Rise from the sword

Chapter 601
"General Tanaka, congratulations!"

After leaving Yamamoto's headquarters, Ito Kotaro went straight to the former No.15 Brigade, now the 125th Division resident, and met the new division commander, Lieutenant General Tanaka Toto.

"Thank you General Ito."

Tanaka Qin is also very polite.

The two of them were already grasshoppers on the same rope.

The same betrayal betrayed the interests of the empire, and the same amount of black material was held in each other's hands. Either the two went to the dark together and eventually became masters, or they died together.

"General, I heard that some of the captured tanks will be kept in the base camp to form an armored brigade for your division?"

After chatting for a while, Ito switched the topic to this time.

"Correct."

Mentioning this matter, Tanaka Tsutomu felt a little headache.

"The order from the base camp asked me to keep eight tanks, ten armored vehicles, and six 125 howitzers, and form a division directly under the armored brigade and the heavy artillery brigade."

The tanks, armored vehicles, and 125 howitzers of the Independent Regiment are all excellent advanced weapons, which can greatly strengthen the strength of the troops. Tian Zhong is very happy to be able to keep some of them.

No division commander can deny that he has such advanced weapons in his hands.

But the problem is.

These weapons are the equipment of the independent regiment, and the empire has no ability to provide logistical supplies.

Sustainability is extremely low.

Fuel is okay. Although the oil fields in Southeast Asia have been bombed many times, the oil production and refining capacity has been completely destroyed, but relying on heavy oil cracking, the empire has been able to produce diesel at present, but the shells consumed, and even the coaxial machine gun bullets, can only be seized. As for the damaged parts, I can only stare blankly.

This time, he didn't seize spare parts. Once damaged, he could only give up, or tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall.

The captured weapons have worse continuous combat capabilities than the purchased ones, and they can't help being consumed at all.

"This is a good thing, why?"

Ito asked knowingly.

"Tanks and armored vehicles are indeed good things, but they lack ammunition and spare parts, and they will break down in a short time."

Tanaka shook his head.

As he said that, suddenly, he raised his head and looked at Ito, his eyes lit up slightly.

These tanks, parts of armored vehicles, ammunition, the empire does not have, the imperial army does not have, but the independent regiment has, the eighth route army has, and now, he is no longer the imperial locust army.

It is a righteous force that has seen the truth, discovered justice, secretly surrendered to the Eighth Route, and carried out anti-imperialism and anti-government.

It is to fight to save Japan.

Then.

It's not a problem to provide him with certain logistics, or even directly provide some weapons and equipment, right?
"It's simple."

In Tanaka Tsutomu's hopeful eyes, Ito pulled out his younger brother, Ito Junichiro.

"This is my brother, Junichiro."

Ito pointed to his brother and said:
"He can provide you with fuel, ammunition, and spare parts that your armored forces need."

"Of course, it will take some time to adjust the goods."

"Even, in the future, at the right time, if you want to expand the armored force but lack enough tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery, he can provide it for you."

"If there are pilots with the same ideals as ours, you can also stay."

"Really?"

Tanaka Qin's eyes lit up, his tone was full of surprise, but there was vigilance in his eyes.

He didn't expect that the other party could not only provide tank consumption and spare parts, but even complete tanks.

This was indeed far beyond Tanaka's expectations.

"What do I need to do?"

This attitude made Tian Zhongsheng vigilant.

There is no such thing as a free lunch, and there is no good thing for no reason.

In his mind, his No.15 brigade is similar to the identity of the Royal Association Army, in order to weaken the resistance of the locust army and divide the empire.

He's happy with that.

I would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.

As long as he can control the wind and rain in the empire, what if the entire empire is controlled and influenced by others?

According to this idea, provide him with some help so that he can strengthen himself and split the empire, but it will definitely not make him strong, so as not to lose control.

But now, the other party is planning to provide tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, and even planes. Although he is stuck with supplies, he is still under the control of the independent regiment, but these are completely unnecessary.

Not in line with his previous speculation.

"General Tanaka is worthy of being a smart man."

Ito smiled and replied:
"In the world, to gain, to get what we want, there is a price to pay."

"Tanks, planes, cannons, I will provide as much as your troops need. Even if you have ten divisions or one hundred divisions, I can provide sufficient weapons and equipment, logistical supplies, and military supplies."

Tanaka fell silent.

He has no doubt whether Ito can provide him with this house material.

For so long, almost all the high-level officials in the empire have understood that the odds of the empire winning this war are very small, and the terrifying material strength displayed by the Eight Routes has made the entire empire desperate.

Tens of millions of tons of grain, millions of tons of fuel, tens of millions of tons of steel and cement, countless and technologically advanced tanks, airplanes, artillery, armored vehicles, cars, and trucks, to match the huge population of the Republic of China.

It only takes a while to digest, and Eight Routes can directly rank among the European and American powers.

Give them another period of time, let them cultivate enough talents, and wait for them to digest the top factories that don't know where they came from, and even their industrial capabilities can be comparable to European powers.

The only chance for the empire to win is to quickly annihilate the Eight Routes without giving them time to digest.

But right now, it seems that the empire has no possibility of destroying the Eighth Route, let alone eliminating the Eighth Route, how long it can last under the attack of the Eighth Route is a question.

There is no doubt about the benefits to him of obtaining these materials.

In the contract between him and Ito, the empire, no, Japan's economy, government, and military, will be jointly controlled by two families. While competing with each other, they will cooperate to exclude outsiders and jointly control the empire.

The stronger he is, the stronger his army will be.

In the future, the benefits he will be allocated will be stronger, and in the future, he will be more comfortable in the world, and when facing the boss of the Republic of China, he will be able to speak a little louder.

Ito waited in silence for a while, and waited until Tanaka looked up again before he continued:

"They need us to continue to expand our strength, expand our strength, and then."

Ito clicked on the world map on the table, clicked on the position of the Kwantung Army, and then swiped north:

"here."

"They need it here!"

Looking at Ito's gesture, Tanaka Tsutomu's pupils suddenly widened.

He understood why Li Yunlong and his group gave him such great assistance.Originally, that group of people wanted him, the imperial army under his command, to work for them and do things for them that they didn't care about.

"This business seems to be good."

The horrified expression subsided, and Tanaka also smiled.

He is a person who has experienced the Nomen threshold.

"This is the money you take."

Before leaving, Ito Kotaro handed over a large box of food stamps to his younger brother Juntaro:
"In the army, cultivate your confidants more, don't be afraid to spend money, and tell me if you don't have enough."

Although they are allies, they hold each other's handles and are completely in the same boat, but Ito will not be foolish enough to trust others completely, so he plans to develop his younger brother and form a group of his own military forces.

"Hi."

Ito Junichiro took over a large box of food stamps.

Looking at the leaving brother and the box of food coupons that need an assistant to withdraw, Ito suddenly felt something in his heart.

Up to now, food stamps have defeated the Imperial Military Tickets, vouchers spontaneously issued by all local forces, defeated the silver dollar, and even defeated the French currency of the Republic of China, the Imperial Yen, becoming the strongest currency in the Republic of China.

none of them.

With the support of sufficient high-quality fine grains, excessive and cheap coarse grains, sufficient fuel, cotton, reinforced concrete and other commodities, the US dollar was not as easy to use as food stamps in the Republic of China.

Li Yunlong and his group, secretly selling fuel and food to the empire, probably also have this idea.

When the empire began to recognize food stamps for food, fuel, cotton and other materials, and after accepting food stamp transactions, the economic part of this battle had already been decided.

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Mid July to early August.

The world is chaotic and exciting.

north road.

Ding Wei worked step by step and honed his troops with actual combat.

Every other day, four armored battalions, eight infantry battalions, four artillery battalions, and four flying battalions were organized to attack the devil's position near Chengde in two ways.

Under the cover of aircraft, super-large-caliber heavy artillery, and dense howitzers, the armored troops broke into the devils' positions ranging from ten to twenty kilometers, divided and encircled them, killed a large number of devils, and then retreated leisurely.

Only the devils are left with bomb craters all over the ground, corpses all over the ground, and Kotaro Hattori jumping around.

Although he followed the "homework" played by Tanaka in Dingzhou and followed the gourd to formulate positions and tactics aimed at the weaknesses of the independent regiment, the independent regiment that had gone through the regimental meeting also changed its previous style, and the command concepts of the battalion commanders were improved. After making corrections, in just a few days, the troops took on a new look.

Hattori not only failed to take advantage, but also suffered a big loss, with more casualties than before.

After the war, Hattori once again sent a report to the base camp, to Hideki Tojo, requesting a retreat, giving up the surrounding areas of Chengde, destroying the communication lines, lengthening the supply line of the Eighth Route Army, and retreating the battlefield to the rear, where the complex mountainous terrain is [-] kilometers away.

But was rejected again.

Tojo was even furious and yelled at Kotaro Hattori. Taking the Dingzhou battle as an example, he called Hattori a waste, not even a brigade commander.

With the powerful offensive strength of the eight routes, it is not suitable for the battlefield situation to replace a new general now, and it may not be able to defend Chengde.

In the end, Kotaro Hattori failed to fulfill his wish to retreat.

North China.

Midway.

Li Yunlong sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, scheming the devils openly and secretly, and even plotting against the Northeast.

On the front line, Zhang Dabiao was ordered to lead the team to suspend the offensive, and turned to encircle and suppress bandits and other forces to eliminate, maintain and consolidate the law and order in the base area, and provide a good development environment for the construction brigade.

Secretly, he and Ito secretly went to Chencang to provide weapons and equipment for the Devil's 125th Division, and even handed over some of the devils who surrendered to the 125th Division to strengthen the strength of Ito and others.

Because a large number of new recruits joined, there were many opponents in the devil's team, and naturally many people voluntarily surrendered.

Even in the last few days of late July, the joint Zhang Dabiao suddenly launched an offensive, creating a situation and creating opportunities, allowing Yamamoto to run away again, allowing the 125th Division to be stationed independently.

The sky is high and the emperor is far away.

Since then, Qin Tanaka has completely let go.

Taking advantage of the situation, he completely eliminated the die-hards in the team, promoted himself as an officer, and completed complete control of the army.

Then, they began to publicize the idea of ​​anti-empire and anti-prime minister openly and secretly, detonating the grievances of the imperial government in the army squadron.

As for the locust, because of its great influence and high status in the devil's heart, he dare not do it directly for the time being, and can only quietly hint that through the influence of interests, he will brainwash against Bushido.

At the same time, the "Zhu Rong Project" is also proceeding smoothly, and the training of bomber pilots is gradually on the right track. As of the beginning of August, 37 crews have been able to take off the new ten-engine heavy long-range bomber. In the case of sub-problems.

By the way, during the training period, he also used the Southeast Asian Devils oil field to practice, and accurately blew up almost all the Devils Southeast Asia oil fields and various facilities, completely cutting off.

The reason why the improvement is so great, tenfold in just one month, is because at the end of July, a group of pilots and ground crews brought by Cai Jiheng, the younger brother of Major General Cai Jiheng, passed the review and officially joined the independent flying regiment , and because of his superb technology, he directly joined the heavy bomber unit and participated in the Zhu Rong plan.

Of course, 37 planes are still far from Li Yunlong's goal. In his mind, at least 150 planes are needed.

Fortunately, with the development of the army and the spread of education, the education system in the base area has basically taken shape. Zhao Gang promptly exchanged some education masters from Boss Chen to train teachers and formulate professional education according to the complex cultural conditions of the base area. Development Plan.

Since then, the efficiency of education has greatly increased, and more and more outstanding talents have been discovered.

During the period, the arrival of General Zhang and General Yang brought back many Northeast pilots he had trained, and also brought back a group of overseas talents funded by the two of them.

(End of this chapter)