Chapter 2491 Meeting Jiabao by chance is really rare.
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Ryukyu, also known as Okinawa, was stolen by Japan in 1879 and renamed Okinawa Prefecture.
Ryukyu Island is located in the middle of the Ryukyu Islands. The whole island has a long and narrow shape, 96 kilometers long from north to south, 32 kilometers at the widest point and 3 kilometers at the narrowest point. It has a total area of 1176 square kilometers. It is the largest island in the Ryukyu Islands and is only 610 kilometers away from Kyushu, Japan.
, as the hub of sea and air traffic in the Western Pacific, its strategic position is very important.
After the Battle of Ryukyu, the entire Ryukyu Islands had become an isolated island, with only 123 people remaining on the island. Before the war broke out, the number of residents in the entire Ryukyu Islands was more than 500,000.
Referring to the tragic results of the Ryukyu Battle, the Allies no longer had any illusions about Operation "Olympic". The supplies gathered on Ryukyu Island alone reached 1.5 million tons of incendiary bombs, which frightened the logistics officers of Ryukyu Island.
There are more than one million tons of incendiary bombs. If there is any mistake, the entire Ryukyu Island will become a huge torch. Not only the materials stored on Ryukyu Island will be burned, but also the 17.5 people currently gathered on Ryukyu Island.
Of the 10,000 officers and soldiers, it is estimated that only a few will survive.
"I feel like sleeping on a huge ammunition depot every day now, which makes me sleepless at night. God bless, I hope everything will end soon -" Captain Tom from the United States prays every day, hoping that the war will come as soon as possible
Finish.
"I hope the 'Olympics' will be implemented as soon as possible and send all those little dwarfs to hell. If possible, I hope to take a photo on the throne of the Japanese Emperor, so that I can enlarge the photo and hang it in my home
"In the living room." Li Yang, who comes from southern Africa, smokes continuously, one cigarette after another. Only outside the camp can a smoker like Li Yang be unscrupulous.
Due to the large number of incendiary bombs, fireworks are now strictly prohibited in all camps. Smokers who want to indulge their craving for cigarettes have no choice but to sneak out of the camp.
The Angel Army is still very strict. Tobacco is included in the distributed supplies, but its use is restricted, just like the family planning supplies distributed.
Family planning supplies are also part of the distribution supplies. Each officer and soldier is provided with 10 supplies per month, and cigarettes are provided at ten cigarettes per day. They are distributed on the first day of each week and are in full quantity on time.
Therefore, within the Allied Forces, if playing cards, cigarettes are the most common bet, and no one cares about family planning supplies, because on Ryukyu Island, family planning supplies are almost unused, and even the mice on this island are now male.
The Allied Forces Command noticed this situation, so at the end of September, a military service agency was established on Ryukyu Island. The staff of the military service agency are all women. In order to gain their favor, in addition to money, a strong will is also needed.
Male charm, otherwise you can only be a monk.
Li Yang is very popular in the military service club. There are few Filipino girls who can refuse a handsome young officer who is young and rich.
Relatively speaking, Tom is not very popular. He looks a bit old. A man in his 20s looks like he is 50 years old. Unless he spends money, it is difficult to ask out a girl from the military service agency.
You can see the difference here. In Guam, American soldiers are the most popular among Filipino girls.
"What's your home like in Southern Africa? Is there really a thousand acres of country farm?" Tom was very curious about Li Yang's life in Southern Africa. For Americans, Southern Africa is strange and envious.
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Two of southern Africa's most famous scientists are Americans.
Moreover, he is an American who was quite poor in the United States and only became famous after arriving in southern Africa.
This gives many Americans the illusion that they will be born with useful talents after arriving in southern Africa.
Compared with the American soldiers who live at the bottom of society, the officers and soldiers of the Southern African Expeditionary Force are always generous, calm and confident in facing any situation. This makes many American soldiers full of yearning for southern Africa. For them, southern Africa
Africa is just like the Far East described in "Marco Polo's Travels", with the air full of happiness.
"How is that possible? Do you know how much an acre of farms around Luo City costs? The key is that you can't buy them even if you have money -" Li Yang was not exaggerating. Farms around Luo City are now marketable but priceless.
The farms in southern Africa are the most valuable in Nyasaland, especially those around Los Angeles. They have now become the private property of the rich. All wealthy people in southern Africa are proud to own a farm around Los Angeles.
On a farm in Madagascar, an acre only costs about R1.50, and there is still room for choice.
Farms around Los Angeles are priced at R150 per acre, but few people are still willing to sell them. This price is much higher than the price of land around London.
Rich people regard the farms around Los Angeles as private property for weekend vacations and leisure. Potatoes cannot be grown on these lands, so various flowers have become the main crops of the farms.
Nyasaland has a suitable climate and flowers bloom all year round, so Los Angeles has become a sea of flowers. Even if Los Angeles people live in poverty, they will buy a bouquet of flowers every day to decorate their rooms. This has become a habit of Los Angeles people.
It’s no longer just for the rich.
"Then how do your family make a living?" Tom did not dare to expect to buy a farm around Los Angeles. This is something only wealthy people can do in the United States.
"My family has a farm in Tanganyika, where we grow rubber trees and cocoa. The coffee you drink may be my family's contribution -" Li Yang has a strong sense of superiority. The French look down on Americans. Most of them are the down-and-out nobles who treat the nouveau riche.
Contempt; Southern Africans look down on Americans out of a heartfelt sense of superiority.
In front of southern Africans, Americans really have nothing to be superior to.
Economically, Southern Africa is more developed than the United States.
Agriculturally, southern Africa is more confident than the United States.
In terms of living standards, Southern African families are more than one level higher than American families.
Even in terms of industrial capacity, Southern Africa is not as busy as the United States, but it is not as frantic as the United States.
After the outbreak of the world war, American companies were frantically expanding their production capabilities. From a purely productivity perspective, the United States was already on par with southern Africa.
In fact, the United States is experiencing false prosperity. The demand for materials during the World War was all false. Once the war is over, the demand for materials will shrink sharply. By then, American factories that have wildly expanded their production capacity during the war will be out of luck.
Industrial production in Southern Africa is planned. Even if orders from various countries come flooding in, factories in Southern Africa will not expand wildly and production capacity will remain at a stable level.
Apart from anything else, just like the United States, the annual production of tanks has accumulated to more than 20,000 units, which looks very powerful. But after the end of the world war, will there be a need for so many tanks?
It is foreseeable that after the end of the world war, we will definitely encounter a new round of economic crisis caused by overproduction.
When the time comes that the tank factories in southern Africa can switch to producing tractors, can the tank factories in the United States do the same?
I'm afraid we can only wait for the acquisition by southern African capital.
"After the war is over, I plan to go to Nyasaland. I have a wish list. I want to go to Lake Nyasa and take a ride on an unmanned submarine, eat whitebait on Sunset Boulevard, and watch a game between the Los Angeles Eagles and Los Angeles.
Desia United's football match, and finally going to Star City to see if I can meet Garbo by chance -" Tom longed. In fact, these wishes are not difficult to realize, except for the last one.
In the past few years of the World War, Southern Africa's propaganda department has been busy, especially in movies, from the earliest "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth" to the later "The Decisive Battle of North Africa", and then to "Bombing Tokyo" and "The Enemy". Southern African directors
It even brought the story of the Russian battlefield to the screen, which greatly increased its presence around the world.
In the 1940s, entertainment life was very scarce in the world. Outside of Southern Africa, there were very few movie theaters. When scenes of ordinary Southern African families in front of their homes, backyards, gardens, swimming pools, cars, and motorcycles appeared in the movie, it had an impact on the audience.
One can imagine.
The key is not a luxurious life, but the freewheeling pursuit of free life by the youth of Southern Africa. When the youth of Southern Africa can shed their blood for their ideals, and then compare the precarious life of the audience, Southern Africa becomes the paradise that everyone yearns for.
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This is an American propaganda strategy in another time and space. When Europeans were still fleeing the war, Americans could eat turkey and watch "Tom and Jerry" in the movie, so the inedible turkey became the supreme
tasty.
As for Garbo, she played the leading role in "Bombing Tokyo" and "At the Gate" and is now famous all over the world.
Not to mention Tom, even locals from Star City find it difficult to meet Garbo by chance now.
"I can help you realize the first two. Whether the third one can be realized depends on luck. As for the fourth one, haha——" Li Yang was pragmatic. If he wanted to buy tickets for the Los Angeles Eagles vs. Rhodesia United, he really needed to
It depends on luck.
As for meeting Garbo by chance, don't even think about it.
Tickets for the Los Angeles Eagles and Rhodesia United have now become synonymous with the World Champions League and are so hard to come by that even members of these two clubs have to draw lots to buy them.
In order to expand the influence of the league, the Southern African Football Association has made every effort to provide tickets to the public. For the two games last year, it only managed to squeeze out 1,500 tickets for sale.
In order to make up for the regrets of the fans, the Los Angeles Eagles played a championship game against Rhodesia United. The lowest ticket price for this game was 100 rand. The corresponding position was at the edge of the stands, and the stadium became only a box.
The players can't see the size clearly, but many people are still willing to pay well over R100 just for the atmosphere of the stadium.
The scalper profession has existed in southern Africa for a long time. It is not uncommon for a ticket price of 100 rand to be sold to 1,000 rand.
"Lee, are we friends?" Just as Tom started to speak, a dull explosion suddenly came from the sea in the distance.
Li Yang and Tom jumped up instantly and looked towards the sea in the distance.
About two kilometers away, a merchant ship filled with supplies emitted black smoke and was slowly sinking.
Needless to say, this ship must have been attacked by a Japanese submarine.
"Wocao-have the Japanese submarines become so arrogant now?" Li Yang couldn't believe it.
"What the hell does the navy do for food?" Tom yelled.
Lieutenant General Mitchell, the commander of the U.S. 58th Task Force, also cursed loudly. He could not accept that Japanese submarines attacked Allied merchant ships only two kilometers away from Ryukyu Island.
Task Force 58, the World War II U.S. Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier task force, consisted of 15 aircraft carriers, 7 battleships, 21 cruisers and 67 destroyers.
Don't be scared by these numbers. The only aircraft carriers here are the "Hornet" and "Yorktown". The "Enterprise" and the "Essex" are real aircraft carriers. The others are simple versions of escort aircraft carriers with no combat effectiveness.
Worth mentioning.
Even so, Task Force 58 is the most powerful Allied fleet in the Pacific.
The warships in the Pacific region of Southern Africa now belong to the Changi Squadron, which consists of six aircraft carriers, 17 cruisers, and 42 destroyers.
In terms of quantity, the number of warships in the Changi Squadron is not as good as that of the U.S. 58th Task Force. In fact, the number of carrier-based fighter jets is about the same. If the Army Air Force is included, the number of fighter jets in Southern Africa exceeds that of the U.S. Army.
This does not include the difference in fighter performance.
"Why did the Japanese submarine appear in this position?" Mitchell was very angry. The Japanese submarine force was much worse than the German army in terms of quantity and quality.
Nowadays, German submarines are rarely dispatched due to heavy losses. However, Japanese submarines can break into a place only two kilometers away from Ryukyu and launch attacks. This means that Japanese submarines can even pose a threat to the aircraft carrier of the 58th Task Force.
In terms of protection capabilities, American aircraft carriers are not much better than merchant ships. Basically, they are severely damaged by one torpedo and sunk by two torpedoes.
If Japanese submarines were allowed to infiltrate the aircraft carrier battle group of Task Force 58, the fate of the aircraft carriers of Task Force 58 would be little better than that of merchant ships.
"We haven't bombed Japanese ports enough -" Rear Admiral Clark looked serious. He is the commander of the First Task Force, responsible for blocking the route between the Japanese mainland and Ryukyu Island.
"These submarines may not have come from Japan—" Major General Montgomery, commander of the Second Task Force, checked and filled in the gaps.
"We cannot blockade all Japanese ports. What is the Changi Squadron doing in southern Africa?" Rear Admiral Wesley, commander of the 3rd Task Force, complained. The main force of the Changi Squadron is still at Changi Naval Base and has not come to Ryukyu at all.
This is not cowardice of the enemy. During the Battle of Ryukyu, the Japanese army completely destroyed all the ports in Ryukyu. It has not been completely repaired yet. The capacity of the ports is limited. Even the aircraft carriers of the 58th Task Force cannot enter, and the warships of the Changi Squadron can only
Stay at Changi Naval Base.
"Don't put the responsibility on the Southern Africans. Can't we fight independently without the Southern Africans?" Mitchell was furious. Compared with the Japanese submarines, he seemed to be more angry with his generals.
This cannot be blamed on the generals of the 58th Task Force. They are used to the support provided by Southern Africa. The generals of the 58th Task Force are really not used to fighting without the cooperation of the Southern African army.
