Taiyuan, the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army

"Your Excellency, how to solve the military expenses of these 100 temporary brigades? Although a private-class soldier of the indoctrination army only needs 3 yen a month, a 100,000-strong army needs more than 1 million yen a month alone, and even if it is 40%, it will cost 400,000 yen, plus the equipment, ammunition, and military rations needed, and it will be even more, and the first army cannot afford it at all. "Although Hirata Ichiro hesitated a little, he still dutifully reminded that the military expenditure of the First Army was already insufficient, and it would not be possible to issue all the military tickets if the additional 100,000 'indoctrination soldiers' were issued.

And the military ticket can only be used to cheat yourself into paying military salaries, and if you buy supplies, you have to ask for real money, 100,000 troops, just eating can bring down the logistics system of the First Army, if you really implement supplies according to the standards of indoctrination soldiers? Hirata Ichiro didn't dare to continue thinking about it.

"The funds we collected some time ago are enough for us to form a new army, at least for a year, we don't need to worry about the army's salary, as for the future, we can continue to collect." Yamamoto Kazuki smiled somewhat evilly, especially emphasizing the word "collection", where is there any "collection", what he said is naturally to rob the income of Japanese expatriates and Japanese enterprises, in order to report more losses to the Ministry of Finance, Yamamoto Kazuki even looted many warehouses belonging to the government near Taiyuan, and Qian Bojun built concrete bunkers along the railway, all of which were directly used rails. In 1940, not to mention supporting the mainland, as long as the Jin Province could make a balance of payments, it would be a big profit.

"Your Excellency, how can we maintain this kind of income, and now that you are the commander of the First Army, if the law and order situation in Jin Province cannot be improved, my subordinates are worried that the military department will have opinions on you." Hirata Ichiro was worried, rabbits don't eat the grass on the edge of the nest, but his commander not only eats the grass on the edge of the nest, but still eats bald, if it weren't for the cover of the Eighth Route Army's big attack, the local area is estimated to have exploded long ago.

"Hirata-kun, you must know that our Yamamoto unit is a special force, a special force with airborne capability, in other words, our combat area is not restricted, as long as we want, those unscrupulous profiteers in China are our targets, and even the surrounding countries are the same, as the most elite special forces of the empire, if we can't even solve a little military spending, we will be too defeated." Yamamoto Kazuki is very confident in his troops, in fact, he is already doing it, the Eighth Route Army withdrew from Beiping City, the Japanese army entered the city, there was a gap in the middle, he used this time to wash Beiping City again, a large number of materials that the Eighth Route Army could not find were obtained by him, and even handled an advance team of the special high class, which was very profitable.

"Your Excellency, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and even if the First Army has been suppressed by us once, it is not monolithic." Hirata Ichiro reminded in a low voice that at the beginning, Yamamoto Kazuki was quite careful, and the special team used each time was dozens of people, but then he couldn't contain it, and the most time, Qian Bojun actually used thousands of people, and there were many people, and sooner or later there would be rumors of it.

"Although we have achieved a truce with the Eighth Route Army, the necessary sweep still has to be carried out, and the Eighth Route Army's assassination and destruction of the Imperial Army will not be broken. Yamamoto Kazuki didn't care about the death sentence of those people, the unity of the Japanese army was also a superficial phenomenon, and there were also a lot of filthy things within them, the reason why few people paid attention to it was just that their opponents were more prominent, especially after Yamamoto Kazuki, a person who did not have much background, became the commander of the First Army, those senior generals within the First Army had very opinions, and they were all waiting for Yamamoto Kazuki to make a mistake, and then attack them in groups.

"Your Excellency, will that happen, will it be too big?" Although Hirata Ichiro had already guessed the answer, he was still shocked by Yamamoto's indifferent expression, the first army had killed thousands of people in the internal rectification, but it was all that kind of evidence was conclusive, but according to Yamamoto Kazuki's current meaning, this commander seems to be not even planning to do superficial work, and according to Yamamoto Kazuki's meaning, this is not even a high-ranking general who intends to let go.

"Hirata-kun, don't worry, there will be no unjust souls under our butcher's knife, corruption, empty salaries, reselling military funds, selling drugs, indiscriminately issuing military tickets, colluding with officials and businessmen, rampant in the locality, what else these people can't do? Without the 'help' of these people, where could the Eighth Route Army develop so fast? Yamamoto Kazuki said with a hint of hatred on his face, it is difficult for you to imagine that the Japanese army's military funds will be insufficient, because almost all the profitable businesses in the entire occupied area are under their control, even some farmers' spontaneous vegetable markets, but all the profits go into the pockets of officers at all levels and traitors of all levels.

"Naturally, no one will be wronged, the subordinates are worried about those chaebols and big families in the country, those people even dare to assassinate the prime minister, and in the past few decades, there are countless high-ranking officials who have been killed by them." Since the end of the Russo-Japanese War, the whole country has been in a sick political atmosphere, and every politician is cautious and trembling, really worried that a careless person will attract a Goryeo assassin or a mutiny, and behind all this, in addition to the imperial family, are those chaebols and big families.

"Hirata-kun, you have to know that no matter what the final outcome of this war is, those guys are an obstacle to the development of the empire, only by completely solving them, our country will have a chance, if they don't come out, if someone doesn't know what to do, we also have guns in our hands, we, plus Commander Shinozuka, have hundreds of thousands of troops in our hands, if there is a mutiny, no one can stop it!" Yamamoto Kazuki said coldly, this is a bit arrogant, but it is true, the consumption of several years of war has seriously reduced the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, and even the Kwantung Army is no longer the Kwantung Army before.

"Your Excellency, as long as you are prepared for this!" Hirata Ichiro was a little excited while being anxious, it is said that he will be promoted to major general in a short time, who would have thought that the former gendarmerie Nakasa would one day be able to hang the general star, just the current situation is enough to make him work for Yamamoto Kazuki, but if it is possible, he really doesn't mind going one step further, he and Yamamoto Kazuki are still young, and if they want to stand out in the Japanese army that pays attention to seniority, it is definitely not possible without a little special means, since Yamamoto Kazuki wants to fight as hard as he can, He's definitely going to have to keep up.

"Watanabe-kun has a lot of friends in the magic capital, and recently there was news that the top management of the Huaxia Dispatch Army is going to send a batch of local souvenirs to China, do you know how many?" Kazuki Yamamoto collected his thoughts and said somewhat heavily.

"Watanabe-kun is going to the magic capital!" Ichiro Hirata was shocked, he hadn't seen Yuichi Watanabe for a week, he thought that this guy was training troops outside the city, but now it seems that Yuichi Watanabe went on a secret mission and went to the magic capital to rob the private belongings of the executives of the dispatch army, isn't this a bit too bold.

"Two tons of gold, one million silver yuan, tens of thousands of antiques, this is the commander of our empire's dispatch army, brave and good at fighting, loyal, and bloody, do you believe this nonsense? Hirata-kun. Yamamoto Kazuki didn't answer directly, but said with a slight mockery. 33

"Your Excellency, I have worked in the intelligence system, I know many things, I fully believe in what you said, in fact, there are more serious things than this, the army does not have any constraints in China, officers at all levels will naturally work hard to collect money, let alone the commander of the dispatch army, many military Cao can take out hundreds of taels of gold at will when they return to the country with injuries." Although Ichiro Hirata is only the former captain of the Gendarmerie of Heyuan County, the Gendarmerie of Heyuan County is a department under the dual leadership of the First Army Headquarters and the Special High Division, so Ichiro Hirata's other identity is the intelligence officer of the Special High Division.

"So, as long as we work hard, we will never run out of money to raise soldiers, the money is spent by us, it is better than being divided by those moths, as long as we can win this war, it is bound to lay the hegemony of the empire for a hundred years, if it is defeated, even if there is more money, it is not fish on the chopping block?" Yamamoto Kazuki always feels that many high-level leaders are still a little shallow in their vision, timid, and can't see the situation clearly, no one can afford to lose this war, but Japan really can't afford to lose, because Japan's foundation is too weak, all development comes from military gambling again and again, once it fails, it is difficult to protect the country, at least, now he thinks so.

"Your Excellency, how do we disguise the source of funds, it is difficult to hide how much money we spend, there is no need for special investigation, after a long time, there will definitely be suspicions." Ichiro Hirata continued to remind.

"This is the purpose of restoring the judicial system and order in Jin Province, and our subsequent funding sources are mainly dependent on donations and taxes from the local gentry, and the reason why we are in a better situation is because Jin Province is more stable and the market is more prosperous." Yamamoto Kazuki doesn't care about Ichiro Hirata's worries, how much money can be grabbed in the control area, no one has an accurate number for this kind of thing, and there will really be someone to count what it is, besides, Jin Province is one of the former financial centers of this country, what money is there here, and the first army has not been less than a thousand silver winter melons over the years.

"Your Excellency is wise!" Ichiro Hirata and Kazuki Yamamoto have already been prepared, so they will not continue to dwell on this issue.

Some people died, but not completely......