SFS Chapter 138: Now that I have money, I start planning the White Eagle United States
Chapter 138: Now that I have money, I start planning the White Eagle United States
The napalm bombs were exported back to White Eagle in exchange for the money in Zhang Chi's Citibank account.
Zhang Chi immediately exchanged a few synthetic humans with white faces through the system and obtained a White Eagle passport through James's relationship.
It would have been more convenient to ask Jason from the Intelligence Bureau for this matter, but Zhang Chi didn't want to expose his plan under the eyes of the Intelligence Bureau.
Compared with Jason from the Intelligence Bureau, Zhang Chi is more inclined to support James, who is currently a lieutenant colonel, to take a position so that he can be his future collaborator in the White Eagle military.
And the big contract of Napalm is obviously a stepping stone to help James climb up.
The $1500 million is just the first batch of napalm bombs to be purchased. The United States will probably purchase at least hundreds of millions more bombs later.
However, Zhang Chi was not able to take on those large contracts. DuPont, a chemical company, and Rockefeller, an oil company, were the ones who could really get the big bucks. Therefore, Zhang Chi planned to wait for Nanhua Chemical to develop the entire set of production technology and then sell it directly to tycoons like DuPont.
The synthetic humans with white faces were responsible for using the funds from selling technology to start companies in White Eagle, buy equipment, and help Pegu complete the procurement of industrial equipment in the three-year plan.
During this process, James, who was responsible for matchmaking, would naturally also gain benefits and change his military rank.
So several absolutely loyal synths flew to Sindhu with a check for tens of millions of dollars signed by Zhang Chi. They would cross the Sindhu continent by train, then take a boat across the Sindhu Ocean to North Africa, and then take a boat from there to the east coast of the United States to start a company.
Zhang Chi named the trading company he was about to establish "New Century Trading Company". He estimated that he would not live to see the 21st century, so he had to use the name of this company to commemorate the 21st century in which he lived in his previous life.
This name was chosen because Zhang Chi planned to run the company for a long time, rather than just use it for procurement during the world war.
On the one hand, the system's cheap penicillin, quinine and other medicines, technical prototypes of various future vehicles, and various easy-to-manufacture home appliances in Zhang Chi's memory can all be exported and exchanged for foreign currency through this company.
On the other hand, when the United States military surplus was sold off after the war, all kinds of aircraft carriers, landing craft, and cruisers at bargain prices could also be purchased in bulk through this company.
Furthermore, before the emergence of the CoCom, which imposed a technological blockade in 49, the tycoons of the United States could sell any industrial equipment as long as they were paid, which was perfect for Zhang Chi. (CoCom was not only a blockade against the Red Bloc, but also effectively a blockade against the Third World.)
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The future is bright, but the top priority at the moment is to drive out the Japanese invaders.
While engaging in reverse trade, Zhang Chi did not stop his continued bombing of the Japanese.
Zhang Chi, who planned to launch an offensive in July, was prepared to weaken the enemy's combat readiness as much as possible.
Railways capable of transporting troops? Bomb them.
The fortifications already built outside the city? Blow them up.
The Japanese brigade's base? Bombed.
The Japanese division headquarters? Bombed.
Throughout the rest of June, Zhang Chi became extremely angry and kept bombing.
This even led to local tyrants like Meng Xingfa and Huan Borong repeatedly trying to dissuade Zhang Chi from reducing the bombing range. After all, the industries in and around Myitkyina and Mandalay might belong to them in the future. Now that Zhang Chi had directly set them on fire with napalm, they were heartbroken.
However, Zhang Chi didn't listen at all. On the one hand, the men of the 212th Division would have to risk their lives to attack these places in the future. Even if they had heavy artillery and tanks, if they bombed them more now, fewer soldiers of the 212th Division would be sacrificed in future attacks.
On the other hand, Zhang Chi was also obsessed with watching the soaring research and development progress on the system technology tree after each bombing.
You know, indiscriminate bombings like the Dresden bombing and the burning of Sakura Island could only be carried out during World War II. Once the war was over, there would be no such good opportunities to boost research and development.
After confirming that there were basically no dry people in the city these days, Zhang Chi directly ordered all the planes of the flight team to be painted with the White Eagle Air Force livery and launched a fierce bombardment to slow down the development progress. He would not hesitate even if the flight team was damaged by the interception of the Japanese Army Aviation.
After all, good things like the B-29 and the A-4 Skyhawk carrier-based attack aircraft and F-86 jet fighter at the back of the technology tree are still waiting for him.
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Although such indiscriminate bombardment led to the judgment of Zhang Chi's combat intention, there was no good way to deal with it.
In the air, the napalm bombs caused too much damage to several large airport buildings. The Japanese could only build more field airports and then station small fighter units in batches, which took off separately to intercept Zhang Chi's bomber units.
However, Zhang Chi adopted a high-altitude escort tactic. When engaging in combat, the P-40 fleet often climbed higher than the B-25. Once the Japanese fighters intended to attack the B-25s, the P-40s at a higher altitude would dive down, and then there would be an endless series of repeated dives by the B-25s to ravage the Japanese.
At the same time, the B-25s in the large formation would use their 12.7mm self-defense machine guns to fire at the Japanese Type 1 fighters, disrupting their flight paths.
This resulted in the intercepting Type 1 fighter planes occasionally damaging or shooting down the B-25 bombers of the air force, but they would have to pay a higher price themselves.
This kind of air war of attrition lasted only a few days, and the Japanese soon became exhausted.
In order to build an absolute national defense circle, a large number of aircraft were sent to the Pacific islands and several South China Sea oil fields.
As a cotton producing area and a springboard for attacking Sindhu, Pegu was not taken seriously by the Japanese headquarters.
On land, the Pegu Garrison Brigade (6000 men) consisting of six independent battalions coming to support from the Japanese main island did arrive, and the 3rd Guards Regiment (nearly 4000 men) of the 2nd Guards Division that Mutaguchi Ren'ya had been requesting also disembarked in Rangoon.
However, Mutaguchi Ren'ya suddenly discovered that these reinforcements could not be sent to Myitkyina in the north because the railway lines were constantly under air attacks.
As a stingy imperialist country, although Fuso's naval ships are equipped with anti-aircraft guns of various calibers, its army does not have many anti-aircraft weapons.
In the entire 15th Army, there were only about sixty Type 88 75mm anti-aircraft guns (which could penetrate the front of a Sherman tank at close range) responsible for the air defense of key areas, and most of them were deployed in Rangoon. There were only about a hundred various 20, 25, and 37mm small-caliber anti-aircraft guns responsible for field air defense, and most of them were towed. There were only a dozen self-propelled anti-aircraft guns installed in Isuzu trucks that could accompany the march.
So Mutaguchi Ren'ya could only watch as the reinforcements of the Pegu Garrison Brigade braved the air raids and moved day and night to reinforce Myitkyina. As a result, the brigade suffered more than a thousand casualties before reaching its destination. Frightened, Mutaguchi Ren'ya hurriedly left the 3rd Guards Regiment in Rangoon.
In this way, the number of defenders in Myitkyina reached nearly 40,000, including more than 17,000 genuine Japanese soldiers and more than 20,000 Saka puppet troops from Aung San. Although they seemed strong, their morale was severely damaged by the continuous air strikes.
Moreover, many soldiers, fortifications, and ammunition storage points were burned to ashes by the flames that fell from the sky, and the entire city seemed to be on the verge of collapse.