"That's right!" Konoe Fumiro nodded and agreed: "The Triple Axis alliance is already imperative, and the minister also thinks that the top priority is to attack south, and obtain enough oil and iron ore before the Americans cut off the supply of strategic materials to the empire!" "Japan is extremely dependent on imports of oil, and although a large-scale coal liquefaction plant has now been built, it is still far from enough for the entire Japanese empire to consume oil.

So far, Japan has not found any oil that can be extracted on Chinese soil, and naturally its biggest concern is that there are insufficient oil reserves to keep the war machine running. In addition, although China is rich in resources, there are not many summer iron ore resources, and most of the poor ores are not rich ores, or multi-element symbiotic composite ores, and there are not many real high-quality rich iron ores.

In particular, although Japan occupies a lot of land in China, it is very difficult to smelt iron ore, and it is difficult to smelt high-quality steel that meets the needs. At present, the war in China is already in a stalemate stage, and the Japanese army is simply unable to conquer China in the short term, and Japan has determined that China is an oil-poor country and cannot obtain the most needed oil from it.

Therefore, Southeast Asia, which is rich in oil resources, rubber resources, and tin ore, has become the most attractive target for the Japanese Empire. Hideki Tojo replied: "Although the Shandong Group Army is strong, its leader Jiang Qiang is not very ambitious, as long as they are in a safe corner, there will be no threat to the empire in the short term. On the contrary, if the empire wants to eat the Shandong Group Army in one go at this stage, it will cause too much attrition and sacrifice, so the minister believes that it is the wisest choice to stop the attack immediately and stop the loss in time. ”

"Shw! In that case, let's do it! Hearing the surprisingly unanimous opinion of the ministers, Hirohito nodded in agreement.

"His Majesty the Emperor is wise!" "Great Japanese Empire onboard!" Konoe Fumiro, Tojo Hideki and other old devils praised one after another.

Zhaoyuan Shandong Group Army Headquarters. With the adjustment of the devil's strategic sub-policy, the devil's ground troops attacking Boshan, Zichuan, Qidong and other counties shrank back one after another, and even the occupied Yutai County and Jinxiang County spit out.

Everything returned to the state before the war, and the devils once again adopted a strategy of encircling but not attacking the Shandong Group Army. After reading the latest information, Chen Zhengnian was stunned: "Boss, the devil just confessed like this?" Our brothers in the first army have just found a feeling, and today I am ready to let the 5th Brigade go to Qidong County to change defense and practice hands! ”

Junko also nodded dissatisfiedly: "Who said it wasn't!" Our special operations division has only fought a few painless small battles, and it is not fun at all! Chen Zhengnian wiped his eyes with his hand very exaggeratedly and said: "Don't say it, it's all tears if you talk too much!" Our First Army just listened to the sound of artillery, except for a few rounds of anti-aircraft guns, it didn't even go to the battlefield! "Okay, don't be cute and coquettish with me, this time we can be regarded as passing, although this time our troop losses are not large, but it is far from meeting the conditions for a strategic counteroffensive, so we have to pretend when we should pretend!"

Jiang Qiang scolded with a smile and then said: "Most of the devils are going to attack Southeast Asia now, and they won't be able to take care of us for a while." I haven't been addicted, there will be opportunities in the future, and we have more important tasks next! Jiang Qiang knows very well how strong the war potential of the Japanese devils is, and if they fight hard now, they will definitely not be able to fight, so it is better to let the little devils go out for a wave first and involve the US imperialists in the war.

Chang Yuan asked a little puzzled at this time: "Boss, is the little devil really going to attack Southeast Asia?" The devil didn't even fight our Huaxia, so it's puzzling to expand the scale of the war at this time? "yes, I'm a little confused too!" "Boss, just tell us about it!" Chang Yuan's questioning immediately aroused Liu Qingshan and the others' desire for knowledge, and they all turned their heads to look at Jiang Qiang, their faces full of curiosity and inquiry. "Okay!" Jiang Qiang nodded and said: "Actually, the most important thing here is the problem of resources, you all know that Little Japan is an island country with poor resources.

Southeast Asia is rich in crude oil, iron ore and rubber and other resources, and these resources are the basic raw materials of industry, especially crude oil, which is known as the blood of modern industry! After a pause, Jiang Qiang said again: "Before the Japanese devils invaded China in an all-out way, they began to prepare for war a long time ago. The devil not only sent a large number of intelligence agents to investigate the intelligence of all aspects of China, but also surveyed the mineral resources of China.

It took nearly 20 years for the devils to discover that although China's resources were abundant, it did not have the oil that Japan desperately needed! Moreover, the grade of Huaxia iron ore is very poor, and it is difficult to smelt high-quality steel! "Huh?" When Junko heard this, she subconsciously showed a disappointed expression and said, "Mr. Zao, our country really has no oil?" And is iron ore also bad? ”

Jiang Qiang smiled and asked, "Do you still want the little devils to discover rich oil and a large number of high-quality iron ore in our land?" If that's the case, do you know what that would mean for you? "Ahem, ahem!" Junzi was suddenly asked red-eared and red-faced, he was not stupid, how could he not know that once the devil discovered the oil field and high-quality iron ore, he would definitely fight with his life to capture it.

If the devil controls these most important war resources, its war potential will naturally be infinitely magnified, and the war in China will definitely become extremely cruel. Jiang Qiang didn't tell Junzi the answer he wanted, but continued: "In other words, the Japanese devils now think that even if they annex the whole of China, Japan will not be able to obtain the most urgently needed raw materials!"

On the contrary, the Soviet Far East and Southeast Asia contain high-grade iron ore and oil, which Japan urgently needs. As long as Southeast Asia is occupied, the Japanese army can grab a large amount of oil, rubber, iron ore and other industrial raw materials in Southeast Asia! Therefore, even if more and stronger enemies will be created as a result, the Japanese devils have no choice but to attack south to keep the war machine running. ”

Liu Qingshan nodded suddenly and said, "I see!" Southeast Asia is a colony of Britain, France, and the United States, and if little Japan sends troops to Southeast Asia, it will meet Britain, France, and the United States! In this way, the pressure on our Huaxia will definitely be greatly reduced, and then there will be no need to worry too much about the little devils concentrating all their forces to pick us up. ”

"It's good for everyone to know, the top priority is not to pursue the victory, but to recuperate, there will always be a period of tranquility before the storm, and when you come next time, it will be a real battle to destroy the country!" Jiang Qiang waved his hand lightly and did not continue to elaborate, if they were told now that once the devils entered the wartime system, Japan could at least mobilize another 6 million troops and produce tens of thousands of aircraft every year, wouldn't it directly scare people to death?

After everyone digested the information, Jiang Qiang made another big move: "Next, I have three major events to blow to you in advance, so that you can have a number in your hearts." Without waiting for everyone's curious questions, Jiang Qiang continued:

"This time we can narrowly win the test, the most important thing is that our air force is strong and brave enough, and it has dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese air force and firmly grasped the air supremacy of the defense zone, otherwise the little devil will never easily retreat. I will not stress the importance of the Air Force without much emphasis, but in a word, one of the next priorities is to continue to strengthen and strengthen the Air Force. ”

"The head seat is wise!" "The general seat is right, this time our air force plays a key role, scaring the little devil ground troops not to easily launch a formation to launch a strong attack!" "Yes, as long as we firmly grasp the air supremacy, our army can stand up straight and give full play to its true combat effectiveness!"

"Well, if you don't have air supremacy, the devil plane will keep overhead, and that's really suffocating!" Chang Yuan, Chen Zhengnian, Li Jinglin and others nodded in agreement. Jiang Qiang continued: "I have decided to recruit a large number of pilots and build a training base dedicated to training pilots as soon as possible, with the most basic goal of training at least 8,000 pilots every year. ”

"Huh? 10,000 pilots a year? Li Jinglin's pupils constricted, and he looked at Jiang Qiang in a daze: "Boss, will it be too much?" We now have a total of just over 600 combat aircraft, and even if we reserve 3 pilots for each fighter, the pilots will have to be idle in large quantities! "You don't have to worry about this, just do what I say!" There will never be too many pilots, and the scale and brutality of future wars will be beyond your imagination! ”

Jiang Qiang waved his hand and said in a commanding tone: "The site selection and construction of the pilot training base, as well as the pilot training work, Division Commander Li and Chief of Staff Liu, you must personally grasp it as a top priority, and you must not be sloppy!" "Although the price of the Flying Eagle 3 fighter jet is very high at the Shanghai Aircraft Factory, if the wealth point cannot keep up with the rhythm, Jiang Qiang can not only buy cheap other types of fighter jets in Shanghai, or order them directly in the United States with US dollars.

On the other hand, once Japan is fully firepowered, it can build tens of thousands of planes in a year, so the pilot reserve must keep up, otherwise it will be bad if there is money to buy planes and not enough pilots to fly them. "Yes!" "Guaranteed to complete the mission!" Li Jinglin and Liu Qingyuan hurriedly stood up and solemnly accepted the order. "Good! Sit down! ”

Jiang Qiang nodded and said: "The second thing is the expansion of the army, the 5th Division will be expanded into the 5th Army, and the 6th Division will be expanded into the 6th Army!"

Both the 5th Army and the 6th Army will have 2 divisions, 6 brigades and 18 regiments under their jurisdiction according to the standard, and the whole army will be organized into 50,000 people! After a pause, Jiang Qiang looked at Yun Qichang and Gu Liangmin with excitement on their faces and said, "Commander Li and Commander Shi, congratulations!" "Thank you for cultivating the main seat!" "Swear to follow the general seat, the sword mountain and the sea of fire will not give up!" Li Shucun and Shi Tongtong stood up excitedly and saluted heavily, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and their faces were red and their eyes were shining.

A soldier who doesn't want to be a marshal is not a good soldier, Li Shucun and Shi Tongnian waited for more than a year, and finally got his wish to become a military commander, and Chen Zhengnian, Zhao Zhengbi and other ministers from the dragon are on an equal footing again, unhappy and not excited, it is absolutely fake. "Congratulations to Commander Li, congratulations to Commander Shi!" "Haha, rejoice! Rejoice! Naturally, there will be a burst of "hello, hello, everyone" congratulations and congratulations.

When the conference room gradually quieted down, Jiang Qiang continued: "The third thing is to further strengthen the mechanization of the army. Each infantry corps had to have at least one mechanized infantry division, and in addition to a large number of transport vehicles, each division would be equipped with a certain number of tanks and armored vehicles. Tank divisions were reorganized into armored divisions,......"

For the mechanization of the troops, Jiang Qiang has been planning and preparing, but the Tiger Army is on the defensive as a whole, and the requirements for mobility and breakthrough power are not high, so related matters have not been put on the agenda. But now, the situation is changing, and Jiang Qiang will switch to a strategic counteroffensive in a year at most, and it will come in handy at that time.

Tank divisions and armored divisions sound similar, but in fact there is a big difference. A tank division is a division that uses tanks as its main combat weapon, equipped with a large number of tanks and a certain number of infantry, artillery, and engineering units. The main forces of the combat units of tank divisions are usually configured as: 2 tank regiments + 1 infantry regiment + 1 self-propelled artillery regiment + 1 air defense regiment?

The difference between the armored division and the tank division is that the proportion of infantry, artillery, engineering, and ground aviation has been increased, so that the division's assault force is more manifested as a multi-arm combined assault, and is no longer limited to tanks. In Jiang Qiang's conception, the armored division will be further expanded into an armored army, and even an armored group army, and the steel torrent is definitely the unstoppable king of land warfare in the current era.

As for mechanized infantry divisions, the means of transport are mainly in mechanized infantry fighting vehicles, and in terms of weapons, vehicle-mounted weapons are mainly used, such as artillery, anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns, vehicle-mounted mortars, grenade launchers, etc., and individual weapons are secondary.

For infantry, mechanized infantry is its highest stage of development, and the organization and command of mechanized infantry and tanks are very complex and very expensive. However, Jiang Qiang is not short of money, and would rather invest more in the cost of weapons and equipment than fight the tactics of a sea of people and use human lives to fill it. "Wow, it would be great if that were the case!" "Hehe, the chief seat is so powerful, if it weren't for what the chief seat said, I wouldn't even dream that I could fight like this!" "Needless to say! The head of the seat of God and man too! ”

"When that time comes, won't you kill the little devil?" After listening to the blueprint outlined by Jiang Qiang, Chang Yuan and the others all showed their yearning and admiration. For now, they already feel that their troops are too strong to have friends, and if they put aside the air force factor, they can completely press the little devil troops to the ground and rub them.

And now, Chang Yuan and the others only felt that their eyes suddenly lit up, a new window opened again, and a beautiful new world appeared in front of them. As soon as the meeting ended, the intelligence department sent a congratulatory message, "Very powerful!" Thank you! ”

Jiang Qiang snapped his fingers very happily, there will never be too much money, especially with the uncontrolled crazy expansion of the scale of the war, the money will only be burned more and more. When he returned home, Jiang Qiang told his family the good news that the devil had withdrawn from the army, and the people in the room were naturally happy, and the gloomy fog shrouded in his heart disappeared in an instant.

"Haha, we won! The little noble son was beaten away! "Long live Soza!" "Long live the Shandong Army!" "Down with Japanese imperialism!"

After receiving the news of the victory, the soldiers and civilians of Shandong were naturally overjoyed, filled with happiness and excitement, and countless soldiers and civilians spontaneously poured into the streets to sing and dance, set off firecrackers, beat gongs and drums, and sang songs. Of course, in the strong joy and excitement, there is no lack of pain and sorrow, many homes have mourning halls, wearing filial piety clothes, and the atmosphere is extremely depressing.

Because although this battle was a complete victory, with a total of more than 10,000 enemies annihilated, it also paid a lot of casualties on its side. Among them, 875 people were killed in the Huaxia Tiger Army, more than 2,600 people were killed in the third detachment, and more than 1,600 civilians were killed, adding up to more than 5,000 people!

That is to say, thousands of families have suffered the pain of life and death, and white-haired people sending black-haired people! Under the vigorous operation of various departments, the Shandong Group Army Defense Region quickly started the post-war reconstruction work, and all counties and cities gradually restored the normal order of life and production.

The fierce fighting came to an abrupt end, the clouds of war on the Shandong Peninsula disappeared in an instant, and the military and people of the Shandong Peninsula ushered in the long-lost peace and tranquility. However, such a happy situation is not something that everyone will like.

The study on the second floor of the Huangshan villa in Chongqing. Dai Li's extremely respectful report said: "Sitting down, an urgent telegram has been sent from the Jinan Intelligence Station in Shandong Province that the Japanese army has stopped its offensive since yesterday morning, and a large-scale retreat continues. "Oh?" The chairman raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked rhetorically: "Has the Japanese army retreated on all fronts?" ”

Dai Li nodded and said: "That's true, the day before yesterday, Jiang Qiang dispatched a large number of bombers to blow up the Japanese army's Zhangzhuang Airport and Baitawa Airport, severely damaged the Japanese heavy artillery brigade, destroyed the ground radar station, and carried out a large-scale bombing of the devil's frontline troops. Most of the devils have been beaten, and the Shandong region has once again entered a confrontation situation, and it is estimated that there will be no large-scale military battles in the short term. ”

Hearing this, the chairman of the committee slapped the table in disappointment and said, "Niang Xipi, these little devils are really a group of things that bully the soft and fear the hard!" Xingshi mobilized the crowd to engage in such a big battle, but it only lasted half a month, and it ended hastily before and after the fight, isn't this a joke! "A few days ago, I listened to the devils and the Shandong Group Army fighting to the death, especially the air battle of unprecedented scale, the chairman of the committee was extremely happy, and he looked forward to continuing every day without stopping, and it was best to turn the world upside down.

However, it has only been a few days, and the devil troops have taken the initiative to admit it again, and they have not reached the best state of losing at all. Dai Li continued: "I think that the main reason for this is that the devils cannot obtain air supremacy, and the air force of the Shandong Group Army poses too great a threat to the devil's army.

It was very difficult for the little devils to attack the defense line of the Shandong Group Army, and with the sharp sword hanging overhead, it is not difficult to understand that they stopped the offensive and gave up their strategic intentions. The chairman nodded and said: "Yes, air supremacy in modern warfare is too important, and we will suffer losses in this regard, especially the battles of Northern Hebei and Xuzhou in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, otherwise it would not be the current situation."

At present, the party-state air force is finally gradually recovering, but this is far from enough, and it is necessary to further strengthen the air force. "The headmaster is wise!" Zhang Zhixiao, who was sitting next to him, patted his ass, and then said: "A few days ago, the devil took the initiative to hold peace talks with us, and its purpose was to concentrate on solving the big trouble for his henchmen, but now the devil has given up halfway and took the initiative to withdraw his troops and re-adopt the siege strategy in Shandong.

Although the main factor in this was the strong military strength and tenacious combat tenacity of the Shandong Group Army, he held that small Japan was mostly for another purpose, and it was by no means a simple retreat in the face of difficulties. ”

The chairman turned his head and asked, "Then tell me, what else is in this?" Zhang Zhizhong replied seriously: "Most of the lowly analysis devils are going to officially enter Southeast Asia!" ......""It's a possibility! In this case, it is very beneficial for the party-state, and we can free up our hands to solve internal problems. The chairman nodded slightly, and the obsession that had always been rooted in his heart began to come alive.

At present, it is the fourth year of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the War of Resistance against Japan has entered a phase of stalemate, and the Japanese army has stopped the offensive on the frontal battlefield. It stands to reason that the frontal military pressure on the Nationalist Government has been greatly reduced, and as long as the Nationalist Government can exert its best efforts to make the country prosperous and courageous, the situation will only improve day by day, but in fact the situation in China is deteriorating day by day and becoming extremely bad.

One of the most direct reasons for this is that the corruption of the bureaucratic ruling clique of the Nationalist Government is becoming more and more serious, even worse than before the full-scale outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Especially in Chongqing, the capital of China, the elite group is drunk and dreaming of death, singing songs night and night, and the belief and will of the War of Resistance are constantly being consumed, and the mainstream trend of thought has gradually formed in a corner of peace!

Accompanying the capital Chongqing is a scene of "singing after the river / garden flowers", and the front line of the Anti-Japanese War is even worse! The Japanese government has never stopped holding peace talks with the Nationalist Government since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of China, and of course the peace talks are just an illusion, but the real intention of the Japanese devils is to lure the Nationalist Government to surrender!

After many efforts and trials, the Japanese Government no longer had high hopes for the chairman, but it never stopped fighting the high-ranking Kuomintang officials and dignitaries who held great power and the high-ranking generals of the Kuomintang army who held heavy troops at the front. In order to lure these important targets to the ground, the Japanese government really spared no expense and used all kinds of tricks. At this time, the Nationalist Government was very cooperative and began to spread the theory of "saving the country by curves", and from the second half of 1938, high-ranking generals successively defected to the enemy.

And in the second half of 39 years, it was a climax of treason and surrender to the enemy, He Xingjian, deputy commander-in-chief of the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army, and Cai Xiongfei, deputy division commander of the Jin Sui Army, all surrendered to the enemy at this time, and there were hundreds of thousands of national troops who joined the enemy with them! This kind of large-scale treason and defection to the enemy was undoubtedly an unprecedentedly huge blow to the morale of the military, so much so that from the end of 39 to the beginning of 40, the atmosphere of the entire Anti-Japanese War was extremely depressing and pessimistic.

At the same time, the Nationalist Government's fiscal revenues plummeted, but various expenditures increased sharply, and the finances became more and more difficult, and all the foreign ports on the mainland were occupied by the Japanese army. If it weren't for the opening of the Burmese highway, the approval of the tung oil loan by the United States, and the vigorous support given by Jiang Qiang, the Nationalist Government would have been even more isolated and helpless, and even more serious treason against the enemy.

At this critical moment of the nation's survival, as the supreme leader of the Chinese government, the chairman of the NPC National Committee should make up his mind to rectify the officialdom of history and administration with great perseverance and courage, rectify the military discipline and outlook of the troops, and reunite the morale of the army and the people. However, the chairman of the committee did not do this, and there was only one string in his mind that was always tightened - the outside must be safe first!