Chapter 1 Hypocrisy
"Sir, that Soviet big nose has run away, and the people in the military command have almost searched the whole of Chongqing, and they haven't found any trace of that guy, so we should have left secretly the day after we set off." Yan Wudao, who was limping from walking, came back with his eyes glared. The first thing Zhao Zhi did after evacuating safely from the small building of the Kwantung Army was to send a telegram to Dai Li, asking the military commanders to closely monitor Molotov who was stranded in Chongqing.
"It seems that my estimate is correct, there are also military commanders involved in this matter, otherwise Molotov would never have escaped under the noses of the military commanders," Arresting Molotov, this is what Zhao Zhi wants to do most now, this is not only to give an explanation to those casualties of mercenaries, but also to Zhao Zhi himself. 100 people set off, but less than 80 people came back, more than 20 carefully selected elite mercenaries stayed in Harbin forever, and Zhao Zhi also took a large number of supplies and oil, such a loss made Zhao Zhi regret that he should not trust the Soviets.
"These bastards, we sent so many weapons to them in vain, and also helped them train the task force, if I knew this was the case, I should have withdrawn the people of Geyue Mountain earlier." After listening to Zhao Zhi's analysis, Yan Wu scolded angrily, and by the way, he glared at the nurse wearing the uniform of the national army in the white coat, and the frightened nurse ran away with something and disappeared.
In fact, Zhao Zhi was already blamed on Chiang Kai-shek in his heart, but they were still in Chongqing controlled by the Nationalist Government, otherwise Zhao Zhi would have rushed into the villa on the south bank with people to question Chiang Kai-shek. "This matter is not over, the Soviets have dug such a big trap for our Thunder, if we don't make some reactions, it seems that our Thunder is too easy to bully, and if we don't come up with some means, others will think that our Thunder is just a group of stupid soldiers who can only fight." Zhao Zhi had a smile on his face, but there was a coldness in his eyes, and the hairs of the few people close to Yan Wudao stood on end.
"Tell our plane to be ready to take off at any time, and when the injured brother is stabilized, we will go back to Myanmar, and tell Tang Lei to go back to Mandalay to be on standby, I have something to ask him to do." After thinking about it carefully for a while, Zhao Zhi finally gave an order. Zhao Zhi, who flew back to Chongqing, has been staying in the army hospital, and those injured mercenaries are concentrated here for treatment, Yan Wudao led people to directly occupy the first floor of the hospital, and Zhao Zhi, who was hit by a bullet in his arm, is also being treated.
The news of the failure of the Thunder operation in Harbin was not spreading, but everyone who should know about it still knew about it, there was a military command, and Chiang Kai-shek in the villa on the south bank was naturally the first person to know about it, but before Zhao Zhi returned to Chongqing, Chiang Kai-shek went out to inspect the defense of Shanxi. "Sir, someone from the Ministry of Military Affairs is here, and the one who took the lead is He Yingqin, saying that he came to visit us on behalf of the chairman." Zhao Zhi was examining the wound by the doctor, and Luo Ying pushed the door in and whispered a few words in his ear.
Chiang Kai-shek was not in Chongqing, and He Yingqin became the highest-ranking person in the military of the Nationalist Government in Chongqing. Knowing that Thunder returned this time, how could He Yingqin not come to pour cold water to watch the excitement, in Zhao Zhi's words in his previous life, He Yingqin is a little psychologically dark and can't look down on others.
"Minister He is a rare guest, welcome." Zhao Zhi didn't want to hide his injuries at all, and directly stood at the corner of the stairs with one arm hanging to welcome He Yingqin's visit. "Thanks to the help of the Nationalist Government this time, we are very grateful, as a thank you to the Nationalist Government, Thunder will continue to dispatch troops to assist in resisting Japan, and the weapons and ammunition are still provided by us." After the two sides sat down, without waiting for He Yingqin to pour cold water, Zhao Zhixian threw out a lot of benefits and thanks, so that the cadres from the Ministry of Military Affairs brought by He Yingqin were overjoyed.
Zhao Zhi greeted him with a smile and made He Yingqin not good at pouring cold water, so he could only secretly scold the guys who came with him were hillbillies who had never seen the world, He Yingqin just wanted to see the excitement and Zhao Zhi's downfall, but unfortunately the Zhao Zhi he saw was still the high-spirited Zhao Zhi, and he didn't see the slightest decadence and downfall. "Brother Boyuan has suffered this time, I heard that the subordinates you brought with you have suffered a lot of casualties this time, I have ordered this hospital to do its best to treat your subordinates, you can rest assured that you can recuperate here, I think the chairman also hopes to see Brother Boyuan recover as soon as possible."
He Yingqin's words that seemed to care made Zhao Zhi roll his eyes in his heart, the failure of Thunder's operation had not yet been spread, He Yingqin brought so many people, and he actually talked about this matter at this time, he was simply deliberately spreading the news, wanting to spread the matter through the mouths of outsiders. But why Yingqin did this, what benefits could he get? Zhao Zhi didn't know what He Yingqin's move was for, so he replied with a smile, "I told them just now that I was going back to Myanmar, and there are still many things to be dealt with in Myanmar, so I really can't afford to delay." ”
He Yingqin's words to keep Zhao Zhi were just a scene, how could Zhao Zhi not hear it, Zhao Zhi, who had already been on guard against the Nationalist Government, was unwilling to continue to stay in Chongqing, so he just took this opportunity to propose to He Yingqin that he was ready to return to Burma. One is a fake investigation of the news, and the other is sincerely anxious to leave, not speculative for more than half a sentence, He Yingqin saw that Zhao Zhi had already made up his mind, and it was not easy to stop him, so he could only leave in a hurry after a few words of greeting.
"Sir, Mr. Dai of the military commander is here, and Cao Shuyan, who was the military commander last time, is also here." Not long after sending He Yingqin away, Dai Li, dressed as a businessman, took Cao Shuyan to the door. Cao Shuyan is the female military commander who was ordered to monitor Zhao Zhi in the hotel last time but spoke out, and Cao Shuyan also witnessed the meeting and conversation of Zhao Zhiyu and Zhou Enlai throughout the whole process, Dai Lican only take her to the hospital to visit Zhao Zhi, which shows the closeness of the relationship between this woman and Dai Li.
"Brother Boyuan, brother, I really can't stand you this time, the Soviet man you said still slipped away." As soon as he met Zhao Zhi, Dai Li blamed himself, but Zhao Zhi was confused. However, after receiving Cao Shuyan's eyes, Zhao Zhi had a hint of epiphany, Dai Li is changing from passive to active, and letting Molotov go can be big or small, if Zhao Zhi bites this matter and does not let go to Chiang Kai-shek, Dai Li will definitely have no good fruit to eat, so Dai Li will take the initiative to apologize for this matter, just hoping that Zhao Zhi will not be embarrassed for the military commander in this matter.
"Brother Yunong is polite, Molotov himself has long legs, besides, that guy is also a spy, he is already hiding his whereabouts, and your subordinates have no intention of letting him go, this is not a big deal, don't hurt the harmony between us for this little thing." Zhao Zhile, who was very disappointed with Dai Li, said the scene, but in some words in the whole paragraph, the tone was aggravated, and Dai Li should be able to hear what Zhao Zhi meant.
"That's good, that's good." Seeing that Zhao Zhi looked like he was no longer pursuing the matter, Dai Li could only nod and say yes, Thunder has always been strong, and Zhao Zhi has won the trust of Chiang Kai-shek, that is, Zhao Zhi wants to pursue this matter deeply, and Dai Li, who controls the military command, can't say anything, regardless of whether Zhao Zhi is hypocritical or not, it is the most reassuring harvest for Dai Li to be able to end this matter. "The Soviets only helped us with 400 tank engines, and there are quite a few submachine guns and machine guns. Dai Li planned to block Zhao Zhi's mouth back and forth, but unfortunately he would misunderstand Chiang Kai-shek's meaning.
Chiang Kai-shek handed over the supplies aided by the Soviets to the military commanders, in fact, it was just for the purpose of supervision, the guns could be used to equip the troops in transit, but those tank engines could only be handed over to the Thunder to operate, the Nationalist Government did not have a tank factory or tanks and armored vehicles waiting to be transformed, and the bullet production line provided by the Soviets had not yet arrived, and after the Nationalist army equipped with Bobosha guns ran out of bullets, those guns would become burning sticks, and the arsenal of the Nationalist Government did not yet have the ability to produce matching bullets.
The transformation of tanks and armored vehicles, and the production of bullets of the same caliber as Bobosha guns can only be handed over to Zhao Zhi to do, so these materials for the Soviets to aid the Nationalist Government can only be handed over to Zhao Zhi to deal with, and the military commander only plays a supervisory role. He understood that Chiang Kai-shek was blind this time, and before he could figure out Chiang Kai-shek's intentions, he made a promise to Zhao Zhi, but Zhao Zhi was now in a hurry to return to Burma to recuperate, and he didn't have the heart and time to entangle these things with Dai Li, as long as Chiang Kai-shek returned to Chongqing, these things would be taught to Zhao Zhi to deal with.
"Sir, what does Director Dai mean by that? He didn't know that those tank engines were all ours, or did he mean to say so? Luo Ying, who had a fight with Mo Lun, was very angry and looked at the back of Dai Li's departure, lowered his voice and muttered to Zhao Zhi. Unlike Yan Wudao, Luo Ying doesn't like to fiddle with firearms, he likes iron guys like tanks, especially after Joey's 1st Armored Division swept through Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos, Luo Ying was clamoring all day long to transfer to the armored division to drive tanks.
Why did Zhao Zhi ask the Soviets to bring a large number of tank engines, just to expand the scale of the Thunder armored force, Luo Ying knew these things, but now Dai Li is in charge and only plans to give Thunder 200 tank engines, which makes Luo Ying very angry, these engines should all be given to Thunder. "How can you have a tone with Mo Lun now, things are in the hands of others, people can give them to whomever they want, we don't lack these, and when we return to Burma, ask the Americans to send us ready-made tanks directly." Zhao Zhi laughed and teased Luo Ying, but the latter jumped three times high happily.