Chapter 55: Continued Recruitment

"Why did the Soviets appear at the Chairman's residence?" Zhao Zhi, who was called by Chiang Kai-shek, finally arrived in Chongqing, and after a simple wash, Zhao Zhi, dressed as a standard thunder mercenary, appeared in Chiang Kai-shek's South Bank official residence. When Zhao Zhi got out of the car, someone happened to come out of the official residence, and Zhao Zhi walked across the face with two foreigners with long beards, just smelling the vodka and red sausage on their bodies, Zhao Zhi could tell that these two guys were Soviet.

"I don't know" Chiang Kai-shek's attendant showed a look of wanting to speak to Zhao Zhi, as the chief officer's attendant, they could only watch and listen, and without Chiang Kai-shek's order, they could not mention what they heard and saw to other people, even in the face of Zhao Zhi.

"Boyuan, I just thought you should come" I haven't seen you for more than a year, Chiang Kai-shek's complexion is even worse, the long shirt on Chiang Kai-shek looks a little empty, Zhao Zhi's appearance makes Chiang Kai-shek, who has not seen a smile for many days, show a smiling face without hesitation. "How? It's all going well, right? I heard that the Japanese wanted to trouble you, so I asked Yunong to send someone to protect you, and I knew that your people were very powerful, but Yunong had a good relationship with you, and he was very worried about your safety."

Chiang Kai-shek's words made Zhao Zhi slightly flustered, he knew that all the heroes in the world had the same problem - the suspicion was too serious, Chiang Kai-shek also had such a problem, he was most taboo about his subordinates forming gangs, and he mentioned that his relationship with Dai Li was not ordinary as soon as they met, didn't Chiang Kai-shek think that he and Dai Li were secretly colluding? "Thank you Chairman for your concern, Director Dai's people are not bad, when I have time, I will go to thank Director Dai, speaking of which, I haven't seen Director Dai for a long time" Zhao Zhi's brain turned very fast, and he implied in his words that he had not contacted Dai Li, and even made himself and Dai Li clear.

"The two foreign devils who went out just now, did Boyuan see it?" Chiang Kai-shek took a sip of the teacup, and looked at Zhao Zhi with a pair of calm eyes, only what he could see was Zhao Zhi's expressionless face.

"See, it seems to be Soviets, Chairman, are you going to cooperate with the Soviets?" The Soviets sent a special envoy to Chongqing at this time, nothing more than to win over Chiang Kai-shek and prevent China from dragging them behind after they started a war with Germany.

"It's the Soviets, they are Stalin's envoys, they came to China this time not only brought two flying teams, but also brought a batch of Soviet-made weapons, and Stalin has already dispatched troops and equipment to attack the Japanese Kwantung Army stationed in Manchuria" Chiang Kai-shek was not surprised that Zhao Zhi saw that the two foreign devils were Soviets. Zhao Zhi is the owner of a mercenary company, and if he doesn't even have this kind of eyesight, how can he say that Germany will postpone the transfer of technical experts to China to return to China.

"Oh, the Soviets really paid for it this time" Zhao Zhi's tone was full of disdain, the Soviet Union is also a country with a strong industrial base, just want to use some weapons and two flying teams that they have eliminated to buy the national government, these guys who deal with vodka all day long are really arrogant. "Chairman, are you not going to accede to the Soviets' request to openly break with Germany?" Zhao Zhike did not want his efforts to be in vain, and it was easy to persuade Hitler to change his views and perceptions of China, and Zhao Zhike did not want to be destroyed by the broken weapons brought by the Soviets.

Looking at the eagerness in Zhao Zhi's eyes, Chiang Kai-shek smiled, "It's just an issue, and I haven't started to discuss, it's too early to draw conclusions" It seems that Chiang Kai-shek is shopping around, although China has been occupied by the Japanese army half of the country, but China's geographical location is destined for its strategic value, Germany and the Soviet Union both want to win over China, Chiang Kai-shek wants to see which one offers a higher price.

"You did a good job in Germany this time, I heard that the Americans have provided a batch of weapons to your Jewish Legion, see if you can let some of the troops of the Nationalist Army come out" Chiang Kai-shek was very depressed, and his wife Soong Meiling had been in Washington for a long time in order to obtain military aid from the United States. After being busy for a long time, Song Meiling finally waited for a news that the military aid originally prepared by the United States for the Nationalist Government had been replaced, and that batch of weapons and equipment was given to Thunder Defense, in other words, Zhao Zhi's Thunder Defense took away the military aid that should have belonged to Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist Government.

"This is easy to do, a large part of the weapons aid we want to receive is originally prepared for the national army, my Jewish army only plans the size of 100,000 people, and the remaining 200,000 weapons and equipment can be given to the national government" Zhao Zhi is not afraid that Chiang Kai-shek will turn his face and deny people after taking weapons from himself, the United States is aiding American-style equipment, and they want to use ammunition supply to contain Zhao Zhi. At present, only Zhao Zhi has a cartridge production line for Garand rifles and Browning heavy machine guns in China, and if the national army wants to start the American-style firearms in their hands, they can either buy them from the Americans across the sea and oceans, or they can only buy them from Zhao Zhi.

"But I have a small request" Before Chiang Kai-shek was happy, Zhao Zhi's profiteer face was revealed, the American-style equipment with a share of 200,000 people is not a cabbage, and Zhao Zhi is not a stupid person, he will give these things to Chiang Kai-shek for nothing. "I need a warrant from you, I want to recruit soldiers" Zhao Zhi can be described as unstoppable, in his plan, the Jewish Legion only retains 100,000 people, in order to prevent the Jews from leaving, Zhao Zhi needs a descendant army composed entirely of Chinese to exist by his side.

"How many? How many people do you need? Since the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Sichuan army went out of Sichuan to fight and caused the loss of a large number of young and strong men on the front line of Sichuan and Guizhou.

"Not much, I only need 20,000 people, but these 20,000 people must be able to pass my primary assessment" Seeing Chiang Kai-shek looking at himself with some puzzlement, Zhao Zhi smiled self-deprecatingly, "I never believe in those Jews, the relationship between me and them is only hire and hired now, if the war ends tomorrow, I think they will never wait until the day after tomorrow to leave me" Compared with the cunning Jews, Zhao Zhi still preferred to believe in the Chinese with the same ancestor as himself, although Zhao Zhi knew that Chiang Kai-shek would arrange people to blend into his army, But he had to.

"20,000 people" Chiang Kai-shek unconsciously fiddled with the teacup, "Recruit ordinary people, you still need to spend a lot of time training them, why don't I directly allocate two infantry divisions to you from the national army sequence?" Chiang Kai-shek had a good plan, and after he had just taken away the weapons and equipment that could equip 200,000 people from Zhao Zhi, he would want Zhao Zhi to train two infantry divisions for him free of charge.

Chiang Kai-shek had long wanted to tie Zhao Zhi to his ship, but Zhao Zhi had always slipped and couldn't keep his hands, so Chiang Kai-shek had no way to start, and Chiang Kai-shek really valued Zhao Zhi as a person, so he was unwilling to do anything to coerce Zhao Zhi. In exchange for Zhao Zhi's allegiance to himself with two infantry divisions, this was an extremely cost-effective business in Chiang Kai-shek's eyes, and looking at Zhao Zhi's embarrassed face because of embarrassment, Chiang Kai-shek's heart had already blossomed.

"You give me a warrant to recruit 20,000 soldiers, and I will help you train an infantry division with a combat strength not lower than that of the Japanese army, and I will do what I say" Chiang Kai-shek made a price, and Zhao Zhi naturally wanted to bargain, and the old and the young sat on the rooftop and quarreled. It seems that those rumors about Zhao Zhi are true, and the chairman of the committee is not ordinary conniving at Zhao Zhi, and the chairman of the National People's Government will actually accompany Zhao Zhi to quarrel like a street vendor.

Chiang Kai-shek, who worked as a stockbroker in Shanghai in the early days, was very good at saying that his mouth could almost say that dead people were alive, so Zhao Zhi was not his opponent at all, at least not in bargaining. After several rounds of discussions, Zhao Zhi finally reached an agreement with Chiang Kai-shek, from whom Zhao Zhi obtained a warrant to recruit 20,000 soldiers from the Kuomintang region. In exchange, Zhao Zhi had to train Chiang Kai-shek 10 reinforced regiments with a total of 20,000 men, and the combat strength of these reinforced regiments could not be lower than the average combat power of the same number of Japanese troops.

Zhao Zhi looked at his face bitterly, in fact, his heart was also happy, he knew that the 20,000 national troops handed over to him by Chiang Kai-shek would never be a second- or third-rate army, and the national army troops that Chiang Kai-shek regarded as his descendants did not lack courage and blood, nor did they lack brave and resourceful commanders and battlefield experience, all they lacked was weapons and equipment and sufficient firepower, and these were exactly what Zhao Zhi did not lack. The equipment of 20,000 people is nothing to Zhao Zhi now, as long as he is given enough time, the US military planes will bring enough supplies from the Philippines to equip these national troops.

Zhao Zhi put on a face of doing a loss-making business and accompanied Chiang Kai-shek to dinner, and then returned to his residence with the tea he had deceived from Chiang Kai-shek. "Dazhi, you will take your brothers to spread the news tomorrow, and say that we are going to recruit soldiers, this time it is 20,000 people, over 18 years old and under 35 years old, we all want to" Zhao Zhi obtained the right to use the Geyue Mountain training camp for three months from Chiang Kai-shek, and the recruits who have been trained in the camp for a short time will be sent to the Thunder base in Kunming, where they will receive more systematic training.

Zhao Zhi's stall will get bigger and bigger, and he will need more and more manpower, these 20,000 people are just the beginning, as long as the revival plan implemented by Yan Wudao and Eugene has an effect, Zhao Zhi will need more manpower. Therefore, the 20,000 people he recruits now are very important, they will be the spark for Zhao Zhi's future development, and those Jewish soldiers can only exist as thugs in Zhao Zhi's plan.