Rise from the sword

Chapter 669

"Trouble."

In a certain city where the Kwantung Army was stationed, in the headquarters of the 25th Army, Qin Tanaka frowned deeply as he looked at the report summary in his hand.

"It's really big trouble."

Beside him, Kotaro Ito had the same expression.

Brows furrowed deeply.

"We must find a way to weaken the influence of the locust, otherwise..."

Daisuke Marukawa, who was also in the headquarters, explained the reason for the frowning of the two.

Locust!

That damn locust.

It caused a huge obstacle to the great cause of the three people.

"Bushido is too brainwashed."

Ito still frowned:

"Especially the grassroots people. They have too little contact with the outside world and are stubborn in their thinking. Even if the homeland is bombed and the Japanese army retreats steadily and suffers heavy losses, it will not be able to fundamentally destroy the position of the locust in their hearts."

"We can drive them to oppose the base camp, oppose the locust army, and even stop being hot-headed for the empire and the locusts."

"But against the locust..."

Ito told the reason why he had a headache for the locust.

Thanks to the prestige brought about by the Meiji Emperor's Restoration, as well as the decades-long (shielded word) country education plus ideological brainwashing, the idea of ​​imperial power has taken root deeply in the devil's land.

It is impossible to clear it in a short time.

Even if the wars were defeated repeatedly and suffered heavy losses, it was still not enough to eliminate the status of the locust in the hearts of many devils. Many devil soldiers could escape and escape, but few dared to resist against the locust.

Ito hadn't had this problem before.

All he comes into contact with are businessmen. This class is the weakest in Bushido brainwashing, especially the middle and low class businessmen. He sneered at the locust at the top of the order.

"Is there nothing you can do?"

Tanaka Tsutomu looked at Ito Kotaro.

If they want to pursue a great cause and become a master, they must fundamentally erase the influence of the locust. After all, the locust is the biggest obstacle to their great cause and the ultimate enemy.

Others can negotiate and win over, but the locust must die.

Of course, it is very difficult to kill the locust, and now Li Yunlong has not done it, so the two took the second place, preparing to eliminate the influence of the brainwashing of the locust, so that their troops can resist, fight against the locust, and be hostile to the locust.

Otherwise, the soldiers under their hands think of the enemy in their hearts, and what kind of great cause are they planning?
"no way."

Ito shook his head:
"Although there are examples from the Independence Regiment to join their troops after education, it takes a long time and has requirements for the environment."

For brainwashing, Ito, who trained recruits with Yamamoto, has done a lot of research.

Burning, killing and looting, the locust army did not do very well. Such fanaticism and brutality are nothing more than repeated brainwashing propaganda, and the wanton indulgence of the military and the whole army have created an atmosphere where many people follow the crowd blindly.

As long as we get rid of this environment and get rid of the diehards, some people can get rid of fanaticism.

With the current situation where the locust army is retreating steadily and the local area is being bombed wildly, as long as a period of education, or anti-brainwashing, can make most people get rid of fanaticism, think rationally, and work harder, they can even Join their ranks against the locusts.

But this time will not be short, and it is very dangerous to do this on a large scale.

They are still a minority now.

"I have a way."

Just as the group of people frowned bitterly, Maeda Kichiri on the side spoke.

Everyone looked over.

Running all the way from Taiyuan three times, Maeda Kichiri can be said to have come a long way.

In just half a year, he went from a squadron leader to a regiment leader, and was promoted from a lieutenant to a colonel, and the regiment under his command has been strengthened many times, and it is no different from a brigade.

It is foreseeable that the major general will also be coming soon.

To be able to soar in military rank all the way, in addition to luck, Maeda Kichiri's own ability is also very important, otherwise Tanaka Tsutomu would not spend a lot of effort to train him. In the early days of entrepreneurship, there are few bastards in any team that can succeed.

"any solution?"

Speaking Daisuke Marukawa.

"What we lack is time."

Maeda Kichiri to the core.

"Correct."

Ito nodded.

Sky locusts are not scary, nor are they difficult to deal with.

The situation is in their favor.

The locust army retreated steadily, morale was low, and domestic casualties were heavy, which further hit the morale of the locust army, making the locust army's resentment towards the prime ministers reach its peak, and many of them became war-weary.

They are now the emperors of the land, holding the power of the army in their hands. As long as they have enough time to launch propaganda and sort out the stakes, they can transfer the resentment in the army to the empire and the locust.

But this will take a long time, during which time a large number of diehards will need to be eliminated.

"So, we use some means to speed up the process."

Maeda Kili paused, and began to say:
"Although the morale of the troops is currently low, the sufficient food supply keeps the morale of the troops at a relatively stable level."

Everyone nodded in unison.

Thanks to the sufficient and cheap food, sugar, salt and other daily necessities in the Republic of China, even if the troops were retreating steadily, they would not have to worry about food and clothing. Although morale was low, it did not collapse.

"And domestically too."

Maeda Jiri continued.

The mainland suffered repeated bombings, but apart from the big fire in Tokyo, the direct casualties were actually not that big... To be precise, they were not particularly big.

Rather than causing direct casualties, the enemy seems to be more interested in blowing up the empire in the Stone Age, buildings, roads, and farmland. These are the key bombing targets, so that citizens who have experience can escape waves of bombing.

The steady stream of cheap food transported back to the country barely stabilized the situation.

In times of disaster, being able to barely eat enough to eat is a great stability for people, so the country is still stable at present.

"You mean, transport all the food back to the country?"

Ito somewhat understood Maeda Kichiri's thoughts.

Although the food in the Republic of China was so cheap and incredibly abundant that the whole world was envious to death. Thanks to this, the empire was able to collect enough food, but with the failure of Bohai Bay, the participating troops of the empire retreated to the Kwantung Army area.

Even now, the Kwantung Army is being attacked by superior forces and retreating steadily, and the food they can collect is greatly reduced.

Because of the enemy's bombing in the country, the demand for food supplies has increased sharply.

The food from the subcontinent, which was originally expected by everyone, could not be transported back, and even the food from Southeast Asia was cut off and could not be transported back to the mainland. The only remaining route was the peninsula.

Because of the urgent need and the large gap, the base camp, Tian Locust jointly ordered the two to increase the collection of necessary materials such as grain and sugar, and even stipulated specific amounts.

This amount is absolutely impossible for the locust army that only has the northeast territory left.

"Correct."

Maeda Jiri's tone was sinister:

"The locust asked us to collect food and transport it back to the country. As long as we make this order public, and then transport the food back to the country in large quantities, reducing the supply of troops, this will inevitably lead to turmoil."

"We can guide the troops to attribute the resentment of the turmoil to the order of the locust, saying that he does not care about the life and death of the soldiers."

"We can also rally those diehards, policing the force and creating internal conflict."

"good idea."

Tanaka's eyes lit up.

If turmoil occurs, they can take this opportunity to easily eliminate the diehards, and as long as people are hungry, the spirit of bushido is scum, and they will be anxious with whoever refuses to let them eat.

Not to mention the locust, even if the god Amaterasu came, it would be useless.

　night and...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)