Chapter 66: Between the Peace and the War (12)

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"Sir, the telegram from Tokyo has arrived, and your suggestion has been preliminarily accepted, but the Prime Minister said that it is better to wait until you arrive in Tokyo to officially announce such a big personnel change as the vice admiral of the Navy, and they have also discussed the terms of your peace and proposed some amendments, but it is not clear in the telegram, it is best to sit down and communicate in person, so I hope you will be in Tokyo as soon as possible" Chiaki Matsuda smiled slightly, "It seems that your idea of patrolling the various theaters has stimulated the base camp, and they can't wait to sabotage your plan." ”

"The conspiracy is most afraid of being exposed, if you conspire, it's not so easy to deal with, don't pay attention to them, let's continue"

"Admiral Tsukahara sent a telegram intending to launch a general attack on Hawaii on the 11th."

"Tell him that I won't be on the mainland before May, that he still has time, that he is not in a hurry, that the Americans make a little more money, and that we are in debt now."

"What should we do next?"

"Reward the Army Red Deer."

"Reward?" Chiaki Matsuda paused for a moment, "Where's the money?" ”

"Yes, isn't that Indochina?"

"You want?"

"Didn't I say that half of Indochina was used to pay off its debt to Germany, and half was used for the army and navy? This money is not for the army and navy to develop armaments, but to issue pensions to the army and navy," Horiyoshi smiled slightly, "India's land rewards for military merit are certain, and now everyone is squeezing their heads to grab military merits, resulting in an unstoppable scene, this is where I don't think about it, so I want to change my thinking, and use this money for the distribution of pensions first, and the standard should be set higher, and the fallen soldiers in the previous war also refer to this standard, and the rest will be used for armaments." ”

"Oh" Chiaki Matsuda understood, no matter how much money this money is, it must be a fixed amount, and if the pension is more, the money for armaments will be less, don't you want military merit? I'll let you rob it, provided that you don't die, as soon as you die, you will lose more than you lose! Maybe what you grab is not enough to pay a pension. And for the army red deer who like to play with meat bullet attacks and jade shatter attacks at every turn, will there be fewer dead people?

"This may not be possible at the top."

"If you can't get through the high-level, can't I face the grassroots? Can you really rely on those few generals and adjutants to control hundreds of thousands of troops? Hori Yoshiki smiled, "If it was so simple, there would have been no such thing as a thief in the first place!" ”

Chiaki Matsuda knew that this move was a good move in terms of layout: in terms of casualties, it must be that the absolute number of the army was much larger, and every soldier was worried about the situation after his casualties. As for the army forcibly ignoring it, Horikichi also has a way, can the navy implement it first, as long as the navy pays for it according to this standard, and then makes a big publicity, and the army will be in a commotion.

Moreover, the army and the army are still different, the Indian army and the southern army are first-class regardless of military merits and casualties, this kind of policy is only beneficial to them, and the real loss is the Zhong** and the Kwantung Army, the former can also be compensated through trade and commerce, and the Kwantung Army will not be able to make anything, and the only thing worse than the Kwantung Army may be the General Army, which cannot be regarded as an army at all in the eyes of Hori Yiji, and he can't wait to cut it all.

"Second, we can follow the example of Germany in setting up an oil fund, nationalize all the Borneo oil fields, South Seas rubber, sugar and other plantations that we have acquired, and then convert a fixed share of them into funds, and then set up some state-owned farms in India and Indochina to obtain stable compensation for soldiers and officers."

"If you do this, the chaebols will not be satisfied."

"There is nothing to be dissatisfied with, and it does not harm their interests, these economies distributed outside the homeland neither pay local taxes nor pay local taxes, and the army only takes the output equivalent to the tax part" Horiyoshi smiled slightly, "As for the chaebols with particularly black hearts, you don't have to be afraid, I just choose to clean a few, and see if anyone dares to go against the army and navy?" ”

"Hiss" Chiaki Matsuda gasped, he hadn't heard such murderous words for a long time, and he couldn't help but guess which chaebol would be unlucky.

Chewing on Horikichi's words carefully, he seemed to vaguely see something different, and after thinking for a long time, he suddenly exclaimed: "It's not this, it's not."

"How? Like not like the Bolshevik routine? ”

"Like! Resemble! ”

"This is a point of opinion that I have been pondering and meditating on recently, there are too many old customs and old forces in Japan, and it must be reformed and renewed, according to the Bolshevik practice, trying to promote the revolution from below is too damaging to the vitality of the country, and it seems more appropriate to use Bismarck's dynastic socialism and the Führer's national socialism to transform, of course, Japan has its own national conditions, our middle class, intellectual power is too small, and the working class is not developed, but Japan's military elite and soldier class are very large, This is the only place we can take advantage of. Horikichi smiled slightly, "I think I can make Japan red and promote the Bolshevik strategy without Bolsheviks, now is a good time to window the army is cohesive, the country is capable, I have the will, and the people have expectations!" As a result of this transformation, Japan's victory will no longer belong to one person or some people, as it used to be, but will be shared by all the people! ”

"But it's too risky," Chiaki Matsuda sighed, "and if you don't get it right, you'll end up in pieces." ”

"You're wrong, it's not that I'm broken, it's that Japan is a country that develops according to their inherent logic, and what country will Japan eventually become?" Horiyoshi said with a heavy heart, "Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan has repeatedly gambled with its national fortunes, the first time was the Sino-Japanese War, fighting for control of Korea, and the bet was won; The second was the Russo-Japanese War, which fought for dominance of the Far East, and the bet was won; The third time is this big war, the battle for dominance in Asia and the Pacific, I guess I can still win the bet, but what about the fourth? I've won three times in a row, do you want to bet again? Have you thought about what happens if you lose a bet? ”

Chiaki Matsuda shook her head.

"You are a well-known American expert in the navy, and you have seen the great strength of Germany, do you think that the battle for world dominance will get the current Japan?"

Chiaki Matsuda continued to shake his head, he did not think that Japan had the strength to confront Germany and the United States alone.

"What Japan needs most at present is not rocket technology or other sophisticated weapons, but other kinds of production technology and industrial strength, and Japan now controls a territory larger than the whole of Europe, but in terms of industrial output, even Germany alone cannot be compared, let alone compared with the European bloc, the current situation in Japan is based on deformed military strength, without patient development in 3050, it is simply impossible to catch up with Germany and the United States in comprehensive strength, and continue to strengthen the military strength that has been extremely deformed, isn't it afraid of causing internal collapse?" Horikichi shook his head and said, "It's not that Yamamoto and Ishihara can't see this danger, but they are all subject to this system, and they can only make minor repairs within the scope of the system, which is completely useless, and they must be completely reformed, so let me do this kind of thing." ”

Facing the north, he said in a categorical tone: "I have even done the thief of the Heavenly Punishment Country, what else can't I do?" ”

(End of chapter)

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