Meizi sighed, yes, Zhou Lin didn't have a choice.

He had to obey orders, not a million, even three million, and he had to buy it.

But if it's three million, Zhou Lin is better, because he doesn't have that much money, let alone the goods, even if he sells his people, it doesn't cost three million dollars.

On the morning of the next day, Zhou Lin convened a high-level meeting of Zhoujiadao and announced that he would spend $1 million to purchase weapons from the US naval base.

Cui Haitao asked, "Young master, do you have that much money?" ”

Fang Long also asked, "One million, who has that much money?" ”

Zhou Lin looked at the crowd and said, "I'm going to sell another $500,000 worth of U.S. military daily necessities." Add to that the more than $500,000 I have in my hands, and that's a million dollars. ”

Cui Haitao sighed: "One million, it's worth the old nose." ”

Zhou Lin said: "As long as the strength of my Zhoujiadao goes up, let alone one million, it is three million dollars, and I can earn it back." ”

Only then did everyone rest assured that they would arrange the batch of goods in the afternoon.

At 12:18 p.m., someone reported to Zhou Lin: A shipload of goods was delivered.

Zhou Lin took Xiangjun Yulan to the dock, only to see a man in civilian clothes smoking by a merchant ship.

Zhou Lin walked up and handed a cigarette: "Please smoke, smoke in Los Angeles." ”

The man took the cigarette: "I like the smoke in Stone Town." ”

The code of the two was on the same number, and the man waved his hand: "Get off the goods!" ”

Zhou Lin immediately ordered Fang Long to bring a group of people and get on the ship to move the goods.

All the goods are covered with sacks, so I don't know what they are.

Among the goods, Xiangjun took 100,000 US dollars.

Zhou Lin handed $100,000 to the man, and the man put it in his bag.

Li 18 is in charge of the warehouse to take care of it, so the delivery of goods is very smooth.

After sending the merchant ship away, Zhou Lin returned to the warehouse.

It was Zhou Lin, Xiangjun, Yulan, and Li Eighteen who removed those sacks and revealed the military supplies inside.

Except for Zhou Lin, several people were surprised: "So many military supplies. ”

"Let's classify it, only take out the ones with half a year of shelf life, and keep the others in stock." Zhou Lin said.

An hour later, it was finally figured out that all the remaining half a year of shelf life were piled together and ready to be taken for wholesale.

Zhou Lin asked Li 18 to inform Fang Long and send a battalion of people to transport goods to the square in front of the administrative building on Zhoujiadao.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the second wholesale of US military supplies on Zhoujiadao officially began.

This time 600 people came, as long as they were doing business on the island.

The old rule, a thousand dollars per person, take the person.

After all the merchants were gone, the wholesale ended.

In the end, it sold for $600,000, and there were still $50,000 on the market.

Cui Haitao and the other officers looked at the small pile of goods, and their eyes lit up: "Young master, the rest of the goods can be divided into fifty people." ”

Zhou Lin smiled and asked everyone, "Do you still have dollars in your hands?" ”

"Yes!" Everyone shouted in unison, and those who did not have shouted that they had it, and turned back to borrow it.

Zhou Lin said: "Officers above the company level, administrative staff section chief and above, each $1,000 worth of goods." Take the money to buy, and if you don't have the money, you will watch. An hour of fundraising. ”

"There are more than 100 people, and there are not enough goods!" Xiangjun reminded.

Zhou Lin pointed to the warehouse: "Divide here first, after the distribution, go to the warehouse to get it." ”

Everyone ran away at once, raised money, borrowed usury, and as long as they sold it a day later, they doubled their earnings and came back.

By the evening, Zhou Lin had received a total of $650,000.

Now he has $1.1 million in his hands.

He informed Smith to let the logistics director come to Zhoujiadao and deliver the goods with one hand.

The next day, the head of logistics brought five freighters, escorted by three warships.

All the supplies were dropped to the designated location, and they will be installed by American military mechanics, and the installation will take about five days.

And Zhou Lin handed over a box of dollars to the logistics director in full view.

At this point, the business was successfully concluded, and the defense of Zhoujiadao entered the iron bucket stage.

The situation in Nanyang gradually became clearer, and because the Japanese army had been deployed in advance, the US Army, knowing that it was invincible, gave up resistance and retreated step by step, buying time for the air force and navy to withdraw from Nanyang.

The Japanese army, which had received an unintentional decisive battle from the U.S. military, was advancing step by step.

On December 24, more than 10,000 troops of the Japanese 16th Army advanced towards Manila in three directions.

In contrast, US military vehicles flocked to Bataan from all directions.

Highway 3 out of Manila is crowded with trucks, tractors towing 155-mm guns, trucks loaded with naval guns, large and small cars, ox carts, etc.

Panicked civilians fleeing before the arrival of Honma's troops flocked to Bataan in droves, some on foot and some in cars or carriages.

On December 26, MacArthur declared Manila an undefended city.

On January 2, 1942, Lieutenant General Honma's troops entered Manila in two columns to celebrate New Year's Day.

At this time, the U.S. government, in order to prevent General MacArthur from being captured by the Japanese, ordered him to hand over his troops to Lieutenant General Wainwright and let him go to Australia to serve as commander-in-chief of the newly formed Allied forces in the southwest Pacific region.

Shortly thereafter, Maj. Gen. Edward King surrendered with more than 75,000 troops—the largest surrender in U.S. history.

Then, the Japanese bombarded the island with heavy artillery fire, and the 15,000 American and Filipino troops on the island relied on deep ditches and high fortifications to hold on.

After shelling and bombardment, the Japanese destroyed the artillery positions of the American army on the island of Herod, blew up the water supply facilities, and interrupted the water supply.

In desperation, General Wainwright King radioed the entire Philippines to stop resisting, and those who refused to surrender were punished as deserters.

Despite this, only 7,000 of Mindanao's 36,000 soldiers surrendered to the Japanese army, and the rest refused to obey orders and went up the mountains with weapons to fight guerrillas.

The fall of the Philippines deprived the US military of a political-military base in the Far East, which was of great strategic importance, and had a tremendous impact on the entire war situation in the Pacific theater.

After the surrender of the American troops on the island of Herod in the Philippines, the Japanese army successfully occupied the whole of the Philippines. On the third day of their entry into Manila, martial law was prohibited, all anti-Japanese words and deeds were strictly prohibited, the death penalty was imposed on anyone who took action against the Japanese army, and the threat of ten Filipino hostages would be executed if a Japanese was harmed.

The Japanese army first confiscated the property of the colonists and shipped the preserved technical equipment and raw materials directly to Japan; issuing occupation banknotes with no material guarantees to expropriate large quantities of rice and other foodstuffs; Large quantities of cotton, timber, and ore were plundered into Japan by sea.

In addition to importing large quantities of rice, rubber, and tin by unfair means, the Japanese government often used so-called military stamps, including paper money printed and issued by themselves, to buy food and other supplies, resulting in rising prices and economic collapse.