Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

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Now, in just two years, they have taken half of the market share from US Steel, which monopolized 70% of the steel market share.

Of course, the competition between the two giants also completely eliminated the other dozen large steel companies that occupied the other 30% of the market.

Let them line up separately.

As a result, US Steel only managed to retain 50% of the steel market share.

Even with the strong intervention of the Morgan family.

Anthony said this was a victory for them, and no one around him objected.

"Being able to occupy half of the market share is already in line with our expectations."

Ye Qingshan understood what Anthony meant by this.

It’s time to stop fighting with the Morgan family.

It’s simply because Washington can no longer tolerate such crazy confrontation among these conglomerate families.

If this continues, the domestic economy may collapse again.

Then Roosevelt would really be furious to death in the White House.

After all, thanks to the intervention of Master Luo, the US economy has just recovered from the Great Depression of the past few years.

But it can't withstand such intense torture.

Moreover, it was still wartime, and the steel industry was vital and could not have any major problems.

So, on the day before Christmas, Roosevelt sent special envoys to find Morgan Jr. and Will at the same time to threaten them.

If this trade confrontation is not stopped immediately, the White House will have to use coercive measures.

Then, they will all be in trouble.

Behind Master Luo, there are many conglomerate families supporting him.

Moreover, President Luo himself is a very capable president. He led the United States out of the economic depression, which allowed him to accumulate enough prestige.

Now, he has spoken personally.

Then, the Morgan family and the DuPont family would have to give face.

So, the two families decided to stop fighting.

But it was just a ceasefire, not a negotiation.

According to orders from Washington, both sides must maintain their own market share and are not allowed to compete until the end of the war.

“That’s fine too.

Our foundation is too weak, and it is not realistic to wipe out US Steel in one go.

As it happens, it will probably take a few years for the war to end.

We can use these few years to quickly accumulate strength, and then fight the Morgan family after the war."

Anthony also decided to quit while he was ahead, which really angered Roosevelt and had serious consequences.

“Also, the White House simply won’t allow us to compete in the domestic steel market.

But they didn’t say that we are not allowed to go out to sea.

With the new steelmaking technology we have, we can definitely compete for the steel market in Europe.

There is a war going on there now, and many factories have been destroyed.

The demand for steel is increasing, which is also a big piece of cake.”

"Pete is right."

“Okay, you guys decide on the steel company’s matter.

Will, I need to discuss something with you."

Ye Qingshan had no intention of interfering too much in the future operations of the steel company.

What he wanted was to use this steel company to bind the DuPont family, the Anthony family and other American financial groups families closely to himself.

Now, Ye Qingshan’s goal has been fully achieved.

Ye Qingshan's main focus is still on the army.

"Ye, what's the matter? Just tell me."

"As you know, my real identity is still a commander of the Allied Forces.

After a while, I will leave the United States and return to the war zone.

When the time comes, I need you to find out and tell me what decision your military has made.

So that I can respond in advance."

Ye Qingshan knew that the DuPont family was deeply involved with the old American military.

After all, one of the DuPont family’s main businesses is military industry.

At present, the DuPont family is almost the largest supplier of weapons and equipment to the US military, and its relationship with the military is complicated.

Therefore, any decision made by the old American military could hardly escape the eyes and ears of the DuPont family.

"What do I care about? These are just small matters."

Will agreed readily.

This time, investing in the West Coast Steel Alliance allowed their family to successfully intervene in the steel industry.

This won Will the admiration of old duPont and strengthened his voice in the family.

This made Will very grateful to Ye Qingshan.

"Weapons and equipment, I will also need to purchase them from your family in the future."

Ye Qingshan’s own military factory is now fully booked with orders, some of which are for Ye Qingshan’s own use and some of which are for secret projects.

Therefore, Ye Qingshan’s own military factory had insufficient production capacity and was unable to manufacture many weapons and equipment.

On the contrary, it is more cost-effective to purchase from the DuPont family's military-industrial enterprises.

"Okay, our family will sell the arms you purchase at cost price."

"By the way, there's one more thing."

"what's up?"

“Two days ago, our military leaders secretly decided that they would organize more than 300,000 troops to support the UK in the next two years.

Help Britain defend its homeland and be ready to counterattack Europe at any time."

This news did not surprise Ye Qingshan.

In this time and space, the Americans did send their army to support the British ahead of time, and the efforts are still increasing.

This is also related to Ye Qingshan.

But in this case, all the new army recruits trained by the United States in the next two years will be sent to Britain.

The US military cannot do much in Asia.

"So, in the next two years, your military in Asia will mainly focus on naval warfare against the Japanese naval fleet?"

Ye Qingshan asked Will.

“That should be the case.

Our family's military factories and shipyards are already fully booked with orders for warships, fighter jets and other arms.

The orders are scheduled for three years later.

In the Pacific theater, the main focus is on purchasing warships and fighter jets, while the army equipment is much less."

"ok, I get it."

Ye Qingshan was secretly delighted.

This means that Ye Qingshan’s previous plan has been successful.

In the next two years, the United States will mainly invest its naval forces in the Pacific and Southeast Asian theaters.

The army is much weaker.

But at the end of the war, the army needs to send infantry to clean up.

The navy and air force alone cannot replace the role of infantry in war.

In this case, the US army will definitely not be enough in Asia.

Someone must share the task of ground attack with them.

Looking at the entire Asian region at this time, which country has the ability to provide enough high-quality troops to attack the Japanese in Southeast Asia?

There is only one company, and Americans have no choice.

Doesn't this give Ye Qingshan the opportunity to conquer cities in Southeast Asia and the Pacific region in broad daylight?

"The next step is for me to return home and take back the position of commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force."

Ye Qingshan was thinking in his mind.

Ye Qingshan has been planning for such a long time, intervening in the European battlefield and making plans on the American side.

Isn't it all for the war in the next few years?

It's finally time to harvest.