Snow Leopard: Building the Strongest Elite Group through Robbery

Chapter 857 No wonder everyone hates the traitor

Ultimatum.

But when the strong face the weak, they are so condescending that they throw the documents in their faces, and then make them sign the documents humiliatingly with a smug look on their faces.

But now, it has been released. Shancheng, a country that has been impoverished and in civil strife for decades, a country that is not even a third-rate country, actually dares to hold its head high and issue an ultimatum to a first-rate country.

"We alone certainly don't have the ability to do this, but now, we've dragged two of the strongest nations into this game. Berlin alone is already difficult for them to deal with, and if you were to be added to the mix, they might not be able to resist. We are now standing on the shoulders of two giants like you. If you don't even know how to use your power, then all our thousands of years of cultural accomplishment would have been wasted."

"That makes sense." Hase Kiyoshi nodded. "I understand what you said, but you might be killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, right?"

Drain the pond to catch all the fish?

Xiao Ya put down the teacup and smiled, "Maybe, but if you don't seize the opportunity when it comes, you won't have it again in the future, right?"

"It's not our fish pond, so we take as much as we can. As for the future, I don't believe they will give us the opportunity to fleece the sheep."

Chang Guqing looked at Xiao Ya sitting leisurely beside him and was speechless. After a moment, he said, "You are right. Since it is not your fish pond, it is okay to clean the fry."

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Is there any news from your base camp?"

"Not yet. Why, you already have a plan in mind?" Chang Gu Qing raised the corner of his mouth. He had to admit that Xiao Ya could always grasp the key points for him. Even if he had no plan, her reminder would make him suddenly realize something.

Xiao Ya raised her head and looked at the white ceiling, then clicked her tongue. "Let's wait a little longer. At least, we have to wait until Watsontown delivers the supplies to us."

"This is...this is too much." The Secretary of State looked at the documents Ruth had brought back, slammed them on the ground, and pointed in the direction of the mountain city. "Robert is a pig! He could bring back such humiliating documents. Does he think our Empire doesn't need manpower and financial resources to produce these things?"

Without waiting for Ruth to speak, Robert said with a gloomy face, "We absolutely cannot agree to such a document that is humiliating to our country."

"Your Excellency the Secretary of State." Ruth felt that it was her turn to step in, otherwise he would definitely refuse on the spot in anger, and then Shancheng would have no chance of obtaining these material aids.

"Do you have something to say?" The Secretary of State asked Ruth with narrowed eyes.

Ruth nodded and approached him. "Your Excellency, Secretary of State, are these things a lot for our empire?"

"Not much." The Secretary of State didn't understand what Ruth meant, so he asked in confusion, "What exactly do you want to say?"

Ruth said seriously, "Your Excellency, I've been in the mountain city for so many years, and I know some of their generals. Their equipment may be inferior, and their soldiers may not get any nutritious supplements, sometimes even two meals a day. But it was this army that fought the Battle of Shanghai. Troops from all over the mountain city marched to Shanghai, using equipment far below our average level, and fought for three months against a country with equipment that ranked among the top five in the world. If such a resilient army had been given some weapons assistance, their role would have been even greater. The Japanese army would have only two options left at that time."

The Secretary of State looked at the papers lying on the floor.

After thinking for a moment, he squatted down to pick it up and sat on the sofa. Seeing Ruth standing there tall, he gestured for her to sit down and said, "Go on."

"Your Excellency, the Secretary of State, the Japanese army will inevitably face two choices. First, withdraw from the mountain city because their troops are too difficult to deal with. However, this is simply impossible in this situation. After all, they have always wanted to occupy the mountain city. However, if this possibility cannot be realized, what they need to do is to preserve the areas outside the North China Great Wall and the central and southern parts of the mountain city. However, with their current military strength, they cannot achieve this goal. Therefore, they can only increase their troops. The premise of all this is that they need to be aware of the changes in the mountain city, especially the powerful replacement of weapons. And these are not available in the mountain city yet."

The Secretary of State didn't interrupt Ruth. Seeing he was about to let her continue, she spoke up, "What Yamashiro wants is nothing more than a drop in the bucket for our Empire. We'll use it to delay the Japanese army and prevent them from joining forces with Berlin. I think this deal is a good one. Even if he wants something else, it won't be a loss. After all, we can produce and upgrade the weapons and equipment and the technical information they need."

The Secretary of State nodded slightly. "You're right, but have you considered that their ability to copy and imitate is quite strong, and they're even developing their own weapons at a rapid pace? They don't lack talent, they lack data. If we give them the information, they'll likely copy it. Have you forgotten their Zhongzheng rifle and other firearms?"

"Your Excellency is right, but you don't seem to have considered another point. That is, they don't seem to have such resources, right?"

"Without resources, and even power for experiments, their data is useless. It's just a treasure chest. And even ten years from now, these things will be outdated, so we're not at a disadvantage."

With this in mind, it seems like there are too many Secretaries of State.

"Let me think about this."

Thinking about it?

Ruth took a breath. "We can consider it, but the enemy won't give us time to think. Also, the mercenaries in Shancheng are more obvious than anyone else. This is the price today, but maybe in ten days they'll demand more. And before that, didn't we already have a victim who taught us a lesson?"

Taken advantage of?

The Secretary of State looked up at Ruth, then set the goblet aside and nodded. "You're actually quite right. The mercenaries in Shancheng are indeed unpleasant, but we can't refuse them. There's just one thing I really don't understand."

"What is it that you don't understand?" Ruth asked in confusion.