Chapter 36 Facing the Problem
Garand rifles, Thomson submachine guns, Bazooka, M2 Browning heavy machine guns, mortars and large-caliber guns of various calibers, a full set of American equipment and military uniforms, Hans did not leave anything behind. After dinner, Hans was tossed by the tired Roosevelt to the representatives of the military to continue bargaining, and the cunning president blatantly dragged the old Rhodes into the small bar of the White House under the pretext of discussing personal matters with old friends.
The upright Hans was not at all frustrated after being put aside by old Rhodes, but suddenly burst into fighting spirit in the ensuing discussion and bargaining, and the representatives of the military were bluffed by Hans's sky-high mercenary money, and had to add Hans's temporary additions to the list of weapons aid at the same time that Hans agreed to cut the mercenary money. Hans even got canned food for the Jewish legion, which didn't know where the cats were, for three months, and as for medicines, Hans had a more detailed list of them, detailed enough for the military representatives to think that Hans had been a surgeon before joining the army.
The bargaining price of a hundred guns, the grinding of artillery one by one, and the boxes of shells were added to the list, and as for small items such as camouflage paint, smoke bombs, and flares, the unseemly military representatives who had been tortured by Hans waved their hands and directly filled in a very satisfactory quantity on the list. By the time Roosevelt, who had been drunk in the bar by old Rhodes, woke up the next day, the weapons and equipment that he had only to give to the Thunder in the name of assistance for 200,000 people had become a share of 250,000.
Moreover, at Hans's insistence, the military representatives also signed a contract with Hans in exchange for mercenary money for large bombers and transport planes, and Hans, on behalf of the Thunder Company, used the remuneration hired by the US government to exchange a batch of bombers and transport planes that had just been equipped with troops from the US military, and these planes also needed to be sent by the US military to China's Kunming airport, otherwise the Thunder side would not admit it.
"Damn German" looked at the list of weapons aid in his hand, Roosevelt muttered dissatisfiedly, the headache after the hangover made him have to sign his name on this list, but fortunately old Rod had reached a consensus with himself last night. The Rockman family would urge the Thunder to speed up their operations and buy the United States a year to prepare before the Germans set their sights on the United States, during which the Thunder would ensure that Germany would not send troops against the United States and the smaller countries it protected, and that they would also be tasked with containing Japan and the Soviet Union.
Until the car left the White House, Hans's hand holding the list of weapons was still shaking, he was not afraid, he was incredulous. A big victory, this is Hans's mood at this time, a Germanic man provokes the president of the United States in the White House, Hans is afraid that he will be the first person in the past. "Now I have an explanation for the new style" and carefully looked through the list of weapons in his hand, Hans put it in his purse, this is the hope of Thunder's growth, and it is also the necessary hardware for Zhao Zhi to implement his plan, without these weapons, Zhao Zhi's plan may be in vain or postponed indefinitely.
Zhao Zhi's plan to retreat from Rangoon had come to an end, and a large number of Jews had been sent to China, and the Jews who remained in Rangoon were Jewish soldiers who had just been drafted into training camps, and the rest were Jewish merchants who were busy buying supplies. The well-known Thunder Investment Bank in Yangon provided commercial guarantees for these Jewish merchants, and the guarantee issued by the Thunder Bank allowed them to buy large quantities of goods directly from the Burmese and British-run merchants, and the money had to be deposited in the Thunder Bank anyway, so the commercial banks in Yangon City chose to use the guarantee certificates to trade.
"Hair, continue to issue 50,000 pounds of guarantee certificates, and the amount of each guarantee certificate cannot exceed 1,000 pounds" Fellman's face was full of sweat, since Zhao Zhi recruited Jewish merchants to come forward to buy daily necessities, Thunder Bank has issued guarantee certificates with a total value of more than 1 million pounds. The principal of the entire bank is only 600,000 US dollars equivalent to 400,000 pounds, and Fellman's doing so has obviously constituted commercial fraud, but Fellman has no choice, these are all instructed by Zhao Zhi, there is money in the bank's vault, but those pounds belong to Zhao Zhi, and Zhao Zhi obviously will not leave the money to the Burmese and the British.
"Fehrman, don't be afraid, as long as there are Jewish businessmen who come to the bank as a guarantee, you will issue them a guarantee, anyway, I plan to move the bank to China, and all the Jews will follow us, are you still afraid that those businessmen will not repay the bank loans?" These are the original words that Zhao Zhi said to Fairman. Fellman had selectively forgotten the Burmese and British deposits in the bank, and after his subconscious acquiescence, the bank issued the guarantee certificate much faster, and the Jewish clerks never mentioned that the bank's principal was insufficient to guarantee the total amount.
The casinos and nightclubs opened by Jewish gangsters in Yangon City have numbed the nerves of the British and Burmese people, and they have also made the bank-watchers ignore Zhao Zhi's latest series of actions, and just as some of them were alerted, another wave of Jewish refugees arrived in Hong Kong. The reappearance of the Jewish refugees allowed Zhao Zhi to find an excuse to evacuate the original Jews in order to make room for these subsequent refugees, and the purchase of daily necessities was naturally to supply the refugees.
As the days passed, as a new wave of Jewish refugees arrived, Fairman's heart finally settled for the time being, and he could not imagine what would happen to him and his bank if the rich people in Rangoon learned about the actual situation of the bank. Young Fairman's favorite thing to do every day is to secretly call Zhao Zhi behind his door after the bank is open for the day, and he needs to make sure that Zhao Zhi is still in Yangon, so that he will not be thrown as a victim to the angry depositors.
"Fairman, you coward, even those outdated British and Burmese natives are afraid, how dare you leave the bank to you to manage in the future" In the face of Fellman's almost crying plea for help, the helpless Zhao Zhi had no choice but to send a team of Jewish soldiers for Fellman in the name of security, these Jewish soldiers were strictly ordered by Zhao Zhi to protect the safety of Fellman and the bank, and Fairman, who was determined in his heart, regained his clever mind and issued a guarantee certificate worth 10 pounds in a short time.
"Zhao, the British side summoned the troops stationed in the colony to return to the mainland to fight the German army, what do you think I should do?" When Zhao Zhi used banks to issue empty guarantees to buy Burmese agricultural products, Governor Capone ran into trouble. After obtaining a verbal guarantee from the Soviets that they promised to send troops to contain Germany, the newly inaugurated Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued a call to call on British troops in the British colonies around the world to urgently return to China to participate in the war, including Burma, which is located in Southeast Asia.
Capone was 10,000 unwilling to go to war with the British, stationed in Burma, he was still the nominal governor, once he returned to Britain with his troops, as a descendant of a declining family, he was not in the eyes of the authorities at all. Zhao Zhi taught him a Chinese proverb that it is better to be a chicken's head than an ox's tail, and Capone can understand the meaning of it literally. He didn't want to go back to England because he was afraid of losing his current wealth, power and even his life, but if Britain defeated Germany this time, then it would be a big crime for him to disobey the order, so Capone, who had just received the summoning order, was in a dilemma, so he had to call Zhao Zhi for help.
Zhao Zhi didn't have any good way to deal with Capone's predicament, the Japanese hand was about to reach into Burma, but relying on the Jewish legion, which was only half equipped with weapons and equipment in his hand, he couldn't stop the Japanese offensive at all. Even if you add the British troops under Capone, it is still not enough, the combat strength of those British troops is not as good as some local third-rate troops of the Nationalist Government, and the leisurely life in Burma for many years has made these elites of the empire on which the sun never sets have lost their due blood, and all that remains is pleasure and luxury. If Capone pinned his hopes on these British troops, Zhao Zhi would rather abandon the current plan to collect money and immediately withdraw to China with the Jewish legions.
"If you go, I'll send you, if you stay, I'm welcome" Zhao Zhi only gave Capone 12 words on the phone, the road is all walked out, the road related to life still needs to make his own choice, Zhao Zhi needs Capone to make his own choice. After being in contact with Capone for a long time, Zhao Zhi slightly changed his opinion of Capone, in addition to being timid and greedy for money, Zhao Zhi really couldn't find out that Capone had other shortcomings, especially this seemingly greedy guy is a good hand in internal affairs, once Zhao Zhi wants to establish his own base, he does need a person like Capone to help him deal with daily administrative affairs, but Zhao Zhi needs Capone to voluntarily stay instead of forcing him by force.
Capone on the other end of the phone held the microphone for a long time, and Zhao Zhi only answered him 12 words, for Capone, who only knew Chinese, Chinese culture was obviously too profound, and he could not understand the meaning of these 12 words for a while. Zhao Zhi, who hung up the phone, was also worried, at this juncture, Capone's departure was very unfavorable to Zhao Zhi's ongoing money plan, because those British people living in Myanmar would also be moved, and before leaving, they would go to the bank to redeem the guarantee certificate and deposit certificate, but Fairman's Thunder Investment Bank had long been an empty shelf, and the problems facing Zhao Zhi now were far more serious than Capone's choice to stay.