Yasuda shook his head slightly, raised his eyes and looked at Takeda Heng, as if he wanted to see something famous from his face, and after a full quarter of an hour, he spoke: "I'm just a spy leader, how can I know so much?" However, I still have a slight understanding of the gap between the industrial strength and national strength between China and Japan. ”

Yasuo Yasuda showed a worried expression, put his hands together on his knees, and looked solemn: "Takeda-kun." Our agents embedded in the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Association have just obtained information that China's steel production will exceed 3.7 million tons this year, the total shipbuilding tonnage will exceed 550,000 tons, and the construction of a 27,000-ton aircraft carrier and six 25,000-ton battle cruisers has begun, which is expected to be delivered to the Chinese Navy around 1930. China's automobile and aviation industry is also ahead of China, this year's total output of automobiles will exceed 10,000, aircraft production will exceed 1,000, and all the automobile and aircraft engines are produced by China after the introduction of advanced technology from Germany and the United States! After Chang Ruiqing's return from his visit to Germany, the construction of China's tank and tractor manufacturing plants will also enter the fast lane, a Sino-German joint venture tractor production enterprise with a registered capital of up to 500 million Reichsmarks has been established, and hundreds of German-funded supporting enterprises are ready to settle in China. In addition, Chinese has also announced an ambitious power development plan, which intends to invest more than 5 billion US dollars in the development of China's power industry in the future, and has signed contracts with Siemens of Germany and Westinghouse of the United States to jointly produce complete sets of equipment for electric power...... Now the Chinese government has proposed that China's industrial output surpass that of Britain and France in 1935. Become the fourth industrial power in the world after the United States, the Soviet Union, and Germany! ”

The numbers in Yasuo Yasuda's mouth seemed to explode in Takeda Heng's ears one after another, making him gasp. The annual output is 3.7 million tons of steel. It doesn't sound like much, but Japan only produced more than 1.6 million tons of steel in 1922 before the Sino-Japanese War, and in 1924 after the victory of the revolution, the steel output was less than 500,000 tons, and this year's estimated steel output is only 700,000 tons, which is only a fraction of others! And this is only the gap between Japan and China, if you compare Japan's steel production with the United States, the result will definitely be desperate!

looked at Yasuo Yasuda, who had a gloomy face. Takeda suddenly understood Katayama's thoughts. Japan is no longer qualified to participate in the struggle for world hegemony, and now it must accept the reality and honestly become a second-rate country dependent on China or the United States. If Japan is forced to lead itself to the vanguard of the world revolution, the final result is likely to be the destruction of the country and the party.

However, Takeda's answer was still a sneer: "Yasuda-kun, you don't understand Comrade Trotsky's foresight!" ”

"Trotsky? Hum! Yasuda snorted coldly. There was a hint of disgust on his face. said: "Doesn't he just want to sacrifice us as cannon fodder? Let's go south to attract China's attention, so that the Soviet Union can concentrate its forces on fighting Germany, but is Germany really that easy to deal with? ”

Takeda Heng understood that the reason why Yasuda said this to himself was that he had no confidence in the Soviet Union's quick victory over Germany, and he was worried that once the Soviet Union and Germany were in a stalemate, China would definitely start a war with Britain and France against Japan, which was going south, and Japan would be in danger of fighting alone. If you don't make it, Japan will lose its hard-won power. So after thinking about it carefully, he smiled and said, "Yasuda-kun." Rest assured, the Soviet Union has found a way to victory. ”

"What?" Even if the second and third five-year plans of the Soviet Union were to succeed, its industrial strength would be slightly superior to that of Germany, and in terms of output, the Soviet Union would not be able to match Germany's in any case in terms of quality and technological level. In addition, the Germans were also known for their good warfare, so how could Trotsky defeat the Russians so quickly?

Takeda Heng pretended to smile mysteriously, and said to Yasuda in a low voice: "I tell you a secret, the expansion target of the first phase of the submarine force of the Soviet Red Navy will be 500 ships!" ”

"500? What did Trotsky do with so many submarines? ”

Yasuda had heard the news for the first time, and although Katayama knew that Trotsky was preparing to build a large submarine, he did not tell him the news. Among the projects of Japan-Soviet cooperation, there are also projects in which Japan helps the Soviet Union design and manufacture submarines, but Yasuda does not know how many submarines Big Brother is going to build.

Takeda Heng's eyes flashed with irrepressible excitement: "Yasuda-kun, do you know that the main force of imperialism on the European battlefield is Germany, but Germany is a resource-scarce country, and most of their industrial raw materials, except for coal and iron ore, rely on the British and French colonies to provide ...... So Comrade Trotsky's plan should have been like this:

First of all, we will start in the South Seas and attract the main naval forces of China, Britain and France to the South Seas. Then the Red Army of the Soviet Union, East Germany, and Poland fought with the German ** team in the front, and if it could win quickly, it would win quickly, and if it could not win quickly, it would last, and at the same time send hundreds of submarines to the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea to break diplomatic relations and block Germany's overseas trade routes.

At this time, if the main naval forces of Britain and France return to the Atlantic, then the Chinese navy will certainly not be our opponent, and we will be able to sweep the entire South Sea, even all the way to Australia! If the British and French navies do not leave, then at most a year or two, Germany's domestic reserves of raw materials will be exhausted, and no matter how strong German industry is, there will be no way to support the war! When Germany is finished, will Britain and France be able to hold on? Without Britain, France, and Germany to contain the main force of the Soviet Red Army, how could China be an opponent of the Soviet Union with its little strength? ”

"But will we survive this year or two?"

"Absolutely! We must hold on, and the Soviet Union will help us make reserves to hold on......" Takeda leaned forward and began to gush Yasuo Yasuda about the bright prospects of Japan after winning the world war, and Yasuda's eyes lit up, showing an expression of approval and admiration.

……

Sitting in the car returning home, Yasuda Yasuo felt a little up-and-down in his chest, not because he had listened to Takeda Heng's lofty arguments on the shape of the world revolution in the Red Army club, and he had doubts about the future and fate of revisionism. But because he finally confirmed that for Takeda Heng, a former North Korean GCD, North Korea is no longer the motherland. Soviet Japan had taken the place of Korea and became the true supreme motherland in Takeda's heart.

And becoming the master of Soviet Japan and leading the country to hegemony in East Asia and the South Seas is the goal that Takeda Heng is now striving for!

Yasuo Yasuda is very understandable about Takeda's current thoughts, after all, Takeda can now get far more benefits from Japan than he can get from North Korea...... The Napoleon I in French history. In his early years, he also advocated Corsican independence, but when he became the emperor of the French Empire, the matter of Corsican independence was probably thrown out of the clouds, right? Isn't the current Takeda Heng the Napoleon of Japan?

But what about yourself? NKVD of Soviet Japan. The wind must be windy, and the rain must be rainy! When I return to China in the future, will I still be able to get such a status? The answer is clearly no! Come to think of it. Yasuda sat in the car with his elbows on his jaw, frowning.

But I went back to the Yasuda Mansion. He immediately didn't have the heart to think about something that would have happened in the distant future. Because the will came from the Akasaka Imperial Palace. Let him immediately go to meet Chairman Katayama Diving.

Hearing his secretary's report, beads of sweat suddenly appeared on Yasuda's head. He had just been talking with Takeda Hengmi for a few hours at the Red Army Club, and Akasaka had summoned him to the palace, could it be that Chairman Katayama had heard some small report and was about to move himself?

It wasn't until he saw Sanzo Nosaka, Isoo Abe, and Toshihiko Sakai, members of the Japanese GCD Political Bureau, in the living room of the Akasaka Imperial Palace, that Yasuo Yasuda's heart was relieved for a while, and at this time he was convinced that the old man Katayama let him come to the Akasaka Imperial Palace. It should still be related to the "betrayal" of the Soviet Union.

"Yasuda-kun, come and sit."

Katayama sat on a large couch. Although the tone was forcibly kept loud, Yasuo Yasuda could still hear a trace of exhaustion. He settled down, stepped forward, bowed slightly to the white-haired chairman of the Japanese GCD, and said softly: "Hello, Chairman Katayama. Then he nodded to the American ambassador.

Katayama looked at him, a strange smile appeared on his old face, and said, "You saw Takeda at the Red Army Club?" ”

Yasuda tried his best to suppress the panic in his heart, coughed a little uncomfortably, took two steps forward, and said with a smile: "We met, and we talked for a while." ”

Katayama pointed to the empty sofa next to him and said, "Sit down and talk...... What did you all talk about? ”

Yasuda didn't answer, just looked at the other three Japanese political bureaus present, but Katayama Qian waved his hand and said with a smile: "The NKVD is responsible for the Japanese political bureau, not for me alone. ”

"The General Political Commissar had some disagreements with you on the question of the world revolution, and Comrade Trotsky wrote a personal letter in support of him......"

Yasuda Yasuo knew that Katayama had many eyes and ears for potential Tokyo, and in addition to the NKVD and the State Political Security Bureau under his leadership, there was also a Central Security Bureau, which was personally controlled by Katayama's son Yutaro Katayama, and was only responsible to Katayama personally, and all the high-ranking cadres of the Japanese and Japanese Red Army in Tokyo were under the supervision of this Central Security Bureau. So he didn't dare to hide too much, and told Katayama most of the content of Takeda's conversation with him. However, he concealed his defection to Takeda and told Takeda about Katayama's secret negotiations with China.

"Yasuda, what do you think?" Katayama's expression didn't change, he just asked lightly.

Yasuda hurriedly replied: "There are only two ways, one is to use the power of the NKVD and the Central Security Bureau in Tokyo, and strike first to arrest Takeda Heng, Muto Nobuyoshi, and Masaki Shizaburo......"

"I didn't ask you this, I asked you what you think about the world revolution!" Katayama interrupted loudly, and there was already a faint anger in his tone.

Yasuo Yasuda was stunned, looked up at Katayama, showed a wry smile on his face, and said: "My subordinates don't know how to fight, I only know that by 1935, China, France, Britain and Germany will have more than 50 million tons of steel, and our steel with the Soviet Union, Poland, and East Germany together will not exceed 25 million tons." ”

"Half less steel is not a problem!" Katayama sneered slightly and said: "Britain, France, China and Germany each have their own ghosts, and there is no unified command and leader. Even with twice the industrial strength, it is not impossible to defeat. He glanced gloomily at the members of the Japanese GCD Political Bureau, and said coldly: "But the great powers of the capitalist world are not only Britain, France, China and Germany, but also the United States of America!" Moreover, the industrial strength of the United States is stronger than that of Britain, France, China and Germany combined! Although the United States has a good relationship with us now. But she is a member of the capitalist camp after all! ”

Yasuda was speechless, only a wry smile, thinking that it was originally a power struggle that was red in the bayonet, but he wanted to reason with the facts, which was really boring to the extreme. Now that Katayama has come up with the "American threat theory" again, I really don't know what else Nanjing can do to secretly help Takeda take the throne?

……

"Director Zhang of the Intelligence Bureau has arrived, and he is ready to report to you, Prime Minister."

Chen Cheng's voice rang in Chang Ruiqing's ears, and the Chinese premier, who was in a hurry, was now having dinner with several wives and concubines. Hearing Chen Cheng's report, his face changed, he put down the tableware in his hand, and smiled at Wang Ruonan and Pan Xiaoqian to express his apologies. took Chen Cheng and strode out.

When Chang Ruiqing rushed outside his study, Zhang Guotao had been waiting at the door for a long time. He looked like a dusty man, and it seemed that he had just come from Shanghai, and now he was presiding over the secret negotiations with the Japanese GCD, and he did not use telegraphs. Instead, Du Yuesheng ran back and forth between China and Japan as a microphone. Zhang Guotao sat in Shanghai to keep abreast of the negotiation process. I should have received some important information today, so I hurried over from Shanghai. Seeing Chang Ruiqing's arrival, Zhang Guotao hurriedly stood up and saluted, Chang Ruiqing smiled and said, "Don't be polite." Come in and say, how are the negotiations going? ”

Zhang Guotao didn't come empty-handed, holding a bulging bag of Wen Jiàn in his hand, followed Chang Ruiqing into the study, and put the bag on the desk. immediately reported: "Prime Minister, Tianyan has sent a lot of important news this time. There was something about the USSR, and there was something about the internal struggle of the Japanese GCD. ”

Chang Ruiqing sat opposite Zhang Guotao. The face still looked impassive: "What happened to the Soviet Union?" Trotsky must have come up with some way to mess with me, did he? Speaking of this, his brows suddenly twisted: "Kai Yin, what is going on with that Allah?" Why didn't you get any news for a long time? ”

Zhang Guotao smiled bitterly: "Yousuf has sent twelve groups of jihadists to the Soviet Union to make trouble this year, but they have not returned, and they can't inquire about the situation in the Soviet Union......"

"Got it." A look of disappointment flashed on Chang Ruiqing's face, and he waved his hand and said, "Continue to report." ”

Zhang Guotao nodded, took out an intelligence summary written in Chinese from the Wen Jiàn bag, and handed it to Chang Ruiqing: "The information sent by Tianyan mentions the construction plan of the Soviet Navy, Trotsky is ready to build the world's most powerful submarine force, and is ready to expand the size of the Red Navy's submarine force to 500 ocean-going submarines in 10 years with the help of Japanese naval engineers!" ”

"500 ships!" Chang Ruiqing's face suddenly became gloomy, and the memory of his previous life told him that during the entire World War II, more than 1,600 submarines were built by the participating countries in history! At the beginning of World War II, the German Navy, known for its "wolf pack" tactics, had only about 50 submarines, of which only a dozen could be used in the open ocean. It was this bit of strength that once put the British Empire on the verge of ruin, if the Soviet Red Navy in this time and space took out 500 submarines when the world revolution broke out, only God knows what the consequences would be!

"It seems that Trotsky is really a prickly character!" Chang Ruiqing shook his head with a wry smile, and asked again: "Then what happened to the Japanese GCD?" ”

Trotsky had made his support for Takeda unequivocal, but ...... Takeda Heng was unwilling to use the Red Army to overthrow Katayama, but tried to convene a plenum of the Japanese GCD Central Committee to elect Katayama from power. ”

Chang Ruiqing paused slightly and asked, "What about Katayama diving?" Does he be rude? ”

Zhang Guotao sneered: "I'm afraid that he doesn't have the strength to be rough if he wants to...... As far as I know, Katayama's actual armed forces are only the Japanese Central Security Bureau, with a total number of only three or four thousand, and it is not a regular army, so he can't defeat Takeda if he really wants to do it. ”

Chang Ruiqing frowned and said, "Then why didn't Takeda do it?" Wasn't he the General Political Commissar of the Great Japanese Red Army? And he married Muto Nobuyoshi, so there won't be no soldiers available, right? ”

According to the Tianyan report, Takeda's refusal to do so was because he was afraid of breaking the rules of the Japanese GCD, but his subordinates thought that it might be because of his limited ability to control the Japanese GCD over the Red Army...... The relationship between Takeda, the general political commissar, and those old Red Army officers who came from the old Japanese army was a cooperation. ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled: "It seems that the price is not negotiable." He glanced at Zhang Guotao twice, and suddenly said, "Then Brother Kaiyin, how are you going to help Takeda Heng come to power?" ”

"The subordinates are ready to help Takeda Heng convince the Central Committee of the Japanese GCD." Zhang Guotao smiled, took out two bound texts from the text bag, and put them in front of Chang Ruiqing. Chang Ruiqing looked down and saw the words "Sino-Japanese Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance" written on the covers of both texts. (To be continued.) )