Chapter Twenty-Three: Refusal to Fight Again
Although this was not the first time Jin Kai had set foot in a luxurious place, when he stepped on the marble steps, Jin Kai's mood gradually became heavy as the steps became higher and higher. So he exhaled heavily, and then looked at the people around him, and found that they were smiling all over the place at this time, and it seemed that they were also in a nervous mood at this time.
The place where Zhao Zhi met with everyone was in the conference room on the fourth floor, although it was not as big as the Palace of Versailles in France and Buckingham Palace in England, but the construction area of more than 100 bungalows was at least very spacious in Jinkai, because there was still a lot of space after at least ten people were stuffed. The hall is decorated with precious white walnut wood to look unusually graceful and luxurious, the south of the hall is a very large floor-to-ceiling window, on both sides of the window are hung several oil paintings in the obvious English style, directly opposite the window is a small shrine, the shrine is enshrined in a gold cross, the whole conference room is decorated with a strong British style.
After sitting down on the sofa, Jin Kai finally breathed a sigh of relief, habitually raised his wrist and looked at his watch, there were still 10 minutes before Zhao Zhi met them, thinking of this, he shook his head helplessly. A few years ago, when he met with Zhao Zhi in Shanghai in the teahouse, Zhao Zhi was just an outlaw who wandered on the beach, but in just a few years, Zhao Zhi became a famous anti-Japanese general, and now he is even more powerful, directly snatching the control of Myanmar from the British and Japanese soldiers, and becoming a veritable emperor of the soil.
Along the way, Jin Kai has seen too many changes that are taking place in Myanmar, especially the changes in the lives of those refugees, which makes Jin Kai very unconfident in his lobbying mission. The task assigned to Jin Kai by his superiors was to persuade Zhao Zhi to return to China to resist Japan, but Jin Kai walked all the way to see the hot construction sites and large areas of farmland being reclaimed, and all the thunder mercenaries who had great achievements were gone, and Jin Kai only saw some so-called militia units with guns on their backs, but these people obviously did not belong to the battle sequence of Thunder, because they didn't even wear military uniforms.
The two doors that were tightly closed in the conference room were pushed open, and Zhao Zhi, who was smiling, walked out, "Boss Jin, I'm sorry, there are too many things on my side, so I have made you wait for a long time." Zhao Zhi's kindness made Jin Kai a little overwhelmed, originally in his opinion, a young and ambitious person like Zhao Zhi should be a little domineering, Zhao Zhi once took a few people to break into his residence in the middle of the night when he was in Shanghai, and tied himself up with several underground parties who protected him? Why did Zhao Zhi's temper improve when he arrived in Myanmar?
Seeing the strangeness in Jin Kai's expression, Zhao Zhi just smiled slightly and turned around and sat on the sofa opposite Jin Kai, "Is Boss Jin coming to Myanmar this time to do business or have other plans?" Zhao Zhi's indifference not only made Jin Kai stunned, but even the intelligence agents who came to Myanmar with him were a little confused. That's right, Zhao Zhi is simply pretending to be confused, from the moment Jin Kai and others stepped into Myanmar, Zhao Zhi had already guessed the intention of these people, nothing more than trying to persuade Lei Ting to return to China to resist Japan, after all, Lei Ting's past achievements are there, and he can see it by a clear-eyed person.
The domestic battlefield is a big quagmire at all, and the situation of factions makes the anti-Japanese situation not optimistic, and it is impossible for Zhao Zhi to praise all the belongings he has worked hard to throw into the quagmire, and besides, aren't there still Burmese mercenaries participating in the war of resistance in China? For the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War, it doesn't really matter whether there is a thunder or not, as long as the factions in the country can abandon their prejudices and unite together, plus the United States is about to launch a major counteroffensive, it is only a matter of time before the Japanese are driven out.
Now is the season for Thunder to reap benefits, Zhao Zhi is accumulating the strength to obtain greater benefits, and getting entangled in too many disputes is not a good thing for Thunder, so Zhao Zhi plans to deal with Jin Kai and them by pretending to be confused. The name of Red China was famous in Zhao Zhi's previous life, especially the political work cadres who were the main force to disintegrate the Jiang dynasty, and Zhao Zhi didn't want the thunder mercenaries he had worked so hard to form to be disintegrated into the Eighth Route Army by the political work cadres.
"I heard that General Zhao has made a big situation in Burma, so I thought about coming over to take a look, just take a casual look" Facing Zhao Zhi's smiling eyes, Jin Kai subconsciously added another sentence of dog-tailed mink continuation, making his words seem a little insincere. After saying that, Jin Kai himself was a little embarrassed, especially Zhao Zhi smiled and handed him a cigar cigarette, and the smile on the corner of his mouth made Jin Kai even more restless.
"I've been doing some infrastructure here lately, Boss Kim, you can take a look around, if you need a guide, I can provide it for you, but it's better not to go to the place near the sea, all the coasts of Myanmar are now controlled by British mercenaries, and those British gentlemen are not very good at talking." Since Jin Kai didn't say it directly, Zhao Zhile continued to pretend to be confused, anyway, pretending to be confused was not telling a lie.
One didn't say what he meant, and the other was deliberately pretending to be confused, and the appointed meeting time ended quickly, until Zhao Zhi left, Jin Kai still looked confused. "Just let our people take them around Mandalay, arrange for people to keep an eye on them, and the valley over there is not for them to approach." Zhao Zhi, who walked out of the conference room, whispered to Luo Ying beside him, although Jin Kai did not explain his intentions, Zhao Zhi still did not want to show the CCP people too much thunder, especially the valley where the secret training camp was located.
"What if they want to approach the refugees we have recruited? You can't tie them with a rope, can you? Like Zhao Zhi, Luo Ying is also very worried about the CCP's relationship with the people. At the beginning, Zhang Lan didn't make such a set of rules in Zhangwu County to govern the county, and Luo Ying was afraid that after Jin Kai and his gang came into contact with refugees, they would turn this place into a base for the CCP.
"Don't bother with it, as long as you don't let them come into contact with the training camp, they can go anywhere else, and they won't stay here forever anyway." Zhao Zhi patted Luo Yingxin's shaved head, "If you are not happy, let your fifth brother send someone to do something, you follow the convoy transporting oil to Kunming, and then escort the bullet production lines of those arsenals." "Zhao Zhi's several arsenal workshops in Myanmar are ready, as long as the production line of the Kunming base is moved, the Thunder can replenish weapons and ammunition in the vicinity of Myanmar.
For Zhao Zhi, food is as important as weapons and ammunition, especially the recruited refugees are constantly entering Myanmar, and it is difficult to retain these construction troops without enough food, not to mention that Zhao Zhi has added a broader land of Siberia in his hands. After meeting with Jin Kai, Zhao Zhi took his guards to the new farm in Rowling's lane, the new farm led by Rowling was completely in accordance with the American management model, and Thunder would select 5 outstanding people from all the recruited refugees every month, and then assign them a certain amount of land in the name of Zhao Zhi to build a farm.
Although the ownership of these lands still belongs to Thunder, refugees who can obtain the status of farmer only need to pay Thunder a small part of the harvest each year, and the rest of the surplus will belong to the farmer. In all countries in the world, only the Chinese are the most persistent in their passion for land, 50 acres of land suitable for planting and a two-story wooden house with American characteristics, Rowling's benefits have made those refugees work like crazy, and the railway project, which was expected to be completed before the rainy season, is now almost finished.
The first batch of five refugee families had already moved into their own new houses, and when they walked into the houses with strong Chinese characteristics, Zhao Zhi's tired heart also gained a little peace. "Sir, those people of the CCP are asking about the mercenary force everywhere these days, but no one has told them about the training camp, and everyone who knows about the training camp has been transferred to Myitkyina by the general chief, I think the CCP people should not be able to inquire about anything." Zhao Zhi's guard captain interrupted the silence in the room, making Zhao Zhi's good mood disappear.
"Let's go, let's go back" Glancing back at the house that Rowling had arranged by herself, Zhao Zhitou didn't look back and brought people to Mandalay. Jin Kai's matter must be decided, these people stay in Burma and do not leave after all, after all, it is a trouble, there are too many refugees belonging to the Nationalist government, even if Chiang Kai-shek believes that he has no connection with the CCP, but the rumors of gold are sometimes more terrible than the facts seen with their own eyes, isn't Goering the best example.
"Mr. Kim, that's what I mean, Thunder's current job is to recuperate and build Myanmar. Last year, we fought with 6 divisions of the Japanese army in a row, and the casualties of the troops were very large, and you also know that the composition of the Thunder Force is very complicated, and at this time, it is impossible for me to continue to recruit from the Jews, so, your suggestion, I can't do it, I'm sorry. Seeing Jin Kai again, Zhao Zhi simply clarified what he meant, and after Jin Kai explained his intentions, Zhao Zhi immediately rejected the CCP's request to invite Thunder to return to China to fight.
"No, Mr. Kim, don't try to convince me." Seeing that Jin Kai still wanted to convince himself, Zhao Zhi stretched out his hand to stop Jin Kai from continuing, "I have always had a good relationship with your CCP, and I have also helped you train troops, I believe you have all seen it in Myanmar in the past few days, I am now short of soldiers and weapons and ammunition, and my fighter unit and armored unit have also had to be cut by more than half because of lack of fuel, and Thunder's current combat effectiveness and equipment are not at all the opponents of the Japanese army, so I can only regretfully refuse your invitation." ”