The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Chapter 232 Carve up the crisis ([-])

"Everyone, this is an ideal situation. We must not miss it. We will make full use of the opportunity that the western countries are dissatisfied with Zhu Bin and intend to carve up his wealth. We will decisively deal the most painful blow and completely remove this dangerous thorn. Cut off the backbone of China's industrial and military rise, establish the long-term advantage of the empire, and stabilize the victory in Asia!"

At the five-phase meeting that was urgently held, Hirota Hiroshi waved his arms excitedly, his usually calm and resolute face couldn't help the red light of excitement, and he spoke very fast to announce this unexpected great diplomatic victory. .

With such a strange result, I originally knew that his diplomatic efforts in China had failed completely, and he was even humiliated in public. Let him come back and reprimand severely, or surprise the shameful ministers and senior officials who died outside the province.

What's the meaning? !The Yingmi ghosts and beasts actually allowed the use of force against the Chinese people, and even put forward a large limit of action. As long as they don't ruin their business investment in China and don't expand the war, they can use it in places that were originally strictly prohibited along the coast. Attack? !

How could such a good thing be allowed so easily?Will there be other conspiracy in it? !

The Minister of the Navy, Dajiao Censheng, first expressed his dissent, and shouted in a deep voice: "Your Excellency Hirota, without conclusive evidence, how dare you assert that the big powers will really not interfere at that time? It must be known that once military force is used, the empire will face the attention of the whole world and even Blame it, the soldiers will pay blood and sacrifice, this can't be joked casually!"

Hirota Kouchi elongated his face in displeasure, and retorted: "Who dares to joke about matters related to the future of the empire and the grand plans of His Majesty the Emperor?! Please think carefully, look around the world, but there is a country that is Do you want China to rise? No, not a single one!"

He waved his arms vigorously, as if this could strengthen his persuasiveness, and looked around at the high-ranking ministers and said: "From the beginning to the end, all countries have regarded China as a colony and product export place that can be used. The key to solving economic troubles approach, even as an important pawn to contain our country and Soviet Russia. But first of all, we must ensure that China’s ability to resist will not go beyond control! In the past two years, under Zhu Bin’s strong influence, the whole of China has begun to show serious indifference. This is something that other countries absolutely do not want to see. I believe the Ministry of Finance and the Minister of Commerce and Industry must feel the same for the loss that our country has suffered as a result!"

Minister of Finance Takahashi Shikiyo and Minister of Commerce and Industry Hisamikichi Nakajima nodded calmly.If you want to say that the most difficult thing to do in the whole zheng fu, they are probably the two departments.The Ministry of Finance is in charge of the Ministry of Finance. The economic crisis over the past few years has brought the country's finances to the brink of collapse, and he has to tighten his belt. The two wars last year and this year, as well as the heavy pressure of Manchurian immigration development and naval shipbuilding allocations almost made him collapse!

In desperation, in addition to desperately digging the newly discovered gold mines to issue currency, they squeezed the resources of the peasants and Manchuria, and they were still struggling to make ends meet.Not to mention anything else, the huge immigration strategy alone requires hundreds of millions of funds. Where can he find such a large sum of money!Originally, they hoped to open up the Chinese market to solve the troubles, but they didn't expect that once Zhu Bin intervened, not only the war would be extraordinarily tragic, the losses would be heavy, the financial expenditure would increase sharply, and the income would be pitifully small.

Hisashi Nakajima is also having a hard time. Japan's heavy industry is not only imperfect, but the key point is that there are almost no products that can be exported to earn foreign exchange. It mainly relies on light industrial products such as textiles, agriculture, and pharmaceuticals to stimulate the economy. However, the textile industry is basically about to collapse due to the economic crisis. The boycott problem has been greatly reduced, and now there are a large number of high-quality chemical fibers coming out, it can be imagined that it will become more and more difficult in the future.The worst thing is that the short gap that appeared after the boycott of Japanese goods caused by the civil war was immediately filled by high-quality and cheap Chinese goods, and some goods that Japan could not produce were even imported instead, which made things worse. !

If things go on like this, when China's heavy industry and light industry are smoothly integrated to form a system, with China's local resources and manpower advantages, and the pull of the huge local market, Japan's business will definitely not have much competitiveness. Attack from both sides --- Japan's industry may collapse, and its finances are likely to go bankrupt!

Therefore, the two ministers were very much in favor of killing Zhu Bin and ruining his industry.But don't you think it's ridiculous that the highest leaders of the entire empire gather together just to discuss dealing with a single Chinese? !

As for whether the great powers have really received such a big threat, they don't know much about it.So, what Hirota said is true, has it really reached that point?

"It's not just China itself. There is another important reason for this is Germany!" Hirota Hongyi threw a second bomb, "This time the use of force is allowed not only to punish the Chinese, but also to warn the Chinese Germany, suppress the re-emergence of Germany!"

"What does this matter to the Germans?! Even if they have a lot of advisory groups in China, import some ore and grain, and export some machine tools and machines, but they will not make the countries so vigilant! Besides, Germany still owes What about their massive loans! Aren't they in a hurry to get their money back and save their own economy?"

Takahashi Shiqing finds it inconceivable that although Germany took a hostile stance against Britain, the United States and France in the last European war, they are all Westerners after all, and their attitudes towards the outside world are the same, there is no difference.Besides, does it really make sense to pinch these two things together?

Hirota Koki couldn't help showing an expression of "I understand best", and replied: "Germany's main creditor is the United States, and the United Kingdom and France are most afraid of their rise. They have different opinions on this, but they all Believe me, there must be some ulterior secret agreement between Germany and China! Such an agreement enables them to obtain the latest technology and equipment of the gd laboratory at a very low price, and may even obtain a huge amount of additional funds , so that Germany can start production in large quantities, so far the world is the first to get out of the economic crisis first!"

Up to now, more than [-]% of the main equipment for China's industrial construction comes from Germany, [-]% from the United States, and the remaining [-]% from Britain, France, and Italy. They are all worthless things left over by others. These two countries do not taste good No wonder!You know, they are the most influential countries in China!

And the terrible thing is that Germany, which they are most afraid of, has recovered its economy first. All kinds of intelligence show that Germany is rearming. , They don't want to fight, and they can't afford to fight!Therefore, the French worked desperately to repair fortifications, and would rather be a turtle!

Germany's industrial equipment to China far exceeds the content of their announced cooperation agreement with China, dozens of times or even more than that!Tens of thousands of German workers, teachers, college students and experts swarmed in, together with an even larger number of Americans, formed a total of hundreds of thousands of foreign aid, enabling a large number of factories to be put into operation smoothly and helping the Chinese to train Apprentice workers by the millions.If this continues, after ten years, the number of Chinese workers will be greater than the total population of Japan!this is too scary!

It costs one to two hundred million dollars a year just to pay these foreigners, not to mention the machinery and equipment and construction investment they operate.Looking at the current strong momentum, combined with the intelligence from Germany, this kind of cooperation will continue for a long time!Then it means that the scale will be expanded. In this way, the transaction amount between them will never be less than 20 billion US dollars!

What kind of conceptual number is this!It is equivalent to [-]% of China's gross national product last year!Such a large sum of money, placed in any country, can greatly improve the economy!What's more, China, which has nothing but no shortage of people, land and resources, will exert ten times the power of steel rods. If it is fully completed, Japan will be surpassed by it!

At that time, not only would it be difficult for Japan to suppress China, but it would be impossible for Western countries to control it!

And what will Germany do after recovering from such a huge trade support?Looking at Hitler's fanaticism, God knows whether he will provoke a war on a larger scale again? !In the 15 years since the truce, the world's technology and military equipment have developed at a rapid pace. What will happen to the German army with the world's top technology?It's scary to think about it!

It makes sense to attack Zhu Bin, suppress Germany, and completely cut off the core of the two threats!

Several ministers quickly figured it out, thought it through, and agreed with Hirota Hongyi's judgment.However, Minister Lu Araki Sadao did not admit it so easily, and dragged out the tone: "So, who and how should we let the Chinese forces headed by Zhu Bin be attacked? To what extent and how to ensure that the Westerners at critical moments Won't you suddenly intervene to snatch the fruits of victory? Hirota-kun, have you thought it through?!"

"This..." Hirota Hongyi saw sweat slightly on his forehead, frowned and paused for a while, then shook his head and said, "This is not something that I can decide on my own. Therefore, I would like to ask you all to discuss together and come up with a complete plan and strategy." !"

"Hmph! If Zhu Bin is as easy to deal with as you think, will the army suffer heavy losses last time? Don't think too easily!" Sadao Araki patted the table without hesitation for the faces of the ministers, as if reprimanding his subordinates He shouted in a general voice, "The navy has not yet come up with a way to deal with their transport ships. The idiots in the intelligence department have not figured out Zhu Bin's habits and laws, and they can't even find the Chinese subordinates who are willing to assassinate him! Even what kind of weapons do they have?" I don’t even know the armed forces, so how do I do it?!”

Secretary of the Navy Dajiao Censheng called the roll call, and of course he was unwilling to let the navy bear the responsibility. He immediately stood up and confronted him: "Your Majesty Lu, be careful! Our navy has lost three advanced submarines and many Thousands of loyal and valuable sailors gave their lives! How can we say that there is no result?! If it weren’t for the repeated restrictions that can’t arouse the disgust of the US Navy, and can’t directly use force, we have already wiped out all their ships and ports! "

Having the world's third most powerful navy, but not being able to attack a bunch of cargo ships casually, Dajiao Censheng felt aggrieved!But he couldn’t do anything about it. Not to mention that all the cargo ships of Zhu Bin and the Germans were armed, they were escorted by American warships, and the ships were driven by sailors and retired naval officers from the United States, Germany, and even other countries. A boat can cause a lot of trouble.The most terrible thing is that until now, how and where the three Iraqi submarines disappeared, I don't know at all!

Is it necessary to dispatch the fleet to attack openly and draw out the potential strength of the opponent?So, who will deal with the U.S. Navy who has been beaten in the face because of the casualties and injuries of a large number of citizens?

Damn Zhu Bin, he is so cunning!

Araki Sadao sneered and said: "It's useless to make excuses. After all, it's because you are incompetent! Is it difficult to create a little friction at sea? As long as they fire first, everything is justified by us. I still need to do this kind of thing." Teach?!"

Dajiao Censheng's chest bulged several times, and he snorted: "Our imperial navy is not as shameless as the army!"

Every time the Army provokes troubles, it always uses this "false flag" method, using its own people to pretend to be opponents to make excuses. It is so clumsy that even children can't be fooled, and it is an honor to be laughed at by the whole world?

Araki Sadao raised his face to the sky, and said without shame: "As long as the goal is achieved, don't care whether the method is so beautiful! You have learned too many useless things from Westerners! In addition, if it is true that all countries are not sure If he will intervene to stop them, then they can completely destroy their two bases! I believe that no matter how rich they are, it will be difficult to rebuild them, and the Western countries will never give him another chance to succeed!"

Hirota Koichi punched his palm: "That's it! Three months later, the Central Yang Army will launch a joint military exercise with their task force! At that time, they will carry non-lethal training bombs, especially after the exercise There must be a shortage of people, so when they return to the base from the exercise site, they will have a chance!"

"In this case, it is very feasible. As long as the navy maintains sufficient caution and concealment, it is not too difficult to complete the attack by surprise. The premise is that they will really concentrate their attacks to ensure the greatest effect." Dajiao Censheng Sit down and nod slowly.

"According to the current news, it is a military exercise of unprecedented scale. All forces from the sea, land and air of the task force will participate. The number of people is tens of thousands. In this regard, I will ask personnel from various countries to collect information as much as possible. The authorities will also step up their actions." Hirota Koichi first made sure that there would be no loopholes on his side, and believed that countries with bad intentions would also be willing to provide such convenience.

Naturally, the War and Admiralty could not wait. They did not want another ignominious defeat.Araki Sadao did not continue to laugh at the nonsense, but waved his hands like alms and said: "Okay! Our agency will provide all convenience. In order to ensure success, we will appropriately help feints in other areas."

... A group of people began to gather information nervously and determine the policy, not worrying about His Majesty's disapproval at all.In fact, Hirohito has nowhere to vent his anger towards Zhu Bin!Now he is extremely suspicious that this guy was responsible for the two attacks, and not killing him is not enough to appease his anger, not to mention, it is still a big trouble that can stop the rise of the empire!

Only the conservatives headed by Prime Minister Minoru Saito watched helplessly, but they could not stop their actions. In the face of the peril of the empire, it was useless to say anything.

A few days later, when the first joint action plan was announced, someone from the Ministry of the Army could not help but reveal it to Kanji Ishihara, then commander of the 4th Sendai Infantry Regiment.After listening, he uttered a word coldly: "Stupid!"