Chapter 67: The Beginning of a Legend
It is not all smooth sailing, first of all, the army, Phillips took out his old qualifications to play the guarantee, which made the approval of the army pass guò, once the formation of the flamboyant troops is smooth, then the number is essential, and the approval and filing of the number must be reported to the army, otherwise the ghost knows if you are your own person on the battlefield.
The pressure on the Army side is resolved, and the next one is Congress, after all, the Super Soldier Program guaranteed by Phillips is carried out by the cooperation of Congress and the Army, and of course, the core person of this plan, Dr. Erskine, is Phillips's person, which is also the fundamental reason why Phillips has no fear.
The Congress's mouth is relatively easy to block, anyway, as long as the flamboyant troops do not affect the normal progress of the super soldier plan, then the Congress will not bother to ask, anyway, the troops are not under their command. What they value most is how much benefit a whole team of super soldiers can bring to the U.S. government once this plan succeeds.
Not to mention anything else, once such a super team appears, the impact on the battlefield will be huge, and the morale of American soldiers and allied troops will at least increase by a large margin, and the deterrence of Germany and Japan will also be very considerable. And these congressmen are all wishful thinking, if these soldiers come forward to sell the national debt, tsk, I believe that those civilians will be more than happy to take out the money in their pockets.
Treasury bonds are more secure than venture capital, deposits and the like, and most of the people who used to buy treasury bonds were elderly people, and these old men and old ladies were not very comfortable with bank deposits. The tragic effects of the 1929 Wall Street crash linger to this day.
On the contrary, the U.S. government, led by President Roosevelt, who single-handedly promoted the New Deal, is certainly much safer than handing over the national debt to the big capitalists. That's the thinking of most of these seniors, and Congress has raised a lot of money from them, but it's not enough.
It costs money to run the government, parliamentarians need money to pay their salaries, they need money to fight wars, and even the workers who clean toilets need money, and all this money naturally has to come out of the taxpayers. As the saying goes, the wool comes from the sheep, and the politicians who are best at playing this trick quickly thought of new solutions.
Since there is no money to be made on the elderly. Politicians have set their sights on younger people, most of whom have money in their hands, but the caution with which they use it far exceeds their expectations because of the Wall Street crash. These people are more cautious than the other. I'd rather hold it in my hand than spend it.
They don't spend money, where does the US government collect taxes and where does it pay salaries? Everyone understands the truth that money makes money, but it is not easy to move this group of middle-aged people, but Congress immediately noticed a scientific research project called the Super Soldier Program, which was originally proposed by the US Army, but the funding and other aspects were somewhat inconvenient, and Congress immediately took a fancy to the possible benefits of the plan. He took the initiative to contact Colonel Phillips, and the two sides hit it off. Soon after, the plan received funding and other support from Congress, and progress was accelerated considerably.
In Congress's view, as long as the benefits of a successful plan are far greater than the money invested now, then the investment is worth the gamble.
It's just that no one expected that this plan succeeded, but it can also be said to be a failure, except for Steve Rogers, the only finished product, the core of the plan, Dr. Erskine, was shot and killed, and the last serum was also snatched, and the specific formula of the serum was only known to Dr. Erskine, and the expert group wanted to sort out other research materials to no avail.
In the final analysis, the deal of Congress was lost, and the Army was not satisfied, so they immediately threw Steve to Congress to offset the account, fortunately, Steve's luck was good, under the vigorous publicity of the American government, Captain America's fame soon resounded throughout the country, and the national debt promoted by Steve was also rising, and the two sides took what they needed, but the most disappointed was undoubtedly Phillips.
Dr. Erskine died, the serum was damaged, and Steve was dragged all over the country and even the army to sell the national debt, but he didn't get anything, and the brigadier general who was originally in his hands was also lost, but fortunately, the flamboyant plan allowed him to regain some face, of course, this is a later story.
And at this time, Steve's weak appearance made Phillips look unpleasant, but the other party was brought in by Erskine himself, and Erskine insisted on letting the other party carry out the real yàn, Phillips has been arguing with the other party, in his opinion, pulling out a random person is much stronger than Steve.
At this moment, after Zhang Yang pulled Steve away from his team, Phillips was too late to be happy, where would he stop it? And the strange thing is that Erskine only asked a few words about Steve's situation after learning about Steve's situation, and he didn't even ask any more questions, and acquiesced to this behavior.
Maybe in Erskine's eyes, Steve could still be stronger?
Zhang Yang didn't understand Erskine's thoughts, and he didn't need to understand that after Phillips solved these pressures for Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang's job was much simpler, as long as he focused on the next training.
A full 41 people were divided into three squads, each numbering 13, 13, 15, in order of first, second and third squads, and Steve was in the third squad of 15 people.
Zhang Yang had a hunch that Steve's day of participating in the test should be very close, and it was very likely that he would leave the team at that time, so he set aside his position in advance, so that even if one Steve was gone, the third squad would still be overstaffed with 14 people, and Zhang Yang was the captain of the group, Carter was still as an auxiliary staff, carrying the position of a squadron leader, and the remaining three squads each elected three captains.
The captain of the first squad was a thin black man, Prince. Adam, that's right, is a black man, he is good at operating all kinds of electronic equipment, telegraphs, radios and other things, and he actually has a college degree, which made Zhang Yang very surprised when he first saw the information, and directly appointed him as the team leader.
Zhang Yang, the captain of the second squad, is very familiar, well, it is the big guy Ben Frank who had a fight with Zhang Yang when he first arrived.
Although Ben Frank is big, his brain is not slow, and the fight with Zhang Yang that day also made him a lot more honest, and his performance in training was very outstanding, at first Colonel Phillips was a little reluctant, and then he let go and stayed in Zhang Yang's team.
The captain of the third squad is a white man named Perez, and he is also the highest-ranking guy in the team of 41 people, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, who was previously an airborne soldier of the 07th Air Division, and then took the initiative to apply for fishing for the 107th Infantry Regiment, for unknown reasons. However, what Zhang Yang liked most about this guy was not because the other party was a lieutenant colonel, but because of Perez's surname, which was called Rockefeller. (To be continued......)