Chapter 82 I’m just lucky (Second update, please collect)
87562 tons!
The number has increased again!
Uh...
Okay, okay, it just increased by less than 10%.
After heaving a sigh of relief, Uncle Guo and the others felt their heartbeats speeding up. The impact of this incident was so great that he couldn't even accept it.
He even swallowed involuntarily. At the same time, he took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead.
With so many military supplies, even Roosevelt has never been so generous.
As for General Jiang and others on the side, the expressions on their faces are even more weird. Surprise, joy, excitement... It is hard to imagine that a person can have such rich expressions.
In fact, for the most part, the same is true for other people, except that Uncle Guo is a little calmer, that is, he is sweating on his forehead and wants to laugh, but he has to endure it.
"Li, Mr. Li, you are so good at joking."
"A joke?"
Looking at the uncle-in-law with a half-smile, Li Yian said seriously.
“Do you think I would make a joke about this?”
Li Yian said as he looked up at the clock hanging on the wall.
"This batch of supplies set off from Italy seven days ago and has safely passed through the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Atlantic Ocean. They will first sail to Havana, Cuba, where they will replenish oil and water, and then sail to Panama. If the country wants to If you want that batch of supplies, my suggestion is to negotiate with the United States as soon as possible about the passage of aid supplies to China through Panama, and of course the later transportation escort issues. "
The Panama Canal is the biggest obstacle to the fleet entering the Pacific. , after all, the Panama Canal is currently in a semi-closed state - only ships with U.S. permission can pass through the Panama Canal. Although permission can certainly be obtained through Truman's connections, there is no need to use that layer of connections.
After all, there are many ways to get through the Panama Canal, and the guy in front of me can do it too.
"Of course, of course, I will definitely handle these things as soon as possible, and I will never let Mr. Li down."
Uncle Guo was very humble at this time. After all, in Yiyi It is natural to be humble in front of a millionaire.
However, despite this, Uncle Guo still asked.
"Mr. Li, do you have a list of supplies?"
Nodding, Li Yian asked his secretary to hand over a document and took it. Uncle Guo was stunned as soon as he opened it. Lived.
“This...isn’t English?”
“Sir, it should be in German.”
General Jiang took a look, took the document and started reading it. He frowned slightly as he looked through the supplies listed on the list.
"Mr. Li, many of the cars here are German cars."
Not only cars, but also half-tracks and tanks. These cars cannot be shipped in China... !
"Any questions?"
"No, no..."
Uncle Guo, who shook his head repeatedly, hurriedly glanced at General Jiang, but the other party seemed not to notice and pointed at the list and asked.
"What model is this 15.2cmKH.433/1(r) cannon and where is it made?"
"Cannon."
"Then this 12.2cm Feldhaubitze396 (r)?"
"Cannon"
The simple and direct answer stunned General Jiang and others, while Uncle Guo echoed from the side.
"What Mr. Li said is true. What type of cannon is not important. What is important is that the shells fired by the cannon can kill the Japanese. Do you think so, General Jiang?"
Closing the document, General Jiang ignored Uncle Guo, gently pushed the document back, and asked softly.
"Mr. Li, I have something that I don't know whether to ask or not."
"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it."
"Excuse me, Mr. Li, where did you get these arms?"
The reason why General Jiang asked this was because many of the models of these weapons were ones he had never seen before. If it weren't for that Tens of thousands of rifles were Kar.98k, and he even doubted whether they were fabricated models.
However, from the models of MP717 (r) submachine guns and cannons, he vaguely speculated that these weapons were probably captured by the Russians by the Germans. After all, the calibers of those cannons were Russian calibers.
General Jiang’s question once again focused everyone’s attention on Li Yian.
Yes, who among ordinary people can obtain tens of thousands of tons of arms?
There must be a way for all these arms to come from.
"Well, this is all..." Li Yian said lightly.
“I picked it up.”
“What!”
Hearing this, everyone was shocked. The uncle Guo who had just lit a cigarette looked at him blankly. The cigarette in his lips fell directly to his crotch. Even so, he didn't notice it.
"Pick it up, pick it up..."
Stand up suddenly.
“How is this possible!”
Faced with everyone’s questions, Li Yian explained.
"Well, I bought a batch of ships..."
...
A moment later, the conference room fell into silence again, and everyone was speechless for a while.
Buying a boat comes with free arms...
Is there such a weird thing in the world?
This is simply ridiculous!
Looking at Li Yian, everyone had only one thought in their minds - this kid is so lucky!
"Mr. Li's luck is so good!"
As soon as Uncle Guo finished speaking, Wang Peiji, who was sitting in the back row, followed suit.
“This is also our China’s luck! Once this batch of arms is transported to the front line, it will definitely kill many Japanese!”
"Haha, that's right, that's right,"
The crowd burst into laughter. It seemed that at this moment, they had seen these weapons being transported into the country, and groups of Japanese soldiers died in the artillery fire. One scene.
Amidst the laughter of everyone, Uncle Guo asked.
"Mr. Li's donation of arms to support the Anti-Japanese War will be remembered by all the compatriots in the country. However, I wonder if Mr. Li has any requirements?"
This is the most important thing, although people say Donated, but as we all know, this is not tens of thousands of dollars in supplies, but tens of thousands of tons of military supplies!
This is the real topic.
This uncle is a sensible person.
"Well, I do have some requirements"
Li Yian said with a slight nod.
“These supplies will be sent to India by my ship. I hope that the supplies will be taken care of by my people before they arrive at home. This requires coordinating a collection point in India.”
"This is what should be done, and we will find a way to solve it."
"Also, material management requires a lot of manpower. I hope to hire a group of staff domestically, preferably retired personnel from the Indian Army. After all, , Arms, it can’t be done without someone to look after it.”
“Yes, it should be, I will arrange it. There are so many supplies, we can’t have less people to look after them. Eight hundred, how about eight hundred, if that’s not enough? , Just 1,000 people.”
Uncle Guo’s answer shocked Li Yian’s heart and raised the corner of his mouth.
Okay!
The person has arrived!
A reasonable and small request has been made, but the real conditions may not have been mentioned yet? Uncle Guo asked.
"I wonder what else Mr. Li wants?"
"I acquired a company in the UK, um, North Borneo Company,"
"North Borneo Company ?”
Contrary to everyone's confusion, Uncle Guo, who had a lot of contact with overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, certainly knew about this company and was surprised.
“You bought North Borneo!”
At this time, Uncle Guo’s expression and words were full of surprise. If others don't know, how could he not know what kind of company the North Borneo Company is? What kind of company is it? It's clearly a country!
“That’s right.”
Li Yian nodded and said,
"This company signed an immigration agreement with China before World War I to develop North Borneo. As for me, I hope that the country will continue to recognize the validity of the agreement and allow the company to recruit Chinese workers from all over China to develop Borneo."
(End of this chapter)