#402 - Chapter 402: Ignorance is Fearless
"Answer me! Why are you standing there like a dummy?" Mantis pushed him, urging him on.
"You… you tell him that we are devils from hell, and tell him to confess honestly, or we'll drag him into the oil pot!" The boss had a flash of inspiration.
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The officer nodded and bowed as he spoke.
"He's begging you not to put him in the oil pot. He'll answer whatever you want to ask!" Dogzi translated.
"He's sensible enough! Ask him what he's doing here."
After Dogzi translated, the officer replied.
"He says he's under orders from his superiors to conduct an on-the-ground survey of the road network within the borders of Myanmar and Vietnam," Dogzi translated.
"What are they doing surveying the road network?" the boss asked.
"He says the Greater Japanese Empire plans to station troops on the border between China and Myanmar," Dogzi translated.
"Station troops on the border between China and Myanmar? These devils are quite bold. Do they want to invade China again?" the boss said, looking at Tang Kun.
"Ask him! How would I know?" Tang Kun said.
"What is the purpose of you stationing troops on the border between China and Myanmar?"
"The Greater Japanese Empire plans to occupy the area of China south of the Yangtze River."
"So it's true. This is like lighting a lantern in an outhouse—courting death," the boss sighed after understanding the situation.
Now that the situation was clear, the three captured Japanese officers were useless.
They weren't even allowed to soak in the vinegar jar again; they were dragged out and shot directly.
"Should we do something?" the boss asked.
He knew that Tang Kun was Chinese, and Chinese people are very patriotic.
"No need!" Tang Kun shook his head.
He had already transmitted the information back through his digital eyes.
"You're so awesome. Aren't you going back to serve your country?" the boss asked, looking at him.
"No need!" Tang Kun still shook his head, not saying much.
"Old Mantis, you clam up whenever the topic of China comes up. What's wrong? Did you commit a crime? And a big one at that!" the boss guessed.
"Yeah! So what? Why else would I run to this godforsaken place?" Tang Kun glanced at him.
"Good! Good! It's good that you committed a crime!" the boss laughed.
"What do you mean?" Tang Kun asked.
"That way, we brothers can stay here forever!" the boss grinned foolishly.
Tang Kun's heart skipped a beat.
His eyes stung.
He had actually met this boss after coming here.
At the time, he was wounded and on the verge of death.
Tang Kun saved him.
Later, he helped him take revenge and occupy Tachileik.
It's just that Tang Kun didn't want to be the boss, finding it too troublesome, so he let him do it.
And this kid used to be a real boss here.
It was just that coincidental.
He was very loyal, which would have been a fatal flaw in the past.
Another flaw: a sharp tongue.
"Oh, right, Old Mantis, what's the deal with your dog? How can it speak human language? And in two languages?" the boss asked.
"It knows more than two," Mantis said, looking at the dog.
"How many is that?" the boss asked.
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After receiving the news, Dongfang Chen immediately notified Yan Fangfang, who then notified Yan Zhengping.
The border area between Myanmar and Vietnam falls within the sphere of influence of the Southwest Military Region.
After receiving the news, Yan Zhengping urgently reported it to the council.
December 12, 2055 AD.
The council convened an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures.
There were several main issues:
1. The southern region is too dangerous. Deploying troops there could result in heavy casualties.
2. If the danger is equal, why is the Greater Japanese Empire doing this?
3. Passive defense is very uncomfortable. As long as the Greater Japanese Empire doesn't abandon its strategy of invading China, it will need to deploy heavy troops there, which will consume a lot of resources.
Subsequently, Yan Zhengping proposed a plan that simultaneously solved the first and third problems.
This plan was to build unmanned sentry towers on the southern border.
Just like the one Dongfang Chen built on the border of Ulan.
If there were sentry towers, there would be no need for long-term troop deployments, which would minimize casualties.
The council also knew that this technology was provided by his supplier, but they were discreet enough not to ask too many questions.
The only remaining question was: why was the Greater Japanese Empire doing this?
Although there were reports that the cabinet of the Greater Japanese Empire had changed and militarism was on the rise,
what time was it now? Everyone was struggling to survive and overwhelmed with problems. Where would they find the energy and resources to wage war?
But the Greater Japanese Empire was doing just that.
And it had already occupied the entire Southeast Asia.
The most widely accepted hypothesis was that the Greater Japanese Empire had also learned about the ecological crisis and was eager to establish a new homeland in the tropics.
However, the biggest problem with this hypothesis was: the timing was wrong.
Currently, the Northern Hemisphere is in winter, which is the time of least risk. Choosing to invade Southeast Asia at this time would inevitably result in heavy casualties. And if they couldn't resist the virus, going there would be a death sentence.
No one could understand that there was actually an information gap here.
The Red Robe Sect promised to provide the Greater Japanese Empire with drugs that could resist the virus.
The naive Greater Japanese Empire believed it.
It can only be said that ignorance is bliss.
