Chapter 187 A gift from an old friend (fourth update, please subscribe)
If you can’t burn it from the sky, then burn it from the ground!
Originally, each battalion only had 27 flamethrowers, which would definitely not be pleasant enough to burn.
In order to have a good time burning, each battalion added 9 German-made flamethrowers. Although the performance is slightly inferior, it can still be used reluctantly for burning people.
It has to be said that compared to automatic weapons, sometimes flamethrowers are more effective in the rain forest. After all, flamethrowers do not need to aim, they only need to spray and splash in the general direction. The fire dragon will ignite everything along the way, turning the Japanese soldiers hidden in the vegetation directly into burning people.
On the battlefield, a soldier holding a flamethrower can exert an invincible momentum. Once the flames come into contact with any object, it will not be extinguished unless it is burned to ashes. In just a few days, the flamethrower became a happy gun in the hands of soldiers.
Roasting Japanese soldiers alive with flamethrowers was definitely a joy. After all, liking barbecue is a human instinct, an instinct that dates back to ancient times.
The battle continues, and Happy Gun is also happy in the rain forest.
It was at this time that a telegram suddenly came from the United States, making Li Yian even happier!
“What a favor!”
It took Li Yian almost half an hour to come to his senses after receiving the telegram. The telegram was sent by the Coordination Office in Washington. Although Li Yian left Washington a few months ago, he stayed there. A coordination office is used to coordinate with the United States on issues such as subsequent material deployment.
Truman, who has just taken over for less than half a month, has used his own way to repay Li Yi'an's years of efforts - providing US$400 million in supplies to the Borneo Guard Force from the Lend-Lease Act!
“What a big deal!”
Looking at the telegram, Zhao Yingyuan, the chief of staff of the security force, couldn’t help but sigh,
“Four hundred million dollars! Boss Li, When the Pacific War first broke out, the Americans were not so generous to us, but these 63 LST tank landing ships seem to be of little use to us..."
The US$400 million is a loan approved by Truman "to strengthen the combat capabilities of the Borneo Guard Force". The loan is provided by the Lend-Lease Act, and the 63 LST tank landing ships are part of it.
On the surface, it seems useless, but Li Yian knows that these landing ships are very useful!
“You don’t understand, Truman knows what I need!”
Li Yian said with a smile.
“Most of the ports in Borneo have been destroyed. With tank landing ships, troops can go ashore more easily. And after the war, shallow-draft tank landing ships can more easily enter the Yangtze River, Yellow River and coastal areas. Transport Immigration ”
63 second-hand LST tank landing ships - this is a gift from Truman and is part of the supplies that the United States requires the United Kingdom to return. After all, the U.S. military is going to land in Japan, so the United Kingdom needs to return the Lend-lease ships leased by the United States to ensure the Normandy landing. Landing ships and other vessels provided in the bill.
Now, these returned second-hand LST tank landing ships have been provided to him by Truman. Since they are second-hand, the price must be extremely low - each ship costs only one hundred thousand US dollars, which is almost the same as after the war. Great sale prices are comparable.
Xiao Duzi still knows how to return a favor!
Among the US$400 million in supplies, more than US$100 million are second-hand supplies with very low discounts, which is almost equivalent to getting US$1 billion in supplies for US$100 million.
However, this is not important.
After all, both sides know that price is not important, what is important is that the LST tank landing ship is suitable for transporting immigrants. Even though the LST tank landing ship has a standard displacement of only 1,653 tons and a full load of only 4,080 tons, its transportation volume as a tank landing ship is extremely astonishing. In the Korean Peninsula in another world, in order to escape the pursuit of the volunteers, in Xing During the Nanda evacuation, more than 14,000 Korean refugees boarded one of the LST tank landing ships and evacuated to Busan. It even set a Guinness World Record for the largest number of people evacuating a ship in a single time.
With these dozens of LSTs, apart from other things, it is still possible to transport two to three million immigrants a year. Korean refugees can squeeze in, and so can immigrants. A squeeze!
While sighing, Li Yian couldn't help but complain.
“However, these dozens of landing ships require a lot of people to operate. This Truman doesn’t understand my difficulties at all.”
The boss's complaints made Zhao Yingyuan, Sun Delin and others roll their eyes. Where can you find such a good thing? Why do you still dislike it?
"Boss, the pilot training must be done as early as possible. The B24 bomber is a bomber that can take off from Okinawa and bomb the Japanese mainland. ..."
Zhao Yingyuan reminded from the side .
"The Americans also provide us with B24. There is currently a brigade of personnel in China who are being trained in the United States. After their training is completed and the domestic counterattack goes smoothly, they can take off from Zhejiang and other places to bomb the Japanese mainland. , we can also bomb the Japanese mainland together."
Although he complained, Li Yian had to admit one thing-Truman knew his friends, he knew what he wanted, and the landing ship was for. After the war, immigrants were transported. As for the B24 bombers, they must have been to help him realize his dream of acquaintances all over Japan.
Bomb Japan!
Just being an American with a prosthetic hand is not enough. The most important thing is to participate. Otherwise, you will just be a bystander and have no sense of participation!
Although Truman provided B24 bombers, not B29 bombers. But it doesn't matter, it can only fulfill the wishes of acquaintances everywhere, let alone B24, even B17 is no problem.
Of course, the B24 is also second-hand, coming from the UK. There is no way, who makes second-hand aircraft cheap, the main purpose is to provide as much weapons and equipment as possible within limited funds.
With this batch of long-range bombers, not only can the wishes of acquaintances everywhere be realized, but after the war, Borneo will also have the largest strategic air force in Southeast Asia, which can basically guarantee one thing - bomb whoever it wants. Just blast anyone!
"Recruit personnel from the North African Aviation School, and send electricity to Zhu Yihai and ask him to try to recruit a group of personnel who are good at English. Well, college students from Wang Puppet's side will be no problem."
In fact, Li Yi'an This warning is completely redundant. After all, the conditions for recruiting "employees" at Zhu Yihai are very loose. No letters of introduction or introducers are required. All that is needed is a diploma from junior high school or above, even if you don't have a junior high school diploma. For a diploma, you can also pass the junior high school mathematics proficiency test. This test should not be too simple - if you can get half of the ten junior high school mathematics questions correct, you will be considered qualified.
As for if someone applies for a job with a diploma from Central University, regardless of the person who graduated after 27 years, the company will still recognize it. After all, the company is just an enterprise and all it needs is talent. As for the identity of the other party ...College students in occupied areas are not college students!
Because the recruitment conditions are relaxed and there are no political factors, the company's recruitment has always been smooth. After all, for most people, high salary is real, and other things are not important.
It is precisely because of this that when faced with the big gift package sent by an old friend, Li Yian was able to calmly deploy manpower. Dozens of landing ships and more than a hundred bombers, which may not seem like much, but In fact, at least several thousand captains, sailors, and ground crews are needed, and all of them must have an education level of junior high school or above.
Yes, we still need to open a school!
Otherwise, there won’t be enough manpower!
With this thought in mind, Li Yian lowered the educational level of his employees once again - primary school education is also acceptable. After all, there are currently 20 to 30 million primary school students in domestic schools!
Finally, looking at the list of aid supplies that was dozens of pages long, Li Yian couldn't help but sigh. "Hey, old friend, you are forcing me to become the hegemon in Southeast Asia... If I don't dominate Southeast Asia, how can I be worthy of such love from my old friend?"
(End of Chapter)