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Chapter 109: Few people, many guns, come quickly (second update, please collect)

Tricolor flags, tricolor flags everywhere.

On the walls, windows, and on the top of the building, there are tricolor flags fluttering in the wind.

That's the French flag.

France was liberated.

On Tuesday, August 8, Napoleon's birthday, the Allied forces launched Operation Dragoon and landed in southern France.

On the 23rd, although all 121 docks in Marseille were damaged by the German army, none could continue to be put into use; the blasting of explosives and thousands of mines turned every dock and warehouse into a ruin of steel, concrete and cables. Eleven large ships, including transatlantic passenger ferries, were damaged to block the entrance to the harbor, and 11 cranes were thrown into the water.

However, the task force led by Li Yi'an still entered Marseille by boat. In order to avoid the mines, everyone had to take landing craft to land on a beach far away from the city. Because there were only two landing crafts, it took a team of more than [-] people a full three days to land. .

After landing, they naturally contacted the Allied forces immediately. Although the task force had permission from the Allied Command, when they arrived on the battlefield, they found that things were not that simple. The troops fighting on the front line had no intention of cooperating with them. I even think this is a waste of transportation capacity. Because of the destruction of the port, supply shortages gradually threatened the US Seventh Army, and thousands of tons of ammunition were loaded on top of other cargo in the ship's cargo hold.

In this case, naturally no one cooperated with them, and they were even worried that the task force would occupy their logistics supplies. But despite this, in just a few days, the task force still captured more than [-] cannons and tens of thousands of rifles from the German defense lines near the coast.

"They are all cannons over 100 millimeters! Some are French, some are Russian..."

Compared to the excitement of Zhao Xiyong and others, Li Yian is not too interested in these junks. After all, there will be weapons everywhere from France to Germany. After entering Germany, they will find planes everywhere - - Because there is no fuel, nearly [-] German planes are hiding in the forest beside the airport runway and in the woods on the roadside.

Because there is no fuel, there are abandoned tanks everywhere on the roads and in the city. Not to mention other countries, France alone lost one or two hundred Panther tanks. There are even hundreds of submarines that are about to be completed or have been completed in the shipyard.

"General Zhao, you see what I said is right. I can tell you for sure that the further inland you go, the more weapons you will pick up. The few thousand of us are still too few!"

Li Yian's words made Zhao Xiyong nod his head repeatedly.

"What Chief Li said is true. Thousands of people seem to be a lot, but spreading them out is simply not enough. Moreover, the French are also picking up equipment, especially heavy equipment. The French have many acquaintances, and we are not familiar with the terrain. , there are still few people, so you will suffer a big loss..."

Saying this, Zhao Xiyong took the initiative to ask.

"Sir Li, if more people are sent from China, will you be willing to accept them?"

After saying that, he looked at Li Yian expectantly. Although he holds the rank of major general, that was in the past and now he is just a company employee. In fact, even if he holds the rank of major general, it is useless in France. Americans recognize it as a task force, and the special forces The captain of the detachment is the man in front of me.

Although the battlefield was full of guns and ammunition abandoned by the Germans, there were too few people to work at all. Therefore, he had the idea of ​​​​asking more people from the country to come, but Captain Li had to agree.

With such a good thing, Li Yian immediately agreed without even thinking about it, saying,
  "I'm here to recruit troops from Han Xin. The more the better. I guess, well, if there are another [-] people, it should be enough."

"Not enough, not enough."

Zhao Xiyong shook his head repeatedly and said.

"Mr. Li, France is so big. If we want to collect as many weapons as possible, the more people there are, the more people we have. We can't even search the defense line in this area. I think it's still [-]. Why not [-]?" Sample?"

Twenty thousand!

Li Yian was so shocked by the numbers given by Zhao Xiyong that he couldn't even speak out. I am still too conservative after all!
  If you take a big step, it's easy to make nonsense, but being conservative can lead to trouble!

Seeing that Li Yian didn't speak, Zhao Xiyong only thought that he was calculating expenses, so he whispered.

"Mr. Li, isn't he worried that the United States won't be able to cover the expenses? Don't worry, Chief Li, although the country is a bit nervous, the salary of [-] people can still be raised..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Yian waved his hand and said.

"They are all employees of our company. How can we ask the country to provide money? Let's keep that money to fight the Japanese."

The seemingly generous Li Yi'an did not pay a penny at all. The expenses incurred by the task force in searching for supplies were all borne by the United States and were part of the Lend-Lease Act.

The reason why he didn't react for a while was entirely because of Zhao Xiyong's generosity... [-] people!

Good guy!
  With a contingent of [-] people, North Borneo truly has its own army.

Even now, this force is still a castle in the air, but it does not prevent Li Yian from starting to make some plans for it.

First of all, this unit must have its own artillery, tank troops, and even its own air force.

why!
  Nothing else, because the task force is the basis for the future return of the North Borneo Company to Borneo.

Of course, the expenses for more than [-] people are definitely not small, but that is no problem. After all, the expenses are borne by the Americans. In fact, the expenses are not large, just one million US dollars a month.

"Looks like I'm going to keep some weapons for my own use."

"what?"

Zhao Xiyong couldn't help being stunned and said in surprise.

"Aren't our weapons all supplied by Americans?"

Looking at the surrounding team members who were carrying M1 carbines, Zhao Xiyong's face was full of doubts. The task force is equipped with weapons based on logistics personnel, with only M1911 pistols and M1 carbines. As for heavy weapons, there are a small number of M1919 heavy machine guns, as well as some German-made MG34s and mortars.

Now if the country really sends [-] people to itself, then heavy equipment must be put on the agenda, including tanks and artillery, etc., all must be prepared.

"What the Americans provide are some light weapons. No matter how bold the people are and how productive the land is, if we have enough manpower, we can definitely follow the Allies. They will fight in front and we will pick up the ones in the back. When the time comes, we will definitely be able to collect them. More weapons, but the Germans fight in a roundabout way. If we encounter the Germans, we have the ability to fight back. Don’t you think so? Safety first, safety first.”

"Sir, Commander Li, safety comes first. Only when we are safe can we send more weapons to the country!"

Zhao Xiyong quickly complimented. Then several other liaison officers were invited to discuss it, and they all agreed with the idea of ​​sending more manpower. After all, there really aren’t too many weapons scattered all over the mountains and plains!

So soon, a telegram was sent to the country. The contents of the telegram seemed to be a lot, but in fact it was just one sentence - few people, many guns, come quickly!

(End of this chapter)