The guards did their duty well. After reacting, they lined up in front of the middle-aged soldier and formed a human wall amidst the exclamations of their guard platoon leader. They still pointed their guns at Tang Dao, who remained motionless.
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However, his eyes were flickering with surprise and uncertainty than before.
If the soldier before who tied himself into a large cluster bomb and sent everyone away en masse made people feel miserable and frightened, then the trick played by Tang Dao was truly nerve-wracking.
Because no one knows when the bullet will be fired from the gun hidden somewhere, and no one knows who the next bullet of the gun will be for.
When he thought about his head being targeted again and again by the gunman hiding in the dark place in the distance, no matter how determined the soldier was, he had the urge to flee the area quickly.
No one is willing to put their life in the hands of others!
The fear of the unknown is the deepest instinctive reaction in human psychology.
Not to mention these ordinary soldiers, even the Army Colonel's face turned pale at that moment and completely turned into a 'white-faced colonel'. Coupled with his pair of white gloves and slightly trembling little body, he suddenly became as handsome as a tree.
Unprecedented!
"Okay! Commander Tang, you are the most special soldier I have ever seen. Even though I have called you a lunatic countless times before, I must admit that even if you are a lunatic, you are also an extremely calm lunatic."
Faced with such an unexpected incident, the middle-aged soldier, who pursed his lips tightly and looked gloomy in silence for ten seconds, finally spoke.
"No wonder you have repeatedly won military exploits on the anti-Japanese battlefield. Breaking the rules and taking the lead made me fear your overall strength. First, lay the foundation for your personal safety in our department, and then use the sharpshooters who lurk to follow you to demonstrate your marksmanship according to your gestures.
Intimidate me, warn me that you have the power to shoot me dead, in order to intimidate me not to open my mouth to you, otherwise both sides will suffer harm.
What a good trick. It’s not like Mr. Zhang is twice as old as you, so he was intimidated by you."
It has to be said that after being intimidated by Tang Dao and Erya, this veteran soldier, who was completely at a disadvantage, finally regained some of his old fox nature, and actually saw through Tang Dao's arrangement.
What he said is right. From the beginning of discovering the bottom line of the 89th Division to just now, everything Tang Dao has done is actually to continuously demonstrate his strength from a psychological level, making his opponents fearful and timid, thus overthrowing him.
The arrangements they made before.
Naturally, the methods and means that were thought up anew were far inferior to those that were carefully considered. Only in this way, because there are still more than a dozen soldiers throwing rat-proof Tang knives in the opponent's hands, can the two sides be brought to the same level for negotiation.
Yes, Tang Dao knew very well that the moment he received the letter and went to the opponent's division headquarters alone, the opponent had already firmly grasped his weak point, and he would never give up those dozen soldiers easily.
Even though he was just about to leave, the teacher seemed to have a look of panic on his face. In fact, the mockery hidden in his eyes showed that he was very sure that Tang Dao would not leave. Perhaps only Song Qingshu, a fool, was frightened by Tang Dao.
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The bottom line has been found out. The other side needs the Four Elements Regiment to compensate their legion commander for the loss of face in the early stage. They will not start a war unless it is absolutely necessary. However, it is even more difficult for the Tang Dao pair who have their tails pinched. They can only try their best to deal with this kind of Unequal negotiations are brought back to a fair enough negotiation table.
Therefore, Tang Dao not only refutes the other party's point of view mercilessly but also does not hesitate to expose Niu Er's trump card that can save his life at a critical moment to intimidate him.
It's a pity that Mr. Zhang is indeed an old fox. Under Tang Dao's series of tricks, he still regained his composure after a short period of chaos.
But Tang Dao knew that despite what this person said, he still had shadows and fears in his heart!
Erya had a bomb tied to her body, and Tang Dao cut the fuse to temporarily relieve the danger. But would Mingxin, who was carrying a big sword, have it? Or even, Tang Dao, a calm madman, might it have it?
No matter how calm you are, a madman is a madman after all, and whatever he does is normal.
In addition, since there is a sharpshooter lurking in this mountain, are there more?
Tang Dao finally achieved most of his goals.
Seeing that Tang Dao was smiling and noncommittal, as if to say, only now do you see that there is a fool's errand, I have already predicted your prediction. A trace of anger flashed in the eyes of the infantry division commander, and he glanced at the guards lined up in front of him. The soldier roared in a low voice: "Get out of my way and wait for you to protect me. I'm feeling cold right now."
The guardsmen's faces turned red after being scolded by their division commander, but they also knew that this was the truth. If the shot just now had been aimed at the division commander, there would be no chance of him surviving, even now.
Although Song Qingshu on the side didn't speak for a while, he winked at a lieutenant standing at the door of the small courtyard. Of course, he meant to let them take people immediately to search the mountain opposite to find the lurking gunman.
No matter whether you kill that terrible gunman or capture him alive, you can at least win the battle.
Of course Tang Dao saw it, but he pretended not to know.
Niu Er was hiding at least 500 meters away, with mountains and sparse jungle as cover. By the time these soldiers arrived, it would be 10 minutes anyway.
If he is still caught by the 89th Division like this, it can only mean that he is just a simple shooter and is not suitable to be a special forces soldier.
Now, their drill subject is to escape, to escape from a safe area under the heavy search of the enemy, hoping that they can pass the assessment comparable to the battlefield.
"Except Song Qingshu who is staying, everyone else should get off!" The middle-aged soldier glanced around. "Everyone is on guard 30 meters outside the division headquarters.
Everything can be seen in a small way. The guards and soldiers in the small courtyard and the soldiers outside the small courtyard immediately lined up to leave after receiving the military order. Judging from the orders and prohibitions alone, the combat effectiveness of this expanded 89th Division is better than Tang Dao imagined. Much stronger, at least the combat effectiveness of its elite troops is definitely not weak.
Tang Dao's eyes narrowed slightly. It was not just that the other party used orders and prohibitions to show off his strength invisibly, but he knew that the real drama didn't come until now.
The middle-aged soldier glanced at the two soldiers standing behind Tang Dao without revealing any trace. Tang Dao shook his head: "My brother, listen to what you should listen to, and pretend you didn't listen to what you shouldn't!'
In fact, this is not just Liu Zheng's trust in Erya and Mingxin, but also a way for them to see what human hearts are like and the psychological confrontation between him and such a cunning and wise person.
As big as the world is, so bright is the human heart!
Erya has experienced the cruelty of war but has never seen this kind of ever-present darkness. In the rest of his life, his realization of darkness is also a sign of his maturity!
Mingxin has great martial arts skills and a strong will, but he has never experienced this kind of human experience. Otherwise, he could have adopted another way to solve the problem in Xuzhou that day, instead of confronting dozens of heavily armed soldiers in the street and putting himself in a dangerous situation.
Dangerous place.
The realization of ideals requires not only passion, but also extraordinary wisdom.
Those outstanding leaders have used historical facts to teach Liu Zheng a solid lesson, and now it is the turn of these two young people who have high hopes for Tang Dao.
Seeing Liu Zheng's insistence, the middle-aged soldier didn't care. He took a deep look at Liu Zheng and said in a roundabout way:
"Captain Tang, since the teapot has been smashed by your subordinates, you don't want to drink this tea anymore. That's fine. I won't talk about those vain things, and you shouldn't keep making excuses one after another.
To gain the advantage in negotiations, let’s make it more complicated. I’ll tell you my conditions. If you can meet them, take your brothers and leave. Our department will also let go of the defense line and get out of the way. Where do you want to go as a group?
No matter where you go, whether you are really delivering supplies to the 22nd Army or you want to take refuge there, it has nothing to do with our 89th Division.
If you are not satisfied and it is very complicated, our department will not leave you in trouble, Commander Tang. You can leave on your own. Just pretend that we have not met today. However, because your brother cannot prove his identity, I will hand it over to the legion headquarters.
After processing, the confessions signed by them will also be handed over to the Legion Headquarters.
If you want to die together, all ten thousand people of our 89th Division will be waiting for you on the defensive line. But you have to think about it. When you leave, I will send a message to the Corps Headquarters to report that the Fourth Army Group will do the opposite.
If there are any traces, the Corps Headquarters will naturally report to the Military and Political Department and the Theater Command. If you really use the strength of the whole regiment to attack, then I will be ordered to counterattack. By then, even if the 43rd Army and the 67th Army jointly serve as guarantees, they will not be able to protect you."
Tang Dao frowned slightly.
It has to be said that this old fox is indeed an extremely difficult opponent. Although there is no threat in this final showdown statement, every word is threatening. It also digs a hole for Tang Dao, regardless of whether he agrees or not.
Yes, those pitfalls exist. What's more terrible is that what he said at the end was exactly what Tang Dao was most worried about.
If Tang Dao dared not to refuse the conditions he proposed, then he would use the lives of more than a dozen soldiers from an infantry squad of the Four Lines Regiment to be used as a punching bag by his regiment commander. In any case, he completed his mission.
If Liu Zheng really dared the entire group to fight him for the sake of these dozen people, it would be easy to handle. From Tang Dao leaving to returning to the Four Lines Group, there was a full 40-minute gap, and there was evidence of the so-called "change of banners"
, he has enough time to react to the top, and if the Four Lines Regiment raises its troops to attack, it just proves this point.
If he wasn't going to take refuge there and get caught with evidence, how could he, Tang Dao, do such a life-and-death thing just because someone else had tricked him?
As for the lives of a dozen special soldiers, who among those big shots would care? How could they, who were not in the same world as Tang Dao, be willing to suspect that Tang Dao was fighting an infantryman for the lives of a dozen special soldiers?
Teacher risking his life?
It would be fine if Tang Dao was upright and not afraid of his shadow. The key is that there are 300 advanced students in Tang Dao's regiment. Tang Dao can guarantee that his soldiers can withstand questioning. He can guarantee that those students who are found out will be able to withstand questioning.
Can you survive being tortured?
The most terrifying thing about idealists is that when the distance between the cruel reality and their former ideals becomes more and more distant, their will is as weak as cicada wings! There are countless such people in history.
Seeing that Tang Dao was deep in thought, the middle-aged soldier did not rush him. He knew that it would be extremely difficult for a soldier like Tang Dao to break his fighting spirit with just one word. He was willing to give Tang Dao enough time to think about it.
Thinking carefully is a good thing in the literal sense, indicating that you are cautious enough, but from another level, it also means that you have a lot of scruples.
He was not afraid that Tang Dao would think deeply, but he was afraid that he would fall back on the idea of "barefooted people are not afraid of shoes-wearing people" again.
After a long time, Tang Dao raised his head and said, "Mr. Zhang, please speak!"
"One, I need you to write a letter of apology to our legion commander, in the name of your Tang Dao, not the Four Elements Regiment!"
The first condition made Mingxin frown.
As a new recruit, when he entered the special operations squadron, the concept he accepted was that of a soldier. He must have the pride of being a soldier at all times, be unafraid of power, life and death, adhere to the belief of protecting the homeland and the country, and would rather stand still than die.
I wish to live on my knees.
If you are willing to accept it, this is the real Chinese man!
But the other party's first condition is to make Tang Dao bow his head to the dark power.
"Okay!" Tang Dao was not honest.
"Sir!" Tears welled up in Erya's eyes. He knew Tang Dao's personality.
Even though Tang Dao had an extremely easy-going personality in private, he was extremely resolute on the battlefield. In addition to blushing with regret when facing his brothers, even when facing Japanese invaders who were several times his size, he always had only one word:
war!
He was a warrior who stood up to heaven and earth, but today, because those dozen brothers bowed their heads to the damn power, he must feel so humiliated.
Liu Zheng waved his hand slightly to block Erya's voice again.
"Okay! You are indeed Commander Tang who loves his soldiers as much as his sons. I admire you!" The middle-aged soldier saw that Liu Zheng agreed to the first condition without any firmness, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
"Second, you and your group will compensate our department 30,000 silver dollars as the loss of Tang's Grain Store in Xuzhou on that day. Let this matter be dropped! Okay!" Tang Dao agreed.
"Then it's settled, I'll deal with a straightforward person like you, Commander Tang!" the middle-aged soldier smiled.
No matter what tricks Tang Dao had used before and how much suffering he had gone through in his heart, up to now, all his goals had been achieved. Not only could he get a letter of apology written by Tang Dao himself and earn back face for the legion commander, but he could also gain face from it.
How could Tang Dao, a wealthy local man, get 30,000 silver dollars?
Who in the entire war zone doesn't know that the Fourth Army Regiment received 100,000 silver in punishment and military pay from the war zone headquarters. It was a massive waste of money in Xuzhou City, and countless chief officials were drooling over it.
Pry 30,000 silver dollars from him, hand over half to the commander of the Tang Army, and keep half for yourself. That would be faster than greedy head money. Just thinking about it is an extremely happy thing.
The only regret is that Tang Dao has changed his temper for some reason and has no intention of bargaining at all. He agreed directly. This will give people an illusion: Is I too petty and want less?
"For the apology letter, I have prepared paper and ink for you, Commander Tang. You can leave as soon as you finish writing it. As for the 30,000 silver dollars, Commander Tang, you can ask your signal corps to send it over now.
That's all." The middle-aged soldier said softly, suppressing the simple feeling that he was just a country bumpkin but somewhat complacent.
Seeing that all the tasks have been successfully completed, will the old fox be willing to make trouble again?
"If you're not busy, bring my dozen brothers over to see me first. I want to see if they are all okay!" Tang Dao said.
"That's fine!" The middle-aged soldier knew that this was Tang Dao's final bottom line. If he didn't meet someone, all the previous verbal promises would be in vain.
"Captain Song, go and bring the people here! Remember, bring the equipment and other belongings with you. As long as Commander Tang has verified his identity, he is a friendly army. How can our unit take advantage of the friendly army?'
"Yes!" Song Qingshu nodded understandingly.
He heard what his division commander meant, which was to ask him to clean the faces and bodies of the soldiers who had been tortured when he brought them over, otherwise they would all be stained with blood and the scene would be too embarrassing.
This must be a very long time.
Tang Dao was sitting in the small courtyard, having smoked his fifth cigarette. As the cigarette butts were thrown to the ground one by one by Tang Dao, Tang Dao's expression became colder.
The 'identification certificate' on the small table with the names and fingerprints of seven or eight people actually told Tang Dao the answer. If he hadn't been tortured, his soldiers would never have signed their names on the false accusation identifying their commander.
Tang Dao has already been mentally prepared enough.
But when there were more than a dozen soldiers wearing tattered military uniforms, except for five or six who could walk on their own, several others had to be carried by two soldiers to move. There were even two people who were simply carried into the small courtyard on stretchers.
Tang Dao's cold expression still changed.
"Team seat?" A sergeant who was carried in looked at Tang Dao with surprise and exclaimed involuntarily.
His eye sockets were swollen, and his face was scarred. The reason why there was no blood was that he had obviously just been cleaned. The military uniform on his body was damaged everywhere. The thin cotton batting was almost gone, and there were clumps of dark dye on the
There would be nothing but blood stains on the military uniform.
It was obviously caused by countless rounds of beatings.
"Is this what you call detention? Are you sure you are not those bastards from the Central Military Commission?" Tang Dao looked at the middle-aged soldier and the army colonel with dagger-like eyes.
The temperature of the entire courtyard seemed to have dropped several degrees with Liu Zheng's sharp eyes.
That's murderous intent, that's murderous intent!
At that moment, Tang Dao really wanted to kill someone!
