Chapter 34: The Controversy

As Zhao Zhi, who was far away in Yangon, was struck in the back of the head by the big retreat plan, the well-dressed politicians in the Washington Congress were arguing over whether to accept Britain's request to declare war on Germany. Naturally, the young hawkish politicians raised their hands in favor of the plan to send troops, but the old guys with rich experience and diplomatic vision did not agree, because Britain only extended a hand to them for help, but did not give the United States enough benefits, and the Americans did not have a good impression of the arrogant British.

On the contrary, Germany has been extending an olive branch to the United States, not only ordering a large amount of daily necessities from the United States, but also constantly sending envoys to befriend politicians in Washington. If the United States does attack Germany, more than 70% of those American companies that only charge a small deposit will immediately close down, and the workers in those companies will lose their jobs, and such a high unemployment rate will make the government questioned by the people, which is the last thing politicians want to see happen, which is more important, they need to have a good discussion.

"No, we can't send troops to Germany, we have no reason to send troops" Mark from Detroit was the only one among the young politicians who did not agree to send troops. As a famous automobile industry city in the United States, Detroit has received a large number of orders from Germany for civilian cars, which is enough for all Detroit's automobile production plants to be busy for three years. As a congressman representing Detroit's interests, Mark was obliged to oppose the sending of troops to Germany, so that Detroit's auto factories would not go bankrupt.

Mark's remarks elicited a response from all sides, and hawkish politicians were naturally annoyed, and titles such as idiot, garbage, and microphone fell on Mark's head. "It's all a rat-eyed guy," the hawkish politicians unveiled the large world map they had brought into Congress, "and if you look at this map, France has surrendered to Germany, and now only Britain is fighting against Germany." Once Britain is defeated and chooses to surrender to Germany, then we in the United States will not be Germany's next target, and you must not forget that there is also a Soviet Union in the Far East eyeing us."

It is self-evident that the main reason why the United States exports strategic materials to Japan is that the United States wants to use Japan's forces in northeast China to contain the Soviet Union, and the alliance between Germany and Japan is based on the same reason. But now the German offensive is too fierce, and the defeat of Britain is almost a foregone conclusion, if the United States really intends to ignore it, if the freed Germany does not send troops to the Far East, then their next target will definitely be the United States.

"Although we have a strong industrial base, compared to the brave and warlike German army, our army is obviously not ready for battle," the Minister of Defense said. The United States does not have a large number of standing troops, and many of its troops have no battlefield experience, and compared to the German army, which experienced World War I and turmoil, the current American army is like a child.

"How long will it take for the army to be ready?" Roosevelt fiddled with a cigar in his hand, Chamberlain had been forced out of the wilderness, and Britain had appointed Churchill's pesky big fat man as prime minister, and it was time for the arrogant Brit to suffer. Roosevelt never thought that the United States would stay away from this war, just as those young congressmen said, once Britain surrendered to Germany, it was difficult to guarantee that Germany would not hit the United States with its ideas, and the Japanese had already made a mess in Southeast Asia, and if Germany was added, the good days of the United States would be over.

The Secretary of Defense, who was asked by Roosevelt, pondered for a while before he spoke, "It will take about half a year, half a year, for the local troops to be ready to attack" Seeing that the congressmen looked at themselves in confusion, the Secretary of Defense defended, "Fighting a war is not just a matter of charging all the time with a gun, the soldiers still need to train and study, and before starting the war, we also need to collect the corresponding enemy information, the most important thing is to prepare for the supply of logistics materials, otherwise we can only lose the battle"

The words of the Secretary of Defense are not alarmist, and although the large number of orders from Germany has brought astonishing profits to American companies, they have also tied the hands and feet of American companies. Most of the orders placed by Germany to American companies only pay a small deposit, and in order to complete those order contracts, the shortest production cycle required by the production enterprises is two years and the longest is three years, that is, at least for two years, the American army will not even be able to keep up with its own military uniform supply, because those military clothing factories are sewing military uniforms for the German army.

If it weren't for the president's refusal to allow the United States to export arms for the Germans, I am afraid that the United States would not even be able to keep up with the ammunition supply of its own army, and what is even more exaggerated is that those civilian trucks made in Detroit for the Germans can be used for military purposes as long as the number of steel plates on the chassis is increased. The United States was tied up by the Germans with an order worth $1 billion for two years, and the contract with these American companies was signed by a company registered in the United States, and if these companies broke the contract, they would be compensated 10 times the amount of the contract, and I believe they would not do so.

"Maybe we don't have to go to war directly," said Congressman Benos from Florida, "we can hire troops to defend our American interests, we can get what we want for a small price and supplies, and our boys don't have to go to war to die."

Roosevelt was interested in Benos's remarks, and they really needed a force to give them a say in the war before the troops on the American homeland could not take part in the battle.

Benos, who had been prepared, took out a document and handed it to Roosevelt, "I know of a mercenary defense company registered in New York, as far as I know, this mercenary company handles war missions, and they are very efficient."

"God, Ben, you're going to hand over the future of America to a mercenary company that you think is very efficient, oh my God, you're crazy" The lawmakers were incomprehensible at Benos's proposal. They couldn't understand what Benoslai had in his head as a member of Congress, and in their minds, Benos must have taken the wrong medicine today, otherwise how could he come up with such an unreliable proposal.

"Alright, well, you can hear me out," Benos waved his hand, "the Germans have been expelling the Jews from the occupied territories, do you know that the International Red Cross has taken the lead in organizing the relocation of Jews?" The boss of Thunder is the patron and mastermind behind this operation, do you know which Jews were sent where? It's Burma, and the Jewish refugees who have been relocated to Burma are now more than 2 million, and the Germans know about this operation, have you all thought about the connection? Why would the Germans allow a mercenary company to rescue those Jews from their hands? ”

Benoslai was clearly confident, and he had detailed information provided by the Lockman family, including information on Zhao Zhi's formation of the Jewish Legion in Burma, which of course had been agreed upon by Zhao Zhi. "I have information that this mercenary company called Thunder Defense participated in the German attack on the city of Warsaw. They were also responsible for the German Christmas operation, and the Portsmouth shipyard, where the Germans first landed in England, was owned by the Thunder bosses."

"Can I understand that this mercenary company has an army of its own?" Roosevelt finally lit the cigar in his hand and put it in his mouth, and what Benos had revealed was so unbelievable that the Germans would hire a mercenary company registered in the United States to fight for them. If what Benos said was true, then the mercenary company should have an army, otherwise the cunning Hitler would not have allowed a mercenary company to take those Jews from his own hands.

"Mr. President, in fact this mercenary company does have their own army, but not one, but four legions, totaling more than 80,000 soldiers," Benos pulled out a piece of paper from the folder and handed it to Roosevelt. "It's just that their army is not in the United States or Europe, but in faraway Burma. The soldiers in the legion are all Jews, and this is a contract signed with the Jews when the Thunder Company rescued those Jewish refugees, and the Jewish refugees who were protected would be drafted into the Thunder's army for a period of five years."

"God, the Jews are crazy"

"God, I can't believe that the Jews would make such a decision"

Benos's words surprised the congressmen, there are many Jews in the United States, and they are a large part of American high society, there is no shortage of Jews in the army, police, businessmen, politicians, philanthropists, if it is really for Benos, the Jews who were relocated to Burma signed their most sacred papal covenant with Thunder, then the Jews who still believe in Judaism all over the world will abide by this contract, and Thunder will become the object of Jewish allegiance, Although this contract is only valid for five years.

"How powerful are they?" The fighting power of the Thunder and those Jewish legions was also of interest to Roosevelt.

"I don't know" Benoslai told the truth, the Jewish legion had not been on the battlefield, and there was no explanation of this in the information provided by the Rockman family, so Benoslai had to tell the truth. "But the boss of the Thunder has an unknown number of secret troops in his hands, they have fought the Japanese monkeys on the battlefield in China, their best record is nine battles and nine victories, and a Japanese infantry wing was once defeated by 300 of them, almost completely annihilated"