"Traffic and transport capacity..."

Like Suzuki Fanji, Tada, who was so overwhelmed by the sudden launch of the Hundred Regiments Battle that he even fainted and vomited blood, also noticed the key factor of transportation.

"Although the strength of the Eighth Route Army this time exceeded expectations, the overall strength is still inferior to our North China Front."

"It's just that the locust army is too scattered, and the sudden attack of the Eighth Route Army has damaged the transportation channel, and the bridge has also been destroyed on a large scale, resulting in the locust army being unable to assemble in time."

"Logistics supplies are also severely constrained."

Watanabe, who had just taken office, nodded in agreement.

After Michiichi Miyano's death, the chief of staff of the North China Front was a division commander who was temporarily dispatched.

There is no final appointment.

And the one who saw the situation in North China and thought that it was not a good thing to stay here, so he transferred the background backstage, operated in the base camp, and finally left the North China Front Army and went to the Kwantung Army.

Major General Watanabe was newly inaugurated as Chief of Staff for North China.

Although he had just taken office, he was obviously very familiar with the situation in North China.

Thanks to the preparations for the sweep that began in November, the material reserves of the North China Front are actually very sufficient at present, and it is impossible to launch large-scale operations, but it is no problem for the garrisons to defend nearby.

But here's the problem.

The cage tactics led to the over-dispersion of locust forces and a serious shortage of mobile troops.

In addition, the sudden rise of the Eighth Route Taiyue Base Area was too strong, causing them to have to draw a large number of troops to strengthen their defenses, which further exacerbated the problem.

Coupled with the destruction of the lines of communication,

The mobility of troops is further limited.

The Eighth Route Army is different from the past, and to deal with the formed Eighth Route Army troops, especially the main regiment, it must be a wing-level locust army, or even an elite main regiment, such as the 16th Regiment in the Taihang Mountains, and even brigade-level troops are needed to achieve a stable victory.

The locust army has this strength.

how

The troops could not be assembled in time and arrived at the destination, and the follow-up logistics and supplies, either because of the transportation road or because of the blocking of the Tuba Road, could not arrive in time, resulting in the loss of the battle.

Often, after the arrival of the locust reinforcements, the bridges, fortresses, and strongholds have been completely destroyed.

And the Eighth Route Army,

But it has extremely high mobility.

Not only the troops, but also logistical supplies, as well as the transportation of captured materials.

And they don't just rely on the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of militias,

And trucks.

According to front-line reconnaissance, there is intelligence that the Eighth Route Army has a huge military truck, which can transport dozens of tons of materials at a time, and can also walk nearly 300 kilometers a day on dirt roads.

Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why the southern Hebei region can supply more than 1,000 tons of grain to the market every day.

In addition, the roads built by the Eighth Route Army during this period made it possible for even large equipment and large quantities of materials to reach the combat area quickly and efficiently.

You know,

The territory of the Eighth Route Army is more complicated than that of the Locust Army.

"Order the garrisons of all localities to be stationed in place along the railway line."

Although he realized that the Eighth Route Army had a powerful automobile and organized the transportation of materials, thus carrying out the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, Tada Jun's tone was very calm.

What else could he do?

At present, the Tuba Road is still frantically attacking, frantically destroying the lines of communication, resulting in heavy losses of imperial property in North China, and the North China Front is unable to effectively deal with it due to lack of mobility and materials.

The situation is not expected to change anytime soon.

What could he do?

It is estimated that the order to revoke him is already being drafted.

As long as he does not die, the reserve is his future return, and there is no possibility of a comeback.

Why bother with such a thing!

Unless he has the ability to save the current situation in North China, this is obviously impossible.

"Hey!"

Chief of Staff Watanabe did not have any objections.

He is not familiar with Tada Jun at all, but he is an iron partner with Gangmura Ningji, and during the period of the Eleventh Army, he cooperated many times, and they have a very tacit understanding with each other.

Also belongs to the same camp.

The base camp asked him to come, and the meaning was already obvious.

Moreover, in the current situation in North China, the strength of the locust army is seriously insufficient compared to the huge territory, and only by giving up a part of the territory can we effectively mobilize sufficient mobile forces to annihilate the Eighth Route Army.

It is absolutely impossible to get the stronghold, stimulated by the German occupation of France, to agree and voluntarily give up part of the elite territory.

At present, the reserve resources of the North China Front are not enough to organize a large-scale counterattack.

After all, this is not the case.

The strength of today's Eighth Route Army is even more difficult to deal with than the preserved fruits in the south.

In particular, the troops in the Taiyue Mountains, as well as some of the troops in the Taihang Mountains, are obviously stronger even if they are compared to the German Mechanics.

So we can only wait.

Wait until the Eighth Route Army offensive retreats.

Wait until the locust army has enough mobile troops.

Wait until the domestic supplies arrive.

Wait, reinforcements from the south arrived.

The latest decision of the base camp - within this year, priority will be given to concentrating forces to annihilate the Tubalu in North China.

···

Meanwhile.

United States.

White House.

"Mr. President."

Franklin's secretary, who reported to him on the daily state of the world:

"The bombardment of the Germans continues."

"But thanks to the means of air defense of the British, the Germans suffered significant losses in aircraft and pilots, and the scale of the bombing has been reduced at the moment."

"Good."

Franklin was pleased with the news.

The Germans were able to defeat France in one blow, which surprised everyone, including him.

He envisioned a re-emerging German, like the last war, tossing on the mud pits of the European plains, eventually exhausted, and in the process, exhausted by the last drop of blood on the continent.

However, the progress of military technology and the updating and iteration of weapons and equipment have brought about tactical changes that have exceeded everyone's expectations.

In the last world war, only light infantry, and well-prepared light infantry, could pass through the Ardennes Forest, and even tank units could pass.

It also made Franklin vigilant and increased his investment in weapons technology.

plane

tank

Battleship!

Aircraft carrier.

A large influx of money.

However, although it was expected, it turned out well.

The Germans could not cross the trenches of the English Channel, and the air force alone could not solve the battle, not to mention the German air force and the British, the two sides were basically five or five strong.

The situation in the world is still similar to what he expected.

The Germans would fight the bear in the north and shed the last drop of blood.

With the experience of France, the bears of the north, with millions of troops deployed on the front, think about it, the situation on the eastern front must be wonderful.

Franklin looked forward to it.

When Europe drains its last drop of blood, then the world will be American.

"Over there in Asia?"

Franklin asked.

In Asia, there is also an American adversary.

Japan!

Although Japan's strength is far inferior to that of the United States, and its economic strength and industrial strength are far behind, the world's third-largest navy, which it has built by smashing pots and selling iron, is still a big threat that cannot be ignored.

In particular, in the current situation of rising anti-war sentiment in China, if it is not handled well, many interests that originally belonged to the United States will be lost.

and even affect the situation in the future.

"The same old way."

"The Japanese are mired in the battlefield of the Republic of China."

"According to Mr. Donovan's intelligence, they are in big trouble in North China."

The secretary replied.

"North China."

Franklin took out the map, found North China, and asked:

"Have you found the forces behind the Eighth Route Army?"

The Japanese were deflated in the Republic of China, and for Franklin, it was not a big problem.

At present, the important resources that the Japanese need are all controlled by the United States, oil, scrap steel, imported industrial machinery and equipment, and even fuel used by aircraft.

It can be said that he can control the strategic direction of Japan.

Only this mysterious force that suddenly appeared in North China made Franklin very curious.

Because, according to the information of the Japanese, as well as the intelligence that the United States has, this group of people in the mountains suddenly received millions of tons of food and material supplies.

As well as some very advanced artillery.

In the case that the coastline is controlled by the Japanese, and it is difficult for large quantities of materials to enter,

Suddenly, millions of tons of supplies appeared in the inland mountainous areas, which were only connected by inland roads that stretched for thousands of kilometers and were more than 1,000 kilometers away from the coastline.

It's incredible.

If it weren't for the fact that the intelligence community had verified it in many ways, Franklin might not have believed it.

"Not yet."

The secretary shook his head.

"Continue the investigation."

Franklin was interested in the mysterious forces that appeared in North China, but only in the way.

The guy who only dares to hide behind his back will not think that he is an enemy of America.

This is also because of the situation in the Ardennes forest in France, and he is interested in the appearance of these materials and those weapons that are said to be very advanced.

"Let the Ministry of Finance accede to the request of the Japanese."

"Buy their silver and use it to pay for the oil."

"On condition that there are some advanced weapons that they have captured."

Thinking for a moment, on the world, on this big chessboard, Franklin threw his pawns.

Properly loosen the rope that binds the head of the Japanese,

Although the United States has a silver bill that pushes the price of silver to 1.2 dollars per ounce, it is entirely a buyer's market for the US Treasury Department.

I can buy when I want, and sell when I want to sell.

The price of silver, which is completely under the control of the US Treasury.

In 37, in order to crack down on the British London trading market, the U.S. Treasury Department issued a notice to suspend the purchase of silver, which caused the London silver trading to plummet, and nearly 10 million pounds were wiped out.

So the Japanese want to sell silver, exchange a lot of silver for military spending, exchange it for supplies, and they also need the nod of the Americans.

"Yes."

The secretary immediately went to convey it.

"I'd like to see how advanced these weapons are?"

Franklin sneered.

According to the intelligence of Donovan, the head of the intelligence department, the Japanese judged that the weapons obtained by the Eighth Route Army in North China were decades more advanced than those of the United States.

He wants to see how advanced it is!

···

"50 million silver dollars a month?!"

On September 15th, a new deal from Boss Lu arrived, and Zhao Gang, who had returned from the headquarters, immediately rushed in and picked up the contract on the table.

At first glance, the reward shocked Zhao Gang.

After completion, Boss Lu will provide 50 million silver dollars per month to the independent regiment and 600 million silver dollars a year.

That's 1,250 tons of silver per month, or 15,000 tons a year.

In other words...

World silver production has doubled!

The silver here does not include 21 million silver dollars per month for the troops to kill the 14 chiefs of staff of the First Army.

"Hehe..."

Political Commissar Zhao couldn't help but sneer.

The American Silver Act, which was intended to raise the price of silver, also hit the Republican economy hard, leading to deflation.

And now ·

The massive amount of silver dollars from the Republic of China can make the United States eat enough and experience the taste of the collapse of silver prices and the loss of billions of dollars. (End of chapter)