It wasn't until Yang Zhen calmed down later that he realized that Nangong Yun's actions must have been at the instruction of Mr. Yuan. After thinking about it more deeply, Yang Zhen couldn't help but sigh that Mr. Yuan, who had done such a trick after leaving, really had a sharp eye and a sharp eye.
It's really quite long-term.
Although there is currently no confiscation or expropriation of national industries in the base areas, and loans have even been given to some industries and commerce with national capital to promote their development. However, the base areas currently adopt a rationing system for the entire grain and implement unified purchasing and marketing.
This approach has significantly reduced the competitiveness of the catering industry, especially the high-end catering industry.
And in order to open up financial resources, the Northeast Bureau has been levying high consumption taxes on high-end restaurants like the old man's name. On the one hand, it limits high consumption, and on the other hand, it also aims to open up as many tax sources as possible when there is little tax revenue. This makes,
The current profits of the high-end restaurants under Mr. Yuan's name are far from what they were before.
Instead of keeping these high-end restaurants and hotels and causing some inconvenience and trouble to my daughter, it is better to transfer them all at once. Anyway, several big factories have donated them, so there is no shortage of them. The old man did it so thoroughly,
After several high-end restaurants and hotels changed hands, all the properties in the Northeast, at least on the surface, have basically changed hands.
Among them, there are some old men who are worried that the planned economy has begun to be implemented, and in the base areas where land reform has begun in rural areas, they will imitate Jiangbei. They will confiscate all capitalist properties and change them to state-owned or public-owned. Although in Yang Zhen's view, this is at least
It's totally unnecessary for the old man to worry now.
Yang Zhen has always advocated that in addition to the control of the lifeline sectors of the national economy and those involved in war, it is better to leave the rest of the light industry and some service industries to national capital. After all, while developing heavy industry,
The Northeast Bureau simply does not have such large funds to take care of light industry.
Moreover, some light industries related to people's livelihood are all built by the Northeast Bureau, which is unaffordable at least for now. Therefore, Yang Zhen believes that some insignificant industries related to people's livelihood are better left to private capital to operate, such as catering and accommodation.
On the other hand, restructuring will not be carried out.
However, although the Northeast Bureau will not implement a comprehensive Soviet-style economic model at the moment, it is even doing its best to provide some loans to some national capitalists who are expanding their industries. Of course, in this approach of the Northeast Bureau, in addition to ensuring the development of light industry
In addition, it also includes the practice of promoting RMB in disguise, because all loans are in RMB.
But what happens after the war is won? Will the Soviet economy be fully implemented like the history he knows? Yang Zhen cannot guarantee it. Although the national conditions are different, after all, they all wear the word communism on their hats. Who can guarantee that the central government will
After taking power, will we not implement the Soviet model economy?
Although Yang Zhen did not say it directly, he still vaguely agreed with the old man's approach of preparing for a rainy day. These assets, after the old man Yuan left, would undoubtedly be a different kind of burden for Yuan Zhiruo and Nangong Yun.
.It may not be a bad thing to get rid of it early.
Of course, this is all a thing for later, but what Yang Zhen, who is currently busy preparing for the Soviet-German war in a few months, does not know. And what Yang Zhen, who is currently busy and exhausted, does not know is that, just before
The night he had a long talk with Mr. Yuan, his old rival, the Kwantung Army Commander Umezu Yoshijiro, was discussing something with the newly appointed Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Kimura Hyōtaro in the official residence of the Kwantung Army Commander.
something.
Although they suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of the Anti-Japanese Alliance in last year's battle, the Kwantung Army did not admit defeat from top to bottom. Especially General Umezu Yoshijiro, the commander of the Kwantung Army, was even more unconvinced by last year's disastrous defeat. No wonder, in
After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, the Japanese people had been looking down upon the Chinese for a long time.
Since the so-called Emperor Meiji founded the new army, the first disastrous defeat was not at the hands of the European and American powers, but at the hands of the Chinese who had always been looked down upon by them and who had been defeated again and again at their hands. No wonder these so-called elites were unconvinced.
.Especially when the loss is still so miserable.
As for Umezu Yoshijiro, because the actual battlefield commander Lieutenant General Namada Juichi took the blame, although he was not held accountable for much responsibility for last year's fiasco and only received a serious warning, last year's fiasco had a profound impact on him.
To put it bluntly, it is nothing less than a great shame and humiliation.
Regardless of the so-called financial situation of the Puppet Manchukuo government, they scraped together a large amount of funds in Puppet Manchukuo, and used the sea route that had not been completely interrupted to purchase captured French artillery from Germany to supplement the lack of domestic production capacity, which could not be achieved in a short period of time.
The matter of replenishing the technical equipment lost in last year's battle for the Kwantung Army was under the sole control of this Kwantung Army commander.
This daring commander of the Kwantung Army, who was eager to wash away the shame caused by last year's disastrous defeat, in order to restore the Kwantung Army's vitality in a short period of time, even ignored the firm opposition of the Tokyo base camp, recruited so-called veterans in Manchuria, and supplemented last year's losses on the spot.
The troops suffered heavy losses and began to rebuild the 8th and 11th divisions that were almost completely destroyed last year.
General Yoshijiro Umezu, who suffered the humiliation of Kazuki's defeat last year, can be said to be very resolute in his actions. He even dismissed more than a dozen officers who failed to perform well at the beginning of the year. In the words of a mid-level officer of the Kwantung Army, he was eager for revenge.
Commander Umezu is crazy.
According to General Umezu Yoshijiro's plan, the Kwantung Army's vitality will be completely restored by the end of June. Try to restore the Kwantung Army's offensive capabilities from July to August. And make good preparations for the autumn to recover the so-called lost ground northward, and eliminate all these cancers of Manchuria's security in one fell swoop.
Preparation for elimination.
In fact, in the view of General Yoshijiro Umezu, the Kwantung Army was not defeated by the Chinese last year, but by the Soviets who were backing those damn Chinese. Although the Soviet Union has always been resolute in diplomatic negotiations with Japan,
Denial. But who is behind the Anti-League, even a blind man can see clearly.
Although the Soviets repeatedly denied Japan's representations, the overwhelming artillery shells and bombs that fell on the Kwantung Army last year, the French tanks and American-made aircraft that appeared on the battlefield, and the weapons and equipment made in Poland could not be ignored.
It must have grown out of the grass.
Although none of the seized weapons and equipment were Soviet standard equipment. However, these were obviously the sources of weapons produced by Western countries. They were undoubtedly provided by the Soviets who had a large number of weapons seized from Poland and a large number of weapons robbed from the three Baltic countries.
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Until now, Umezu Yoshiharu still stubbornly believes that without the full support of the Soviet Union, the so-called anti-alliance and actual bandit armed forces would be vulnerable to the powerful imperial army. Therefore, this time under the new battle plan of General Umezu Yoshijiro
, his goal was not simply to target the Anti-Japanese Alliance. It also included the Soviets behind the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
In order to completely eliminate, in his words, the already extremely rampant Resistance Alliance. In order to teach the Soviets an unforgettable lesson, let them remember that since the Empire of Japan was able to fight during the Russo-Japanese War when its national power was not very strong,
Defeating Tsarist Russia back then can teach the Soviets an unforgettable lesson even now. It was precisely in order to achieve this goal that General Umezu Yoshijiro expanded his army at all costs, even desperately.
However, the new Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Kimura Hyōtaro does not agree with his approach. Although compared with the former Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Iimura Jo who is a conservative, this field artilleryman is known as the Japanese army's third
The brother of the No. 1 artillery expert is also a radical. However, he raised objections to Umezu Yoshijiro's rectification plan as early as when he took office.
As an old angry young man in Japan, Lieutenant General Kimura Hyōtaro, who has always been sent to the north, is opposed to Umezu Yoshijiro's plan, not because he does not agree with Umezu Yoshijiro's goal of wiping out the Anti-Japanese Alliance, nor does he think that he is fully prepared to attack the Soviet Union.
There is something wrong with starting a war.
But in the view of Lieutenant General Kimura Hyōtaro, everything about the Kwantung Army should be formulated without affecting Japan's overall strategy. Such an approach as that of General Umezu Yoshijiro is obviously not in line with Japan, especially the Japanese Army as a whole.
The strategic requirements, especially the war against the Soviet Union, must be in line with the overall interests of Japan's strategy.
In Kimura Hyōtaro's view, the Soviets are not the Tsarist Russia of the past, nor are they the Northeastern Army that was driven into the country by a mere 10,000 Kwantung Army during the September 18th Incident. Nor are they possessing a large but extremely weak China Army. Today's
The international situation is not the same as during the Russo-Japanese War. In the current international situation, we must be cautious in starting a war with it.
But Kimura Hyoutarou is a man without many opinions, and he is a guy who regards his official position as his fate. He opposes General Umezu Yoshijiro's plan. In addition to the above points, he is more worried that the base camp will be blamed for this matter.
If you come down, he will be implicated.
Standing behind General Umezu is the Emperor, and behind him is the former Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army and the current Minister of War. Although he has always been known for his toughness, he is still far behind the Emperor. No matter how capable he is, he is still far from the Emperor.
General Umezu, who had the emperor as his backstage, was far from comparable.
All Japanese soldiers know that although the current emperor seems to be indifferent on the surface, in fact all kinds of power are firmly in his hands. Especially the things in the army are under the control of the emperor. In the army
, if you offend the emperor or make the emperor dissatisfied, then the consequences for this person will be very bad.
But if the emperor likes someone, the army can only accept it no matter what. Even if this person pokes a hole in the sky, the army has to find a way to wipe his ass. Because the land minister, education director, and staff officer are known as the three major leaders of the army.
The position under the buttocks of the chief minister, whether he can sit there or not, depends not on the prime minister, but on the emperor.
Therefore, the army is generally very taboo when dealing with people who are highly valued by the emperor. Even if these people are very provocative, as long as the emperor opens his mouth, basically nothing will happen. But the current Prime Minister behind him
But it's different. It won't hurt if you throw yourself out when necessary.
If General Umezu's actions anger the base camp, and he cannot deal with General Umezu, who has the support of the emperor, he, the chief of staff, is likely to become the scapegoat. This is also the usual practice of the Kwantung Army. Something goes wrong. Unlucky.
The so-called chief of staff is always the chief of staff.