"Well, 50 million catties of grain, that is, 25,000 tons!" Dog Raising Jian Mo calculated for a while, and then said in pieces: "This is indeed not a small amount, the total amount of grain in the hands of the Huaxia grain merchants we control is about 10,000 tons, and this batch of grain is the bargaining chip and capital in our hands, and there is more room for appreciation!"

By the way, does Your Excellency Commander have to be rice or wheat for food? Can corn be used instead? Okamura Ninji asked puzzledly, "Corn?" What do you mean? "That's right."

Inu Yangjian hurriedly explained, "Isn't there originally three or four million refugees in the enemy-occupied area, and the Nanjing government, the Wuhan Relief Association, and wealthy businessmen have been helping these refugees, so we have hoarded more than 100,000 tons of corn through Huaxia grain merchants to earn a high price difference."

Now that a large number of these refugees have been transferred to the Shandong Group Army, Jiang Qiang is buying a large amount of corn from us at a price more than twice the original price! This time we have made a whopping 23 million silver dollars so far by buying low and selling high!

If you can sell all the corn in your hand at a high price, there will be a total profit of no less than 45 million silver dollars, I really can't imagine that the rich businessmen in Wuhan and Jiang Qiang have such strong financial resources! "Nani? There are more than 100,000 tons of corn? Okamura's pupils constricted, and his expression looked extremely stunned.

Kagezo Zhenzhao thought that Okamura Ningji was surprised, so he answered very proudly: "Yes, because after the refugees arrive in Qingdao, Jiang Qiang will definitely not sit idly by, and must take out food to feed the refugees, otherwise it will cause a riot among the refugees."

But if he does so, he will deplete his food reserves, and in turn he will have to spend more money to buy high-priced food. Therefore, we took the opportunity to knock him hard, so that he did not have the money to continue to purchase other supplies. ”

Hearing this, Okamura Ninji's expression became even more ugly, and he asked in a cold voice, "When did you drive out the refugees?" How many refugees have been expelled to Qingdao so far? "Your Excellency, don't you know about this?"

Hearing Okamura Ningji's sudden scolding, Kageza Zhenzhao was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied after a while: "Your Excellency General Hui, from mid-September, there should be 3.4 million refugees entering the Shandong Group Army Defense Area by now. ”

"Yaga!" When Okamura Ninji heard this, he immediately began to scold his mother, glared at Shadow Zuozhen Showa and Inuyama and said, "You mean that 3.5 million refugees have entered the Shandong Military Defense Zone?" ”

Okamura Ninji was organizing the Battle of Changsha two months ago, and he was inseparable from the Ninth War Zone, and his mind was full of how to destroy the living forces of the national army and capture Changsha City, and he really didn't pay much attention to things thousands of miles away.

"yes!" Ying Zuo Zhenzhao nodded again, and then boasted to himself: "We have not only obtained a lot of real money from driving the refugees to Qingdao, but also greatly consumed Jiang Qiang's food reserves and financial resources, and at present, according to intelligence, there has been turmoil there and social contradictions are rapidly intensifying!"

In addition, through negotiation and pressure, the Shandong Group Army also stopped the attack on the Twelfth Army, and this time happened to allow the Twelfth Army to greatly strengthen the blockade line and firmly lock the Shandong Group Army!

This is a clever plan that even His Majesty the Emperor has praised endlessly! "Yaga! How so? Don't you know that what Jiang Qiang needs most is a large population? Aren't you drinking water to quench your thirst and raising tigers for trouble? ”

The more Okamura Ninji listened, the more angry he became, and he couldn't hold back his anger anymore, and after slamming the table with his hand, he glared at Kageza Zhenzhao angrily. He didn't know anything about such a big thing, and listening to the phone call from Kage Zuo Zhenzhao, it seemed that the entire Japanese high-level knew about it, but no one stood up to stop this stupid plan.

Inujian said weakly: "Your Excellency General, it won't be so serious, right?" Most of these refugees are women, children and the elderly, and they don't have much strong labor, so they don't have much to do except consume a lot of food and wealth! Moreover, according to various intelligences, these refugees have caused serious impact and instability to the local area after arriving in the Shandong Military Defense Zone, and the local grain prices have risen sharply,......"

Okamura Ninji glared and said, "Enough! Jiang Qiang is an extremely cunning and difficult opponent, we must not use common sense to infer it! We only saw the appearance, in fact, it is very likely that it is a big scam set up by Jiang Qiang! Stop continuing to transport refugees immediately! ”

Ying Zuozhen Zhao was stunned and said, "Your Excellency General, do you really want to do this?" I'm afraid this matter is not so easy to stop, there are a lot of interests involved, and it is no longer something that we can stop by saying stop! "Nani? The Empire's transport fleet helped transport refugees? For the sake of a little petty profit, he actually did such a stupid thing!

The empire has already suffered so many losses in the hands of Jiang Qiang, why can't he have a longer memory? "After listening carefully to the cause and effect, Okamura Ninji no longer knows what to use to express his anger and despair, and he just wants to pick up a saber and kill people wildly at this time!" ……”

Kagesa Zhen Showa Inu Yoken stared wide-eyed, and really didn't understand why Okamura Ninji was so angry, because until now they all thought that this time they had done a good job.

The money earned from this back and forth alone was enough to arm the American-style equipment of the three divisions, not to mention the fact that it dragged down the offensive rhythm of the Shandong Group Army and consumed Jiang Qiang's massive grain reserves and financial resources. "Forget it! I hope I'm just overthinking! ”

Okamura Ninji waved his hand weakly, and said sharply: "From now on, we must not sell another grain to Jiang Qiang, and we must also let the Imperial Navy block the shipping lane, and Jiang Qiang must not be allowed to import another grain of grain!"

Hopefully, this will make up for the bad and turn the bad into the good! "If you can't stop transporting refugees, you have to settle for the next best thing. Okamura Ninji actually had a trace of luck in his heart, hoping that as Kagesa Showa and Inuyoken said, sending refugees to Qingdao was a matter of seconds, rather than shooting himself in the foot. "Hello!"

Ying Zuozhen Showa Inu Yangjian nodded hurriedly and said, If you don't continue to hoard Juqi and sell grain at a high price, you will lose a lot of money, but he is a lieutenant general commander, and what he is talking about is a military order.

Okamura then said, "That's it! On the issue of food, please also ask the dog to bother a lot, I am here to thank the 200,000 imperial troops of the Eleventh Army in advance! "Eating people with a soft mouth and short hands, although I feel very uncomfortable, but Okamura Ninji has a request for others now, and he can only put aside the unpleasantness and don't mention it for the time being.

"Hello! Please rest assured, Your Excellency General, food is by no means a problem, and I will do it as soon as possible! "Inuyangjian hurriedly paused, his duty was originally to raise food and funds, at this time Okamura Ningji was full of anger again, how dare he say nothing." Shuffle! Then please. ”

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling man, seeing that Inuyangjian was so sensible, Okamura Ningji's face suddenly looked good. Ying Zuozhen Zhao said boldly: "Your Excellency, General, since we all know that the Huaxia Tiger Ben Army is a big problem, then why don't we make a suggestion to the battalion and concentrate superior forces to annihilate them as soon as possible?"

At present, only an armed attack can completely destroy this powerful enemy of the empire. Okamura Ningji glared at Kagezo Zhenzhao angrily, turned his head to look at Inuyangjian and said, "Inu-kun, you are an economic expert, you should answer this question, right?" "Hello!"

Inuyang Kenton said: "Mainly because of the problem of war funds, the current financial situation of the empire is extremely embarrassed, this year's total military expenditure is only 5 billion, the navy takes 3 billion, the remaining 2 billion, and various departments and the Kwantung Army have taken away at least 12 billion.

In other words, at most 300 million will be allocated to the Huaxia Dispatch Army, and at least 200 million will be allocated for these three hundred million to give priority to ensuring the combat operations launched by the 11 th Army in Central China. Therefore, the base camp or the Huaxia Dispatch Army simply did not have the ability to launch a military operation against the Shandong Group Army. ”

After the "77 Incident" in 1937, Japan decided to launch a full-scale war of aggression against China, officially renamed the "North China Incident" as the "North China Incident", and decided to "mobilize 15 divisions and regiments at the same time, with a war expenditure of 5.5 billion yen". In 1938, Japan's military spending reached 6.15 billion yen, far exceeding its national gold reserves. At that time, the "Battle of Wuhan" alone amounted to more than 3 billion yen in combat expenses.

In 1939, with the entry into the hinterland of China, the Japanese army put forward a new plan for "enriching armaments," and the Japanese General Staff Headquarters demanded that the army ministry should prepare 65 divisions and regiments of the ground forces and 164 aviation squadrons by the end of 1941 as the total wartime strength.

As a result, the Ministry of War approved the total budget at 5.4 billion yen and submitted it to the Ministry of Finance for approval. In Japan, which has long been completely militarized, there is no longer a need for the so-called "parliamentary approval" of such a major matter as the examination and approval of the military budget, and it is only necessary to negotiate between the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of the Army and the Navy to make a decision.

Japan's Ministry of Finance has so far not agreed to this budget request, but has subtracted 1 billion yen from the Ministry of War to 4.4 billion yen. Not long ago, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of the Army, and the General Staff Headquarters held talks on the restoration of the 5.4 billion yen budget, and "the three sides engaged in a heated debate all night," and the result of the quarrel was that "the total army budget is 4.89 billion yen."

This budget is the total budget of the army from 1940 to 1941, and as for this year's funds, it has already been spent, and the Japanese Huaxia Dispatch Army has no money left to support a large-scale military operation. Okamura Ninji continued: "The most important thing is that Jiang Qiang is not an ordinary opponent, and the current weapons and equipment of the Imperial Army are not superior.

Moreover, if they hold strong defensive positions, fortresses and cities, their combat effectiveness will be at least doubled, and if we want to annihilate this Chinese army, we need to concentrate at least 15 divisions and regiments.

Obviously, this cannot be done at the moment, and it will take at least half a year to prepare for war, so we can only do our best to blockade and destroy it so that it cannot develop further.

Alas, this is really a headache, I really don't understand, how could such a figure emerge from the Huaxia Kingdom can create such a powerful army by himself, so that the Imperial Japanese Army is helpless. ”

Okamura Ninji had noticed Jiang Qiang a long time ago, and had long realized Jiang Qiang's huge threat, and had long wanted to get rid of him, but just thinking about it couldn't kill anyone! Inuyangjian suddenly flashed a touch of yin poison in his eyes, looked at Okamura Ningji and said, "Your Excellency General, I have a not very mature suggestion, I don't know whether to talk about it or not!" ”

Okamura Ninji nodded and said, "Inu-kun, please have something to say!" Inu Yangjian said with a murderous aura: "Since we can't compete head-on for the time being, why can't we find a way to solve this big trouble from other aspects?" Okamura Ninji asked, "Inukai-kun, you mean to use agents to carry out the decapitation assassination?" It shouldn't be easy, right? If it worked, Jiang Qiang wouldn't be alive and well by now! ”

Ying Zuo Zhenzhao nodded and agreed: "What Your Excellency General said is extremely true, Jiang Qiang is very good at anti-reconnaissance, anti-infiltration, anti-assassination and other intelligence work, and the special high school has tried assassination many times before, but each time it has failed, and the empire has lost a large number of ace agents for this.

In particular, Zhaoyuan County, Qixia County, Zhucheng County, and Anqiu County, which Jiang Qiang has operated for the longest time, will be completely forbidden to the public, and unless our intelligence personnel completely enter a state of silence, they will be discovered as soon as they show some clues. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to get rid of Jiang Qiang through assassination! "Your Excellency, I'm talking about other aspects than just assassination."

Inu Yangjian explained, and then added, "I mean that we can use Unit 731 to launch bacteriological warfare and create a large-scale typhoid fever!" Our guests from Unit 731 have just arrived in Tokyo these days! "Nani? Bacteriological warfare? Creating a mass typhoid fever? Okamura Ningji's face changed slightly, he had not heard of this proposal, and the Japanese Army had not used it, just last year's Battle of Nomenkan used bacteriological warfare against Wang Yizhe.

In the Battle of Nomenkan, which lasted from May to September 1939, the Japanese Kwantung Army encountered a strong enemy for the first time, and the tried and tested "Jade Fragment Attack" and "Pig Rush Charge" were all over the field under the fire of the Soviet Army. In the face of Wang Yizhe's superior artillery fire and armored troops, Komatsubara, the commander of the 23rd Division of the Japanese front commander, could not parry, and constantly asked for reinforcements of heavy artillery and supplementary shells.

What Komatsubara didn't know was that the Kwantung Army had no "surplus food", and even heavy artillery from the First World War had been sent before.

In order to save the decline of the front, the Kwantung Army decided to make a shady move, so the notorious "731" unit was ordered to come to the Nomenkan battlefield, and the Japanese were ready to defeat Wang Yizhe with "bacteriological warfare" that violated international conventions.

However, after all, this was a means of warfare with a thief's heart, so the Japanese army's secrecy work was extremely strict, and the "731" unit headed by Shiro Ishii was immediately closely protected and guarded upon arrival, and all other field units of the Japanese army in its camp were not allowed to approach.

The first plan of the Ishii troops was to use aircraft to spread bacteriological bombs, but Wang Yizhe had already mastered air superiority, and at the same time, the west bank of the Haraha River was full of anti-aircraft artillery, and the Japanese were really not sure, and finally decided to adopt the method of artificial use in the river.

Ishii selected a "jade crushing team" from his headquarters and chose to take two rubber boats to the upper reaches of the Haraha River at night, dumping all the bacterial cultivation liquid in metal cans into the river, and polluting the entire upper reaches of the river.

However, because Wang Yizhe's battlefield intelligence work was very in place, the color of the military uniform and the shape of the armband, which were completely different from those of other Japanese troops, the Soviets had already obtained relevant information before they arrived on the battlefield. Therefore, Wang Yizhe immediately arranged to lay a large number of water pipelines from the rear, and strictly forbade the officers and men to use the water of the Haraha River again, so he did not suffer any harm.

Although the Japanese command also issued the same order, they did not dare to directly explain the reason, and could only be vague, and the consequence was that some Japanese soldiers did not think of such a serious nature, and still drank the nearby river water, but unexpectedly fell for their own tricks, and a large number of Japanese soldiers died of bacterial infection.

"Is this really possible?" A trace of yin poison also flashed in Shadow Zuozhenzhao's eyes in an instant, and his eyes stared ahead and fell into deep thought.

At this time, Inu Yangjian continued: "Your Excellency General, Your Excellency Dazuo, Unit 731 is an imperial strategic force, and after nearly three years of development, it has already possessed combat capabilities, and can deliver plague bacillus, typhoid bacillus and Vibrio cholerae.

It is now a cold winter season, and the survival rate of Yersinia pestis and Vibrio cholerae is low, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to cause a large-scale spread of the epidemic. But the typhoid bacillus prefers the current climate, and the rapid deterioration of the health situation in Qingdao with the influx of more than 3 million refugees makes it easier for the typhoid bacillus to spread!

Not surprisingly, just a few dozen kilograms of typhoid bacilli cultivation liquid was enough to cause a large-scale typhoid fever in the Shandong Group Army Defense Area! We must not be merciful to such a strong enemy as the Shandong Group Army! Ying Zuo Zhenzhao shook his head and said: "The problem is that a vaccine has been produced for typhoid fever, and if it is dealt with in time, it can be effectively controlled!" ”

Dog Yangjian smiled coldly: "It's okay, we can buy all the typhoid vaccines in Huaxia in advance!"

In the Far East, there is no other place to produce vaccines except Shanghai, and if Jiang Qiang had urgently ordered vaccines from the West, it would have taken more than a month, when typhoid fever had already spread on a large scale!

As long as the number of people infected with typhoid fever exceeds a critical point, the disease will be like a wild horse, completely out of control. It only takes a few months for the defense area of the Shandong Group Army to become a dead city, and even if it cannot be completely extinct, it will definitely be greatly damaged, so that it will be self-defeating! ”

"Yo Si! Your Excellency, I also think this is very feasible! At present, a large-scale influx of refugees into the Shandong Group Army defense area is a very normal thing for these refugees to bring some infectious diseases and epidemics. ”

Ying Zuo Zhenzhao's eyes froze, and he subconsciously clenched his fists, and the murderous intent in his heart skyrocketed. "Your Mei agency is the best at special warfare in this area, and you can decide this matter for yourself!" Okamura nodded with a smile, although he had always attached great importance to the use of biological and chemical weapons, in the Battle of Wuhan, 10 of the 14 typical chemical warfare examples of the Japanese army were carried out when he was the commander of the 11th Army.

As for bacteriological warfare, not to mention, the "Record of Bacteriological Warfare of the Japanese Invasion of China" includes 33 examples of bacteriological warfare, of which 23 occurred during Okamura's tenure as commander of the North China Front. However, Okamura Ninji knows very well that bacteriological warfare is a violation of international conventions, and this war crime against humanity is better off throwing the pot out and letting others do it!

"Hello!" Shadow Sazhen Showa Inuya Ken naturally also heard the meaning of Okamura Ningji's words, and hurriedly nodded, they didn't dare to let Okamura Ningji give clear instructions, let alone leave a note or something. Then they chatted for a while, but there was really no more to talk about, and Akira and Inuyoken both said goodbye and walked out of the room.

After getting into the car, Kageza Zhenzhao said, "Inu-kun, the matter of buying the typhoid vaccine will be left to you." "Hello!" Inuyang Jian paused heavily, and then said, "Your Excellency Dazuo, don't worry, this little matter will be handed over to Owen!" In half a day at most, there will be no typhoid fever vaccine left in all Western pharmacies in Shanghai! "Yo West. Drive back to the Ume Trap now! ”

Kagesa Zhenzhao commanded the driver, and then asked, "Inuyo-kun, there is no problem with the food that Commander Okamura wants, right?" Will it cost us too much money for the event? Inu Yangjian nodded and said, "It's really not a small amount, but we can afford it." In fact, the biggest loss is that we can't continue to throw the corn in our hands at a high price, and the time for our funds to be withdrawn will be greatly extended. ”

"That's also something that can't be helped, and Commander Okamura's concern is not unreasonable." Ying Zuo Zhenzhao sighed lightly, and then chuckled: "Grain is hard currency at all times, just sell it slowly, anyway, there are still so many people in the enemy-occupied area to eat."

By the way, the Imperial Ministry of Finance has cracked the latest version of fiat currency, and when the time comes, our activity funds can be greatly alleviated, and we don't have to worry about running out of money to spend! During the Anti-Japanese War, in order to realize the war strategy of "feeding the war with war", Japan set up a Japanese fake bank in China to issue all kinds of counterfeit currency and counterfeit currency, and undermined the wartime financial order in China.

The Japanese army used counterfeit fiat currency to carry out frenzied plundering in China, which was used for the funds of the Japanese army's secret services in China and the collection of puppet military funds, and a large amount of them were put on the market for cash and plunder, causing soaring prices and financial chaos in the Kuomintang region.

Preventing and controlling counterfeit currency, maintaining financial order, and ensuring economic security and people's livelihood stability during wartime have become an invisible and important battlefield in China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. "Great! With the coinage technology of China, how could it be difficult to reach the Great Japanese Empire! ”

Inu-kun curled his mouth very proudly, at present, they will use a large number of counterfeit fiat currency, but because a new version of fiat currency was issued not long ago, and the old version is no longer in circulation, the original counterfeit currency is no longer useful.

Ying Zuo Zhenzhao shook his head at this time and sighed: "It's just a pity that Jiang Qiang's side doesn't have fiat currency in circulation, in addition to gold and silver currency, they also issue plastic currency that is difficult to counterfeit!" I don't know how this Jiang Qiang can print plastic currency, not to mention our Japanese Empire, I'm afraid even the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany can't crack the imitation! ”

Hearing this, Inu Yangjian nodded with great regret: "Yes, it's a pity!" If we can counterfeit that currency, we will not only make a lot of money, but also disrupt their economy! ”

As a person who has come over, Jiang Qiang naturally knows that fiat currency is unreliable, and as early as two years ago, he stopped circulating fiat currency in the defense zone, and invested enough money to buy several sets of high-tech money printing machines.

The plastic currency that is manufactured cannot be counterfeited in the current era just because of its appearance, not to mention 16 kinds of anti-counterfeiting technology! A long time ago, Jiang Qiang's renminbi issued in Shanghai had been obtained by Japanese agents, but in the past two years, the Japanese devils have tried all kinds of methods, and they can only stand still without the slightest progress.

"Alright, let's not mention it! Let's go back and go our separate ways! Ying Zuo Zhenzhao frowned slightly, and when he thought of Yang Fan's matter, he felt that it was a desperate situation of death, no matter how many excellent agents were sent, it was in vain, either he found nothing, or the mud cow entered the sea and did not see anyone dead or corpse.

After returning to the Mei Agency, Ying Zuozhen Zhao went straight back to his office, grabbed the microphone on the large table, and said in a deep voice: "Connect me to the Great East Asia Hotel immediately." After a while, the phone was connected, and Kagesa Zhenzhao said in a deep voice: "Ishii-san, it's me, Kagesa Zhenzhao." If it's convenient, could you please come to us? ”