Beauty Comic Plane Trader

"Josie, Happy New Year!" In the military camp, Brigadier General William Ross, an old acquaintance, gave Josie a bear hug.

The former colonel commander of the 8th Regiment of the 4th Division, as the war progressed and ended, has now been promoted, officially entered the ranks of generals, and became the 4th Division, 3rd Motorized Infantry Brigade

brigade commander.

The U.S. military currently stationed in Hamburg is also the Fourth Division of the Third Army.

The Third Army was Patton's army, which should have been stationed in Bavaria in the original time and space.

However, because the US-occupied area of ​​​​the world was moved to the central and northern parts of the world with Hamburg as the core, the most ferocious garrison troops were naturally stationed in the north.

As for the one stationed in Bavaria, it became the Ninth Army, which was not established for a long time.

"Happy New Year, William, and congratulations on your promotion!" Josie also responded.

When Josie arrived in Paris, time had officially entered 1945, so this Happy New Year was appropriate.

As for the reason why Josie came to see Ross in the first place, it was also very simple.

One is because he plans to stay here temporarily.

Although Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany, because it is also one of Germany's heavy industry centers, it was a key concern of the Allied forces during the previous war.

Even before the U.S. military entered the war, the British Air Force listed Hamburg as a first-tier bombing target.

As the U.S. military entered the war and the German air force declined, Hamburg suffered even more.

During several years of war, the city of Hamburg suffered 187 air raids, and the bombings were basically incendiary bombs that caused huge damage to the city.

So now that the war is over, there are only a few completed houses in Hamburg.

After Ophelia arrived here, she also lived on a farm in the suburbs, but it was relatively remote and the social environment was turbulent after the war.

Josie might as well be safe and comfortable living in a military camp.

Another reason is that in at most a week, the transport fleet jointly formed by the Chicago consortium and the council will reach Hamburg, and Qiao Xi must set up an outpost for them.

This will definitely require the help of people from the military. After all, it is the garrison troops who are calling the shots in Germany now.

"How long do you plan to stay this time?" After the greetings, the two of them sat down, Brigadier General Ross asked.

"It must take a few months!" Qiao Xi then mentioned that he was a representative of five consortiums, and expressed the hope that the military would send some people to help.

Of course, the soldiers are not required to do any work, they are just required to be supervisors and maintain public order.

As for the labor force...hehe, there are millions of people lying in the Rhine camp.

Although the US military did not treat the prisoners as harshly as later marketing accounts said, it did not make it easy for them either.

Although they are not asked to work, they are only provided with about 500 calories of food per capita - normal people need at least 1200K of energy intake a day even if they do not work.

Coupled with the extremely poor sanitary environment and so on.

Live worse than a pig or a dog.

So just like the group of prisoners who worked for Qiao Xi in Austria, as long as they were given enough food to live a decent life, there would be a lot of people who would be willing to work.

There is no need to worry about labor issues at all.

"I see, but I can't make the decision on this matter!" William Ross said after hearing what Josie said.

"Of course I understand that I came to you just to catch up with old times and stay with you for a while. As for this matter, I will go see General Eisenhower tomorrow to get his consent!" said Josie.

Because the damage to Hamburg was so severe, even if it was the second largest city, it would be impossible to set up the headquarters of the US military in Germany here.

Therefore, the top brass of the US military, headed by Eisenhower, were basically in Hanover, another big city near the center.

Because this city is relatively low in importance, and the local German troops surrendered quickly enough when the Allies attacked, the damage was not serious, and it became the most intact large city in the hands of the US military.

After hearing what Qiao Xi said, Brigadier General Ross nodded. That's right. For such an important matter, you must discuss it directly with Eisenhower.

"This matter is simple. I'll let you pack up a few officer barracks first and you can live there first. As for your follow-up personnel, it's actually easy to deal with. There are two German-built anti-aircraft towers in the city center. They are large and well-preserved.

It's intact. As long as you get General Eisenhower's consent, I can arrange a building for your personnel to live in. It's no problem to house thousands of people there." Brigadier General Ross said after thinking for a while.

"Ah, I know that kind of anti-aircraft tower. I've seen it in Vienna. It's really a good choice." After hearing what Brigadier General Ross said, Qiao Xi immediately understood what the other party was talking about.

During World War II, Mustache ordered the construction of eight super air defense fortresses in Hamburg, Vienna, and Berlin.

When the Mao Xiong invaded Berlin, they used 203 heavy artillery bombardment for more than a week, but failed to blast open the three fortresses in Berlin. In the end, they had to take a detour and occupy the entire Berlin. The three fortresses surrendered on the order of the top German troops.

Surrender.

In the original time and space, after the British army heard about the sufferings suffered by the bear under the three fortresses, they tried to destroy these fortresses to fill a cup.

Then 25 tons of explosives were stuffed into one of the fortresses, and media from various Allied countries were invited to watch.

The result was embarrassing. 25 tons of explosives only blew off one layer of the fortress.

The British were humiliated on the spot and could not let it go, so four months later they organized another explosion.

This time, a full 35 tons of explosives were used to barely blow up one of the air defense fortresses. However, it only broke the fortress in half, and it was still not completely destroyed.

Since then, no one has thought about touching these fortresses.

By the 21st century, these seven and a half fortresses have become popular tourist attractions in the three cities.

In this world, because there are no British people to act weird, the eight fortresses have been completely preserved.

Each of these eight fortresses can house thousands of people, which means they are comfortable and spacious.

If you really want to squeeze it in, tens of thousands of people can live there - it was originally built according to the standard of a garrison of 15,000 people.

Not to mention, it would be pretty good if we could get such a fortress as the headquarters of our industry in Hamburg.

So Josie immediately proposed the idea of ​​buying two forts.

"Purchase? Of course, they are the property of our military now, but like other things, this also requires the approval of the headquarters!" After hearing Josie's thoughts, William Ross said without hesitation.

These two fortresses were occupied by the Army after the Germans surrendered. Naturally, they belong to the property of the War Department. There is nothing wrong with this.

As for money? Haha, with Qiao Xi’s relationship, it is completely possible to pay in installments, and then rent it to the Council and the Chicago consortium in his name, and then give it to the Department of War before collecting it - several consortiums have prepared so much funds, no need

No use.

As soon as he came in and out, Qiao Xi made two super fortresses for nothing, making a huge profit.