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 burning gaze and a sharp eye. It’s really quite a 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 national-capital industries and commerce to promote their development, the base areas currently adopt a rationing system for all grains 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 with little tax revenue. This makes, The current profits of the high-end restaurant under Mr. Yuan's name are far from what they were before.
Rather than keeping these high-end restaurants and hotels, which will cause some inconvenience and trouble to my daughter, it is better to transfer them all at once. Anyway, several large factories have donated them, so they are not bad. The old man has done so thoroughly. After several high-end restaurants and hotels changed hands, all the industries 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 land reform has begun in the rural base areas. They will imitate Jiangbei and confiscate all capitalist properties and change them to state-owned or public-owned. Although in Yang Zhen's view, this is at least But now the old man's worries are completely unnecessary.
Yang Zhen has always advocated that in addition to controlling 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 even does its best to provide some loans to some national capitalists who are expanding their industries. Of course, the Northeast Bureau's approach, 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 after the victory of the war, Yang Zhen could not guarantee whether the Soviet economy would be fully implemented like the history he knew After taking power, the Soviet model economy will not be implemented.
Although Yang Zhen did not say it outright about the old man's approach of preparing for a rainy day, he still vaguely agreed in his heart. 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. things,
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, Japan had been despising 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,
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. 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 Eighth and Eleventh Divisions, which were almost completely destroyed last year.
This General, Umezu Yoshijiro, suffered from the shame of Issuki's defeat last year. He was very resolute in his actions. He even dismissed more than a dozen officers who were not performing 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, and the Kwantung Army's offensive capabilities will be restored from July to August, and the autumn will be prepared to recover the so-called lost ground northward, and all these cancers of Manchuria's security will be eliminated in one fell swoop. preparation for destruction,
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, Deny it, but even a blind man can see who is behind the Anti-League.
Although the Soviet Union 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, 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 robbed a large number of weapons from the three Baltic countries. ,
Until now, Umezu Yoshiharu still stubbornly believes that without the full support of the Soviets, the so-called anti-alliance and actual bandit armed forces will be vulnerable to the powerful imperial army. Therefore, this time under General Umezu Yoshijiro's new combat plan , his goal is not simply to target the Anti-Japanese Alliance, but also includes the Soviets behind the Anti-Japanese Alliance,
In order to completely eliminate, in his words, the already extremely rampant resistance, and to teach the Soviets an unforgettable lesson, letting 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 now. It is precisely in order to achieve this goal that General Umezu Yoshijiro did not hesitate to expand his army at all costs, even desperately.
However, the new Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Kimura Hyōtaro did not agree with his approach. Although compared with the former Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Iimura Jo who was a conservative, this field artilleryman was known as the Japanese army's third The No. 1 artillery expert's brother is also a radical, but he opposed Umezu Yoshijiro's rectification plan as early as when he took office.
The reason why Lieutenant General Kimura Hyōtaro, an old angry young man in Japan who has always been sent to the north, opposed Umezu Yoshijiro's plan was not because he did not agree with Umezu Yoshijiro's goal of wiping out the Anti-Japanese Alliance, nor did he think that he was fully prepared to attack the Soviet Union. What's 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. An approach like General Yoshijiro Umezu's approach 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. The current The international situation is not what it was during the Russo-Japanese War. Under the current international situation, we must be cautious.
But Kimura Hyōtaro is a person 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 he comes 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 behind. It is still far incomparable to General Umezu who had the emperor as his backstage.
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 matters 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 has no choice but to accept it anyway. Even if this person pokes a hole in the sky, the Army has to find a way to wipe his ass, because the three major leaders of the Army are the Prime Minister, the Director of Education, and the Chief of Staff. Whether the position under the buttocks of the chief minister, such a head-scratcher, can be seated or chaired does not depend 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, it will basically be fine. But the current Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China behind him But it's different. If you throw yourself out when necessary, you will never feel bad.
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 a scapegoat. This is also the usual practice of the Kwantung Army. If something goes wrong, it will be bad luck.
The so-called chief of staff is always the chief of staff.