Chapter 158 The Gift of Sandoku (Third update, please subscribe)
Life!
Sometimes it is so wonderful. Originally, Li Yi'an came to Italy for the warships here, but he never thought that the Italians would deliver the warships to their doorstep.
Even so cheap!
$1!
Are Italians losing money?
There is no loss at all. Those warships will be handed over to the allies in the form of war compensation after the war. War compensation is a very magical thing. Although warships can offset war compensation, when calculating the price , not much more expensive than scrap iron. Just like the warships compensated by Germany after World War I, they were actually converted according to the price of steel.
If Italy can dispose of some warships while it still has a certain degree of autonomy, that is, when the allies have not completely regarded it as a defeated country, it can get at least tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of dollars. Cash is definitely a very good deal for the Italian government.
As for buyers, there is no need to worry at all. Countries like Argentina, Brazil, and even Spain all made a lot of money during World War II. As long as Italy is willing to sell warships, someone will definitely take over.
The only problem is that Italy wants to sell. But they were afraid of being blocked by the Allies. That's why they need to throw stones and ask.
Ordinary countries will definitely not do it, and those allies will definitely not buy it.
So they searched around and finally found Li Yi'an, who had a very special identity. A magical deal was concluded. On December 29, 1944, after paying one dollar in cash, Li Nian's North Borneo Guard obtained six destroyers.
Actually, to be precise, the total is $500,010.
How come there is an extra $500,000?
Because the US$500,000 did not buy a surface warship, but four submarines!
Submarines themselves were not within the scope of the transaction between the two parties, but after learning that there were several submarines in the port, Li Yian went directly to buy the four submarines with the best conditions.
The two sides reached an agreement after simple negotiations. Of course, the four submarines could not be given away for free. Therefore, Li Yian spent a huge sum of US$500,000 for this purpose.
Almost overnight, the North Borneo Guard became the second strongest navy in Asia. Well, after they are disarmed in their small days, they may even become the strongest navy in Asia.
It’s a bit exciting just thinking about it!
But thinking about another world, after Indonesia became independent, the Russians directly gave 47 warships, including even a 10,000-ton cruiser and ten submarines. Suddenly, those Italian warships also It doesn't smell good anymore.
"Hey, I have to say, if you can kowtow and recognize your father, you will get damn benefits!"
However, he soon felt relieved. Although his bones were a bit harder, he would not grovel. We have to go and recognize our father, but as long as we have sheep to harvest wool from, it’s no big deal.
Although the Italian sheep is quite fat, Li Yian is a moral person and will not harvest the wool of a single sheep. After all, it is almost bald.
After signing the contract and hiring former Italian navy personnel to sail the warship to Tunisia, although he was eager to return home, Li Yian did not return to New York immediately, but took a plane to Switzerland.
When I met Berlin in Switzerland, this guy looked at him with resentful eyes and said.
"If it weren't for you, maybe the Führer's "Defend the Rhine" plan might be successful."
"Defend the Rhine" is the code name for the Ardennes Counterattack. It is a battle plan formulated by Hitler himself, as crazy as ever , It is a pity that Germany at this time can no longer provide sufficient resources for his madness, whether it is manpower or material resources, even if it can barely cobble together more than 200,000 troops, so what? When the gas runs out, the plan will naturally fail.
“Do you still have oil?”
One sentence turned Berlin into a mute, lost the Romanian oil fields and the synthetic fuel factory was destroyed by the Allies. Now Germany has no Oily.
I ran out of gas, so I had to fart!
"So, we no longer need tungsten sand."
"I know."
Li Yi'an, who seemed calm, felt full of regret in his heart.
Isn’t it a pity? You can make money by buying and selling!
In the previous transactions, I almost made two small targets from the Germans, both of which were directly given in gold!
Who doesn’t like yellow gold?
"So?"
"Berlin informed me that if...it's convenient for you, we will launch the "Safe Harbor Plan" in the next few months."
Berlin glanced at Li Yian, he took out a file bag from his briefcase and said.
“This is what is needed!”
What I want!
Looking at the file, Li Yian could feel his breathing becoming a little faster, because he knew the weight of this file very well.
"This list was compiled by Osenberg, the head of the Research Committee, and contains the lists and home addresses of all top scientists and engineers in Germany. The list includes 11,097 scientific and technological talents, of which 7,645 are top engineers. ..."
What!
Li Yian opened his eyes in shock. Isn't there only more than 1,600 people in the famous "Oxenberg List"?
Why are there tens of thousands of people?
By the way, that list seems to have been picked up from the toilet by the US military, and maybe part of it was flushed down the toilet. So the Americans only found more than 1,000 scientists.
In addition to the United States, Russia has also launched its own plan to recruit German scientists, code-named "Operation Osawagen." Soviet Russia "recruited" more than 2,000 German scientists and technicians overnight. Its Ministry of Internal Affairs, later known as the KGB, even directly bypassed the local Soviet occupation military government and directly used nearly a hundred trains to transport them. There are approximately ten thousand of these German experts and their families. In addition, a considerable number of German scientific researchers have fled to Spain, Argentina and even Egypt to continue their scientific research activities. Some German experts were assassinated by Israeli intelligence agencies because they helped Egypt develop missiles and aircraft.
Now, the list of these German scientists who were robbed by the United States and the Soviet Union after the war and fled around the world to evade responsibility is in this thick file!
With this file, Li Yian can completely take those people away before the United States and the Soviet Union take action.
Yes, just like the KGB did, they came directly to the door and took away the experts and their families. It was simple, rude and direct.
This is more than 10,000 scientists and top engineers! It can almost be said that it is the top intellectual resource in the entire German scientific industry.
For the first time, Li Yian felt a little overwhelmed.
No way, this piece of fat is too big, you may not be able to eat it in one bite!
If Li Yi'an was most worried about before this, where would Borneo's industrial construction technical experts and talents come from in the future? So now there is only one problem left for him to worry about - how to arrange such a large number of German technical experts.
With so many people, how many companies are needed to arrange them?
If there are not enough enterprises, it is really possible to waste talents. If these talents are separated from work for a long time, their knowledge structure is likely to become aging and out of touch with the development of the times.
Too many people can be a bit of a headache.
“As we agreed, we only provide the list. It is your business as to how to contact and find them.”
"I know!"
Li Yian nodded. In the future, the search team will do this in Germany. With the big flag of the Allied Forces Command draped around them, the search team can easily take these people away, and they can even use coercive means to force those scientists and technicians to leave. Germany.
"In addition..."
Berlin took out another list and said.
“We have about 10,000 people who need to evacuate, and you need to arrange this.”
Who are these 10,000 people?
They must be real Nazis. They may be the backbone of the Imperial Security Bureau, the leader of the SS, or they may be war criminals.
However, Li Yian didn't care at all.
Nazis...
As soon as World War II ended, they became a lost cause. Do you want to revive?
What about dreaming?
"No problem! They can evacuate to Tunisia first, and then take a boat to Borneo from there."
Li Yian said while agreeing immediately.
"Berlin, I have another suggestion..."
Staring at Berlin, a sincere smile appeared on Li Yian's face.
"I know you have some spies hiding overseas, and I hope to take over them!"
They... are the future Hydra!
“What?”
Berlin said in surprise.
"Overseas intelligence agents? Why are you looking for them... After the war is over, they will definitely abscond."
Obviously Berlin did not realize the value of those people, while Li Yian said with a smile.
"Why abscond? My Borneo will provide shelter to them and their families, they just have to continue doing their old jobs!"
"Old jobs! ”
Berlin’s eyes were looking at Li Yian’s body, as if he didn’t understand why he did this.
“Do you want to take over the Third Reich’s overseas intelligence network?”
When he said these words, Berlin looked at Li Yi'an with a strange look. Sometimes he really couldn't understand this person. After all, at this time, many people were not willing to have anything to do with the Third Reich. relationship.
But the guy in front of me not only conducts some secret transactions with the Third Reich, but also wants to take over the empire's overseas intelligence system.
What does he want to do?
Aren’t you afraid that one day something will happen and someone will expose all this?
“That’s right!”
Li Yian raised the corners of his mouth sixty degrees and said.
“This is a precious asset, why waste it?”
“Many people are avoiding dealing with us now. They are worried about the impact of the war, but you are not worried about being affected by it. "Is it affected?"
Li Yian laughed out loud at Berlin's words.
“Only the weak worry about the accusations of others. For the strong, the accusations of others are just a joke!”
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