Chapter 46: The Fate of Imperialism

Mutaguchi Lian is also a famous ghost animal general in the Japanese Army during World War II in another world, and the most classic deed is that when his subordinates asked for supplies, he said eloquently: "Our Yamato nation has been a herbivorous nation since ancient times, and now there are forests around you." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoNot only do you have grass to eat, but you can also hunt, so much food is right next to you, and you still ask me for supplies? ”

This kind of logic, this kind of words, after his subordinates heard it, the whole person was not good. Later, the number of Japanese troops who fought in Southeast Asia was not as large as that of starvation and disease. And this ghost animal general was still on the rise after World War II, until he was wrecked in the jungles of Southeast Asia.

Although Mutaguchi Ryoya is such a strange thing, even among the Japanese, it can be seen that the Japanese place too much emphasis on spirit and neglect of logistics.

Lin Mengchu told such a joke, naturally not because she really let everyone be self-reliant and pass the life by eating grass.

"Even if we can't guarantee that every meal will have fish and meat, it's still not a problem to feed hundreds of thousands of people, right?" She said: "Although our industrial level is not very good, the recovery of agricultural production is still good. ”

"Well, Chu Chu, you must know that modern agriculture is actually closely related to the industrial level, especially the chemical level." Chen Cheng explained: "The annual need for chemical fertilizers and pesticides is an astronomical amount, and our current synthetic ammonia technology cannot fully meet the needs of the people under our rule." ”

"Can't be fully satisfied, that is, can you be partially satisfied?" The girl said: "Don't lie to me, I know that the promotion of fertilizers and pesticides is not so smooth." Otherwise, last year's grain production would not have been so small. ”

"You're right," Chen Cheng said helplessly, "The problem is that these things will be dependent after they are used, and now we must use all the production of explosives to produce fertilizers." ”

"Why do we produce so much food?" Lin Mengchu asked: "According to the population, the food produced should be enough to eat." ”

"But in addition to the army, we have so many workers to feed, and these also need food. If they stay in the countryside, it doesn't matter if they eat less every day. But now they have to do heavy physical work every day, which consumes a lot of food. ”

"Can't you import it from a foreign country?" The girl said: "I seem to remember that an expert said that there is no point in maintaining a self-sufficient rate of food. There is a lot of food in the world, and when there is a shortage of food, you just have to buy it. ”

"What if people don't sell it?"

"Well, the expert also said that if people don't sell it to us, it must be our own problem. It must have been something we did that caused people to do that! ”

"Such an expert, let's hang himself on the street lamp!" Chen Cheng sighed, "Now the United States, Southeast Asia, and many other places are not the kind of grain exporters that they will be in later generations. Although the United States can export some, their current output is not enough to fill our gap, and we have millions of mouths. ”

"If the United States doesn't have enough, then buy it from the United Kingdom. The colonies of the Empire on which the sun never sets are so vast, isn't it simple to squeeze them casually and get some food out? ”

"The problem is that we are now in conflict with the British, who have always wanted to include us in their colonial system." Chen Cheng spread his hands: "I think it's good if they don't block us, if you want them to be kind, it's probably impossible." ”

"What then?" Lin Mengchu said: "Do you want to postpone the development of heavy industry? Or give up certain industries first? No, it won't work. ”

Before Chen Cheng could reply, she had already shot the suggestion herself.

"Just go out and rob it!" The girl said confidently: "If the war on land is not aimed at destroying the country, but only for robbery, I am still very sure!" ”

"It's a way. But we are surrounded by poor ghosts, and who are we going to rob? Chen Cheng asked rhetorically: "Is it really going south to Huguang to rob?" It would be better to simply occupy these places. However, then our burden will become heavier. ”

"Hmph, if we can be ruthless, let him starve to death for a few million, our rule will still be solid." Lin Mengchu sneered, "You are just too soft-hearted and can't see other people's misery, so you often feel embarrassed." ”

"yes, so I'm not a strongman like Comrade Steel." Chen Cheng nodded, "Killing is always easy, but that's a last resort. ”

"That's not going to work, that's not going to work, so what are you going to do?"

"Well, let's prepare with more hands. First build more ocean-going fishing boats in Qingdao and Yantai, catch more fish, and then make them into pickled fish, or simply make them into canned food. ”

"It's a good way to save a lot of food because the protein and fat content of the fish is good. But that's not enough, right? What else can be done? ”

"Imports."

“？ Isn't that what we've been doing all along? ”

"I mean opening up new ways to import." Chen Cheng snapped his fingers, "On the previous smuggling channels, open up new sources of food." ”

"What new source?"

"Russia and Japan." Chen Cheng said: "These two countries are also very capable of exporting. ”

"Haha, you're mistaken, right?" Lin Mengchu laughed, "These two countries are poor imperialism, they can't eat enough for their own people, where does the grain come from." ”

"No, although there are still many Russians and Japanese who are hungry, their ability to export grain is still very strong. You can't look down on people just because they are the second and third echelon of the great powers. ”

"Well," Lin Mengchu thought for a while and said, "Is it because they are too much of an oppression of the people in the country?" ”

"Yes, imperialism, isn't it brutal exploitation at home and plundering abroad." Chen Cheng said: "Now that the Russians are building the Trans-Siberian Railway, we can exchange steel and machines for grain with them. And the same goes for the Japanese, and at the same time the Japanese are still building up their armaments, preparing to kill the Russians in one fell swoop, and we can also exchange rifles for rice. ”

"If the Japanese really do that, their rice riots will become more frequent."

"Japanese, whatever they want. Anyway, if you embark on this road, you have to keep going. It is either revolution or foreign war, and this is the fate of imperialism. ”

"Hmph, isn't it the same if it's not imperialism? What cutting capacity is simply chronic suicide. ”

"Well, Emperor Bao still has ideas, you can't hack him like this." (To be continued.) )