Chapter 36: The Wind in the Indian Ocean
"We're going to save those people."
In the White House, in the reception room, an imposing blonde and blue-eyed old man in a suit and leather shoes, pacing in leather shoes, his tone was hysterical and crazy, very much the true biography of the Führer:
"Make the infidels who invade the American nation pay."
"We're going to ·····"
Listening to the speech of the top 20 richest man in the United States, who has a strong influence in business and politics as well as his family, that is, the father of Kyle Dover, who was arrested on the other side, Franklin replied with a smile:
"It is our duty to rescue those who have been innocently captured by the infidels."
Although he is the president and the pinnacle of power in the United States, the person in front of him has a very big influence in the country, and he is also the big financier behind him, so he naturally has to take it seriously and deal with it carefully.
"I want to see actions, not slogans."
To become a top rich man, this old man is naturally not a fool, so far only the official Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the president's office has issued a condemnation, and there is no other effective action, he bluntly pointed out the problem.
As for the president.
Others are afraid, but he is not afraid.
Even if it is a time of war, and the president has a lot of power in one, he has enough voice power that no one can stop him, and besides, this matter, involving the glory and face of the United States, is an insult to the United States of America, and many people will support him.
In times of war, hawks are strong.
"We're already working on a plan."
Franklin sighed silently.
On the first day of the arrest of the seventeen, he acted.
Everything that could be done was done.
Cutting off official commercial ties, forcing back technical personnel through policies, recalling pilots and other military aid, stopping flights between the two countries, stopping technical exchanges between the military, and stopping civilian commercial practices.
However, it cannot be said that the impact is not great, it can only be said that it has no effect, and the other party is not only not afraid and does not panic, but even takes the initiative to promote these cut-offs, and sends special planes to transport technicians and pilots back to China.
As for the military's technical exchanges, the commercial ties were cut off first, and he cut them off directly before he could open his mouth.
For the rest, he can't think of a way!
You can't go to war with the other side for the sake of just 17 people, right?
Even if there is no mustache in the way, with the current strength of the other side, it will be difficult to succeed in this matter.
The 17 businessmen were in the Beiping Prison, which was more than 10,000 kilometers away from Pearl Harbor, and the navy had to pass through Guam and the Ryukyus.
There are hundreds of planes, several capital ships, equipped with missiles, early warning planes and other ultra-advanced weapons, and the radiation control island has a radius of 3,000 kilometers, and even submarines cannot penetrate it.
Even if the American fleet is much stronger than the devil's fleet, it is not sure that it will win, and the opponent's technical ability is too strong.
Even if the people of the military are angry, it is impossible for them to fight against a powerful opponent who is unpredictable in victory or defeat for the sake of only 17 people.
"I know what's going on in the United States."
The old man's tone changed, and he said:
"We need to deal with the European theater with all our might, and we can't draw too much strength militarily, which is the main reason why the other side dares to make a move."
No, you're thinking wrong... Franklin was tempted to interject.
Although at the beginning, he also thought so, but after the fact, even if the main force of the Pacific Fleet is there, and even the Atlantic Fleet is also in the Pacific Ocean, the other party may dare to do it, and it will do it.
At the drop of a hat.
The other side has warehouses in hand and has a technological advantage, although the technical arms are insufficient, but it is difficult for the United States to take advantage of the fortifications when it fights and occupies the fortifications. Cherbourg is the clearest example of this.
As for the military and Congressional members who shout indiscriminately, a group of clowns who are grandstanding.
"Indeed."
But on the surface, Mr. President still responded to the old man's words.
"But against one country."
The old man smiled and said:
"Not just military means, but also economic and political means, the latter two are even more effective."
"We can cut ties with them economically, stop technology exports, impose tariffs on their goods, launch antitrust investigations against their companies, and spy investigations."
"I have also investigated, none of their drugs have registered patents, and they have not passed the review of our drug regulatory department, we can completely suspend imports, and we can also target research and development."
"Their foreign exchange depends entirely on those medicines, and once the drugs can't be sold, and there is no market, then they will lose ninety percent of their foreign exchange sources, and when the time comes, they will feel fear and pain."
The old man was beaming and confident.
Hearing this, the corners of Franklin's mouth twitched.
At first, he thought that the old man was here to let him save his son, but he didn't think about it.
I'm actually here to talk about business.
Is this a drug that is targeted at other people?
But it's normal.
Those advanced drugs have good effects, low side effects, and have very good material effects for many difficult and miscellaneous drugs, not to mention those cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, heart and other drugs that are the only one, insulin alone, the purity of the other party's drugs is hundreds of times that of the American factory's own production, and there are almost no side effects.
It was very popular in the market, which led to the direct bankruptcy of domestic pharmaceutical companies.
During World War II, insulin was still a barbaric manufacturing and production model, extracted from animals, and compared with warehouse production, modern technology production was not a little worse.
Every month, there are more than 100 million dollars in sales, of which everyone knows the profits, at least 70% of the profits.
This is a number that is enough to make all businessmen blush.
"Good idea."
Mr. President gave him a deep look at the old man named Kyle, and his tone was implicitly perfunctory.
The family's main business is energy, steel, and combined fruits, because of last year's technological upgrades, the use of new steelmaking methods, the explosion of steel production in various steel mills, and the need for energy in the war, the family's financial resources have also increased significantly, and the domestic influence has also increased significantly.
But it is precisely because these industries have not been involved in chemical and pharmaceutical industries that they have little understanding of the other side.
Those drugs are not patented, which many people have long discovered.
But unfortunately, it can't be manufactured, and even the analysis of the ingredients is very difficult, and the national laboratories have been killed, and they are still exploring the main ingredients of those drugs, and which are the active ingredients.
As for the imposition of tariffs.
What about funny?
According to the price of the other party's medicines, the lowest is a bottle of 1,000 US dollars, except for pure insulin, all those who can be used are the rich class, and they can buy them from abroad in minutes, and there is a fart to increase tariffs.
For the rest, all that is left are some planes and artillery purchased by the military.
"I will introduce a corresponding policy as soon as possible."
Franklin intended to perfunctory these capitalists.
But the giant in a wheelchair did not know that his hand, this policy, not only failed to gain any benefits, but even accelerated the collapse of the American dollar after the war.
The old man walked away satisfied.
After making this decision, Franklin suddenly made up his mind, and he called a member of the military, intending to accept the surrender of Yamamoto and Gangmura and eat 300,000 devil cannon fodder.
Seventeen people will definitely not be able to be saved.
Now that you've turned your face, let's turn it over thoroughly.
He didn't believe it, just for the sake of these 300,000 devils, for some so-called wanted devil officers, that gang could change the overall strategy and get mixed with the mustache.
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Socotra Islands.
Located at the junction of the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, it is a small archipelago of four islands and two rocky islets.
Needless to say, this is one of the most important strategic locations in the Indian Ocean, and naturally, the British Empire will not let it go, and in the early days of its expansion, it fell into the hands of the sun and the navy was stationed.
However, as the mustache rose again, the British Empire had to constantly draw forces to support the local war, so that the number of troops here became smaller and smaller.
When the little devil pulled down the crown of the sun, he also occupied the island, drove out a little garrison of the British, and a few old gunboats, and completely cut off Suez.
Although after Gibraltar was cut off by a mustache, the Battle of the Peninsula failed, and there was nothing to do with the Mediterranean without the Allies, and the canal existed in name only this century, and basically did not work.
After the defeat of the Combined Devil's Fleet, Yamamoto and Okamura began to contact the British and Americans in preparation for surrender, giving the Allies the opportunity to reoccupy Socotra.
But there's a catch.
Britain and the United States are allies, but there has never been an iron-clad ally in the world, and the two countries seem to be so iron, it is nothing more than that no one can do without the other.
The British Empire can't win the mustache alone, it needs support, it needs a lot of supplies, although Uncle Sam is strong, but across the Atlantic, it is impossible to beat the mustache alone, it needs a bridgehead, and it needs a forward supply base.
So, the two hooligans hit it off.
But the location of Socotra is too important, it is the connection point related to the Eurasian shipping route, and the occupation of this place means that the control of the Eurasian shipping route is very important for the control and guidance of the world situation after the war.
So the two hooligans naturally had a disagreement here.
Qiu Fatzi wants here, Luo Cripple also wants here, the two glared at each other, and no one let anyone, and an interesting phenomenon appeared, the devils here were ready to surrender, but they just didn't come to accept it.
Then, more than ten days passed, and since there was no supply, the devils panicked.
If they don't come again, the locust army will starve to death.
But today.
The devils finally looked forward to the warship.
However, it was the troops led by Xu Husheng who landed on the shore.
"Grab it."
Looking at this devil who was less than a brigade, and even a devil who took the initiative to surrender, Xu Husheng waved his hand.
Although the surrendered troops were not British and American, the hungry and dizzy little devils didn't think so much, they threw away their guns, raised their hands high, and after checking them, they gulped down the food that the other party put in the basin.
That night.
Major construction began on Socotra Island, and the original port was widened and enlarged. Buildings, runways, hangars, and oil depots have risen from the ground.
A few days later.
A battleship with three twin main guns, a large cruiser, a missile destroyer, and five frigates were moored outside the newly reinforced port, and more than 100 planes were stationed on the airfields on the island.
Meanwhile.
Seychelles, a colony of the British Empire, a frigate, a transport ship arrived quietly, along with several famous Seychelles figures - expelled and imprisoned by the British Empire.
The transport ship sprang out hundreds of troops armed with honest Mauser rifles, Bren light machine guns, and Type 92 infantry guns.
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"What!"
In the White House, President Franklin, who was discussing the impact of the reversal with the other side, received the news that the Socotra Islands were occupied by Xu Husheng for the first time, and once wanted to perform a miracle.
"They're actually..."
With his mouth open, Franklin couldn't say anything in the end.
Occupy the island of Socotra.
This trick was something he never thought of.
But he had to admit that this hand completely eliminated the possibility of surrender of the devils in the subcontinent.
As long as the troops are stationed here, they don't need too much, and they don't need too much strength, they can cut off the connection between the subcontinent and Britain and the United States, but this also means that they will completely turn their faces with Britain and the United States.
But.
"Hey..."
Sighing and rubbing his forehead, Franklin had a headache.
What about turning the other cheek?
It's not once or twice that the other party has turned his face, occupying Guam and arresting people, isn't that a direct turn of face with the United States?
But so what?
sanctioned, protested, but people didn't encourage him at all.
What else could he do?
On the contrary, because he disconnected communication with the other party, he complained very much.
After the direct import channels of various drugs were cut off, the prices were raised, and the rich did not affect it, but the middle class complained that they had no channels to buy from abroad, and several projects on the military side were also affected because of the suspension of contact, and the research on new jet power was blocked, and they demanded the resumption of exchanges.
Some domestic military enterprises have also been affected.
And people don't seem to have had an impact because of the evacuation of a large number of technicians, and even after the head-on confrontation with the United States, many technicians from other countries went there to pan for gold.
The world gold price has been rising, and the other party's bonus is paid directly in gold, which is very popular.
There is no shortage of gold diggers in the world.
"Temporarily suspend contact with Japanese forces in the subcontinent."
Mr. President sighed helplessly.
Unexpectedly, he and Qiu Fatzi fought for the island of Cotra, and actually let the other side pick up the cheap.
It can be expected that the other side will definitely hold on to this gap and continue to attack cities and territories in the Indian Ocean, and even control the Indian Ocean.
"Trouble."
Mr. President has some headaches.
Those people, after driving all the devils out, took advantage of their deep involvement in Europe, not only in full control of Southeast Asia, radiating to the Pacific Ocean, but even beginning to touch the Indian Ocean.
Predictably, the next step is the subcontinent.
But they still can't do anything.
The mustache was already taking their breath away.
"Fortunately, the other party does not seem to be interested in the Americas."
Donovan, the intelligence chief on the side, comforted.
With the rise of the other side, especially recently, after the conflict with the United States, many people have tried to reach the other side, but they have been refused.
"Hmph."
Franklin sneered and did not speak.
Of course he knew that.
But this does not mean that the other party is not interested, it is just that there is no strength now.
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