"First, please give a warning to Su with a tough attitude, that our army will cross the border and fight back..." Someone was about to express his objection, but was immediately stopped by King Minami Tokuromiya, "Don't make trouble, listen to Ishihara Jun's words."

"Second, please send a military observation team to the German side. It is best to let the Russians know that they are here. The level should not be too low. At least they should get a lieutenant general. Third, the Kwantung Army mobilized, gathered secretly, and hoarded materials. Especially the new chariot brigade should be formed as soon as possible. If you scare the Russians, there must be Soviet spies in Manchuria, and they will know the direction of our army; Fourth, the aircraft cross-border reconnaissance, fly to wherever the location is important, but don't really get fire. Fifth, if possible, let the navy cooperate and conduct a landing exercise, the effect should be more realistic..."

Ishihara smiled and said, "In this way, the Soviet army thought our army would soon give up the Soviet-Japan neutral treaty and cooperate with the German army to attack them. Not only did they dare not draw troops from the Far East to Europe, but they might also need reinforcements from Europe. The confidence in diplomatic negotiations would be insufficient, which restricted the Red Army's energy and supported the European battlefield. The envoy of Corr was a smart man, so we naturally knew how much this move was worth, and we would not do it if it was less than 200 million marks! Then we would raise another 300 million marks in China, so wouldn't it be possible to get 500 million marks? Of course, the price can be raised a little higher during negotiations, asking for a price everywhere, and paying the money locally! But the bottom line must be at least 200 million."

Everyone immediately discussed that 500 million marks can be used to buy 800 vehicles for Tiger tanks, and more than 2,000 vehicles for No. 4. Of course, it is impossible to buy tanks, aircraft, artillery, other supplies, supporting equipment, and also prepare consumables and parts. However, after the calculation, it is very optimistic. There is no problem with the new expansion of 2 chariot divisions (only heavy equipment, not including light equipment, personnel). If it is not used to expand the new troops, you can probably improve equipment and improve combat effectiveness for 10-12 divisions.

"Okay, this is a good idea! Kanto Jun moved his legs, said a few tough words, put on his posture, burned a little gasoline, and the 200 million mark was earned steadily." Jun Tada slapped his thigh, "It's worthy of being Ishihara, and he's full of bad water."

Ishihara rolled his eyes: "Is there anyone who praises people like this?"

"I think it's OK." King Minami Tokuramiya also expressed his approval.

However, Shimomura Taki raised objections: "What if the Soviet side misjudged the situation and really fought with us? This is not a joke."

"Yes, bluffing is OK, and it will be troublesome to make it fake." King Minorhiko Higakurimiya, who was just happy, calmed down suddenly. He turned his eyes to Ishihara and waited for the latter to explain.

"First of all, we can see the direction of the wind in the past few days. If the Soviet Union is unwilling to declare war on us after suffering losses, then there is no need to say anything, there is only one word, fight! Secondly, if Stalin is unwilling to fail and continues to increase troops to attack but not declare the war, and fight without breaking, then we will continue to strike head-on. In this case, it is completely necessary to find the German side to get some benefits. After all, one more Russian dies here, and the Soviet-German frontline will face less Russian. Even if the Germans pay money, they will have to give us rewards. Again, Stalin chose to calm down and swallow his anger, and he would even threaten the navy and raise a 50% transit fee. We must keep a consistent position with the navy! The Soviet Union is now unable to take this opportunity to quarrel when will it be?"

The logical basis for supporting Ishihara Kanr's judgment is: the Soviet Union was defeated very badly in Europe, and the channels for accepting US aid were closed one after another, and it was impossible to take care of itself. It was unlikely that he would turn back and look for bad luck in Japan. This was the strategic basis of his speculation. Of course, he had also heard of the information about the Soviet Union and Germany's secret peace, but he believed that this was not enough to make Stalin turn his attention and focus to the east, because even if the Soviet Union and Germany ceased to fight, the Russian People's Liberation Army and a group of Eastern European brothers were still eyeing it? What if it had just fought with Japan, and the axis was torn up the treaty and killed it according to the personality of the head of state.

It is very likely (Hoffmann in Berlin rolled his eyes so angry. Is my reputation so bad?); the last and most important point is that after the Japanese army stopped China's large-scale military operations, the US military in the South China Sea was now subdued by the Japanese Navy and dared not move around. The only one who really fought was the Indian dispatched army. In addition, European resources were continuously imported, and military resources were completely surplus. The Kwantung Army and the Soviet Red Army fought for a battle of 10,200,000 or even 300,000 troops. He believed that training the team's combat effectiveness depends on training, but practicing only or not fighting is a blind practice!

When everyone heard this, they thought it made sense. The Kwantung Army was not finished yet. They could take a step and take another step. It is worth getting some benefits first when they contacted Germany. As for the transit fee, I was a little excited to think about it. This is to collect money while lying down. The navy is just weird, and it can be said that it is so elegant when robbing the road. No wonder it is so rich. The army is not thick enough in comparison.

"In addition, at the same time, Coco will test Russia's bottom line, see their Far East combat readiness and combat effectiveness, and see if there is really an opportunity to take advantage of it in the future. It can swallow Siberia in one fell swoop, at least Huatai Island should occupy the entire territory; I also have another concern that the Soviet-German truce, Russia is likely to lose its grave and gain the east corner, and will come to fight Manchuria. Now, it is necessary to knock on the mountain and tiger in advance to let them carefully measure the risks and costs of our comprehensive development and prevent Stalin from misjudging the situation and taking risks. Although our capital is stronger than them now, if we can fight in full or not, we must wait for our mecha strength to reach a higher level."

"Ishihara's business is getting more and more powerful."

"This trick was learned by General Guanho. He is so good at doing business in wars. I have studied the battles he commanded, but he has hardly done a loss-making business. He often shows strength as strong and weak as weak. The joint fleet is full of money, and it is almost impossible to hold it in the bowl and it is about to overflow. Which naval officer and soldier have come back from Europe with him and are not promoted and made a fortune?" Ishihara Kanir sighed, "But such a capable person is now excluded to protect himself. It is difficult to be an official in Japan. It is even more difficult to be an official in Japan. It is even more difficult to do some results and not offend people..."

This aroused everyone's sigh. Everyone generally had a good impression of Hori Teki. Not to mention anything else, the first thing the joint fleet had just returned was to send equipment to the garrisons of the islands of Nanyang (regardless of sea and land) to strengthen firepower, so that Keno Kurita, who was specifically executed, was known as "Lieutenant General of the Armed Forces". How many people have accepted this love? In terms of the Indian Expeditionary Force, the joint fleet has more relevant care. Not only strongly supported the armies, Hori Teki also brought 4 German land combat brigades to help with free "labor", making the war very smooth, otherwise these hundreds of tons of gold could be obtained so quickly? Then the Kwantung Army, the Korean Army, and the Chinese Expeditionary Force have all received benefits now. It is okay to scold the Navy's Red Deer, and there is really no army front-line general who scolded Hori as the Red Deer, otherwise it would be too heartless.

Because it involves King Hiroki Fushimiami Miyaki, and King Minorhiko Hiroki, who is also a royal family, is not easy to comment on publicly, so he had to change the topic: "If this matter is done, I think Ishihara's military rank can also be moved. He has done so many things over the past year, why can't he be a general? In terms of seniority, he is almost at the same time!"

Hearing the prince's words, a bunch of people immediately began to congratulate General Ishihara. Even Shimomura Taki (who is a classmate of the Army Non-commissioned officer school with Tokuro Miyaki and one class higher than Ishihara) sincerely expressed his agreement. The reason why this term of the army's senior management is so harmonious is that a group of friends and close friends are in power. Ishihara Kanir is a person of Tokuro Miyaki and Non-commissioned officers, Lu Prime Minister Tada Jun is a friend of Ishihara and even the appointments are recommended by Ishihara. The second officer of the Army is a classmate of Tokuro Miyaki and Minamiki. They are also a group of students in the Army Non-commissioned officer school, and they are teamed up with different grades. Ishihara is the 21st period, and Tokuro Miyaki and Shimomura Taki are both in the 20th period, and they are both outstanding and influential students among the same period, so they are so familiar that they can't be more familiar.

In Shimomura's view, Ishihara is Ishihara, and the work results over the past year are obvious to all: from the adjustment of strategic policies to the orderly withdrawal of troops from mainland China to the smallest resource acquisition and military adjustment, all of which have achieved remarkable results, and the first time it began to lead the Japanese army towards modernization.

Only Ishihara shook his head in his heart: Hori Teiki took dozens of ships and hundreds of thousands of tons of supplies, calm and gentle, and was even removed from his position. I only had 200 million marks at one time, and I could already become a general. The army's vision was too low. Fortunately, the army was used to suffering and the starting point was too low, so it would always get better slowly.

Just like submachine guns, the army used to have a concept that they were too busy to use bullets and were too lazy to be equipped. Of course, the main reason for the poor effect of the 100-type submachine gun developed by Japan itself was not effective. However, after picking up the German-made mp-38 from Europe, the US Thomson submachine guns, the level of the army's submachine guns was suddenly improved by several levels, and all officers agreed to increase the intensive firepower in close combat. So several ordnance factories started to use their brains to imitate production, but they were all called to stop by Ishihara. The reason shocked everyone at the beginning: imported goods are so cheap and the supply is large, why don't you buy them but make them yourself? You don't have the concept of cost and time in your mind? Careful calculations are very correct. Compared with these imported goods, the price performance of the 100-type submachine guns is at the bottom, but the price is more than twice as expensive. Only when you are stupid.

In addition to submachine guns, some of the army's front-line division light weapons have also begun to be upgraded. They are no longer all combinations of 38 large covers + crooked machine guns, but are gradually replaced with 7.7mm Type 99 rifles and light machine guns. In order to speed up production, Ishihara Kanir even decisively stopped the production line of 38 large covers and crooked machine guns and forced the production. This practice is not criticized by no one, but Ishihara Kanir who is at its peak at all. As for the old rifles that were eliminated, except for a batch for training for the rear, the rest were sold to China with other infantry weapons purchased from Europe. Both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and the warlord forces rushed to buy them.
Chapter completed!