In May, Washington has entered summer, and this year's summer seems to have come a little early.
Although the weather is a bit hot and there is no air conditioning in the car, George spends a lot of time on the road every day - on the one hand, he has to coordinate the military to set up a task force to pave the way for receiving captured weapons, and on the other hand, he has to negotiate with the US official agencies on the issue of renting materials. In short, he is busy all the time.
The bureaucracy on the US side is also deadly. After half a month of hard work, he finally got all the procedures done.
As for the harvest, in addition to the promised lease of 50 Liberty ships, the biggest harvest is that Ke Zhenhua Company can enter the war zone as a military personnel - the Allied Command Task Force.
This is the most important thing. With this identity, the entire European battlefield will be open to him, and he can freely enter various battlefields and collect weapons captured by the Allies!
And the most important thing is - the franchise to enter various battlefields, this is the most important thing!
The next thing was much simpler. The military sent several liaison personnel to the company. After a little preparation, a group of dozens of people took a seaplane to North Africa just before June.
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Tunisia,
The sun was high in the sky and shining brightly.
The stones were scorching hot in the sun.
The ground was full of gravel and broken stones, and the weeds growing between the gravel were shaking slightly under the wind.
"Sit down."
George shouted at the military dog beside him. This shepherd dog was picked up after coming to Tunisia. It should be a German military dog and could only understand German commands.
After hearing the command, the shampooer sat on the sand, like a statue, with a pair of eyes staring at the front.
On the sand in front, cars, tanks and cannons were "lying" in rows. These were weapons captured by the US military, and the piles of guns were not even packed in boxes, but directly stacked in piles and exposed in the wilderness.
These spoils of war are enough to arm hundreds of thousands of troops, but the United States, with its wealth, does not need to use German equipment to arm itself, nor does the British. In fact, under normal circumstances, industrial countries will not use captured weapons to arm their troops - after all, the ammunition is not universal.
However, Germany is an exception. They use a large number of captured weapons. Among the piles of spoils of war are Soviet-made F-22 field guns used by the African Army and German model 7.62cm FK296 (R).
Tens of thousands of weapons are scattered around casually.
This is a treasure trove!
1,861 P08 pistols
2,145 P38 pistols
197,856 K98K rifles.
7,521 MP38/40 submachine guns.
1,542 ZB26/30 light machine guns
5,674 MG34 machine guns.
...
Staring at the thick list in his hand.
These figures clearly list the supplies. Although the list is very detailed, it is hard to say how many of these supplies are intact. These need to be checked one by one.
In order to complete this work as soon as possible.
George had to get hundreds of German prisoners of war through the military to help them deal with the weapons.
"Sir, when can we deliver the crates?"
Once again, Major Heinrich asked.
"We have sorted and repaired 32,712 rifles, but now they are directly exposed to the sun. If they are to be transported, they must have crates."
As a German logistics officer, Heinrich has been leading his subordinates to repair weapons and equipment in the past ten days. In fact, it is to reassemble damaged weapons. This is very simple. After all, the parts are universal, and even a few cannons have been repaired.
For this job, he and his subordinates cherish it very much. After all, compared with the prisoner-of-war camp, this place is simply a paradise on earth. Not only are there all kinds of food, but there is also a certain salary. Except for the lack of freedom, everything is available, and there are even some local girls.
"It's almost there, it's almost there, I have ordered crates from Italy, and they will be delivered soon,"
In North Africa, there is nothing but sand and sheep, even wooden crates need to be imported from Italy, the backwardness is simply incredible.
"By the way, Major, what do you need?"
As a boss, George knows very well how to motivate these people.
"Boss, if possible, we hope to eat butter. Since we came to Africa, we have never eaten butter, because butter will melt, so we can only eat olive oil. I heard that Americans have refrigerators, and butter can be stored in refrigerators."
Heinrich, who was afraid of being rejected, finally emphasized.
"If it is convenient, sir, after all, you have taken great care of us."
Since when, the daily meals are full, for these Germans, it is already considered care, these people are not stupid fools!
It was because they were prisoners. As prisoners, they did not dare to imagine their current life at all - not only good food, but also coffee and cigarettes. Each of them could get 5 cigarettes a day. If they could exceed the work quota, they would be rewarded with a few more cigarettes, and even an extra reward - iced Coca-Cola.
"No problem, but I'm afraid it will take a while. After all, butter may need to be purchased from Italy."
For employees, George never minded giving material rewards. The hundreds of people in front of him, although they were called prisoners, were actually his repair team. If nothing unexpected happened, after the Allied forces landed in Normandy, they would also enter France together to help repair the damaged equipment. However, the real manpower was on the way.
Before leaving the United States, George went to see the uncle of the country and asked him directly if he wanted 5,000 people.
What do these people do?
After the Allied forces liberated France, they would collect and repair weapons in the rear of the Allied forces, and those weapons would be sent to the country.
Of course, collecting and repairing weapons is just a name. To a certain extent, those people will become the first armed forces in his hands.
The most important thing is that the cost is still paid by others-the United States needs to pay for his collection and transportation of weapons, and the labor cost is of course included.
Basically, the United States is helping him to support this army. When they arrive in North Africa, they will definitely need basic military training, after all, they will go deep into the battlefield.
5,000 people!
A full 5,000 people!
And they are all young people with a high school degree or above, and there are even college students among them. Thinking that these people will become his employees, George's lips can't help but rise slightly.
In addition to joy, he said to the military dog squatting on the side.
"Come on, accompany me for a walk..."
To walk together, naturally, we should walk around the pile of "junk copper and rotten iron", among which there are more than 100 Type 3 tanks and Type 4 tanks. These junk copper and rotten iron in the eyes of Americans, when transported to the country, are weapons to kill the enemy!
Suddenly, among these steel behemoths, a car with a unique shape attracted his attention, and his eyes lit up.
"There is a bucket car."
Surprised, he ran over in two steps.