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

In the jungle 120 miles south of Lawu, a Japanese army was marching quickly.

The rumbling sound of car engines, armored vehicles and tanks pressing on the road filled the air, and all the birds and animals in the jungle were terrified, as if there was a super beast patrolling its territory in the jungle.

Lieutenant Colonel Lep of the Independence Army sat in a luxurious armored command vehicle captured from the British Army, looking at the fully mechanized troops marching outside. He said to Colonel Hirai of the Japanese Army's 56th Division Search Regiment who was sitting next to him with envy:

"Mr. Hirai, when will my country have such an elite army? If we have such an elite army, our country will never be bullied by white colonists again!"

It is worth noting that Lep, a typical native, was speaking Japanese at this time. Although he spoke a little haltingly, the general meaning was still understandable.

Colonel Hirai of the Japanese 56th Division Reconnaissance Regiment took a look at the skinny and dark-skinned Lep, who looked like a monkey. Although he was disdainful, he still had to rely on these independent troops who were familiar with the terrain and the people's sentiments, so he said in the standard tone of the military:

"Of course, once we unite and drive away the white colonists and the expeditionary forces that serve as their running dogs, with the help of the empire, you will be able to establish an independent country and live a beautiful life of your own."

Lep is also an elite among the natives, but at this moment he was led into infinite fantasies by Colonel Hirai's words.

However, the 56th Division's search regiment was already isolated and deep in the territory, and there was a possibility of being surrounded at any time. Colonel Hirai did not waste any time and pointed to a map seized from the British army and asked Lep.

"Lieutenant Colonel Lep, where are we now? How far are we from Lawu?"

When he heard Colonel Hirai talking about the war, Lep immediately recovered. As early as 41, he and 30 other indigenous elites participated in the Japanese military training and had a certain level of military skills.

After taking a few glances at the map, he immediately pointed out a point and reported to Colonel Hirai:

"Colonel Hirai, we are here, only 100 kilometers away from Lawu. Although our independent army and the special forces of the locust army are working together to open the way, we are getting closer and closer to Lawu. Our mechanized march is fast, but it makes too much noise in the jungle. I think our intentions have been discovered by the enemy."

Colonel Hirai looked carefully at the position of his troops pointed out by Lep and grinned:

"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if we are discovered by the enemy now. According to the mechanized marching speed of my regiment, we can reach Lawu in a day and a half at most. The main force of the division is only one day behind us. If we are discovered now, it will be too late for them to make it with the marching speed of the expeditionary force composed entirely of infantry."

When Lep heard this, he immediately became happy too, because the faster the Japanese won, the faster their ideal of independence would be realized.

On a high ground not far from the roadside where the troops were marching at full speed, Guo Junchao, who was fully camouflaged and as dirty as a savage, was holding a telescope and carefully observing the entire marching column.

Now, more than ten days have passed since they left Lawu. Since they could not contact the natives and had to hide in the jungle the entire time, they could not get any additional supplies, and the supplies they carried with them were almost running out.

"Sixth brother is amazing. The Japanese really dared to send a surprise attack on Lawu."

Guo Junchao was not a stupid man. He had been staying in the woods every day for some time, and he had figured out the purpose of Ma Liang sending them out.

"Send a telegram to Brother Six immediately and tell him that a large Japanese force was spotted 100 kilometers south of Lawu. They are equipped with a large number of cars and armored vehicles and are marching very fast. They are expected to reach Lawu within two days. We will continue to track and monitor them."

"Yes!"

The radio operator in the team immediately took off the walkie-talkie on his back. The distance had exceeded the range of wireless communication, but was still within the range of radio telegram transmission.

Lawu. Ma Liang, who had pretended to be sick for two days and kept finding excuses to stay in Lawu, jumped out of bed as soon as he received the latest report from Liu Gongfeng.

"finally come!"

Ma Liang felt relieved and immediately ordered:

"Immediately forward this information to the expeditionary force headquarters, and simultaneously inform the headquarters and the military and political departments. Make sure everyone knows about it."

Liu Gongfeng glanced at Ma Liang and quickly went out to carry out the order.

Then Ma Liang looked at Lawu’s defense map and fell into deep thought.

Next, they will face another big problem: how to defend Lawu with two third-rate infantry divisions.

As the information provided by Ma Liang began to be uploaded, it immediately frightened the top leaders of the expeditionary force who were originally preparing for the Mandela Battle with the Japanese army.

Everyone can see the importance of Lawu.

However, Staff Officer Shi, who was still insisting on preparing for the battle, still did not believe it. He thought that this was fake news made up by the expeditionary force because they did not want to participate in the battle.

He repeatedly stated that this was just a small reconnaissance unit of the Japanese Army, not the main force of the disappeared 56th Division of the Japanese Army, and that the Expeditionary Force was scaring itself.

In his opinion, if the Japanese army sent a division deep into the enemy's territory without any flank protection and without any supplies, if they failed to capture Lawu in a short period of time, they would be in danger of being blocked by the arriving expeditionary force, attacked from both sides and wiped out.

Therefore, the Japanese army would never send a large force to launch a surprise attack on Lawu. This was a passive operation. The expeditionary force made up fake news in order to preserve its strength and avoid war.

In fact, it was basically impossible for a Japanese division to completely conceal its whereabouts when it traveled hundreds of kilometers to attack Lawu.

On the way north, the Japanese 56th Division fought many fierce battles with the Expeditionary Force, but Staff Officer Shi always believed that the Japanese army's attacks were just feints and there was no need to worry.

The elite 56th Division, which had been deployed to the rear of the isolated 200th Division, was transferred back to the direction of Mandela to prepare for his Mandela Battle.

At this time, Deputy Commander Du, who had the best strategic awareness in the Expeditionary Force, had already realized that something was wrong. The Japanese 56th Division would definitely not just launch a feint attack. It was a strategic detour to capture Lawu, cut off the Expeditionary Force's retreat, and annihilate the Expeditionary Force!

Even the captain who was far away in the mountain city and was known for his command ability of only being able to command a battalion of troops realized that something was wrong. He sent many telegrams to order attention to Lawu. However, Staff Officer Shi, who was known as the "three-star company commander", did not take it seriously.

Deputy Commander Du suggested giving priority to solving the problem on the eastern front, mobilizing troops to encircle and annihilate the isolated 56th Division, and then the 5th Army retreated to Myitkyina and Lavu in northern Myanmar.

However, Staff Officer Shi strongly objected and insisted on his battle without figuring out the actual strategic movements of an entire main Japanese division.