Chapter 336
“no! that'simpossible! My God, you are a robber! ”
Smith's eyes widened, he couldn't believe his ears, the seemingly gentle young man in front of him actually opened his mouth to ask for 5 million rounds of ammunition, 500,000 shells of all kinds, and a lot of tanks, heavy trucks, and towed guns......
It's so shameless, this is simply a lion's mouth, how can there be such a thing?
Dong Dao on the side was dumbfounded, and he didn't know what the sensary said, which made this old foreigner angry.
Liao Mingyu drank two sips of water very indifferently, and said without hurry: "Don't worry, don't you know that we have an old saying in China, called asking for a price all over the sky, and paying back the money on the ground?" ”
“what? What do you mean? "Smith clearly doesn't understand the breadth and depth of Chinese culture.
"It's just that everything is easy to discuss, you talk about it and see the greatest sincerity you can show, and I'll think about it again." Liao Mingyu seemed to eat him, crossed Erlang's legs, and was not in a hurry at all.
Who let this old fox cheat last time, this time he has to clean him up.
"Well...... I will try my best to give you an additional 5,000 sets of individual equipment, which is the limit of what I can do, with a maximum of 1,500,000 rounds of ammunition, 200,000 shells, 8,000 rifles and submachine guns, bazookas, mortars, and flamethrowers. ”
Smith spread his hands and said he had revealed all his hole cards.
"What about tanks? What about trucks? And what about artillery? Even if you give less, you don't really think that our third division can kill the little devil with only a semi-automatic rifle, right? ”
Liao Mingyu sneered, if there was no equipment and tactics to crush, how could it be possible to achieve these achievements in the face of fierce little devils.
But the price of this is that it is more dependent on logistics and supplies, especially like Chen Jize's third regiment, the tank battalion can no longer be pushed now, and the speed of the truck supply line is getting slower and slower, in addition to the fatigue of the soldiers, the consumption of fuel and ammunition is an astronomical amount, and the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced before it is not replenished.
"Your Excellency Commander, I already said last time that heavy equipment such as artillery and tractors can't be transported at all, and planes can't fit Sherman, so don't embarrass me." Smith was bitter, the wrinkles on his face were about to come together, and the damn young officer was as tough as ever.
"Then I can't help it, the army that hit Nankan is too consumed, and almost all the fuel shells have bottomed out, and I can't move for a short time." Liao Mingyu twisted his head and said leisurely.
"Don't you have several teams in your hands?"
"The ones to Lashio are already on their way, you won't let me call them back, will you? Besides, don't my men need to rest? Don't forget how many battles we fought from Muangshi all the way to Nankan. ”
“goddamnit!” Smith finally couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth, and his lungs were about to explode.
This bastard is really hateful, he resisted the urge to walk away and tried to calm himself down: "I'll figure out a way to get fuel, I'll have them send a batch of Sherman's shells and a few tank maintenance personnel, and I'll add a little more to other supplies." ”
Liao Mingyu still shook his head, picked up the water cup and looked out the window, and ignored him with a look of love.
Smith was like a deflated ball, trembling and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat on his forehead, damn that he had never met someone like Liao Mingyu who didn't eat oil and salt for most of his life.
In fact, like most Yankees, he came to China with the attitude of getting his job done, and he has been in Southeast Asia for more than a year for this errand, and he has long been fed up with the climate and conditions here, and he does not want to retire and go home to spend his old age in peace.
But as long as the Japanese stay in Southeast Asia for a day, Smith will not be able to leave, and if this battle is not finished, he is afraid that he will have to be pressed here until death.
The only way is to end this war as soon as possible, and as a liaison officer of the Allied forces, all he can do is to provide supplies to help the Chinese people go to war.
Thinking of this, Smith turned his heart sideways and said with difficulty: "Actually...... It's not impossible to get what you want. ”
"Oh? What do you mean? ”
"At the very least, we have to open the way to the Indian side, otherwise I won't be able to get anything even if I have it."
Because the road system in northern Burma was occupied by the Japanese army, at present, whether it is the army stationed in India itself or the materials supporting Huaxia, they all come from the sea through the ports on the Indian side, and then transport them to western Yunnan through the Hump Line, so heavy units such as towed guns and tanks basically cannot reach China during this period.
So Smith didn't lie, except for ammunition and basic materials, he really couldn't get what Liao Mingyu wanted, but when the Yunnan-Burma Highway was opened up to connect India, it would be different.
After a fierce battle between the two, Smith finally agreed to support 2 million rounds of various ammunition, 100,000 MK2 grenades, 150 60mm mortars, 60 81mm mortars, and 200,000 shells from 60mm to 155mm.
There are also 12,000 Garand rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, rocket launchers and other weapons, plus 20,000 sets of individual equipment, such as helmets, clothing, ammunition bags and other items, which will be sent to the front line as soon as possible in the next few days.
Smith also promised to provide a batch of fuel and several tank and armored vehicle maintenance technicians to help with the daily maintenance and maintenance of the armored units of the third division.
"That's it, dear Smith, you have to hurry up about the supplies, don't do the same thing as last time, and our agreement... Don't forget. ”
Liao Mingyu smiled and stretched out his right hand, the final result made him very satisfied, today is also a major gain.
I have to admire that these Yankees are really generous, it is enough to arm him with these materials, and the points left in his hand can't be exchanged for so many things.
Maybe the system will find this old boy to send supplies to himself in the future, Liao Mingyu thought.
Smith shook his hand with a wry smile, and said helplessly: "I will arrange it, but I also hope that you can send troops as soon as possible, after all, it will be good for you and me for this war to end early." ”
The lion opened his mouth and almost wiped out all his hoards in western Yunnan, which were originally intended to be given to all units of the Western Yunnan Expeditionary Force in batches to help them improve their combat effectiveness and counterattack Burma as soon as possible.
But now it seems that the combat effectiveness of those guys is really unbearable, and they are still being dragged in Tengchong and the progress is slow, rather than investing in the expeditionary force full of uncertainty, it is better to cooperate with the powerful Liao Mingyu, at least on the surface, the latter has that strength.
In order to end the war in Southeast Asia as soon as possible, and for the sake of his happy old age after retirement, Smith also let go, and directly supported the Third Division, anyway, everything has to be given, to ten people is to give, to one person is also to give, the most important thing is that that one person is stronger than the other ten people.
Regarding heavy units such as tanks and artillery, that is, the last agreement between him and Liao Mingyu, it will only be said after the battle in northern Burma......
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