Snow Leopard: Building the Strongest Elite Group through Robbery

Chapter 895: Can’t Let This Sucker Get Away

Only then did Winston realize that what he had said was wrong.

He coughed to cover up his embarrassment, then took a sip of coffee from the side and said, "We were certainly wrong in this matter, but there's one thing we can't do: end our relationship with them. During the Battle of Tonggu, we saw that they were the best military force to contain the Japanese."

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister is right. They are indeed the best scapegoats. With them around, they will tie down a large portion of the Japanese offensive. But now," Johnson glanced at the Prime Minister and added, "our withdrawal has created some cracks in this cooperation."

"If it was just a crack, it wouldn't be a big deal. The key is that we asked Smith to be held accountable, which simply stabbed the wound again."

It had been Winston's order, and in the final analysis it was all his fault.

Winston hummed. "It's true that I didn't think this through and made the wrong decision, but I think now's not the time to dwell on the mistakes. Instead, it's time to calm the anger in the mountain city. Tell me, how should we calm this matter? After all, the main forces of several Japanese divisions are already pressing forward."

If they gave up at this time, and the Japanese army came all over, would they be able to resist with the troops in South Asia?

Winston was not sure about this question or did not dare to think about it.

"We can only give them more material compensation." Smith suggested.

Johnson stared at Smith with wide eyes and said, "Give it back. We've already given them the four large warehouses north of Mandalay, the fighters and bombers stationed at the seven airfields, and the two engineer sergeants. Now we're still asking them to give us supplies. Aren't they going too far?"

Smith glanced at him. "It doesn't matter if we don't give it to them, unless our forces can stop their attack."

One sentence made Johnson speechless and lower his proud head.

So no matter how you look at it, this matter is all his fault as the Minister of Defense. If there is a fault, shouldn't it be the fault of his army? Years of not fighting have long made these people forget what training is. In their eyes, training is far less important than women, money, and red wine.

"To put it another way, if we were in their shoes, we might have gone even further," Smith added, looking at Winston.

Winston was silent. He admitted that what Smith said was true. If this was the case, he must have done more than anyone else.

"Give electricity to South Asia. We will provide them with more supplies and even provide them with 100mm howitzer weapon production lines and ammunition production lines."

Zhou Weiguo had just walked into the Independent Brigade headquarters outside Mandalay, having just returned from inspecting the troops and their morale. Tian Jing, who was working on documents, handed him a telegram from the desk. "This is a document sent from the headquarters not long ago. Commander Bai asked you to take a look and then go find him."

Zhou Weiguo took the document, looked through it, and then handed it to Takeshita Shun who was going out with him.

"They failed to punish us, so they used another method to appease our anger."

Chaoxiang Xiuling chuckled. "I guess the boss threatened them a couple of days ago, making them realize that we might not care about this matter, so they wanted to use this method to calm us down."

"I'm afraid we can't accept this batch of supplies." Zhou Weiguo knocked on the table and looked at the ceiling. "If we accept this batch of supplies, we will be tied to them. The price we have to pay then will not be covered by these supplies and production lines."

What a loss.

"We need supplies, but I'm afraid it's impossible for us to give our all. We can find a way to take both into account." said Minamizō Akiko, who was sitting on a stool and helping Ono count the money distributed this month with Xiao Ya.

"It's easier said than done. We are an elite force coming here, and in the Battle of Tonggu, our independent brigade fought against the Japanese army and showed our prowess. If we follow our previous inference that we can defeat the enemy in the attack, this method is probably inappropriate." Zhou Weiguo waved his hand.

Xiao Ya pushed the abacus on the table. She did have an idea, but she didn't say anything. There were so many people around, and she couldn't say everything. If she did, the others would probably have no chance.

Shen Xin and Wang Yun were reviewing the report at another table. She edited a sentence and turned away. "If this method doesn't work, what if we're not even here?"

No... not here?

Zhou Weiguo seemed to have sensed something, but he didn't catch it immediately and turned around to ask, "Shen Xin, can you tell me more details?"

Shen Xin held his chin with both hands and thought for a while, "We are indeed the main force and elite here. We have fought well on defense, so our offense will naturally not be too bad. So we can't use some of the previous methods. However, if there is an emergency in the country, such as the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on the Ninth War Zone and the troops are unable to intercept their attack, then the headquarters will naturally need to withdraw troops from here to intercept them, and then mobilize other troops to supplement them here, such as the Sichuan Army or part of the Guangxi Army. It is unreasonable for us to be unable to defeat them, but if they can't, then... that's quite normal."

That makes sense. It makes a lot of sense.

Zhou Weiguo stood up and pointed at Chao Xiang Xiuling next to him; "Come on, follow me to the headquarters."

Xiao Zhuge, who was discussing the Japanese offensive with Chief of Staff Luo, saw him and Asaka Hideki come in. He placed his ruler on the map and said, "Here you are. Have you read the contents of the document?"

"I've finished reading it." Zhou Weiguo came up to him and looked at the map. Except for the two independent brigades that stayed behind and defended, the rest of the Japanese 4th Army's divisions had basically pressed forward.

"Tell me, what are your plans?" Commander Bai gestured for the two to sit down.

Asaka Hiderei picked up her teacup and looked at Commander Bai, who was sitting in the chair. "Commander, our opinions are not important. What matters is what the headquarters thinks."

Chief of Staff Luo chuckled twice and said, "They're giving us supplies simply to improve their relationship with us and allow us to contribute more troops to contain the Japanese. The High Command's message is that we want the supplies and maintain our relationship, but we absolutely cannot serve as their scapegoat."

"That's easy," Chaoxiang Xiuling said after a sigh of relief. "We discussed it a little and we do have a solution."

Commander Bai knew that this group of people were cunning. He coughed and said, "If you can't defeat them by fighting, then don't talk about it. This time, it's not appropriate."