Gao Jiu smiled and said, "Get a pair of poker, get some peanuts and melon seeds, and then boil a pot of good wine. Let's play Landlord."

Seeing Gao Jiu so relaxed, everyone was also very relaxed. Jiang Xiaomei, Wang Zhankui and Gao Jiu started playing cards, and the others watched the battle and chatted.

Wuhan.

After Hamada Yoshihiro arrived at Taohua Mountain, Zhao Guosheng reported this situation to the Fifth War Zone.

Lin Yanni was specifically responsible for telegram contacts from Taohuashan. She received the telegram and handed it over to Director Feng. Director Feng went to report to the Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff.

Since the Wuhan Battle has been underway, the situation has changed a lot compared with history. Due to Gao Jiu's arrival, the Japanese army suffered heavy blows on local battlefields, especially the black room cracked the Japanese key machine. The Japanese army's passwords were cracked many times. The guo army had a great advantage in intelligence warfare. The Japanese army was very passive, suffered great losses, and made very slow progress.

In order to change the unfavorable situation on the battlefield as soon as possible, the Japanese army transferred three divisions and two independent mixed brigades from the country to invest in the Wuhan Battle. The total force increased by 100,000, and the pressure on the guo army doubled.

During this stage of battle, the battlefield situation changed greatly. The Japanese army continued to conquer cities and land and was gradually approaching Wuhan. The army suffered heavy losses and its morale was low. It was urgently needed to boost the morale of the people.

The guo army had high hopes for the battle on the Taohua Mountain. The Military Commission agreed to Gao Jiu's request for 200,000 French currency funds, hoping that Gao Jiu could give a heavy blow to the Japanese army and demand that Gao Jiu be able to force the Japanese army to surrender in an established manner, or capture the Japanese army in large numbers.

The deputy chief of staff said excitedly: "Mr. Gao is indeed powerful. He forced the Japanese army to send negotiators, which is a major victory in itself."

The Chief of Staff said: "Mr. Gao did not agree to the request to force the Japanese army to surrender in an established manner, but I was still a little disappointed. Now, I began to look forward to Mr. Gao being able to create a miracle."

Director Feng certainly hoped that Gao Jiu could create a miracle, but this matter was specifically handled by their MIIS, so he could not be fully told. He had to lay the groundwork in advance, and if the final result in Taohua Mountain was unsatisfactory, it would not embarrass him.

He said, "I have no doubt about this at all, Mr. Gao and his team can eliminate the surrounded Japanese army. However, the Japanese army is too tenacious, and I really can't understand how Mr. Gao and his team can force the Japanese army to surrender?"

The Chief of Staff said with confidence: "Although I couldn't think of what measures Mr. Gao and the others would take? But I am still full of expectations for Mr. Gao to achieve the expected results."

The deputy chief of staff asked: "Do you want to send a telegram to Mr. Gao again, emphasizing that it is necessary to force the Japanese army to surrender?"

The Chief of Staff shook his head and said, "What should I do? Mr. Gao naturally has his arrangements. We don't have to put pressure on him, just wait for their good news."

Taohua Mountain.

Jiang Xiaomei was playing cards with Gao Jiu and others, and received a telegram from the underground party. They were also very concerned about the final result of the Taohua Mountain battle. In order to support the battle in Taohua Mountain, the underground party in Shandong spent a lot of money this time and launched a large-scale harassment against the Japanese army in various parts of Shandong, which restrained a large number of Japanese troops. Although they achieved considerable results during the battle, they also paid a huge price for sacrifice.

The underground party hopes that Gao Jiu and others can achieve significant results and be worthy of the huge price they paid.

After reading the telegram, Jiang Xiaomei told Gao Jiu again about the underground party’s requirements.

Gao Jiu knew that all he had to do now was to kill time.

In order to pass the time, Gao Jiu and others placed bets while playing cards. Guo Hengming, Du Shengxi, Guan Lie and others also helped the three of them.

Everyone had a great time and three hours passed soon.

Gao Jiu's results have always been mediocre, with similar wins and losses. Tian Chuan felt that he was not satisfied with Guo Hengming who bets with him.

At the beginning, Jiang Xiaomei was very lucky and won a lot of money. She was so happy that she smiled. Du Shengxi and Huang Shuigen bet with her, and she was also smiling.

Wang Zhankui lost so much that his head was sweating. Guan Lie, who followed him to bet on Guan Lie, the two leaders of the supplementary group and Wang Guimin expressed dissatisfaction with Wang Zhankui's card skills and asked for replacement. Wang Zhankui was dissatisfied and said, "I can't do it, you can't do it. I don't believe that I'm always so bad at luck. Don't make a fuss, it messes up my mind."

There was an unexpected situation in the world. After a while, Jiang Xiaomei's luck became worse and worse, and she began to lose money constantly. Her little face began to frown. Du Shengxi and Huang Shuigen also became frowning and kept complaining to her.

Jiang Xiaomei was very angry. She had nowhere to vent her anger. She said to Du Shengxi: "You are a big man, why are you talking nonsense here?"

Du Shengxi was unwilling to quarrel with her, so he was so angry that he said to his artillerymen: "Go and fire a few shots for me and kill those little Japanese devils."

The officers and soldiers around the command center felt very relaxed and full of confidence in victory when they saw the commanders so happy.

Some people were happy and some were worried, and Yoshihiko Hamada felt that time was very difficult to deal with. He was very nervous, worried that the Japanese officers and soldiers would really surrender. By then, it would be even more difficult for him to propose conditions.

On Mount No. 43, Nakajima and others were waiting for the results of the negotiation. For them who were hungry, time was even harder to pass, and every minute seemed to be very long.

Time passed minute by minute, and Nakajima Fengyu and others became more and more anxious, especially when it was noon again, and the hunger in their stomachs became stronger and stronger.

Suddenly, the smell of barbecue came from the mountain. The fragrances were so close that they were definitely not from the enemy's positions. Then, gunshots sounded again. The gunshots were obviously very close, and they must have been fired by their own people.

The United Army hurried out to check what happened?

After a while, the wing team walked in with difficulty. He said with horror: "George Captain, things are not going well."

Nakajima asked weakly, "What happened?"

The wing said: "Some soldiers were eating the bodies of the mountain. At first, there were only a few people. Later, the soldiers frantically robbed the bodies of the mountain. The officers went to stop the soldiers, but they were shot and killed."

After hearing this, Nakajima Fengyu and others were shocked. They knew that at this point, the troops' discipline had completely lost its binding force and the troops were about to or began to collapse.

Just as he was about to speak, he found that other officers and soldiers, including the captain, had crazy look of expectation in their eyes. He did not dare to say anything to stop him, otherwise, these guys would probably even kill and eat him. He hurriedly said, "You all go back."

The people in the tent quickly left, leaving only the only soldiers of Nakajima Fenggo and the wing team, as well as one or two trusted soldiers.

Why did the Japanese soldiers suddenly become like this?

It turns out that the Japanese officers and soldiers have been hunger and fear these days, and their will has been wiped out. The food temptation and emotional offensive launched by Gao Jiu and others have made these officers and soldiers have reached the verge of collapse. The officers and soldiers miss their hometowns and want to go home. This emotion has long been happening, but because of their long-term brainwashing, they have barely maintained a trace of rationality under the constraints of the officers.

However, when they heard that their superiors had sent representatives for negotiations, their desire to survive suddenly became stronger, which made their mentality change tremendously. The binding force of discipline and the self-control brought by the sense of honor became extremely fragile in the face of a strong desire to survive.

Gao Jiu deliberately spent them, and these soldiers were very excited about the outcome of the negotiation. As time went on, they felt more and more desperate. In order to survive, when the negotiation result came out, someone finally rushed towards the corpses. Since someone took the lead, the Japanese officers and soldiers who had already lost their sense of shame no longer had any scruples.

By this point, the order on the mountain was in chaos, and these Japanese officers and soldiers had lost their human nature and became beasts who only wanted to survive.

There are many corpses on the mountain, but most of them are rotten, and there are not many newly dead bodies that can be eaten.

The officers and soldiers were fighting each other, and during the battle, some soldiers were killed, and their bodies became the target of the officers and soldiers' struggle.

The officers and soldiers who could not rob the body looked at the seriously injured. The officers and soldiers began to kill each other, and the mountain was in chaos.

The riot lasted for a long time, and it was not until 4 pm that the mountain temporarily settled down.

Gao Jiu has been observing the changes in the enemy's positions. Seeing that the enemy stopped the riots, Gao Jiu began to shout again. His voice was extremely penetrating and full of temptation. He said: "Japanese officers and soldiers, as long as you put down your weapons and come out to surrender, you can go home to meet your family and enjoy the delicious food. Go home, go home."

At this moment, the idea of ​​going home was almost an overwhelming wish for the Japanese officers and soldiers. On the front line, Japanese officers and soldiers began to throw away their rifles and run down the mountain. With one leader, other Japanese officers and soldiers followed and then more and more Japanese officers and soldiers went down the mountain to surrender.

The Japanese officers and soldiers who remained on the mountain had some food in their stomachs, and they had regained some of their rationality. Under the constraints of the officers, they finally stopped the craze of escape.

However, Nakajima Takao knew clearly that this was only temporary and a large number of Japanese officers and soldiers would soon flee.

At this time, Gao Jiu's voice came again, and he said: "The Japanese officers and soldiers, your companions who surrendered, have eaten delicious food, and their wounds have been well treated, so they can go home soon.

What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for death on the mountain? Go home, go home, your relatives are waiting for you, go home, hurry up and go home."

Gao Jiu's tone was still so gentle, and his voice was full of temptation.

Although the Japanese officers on the mountain stopped the soldiers from escaping, they were all very scared when they saw the wolf-like gaze flashing in the eyes of the Japanese soldiers. They all knew that an uncontrollable collapse was coming.

Hamada Yoshihiro also heard Gao Jiu's call. He knew that he had lost, and the officers and soldiers had already begun to collapse. He hurriedly asked to see Gao Jiu.

Hamada Yoshiji shouted: "Please take me to see Mr. Gao."

The special forces team in charge of guarding said disdainfully: "What are you shouting? Wait obediently." Then he went to report to Gao Jiu.

Seeing that the time was almost over, Gao Jiu asked someone to bring Hamada Yoshihiro to his side. Hamada Yoshihiro asked to negotiate with him. Gao Jiu said, "Handa, don't be too anxious. Didn't you say that no one in your Japanese army will surrender? I'll let you see the surrendered Japanese soldiers first."

Du Shengxi wanted to see what his expression was like when Hamada Yoshizhi saw the surrendered Japanese soldiers, so he personally led people to escort Hamada Yoshizhi and walked out.

Not far from the command center of Gao Jiu and others, the black cloth on Hamada Yoshihiro's eyes was removed. His eyes were covered for a long time and he was unable to adapt for a while.

After rubbing his eyes, he opened his eyes and saw the scene he least wanted to see:

In the few big pots in front of him, there were fragrant meat. Not far from the few big pots, there were dozens of Japanese soldiers, who were eating and chewing. At this moment, everything in the world was no longer important, and their attention was all on the food in front of him. Their movements were mechanical and crazy, and they kept stuffing the food into their mouths.

After a long period of hunger, it is not suitable to eat in large quantities. How can these officers and soldiers care about so much? They just eat desperately and keep bringing food into their mouths.

No one of the anti-Japanese soldiers around them would remind these Japanese soldiers that they love to death and have nothing to do with the anti-Japanese soldiers.

Not long after, some Japanese soldiers covered their stomachs and howled. Some Japanese soldiers felt extremely painful and they lay on the ground and rolled.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Hamada Yoshiji looked as if dead. He knew that the other Japanese officers and soldiers trapped on the mountain would soon become like this.

He hurriedly asked to see Gao Jiu.

When Gao Jiu saw Yoshihiro Hamada, he asked in a very relaxed tone: "Hamada, can you talk about the conditions now?"

Hamada Yoshiji tried his best to keep his mind calm and said, "Mr. Gao, what are you going to do?"

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "Hamada-kun, these people on the mountain have nothing to do with me. It's not what I plan to do now, but you should make a request, and then let's discuss the conditions."

Hamada Yoshiji said: "Mr. Gao, the Huang army officers and soldiers on the mountain are hungry and thirsty. I hope you can have compassion. Let these Huang army officers and soldiers who have lost their combat ability leave here. I am willing to give you 300,000 oceans."

Gao Jiu said: "This matter can be negotiated. My condition is to let all the Japanese on the mountain lay down their weapons and surrender!"

"This?" Hamada Yoshiji did not dare to agree to such a condition. He said: "Mr. Gao, do you think this is OK? As long as you can withdraw the siege, I am willing to pay you 500,000 oceans."

Gao Jiu said: "This is impossible. I am a reasonable person, but not a fool. Please put yourself in your shoes and think about it. If I let you leave with weapons, I would not be scolded to death by the anti-Japanese military and civilians? How can I be worthy of those anti-Japanese military and civilians who died and injured in the battle?"

Gao Jiu's tone of speech was always very calm, showing respect for Hamada Yoshihiro, but his attitude was very firm.

Hamada Yoshishi knew that it was impossible to get the Japanese army to escape with weapons. He leaned back and said, "Can the soldiers put down their weapons, the officers keep the command knife and not hold the surrender ceremony. Do you think it's okay?"

Gao Jiu was a very reasonable person. He said, "You can consider it. However, I promised your conditions and you have to consider my difficulties. The 18th Regiment invaded my Taohua Mountain, causing many casualties from the anti-Japanese soldiers. I have to pay them a large amount of pension. Also, in order to siege the 18th Regiment, I lost a lot of military expenses. Do you think it is me if you are the ones who will do it? "

Before coming, Yoshihisa Hamada had already carefully calculated and considered how much ocean to pay Gao Jiu, so that he could be satisfied. He heard Gao Jiu say this, and he said: "Mr. Gao, I have carefully calculated it according to the supply standards of our Japanese army. All the fees you just mentioned are no more than 200,000 oceans at most, and you can make sure to make a profit of 500,000 oceans!"

Gao Jiu said, "You have made some sense, but I have to ask the brothers for their opinions to see if they want to." After that, he winked at Jiang Xiaomei and others.

When Jiang Xiaomei, Guo Hengming, Du Shengxi, Wang Zhankui and others saw Gao Jiu so polite to the Japanese, they felt a little angry.

Du Shengxi said, "Jiu Master, why are you doing so polite with these Japanese? Let's kill them all. If they don't give them money, we will go to Jinan City to grab theirs."

Jiang Xiaomei remembered the villagers who were massacred in Zhangjiazhuang and said angrily: "Brother Jiu, I will listen to you in other things. These Japanese cannot let them go. I will kill them! Avenge the villagers who died."

The others also scolded and scolded Hamada Yoshiji.

Hamada Yoshiji gritted his teeth and heard them scolding there without saying a word. When everyone stopped talking, he said, "Mr. Gao, who is the one who is the decision here? So many people are talking, who should I talk to?"
Chapter completed!