Rise from the sword

Chapter 475 Yoshio Shinozuka: Even if it is poison, we can only swallow it.

"Train 500 crews of pilots, [-] crews of support staff, plus $[-] million."

Looking at the other party's list of quotations, the lieutenant colonel American officer fell into deep thought.

This price tag is really not low.

No, it's just a lion opening its mouth.

For $500 million, the monthly salary of a basic army soldier is $50, and the basic monthly salary of a fighter pilot is only $150. Intuitively speaking, it is equal to [-] tons of gold.

Of course, the actual price is definitely not this amount if the price starts at the ground and the money is paid back.

Then there are 90 groups of pilots, with a total of 300 people, and [-] groups of logistics personnel, with a total of [-] people.

The logistics staff can say, just throw it in the maintenance department.

But ninety fighter pilot training isn't cheap either.

Pilot training takes a long time and is divided into three steps, general aviation subject training, primary flight school training, the next step is C-level flight school training, and finally [-] hours of instrument flying.

The whole journey takes about nine months to one year, and the flight time is [-] hours. The average cost per person is between US$[-] and US$[-].

In other words, the other side of this technology is asking for almost 3000 million US dollars.

"How long will it take us to research this technology? How much research funding will we need?"

The lieutenant colonel's eyes flashed, and he looked at the other major.

Although the United States has money, and it is a time of war, there are even more bills. 3000 million US dollars is really not much. The other party also said that it can be deducted with mechanical equipment or materials. Excluding profits, it is actually lower.

Compared with the tens of billions of concession bills, it is really not much.

But exchanging tens of catties of paper materials for 3000 million US dollars always feels like a blood loss, like being slaughtered like a pig.

"It's hard to estimate exactly."

The major understands technology and has also participated in the management of military research projects. He spread his hands:
"I've read a bit. The manufacturing technology of this shell is very low. The difficulty lies in the theory. This is a completely new theory of fluid mechanics. We don't even know the basics at the moment."

"and."

Then, the major said in an excited tone:
"This is a completely new military technology system with great potential for follow-up development."

Hearing this, the lieutenant colonel's mouth twitched.

Well, it's a complete seller's market, a monopoly, and it is estimated that the follow-up bargaining will not be too smooth.

"Send it to the country."

The lieutenant colonel sighed.

There is no need to increase the volume of the medicine chamber, no need to lengthen the barrel, and only a small improvement to the shell can increase the range of the cannon by [-] to [-] to [-]%. It is needless to say that the technical importance is so important.

Not to mention the beginning of a new military technology system.

"strangeness."

The major was very puzzled:

"There are detailed experimental data in these technical documents, where did they get them?"

The other lieutenant colonel hadn't responded yet, the door was opened, and an American in his 40s walked in. This person was not wearing military uniforms, but was wearing civilian clothes, with eyes, and he was obviously not a soldier.

"How is it, Dr. Aiken?"

The lieutenant colonel asked directly.

Their main purpose this time is to investigate a kind of animal power here, what is called a big mule, and the range-extending bullet is just an accident.This doctor of animal husbandry who has cooperated with the military is the main person in charge.

"It's much better than what's said in the information."

Dr. Aiken with eyes full of horror:
"I suggest that you immediately order large quantities of equipment for the mountain division."

The major and lieutenant colonel officers in the room were shocked at the same time.

Before coming here, this Dr. Aiken swore that the information was false and completely impossible. He also had the same attitude before leaving the house in the morning. Has this changed in this day?

Don't even test in small batches, ask for direct high-volume equipment?

Seeing the attitudes of the two officers, Dr. Aiken emphasized:

"In the last war, if the Germans were equipped with such big mules in large quantities, then Europe would already be theirs."

"Walter?"

"Walter!"

The two were startled at the same time.

Dr. Aiken was also a mid-level officer in the army during the last war, and he retired after the war. Such words came out of his mouth, which made the two of them feel incredible.

After Dr. Aiken explained the reason, the two officers also wrote the words in the telegram, and after several transfers, they sent it back to the mainland of the United States.

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the other side.

In the back office room.

"Is it okay for us to ask for such a high price?"

Zhang Wanhe asked Zhao Gang, his tone was a little nervous.

Originally, Minister Zhang meant that after the pilot training, another 800 million US dollars would be enough, and even his bottom shelf was 500 million US dollars. Who would have thought that Zhao Gang would increase the amount by more than three times as soon as he came. Of course, the low price Also improved a lot.

As soon as the price tag of 500 million U.S. dollars was announced, Zhang Wanhe instantly felt his back and scalp start to go numb.

"no problem."

Zhao Gang's tone was relaxed, even a little pity.

He has read some information on extended-range bombs. The most important thing in it is not the manufacturing technical information, but the corresponding technical principles, fluid mechanics, shell fluid mechanics, and so on.

According to what is said in it, a Bofors 75 shell, with the maximum charge, the actual range is only 30.00%, and there is still a lot of potential to be tapped.

If it wasn't for the fact that his right to speak was too low, he could still ask for a higher price.

"How is the preparation of the pilot seedling?"

Zhao Gang continued to ask.

During the tank business, Boss Chen made it clear that the aircraft was coming soon, and he would directly provide two types of fighter jets and attack aircraft comparable to the world's top, so he contacted his superiors early in the morning to prepare flight talents and find opportunities to train pilots.

"It's all ready."

"Ninety pilots and three hundred logistics personnel are all good seedlings with a good education background. Most of them are college students, and the rest also have a foundation in English. They are all from the training class of the Anti-Japanese University."

Zhang Wanhe replied with a smile.

The army is getting stronger and stronger, and more and more battles have been fought, especially the rescue of the victims, which has greatly added to the reputation. Nowadays, more and more educated and cultural youths are defecting to the base area, so they can come up with such a one-off. What a talent.

"it is good."

Zhao Gang's eyes lit up.

"I will build a shell fuze factory first."

Zhao Gang continued:

"You can start preparing to organize the production line of 120 mortar shells, and the production capacity of the rest of the mortar shells can also be expanded."

"Really?"

"Great."

Zhang Wanhe's eyes lit up.

On the arsenal side, with the technical guidance from Zhao Jiayu, several soil blast furnaces here have been improved many times, coupled with the detailed mineral production points on the 'map', the daily output of cast iron has now stabilized at more than 200 tons, and cast iron is not good for guns, but There is absolutely nothing wrong with making mortar shells.

The explosives have also been resolved, and the independent regiment can transport more than ten tons of explosives every day.

But the biggest trouble is the fuze. The production of the cannonball fuze is very troublesome. He can only produce it in a very small batch, and the quality is unstable, which has caused the production of cannonballs to keep falling.

As long as the fuze problem is solved, the self-produced shells can be increased tenfold.

the next day.

On the other side of the American team.

Telegram quickly responded back:
The big mule will continue to follow the original plan, and send [-] horses to the Italian battlefield for testing. As for the extended-range bombs, a decision will be made after detailed information has been studied and discussed in China.

Looking at the domestic telegram, the corners of Dr. Aiken's mouth twitched.

Such a high-quality, unbelievable big mule gave away three hundred horses for free. He felt that this group of guys nicknamed Tubalu definitely had a conspiracy.

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A week later.

Taiyuan.

Inside the First Army Headquarters.

Shinozuka Yoshio returned to his throne again and let out a long sigh of relief.

Although he was reluctant in every possible way before, when he actually sat in this position and held tens of thousands of troops in his hands, the reluctance in his heart disappeared immediately, and he was even glad that he did not firmly refuse before.

Lieutenant general is just a military rank, what is really important is that he holds the army and has real power.

"How about the airport loss?"

Yoshio Shinozuka asked the staff officer who entered the door.

The staff officer who came in was an old staff officer, and his position was not low. Seeing Yoshio Shinozuka, he couldn't help showing a smile on his face—out of so many generals he had come into contact with, only Yoshio Shinozuka rarely slapped a staff officer.

"Flight Captain Yu Sui, twelve hangars and warehouses collapsed, all aircraft were damaged, only three reconnaissance planes survived, five pilots Yu Sui, and the remaining five people, there is no fuel at present."

The staff officer lowered his head and replied.

"According to the previous order, let the airport defense brigade go to Pan County."

Shinozuka Yoshio waved his hand.

It was Gibbon's order to mobilize the airport garrison team to Pan County, but since Gibbon was dead, he didn't bother to change his previous order.And this order is not bad, anyway, the airport has been abolished.

Shinozuka Yoshio knew very well that in order to deal with the national government and the American air force, and for the No. [-] combat plan, it was impossible for him to get planes and fuel supplies.

'Hi. '

After the staff officer left, Shinozuka Yoshio picked up the phone:

"Get me General Yamamoto of Ping'an County."

Kazuki Yamamoto's voice quickly came from the other side of the phone:

"General."

Yamamoto's voice was full of surprise.

Although Yoshimoto is really good to Yamamoto, in Yamamoto's heart, Shinozuka Yoshio is the best boss and the most suitable imperial general to deal with Li Yunlong.Is his eternal boss.

"Yamamoto-kun."

Shinozuka Yoshio's tone was also joyful:

"Next, a large amount of reinforced concrete will be transported from the northeast, all of which will be given to you."

After researching the recent independent group intelligence, Shinozuka Yoshio always felt that something was wrong. Li Yunlong definitely saw the arrangement in Ping'an County. Li Yunlong should also be able to guess Yamamoto's plan, let alone who else is Chen Fan Provide intelligence.

Li Yunlong must be ready to deal with it.

There is a high probability that Yamamoto's interspersed offensive plan will be difficult to do his best.

Those four strongholds probably couldn't stop Li Yunlong's attack, and Li Yunlong would definitely attack Ping'an County in the end.

But the reinforcements that General Okamura had promised him hadn't come yet, and he couldn't spare many reinforcements to support him now. Fortunately, there was a batch of reinforced concrete from the northeast for him, and Yoshio Shinozuka gave them all to Yamamoto.

"Thank you, General."

Kazuki Yamamoto's tone improved significantly.

"We must focus on strengthening the defense of the county, so that key fortifications can be immune to 150 heavy artillery."

Yoshio Shinozuka raised his tone:
"We must keep Li Yunlong and his army out of the Zhengtai Railway."

As long as Ping'an County is in the hands of the imperial army, Li Yunlong and his independent regiment will not be able to threaten the Zhengtai Railway, the lifeline of the First Army, on a large scale.

"Hi."

Yamamoto bowed his head.

Kazuki Yamamoto and Shinji Kosa, who had been fighting with Li Yunlong for a long time, knew what Yoshio Shinozuka was thinking, but at that time the two really couldn't think about it.

"General, I have one more thing."

Finally, Kazuki Yamamoto reported the recently collected materials:

"In the past ten days, military-administered Ping'an County, Pan County, Yu County and other counties surrounding the Zhengtai Railway have received a total of [-] tons of sugar, [-] tons of various fine grains, and [-] tons of various coarse grains. Look... ·”

"so much?"

Shinozuka Yoshio was startled, his face was solemn.

A long time ago, he knew that these materials were released by Li Yunlong on purpose, but he couldn't figure out the reason, but now there are more and more materials. In just ten days, he collected nearly [-] tons of materials.

Seven thousand tons a day.

This was only collected by the imperial army.

Obviously, the materials flowing out from the independent regiment were definitely promoted by Li Yunlong on his own initiative.

What is he trying to do?
It seems that Li Yunlong deliberately gave food to the imperial army so that they would not reduce their troops due to insufficient food.Shaking his head, Yoshio Shinozuka shook off this outrageous thought.

"Li Yunlong occupied Heyuan County, and there are more channels for the outflow of materials."

Yamamoto's explanation confirmed Shinozuka Yoshio's speculation:
"And its base has a completely laissez-faire attitude towards caravans. Any material can come in and out at will, and even turn a blind eye to imperial merchants."

"Ah."

After a long time, Yoshio Shinozuka said:
"Increase collection efforts."

They knew it was a conspiracy, a trick, and poison, but what could they do?
What can the First Army do?
Offensive?In the mountainous area of ​​northwestern Shanxi where Li Yunlong was located, there was a large group of deep fortifications, with more than a hundred mountain cannons. With the current strength of the First Army, even if all of them were dispatched, they would not be able to defeat them.

Retreat is also impossible.

Therefore, knowing that it was poison, I could only bite my teeth and swallow it.And he will swallow as much as the other party releases.

"Hi."

Yamamoto bowed his head.

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"Hahaha···"

At the same time, Li Yunlong looked at the news from the insiders lurking in the counties, and smiled happily:
"The speed at which the little devil mobilizes recruits has accelerated."

"It seems that our strategy of increasing material output is correct."

Zhao Gang also said with a smile.

The more devils there are outside, the more the independent regiment will gain in the future.

It's not just a devil's one-ton tank quota, one hundred tons of grain, twenty tons of fuel oil, and eleven tons of reinforced concrete. When it reaches [-], there is a large hospital and medicines.

And after reaching [-], there are still good things, although the details are not written, but the price must not be low.

As for whether the independent group can eat it.

There is nothing wrong with this.

Ping'an County, Pan County, Yu County and Niangziguan Railway Station are surrounded by plains. Tank troops and half-track armored vehicles can gallop freely. When the time comes, they will face a hundred tanks and hundreds of half-track armored vehicles. The devils gathered here... ···
According to Boss Chen's words - it is a mature leek.

"Speaking of..."

Li Yunlong took out another stack of documents:
"This time, Brother Chen gave me a lot of good things again."

Just now Li Yunlong contacted Chen Fan in exchange for tanks and tracked armored vehicles, and got a lot of good things for free.

Zhao Gang looked over and frowned when he saw the information on the first page:
"The route of the transport ship Awa Maru..."

　Sorry, Calvin.

　　Avoiding minefields is really troublesome.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)