"I want a railway gun? Didn't it mean that I couldn't catch up with the Indian Battle?"

"The general at the foot of the mountain is just complaining, this time it's General Umetsu."

"How much do you want?" Tada Jun thought that the Kanto Army only wanted to decorate the storefront 1-2, but he didn't expect that the next sentence of Lieutenant General Yuki Kasahara, the chief of staff of the Kanto Army, who came to report specifically, would startle him.

"We have calculated that in the long run, 24-32 games will be needed, and in the short run, at least 16-18 games will be needed."

"so much?"

"Your Excellency, this is not much. Such a long border needs to be guarded. This is the minimum requirement for simplifying it after simplification. I know you are concerned about the war situation in India, but you can't ignore the Kanto Army. Manchuria provides millions of tons of steel, tens of millions of tons of coal, a large number of guns and ammunition, and armored vehicles in Manchuria, and provides tens of millions of tons of grain... Without the Kanto Army, how could the empire have the strength to print?"

Tada Jun's face froze. Of course, Yukio Kasahara's words were good, but they all looked a bit pampered and charming.

"It's not cheap to buy so many railway guns, even if you use naval guns to transform them, it's not easy."

"The guru understands, so before coming, I asked the German envoy for inquiries. He said that the German side could provide 32 railway guns, including 170mm, 210mm, 280mm and 305mm, including supporting shells, all of which are intact and available at a time. The package is priced at 100 million marks." Kasahara Yukio was obviously prepared and said calmly, "I consulted several factories and technical experts. If they estimate the price of their own transformation, they will definitely not only be this price, but also be slow."

For Germany, 100 million marks are indeed less than the cost, but these are all trophys that have been in vain. It is a waste to let go. It is better to deal with it cheaply. No matter how good the 100 million marks are, they are worth 350 Tiger (175 for Japan).

Tada Jun asked: "Can you buy the K5 train cannon that can fire more than 60 kilometers and the 800mm super train cannon?"

These two things were solemnly investigated by the Japanese delegation. K5 was effective in deterring the British coastline. Gustav train cannons performed amazingly in the battles between Sevastopol and Gibraltar, and everyone was ready to move.

"You can buy it, all packaged at 200 million!"

Tada Jung felt ache: "It's so expensive!"

"The officials also think so, but those 32 train guns and shells are only 100 million marks, which are absolutely cheap! If the European war was about to end, the Germans would not have dealt with us so cheaply." Kasahara Yukio said with a thrift. "The German envoy also said that there will be a large number of second-hand arms treatments by the end of the year. We must say hello first. Then we can choose first, otherwise we will deal with other allies. Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Argentina, etc. have all expressed their rush to ask for it, especially Iran and Iraq. They have relied on some oil in their hands and are extremely wealthy."

"I don't have the final say about this matter, I have to discuss it."

"Natural, natural." Kasahara Yukio bowed and said, "Shiguan has brought you some local specialties this time. Please accept it with a smile."

Tada Jun knew about any local specialties in Manchuria, just ginseng, marten, antler, etc., but it was almost summer. Why did you give these things? But when you took the box, he felt something was wrong. He almost couldn't hold it. When he opened it, the things inside suddenly blurted his eyes. It was a piece of gold that was bigger than his fist. He didn't dare to pick it up and look carefully, and quickly closed the box with a "bang".

"How can you be so embarrassed?" said that, but did not return the box.

Kasahara Yukio said goodbye with a smile: "A little bit of heart does not mean respect. Please worry about the Kanto Army."

After Kasahara Yukio left, Tada Jun took out the box and played with it again, and tried to take a bite. It turned out to be the best dog-headed gold.

Of course, he understood the meaning of Mejiro Umezu. The Kwantung Army not only stared at that point of railway gun, but also the more important one million tons of crude oil on the island of Sakhalin, East and West. All parties were quarreling about how to distribute these million tons of crude oil.

This is not a simple question of 1 million tons of oil. It is the closest oil production area to Japan. It is not only close but also safe, but it is said to have the potential to increase production to 2 million tons. Once the US military counterattack in the South China Sea in the future, Borneo oil supply will be cut off in the Middle East and Borneo oil supply. This is Japan's last life-saving oil.

Japan is not Japan in history. With the increase in aircraft and tanks, the fuel consumption has increased significantly. Although the number of warships in the joint fleet has not exceeded the historical scale, the two Yamato-class ships have always been outside since Horikito took office. 10,000 tons of heavy oil will be lost at one time, so the demand for oil is even more urgent.

So even though I know that the Russians are not easy to mess with, I have to rob the 1 million tons of crude oil with my life. Fortunately, it was successful in the end. The Russians finally agreed to "lent" and did not dispatch bombers to bomb.

At the headquarters high-level army meeting, everyone agreed to the Kwantung Army's request to purchase train cannons, which surprised Tada Jun a little. It seemed that there were many people who received "local specialties", and now he felt more at ease.

Then discussing the issue of oil, Shimomura Tatsuda said: "The Navy Privy Councilor proposed a proposal. If the Kwantung Army can indeed restrain its own behavior, it will not exceed the mine. The Navy proposes to allocate the new oil as follows: the Kwantung Army is 500,000 tons, the Navy 350,000 tons, and the other local areas of 150,000 tons. The Kwantung Army is responsible for raising 200,000 tons of grain, and the Navy is responsible for transportation and security. At the same time, it is also proposed to exchange 1 ton of grain for 3-4 tons of oil to buy oil from Russia. The specific proportion will be negotiated separately."

The navy made a big concession this time, not even half of the requests were required. Horitiki was afraid that the Kanto Army would be intoxicated by the victory of the blitzkrieg on the island, and thought that the Russians would go north just like this, which would be a problem. With the navy in North Sakhalin, the Russians dare not do what to do. It would be not easy to fight other fronts. At the time when the West Coast Battle was in full swing, he would never want a fire in the backyard. Therefore, he would rather let the Kanto Army get more points than tie their hands and feet.

"I think it's acceptable, but make some adjustments." Ishihara Kanir said, "The diesel, gasoline and lubricating oil of the Kanto Army after the decomposition of 500,000 tons of crude oil belongs to them, but they can't use so much marine heavy oil and other products. They keep one-third of the remaining ones and give the rest to the Ministry of Finance to make up for the special expenses for train guns."

The meeting was unanimously approved. Umezu Mijiro was very satisfied with this. "local specialties" were still powerful: the train gun was completed, the oil was also completed, and a policy portal for "oil for grain" was opened.

He sent an order with confidence: "Every division is cautious in defending the defense line, and must not cross it, and must not open fire first. Anyone who violates the order will be shot on the spot!" This order extinguished many of the red deer's eagerness to move.

The next day, the Kwantung Army, which was quick to move, used more than 200 carriages to load 10,000 tons of grain to hand over to the Soviet Union, to be precise, Eastern Russia. Although they were all the axial camps, Japan was afraid of overstimulating Stalin's father, so it has not yet recognized Western Russia and officially put forward the requirement of "oil for grain."

Japan has always had the idea of ​​"for oil to food", but at the beginning, the Soviet Union was not enough, so how could it be exchanged for it? The situation is different now. As long as there is no war, there will be surplus of oil. Even if it is handed over to Germany for 5 million tons of oil, it will have a certain surplus. But grain has become the biggest problem for Eastern Russia.

Although Stalin was extremely angry that Japan took advantage of the situation to rob, what Kutsnetsov said on that day touched him: "Comrade Stalin, if you are hungry, you cannot build socialism. It reflects the superiority of socialism, and you cannot fight. In the future, our enemies will be in all aspects and we must pay close attention to food issues."

He did some calculations for Stalin. 200,000 tons of grain can solve the food problem of 400,000 people a year. If you save some money, 500,000 people can deal with it. In this situation, these 200,000 tons are completely life-saving food. Moreover, it is difficult for other countries to provide large amounts of food to East Russia except Japan.

Because of Kutsnetsov's bitter advice and even made some "rightist" remarks, Stalin finally gave up his revenge in the Far East and agreed to "lease" with his nose. Since the lease was allowed, "oil for food" was not a big problem. The two sides finally agreed that after Japan delivered 200,000 tons of grain in full, it would start to promote oil for food at a ratio of 4:1, and the first transaction limit was set to 1 million tons of oil.

In the past two years, due to the continuous failure of the Red Army, Stalin has been instructing to increase the development of the Ural Mountains and Siberia, and has successively discovered the Kansk-Achinsk coalfield, and even discovered the edge oil wells of the Tyumen Oilfield (the main position is not yet known). This ensures that the Red Army can barely maintain more than 10 million tons of crude oil production after losing Baku and successively losing the Volga-Ural Oilfield (Second Baku), and the coal production is also steadily consolidating.

Only Hoffman in this world knows the future potential of East Russia. As long as Stalin's father does not make trouble and die and does not want to fight for the world, East Russia is still sure to become a third-rate power (the United States and Germany are first-class, Britain, France, Italy, and Japan are second-rate). If you do it well, your life will not be worse than that of the Middle East oil-producing countries.

In his opinion: the confrontation between the East and the Russia must be balanced, and there should not be obvious situations where one side is weaker than the other. As long as the situation between both sides can continue to improve, there will be neither the danger of destruction nor the risk of merger in the short term. This is a great thing for Germany. Russia is too strong and does not conform to Germany's interests, and Russia is too weak and does not conform to Germany's interests.
Chapter completed!