In 1926, Japan began to implement the "Four-Year Plan" to develop heavy industry at any cost, and it is now in the second year of the second four-year plan. After six years of cost-free investment and the help of the Soviet Union, Japan's heavy industry has improved dramatically compared to before the Sino-Japanese War, at least in terms of output. However, the sharp increase in the output of various heavy industrial products has not brought about a boom in Japan's economy, but an extreme shortage of raw materials, and in order to maintain the operation of Japan's heavy industry, Japan has to squeeze out valuable foreign exchange and import a large amount of industrial raw materials every year.

The products of Japan's heavy industry, except for ships that can be exported for foreign exchange, are all things that can neither be exported nor meet the needs of national consumption, and most of them eventually become all kinds of weapons and equipment, mainly naval ships, followed by guns and ammunition, and some aircraft with a very backward technical level, as for the equipment required by the mechanized army, such as tanks, armored vehicles, and trucks, Japan basically cannot produce them...... Without going into these digressions, let's talk about the demand for raw materials for the deformed Japanese heavy industry. Through the two "special economic zones" of Yokohama and Osaka, as well as the "special industries and trade" of the Japanese NKVD in Nanyang, Japan was able to scrape together the foreign exchange funds needed to import raw materials, and with the "selfless" assistance of the Soviet Union, Japan's heavy industry was finally able to keep running.

However, this was in peacetime before the outbreak of the World War, and after the war began, what should Japan's heavy industry be used to sustain it? It is unrealistic to rely on pre-war reserves, because on the one hand Japan does not have that much foreign exchange. On the one hand, Japan's shipping capacity is also insufficient, and even if the Soviet Union is willing to provide it free of charge, the Japanese will not be able to transport tens of millions of tons or even hundreds of millions of tons of various ores from the Black Sea ports to the Japanese mainland in a short period of time. So the only way is to feed the war with war. Capture the enemy's resource gathering sites at the beginning of the war.

In the eyes of the top brass of the Japanese Red Army, there were only two such targets, one was the Dutch East Indies in the South Seas, and the other was Manchuria, the Far East, and North Korea in Northeast Asia. However, it seems that it will not be easy to seize both territories, the former in the hands of China, which has a strong army, and Japan alone cannot defeat the other. The latter was a colony of the Netherlands, which had long since weakened. However, the oil, coal, and iron ore of the Dutch East Indies were all concentrated on the island of Sumatra, near British Malaya. If Japan wanted to attack Sumatra, it would most likely invite intervention from Britain, which and China were allies. The combined forces of the two navies could easily defeat the Japanese navy, so the Japanese navy's top brass has been hesitant to fight southward. The top brass of the Japanese Army, on the other hand, felt numb at the prospect of going north to challenge China's continental hegemony again. Therefore, in the upper echelons of the Japanese Red Army, there was an army advocacy of moving south. The Navy advocated the peculiar situation of going north.

As for the implementation of the north-to-south at the same time. Probably there will be unanimous opposition from the top brass of the Japanese army and navy, right? Fortunately, this time, Takeda Heng adopted Yasuo Yasuda's Jianyì and found a strategy that seemed to be "perfect".

The introduction of the temple continued, and he tapped a few numbers on the screen with his baton and said, "This is the situation of the North Korean puppet army, and the population of North Korea is not large, so the number of troops that can be mobilized is quite limited. The establishment of the North Korean Army follows that of China, and the establishment is at the corps, division, and regiment levels. The North Korean Army has a total of four infantry corps, each with three infantry divisions. An artillery regiment, a cavalry regiment, an engineer regiment and a baggage regiment, at full capacity. With about 50,000 officers and soldiers, the troops usually have a full strength rate of about 70%. The North Korean Army's firepower is relatively strong, in addition to the artillery regiment at the corps level, there are also artillery regiments at the division level, and there are mountain artillery companies and heavy mortar companies under the infantry regiments. A North Korean infantry corps has a total of 45 artillery batteries, 1 mounted artillery company, and 9 heavy mortar batteries, armed with 184 artillery pieces and 54 heavy mortars. In addition to the artillery equipped by the field troops, the artillery command of the North Korean Ministry of Defense also has a heavy artillery regiment and a fortress artillery battalion directly under the jurisdiction of the North Korean Army, and the entire North Korean Army is estimated to be equipped with about 1,200 artillery pieces, with a total strength of about 250,000 people. In addition, there are about 50,000 security forces. North Korea's navy and air force are small and not worth mentioning, with only a few gunboats and torpedo boats, and the air force has only a few hundred old aircraft that have been eliminated by the Chinese air force, and there is little combat effectiveness. Although the strength of the North Korean puppet army is not weak, it is by no means an opponent of our Great Japanese Red Army......"

"But, Your Excellency Terauchi, what about the Chinese Defense Forces behind the North Korean puppet army? Even if our Japanese Red Army can defeat the North Korean puppet army without much effort, it is impossible to defeat the Chinese, right? ”

Interrupting the temple was a Red Army officer sitting on a chair against the wall, and everyone followed the prestige to turn out to be Ishihara Wanji, head of the Mobilization Division of the Military Affairs Bureau of the People's Commissariat of Labor and National Defense of Japan.

Chuikov, who was sitting behind Blyukhel, also translated Ishihara's words into Russian, and Blyukhel frowned slightly after hearing this, and asked Takeda Hengdao: "How can a small section chief speak casually at the plenary meeting of the Revolutionary Military Council?" ”

Takeda smiled and whispered in Russian: "Although the rank of this section chief Ishihara is not high, he is a famous think tank in the Japanese Red Army, and he has also served as a professor at the Red Army University, and he is very talented. He paused slightly, and his tone sank. Moreover, the question he raised was very representative, and the Japanese Red Army did not have much confidence in defeating China unless the Soviet Red Army could clearly state its position on joint operations...... I hope that you will take a stand on behalf of the Soviet Red Army at today's meeting and dispel your concerns. ”

Blyukhel frowned slightly, showing a hint of deliberation, he was very clear about the arrangement of the "Paris Commune Plan", don't look at the Soviet Red Army's posture on the Eastern Front, it was all a bluff, in fact, Trotsky did not intend to attack China before settling Germany...... But today, if he wants to make this question clear to the Japanese Red Army officers in the conference room, these Japanese officers whose ideological consciousness has obviously not yet reached the standard of GCD people, even if they are reluctantly sent to the Korean battlefield, I am afraid that they will be weak and will not fight, right?

Seeing that Blyukhel didn't speak, Takeda continued: "It's better to be like this." We first launched a surprise attack on the North Korean army, and at the same time the Soviet Red Army bluffed on the Sino-Soviet border to pin down the squadron. After we defeat North Korea, Japan and the Soviet Union will attack Manchuria and the Far East coast together under the control of the Chinese team, is this okay? ”

When Takeda and Blyukhel were talking, dozens of pairs of eyes in the conference room hall were on Blyukhel, especially a few high-ranking Japanese military officials who could understand a little Russian, and they were even more staring at this Soviet "emperor", and it seemed that they were waiting for him to make a statement.

And in the first two days of the meeting. Takeda had already told Blyukher about the special situation of the Japanese Red Army and the controversy over the northward and southward movements, and now it was up to him to see what he chose.

Blyukhel thought to himself. Trotsky gave him the task of having Japan act as cannon fodder to attract the attention of the Chinese Army and the British Navy! The style of the revolutionary prophet has always been to ask only about the result and not about the process, as long as the task can be accomplished, no matter how big the boast is, Trotsky will not bother......

Come to think of it. Blyukhel smiled sincerely. Nodding his head, he said: "Everyone knows that fighting on two fronts has always been a taboo for soldiers, and Comrade Trotsky has always sought to avoid the dilemma of putting our Soviet Union, Poland and Japan in a two-front war. Dealing with China first will effectively avoid the danger of fighting on two fronts, and Comrade Trotsky also meant this, and now it is up to you to choose what you choose. ”

Takeda Heng breathed a sigh of relief, and with Blyuhel's statement, the Japanese Red Army officers in this conference hall would definitely continue to follow him. As for the issue of the Soviet Union not sending troops after reaching the Yalu River. We'll have to talk about that time.

Chuikov translated Blyukhel's words into Japanese and spoke them aloud, and there was a buzz of discussion in the chamber. A satisfied smile appeared on the faces of all the Japanese officers.

Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene was rising, Blyukhel then said to Takeda Heng: "Comrade Takeda, Japan also has the third most powerful navy in the world, how is the Japanese navy prepared to play a role in this war?" Is it to attack the South Seas, occupy the Dutch East Indies and British Malaya, and completely block China's external communication lines? ”

Apparently Blyukhel didn't know much about the Navy either, at least what he said was layman's terms. After his words were translated into Japanese, Eisuke Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Red Navy, who was present at the meeting, immediately took up the question and replied: "Your Excellency, the Japanese Navy is not the third strongest navy in the world, but the third largest total tonnage in the world!" And the total tonnage is not equal to combat effectiveness, because the Japanese Navy has three Achilles' heels. First, the naval aircraft carriers, which have high hopes, do not form combat effectiveness at all because of the lack of excellent carrier-based aircraft! Second, 7 of the 10 capital ships of the Navy are overly old dreadnoughts, with weak firepower, thin armor, and slow speed, and they are also live targets for the enemy's cutting-edge capital ships on the battlefield. Third, the Japanese navy has insufficient fuel reserves, and if it cannot complete the reserve of 10 million tons of oil before the outbreak of war, the navy is likely to completely lose its combat effectiveness due to lack of fuel in wartime. ”

After Chuikov translated these words into Russian, Blyukhel's face suddenly sank. The Japanese Navy, which I thought could play a huge role, turned out to be a shelf cargo! And the lion opened his mouth to ask for 10 million tons of oil...... This is not a joke, 10 million tons of oil is equivalent to one-third of the annual oil production of the Soviet Union, and if it is given to Japan, it will definitely cause an energy shortage in the Soviet Union! Besides, this Lord is not something that one of his little military advisers can do.

"Comrade Yasuda will talk to Comrade Trotsky face to face on the affairs of the Navy." Takeda Heng seemed to see Blyuhel's thoughts, and said with a faint smile: "Comrade Blyuhel, I think today we will focus on the issue of how to liberate the North Korean people from the iron heel of Chinese imperialism. My idea was to take a surprise blow to North Korea, adopt the mode of a large-depth assault operation, use the powerful tank divisions of the Red Army as sharp knives, pierce the enemy's heart in one fell swoop, and advance the front to the south bank of the Yalu River before China can react! Comrade Blyukher, you are an expert in large-depth operations, so I and the Japanese Red Army sincerely hope that you will personally participate in drawing up the operational plan for the surprise attack on North Korea. ”

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After several days of flying, Yasuda returned to Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, after a long absence. Moscow has not changed much from when it left a few years ago, but the atmosphere of war is much stronger. There are red and black posters everywhere. Mobilize people to volunteer for the Red Army. There are also bold cartoons of socialist politicians of all colors, depicting Red Army soldiers of all colors, partisans wielding bayonets and pointing at wolfdogs, lizards or dragons with faces like Chang Ruiqing or Hitler. Loudspeakers on the streets of Moscow are also broadcasting a long poem. It is said to be Gorky's work, and the name is "Dedicated to the Warriors of the World Revolution", and you will know what kind of content it is when you listen to this name. The streets are full of "Red Guards" in overalls and carrying battered rifles, and judging by their hurried steps, it seems that they are going to a shooting range outside Moscow to train, right? Trucks loaded with various military supplies weave through the streets, and the city of Moscow was the transportation hub of the Soviet Union, where the Soviet Red Army had countless warehouses of military supplies. These trucks may have transported supplies from the train station to the warehouse for storage. There were also significantly more people wearing military uniforms on the streets, and despite the heavy rain, these soldiers were still well-groomed. Whether in a procession, individually or in groups, the faces under the wet hats reveal a kind of pride and excitement that the cold and indifferent expressions of the Slavs of a few years ago are no longer visible. Yasuo Yasuda thinks that these Russians may have been looking forward to a world war for a long time!

Step into the majestic Kremlin. Yasuda sensed a stronger atmosphere of war. It has almost become a barracks, which in fact is the barracks in which the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR and the International Proletarian Command work. More than 3,000 generals, staff officers and uniformed staff were busy in the Red Tsar's palace every day to win the world revolution, and many more officers and soldiers of the Soviet Home Guard stood guard day and night to defend their great leader.

Yasuda clearly felt that although there was still a year and a few months left before the planned world revolution, the Soviet war plane had already begun to spin at full speed! This is probably the advantage that the national system of mastering the strategic initiative and GCISM gave Trotsky. Although the industrial strength of the Soviet Union, Poland, and Japan is far inferior to that of China, Germany, Britain, France, and Italy combined, the GCIST camp represented by these three countries is undoubtedly the more well-prepared and meticulous side. And the preparation and planning began several years ago.

"Report! Representative of the Japanese GCD and the Japanese Red Army in the USSR Yasuo Yasuda. Ordered to report for duty! Led by the staff, Yasuda came to the door of a house with the words "Office of the Supreme Commander of the International Proletarian Command" and shouted the report loudly in Russian.

"Please come in." A rather majestic voice came from inside, and Yasuda pushed the door in. After entering, it was found that not only Trotsky was inside, but also the People's Commissar of Labor and Defense of the USSR Vatsetis and the Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army Tukhachevsky, and there was also an officer in a blue naval uniform, Yasuda guessed that it should be the head of the Red Navy, Zov. Seeing Trotsky, the commander-in-chief of the world proletariat, Yasuda seemed a little nervous.

"You're Yasuo Yasuda? Yes, I heard Comrade Yue Fei say that the Japanese NKVD under your leadership is the department that can make the most foreign exchange money in the whole of Japan. ”

It was Trotsky himself who spoke, and he looked at Yasuda with undisguised contempt for the upper echelons of Moscow, and he knew how Yasuda made foreign exchange for Japan, so he was nicknamed "the world's biggest pimp", and no one would take him seriously. It was only for the sake of the face of Takeda Heng, the deputy commander of the international proletariat, that Trotsky took the time to meet him in the Kremlin.

"Please be seated, Comrade Yasuda." Tukhachevsky was a cultured nobleman, and although he did not look down on Yasuda, he politely invited him to sit down, and then introduced himself with a smile: "I am Tukhachevsky, this is Vatsettis, you should have seen our photo in the newspaper, and this is Comrade Tsov, People's Commissar of the Red Navy, he has some questions for you." ”

"Excuse me, Comrade Zoff." Yasuda had long been prepared, knowing that the Soviet side would definitely ask about the navy and going south.

Zov glanced at the "pimp" who looked like Sven and wore a pair of pinched noses and asked: "What is the matter with Comrade Blyukhel's telegram that your navy is not ready to enter the war in June 1932?" ”

Although he was a "deputy commander-in-chief's representative," Yasuda still did not dare to sit on an equal footing with the People's Commissar of the Soviet Red Navy, so he hurriedly stood up and stood upright: "Report to Comrade People's Commissar of the Navy that the Japanese Red Navy is indeed not ready to enter the war. On the one hand, the outbreak of the world revolution was about two years earlier than expected, resulting in insufficient material reserves. On the one hand, the Japanese Navy overestimated the role of aircraft in modern naval warfare and devoted a lot of resources to the construction of aircraft carriers, resulting in the size of the main fleet being too small, and even with six battleships supported by the Soviet Union, it was difficult to assume the task of confronting the British and Chinese navies at the same time, so it was necessary to delay the time for the navy to enter the war and the outbreak of a full-scale war with China......"