12dz Chapter 318 A Price I Can't Refuse
Chapter 318 A Price I Can't Refuse
318 A price you can't refuse
"Has the High Command agreed?"
Adjutant Chen Junlan continued to ask.
As a result, Chen Cheng looked at his adjutant as if he were a fool.
"Do you think the command will not agree to such a good thing?
Do you really think they are stupid?"
"that's true!"
“This time, it’s a good opportunity.
Although, this international flying group said that it would only support the war in Nanjing.
However, when their fighter planes and pilots arrived in our territory.
We can always find opportunities for our pilots to learn a few tricks from them.
Now, most of the pilots here are novices.
All lack experience.
If you learn the skills from these British and American pilots, you can make a lot of money."
Chen Cheng said with a smile.
He still doesn't know what the headquarters is planning!
"Quick, notify the airport in Luzhou to immediately renovate and expand it.
Two days later, the international flight group from Guangzhou went directly to Luzhou Airport to wait for orders. "
Chen Cheng gave the order.
At this time, on the Hong Kong side, at an English foreign air force airport, a number of Hurricane fighter jets were gathering.
At the airport, many foreign pilots are signing up.
"Andre, are you also going to sign up for this operation?"
"Of course.
The extra money I made from this trip is as much as my annual salary.
You would be a fool not to go.
I am an ace pilot, and my extra income is 10% higher than yours."
“Let’s go quickly, I heard that the number of registration places is limited this time.
If you go too late, it will be gone. ”
"Then we must go quickly!"
Two English white pilots were walking and chatting at the airport.
Last night, their flight commander suddenly and privately told them a way to make extra money.
And emphasized that this action is completely voluntary.
Pilots who participate in the operation can receive high rewards.
However, if something happens, it has nothing to do with their empire.
They will be removed from the Imperial pilot list, but will receive ten times the pension if killed in action.
This time, Ye Qingshan hired the foreign pilot and offered a price.
It is very generous.
In terms of monthly salary, an ordinary pilot can earn US$600 per month.
Ace pilots or command officers get $700.
If you shoot down a Japanese fighter plane, you will be rewarded with 500 US dollars.
If he unfortunately dies in battle, Ye Qingshan will give him a one-time compensation of 50,000.
At that time, the monthly salary of ordinary soldiers in Western armies was only a few dozen US dollars.
Even for technical and high-risk military personnel such as pilots and paratroopers, their monthly salary does not exceed US$100.
Even the general's monthly salary is only five or six hundred US dollars.
The monthly salary offered by Ye Qingshan was six or seven times their original monthly salary.
The bonuses are even more generous, and even if you die in battle, you will still receive a large pension.
It's hard not to be moved by these foreign pilots.
As a result, in just one morning, thirty fighter pilot orders and twenty ground crew positions were allocated to the English ghosts.
It's full.
Many hesitant foreign pilots found that they no longer needed any vacancies when they came to sign up again.
"Damn it, why are there only thirty places?"
Some people regret it.
"I shouldn't have hesitated.
You bastards are so fucking obsessed with money.
You're not afraid of taking such a big risk to help those peasants fight?"
Some foreign pilots who were not on the list asked those pilots who were on the list.
“Don’t be afraid of shit, just give me the money.
I don’t care who he hits. If something happens, the commander will take responsibility.
The team leader acquiesced, so many people above must have accepted the money.
Maybe even our governor has been bribed.
If they are not afraid of those big shots, what should we little minions be afraid of?
You are so afraid of everything, you deserve to be poor."
"Hahaha!"
Everyone laughed.
"you……
Okay, you guys be careful.
Japanese pilots are not easy to deal with.
I hope you all come back.”
The Japanese pilots who did not sign up left in disappointment.
At this time, there were two people sitting in the office of the leader of the Ghost Flying Group.
One is Minister Joseph, and the other is a retired American Colonel Johnson.
Joseph and Johnson are old acquaintances.
With such a good thing happening this time, Joseph naturally couldn't forget his old friend.
"Joseph, this is a contract for the sale of fifty Hurricane fighters.
Take a look, no problem.
You can sign it. "
The English ghost flying group across the street handed Joseph a contract.
Above is the sales contract for the sale of fifty Hurricane fighter jets.
The buyer was Johnson, but actually it was Ye Qingshan, and the seller was the British military.
That's right, Ye Qingshan bought all the main models of the English equipment at the time from them at one time.
Fifty Hurricane fighters.
Originally, the English top leaders did not want to provoke the Japanese at this time.
However, the price offered by Ye Qingshan was something they could not refuse.
The cost of a Hurricane fighter jet is only 20,000 US dollars.
That’s right, the cost of fighter jets at this time is so cheap.
Moreover, the Hurricane is not a fighter with very advanced performance.
After all, it was only the beginning of 38, and the performance of fighter planes around the world was not very good.
It was not until a few days later, when World War II broke out, that the performance of fighter jets in various countries saw a major breakthrough.
Ye Qingshan offered the Englishman a price of US$50,000 for a Hurricane fighter jet and bought it outright.
However, Joseph felt that Ye Qingshan was too wasteful to ask for such a high price.
The price was directly reduced to US$35,000 after Joseph's negotiations.
The Englishman also agreed.
After all, Ye Qingshan didn’t buy a new phone.
Rather, they are second-hand phones that they have used for two or three years.
Originally, their empire's air force had recently been responding to the increasingly tense situation on the European continent.
Preparations have begun for a large-scale replacement of equipment with new fighter jets.
These Hurricane fighters will also be replaced later.
Being able to sell them at a price of 35,000 each at this time is a huge profit.
For Ye Qingshan, fifty Hurricane fighter jets cost him less than two million US dollars.
For him, who had tens of millions of US dollars in his hands at that time, it was just a drizzle.
If time allowed, Ye Qingshan would even charter a flying regiment.
With Johnson signing the contract, the deal was done.
This is a deal with the English high-ranking officials.
Even, Ye Qingshan needed to give a separate message to the white governor of Hong Kong and the captains of these flying groups.
There was also a lot of money from other foreign officials.
Otherwise, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly.
After all, this matter is very sensitive, and if things go wrong, the Japanese will protest later.
Only if Ye Qingshan feeds these foreign officials in advance will they be willing to resist the pressure from the Japanese later.
The money spent on this is more than that spent on buying these fifty fighter jets.
“Right now, we only have 20 Hurricanes at Xiangjiang Airport.
However, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, another thirty planes will fly over from Siam.
When will your pilot arrive?"
The leader of the White Flying Group put away the contract he had just signed and became more and more satisfied the more he looked at it.
asked Johnson.