Chapter 768 Big Business?

"Hurry up, you idiot."

Saklelet sat in the carriage, twisting his fat body to urge him, stretching his neck to look at the sea from time to time.

In the early morning, the water on the coast of Mumbai was foggy. No matter how hard he tried, he could only look at it in a daze, so he had to sit down and constantly urge the driver to speed up, but in less than a moment, he looked into the distance again, looking impatient.

No wonder he is in a hurry. I'm afraid it's even more unbearable if it were someone else, because he came to Mumbai today for a big business.

Saklele has done a lot of big business. After the beginning of the war, he took advantage of the good relationship between the family and the West India Company to make a high price difference between the British garrison and ordinary Indians.

But he didn't expect that the Governor-General of India and the French ambassador would call him together yesterday to give him a great fortune and sell himself two French damaged battleships and several small transport ships moored in the port of Mumbai!

The god Shiva is on top. The transport ship is nothing to the Saklele family, India's largest shipper, but there are still two battleships in it! Even if it is damaged, even if it is a pile of scrap iron, it will be tens of thousands of tons! After demolition, it is worth at least one million pounds!

What's more, Gandhi people have been secretly indicting about these two battleships for a long time. Although they are broken, they are battleships after all, and the cannons on them are still intact. For those who are dedicated to learning the rising model of their neighbors called Li Mo, they are willing to pay no matter how much the price, so they can definitely sell them at a good price!

In the anxiety of Sacley, the military port of Mumbai, which is located in the southwest of Mumbai Island and has the best deep-water wharf, finally appeared in the distance.

"Ambassador Simon, are you telling the truth?"

On the battleship dock, Governor Charles Hardin looked at the harbor with a gloomy look. A few days ago, there was a large fleet that could dominate the Indian Ocean, but now it is empty, except for the two French Brittany-class battleships damaged in the last Eighth Strait naval battle in the corner.

In the past, they were the pride of France, but because India basically had no industrial capacity and could not be repaired, they had been soaked in water after being injured. In addition to machine guns and ammunition, the warships were basically intact. The Grand Fleet had also thought about simply tearing them down before, but Mumbai dismantled the industry of these two tens of thousands of tons of warships. I can't reach the level, and I'm afraid that the Chinese will kill me every day, so I've been hanging here all the time.

Charles Harding sighed that in the past, as long as there was such a warship in the Indian Ocean, it could ensure that the interests of Britain and France were not infringed here, but now even with a large fleet, life could not be guaranteed.

I really can't pass this day!

So when the Grand Fleet left and the base was empty, he discussed with the French ambassador to sell them together with some useless ships and supplies left by the Grand Fleet. Although Europe is still at war and the victory or defeat has not been finalized, in fact, many people already know that Britain has entered the countdown to leave India and the Far East. Otherwise, it would not have cost a lot to let the army go back to Russia from Hyderabad through Afghanistan, so it is better than cheap and greedy Chinese. Take advantage of the final stage of your term to plan for yourself.

Ambassador Simon looked at the broken ship and was a little sad, but he could not recover. France was about to dry up. At this time, the only thing he could think about was to live a good life, so he nodded and said, "Yes, General Xiafei and General Haig have exhausted their best, but still There is no way to break through the German defense line. I haven't even seen the shadow of Paris. I heard that the war is very anxious, and tens of thousands of soldiers die every day.

"God, are we really going to lose the war?" Charles Harding couldn't help sighing when he heard this.

"Maybe only God knows the answer now, but I heard from the country that if Americans can block China or consume their power, there is still a glimmer of opportunity, if not."

"The United States defeats China? Is the arsonist who consumes Li Mo? Charles Harding patted his chest: "It's more difficult than defeating the Germans first!"

"Yes."

Ambassador Simon nodded and said as he walked to the ship, "Even if the Chinese can enter the Mediterranean Sea, they can't cross the narrow Strait of Gibraltar, so Europe needs General Campbell to go back to defend the Atlantic Ocean, but the way home is too difficult."

"It's very difficult, but Lieutenant General Hill has led the South African fleet to respond. I dare not say that they can defeat the Chinese, but at least there should be no problem to break through, so." Charles Harding looked at the battleships and several broken ships and laughed, "We must dispose of them as soon as possible, otherwise we will get nothing when the Chinese come."

"Yes." Speaking of dealing with the two damaged battleships, the two of them smiled a little more. Among other things, the two big guys selling scrap iron alone are worth more than one million, and half of them are worth 500,000 pounds, which is enough for them to go to South America or other places to wait for the end of the war.

Just as the two were calculating how to complete the contract as soon as Saklele arrived, the guard hurried over on a fast horse: "Mr. Governor, there is an urgent call from China."

"Emergency electricity?" Charles Harding was a little puzzled that the Grand Fleet had left. What else was the emergency? Is it going to counterattack? Or did you lose the Battle of Paris? It's not that early!

Governor Charles Hardin opened the telegram and glanced at the whole person as if he had been swept by Medusa's eyes. It was completely petrified, and he didn't even notice that the newspaper fell from his hand.

"What's wrong? Governor Charles?" Simon picked up the telegram in surprise, but soon became as dull as Charles Harding.

After the sudden attack, the South African fleet led by Hill with two of the latest prestige-class battlecruisers was surrounded by the port of Seychelles and had to sink and surrender, and the two Spanish battleships were directly and completely captured!

The Indian Grand Fleet led by Campbell was attacked by a Chinese cruiser off the coast of Madagascar in the early morning after Hill's capture. Under the attack of dozens of planes and mysterious torpedoes, there were only two Nelson-class and three battleships, and six cruisers successfully escaped. Other ships, including two American capital ships that had previously lost their combat effectiveness, were sunk or captured!

How can this be possible!

No one can believe that a large fleet with 80 ships at the time of departure, a support fleet of 2 latest sharp battlecruisers and 4 battleships, and 4 new anti-aircraft cruisers, which was carefully prepared to be destroyed within 6 days after departure or Paralyzed, it is hard to say whether the last nine ships can escape back to the Atlantic Ocean!

The interceptor only mobilized part of the forces, including a heavy carrier, two light carriers and four battleships. What kind of last scene would it be if all the main force of the navy were dispatched?!

Campbell's life and death do not know that Hill's whole army was destroyed, which means that the last force of the agreement in the Indian Ocean was also completely destroyed. In addition to the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, the agreement has lost two-thirds of the world's oceans!

In addition to this news, the telegram also brought a more bad news. A transport team of the Xinhua Army has departed from Ceylon two days ago and is expected to arrive in Mumbai today!

The Xinhua Army is coming!

"Dear Governor Charles, Ambassador Simon, your respected servant Saklee is here on time." The fat-headed Sacley jumped out of the carriage and stared at the two battleships at a drop of the car. He didn't see the gaffe of the two people in front of him.

"Mr. Sacley, it's nice to meet you." Charles Harding and Simon immediately restrained the shock of the corners of their mouths. Anyway, it was true to get the money first, so Ambassador Simon immediately took out the contracts and documents that had already been prepared: "This is the authorization and contract of my national government axe. As long as you sign, they are yours!"

"Is this true?" Sacley was stupid. Today, he just came with the idea of trying, but when these two documents appeared, he knew that they were really super richer than those who fell from the sky!

Harding, who was afraid that he would not believe it and wanted to complete the delivery as soon as possible, immediately said, "Mr. Sakley, this is the best opportunity. You know, although they are a little damaged, most of them are complete, and the steel used by the battleships is of high quality and can be used in many places. This is the best opportunity for you. What are you waiting for? Sign it quickly!"

"Okay, okay!" Sacley was excited and willing to sign immediately, but as soon as the pen fell, he suddenly raised his head again, making the two suddenly hang their hearts. Did the fat man also know the news?

"Mr. Governor, Mr. Ambassador, I am very grateful to you for taking care of me, but I may not have so much cash on hand."

"There is no money!"

Simon and Charles Harding seemed to be stuck in the neck by a fish bone, and their faces were so ugly. At this time, the bastard actually said that he didn't have enough money and immediately asked, "How much do you have?"

"At present, I only have 600,000 pounds." Seeing that their faces began to turn dark, and the soldiers around him looked bad, Sakley suddenly sweated and said quickly, "Of course, I'm going to mortgage my two properties in London to you first, but please rest assured that I will definitely come with cash for ten days at most."

"600,000?"

Although it is a little worse than the expected 1 million, it can't take care of so much at this time. Simon nodded quickly: "Okay, it's only 600,000 yuan. You can come to the Governor's Mansion in the afternoon for the mortgage."

"Thank you so much!" Seeing that the biggest problem was solved, Sacley immediately signed it, and then took out the bill from the bank yesterday from his pocket and handed it to Simon. After Simon took it, a smile immediately appeared on his face and handed over the contract for the resale of the two battleships and the authorization of the French political axe.

"They are yours!"

"Thank you so much, Ambassador, Governor, I'll treat you to a drink. Where are you going?"

"We still have something to do. See you at the Governor's Office in the afternoon."

"Okay, okay." Sacley scratched his head and bent down to send away the two people who suddenly became in a hurry. He wondered why they were so anxious.

When he turned around, he was even more surprised, because he saw that all the British soldiers who were standing around just now were running desperately into the city. What happened?

Suddenly, Saclay saw the electric newspaper on the ground. After looking around and finding that no one was paying attention to him, he quickly picked it up and covered it with his hand and looked at it secretly. Then he took a look, he suddenly felt dark in front of him, and his fat body suddenly collapsed beside the two mighty battleships.

At the same time, in the waterway not far away, two destroyers flying the blood cloud dragon claw flag have appeared in the bay of the port of Mumbai after the mine channel was opened because the departure of the major fleet.

The dragon flag fluttered over the Indian Peninsula for the first time!

(to be continued)