Chapter 977 Savior and the Navy

"What? A part of the Sichuan Army rescued Xidudaiye and defeated Xiaorizi. Unfortunately, most of the British troops in the city were killed." The telegram also recorded in detail how the natives killed crazily.

After reading the telegram, Lord Alexander fainted. The theater headquarters was in chaos, and Stilwell ordered someone to send him for emergency treatment immediately.

Stilwell carefully studied the telegram and compared it with the map.

There are too many doubts here, such as why Xiao Rizi appeared in Xidu Daye for no reason? There is no value in attacking there at all.

At the same time, why did the killing happen so coincidentally?

Finally, why did the Sichuan Army arrive at the battlefield so promptly?

He always felt that there was some conspiracy behind this, but the previous telegram was indeed sent by the defenders in the city of Xidu Daye, and it clearly recorded that Xiao Rizi was attacking.

After thinking for a long time, he still didn't figure it out. But right now he had more important things to do, which was to hold the defense line, train the troops, replenish supplies, and wait until everything was ready before attacking. So for now, he should stabilize the defense line.

After pondering for a while, Stilwell drafted a telegram, ordering the Sichuan Army to temporarily take over Xidudaiye and hand it over to the British Army after driving away the Xiaori.

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After receiving the telegram, Lin Hao looked at the content and sneered:
"Hand over? You're dreaming."

No one understands the nature of the British army better than him, and leaving it to them will only make things more chaotic.

So, Lin Hao simply ignored the telegram. He was now looking forward to the gains here.

Sure enough, when all the spoils were sorted out, Lin Hao finally understood why these natives had such deep hatred.

Not to mention anything else, there were nearly three tons of gold alone, and more than ten tons of silver. Pearls as big as pigeon eggs could fill an entire box, not to mention all kinds of other treasures.

"Sure enough, a horse cannot grow fat without night grass, and a man cannot become rich without unexpected wealth." Lin Hao sighed after reading it.

I even thought about doing it a few more times, but then I thought again and shook my head. It's okay to do it once, but doing it more than a few times will definitely arouse suspicion. The biggest flaw is that missing little thing.

Occasionally, they can blame Xiao Rizi, but what if it continues for a long time? Xiao Rizi will definitely come out to clarify, and it will be bad if it attracts attention.

Besides, compared with the huge deal reached with Germany, what we get here is just a drop in the bucket.

"Captain, we're going to make a fortune this time!" Meng Fanle knew what was on the list, so he rubbed his hands secretly and smiled.

Hearing this, Lin Hao laughed and said, "What's wrong? Don't you think money is insignificant? Why do you look like a landlord now?"

"Hehe, I'm almost thirty already and I have nothing. I'm thinking of saving up some money for my family!" Meng Fanle smiled.

"Get out of here, you can't be like that. Tell me, do you have any ideas?" Lin Hao said with a roll of his eyes.

"Captain, didn't you promise to rescue my parents? I was thinking that if they were rescued, they would have no place to live, and my father's room full of books would also need a place to be put." Meng Fanle said embarrassedly.

Hearing this, Lin Hao touched his chin and thought for a while:

"What you said is indeed a problem, but your monthly military salary is not low. Is it not enough for you to buy a house?"

"I want to buy a big one when I get married~!"

Seeing Meng Fanle's beating, Lin Hao said unhappily:

"I have a use for these treasures. Next, we will enter a period of great construction, which will require a lot of materials. Now is a time of war, and prices are rising."

"As for the houses you mentioned, once the new city is completed, you old people will definitely be among the first to be allocated houses, so don't worry."

"As for your parents, I have already asked Long Wenjian to lead Old A to Heshun Town, and asked the Third Battalion of Yaoma to prepare for their support."

Meng Fanle's main purpose was not to get a house. He was more concerned about his parents. He originally thought that after he had been wandering outside for several years, his parents had long since stopped caring about them.

Who knew that his parents would come to western Yunnan? He suddenly felt that he was the most unfilial son.

He had been in agony during this period, but he also knew that the Sichuan Army was currently very weak, so he only dared to keep it in his heart. Now hearing what Lin Hao said, Meng Fan was quite moved.

"Thank you, Captain." Meng Fanle said with emotion.

"Okay, stop it." Lin Hao kicked him angrily. At this moment, a telegram made Lin Hao's eyes light up.

The owner of this telegram was the director of the Zenda shelter, asking whether there were still more deserters, many of whom had experience in studying.

This made Lin Hao very happy. What he lacked most now was talents, especially those who had been to school, even if it was only primary school.

At least it's much better than being an illiterate who can't recognize words.

"This old fellow's ability to change his attitude according to the situation has improved!" Meng Fanle sneered after reading the telegram. They knew this fellow very well.

"That's their ability to survive. Otherwise, why do they live such a comfortable life? What about you? You are so poor in the shelter that you can't even get medical treatment for your legs?" Lin Hao said, shaking his head.

"Call back and tell him that we agree to his request." A few supplies were nothing to him. As long as he could get some useful talents in return, that would be enough.

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Just when the Sichuan Army was cleaning up the mess, Lin Hao saw a few old Chinese men being brought over by Bu La.

Commander, these Chinese representatives want to see you, saying they want to thank you for saving their lives.

When several Chinese old men saw Lin Hao, they immediately stood up and bowed:
"Hello, sir. Thank you so much. Otherwise, we would be in trouble."

At first Lin Hao was a little confused and didn't know what the song was about, but he understood after listening to it.

It turned out that the natives coveted the Chinese's money and took advantage of the chaos to start robbing them. Fortunately, the Sichuan Army arrived in time and killed all the natives.

After everything was settled, these Chinese representatives found out that it was the Sichuan Army, so they came to visit with gifts.

"It's just a small matter, not worth mentioning." After all, they are all compatriots, so Lin Hao didn't care too much.

"Sir, this is a small gift from our families. You must accept it!" At this time, an old man named Li stood up and handed over a box of agarwood.

Out of curiosity, Lin Hao opened it and found that there were more than ten large yellow croakers. For ordinary people, this gift was not small.

But that was only for ordinary people. Lin Hao really didn't like these dozen large yellow croakers, so he shook his head and refused:

"No merit, no reward. I didn't help much, so it's hard to accept this gift."

However, Lin Hao knew that when you show your courtesy to others, you must ask for something, so Lin Hao said directly:

"Just tell me what you want. I don't like nagging."

Hearing this, several people looked at each other, and the old man surnamed Li stood up and said:
"Sir, we hope to take back those shops on the street."

Shop? Lin Hao was stunned. What was going on? He looked at Bu La in confusion.

"Commander, the incident happened suddenly. In order to control the streets as quickly as possible, we sealed them off temporarily." Bu La hurriedly explained in a low voice.

Lin Hao nodded, indicating that he understood. He thought it was nothing and said immediately:

"How many stores are there? I'll write a note and ask someone to unblock them for you."

"Thank you very much, sir. It's not much. We own all three streets."

"Puff!" Lin Hao was stunned and looked at them in shock: "How many? Three streets?"

Bu La was also confused. Three streets? Damn, these bastards, so they gave him a big yellow croaker.

"Yes, three streets!" The old man surnamed Li rubbed his hands and said embarrassedly.

"It's not spicy, get out~!" Lin Hao stood up, turned around and left.

These bastards, they only gave him a dozen large yellow croakers from three streets away. It's like they are giving alms to a beggar. Who do they think of Lin?

"Sir, Sir~!" The old man surnamed Li was a little panicked. He originally thought that a dozen large yellow croakers were worth a lot of money and there shouldn't be any big problem. As a result, the other party heard the shop on the third street and immediately waved his hand to send him away:
"Three streets? There are only a few streets in the entire West City. You are so bold to ask for that."

Lin Hao felt that these people were treating him as a fool. There were only seven streets in the entire Xidu, and half of them belonged to them. Were they treating him as a fool?
Wait, although many shops were taken over from the British army, given Da Ying’s nature, it is really possible that they were robbed from these Chinese. However, Lin Hao still observed them calmly.

Upon hearing this, the old man surnamed Li sighed and said:

"Sir, we are not asking for too much. These three streets are indeed ours. It's just that after the British army came, they seized them for various reasons."

"We just want to take back the shop that originally belonged to us. This is the family business accumulated by three generations of us."

Hearing this, Lin Hao's face looked much better. Looking at the expressions of these people, it seemed that what they said was true. However, Lin Hao had many thoughts in his mind and did not agree easily.

"We can't give you all three streets. They are our spoils of war now. As for what you said about the British army seizing them by trickery, that's your business. I don't care about that. I only know that they are mine now."

They didn't dare to say a word when the British army robbed them, but now he came and wanted to take back the stolen property? Is there such a good thing in the world?
After all, his own territory needs these businessmen to operate and revitalize it, and his own materials also need more sales channels. The efficiency of relying solely on Milong is still too low.

"Sir, the gift is indeed a little small. We will definitely give you a more generous gift afterwards. Please be merciful." The old man surnamed Li said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Lin Hao's expression eased a lot, and he sat down again, looking at them and said slowly:
"It's impossible to give you all three streets, but we can try another way of cooperation."

"You say." After hearing the cooperation method, the old man surnamed Li asked hurriedly.

Lin Hao pondered for a moment and told them his way of cooperation. To put it bluntly, he would provide the materials, and they would use his connections to help him sell the materials. He would give them 30% of the profits, and the remaining 70% would be settled in the form of gold, silver dollars, antiques, jadeite stones and other materials.

If you agree, these three streets will be regarded as the capital for investment.

After hearing this, the few people looked at each other, and the old man surnamed Li asked in confusion: "Sir, what supplies do you want to sell?"

"Flour, canned food and other daily necessities." Lin Hao said casually:
"I want not only the market in Xidu, but the market in the whole of Myanmar and even Southeast Asia. Do you understand?"

"Hiss!" Several people took a breath of cold air. This ambition was really too big.

"Sir, can you really get these supplies?" The old man surnamed Li couldn't help but ask.

You know, these materials are in short supply now. If you can get them, you will have no trouble selling them. As long as you resell them a little, you can make a lot of money.

"If I don't have this ability, would I dare to do this business?" Then Lin Hao said coldly:

"Stop talking nonsense. Can you promise me something? Just give me a straight answer."

"No problem, sir."

"Okay, I'll send someone to contact you later. Unseal the shops on those three streets and return them to them." Lin Hao turned around and said:

"Don't play tricks on me, otherwise~!" After saying that, Lin Hao left directly.

He had more important things to do, which was to go to the seashore and release the gunboat.

Originally, he hadn't figured out how to get this thing out, but now that he has taken over Xidu, he has an outlet to the sea.

Moreover, there are many islands at the sea outlet of Xidu, which are very suitable for hiding. It is safe for a hundred-ton gunboat to hide on these small islands.

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After the matter in Xidudaiye was dealt with, Lin Hao brought Bula to the beach.

"I said, is this a battleship?" Bula blurted out when he saw the gunboat when they arrived at the beach by car.

Looking at Bu La's excited expression, Lin Hao shook his head and said:

"This is a gunboat. A warship is much bigger than this. This is nothing but an inland gunboat."

The main reason is that he has no naval talents. If he had enough naval talents, he would have no problem building a batch of cruisers.

If we build a shipyard, we can directly buy a few cargo ships weighing tens of thousands of tons and convert them into aircraft carriers, and then equip them with dozens of fighter jets, and they will become real aircraft carriers.

At this time, most aircraft carriers were converted from cargo ships. After all, jet fighters had not appeared, and the requirements for the decks of aircraft carriers were not that high.

After jet fighters became popular, wooden decks were no longer acceptable, and the steel requirements for aircraft carriers became very high, at least they had to be resistant to high temperatures.

"Gunboat? That's also a battleship. So cool, Commander. Will this be our battleship from now on?" Bula didn't care about the difference between a gunboat and a battleship. He said excitedly that it had only been a short time and they even had a battleship.

"It's a pity that the gun barrel is a little thin. The gun barrels of battleships in the old days are thicker. When will we be able to have one?" Bu La said with some envy.

In response to Bu La's envy, Lin Hao shook his head and said, "Don't worry, it won't be long before we even have an aircraft carrier, but right now I have a task for you."

"What mission?" Bu La looked at the gunboat and said casually without thinking too much.

"I plan to reorganize your Second Regiment into the Marine Corps." Lin Hao looked at Bu La and said word by word.

Hearing this, Bu La was completely confused. Marine Corps? What kind of military branch is this? From the literal meaning, it seems to be a mixture of the navy and the army?
"Commander, what is the Marine Corps?" Bula was dumbfounded. He asked quickly without understanding what was going on.

"Literally, it means the Marine Corps under the Navy." Lin Hao said with a smile, and at the same time thought of the fourth-class elk.

"Ah? Aren't we the army? How can we become the navy?" Bu La was a little confused.

Regarding the doubts about not being spicy, Lin Hao explained in detail. After all, this will be the main task of not being spicy in the future.

In fact, Lin Hao’s main purpose for taking over this place is because there are many islands in the Andaman Sea, which are actually very suitable for hiding supplies.

Especially in the future, when we need to get a large amount of steel, cement, and some factory equipment, we have to find a reason to present these in front of everyone.

You can't just create it out of thin air every time, right?

The island is very suitable. Lin Hao placed the supplies on the island in advance, and then the skilled Marines pulled the supplies back and announced to the outside world that the supplies were purchased from abroad and transported to the island for transit.

This way, with a reasonable reason, no one will be suspicious, and at least it seems a little reasonable.

"Why can't it become a navy? The Marine Corps of various countries are reorganized from the Army. We will have a large amount of supplies shipped in from the sea in the future, and the Marine Corps is a powerful guarantee to ensure the safety of these supplies." Lin Hao explained patiently.

Instantly, Bu La's expression became solemn, and he felt that this task was too heavy, but he still stood at attention and said seriously:

"Commander, my life belongs to you. I will do whatever you tell me to do. From today on, the Second Infantry Regiment is the Marine Army."

Lin Hao looked at Bu La with great satisfaction and felt that he had not chosen the wrong person.

"Sure enough, I was right about you. These three gunboats will be the equipment of your Marine Corps in the future. As for the other missing transport ships, I will find a way to get them for you." Lin Hao said with a smile.

"But, Captain, no one knows how to drive this car." Bu La scratched his head and said helplessly.

Hearing this, Lin Hao also sighed. This was exactly the problem. It was indeed troublesome not having naval talents.

The navy and the air force are two branches of the military that a poor guy can't deal with. The air force alone has given him a lot of trouble. He has only gathered five pilots so far. Fortunately, there are still a dozen who have received good training. It is estimated that it will take at least half a month before he can take a test flight.

And forget about the navy. There's not a single sailor to be found in the entire Sichuan Army Corps.

Without people, these gunboats are just a pile of scrap metal and are worthless.

"Wait!" Lin Hao suddenly thought that he didn't have it, but the one next door had it.

Since the outbreak of the war, the Guo army's navy has been almost in name only, without even a decent warship. Only a few gunboats hiding in the inland rivers are left, which still face occasional bombings.

Most of the navy have either been retired or reorganized into the army, which is simply a waste of talent.

Thinking of this, Lin Hao's heart was burning with excitement. If he could get dozens of people, wouldn't there be hope for his three gunboats?

"It seems that we need to ask the shelter director to think of a way to get a group of sailors here." Lin Hao muttered, and then said seriously:
"Don't worry, I'll find a way to solve the sailor issue. Next, you just need to fill up the staffing. Tell me if you need anything."

"Yes, Commander." Bu La stood at attention and saluted, thinking to himself, I never thought that I would become a navy officer one day? This is just a dream.

Just like that, Lin Hao stayed in Xidu Daye for a few days and sorted out the city before he felt at ease.

Before he knew it, it was time to trade with Felix. Lin Hao then cleaned up the trading supplies and teleported to a seaport controlled by German.