Chapter 228 Buy 30,000 trucks first

Hardy took the bodyguard and secretary, took his private jet, and flew to the US Army Logistics Headquarters in Fort Bever, Virginia on the same day.

The plane landed at the military airport. Several military vehicles were already waiting here. An officer saw Hardy come down and gave a military salute, "Hello Mr. Hardy, General Williams sent us to pick you up."

"Thank you." Hardy said.

Everyone got on the car and soon came to the logistics headquarters station.

Successfully passed the security check.

Hardy walked into the office of Major General Williams, the major general saw Hardy stand up with a smile, and gave him a hug.

The two sat down and someone brought two cups of coffee. Major General Williams said, "We haven’t seen each other in half a year, right?"

"Yes, time flies so fast."

Major General Williams looked at Hardy and said with a smile: "Your development is fast enough. Congratulations on your establishment of the Hardy Group. You have also acquired a bank. You have also joined the California Consortium. Many of the California Consortium's weapons manufacturers are the US military. I know some of the logistics providers."

"By the way, your TV station is getting better and better. The "Super Idol" talent show has now become the most popular show in the United States. When I have time, I would like to watch it. Our whole family loves it. ."

"My niece came to play at my house a few days ago and said that she wanted to participate in the competition, but she was afraid that it would be too embarrassing to be eliminated directly, and she was still hesitant to go there."

"How old is your niece?"

"Nineteen."

"what is it call?"

"Linda, Linda Williams."

"The audition show is for people who love to sing. I believe your niece will definitely get good results. You should encourage her to participate. There is still a month of audition period. Now it is right to go." Hardy smiled.

"Then I'll go back and notify her." Williams smiled.

Hadi nodded.

Looking back, he will arrange Edward to let this girl named Linda enter the final. As long as it is not a pig, I believe Edward will have a way.

"Go, I'll take you to see those supplies. These days, getting these things gives me a headache." Major General Williams said, standing up.

The two walked out of the building and got into a jeep. The convoy came all the way to a row of large warehouses, and the car stopped in front of one of the warehouses.

There is a guard at the door, and he salutes immediately when he sees the general coming over.

The warehouse door was opened, and the lights were turned on again. There are countless tall shelves standing in the huge warehouse, and various things are placed on the shelves.

"This is a sample warehouse. In order to facilitate processing, I directly ask them to bring some of everything and place them here, which is more intuitive."

"There are tens of thousands of categories of these logistics materials, and the varieties are too many to count. The height of the catalog file alone is as high as one person."

The two walked to a shelf with rows of wooden boxes, "This is a field ration box, which is divided into B, C, K, and D."

Opening one of the boxes first, Hardy saw that there were all tin cans inside.

"This is a B ration. The jar contains butter, instant coffee, dry food, chocolate, chewing gum, cigarettes, matches, soap, water purification tablets, can opener, and towels."

"The other ration boxes here have similar things, but each match is different. Some have candies, some have instant orange powder drinks, different brands of cigarettes, and some have dried vegetables, macaroni, egg powder and other things."

The two of them walk forward again.

Open a box, which is full of canned luncheon meat. "These canned luncheons are one of the staple food of the army. Billions of cans of this stuff were consumed during the war. Do you know its production cost?"

Hardy shook his head.

Major General Williams smiled, "The cost per can is only 12 cents."

Hadi sighed in his heart that the logistics of the Mi Army was really strong, and they lived so prosperously when other troops could not eat enough, or even gnawed grass roots and bark.

"Should these be used by the troops?" Hardy asked.

Food rations are consumables, and Hardy wondered why these things were left behind and could not be processed.

Major General Williams pouted, “Those soldiers don’t want to eat these things. If they are given these foods now, they will rebel.”

"Now the supply of the troops is all fresh vegetables and meat, and the food is freshly made, so they always complain about it being unpalatable."

Williams picked up a can and weighed it in his hand. He smiled and said, "Did you eat less of this can during the war?"

Hadi nodded.

"how are you feeling?"

"I'm going to vomit." Hardy said.

Major General Williams laughed, "Yes, everyone is cursing the owner of the lunch can. General Eisenhower also said that if he is shown the owner of the luncheon meat company, he must be shot, ha ha ha."

"The field ration box in my hand now is no less than 10 million boxes. These canned luncheon meats have 125 million cans. Damn, the canned luncheon meat company has too strong production capacity. It can produce 15 million in a week. The tank is for our tens of millions of troops to use."

"At that time, the logistics department was stocking up for a month. When the war ended, the production was stopped in time. There was still a backlog of hundreds of millions of cans of luncheon meat. The soldiers stopped working and asked for better food. Many people secretly discarded their luncheon meat."

"In the end, there was no way, but the backlog was left. These things have been stored for three years, and the expiration date is about to be reached. If you don't deal with them, you can only throw them away." Major General Williams said helplessly.

"Can you still eat it?" Hardy frowned.

"Of course it can be eaten. In fact, when we first purchased, the standard was set for a shelf life of more than 5 years, but a lot of preservatives were used in it, and~"

Speaking of this, Major General Williams lowered his voice slightly, "These jars have no production date and no expiration date, haha."

Throw away the canned luncheon meat, go forward and open a few boxes. There are also various cans in them, but they have different tastes, including canned chicken, canned beef, canned pork, canned fish, canned tomato juice, and canned honey.

It's really diverse.

The two continue to walk in.

Major General Williams picked up a medical backpack, which was bulging inside, opened it and poured out a bunch of things.

"This is a medical soldier's backpack. You should also know it. It contains sulfa powder, morphine injections, bandages, and a complete set of surgical scissors, hemostatic forceps and other instruments."

"In addition to individual medical equipment, there are also equipment and medicines used in hospitals, medicinal sterilization cotton, syringes, medical infusion hoses, etc. There are more of them. These are not available now, and they will expire soon. Can only be thrown away."

Opened a separate box again with a box of condoms in it. Major General Williams looked at Hardy with a smile, "Have you used this on the battlefield?"

Hadi shook his head quickly, "I have never used this."

Going further inside, there are bundles of military envelopes, Christmas greeting cards, candles, flashlights, mosquito nets, underwear, underwear and socks, and various military tents of various sizes.

There are also ovens, ice cream machines, and hot coffee machines. Major General Williams said there are tens of thousands of sets.

Going further in is the individual equipment, various military uniforms, backpacks, military water bottles, belts, helmets, blankets, individual shovel, and daggers.

Then there are all kinds of weapons, all kinds of rifles, pistols, machine guns, and mortars.

Major General Williams said: "After the war, there were more than 10 million retired soldiers. Many things were eliminated and they could only be piled up in the warehouse. Whether they were used or new, they could only be stored in this way. There was nowhere to go."

The more you go in, the bigger things become. There are various motorcycles, jeeps, trucks, ammunition carriers, tracked vehicles, artillery, and even tanks.

"If the planes and battleships can't be put in, I didn't let them do it." Major General Williams finally told a joke.

Hardy took a fancy to those trucks, "General, I want to set up a logistics company, and I need a lot of trucks. Do you still have a suitable one here?"

Major General Williams took Hardy to the truck location and introduced: "Dodge WC62 truck with a load of 1.5 tons, GMC military truck with a load of 2.5 tons, Stibeck US6 truck with a load of 2.5 tons, and a White 666 truck with a load of 6 tons. "

"The best things I sell here are cars and trucks, but I still have a batch in my hand. How much do you want?" Major General Williams asked.

"What's the price?"

Major General Williams smiled, "Dodge WC62 truck is $200, GMC 2.5-ton military truck is $300, Stibeck US62.5-ton truck is also $300, and White is $500 for 6,666-ton truck."

"OK, give it all to me." Hardy said.

This price is indeed too cheap. You must know that the ex-factory price of a new car is more than 10 times higher than this price.

Major General Williams looked at Hardy in surprise, "I have more than 30,000 cars here. You really want them all."

Hadi is just a glimpse.

Oh shit.

Just listened to him, it seemed that there was not much, how could there be so many, 30,000 vehicles, that’s not 10 million dollars.

Even if Hardy is rich, the money is not spent like that.

But if you think about it again, you can take them all down, even if you resell them, you can make money, "No problem, give it to me."

Major-General Williams immediately became happy when he heard it, "Since you want them all, then I will save a little bit of selling. In this way, I will give you all the accessories for these cars."

After talking about getting closer to Hardy, he lowered his voice and said, "Don’t worry, you won’t lose out. Every car will give you 5 times the standard accessories, and also give you some parts that are not standard. Anyway, those parts will only be stored. rust."

The two returned to Major General Williams’ office. The general pointed to the pile of documents piled on the table and said: “These materials are all material catalogs, and what we just saw is part of them.”

As he said, he drew out a pile and opened it on the table. Hardy saw a photo clipped on ita freighter was on it.

"This kind of freewheel, with a load of 7,000 tons, was produced during the war. More than 2,700 ships were produced. Now only a part is needed, most of which are no longer needed, and can only be parked in the port."

"There is also this kind of victory wheel, with a load of 15,000 tons, more than 500 ships have been produced, and many of them are not used."

"Now these are all ready to be dealt with."

"There are still many warships. I contacted many countries to see if they want them. Of course, some countries can't sell them, and those countries that can sell have no money. It's really a headache."

"But if you don't sell, you can only stop there. The maintenance cost is too high, and they will slowly age. The final result can only be dismantling and making scrap iron."

"What's more troublesome are those airplanes. Do you know how many there are? There are hundreds of thousands of them. Most of them are useless now. They can only be parked on the Gobi Desert. Moreover, there are too few airplanes to sell parts. It’s still very troublesome to get the money."

"If all these things are kept, the annual maintenance fee will cost 50 or 60 million. The lords of the federal government don't want to pay this maintenance fee. There is no way to deal with it and sell it. Do you know what they say, even if it is for nothing? It’s okay, and it’s better than spending money every year."

(End of this chapter)