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Chapter 258: The Bear Envoy and the Pineapple (Part 1)
Although before traveling through time, Zhang Chi heard many people on the Internet saying that the world of martial arts is not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and worldly wisdom.
However, Zhang Chi felt that if you didn't even have the ability to fight and kill, others would not give you the opportunity to learn the ways of the world - wouldn't it be better to just dig a hole and bury you?
Especially since he has traveled to this parallel world, the Blue Water Planet, for almost two years, and has already deeply experienced the differences between the two worlds.
Unlike the world where he traveled through time and space, where peaceful development was the main theme, the current world is based on Darwinism, a naked law of the jungle.
Before the time travel, war might be the last resort for many countries, but here, war is in many cases the first priority when problems arise.
If Zhang Chi was just a naive college student who was determined to kill the Japanese and survive with his good brothers when he first traveled through time.
Having experienced a lot in the past two years, he has long been assimilated into this chaotic world, and his former innocence has been suppressed deep in his heart.
The knife and the gun are the best weapons to communicate with outsiders in this era.
When the iron-blooded "Hua" flag of the Anmin Army fluttered over the city of Mandalay, Zhang Chi deeply understood this truth.
The Iron Uncle of the Red Bear, Commander Luo of the White Eagle United States, General Dai who was living under someone else's roof, and other great gods all sent congratulatory messages.
All international forces can see that it is only a matter of time before the An Min Army and Zhang Chi's power tentacles spread throughout Pegu.
There is no doubt that the Anmin Army demonstrated superb combat effectiveness and outstanding logistical capabilities in this battle.
For the major forces of the Allied Powers, force is the cornerstone of equal communication.
Whether they like it or not, all countries must admit that Zhang Chi is qualified to sit at the table.
As for the remaining Japanese troops? They were completely powerless to resist.
Even the Japanese Southern Army Commander-in-Chief Mushiki Shouichi and high-ranking officials in the home base had to admit this.
The Japanese troops in Siam, the three countries of Indochina, the Malay Peninsula and other places east of Pegu are already on high alert.
Unlike the devils on islands surrounded by the sea such as Java and Sumatra, they are all bordering Pegu by land and must be prepared to face the ANP after swallowing Pegu.
Even Prime Minister John Chiu, whose territory was actually taken away, pinched his nose and sent a telegram to congratulate Zhang Chi on his victory in the Battle of Mandalay, and hinted to Zhang Chi:
"We can handle Mutaguchi Renya's 15th Army on our own. The three divisions following the Japanese should return as soon as possible."
The implicit meaning of the telegram was: "Pegu is yours. Don't worry about other places. I'm afraid."
In response, Zhang Chi just smiled and didn't care.
Including the gold he had picked up from the Sindhu Temple before, he already had nearly 65 tons of gold in his hands. Moreover, with the continuous deployment of the People's Army Air Force, the B-17E and B-17G bombers have been developed.
Even the PB4Y-2 "Privateer" anti-submarine patrol aircraft in the middle has been developed. The only thing standing between Zhang Chi and the White Eagle technology tree IV vehicle [B-29A-BN bomber] that can unlock the atomic bomb is the last 6300 research and development points.
As long as they can gather another 135 tons of gold, Zhang Chi's forces will have the absolute ability to protect themselves even in a world where the strong prey on the weak.
As for why it only takes 100 tons of 999 pure gold to exchange for a "Little Boy" in the system, but Zhang Chi has to prepare 200 tons?
That's because when you claim that you have a "super bomb", you have to throw it at least once to prove that you really have it, right?
When other countries question whether you only have one, you must launch another one to prove that you have the ability to mass-produce.
It will be easy after that.
At that time, even if you claim that you have no more, other countries will be suspicious and think that you have secretly hidden a few more.
Therefore, in Zhang Chi's opinion, it is absolutely necessary to exchange 200 tons of 999 gold for two "little boys".
200 tons of gold can buy 10 to 20 years of peaceful development time. This is definitely a good deal for Zhang Chi, who mainly establishes himself in Southeast Asia as a Qian person.
By the time the Cold War reached its climax and a few atomic bombs were no longer enough to calm everyone down, Zhang Chi believed that after decades of development with the help of the system, the forces under his command had already made rapid progress.
Zhang Chi, who had received several special envoys in succession, was now slumped exhausted in a sofa chair. He was exhausted by all the polite and witty diplomatic rhetoric.
"Gold, gold..."
Only when he submerged his consciousness in his mind and looked at the gold balance in the system interface did he feel a sense of security in his heart.
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On the other side, Yuri Zinoviev, the special envoy sent by the Iron Uncle of the Red Bear, was strolling on the streets of Myitkyina.
Since Mandalay had just been liberated, although the entire city was not reduced to ashes, there were indeed only a few intact buildings left. Therefore, all foreign envoys were currently gathered in Myitkyina.
Looking at the neatly organized streets around him and feeling the gentle breeze blowing in his face, Yuri, the fat and big-waisted envoy who was as strong as a Siberian bear, felt particularly curious and comfortable.
Unlike his hometown where the country is located at high latitudes and is therefore cold, the subtropical climate of Pegu makes the envoy feel warm from the inside out.
"Look, Anna, it's a pineapple!" Yuri shouted, pointing to a street vendor who was selling cut salted pineapple.
Beside him, Anna Popova, who was nominally his attendant but actually secretly took orders from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, also widened her eyes.
As we all know, as a heavy industrial country in the subarctic zone, the Russians are addicted to sweets, but the country basically does not produce tropical fruits with high sugar content such as pineapples, mangoes, bananas, and durian.
The vendor wasn't afraid of the foreigners with big noses and sunken eyes. He enthusiastically shouted in his broken English: "30 euros a piece, big, fragrant and sweet pineapples!"
Yuri's eyes lit up when he heard this. Currently, the average monthly income of an ordinary worker in Red Bear is 400 rubles, and the official exchange rate in the early 40s was 5.3 rubles = 1 dollar, which means that a piece of pineapple only costs 1.6 rubles.
Only one tenth of a worker’s daily income!
In the current bear country, pineapples can be said to be the top luxury goods. Even in large cities in the rear where material supplies are relatively sufficient, each pineapple is worth hundreds of rubles, and they are only available on special supply, so ordinary people cannot buy them at all.
Not to mention its value on the front lines.
You, Marshal Zhu, only drink White Eagle's Coke on the front line, but I can eat as many pineapples as I want in a foreign country!
Envoy Yuri pinched his big nose, took out three quarter-dollar coins (25 eagle cents), and handed them to his attendant Anna. "Go ahead, Anna, we'll each have one."
After thinking for a moment, Yuri called Anna over and reluctantly took out another $1 coin: "Two, two for each!"