Chapter 18: Toughness
Kuznev fidgeted and looked out the window, the agreed meeting time with the American side had long passed, but the person who came to negotiate on behalf of the American side was still nowhere to be seen, and Kuznev, who was shouldering a major task, was furious and secretly muttered that the Americans were too unpunctual. The hour hand pointed to four o'clock, and the door of the apartment was finally knocked according to the agreed rhythm, and Kuznev, dressed in a home, walked over and opened the door.
"Oh, who are you looking for?" The three people outside the door were all unfamiliar faces, one of them was actually a yellow man, Kuznev's right hand hidden behind the door stretched out to the back of the waist, for safety reasons, he deliberately inserted a pistol in the back of the waist before opening the door.
"Mr. Kuznev, we are from the bookstore, and we are here to deliver you a book list" The American led by dodged in front of the yellow man, spread out his hands and made a gesture without malice to Kuznev, and the other American was even more straightforward, directly lifting his suit, revealing the pistol under his armpit, and of course, his ID pinned in the suit.
"Okay, come in." After reading the White House secret service officer's ID, Kuznev let go of his right hand holding the pistol, tilted his head and motioned for the person standing outside the door to come in and speak. The apartment for the meeting was provided by Kuznev, a veteran Soviet agent who had been in the United States for many years and knew every street in Washington, D.C., and if something threatened his safety during the meeting, he could quickly run to the roof of the building and quickly transfer along the connected roof to another apartment building.
The guests didn't seem to be very polite, and the man who made a non-malicious gesture to Kuznev was inspecting the room one by one, not even the bathroom. Knowing that the man in the suit had checked all the rooms and returned to the living room, Kuznev realized that the leader of this meeting was actually the inconspicuous-looking yellow man, because the man in the suit and the White House secret service were still standing straight after Kuznev motioned for a seat, and they were standing behind the young man of the yellow race.
"Mr. Kuznev, I'm Zhao Zhi, maybe you've heard the name Thunder, I'm its boss, and I'm also its commander and chief training instructor." Turning his head and motioning for Ryder and Vincent, who were standing behind him, to sit down, Zhao Zhi, who was sitting opposite Kuznev, smiled and told his identity. Zhao Zhi didn't have a good impression of the fat Soviet man sitting across from him, if it weren't for the interests of Thunder, Zhao Zhi wouldn't have agreed to Old Rhodes coming here to see this guy who was unappetizing to look at.
"Thunder? Is it the thunder that caused the Japanese army to suffer a big loss in Burma? "If Thunder's actions in Shanxi only made the Chinese remember Thunder, the Thunder after the Battle of Burma made many countries in the world remember this war beast, including the Soviet Union. Kuznev is an agent, and Thunder, who has made a name for himself in the world, naturally can't escape his sight, so as soon as Zhao Zhiyi revealed his identity, Kuznev stood up directly from the sofa in shock.
Thunder is too capable of fighting, the Japanese army mobilized 6 divisions from the Philippine battlefield for Burma plus the occupation army in Burma for a total of more than 130,000 troops, but Thunder crossed the river with 50,000 troops, not only defeated five of the 7 divisions in a row, but finally forced the Japanese army to withdraw from Burma on its own initiative. There are many battles with fewer enemies, but there are no battles like the Thunder that end in a big victory. One of the reasons Kuznev stayed in Washington was to try to get close to the Thunder's office in Washington and find out about the Thunder, but he didn't expect the Thunder's commander and boss to appear in front of him at this moment.
Kuznev, after all, was a veteran agent who had been in the mix for many years, and after the initial surprise, he turned to quieter. "Then, Your Excellency Commander, why are you here with me? Thunder and our USSR don't seem to have any dealings? "When Zhao Zhi and they came, they knocked on the door according to the agreed code, Kuznev will simply open his eyes and pretend to be confused, between the frank meeting between the two sides, Kuznev must grasp the rhythm, only in this way, the Soviet Union he represents will not suffer losses in the negotiations.
"What am I here for?" Zhao Zhi smiled, laughing a little unscrupulously, "I'm here to save you Soviet Union, I can keep Soviets like you in Europe from having no chance to go home, what do you say I'm doing here?" Ignoring Kuznev's little eyes, Zhao Zhi leaned back on the sofa and took out a cigar and put it on his mouth, "Mr. Kuznev, I think you should know what kind of situation the Soviet Union is facing now, and an alliance with the United States is your only way out, and I, on behalf of the United States, have come to negotiate with you, the Soviet envoy." ”
Zhao Zhi's outspokenness made Kuznev a little stunned, the negotiation should not be like this, at least after the two sides have come up with the initial conditions, the two sides will no longer be merciless, how can Zhao Zhi bury the Soviet Union as soon as he comes up. Listening to the meaning of Zhao Zhi's words, as if the Soviet Union was about to be destroyed if it did not ally with the United States, Kuznev couldn't help but make an arrogant and domineering judgment on Zhao Zhi in his heart.
Looking at Kuznev's eyes that seemed to breathe fire, Zhao Zhi nodded very gentlemanly, "Yes, that's what I mean, if the Soviet Union does not ally with the United States, it will only perish, Hitler is determined to win your country, and you will lose this war." Ryder, who was standing behind Zhao Zhi, took the briefcase from Vincent's hand in a timely manner, took out a document and put it on the table in front of Kuznev, "Mr. Kuznev, I know that your Soviet Union is brewing a major counteroffensive against the German army, this is the information on the deployment of the German army on the Eastern Front, even if it is a meeting gift from our thunder." ”
Sticks and carrots have always been the attitude of the United States towards other countries in Zhao Zhi's previous life, Kuznev wanted to look at the information on the table, but Ryder suddenly reached out and pressed the information. "Mr. Kuznev, there is an old Chinese saying that there is no such thing as a free lunch. The information on the table is the hard work of hundreds of our Thunder Thunder senior intelligence agents for a whole year, and the energy and financial resources spent in this process are incalculable, do you want to get it for nothing? ”
"Well, what do you want?" Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Kuznev tried his best to make his tone appear lighter, and when he was about to put forward the conditions in front of him, he was most afraid of impetuousness, which is a big taboo in negotiations. Before Kuznev was sent to the United States, he had served in the Soviet Foreign Ministry for a long time, and this veteran agent was the best at grasping people's psychology, and he pretended not to understand the intentions of Zhao Zhi and others, just to try to gain the initiative in negotiations.
"Our Thunder is a mercenary agency, I need a place to set up a training camp, I think your Siberia is very good, I want to take ownership of it." Zhao Zhi drew a big circle on the map of the Soviet Union that Vincent spread out, and then pushed the map to Kuznev, "You have no choice, don't bargain with me, I don't like this way of talking, you only have one chance to choose, if you can't call the shots, I can give you time to contact your superiors or the top level of the Soviet Union, but if you miss this opportunity, your country may not exist, and you will be driven out of your country by the German army like those Jews." ”
"How do I know if you're on behalf of the U.S. government? It seems that the conditions you just proposed are only for the sake of thunder, so didn't the US government ask for them? Kuznev, who could not grasp Zhao Zhi's psychology, tried to change the subject. Zhao Zhi was too strong, and Kuznev planned to use procrastination and diversion to take back the dominance of the conversation.
"That's not my concern, I'm just here today to say what we want in the Thunder, and as for the deal between you and the U.S. government, it's up to you to settle it yourself. As soon as the Thunder and you sign the agreement for the transfer of the rights to use Siberia, we will immediately take action against Germany, an action that you cannot imagine, which will cause all German military operations on the Eastern Front to be wasted, and will buy time and space for your great counteroffensive, and I think your top brass will be interested in this operation. ”
Zhao Zhi raised his hand and made a gesture to stop Kuznev from speaking, took a folder handed over by Ryder and handed it to Kuznev, "This operation can only be completed by our Thunder, and the details of the operation are only mastered by Thunder, even the CIA does not know, so you can only talk to us Thunder about this matter." "After opening the folder and looking at it, Kuznev's whole body was petrified, this so-called action is too shocking, no wonder the US government will let the Thunder come to him to make conditions.
"Mr. Kuznev, I'll give you a day to think about it or contact your superiors, because the day after tomorrow, I'll board the plane to Burma." The materials have been handed over to Kuznev, Zhao Zhi got up and prepared to leave, the negotiators sent by the US government are still waiting downstairs, Zhao Zhi does not want to delay their time. "As for the use of Siberia, we can sign a contract first, and if we fail to complete that operation, you can tear up the agreement according to the contract, and this will allow you to reduce your losses."
"This fool is delusional to think that he can copy and copy our plan of action to assassinate Hitler." Looking at the undisguised joy in Kuznev's eyes, Zhao Zhi knew what this fat man was thinking, which was nothing more than copying the details of the beheading operation and handing over a so-called assassination operation to the Soviet high-level. Do they think that even the farmers on the side of the road knew Hitler's route? A group of fools, Zhao Zhi cursed secretly, and motioned for Ryder to drive directly back to the villa of the Rockman family.
"You still can't hold your breath, a place as big as Siberia, the Soviet authorities always have to think carefully, the president has decided that the decapitation operation will be completed by you, as long as the top leaders of the Soviet authorities are not blind and stupid, they can see the value and difficulty of that plan of action, I think they will agree." Seeing that Zhao Zhi was a little depressed, Old Rod enlightened Zhao Zhi a few words, which made Zhao Zhi's heart feel a little better.