It is not known whether the saber of those rì officers can cure constipation, but it is true that they can be used to get on fire.

"Red Okanoro!! Damn it! These damn Chinese dolphins ......" Xianyuan Palace scolded in the headquarters of the base camp, and the generals and adjutants below did not dare to squeak.

The Idle Courtyard Palace is waving the latest New York Times, which features Edgar Edgar. Snow's new "Tiger of the Far East - Rì Ben Saber Can Treat Constipation" Tu Menghu's interview.

The interview caused a lot of laughter in the United States, not just in the United States, but in fact the story caused global laughter. The saber, which was once regarded as a symbol of honor and status, has now become the secret cure for the Commander-in-Chief of the Tiger.

This made the entire book feel extremely humiliated, and even the military headquarters received more than 3,000 blood letters from troops from all sides asking for war just as soon as the report was issued.

"I don't care what way or what means you use, I have to turn this damn tiger into a dead tiger!" Xianyuan Palace's blood-red eyes were red, and he said fiercely to the group of generals and adjutants below: "He must pay for his words!" He must pay for humiliating us emperors!! ”

"Hail!!" Wujin dared to say no, and answered loudly.

Xianyuan Gong lost his temper and then kicked the generals out of the conference room. I took a sip of tea and calmed down, but I heard a knock on the door.

"Come in!" Xianyuan Palace tidied up his appearance and said in a deep voice to the gate.

"Your Highness, Prime Minister Konoe has come in and invited you to his office. said that there was an urgent matter to discuss...... Xianyuan Palace was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then nodded and said in a deep voice: "Got it!" You tell him, and I'll be there later. ”

"Hay!" The adjutant nodded yes, then bowed and exited the office. And close the office door.

After the adjutant left, Xianyuan Palace couldn't help but bow his head and ponder. Konoe Fumima, the prime minister, is not an ordinary person, he was born in the "Konoe family", one of the five regent families of the court nobles, and he is also the 30th suzerain of the Konoe family.

The Konoe family is the 12th grandson of Emperor Rì Goyo Cheng, and Konoe Fumima's father is Duke Konoe Atsuro, and he is the eldest son in the family.

In the early days, Konoe Fumima was somewhat inclined to the Anglo-American faction of Saionji Kobo, but in 1919, he participated in the Paris Peace Conference with Saionji Kobo, who represented Rìmoto, and expanded his international knowledge.

But later, perhaps under the influence of the Emperor, he began to try his best to cooperate with the actions of the military department and others. To a certain extent, he even put forward the idea of supporting the military to wage war while rejecting the idea of breaking the status quo in coordination with Britain and the United States.

Although he didn't know what Konoe Funma was doing to see him, he still tidied up his appearance, and then walked out of the office, accompanied by Jǐng Wei and his adjutant, to the Prime Minister's Office.

Since the assassination, the entire rì本zhèngfǔ has begun to protect dignitaries at all levels and military personnel in an all-round way. Especially the Xianyuan Palace, which provoked the incident, he didn't want to be "punished" by himself......

Under the escort of the Jǐng Guard, the Kanin Palace came to the Prime Minister's Mansion of Konoe Bunma. After entering, he was led by the secretary to Konoe Fumima's office.

"Your Royal Highness, you're here......" Konoe Bunma's Kanin Palace walked in and immediately stood up and bowed respectfully to him. Xianyuan Palace hurriedly returned the salute and said softly: "The prime minister doesn't need to be so polite. ”

"Your Royal Highness, please!" Konoe Bunma made a gesture of invitation to the Idle Courtyard Palace, and gave the Idle Courtyard Palace a seat. Xianyuan Palace was humble, and sat down as a matter of course.

"I invite His Royal Highness the Prince to come down today, I want to inform some of the crisis of the Ministry of Internal Affairs......" Konoe Fumima took out a stack of documents and put them in front of the Xianyuan Palace, and said with a somewhat gloomy face: "If this crisis is not resolved, then the empire's Greater East Asia strategy will have to stop......"

"Oh?! Are those idiots in the Senate embarrassing you?! Xianyuan Palace's face suddenly turned cold, and he said in a deep voice.

"It's not a problem of the Senate, it's a problem of the empire itself...... "Konoe Fumima sighed, "We have too few resources for the white spoon, but we have used too many ...... in this war."

Konoe Fumima tapped the documents on the desktop, and his face was very ugly.

Xianyuan Palace couldn't help but be stunned, but then stopped talking. I just picked up the documents and looked at them. What these documents record is the state of the country's resource reserves and consumption since the beginning of the war.

Since Songhu in 1937, the war against China has been extremely attritional. Fortunately, Rì could have purchased some of the resources through countries such as Britain and the United States.

But then the tiger's declaration of war and the political instability in Europe itself led to the direct cutting off of supplies to the European side. Even the original small batch of "scrap steel and waste oil" transactions have been cut off.

Although the U.S. side ordered a complete ban on trading with the United States, in the early days, the two sides could still obtain their own needs through private transactions. However, these are much fewer than positive deals.

As the war continued, the consumption of rìben in China became greater and greater. Gasoline and steel account for the lion's share. The manufacture of airplanes and tanks consumes a large amount of steel reserves. At the same time, these are all machines that drink oil like water.

The little reserve of rì Ben has bottomed out in three or two clicks.

"Right now, we have less than a million tons of white spoon oil reserves. If there is no more oil, then the situation of the whole China can be imagined. Konoe Fumima smiled bitterly at the Kanin Palace and said, "Without oil, the navy can't attack." The army's chariot units and flying teams have also become decorations. Under the attack of that tiger, the outcome of the emperor's ** team in China can be imagined......"

Xianyuan Palace knew the severity of the situation, but what it didn't expect was that it would come so quickly! Originally, he thought that this would not come so soon, but now...... "Our local oil resources have always been extremely poor. According to calculations, the annual production of oil in our own country is only maintained at the level of 200,000-300,000 tons, and the annual production of the leased land of North Sakhalin is about 300,000 tons. In addition, Taiwan has an annual output of tens of thousands of tons...... It's better than nothing......"

"And our empire itself has already implemented adjustments in all aspects, and even then the consumption of civilian gasoline will require 257,000 barrels......"

"Most of the vehicles that used to need gasoline to run have now been modified to run on charcoal or firewood. Industrial oils are extracted from soybeans, peanuts, coconut and castor. Shangdou, sugar, and rice wine – even bottled rice wine on retail store shelves – were requisitioned to refine the liquor jīng, which was used as fuel ......"

Hearing Konoe Fumima's description, the Idle Palace couldn't help but be gloomy. According to the data provided by Konoe, this superposition before and after, Xianyuan Palace easily concluded:

At present, it can produce more than 600,000 tons of oil annually at most, but the minimum consumption of the private sector itself is as much as 250,000 barrels per year.

The rest, that is, more than 400,000 barrels. Together with the reserves, that is, a maximum of more than 1.4 million barrels. As for the army, the army's gasoline consumption of cars and combat vehicles alone is as high as 1.4 million barrels.

The consumption of aviation gasoline in the naval and army air corps has now reached 2.15 million barrels! How can only 1.4 million barrels of oil be supplied?!

If this continues, those air units and tank units will become, as the guards say, become ornaments. On the other hand, the tank units and aviation units of the Wehrmacht are aggressively entering.

Under such a form of warfare, the outcome of those armies of the Rì army in China can be imagined.

"I have sent Foreign Minister Yoyo Matsuoka to the United States to negotiate and see if we can get some oil from the United States." Seeing that the Xianyuan Palace was silent, Konoe Wenma said softly: "But...... Your Royal Highness, this matter is not optimistic. ”

"We need to plan ahead. If the U.S. side doesn't let go, then I ask Your Highness to consider where the empire will go......" Konoe Funma stood up and bowed deeply to the palace in a deep voice.

This is the reason why Konoe Bunma came to the Xianyuan Palace, and it was already time for the mountains and rivers to run out. The war continues like this, and there is no supply to be imagined.

Minerals such as coal and iron can also be plundered from occupied territories, but what about oil?! Except for some that have been found in Taiwan now, there is no oil found in the area under the control of Rìben.

However, oil is now the most important strategic material, and without oil, it is equivalent to losing the war. Konoe Fumima was well aware of this situation, but he also knew that if he wanted to stop the war or use other options, he had to pass the consent of one person - Prince Kanin Palace!

This prince, who is dormant in the military department, is actually the hand of the emperor who controls the army. It is only when he recognizes the criticality of the situation that he will consider how to solve it.

Whether it is a truce or a way to obtain oil to continue the war, the consent of His Royal Highness the Prince must be obtained.

"Prime Minister Konoe, I see." Xianyuan Palace's fingers pinching the document were a little white, and he was silent for a long time before he said softly: "The prime minister has worked hard, and I will have an in-depth discussion on this matter with my colleagues in the military department." Whatever the conclusion, Prime Minister Dairi's efforts are recognized by the War Ministry......"

"Don't dare! I am just doing my best for the empire and His Majesty the Emperor. The glory of the empire also requires the efforts of His Royal Highness the Prince and his colleagues in the military department. ”

Hearing this, Xianyuan Palace sighed deeply, took these documents and walked straight out of Konoe's office. Konoe Fumima hurriedly got up to see him off, and did not return to the Prime Minister's Mansion until he put Kanin Palace in the car and watched his car go away.

"I hope ...... The empire can survive this crisis, otherwise all the accumulation since the Meiji Restoration will be ruined......" Looking at the map in his office, Konoe Fumima looked lonely.