"

"But what should I do in that case?"

Gu Lidong raised his doubts, saying that if he did not produce some results on Geoje Island, he would really seem dispensable.

"So I just want you to let your work shuttles go, send those who are not needed back to the isolated island directly, and only keep some former military officers. Aren't many of these mainland prisoners of war also from your former army? Let these former superiors persuade them to surrender. They can persuade as many as they can, and those who can't surrender will be kept here first. Anyway, your work group has fewer people, and the work pressure and workload must be adjusted accordingly!

As for the work of persuading people to surrender, just do it directly on the isolated island as I said!

After the war is over, when the people are sent to the isolated island, Mr. Gu can do whatever he wants. I can't do anything about it. It will be all your business at that time!

And it has created a fait accompli, letting those mainland prisoners of war know that they will never be able to return to the mainland in this lifetime. You should be more adept at persuading them to surrender!"

This was indeed what Dunn thought, and all he could do now was to drag things out.

In fact, this was also the case in history. Many prisoners of war of the volunteer army were taken on ships and sent directly to isolated islands without their knowledge. It was not what they thought at all that they could go home after the war.

There were very few volunteer army prisoners of war who were able to actually return to the mainland.

Moreover, for this special era, even if these volunteer army prisoners of war could return to the mainland, it might not be a good thing. Although going to an isolated island is not necessarily a good thing, it is obviously more difficult for these prisoners of war to follow their own wishes.

So when it comes to the issue of prisoners of war, Dunn felt that there was no need for him to intervene too much and just implement it according to the original history.

By then, it may be just like in the original history, most of the prisoners of war will be sent to the isolated island without knowing it, but at that time Dunn will leave some evidence and hand it over to the mainland.

As for the future of these prisoners of war, whether it is Dunn's power on the isolated island or Dunn's plan to set up more factories on the isolated island in the future, he can recruit more or less workers, and give priority to recruiting some mainland prisoner-of-war workers.

In fact, there is no better way. It can only be said that this is the sadness of this era. Dunn is really powerless in many things. This is also his conclusion after thinking for a long time.

"Is this okay?"

Gu Lidong also fell into hesitation, but after thinking about it, it seemed that this was the best solution at the moment. He should reduce his own responsibilities first. After the number of people in the working group decreased, he would be powerless to do many things. The higher-ups now knew his situation, and they really did not dare to break the policy of preferential treatment for prisoners without offending Dunn.

Therefore, the best way now is to wait until we are on the isolated island and then persuade these prisoners to surrender.

Gu Lidong had thought of this method before, but he didn't want to implement it until the last step, because as long as the number of people in the working group was reduced, his power would also be reduced accordingly.

But now that Dunn has raised this point, Gu Lidong really doesn't dare to resist.

"I know this is very difficult for you, Director Gu, but don't worry! I will compensate you in other ways!

In the future, I will open some factories in South Korea or Japan. I know that Director Gu, you have six sons. I don’t think all of them will enter the officialdom of an isolated island, right?

I can then arrange for some of your sons to work as managers in factories in South Korea or Japan, or directly let your sons manage some factories!"

When Dunn mentioned this condition, Gu Lidong's eyes lit up. He knew that Dunn's food factory on the isolated island was supported by huge orders from the U.S. military every day.

It is estimated that the amount of money earned every day is an astronomical figure, but the isolated island dare not get involved at all, because behind this processing plant are not only Deng En, but also the prince's people. After all, Feng Zhiyong and his son are not easy to provoke within the isolated island.

Therefore, if Dunn wants to open a factory in an isolated island area in the future, he will definitely continue to cooperate with the Feng father and son. However, if it is South Korea or Japan, then it can indeed be considered.

This basically provides some way out for Gu Lidong's sons.

Now the eldest of his sons is about to graduate from college, and although the younger sons are also in school, as Dunn said, he can only arrange for one or two of his sons to join the officialdom on the isolated island. As long as he cannot get a higher position, it will be difficult to arrange for more sons. After all, there are only so many shares, and it is likely that he can only arrange some small clerk jobs for some of his sons.

But if he goes to work in other departments of Dunn's factory, I believe Dunn will not treat his son unfairly. This can be regarded as compensation for himself.

Gu Lidong was quite satisfied with this plan, so he nodded decisively and said.

"Okay, since you are so decisive, Mr. Du, I won't say anything! I'll do as you say. In the future, several of my circles will still look up to Mr. Du. You take care of it!"

As he spoke, Gu Lidong bowed to Dunn.

"That's not true! Actually, I have to thank Director Gu. You basically sacrificed your own future to help me succeed!"

Dunn said with a smile, holding Gu Lidong's hand.

"It's not as serious as Mr. Du said!"

Gu Lidong waved his hands repeatedly.

"If it's done properly, it shouldn't affect me too much!"