Colonel Malik's special trip to the expeditionary force camp to investigate originally made the soldiers of the expeditionary force a little worried, and they were all considering whether to restrain themselves.
The Japanese people also believed that things would change after the US military came forward.
As a result, on the next day, before the soldiers of the expeditionary force went out for patrol, they found a new announcement posted on the bulletin board at the entrance of the camp.
While everyone was feeling anxious, they couldn't help but laugh or cry after reading the announcement.
Of course, the content of the announcement made all the soldiers very happy. It turned out that the Japanese government had established a comfort station in Osaka in order to meet the physiological needs of the occupying troops.
The so-called comfort stations were actually government-run brothels. Historically, the Japanese Communist Party organized and recruited approximately 55,000 Japanese women to provide comfort services for the US military stationed in Japan.
Comfort services priced at 15 yen per time are indeed not a lot of money for the US military.
Therefore, this service has indeed reduced the incidence of Japanese women being forced by American soldiers.
Moreover, it provided a source of livelihood for many Japanese women who had insufficient food to eat, and indirectly promoted Japan's post-war economic recovery.
The soldiers of the expeditionary force were very excited at first about the content of this announcement, and some soldiers even went together.
But when I came outside the comfort station, I saw a long queue outside, and many soldiers turned around and came back.
As for Colonel Malik's coming to investigate, Fang Lang did not explain anything or take any follow-up actions.
Everyone understood that without movement or new orders, the commander had already taken care of the US military.
What else is there to say? Sing and dance, the task must be completed resolutely.
Time passed slowly amidst the complaints of all Japanese people.
On October 3rd, the weather was fine, and Fang Lang finally waited for his father.
As early as the end of July, Fang Lang had informed his father that he would personally set out from Brazil with the fleet to carry the urgently needed supplies to his hometown.
Because it took some time to raise supplies and recruit crews, it didn't arrive in Shanghai until around September 20th.
After arriving in Shanghai, they unloaded the supplies in Xinshan and handed them over to the crew responsible for immigration work in the fleet. Then they took the recruited crew members and rushed to Osaka non-stop.
After arriving in Osaka, the fleet was directly guided to berth next to the House. The recruited crew members began to become familiar with the two Japanese cargo ships received from Colonel Malik.
Fang Lang and his father were alone in Fang Lang's office in Osaka, talking behind closed doors for a full three hours. No one knew the specific content of the discussion.
At one time, Fang Lang had one cargo ship brought by Brazil, two Japanese cargo ships received, and two fleet supply transport ships. There are five transport ships in total.
After dinner that day, Fang Lang went to Colonel Malik's office with one hundred thousand dollars in cash brought by his father.
Colonel Malik was already waiting very anxiously.
"Fang, you are finally here. Yesterday, General MacArthur established 10 management offices responsible for managing various areas of Japanese political life. I expect that they will arrive in Osaka and start work at the latest in the morning the day after tomorrow.
We must move our equipment immediately or we will lose our ability to get their hands on it. "
This is the so-called Allied Forces Headquarters in the United States, referred to as the Allied Forces Headquarters. It was established on October 2 and is headquartered in Tokyo.
It consists of nine bureaus including the General Staff Department and the Civil Affairs Bureau, the Legal Affairs Bureau, the Statistics Bureau, the Economic and Science Bureau, the Civilian Intelligence Bureau, the Civilian Communications Bureau, the Civilian Intelligence and Education Bureau, the Natural Resources Bureau and the Public Health and Welfare Bureau.
Responsible for deciding and handling Japan-related matters, dividing labor to formulate various plans for post-war reforms, and guiding the implementation of various reforms.
All management work of the Japanese government is carried out under the guidance of these departments.
The so-called alliance was nominally composed of all the victorious countries against Japan among the Allied Powers. But in fact, other countries now have no time to take into account Japan's situation, and the United States basically calls the shots.
And the first person in charge of this alliance is really the Japanese Emperor General MacArthur.
The establishment of the Alliance General Assembly represents the end of separate military control.
This is why Colonel Malik is so anxious to get angry.
Of course, Colonel Malik was not the only one who was anxious. Fang Lang was actually more anxious than Malik.
Once the alliance enters Osaka, it is impossible for Fang Lang to continue to maintain a vacuum between the two roads.
In other words, if Fang Lang wants to do something, it must be completed within these two days.
Fang Lang patted the military package he was holding and closed the office door.
"Alas! There is no way, I am also very anxious. Just take a look, this is yours. There are five ships in the port now, and we have been transporting and loading them day and night in the past two days. I hope it comes quickly."
Malik was not polite and reached out to open the package, only to see a bag full of US dollars inside.
Fang Lang watched as Malik took out bundles of U.S. dollars and placed them on the table. In fact, at a glance, they were in denominations of one hundred dollars, with each bundle containing 100 dollars, making a total of ten bundles. It can be seen that it is one hundred thousand dollars.
But Malik counted them one by one very carefully.
Fang Lang was not in a hurry, took out a cigar, lit it, and slowly smoked beside it.
He knows that Americans don't mind talking about money, and they will take stock of money matters face to face and will not avoid it.
Fang Lang has never seen the factory equipment Malik mentioned in detail until now.
It would be false to say that he is not worried about being cheated.
However, everyone is a soldier, and there are some things that don’t need to be explained clearly if you want to defraud money from a soldier.
Then, you must be prepared to make money or lose your life, and don’t think that just because you are an American, you can sit back and relax.
The rebels are the best shield.
Colonel Malik finally finished counting the banknotes in his hand and stretched out his hand to Fang Lang with satisfaction.
"Fang, happy cooperation! I will take you there now. All the equipment has been packed and can be transported at any time."
Fang Lang also stood up and shook hands with him and said:
"That's good. We're going to inspect the goods now. We'll have to worry about the transportation."
After watching Malik lock the US dollars in the safe behind him, the two went out together and got into a Willys Jeep. Under the protection of a group of US military and expeditionary force convoys, they arrived at the foot of a hill near the ancient city of Osaka.
There is a large-scale factory at the foot of the mountain. Most of the factory buildings have been bombed and collapsed.
But Fang Lang saw a large number of trucks parked in the factory.
The two got off the car and walked through a factory building built against the mountain. The side facing the mountain was not a wall at all, but a huge passage.
Fang Lang has always known that the Japanese like to dig holes, but he never thought that there would be such a large project in downtown Osaka.
At this time, the lights were brightly lit in the depths of the cave. In addition to the American soldiers with guns on guard, Japanese workers wearing work clothes were packing equipment into wooden boxes.
Most of the equipment has been packed, and the remaining equipment will be packed tonight depending on the situation.
Fang Lang was not polite and walked into several pieces of equipment and looked at them carefully.
I found that most of the equipment was actually from Germany.
He couldn't help but turn to Colonel Malik and said:
"German product?"
Malik shrugged and said:
"As far as I know, more than 65% of the machining equipment is German. There are 20% American. The rest is Japanese. But as far as I know, the quality of Japanese products is very poor."
This is really an unexpected surprise. If he had known that there were so many German and American products, Fang Lang wouldn't have hesitated to buy this batch of equipment!
Even if he doesn't produce artillery, Fang Lang can still use these equipment to produce many things.
Fang Lang knew very well that the Japanese machine tool industry in later generations was very developed and was basically as famous as Germany and Switzerland.
However, Japanese machine tools during World War II were synonymous with poor quality.
Take the Japanese military officer's gun box as an example. It basically copies the work of the German Ruger P08.
However, due to unqualified processing technology and material technology, Japanese officers would jam when using it to commit suicide.
Everyone can see the Japanese machine tool processing technology.
So Fang Lang thought that this so-called artillery factory also used Japanese machinery. If the price wasn't too low, Fang Lang might not be willing to take over.
Now that he sees so many German and American machine tools, Fang Lang feels as if he is picking up a leak.
Fang Lang just randomly checked a few packaged equipment and said without saying anything more that he could start loading the truck.
It was already dark now, but time was tight and the task was heavy, and darkness could provide a good cover for this shady business.
Colonel Malik also gave direct orders without hesitation, and everyone started loading the trucks and transporting them to the dock.
Fang Lang did not stay here and wait, but left the factory directly with Colonel Malik.
Instruct soldiers from the first company of the Marine Corps to accompany the vehicle to escort him.
This is considered a public weapon for private use. However, the Marine Corps soldiers had no complaints.
Because Fang Lang is also the boss who pays them subsidies. Whoever gives money works for whom. This is a matter of course.
However, Fang Lang deliberately ordered the soldiers of the first company that all vehicles must pass through the two streets they had cleared.
Also, if another vehicle joins the route, you are not allowed to mention it to anyone.
Just make sure that all the materials are transported to the ship smoothly.
After returning to the Brazilian Expeditionary Force station, Fang Lang was not idle. He directly organized the soldiers of the second company in the camp and the guard platoon to go out in the dark night by car.
No one knew the destination of the trip. Fang Lang, who was sitting in the lead car, guided the convoy along one of the two roads cleared by the soldiers of the expeditionary force.
Soon, all the vehicles came to a place, in front of a dilapidated factory that obviously had a very long history.
The entire factory is a masonry structure, a two-story building, about ten meters high, thirty-five meters long, and an independent factory building less than twenty meters wide.
Under the lights of the cars, you can see the moss covering the walls, telling you that this factory has a long history.
