Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

Chapter 313 Comrade Deyi is in action!

 Tokyo, the venue for the imperial meeting.

“Everyone, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to come to the meeting.”

“Besides the southward advance plan today, we have another issue that needs to be discussed. The Eighth Route Army in North China is currently very active. Is it necessary to launch a large-scale military operation before officially moving south to completely kill the enemies entrenched in Shanxi?”

“The information in front of you was submitted by the commander of the North China Front Army, Okamura Neiji. Please take a look!”

Today is Hideki Tojo's third day as Prime Minister. In order to ensure that there would be no worries about his southward advance plan, he immediately applied for a convening of the Imperial Council after receiving the secret telegram from the dispatched troops.

 In addition to the members of the Locust Chamber, the participants at this meeting also included the Foreign Minister, the Maritime Minister, the Ministers and Deputy Ministers of the Army and Navy, the Speaker of the Privy Council, and the Tibetan Prime Minister.

Such a lineup is definitely comparable to a crowd dancing like a demon.

 After the opening remarks, the sound of documents being turned was heard in the conference room. Looking at the attendees who were reading carefully, Tojo Hideki showed a comfortable smile on his face.

At this moment, Tian Locust, who usually didn’t speak much, suddenly said:

“If war starts in North China now, how long will it take for my country to take over Shanxi? Will it affect our plan to advance southward?”

Although he did not expect that the other party would care about this kind of problem, Tojo Hideki responded immediately.

 “One month!”

“As long as His Majesty approves the operation, the dispatched troops can defeat the enemy in just one month and restore the occupied area of ​​our country to what it was like at the beginning of 1941.”

 That's right, the old devil is talking about dispatching troops, not simply the North China Front Army.

 Tojo Hideki was a thoroughgoing invader. He did enough research on Shanxi before convening the imperial meeting.

 The current Eighth Route Army has changed too much and is no longer as poor as it was when it attacked.

With the strength of the North China Front Army alone, it is impossible to successfully implement the counterattack plan. There is a real chance that Hebei and Suiyuan will be lost at once.

If you want to invade Shanxi again, you must at least mobilize the 12th Army.

 Obviously, the Locust will not accept this trick. Regarding the behavior of his Prime Minister, he directly gave a soul blow.

 “One month?”

“When the China Incident happened, your Army said that the fighting could be over in one month. What about now? It has been fighting for four full years and there is still no result!”

 “I think you are just wishful thinking!”

It is understandable that this thing suddenly went crazy, because the domestic economy is not far away from collapse.

 In July of this year, the Japanese army finally took the first step towards marching south, occupying and stationing in French Indochina.

Faced with this kind of slap in the face, it is naturally impossible for Chou Guo to remain indifferent. Master Luo directly froze all assets of Benzi at the end of that month and implemented a comprehensive embargo in August.

As a result, most of the defense industry in this country had to suspend production due to lack of raw materials.

 Among them, the steel industry has been hit the hardest. Without ore and scrap steel, 30% of the country's factories will have to shut down and wait for materials. Production will be reduced by at least 30% this year.

The machine tool industry and the automobile industry are relatively good, but they can only be regarded as weak. It is almost the end of the year and has only completed half of the planned targets.

 In terms of trade, the situation is not that good either. Export volume dropped by 20% compared with last year, resulting in a serious deficit.

To make matters worse, in order to raise military expenses, a large amount of public bonds and banknotes were issued, and the national finance was facing a serious crisis.

 The former has accumulated 37.3 billion yen, which is more than three times the amount in 1936. I don’t even know how to repay this money.

 The situation of the latter is more serious. In the ten months of this year alone, an additional 4.7 billion yen was printed, and the current circulation in society has reached 7.9 billion.

Such trouble will inevitably lead to inflation, and prices have more than doubled.

 Coupled with various new taxes, the average living standard in this country is declining at an exaggerated rate.

  Many of the above situations, placed in any country, will definitely promote the birth of some kind of redism. If there happen to be sprouts already existing in your local area, this is a great time to thrive.

 After all, where there is oppression, there is resistance.

Just when Tojo Hideki was silent, Tian Locust seemed to have thought of something terrible.

“Let’s not mention the matter in North China for now. Let’s talk about the situation of Toichi first. I remember that man is not detained in Chiba? How come there is news about his activities recently!”

"You are the prime minister I appointed! Since I can help you up, I can also find someone to replace you at any time! If you can't handle this matter within a month, just pack up and leave!" As soon as these words came out, Dong Dong Jiao Yingji felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He hasn't officially formed a cabinet yet, so it would be a big joke if he was kicked out now.

He had also heard about Tokuichi, but no one expected that those remnants could start a prairie fire and even have a vague tendency to spread to the whole country.

Facing the threat from his own leader, the old devil responded with an idea:

“Now the citizens need a big victory to regain their confidence. As long as they see hope, they will not consider rebellion.”

“We barely managed a tie with Guo Preserved in Tanzhou, and now the North China battlefield is the best choice. As for the time issue, you can rest assured, one month is definitely enough!”

“The previous miscalculation was due to the vast territory of the Republic of China. If it was just a province, the warriors would definitely be able to crush the enemy into powder!”

Looking at the confident Tojo Hideki, Tian Locust showed a suspicious expression. After thinking for a moment, he nodded slightly hesitantly.

 For Japan now, every major military strategy cannot go wrong.

 The implementation of the southward advance plan will inevitably draw troops from the dispatched army. If the Eighth Route Army is not dealt with in advance, the other party may even pose a threat to Manchukuo.

There is the lifeblood of my country’s huge investment in wealth, so we must not throw it away!

 “Okay! Then I’ll give you a month!”

“One month from now! I want to see the whole of North China under the rule of my younger brother! Remember the promise you made to me now, what I just said was not a joke!”

 “Next item!”

 Following the order from his own leader, the Imperial Council officially entered the second stage.

 This meeting, strictly speaking, should be the third discussion on the details of the southward strategy.

The first time was on July 2, when Germany's Barbarossa plan disrupted the original arrangement. At that time, they still fantasized about pulling their beards into the axis to divide the Asian, African and European continents together.

After the Soviet-German war, Benzi even had the idea of ​​withdrawing from the Axis Group. That meeting was mainly to discuss the future development direction.

The second time was two months later. Since strategic supplies were sanctioned by the British and Chou countries, the military department had already begun preparations for a full-scale operation.

 In the above context, the Locust Chamber can no longer sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and hold meetings in person to inquire about the war series.

“The content of today’s meeting is to discuss the process prediction of the war direction and the assessment of required resources.”

“I personally believe that until we are fully prepared for war, we should continue to paralyze our opponents under the guise of peace. At the same time, all military preparations must be carried out overtime.”

“Before the official start, I still want to ask, there should be no one who supports going north.”

Seeing no one responded, Tojo nodded with satisfaction.

 After all, the army and navy across the country don't have much fuel, and they are simply not qualified to go north to challenge the Far East Army. How to fight this situation? Running up to T34 and spitting?

  T26 and BT7 cannot be defeated, let alone medium tanks.

Even if Big Beard pulls all the Far Eastern troops back to the Western Front, or Amaterasu pulls out the Amancongyun Sword and kills millions of people, as long as others cut off the Siberian Railway, their own troops will be unable to do anything.

Even if the Kwantung Army sets out from HLBE, it will have to walk at least more than two thousand kilometers westward to reach large cities. If you want to join forces with Mustache, you still have to travel more than two thousand kilometers.

By the time the troops reach the end point, the Battle of Stalingrad will probably be over.

Although this book is not a thing, it is far from being able to survive by eating frozen soil. It is better to go to Southeast Asia to eat grass, scavenge, and bite yourself.

What's more, switching from the Asian battlefield to the European battlefield, isn't it equivalent to upgrading the difficulty from "Battlefield" to "Hearts of Iron"?

Compared to the Far East Czar, Marshal Mai from the Philippines is obviously easier to bully. Maybe the opponent is a parallel import lieutenant general who pays attention to victory.

 Given the current situation and resources, standing still is the best way to help Mustache. If we don't send troops, we can still hold back hundreds of thousands of Far Eastern troops. If we send troops, wouldn't we forcefully liberate their combat effectiveness?

 At present, the best way to support this book is to cut off the bearded man’s route to obtain foreign aid. It is definitely better to kick the Atlantic Charter than to send troops to die.

 “Okay, then the meeting officially begins!”

“Let’s discuss the specific time schedule first. After all, we need to fight two areas at the same time.”

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 (End of this chapter)