Snow Leopard: Building the Strongest Elite Group through Robbery

Chapter 958 I Don’t Accept This Deal

Zhou Weiguo didn't quite understand.

According to his plan, as long as some space is given up, it will be fine. Why should Mandalay be given up, and the troops should even continue to evacuate to the north? This is illogical and not in the interests of the mountain city.

Asaka Hiderei grabbed a pencil and outlined the distance from the original border to Mandalay. "For our mountain city, the transportation line is still a weak link. Furthermore, the roads to the southwest are winding, so nearly a quarter of our supplies are consumed along the transportation line. Mandalay and the areas to the north belong to our mountain city, but in terms of defense and management, they are still inferior to those in China, and development is not very good either."

She circled some more places. "These places don't even have roads. This makes our transportation and management uneconomical. Planning them would cost us a fortune. So why not let the Japanese come? We can just use them to build some roads and bridges for us, and also help us get rid of the disobedient people here. Isn't that a good deal?"

After he finished speaking, no one spoke, not even Gangcun. After a while, he said, "I consider myself a good businessman. Under my wise leadership, my brigade and the Kamijui brigade have found their value here and taken them to a higher level. But it seems that I want to take you as my teacher. You are not looking at the immediate benefits, but looking at the long term."

"A large number of prisoners will be arriving soon. Why should we go the long way around instead of sending them elsewhere to build a road? If it's even a little bit better, why not have them build a road across from Hanoi to Guangzhou? He'll have to pass through here sooner or later. While our road construction might be slow on a normal day, with the army and prisoners overseeing it, it will be much faster."

"Will you record it?" Zhou Weiguo turned and asked Wang Yun beside him.

Wang Yun nodded. "I've recorded it."

Zhou Weiguo reached out and took the notebook, looked at it for a moment, then nodded and asked Gangcun next to him, "What do you think?"

"I think it's appropriate. As for future road repairs, you know, that's easy for us. And I don't think our division will be moved anywhere in the short term. If we want to leave, we'll probably have to wait until the situation in Delhi stabilizes. Terauchi Hisaichi sees this very clearly. We can do business, and we can also handle things that our friends are not good at."

"I'll go back and report later. Tomorrow, I'll give you the answer."

Zhou Weiguo returned to Mandela that day, and then found Commander Bai who had just finished a military meeting and went to the operations room.

This was a secret meeting, and those present were Commander Bai, Chief of Staff Luo, and Deng Yaoxian from the Second Department.

After spending about ten minutes presenting Chao Xiang Xiuling's plan, Zhou Weiguo lowered the command pole. "That's it, two commanders, Fourth Brother, what do you think?"

Commander Bai looked at the marked areas. From the map, it was clear that Mandalay and part of the area to the north would be ceded to the Japanese army, reducing the transportation lines. It would also allow the Japanese army to carry out construction in these areas, especially repairing the roads in the primeval forest.

"I have no objection."

Chief of Staff Luo nodded beside him. "Doing this will further convince the British that it's not that we haven't tried, but that we are completely unable to stop the enemy's attack. After all, our forces are limited, and the whole world knows that one of their divisions can easily defeat several of our armies."

"I'm worried that after we take it back, these people will remember the kindness of the Japanese army and become resistant to us." Deng Yaoxian reminded worriedly.

Commander Bai returned to his seat and sat down, then pondered for a moment. "We can do this."

Chief of Staff Luo cautiously reminded him, "Aren't you going to report it?"

"No, reporting this will only expose our intentions. Also, I've received word that London has sent a telegram to Delhi, asking Edward to mobilize forces to negotiate with us and launch an attack. To avoid this trouble, we should launch the attack in advance. We must maintain the moral high ground and leave those in London speechless."

Deng Yaoxian also nodded; "Then I will immediately arrange to set up a stronghold here first, so that we can plant some spies here when we evacuate."

Ichiro Hirata staggered to Terauchi Hisaichi's headquarters.

Terauchi Hisaichi, who had just been studying the battle plan, put down his pencil and waved his hand to signal the others to leave.

This is a secret, his secret and Shancheng's secret. He cannot let others know that he is secretly cooperating with Shancheng, otherwise the empire will not let him go.

Looking at Ichiro Hirata who was already smoking a cigar, it goes without saying that he had gained a lot of benefits from doing business with Yamashiro during this period, but he was not jealous. As long as the 4th Division did not cause trouble, he would be thankful. In addition, this division was also smart, and some of the money fell into his hands.

In fact, he thought about it carefully later. Everything has two sides. Although the Osaka Division is shameless, it can indeed bring a certain amount of financial income to himself and the command center. At least his pockets are getting fatter each time.

"What's going on?" Terauchi Juichi asked, sitting in a chair. Hirata Ichiro came over to him. "They agreed to our plan and will give us the land about a hundred kilometers north of Mandalay."

Ok……

This made Terauchi Juichi a little confused. It seemed that there was no need for the mountain city to give up so much space.

"Is there any conspiracy?" Terauchi Hisaichi asked after looking at the map for a long time.

Ichiro Hirata has already learned the intentions of the Yamashiro side from Gangcun.

"It's not really a conspiracy. They just want to kill with a borrowed knife. They want to use our weapons to eliminate those who don't really intend to follow them. Another point is that they want us to build something for them, such as roads and between cities."

"Is this a deal?" Terauchi Hisaichi frowned. "We use the Empire's resources to build cities, roads, bridges, and so on for them, and then they just come and accept it. What do they mean by this?"

Hirata Ichiro didn't say anything, just quietly drank his tea. When Terauchi Hisaichi saw that he didn't answer, he muttered to himself, "Do they take me for a fool?"

Hirata Ichiro, holding a teacup, looked up at him and said slowly, "General, it seems we don't have much choice."