The friendship between scholars is simple and pure.
A simple chat and academic discussion can further deepen the friendship between scholars, and the depth of this friendship is far beyond the reach of the outside world.
However, the friendship between scholars is always limited to scholars. In addition, either learn to toast or be toasted.
However, George is obviously the kind of person who is toasted.
After all, money is sometimes omnipotent!
A few days later, the uncle of the emperor came to Zhenhua Company again and said excitedly when he saw George.
"George, it's done!"
After that, he raised the telegram in his hand and smiled.
"Look, this is a telegram from China. Let me read it to you... There are refugees everywhere in China. If they can be resettled in North Borneo, it would be the best policy. The implementation of the immigration agreement must be based on protecting the interests of Chinese people. The North Borneo Company must guarantee that the legal rights of Chinese people will not be infringed upon. It must strictly implement the terms of the agreement and guarantee that when Chinese people arrive, they will be resettled and special schools will be set up for their children to study..."
The telegram is quite long, and most of it reiterates the interests of Chinese people. George agrees with this. Housing and schools must be established as soon as possible. As for the rights of Chinese people, they will only be higher than those of local people.
When George put down the telegram, the uncle said.
"Zhiyuan, after my argument, the country has fully agreed to your conditions. As long as the rights of Chinese citizens are guaranteed, it will be fine. After all, there are many people in the country but little land. It is indeed a good thing to be able to immigrate to North Borneo."
Why did the uncle say this? Of course, it was to sell favors. It is not shameful to toast a billionaire.
George, who knew it well, immediately expressed his gratitude. He had to accept this favor. As for whether he would accept it or not, only he knew.
Afterwards, the two of them naturally talked about many things again. After learning that the merchant fleet was about to arrive in Havana, the uncle said.
"The United States has agreed to allow merchant ships to pass through the Panama Canal. As long as they pass through the canal, they can go all the way to India."
I don't know if it was not intentional or for other reasons, the uncle emphasized.
"Zhiyuan, don't worry, these materials will definitely be used on the front line and in the war of resistance!"
"Yeah,"
I really doubt their character!
But there is no way, who let people in the country!
"However, can these materials be transported back to China in a hurry? I heard that there seems to be some unhappiness between China and the Americans over the dispatch of materials." George asked directly. "That's true, but don't worry, the Americans can only control the American aid materials. The materials we purchase separately can be directly handed over to the Sino-US Joint Air Force and transported back to China via the "Hump Route", um..." After thinking for a while, the uncle said. "However, the Sino-US Joint Air Force has limited transportation capacity now. It can only transport more than 12,000 tons of materials per month. The main reason is the lack of pilots. The United States can indeed provide more transport planes, but there are not many pilots in China, and even if there are, they will give priority to flying fighters. So, there may be problems with transportation capacity." The uncle's answer made George frown slightly. Since the Japanese occupied Burma in the spring of 1942, for almost three years, the only way for American aid materials to reach China was to transport them by air through the Himalayas. This terrifying route starts in Assam, northeast India. It has to fly over the most dangerous terrain in the world. Coupled with the frequent appearance of Japanese fighter planes, the "Hump Route" became the most dangerous air route in World War II.
When did the "Hump Route" really play a role?
It was 1945!
With the end of the European war, a large number of pilots arrived in India from Europe. In just a few months, the transportation volume increased from more than 10,000 tons per month to 60,000 tons. The "Hump Route" + road transportation + gasoline pipeline eventually reached 100,000 tons, and 65% of them were "Hump Route". At that time, it was already July 1945!
Thinking for a while, George asked.
"So, the fundamental reason for the insufficient transport volume is the lack of pilots?"
"Zhiyuan, you don't know that the United States can build hundreds of planes every day, but it doesn't have that many pilots. The United States was involved in the war because of the Pearl Harbor incident, but the US policy is to prioritize Europe. Pilots must be supplied to Europe first, and the Pacific also needs a large number of pilots. As for Asia, the "Hump Route"..."
Shaking his head, the uncle-in-law said directly.
"It is not within the scope of the Pentagon's consideration at all. When I negotiate with them, they always say that they can provide as many transport planes as we need, but let us solve the pilots ourselves!"
After saying this, the uncle-in-law's tone was full of helplessness.
"But pilots are not Monkey King, who can be transformed by plucking a handful of hair. Without pilots, even if they provide planes, we can't transport the supplies back! Now the country is trying every means to train pilots, but this takes time. In a year, about a year later, we can at least train a thousand pilots and tens of thousands of ground crews. At that time, we can always allocate more than one or two hundred pilots to the other side, but time..." After saying this, the uncle of the country couldn't help but sigh. This is the helplessness of a poor agricultural country. Even if we do our best, we can only train a few pilots. Lamenting the backwardness of the country, George's mind flashed the unemployed pilots he saw in Italy. Because of the distrust of the allies, the Italian army is now in a state of existence, and even the pilots are staying at the airport. When will these people stay? Until the end of the war, and what is their general situation? Poor! Thinking of this, George's eyes lit up and said. "Does that mean that as long as we have pilots, the Americans will provide transport planes?"
"That's what General Marshall answered, and he promised that as long as we have enough pilots, he would provide us with no less than 500 C46 transport planes within half a month."
Hearing this, George said directly.
"Then tell him that we have pilots!"
"What?"
The uncle was surprised.
"There are pilots? Where?"
"Italy!"
George said directly,
"There are thousands of pilots in Italy. As long as we are willing to hire them, they will definitely be willing to work for us,"
While the uncle was surprised, George said again.
"You know, Italy is also an ally now..."