Hearing the army's spirit hun figure blink at the army, Eisuke Yamamoto, who was not completely drunk, hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Those animals in the army are also uh, no, they are the soldiers of the army and the samurai of His Majesty the Emperor!" Nagata-kun, only with the sincere cooperation of the army and navy, the great Japanese empire can rise! At this time, the admiral saw his daughter and son-in-law who were in a daze at the door, and smiled: "Oh, it's Kengoro and Aya who are back, let me introduce you, this is my daughter Aya, and next to her is Kengoro of the Liver Fu family This is Vice Admiral Nagata Tetsuyama, deputy chief of staff of the Army General of Staff." Nagata Tetsuyama glanced at Kengoro in a trance, and said with a smile: "It's another son-in-law of the Yamamoto family, it's really amazing, sit, come and sit." ”

Kengoro Liver Fu knew that Nagata Tetsuyama was comparing himself to the "Prince of Finance". Of course, the actual situation is similar, and the Yamamoto family (Yamamoto Gonbei family) has a tradition of promoting sons-in-law. Liver Fu politely bowed to Nagata and Yamamoto, and then walked over to Nagata Tetsuyama and knelt down. His wife, Ayanori, quietly left after greeting the guests. There were only two half-drunk old men left in the room and Kengoro Hetofu.

"Kengoro, what do the young officers of the Navy think of us and Shina?" Nagata put the cup down and sighed softly: "Could it be that they are blinded by hatred like those young people in our army?" Kengoro Liver Fu glanced at his father-in-law before he considered: "Of course, the young officers of our navy also want to be ashamed, in fact, the 9.18 war was lost because of our navy, and it is precisely because of this that we want to take revenge more than the army." But the problem is that now we are getting farther and farther away from this goal, and if we continue to develop like this, I am afraid that there will be no hope of revenge! "Kengoro! How can you say that! Yamamoto's face was blank, interrupting his son-in-law's words, and he just wanted to reprimand again, but Nagata Tetsuyama waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Kengoro is right, if it goes on like this, there will be no hope for revenge, but there is no hope for the Great Japanese Empire!" Yamamoto-kun, I don't have confidence in the current "day"! We're slowly sliding towards a dangerous place, and I'm also responsible for that, I'm one of the best people in the Army... But my control over the Army was far less than that of the Marshal of China, who was like Tomotomo Yama and Hirobumi Ito.

The China Defense Army was almost single-handedly built by him and Chiang Kai-shek, and his political and diplomatic skills were not under Ito Hirobumi.

The advantages of the market and population were brought into full play, and in less than ten years the empire had completed the path that had taken the empire forty or fifty years to complete. At the same time, he used his great diplomacy to connect the whole world and organized an alliance against the Soviet Union, in which even we participated.

Yamamoto-kun, Kengoro, do you know where his skill is? He is not the kind of person who cares, he can make everyone who works with him feel that it is profitable, they all feel that they are taking advantage, so that the cooperation can continue, and at the end of the day, you will find that he is the one who gets the most benefits! In this way, the national defense forces in China were established through the cooperation of the various factions of the Kuomintang, the reunification and social reform of China were slowly achieved through the cooperation of all parties, and the heavy industry in China was built up to its current scale in cooperation with the Western powers...... Now it is a coalition against the Soviets, and if this war is won, China will undoubtedly be the party that benefits the most, and the empire will get some leftovers at most. But if you don't stand on the side of China, I'm afraid you won't even have this little benefit, right? "Your Excellency Nagata" Kengoro Hetofu said lightly: "Now the young officers in the navy have such an idea, the empire can take advantage of the inextricable war between China and the Soviet Union to join the Soviet side and launch a surprise attack on China!" "Oh, what do you think?" Nagata Tetsuyama asked rhetorically.

"I think I can give it a try."

"Just a try?" Nagata Tetsuyama's deep-set eyes widened, and he asked, "What do you say?" "Hey!" Kengoro Liver Fu glanced at Eisuke Yamamoto before bowing to Nagata Tetsuyama. "Your Excellency, according to the Second Five-Year Plan promulgated by the current National Government of China, up to 1938

Nianchina's steel, coal, electricity, shipbuilding, automobiles, airplanes, and all other heavy industry projects far surpassed the empire! In this case, the empire is not strong enough to defeat China, no! To be precise, if it were only a Japanese war, we would have suffered a crushing defeat in a few weeks! "Concubine Qian, what are you talking nonsense!" Hearing his son-in-law confide in Nagata, Eisuke Yamamoto was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat and scolded loudly.

Kengoro also roared: "Father, I want to say!" He turned around and bowed down to the old man. The empire has reached this point where it is no longer possible to fool the past by telling lies, and as a samurai of His Majesty the Emperor, if he doesn't even dare to tell the truth, then it is better to forget about seppuku! Hearing these words, Eisuke Yamamoto didn't say anything more, just sat up straight and listened quietly.

“… The crushing defeat of a few weeks was not a humble statement, but the only result of the repeated diagrammatic exercises of the secret organization of the Navy Command Department! Unlike our navy and army, there is not much room for the spirit of bushido, and it is the skill and weaponry that determine the xingxing. Now naval warfare is mainly carried out by aircraft and aircraft carriers, and China has always been ahead of the Reich in this regard, and now the gap between the Reich and them is getting bigger and bigger! Their pilots are better than ours, their planes are much more advanced than ours, and the number of them is several times higher than ours, and more importantly, the aviation industry in China is much ahead of us! In recent years, the empire's investment in the aviation industry has been obviously insufficient, and the production, technology, raw material solutions and engines of aircraft are not good. To reluctantly drive to the sky is to send him to death, and when we, the airmen, are loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, the Great Japanese Empire will be finished. Speaking of this, he let out a sad smile and looked at Nagata, who was expressionless. …… Of course, with the presence of millions of His Majesty's loyal and brave army, Japan will not be violated, and perhaps Korea will be able to keep it. But you can't go any farther away, because there's no navy to send you there! ”

"Hearing you say that, it seems that there is no hope for the Empire......" Yongtie Tieshan picked up the wine bottle and poured himself a glass of wine, and then drank it all.

"Kengoro, didn't you just say you could give it a try?" "It's true that you can give it a try, but you must do your best to reserve combat power before you try!" Kengoro Hetofu had already straightened up at this time, and a confident smile appeared on his face. "The empire is by no means without a chance at all, the future war between China and the Soviet Union is an opportunity for the empire, if the war between China and the Soviet Union is deadlocked, as in the last world war, the empire can launch a surprise blow to China after it has exhausted its strength! If the USSR failed quickly, there was also a chance! Nagata Tieshan raised his eyebrows and said with a light smile: "What chance can I have if I win?" You can't go to war with China, which has just won the war, right? ，…

Kengoro smiled deeply: "If the quick victory of China means a quick victory for Germany, after eliminating the threat of the Soviet Union, it is time for Germany and Britain and France to settle the score!" And in this European war, it is very likely that Britain and France will lose, and the empire can take the opportunity to go south! Nagata looked at the liver at this time, and Kengoro's eyes were already full of appreciation. He nodded and asked again, "Go south...... Where to go? "Australia, the Philippines, and Hawaii are all targets, and then we will decide depending on the situation." Liver Fu Kengoro paused, and said, "But before that, the empire must complete the reserve of combat power. The national strength of the empire is inferior to that of China, nor is it as good as that of Britain and the United States. Therefore, it is not possible to support a protracted war, and it is necessary to achieve a decisive victory at the beginning of the war, and to achieve this goal, it is necessary to have an overwhelming combat power advantage at the beginning of the war! This advantage can only be achieved by reserving combat power. "What does it mean to have a reserve of combat power? ,,Nagata Tieshan put on a rather interested expression.

Liver Fu Kengoro grinned: "Storing combat power is like a poor man marrying a wife, saving money on weekdays, and wasting extravagance when marrying a wife." We are poor people, and the next world war is to marry a wife...... Anglo-American and German people are all rich, and their resources and industry are not something we can catch up with, just as the income of the rich is not comparable to that of the poor, but the poor can make themselves look like a rich man when they get married by saving money on weekdays! And we are going to tighten our belts in the next few years, at least to accumulate war materials that can maintain military superiority for six months to a year! In addition, it is necessary to build up a strong air force, so that the empire can gamble on its national fortunes in the next world war! Nagata Tetsuyama glanced at Eisuke Yamamoto, his expression was a little strange, as if he was holding back a bad smile. This kid must have wiped out the family's savings for your daughter, right? It's pathetic..."

Eisuke Yamamoto glanced at him and said, "That's a test of his sense of responsibility!" As a samurai of His Majesty, it is not enough to be talented, but also to have the courage to shoulder all hardships and hardships! Just as we are going to do, it will not be easy to save up materials to maintain a year's military superiority, not only the people have to work hard, but our army and navy will have to tighten their belts to get by. He accentuated his tone as he spoke. I'm afraid that disarmament or something is unavoidable, and our navy is not ready to repair the four salvaged warships...... After the Tosa is completed, there will be no more construction of battleships. The secretly built battlecruiser was converted into an aircraft carrier, and with the two aircraft carriers that were requisitioned and sold to the Soviet Union, the Navy would have four carriers, and by 38 it was planned to build three more large carriers, so that the Navy would have six large carriers and at least one light carrier, which would surpass the five 20,000-ton aircraft carriers that China had, but it was still far inferior to them in terms of aircraft. Nagata-kun, the empire must increase investment in the aviation industry, and the army must also come up with as much money as possible to invest in aircraft, combat vehicles, armored vehicles, etc., if you can, you can save it! Nagata frowned: "But there are now five armored Chinese in China, and they may have to expand in the future,........., by 1938, their annual output of tanks, armored vehicles, and self-propelled guns will be as high as 8,000, how can the empire not have any at all?" "Then buy the ones in China, and buy some second-hand goods that don't cost too much." Kengoro Hefu suddenly interjected: "Without oil, it is impossible for the empire to be equipped with a powerful navy and armored forces at the same time, and if the navy cannot overwhelm China, it is useless for the army to have more tanks!" "Kengoro! How could the Imperial Army use what the Chinese Army didn't want! Eisuke Yamamoto's face was about to be reprimanded, but Nagata waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "That's it, it's better than nothing, in short, we must develop aircraft first!" By the way, Kengoro is a naval pilot, right? Regarding the aircraft, I would like to hear your opinion. ”

Kengoro Hetofu and Eisuke Yamamoto exchanged glances before saying, "The proposal of the humble post is to focus on the development of three projects: fighters, dive bombers, and torpedo attack aircraft. Moreover, at present, the international military aircraft have begun to transition from biplane to monoplane, so Japan should also follow up in time and focus on the development of monoplanes...... In addition, Japan's aviation industry also has a weakness, that is, the engine technology is backward, in order to catch up in a short period of time, Japan should have tried to introduce technology from Europe and the United States, and even considered jointly developing ...... "Russian Empire, Vladivostok."

The sun shines on the spire of the Nikolaev Cathedral, visible from the windows of Kerensky's residence: a letter from Shanghai from Empress Anastasia spread out on the desk by the window.

Empress Anastasia was constantly traveling between Shanghai and Vladivostok, where there are now hundreds of thousands of White Russian nationals, most of whom are family members of White Russian officers and soldiers who have come to Vladivostok from all over the world to serve Her Majesty. The Empress has the obligation to visit them from time to time, and of course, Her Majesty the Empress can also accept the condolences of Marshal Luo Yaoguo of the [China] country by the way! Fortunately, the Russian people were very tolerant of the life of the monarch, and the nobles were willing to believe that their empress was betraying her for the Motherland, and in this latest letter, the empress described to him in the most cheerful tone what she had seen and heard in several large factories near Shanghai. Special mention was made of the Republic Aircraft Company, which was headed by Belarusian engineers Shevelsky and Katveli, and the Empress also revealed in her letter that she was the second largest shareholder of the company, and the first largest shareholder was Marshal Luo Yaoguo.

However, the Prime Minister of the Russian Empire was not very interested in this news, and what really caught his attention was the instructions issued by the Ministry of Armaments of the Chinese government to the Republic Aircraft Company to expand production and research and development.

The deadline for the final completion of these two directives is 1 km 8 years and 1 month! Kerensky guessed that this time was likely to be the time when China would complete its preparations for war, and then the whole country would probably enter the war time completely!

His reply was not yet finished, so it was placed next to her letter.

He used some pen and ink to praise Her Majesty's investment vision, and then explained in a wordy way why the Far East War was deadlocked, and then told the Empress in a roundabout way, asking her to find a way to find out the exact time of the war from Luo Yaoguo. Because the Russian Empire also had to draw up its own plans for military expansion and warfare accordingly, Kerensky hoped that the total strength of the Russian army would reach 500,000 and that it would have a powerful artillery and a truly useful air force. However, when it came to the assignment of combat missions, Kerensky wanted to try to get some easier work for the Russian army,........., so he hinted that the empress could give full play to her female charm when necessary.

At this point in the letter, he felt that it did not seem to be the duty of the Prime Minister of the Russian Empire to instigate the empress to seduce men, but he could not think of a better way to free the Russian army from being cannon fodder in the next war

......, this army is the hope of the Russian Empire, and if it is consumed in the war, he really does not dare to imagine what kind of fate awaits the country in the future!

He put down his pen and looked out the window, and what he saw was the most common scene in Vladivostok in the morning: a clear blue sky, men wearing hats and young women in turbans walking to ...............work, most of them were working in the arsenal run by White Russian businessmen, and now the rifles, machine guns, mortars, bullets and shells produced in Vladivostok have basically met the needs of more than 200,000 Russian troops. However, if the number of troops is to be expanded to 500,000 and equipped with enough heavy artillery and a small but capable air force, it can only be provided by China. With this force as the backbone, and then by absorbing the defeated Soviet Red Army to expand its strength, by the time the Russian army returns to Europe, it may have more than two million troops, so that the existence of the Russian state can be guaranteed.

Thinking of this, the Prime Minister picked up his pen again and began to use the most beautiful language to instigate his empress to seduce men like prostitutes. Of course, at the same time, he also racked his brains to come up with some common interests between China and Russia, such as the emergence of a strong Germany on the western border of Germany, which would be an unimaginable disaster! Moreover, a Germany that unites the entire European continent will never remain in Europe without extending its tentacles of expansion to Asia. So a Russian empire that maintained a certain amount of power could both act as a buffer between China and Germany, and also hold Germany in order to prevent Germany from becoming too strong. Therefore, there are obvious common interests between China and Russia!