Vice Admiral Inoue Narumi listened curiously to the question and answer just now, and asked Yamamoto Isoroku as he walked: "Sir, you don't seem to be worried at all that the communist army will become strong by this. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Powerful? Just buy weapons from us? ”

"Yes, these are tanks and planes, which means that we are arming the enemy with our own hands - although we have decided to withdraw our troops from the Chinese side, we are still enemies after all, right?"

"I said they don't necessarily grow stronger, do you believe me?"

Inoue Narumi shook her head, thought of a possibility after a moment, and asked: "Is it because these belong to technical arms, and the Chinese can't learn them?" ”

"Can't learn? How is this possible? Chinese are not stupider than us, the naval academy because it does not recruit Chinese, so you can't see Chinese cadets, the army noncommissioned officer school used to recruit Chinese cadets, and the results are generally good, above average. At the beginning, in order to support the communist army, the Bolsheviks in the Soviet Union helped them train a group of military talents through Manchuria, Xinjiang, and Mongolia. Where did they learn how to send a message? Who's using it? What's more, Ishihara-kun didn't say it all just now, whether we sell planes or tanks, we can take the instructor pack to learn -- as long as we give enough money. ”

Inoue Chengmei was stunned: If this spreads, a Japanese traitor identity can't escape.

"Hate only hate that the communists are too poor, if they have money, I even want to sell them a cruiser." Now don't say that Inoue Narumi was stunned, even Koga Feng, who was following behind, was surprised when he heard this.

"Can't figure it out?" Yamamoto Fifty-six looked at the other party's surprised look and laughed.

The latter bowed honestly: "Please advise." ”

"A cruiser is worth tens of millions of yen, and it is enough to equip 100,000 people with small arms. Excuse me, is a communist army of 100,000 people powerful, or is a communist cruiser powerful? ”

"This ......," Inoue Narumi thought about it and had the answer.

"Learning technical weapons is only the first step, and the second step is manufacturing. There are about dozens of countries in the world that are equipped with tanks and aircraft, but there are not even ten countries that can produce tanks and aircraft in their entirety. Do they have replacement parts? Is there a backup engine? Yamamoto fifty-six nodded, "Aren't you going to ask us to buy it?" When the time comes, I can sell it if I want to, and if I don't want to sell it, it's just a pile of scrap iron...... It only takes a few months to learn how to fly an airplane tank, but it can take decades to learn how to build an airplane tank. ”

"Oh......"

"Third, judging from the current situation in China, no one has any objection to saying that the government army is stronger than the communist army, right? Since we want to withdraw, of course, we must support the weak and contain the strong -- whoever is weak will support whom, and when the two of them start fighting in the future, the money will flow in 'in an uproar', and then we can buy better equipment for Germany, and the enemy will take new weapons, and we will also have new weapons, so we can say that the enemy's strength will not necessarily increase. ”

This time Inoue Chengmei was completely convinced, and even Koga Fengichi nodded secretly: In the end, General Yamamoto is far-sighted and has the overall situation in mind, and there is no reason to refute this truth.

Inoue Narumi changed the topic and asked Horikichi again: "Is the Combined Fleet really going to fight the East Coast?" ”

"Probably not, if I do, I won't send a notice." Yamamoto Fifty-six smiled, "You don't know Horikichi, I'm very familiar with him, my old classmate is famous for his ghost ideas, otherwise why is he the only one from a military school who is doing a prosperous business?" It's a trick to deceive others, but you can't hide it from me. ”

"And where is he going to fight?"

"Most of them go to South America or Panama."

South America Inoue Narumi didn't feel anything, but when he heard the words Panama, he became excited, and he whispered: "Why didn't you remind His Highness when he asked just now?" ”

"Let this idiot think for himself!" This sentence was a little loud, and Koga Feng who followed behind him heard it clearly, and he smiled bitterly - Minister Yamamoto has a good temper recently, and he beat Toyota's deputy military last time, and after the matter became big, he not only cut Toyota's position as deputy director of the military command department, but also kicked people into the reserve, and this time he pinched each other with Fushimi Miyahiro Gong Wang, and finally didn't know how to end, the whole thing looks weird everywhere, you have to be careful, don't get involved in it.

Inoue Narumi knows a little about some of the reasons: the contradiction between the Navy Ministry and the Military Command Department has been around for a long time, and now although harmony has been reluctantly formed through the unanimity of the whole country, the deep-rooted contradiction cannot be resolved, and the two sides have a dispute some time ago: The Navy Ministry and the Army Ministry have finally reached an agreement, and all materials will be uniformly transported, dispatched, and escorted by the Navy transport ships, and then distributed according to actual needs after arriving at the mainland, but the right to send the escort fleet is in the hands of the Military Command Department The refusal to send enough escort aircraft carriers and destroyers is not to say that he does not know the importance of escort, but to use the escort to force the Navy Ministry to cede the power of material dispatch.

Under the pretext that wartime needs have been encroaching on the rights of the Ministry of the Navy, according to the idea of King Hirohiro Fushimi Miya, the Military Command Department is in charge of the dispatch of warships and operational command, the appointment and dismissal of personnel in the fleet and bases, and the manufacture of warships and the distribution of materials -- as a result, the Ministry of the Navy has completely lost its powers, and this is also the reason why Yamamoto Isoroku is-for-tat and refuses to give an inch. After years of immersion in the upper echelons of the Navy, Yamamoto also learned about power struggles.

"One thing I don't understand, His Highness has always been pro-German, why did he overreact to the joint action with Germany and Italy so radically this time? If he wants to find faults, he can start in other aspects. ”

"Excessive? It's not too aggressive at all! What did he go out of the mountain for? In order to control the fleet and prevent another incident like Shimada, but ......" Yamamoto paused, "he thought that he could divide the fleet by fighting one faction and pulling one faction after another?" Completely wrong! He had never been a fleet commander, and he did not know that a general who could win a battle in wartime was more effective than any kind of intrigue and trickery, and more effective than any power struggle -- after all, no one wanted to be a rice bucket on the battlefield and his boss would die in a daze. Horiyoshi lost the political struggle back then, was it because of his inability? Is it because the proposition is wrong? Neither! Just because in peacetime bureaucrats speak more effectively than soldiers, now in wartime, soldiers are more effective than bureaucrats, and soldiers who can fight and win wars are even more effective. ”

The strategy of fighting one faction and pulling one faction is known to Inoue Narumi: when Nagano Shushu was the head of the military command department, he covered Nagumo Tadashi to divide the combined fleet, otherwise how could Nagumo always be incompatible with Yamamoto Fifty-six? As soon as Nagano Xiushen fell, Nagumo could only obediently go to the reserves; Last time, because of the use of Yamato, Toyota's vice military jumped out to make trouble, and as a result, all the fleet commanders from the fleet came out to support Horikichi, don't they know that Horiyoshi is a treaty faction and an aviation faction? Neither! Just because Horikichi led the fleet to win, not only won but also won beautifully, everyone will only support the commander who can win the battle.

"Hey, I really envy the Army, how united the Army is now." Inoue Narumi said with emotion.

"It's useless, the top is united, the middle level is a mess." Yamamoto Fifty-six shook his head, "The Kwantung Army, the Shina Army, and the Southern Army have been arguing...... The navy at least the combined fleet is still very united, Kondo, Tsukahara and other admirals are all resolute supporters, I don't believe you try it, now send a telegram to dismiss Horiyoshi from his position, see if anyone dares to take over? ”

"Not really." Inoue Narumi thought to herself that Horikichi was recommended by Yamamoto Fifty-six with his own prestige, and to defeat Horiyoshi unless he was defeated with Yamamoto, but this was completely impossible, not to mention the dismissal of Horikichi, just last time Toyota was scolded half to death by the fleet for talking about it, if it was really urgent, the Marines could also set up machine guns on the streets - really think that the officers and men of the Navy would not dare to engage in 226?

"Think about it again, what did Horikichi do in Europe besides resting?"

Inoue Narumi thought for a long time and held back three words: "Buy, buy, buy?" It made Yamamoto fifty-six laugh.

"On the one hand, it is to befriend the head of German and the leader of Italy...... If he didn't come forward to talk, could he get the 1 billion marks? Can you rely on stupid people like Hiroshi Oshima or Yoyo Matsuoka who are only pro-German but have achieved nothing? ”

Inoue Narumi thought to herself: This is obviously a foreign-self-respect, but it is also a god, Yamamoto 56, Horikiyoshi, and Ishihara Wanji are all well-known opponents of the Three Kingdoms Axis, and as a result, they are valued by the German head of state, but they are trying to advocate the alliance between Japan and Germany, Hiroshi Oshima, Yoyo Matsuoka, and even Hideki Tojo, the Germans are very unimpressed.

"On the other hand, it is to befriend his subordinates. He has been out of the front line for many years and has no descendants, in other words, everyone can be his henchmen, otherwise, all those pocket money will be thrown away? ”

"Understood, understood...... Inoue Narumi chick nodded as if pecking rice, "I don't seem to be suitable for politics like this, so I'll teach in the future." ”

"Alas......" Now it's Yamamoto's turn to sigh. In his opinion, although Inoue Narumi has good vision and strategy, the level of commanding the war is really not good, and he can't convince the public even after a few attempts; We can't get a bunch of bureaucrats in a political struggle, and I'm afraid that this will be the only way to achieve success in the future. Outsiders think that "Mitsumasa Yoneuchi - Yamamoto Isoroku - Inoue Narumi" is the famous iron triangle, but in Yamamoto's view, the triangular combination of "Mitsumasa Yonechi - Yamamoto Isoroku - Horikichi Ichichi" is closer to perfect: Horikiyoshi, who can fight, is in charge of the combined fleet, and Mitsumasa Yonechi, who is capable of political disputes, is in charge of the Navy Ministry, and he can take charge of the military command department, which is the most suitable personnel assignment -- but unfortunately the imperial military order has messed everything up.

The two never expected that at the same time as they sighed, King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong had already entered the palace angrily to complain, and the latter also knew that Horikichi, who had won the naval battles in the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, was now in high prestige, and it was simply wishful thinking to remove, but this did not delay him from giving Horikichi eye medicine in front of Hirohito, and by the way, he blackened Yamamoto Fifty-six again.

Who knew that Hirohito only nodded after hearing this, and said calmly: "I know, the Navy Ministry, the Military Command Department, and the Combined Fleet are all key organs of the Navy, and we must communicate more." ”

King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong finally had to end the audience with a confused mind. (To be continued.) )