Chapter 998 Supply Business
"Your Excellency the division commander, we are running out of ammunition." Just when Watanabe Masao was feeling proud, the report from his subordinates made him frown.

Everything was good about this expedition, whether it was spoils of war or food, they were all extremely abundant, the only problem was the supply of weapons and ammunition.

Although the morale of these vassal troops was high, their combat quality was very low. It was considered good if they could hit one person with ten bullets.

So this month, the ammunition supplies they carried have been almost used up. If they don't replenish the ammunition in time, if they encounter the enemy, something bad might happen.

"Send a telegram to that guy and ask him to deliver another batch of supplies!" Lieutenant General Masao Watanabe said helplessly.

"Your Excellency the division commander, General Tanaka's ammunition supply is insufficient. I hope we can help them purchase supplies!" said the combat staff officer who came to report immediately.

Thinking of Tanaka Shinichi who had just met him, he couldn't help but frowned. Originally, the two of them split into two groups to attack Tianzhu.

He performed quite well along the way and successfully captured Imphal, but when Tanaka was attacking India along the coastal road, he was ambushed by the British army of India and was finally defeated.

Tanaka Shinichi had to cross mountains and rivers to meet up in Imphal. Fortunately, after he captured Imphal in India, the Sichuan Army did not continue to chase them, which finally made them feel relieved.

But Watanabe Masao knew that if he did not continue to attack India, the Sichuan Army would most likely concentrate its forces to deal with them again.

Then, when he thought about dealing with that mysterious arms dealer, Watanabe Masao felt a headache.

Every time he used that little bit of weapons and ammunition to exchange for a large amount of gold, he felt very unhappy. Moreover, that was why he was asked to help Tanaka Shinichi buy supplies.

"What about the weapons and ammunition we seized from the British army? Aren't they enough?" A lot of weapons and ammunition from the British army were seized along the way, and he felt that it should be enough to last for a while.

Upon hearing this, the combat staff quickly explained:

"Your Excellency, the division commander, those weapons are equipped to the vassal army. We now have weapons of several calibers, and our logistics supply has reached its limit. If we don't have new ammunition supplies, we may not be able to sustain even a small battle."

"I understand. Then contact the arms dealer named Li and ask for 20, no, 30 tons of gold. Let General Tanaka negotiate!"

"By the way, in addition to weapons and ammunition, we should also transport some more penicillin. That's a good thing!" Lieutenant General Watanabe Masao couldn't help but feel fortunate when he thought of his experiences during this period.

During this period, every time he captured a city, the vassal troops would send him a group of beauties, and he had a little more fun.

Of course, some problems would occasionally arise, but fortunately, with the treatment of penicillin, they could be cured quickly. So he is now very dependent on penicillin. He thinks this is the benefit for the soldiers.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Division Commander!" the combat staff officer responded immediately.

Soon, Li Qing arrived in Imphal by plane, and Lieutenant General Tanaka Shinichi met the arms dealer Li Qing again.

Li Qing has now become a famous arms dealer. In addition to trading with Xiao Rizi, he also has to go to the Nujiang River to exchange penicillin, grain and canned food for a large number of immigrants. In order to facilitate the transaction, Lin Hao arranged a private plane for him.

"Mr. Li, we need a large amount of weapons and ammunition, as well as penicillin!" Seeing Li Qing, the old Japanese soldier Tanaka Shinichi was very respectful and humble, no longer as arrogant as before, which made Li Qing couldn't help but sigh.

"No problem, I can get any equipment!" Li Qing said with a smile on his face.

"We need weapons and ammunition for two regiments, and 5,000 boxes of penicillin..." Tanaka Shinichi stated his needs without further ado.

"No problem at all!" Li Qing nodded again. After listening to Tanaka's needs, he thought of Lin Hao's instructions before leaving, so he continued:

"However, I think the weapons of the two regiments are not enough. As far as I know, your army has broken through to 100,000 people. With such a small amount of weapons and ammunition, it can't last long."

After being exposed, Tanaka Shinichi fell silent. He actually knew that this weapon could not solve the urgent problem at all, but he did not want to be controlled by the other party.

"We have a batch of new automatic weapons. Don't you really want to consider them? They are much better than your bolt-action rifles?" Li Qing deceived again.

Upon hearing this, Tanaka Shinichi shook his head again and said:

"No, we only need bolt-action rifles and three more regiments to make up the weapons of five regiments. The others will continue to use British weapons!"

"No problem!" Originally, the Sichuan Army did not have so many Japanese weapons, but after taking Bangkok, they seized weapons from tens of thousands of people, so it was not a problem to gather the Japanese weapons for five regiments.

"I will send you the transaction location in seven days!" After leaving these words, Li Qing turned and left.

This transaction will bring the Sichuan Army at least 30 tons of gold in profit.

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In Chiang Mai, Lin Hao watched the Chinese family leave and sipped his tea slowly. Suddenly, he felt that the tea tasted very good. Meng Fanle came to the meeting room with a smile on his face.

"Commander, you've been promoted again!" Meng Fanle said excitedly while waving the telegram.

Hearing this, Lin Hao looked at Meng Fanle in surprise and said in astonishment: "Promoted?"

"Yes, division commander. No, from today on, you're the military commander. You're too young." Meng Fanle said excitedly while handing over the telegram in his hand.

Lin Hao was calm as he took the guarantee and looked at the signature of the theater commander, Stilwell, and couldn't help but sigh:
"This old Stilwell is really generous."

"New Second Army?" After seeing the number, Lin Hao frowned slightly, but did not refuse. Instead, he said solemnly:
"But we still call it the Sichuan Army to the outside world. This is our soul and we must never lose it!"

"Yes, General!" Meng Fanle immediately saluted.

"It looks like I'm going to promote you again." Lin Hao said with a smile:

"But some people have been promoted too quickly, and their military skills have not kept up. It's better to slow down a bit!"

Lin Hao felt that it was not a good idea to promote them too quickly, as there would be too many wars to fight in the future, such as the Khmer in the east, Annan, and even the countries in Borneo.

I'm leveling up too fast now, what will I do later? I can't level up every time I fight a battle? Otherwise, I won't be able to level up later.

He also felt that after this period of integration, the brigade-level organization was more suitable for them.

It is said to be a brigade, but once all the personnel and equipment are replenished in the later stage, it will be no worse than a division-level combat unit.

"Well, I also think we should hold off for a while. The brothers have been promoted too quickly, and their military quality is still at the previous company and platoon level. They don't need to improve their military knowledge." Meng Fanle also agreed with this view.

"Well, I plan to throw them all into school for training. They can graduate and return to their original units only if they pass the exam. Otherwise, they will have to study until they pass the exam and graduate." Lin Hao nodded, indicating that he agreed with this idea.

He didn't expect these people to learn any advanced tactics of commanding operations, but at least they should understand large-scale military groups and large-scale mechanized operations. If they can't understand this, what's the point?

For example, Ma Dazhi from the First Brigade has not yet fully understood the basic infantry-tank coordination. If such a person is promoted further, it will be very dangerous.

"General, have you reached an agreement with those people?" Meng Fanle suddenly asked.

"Well, finally everything is settled. Each family has expressed their willingness to contribute manpower and effort to stabilize the local situation and guarantee that this year's taxes will not be in arrears!" Lin Hao said lightly.

In fact, Lin Hao doesn’t care about that little bit of tax. With that bit of productivity, how much tax can there be?
What he wanted was an attitude, representing the legitimate rule of the Sichuan Army over the local area, and also to temporarily stabilize the situation and prevent the Sichuan Army from putting out fires everywhere. As for how many people really surrendered? Lin Hao estimated that those people would have to give a discount.

"That's good. As long as the situation is basically stable, we can free up our hands!" Meng Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

He believes that with the help of these major Chinese communities, there will be no problem in stabilizing the current situation.

"We can't completely rely on them!" Lin Hao shook his head and said:

"We still need more immigrants. Tell Li Qing to increase the transportation volume of immigrants. The more the better!"

Meng Fan heard this and reported with a smile:
"Mr. An just gave me a list of registered farmland. He owns about 700,000 acres of farmland. So many acres of land need people to cultivate them!"

"This is only a part of it. If we take into account the whole of Siam, the number will be several times higher. So we are in great need of immigrants now!"

Lin Hao's eyes lit up when he heard this. This amount of farmland could completely solve the shortage of the Sichuan Army. If we count the land being reclaimed in Myanmar, they would have increased their farmland by millions of acres, which is a huge fortune. "Well, I understand!" Lin Hao nodded and said.

Then Meng Fan said seriously:

"By the way, Commander, Li Qing just sent a telegram saying that he has reached a deal with Xiao Rizi for about 30 tons of gold. He hopes that we can send all the seized weapons and ammunition to him as soon as possible!"

"Huh? Thirty tons?" Lin Hao was stunned and smiled: "It seems that I have made a fortune in this little life?"

"Yes, they are planning to take down Xillon, but I think they may suffer a crushing defeat!" Meng Fanle nodded and said.

"Why?" Lin Hao asked curiously.

"The British army will not sit idly by and watch the little ones continue to plunder India. That is the jewel in the crown of the Great Ying. They will definitely allocate troops to resist them!"

"Secondly, the expeditionary force is stationed not far from Xillong. This new army, which has received a large amount of weapons and ammunition, will definitely be more powerful than the British army. So I think our life may suffer!" Meng Fanle, who had completely put himself into the role of a combat staff officer at this moment, said immediately.

"What you said makes sense. Let's dispatch another batch of automatic weapons, about enough for a battalion, and tell Li Qing that these are free gifts. Xiao Rizi can't retreat so quickly now." Lin Hao thought of a trick. Since Xiao Rizi was unwilling to actively purchase automatic weapons, he would give them a batch.

Good products are not afraid of no one buying them. I believe that after using them once, people will definitely be willing to buy them.

It's just like the gift-giving trick in shopping malls. You don't want to buy it? Fine, then we'll give you a batch of them. When you use them for a few days and find that they are really effective, you can pay for them.

Lin Hao is using this tactic right now. He feels that Xiao Ri's attack speed is still too slow. Not to mention anything else, at least half of Tianzhu's territory must be conquered before he is interested in taking action. Even the current territory is not enough for him to defeat them all.

Or they could just conquer the Dongba part. After all, most of Dongba (Kistan) are actually yellow people, and they originally belonged to the tributary system of the Pan-Chinese civilization circle.

"Commander, there's an acquaintance looking for you outside!"

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"My dear Lin, it's nice to see you again." Seeing Daud again, Lin Hao smiled.

"Sir Daud, it seems that you have been doing well recently!" Lin Hao could tell from Daud's expression that this guy was in a good mood.

Upon hearing this, Daud looked at Lin Hao and smiled, then continued:

"You are the one who brought all this upon us. You are simply our God!"

"God? I don't want to see God so early." Lin Hao said jokingly: "What do you want to buy this time?"

"Weapons, ammunition, medicines, and tanks, we want them all!" Daud said immediately.

"Lin, you don't know, these weapons are really amazing, just like you said, not only are they easy to use but they also have very strong firepower. We beat the shit out of those British soldiers!"

Looking at Daud's smug expression, Lin Hao said with a smile: "As long as it works well, how much do you want to buy this time?"

Lin Hao had purchased a large number of weapons before, and there are still quite a few in stock. Now is the time to take action. Moreover, the unrest in Persia will only make the world situation even more bizarre.

Moreover, the camel brothers next to them are not willing to be lonely. They will not sit idly by and watch them being oppressed by the British army. They will definitely jump out. These are all potential big dogs.

If the navy was not so weak now, he would have wanted to directly request a port, send the navy to station there, and bring back oil every day.

"Ten divisions, including tanks, armored vehicles, trucks, etc., and the payment will be made in the form of oil!" Daud gave the data without hesitation.

When he heard about ten divisions, Lin Hao was stunned. His ten divisions were not Type B divisions. They were all Type A divisions with 15,000 people. They could face Xiao Zi's entire division alone.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you have enough fighting spirit.

Ten divisions means equipment for about 150,000 people. According to Persia's current situation, it does not need to equip so many people. The only explanation is that this batch of equipment was not bought for himself.

"Mr. Daud, you are so dishonest. We are still friends!" Lin Hao narrowed his eyes, quickly analyzed who wanted these weapons and equipment, and then sneered:

"Can you afford so many weapons? Ten divisions? At least 150,000 people? Even 200,000 people would be fine."

"Are you going to fight?"

Seeing that he was exposed, Daud blushed, without the slightest embarrassment, and looked at Lin Hao and said:

"Lin, we really don't need so much equipment. I bought this for our brothers!"

"Why don't they come by themselves? Instead, they ask you to come?" Lin Hao looked like he had guessed it a long time ago, but he was still very confused.

"That's right. Ever since we defeated the British army, captured them and gained basic independence, my brothers have become jealous and have come to us one after another, hoping that we can provide weapons and help them gain independence!" Daud said excitedly.

"You know, if we succeed, we will be the leaders of the Persian world!"

"Our king is very excited, so he sent me here, hoping to buy more weapons!"

Hearing this, Lin Hao fell into deep thought. He did not expect that his unintentional act of going with the flow would cause such a big impact, causing changes in the entire Persian world.

At present, the fluctuations in the Persian world will have a certain impact on the current situation.

If the Suez Canal is blocked again, it will not only be the British army that will be affected. Without the support of oil, half of the so-called Royal Fleet will be destroyed!
However, this trump card cannot be used so easily, and it will not be used for the so-called liberation of the Arab world.

But in the long run, continuing to support the Arab world will still be of great benefit to Lin Hao.

First of all, he won their friendship, and in the future, oil imports will definitely be given priority. Secondly, he will have the opportunity to participate in the hegemony.

The only variable may be nuclear weapons. However, Lin Hao has thought of a way to crack it, but it is not suitable to implement it at the moment. He has to wait a little longer as both sides have not suffered enough damage.

America wants to bleed others, and he doesn't mind bleeding America.

"Aren't ten divisions a bit too few? I think it should be at least twenty divisions!" Lin Hao said after thinking for a while.

"Twenty divisions?" Daud was stunned. He originally thought that ten divisions were enough, but he did not expect the other party to directly offer equipment for twenty divisions, which made him a little excited.

However, he saw that Lin Hao was still unsatisfied, so he asked carefully: "Then, what price do we need to pay?"

His intuition told him that these weapons were not so easy to get. The most profitable things now were munitions, food, and medicine. If it were just one or two divisions, it might not be a big deal, but with twenty divisions, it would be a big deal.

As expected, Lin Hao smiled even more and said:

"Don't worry, it won't be a big price. You just need to sign an agreement."

"What agreement?" Daoud asked hurriedly. They were very resistant to the agreement.

"Don't worry. I won't ask you to sell out your country. In an oil contract agreement, I need us to have the sole right to purchase oil within a hundred years, and the price will be settled at 70% of the real-time market price!" Lin Hao said directly.

"In addition, we also need a supply port specifically for resupplying my fleet."

After listening to this, Daoud frowned slightly, pondered for a while, and said slowly:
"There is no problem with the priority of oil. I can promise you now, but the port later involves territory. I may not be able to agree to it on their behalf~!"

"Lin, my authority is not as great as you think. I want to ask, what is the nature of this port of yours?"

"Don't worry, the garrison in my port will not exceed one thousand people, and they are specifically responsible for the maritime supply of the naval fleet. I will not intervene in the rest. We can completely write it into the agreement!" Lin Hao said with a smile.

Although the dragon slayer will eventually turn into an evil dragon, Lin Hao has not turned into that evil dragon yet, and he wants to disrupt the situation now.

There will be plenty of opportunities to obtain that rich land in the future, so there is no need for them to be alert now.