Rise from the sword

Chapter 748 The price!

It's like a five-flavored bottle that was suddenly overturned.

Mixed feelings!

At this moment, looking at the seven cutting-edge warships with the latest technology from the United States moored in front of him, Wedemeyer, who has stayed in this ancient country for several years, thought of this sentence.

The United States is mired in war in the west, but it is rising here.

"General Chu, can I go up and have a look?"

When he saw these warships and the sailors on them, Wedemeyer knew that the division plan concocted by the American Congressmen must have failed.

If it continues, it can only be the ending of the meat bun beating the dog.

The money was spent, and then nothing happened. [-] million U.S. dollars is not a lot for the United States, and an Iowa-class battleship is only [-] million U.S. dollars.

"of course can."

Chu Yunfei replied with a smile.

If it is Li Yunlong and his warships, they must not be shown to the Americans until they are ready.

But the seven warships he got in front of him can't be said to be exactly the same as the technical indicators of the warships made by the Americans, but they can be said to be exactly the same.

The improvement of a small amount of artillery and power is not obvious from the appearance alone, and the improvement is not large. The main gun has been reduced by tens of tons, the life of the barrel has been increased by half, and the power has been increased by more than 1000 horsepower.

In fact, the core function of these warships is to train new sailors, and to deal with the Austrian navy, as well as the devils who bully the subcontinent. Let Wedemeyer take a look and see that there is no problem.

"Thank you."

Wedemeyer couldn't wait to board an Iowa-class battleship.

The two walked from the deck all the way to the power cabin on the bottom floor. During this period, Weidemei was always in a state of silence.

As a member of the military, Wedemeyer had been to the interior of the Iowa class. Compared with what he saw before him, he found that it was really exactly the same as the one built in the United States, and in terms of craftsmanship, it went beyond.

"Your Army..."'

Looking at Chu Yunfei who was still smiling, Wei Demai moved his mouth, and after a sudden sigh, he suddenly praised:

"The development momentum is very good."

He actually wanted to ask where these seven American warships came from and where they were produced.

Although the various technologies on battleships, aircraft carriers, and heavy cruisers are not comparable to the Manhattan Project, which is a level of secrecy that he doesn't even know about, they are also absolute national military secrets in the United States.

But finally held back.

Even if you ask, it's just asking for trouble, and there will be no results.

"Haha, the general has won the prize."

Chu Yunfei waved his hand modestly:
"We are still far behind, whether in terms of scale or combat experience, we are still far behind the US Navy."

The corner of Weidemei's mouth twitched, but he didn't answer.

The current situation of the American Navy is still there, and its scale is still the largest in the world. New warships are launched one after another, which is much better than that of the British Empire. After all, the bombing lasted for a year, and the British warships also lost a lot.

But after the Pacific naval battle, battleships and propeller aircraft carriers are already outdated.

No matter how large the scale is, it is just a target.

As soon as Weidemei stepped off the Iowa-class battleship, a staff officer rushed over in a panic, pulled Weidemei aside, and said anxiously:

"General, the mainland has been bombed again."

Although Wedemeyer had been a marginal person for a long time, the recent incidents have raised his status a lot, and the latest news in the United States has been passed on to him in time.

"what?"

Wedemeyer was shocked:
"This bunch of trash."

At the moment when all the secrets of the Manhattan Project were leaked, he knew that the Germans would inevitably bomb again.

Even he can think that the air defense has not been strengthened in the country?

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at the same time.

On the west coast of the United States, over several important factories.

"Fake."

In the cockpit of a newly commissioned jet fighter, the commander looked at a bomber whose engine was burning in the distance but was still flying normally, and subconsciously pulled the trigger, but there was no trace of tracer on the nose.

He's out of ammo.

Suddenly, the flight captain cursed.

"Captain, I'm out of bullets."

The teammates on the side also shouted.

"We're out of bullets!"

The voice in the channel is gone.

"Fack, these bloody bureaucrats."

The captain breathed out again.

At the beginning, even though the front line repeatedly responded to insufficient firepower, due to multiple reasons such as suppliers, the newly commissioned jet fighters were equipped with six 12.7mm heavy machine guns.

This kind of firepower is enough to deal with fighter jets, but it is itching for huge bombers.

Subsequent batches finally had to urgently increase firepower.

However, due to structural problems, the jet fighters produced in the first few batches could not be modified to increase their firepower, and they were not needed at the front line, so they were thrown to the domestic air defense department.

At this time, the captain was driving a fighter jet equipped with only six heavy machine guns.

So did his wingman.

So do teammates.

Although this six-engine bomber has powerful self-defense firepower, the target is huge, and only seventeen bombers cannot form a firepower network, but insufficient firepower is a big problem.

He and his wingman aimed at a bomber on the edge for repeated attacks, repeatedly breaking into the attack range and shooting.

However, after launching several attacks and running out of bullets, only one engine of the bomber was ignited, and the bomber did not seem to be affected in any way, still rushing towards the distant factory at high speed.

"Why isn't support coming?"

Flying the plane and following the bomber, he couldn't help yelling again.

Because of the departure of the Pacific Fleet, there was no longer any threat to the west coast. Most of the jet squadrons that were originally prepared for attacks on the shore were transferred to the European front line to cooperate with the attack on the German Ziegfeller line of defense, defend the British mainland, and the front-line bases.

After all, jet fighters have only been in service for a few months. No matter how strong the industrial capabilities of the United States are, the initial production speed of a brand new aircraft is relatively slow.

Plus front losses.

completely unable to meet the needs of the troops.

For the very 'safe' West Coast major factory areas, each factory only left a squadron of first-generation jet fighters and some propeller fighters as symbolic air defense.

But that's all.

understand.

What annoyed the captain the most was.

The east coast was bombed eight hours ago, and it was known that about a hundred German bombers were flying towards the east coast, but so far, they have not had any support from their side.

"And anti-aircraft guns, hopefully they'll be shot down."

The wingman on the side reminded.

While fighter units were withdrawn, anti-aircraft artillery was reinforced.

"Fortunately there are anti-aircraft guns."

The captain breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it is unclear what the factory they are defending produces, it is an airport with a very high level of secrecy. Not only them, but almost all the workers and engineers do not know what they are producing. It is military direct shipping.

Therefore, ground air defense firepower has been strengthened.

Even if the bomber cannot be shot down, it is estimated that it can interfere with the bombing.

and.

Around the factory, there are also many camouflage facilities deployed, and there are even fake factory targets, unless...

As soon as he thought of this, he saw the location of the factory in his field of vision, where it was originally dark, a little fire suddenly appeared, and then the fire continued to burn and quickly brightened.

"Incendiary bombs!"

"There are spies!"

For a moment, the squadron leader's scalp tingled.

Then, he also saw that the dozens of bombers did not drop bombs, but completely ignored the firepower of the anti-aircraft guns, and directly headed towards the factory location. can't stop,
boom····

Sixteen huge fireballs erupted on the ground, almost illuminating the entire area.

Correspondingly, there was an American pilot with a pale face on the plane.

"Are they crazy?"

These American soldiers were very puzzled.

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America, White House.

"what?"

Old Du also had the same tone and expression.

appalled.

incredible.

"what happened?"

"what happened?"

"Why are factories on the West Coast being bombed? And with so much damage,"

"and also."

"Why can they bomb so accurately? Didn't they all take covert measures?"

Lao Du threw a series of questions at the head of the Homeland Air Defense Department who just came in.

Although it was an exasperated blame, Lao Du's doubts were justified.

Those factories on the west coast have completely surpassed the bombing range of the Germans. Also, although he has not inspected it, he has seen photos. The hidden measures of those factories are in place. Town, there are fake factories around to confuse the view, and these factories are all in production.

"The enemy bombers never thought of going back."

The person in charge of homeland air defense, which was established only last year, bowed his head and said:
"Especially those bombers that bombed the factories on the west coast, they all hit the factory area directly, so the damage caused was very large."

"In addition, there are spies inside many confidential factories. They provided the location during the bombing, so the German bombers could accurately find the location of the factory."

"spy!"

Lao Du immediately slapped the table.

Co-authored, not only the other side, but even German spies are all over the United States.

"Quickly calculate the loss report, and immediately start repairs to resume production as quickly as possible."

Old Du took a deep breath, issued a series of orders, and then he said to the secretary:

"Go get McCarthy over here."

"And Congress... also called over."

The espionage problem must be solved.

It must be done immediately, even at a price.

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"It's troublesome."

In the subcontinent, Yamamoto, who hadn't shown his face for a long time, had a dignified expression when he appeared.

"what happened?"

Gangcun asked.

Recently, Chu Yunfei suddenly slowed down his attacking pace, and even temporarily stopped attacking, but instead got entangled with Ao, sending troops to Ao one by one, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Today, less than half of the troops under their command are short of weapons and ammunition. The industries here can only provide light weapons.

This should be a good thing for them.

"It's an American."

Yamamoto took out a newspaper and handed it to Gangcun:

"It has been confirmed that the American fleet was really wiped out by them."

"how can that be!"

After taking the newspaper and reading it, Gangcun suddenly stood up, his complexion changed drastically.

He had read that newspaper a long time ago. Gangcun didn't believe it at first and sent people to investigate, but as more news came, especially the appearance of those captured American sailors, he had no choice but to believe it.

They are all counting on the Americans.

If the Americans do not accept their surrender, then their 10,000+ locust army in the subcontinent will have to wait to die.

"and."

Yamamoto continued:

"According to the informant, Chu Yunfei seems to be equipped with two giant battleships with a displacement of [-] tons, a large aircraft carrier, two battleships with a displacement of [-] tons, and two destroyers."

As the last heavy cruiser in the world, the Des Moines class has reached the level of a battleship in terms of displacement and armament.

"so much!"

Gangcun's pupils shrank.

The Austrian Navy is just a bunch of chickens and dogs, a few outdated heavy cruisers, and the entire aviation unit was killed. Chu Yunfei equipped so many fleets, it is definitely not for the Austrian Navy.

Then.

Are you planning to land directly on the subcontinent?

This is much easier than fighting from land.

There are many ports in the subcontinent, and there are huge places where they can land. With the 10,000+ locust army lacking heavy weapons, it is absolutely impossible to stop them.

"And they also found a group of prisoners from the United Fleet."

Yamamoto sighed.

It has to be said that Old Devil Yamamoto is very good at intelligence.

"It's a real problem."

Gangcun rubbed his forehead.

He just wanted to say that battleships are not so easy to master. Although there are many naval talents in Chu Yunfei's group, they were only piloting old battleships from the last century, which were completely different from cutting-edge battleships.

Even if someone teaches you, there are technicians to guide you, and you don't have to train hard for half a year, don't even think about mastering it proficiently.

But if you add the grassroots technicians of the United Fleet to start and use it, there will be no problem at all.

After the destruction of the United Fleet, a large number of naval warriors were captured. Among these people, there were not many war criminals who were determined to be executed. Command and key positions, these sailors have no chance of resisting at all.

At most half a month, a few battleships and destroyers can be pulled into the ocean and sail. It is impossible for the navies to fight, but bombarding the port, dealing with the army, and pretending to be a deterrent is no problem at all.

This also means.

They have less time.

"and also."

Yamamoto continued:

"They also increased the bounty, with an average increase of 20.00%."

"I am now worth 120 tons of gold, even if it is a human head, it is worth [-] tons."

"20.00%."

The corner of Gangcun's mouth twitched.

Because of these bounties, and because the other side pays directly in gold, and never breaks its promise, after calculation, nearly a thousand tons of gold have been exchanged. Today, the mainland of the Great Japanese Empire has a large number of armed personnel from various countries entering, and more and more .

Bandits in the territory of the Republic of China, criminals from various countries, and veterans all poured in in groups.

The grand occasion of the gold rush in Alaska was now being staged in the mainland of the Great Japanese Empire, and it was even crazier.

After this price increase, the sum of all the 'war criminals' on the wanted warrant exceeds [-] tons.

Recently, the locust army in the subcontinent has also been attacked a lot.

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"what?"

At the same time, Prime Minister Austria's eyes widened as he looked at the newspaper in his hand:
"Wanted reward for me? Return three tons of gold!"

"Correct."

The secretary lowered his head and said:
"They said you committed a crime against humanity because you had the Miners Immigration Act, restricted immigration, excluded and treated people across the river differently, and caused thousands of deaths."

Those who can act as the prime minister are all Austrian figures, MPs and so on. The current Austrian prime minister was once a regional councilor in the north.

"Anti-Humanity?!"

Prime Minister Austria cursed:
"Those monkeys are people too?"

The secretary lowered his head and said nothing.

He is not wanted, and he doesn't want to be wanted, he dare not say that.

"so much?"

While cursing, the Prime Minister looked at the newspaper, and he found that there were not many people on the list, at least a few hundred.

"All the mine owners who participated in the enactment of the restriction bill and some of the mine workers who abused the miners are wanted, a total of 570 seven people."

The secretary answered.

"Only want us?"

O suddenly noticed something.

Although there are many lists in newspapers, the whole world has done this. The Chinese Exclusion Act in the United States has only been revoked for a few years!
"Correct."

The secretary answered helplessly.

"Damn monkey."

Prime Minister Austria cursed again.

"One hundred kilograms of gold."

Seeing the lowest quotation from a mine, Prime Minister Austria's forehead faintly dripped with cold sweat.

In this world, there has never been a lack of people who want to die for money. Western cowboys and bounty hunters still exist today. One hundred kilograms of gold is more than 20 US dollars. Compared with the price, it is enough to drive most people crazy.

Let alone three tons.

With so much gold in hand, it is enough to live comfortably for a lifetime.

Moreover, the other side is really paying for gold, and nearly a thousand tons of gold have already flowed out of there.

For a moment, the way the prime minister looked at his secretary changed.

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The next day when the new arrest warrant for criminals against humanity was issued.

bang bang bang bang...
Accompanied by the crisp sound of railroad tracks, a double-decker passenger train pulled by the latest diesel engine stopped at Pingan County Railway Station, and a group of bearded men in military uniforms stepped down from the last carriage.

(End of this chapter)