Chapter 999: Seeking Again

"If that's all, then there is no problem at all. However, I need to communicate with our King first!" Daud breathed a sigh of relief.

If it is just a supply port, then there is no big problem, but I am worried that it may have other uses.

"Okay, I'll be here waiting for your good news at any time!" Lin Hao nodded. He knew that the other party would agree.

The only ones who can help them right now are him and America, but America is in a mess of its own now.

First, in the battle on the Eastern Front, Sandezi received a large amount of supplies and was able to block the Soviet counterattack. He established new defenses along the Dnieper River and was accumulating strength to prepare for a counterattack.

In addition, after Lin Hao's reminder, Sandezi carried out a large-scale purge. Many traitors were eliminated and their contact methods were all changed. The current Sandezi is at least much better than before.

So the one who should be worried right now is America. There is no progress on the European battlefield, and the forces invested in the Pacific battlefield are limited. In addition, with the help of penicillin, the recovery rate of the wounded has increased.

The morale of the troops improved visibly, and their combat effectiveness was greatly enhanced. In every island battle, the Americans suffered heavy losses.

According to Lin Hao's idea, if the bleeding continues for another year, the Americans will probably feel uncomfortable.

Moreover, Britain and the United States are currently allies. Even if the Americans are interested in the British colonial system, they cannot destroy the friendship at this time, so they may not agree to Persia’s conditions.

Unless Persia can offer conditions that they cannot refuse, but Lin Hao thought about it and found that Persia’s only advantage is oil.

The problem is that the United States is not short of oil now, and even has a surplus. The oil conditions cannot impress them at all.

As for letting Persia completely side with America, that is even more nonsense. If they really want to do that, they might as well follow the British army. Why bother with all that?

Therefore, Lin Hao judged that Persia would definitely agree to his conditions.

At this time, Meng Fanle walked in again, looked at Lin Hao, and said quickly: "General, Felix is ​​here too!"

Since they were all old acquaintances, Meng Fanle walked in directly to report.

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"Interesting. One in front and one behind. Let him in." Lin Hao roughly guessed the other party's intention.

"My dear Lin, it's been such a short time since we last met, and you've been promoted to lieutenant general!" Felix said respectfully as he saw Lin Hao.

Looking at Felix, Lin Hao said kindly: "Felix, we are old acquaintances, there is no need to be like this~!"

"Tell me, why are you looking for me this time? Weapons? Medicine? Or food?"

With two wealthy men coming one after another, Lin Hao was naturally very happy, especially when he knew that Sandezi still had several thousand tons of gold, which he naturally wanted to squeeze out completely.

"All of them. This time we are purchasing a particularly large quantity!" Perhaps because of the unexpected events in Persia, Felix was in a very good mood.

At least now they have a new external transportation supply line that is unknown to the outside world, and they can obtain a large amount of supplies stably.

"No problem, how much do you need!" Lin Hao finally felt the joy of being an arms dealer.

"Copper, tungsten, iron, oil, food, cotton clothes, etc." He handed the list of materials he needed to Lin Hao and added:
"It would be even better if we could get 7.92mm bullets. We need at least million bullets, as well as artillery shells of various other calibers!" Felix said expectantly.

"No problem!" Lin Hao's eyes lit up and he said, "Just let me know if you need anything else!
Lin Hao knew that Sandezi, who was suffering from the Siberian cold wave, was in urgent need of a batch of warm cotton clothes.

As for artillery shells and bullets, due to insufficient resources and insufficient production capacity, the gap is indeed quite large.

"Penicillin, 100,000 boxes. No, I heard the price has dropped. We need at least 200,000 boxes!" Felix quickly changed his words.

The effect of the drug is so good that originally only 30% of the injured and infected soldiers could survive, but with penicillin, the rate can reach almost 90%, which is a bit scary.

However, they are also conducting research, but according to information provided by the researchers, it will take at least one to two years from research to testing and then to large-scale mass production.

One to two years? By then, Germany might be gone, so the German top management told Felix to buy as much as he could and not to be afraid to spend money. When they won, everything would be theirs.

"No problem!" Lin Hao smiled even more. Looking at the quantity of materials on Felix's order, he asked somewhat dissatisfiedly, "Is this all you need?"

"Is 300,000 tons of flour not enough?" Felix said incredulously:
"There are also canned goods and a lot of cigarettes in there. We need as many minerals as we can get. We need at least two million sets of cotton clothes!"

Felix felt that no matter how powerful Lin Hao was, he could not solve the logistical supply problem of millions of troops.

"Are you sure you want as much as you want? I'm afraid you can't finish it!" Lin Hao said with a smile.

"How is that possible? We have nearly ten million troops, there is no way we can't eat them all!" Felix thought it was a bit far-fetched, how much supplies could there be?

"There are 500,000 tons of flour, 5 million cans of canned food, 10 million cartons of cigarettes, and 500,000 sets of cotton clothes available for this transaction."

"Is it enough? If not, double it~!"

Felix was shocked by Lin Hao's heroism and looked at him in disbelief, as if saying, is everything you said true?

"Can you really get so much?" Felix still couldn't believe it.

"Of course, give me a month and I can triple it." Lin Hao said indifferently.

Even if he needed supplies for 100 million people, he could get it, provided he had that much money to pay for it, and of course it would take some time to prepare.

"Enough, enough. These are enough to last for three months. We are also accumulating strength. As long as we can hold on until spring, we can fight back!" Felix shook his head and said quickly.

These three months are very critical because it is winter and they lack fuel. Fortunately, Lin Hao delivered a batch of oil on the bus. In addition, now that the transportation supply line in Persia is opened, oil is being transported to the eastern front in a steady stream.

The defense line on the Eastern Front is much better than before. As long as they can hold out until spring, they still have hope.

"As usual, the transaction will be conducted in ten days. The specific location will be notified to you soon!" Lin Hao nodded and said.

However, Felix showed a hesitant expression: "Will you send the navy to escort this time?"

"Let our navy escort?" Lin Hao was obviously stunned. He didn't know what this sentence meant. He looked at Felix, as if waiting for his explanation.

"Yes, according to our intelligence, the British army seems to know that we have received supplies. Fortunately, we have cleaned up the situation internally and have not yet traced you."

"But because of the rebellion of the Persian Kingdom, they are very angry and have decided to send the Royal Fleet to teach them a lesson. This will make the route unsafe!"

Felix quickly shared the information gathered by the intelligence department.

Lin Hao frowned when he heard this. The best navy he had was the destroyer, which was far inferior to the cruisers and battleships.

"What warships did the British army send?" Lin Hao asked.

If it was just a destroyer, he would agree. But if it was a battleship, bye bye, there was no way, unless he did it himself. "A mixed fleet consisting of one battleship, four cruisers, ten destroyers, and a few submarines." Felix said the organization without hesitation.

"Goodbye!" Lin Hao turned around and left without saying a word.

Are you kidding me? If there were no battleships, he might have agreed without hesitation, and at worst he would have just gotten a bunch of bombers.

What's the point of having battleships? Although he could get battleships, or even all battleships, the problem was who would drive these battleships. His navy only had a few people, and even if he got their battleships, he couldn't drive them.

Besides, he is very busy now. There are still so many things to deal with in his own territory, and he has no time to deal with the enemy's warships.

"Mr. Lin, Mr. Lin, listen to me. This time we also have ten submarines participating in the battle. This is the largest naval force we can provide." Felix hurriedly pulled Lin Hao and said that this transaction involved hundreds of tons of gold.

It was obvious that Sandezi had no good intentions and tried to use Lin Hao to deal with the Daying warship to increase their chances of winning. Lin Hao could guess their little plan without even thinking.

"You know, submarines are most afraid of destroyers. We hope you can help us stop the destroyers, and leave the battleships and cruisers to us." Felix gritted his teeth and continued.

"Where is the submarine?" Lin Hao asked the most crucial question.

"Mr. Lin, to be honest, this time we are planning to sacrifice all ten submarines. We must not let them threaten the Persian strategy." Felix gritted his teeth and said:
"We are delivering a batch of supplies to several countries near Persia~!"

Lin Hao was silent when he heard this, knowing that Sandezi was digging up Daying's foundation. After thinking for a while, he felt that it was just a battleship, so he gritted his teeth and said:

"Leave the battleships and destroyers to me, you only need to deal with the cruisers and submarines!"

"Really? But it's your gunboat~!" When Felix heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and he looked at Lin Hao and asked quickly.

"Don't worry, we will soon have two Fletcher-class destroyers in service, and a batch of new warships will be put into service in the future." Lin Hao said confidently.

"However, I have a request. This battle plan must be postponed to one month later. Also, you must send a group of shipbuilding engineers and more than 3,000 sailors as soon as possible. Our new battleship needs someone to operate it!"

Hearing this request, Felix immediately agreed, thinking of the navy as a fleet: "No problem!"

What remained was to discuss some details. After the discussion, Lin Hao immediately called Sun Guanghua from the Navy and asked:
"Are you familiar with the operation of the Fletcher destroyer?"

"The two destroyers are barely able to start moving, but in order to fully exert the combat effectiveness of the warships, more time and training are needed!"

"It seems that we are still in need of more naval officers!" Lin Hao frowned and thought for a while before ordering:
"Use your connections and use whatever means to get me enough sailors, no matter how much money you have. We will have a large number of warships commissioned and we will be ready to go within a month!"

"General, is a war about to start?" Sun Guanghua immediately smelled something unusual and asked hurriedly.

"Yes, in one month, you will fight against the Royal Fleet, and you will play the role of German battleships!" Lin Hao didn't waste any words and immediately expressed his thoughts.

"This plan is top secret. Currently, only you and I know about it. It must not be leaked!"

"Yes, Commander!" Sun Guanghua said seriously, "Commander, I need a fund authorization!"

"Some of my brothers have lived a very hard life, and some are disabled, but they still have experience, their minds are still clear, and their mouths are still good!"

"We can definitely set up a training class and have them teach the trainees, or even go directly on board as instructors for various positions, so that we can quickly bring into play the combat effectiveness of the warships."

"I understand. You go find Milong later. Take the note and tell him how much you want!" For Lin Hao, things that can be solved with money are not a big deal.

What he has plenty of now is money. If he can complete these two transactions this time, no, including the transaction for Xiaozi, it will be almost hundreds of tons of gold.

What does a little money mean? What he needs is time and talents, talents in all aspects.

Just as Sun Guanghua said, there is no problem for disabled sailors to teach or something, they can go on board and command the operations of various positions.

Watching Sun Guanghua leave, Lin Hao turned his head to look at Meng Fanle and said:

"Tell the people on the other side of Nujiang River to increase the trading volume, especially for some special military talents. The price will be doubled. We must have at least more than 50,000 people within a month!"

"What? Fifty thousand people?" Meng Fanle was shocked when he heard that.

"Yes, Han Xin recruits soldiers, the more the better!"

"General, we don't have much penicillin left!" He was very clear about these transactions.

"Don't worry, we have as many of those things as you want. I'm afraid they will eat too much and die!" If he wasn't afraid of dumping all at once and causing the price to plummet, he could let everyone have a box.

Large-scale transactions with Guo’s army can also benefit ordinary soldiers, and perhaps even Pagoda Mountain will benefit from it.

"Yes, General!" Meng Fanle immediately carried out the order.

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A white light flashed by, and Lin Hao came to Shanghai and found the Kong family and bought a large amount of tungsten ore.

He then went to Pagoda Mountain and traded a batch of penicillin to them to prevent them from sacrificing too many people for the sake of medicine. At the same time, he suggested that they send a group of people to Burma to join his navy to prepare for the future.

As the saying goes, it takes ten years for the army to develop a hundred years for the navy, but this so-called hundred-year navy refers more to the old days of the sailing era, because at that time the huge trees and wood used for keels needed to be dried so that they could be put into water without rotting.

It would take 100 years to accumulate enough dry wood to build a fleet, but this is no longer possible in the post-industrial era.

According to historical experience, in modern times, it takes at most 30 years to build a combat-capable navy, and years to build a large navy.

But what about their naval talents? They could start from scratch and even build a warship, but no one would drive it!
Lin Hao's move can be regarded as helping them in advance to train a group of useful naval talents.

Lin Hao then teleported to the country of India and emptied several of their large granaries, as well as a large amount of cotton that had not been shipped out.

Without staying for long, Lin Hao was teleported to the United States again, and asked the company to prepare various materials for trading with Sandezi, especially the urgently needed cotton-padded clothes. Lin Hao used cotton to trade a batch of cotton-padded clothes with a textile company in the United States.

As for the remaining gap, we did not bother two parties and directly placed an order for 600,000 sets from them.

Then he went to the Logistics Department and "took over" more than a dozen "Fletcher" destroyers and a cruiser.

Fortunately, the United States now has explosive production capacity, and is building a destroyer at a speed of one week. More than ten destroyers can barely be managed, and only one cruiser can be obtained. It will be difficult to operate more than that.

A week later, everything Lin Hao wanted was ready. During this time, he went back to the company again, mainly to check the accounts and show his presence to avoid the situation where he couldn't tell the big and small kings apart.

By the way, he also acquired a number of light industrial factories. These light industrial factories were treasures to Lin Hao, as they could be used right after they were moved back.

After last night's shot, white light flashed again, and Lin Hao returned to Yangon.

(End of this chapter)