Chapter 142: Unexpected Visitor

Sending away Dai Li, who wanted to find out, Zhao Zhi wanted to sneak out of the hotel with Ye Kong and Eugene to have a full meal of Chongqing food, but the plan was disrupted by the guards sent by Chiang Kai-shek. There was only one reason why Chiang Kai-shek was in such a hurry to let Zhao Zhi rush to the South Bank Villa, because there was a visitor in the South Bank Villa that Chiang Kai-shek could not refuse, Molotov, who was once in charge of the Soviet Union's aid to China.

Zhao Zhi and Molotov are not very familiar, but they have heard that Molotov is an excellent diplomat, but Zhao Zhi does not have much actual contact with him, and the same is true for Molotov, Zhao Zhi is also a little strange to him, but what diplomats are best at is to turn strangeness into familiarity, especially after Zhao Zhi suddenly rose to power in Myanmar and left Okamura Ningji from office, Molotov began to notice Zhao Zhi and the thunder mercenaries controlled by Zhao Zhi.

Molotov landed at the Chongqing airport after the reception, and Molotov, who looked tired, asked to see Chiang Kai-shek directly, and he brought a secret letter from Stalin to hand over to Chiang Kai-shek in person. Moreover, Molotov's trip to Chongqing also had the purpose of meeting with Zhao Zhi, and Chiang Kai-shek should be the one who supported Zhao Zhi and Thunder behind his back, so Molotov had to obtain Chiang Kai-shek's support before meeting Zhao Zhi, a Soviet diplomat who knew the Chinese very well.

Zhao Zhi's impression of Molotov came more from the German intelligence system, which not only helped Stalin carry out a large-scale purge and suppression, but also carried out a large-scale purge in his foreign affairs department, and many ambassadors and diplomats were arrested, suppressed or exiled. Before the outbreak of the full-scale war of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Molotov turned a blind eye to a large amount of information and facts about Hitler's preparations for the invasion, which can really be said to be extremely numb, and Zhao Zhi even guessed whether Molotov was a spy planted by the Germans into the Soviet Union.

Molotov was loyal to Stalin, especially because he was said to have had an extraordinary relationship with Britain and the United States, and it was this man who lobbied for an alliance against Germany, but his only mistake was to underestimate the role and ability of the Chinese. At first, Stalin agreed to aid China because he wanted to use China's strength to contain the Japanese troops in the northeast, but with the development of the war, the Chinese army seemed to be powerless in the face of the Japanese army, and not only could they not complete the containment of the Kwantung Army, but even most of China was occupied by the Japanese.

But with the sudden rise of Thunder in Shanxi, China's war situation began to change slowly, especially after Thunder led the Taiyuan Liberation War, he went south to Burma to fight the Japanese army frequently, and successfully blocked the two full-strength attacks of the Japanese army, and the Soviets began to be interested in Zhao Zhi, a military star. After analyzing all the intelligence of the Thunder and the Japanese army, the Soviet side was no longer puzzled by the rapid expansion of the Thunder's strength, because they already knew that Zhao Zhi had a weapon production line in his hands.

Although the United States, Britain, and France agreed to form an alliance against Germany, the progress of the US troops landing in France was not smooth, more than 30 US military divisions are still tossing around in France, and those overseas colonial troops of Britain and France are not even ready to land.

The secret letter that Molotov brought to Gao Fei was actually delivered by the foreign minister Molotov at the level of deputy commander-in-chief, and Gao Fei was also very cautious, and immediately convened a meeting of all officers above the division level, and Stalin's secret letter was read by Shen Yingying, and Gao Fei's move was to deliberately avoid contact with Molotov. The Japanese army pinned down more than 70 divisions of the Soviet army in the Far East, and if the Japanese army did not aim at the Soviet Union, then Stalin could transfer 35 to 40 of these divisions and devote them to the battle against the Germans.

Regardless of whether these forces could make the Germans' roundabout operation completely fail, they could at least slow down the pace of the German offensive, buy time for Stalin's delaying tactics, and give the Soviet Union time and opportunity to fight with the Germans, and finally take advantage of the harsh winter to drag down the enemy. However, the Kwantung Army deployed by the Japanese in the Northeast was used to target the Far East, and it was impossible for them to withdraw their troops from the Northeast or give up their plans for the Far East for no reason, so the Soviets needed to find help from outside forces, which is why Molotov would suddenly appear in Chongqing, and the Soviet Union now needed China's help.

Zhao Zhi's thunder was Stalin's expected helper, and the assassination of Hitler was the work of Thunder, although the Soviet Union paid the price of Siberia, but as far as the whole war is concerned, Hitler's death did win the Soviet Union a chance and time to breathe. In the face of the million-day puppet army commanded by Okamura Ningji, Zhao Zhi was able to take the Jiaodong Peninsula with hundreds of thousands of black Burmese, and opened up the passage from Jiaodong to Shanxi and Henan, and this ability could not be found in the Soviet Red Army.

If, as Stalin's letter to Chiang Kai-shek says, if Chiang Kai-shek could persuade Zhao Zhi to send troops to the northeast, the Kwantung Army would turn its guns to thunder, and Stalin would be able to draw troops from the army stationed in the Far East to deal with the Germans. Of course, Stalin would not let Chiang Kai-shek and Zhao Zhibai work, as long as Chiang Kai-shek introduced Zhao Zhi to Molotov, the Nationalist government would be able to receive the support of a Soviet aviation brigade. If Chiang Kai-shek could persuade Zhao Zhi to send troops to the Japanese army in the northeast, the Soviet Union would provide the Nationalist Government with 30 fighters and 20 bombers, and such favorable conditions made Chiang Kai-shek unable to refuse.

"Don't go, what's the best thing to see with a **, it's annoying to the Soviets." Zhao Zhi entered the South Bank villa and hid in the room prepared by Song Meiling for Rowling to drink coffee and chat, Rowling has been living here during her time in Chongqing, Zhao Zhi was also left in the villa by Chiang Kai-shek, but Zhao Zhi had other things to do, so he took Ye Kong and them to stay in the hotel. Of course, Zhao Zhi would not believe that Molotov was just a messenger, this guy who was closely watched by German intelligence forces was not a good bird, and Zhao Zhi did not want to deal with such a pure politician.

The captain of the guard sent by Chiang Kai-shek to pick up Zhao Zhi at the hotel had privately conveyed Chiang Kai-shek's meaning to Zhao Zhi, but Zhao Zhi knew that there was no lunch in this world that could be eaten for free, and the Soviets would be so generous with such generous conditions, and the things they asked for would definitely not be too small. At present, the most disturbing thing for the Soviets is the attack of the German army, Hitler is gone, but the generals of the German military are also missing a layer of prohibition that is pointed at by others, and the military with a lot of free space can better carry out operations, so the Soviets are not having a good time now.

Zhao Zhi received the latest Soviet-German war report from the United States just a few days ago, the German offensive in the North Caucasus was going very well, the Soviet Union was about to lose their important oil resources, and a German army group began to detour to the rear of Stalingrad, so that Stalingrad's hold would be completely meaningless. It should be said that the Soviets have been beaten in a hurry, and Stalin threw the entire army into the battlefield in formation to fight the German army, but the Soviet Union's current logistical capacity is almost unable to support it, and in the face of the German army, which is already much stronger than them, the Soviet Union's defeat has been revealed.

Zhao Zhi wanted to hide from Molotov, but Chiang Kai-shek, who was eager to get the support of the Soviet fighter troops, would not let him succeed, and after Song Meiling, who was holding back a smile, went out to persuade him, the reluctant Zhao Zhi was still arrested and went to the living room to meet Molotov, and received a letter from Stalin. If this secret letter was addressed to Chiang Kai-shek, it would be justified, but Stalin's secret letter was addressed to Zhao Zhi, which seemed a little too weird and made Zhao Zhi really have a headache for a while.

Stalin's secret letter was very simple, the Germans were planning a new round of large-scale attacks, but the Germans needed three to four months to reserve supplies and replenish their troops, which meant that between July and August of several years there would be one of the largest fierce battles in European history. What worries the Soviets is not the attack of the German infantry, they are worried about the German tank troops, the Stalin II heavy tank is almost vulnerable in front of the new German tanks, and the most terrifying thing is that the Germans have actually developed the honeycomb incendiary rockets attached to the Stuka dive bomber, which is simply a super killer for the Soviet tanks.

When a problem is encountered, it must be solved, and this is the attitude of the Soviets towards the problem, and when the Soviet intelligence agencies learned that the Thunder had a new type of incendiary bomb equipped with fighter units, they started to buy this technology and parameters. The Germans had honeycomb incendiary rockets attached to bombers, and they used new incendiary bombs of Thunder to fight, and if it was a sea of people tactics, the Soviets had never been afraid of anyone in this world.

"Want incendiary bombs? Yes, what price can you offer, the cost of that new type of incendiary bomb is not cheap, I am not familiar with you, if the price is not suitable, I will not sell. Zhao Zhi kept his mouth shut about sending troops to the Northeast, but just pulled the topic to the new incendiary bombs. Molotov is a diplomat and politician, but he is not a good military strategist, and he may not know anything about weapons and equipment.

Molotov seems to have superpowers to see through Zhao Zhi's thoughts, but he didn't let Zhao Zhi succeed, and he still asked about the Thunder sending troops to the northeast, no wonder Molotov was so anxious, it was really the Soviets who couldn't hold on, if Stalin couldn't gather enough troops to prepare for the attack before the Germans launched a new round of strong attacks, I am afraid that the end of the Soviet Union would be the same as that of Britain and France, and it would collapse and fall under the iron hooves of the German army.