Comrade, your ingredients are too complicated.

Chapter 313 Comrade Deyi is in action!
Tokyo, the Imperial Conference venue.

"Everyone, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend the meeting."

"In addition to the southward advance plan, we have another issue to discuss today. The Eighth Route Army in North China is very active now. Is it necessary to launch a large-scale military operation before officially going southward to completely strangle the enemies who are entrenched in Shanxi?"

"The information in front of you is submitted by Neiji Okamura, the commander of the North China Front Army. Please have a look!"

Today is Hideki Tojo's third day as prime minister. In order to ensure that the southward expansion plan he advocated has no worries, he immediately applied for an imperial meeting after receiving the secret telegram from the dispatched army.

In addition to the members of the locust room, the participants this time also included the foreign minister, the marine minister, the ministers and deputy ministers of the two command departments of the army and navy, the speaker of the Privy Council, and the minister of Tibet.

Such a lineup can definitely be called a crowd-like demon dance.

After the opening remarks, the sound of turning documents was heard in the conference room.Looking at the attendees who were reading carefully, Tojo Hideki showed a comfortable smile on his face.

At this moment, the locust, who usually doesn't speak much, suddenly said:
"If war starts in North China now, how long will it take for my country to take over Shanxi? Will it affect our plan to advance southward?"

Although he didn't expect the other party to care about this kind of issue, Hideki Tojo responded immediately.

"One month!"

"As long as His Majesty approves the action, the dispatched army can finish off the enemy in just one month and restore the occupied area of ​​my brother country to what it was in early 1941."

That's right, the old devil was talking about dispatched troops, not just the North China Front Army.

Hideki Tojo is an outright aggressor. He did enough homework on Shanxi before holding the imperial meeting.

The current Eighth Route Army has changed too much. It is no longer the poor appearance it was when it attacked.

With the strength of the North China Front Army alone, it is impossible to successfully implement the counter-offensive plan. Maybe there is a chance to send Hebei and Suiyuan away at once.

If you want to invade Shanxi again, you must at least mobilize the No.12 Army.

Obviously, the locust will not eat this set.For his prime minister's behavior of drawing cakes, he directly delivered a soul blow.

"One month?"

"During the incident in China, your army said you could end the battle in a month. What about now? It's been four full years and there is no result!"

"I think you are delusional!"

It is understandable that this guy suddenly went crazy, because the domestic economy of the book is not far from collapse.

In July of this year, the Japanese army finally took the first step towards the south, occupying and stationing in French Indochina.

Faced with this kind of slap in the face, it is naturally impossible for Chou Guo to remain indifferent.Master Luo directly froze all assets of Benzi at the end of that month and implemented a comprehensive embargo in August.

As a result, most of Japan's defense industries had to suspend production due to lack of raw materials.

Among them, the steel industry has been hit the hardest. Without ore and scrap steel, 30.00% of the country's factories will have to shut down and wait for materials. Production will be reduced by at least [-]% this year.

The machine tool industry and the automobile industry are relatively better, but they can only be regarded as generals, and they will only complete half of the planned indicators at the end of the year.

In terms of trade, there is not much drop. Compared with the previous year, the export volume has decreased by [-]%, and a serious deficit has occurred.

To make matters worse, in order to raise military expenses, the book issued a large amount of public bonds and banknotes, and the country's finances were facing a serious crisis.

The former has accumulated 373 billion yen, which has more than tripled compared with 1936. I don't know how to pay back this money.

The situation of the latter is more serious. In the ten months of this year alone, 47 billion yen has been printed, and the current circulation in the society has reached 79 billion.

Such trouble will inevitably lead to inflation, and prices have more than doubled.

Coupled with various new taxes, the average living standard in this country is declining at an exaggerated rate.

Many of the above situations in any country will definitely promote the birth of some kind of redism.If the sprouts happen to already exist locally, now is a good time to thrive.

After all, where there is oppression there is resistance.

While Hideki Tojo was silent, the locust seemed to have thought of something terrible.

"Let's not talk about North China, let's talk about Deyi's situation first? I remember that person was imprisoned in Chiba? Why is there news about his activities recently!"

"You are the prime minister appointed by me! Since I can help you up, I can also find someone to replace you at any time! If you can't handle this matter within a month, you pack up and leave!"

As soon as these words came out, Hideki Tojo felt as if he had been struck by lightning.He hasn't formally formed a cabinet yet, wouldn't it be a big joke if he was kicked out now.

He had also heard about De Yi, but no one thought that those remnants could start a prairie fire, and even vaguely spread to the whole country.

Facing the threat from his own leader, the old devil replied in a clever way:
"Now the people need a big victory to regain their confidence. As long as they see hope, they will not think about rebellion."

"We barely managed a tie with Preserved Fruit in Tanzhou, and now the North China battlefield is the best choice. As for the time issue, you can rest assured, one month is definitely enough!"

"The previous miscalculation was due to the vast territory of the Republic of China. If it was only a small province, the warriors would definitely be able to crush the enemy into powder!"

Looking at the confident Hideki Tojo, Tian Locust showed a suspicious expression.After thinking for a moment, he still nodded slightly hesitantly.

For Japan now, every major military strategy cannot go wrong.

The implementation of the southward plan will inevitably draw troops from the dispatched army. If the Eighth Route Army is not dealt with in advance, the other party may even pose a threat to Manchukuo.

There is the lifeblood of my country's huge wealth, and it must not be lost!

"Okay! Then I'll give you a month!"

"One month later! I want to see the whole of North China under my brother's rule! Remember the promise you made to me now, what I just said was not a joke!"

"Next item!"

Following the order from their leader, the Imperial Council officially entered its second stage.

This meeting, strictly speaking, should be the third discussion on the details of the southward strategy.

The first time was on July 7, when Desan's Barbarossa plan disrupted the arrangement of the book. They were still fantasizing about dividing the continents of Asia, Africa and Europe together by pulling their beards into the axis.

After the Su-German war, Benzi even had the idea of ​​withdrawing from the Axis Group. That meeting was mainly to discuss the future development direction.

The second time was two months later, when strategic materials were sanctioned by the British and Ugly countries, the military had already started preparations for a full-scale battle.

Against the above background, the locust room can no longer sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and hold a meeting in person to inquire about the series of wars.

"The content of today's meeting is to discuss the forecast of the war's direction and the assessment of the required resources."

"I personally think that until the war is fully prepared, we should continue to paralyze our opponents under the guise of peace. At the same time, various military preparations must be carried out overtime."

"Before the official start, I still want to ask, there should be no one who supports going north now."

Seeing no response, Hideki Tojo nodded in satisfaction.

After all, the army and navy across the country don't have much fuel, and they are not qualified to go north to challenge the Far East troops.How to deal with this situation?Run up to T34 and spit?

T26 and BT7 can't beat both, let alone medium tanks.

Even if Big Beard pulls all the Far Eastern troops back to the Western Front, or Amaterasu pulls out the Amacongyun sword and kills millions of people, as long as they cut off the Siberian Railway, their own troops will be useless.

Even if the Kwantung Army started from HLBE, it would have to travel at least 2000 kilometers westward to reach large cities.If you want to join forces with Mustache, you have to travel more than 2000 kilometers.

When the troops reach the end, the Battle of Stalingrad is estimated to be over.

Although the notebook is not a thing, it is far from reaching the point where you can live by eating frozen soil.Going to Southeast Asia to graze, scavenge, and bite yourself is a better choice.

What's more, switching from the Asian battlefield to the European battlefield, isn't it equivalent to upgrading the difficulty from "Battlefield" to "Hearts of Iron"?

Compared with the Tsar of the Far East, it is obvious that Marshal Mai of the Philippines is better to bully, maybe the opponent is a parallel import lieutenant general who pays attention to victory and transfer.

Based on the current situation and resources, standing still is the best way to help Mustache.If you don't send troops, you can hold back hundreds of thousands of Far Eastern troops. If you send troops, you will forcibly liberate their combat effectiveness.

The best support method for this book at present is actually to cut off the route for the bearded man to obtain foreign aid.Kicking at the "Atlantic Charter" is definitely better than sending troops to death.

"Okay, the meeting officially begins!"

"Let's discuss the specific time schedule first. After all, we need to fight in two areas at the same time."

"..."

(End of this chapter)