Take Taobao to fight against Japan

The sound of the cannon is worth ten thousand taels of gold. In addition to manpower, economic strength is more important in war. If there is not enough strategic material production capacity and logistical support, no matter how many soldiers there are on the front line, it will be useless.

So these days, Hirohito has been very panicked, and it is difficult to sleep in peace all day long.

Hideki Tojo frowned and asked, "Why did Your Majesty suddenly ask this question?"

Hirohito stared at Hideki Tojo and said, "Tojo-kun, please answer me truthfully, how long will it take for the empire to end the wartime system and return to normal?"

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Hideki Tojo replied after pondering for a moment: "Your Majesty, I estimate that the Empire of Japan will be able to completely turn Asia into the sphere of influence of the Empire in at most ten years."

Hirohito frowned and asked: "Is 10 years really enough? Can the imperial wartime system last for 10 years?"

At this time, Hideki Tojo said in a decisive tone:

"Ten years is only the most conservative estimate. Under normal circumstances, it only takes five years for the world situation to be greatly eased. At that time, the empire will no longer need to maintain a wartime economy and can switch back to a normal state."

"Five years? Tojo-kun, you are too optimistic!"

Hirohito frowned and did not continue, because everything is on paper, there is no way to accurately calculate the direction of the world situation!

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Moto Sugiyama, Shiro Kawako, King Fushimi Miyahiro, Yuasakura Pinghe and other old devils were all silent, and it was indeed difficult to interrupt this topic.

After a pause, Hirohito said: "Since the situation in Myanmar has become anxious and unpredictable, why not simply give up Myanmar?

After all, most of Southeast Asia has now fallen into the empire's pocket, and various strategic resources have been greatly enriched and are no longer in urgent need.

The Empire of Japan can rest and grow gradually on this basis. When the Empire of Japan undergoes transformation again and then go back and solve Burma, wouldn’t it be more effective with less effort? "

Sugiyama Yuan quickly waved his hand and said: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible! If Burma cannot be conquered, it is impossible to completely resolve the war in China. Only by conquering Burma will it be possible to force the Chinese government to surrender!"

Hideki Tojo also echoed: "Yes, Myanmar cannot be given up! Myanmar's strategic location is very important. In fact, it has become the only channel for Huaxia to communicate with the outside world. If Huaxia wants to obtain assistance from the United States, it must go through The Burma Highway!"

Hirohito frowned and said: "Can conquering Burma really force the Republic of China government to surrender? And the key question now is that the price of conquering Burma is very high!

It is very likely that it will exceed the total cost of solving the China War, and it is completely worth the loss! "

Why doesn't Hirohito want to quickly settle Myanmar and completely lock down China, and then develop and grow without distraction, while launching attacks on the United States to slow down the speed and efficiency of industrial machinery.

But it is easier said than done. At present, there is an obvious trend of economic downturn and reduction of industrial production capacity in Japan. If it cannot be effectively improved as soon as possible, the consequences will definitely be serious.

Chapter 874 Sending warmth and giving benefits

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Moto Sugiyama and Hideki Tojo were at a loss for words. Everyone knew the truth. Everyone knew that in order to dominate the world, China must be dealt with first. However, objective facts will not change based on subjective consciousness.

The base camp of the Japanese army formulated the basic national war policy very early, the first step was to annex and digest Manchukuo, and then gradually erode China.

After encroaching on China, Japan can rely on China's huge population and massive resources to compete with the western powers, and finally seize the hegemony of the entire world!

However, Manchuria has not fully digested it yet, and China's anti-Japanese forces are still extremely strong, but Japan has to go to war with the Western powers headed by the United States due to many factors.

A single hair will affect the whole body, Japan's established national plans have been completely disrupted, and everything is beyond expectations and control. How can they do whatever they want?

At this time, Xianyuan Gong Zairen opened his eyes and said loudly: "Myanmar must be conquered, but we can't rush it, so we should fight steadily and slowly!

At the same time, the air force and the secret service organizations in Myanmar can be used to bomb and attack its transportation lines, so as to reduce Myanmar's blood transfusion effect on China as much as possible!

In addition, the attack on the United States is indeed sooner rather than later. The United States has become the ultimate enemy of the Great Japanese Empire, so we can't just sit back and watch them start their war machines with peace of mind! "

Hideki Tojo nodded quickly and said: "I also think so, the war in Burma cannot be resolved in a short time due to the loss of good opportunities, but we must not give up because of this, we need to continue to exert pressure and take it slowly!

Launching an attack on the mainland of the United States needs to be implemented as soon as possible, and there is really no delay! "

"Then please come up with a specific charter as soon as possible after going down!"

?Seeing that everyone agreed with this plan, Hirohito weighed it carefully for a while before nodding his head.

"Hay!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Yuasa Kurahei, Sugiyama Moto, Tojo Hideki and others hurriedly shouted.

Hirohito continued: "Now that we have decided to launch an attack on the mainland of the United States, I believe that the Chinese government can adopt a policy of appeasement, and use the existing line of actual control to reach a military tacit understanding and confrontation with the Nationalist government.

Then lure and encourage the government forces of the Communist Party to engage in friction with the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party, so that the imperial army can withdraw a large number of troops from China and invest in other battlefields to give priority to the United States and Australia.

What do you guys think? "

"The minister thinks this plan is very good!"

"My minister agrees!"

Xianyuan Gongzairen, Yuasakurahei, Sugiyama Moto and others nodded their heads one after another.

Hideki Tojo frowned and said: "However, the 11th Army is currently planning to organize an attack on Changsha, and it has entered the substantive implementation stage. I'm afraid it can't be stopped if it wants to!"

Yuren waved his hand and said: "It's okay, it's not too late, let Anan Jun try hard, even if it fails, it won't affect the overall situation. The national government and the Communist Party have deep grievances. As long as we lure a little, we can easily achieve our goal !

On the contrary, if Ananjun successfully occupied Changsha and annihilated the main force of the elite national army in the 9th theater of China, maybe even more strategic goals could be achieved! "

"That's true!"

Hideki Tojo nodded, and then said with a murderous look:

"The Eighth Route Army has developed extremely rapidly in North China, and it has already caused a serious threat to the security and transportation of North China, and brought a series of heavy losses to the empire!

In particular, the large-scale Hundred Regiments Campaign carried out by the Eighth Route Army last year has proved that this anti-Japanese force is no small matter, and they must not be allowed to continue to develop!

Now that the Imperial Japanese Army no longer focuses on the war in China, I believe that we can concentrate our efforts to wipe out the anti-Japanese base areas in North China, and we must uproot them with a thunderbolt! "

The Hundred Regiments War was the largest and longest battle launched by the Eighth Route Army behind enemy lines in North China during the anti-Japanese stalemate. Since 105 regiments participated in the battle, it was called the "Hundred Regiments War".

"Suoga! I also have this intention!"

Hirohito nodded and said, "Tojo-kun, who is the best person to handle this matter?"

Hideki Tojo said without hesitation: "I think Okamura-kun is the most suitable, and he will definitely be competent!"

"Yosie, then it's settled!"

Hirohito nodded happily. He has always trusted and favored Neiji Okamura, and it is just right for him to be the commander of the North China Front Army.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully completing the first Myanmar battle, the system hereby rewards 1000 million wealth points!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for unlocking the VT wireless proximity fuze. The host can directly purchase VT wireless proximity fuzes or all kinds of ammunition equipped with VT wireless proximity fuzes in the system store!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for unlocking the Katyusha rocket launcher!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host Taobao Manor for adding 50 acres of blue crystal land!"

In the early morning of February 2st, the system finally sent a congratulatory message, sending Yang Fan a wave of warmth and welfare!

"Damn it! Taobao Manor has finally been upgraded again! It's really not easy!"

Yang Fan snapped his fingers in great satisfaction. Although the land area of ​​Taobao Manor has only increased by 50% and the quality of the land has not been upgraded, it can also increase the income of 4000 million wealth points every month, reaching 1.2 million wealth points in one fell swoop!

In addition, the VT wireless proximity fuze and Katyusha rocket launcher are also very powerful, which can greatly enhance the ground offensive and air defense capabilities of the troops!

Of course, the prerequisite is that there are enough wealth points to squander!

At [-] o'clock in the morning, Bagu Huaxia Expeditionary Army Martyrs Cemetery.

After two days of processing, several battlefields have been cleaned, and the defense line along the river has also been repaired and reinforced. The remains of the Chinese martyrs were collected and buried in a new Burma Expeditionary Army Martyrs Cemetery.

The corpses of the Japanese devils were all taken to the Japanese defense area by the devil soldiers, and they were all cremated.

In the past two days, both the enemy and the enemy had a tacit understanding. Although the enemy was extremely jealous when they met, and the soldiers on both sides inevitably had some friction when cleaning the battlefield and collecting the corpses, they all maintained restraint in the end.

"Soldiers, you go all the way!"

"Please don't worry, we will make the little devil repay this blood debt twice, and we will take good care of your family!"

"The loyal souls of heroes are immortal!"

"Brothers, go all the way!"

"Woooooo!"

"Soldiers of the Chinese Expeditionary Army, you will always live in our hearts!"

"Loyalty for thousands of years, legacy for generations to come!"

"Dedicate your life for the country, and win righteousness from benevolence!"

"Fire the guns! Fire the cannons!"

Yang Fan participated in the memorial meeting of the martyrs cemetery with a heavy heart. At the same time, Stilwell, Li Zongren, Du Yuming, Yang Chengliang and other bigwigs were also present.

In addition, there are tens of thousands of expeditionary soldiers, overseas Chinese, and Burmese indigenous people who were invited to participate, etc.!

Tens of thousands of graves were newly erected in the Martyrs Cemetery, and elegiac couplets, white flowers, joss sticks, paper money, etc. can be seen everywhere. The atmosphere of the venue was sad and solemn.

Chapter 875

"Commander Li, Commander Wei, Deputy Commander He, please mourn!"

After finishing the process, Yang Fan looked at Li Zongren and others with a bit of pain and said softly: "The brothers of the Gui Army of the 31st Army have made great contributions this time, and the Chinese people will never forget their great achievements!"

Li Zongren rubbed his red eyes and said: "If the earthen pot is not broken from the mouth of the well, the general will inevitably die in battle. They died for the country and the nation, and they died with honor!

This time, Commander Yang spent so much manpower and material resources to deal with their afterlife, so that they can get honor after death, and let their families get a generous pension of 200 silver dollars. I think if all the martyrs are alive, I will definitely be grateful to Commander Yang, and I will be satisfied! "

Although it stands to reason that the national government should bear the pensions for the fallen soldiers of the 31st Army and the 5th Army, but where the National Government has the financial resources to provide generous pensions, at most it will give some French currency that has shrunk significantly!

Therefore, Yang Fan, who is rich and powerful, paid out of his own pocket and gave each of the soldiers of the expeditionary army who buried their bones in a foreign country a pension of 200 oceans.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Nanjing government’s standard at that time was 10 yuan for a second-class soldier, 12 cents more for a first-class soldier, 20 yuan for a first-class soldier, 16 yuan for a senior, 14, and [-] yuan;

准尉到上尉每个月是32到到80元，少校是135元，中校是170元，上校是240元，少中上将分别是330元、500元、800元。

It's just that this is only the standard of the national government, which is very suitable for the central army of the direct line, but it can't be done for the miscellaneous army. Basically, they have not been paid in full.

And the military pay is shrinking French currency!It has to be said that this 200 silver dollar pension is definitely a lot of money for the soldiers and civilians in the Kuomintang-controlled area, and it is a huge amount of wealth that ordinary people can hardly earn.

It’s just that there is a problem here, that is, the national government implemented the “legal currency reform” as early as 1935, stipulating that the banknotes issued by the central government, China, and the three banks of communications (later added to the Farmer’s Bank of China) were “legal currency” and the silver dollars were no longer It has a legal status, and at the same time prohibits the circulation of silver coins in the market, and compels the nationalization of silver.

In other words, silver dollars cannot be bought in the market in the Kuomintang-controlled area!

The reason why Yang Fan issued silver dollars was because he knew that legal currency was a sinkhole, and the purchasing power would become more and more watery, until it became a pile of waste paper.

Although silver dollars are banned from circulation in the market in the Kuomintang-controlled area, in fact, due to the rapid depreciation of legal currency, most ordinary people are unwilling to use them. Silver dollars are still hard currency and can still be circulated privately on a large scale!

There is no harm if there is no comparison. The pension for the martyrs of the Huben Army is still 1500 RMB, far exceeding the 200 silver dollars of other troops, which is enough to make a family live comfortably for more than ten years!

For this pension standard, Yang Fan really has no way to treat everyone equally, because only in this way can he demonstrate the detached status of the Huaxia Huben Army, and in this way can he gather the army's spirit for his own use to the greatest extent!

Wei Yunsong nodded quickly and said: "Yes, since the day when I joined the army, the brothers have already expected such a day!

And being able to kill the enemy happily while alive, and being able to be buried in the martyr's cemetery after death to be paid homage to the world, and the family members can also receive generous comfort, compared to those dead brothers who buried their bones everywhere in the past, they are much better! "

"Hey, that's the only thing I can do for them!"

Yang Fan waved his hand lightly, and continued: "Our military hospital will do our best to treat those injured brothers.

As for the disabled brothers, whether they are willing to stay in Myanmar to work or return to their hometown, we will do our best to meet their needs! "

Li Zongren nodded gratefully: "Thank you very much! On behalf of the 31st Army brothers, I thank Commander Yang for his care and preferential treatment!"

"My brother, don't be polite!"

Yang Fan waved his hand, and then said: "The 31st Army suffered heavy casualties. The Japanese army may launch a larger-scale attack at any time. We must hurry up to replenish the troops!"

Li Zongren nodded and said: "Commander Yang, please rest assured that we have mobilized conscription in Guangxi and will go to Burma in a few days! Our soldiers of the Guangxi Army will never lose the chain!"

"That's good!"

Yang Fan smiled and nodded, then chatted for a few words before taking his leave and leaving.

In the afternoon, Yang Fan left the commander's headquarters of the war zone and went straight to the winery in the outskirts of Yangon, because many distinguished guests had just been welcomed here, including Mr. Tan Kah Kee, the leader of overseas Chinese in Nanyang.

Tan Kah Kee was born on October 1874, 10 in Jimei She, Tong'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province. His original name was Tan Kah Kee, and his father, Chen Qibai, was a Singaporean businessman.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Tan Kah Kee initiated the establishment of the "Malayan Singapore Overseas Chinese Raising Relief for the Motherland's Wounded Soldiers and Refugees Conference Committee" on August 1937, 8, and served as the chairman, donating 15 million Singapore dollars to support the motherland's Anti-Japanese War.

Before Japan attacked Singapore, Yang Fan asked Tan Kah Kee's family and other patriotic overseas Chinese to send them to the United States for asylum by using both hard and soft methods.

Later, Yang Fan temporarily changed his mind to send troops to Myanmar and built a new anti-Japanese war base in Myanmar. In order to further unite and lead the overseas Chinese in Myanmar, Yang Fan asked the United States to send patriotic overseas Chinese leaders such as Tan Kah Kee, Li Qingquan, and Chen Fangming to Myanmar!