"Excellent individual anti-tank weapon!?"

Okamura Ninji and Hirata Masatsune's hearts moved at the same time, and they immediately walked to the map hanging on the wall.

At this time, the wall hanging is not a map of North China, but a topographic map of the Nomenkan area on the border between Manchu and Mongolia, and the map has been painted with red and blue arrows, at this time, the Nomenkan incident has broken out, and the border war between the Soviet Union is already on the verge of breaking out, Okamura Ninji is not the commander of the Kwantung Army, but he is always paying attention to the progress of the Nomenkan incident.

At this time, the military had already invaded and occupied most of China, but economically it did not obtain the strategic resources such as crude oil, iron ore, and rubber urgently needed by the domestic military industrial enterprises, and instead dragged the vast majority of the army forces on the battlefield in China, which caused the national economy to be completely passive, and the international environment facing the country was also deteriorating.

In order to make up for the shortcomings of the shortage of resources as soon as possible and to completely shake off the economic constraints of the United States, Britain, and other Western countries, the General Staff Headquarters of the base camp of the Chinese Army once again put forward two sets of strategic proposals, "going south" and "advancing north." Judging from the current situation, the strategy of advancing north has clearly gained the upper hand, and the Kwantung Army is already in full swing preparing for war against the Soviet Union.

Previously, more than half of the newly formed divisions and regiments that were withdrawn from the Central China Front were incorporated into the Kwantung Army.

The base camp of the army also urgently recruited a large number of reserve troops from Korea, Taiwan, and the mainland, and urgently set up more than a dozen mixed brigades in the puppet Manchukuo.

By the beginning of May of the 28th year of the Republic of China (1939), the strength of the Kwantung Army had rapidly expanded from the previous 350,000 to 850,000, plus the puppet Manchuria [***], the total strength was more than one million.

After preparing to stop, the Kwantung Army took the initiative to provoke the incident, and this was the Nomenkan incident!

So far, only the puppet Manchuria [***] supported by the Soviet Union and the puppet Mongolia [***] supported by the Soviet Union are fighting, and the Yue army and the Soviet army have not been directly involved, but the troops of the Kwantung Army and the Soviet Far East Military District are in full swing to mobilize troops, and a head-on contest between the two major military powers is inevitable.

Of course, this is only a frontier war to test the surname, not a full-scale war.

The current national strength is no longer enough to support a large-scale war, and the base camp of the army only wants to test the military strength of the Soviet Union in order to assess whether the northward expansion strategy is likely to succeed, and the Soviet Union has never thought of competing with the Soviet Union in the Far East, because at this time the strategic center of gravity of the Soviet Union is in Europe, and Lao Maozi does not want to and does not dare to fight on two fronts.

Hirata Masashi looked at the map and said to Okamura Ninji excitedly: "Your Excellency Commander, hurry up and send a telegram to the base camp and the Kwantung Army, suggesting that the implementation of the 'North Advance' plan be postponed, and after the Kwantung Army is equipped with a large number of man-portable rocket artillery, it will not be too late to take action against the Soviet Union, at that time, the tank units of the Soviet Far East Military District will become vulnerable." ”

Okamura Ninji was silent, and frankly, he did not think that he could have won the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union has a huge population base, a vast territory, and abundant resources, and its war potential is by no means comparable to that of the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union's heavy industry manufacturing capacity far exceeds that of the Soviet Union.

Comparatively speaking, Okamura Ninji was more inclined to go south, that is, to occupy Southeast Asia.

It is said that it is a maritime country, and the focus of its military construction has always been the navy.

Before the July 7 Incident, the army had only 17 permanent divisions and regiments, with a standing strength of less than 500,000, while the standing strength of the navy was as high as 1.5 million, more than three times that of the army! As a result, Okamura was more inclined to head south for a decisive naval battle with the British Empire, which was already in apparent decline at the time.

If it marched north, it would inevitably break out into a land war with the Soviet Union, which had the largest army group in the world at that time and was relatively advanced in equipment, but there were only 17 permanent divisions and regiments, and after two mobilizations, there were now only about 40 army divisions, which was far from enough to compete with the Soviet Union.

But then again, there are also concerns about the southbound strategy.

If it was just the declining British Empire, I would not be afraid, but the problem was that Britain and the United States were inextricably linked with each other, and once Britain went to war, it was difficult to guarantee that the United States would continue to maintain neutrality, and once the United States, whose industrial manufacturing capacity was not inferior to that of the Soviet Union, entered the war, it would be equally unable to parry.

Therefore, Okamura Ninji's real idea is to stand still and wait for the changes in the international situation!

Although the shortage of resources will seriously restrict military expansion, it is not fatal, let alone insurmountable!

In Okamura's view, the primary task of the Zoben at this time is to consolidate and digest the occupied areas, step up the encirclement of the international living space of the national political axe, and strive to resolve the China incident as soon as possible.

However, Okamura Ninji's proposition was not adopted by the base camp of the Japanese army.

Seeing that Okamura Ninji was a little distracted, Hirata Masashi couldn't help but remind: "Your Excellency Commander? ”

"Huh?" Okamura Ninji woke up from his contemplation, and said busily at the moment, "Hirata-kun, what you said is very reasonable, then hurry up and send a report to the base camp and the commander of the Kwantung Army Ueda." ”

………… Jingcheng County, Headquarters of the 39th Group Army.

Gao Shuxun is reporting to Yue Weihan and Liu Yi on the overall training of the new 39th Division.

Colonel Ma Zhankui, the chief of operations, suddenly walked into Yue Weihan's office, stood up and saluted: "Headquarters, Nanzao Yunzi sent a secret telegram from Beiping, saying that the weapons experts invited by the North China Front Army have cracked the secret of the bazooka, and Okamura Ningji has reported to the base camp of the Japanese army to manufacture and equip the Kwantung Army in large quantities. ”

"What?" Gao Shuxun lost his voice and said, "I said that I cracked the secret of the bazooka so quickly!?" ”

"Don't be surprised, health waiter." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said indifferently, "There is no secret to the bazooka in the first place, and it is normal for my weapons experts to be able to crack it, but it is somewhat interesting for Okamura Ningji to report to the base camp of the army that he wants to produce bazookas in large quantities to equip the Kwantung Army." ”

"Could it be that there was going to be a war with the Soviet Union?" Liu Yi is thorough at one point.

It is not a secret that the military strength of the Kwantung Army is rapidly expanding, and anyone with a slight military acumen can imagine that he is definitely going to use the brains of the Soviet Union.

"If only I really wanted to fight with the Soviet Union." Gao Shuxun said, "This way we will have much less pressure." ”

"The Soviet Union will not take the initiative to start a war with Yue himself, because their strategic center of gravity is in Europe, and it is really urgent, and the Soviet Union will at most teach Yue himself a lesson." After saying this, Yue Weihan said again, "As for myself, it is estimated that I will not be able to start a big war in two years, so this time I will at most probe the bottom of the Soviet Union." ”

Liu Yi suddenly said: "Boss, the bazooka is really accurate when it hits tanks, you said that after Xiao Yuben is heavily equipped, will it pose a threat to the Soviet tank cluster?" ”

"That's for sure, the bazooka is the best individual anti-tank weapon!" Yue Weihan said this, and then changed his tone and continued, "However, a single infantry anti-tank weapon is not enough to make up for the huge gap between the two countries in terms of national strength, military strength, and war potential. ”

When it comes to tank clusters, the really powerful ones are the Germans, and the most powerful thing for the Soviets is artillery, so even if the army is equipped with a large number of rocket launchers, it is not enough to pose a mortal threat to the Soviet army, not to mention, the most terrible thing about the Soviet Union is its unrivaled war potential, even Germany can't exhaust Lao Maozi's war potential, let alone Xiao Yue.

"Compared with the Soviet Union, Xiao Yueben is really not enough." Liu Yi sighed, "It's a pity to have a bazooka." ”

"That's what the chief of staff said." Gao Shuxun also said with regret, "The technology of this bazooka is given to others for nothing, and it can't be stolen by Xiao Yueben, Xiao Yueben has this technology, and when he looks back, he can't use the bazooka to bombard us?" Then we're really shooting ourselves in the foot. ”

"Don't worry about this, bazookas are also useful for hitting armored targets or permanent fortifications, and they are used against infantry, which is not good for mortars." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said, "However, what Brother Jianhou said just now reminded me, anyway, the secret of the bazooka can't be kept, so I can just take it and sell it." ”

"Sell?" Gao Shuxun was stunned and said, "This thing can also be sold?" ”

"Of course you can sell it." Yue Weihan smiled, "No matter how simple the technology is, it is also a patent!" ”

At that moment, Yue Weihan called the attendant adjutant Yuhu in and told her to go and find Helen.

Since it wants to sell patents, it naturally has to be sold to the United States, the United States is a country where interests are paramount, and there is basically no human favor when dealing with foreign countries, but there is one thing that no country in the world can match, that is, the American ghost animals have a very strong legal concept, as long as they apply for patents first, there will basically be no piracy and infringement.

In other words, as long as Yue Weihan entrusts Helen to apply for a technical patent for a bazooka in the United States, then when the United States wants to produce and equip a bazooka or similar equipment in the future, it must first purchase a patent from Yue Weihan, and at that time, Yue Weihan will be able to exchange the patent for the bazooka in exchange for the weapons and equipment of the American ghost animal.

In fact, what Yue Weihan wants most is not the weapons and equipment of the American ghost animals, but their industrial equipment.

However, it is a pity that now the 39th Group Army has such a little territory, even if it wants the industrial equipment of the American ghost animals, it is also blind, there is no place to install production, and it cannot find so many skilled technical workers, and more importantly, now that all the coastal areas of China have fallen, the industrial equipment given by the American ghost animals cannot be transported.

(To be continued)