July 13, 1941, Yangcheng, the headquarters of the South China Dispatch Army of the Japanese Army

As for the source of Yamamoto Kazuki's information, it will naturally not be an accident, some people have paid a lot of price for this matter, and the air marshal, the Russian royal expert, and the leader of the royalist party have mobilized hundreds of people to complete this information, and the purpose is very simple, that is, to tell the Japanese that oil is at their fingertips.

In order to obtain this information, Yamamoto Kazuki gave control of a county town and released all the anti-Japanese elements and innocent people in the Jin Provincial Prison, and even the criminal prisoners were handed over to the Eighth Route Army.

"Yamamoto, if I give you permission, can you form a hundred ironstone wings in half a year?" The old devil of Tojo pondered for a long time, and finally set his eyes on Yamamoto Kazuki again, as for the authenticity of the information, he did not doubt the authenticity of the information, Yamamoto Kazuki had already secretly sent surveyors to infiltrate the Amur Region and obtain a large number of core samples, which proved that the test report was absolutely accurate, even if there was a gap between the reserves and the intelligence, it was not large.

"Your Excellency, at present, the expansion of the First Army from ten ironstone wings to twenty ironstone wings has made the Second War Zone very dissatisfied, the Jin Sui Army, the Central Army, and the Eighth Route Army are all training and expanding their troops in a targeted manner, if another hundred wings are formed, I am afraid that the Second War Zone will immediately launch a new round of sabotage warfare." Yamamoto Kazuki hesitated a little and said, now everyone can see that the battle situation is slowly changing, so no matter who is preparing to counterattack, at the very least, it is necessary to maintain the balance of power on the battlefield, and the formation of another hundred wings in the First Army is equivalent to the possibility of counterattacking Jin Province in the Second War Zone, and that "old man" is afraid that he will be able to use the knife immediately.

"Not in Jin Province, I mean you send people to Manchuria to train troops in the no-man's land near the northern border, as for the materials and weapons, I will open the spare arsenal of the Kwantung Army to you, although they are all reserved weapons of the Northeast Army and the like, but they should be enough for you to use." The old devil of Tojo smiled, how could he not know how difficult it is for Yamamoto Kazuki to hold on to Jin Province at present, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is walking on thin ice, even if the North China Dispatch Army supports him to expand the ten iron and stone wings in his hand to twenty iron and stone wings, it will not be able to form an advantage over the second war zone and the first war zone.

"Your Excellency, do you want me to go to the Kwantung Army?" Yamamoto Kazuki's mood is very complicated, he was born in Jin Province, and his foundation is also in Jin Province, and now Yamamoto's troops and the first army are run by him like an iron plate, so he is really reluctant to give up these, but there are also benefits to serving in the Kwantung Army, a hundred iron and stone wings, whether it is going north or south in the future, they will become a pivotal existence, and they will also enter the ranks of generals from the general, with their own age, it is also very likely to become a marshal before the end of the war.

"The First Army still needs you to master, with the current size of the First Army, no one can play it, just military spending and materials can force the successor to die." Tojo looked at Yamamoto Kazuki's eyes full of appreciation, the First Army's current military spending and material supply are far lower than in 1940, but the number of troops has been fully doubled, and a complete military industrial system has been built, achieving 80% self-sufficiency in supplies, and even using their relationship with the Eighth Route Army to help the empire purchase a large amount of valuable food.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, the humble post will definitely complete the training of the army in the shortest possible time!" Yamamoto Kazuki said excitedly, there is a sense of death for a confidant, this feeling he has only had before when facing General Yoshio Shinozuka.

There are 450,000 people in one hundred iron-stone wings, plus the current First Army, the number of troops that can be mastered is almost 700,000, 700,000, how many troops is there in the Kwantung Army now, as long as the whole training of these troops is completed, his position in the Japanese army will be stable.

"Yamamoto, you must do a good job, we are all old, we can't do it for a few years, the future empire is yours." The old devil of Tojo is very satisfied with Yamamoto Kazuki's performance, he values Yamamoto Kazuki's ability, and more importantly, Yamamoto Kazuki's loyalty, Shinozuka Yoshio's position as the commander of the North China Dispatch Army is not stable, but every critical moment Yamamoto Kazuki will come out to help him solve the problem, as if he is Shinozuka Yoshio's head horse.

"Your Excellency!" Kazuki Yamamoto was so excited that he was speechless.

"I'm very good friends with Yoshio Shinozuka, we are very optimistic about you, don't worry about you and do it boldly, we have everything that happens." Tojo old devil and Yoshio Shinozuka are indeed friends, but the relationship is not so harmonious, just like his relationship with Ishihara Waner, friendship, struggle, cooperation, containment, and almost every day is a big drama.

"Your Excellency, I still want to recruit 30,000 disabled soldiers, do you think it's okay?" Yamamoto Kazuki paused for a while and said, the death squad composed of disabled soldiers has been tested in actual combat, and the effect is very good, and the exchange ratio is even more amazing, don't look at those disabled soldiers have such and such restrictions, but there is one thing that the recruits cannot match, that is, rich battlefield experience and will.

"Yamamoto, are we doing this—" The old devil Tojo hesitated, he could guess what Yamamoto Kazuki wanted these disabled soldiers to do, but letting those imperial veterans who were almost alive go directly to their deaths always made him hesitate, after all, the current Japan has not yet reached the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted.

"Your Excellency, they are soldiers of the Empire, rather than letting them live like that, it is better to let them die with honor, only Kudanzaka is their best destination." Kazuki Yamamoto said in a pleading tone, don't look at them as a militaristic country, but the attitude of the people towards the disabled soldiers is really not very friendly, coupled with the rampant corruption and inaction of the government and the military department, the life of these disabled soldiers is even more difficult, and almost every day there are desperate disabled veterans who choose to end their lives in order to relieve their families.

"Isn't 30,000 too many?" The old devil of Tojo is more worried about where to get the money to support so many people, 30,000 people, a division regiment, weapons and equipment, supplies, military salaries and pensions, which one of them all needs money to support?

"Your Excellency, please rest assured that the First Army is capable of solving all subsequent problems." Yamamoto Kazuki heard the hesitation of the old devil Tojo, and also guessed the other party's concern, and hurriedly assured very confidently that 30,000 people seemed like a lot, but it was nothing compared to the size of the 6 or 700,000 troops under his command in the future, and he could always afford it.

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