"Well, fifty million kilograms of grain, that is, 25,000 tons!" Quan Yangjian calculated it silently, and then muttered: "This is indeed not a small amount. The grain in the hands of the Chinese grain merchants we currently control
The total amount is about 10,000 tons, and this batch of grain is our bargaining chip and capital, and there is still more room for appreciation!
By the way, Commander, does the food have to be rice or wheat? Can it be replaced by corn?" Neji Okamura asked in confusion: "Corn? What do you mean?" "That's right."
Quan Yangjian quickly explained, "There were originally three to four million refugees in the enemy-occupied areas. The Nanjing government, Wuhan Relief Society, and wealthy businessmen have been helping these refugees, so we have stockpiled hundreds of thousands of tons of corn through Chinese grain merchants.
Earn high profit margins.
Now a large number of these refugees have been transferred to the Shandong Army. As a result, Jiang Qiang is buying a large amount of corn from us at a price that is more than twice the original price! This time we have earned up to 2,300 so far by buying low and selling high.
Profit of ten thousand silver dollars!
If all the corn in hand can be sold at a high price, the total profit will be no less than 45 million silver dollars. I can't believe that Wuhan wealthy businessmen and Jiang Qiang have such strong financial resources!" "Nani? There are hundreds of thousands of tons of corn?"
Okamura Neji's pupils contracted and his expression looked extremely stunned.
Kage Sasaki thought Okamura Neiji was being surprised, so he answered proudly: "Yes, because after the refugees arrive in Qingdao, Jiang Qiang will definitely not sit idly by and ignore them, and must provide food to feed the refugees, otherwise
It will trigger refugee riots.
But if he does this, he will consume a lot of his food reserves, and in turn he will have to spend more money to buy high-priced food. Therefore, we took the opportunity to give him a hard blow, leaving him with no money to continue purchasing other supplies."
Hearing this, Okamura Neji's expression became even more ugly, and he asked in a cold voice: "When did the refugees be driven out? How many refugees have been driven out to Qingdao so far?" "General, you don't know about this.
?”
Hearing Okamura Neiji's sudden curse, Kage Sasaki was stunned. After a while, he quickly replied: "Reporting to Your Excellency, General, there should be 3.4 million refugees entering the Shandong Army Defense Area since mid-September."
"Haga!" Neji Okamura immediately began to curse after hearing this. He glared at Kage Sasaki Showa and Inukai Ken and said, "You are saying that 3.5 million refugees have entered the Shandong Military Defense Area?"
Okamura Neiji was organizing the Changsha Battle two months ago. He was fighting inextricably with the Ninth Theater. His mind was full of how to eliminate the effective strength of the national army and capture Changsha City. He really didn't think much about things thousands of miles away.
focus on.
"Yes!" Yingzuo Zhenzhao nodded again, and then boasted: "Driving the refugees to Qingdao, we not only obtained a large amount of real money and silver, but also greatly consumed Jiang Qiang's food reserves and financial resources. Currently, according to intelligence
It shows that there has been turmoil there, and social conflicts have intensified rapidly!
In addition, through negotiation and pressure, the Shandong Group Army also stopped its attack on the Twelfth Army. During this period, the Twelfth Army greatly strengthened the blockade and firmly locked the Shandong Group Army!
This is such a clever trick that even His Majesty the Emperor is full of praise for it!" "Baga! How could this happen? Don't you know that what Jiang Qiang needs most is a large population? By doing this, aren't you drinking poison to quench your thirst and nourish yourself?
Are tigers in danger?"
The more Okamura Neiji listened, the angrier he became. He couldn't hold back his anger any longer. He slapped the back of the table with his hand and glared at Kage Saruaki angrily. He didn't know anything about such a big matter, and he heard Kage Saru
According to the call made by Zhenzhao, it seems that the entire Japanese high-level officials knew about this matter, but no one stood up to stop this stupid plan.
Inukai said weakly: "Your Majesty General, is it not that serious? Most of these refugees are women, children and the elderly, and do not have much physical labor. Apart from consuming a lot of food and wealth, they will not have much effect.
That’s right! And according to mutually confirmed intelligence from various sources, these refugees caused serious impact and instability to the local area after arriving in the Shandong Military Defense Zone, and local food prices rose significantly..."
Okamura Neiji glared and said: "That's enough! Jiang Qiang is an extremely cunning and difficult opponent. We must not use common sense to infer! We only saw the appearance. In fact, it is very likely that Jiang Qiang set up a trap
A big scam! Stop transporting refugees immediately!”
Yingzuo Zhenzhao said in astonishment: "General, do you really want to do this? I'm afraid this matter will not be stopped so easily. There are many interests involved in it, and it is no longer something we can stop just by saying stop!" "Nani
?The empire’s transport fleet helps transport refugees? For a little profit, you actually do such a stupid thing!
The empire has suffered so much at the hands of Jiang Qiang, why can't it be remembered longer?" After carefully listening to the cause and effect, Okamura Neji no longer knew how to express his anger and despair. At this time, he just wanted to pick up the saber and go crazy.
kill!"……"
Kage Sasaki Akira and Inukai Ken looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes. They really didn't understand why Okamura Neji was so angry, because until now they thought they had done a great job this time.
The money earned in this round and round was enough to arm three divisions with American equipment, not to mention slowing down the offensive rhythm of the Shandong Group Army and consuming Jiang Qiang's massive food reserves and financial resources. "Forget it! I hope I can
You’re just worrying too much!”
Okamura Neiji weakly waved his hand and said sternly: "From now on, we must never sell another grain of grain to Jiang Qiang, and we must let the Imperial Navy block the waterway, and Jiang Qiang must not be allowed to import another grain of grain!"
I hope that by doing this, we can remedy the situation and turn a bad thing into a good thing!" If we can't stop transporting refugees, we can only settle for the next best thing. In fact, Okamura Neji also has a trace of luck in his heart, hoping that it will be like what Kage Sasaki Showa and Inukai Ken said.
Like that, sending refugees to Qingdao is a quick move, rather than shooting oneself in the foot. "Hai!"
Kage Sasakiaki and Inukai Ken nodded quickly and said, if they don't continue to hoard food and sell it at high prices, they will certainly lose a lot of money, but they are lieutenant generals and commanders, and they are talking about military orders.
Okamura Neiji then said: "Let's leave it as it is! Regarding the issue of food, I would like to ask Inukai-kun to take more trouble. I am here to express my gratitude in advance for the 200,000 imperial troops of the 11th Army!"
His hands were short, and although he felt very uncomfortable, Okamura Neji now had someone to ask for, so he could only put aside the unpleasantness and not mention it for the time being.
"Hai! General, please rest assured that food is not a problem. I will get this done as soon as possible!" Inukai Ken quickly paused. His duty was to raise food and funds. At this time, Okamura Neji was full of anger again.
How dare he say no? "Sou Ga! Then please."
He stretched out his hand to avoid hitting the smiling man. Seeing Inukai Ken being so sensible, Okamura Neji suddenly looked better. Kage Sasaki said boldly: "Your Majesty General, since we all know that the Chinese Tiger Ben Army is a serious problem,
Then why don't we make suggestions to our camp and concentrate our superior forces to annihilate them as soon as possible?
At present, only an armed attack can completely eliminate this powerful enemy of the empire." Neji Okamura glared at Kage Sasaki angrily, then turned to look at Inukai Ken and said: "Inukai-kun, you are an expert in economics.
Should you answer this question for him?" "Hai!"
Kenton Inukai said first: "The main reason is due to the problem of war funding. The empire is currently in extremely financial distress. This year's total military expenditure is only five billion. The navy took away three billion, leaving two billion. Various departments and the Kwantung Army
At least 1.2 billion were divided up.
In other words, at most 300 million will be allocated to the China Expeditionary Force, and of these 300 million, at least 200 million will be allocated to prioritize the combat operations launched by the Eleventh Army in Central China. Therefore, the base camp or the China Expeditionary Force
There is simply no ability to launch military operations against the Shandong Group Army."
After the "July 7th Incident" in 1937, Japan decided to launch a full-scale war of aggression against China, officially renamed the "North China Incident" as the "North China Incident", and decided to "mobilize 15 divisions at the same time, with a war cost of 5.5 billion yen." In 1938
, Japan's military expenditure has reached 6.15 billion yen, far exceeding its national gold reserves. At that time, only one "Battle of Wuhan" cost more than 3 billion yen in combat expenses.
In 1939, as it entered the hinterland of China, the Japanese Army proposed a new "arms enrichment" plan. The Japanese General Staff Headquarters required the Army Ministry to prepare 65 ground force divisions and 164 aviation squadrons by the end of 1941 as a wartime general.
troops.
As a result, the Japanese Army Ministry approved the total budget at 5.4 billion yen and submitted it to the Ministry of Finance for approval. Japan, which had long been completely militarized, no longer needed the so-called "parliamentary approval" for such a big matter as approving the military budget.
The decision must be made through consultations between the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Army and Navy.
Japan's Ministry of Finance has not agreed to this budget request so far, but has reduced the amount requested by the Ministry of War by 1 billion yen and approved it as 4.4 billion yen. Not long ago, Japan's Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of War, and the General Staff Headquarters focused on restoring
The budget of 5.4 billion yen was negotiated, and "the three parties had a heated debate all night long." The result of the argument was: "The total army budget is 4.89 billion yen."
This budget is the total army expenditure from 1940 to 1941. As for this year's expenditure, it has been almost spent. The Japanese Chinese Expeditionary Army has no money left to support a large-scale military operation. Okamura Neiji then said
: "The most important thing is that Jiang Qiang is not an ordinary opponent, and the current Imperial Army's weapons and equipment do not have an advantage.
Moreover, if they hold on to strong defensive positions, fortresses and cities, their combat effectiveness will at least double. If we want to annihilate this Chinese army, we need to concentrate the superior strength of at least 15 divisions.
Obviously this is currently impossible to do, and it will take at least half a year to prepare for war, so we can only do our best to block and destroy it to prevent it from developing further.
Sigh, this is really a troublesome problem. I really don’t understand how such a person could appear in China, who could single-handedly create such a powerful army, leaving even the Imperial Japanese Army helpless.”
Okamura Neiji had noticed Jiang Qiang a long time ago, and had long been aware of Jiang Qiang's huge threat. He had long wanted to get rid of him quickly, but he couldn't kill people just by thinking! Inu Yang Ken suddenly had a sinister look in his eyes.
Xiang Okamura Neiji said: "General, I have an immature suggestion. I don't know whether to take it seriously or not!"
Okamura Neiji nodded and said: "Inukai-kun, please tell me something!" Inukai Ken said with murderous intent: "Since we can't compete from the front for the time being, why can't we find a way to solve this big trouble from other aspects?
What?" Neji Okamura asked: "Inukai-kun, do you mean to use agents to carry out beheading and assassination? This thing shouldn't be easy, right? If it was possible, Jiang Qiang wouldn't still be alive and well now.
!”
Yingzuo Zhenzhao nodded and agreed: "What the general said is absolutely true. Jiang Qiang is very good at counter-reconnaissance, counter-infiltration, counter-assassination and other intelligence work. The special high school has attempted assassinations many times before, but every time he failed
It ended in failure, and the empire lost a large number of its ace agents.
Especially Zhaoyuan County, Qixia County, Zhucheng County, and Anqiu County, where Jiang Qiang has been operating for the longest time, are completely off-limits. Unless our intelligence personnel enter a completely silent state, they will be discovered as soon as they reveal any clues. Therefore, if you want to
It is extremely difficult to get rid of Jiang Qiang through assassination!" "Your Excellency General, I am talking about other aspects, not just assassination."
Inukai Ken explained, and then added, "What I mean is that we can use Unit 731 to launch targeted bacterial warfare and create a large-scale typhoid fever! Our guests from Unit 731 happened to be in Tokyo these days!
"Nani? Germ warfare? Create large-scale typhoid fever?" Neji Okamura's face changed slightly. It's not that he has never heard of this proposal, and it's not that the Japanese Army has never used it. It was used against Wang Yizhe in the Battle of Nomenkan last year.
Through germ warfare.
In the Battle of Nomenkan, which lasted from May to September 1939, the Japanese Kwantung Army encountered a powerful enemy for the first time. The tried-and-tested "Jade Crushing Attack" and "Pig Rush" were littered with corpses under Soviet firepower. Faced with Wang Yizhe's superiority
The Japanese frontline commander Komatsubara, commander of the 23rd Division, could not withstand the heavy artillery fire and armored troops and kept asking for reinforcements of heavy artillery and additional artillery shells.
What Xiao Matsubara didn't know was that the Kwantung Army had no "surplus food" and had even sent in heavy artillery from the First World War.
In order to restore the decline on the front line, the Kwantung Army decided to use a dirty trick, so the notorious "731" troops were ordered to come to the Nomenkan battlefield. The Japanese prepared to use "germ warfare" in violation of international conventions to defeat Wang Yizhe.
But this is after all a tactic of war with a guilty conscience, so the Japanese army maintains extremely strict confidentiality. The "731" unit headed by Shiro Ishii was immediately closely protected and guarded upon arrival, and other Japanese field troops were not allowed to approach its camp.
The initial plan of Ishii's troops was to use aircraft to sow bacterial bombs, but Wang Yizhe already had air superiority, and at the same time, there were many anti-aircraft guns on the west bank of the Halaha River. The Japanese were really not sure, so they finally decided to use artificial bombs in the river.
Ishii selected a "Jade Crushing Team" at his headquarters, took two rubber boats to the upper reaches of the Halaha River at night, and dumped all the bacterial culture liquid in metal cans into the river water. The entire upper reaches of the river was contaminated.
However, because Wang Yizhe's battlefield intelligence work was very good, the Soviet army had already obtained relevant information before Ishii's troops, whose uniform colors and armband shapes were completely different from those of other Japanese troops, arrived at the battlefield. So Wang Yizhe immediately deployed a large number of water pipelines from the rear.
Officers and soldiers were strictly prohibited from using the water of the Halaha River, so they were not harmed.
Although the Japanese military headquarters also issued the same order, they did not dare to directly explain the reasons and could only be vague. The consequence was that some Japanese soldiers had no idea that it was such a serious nature and still drank water from the nearby river, but unexpectedly they were poisoned.
As a result, a large number of Japanese soldiers died of bacterial infection.
"Is this really okay?" Yingzuo Zhenzhao's eyes flashed with a hint of sinisterness for an instant, and he stared ahead and fell into deep thought.
At this time, Inukai Ken continued: "Your Excellency General, Your Excellency Colonel, Unit 731 is an imperial strategic force. After nearly three years of development, it has acquired combat capabilities and can release Yersinia pestis, Typhoid bacilli and Vibrio cholerae.
It is now the cold winter season, and the survival rate of Yersinia pestis and Vibrio cholerae is low. It is estimated that it will be difficult to cause a large-scale epidemic spread. However, typhoid bacilli like the current climate best. In addition, Qingdao is experiencing the influx of more than three million refugees.
Sanitary conditions have deteriorated sharply, which makes it easier for typhoid bacteria to spread!
Not surprisingly, just a few dozen kilograms of typhoid bacillus culture solution is enough to cause a large-scale typhoid fever in the Shandong Army's defense zone! We must not be merciful to a powerful enemy like the Shandong Army!" Shadow Zuo Zhenzhao shook his head.
Said: "The problem is that a vaccine has been produced for typhoid fever. If treated in time, it can be effectively controlled!"
Quan Yangjian smiled coldly: "It doesn't matter, we can buy out all the typhoid vaccines in China in advance!
In the Far East, there is no place other than Shanghai that can produce vaccines. If Jiang Qiang urgently ordered vaccines from the West, it would take more than a month. By then, typhoid fever would have already spread on a large scale!
As long as the number of people infected with typhoid fever exceeds a critical point, the disease will be like a wild horse, completely out of control. In just a few months, the Shandong Army Group Army's defense area will become dead cities, even if it cannot be completely exterminated
, it will definitely be severely damaged, and it will self-destruct!"
"Yo Xi! Your Majesty General, I also think this is very feasible! Currently, a large number of refugees are pouring into the Shandong Army Defense Area. It is normal for these refugees to bring some infectious diseases and epidemics with them."
Kage Sasaki's eyes narrowed, and he clenched his fists subconsciously, with murderous intent rising in his heart. "Your Mei Agency is best at this type of special warfare, so you can make up your mind on this matter!" Okamura Neiji nodded with a smile.
, although he has always attached great importance to the use of biological and chemical weapons. In the Battle of Wuhan, 10 of the 14 typical examples of chemical warfare conducted by the Japanese army were carried out when he served as the commander of the 11th Army.
Not to mention germ warfare, "Records of Germ Warfare of the Japanese Invading China" contains 33 cases of germ warfare, 23 of which occurred during the term of the commander of the North China Front Army, Okamura Neiji. However, Okamura
Neji knew very well that germ warfare violated international conventions. It was best to throw the blame for such war crimes against humanity and let others do it!
"Hai!" Kage Sasaki Akira and Inukai Ken naturally heard the implication of Okamura Neji's words, and quickly nodded. They did not dare to let Okamura Neji give clear instructions, let alone leave any written evidence. Then.
After chatting for a while, there was really no more topic to talk about. Kage Sasakiaki and Inukai Ken both said goodbye and walked out of the room.
After getting into the car, Kage Sasaki said: "Inukai-kun, I will leave it to you to buy the typhoid vaccine." "Hai!" Inukai Ken nodded heavily, and then said, "Don't worry, Inukai-san, it's such a small thing.
Leave it to Irving! In half a day at most, all the typhoid vaccines in all the Western pharmacies in Shanghai will be gone!" "Yoshi, drive back to Meigui immediately!"
Kage Sasaki gave instructions to the driver, and then asked: "Inukai-kun, is there any problem with the food that Commander Okamura asked for? Will it consume too much of our activity funds?" Inukai Ken nodded and said: "
It is indeed not a small sum, but we can still bear it. In fact, the biggest loss is that we cannot continue to sell the corn at high prices, which will greatly extend the time for our funds to be withdrawn."
"That's something that can't be helped. Commander Okamura's worries are not unreasonable." Ying Zuozhenzhao sighed, and then chuckled: "Food is always hard currency, just sell it slowly, anyway.
There are still so many people in enemy-occupied areas who need to eat.
By the way, the Imperial Ministry of Finance has cracked the latest version of the legal currency. By then, our activity funds will be greatly relieved, and we will not have to worry about having no money to spend!" During the Anti-Japanese War, in order to realize the war strategy of "fighting to support war", Japan established a day in China
Pseudo banks issued various types of counterfeit coins, counterfeited currency, and undermined China's wartime financial order.
The Japanese army used counterfeit legal currency to carry out crazy plunder in China, which was used to fund the Japanese secret service in China and to recruit puppet troops. A large amount was put on the market to realize the plunder, causing soaring prices and financial chaos in the Kuomintang-controlled areas.
Preventing and controlling counterfeit currency, maintaining financial order, and ensuring wartime economic security and people's livelihood stability have become an invisible and important battlefield in China's war of resistance. "Great! With China's coinage technology, how can it be difficult to defeat the Empire of Japan?"
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Inukai-kun raised his lips in great pride. Currently, their Mei Agency uses a large amount of counterfeit legal currency, but since a new version of the legal currency was issued not long ago, the old version is no longer in circulation, so the original counterfeit currency is no longer useful.
At this time, Yingzuo Zhenzhao shook his head and sighed: "It's just a pity that Jiang Qiang does not circulate legal currency. In addition to gold and silver currency, they also issued plastic currency that is difficult to counterfeit! I don't know how Jiang Qiang can print plastic.
Currency, let alone our Empire of Japan, I am afraid that even the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany cannot crack and counterfeit it!"
Hearing this, Inukai Ken nodded with great regret and said: "Yeah, it's such a pity! If we could counterfeit that kind of currency, we would not only get huge benefits, but also disrupt their economy!"
As someone who has experienced this, Jiang Qiang naturally knows that legal currency is unreliable. He had stopped circulating legal currency in the defense zone two years ago and spent enough money to purchase several sets of high-tech banknote printing machines.
The appearance of the manufactured plastic currency alone cannot be counterfeited in the current era, let alone the 16 anti-counterfeiting technologies! A long time ago, the RMB issued by Jiang Qiang in Shanghai had been obtained by Japanese agents, but in the past two years,
During that time, the Japs tried all kinds of methods, but they could only stand still without making any progress.
"Okay, let's not mention this matter! Let's split up immediately after we go back!" Ying Zuo Zhenzhao frowned slightly, and his head was aflame when he thought about Yang Fan. He just felt that there was a desperate situation over there, no matter who was sent
How many excellent agents have worked in vain, either getting nothing, or just drifting into the sea without seeing any dead bodies.
After returning to the Mei Institute, Ying Zuozhen went straight back to his office, grabbed the microphone on the big table, and said in a deep voice: "Get me through the Great East Asia Hotel immediately." After a while, the phone was connected, and Ying Zuozhen said
Zhao said in a deep voice: "Ishii-san, it's me, Yingzuo Zhenzhao. If it's convenient, could you please come to our place?"