the world is at stake

Paris, Jewish community Marais.

Mr. Baker, wearing a small cap, got out of the taxi in a hurry, carrying a worn black briefcase, and walked into a laundry shop in the community.

As soon as the door was pushed open, the doorbell jingled.

The light in the store is not good, and the space is divided by seven or eight clothes rails.The aunt who ran the store was opening the dry-cleaned clothes on a hanger, and turned a blind eye to Mr. Baker who came in, at most taking a look.

Behind the store is a large dry cleaning machine, buzzing non-stop.Further back is a courtyard where the Zionist organization is stronghold.It can be regarded as an old-fashioned terrorist organization in the world. In the early days, it specialized in attacks against civilians and was severely punished by the British.

The history of the Jewish people's misfortune will not be repeated. In short, the state of 'Israel' has been established and has passed the first test.But this new country is still very fragile, and basically has nothing to do.

The room in the backyard was extremely dark, and there were four or five people nestled inside.After Baker entered the room, he took the coffee from his companion to moisten his throat, and said in a deep voice, "There is good news. The United States is indeed disposing of their surplus military supplies in Europe at a low price."

One sentence triggered low cheers in the room, and someone asked in surprise, "Are there any tanks?"

"Yes." Baker said with certainty, "I followed a transport convoy heading for Dunkirk, and chatted with their leaders. The other party said that the business has been busy recently, and a large number of people are being recruited to clean up military supplies. .

Paris, Lyon, Reims, Marseilles, the US military is clearing their warehouses all over France.Even not just in France, US bases in Germany and Italy are also being inventoried.

From the current point of view, Americans are really extremely wasteful.They casually discarded equipment worth hundreds of millions without cherishing it at all.And these are what we desperately need.

There are not only tanks, but also artillery, planes, trucks, guns, everything.

I've got a list of supplies that have been removed from the Torcy military base in Paris.The abandoned equipment in this place alone is enough for us to fight another war with the Arabs. "

Baker's words were good news, and the other Jews in the room were even more excited.

The Zionist Organization was established at the end of the nineteenth century, but it has never had much momentum. Instead, it has aroused strong vigilance by European powers.

Russia openly spread rumors that these god-defying bastards are trying to subvert the European order.In fact, the Jews are both hardworking and ambitious, and have a bad reputation.

Anti-Semitism has long been politically correct in Europe, but Hitler went too far and gave the Jews the opportunity to use public opinion. Of course, it must be admitted that the Jews themselves are also working hard, which is very important.

Israel is currently poor and weak. The Zionists are looking for weapons and equipment to arm themselves all over the world. Europe, which has just ended the war, is the focus of the search.

In the past, the 'revivors' could only pick up trash in a sneaky way.Now that the local tyrants in the United States are actually starting to clean up the bottom of the warehouse, this is a great opportunity to make a bargain.

"Is there a telegram reply from the United States?" Baker asked.

The companions in the room took out the recently received telegram draft, and then left the room one by one in a very obedient manner.Baker closed the door, turned on the desk lamp, and took out the code book from the safe in the corner.

An hour later, the translated telegram was retranscribed.

The United States' Post-War Property Administration agreed to the purchase request of the Jews, and also thoughtfully expressed that if the purchase amount exceeds [-] million U.S. dollars, a military-grade repair shop can be presented as a gift.

Machine shop?

Mr. Baker frowned, he was actually a little dissatisfied.

Previously, the 'Postwar Property Administration' sold fifty 'Liberty Ships', which were accompanied by a ship repair yard.

Repairing equipment and repairing ships are completely different things.

The former is not small, but still a field workshop; the latter is a serious enterprise that can be transformed into a shipyard by adding skilled workers and heavy equipment.

"Besides, the Yankee's quotation is a bit high." Mr. Baker put down the telegram, grabbed a pen and paper and began to calculate.

The Zionist Organization raised donations from Jews all over the world to maintain it, and actively requested military aid from the United Kingdom and the United States.But money is never enough.

Compared with the waste wood and big dogs in Arabia, the Israeli army can be called a thrifty pacesetter. The equipment seized on the battlefield is modified as much as possible for their own use.

This kind of modification is famous. Many small countries in the third world even hand over the modification of their own T54 tanks and MiG-21 to Israel, which means they agree with the Jewish craftsmanship.

Israel is in urgent need of a batch of 'Sherman' tanks, as well as artillery and ammunition for modification.According to the quotation on the telegram, the price of a second-hand 'Sherman' was as high as $[-].

"It's too expensive. The ex-factory price of this thing is less than 70.00 US dollars." Mr. Baker shook his head, and found that the quotation from the Americans was really 'reasonable', which was basically about [-]% of the original price.

The reason is - including shipping and accessories.

There is a sentence at the end of the telegram-Major Chanders is currently in charge of the sale of surplus materials in Europe. He expressed his understanding of our economic difficulties and proposed to raise funds by issuing bonds.

Issue bonds?

Engage in finance?

This is what the Jews are good at.

It's just that the bonds are issued, who will buy them?How high is the interest rate?

Well, these things don't need Major Chanders to remind them, the Jews themselves can package various concepts into financial products and sell them.Wall Street has plenty of these types of people.

"But $[-] for a 'Sherman' is too expensive, and other military supplies are also at similar prices." As a financial veteran, Mr. Baker instinctively felt that such a price was unreasonable.

"The tank itself is discarded, and the cost is zero. If you don't sell it today, you will really sell it as scrap iron in the future, and even now it is almost scrap iron. But if it is for accounting, the entry of [-] US dollars must be very expensive. beautiful."

As a master accountant, Baker could almost see through the tricks at a glance.

"The key is probably the transportation fee and spare parts fee. If the US 'Post-War Property Administration' appoints a certain transportation company to undertake the business, and this company happens to belong to..."

Baker's eyes fell on the name of Major Chanders.He subconsciously called his subordinates and asked them to find out who the company that is currently responsible for cleaning up the US military warehouse belongs to?

After two or three days of investigation, there is no evidence related to Major Chanders, but several French labor service companies.However, the background of these companies is extremely complicated, and they belong to overseas anonymous holdings.Public accounts are registered with Swiss banks.

Don't think about it, if you can't find it out, there is a problem.Which labor service company would engage in these blindfolds?There is definitely something tricky behind it.

Western Europe faces the sea on three sides, and the sea transportation is very developed, so the freight should be very cheap.

Mr. Baker simply calculated the shipping cost, and he was basically sure that if he really spent [-] million US dollars to buy arms from Major Chanders, at least half of the profits would be taken away by the shipping service.

By the way, consumable accessories are also a big pit, and they will be outsourced to a certain company in all likelihood.After the Jews sold the tanks, they had to buy and sell them from a certain company. If they were not careful, they would continue to give money to people.

Calculated in this way, the "post-war property management bureau" has a good account, but the transportation fee will spend all the profits.This is definitely because someone inside wants to make money, so the price is raised so high.

The key point is that it is legal to do so, and the Yankees can't check it if they want to.

It’s just a telegram and a few simple paragraphs. Mr. Baker, who has rich experience in fraud and money laundering, completely sees through the hidden details behind it.

"Is this Major Chanders trying to make money himself, or was Major General John instructed?" Mr. Baker frowned, then shook his head and gave up thinking.

None of this mattered, what mattered was that Major Chandler's asking price was too high.But now there are few companies in the world that can openly supply post-war materials.

The Soviet Union had it, but it was difficult to access.West Germany doesn't need to think about it, it is controlled by the United States.Not to mention France, World War II had nothing to do with it.The UK does have a lot of stocks, but no matter the quality, type, or quantity, it is completely incomparable with the US.

Mr. Baker thought for a while and wrote a telegram to his companion in the United States.Firstly, we really need to step up fundraising, secondly, we need to ask for more assistance from the US government, thirdly...

"If necessary, please contact Major Chanders directly and ask if the price of 'post-war property' can be reduced. We can fully compensate in other ways."

The Jews are here to pick up the cheap, not to be the winner, so naturally they don't want to spend a lot of money to be taken advantage of.But they can't complain directly, they can only euphemistically say that they can 'compensate'.

The telegram was sent and three hours later there was a reply from Major Chanders.

"I understand the efforts of the Israeli people for national security and the urgent need for arms, but the price of property after the war cannot be reduced. Maybe it can be compensated through multilateral trade and financial services."

Mr. Baker was infuriated by the telegram.He hoped to 'compensate' Major Chanders, and now the other party wants to 'compensate' him.This is clearly knowing that the Jews are in urgent need of arms, and they are making demands.

What is 'multilateral trade', this euphemism is not meant for smuggling?Definitely not a good thing.As for financial services, nine out of ten they want to use the developed Jewish financial system to launder money.

Mr. Baker wanted to know exactly what 'multilateral trade' was, but Major Chanders didn't reply, as if he had never received the telegram.

Three days later, a letter arrived at the laundromat where Mr. Baker lived.The letter asks whether it can purchase oil drilling and refining equipment on behalf of them, and names the products of American companies, and must also attach detailed technical descriptions.

For example, a hydrofluoric acid alkylation unit capable of producing No. [-] gasoline; a complete set of toluene production line for coal chemical industry; and a butadiene production line as a by-product of gasoline, which can be used to produce artificial rubber.

The United States won World War II not only because of its high steel output, but also because of its strong chemical capabilities.The BF109 in Germany can only use No. 86 gasoline, and the British "Spitfire" has used No. [-] high-alkanes gasoline aided by the United States.

The Soviet Union even relied on American gasoline aid to blend its No. 70 fuel and assemble trucks with American tires in order to start its war machine.

If there was no American aid in World War II, the Germans would really build the Third Reich.

But Mr. Baker was very strange.He was in France, but this unknown letter wanted to buy products from American oil companies without thinking.

Two days later, another letter was sent, saying that if it is not convenient to buy American products, alternative products from France's Total Petroleum Company are also available, but they must be a full set of personnel and technology.

Not to mention where the specific technology will be used.

Although he was puzzled, if he contacted the telegram with Major Chanders two days ago, Mr. Baker couldn't help but feel a chill on his neck-the water behind this is very deep, and most people can't handle it.

Chapter 42

At the end of November 50, a "Victory Ship" sailed from Dunkirk, France to the North Sea, then entered the Baltic Sea, entered the Gulf of Finland five days later, and arrived at Leningrad, the most important port of the Soviet Union, that is, St. Petersburg.

This is the first batch of military supplies that Zhou Qingfeng obtained from the US military warehouses in Europe under remote command after he became Major Chanders.For the sake of safety, nearly [-] tons of goods carried on board are ordinary.

Listed on the outbound manifest are gloves, boots, leather jackets, hats, cans, underwear, kerosene stoves, field phones and the like.

Not worth the money, and nothing high-tech.

The French customs officers found that the destination of the cargo ship was Leningrad, so they boarded the ship and inspected it, but found nothing suspicious.

When the cargo arrived in Leningrad, Ambassador Wang in Moscow drove to the port in person and boarded the cargo ship for inspection.

After confirming that this ship contained 20 pairs of military boots, 15 pieces of winter clothing, and [-] tons of canned meat, he happily sent a telegram directly to the imperial capital—the first batch of goods from the "Northern Route" arrived in the Soviet Union, and the harvest was very fruitful.

It is hard for industrial countries to imagine the embarrassment of agricultural countries, and American soldiers can imagine how poor China was in less than 50 years.

The military boots retrieved from the military warehouse are all cashmere-lined and rubber-soled, which are warm and strong to wear.The domestic army can only wear cloth shoes, with very few rubber shoes, and marching on foot consumes a lot of shoes and socks.

Especially when fighting in North Korea in winter, the cotton shoes are easy to get wet and not breathable.If you don't pay attention to keeping warm, the soles of your feet can be frozen to the point of amputation in a blink of an eye.

The non-combat casualties of the Volunteer Army are extremely high, more than the combat casualties, which is caused by being too poor and too miserable.

Ambassador Wang dug out a pair of tall cashmere boots from the wooden box that had arrived, put them on, stomped on the deck of the ship a few times, and laughed happily: "These shoes are comfortable, and they came so timely."

Then I flipped through the clothes box, and inside were a lot of American M43 cold-proof jackets.

It was the second half of 44 when the U.S. military invaded Europe, and soon there was a world of ice and snow, and both sides in the battle distributed a large number of cold-proof clothing.These clothes were shipped to France at that time.

The American badges on the clothes are still preserved, and some of them are even worn, and they are also collected in containers.Among them are many leather jackets for pilots, which are light, breathable, warm, and made of real materials.

With this boatload of clothes, Ambassador Wang was greatly relieved.

Not to mention being used to supply the army, even cities in northern China are in urgent need of warm clothes.This entire ship of materials transported to the country can solve many problems.

It takes about a month from unloading the cargo at the port to loading it on the train and then arriving in Northeast China.After all, the railway capacity of the Soviet Union was limited, and the deployment of wagons was very troublesome. It was only through the friendship between the two parties that we could help.

In order to speed up, Xiao Jinlang decided to pay the shipping fee to the Soviet Union in US dollars, requesting to deploy more wagons and ensure the safe and fast arrival of the goods, which shortened the transportation time to 20 days.

After the first ship 'Victory Ship' arrived safely, Zhou Qingfeng became more courageous. 'Holy Light' also has people in France, secretly deploying more ships to strengthen transportation.

Throughout December, the "Holy Light" team arranged a total of more than 12 ship trips, and at most three "Victory Ships" arrived in Leningrad at the same time.

This time the shipment was not worthless stuff, but two thousand 'GM' and 'Opel' trucks.

In 50 years, China imported [-] trucks to the Soviet Union, but only [-] trucks could be distributed to the volunteers.These three ships brought in two thousand vehicles at one time.

Maozi's Ministry of Internal Affairs was surprised, thinking that Chinese comrades still make a lot of money picking up junk in Europe.Although the materials shipped by ship were picked for nothing, the value of the goods is not low, at least tens of millions of dollars.

This is really a waste of time.

Among the [-] trucks, there is also a batch of 'Owl' infrared searchlight vehicles, half-track vehicles, suitable for activities in the mountains of North Korea, providing lighting for night operations.

The Soviet workers hoisting at the wharf had never seen this thing before. If it weren't for the traces of the Iron Cross that hadn't been removed on the car body, they would definitely think it was some top-secret equipment of their own.

The Soviet Union is also working on its own night vision equipment, and it looks a little jealous.

Xiao Jinlang already knew what kind of virtue Maozi was, and suggested to the central government: "Instead of letting Maozi take it secretly, it's better to tell them clearly.

want to?Can.

Whatever is taken in Leningrad, it can be made up in the Far East at a discounted price.Even if all the [-] trucks and infrared searchlight vehicles that arrived were taken away by Maozi, as long as it can provide corresponding equipment in the Far East, there is no problem at all.

This also saves the transportation all the way and directly speeds up the speed of getting the equipment. "

The chairman thinks it's perfectly fine and approves it.

Maozi probably had been waiting for the country to say this for a long time. When Ambassador Wang made this request in Moscow, Stalin felt it was a good deal. The quality of American-made and German-made trucks is still quite good, and second-hand trucks are better than Soviet ones.

So the two sides exchanged one for one, and the volunteers directly received [-] 'GAZ' trucks from the Maozi Far East Military Region.As for the 'Owl', the two sides are evenly divided, and everyone is happy.

However, more and more weapons and equipment were shipped in later, such as rifles, machine guns, mortars and even howitzers, and tens of thousands of them were shipped in one breath.The ammunition is all in rounds of '[-] million', which are basically German products that Yankees can't use.

At first, Ambassador Wang went to the port to see it himself, but after the exciting period, he basically didn't feel it. The "Holy Light" shipped so many things from Europe that he couldn't remember how many.

Anyway, eating, drinking, sleeping, guns, trucks, ammunition, radio, everything, even airplanes.Until one day, a batch of chariots and self-propelled artillery were brought by the "Victory Wheel", which caused another surprise.

The port crane brought down a broken King Tiger first, and the side of the turret was hit by a shot, which was penetrated.Two abandoned 'Tigers' with broken tracks and damaged turrets.There are also things like No. [-] and No. [-]. The models are very complicated.

These probably can only enter the museum to enrich the collection.

The most eye-catching is more than 150 basically intact 'Black Panther' G, or night combat type.There is an obvious commander's night vision device on the turret, which can clearly see targets within a range of 600 meters.

Coupled with other scattered 'Weasel' or 'Bison' self-propelled artillery, plus tracked armored personnel carriers, this can basically be used to equip an armored regiment.

The sour "Black Panther" of the Soviets is outdated, and I feel that the Chinese must not be able to deal with German equipment. They say that there is no maintenance and logistics, and the tank is scrap iron, or the T-34 is better.

As a result, during this period, the Prime Minister visited Eastern Europe and placed tens of millions of dollars in orders.In order to seek a larger market, East Germany insisted on sending a military aid mission to China.

In the beginning, the aid group consisted of only a few dozen people, but it quickly expanded to hundreds of thousands.