Rise from the sword

Chapter 570 New business!

"Junichiro."

Ito Kotaro put down the envelope, folded it up, and hid it next to his body. Then he looked at his younger brother, Ito Junichiro, with a leisurely tone:

"Tell me, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and his independent regiment, which is now the Eighth Route Army, are they strong?"

"Is the Eight Routes powerful now?"

Ito Junichiro, who graduated from Tokyo Imperial University, studied economics, and worked hard in the Republic of China for several years to help his brother control the entire empire's transactions, thought for a while and replied:
"Very strong."

"Their overall strength is stronger than that of the empire."

Having said that, Junichiro paused for a while before saying:
"And it's much stronger."

"Ok?"

Ito Kotaro heard this, looked over with a smile, Zhuo asked with interest:
"Tell me the specific reasons for your judgment."

Because of its late start and poor foundation, among the world's major powers, there is a big gap between the comprehensive strength of the Great Japanese Empire and the four countries of Germany, France, the Soviet Union, Britain and the United States. However, after more than 50 years of development since the civil reform, it has also surpassed Italy and other countries.

A strong navy is the proof.

At this time, his younger brother actually said that in just two years, Li Yunlong and his group already possessed the strength beyond the empire, and far surpassed it.

It really surprised him.

The information they have come into contact with is similar, and he even met Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang in person. What he thought in his heart was that in the future, the Eight Routes will definitely surpass the Empire, but the current Eight Routes may be weaker than the Empire.

No, it should be more or less the same.

"Judging the strength of an international power is very complicated, but we can briefly judge it through four aspects."

Although he didn't understand why his brother talked about this topic, Junichiro still sat in front of his brother and explained carefully:

"Industrial strength, military strength, economic strength, human resources."

Ito nodded and listened carefully.

He started doing business with his uncle after finishing middle school. Although he has rich social experience, his vision is not as broad as that of his younger brother who graduated from Imperial University.

That's why he carefully asked his brother what he thought.

"Industrial strength, that is, the level of machinery manufacturing."

"In this regard, the United States is the strongest in the world, followed by Germany."

Junichiro said:
"Through the information collected by the empire, the Eighth Route is already very strong."

"We now know that the surrounding area of ​​Taiyuan has a large comprehensive steel factory, a large tractor factory, a large tire factory, four giant factories, a large chemical factory, and more than 50 supporting manufacturing factories."

"And these are not only well-equipped, but the technology is also very advanced, and they have begun to operate at full capacity."

"Take the construction of the earliest comprehensive steel factory as an example. Although it is a steel factory in name, it is actually a complete steel manufacturing complex, and its scale is equivalent to the sum of more than a dozen large factories in the empire."

"It is known that its annual steel output is 150 million tons, and it uses a new technology called oxygen bottom-blown converter. The steelmaking efficiency is extremely high, and the supporting equipment for rolling and casting steel is readily available. It can produce steel plates, steel wire, steel coils, rails, seamless steel pipes, large castings, etc., and with high efficiency and good quality.”

"It can even make special steels such as armor steel."

"They still don't know where to solve the problem of raw materials, and they are currently in full production."

"The same goes for the other three giant factories. They are technologically advanced and large in scale. They are actually an industrial complex, which is equivalent to more than a dozen large factories in the empire, such as tire factories. They can manufacture tires of various sizes, and there is also a brand new radial tire. technology, and Americans are trying to figure out how to buy that technology even now.”

"Cooperating with those supporting machinery factories, they can completely independently manufacture steam locomotives, steel rails, bearings, shells of various calibers, machine guns and cannons, light bulbs, wires, and even generators, engines, and various machine tools."

"These alone are almost equivalent to a large-scale industrial zone, and it is an industrial zone with the world's top level of technology."

After the construction of the base area was liberalized, although the troops have strengthened security measures and confidentiality measures, they can only guarantee the safety of confidential information, important equipment and personnel, and the leakage of general information is unavoidable.

"It's really advanced."

Kotaro Ito couldn't help but agree.

The quality of steel wire, steel bars, steel plates, steel nails, steel coils, agricultural tools, rubber-soled shoes, and clothes circulated from merchants in Ping'an County is much better than that of the empire.

These simple commodities have covered the entire Republic of China.

Among them, the technical level can be seen most, which is the latest walking diesel tractor produced by Taiyuan Tractor Factory. It has a single cylinder, high horsepower, durable leather, low failure rate and low fuel consumption.

It can be transported, towed, and cultivated.

And the production speed is very high. Not long after the Taiyuan Tractor Factory was established, more than [-] vehicles have already rolled off the assembly line.

Not to mention the empire, there is a certain gap between similar products and their counterparts in the world.

And that radial tire.

After a detailed investigation by Imperial High Tech, it is said that this new type of radial tire is much more advanced than bias tires, with good wear resistance and puncture resistance, and good cushioning performance. Coupled with advanced manufacturing technology, it can greatly improve the performance of wheeled vehicles. In terms of performance, even when the Americans turned against each other secretly, they still have the cheek to come to buy technology, which shows how advanced this new tire is.

"Of course, there is still a big gap between these alone and the empire, but don't forget that there are still seven giant factories of the same level as steel factories currently under construction in Taiyuan."

"As long as these factories are built, the total industrial scale of the opponent will surpass the empire."

Junichiro's tone was tinged with horror at this time:

"and!"

"In Ping'an County, there is also a top-notch large hospital and an advanced college."

"The medical technology of this hospital has surpassed that of Europe and the United States. There are a large number of top professors and experts in that high-level university. Judging from the public lectures, these people's theoretical and practical levels are quite high."

Ito nodded silently again.

Since it is an open university and an open hospital, most of the information is naturally open. It is impossible for imperial intelligence personnel to enter and destroy it, but it is easy to collect some information.

These are indeed true.

Even if there are nearly a thousand top technicians, talents comparable to top professors, and those factory equipment, the source of these top technologies has not been investigated clearly, but it does not hinder the fact that these things really exist in the hands of Eight Roads.

The top technicians were suddenly airborne, and the technical foundation was already established. As long as they could supplement the middle and low-level technical forces, they would be able to fully grasp this huge industrial base comparable to the entire empire.

This can be done in a short amount of time.

"Of course, even with the addition of these seven giant factories, the scale is actually not comparable to the empire."

Junichiro continued:
"After all, the empire has developed for 50 years and has built the largest warship in the world, the Yamato. Even if they have foreign equipment, technology, and even talents, such a small amount of time is not enough."

Ito nodded, greatly.

This is what he was curious about.

In terms of industrial strength, even if Balu digested the eleven giant factories, it would not be able to catch up with the empire in scale, or even far inferior.

It's very simple. The empire produces more than 600 million tons of steel per year, manufactures thousands of aircraft, and nearly one million tons of ships. However, the other party is now struggling with 160 million tons of steel per year, and the aircraft cannot be manufactured at all.

The reason why it seems to exceed is that most of the empire's manufacturing industry is in the ship industry, while the opponent's manufacturing industry is all land-based, and the opponent's technology is advanced in some aspects.

Another thing is that the other party does not seem to be limited by resources, and they can have whatever resources they want.

Weird!
"But industrial capabilities are only one part of judging national strength."

Junichiro continued:
"To judge national strength, there are economic factors, military factors, and the sum of human resources."

"There is no need to say more about human resources. The Republic of China has the most human resources in the world, none of them. Although these human resources are of low quality, more than 90.00% are illiterate and lack knowledgeable talents."

"But they have excellent financial capabilities."

"Relying on a large amount of high-quality grain-style food vouchers, they can issue a large number of them, and the huge population can accommodate a large amount of funds. Relying on basic materials such as food, fuel, medicine, and reinforced concrete, various industrial products produced by themselves can be easily distributed. Realize a positive economic cycle."

"This allows their (town) government to have a huge economic power, and can mobilize power to tap its huge human resources. The most notable thing is that Li Yunlong is frantically collecting talents and refugees, and a large number of talents are attracted by him. defect."

"Although I don't know where these materials, equipment, and technology come from, the number is probably unimaginable to us. This allows them to develop unscrupulously without the need to accumulate raw industrial capital bit by bit. Industrial power, the only thing limiting them is the number of skilled workers and skilled people."

"As many people, there is as much technology, capital and equipment."

"It can be predicted that with the development of time, they will accumulate more and more talents, and the speed of development will become faster and faster."

"It won't take long for its strength to completely surpass the empire, and even, if follow-up resources can continue to be provided, it may catch up with or even surpass the United States."

"The same goes for military power."

At this moment, Junichiro's tone was trembling a little:

"From the perspective of the number of aircraft, tanks and cannons, what limits their military strength is not the production capacity of weapons and equipment, not the economy, but people. As long as the population, weapons and equipment will always be sufficient."

"Moreover, the weapons are very advanced."

"With these resources, combined, the empire is far behind Li Yunlong and the others."

"It's too far away."

"Even if the empire concentrates all its forces now, I'm afraid they won't be their opponents. Even if they fight in the coastal areas and the navy supports them, but the opponent can suppress the navy with huge shore-based aircraft, we have no chance of winning."

"Let alone the future."

"Moreover, a base has also appeared in the coastal area of ​​Shanghai Stock Exchange, where their navy is suspected to be, and they often use torpedo boats to attack imperial transport ships."

After speaking, Junichiro seemed relieved.

"really."

Ito Kotaro also let out a long sigh of relief.

After listening to his younger brother's analysis, he had a deeper understanding of Li Yunlong and the others.

As the person in charge of doing business with them, as well as the person who has fought against the independent group many times, Ito has witnessed the development of that group with his own eyes. It can be said that that group of people is different every day, and every day is stronger than yesterday.

Give it another half a year, maybe what will happen.

so···

Touching the secret letter in his pocket, Ito smiled and said suddenly:

"Juntaro, make a list of the officers who are in contact with us."

Having controlled the business for so long, in order to make better money, Ito naturally established his circle, and most of his circle is like Ito, who sneers at the Emperor, Bushido, and the empire.

This group of people formed a hand fishing brigade.

"There are also businessmen, and make a list."

"Yes."

Juntaro nodded, and quickly compiled a list of Imperial Ito.

"Brother, what are we doing here?"

Juntaro asked puzzled.

"The wealth we have now is already at its limit."

Ito said with a smile.

Juntaro nodded.

Hundreds of thousands of tons of grain and hundreds of thousands of tons of fuel oil pass through their hands every month. Even if a little bit leaks out, they still earn a lot, but compared with big capitalists, it is still more than a little worse.

"To go further, you need other things to add value to the property and protect the wealth."

Ito licked his lips:
"There is an old Chinese saying that it is better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail."

"But the two of us..."

Juntaro understood what his brother was thinking.

Now that the empire, no, since Japan's defeat is inevitable, it's time to make a decision. Therefore, my brother is going to fall to Li Yunlong and the others to make plans for the post-war.

Become the master of Japan after the defeat.

Even if, at that time, Japan was just a failed and defeated country.

But the problem is that one of them has just been promoted to a major general and lacks background, and the other is a lieutenant commander. Although they have compiled a network of relationships, that's it. Most of them are officers in the upper middle ranks.

It's ridiculous that two people want to plan such a big event.

"It's ok."

The corner of Ito's mouth hooked:
"Someone will help us, we will have more and more teammates, and we will become stronger and stronger."

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at the same time.

Somewhere an unnamed mountain.

Chen Fan was in a daze when suddenly, with a beep, a light blue interface popped up, and the system he hadn't seen for a long time was online
"Business: execution!"

"War Criminals List (Generals, etc.): Hirohito, Asaka Hatohiko, Matsui Iwane..."

"War Criminal List (Secretary Officer, etc.): Noda Takeshi..."

"The list includes all war criminals."

"War criminals can be killed to obtain supplies, captured and judged and killed publicly, and points can be obtained. According to the points, they can be exchanged for technical personnel, advanced technology and equipment (upgrade from one to 20 years)"

"This business is a long-term business, and the time limit is before Japan surrenders."

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