After winning over their hearts and, using the same method, selecting a lieutenant colonel who was not a member of the Laila Family from the five battalion commanders of the 1st Infantry Regiment late at night and appointing him as the temporary commander of the 1st Regiment, John began addressing the atmosphere within the 1st Division when he woke up the next day. He arranged for members of the 14th Squad to promote Maslow Quotations throughout units at every level of the 1st Division, while confiscating the wealth of the former lord of Horseshoe City and the collateral members of the Morning Star Clan within the city, then distributing it to the soldiers as spoils of war.
Having stabilized the emotions of the rank-and-file soldiers, John began making tactical arrangements for the defensive forces around Horseshoe City based on Leon Li's combat style. While expanding the existing patrol range, he also dispatched the scouts of the 1st Battalion to conduct a detailed investigation of the surrounding terrain.
After identifying several suitable locations near the border between Horseshoe Territory and Starlight Territory, John sent out the Engineering Company to modify them. By concealing their construction, they disguised the bunkers as ordinary small hills, intending to use these traps to launch a surprise attack on the 4th Independent Division, which would later have to march through this inevitable route.
"You can actually achieve this much, Marda. You really haven't disappointed me!"
After personally inspecting the bunker camouflage through binoculars and finding no flaws even from fifty meters away, John immediately expressed his appreciation for Lieutenant Marda beside him without holding back.
In fact, before having Marda modify these fifteen locations, he had already prepared himself for shoddy work.
After all, no matter how many engineering spells Marda had mastered, she was still,