Chapter 1 The Arrangement

That afternoon, X莱 District, military headquarters.

Wearing a military uniform, Modamon paced back and forth in the room anxiously, his hands clasped behind his back. The composed demeanor he had displayed during the earlier negotiations was gone.

By evening, the sky outside the window was a hazy yellow, and the last rays of the setting sun spilled across the luxurious marble floor.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

The office door was knocked open, and Modamon looked up sharply, calling out impatiently, "Come in!"

"Creak—"

His chief of staff pushed the door open and said to Modamon, "General, we've just reached an agreement with them. Santos has promised us eighty million in munitions, which will be delivered tonight. Their bottom line is that we cannot engage in any military action while they are at war with the rebels! Also, Santos asked me to convey to you that he will always believe in the friendship built between you and his father, and sincerely hopes that you will consider the people of Lao Mo District! This eighty million in munitions is his sincerity in this matter."

Upon hearing this, Modamon couldn't help but clap his hands together and let out a long sigh of relief. He walked slowly to the sofa next to him, bent down and sat down, unable to help but sigh, "This has been a difficult afternoon… I didn't even have lunch while waiting for this news."

His chief of staff nodded lightly and said with a smile, "It seems that Santos wants to make a heavy bet on us! But he also proposed the only condition, which is that we cannot accept the official announcement of our X莱 District's independent sovereignty. The details of the alliance treaty will be announced after the war."

Modamon said indifferently, "That so-called treaty is cheaper than the prostitutes in the planning zone! Believe me, it means nothing! This eighty million in munitions is what we want!"

Saying this, Modamon thought for a moment and softly ordered, "Arrange for someone to take over immediately and secretly transport this batch of munitions back!"

The chief of staff didn't rush to leave. He hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but say, "General… there's something I still don't quite understand."

Modamon looked at his most trusted right-hand man, "What is it?"

The chief of staff asked, "It's like this, you see, given our current relationship with the government forces, coupled with the pressure from the rebels and the First District from the outside, Santos is giving us eighty million in munitions at this time, just to exchange for an uncertain verbal agreement. Isn't this a bit hasty? I always feel that there is something strange about what he's doing."

"I like your caution," Modamon said with a smile. "Do you know what a saying from the Orientals goes?"

The chief of staff adopted a humble attitude, "Please enlighten me."

Modamon paused for a long time, then sighed softly, "It means grasping at straws. In the current situation, does Santos have any other way to please me other than using eighty million in munitions? As long as my troops enter the battlefield, the Lao Mo District regime will cease to exist. Santos's means are very simple. He wants to use my reputation on this land and his father's decades of friendship to coerce me. Unfortunately, he doesn't know that from the day I and his father met, our Modamon family has always been an independent family!"

The chief of staff thought for a moment and asked again, "General, which direction should we go in the end?"

Modamon waved his hand, "In fact, I haven't figured it out yet. I personally have a little hesitation. Go, bring back my eighty million in munitions and let them reach the most suitable place as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll do it now."

The chief of staff nodded and quickly left the office.

…

Under the circumstances that the warlord Modamon was very likely to rebel, Santos actually gave the other party a batch of complete ammunition worth eighty million for nothing. This decision caused dissatisfaction among many people in Santos's cabinet.

Because in their view, once the other party violated the agreement, the eighty million in munitions would be equivalent to supporting the enemy!

However, Santos repeatedly insisted on sending out this batch of munitions, temporarily suppressing all internal dissatisfaction.

At the same time, Wang Dingyuan began to deploy troops in Huarei Town, and he ordered the Western Expeditionary Army to begin to move and gather on the front line.

Zhao Weihu also took Fei Pingsheng back to Huarei Town, commanding the Second Army to quickly pull up its formation, preparing to confront the rebels along the marching route, with a great momentum to fight hard and swear to defend Huarei Town!

At this moment, nearly 200,000 troops gathered in the defense zone near Huarei Town, namely Zhao Weihu's People's Army, the Lao Mo government army, and the Western Expeditionary Army led by Wang Dingyuan.

In this way, all the troops of the Lao Mo government army were pressed forward, making the military strength in the inland area slightly weaker.

…

At around seven o'clock in the evening, Huarei Town, in the courtyard of the Logistics Support Association.

The nature of this Logistics Support Association is to allocate emergency supplies and ensure the basic living needs of the military families, the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled in the town.

At this time, the courtyard was piled with all kinds of supplies, all of which were the latest batch of emergency food and daily necessities to be distributed to the families.

With the war imminent, many economic exchanges between Huarei Town and the outside world were cut off, and some civilian materials became tense, so they needed to be allocated and planned as a whole.

Many staff members were busy in the courtyard, constantly sorting and moving supplies.

Ah Hua, wearing very plain clothes, was also busy in the crowd, shouting at the same time, "Move faster! Xiao Li, you guys hurry up and count the number of people who haven't received the supplies yet…"

While she was nervously busy, a young man shouted at Ah Hua, "Sister Hua, your husband is here!"

Ah Hua wiped the sweat from her forehead, casually tore off her sleeves, and walked to the outside of the courtyard.

Outside the gate, Lao Fei was indeed standing there, smoking a cigarette, looking a little anxious.

Ah Hua greeted him and asked quickly, "Why are you here?"

Fei Pingsheng looked around, and there was no one else around, so he threw away the cigarette butt and said to Ah Hua with a solemn expression, "Pack up and prepare to leave."

Ah Hua was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Is there any accident?"

Fei Pingsheng whispered, "The higher-ups have adjusted the operational plan for Huarei Town…"

…

At the same time, Panama City.

Bai Hongbo walked into the chief's office and said directly to Bruna, "I received news from Xiao Yu that he just made an adjustment, and the direction of our support has changed from before…"