Chapter 3 Finding a New Way
Andy was so calm that the mad dog-like members of Congress had nowhere to speak, and soon, Roosevelt, who learned the news, warned the congressmen who were spying on Carl Pharmaceuticals one by one. "Mr. President, you don't have to, I'm a businessman or a law-abiding businessman, I don't believe they would dare to rob you. However, I would like to express my gratitude to you on behalf of Carl Pharmaceuticals, if you did not come forward, perhaps Carl Pharmaceuticals would have faced endless slander and slander. Andy, who was invited to dinner by Roosevelt, was very generous.
Andy's greatest confidence is the umbrella company, especially after he learned that the umbrella company has full control of West Malaysia and the Strait of Malacca, Andy recalled what Zhuo Fei said to him countless times - it is better to run a company than to directly run a country. Thinking back to the situation when Zhuo Fei and his party came to New York, Andy only feels like yesterday now, and what he never expected is that Zhuo Fei has fulfilled his original promise to himself.
The realm is different, and the attitude towards people and things will also change, if it is the former Andy, when he learns that someone is peeping on his property, he will definitely not give up after gaining the upper hand. But now it's different, even if you lose Bell Pharmaceuticals, Andy will walk away, and West Malaysia has a large area of land and resources waiting to be developed by itself. Roosevelt naturally didn't know where Andy's generosity came from, and invited Andy to dinner because Roosevelt wanted to find out the news of the umbrella company from Andy.
"Mr. President, I have to say that Congress has done a very stupid thing, and personally, I absolutely do not want to see Congress transfer its employment contract with Umbrella to the British." Andy, who had been waiting for Roosevelt to take the initiative to ask, drew a simple map on the table with his finger in the whiskey in the glass, and then pointed to the location of Southeast Asia on the map and said to Roosevelt. "Mr. President, this is Southeast Asia, this is India, and since General MacArthur was forced to lead the Philippine army to withdraw to Australia, the whole of Southeast Asia has become a Japanese-controlled area."
"And this is India, the only colony of the British in Asia, but as far as I know, no less than 6,000 Japanese troops have already crossed the Indo-Burmese border into India, and the British troops stationed in India are currently busy fighting those Japanese troops. That's why the British want to be in touch with the umbrella, and I'm not concerned about Southeast Asia, it's about it. Andy's finger moved west along the coastline of the Bay of Bengal and eventually landed on North Africa.
"The Germans beat the British to the ground, this is something that the whole world already knows, in Europe, the British can no longer find a strong ally, so they must not lose their overseas colonies, otherwise the British Empire will become an out-and-out loser like France." Andy swore and smiled, what he just said was actually taught by the staff around him.
"But what does all this have to do with the umbrella company?" Roosevelt had known what Andy had said, but he still didn't understand what Andy had to do with Umbrella.
"Mr. President, this is a very clear thing, the British cannot afford to lose India in Yezhou, and now there are five countries in South Asia between India and Southeast Asia. The Umbrella Company had already shown its strength in South Asia, and the Japanese would never want to engage in a large-scale fierce battle with the Umbrella, so as long as the Umbrella Company became an ally of the British, India would be safe. ”
"And here, the Germans are afraid that they will soon attack North Africa, and once the Suez Canal is lost, it will be difficult for the British to transport the supplies provided by India back to the British Isles. Once there is no supply, the British will definitely not be able to hold the British Isles, so they must hold North Africa and hold the Suez Canal. That's why the British will do everything possible to get a contract of employment for the Umbrella Company, because they want the mercenary units of the Umbrella Company to go to North Africa to help them resist the German attack. “
"God, this can't be, it's ridiculous. I admit that the mercenary units of the Umbrella Company are very powerful, at least they have defeated the Japanese in a row, but it is the German army, the world's first-class army equipped with a large number of tanks. Roosevelt made no secret of his admiration for the fighting power of the German army, and at the same time he did not believe that the Independence Army was capable of fighting the German army.
"Mr. President, you made a small mistake just now, the German army is indeed powerful, but as far as I know, the mercenary unit of the umbrella company is not weak. You must know that nine out of ten of the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company are Jews born in Europe, and in a sense, they are no different from the German army and other European armies. And, in my opinion, mercenaries armed with a lot of semi-automatic fire are actually more threatening than the Germans. Andy had no way to ignore Roosevelt's disdain for the Independence Army, so he could only argue with reason, but Roosevelt was not annoyed by this.
Roosevelt wanted to learn about the latest movements of the Umbrella Company from Andy, but Andy wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to bring the Umbrella Company and the United States back to the same table, Andy stubbornly believed that as long as the Umbrella Company and the U.S. government re-signed the employment contract, the Umbrella Company could obtain greater benefits in Southeast Asia. "Now that we have become fragrant and sweet, we should have the consciousness of waiting for the price to sell, and it is not a good deal to catch up, as for the British, let them die." Zhuo Fei, who came from far away in West Malaysia, didn't know Andy's hard work, but he already had his own countermeasures.
After accepting hundreds of kilograms of gold from the Japanese and politely rejecting the British's solicitation, the umbrella that had taken full control of West Malaysia began to grow in obscurity. Zhuo Fei has now devoted all his energy to handling the daily affairs of the umbrella company. At the beginning of the West Malaysia, many things needed to be carried out at the same time, which made Zhuo Fei need to make a lot of decisions, especially how to deal with the local aborigines, which made Zhuo Fei scratch his head.
There are many Chinese people in the Malay Peninsula, and there are countless Chinese families that continue to this day, and many local aborigines have married with local Chinese. Stability is everything, and this is what everyone who is new to the game must do, but unfortunately this rule does not seem to have any effect on Zhuo Fei, because Zhuo Fei does not need the allegiance of the local natives.
"Since someone has already raised it, then we will screen it, and you have to remember one thing. This is what we took from the Japanese army, and here, it is us who have the final say, not the Chinese families or the local indigenous leaders. Zhuo Fei's words made the Chinese officers attending the meeting understand that the iron ore of the Umbrella Company in Vietnam needs a lot of labor to mine.
After deliberately isolating Pierce and his party, Zhuo Fei rushed to Kuala Lumpur, where Chen Shaokuan had led a temporary fleet to wait for him for several days. The temporary fleet of the Independence Army can be called extremely simple, all the ships are trophies of the Independence Army, including Japanese ships, and gunboats captured from the Thai coastal defense forces, but Zhuo Fei's ability to start from scratch makes Chen Shaokuan very envious.
Since the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, China has not had a navy in the true sense of the word, and although Chen Shaokuan is a naval commander appointed by the Nationalist Government, all the ships in his hands are not as large as the tonnage of a normal Japanese cruiser. In less than half a year, the temporary fleet of the Independent Army had already had a modified aircraft carrier and three other warships, in addition to dozens of frigates and gunboats, all of which made Chen Shaokuan unable to give up the opportunity to command ships to gallop across the sea.
The temporary fleet went south to Kuala Lumpur under Zhuo Fei's order, and the fleet went south with the Jewish technicians, who were to refit these captured ships in Kuala Lumpur. These ships were all captured by the Independent Army, and Ruili's arsenal base was not yet capable of producing the shells needed for these warships, so in order to put these ships into battle as soon as possible, Zhuo Fei had to modify these warships according to his own intentions.
"The only way we can deal with the Japanese Navy at the moment is aircraft, and even if we strengthen their armor, we may not be able to withstand the attack of the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet. Therefore, the main direction of our modification is to add rocket artillery launchers to them, using the long-range covering fire of rocket artillery as a means of attack. Zhuo Fei's words immediately aroused Chen Shaokuan's dissatisfaction, he was a knowledgeable person, as soon as he heard Zhuo Fei's words, he knew that Zhuo Fei was treating these ships as simple troop carriers and mobile batteries.
"General Chen, I know you'll have different opinions, but you must know that we have no way to replenish them with ammunition for battle. A fleet that has no way to guarantee the supply of ammunition, do you think they can withstand the attack of the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet? If they can't, then why can't we find another way to put these ships into the battlefield earlier, at least they will become troop carriers and mobile batteries that can help the troops move quickly over long distances. ”
Zhuo Fei didn't care at all about Chen Shaokuan's dissatisfaction, and Zhuo Fei never concealed his respect for seniors like Chen Shaokuan. But this is West Malaysia, a place controlled by the Independence Army, and these ships are all trophies captured by the Independence Army, not to mention that Chen Shaokuan is just a naval commander, even if Chiang Kai-shek stands here and points fingers, Zhuo Fei will not give a little face.