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Chapter 2983 Island Warfare, Supply Transportation
Chapter 2983 Island Warfare, Supply Transportation
The world Wenren Sheng has entered is actually similar to a world from World War II.
Of course, those who know, know; they can't be exactly the same.
It's actually a world war in a parallel universe.
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When Wen Rensheng opened his eyes, he found himself on a bustling city street.
Some signs were covered in dust, the streets were lined with a mix of wooden and brick buildings, three or four-story buildings, and narrow but very clean alleys.
However, the people on the road and the streets were somewhat different from the 1930s that Wenren Sheng remembered.
One could see drivers on three-wheeled gasoline motorcycles picking up passengers by the roadside.
They hung signs on their motorcycles.
Today's special offer: only 3 cents per kilometer.
"The starting price is half the price."
"Passengers can read free newspapers and listen to free radio broadcasts while on the bus."
"Clean and hygienic, and they even provide boiled water!"
The motorcycle has a rear compartment, which is decorated very cleanly.
There was a radio hanging inside.
At this moment.
"The State of Wei is attacking an island belonging to the State of Wu."
"The Wu Kingdom has already dug countless fortifications all over the island. It remains to be seen who will emerge victorious!"
Seeing this, Wenren Sheng couldn't help but feel a little curious.
It seems a war is underway.
He looked up and around.
After scanning, he realized that he was now in the world of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Of course, on the surface it appears to be part of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series.
Based on their positions, they were the three powers of Wei, Shu, and Wu.
Needless to say, the strongest and most industrially powerful was Wei, followed by Wu, and lastly Shu.
Someone was reading a newspaper by the roadside.
A group of people were talking there.
Someone casually remarked:
"Oh dear, these foolish Wu people, they are all idiots one after another."
"Do they think they can be a match for the people of Wei? They might as well surrender sooner rather than later."
"Yes, do you think Wu can win this time?"
"I think it's hard to say this time."
"The Wei people have sent too many soldiers and warships this time."
"Yes, I heard that the Wei people sent a total of 3000 warships."
"I heard 5000."
"I heard it was 1..."
"Nonsense, you're all talking nonsense. The exact number is 2200 ships, and most of them are logistics transport ships."
"The main warships are aircraft carriers, battleships, and cruisers, which together number no more than 200."
"There are 15 aircraft carriers, and they carry a lot of aircraft, about 2000."
How do you know so much detail?
"Of course, it was my uncle's second aunt's third cousin's sixth aunt who told me..." a middle-aged man said proudly.
The others were immediately surprised.
"My apologies, I didn't know what position your relative holds there?"
"She works as a cleaner."
"Depend on."
"I see."
Wenren Sheng laughed.
These people are interesting, though.
At this moment, someone looked at Wenren Sheng and asked, "Brother, let me ask you, what's your opinion on this war?"
Wenren Sheng stood by the roadside and shook his head slightly.
He hadn't figured out the situation yet, and to avoid being discovered by potential demons, he didn't use his mysterious seed, but simply observed the situation as an ordinary person.
And at this time.
Several men came over enthusiastically, calling out:
"Sir, young sir, please come and have a seat in our shop."
"Even on this hot day, we have air conditioning in our store."
"Have a bowl of tea and listen to the radio for a while."
"Come to our store. We not only have air conditioning, but also a TV. We have the latest TV series, Hucheng Beach."
"Oh, it's Hucheng Beach." Wenren Sheng immediately smiled.
He was naturally familiar with this TV series.
However, did ordinary roadside shops in Hucheng have air conditioning in the 40s?
He had just seen the newspaper and discovered that it was July 1943, the hottest time of the year.
Of course he knew that air conditioning was invented a long time ago, probably as early as 1902.
However, it wasn't until the 60s that it was truly used on a large scale.
Is air conditioning so widespread in this day and age?
He then followed the guy with the TV to the other person's shop.
The waiter gave his colleague a smug look and proudly led Wenren Sheng into a large roadside teahouse.
The sign above reads "Hengyuan Teahouse".
Although it's called a teahouse, it's actually a multi-purpose shop inside.
There was a long row of seats in front of us.
There are various goods on the counter at the back; it's a small shop.
Further on, there was a sign that read "The hotel is further inside".
The seats were not only stocked with tea, but also with various snacks, fried chicken, roast duck, and more.
There was a black and white television set hanging on the wall, only 17 inches, but everyone was watching it intently.
Some people were eating their fried chicken when it fell onto the table without them even noticing.
A white cat sneaked in and, when no one was looking, began stealing scraps of food from the floor.
Wen Rensheng smiled and, led by the waiter, sat down at an empty table by the window.
Before long, the waiter brought over a large bowl of herbal tea.
Wen Rensheng picked up the beautifully packaged menu on the table, which featured a woman in Hanfu (traditional Han clothing).
He casually ordered a fried chicken set meal.
The waiter left with a happy expression.
There was a large air conditioner hanging on the wall, which was quite noisy, but the sound of the TV series drowned it out.
"The waves surge, the waves flow..."
"Ding Li, Xu Wenqiang, let's fight again at Hucheng Beach!"
"Great!" Some people cheered enthusiastically, which drew sidelong glances from the audience.
However, someone quickly started arguing against it.
A young man who looked like a college student walked out of the hotel behind the teahouse.
Seeing the TV series everyone was watching, he couldn't help but laugh:
"Two thugs, using underhanded methods to bully and dominate the market, showing off everywhere, how boring."
"What did you say, kid?" someone said, displeased.
"Did I say something wrong? Hucheng faced invasion from Wu before. What good did these thugs do? They colluded with Wu and committed many evil deeds. Fortunately, the commander descended like a celestial being and turned the tide." The college student said with a fanatical expression.
Upon hearing this, the man immediately fell silent, only saying sullenly, "These two are very loyal."
"Hmph, what loyalty? I bet if the screenwriter isn't an idiot, the two of them will definitely turn against each other later on!"
"These kinds of thugs prioritize profit above all else," the young man, who looked like a college student, said earnestly.
Wenren Sheng laughed. It really was true; Ding Li betrayed them in the end. Thugs never have a good ending.
With the intrusion of college students, these people stopped watching TV and started chatting and talking.
It must be said that the things these people are talking about are all current events.
This surprised Wenren Sheng a bit.
It seems that this spacetime is yet another deviated spacetime.
Soon everyone started talking about the war.
"The people of Wu and Wei are fighting again on an island in the east."
"Yes, I heard that as long as the Wei people occupy this island, they can bomb the Wu mainland with tens of thousands of planes."
"The Kingdom of Wu will absolutely not back down."
"Do you all think Wu can win this time?"
"Come on, Wu is no good. Do they have the ability? They don't."
"That's right. Wu still lacks logistical capabilities. Although they have smuggling channels and their industrial capacity has been restored, it's useless if they can't transport supplies to the front lines."
"It seems they have obtained a large amount of resources from the southeast."
The college student stopped arguing, found a table, and immediately started talking to the others.
There were no signs on the walls of the teahouse saying "Do not talk about this matter".
On the contrary, a shop owner wearing a melon-shaped hat was watching the diners chat with great interest.
"The Wu Kingdom has supplies, but lacks logistical transportation capabilities. They are completely blockaded at sea by the Wei Kingdom."
"Yes, I heard that last month, Wei's submarines sank more than a dozen Wu transport ships, forcing them to use our Shu railways."
"In this case, the Wu Kingdom will definitely still lack a lot of supplies."
"That's right. Without supplies, Wu would never be able to defeat Wei."
“That’s right. I think Wu will lose again this time. If they lose this time, Wu will be far from complete defeat,” someone said excitedly.
Seeing that the person was excited, the college student started arguing again:
"Look at you all, you think it's a good thing that Wu lost?"
"How can it not be a good thing? The Wu Kingdom attacked our Hu City two years ago. Fortunately, a commander appeared." Someone said with dissatisfaction.
"Well, another one who's pro-Wu. How come there are people like this everywhere?"
"Ridiculous! I'm not pro-Wu. I'm just telling you that the people of Wei are no better. They're purely driven by self-interest. Once Wu falls, all that's left on the Western Pacific is us and the Russian bear."
"But the people of Wei will absolutely not allow us to rise, because we will affect the passage to Southeast Yazhou."
"There is also the oil route through Yazhou in central Taiwan."
The college student pointed to a large map on the wall and began to speak.
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
Now it seems that what the other party said was right.
Wenren Sheng smiled.
He realized that the people of Wu and Wei were fighting here, but the difference was that the people of Shu were watching a play.
He listened carefully.
The college student generously said, "The current situation is that the Wu Kingdom and the Wei Kingdom are locked in a fierce battle, and our Shu Kingdom is benefiting from it."
"It would be best if the war lasted a hundred years, then our Shu Kingdom would have enough time to develop."
Wenren Sheng nodded. This man has a strategic vision.
Of course, many people are like this.
They can talk eloquently about strategy, but they fall short when it comes to details, organization, mobilization, and equipment.
They have difficulty taking care of those details.
But having this overall perspective is already quite good.
"So, the damned Wu Kingdom is actually useful?"
"Of course, Wu is currently fighting with Wei, which is why we have the opportunity to import cheap air conditioning technology."
"This air conditioner is made in China, right? Did you know that? It's a technology that the people of Wei gave us. It cost almost nothing; otherwise, it would have cost at least several million silver dollars."
"Yeah, this air conditioner is great. How come the people of Wei are so awesome?"
"That's because they have a system that can stimulate and protect innovators. That's the most powerful thing. When will Shu have this system? Only then can they truly surpass Wei," the college student said earnestly.
At this moment, someone else said, "We have a commander. As long as the commander is here, we will definitely be able to surpass the people of Wei."
Upon hearing this, the college student first nodded, then shook his head.
"Fortunately, the commander appeared, but relying solely on him, we can only catch up temporarily and cannot truly surpass the Wei people. What will we do if the commander leaves?"
"The Commander will live as long as heaven and will not leave us."
Some people are saying things they don't even believe themselves.
Just then, someone came in with a newspaper.
"Everyone, Sihai Trading Company is hiring. The monthly salary is 500 silver dollars. Anyone between 18 and 50 years old can apply. All you need is a primary school education."
"What?! 500 silver dollars? That's on par with a professor!"
"Holy crap, what are we doing here?"
"Hehe, it's to recruit crew members to transport supplies to a certain place. As long as you're willing to participate, we'll give you a five-year contract."
"The kind of job where you won't be fired halfway through."
"Damn it, let's do it! For the sake of the bride price and the house for the kids, we still have to fight!" said a middle-aged man.
"Hehe, the Shu Kingdom is not powerful yet. It will only be powerful when it no longer needs dowries."
"indeed."
"We should work hard!"
At that moment, the recruiter went from table to table handing out newspapers.
There was a page of job postings, all from Sihai Trading Company.
Wenren Sheng glanced at it and immediately realized that this was good news for those deeply involved, and also a good opportunity to acquire an identity.
He then took the newspaper and went to the job interview location.
Several other people went with him, including the college student.
Wen Rensheng was impressed with him; young people who dared to become seamen were all quite courageous.
This ocean is no easy place.
When they arrived at the job interview location, the other party indeed did not care about their identities.
They were simply told that if they did it once, they would get five contracts, and they would also register their identities.
Wen Rensheng knew that this was because many people had lost their identities during the war.
So he gave him a new name, "Wensheng," and made him a teacher, and he ended up in Hucheng.
They then underwent brief sea training before boarding a cargo ship.
This cargo ship has a displacement of 6000 tons, making it quite a large vessel.
It was flying the flag of the Shu Kingdom.
It was a food ship, transporting a large quantity of canned food.
Luncheon meat from the State of Wei, local canned fruit, canned fish, canned vegetables, canned pickles...
In short, it was all kinds of canned goods, all made of tin.
Wen Rensheng and the other newcomers were basically just porters.
However, Wenren progressed quickly in his studies and immediately understood how to operate the machinery.
He quickly became proficient as a crane operator and a dumper.
They earned significantly more than others who did manual labor.
They've also gained status.
The people on the boat were very friendly, but sometimes they were quite mysterious.
He often took these newcomers to various places to talk behind their backs.
Wenren Sheng naturally heard it.
"This time we're delivering goods to the Wu Kingdom. If those people hear about it, we'll be in trouble."
"Yes, some people just don't understand and think we're wrong. In fact, it's only in our best interest for Wu to persist."
"That's right, we are enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens."
"Alright, Wu Kingdom is offering gold. If not gold, there are other good things."
"Wu Guotai is broke. Last time she even said she would use people to pay off her debts. Nobody wants that."
(End of this chapter)