It’s really easy to do things with money.

It is not because the Tang Tuanzha has offered an order of up to tens of millions, but because the Tang Tuanzha has given gifts.

After two years of experience, several students from trading companies far away from the United States have long lost their youth. With the recommendation of senior executives of Rockefeller, they met a think tank around the famous president.

No one doesn’t like money, and the same goes for Westerners. Tang Dao has never seen how much cash is 200,000 US dollars, but the funds are shown in the trading company’s account book as activity funds.

"There is an old saying in the Chinese that we must be wary of the Japanese's small actions." At the suggestion of the think tank, the President not only approved the huge order that made Grumman's company happy, but also made substantial military deployments in Southeast Asia.

The Far East Army Command was established in the Philippines a year earlier than in time and space. The commander was the famous five-star general MacArthur, and Major General Stilwell no longer had to return to China to serve as the commander of the 7th Division, so he rushed to the Philippines to serve as the Chief of Staff of the Far East Army.

This position can only be held at the level of a lieutenant general, which can be regarded as the recognition of the US Federal Military Department's alarm issued by Stilwell and gave him high-standard treatment in disguise.

However, the US government still maintained its arrogance towards the Far East. In their eyes, it never regarded Japan as an opponent, which was not something that could be changed by intelligence.

Tang Dao did not further alert. He knew very well that it would be difficult for the Americans to stimulate their huge military potential without being beaten.

Tang Dao also knew better that in this era, if the United States had not participated in the war, China's war would have been far more than eight years. He needed to obtain American arms, but he needed to pull the American giant beast into the vortex of the war.

Such behavior of the US government will undoubtedly stimulate and threaten the Japanese, but they will never stop their madness.

All the reasons come from one thing---oil!

History has already confirmed the pulse of the unlucky child of the Japanese. The poor guy thought that he would definitely be able to dig oil if he had built up the three northeastern provinces with abundant minerals, but nature just made a big joke to the Japanese.

The rich three northeastern provinces have too many resources, and oil is no exception. The Daqing Oilfield in the future produced a total crude oil volume as high as 2.5 billion tons when Tangdao traveled through. After entering the 21st century, the annual oil and gas production exceeded 40 million tons. Unfortunately, the Japanese lacked a little luck.

After exploration in the late 1950s, with the help of Mao Xiong Kingdom, Chinese oil workers used imported drilling rigs to drill the first exploration well in Daqing, with a depth of 1,100 meters, just reaching the oil level.

The unlucky Japanese children had the technology that they had in the 1930s and 1940s, and they could only drill up to 1,000 meters, and only 100 meters away. They could find this large oil field that had taken off the label of a poor country.

100 meters is China's luck, but it is the misfortune of the Japanese. If they have no source of oil, once the oil export is cut off by the United States, whether it is an aircraft carrier, aircraft or tank, it will all become iron lumps that will not smoke.

At that time, if the American father told them to kneel down, they would not dare to lie down. As long as they were a little more normal-minded, they would not be willing to accept this result.

Therefore, they could only try their best, even if they knew that the ending would be more than 90% of the time, which might be doomed.

Even when the US government announced the establishment of the Far East Army Command in the Philippines, Tang Dao could feel the resentment of the Japanese on the small island in the East China Sea soaring into the sky.

To bully people is so bullying. They just didn't think about it, and these big noses were aiming at them.

The 100 F4F-3 Army Wildcat fighters are all in stock and can be loaded and shipped to A Sanguo at any time on the date of order approval.

Originally, Tang Dao proposed not to ship the goods for the time being, and modified 100 fighter jets according to the modification plan he formulated, especially the aircraft engine, which needs to be replaced with a 1,700-horsepower 14-cylinder air-cooled Wright R2600 engine. This way, it can obtain stronger thrust and speed, and can also re-armor protection of the cockpit according to Tang Dao's idea.

But the Grumman engineer's reply was that if all 100 fighter jets were modified as required, the delivery time would be extended to the end of the year. It was not that they did not want to earn the modification fee of up to US$2 million, but that this solution was not cost-effective.

Because there are also smart people in Grumman Company, they actually saw the shadow of the XF6F-1 being tested by the modification plan submitted by the Chinese.

The test aircraft has not yet been tested, mainly because the Navy has not yet determined the use of the aircraft. However, if the Chinese customer places a large enough order, they can invest money to build the production line of this fighter now.

When the news came, Tang Dao was overjoyed.

The XF6F-1 is not well-known, but its mass-produced aircraft is the famous "Hellcat" F6F two years later. The big-brother Hellcat carrier-based aircraft that gradually replaced the Wildcat fighter can be regarded as a nightmare for Zero fighter jets.

The deputy general manager of Grumman's engineer came from a completely clear understanding of Tang Dao's intentions. Eighty percent of Tang Dao's modification plans actually came from Hellcat fighters.

The reason for Tang Dao to choose this kind of fighter is very simple. F6F can be said to be an air-control weapon completely developed for Zero fighter jets.

In World War II, the wing loads of typical fighter jets were between 150 and 220 kg/square meter, of which the Zero was only 107.5 kg/square meter. The Zero engine was not very powerful, but the fuselage was light, the wing load was low, and the maneuverability was very good.

The Americans also introduced this concept in the design of the F6F. Its wing surface reaches 31 square meters, and the increase in the wing area will inevitably increase resistance, so Grumman installed a high-power engine for the F6F.

At the same time, the remaining power of the F6F engine is high, and the energy loss is small after violent maneuvering. Although the Zero fighter has an extremely low wing load, the engine horsepower is too small, which limits the further performance of performance.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Compared with the zero type, F6F has the advantage in speed, firepower, vertical maneuver, endurance, and hover performance. The advantage of the zero type lies in the small radius turning and hovering. After the zero type is rear-ended by the F6F, it is often used to get rid of it with a small radius pound, and sometimes it can even bite the F6F back.

The zero-type is slightly advantageous when it is below 3000 meters, but the zero-type action becomes stiffer when it is above 5000 meters, and it will become a living target for F6F.

This is only called a match-for-all, but it cannot be called a Zero fighter jet that is about to appear.

American naval pilots all called F6F fighter jets "aluminum tanks". When the six 12.7mm Browning M-2 machine guns equipped with stormy attacks, no Japanese aircraft could escape the fate of being destroyed. After the war, Japanese pilots always mentioned "Hellcats" when they talked about their fear and despair during war.

On the other hand, the F6F's own cockpit armor and self-sealed fuel tank enable it to withstand the shooting of Zero 7.7mm machine gun projectiles, withstand severe attacks and still bring the pilot back to the aircraft carrier.

The frequent mantra of American Navy pilots is "This is a porous aircraft" and "more air through the hole than through the plane", and there was once an F6F that had burned hundreds of miles before landing onto the aircraft carrier.

David McCampbell, the first ace pilot in the US Navy, once saw a "Hellcat" with pistons and linkages flying everywhere in an engine, which could still fly back to the aircraft carrier, so the Grumman Company is often called the "Grumman Iron Manufacturing Factory".

Although it does not form a crushing effect, for the Chinese Air Force, which is currently only equipped with I-15, I-16 and Hawk III, it is definitely a bicycle turning into a motorcycle.

"We need 1,000 fighter jets of this type!" Tang Dao's order was almost crazy, even though Grumman Company launched a fighter jet and its supporting accessories at a sky-high price of up to US$60,000.

However, Tangdao did not pay the cash payment for this order, but a credit certificate issued by Rockefeller's parent company in Ohio. If the Chinese company located in the United States cannot pay the huge amount of funds, Rockefeller will fill the gap.

That was 60 million, until Stilwell, who was inside, looked at Tang Dao and Laura with obvious differences.

This is probably far from what a confidante can bear. Maybe this pair of foreign men and women have already had one leg, no, maybe they have many legs.

The old man from the United States is really vulgar. Perhaps only Xiao Yangniuer and the top leaders of Rockefeller Company know about Tang Dao’s current wealth.

In the early stage, Tang Dao was not unable to afford this money. The Chinese company that Tang Dao fully authorized has invested in a large number of new companies in the United States in the past two years and has achieved considerable returns in the capital market. As long as you sell the stocks, you can take them out 60 million in minutes.

The cash cow, penicillin, has even more terrifying money-making ability. In just less than two years, Tang Dao, who has 40% of the power, received 200 million yuan in cash. 60 million US dollars is an astronomical figure for ordinary people, but for Tang, who will continue to share money, it is just a figure.

Helping Tang Dao endorse the letter is just a favor for Xiao Yangniuer and Rockefeller's parent company, and it is not as good as letting Tang Tuanzu betray his body.

However, Stilwell, who was not aware of the inside story, thought a little too much, but this undoubtedly made the future cooperation between the two parties smoother.

The future heirs of the Rockefeller family can almost control the votes in a state, and even the President will treat him very well.

The US side handled the matter, and China responded very positively, especially when Stilwell and the US ambassador personally went to the official residence and said that the US government was about to establish the Far East Army Command in the Philippines and a Chinese company was going to donate 100 wildcat fighters and 200 40mm anti-aircraft guns to China. It is said that the man was crying on the spot.

It has to be said that the two American ambassador-level officials were moved by the two major agencies of the Executive Yuan and the Ministry of Military Affairs to promote the "Chunlei Aircraft Manufacturing Plant" and two large preparation airports.

After six drafts of the joint-stock plan of the aircraft manufacturer, the Executive Yuan and the Ministry of Military Affairs did not agree to a trading company far away in the United States to account for 30% of the shares, even if the other party was a Chinese, it would invest 30 million US dollars.

They even prefer to let Rockefeller take control, which makes Laura, who is still familiar with Chinese culture, really unable to understand.

Perhaps only Tang Dao understands the ideas of those people, and they always defend themselves. Because only Chinese people can take away the power that once belonged to them, and anything that is not within their control is an unstable factor.

However, the assistance of 100 fighter jets and 200 anti-aircraft guns shattered all obstacles!

Rockefeller also helped, introducing new shareholders, the famous Greyman Company held 10% of the shares, and will send 50 engineers and 300 skilled workers to China. The first "Hellcat" production line is not in the United States, but will be born in China, and will have the manufacturing capacity of 100 aircraft per year in a year.

Under such generous conditions, the servant's servant's office ordered to supervise it himself, and completed all the procedures in just one day. Tang Dao, who proposed this idea, even obtained the privilege of selecting a location for the aircraft manufacturer.

What else is there to hesitate about this? Tang Dao chose his hometown almost without thinking.

It is a mountainous area and is easy to hide. Although a large aircraft manufacturer settled there, although it will occupy some land, the migration of a large number of people, especially those who have sufficient consumption capacity in the West, will inevitably bring new income to local farmers.

Of course, what is more important is that Tang Dao knows that behind this privilege is actually a test.

Only by placing the aircraft manufacturing plant there can at least one regular infantry regiment guard forces enter the county with justification, and while being responsible for defending the safety of the county, it may also mean to be the host of someone's family.

The four-line regiment under Tang's command is too strong, and he actually has heavy artillery. Tang is a typical thorny man. If he can violate military orders twice, there will naturally be a third time. How can that person sleep peacefully without taking some of the braids from Tang's throne?

Tang Dao believed that even if he pretended not to know and chose a mountain valley in Sichuan Province, the final result would be that the aircraft manufacturer would be located in his hometown. Since that is the case, he would just be a little bit bachelor.

Tang Dao's choice really satisfied that he was very satisfied. He specifically approved Tang Dao's 10-day family leave for the Ministry of Military Affairs, allowing him to go home to visit his parents and choose a location for the manufacturing factory in his hometown.

The two backup airports were purely unexpected. As the chief of staff of the Far East Command of the US Army, Stilwell also prepared for the future.

If one day the United States declares war on Japan and China will become an ally, then material transportation and large bombers will be parked will be inevitable. However, China's current small airports cannot provide large aircraft with take-off and landing.

When the war starts, the daylily will be cold, so it is better to start construction now.

The US Army paid money and China sent people to build two large airports in Sichuan Province. The person who naturally wanted to ask for the suggestion of building two large airports.

This means not only having two airports, but also as the United States' thighs are getting tighter and tighter.

However, Stilwell made a request to that person. The US military has the highest management authority from construction to completion and use, and neither airport shall be affiliated with the Chinese military.

This almost unreasonable demand cannot be tolerated by any sovereign state, but the politician, who was worthy of being a politician, agreed after a brief thought, but only demanded that after the victory of the war, the US military would need to hand over these two airports to China.

"Dear Tang, I don't understand why you sacrificed the interests of your country. This is not like you who I know." Stilwell was actually quite puzzled after Tang Dao solemnly made this request to him.

"General Stilwell, although you have been in my motherland for several years, you still lack sufficient understanding of the officials in our country. In the face of the devil of money, they will choose to forget human nature." Tang Dao sighed.

Building an airport is a big project for any era, and for China today, building an airport is even more difficult. The manpower invested is not tens of thousands, but hundreds of thousands.

According to historical records, in early 1939, the Lingchuan Provincial Government of the Guofu expanded the Xinjin Airport for the first time, recruited more than 100,000 migrant workers from 16 counties including Xinjin, Guanxian, Wenjiang, Pixian, Xinfan, Qionglai, Pujiang, Shuangliu, etc., and requisitioned 3,292 acres of civil fields to build a runway and build a machine shed.

Due to the huge project, the airport runway needs to be laid with pebbles. It is still not enough to be used after digging within a hundred miles of the west bank of the Minjiang River. It is then dug to the other side and is fully driven by manual shoulders. At the farthest distance, migrant workers set off the morning of the first day and can only carry a load of them the next day. A large number of stones still need to be crushed, and migrant workers work day and night, and have worked hard to taste them.

By 1943, the Xinjin Airport was expanded, and the Xinjin Airport, which was required to be expanded, covers an area of ​​9,035 mu, the main runway is 2,600 meters long and 60 meters wide, and the foundation poured by steel and cement is 1 meter thick. It is necessary to expand a main runway, two sub-runways, three large oil depots, two radio stations, six ammunition depots, a large hangar containing 35 B-29s, more than ten invisible hangars, a machinery factory, two power plants, and six guesthouses. The area of ​​Xinjin Airport has reached 10,000 mu.

Due to the huge project and the time is urgent, the State Government requires that "the construction of all parts of Sichuan Province will be limited to mid-January of the 33rd year (1944), Xinjin and Qionglai will be completed before the end of March of the same year, and the rest will be completed before the end of April of the same year."

According to historical records, more than 300,000 migrant workers were actually recruited in 29 counties. During the implementation of the project, some migrant workers were dismissed due to injuries and illnesses, and they were added one after another. Prior and later statistics have led to a total of 500,000 migrant workers being recruited.

Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Sichuan rely on original tools to carry their shoulders and pull them, bleeding and sweating. What a arduous and magnificent scene!

That is also a great project made of flesh and blood.

"Qingcheng Mountain Taiping Township Chronicle" records: "Taiping Township dispatched more than 400 migrant workers to build Xinjin and Pengshan Airport, and 50 people died of work-related illness."

"Daguan Township Chronicles" records: "In the 32nd year of the Republic of China, about 800 migrant workers from Daguan Township went to Xinjin, Pengshan built an airport, and went to the service in two rounds. The first round of Xinjin Airport expansion was built. The two rivers were responsible for an airport circle project. On the first day, they dug up a person to death when they dig turf. Later, they competed with other townships for iron rolls, and rushed night workers to rush to press the floor and crushed three people to death. Migrant workers lived in extremely hard life, could not eat enough, were not warm in clothes, lived in a straw shed, had no medicine to treat when they were sick, and they were treated by burials by themselves..."

"So, I need your army to obtain management rights. At that time, our company staff will assist in personnel management, materials, salary distribution and other work to reduce the losses of our migrant workers. They are all forces of our country's war of resistance." Tang Dao said seriously.

"Dear Tang, I take back what I just said. You are the most special Chinese I have ever seen. If our country is really involved in war, I hope to have friends like you." Stilwell sincerely extended his hand to Tang Dao.

This is the first time that the two of them have been shaking hands with Tang Dao in the past 20 days since they met each other. It is not because of Tang Dao's accurate analysis of the battle situation, nor because Tang Dao has a huge wealth that can mobilize, but because Tang Dao's care for the fate of ordinary people.
Chapter completed!