Chapter 73 Labor Expenses
"Your Excellency, Lord, Governor, Consul, you are exaggerating, aren't you?
You are the world's first, the world's second-largest naval power, hundreds or thousands of aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, instead let me drive them away?
It's easy for me to buy so many warships! ”
Yang Feng looked at Mountbatten, Van Mork, and Johnson, the consul general of the United States in Temasek, with a shocked expression.
Well, these imperial rebels withered, just a day ago, a Soviet merchant ship laden with arms and so-called salvage equipment swaggered into the Suez Canal, and the British, who had already announced a ban on such ships, controlled their emotions and finally did not dare to stop them.
"Your Excellency, with the addition of the Prince Eugen, your fleet already has the strength to completely annihilate the Soviet fleet, if there is a loss in the battle, we will compensate you, sink one and make up for one, even if your Dreadnought aircraft carrier sinks, we will give you another Essex-class aircraft carrier."
Johnson said heroically.
They are now sitting on the deck of the Prince Eugen, the Ming Empire has officially received this warship, including all the Prussian officers and soldiers on the ship, these people originally sailed the Prince Eugen to the United States, and when they got there, they immediately got the order to return to Europe, change the flag and brush the new name in the Netherlands, and sailed over as a Dutch royal yacht, and then were sold by the Dutch government to His Excellency the head of the Ming Empire as his personal yacht.
It should be said that this is the first official contact between the government of the United States and Yang Feng, although the United States is now the leader of the world, but this area of Southeast Asia, except for Luzon, other places are still the sphere of influence of the British, and they are busy with Minhua, Goryeo, and the United States, which is a bunch of messy things, and has no time to take care of the affairs in this area, but not now, Stahlin has forced them to the point where they have to take care of it, and if they don't make a move, a naval base of the Soviets will be built.
But it's impossible to go into battle shirtless, and it's not worth it, everyone is a person with status, how can they roll up their sleeves and cut each other, so it's best to find a thug, and this role, Yang Feng is undoubtedly the best and the only choice.
In fact, they know very well, don't look at Stalin's scary, but in fact, his side is also bluffing, until now the Soviet government's statement to the outside world is still that the fleet has to be stranded in the port of Chiraza because it needs to salvage the Red Caucasus, and it will naturally leave when it is salvaged, and those who say that the Soviet Union is trying to build a military base in Java are pure rumors.
In other words, the Soviets were also not ready to go straight into battle.
"Speaking of which, I really can't stand the arrogance of the Soviets, but the problem is that I'm concentrating on disaster relief now, so how can I have time for anything else? What's more, for me, Java Island has no vital interests, the only thing I need to do is to protect the Chinese there, if I send a fleet to attack the Soviet fleet, then what if they let the Javanese retaliate against the Chinese? ”
Yang Feng said with an embarrassed face.
"Then under what circumstances does Your Excellency the Führer think it is possible to send troops?"
Van Mork, who was familiar with his character, asked directly.
"First of all, the United Nations can no longer restrict me from buying food, those hungry people are millions, and I need to buy a lot of food to feed them, but under the international food trade quota system, my purchase is subject to many restrictions."
Yang Feng said.
"This is no problem, the Ming Empire is not a member of the United Nations, and of course it should not be restricted by the Food Commission."
Johnson said without hesitation.
This kind of thing is something that the grain merchants of the rice country can't ask for, Yang Feng rushed to buy grain at a price almost one-third higher than the normal price, and the grain giants of the rice country have long been crazy, in fact, even if there is no promise from him, those grain merchants would have long been free of any quota restrictions.
"Second, I also need a group of landing ships, I have to be prepared to protect the Chinese there, although I have overseas Chinese escort teams in several major cities on the island of Java, but there is a lack of transport to provide them with rapid support, and the most suitable place is the landing ships."
"Yes, we can give Daming four L**, medium landing ships, with a full load displacement of one thousand tons, equipped with light artillery, and a speed of twelve knots with a cruising range of four thousand nine hundred nautical miles, which is enough for you to use in operations on any coast of Java, and if you need more, you can sell them for the price of surplus supplies."
Johnson said.
"Then buy ten more, this thing can be used as a cargo ship."
Yang Feng said with satisfaction.
Although it is not an LST, it is enough for him to use, and although LST is famous and has a large carrying capacity, the sad speed is very speechless, with the speed of L**, you can jump from Ambuna Island to Java Island in fifty hours, which is enough.
"No problem."
Johnson said with a smile.
In fact, at this time, the U.S. military has landing ships waiting to be dealt with, these things that were originally built for large-scale landing in the Japanese country, the number is outrageous, L** alone has more than 100 ships, if all the ships of this type add up to more than 1,000, now they are all useless, and it is too late for someone to buy the government of the United States to be happy!
"Then there are the last two requirements."
Yang Feng said.
"First of all, it's a small request, a small request that is not worth mentioning to your country, please release a message from the FBI, you may be going to investigate the assets of the Kong Xiangxi family in your country, just release a message, understand? Of course, if you really want to investigate, that's your business. ”
He said sinisterly.
Well, Johnson immediately knew his purpose, this guy still tied Kong Xiangxi to prison, waiting to knock a stroke from him, of course the Mi government knows about this kind of thing. However, it is obvious that Yang Yuan's offer is too high, and Song Ailing and her children have not yet made a decision, after all, taking 200 million US dollars for one person is a bit expensive anyway, even if it is to exchange her husband and father for her, you need to consider carefully. If your husband is gone, you can change it, and if your father is gone, you can live for a few years if you are in your sixties, but the dollar is gone, and it is impossible to open your hand and put it in your arms casually like you did at the beginning.
Obviously, Yang wanted to force them.
However, this is completely a gesture for the government of the United States, and if you want Yang Feng to do this kind of work, you must give him enough benefits, the ones listed above are obviously not enough, 200 million US dollars is enough, anyway, it is not the government of the United States that pays for it, help him with this, and take out the money of the Kong family, which can be regarded as a commission for him.
Johnson smiled and nodded.
"Cheerful, I like to deal with people like you, so let's talk about my last request, which is also a small request not worth mentioning, I would like to ask your country to give me one."
Yang Feng said with a smile.
"Who?"
Johnson said suspiciously.
"Hatohiko Asakamiya." Yang Feng said with a cruel smile.
(Thanks to the book friend short-line sniper, Zhi Ge dezhi, Wind Shadow ̈ invincible, Zhalin's reward)