These three planes are all monoplanes, two small and one large. On their fuselages, there are two lines of characters and a bird head with a very big mouth. The two lines of characters are in Chinese on the top and English on the bottom. They all mean the same thing.
It's the same thing: United Airlines.
If British soldiers or commanders who had experienced the Singapore Harbor air raid were present at this time, they would easily recognize that the two small planes were the black crows that once wreaked havoc at low altitudes in the Singapore Harbor area.
This kind of aircraft seems to be unique to the South China Sea Federal Air Force. No other country in the world has seen such an ugly aircraft.
Indeed, these two aircraft are Hawk ground attack aircraft of the Federal Air Force, but at this time they have been modified. All the armor and weapons on the aircraft have been removed, and most of the weight saved has been replaced with fuel tanks.
Space and personnel cabins, but in appearance and color, they are still the big black crow.
This is an aircraft specially modified by Liu Fu to help Schneider's exploration work. After removing the armor and weapons and adding fuel and crew cabins, they will be able to carry 4 passengers and 2 crew members and fly 6 times at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour.
hours, and because this kind of aircraft has excellent low-altitude control performance, it is most suitable for aerial prospecting.
The remaining large aircraft is also a large Goose transport aircraft of the South China Sea Federal Air Force. After changing its livery, it has also become a United Airlines transport aircraft, which is specially allocated to the exploration team to transport various equipment.
Since the diplomatic relations between the South China Sea Federation and the Commonwealth of Australia are not harmonious, and the two countries have just returned to normal from a state of war, the South China Sea Federation cannot intervene in this prospecting work on Australian territory. Therefore, these three aircraft are painted
The United Airlines logo appears on the plane, and the external explanation is that Schneider leased it from United Airlines specifically to transport exploration teams.
On the third day after the plane arrived in Perth, the two Eagle aircraft began adaptive flights, becoming familiar with the nearby terrain and climate, and preparing for the formal flight prospecting work. Although as early as World War I, the aircraft had
It appears on the battlefield, but it has not been really used for civilian use for a long time. In industrially developed countries such as Europe and the United States, ordinary people can easily see it.
There is no such big thing that can fly into the sky, let alone Australia, which is basically an agricultural country. Within a few days of the test flights of these two aircraft, a large number of Perth residents came with their families every day starting from the morning.
The bandits rode horses and drove carriages to the area around the airstrip and watched the two black crows. They watched for the whole day.
With the help of the plane, Schneider was even more confident. In the days before the plane officially went out for prospecting, he hired more than a dozen experienced cowboys and aborigines with high salaries in Perth to give him
The exploration team served as a temporary guide and led these exploration teams to conduct adaptive training in the desert area dozens of kilometers north of Perth, so that these American team members could adapt to the climate and environment here as quickly as possible.
On January 19, 1921, Schneider used wireless telegraphy to send a telegram to Liu Fu from the tower of the airstrip. In the telegram, he informed Liu Fu that today, two prospecting planes were carrying 8 exploration and mineral exploration personnel.
During the expert's first flight, he
Within the expected area, at least 6 suspected open-pit iron mines have been discovered. After multiple flights to confirm, and according to the landmarks provided by the aircraft, the three exploration teams will set off at the same time the day after tomorrow to attack 3 of the suspected open-pit iron mines that are relatively close to each other.
Move forward to the location and do on-site exploration.
With Schneider's telegram, Liu Fu's heart finally dropped. Although with the help of the atlas, Liu Fu was not sure that he would be able to find the iron ore. Now, he finally succeeded. Although it was just a suspicion,
Liu Fu knew that those words were just the colloquialisms of the experts. Before they touched the ore with their own hands and tested it, they would still say that a piece of iron was suspicious.
Now that the iron ore has been found, how many locations there are and how big it is, that is not something Liu Fu needs to worry about. Now Liu Fu needs to consider two issues: First, the attitude of the Australian federal government, but this matter is a big deal.
Wei is operating it, so there shouldn't be a big problem, because this company is not only owned by David and Liu Fu, but also by the Chrysler family, the Morgan family, and others.
They represent a lot of bankers' shares. If these vampires know that there is blood here but the Australian government refuses to collect it, they will probably cause countless troubles for these shepherds and cowboys to force them to submit.
, it is not impossible to even encourage the US government to launch a war against Australia, as long as the amount of blood is large enough.
When Liu Fu suggested that David and Schneider bring these big plutocrats and bankers into the plan, they were considering what would happen if David couldn't handle the Australian federal government. With the participation of these guys, the Australian federal government would not be able to figure it out.
Even if they agreed, Liu Fu and David would lose part of their profits, but Liu Fu couldn't think so long-term. With tens of billions of tons of iron ore plus many gold and nickel mines, even if there were twice as many investors,
It is a huge fortune that cannot be swallowed, enough for everyone to share. What's more, what Liu Fu values is not the wealth brought by these minerals, but the minerals themselves. As long as there is the support of these ores, then the South China Sea Federation will
The development speed can be doubled or higher, and this time difference cannot be exchanged for money. Liu Fu still wants to do a lot of things in his lifetime. He does not want to waste his life waiting for ore mining.
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Another thing Liu Fu needs to worry about is how the ore will be transported back after it is mined. According to the information provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Western Australia is now a desert with few human eyes. Not to mention railways, there are not even dirt roads. Although the local
The terrain is not too high and is very flat. In some places, the Gobi Desert does not even need to be repaired and can be used directly as a temporary airport. But relying on planes to transport ore would make Liu Fu poor.
Neither land nor air can be used, so the only option is sea transportation. Fortunately, the origin of these iron ores is not far from the sea. If they were in the middle of Australia, Liu Fu would have no choice but to look at the mines. Thousands of kilometers of desert
You can't even repair the railways in Gobi and Gobi. If you repair them today, a gust of wind will come tomorrow and the tracks will be buried under the sand.
After carefully checking the intelligence and maps, Liu Fu sent a call back to Schneider and told him to send planes and people to the coast closest to the northwest of the mining area to find out if there was a place suitable for building a port.
and bought the land.
In fact, on Liu Fu's map, there are indeed two large ports in the northwest of the mining area, one is Dampier Karratha and the other is Hedland. However, both ports were built by the Australian government in the 1950s.
, it is estimated that there is not even a fishing village now, Liu Fu has no choice but Schneider said directly, he can only give him an approximate location and let him find it by himself, which will arouse less suspicion.
In February 1921, David finally convinced the Australian federal government to allow the South Pacific Petroleum Mining Company registered in Australia to explore oil and minerals in Western Australia, and issued a mining license valid for 99 years. From then on,
As long as South Pacific Petroleum Mining Company pays normal taxes to Western Australia on a regular basis, it can purchase the land it likes from the state government for drilling and mining.
In order to confuse the Australian federal government, the South Pacific Petroleum and Mining Company first proposed drilling for oil in Western Australia. The Australian federal government was not a fool, and they also found out the general details of the South Pacific Petroleum and Mining Company.
After learning that the major shareholders were Schneider Oil Company and Standard Oil Company, I believed that these American cowboys wanted to copy him in Australia.
Their drilling miracle in West Texas. However, the Australian federal government has no intention of stopping these crazy oil seekers, because the place they chose is so desolate that the Australian federal government wants to divide that area
Out of Australia. In that dry, windy, hot desert Gobi, not to mention drilling for oil, even traveling through it, you will have a narrow escape. (To be continued...)
