Chapter 313 War Reparations
"Peace talk? Of course, it's OK, but I have to make the conditions clear first. It's not that I'm going to provoke them, but that they came to provoke me first, which caused me to lose more than 100 planes, kill more than 70 pilots, and mental losses to the people of Pingjin, including mine, and my bombs also cost money. These various losses are caused by their provocation, so this compensation must be obtained." Yang Feng said arrogantly.
Todman shrugged. Not to mention him, even the Japanese were mentally prepared for this. It would definitely not be possible to negotiate with Yang Feng without preparing money. Especially in this case, he fully understood the issue of war compensation. To be honest, who can compensate more than the Germans? Even if Yang Ge's plan reduced a lot, the Germans still had to compensate 1,32 billion marks, equivalent to 32 billion US dollars. Compared with this figure, all the foreign compensation amounts in China since the Opium War were added up, probably less than one-third.
Of course, today's Germany not only does not have to pay back the money, but also can openly get money from people who should have collected the money.
So it is not embarrassing to pay war compensation. The key is whether you have the ability to get it back. However, the compensation that the Japanese have to pay is probably not able to get it back.
"Yang, you can say a number." He said with a smile.
"I'll do it!" Yang Feng was serious about scrutinizing the abacus and tossed for a while, and then said casually: "Just one hundred tons of gold."
"Yang, this number is probably too high, and it is difficult for the Japanese to accept it. You must know that in order to support the war, they basically don't have much gold reserves." Todman swallowed and said.
"Oscar, you don't know. The gold that these shorts snatched from the British in Southeast Asia was more than enough to pay for the compensation, and maybe they couldn't even use a fraction of it." Yang Feng said. Although he didn't know how much the Japanese snatched, how much the British lost. Yang Feng had a rough figure, which was a loss report made by the British Parliament itself, so he asked for 100 tons of gold.
Since this is the case, Todmann had nothing to say. In fact, he knew very well his position in this negotiation. He had to serve Yang Feng, meet all his requirements, and serve this guy well, so that he could get that mysterious bomb from him. Now the Air Force is bombing Britain on a large scale, and the effect of napalm bombs is amazing. London has been burned into a sea of fire. However, due to the material problems of building materials, the effect that Yang Feng achieved in Japan was never achieved. But if it were replaced with this kind of bomb, it would probably not take long for the British to kneel down.
The Japanese were shocked by Yang Feng's claim for compensation. This is too shameless. You lost more than 100 aircraft, but we still lost nearly 1,000 aircraft. Now looking at the empty airports everywhere, the Army Minister was still crying without tears, and the Navy Minister even looked at the aircraft carriers covered with bruises in the dock so that their hair was white. You had more than 70 pilots killed, and we had more than 100,000 deaths!
Of course, this principle cannot be explained by Yang Feng, and everyone is considered an old friend. They are all aware of each other. Generally speaking, as long as the number Yang Feng asked for, it is difficult for him to change, but even so, it is impossible to give this guy a hundred tons of gold. Why do you give him the gold that the Imperial Army warriors exchanged with their blood? You must be unreasonable!
"If you don't give it? Then don't blame me for being ruthless. I'll give them three days to think about it. If the gold is not sent to me yet, then they are ready to lose another city!" After hearing the news that the Japanese rejected him, Yang Feng said with a grim smile.
Todman flew to Japan helplessly. In order to put enough pressure on the Japanese, four liberators took off from Qingdao Airport that night and then flew to Shiguo, which had not been affected by the war before. They dropped twenty tons of napalm bombs in Kochi. Moreover, the four bombers entered Shiguo from the east coast of Japan, and there was no time for early warning for anti-aircraft artillery.
The next day, there were four liberators, but this time the target was changed to Sapporo, took off from Jinzhou Airport, flew over the northeast with a swagger, and then dropped four cloud bombs on the city.
Now the Japanese really can't stand it anymore. Yang Feng is clearly telling them that as long as I want to blow up, you can blow up wherever I want, and you can blow up as much as you want. He can afford it. The Japanese can't afford it. They also understand that Yang Feng has left room for them. In fact, until now, he has not bombed those industrial areas that concern Japan's fate. Although many people have died, it has no damage to Japan's industrial strength. If he targets the bombing targets those industrial cities, there is no need to do more. If three or five are really wiped out, then the Japanese army will have to shrink across the board. If the United States takes advantage of the situation, it is not impossible to lose the war.
One hundred tons is just one hundred tons, all of which are considered to be spent on money to buy safety. In any case, Southeast Asia has made a lot of money, so the money is still affordable. So before the third day was dark, under the supervision of Todman, a Japanese merchant ship filled with gold was coming from Tokyo.
At this time, on the battlefield in Myanmar, the Japanese army, which had already begun a small-scale attack, had to retreat under strict orders, and watched the Milei Highway extend forward little by little.
One hundred tons of gold were quickly transported to Peking. The disposal or sharing of the spoils needed to be studied. Finally, Yang Feng made a decision that after compensating the losses of the air force, the pensions for the dead pilots, and the rewards for the pilots participating in the war, the remaining one was divided into three parts, one was given to the finances of Pingjin and the provinces, and the other was given to the Academy of Sciences as research funds. The remaining army was divided into bonuses based on positions from top to bottom.
However, the Sendai bombing also caused a very unfortunate incident. After learning that the Second Japanese Division stationed in Mumbai and the 42nd Division stationed in Kolkata, after learning that their hometown had turned into ashes and their relatives had nowhere to vent their tragic death, they had to run to vent their anger from the British prisoners of war. More than 10,000 British prisoners of war used as slaves were killed by angry Japanese soldiers, which caused an uproar in the international community.
Of course, no matter how uproared, no one could do anything about the behavior of the Japanese. Now the British mainland is unable to protect themselves, so there is no time to control prisoners of war. German bombers are pouring high-explosive bombs and napalm bombs into major British cities day and night. They originally hoped to rely on radar and excellent fighter pilots to give the Germans a fatal blow on the strait. Who knew that the Germans were prepared for it, and radar jamming technology was quite mature. As a result, the secret weapon that Britain was proud of basically did not play much role.
The huge group of German Air Force aircraft was raging over Britain with its might, and cities were transformed into ruins. To this day, more than 500,000 British people died of bombing. Urban residents fled to the countryside in groups, and countless factories were in a state of suspension or semi-stop production. Insufficient industrial production capacity increased the supply of materials. Maritime transportation lines became the lifeblood of Britain. Merchant ships filled with weapons, ammunition, oil and food floated across the ocean, coming from the distant American continent, and then brought the wealth that the British had plundered for centuries into the pockets of the Americans.
But the sea is not safe. The Germans' underwater wolves peeked in groups on the Atlantic route, staring at any merchant ship with non-US flags. Of course, sometimes they will accidentally attack American merchant ships. However, there is a kind of merchant ship that is strictly prohibited, that is, a merchant ship with a huge plush panda next to the American flag. This means that the ship is loaded with JY's cargo. Even if it is loaded with arms on such a ship, the German submarine force will be strictly prohibited from attacking.
In this way, JY company will naturally become the priority procurement target for the British. Even some other companies with good relationships with JY are willing to pay for the right to use this logo. Of course, some are also used privately, but generally they cannot escape the French Open. JY can not care about such trivial matters, but those merchants who paid the money are very sensitive to this kind of thing. If you hang a panda German submarine, you will never attack. If you don't hang a panda, you may be attacked. Then the business of hang a panda must be good, but if you hang a panda, you will have a bad advantage.
Yang Feng naturally knew the secret cooperation between the two sides, which was well-known to everyone, was still in full swing. The first batch of twenty turboprop engines and five sets of airborne radars had been shipped to Germany. Through the neutral Persian transfer, the cooperation on missiles was underway. However, this progress was obviously slow. Although it was just a portable air defense missile, the technical span above was too large. Many top scientists from both countries had never heard of. Yang Jing, who ran to participate in the research curiously, seriously asked Yang Feng on the bed that he must explain the secret technology of the Yanhuang Laboratory clearly, otherwise he would refuse to bed with him again.
"This is fine, but no one can disclose these technologies except the Chinese scientists you trust the most, especially those foreigners. The technological advantages must be firmly grasped in their own hands. You can go back to our Chinese scientists and pick a group of trustworthy people. Then I will provide you with some information. There are also relatively backward alternatives to these technologies. You can launch these alternative technologies at the appropriate time, but they must not know the real good things. Yang Feng said.
Yang Jing is not a fool. The Western powers have been showing off their power in China for a century. After all, it is just a technological advantage. As for the systems they hope that the Chinese people will work hard, it is purely a joke. Of course she understands these, so she immediately agreed excitedly. (To be continued...)
ps: And
Chapter completed!