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Chapter 188 Ruhr Demolition Team (first update, please subscribe)
  In fact, Li Yi'an has quite a few old friends.

There are old friends in Washington, and there are also old friends in Berlin.

Just when Truman sent the generous gift, the Soviet army captured the Reichstag Building of the Third Reich on April 4, a full nine days earlier than in history. The Soviet army, transformed into Crazy Ivan, even crossed the border on April 21 across the Oder River - not only to avoid being bombed by Germany with atomic bombs, but more importantly to seize Germany with Britain and the United States. After all, John Bull and Uncle Sam were both on drugs on the Western Front, and their offensive speed was faster than in history. too much. Because of his loving father's strict orders, the Battle of Berlin was even more tragic than in history - the Soviet casualties exceeded half a million, nearly doubling the number.

In fact, because of the atomic bombs in the sky, the Allies advanced the date of Germany's surrender by several days, but they paid more than [-] million casualties. Especially the Soviet Union, which attacked fiercely all the way, caused direct casualties. Multiply.

On the 21st, when the red flag was flying on the Capitol Building, it seemed that the Soviet army was celebrating victory, but in fact it was exhausted. In just a few months, it suffered one million more casualties than in history. It was absolutely It's an extremely heavy price to pay.

Of course, life was not easy for the Germans - one million people were killed in Berlin, and only a few hundred thousand German troops were captured. It can be said that both sides were jealous.

As in history, Berlin was completely destroyed, the entire city was completely turned into ruins, and the living people were lingering in the ruins.

On April 4, General Weidling, commander of the German Berlin City Defense, went to Chuikov's forward command post and signed a surrender order.

"Germany is surrendering..."

Looking at the European war report sent by the Allied intelligence department, Li Yian couldn't help but sigh.

"The Third Reich is finished..."

Yes, the Third Reich is over!
  But what about the legacy of the Third Reich?

The legacy of the Third Reich is certainly not the more than a thousand tons of gold in the Murdoch salt mines and the billions of Reichsmarks that are no more than waste paper, but Germany's intellectual resources.

Why can Germany stand up to the entire world on its own?
  Germany has the best generals in the world, and German soldiers are outstanding.

In fact, although there are reasons for this, in essence, the fundamental reason why Germany can compete with the world lies in science and technology. Since the late 19th century, the world's science center has been in Germany. Even after the First World War, the German economy suffered heavy losses, it has not changed. This fact, before the war, Germany was still the world's scientific center, compared with Germany, the United States is simply a little brother. If it weren't for the tens of thousands of German-Jewish scientists who fled to the United States before the war, there would have been World War II where the United States would be on par with Germany in science and technology. After the war, the introduction of German intellectual resources by the United States further promoted the development of American science. progress and allowed the United States to replace Germany as the world center of science and technology.

What Li Nian needs now is to bite a piece of meat from the corpse of the Third Reich. Even just a small bite of meat is enough to make Borneo complete industrialization and even enter the ranks of technological powers.

It’s finally time to take a bite of the fat!

Putting down the battle report in his hand, Li Yian thought for a moment, and then said.

"Order Zhao Xiyong to immediately launch Operation Paperback Pin."

Li Yian has always believed that piracy is best the original version. Verbatim. So even the operation code names were pirated copies of the American emperor's.

In fact, Zhao Xiyong, who had already entered Cologne, had already started his "big demolition" work without Li Yian's order.

After Li Yi'an left Europe, Zhao Xiyong was in charge of the task force's affairs. With a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, he will naturally not let his boss down. After all, this is a test for him.

Cologne is the center of the Ruhr area. Like Hamburg, it is the place where barbecue master Li Mei learned his skills. Although it was burned to ashes by Poker Face Li Mei, the main factories all over the Ruhr area are still there. For the search team from agricultural countries, they simply couldn't believe their eyes - between the ruins of the factory with the skylight opened, a piece of intact machinery and equipment stood among the ruins, although some machines were damaged. It was blown up, but most of the equipment was intact.

Even in some factories, there are hundreds of Panther tanks and Panzer IV tanks that are about to be completed, as well as piles of weapons and spare parts. They are all very jealous when they see them. If there is any hesitation, they just dismantle them!
  As a result, the task force was transformed into the "Ruhr Demolition Team". There are so many factories and not enough manpower!
  Regardless of the lack of manpower, Zhao Xiyong has never been a pedantic person when it comes to running things. He has a good way of doing things. After all, he has experienced officialdom in China and is very flexible in handling things. He directly hires workers on the spot. , to help with demolition.

"In addition to a daily salary of 10 marks, the team with the highest wage efficiency can receive an additional reward - two Camel cigarettes!"

Zhao Xiyong undoubtedly knows how to mobilize people's enthusiasm - not to mention the salary of 10 marks, which is double the previous salary of those German workers, the temptation of two Camel cigarettes is even greater. After all, in Germany now, two Camels You can sleep with a German girl just by smoking. A soldier even used a pack of Camel cigarettes to get a twenty-year-old university-educated German girl to propose to him.

That's right, when the two countries were at war, the German girls had already started to side with the occupying forces. In order to survive... they were not shabby.

What kind of excellent Aryan nation is like that when faced with cigarettes.

So realistic!

In order to turn the demolition equipment into his own, Zhao Xiyong also directly circled a large area of ​​land near the train station to serve as a military camp for the troops. In fact, it was used to place the demolition machinery and equipment. Once the railway was restored, he would Ship it out as soon as possible, to Borneo, or at least to North Africa first.
  Everyone knows that these ownerless things are truly ownerless only if they are transported away. If the Allies pursue them, they don't know who they belong to. Only when it is shipped to North Africa does it become your own.

The land belonged to a Junker noble, but so what.

Zhao Xiyong even moved directly into the luxurious mansion that his family had inherited for two hundred years.

But for Count Heydrich, he welcomed these Chinese. After all, there was no hatred between the Chinese and the Germans. The British army had been here before and shot dozens of people who were hiding here in his yard. wounded soldiers, and even a few children among them.

In the count's view, even if those people were SS, they should not be killed like wild dogs.

And what about these Chinese people?
  But he was very polite. Zhao Xiyong even apologized to him for living in his house and driving his family into the attic. However, this did not prevent them from living in the best room. As the defeated party, , what can you force?

"Mr. Colonel, are you going to tear everything down?"

That night, the count looked at the large equipment being hauled by heavy trucks. The equipment was wrapped in tarpaulin, and the type of the machine could not be seen at all.

"It's not about dismantling everything, but about dismantling some valuable equipment. Who knows? I don't understand industry, but what is certain is that the British and French will do this in the future. They may not need these at all. equipment, but they will never leave it to the Germans, and..."

Zhao Xiyong pointed in the direction of the factory area and said.

"Those workers also need wages and income to maintain their lives. Earl, I am just helping those poor people within my ability..."

When he said these words, Zhao Xiyong was moved by himself. After all, he is really doing good things! The salary alone costs hundreds of thousands of marks every day. Of course, he is not short of money - not to mention having hundreds of millions of Reichsmarks in cash on hand, there are also a large number of Reichsmarks in the bases in North Africa. After all, Li Yian is silently The amount of Reichsmark cash taken from the Dok Salt Mine was as high as 27.6 billion!
  This money would definitely be useless paper in other countries, but in Germany, it is still used as currency, and even continued to be used in the years after the war, but it has depreciated and is no longer strong. But it is perfectly appropriate to use it to pay German workers' wages and let them help dismantle and transport machinery and equipment.

Zhao Xiyong's words made the earl silent for a while. He seemed to be thinking about the truth of these words. After a while, he said.

"You are right, I think you need some professional guidance."

(End of this chapter)