Chapter XXXV. Arms Assistance
Before Roosevelt could express his surprise, Benoslai continued to drop a bombshell, "I mean the boss of the Thunder Company is Chinese, but the members of his secret force are from all over the world."
"Ben, you're not going to tell us that there are still Germans in that secret unit," asked a young hawkish MP, apparently with a hint of ridicule.
"I want to say yes, there are indeed Germans in Thunder's secret army, in fact, there are British, Poles, White Russians, French and us Americans, Thunder's secret force is a legion of all nations" Benos came to the end with a sense of humor, "It seems that there are no Japanese in that secret army, I heard that the boss of Thunder does not like the Japanese" When Benos said this, his eyes kept staring at the expressions of the pro-Japanese members of the Congress, and there was a hint of provocation in his eyes.
"Can you meet the Chinese boss of Thunder? New York is not very far from Washington," Roosevelt was a little at ease, and he was a little eager to meet the Chinese Benos was talking about.
"Probably not, the Thunder's current center of gravity is in Burma, their boss is also in Burma, and at the same time that I got this information, they are busy retreating to China, because the Japanese army is about to attack Burma" Benoslai scratched his head helplessly, it was not yet time to push the Rockman family to the forefront, he still had to wait for the president's meaning.
"Doesn't their company in New York have an agent? Or do they have a point of contact in the U.S.? ”
"Yes" Benoslai is good at seizing the opportunity and directly exposed the Rockman family, "The Rockman family in Florida, the boss of the Thunder Zhao Zhi is the grandson-in-law of the Rockman family, and the Rockman family is also involved in the relocation of Jews by the Thunder Company"
"You mean Old Rod's family?" Roosevelt actually knew that Rowling of the Rockman family had found a Chinese boyfriend, and Roosevelt had seen a photo of Rowling with a young Chinese man in the old Rhodes's study, but he didn't expect that the young Chinese man would be the boss of the Thunder.
"I think so" Benoslai knew that the president had a good relationship with the Rockman family, especially the elder Rhodes had been friends with Roosevelt for many years, and their friendship dates back to before Roosevelt became president, but what he didn't expect was that Roosevelt had actually seen Zhao Zhi's photo.
"So what do we need to do? The people who contacted the Lockman family directly put the fate of the country in the hands of a Chinese? "Obviously, some parliamentarians did not agree with Benoslai's proposal, and they did not trust the Chinese more than the British, especially now that China has been occupied by Japan.
"The people of the Rockman family told me that if you hire the Thunder, you have to believe them, or don't provoke them" Benos came with a lot of momentum, and the tangled expression on Roosevelt's face gave him motivation. "Actually, I've been in contact with the Rockman family, and the Thunder Company doesn't mind providing services to the United States, but their hiring rules are a bit strict, and the employer must also bear their ammunition consumption and weapon supply if they are paid commissions."
"Insatiable Chinese, it's so hateful"
"God will punish them"
Benoslai has some contempt for those congressmen who are full of nonsense, although Thunder is a company registered in the United States, but it is only a company, and there is no obligation to work for the United States. "If Mr. President wants to meet with the Rockman family, I can contact them to come to Washington" Benos came to skip the congressmen and threw the choice to Roosevelt, who as president had the final say, and in the current situation, Benosevelt knew that his proposal was likely to come true.
"What do you think?" Roosevelt did not answer Benos immediately, but turned his head to look at the senior military officials, whether the United States sent troops, Roosevelt wanted to know what the military meant. Even if he plans to meet with the Rockman family to discuss cooperation, he must have the support of the military, after all, if he hires Thunder, he will have to bear the cost of their weapons and ammunition, and these war consumables will have to be paid from the military.
The Secretary of Defense and several senior military officials glanced at each other, and saw everyone's attitude in each other's eyes, "Mr. President, the military supports all the decisions you make" The Secretary of Defense representing the military forces expressed his attitude, but the military's ambiguous attitude made Roosevelt uncomfortable, if this thing is done right, the benefits are everyone's, if it is screwed, then the responsibility is borne by him alone.
"Okay, that's it" Roosevelt glanced around, and saw that the congressmen were still chattering and arguing, so he beckoned Ben Oscar to leave first, and as soon as the president left, the military people also left, and the congressional hall, which was still like a busy city, immediately quieted down. The military followed when the president left, which means that the president and the military have reached an agreement on the hiring of Thunder, and now that the people in charge are gone, there is no need for the opposing congressmen to stay here, and they are anxious to contact the consortium to put pressure on the president, hoping to get the president back on the right track.
As the president of the United States, Roosevelt felt a great responsibility, but in this multicultural country, as the president, he could not make decisions about everything, and he had to listen to the opinions of those consortia and staff groups for some major decisions. If he insists on going his own way and makes a decision directly without everyone, I am afraid that his president will be the end of his job, and the consortium does not want a disobedient president to stay in the White House.
"Ben, if we were to hire the Thunder Company to serve the United States, do you think the Rockman family would convince the Chinese boss of the Thunder?" Roosevelt's tone was a little strange, he still didn't believe that the boss of Thunder was a Chinese, and with his knowledge of old Rhodes, he would rather believe that Thunder was the property of the Rockman family.
Benos, who was sitting on the sofa, took the cigar thrown by Roosevelt and held it in his hand, and replied in a subtle tone, "In fact, Mr. Rhodes, the representative of the Lockman family, is currently in Washington, and the person who can make decisions on behalf of Zhao Zhi has also returned from Burma." The person Benos said was Hans, who was sent back to the United States by Zhao Zhi. The reason why Zhao Zhi sent Hans to meet the United States instead of Rowling is that he has his own plans, Hans is a standard German, and Zhao Zhi does not want to use Hans to prove his relationship with Germany to the Americans, he wants to use Hans to confuse the public and make the Americans think that Germany intends to make friends with China.
As a friend for many years, after knowing that Rhodes Sr. was in Washington, Roosevelt sent the Presidential Guard to bring Rhodes and Hans, who were nestled in the hotel, into the White House. For a whole afternoon, the president's office was heavily guarded by guards, and Roosevelt, Rhodes Sr., Hans, and Benoslai, who was the liaison, stayed in the office, during which only the secretary of defense and a few military generals were allowed to enter and leave the office, and Roosevelt was so busy that he forgot to have lunch, and he was busy bargaining with Hans.
Before Hans's fleet of the Black Lady arrived at the Maia code, Zhao Zhi's telegram had already been sent to Old Rhodes, and the reason why Benoslai proposed to hire Thunder in Congress was at the behest of Old Rhodes. Ben Oslai, who lost his parents when he first entered middle school, was sponsored by the elder Rhodes to finish middle school and college, and even his political entry was arranged by the elder Rhodes, and Benoslai's body has long been branded with the Rockman family, but except for a few core members of the Rockman family, no one knows the relationship between Benoscar and the Rockman family.
Zhao Zhi prescribed equipment and weapons to the United States that could equip 200,000 people, which was Zhao Zhi's bottom line for Hans, according to the establishment of 20,000 Jewish legions, Zhao Zhi could use these weapons to equip 10 Jewish legions. 200,000 Jewish soldiers are definitely not Zhao Zhi's last goal, in his huge plan, 200,000 Jewish soldiers only account for a small part, Zhao Zhi still has a lot of American equipment smuggled into Yangon from Florida, he also has an armored car production base and rifle production line, with these weapons produced continuously, he can also recruit hundreds of thousands of troops in China.
Sending Hans to negotiate with Roosevelt was indeed a trick by Zhao Zhi, who had Germanic blood, was not only a qualified bodyguard, but also his innate Germanic stubbornness in his bones almost exhausted all of Roosevelt's energy. A whole afternoon of deliberation and bargaining made Roosevelt hate the stubbornness of the Germans to the extreme, and if it weren't for his own body not allowing it, this stubborn old fellow would have thrown his handkerchief at Hans and engaged in a duel with this nasty German on the lawn of the White House.
Before dinner, the mouth of the president's office, which had been tightly closed, opened the door, and the tired Roosevelt was pushed to walk in the head, the old Rod and Hans with a smile on the corner of their mouths followed, and Benos, who had words in his mouth, walked at the end with his head down, and the quartet with different expressions attracted the attention of the White House staff as soon as they appeared.
Roosevelt's face was so blue, the damned Germans were too difficult to deal with, and the Thunder only promised to send troops to the Far East and pull Germany into the chariot against the Soviet Union, thus keeping the United States out of Germany's sight. They took from him weapons and equipment that could arm 300,000 people, and they actually asked for B29 bombers and large transport planes, God knows what they wanted so many bombers and transport planes for.