flstandardbreds Chapter 146 Picking up a troop for free
Chapter 146 Picking up a troop for free
After Lu Chen sent the technicians and engineers away, he also sent Li Qiang away. He was alone in the office thinking about what kind of weapons he needed to equip these people going to Riyadh.
First of all, you must choose a weapon with strong firepower, otherwise everyone has rifles, which is not a big advantage. In addition, the British have tanks and planes. Rifles are too weak on the battlefield.
The second thing is that I can equip them with weapons in a short time. The dozens of employees of my security company will go to Riyadh in half a month, and I have to get them suitable weapons in this half month.
Lu Chen thought in his mind that the squad's firepower must be the mortar. Equip more than 30 people with three or four mortars. This way they will have a way to deal with tanks if they encounter them on the battlefield.
Automatic rifles also have great firepower, like submachine guns and light machine guns, which have good firepower and are easy to carry. But the effective range of submachine guns is too short, only about 150 to 200 meters. So we can only equip them with light machine guns.
Lu Chen began to think about which light machine gun to equip his troops with. Should it be a Czech light machine gun or a Browning light machine gun? Why these two? Because Lu Chen couldn't get other weapons for the time being. Also, the bullets used by the two machine guns are different. The Czech uses 7.92 caliber bullets. The Browning uses 7.62 caliber bullets.
Lu Chen was thinking about which country's weapons Morgan would get for Aziz. If Morgan sold Aziz weapons made in the United States, Lu Chen would have to choose Browning, so that even if his employees ran out of bullets, they could get more from Aziz.
If the weapons Morgan sold to Aziz were not American, Lu Chen would choose the Czech type, because except for the light machine guns produced by the Americans, which were unique and used 7.62 caliber bullets, the calibers of the other light machine guns were basically 7.92 caliber.
Lu Chen had a headache. He had to look to Morgan to choose his weapons. Lu Chen was very depressed. Since there were only two calibers of light machine guns, Lu Chen simply didn't consider it. He thought he might as well do something simple and rough. He directly equipped his employees with two types of machine guns. When he arrived in Riyadh, he would choose the machine gun he wanted to use based on the weapons they used.
Lu Chen stood up, walked to the phone, picked up the phone and dialed the number of the US military headquarters.
"Hello, this is the U.S. military headquarters in the Philippines. Who are you looking for?"
When Lu Chen heard the call was connected, he immediately replied:
"Hello, I am Lu Chen, a captain in the U.S. Army. Please help me connect with General Green."
"OK, just a second."
There was a "beep-beep" sound from the phone, and soon the call was reconnected. A majestic voice came from the phone.
"Hello, I'm Green. What can I do for you?"
Lu Chen was a little surprised to hear Green's serious voice. What happened to Green today? He was usually very calm when talking on the phone. Why was he so serious today? Lu Chen was a little confused. He could only answer formally:
"Hello, General Green, I am Captain Lu Chen."
"Hello, Captain Lu Chen. What can I do for you?"
Damn, there's something wrong with Green's tone, Lu Chen thought to himself. Is there someone next to him today that forced him to speak in this tone? I don't know if it's appropriate to ask him to help me get some weapons today.
Lu Chen pondered for a moment and said, "General Green, our special forces company has been under heavy training recently. Our guns have been seriously damaged and our ammunition has been consumed quickly. I am calling you to request some guns to replace the damaged ones in our company."
Green was silent for a while and then asked, "What guns did you damage? Tell me the models and I'll have someone adjust them for you."
Lu Chen said with some joy: "General Green, our troops have suffered serious losses in light machine guns. If you have Czech and Browning, I hope you can transfer some to us."
“How many guns did you lose,” Green said.
Lu Chen: "About forty of each were broken."
Green said, "Okay, I'll have someone send it to you right away."
After saying that, Green hung up the phone.
Lu Chen put down the busy phone. He didn't know what was going on with Green, and he hoped he hadn't caused him any trouble today.
The problem of the first group of people's guns was solved, and Lu Chen breathed a sigh of relief. Now there were only more than 100 people led by Wu Jie left. Lu Chen planned to equip them with some anti-aircraft guns or anti-aircraft machine guns, as well as mortars.
In a few months, Xiaori will start to cause trouble. Let these people get familiar with anti-aircraft guns in advance. And practice on the battlefield. Maybe in the future battles with Xiaori, they can use anti-aircraft firepower to shoot down some of Xiaori's planes. Let Xiaori's planes dare not shit on our heads at will.
As for anti-aircraft guns, Lu Chen set his sights on the 88mm anti-aircraft gun designed and produced by the German Krupp company. We won't talk about the performance of this gun, just based on its reputation as an "anti-everything gun", everyone should know how powerful it was in World War II.
Lu Chen planned to go to Germany in the near future to visit Edinburgh and see if he could help him make some connections and get to know the people at Knuber. If he couldn't get the 88mm gun, Lu Chen would go to Sweden to buy some Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns.
Just as Lu Chen was thinking, the phone in the office rang. Lu Chen was startled by the sudden sound. He picked up the phone with a sullen face. He was about to get angry, but the sound from the phone put him out of his rage.
"Lu Chen, why do you need so many machine guns? Explain it to me clearly."
As soon as the voice came out, Lu Chen knew who it was. He smiled and said:
"Mr. Green, I have made it clear to you that the guns of our special forces company have been seriously damaged recently. I want these guns to replace them for the soldiers of the special forces company."
"Don't play dumb with me here. Don't I know whether the special forces company has training or not? Tell me the truth. What are you going to do with so many machine guns?"
Seeing that he couldn't scare the guy, Lu Chen could only tell Green that he was going to help Aziz.
Hearing that Lu Chen was going to Arabia to fight, Green was silent for a while. After a moment, he said to Lu Chen:
"Lu Chen, I want to ask you for a favor. I wonder if you are willing to do me a favor."
Lu Chen was planning to ask Green to get him a gun, so how could he refuse? So he immediately said:
"Mr. Green, you are too polite. What is our relationship? If you have anything to say, just tell me directly. As long as it is within my ability, I will definitely help you get it done."
Green was very happy that Lu Chen agreed to his request so readily. Green said:
"You'd better listen to what this is about first."
Lu Chen said, "Okay then."
Green said: "In recent times, many veterans have gathered in Washington, and they have been marching in the streets from time to time to demand that the government pay their compensation."
When Lu Chen heard Green's words, he immediately felt like he was going to die. Could he help with this? These American soldiers were all veterans of World War I. After the war, they were all forced to retire, and the number of them was as high as millions.
The US government promised to give them a compensation of 1,000 yuan per person. The compensation for so many people would not be solved without 1 billion yuan. When asked to help with this matter, Lu Chen could only say, "I can't do it."
Lu Chen said bitterly: "Mr. Green, this matter is beyond my ability. There is nothing I can do."
Green said quickly: "Lu Chen, don't rush to refuse. In fact, these people have lost their source of income due to the economic crisis in recent years. They gathered together to make trouble with the government. If they had jobs, they would not make trouble."
Lu Chen said, "Mr. Green, with so many people, even if I open a dozen more factories, I won't need so many people."
Green smiled and said, "Aren't you helping Aziz fight now? A war definitely requires a lot of people. See if you can get these people to fight as well."
Lu Chen was stunned by Green's request. Damn it, you sent so many World War I veterans to the Middle East. Not to mention the British, everyone would probably think that you Americans are preparing for another war. He quickly said:
"Then I can't hire so many people. Besides, Aziz can't afford so many people."
Green thought for a moment and said, "How about you help us solve the problem of 10,000 veterans? Go and have a good talk with Aziz. I believe they can still afford to support 10,000 people. Of course, you can only discuss this matter in your personal capacity. These people are also hired by you personally and have nothing to do with our US military and government."
Lu Chen was a little tempted to get a 10,000-strong army for free, but he thought about it and realized that it would cost a lot of money just to feed and feed so many people. It would be unreasonable if the government didn't give him some benefits. So Lu Chen prepared to ask the government for some benefits.