Chapter 144: Heartbeat

"731 Defense? What is this place? What does it have to do with our dealings with the Soviets? Zhao Zhi, who had a good night's sleep, was recruited by Chiang Kai-shek to the South Bank Villa early the next morning, but Zhao Zhi did not know that Molotov was also in the South Bank Villa before he went, but he only arrived half an hour earlier than him. However, Molotov is now sitting in front of Zhao Zhi, and I believe that Zhao Zhi has no time to deal with him, because Zhao Zhi's whole mind is already focused on the information that Chiang Kai-shek has just handed him.

There is a very thick stack of information on the brown paper cover, and the first page that has been opened by Zhao Zhi only has a few big words "731 Defense Station", which is why Zhao Zhi rushed to the confused place, because he has never heard of this 731 Defense Station, so naturally he doesn't know what this place is for. Thunder is an attack force, and generally rarely does the analysis of intelligence data, and Chiang Kai-shek threw such a large piece of information to him, which made Zhao Zhi very confused.

"I don't know the specifics, I'll find someone who knows to tell you, anyway, you don't have anything to do, just stay here today to figure this matter out, and then I'll stay here for dinner at noon." Chiang Kai-shek still had to attend a meeting of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and after calling Molotov, who had been waiting for a long time, Chiang Kai-shek, who had been tidy up, left first with his attendants.

Molotov didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point, "This 731 defense station is the location of a bacteriological unit of the Japanese army in the northeast, known to the outside world as the Ishii unit or Kamo force, the full name is the 731st epidemic prevention and water supply unit of the Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchuria, a secret military unit specializing in biological warfare bacteriological warfare research and human experiment-related research in territories outside Japan. ”

Molotov only said a rough idea, and Zhao Zhi understood what this 731 defense station was for, wasn't it the most lethal and most difficult to defend biochemical troops in the 21st century? Unexpectedly, the Japanese were taking precautions, and they were still developing their biological and chemical weapons while developing poison gas warfare, Zhao Zhi, who was an international mercenary in his previous life, knew that biological and chemical warfare was terrible, and no matter how strong the soldiers and equipment were, they were simply vulnerable in the face of biological and chemical weapons.

"Mr. Molotov, I think I already know what this 731 Defense Station does, but I have a question, what does this 731 Defense Station have to do with our Thunder? In other words, as mercenaries, we only accept the employment of our employers, and as for who we choose to be our enemies, it will only depend on the will of our employers. Zhao Zhi understands the current predicament faced by the Soviet army, which is why he dared to open his mouth to Molotov, wanting to use thunder to attract the troops of the Kwantung Army to return to the northeast, and the Soviets will obviously not be able to come out with something practical.

Molotov appeared in Chiang Kai-shek's official residence, and he was so familiar with this 731 defense station, it was not difficult for Zhao Zhi to guess the intentions of the Soviets, thinking that this so-called Japanese bacteriological unit had already entered the sight of the Soviet intelligence agencies, and the Soviets are now sharing this information with the Nationalist Government, which is nothing more than to show the alliance between the Soviet Union and China. They hoped that the Nationalist Government would send elite troops to destroy the 731 defense post, and at the same time, it would help the Soviet Union attract the attention of the Kwantung Army, so as to achieve the goal of turning to the Nationalist Government for help.

"General Zhang, judging from the information we have, the Japanese army's bacteriological research institute has developed some finished bacteriological weapons products, and the Japanese army has plans to use these finished bacteriological weapons against the US troops on the Philippine battlefield." Molotov also brought a lot of photographs, from which it is not difficult to see the scale of this 731 defense station. Molotov learned about the relationship between Zhao Zhi and the United States from the Soviet intelligence organs, and said that Zhao Zhi could not be moved by the Nationalist Government, so Molotov had no choice but to talk about the US military, after all, the United States is a thunderous weapons aid country.

"There are a lot of infectious disease bombs in their batch of bacteriological weapons, and once they drop these bombs carrying a large number of bacteria and viruses on the Philippine battlefield, the number of casualties will definitely not be small, and I believe that the casualties of the US military on the Philippine battlefield will shock the world at that time." Molotov is worthy of being a diplomat-turned-fellow, and his eloquence is not pretend, and he successfully aroused Zhao Zhi's interest in just a few words.

Zhao Zhi's interest is not to help the U.S. military send danger, he is interested in those Japanese military experts who develop bacteriological weapons, and Zhao Zhi from the 21st century knows the horror of biological and chemical warfare. If you want not to be threatened by biological and chemical weapons, you must master biological and chemical weapons before others, and only when you are strong enough for others to look up to, you will be safe, and Zhao Zhi's interest in those Japanese experts has even been greater than that of assassinating the Japanese emperor.

"Mr. Molotov, you came here with this information, do you want us to come forward to destroy this 731 defense post?" Zhao Zhi, who already had a plan in his heart, continued to pretend to be confused, and until Molotov did not respond to those conditions yesterday, Zhao Zhi would definitely not show any interest in the information on the hand. In order to continue to confuse Molotov, Zhao Zhi even threw back the information that had only turned a few pages to Molotov, believing that Molotov, an old fox, did not see the struggle in his heart.

"General Zhao, you are also Chinese, the Japanese research and manufacture bacteriological weapons in China themselves against you Chinese, your troops are also fighting the Japanese army in China, once the Japanese army is forced to use these weapons against your troops, I think General Zhao will regret it then." Molotov, who didn't want to lose his dominance, began to slowly change the topic, Zhao Zhi could basically be regarded as a nationalist, so Molotov took out some other photos to show Zhao Zhi.

"We believe that the outbreak of the epidemic in these places is inseparable from the 731 defense station, not only in these places, but also in the broken troops of the regular army of the national government, there are also cases of carrying germs that cause the troops to be infected with the virus, and if the 731 defense station is not destroyed, I think there will be more innocent people who will be poisoned by them." The photos brought by Molotov are all some corpses that are being burned or have been burned, it is obvious that these people will be infected with bacteria and viruses and died, Zhao Zhi looked at the photos very carefully, and even looked at them twice in a row before putting down the photos.

"Mr. Molotov, I think we can put this matter aside for now, let's talk about yesterday's proposals first, the basis of cooperation between the two sides comes from the sincerity expressed by both sides, this is a wise saying, I think Mr. Molotov, you also know that there is no lunch in vain. I think there is no problem for us to send troops to Thunder, but our Thunder is a mercenary force, and there is no corresponding remuneration, and my mercenaries will not fight for you. ”

Zhao Zhi's leisurely made Molotov almost lose his breath, he had just seen the murderous spirit in Zhao Zhi's eyes, but Zhao Zhi, who put down the photo in a blink of an eye, was able to negotiate terms with himself like a politician, and the huge gap between them made him a little difficult to accept for a while. "General Zhao, we have all loaned Siberia to you Thunder for 50 years, what more do you want? Anti-fascism is the task of all countries in the world, not the business of our Soviet family, don't you think it's excessive? Molotov got up and shouted angrily, his polar bear-like body shaking angrily.

"Is it everyone's task?" Zhao Zhi seemed to deliberately ask a rhetorical question and then said with a smile, "Our Thunder has successfully repelled the Japanese army from Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, and is now helping China to actively resist Japan, I think our Thunder mission has been completed well, you shouldn't blame me, and you are not qualified to teach me a lesson, we mercenaries are all stateless people." Zhao Zhi glanced at Molotov's face with a smile, and the obvious look made Molotov's eyes black and he almost fainted in the living room.

"I really don't know what to say, if you want to beg us Thunder to send troops, you have to show sincerity, don't make it the same as giving us Thunder." Eugene, who was specially brought by Zhao Zhi, also stared at a pair of bull's eyes and said cool words on the side, Eugene's expression was talking to himself, but his big voice did not mean to talk to himself at all. All the words were listened to by Molotov, and most importantly, Eugene spoke to himself in standard Russian, which was Molotov's native language.

"General Zhao, I can't make a decision on your proposal yesterday, but I have already contacted the top leadership of the Soviet Union by radio, and I believe that Comrade Stalin will answer it soon." Forcibly suppressing his violent mood, Molotov chose to ignore Eugene, who was still talking to himself, and instead focused on Zhao Zhi. It is useless for Thunder to successfully send troops to Chiang Kai-shek alone, and in the end it depends on Zhao Zhi's attitude, because Zhao Zhi is the boss who can decide Thunder's affairs.

"Well, we were going to go back to Burma today, and since Mr. Molotov you still have to wait for your Comrade Stalin's decision, then we will take a few more days with us in Chongqing, but only three days at most. Remember, it's three days, and after three days, if your Comrade Stalin doesn't have a clear answer and action, the Thunder will fully withdraw to Burma to rest. Zhao Zhi showed a look of indebtedness, stretched out three fingers in front of Molotov and shook them, and then left the South Bank villa with Eugene and a few of them like burning butts.

"We went to the Geyue Mountain training camp and sent someone to send my combat staff officers to the training camp together, and by the way, I contacted the people of the military commander and said that I would borrow the training camp for a week." With Eugene and a few of them looking for a place to eat something, Zhao Zhi suddenly ordered the convoy to drive towards Geyue Mountain. The information brought by Molotov had been secretly taken out by Luo Ying, and Zhao Zhi already had a plan in his heart, but he needed a safe place to consider feasibility and formulate an action plan.