Chapter 1912: Collapse of Confidence

Ge Dazhuang picked up the letter Li He was reading and muttered, "What is this thing?"

Seeing Ge Dazhuang's action, Jiang Yuyan frowned and shouted, "Dazhuang!"

Ge Dazhuang looked at Jiang Yuyan and asked, "What?"

Jiang Yuyan glanced at Li He and said, "That is classified, don't look at it!"

Ge Dazhuang looked at Li He and asked, "Boss, can I read this letter?"

Li He didn't even raise his head and said indifferently, "Read it, go ahead, you will know this truth sooner or later anyway."

Ge Dazhuang glanced at Jiang Yuyan and smiled; Jiang Yuyan glared at him but did not stop him.

Ge Dazhuang looked at the content on it, his expression changed, and he tore the letter up on the spot.

"Dazhuang, what are you doing?" Jiang Yuyan hurriedly tried to stop him, but Ge Dazhuang didn't give her the chance; he stuffed the torn letter into his mouth and swallowed it whole.

The crowd was stunned and hurriedly lunged at Ge Dazhuang.

"Don't eat it, spit it out quickly!"

Several people pinned Ge Dazhuang down, trying to take the letter out of his mouth, but Ge Dazhuang kept his mouth tightly shut.

Everyone used all their might but couldn't pry it open.

Jiang Yuyan said anxiously, "Dazhuang, spit it out! That is important intelligence, it's still useful!"

Ge Dazhuang, with both hands covering his mouth, gulped, and the letter was swallowed down.

Seeing this, everyone deflated.

They looked at Ge Dazhuang with confusion and anger, shouting, "Dazhuang!"

"What exactly are you trying to do? Do you know that was extremely important intelligence? We don't even know who gave it to him."

"Look at how Li He is after reading the letter."

Ge Dazhuang had the words on the tip of his tongue, but he didn't know how to say them.

Jiang Yuyan grabbed Ge Dazhuang by the ear, pulled him away from the crowd's scolding, and asked, "Why did you eat that letter?"

In the corner where the two of them were, Ge Dazhuang glanced at the dispirited Li He and said in a low voice, "I did this to help the General."

"He became like this after reading that intelligence. You tell me, which is more important, the intelligence or him?"

The crowd looked at Li He and saw that his face was still lifeless and dejected.

Even now, he was still muttering things like, "It's meaningless, everything is meaningless..."

The crowd frowned and looked at Ge Dazhuang, saying, "You ate the intelligence, we don't know what it was, how can we help him?"

Ge Dazhuang raised his voice and said, "The content of the letter isn't important; the key is how we are going to fight from here on out."

The crowd started arguing with Ge Dazhuang again.

Li He, who had been silent the whole time, slapped the ground and shouted, "Enough!"

The crowd looked at the erupting Li He and saw him walk in front of Ge Dazhuang; they could feel an extraordinary anger coming from him.

Jiang Yuyan glanced at Li He and stood in front of Ge Dazhuang, saying, "General, Dazhuang didn't do it on purpose."

Li He looked at Jiang Yuyan and pulled her to the side; the crowd stared at Li He and Ge Dazhuang.

"Ge Dazhuang, come with me!"

Li He pushed through the crowd and walked out.

Ge Dazhuang was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly followed.

"Boss, I..."

"Don't say anything. Do not reveal a single word of the letter's content; they cannot know."

Li He let out a breath, looked at Ge Dazhuang, and said sincerely, "Dazhuang, you are a smart man. Knowing to destroy this intelligence after reading it—it was my fault for pinning too much hope on it."

"I lost my composure just now. You're right, the content of the letter isn't important; how we fight next is what matters most."

Being praised by Li He made Ge Dazhuang feel a bit embarrassed; he scratched his head and said, "Actually, Boss, I'm not that smart. In fact, as for what the content of the letter

said, I don't know anything at all."

"I didn't understand it either. You know me, I don't know many characters."

Li He was stunned, his footsteps faltered slightly. He looked at Ge Dazhuang, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Ge Dazhuang added, "At the time, my only thought was to destroy the letter. Anything that could make a General like you lose your fighting spirit couldn't possibly be anything good."

"Boss, am I right?" Ge Dazhuang looked at Li He sincerely.

Li He laughed and punched him in the chest: "You kid, you really aren't afraid of anything."

"That letter contained very important intelligence. According to regulations, anyone who destroys such intelligence goes to jail!"

Ge Dazhuang's face changed drastically: "Ah!"

Seeing his expression, Li He laughed heartily: "But you're right, that intelligence did indeed need to be destroyed."

"In any case, you did well." Li He patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Phew..." Ge Dazhuang finally set his heart at ease.

"Let's go, come with me to the combat command room. A larger-scale battle is likely to break out soon!"

Ge Dazhuang nodded and followed Li He to the combat command room.

Li He looked at him, feeling a bit dazed that he was still acting like nothing happened after reading that letter.

To them, that letter was a blade that shattered hope; it could easily crush their hopes.

The reason they were able to hold on until now was the belief that the Longyan Army on the Australia continent would soon launch a counterattack and would soon be able to drive out these rebellious French troops.

But the current evidence was proving to them that this day would never come.

If they had to rely on their own forces and their own abilities to drive these French troops out, it was an almost impossible task.

Their troops couldn't even guarantee the most basic and important supplies right now.

The reason they were still fighting was because they believed it wouldn't be long before the Australia continent launched a counterattack.

Thinking of this, Li He's eyes darkened a little.

He had once despaired upon learning this news; if not for Ge Dazhuang's reminder, he might have died of melancholy.

This Resistance Army would also have been completely shattered in his hands.

But fortunately, Ge Dazhuang gave him a helping hand.

Arriving at the command room, General Li He looked at the battle plan map he had designated; this was a harassment plan he had created in anticipation that the Australia continent would be able to launch a counterattack after some time.

But it seems now, this plan is no longer applicable to this war.

Currently, their military strength has already been exposed to the enemy's eyes; if they continue to fight like this, it will only accelerate their demise.

At present, the port can no longer be their main target of attack; destroying the port now has no meaning.

Their next focus of attack should be placed on the strongholds of the French troops, especially those granaries and armories.

Then there is the expansion of military strength; this current force is absolutely impossible to defeat the French troops.

The residents on the island will be another key target for their protection and recruitment going forward.

There are also some Black Troops; in Li He's battles during this period, it is not as if they had never captured Black Troops.

These Black Troops were either Black Slave Troops organized by slave owners to serve as cannon fodder on the battlefield.

Or they were mercenaries supported by certain colonial nations, specifically used to incite internal strife in other countries so that their own nations could develop colonies there.

These troops are all potential forces that can be transformed into strength.

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