Chapter 1067 Sino-US Transactions
The Japanese government, which has just exceeded 70 million in terms of total population, even if calculated according to the largest proportion of the population, the young and middle-aged male population is less than 10 million...
Excluding the more than 4 million soldiers who were directly lost in the war on various battlefields. At this moment, the Japanese government can scoop up just more than 5 million....
In order to completely trample the Japanese government under its feet, the lion of the US government opened its mouth. A full four million young Japanese adults, under pressure from China and the United States, were sent to the transport ship to the United States...
As for the four million laborers who went to the American mainland, it is no surprise that they will become victims of the economic development of the American fight.
Japan itself, after losing more than 8 million young adults. Looking at the whole country, it is not women and children, but children, and there is hardly a shadow of young and middle-aged men. In addition, all kinds of local industrial equipment were completely scraped by the Chinese Expeditionary Force. The only remaining million young people can do nothing but maintain the normal operation of the entire government is to ensure the food supply of the entire country through their own labor......
Looking at the latest situation sent by the expeditionary force garrisons in various parts of the Japanese mainland, Liu Hua, who had been on the expedition for three months, finally showed a long-lost smile on his face.
Because he knew that at this time, the Japanese government would really lose the impetus and foundation for development. In other words, in the coming decades, the entire Japanese population will struggle for the proportion of the population and the large amount of food that is urgently needed, and will not have any energy to develop its own industry ....
A country without industry, it is conceivable that it will never be able to catch up with China, which has mastered a certain industrial foundation and continues to move forward at this moment...
Thinking of this, Liu Hua has a feeling of shame and revenge.
"Chief of Staff, we've been out for so long, it's time to go home....", facing the Chief of Staff Zuo Quan in front of him. Liu Hua said with a smile.
"Commander-in-chief, this is what you said, our expeditionary force came to Japan to do banditry. Now that I've reaped the benefits of Japan, of course it's time to go home...."A smooth expedition beyond the exception. Zuo Quan's face was also shrouded in a thick smile, and he replied in a rare humorous manner.
Seeing Liu Hua, who was smiling and silent, Zuo Quan directly began to report the latest telegram he had just received.
"Commander-in-Chief, there are still a few telegrams here, and you need to make a decision right away...."
"We shipped back home the first batch of gold and silver with a total value of more than 3,000 tons of gold. After combined transportation by sea and land, all of them have arrived safely in Beijing and will be received by the Ministry of Finance...."
"The Prime Minister personally sent a telegram: The various industrial equipment we have dismantled from Japan cover almost all the industries developed by a country. However, there is only one aspect that has not been touched, and that is oil....so the Prime Minister hopes that we can use this time to carry out a set of oil exploration abroad. The integrated equipment of drilling, oil refining, etc., has improved the situation that China's various oil crops are completely dependent on imports. drill out our own oil wells belonging to the Chinese..."
"Thirdly, except for the first batch of gold and silver, which was worth 3,000 tons of gold, and the second batch of gold and silver, which was worth 1,000 tons. In the following half month, the garrisons in various places once again plundered a sum of gold and silver property with a total value of more than 800 tons of gold from the Japanese people...."
"Fourth, in accordance with the orders of the General Headquarters, the various combat units distributed in the Japanese mainland are gradually assembling in the surrounding central cities. Once the General Headquarters issues the order to retreat, the more than 300,000 troops under the Expeditionary Force will completely withdraw from the Japanese mainland within half a month..."
On the reminder of the Prime Minister. Liu Huacai suddenly remembered: Japan, as an island country with scarce resources, can be said to be unable to produce oil. How is it possible to find equipment in terms of oil in such a country.......,
At the same time, Liu Hua also clearly knows that after the end of World War II, oil was used as a strategic resource. The importance of a great power.
With the continuous improvement of the mechanization of the squadron, the daily demand for various fuels has also become an astronomical amount. If the oil, the lifeblood of the squadron, is pinched in the hands of others, there is no accident, and it will have a significant impact on the future security of the entire country....
Oil....In any case, I can no longer let China worry about oil in the future....
Thinking of the local battles that broke out because of oil in later generations, Liu Hua secretly swore.
Looking at the chief of staff who was waiting for the order in front of him, Liu Hua directly opened his mouth and suggested.
"There is no way that there is oil equipment in Japan, so we have to start with other aspects of the Prime Minister's opinion..."
"We now also have in our hands a wealth worth more than eight million tons of gold. My idea is to use this gold and silver to exchange all kinds of oil equipment from the U.S. government that we desperately need. At the same time, in order to avoid a series of wars that may occur in the surrounding areas of our country after the end of World War II, we directly purchased a batch of various oils urgently needed by our country from the US government and temporarily stockpiled them until we found our own oil fields..."
A few years ago, when the U.S. government announced that it would join the Allies in World War, millions of young Americans were conscripted into the military to prepare for war. The US Government has only discovered that for a country with a standing army of just over 300,000 people, it is almost impossible to arm all these millions of troops in a short period of time.
At the urging of several other countries of the Allied Powers, in order to enter the war as soon as possible, and also for the massive amount of equipment and ammunition urgently needed by the troops during the battle. The U.S. government led by Roosevelt directly transformed a large number of private enterprises into military industrial enterprises, specializing in serving the American troops on the front line and even the Allied forces in other countries.
And now, the war is over, and millions of troops under the U.S. government have lost their jobs and returned home.
There is no war, there is no army, which means that the equipment and ammunition produced by the major military-industrial enterprises are nowhere to be used ....
In less than a month after the war stopped, more than 30 large and small military factories in the entire United States have stopped production or gone bankrupt because their products have no market.
The U.S. team is undoubtedly the most mechanized team in the world. Of course, the hidden danger is that the total amount of fuel consumed by each mechanized unit every day is far more than the pre-war U.S. government's endurance is several times greater.
So, like an arsenal. Oil fields, oil wells, refineries... Like mushrooms after a rain, it appeared in the United States....
At the end of the war, a number of mechanized units were dismantled, and the warships, aircraft carriers, which consumed the most fuel, were also moored in ports most of the time because of the end of the war... As a result, during the war, all kinds of fuel, which were more expensive than gold, immediately became a bargain that no one cared about....
When the benefits of various fuel sales did not cover the cost of refining, the American capitalists, who had already made enough profits from the war, immediately stopped this insolvent production. As a result, oil refineries, oil fields and oil wells have become dead factories waiting for the government to save them....
President Franklin D. Roosevelt finally solved the problem of the country's heavy labor losses due to the war. The question of the specific treatment plan for these collapsed military factories and oil refineries was immediately put on the table in front of us ....
"Your Excellency, the war is over, and as time goes on, more and more of these unsuccessful munitions factories will occur... In order to avoid an outbreak in the country, we must deal with these military factories immediately...," said the US Secretary of State with a solemn face. …,
"As you just said, the war is over, and these factories have lost the value of their existence ... With so much equipment, I can say for sure that it has no effect other than being used as a scrap metal remelting furnace...."Roosevelt, who also had a solemn face, replied directly.
Just when the two of them were frowning, General Marshall, who had been in contact with the Chinese Expeditionary Force, directly pushed the door and walked in, and said with a smile on his face: "Your Excellency the President, Your Excellency the Secretary of State, I have brought you good news..."
Before Roosevelt could speak, Marshall continued: "Our old friend Liu Hua has once again surprised us...."
"All kinds of gold and silver worth 800 tons of gold are all used to buy all kinds of equipment and weapons in our country ...."
"Wait, Marshall, what are you talking about....China Liu Hua plans to use 800 tons of gold to buy a batch of equipment and weapons from our country..."Facing the good news of pie falling from the sky, the faces of the two people showed expectant smiles.
"Yes, Your Excellency," Marshall replied in the affirmative.
However, a look of embarrassment immediately shrouded Marshall's face and he spoke.
"However, Your Excellency, China's Liu Hua seems to have a very good understanding of the predicament that our government is currently facing, and the unit price of all kinds of equipment he prescribes is almost the same as scrap iron... Therefore, I am considering whether to reject his telegram ...."
To Marshall's surprise, Roosevelt, who had always been calculating, not only did not object, but replied directly with a firm face: "No, Marshall, even if it is the price of scrap iron, I will sell these equipment..."
It turns out that at this moment, the U.S. government is not only facing many problems such as equipment surplus and oil surplus, but even the various steel produced by domestic steel mills has continued to appear surplus over time....
And Liu Hua's deal undoubtedly solves the dilemma that the Roosevelt administration is currently facing. Of course, what impressed Roosevelt the most was that Liu Hua was able to scoop out hard currencies such as gold and trade with himself....
It should be clear that after several years of war, although the US government made a lot of profits from Britain, France and other countries through the sale of equipment. However, almost all of these profits are in arrears. And now, someone directly carries gold to his doorstep to do business, and Roosevelt is of course very happy... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )