Rise from the sword

Chapter 750 Make a fortune!Get rich!
September NO.19.

"How's the loss?"

In the White House, Lao Du looked at Major General Groves with dark circles under his eyes.

After the German bombing ended, the Manhattan superintendent was busy tallying the damage and estimating how much the bombing would delay the Manhattan Project.

"It's a huge loss."

Groves smiled wryly:
"Casualties are not large, and the research data is complete, but almost all important factories have been bombed, and equipment losses have been serious."

After experiencing the bombing in September last year, Groves was ready to build air defense facilities, so the loss of personnel this time was very small, and the research technical data was also backed up, so it can be said that there was no loss.

But the loss of factory facilities was severe.

"How big?"

Old Du frowned.

"It is expected that the progress of the first live ammunition test will not be delayed."

Groves continued:

"However, the second test order and the follow-up production of live ammunition will be delayed for half a year to nine months, depending on the factory's repair progress."

With that said, Groves sighed.

The raw materials have just been prepared, and the factory is about to prepare for mass production. It is simply too uncomfortable to be bombed at this point.

"Close to the maximum possible speed up the progress."

There was a flash of light in Lao Du's eyes:
"If you have any difficulties, tell me directly."

The Manhattan Project is the last hope of the United States. It must serve the troops and go to war before the other side and the Germans. Otherwise, given the current economic situation in the United States and the international situation, I am afraid it will eventually collapse.

"Yes."

Groves nodded.

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McCarthy walked in just as Groves left.

"president."

McCarthy's tone was excited:
"Seventeen European spies have been picketed, and even two 'Eastern Front' spies lurking among Manhattan Project scientists!"

Recently, his 'large-scale' espionage investigation has caused dissatisfaction among many people. Many people proposed to remove him and replace him with someone else in charge of espionage investigation. Therefore, the more spies he investigates at this time, the more satisfied the President must be. His status will be better.

"Eastern Front?!"

Old Du Limang flashed.

Unexpectedly, someone over there has infiltrated the Manhadu Project, it's really a sieve!

"Correct."

McCarthy was even happier, but he controlled his expression:

"Moreover, some intelligence materials that were not sent back in time were also searched, all of which were classified information about the Manhattan Project."

"damn it."

Old Du slapped the table hard.

"Where are the spies on the other side?"

Old Du continued to ask.

"Many people are suspected, but no evidence has been found yet."

Opposite is the president, the president in wartime, who has the power to overwhelm the sky, and Lao Du dare not speak nonsense.

"No evidence?"

Old Du frowned.

Such a large-scale direct investigation even used congressional investigative powers that can break through judicial restrictions, and can unscrupulously collect evidence from the investigators, yet no evidence has been found yet.

"There are two possibilities."

McCarthy has long been prepared:
"One is that their evidence is hidden very deep, and I haven't found it yet."

"The other one is."

After a pause, McCarthy emphasized his tone:

"The size of the spy group is larger than we imagined, even beyond our imagination, so that there is no need to hide confidential information at all, but can openly pass it on to the other side."

Truman fell into deep thought.

After a long time, he said directly:
"Continue to investigate, continue to search for evidence."

"Yes."

McCarthy ducked his head, hiding his uncontrollable smile.

What he meant was to expand the scope of the investigation. Although the president did not agree, it was obvious that he had hesitated.

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"Mr President."

As soon as McCarthy walked out of the Oval Office, the chief secretary rushed in:
"There's something wrong with Zhili!"

"what is the problem?"

Truman looked up.

The other side is provoking Zhili, training officers here, providing financial assistance, trying to meddle in the back garden of the United States, creating chaos, he knows it, and he is very clear, but he is not worried about it at all.

The back gardens are all small countries with pitifully weak militaries. With hundreds of officers, a little aid of weapons and equipment, as well as funds, can indeed cause chaos.

But the other side obviously hasn't understood the situation in the back garden of the United States.

They want to use this small country as a starting point to build a powerful force and set the fire on fire.

But those poor small countries, not long after they came out of the colonies, lack of cohesion in the country, everyone has adapted to the mentality of a small country with few people, the economy is controlled by the United States, and the internal chaos is beyond imagination. A bit of an economic impact, and for a few dollars, you can change the people in power again.

Even the surrounding countries will take advantage of the fire to loot and seize territory during the chaos. Otherwise, how did Zhili's long and narrow land come into being?

Here, it is impossible for a strong country to emerge.

"A large number of military officers arrived in Zhili from abroad, and three giant ro-ro ships arrived at Zhili port, but the unloading time was at night, and the army blocked it. No one knew what was inside."

The secretary answered.

"Three giant roll-on-rollers!"

The officer didn't make Lao Du nervous, but the giant roll-on wheel made him frown.

The roll-on wheel was developed on the other side. I have to say that this thing is very good, especially for transporting tanks and heavy-duty trucks. It is extremely efficient, far exceeding the existing transportation system, and does not require port equipment like containers.

The United States has purchased several large roll-on-rollers. If the quotation from the other side is not too high, the transportation department actually wants to purchase dozens or hundreds of ships.

After researching, I found that the technology of this thing is not difficult, but it is a rare design idea. The United States can design and build large-scale, but the time is too late. Although the shipbuilding industry in the United States is developed, a new ship, from design and construction to putting into use, even if it is bought A complete design drawing will take at least two and a half years.

Liberty Wheel is because of the specialized modular design and the integration of domestic factories.

One giant roll-on-roller can transport 15 tons of supplies, and three ships are [-] tons, enough to transport three armored brigades.

Such a huge amount of material...

"Find out what these three transport ships are carrying!"

Truman narrowed his eyes:

"Then, send someone to Zhili to find a few people..."

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September NO.20.

Eastern line.

On the second position, [-] kilometers away from Moscow, the [-]th Armored Regiment and the second row of the [-]rd Infantry Company.

"damn it···"

A recruit took a bite of black bread, chewed it, and swallowed it hard. The hardness of his teeth was like sawdust mixed with sand, and he couldn't help cursing.

"Eat with water..."

The teammate on the side is much smarter, with a mouthful of bread, a mouthful of water, and occasionally a mouthful of potatoes, but the painful expression on his face is also obvious.

Anyone who eats sawdust-flavored black bread mixed with sand and boiled potatoes for half a year or more will have this expression, even if he is hungry, it is difficult to eat these things.

"Hey···"

The veteran platoon leader sighed.

With the big failure of the counter-offensive last year, the supply of troops is getting worse day by day. Up to now, even their armored troops can hardly have sufficient supplies. Other troops can't even have sufficient supplies of potatoes and black bread.

Of course, this also has something to do with them being infantry.

"Isn't there canned food?"

The recruit finally got rid of the black bread and started to eat potatoes. He held the rifle with smooth rifling in his arms and asked suspiciously.

The railway line from Central Asia transported a lot of canned meat, and he also saw that the tank crews ate it. Before the battle, several of them were often distributed to each tank.

He also thought that although it is impossible to have every day, it is okay to give one once in a while.

"Those were imported from abroad."

The veteran platoon leader sighed:

"very expensive."

Back then, when the Arctic Ocean route hadn't been cut off, and the Far East hadn't had an influx of Japanese, even though he was still a leading soldier at that time, even in the most difficult period of defeat, the supplies of the troops were still passable.

From the rear, although the food aid from abroad is not enough for the whole country, the troops are still relatively sufficient.

but now.

The Arctic Ocean was cut off by German planes, the Far East was cut off by the Japanese, the rear industrial area was bombed and destroyed by the Germans, and a large area of ​​land was lost. It was more serious than in previous years, and the supply of materials had serious problems.

This is not something that can be solved by a mere foreign trade channel.

Moreover, this channel also needs to transport tanks and other weapons and equipment.

"I don't know what the leader and the others are doing?"

The old platoon leader changed the subject.

The lack of supplies has seriously affected morale, and even their regiment has a serious shortage of tanks. Due to combat losses and other consumption, their regiment has only seven tanks.

Can't continue talking.

"It seems to be going to collect equipment and supplies?"

A squad leader recalled with some doubts.

At this time, the sound of engines and tracks sounded in the distance, and everyone looked at it. Ten minutes later, dozens of tanks and skilled tracked transport vehicles arrived at the position of the No.80 Seventh Armored Regiment.

"This is··"

The crowd suddenly widened their eyes.

They could tell at a glance that these tanks were all new tanks, with no signs of use. They were obviously tanks that had just come out of the factory, and they were imported from abroad.

It is an improved model.

Sherman's chassis, the German No. 76 turret, and the British 85-caliber tank gun are enough to penetrate the German No. [-] tank at a certain distance. With tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectiles, it is better than their own [-] guns.

In the armored regiment, they knew more.

"so much!"

Then everyone was amazed.

They are a newly formed armored regiment, and the tank team is all newbies with little experience. Logically, they are not qualified to be assigned such a good tank. At most, they will be given some light tanks, or old-fashioned T34s. What about this time?

And there are still more than 30 vehicles.

Not just full, but overstuffed.

"Come to pick up the food, as well as weapons and equipment."

Ignoring the surprised eyes of his subordinates, the head of the regiment began to direct a platoon leader to collect supplies.

When the platoon leader of the second platoon of the third infantry company came back with a squad of soldiers, they hugged, hugged, carried, and carried a lot of supplies back to the position.

"Canned meat."

"Canned vegetables."

"White bread."

Under the incredible eyes of the soldiers, everyone was assigned a canned meat, a canned vegetable, a large piece of white bread, and a small paper bag of butter.

"The meat is still delicious."

Although they didn't know what was going on, everyone still ate happily and gobbled it up.

"Come and get the weapon after eating."

The two cans and bread were dried in a few minutes, and everyone began to load up on the new firearms in their hands.

Brand-new automatic rifles, submachine guns, general-purpose machine guns similar to the Germans, grenades, and brand-new, warm new military uniforms-Moscow in late September is already very cold.

"The head said it."

The platoon leader said excitedly:

"Starting today, all of us will be able to eat buttery white bread, meat in pots, and fullness every day."

Suddenly, the morale that had recovered a lot increased again.

"Our task now is to familiarize ourselves with the new weapons in our hands."

The platoon leader continued.

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September NO.20.

Hamburg.

at night.

"According to news from the Eastern Front, they seem to have obtained a large amount of weapons, equipment and supplies. During the two-day skirmish, a large number of new tanks appeared."

Kesselring shared a piece of news with the old fox.

"really."

The old fox let out a long sigh of relief:

"They want the war to continue..."

"When is the attack expected?"

The old fox then asked.

"There is still one month left. The head of state plans to gather more troops, increase the number of attacking aircraft to [-], increase the number of new No. [-] tanks to [-], and dispatch long-range bombers to bomb the industrial areas and transportation nodes in the rear."

Kesselin's answer made the old fox's eyes shine.

The bigger and more powerful this attack is, the more it can end the war at once.

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September 21th.

early morning.

"We have information."

The bearded man was smoking a pipe, listening to his subordinates' report:
"The Germans are preparing an attack of unprecedented scale, unprecedented in force and equipment."

"Can you stop it?"

The pipe was put down.

"No."

The person who reported answered directly, his tone was obviously nervous.

"That's it."

The pipe hit the table heavily:
"Get ready, in this city, with the help of the complex terrain here, give the enemy a heavy blow."

Now that the supply problem has been solved, the equipment and supplies are sufficient for all troops, the industrial facilities around Moscow are not so important, and at the same time, the morale of the troops is improving and the scale is also increasing.

What they need is some time.

Get familiar with the materials and equipment you just got, and train some troops that can be formed in the end.

but.

Referring to the urban battle a few years ago, he believes that street fighting can inflict a heavy blow on the enemy.

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September 22th.

Tokyo.

In the underground locust palace.

"Your Majesty, the No.30 mixed brigade has lost contact in Hokkaido, and we have... completely lost Hokkaido."

Konoe Wenmao Hui reported.

"I see."

The locust waved his hand, his tone devoid of emotion.

At this moment, His Majesty the Locust, who was once high-spirited, has long lost his ambitions. If the other side did not accept the surrender and the Americans could not come, he would have surrendered long ago.

"Hi."

Looking at the dim lights above his head, Konoe Fumimaro sighed.

He walked out of here, ready to go to the prime minister's office.

Because of the bombing on the other side, at this time, Tokyo was flat and plain. After confirming that there were no planes, his guards drove a jeep captured by the guerrillas and came to the prime minister's office at high speed.

During the period, he met a group of guards and got a message.

Just now, the eldest son of the locust was captured by a team of infiltrated foreign militants and traitors from the guard, and fled from the sea in a motorboat. Because of the cover of the plane, they failed to catch this group of people.

"Akihito, the bounty is five tons of gold."

A piece of data appeared in Konoe Fumimaro's mind.

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Early morning of September 23rd.

On a motorboat.

Xie Baoqing, who was wearing a bandit hat, looked at the little locust in front of him, and his tone couldn't help being excited:
"Get rich! Get rich!"

Five tons of gold.

Thinking about it, Xie Baoqin couldn't help being excited.

Although it had to be distributed to some Japanese and his subordinates, they dispatched more than 20 people in this operation, but as the leader of the team, he could get a ton of gold.

A ton!
gold!

In this life, it's okay to eat popular food and drink spicy food.

At this moment, Xie Baoqing was extremely fortunate.

When the Eighth Route Army came to suppress the bandits, he left the cottage and ran away without hesitation.Otherwise, the ending would definitely be like that group of subordinates, who were bombarded into scum, without even a single bone.

"Boss."

One of his subordinates suddenly suggested:

"There are devil war criminals worth [-] tons of gold here, why don't we use this money to buy weapons and equipment, and then do something big..."

Xie Baoqing suddenly fell into deep thought.

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Austrian Northwest.

The inland city of Mataranka.

boom···

As the muzzles of the tanks exploded, the defense line composed of the recalcitrant troops and some residents was easily torn apart, the defense line was smashed, and the tracks rolled over the trenches and the enemy's corpses and drove into this Austrian city. important inland cities.

"There are abundant water sources here, and there is also an airport left by the Austrian army nearby. We can use this as the final base to continue our offensive inland."

The captain of the Miners' Self-Defense Force, who is now the Seventh Regiment of the [-]th Division, spoke extremely excitedly.

Zhanlin here means that they have completely controlled Yidarwen and Liulanbai, a territory of nearly [-] kilometers.

Next, they will continue to attack along this central highway until they completely divide Austria into two.

(End of this chapter)