Chapter 944: Quagmire and Disappointment and Irritability

Two copper mine transfer agreements...

Lanse glanced at them; all the names had been signed on them. From this moment on, these two copper mines belonged to Lanse.

But Lanse didn't plan to operate them himself. Copper mines and silver mines, as well as gold mines, are different.

Copper has a great influence on industry, and it also belongs to relatively sensitive war resources. Holding this thing in hand is not necessarily a good thing.

Greed for things that shouldn't be greedy for often buries hidden dangers for the future.

And the profit brought by the output of copper mines doesn't reach the point of "moving" him, so he didn't sign his own name on these two copper mines, but planned to sell them to domestic mining giants, or... let Senator Cleveland distribute them.

Two copper mines with sufficient output can definitely attract the attention of consortia upstream in the industry.

The benefits and interests obtained by trading them are far higher than mastering them himself.

Lanse put them into his specially made briefcase, then walked to the table and shook hands with the two original mine owners who had completed the transfer agreement.

He didn't say much to them, nor was it necessary to say, because Lanse didn't plan to have any deep friendship with them.

After simple mutual compliments, Lanse had people send them away.

These past few days, some more members of the Federation's Lansi family arrived here. After the guests left, they walked out of the room next door and stood by Lanse's side.

"A bit bored.", Hiram blew his bangs.

Recently he learned a new action.

In the past, he was relatively willing to throw his bangs to the side by shaking his hair, exposing his eyes.

Recently, he didn't know where he learned a new posture, which was to hold his breath and blow air upward. The airflow blown could lift his bangs. This way, he didn't need to have too much movement to obtain the effect he wanted. He was almost obsessed!

When following by Lanse's side, almost every two or three minutes, one could hear a "chi" sound, every two or three minutes, he would do this.

Lanse had already told him, but it seemed it was of no use.

Lanse glanced at him sideways, somewhat disdainfully, "If you blow your hair less, you won't be bored. Honestly, I'm actually more used to the way you shake your hair. At least when I can't see, you won't affect me."

People around couldn't help but laugh. Hiram's bangs are relatively thick. If he wants to blow them, he must use some force, which will definitely make a sound.

As long as he is in the room, around people, as long as he blows his broken hair, he will definitely be able to make a sound.

Think about it, Lanse is sitting in a chair processing work, every few minutes there is a "hu" sound, and in his mind, he will subconsciously reproduce his stupid look...

Hiram raised both hands, and then blew his hair, "I'll try to be as quiet as possible!"

Lanse shook his head, knowing that telling him was of no use, and subsequently, he answered the question he had before.

"Soon you will be busy."

He looked at the chaotic streets under his feet and saw two ladies walking together suddenly surrounded by several people who rushed over.

Those people who used some simple clothing to cover their faces snatched the things they were carrying, and even two people hugged their waists and dragged them into the alley.

There is no doubt that they not only need money, but also need to vent.

Lanse's gaze locked on those people, and others also followed his gaze and looked over.

Hiram "hu" blew his hair, "Do you want me to go down and teach them a lesson?"

Lanse shook his head, "No, no need."

"We can save these two women, but we can't save more women. Lapa will continue to be chaotic, and even more chaotic, before a new order is established."

He turned around and looked at the people in the room, "Wait a bit longer, wait a few more days and you will have a new job."

Someone asked, "I don't quite understand, boss, what are we waiting for?"

Lanse moved his shoulders, "Waiting for the first victim, the first person to be stupid, and waiting for a person who recognizes reality."

Hiram shook his head. He didn't understand much, but he didn't care much either. He didn't need to understand; Lanse understanding was enough.

In a few days, Ambassador Cassia called Lanse. He told Lanse that he had done what he should do. As for whether those gentlemen would contact Lanse, he couldn't guarantee.

He talked a bit about his own view.

For the ruling group, the situation in Lapa now hasn't completely lost control. They are still waiting, waiting for the moment when the final change in the situation appears, before they will make a choice.

Before it appears better or continues to deteriorate, they very likely won't make a choice immediately.

In books related to federal finance, there is a very special book called "The Secret to Winning Investment: Chasing the Rise and Killing the Fall".

Some people see the judgment of financial institutions on the financial market, but what Lanse sees is human nature when facing choices.

"Chasing the rise and killing the fall" in human nature, and the larger the base, the more human nature is like this.

Betting all in before the situation changes is pure gambling, betting on a future that perhaps they themselves don't know.

Don't look at it as if there are only two choices of winning and losing, but if there is no analysis at all, then the possibility of losing might be much greater than the possibility of winning.

Like some people in the ruling group, they can't bet blindly; they must wait for the situation to change further, and after there is a trend, they will make a choice.

So Lanse still needs to wait a bit, and doesn't need to wait too long.

Pedro's momentum is getting bigger and bigger, and Diego is getting more and more impatient to press this guy down. He has become a flag among the anti-government armed forces, and more and more people have started to spontaneously resist the government, all inspired by his deeds.

As for whether people resisting the government's rule is for human rights and freedom, or just to vent their desires, actually that is not important.

What is important is that this is a large-scale "uprising", and more and more places are starting to lose control. If the momentum of Pedro's development is not curbed, Diego can consider leaving Lapa.

So, he must give these anti-government armed forces a heavy blow, letting them understand that at least in Lapa now, it is not up to them to decide.

Originally planning to invest five thousand people, some artillery troops were expanded to eight thousand people, and ten artillery pieces were invested.

The reason for increasing investment is that the military analyzed that the last attack allowed the number of weapons in Pedro's hands to be greatly improved.

Until now, the military has not dared to tell Diego that real data, and they are also afraid that Diego will kill them all because of this!

A full nearly two thousand guns were left in place. Later they found back a few hundred, but there were still more than a thousand guns that disappeared, very likely already taken away by Pedro's people.

So many weapons are enough to re-arm thousands of people. This group of Pedro's people has already become the strongest anti-government armed force within Lapa.

If it weren't for the fact that the federal warship in the bay was still in the "overhaul" stage, Diego would be willing to send more soldiers to suppress the rebellion, instead of just this little bit.

In early April, the weather in Lapa had warmed up to about twenty degrees, and the Lapa government army had approached Saige City.

This time they were very careful and cautious. Even at night, they arranged quite a few patrol teams and mobile secret sentries to ensure they wouldn't be attacked in the dark.

After dawn, the soldiers responsible for reconnaissance brought back a piece of news that made people not know whether to be depressed or happy for a while—

Pedro and his anti-government armed forces had already withdrawn from Saige City.

Now the shadow of those people could no longer be seen in the entire Saige City. In other words, Saige City was successfully "recovered" by them.

No casualties, no consumption of resources, just took back this city like this. The military officers' faces were all piled with smiles!

However, in order to confirm that this intelligence was true, the frontline commander didn't immediately feed this good news back to Diego, but planned to try to enter the city to take a look first.

In the first batch, they arranged more than two hundred people and came directly to the outside of the Saige City Hall. Outside the City Hall, they saw the former mayor hanged on the street lamp, as well as some social celebrities, great landlords, and big capitalists of Saige City. The mayor had his own separate position, while the others were squeezed together in twos and threes.

The soldiers took these corpses down and then entered the City Hall to check. They searched the entire City Hall building and didn't find any anti-government armed elements or things related to them. They seemed to have confirmed that Pedro's people had left the city.

Subsequently, the troops started to enter the city. On the surface, their statement was to clear out some remaining anti-government armed forces and stabilize the city's public security situation.

But in reality, what they wanted to do, only they themselves knew.

The military officer fed the news back to Diego at the first time. After Diego finished listening, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and ordered them to figure out where Pedro and those people went, and see if there was a chance to follow up and kill them.

Actually, what made Diego happy was not taking back Saige City, but that Pedro and his group obviously felt fear of the larger government army.

What he was happy about was that everything was still under control!

It's just that he didn't know that Pedro hadn't left Saige City, and was actually in Saige City.

He looked at the soldiers entering the rich area outside the window through the gap between the window and the curtain, and spat out a kind of grass core that could be seen everywhere locally that he was chewing in his mouth.

He withdrew his gaze after observing for a while.

Putting the enemy into the city was a suggestion given to him by a military instructor from the Federation.

Because he successfully repelled the first counterattack of the government army, Lanse agreed to some conditions he put forward, including supporting some "military experts".

These military experts are not the kind of experts who seek attention. They have been responsible for analyzing and studying all cases of the Federal Army's operations against Dantela. They might have some deficiencies in actual combat experience, but theoretical knowledge is definitely not a problem.

And even if there is a problem, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the casualties are not federal soldiers, so they have no guilt.

This time the government army came aggressively. After analyzing each other's strength, they reached a conclusion.

Without updated weapons and equipment, for example, providing artillery and shells, or providing landmines, explosives, and such equipment, it is difficult to defeat this government army.

They have artillery, a certain degree of mobile strength, strong firepower, and a large number of people. The key is that they have all become serious.

Pedro's side are all novices, and they don't have an accurate understanding of the cruelty of war yet. Under this situation, once battle damage that exceeds people's psychological endurance appears, they will soon collapse across the board!

After all, a moment ago they were all ordinary people, they were all protagonists in their own world, and they hadn't considered the matter of "I will die".

But when the people around start to die, they will feel fear, and what follows is collapse, complete scattering, and then being shot.

As for running away, it is indeed a good idea, but once they run away this time, they will lose the title of "first".

And the title of "first" itself has huge value.

Moreover, they might not necessarily be able to run away.

The Federation's military experts provided him with a suggestion: put these federal soldiers into the city and fight urban warfare with them in a complex urban environment.

Now Pedro and these people have an obvious home-field advantage. These advantages might not be enough to let them directly defeat the government army, but they can also consume them to the maximum extent and make them feel fear!

And in such urban warfare, the soldiers of both sides are intertwined, and artillery cannot play much of a role.

Unless they intend to kill their own people together!

Besides this, there is another benefit, which is that the newly recruited resistance soldiers will not be squeezed together; they will be broken up in the form of small teams.

Even if someone, or a team, has an emotional collapse because of the death of a comrade, it will not affect others.

This way, there will not be a situation where most people don't resist and run away directly because a few people were damaged in battle.

The Federal Army has fought urban warfare more than once, and these few military experts also provided many valuable suggestions.

Eventually, Pedro made the final decision: let the government army in and fight a close-range war with them in the city!

Thus, the illusion that they had already withdrawn appeared, but in reality, they had been waiting for an opportunity to find a suitable chance.

After "confirming" that Pedro and others had already left Saige City, the tense mood of the government army started to be relieved.

They started to advance from the edge of the city toward the rich area in the center of the city.

Those who live here are all rich people, and there are also some shops and such. Pedro's people couldn't possibly scrape every penny here clean.

As long as they can find some valuable things, for these soldiers, it is not in vain for them to take the risk to come here once.

Several soldiers pushed open the door of an apartment in the name of searching for anti-government armed elements. The decoration here looks very high-end, and there is no one inside.

If there are no accidents, they will never be able to own such a house in their whole lives, so they are full of more desire to explore here at this time.

One of them walked to the very center of the room and soon found a briefcase on the cabinet in the corner, and it was in an unlocked state.

"Look what I found?", the soldier who discovered it had full surprise on his face.

This briefcase itself is not cheap, so what about the things inside?

And how much money can it be worth?

Other soldiers quickly gathered around. They looked at this beautiful briefcase, and immediately someone suggested opening it.

Of course, no one suggested it, and they would do the same.

One of the soldiers with relatively high prestige among them put the weapon in his hand beside the briefcase, and then he tried to open the briefcase with both hands.

He hadn't used such an exquisite briefcase before. When there was an obvious "resisting" force during the opening process, he didn't even react and increased his strength to open the briefcase completely.

When the briefcase was completely opened, they looked at the rope hanging on the lock on the upper part of the briefcase, constantly swaying back and forth, and the three pull rings under the rope, somewhat not understanding.

Looking down along these things, one could see three round things tied together.

Their consciousness hadn't kept up with the information their eyes obtained, and in the next second, a violent explosion happened in front of them!

Without any reaction, several people were pushed out in an instant by the shock wave, heavily hitting the furniture and walls. Each person had holes pierced or torn by fragments on their bodies, and they were already dead beyond death!

The explosion in the rich area immediately alarmed the military officers discussing what to do next in the City Hall.

The frontline commander hadn't had time to arrange the next stage of tasks and arrangements, when the sudden explosion made him raise his head violently.

He walked to the window and looked at the street block not far away, and others followed behind him, "What happened?", he asked.

But no one could answer him.

And subsequently, before he could figure out what happened, gunfire suddenly started to ring out in the city.

At first, there wasn't much gunfire, but soon it connected into one, as if there were people shooting in every corner!

Urban warfare is very cruel, and it is urban warfare with various traps. You never know what you do is safe.

Greed and desire became the fuse of destruction. Various ornaments, various things, as long as you touch them slightly, they will explode.

Gunfire, explosions, the quiet city suddenly became lively again, but it was so lively that people couldn't accept it.

Now the denser gunfire made the commander-in-chief realize that Pedro's people hadn't left; they were just hiding!

It wasn't just Diego paying attention to this matter; almost all forces were observing.

The Lavila family has ruled Lapa for so long; the result of this battle will largely determine the future changes of this country.

Urban warfare is not so easy to end, and gradually some people started to feel irritable about this civil strife, and about Diego's ruling ability!

The dark clouds in the sky didn't gradually disperse because of the heavy rain, but instead became thicker and thicker.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 945 =====