"It's just a small businessman, more than two kilometers away from the headquarters!"

"It should be fine."

Leaving the water supply company, the leader of the devil squad touched a stack of new Hebei coins on his waist again.

He secretly counted it, about ten thousand.

That's a lot of money!

Recently, the New Hebei South Dollar has appreciated again.

According to the exact information, on the southern Hebei side, one hundred new southern Hebei coins can be exchanged for twelve silver dollars.

The daily sale of silver dollars also came to 500,000.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, Tubalu once again increased the value of the New Hebei South Currency, becoming the only currency that is still appreciating in the entire Republic of China and even the whole world.

In other words, the stack of new Hebei coins in his arms is equivalent to 1,200 oceans!

Even if you go to exchange it privately, it is equivalent to 400 dollars.

That's enough for him to pay for a year and a half!

What did he serve as a soldier for?

For the emperor?

For the sake of the Great Japanese Empire?

Bullshit!

It's not for that little bit of salary!

And such an army of locusts accounts for the majority, the vast majority.

As for battlefield suicide?

Who the fuck would want to kill themselves!

But when you surrender and are captured by the enemy, it is a great shame, which will affect the family and make the family in the country be bullied.

secondly

Become a captive and be abused by the enemy.

It's better to kill yourself!

"It's just a small businessman, more than two kilometers away from the headquarters!"

"It's going to be fine."

Touching a stack of money, the devil squad leader became more and more sure in his heart.

He took the opportunity to make a little money, what's wrong?

Eight Roads wanted to kill the chief of staff, just because of a little thing, the assassination was successful?

Where in the world is there such a coincidence!

Why, the superior is making a lot of money, and he is a team leader, not only needs to fight with the enemy with his head, but can only get a meager military salary.

Why?

This time he has the chance, and he also wants to make some money.

···

"Strange!"

Meanwhile.

Stone Gate.

Suzuki looked at the intelligence information in front of him, and his two brows furrowed.

Three weeks ago, Tubalu appreciated the value of the New Hebei Southern Currency and increased the exchange price of the silver dollar, from the original 100 New Hebei Southern Currency to 10 Silver Dollars to 10 New Hebei Southern Dollar to 11 Silver Dollars.

He still didn't understand the purpose of what Tubalu was doing.

The value of the new southern Hebei currency bound to the silver dollar is obviously very stable, not to mention the southern Hebei region, Shimen, and even the Northern Ping have begun to circulate on a large scale.

The locust army acquiesced.

The coin issued by the Locust Army itself is barely even used.

And the day before yesterday.

Tuba Road has once again raised the exchange price of the New Hebei Southern Currency.

From the original 100 New Hebei South coins to 11 silver dollars, it has been upgraded to 100 New Hebei South coins to 12 silver dollars.

As soon as the news came out, it once again made Suzuki Fuji scratch his head.

He didn't understand.

What is the purpose of doing this?

What are the benefits?

The only thing he can think of is to promote the circulation of the new Hebei South currency, which is really remarkable, not to mention the North Commentary, and even the Shanghai market, the new Hebei South currency has begun to appear.

Then there are the side effects.

It will speed up the outflow of silver dollars!

The question is.

The purpose of the new Hebei coin, anchored by the silver dollar, must be to try to keep the silver dollar as much as possible, but why is the silver dollar compiled?

It doesn't make sense!

In order to promote the circulation speed of the new Hebei currency, there is no need at all!

With the economic development of the southern Hebei region, even the empire has joined in the spread of the new southern Hebei currency, and there is no need to do so at all, and the gains outweigh the losses.

"Strange!"

Suzuki, who was puzzled, stopped thinking deeply.

No need!

This matter, no matter what the purpose of the Eight Roads is, is a good thing for him!

He received more silver dollars.

These silver dollars, which the empire sold to the United States, gained more benefits.

Kill more than one stone.

As for the recent development and growth of Tu Hachilu.

When the domestic strategic direction of the empire is oriented, and when the southbound faction and the conservatives reach a strategic agreement on the future, when the time comes, the empire will concentrate all its efforts and attack the Tuba Road entrenched in North China.

Concentrate an army of 100,000, or even 200,000.

Concentrate superior air combat power, ground armored combat power, and then destroy it in one fell swoop.

When the time comes,

In the face of the absolutely superior locust army, no matter what the strength of the Tubalu is, it is impossible to resist.

Others, it doesn't matter at all!

Great benefits and glory in hand.

tens of millions of dollars in earnings,

Major General on the verge of promotion,

The Heavenly Locust Emperor personally bestowed the title.

So that Suzuki Fanji was completely carried away, losing his previous keen observation and thinking, and at this moment, even his vigilance against this silver dollar disappeared.

He used to think,

Could there be a conspiracy behind it,

But now, I can only think that in the face of absolute strength, no amount of conspiracy will help.

···

"In the face of absolute strength, all intrigues and tricks will not help."

Walking out of the staff headquarters of the North China Front, recalling the words of Chief of Staff Watanabe, Ishihara sighed.

He bowed his head,

glanced at the stack of new Hebei coins in his hand.

The gaze is complex.

Judging from the current situation, no matter what, it is impossible for Tubalu to have the strength to threaten the locust army.

No matter how advanced the weapons obtained each month, the size of only one regiment, or one brigade, is doomed to gain superiority over the locust army only locally.

When quantity has an absolute advantage, quality is not so important.

This can be proved by a lot of intelligence.

The empire has been planning and operating the Greater East Asia co-prosperity strategy for decades, with a huge and in-depth layout, and a large number of hidden spies have been deployed in the Republic of China, and these people have penetrated deep into the Republic of China and are extremely hidden.

Some even lived in the Republic of China for decades.

As the strength of the Eighth Route increased, the Empire also transferred a part of the intelligence personnel to the Eighth Route's sphere of influence, obtaining a large amount of information.

It's just that because of the short time, the Eighth Route Army's counter-espionage methods are really powerful, and there is not much information obtained at present, and there is a lack of core intelligence.

For example, the purpose of this great depreciation of the silver dollar.

and

Ways and means of intending to attack Chief of Staff Watanabe.

There is not even the most basic information.

It's just that, even if there is a lack of information, Ishihara always has a feeling in his heart.

In the face of absolute strength, all intrigues and tricks are useless, this sentence is indeed true.

Just like the empire and the United States, no matter how the empire plans and arranges, it is impossible to defeat the United States on its own.

The difference in strength between the two sides is too big!

The Empire did not have the means to threaten the industrial facilities, economic cities of the West Coast, the most central part of the United States.

Even if all of the current U.S. naval forces in the Pacific were destroyed, it would not be possible to tilt the balance of power between the two sides.

That's why he's a staunch supporter of conservatives.

So, in Ishihara's heart, there was always an idea.

finally

Who is the one with absolute power?

It can quietly transport millions of tons, or even tens of millions of tons, of various materials to the Taiyue Mountains, and can create mysterious forces that the empire can't even imagine with advanced weapons.

Is it possible, stronger than the Empire?

Much stronger?

Actually, the empire is the clown?

But ideas are just ideas, and Ishihara lacks evidence to prove what he thinks.

He can only bury it deep in his heart.

"Eight million dollars!"

Ishihara shifted his mind and thought of a piece of information that Watanabe had given him,

He actually doesn't deal well with Watanabe.

But the two have a mutual friend, Gangmura Ningji, so the relationship is okay on the surface.

Through intelligence materials.

He knows.

From late August to late September, during the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, the North China Front made a total of $8 million in profits through trade, silver dollar trading, and other means directly controlled by the military.

It's profit.

And not income.

In fact, the industrial equipment acquired in the southern Hebei region controlled by the Eighth Route Army this month is only about $1.3 million in terms of international market prices.

And most of them are old machines.

inefficiency,

Low level of technology.

Compared with the benefits obtained by the empire, it is not worth mentioning at all.

No matter where you look at it, the advantage is in the empire.

But!

Ishihara always had a doubt.

Why?

Why did the Eighth Route Army import these useless, or, rather, useless machinery and equipment?

Even if the empire is not destroyed, with the technical level of these machines and equipment, and the level of raw material supply in their base areas, it will be impossible to complete the establishment of a working industrial equipment within ten years.

And.

Even stranger.

Most of the equipment is actually located in the southern Hebei region, this plain terrain.

Almost under the nose of the Empire.

Truly!

At present, the empire does not have the strength to attack the Taiyue Mountains and the Taihang Mountains.

First, it is difficult to assemble troops, and second, the Eighth Route Army in these two base areas is very strong, and the reserve forces are very sufficient.

But...

In the southern Hebei region, there is an endless flat terrain.

The highway is relatively smooth.

As long as the North China Front is willing to give up a part of the occupied area, it can gather the strength of a division at any time, rush here, and wantonly destroy the machinery and equipment here, so as to burn the scale of the development of the Eighth Route Army in the past few months.

So.

What did the Eighth Route Army think?

Ishihara instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out.

···

"What about industrial statistics?"

"It's done!"

Meanwhile.

At the headquarters, the Deputy General Staff took over the statistical information handed over by an officer:

"In the southern Hebei region, the production line of the new 40 submachine gun has completed all the shelves from mining, raw material smelting, to finished product manufacturing."

"However, due to the limited talent, the lack of equipment, the poor quality, and the energy supply, it is currently not working properly, and can only be produced in a very small amount by hand."

Tens of millions of silver dollars are smashed, and there is still a harvest in the end.

"Good!"

Deputy General Staff of the Great Joy.

Now that the shelf is fighting, it's not a big problem.

"The next step is to scale up and develop talent."

"Actually putting it into production can be set aside."

Deputy General Staff admonished.

It is almost impossible to build an industrial system from raw material mining, primary processing, deep processing to actual industrial finished products.

No amount of money will do.

But well...

Those two printing presses, which had been advanced for 50 years, were theoretically not available to the troops.

"Have the garrisons of the Independent Regiment been arranged?"

Deputy General Staff asked.

They have separate regiments.

"It's all arranged."

"Where the industrial equipment is located, there are independent regiments stationed!"

The officer replied.

"Good."

The Deputy General Staff nodded in satisfaction. (End of chapter)