Spy Wars: I have space, but I choose to work alone

Ma Liang then explained:

"Now the foreign friends are waiting in the hotel in Lawu Town! I can only delay for a few days. If I miss this opportunity and make a fool of myself in front of the foreign friends, I think everyone can guess the consequences, right?"

Faced with Ma Liang's words that were half threatening and half brainwashing, everyone felt that it was reasonable and stopped objecting.

As for the military and political personnel who managed supplies, Ma Liang announced that they could also participate in the interview and receive a cash reward of US$20 on an equal basis.

After consulting the Ministry of Military Affairs again, the Ministry did not dare to say anything irresponsible on such a diplomatic incident. They just repeatedly requested that, not only the steel bars and cement, but also the weapons and equipment must be returned to the warehouse after the performance.

With the intersection of various interests of all parties, Ma Liang's plan was actually progressing rapidly.

The remaining troops of the new 29th Division began to move quickly towards Lawu Town from within the border.

With the joint efforts of 20,000 people, the defensive position designed by Ma Liang was almost quickly completed.

At a position under the charge of the new 29th Division, hundreds of Chinese who had volunteered to help the Expeditionary Force build fortifications were eating and resting with the soldiers.

The meal was white rice, and the dish was American lunch canned meat and stir-fried vegetables, which was a rare meal.

Ma Liang has always believed that only troops that are well-fed can have combat effectiveness and win battles.

As for the complaints of other officers, saying that the soldiers were fed too well and would not fight hard, they were all just bullshit.

Without further explanation, he said, "All foreign friends are here!" We must pay attention to the diplomatic impact. If the food is too bad, how can we show the might of the expeditionary force? We must not embarrass ourselves internationally.

At this time, Lin Chaosheng, a Chinese who had just finished a bowl and was about to order a second bowl, said to a platoon leader beside him enviously:

"I really envy you guys. You still have rice and meat to eat at this time of year, and you can eat as much as you want and keep yourself full!"

As the Japanese army entered Burma, they were relatively honest to the natives, but they acted differently towards the Chinese. A large number of Chinese fled to the expeditionary force's territory, and most of them went hungry twice in three days.

The platoon leader put down his chopsticks, picked out a piece of shredded meat with his fingers, observed it carefully, and then put it back into his mouth, scolding with a smile:

"What do you know? Only when the foreign press corps is here can the soldiers enjoy such good food. Eat now while you can! After we finish the performance with the press corps and the foreign press corps leave, I'm afraid we won't have such good food anymore!"

When Lin Chaosheng heard this, he suddenly realized what was going on. He quickly took two more mouthfuls of rice and put them into his mouth. What went into his stomach was the real thing.

The other Chinese people who also heard their conversation subconsciously sped up their eating speed, staring at the food basket, preparing to eat another bowl of rice.

"What a loser!" The platoon leader cursed with a smile as he saw everyone eating like starving ghosts.

Then he kicked it, and a rural recruit next to him, who almost buried his head in the bowl, cursed:

"You only know how to eat. You don't have any eyesight at all. You didn't even notice my bowl was empty. Go, give me another bowl of rice with more meat!"

"Oh! Yes, platoon leader!" The recruit got up confusedly and went to get more food.

No one noticed that a gloomy middle-aged overseas Chinese in the corner had a flicker in his eyes.

Late at night, in an indigenous house in Lawu Town, the middle-aged overseas Chinese from the daytime was sending out the intelligence he had obtained via radio.

At the same time, Lieutenant General Iida of the 15th Army of the Japanese Army breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the latest news from the intelligence personnel stationed in Lawu Town. He handed the telegram to the Chief of Staff Major General Jianshan who was standing beside him. After Major General Jianshan finished reading it, he said with disdain:

"Four days ago, according to air force reconnaissance, the expeditionary force stationed in Lawu Town was moving troops into Lawu Town on a large scale and was urgently building complete reinforced concrete fortifications. I thought the commander of the expeditionary force had guessed my strategic intentions and started to strengthen the defense of Lawu Town!"

"In this way, my plan to launch a surprise attack on Lawu Town, cut off the expeditionary force's logistics supply base and their way back to the Celestial Empire, and annihilate the last 100,000 elite expeditionary forces of the Celestial Empire to quickly end the Lao-Myanmar War will fail."

"But who would have thought that this was just a political show by the ambitious Chinese army. They dared to do this before they had achieved a decisive victory on the battlefield. It's outrageous! If it were in my army, I would have shot the leader."

After reading the telegram, Major General Jianshan also smiled and explained:

"I'm afraid the expeditionary army doesn't know that we have secretly transferred two more elite divisions to join the battlefield. Now our forces are basically equal. What's funny is that according to intelligence, they are still preparing for the Battle of Mander, trying to have a head-on battle with the Locust Army. They only deployed two third-rate divisions composed of Military Intelligence agents and new recruits who have been in service for less than half a year to defend their own logistics supply bases and material transfer stations. It's ridiculous!"

"Even if we build some advanced defensive fortifications, I'm afraid the troops will be defeated immediately after a barrage of artillery fire!"

"You know, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao attacked Yuan Shao's logistics supply base Wuchao and defeated Yuan Shao's army of hundreds of thousands with only 20,000 soldiers. This is a classic battle that everyone knows about. This is the book of the Chinese people themselves, but I feel like they never read it. It seems that only our locust army knows about it, and the other side doesn't take it seriously at all."

Vice Admiral Iida laughed and echoed:

"Such an inferior nation that does not even know how to cherish the things of its ancestors is destined to be replaced by a better nation."

"Ha ha ha ha······"

The two looked at each other and laughed wildly, and then Lieutenant General Iida said with concern:

"How is the progress of the 56th Division? What matters now is their speed. As long as they are fast enough, victory will belong to us."

Major General Jianshan answered confidently:

"Don't worry, sir. The 56th Division has been on radio silence for the sake of confidentiality. However, we have given them all the cars and armored vehicles we have seized from the British since the start of the war. We have also given them an additional 56mm heavy artillery battalion. They are now fully mechanized and have not called back, which means that everything is going well."

After listening to this, Vice Admiral Iida nodded and began to look at the map again to adjust the strategic deployment.

Ma Liang smiled as he looked at the communication frequency of the unknown radio station found in Lawu Town!

Although the other party was using a new password and it was used very rarely, Ma Liang's decryption system had not yet deciphered the content.

But at this time, the radio station hidden in the natives' homes was probably a secret radio station planted by the Japanese army in Lawu Town. The Japanese army was obviously still keeping an eye on Lawu Town.

The next day, Ma Liang continued to practice the deployment and concealment of troops on a new position that was almost built, with the squad and platoon leaders selected from the two divisions.