"Railroad cannons? Didn't you say that you couldn't catch up with the Indian campaign? ”

"Admiral Yamashita is just complaining, this time it is Umezu Omedum. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"How much?" Tada Jun thought that the Kwantung Army only wanted 1-2 doors to decorate the façade, but he didn't expect that the next sentence of Lieutenant General Yukio Kasawara, the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, who came to report later, startled him.

"We've calculated that we need 24-32 in the long term and at least 16-18 in the short term."

"So much?"

"Your Excellency, this is not much, such a long border needs to be guarded, this is the minimum requirement for streamlining and then streamlining. I know that you are concerned about the war situation in India, but you can't ignore the Kwantung Army, Manchuria provides millions of tons of steel, tens of millions of tons of coal, a large number of guns, ammunition, and armored vehicles are produced in Manchuria every year, and tens of millions of tons of grain are also provided...... Without the Kwantung Army, how could the empire have the strength to fight India? ”

Tada Jun's face stiffened, and Yukio Kasahara's words were certainly good, but no matter how you look at it, it is a bit pampered and delicate.

"With so many railway guns, it's not cheap to buy, even if it's not easy to transform it with naval guns."

"Xia Guan understood, so he specially inquired with the German envoy before coming, and he said that the German side could provide 32 railway guns, with calibers ranging from 170mm, 210mm, 280mm and 305mm, including supporting shells, all of which were in good condition and usable, and the price was 100 million marks." Yukio Kasawara obviously came prepared, and said unhurriedly, "I consulted with several factories and technical experts, and they estimated that if they renovate themselves, they would definitely not be more than that, and they would not be in a hurry. ”

For Germany, 100 million marks is indeed less than the cost, but these are all trophies for nothing, and they are about to enter the missile age, and it is all waste to let go, so it is better to dispose of them cheaply. 100 million marks is worth 350 Tigers (175 for Japan).

Tada asked: "Can you buy the kind of K5 train gun that can fight more than 60 kilometers and the 800mm super train gun?" ”

Both of these things were solemnly inspected by the Japanese expedition, the K5 worked wonders in deterring the British coastline, and the Gustav train guns performed amazingly in the storms of Sevastopol and Gibraltar, and everyone was ready to move.

"You can buy it, all of them are packaged for 200 million!"

Tada Jun had a pain in his flesh: "It's so expensive!" ”

Xia Guan also thinks so, but those 32 train guns and shells are absolutely cheap for only 100 million marks! If it weren't for the fact that the European war was almost over, the Germans would not have dealt with us so cheaply. "Yukio Kasahara said inch by inch, "The German envoy also said that by the end of the year, there will be a large number of second-hand arms to deal with, we must say hello first, then we can pick first, otherwise we will deal with other allies, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Argentina and other countries have said that they are rushing to ask, especially Iran, Iraq, these countries, relying on a little oil in their hands, the wealth is very rich." ”

"I don't care about this matter, I have to discuss it."

"Nature, nature." Yukio Kasahara bowed and said, "Xiaguan also brought you a little souvenir this time, please smile." ”

Manchuria knows what local specialties Tada Jun knows, nothing more than ginseng, mink, deer antler velvet and the like, but it's almost summer, what are you sending these things for? But when he took the box, he felt that something was wrong, and he almost couldn't hold it, and when he opened it, the contents instantly blinded his eyes - it was a piece of dog's head gold bigger than a fist. He didn't dare to pick it up and take a closer look, so he quickly closed the box with a "bang".

"What's so embarrassing?" Said so, but there was no action to return the box.

Yukio Kasawara smiled and said goodbye: "A little heart is not respectful, please bother Your Excellency about the affairs of the Kwantung Army." ”

After Yukio Kasawara left, Tada Jun took out the box again to play with and watch, and tried to bite - sure enough, it was the best dog's head gold.

Of course, he understood what Umezu Mijiro meant, and the Kwantung Army was not only staring at the railway guns, but also something more important -- the 1 million tons of crude oil on the island of North Sakhalin, and how to distribute the 1 million tons of crude oil, and all parties were arguing.

This is not simply a matter of 1 million tons of oil, which is the closest oil producing area to the Japanese mainland, and it is said that it is not only close but also safe, and it is said that there is potential to increase production to 2 million tons. Once the U.S. military counteroffensive in the South Seas in the future cuts off the oil supply of the Middle East and Borneo, this will be Japan's last life-saving oil.

Today's Japan is not the Japan of history, with the large increase in aircraft and tanks, fuel consumption has increased greatly, and although the number of warships in the Combined Fleet has not exceeded the historical scale, the two Yamato-class ships have always been out of waves since Horikichi took office, and 10,000 tons of heavy oil are lost at a time, so the demand for oil is even more urgent.

So even if he knew that the Russians were not easy to mess with, he had to rob the 1 million tons of crude oil at the risk of his life, but fortunately it succeeded in the end, and the Russians finally agreed to "lend-lease" and did not send bombers to bomb.

At the high-level meeting of the army at the base camp, everyone first unanimously agreed to the Kwantung Army's request to purchase train guns, which made Tada Jun a little surprised - it seemed that there were many people who received "souvenirs", and now he was even more at ease.

After discussing the issue of oil, Shimomura said: "The privy envoy of the Navy has put forward a proposal, if the Kwantung Army can really restrain its own behavior and not exceed the thunder pond by half a step, the Navy proposes to distribute the new oil as follows: 500,000 tons for the Kwantung Army, 350,000 tons for the Navy, and 150,000 tons for other aspects of the country. The Kwantung Army was responsible for raising 200,000 tons of grain, and the Navy was responsible for transportation and security. At the same time, it is also proposed to buy oil from Russia at the ratio of 1 ton of grain for 3-4 tons of oil, and the specific proportion will be negotiated separately. ”

The Navy's concession this time was relatively large, and it was not even half of what it demanded. Hori was afraid that the Kwantung Army would revel in the victory of the blitzkrieg on the island, thinking that the Russians would just do this and would go north, and that it would be troublesome, because there was a navy in North Sakhalin, and the Russians would not dare to do anything, and it would not be easy for other fronts to fight, and when the battles for Midway and the West Coast were in full swing, he never wanted a fire in his backyard. Therefore, it is better to let the Kwantung Army have more points, but also to tie their hands and feet to prevent chaos.

"I think it's acceptable, but with a little bit of adjustment." "The diesel, gasoline and lubricating oil of the 500,000 tons of crude oil decomposed by the Kwantung Army belong to them, but they do not need so much heavy oil and other products for ships, so they keep one-third of it, and give the rest to the Ministry of Finance to make up for the special expenses for trains and guns." ”

It was unanimously adopted at the meeting. Umezu Mijiro was very satisfied with this, and the "local specialty" was still powerful: the train cannon was done, the oil was also done, and the "oil for food" policy was also opened.

He confidently handed down the order: "All units must guard the defensive line, do not cross it, let alone fire first, and those who violate the order will be shot on the spot!" This order extinguished the fire in the hearts of many red deer.

The next day, the Kwantung Army, which moved swiftly, used more than 200 wagons loaded with 10,000 tons of grain to be handed over to the Soviet Union - East Russia to be exact. Although they were all Axis camps, Japan was afraid of provoking Stalin's father too much, so it did not recognize Western Russia for the time being, and officially put forward the demand of "oil for food".

Japan has always had the idea of "oil for food", but the Soviet Union itself did not have enough oil at the beginning, so how could it be exchanged? Now the situation is different, as long as there is no war, there will be a surplus of oil, even if it is handed over to the German side 5 million tons of oil. But food has become the biggest problem in East Russia.

Although Stalin was extremely angry that Japan was taking advantage of the fire to loot, he was moved by Kuznetsov's last words that day: "Comrade Stalin, it is impossible to build socialism, to embody the superiority of socialism, and still less to fight a war when we are hungry. ”

He calculated an account for Stalin, 200,000 tons of grain can solve the food problem of at least 400,000 people a year, if you save a little, 500,000 people can deal with the past, and now in this situation, these 200,000 tons are completely life-saving food, and except for Japan, it is difficult for other countries to provide large amounts of grain to East Russia.

Because of Kuznetsov's bitter persuasion, and even at the expense of making some "rightist" remarks, Stalin finally gave up the idea of revenge in the Far East and pinched his nose and agreed to the "lend-lease". The two sides finally agreed that after Japan delivered 200,000 tons of grain in full, it would begin to promote the exchange of oil for grain at a ratio of 4:1, and the first batch of transactions would be limited to 1 million tons of oil.

In the past two years, due to the continuous defeat of the Red Army, Stalin has been instructed to increase the development of the Ural Mountains and the Siberian region, and has successively discovered the Kansk-Achinsk coal field, and even discovered the edge oil wells of the Tyumen oil field (the location of the main force is not yet known), which has ensured that the Red Army can barely maintain more than 10 million tons of crude oil production after losing Baku and the Volga-Ural oil field (Second Baku), and 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 toss and die, and does not want to compete for hegemony in the world, East Russia is still sure to be a third-rate power (the United States and Germany are super-first-class, and Britain, France, Italy, and Japan are second-rate), and a good life will not be worse than that of the Middle East oil-producing countries.

In his view, the antagonism between East and West and Russia must be balanced, and there must be no obvious situation in which one side is weaker than the other, and as long as the situation of both sides can be continuously improved, there is neither the danger of extinction nor the risk of merger in the short term, and this is a very good thing for Germany -- a Russia that is too strong does not meet Germany's interests, and a Russia that is too weak does not meet Germany's interests.

As for the future, he felt that he could not control so much, and that was something that the fifth and sixth generations of German leaders had to think about, and at that time little Kohler would be retiring......