50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 362 Women's Volunteer Team

"It seems you've figured it out. Money alone, even if it can influence a country's economy, will vanish when it comes to guns."

"Back then, even if the Jewish tribes of the Dezi family were rich enough, they were still mostly killed by the Mustache."

Sun Zhiwei explained this principle very clearly, and it's only because Sam hasn't happened yet that he could have given examples directly.

People say you have weapons of mass destruction; you better actually do.

"I asked Hongxuan to deliver this message to you in the hope of giving our compatriots in Borneo a way to protect themselves."

"As long as we have enough force, others will naturally be hesitant to act rashly. Just remember one thing: under no circumstances should you put down your weapons."

"Thank you for your advice, sir. If this matter can be accomplished, the Chinese community in Borneo will have no way to repay you."

His idea was that each Chinese family in Java could control several mines and train a group of armed guards.

At that time, each individual will be able to protect itself, but their combined strength will be even more terrifying.

Although Sun Zhiwei only offered an idea, he provided the local Chinese community with a guarantee of survival, and such kindness is indeed difficult to repay.

"No, let's get down to business. Is it alright if I hand over this mine to you to manage from now on?"

"Rest assured, sir, leave everything to us."

Managing an iron mine is something Huang Huizhong could certainly do, but becoming the largest private bank in Java is no easy feat.

"Okay, I'm relieved to have your promise. Here's my phone number. You can call me anytime if you have any questions."

After giving Huang Huizhong his phone numbers in New York and Washington, Sun Zhiwei prepared to leave.

It took him nearly half a month to get back from leaving San Francisco, and now that the iron ore project is done, it's time to go back.

After resting at the mine for another night, Huang Hongxuan drove him to the airport early the next morning.

Although the airport here doesn't have flights to Singapore, it does have one to Tokyo, so he can just transfer in Tokyo and fly directly to San Francisco.

This time when he returned to the United States, there were no military planes to escort him. Although this new route took a little longer than the way he came, at least he didn't have to take a boat.

On the road leading to Pontianak, they happened to run into the people Huang Huizhong had brought in to manage the iron mine.

Seeing the two large trucks full of people, Sun Zhiwei knew that Huang Huizhong was trying to train armed guards.

It's good that you listen to advice; it will definitely come in handy in the future.

He was very much looking forward to a different outcome for "Black May" many years later.

A day later, Sun Zhiwei landed at Tokyo Airport.

His connecting flight doesn't depart until tomorrow, so he has a day to explore this bustling city.

Tokyo in the 70s is almost the same as Tokyo decades later, especially in the city center, which feels unchanged for decades.

Japan is currently experiencing a period of rapid economic growth, which is known as the "post-war economic miracle of Japan."

With its high-quality and inexpensive home appliances, automobiles, and other goods, it has rapidly devoured the entire capital market.

As Sun Zhiwei walked the streets of Tokyo, he could see the spirited expressions on the faces of the residents everywhere he went.

However, even though they have money, they haven't stood up straight.

Just last year, the steel industry union in Country M filed an anti-dumping lawsuit against Japan. Unable to retaliate, the Japanese steel industry had no choice but to take drastic measures, issuing a "voluntary export restriction" order to limit the total export volume of steel products and home appliances.

Even so, it did not stop the dumping of cheap industrial products for everyday life.

Life at that time was very similar to that on the mainland later. It was a country that produced most of the world's cheap industrial products, and most of the world's iron ore was sold to the island nation every year.

Even a remote and impoverished place like Borneo has an air route, which speaks volumes.

However, for Sun Zhiwei, these things were really nothing special, equivalent to what a major city in China looked like in the 90s.

His focus wasn't on his daily life, but on the Yokosuka base 50 kilometers away.

Yokosuka Naval Base is the headquarters of the 7th Fleet and is the core base of the US Navy in the Western Pacific, the largest comprehensive base in the Western Pacific region, and the largest ship repair base.

After getting off the plane, Sun Zhiwei withdrew a stack of Japanese yen from an ATM at the airport. Then he hailed a taxi at the airport entrance and headed straight for Yokosuka.

An hour later, he got off the taxi near Yokosuka Port.

He clearly saw the internal layout of the Yokosuka base using a local map he bought at a newsstand.

It houses an armory, supply center, ammunition depot, fuel depot, naval hospital, and shipyard.

The importance of Yokosuka Naval Base largely depends on the six dry docks of the naval repair shipyard.

They were all built during the old days of the navy, and docks 1-5 are 1,000-ton docks.

The largest dock, No. 6, has a volume of 22 cubic meters and can accommodate a 10-ton aircraft carrier.

Photo: Yokosuka Naval Base, Dry Dock No. 6
This is the only shipyard in the Pacific region capable of repairing aircraft carriers, and it is also the logistical backbone of the Seventh Fleet.

Without this No. 6 dock, the US Navy's aircraft carriers would have to return to Hawaii for repairs and maintenance.

The Yokosuka base is situated on a peninsula, surrounded by water on three sides and a street on the other.

Just outside the street is Yokosuka City, and not far across the street is a whole red-light district with a large number of foreign clubs that cater specifically to soldiers.

Everyone knows what the red-light district is for.

In other words, now that people's lives have become more comfortable and their finances have improved, they've learned to be more discreet.

In the early 1940s and 50s, when the US army had just entered the country, the Japanese even organized a large-scale "Women's Volunteer Corps" to serve the US soldiers.

Lieutenant Milan's grandfather, Old Lancaster, met his young lover, Mamiko, in this way.

At that time, life had just ended, and there were more women than men in the country, making life difficult for every family.

The soldiers from the US at that time were very wealthy and often went there to have fun. They spent a lot of money each time they went, which effectively alleviated the financial difficulties of the waitresses' families.

At its peak, it attracted 150,000 Japanese children to work part-time there.

For the newly revived families, this was their first real opportunity to earn a substantial amount of money during the post-war recovery.

If it weren't for the subsequent rampant disease and the urgent ban imposed by the M military high command, it's estimated that the tens of thousands of M troops stationed here would have been wiped out by these 15 "women's comrades".

Even though MacArthur's ban was timely, Yokosuka base later spent millions of dollars in military funds to treat all the soldiers who contracted the disease.

Sun Zhiwei was walking on the streets outside the base, and he could see US soldiers wandering around the streets with impunity from time to time.

(End of this chapter)