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Chapter 187 A gift from an old friend (fourth update, please subscribe)

If you can’t burn it from heaven, then burn it from the ground!

Originally, each battalion only had 27 flamethrowers, which would definitely not be pleasant enough to burn.

In order to burn people happily, each battalion added 9 German flamethrowers. Although the performance is slightly inferior, it can still be used reluctantly if it is used to burn people.

It has to be said that compared to automatic weapons, sometimes flamethrowers are more effective in the rain forest. After all, the flamethrower does not need to be aimed. It only needs to be sprayed in the general direction, and the splashing fire dragon will ignite along the way. Everything turned the Japanese soldiers hiding in the vegetation directly into burning men.

On the battlefield, a soldier holding a flamethrower can exert an invincible momentum. Once the flames come into contact with any object, it will not be extinguished unless it is burned to ashes. In just a few days, the flamethrower became a happy gun in the hands of soldiers.

Roasting Japanese soldiers alive with flamethrowers is definitely a joy. After all, liking barbecue is a human instinct, an instinct that dates back to ancient times.

The round battle continues, and the happy gun is also happy in the rain forest.

It was at this time that a telegram suddenly came from the United States, making Li Yian even happier!

"What a favor!"

It took Li Yian almost half an hour to come to his senses after receiving the telegram. The telegram was sent by the Coordination Office in Washington. Although Li Yian left Washington a few months ago, he stayed there. A coordination office is used to coordinate with the United States on issues such as subsequent material deployment.

Truman, who had just taken over for less than half a month, used his own way to repay Li Yi'an's years of efforts - providing US$[-] million in supplies to the Borneo Guard Force from the Lend-Lease Act!
  "Big deal!"

Looking at the telegram, Zhao Yingyuan, the chief of staff of the garrison, couldn't help but sigh,
  "Four hundred million dollars! Boss Li, when the Pacific War first broke out, the Americans were not so generous to us. However, these 63 LST tank landing ships seem to be of little use to us..."

The US$63 million is a loan approved by Truman "to strengthen the combat capabilities of the Borneo Guard Force". The loan is provided by the Lend-Lease Act, and the [-] LST tank landing ships are part of it.

On the surface, they seem useless, but Li Yian knows that these landing ships are very useful!
  "You don't understand, Truman knows what I need!"

Li Yian said with a smile.

"Most of the ports in Borneo have been destroyed. With tank landing ships, troops can more easily go ashore. And after the war, shallow-draft tank landing ships can more easily enter the Yangtze River, Yellow River and coastal areas to transport immigrants."

63 second-hand LST tank landing ships - this is a gift from Truman and is part of the supplies that the United States requires the United Kingdom to return. After all, the U.S. military is going to land in Japan, so the United Kingdom needs to return the Lend-lease ships leased by the United States to ensure the Normandy landing. Landing ships and other vessels provided in the bill.

Now, this batch of returned second-hand LST tank landing ships has been provided to him by Truman. Since they are second-hand, the price must be extremely low - each ship costs only one hundred thousand US dollars, which is almost the same as the post-war sale price.

Xiao Duzi still knows how to return a favor!
  Among the [-] million U.S. dollars of supplies, more than [-] million U.S. dollars are second-hand supplies with very low discounts, which is almost equivalent to getting a billion U.S. dollars of supplies for a price of [-] million U.S. dollars.

However, it doesn't matter.

After all, both sides know that price is not important, what is important is that the LST tank landing ship is suitable for transporting immigrants. Even though the LST tank landing ship has a standard displacement of only 1653 tons and a full load of only 4080 tons, its transportation volume as a tank landing ship is extremely astonishing. In the Korean Peninsula in another world, in order to escape the pursuit of the volunteers, in Xing During the Nanda evacuation, more than [-] Korean refugees boarded one of the LST tank landing ships and evacuated to Busan. It even set a Guinness World Record for the largest number of people evacuating a ship in a single time.

With these dozens of LSTs, apart from other things, it is still possible to transport two to three million immigrants a year. Korean refugees can squeeze in, and immigrants can also squeeze in!

While sighing, Li Yian couldn't help but complain.

"However, these dozens of landing ships require a lot of people to operate them. This Truman doesn't understand my difficulties at all."

The boss's complaints made Zhao Yingyuan, Sun Delin and others roll their eyes. Where can you find such a good thing? Why do you still dislike it?

"Boss, the pilot training must be done as early as possible. The B24 bomber is a bomber that can take off from Okinawa and bomb the Japanese mainland. ..."

Zhao Yingyuan reminded from the side.

"The Americans also provide us with B24s. There is currently a brigade of personnel in China who are being trained in the United States. After their training is completed and the domestic counterattack goes smoothly, they can take off from Zhejiang and other places to bomb the Japanese mainland, and we can also bomb together. Japan itself.”

Although he complained, Li Yian had to admit one thing - Truman understood his friends and knew what he wanted. The landing ship was to transport immigrants after the war. As for the B24 bomber, it was definitely to help him achieve it. The dream of acquaintances all over Japan.

Bomb Japan!

Just being an American with a prosthetic hand is not enough. The most important thing is to participate. Otherwise, you will just be a bystander and have no sense of participation!

Although Truman provided B24 bombers, not B29 bombers. But it doesn't matter, it can only fulfill the wishes of acquaintances everywhere, let alone B24, even B17 is no problem.

Of course, the B24 is also second-hand and comes from the UK. There is no other way. Who makes second-hand aircraft cheap? The main purpose is to provide as much weapons and equipment as possible within limited funds.

With this batch of long-range bombers, not only can the wishes of acquaintances everywhere be realized, but after the war, Borneo will also have the largest strategic air force in Southeast Asia, which can basically guarantee one thing - it can bomb whoever it wants!
  "Recruit personnel from the North African Aviation School, and send electricity to Zhu Yihai, and ask him to try to recruit a group of personnel who are good at English. Well, there will be no problem with the college students from Wang Puppet's side."

In fact, Li Yi'an's instructions are completely unnecessary. After all, Zhu Yihai's recruitment conditions for "employees" are very loose. No letters of introduction or introducers are needed. All he needs is a diploma from junior high school or above, even if it is If you don’t have a junior high school diploma, you can still pass the junior high school mathematics proficiency test. This test is not too simple - if you can get half of the ten junior high school mathematics questions correct, you will be considered qualified.

As for if someone applies for a job with a diploma from Central University, regardless of those who graduated after [-] years, the company will still recognize them. After all, the company is just a company, and all it needs is talents. As for the identity of the other party...a college student in an occupied area , not a college student!

Precisely because the recruitment conditions are relaxed and there are no political factors, the company's recruitment has always been smooth. After all, for most people, high salary is real, and other things are not important.

It is precisely because of this that when faced with the big gift package sent by an old friend, Li Yian was able to calmly deploy manpower. Dozens of landing ships and more than a hundred bombers may not seem like many, but in fact they need captains, Sailors and ground crews need at least several thousand people, and all of them must have an education level of junior high school or above.

Yes, we still need to open a school!
  Otherwise, there won’t be enough manpower!
  With this thought in his mind, Li Yian lowered the educational level of his employees once again - primary school education is also acceptable. After all, there are currently [-] to [-] million primary school students in domestic schools!
  Finally, looking at the dozens of pages of aid supplies list, Li Yian couldn't help but sigh. "Hey, old friend, you are forcing me to become the hegemon in Southeast Asia... If I don't dominate Southeast Asia, how can I live up to the love of my old friend?"

(End of this chapter)