Although Cai E's title of "modern" Yue Wumu really made Yan Guang and Song Dinghan depressed for a while, especially Song Dinghan. After such headlines appeared in some newspapers on the streets of Beijing, Song Dinghan even often stood in front of the ground mirror, wanting to see if he had any similarities with Qin Hui who was kneeling in front of Yue Fei's tomb.

But in general, the two, including others in the government, were still very satisfied with Cai E's battle in Shandong------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In this world, no matter what, you can actually escape the word "fame and fortune".

And both can actually be classified into one category, that is, "profit"...

Because fame can actually be regarded as a kind of profit...

People like Jiang Baili certainly don’t have any interest in “profit”, but they are famous…

Yue Wumu? Yue Fei

Jiang Baili asked himself that he would not be much inferior to Cai E in terms of knowledge or leadership. Of course, in terms of practical experience, Jiang Baili has only tried some small warlords who are not open to their eyes for a few times, and he has not yet.

However, none of these can stop Jiang Baili from jealous of Cai E at present. After all, Yue Wumu is hardly able to have any honors in today's world to compare with this title.

Jiang Baili himself didn't care about profit. Even if someone threw tens of thousands of silver dollars in front of Jiang Baili, Jiang Baili could push away without caring. When he was the principal of Baoding Military Academy, Jiang Baili shot himself in the chest because of such things - of course, he didn't die in the end, and Jiang Baili also abducted a Japanese nurse home to be a wife.

However, Jiang Baili was really interested in the titles like Yue Wumu.

It’s a pity that Jiang Baili knew very well that Shandong does not need two commanders now. One more person will not only not increase its strength, but it may also cause disputes between the two. After all, everyone has different ways of fighting.

What's more, Jiang Baili still has his own thing to do now, that is, to reorganize the local warlords' troops one by one with Wang Yaowu.

Although Cai E's war in Shandong was very important, seriously, this matter is actually not inferior to that in Shandong. Because as long as the warlords' troops are reorganized, it means that the government can completely mobilize the national power.

It can also be seen from this incident that Yan Guang attaches great importance to Jiang Baili.

In fact, if it weren't for this matter that was too low-key compared to Cai E's war in Shandong, Jiang Baili was actually very satisfied with this task.

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Just when many people, including Jiang Baili and other generals, were very jealous of Yue Wumu's name. After half a month of preparation, Cai E also fought with Masaoi of the Temple again into a group. By the way, although he had been preparing for the war, Cai E was still a little proud after seeing the name of Yue Wumu in the newspaper.

After all, being called Yue Wumu by some newspapers is already an recognition of Cai E's own strength.

Of course, this title is not for nothing. At least in order to make some responses, Cai E had to make some achievements----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

After half a month of preparation, several divisions with serious casualties were supplemented, and the urgently needed artillery shells and other military supplies were also transported.

After all this was reached, Cai E directly ordered another newly arrived infantry division of the four infantry divisions to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese army.

At this time, although Masatoshi Tsai was not in sufficient force, he also transferred several divisions with relatively complete strength to guard the defense. While guarding, Masatoshi Tsai was also cursing in his heart.

Because at this time, it was extremely difficult for Japan to replenish him in terms of military strength and materials.

This difficulty was not because of the National Defense Forces' harassment of the Japanese rear. Although Cai E did not transfer more than 10,000 cavalry regiments of the National Defense Forces and harassed the Japanese logistics line day and night, Masato Tanaka also sent a lot of troops to carry the materials and sent a lot of cavalry out, so the problem with the logistics line was not big-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

What really caused logistical difficulties was actually the finance and production of the Japanese army...

In terms of finance, although Japan's fiscal revenue was more than 720 million yuan last year in 1913, Japan is a debtor country and has a lot of expenses in all aspects, especially in the Navy. The Navy is still building a number of battleships and battle cruisers, and any of these warships are piled up in Japanese yen.

Although the war in Shandong has only been fought for two months, the Japanese government is financially unsustainable. If this continues, Japan may have to rely on borrowing money to support the war.

At this time, Britain, which used to borrow money to Japan and liked to lend money to Japan, was caught in a war that was even bigger than the Shandong war. In terms of finance, even Britain itself had difficulties. Although it must be better than Japan, it is hard to say whether it could lend money to Japan.

The same is true for other countries such as France, and they are even far behind the United Kingdom. After all, Britain is still the world's largest country, and it has been sitting in this position for hundreds of years, and it is definitely better than any country in terms of savings.

What's more, this war has not happened in the UK.

And France and other countries now have wars on their territory, and now they are unable to protect themselves, so it is really difficult to rely on them to borrow money.

As for Germany and other countries?

Japan is an Allies after all, how could they borrow money from their allies? How could they borrow money? Moreover, the relationship between Germany and China has always been good.

Of course, at this time, there is actually another country that can lend money to Japan, that is the United States.

Although all the European powers have been involved in the European war, the United States has not been involved at this time. Not only has it not been involved, it is also selling various items on the rise, 000 pieces? Straw? Beer?

It can be said that no country can be stronger than the United States in terms of funding.

only…

According to Japan's past performance, the United States is not a big warning to Japan. At this time, Japan and China are willing to fight to the death, so how could they lend money to Japan? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

However, compared to Japan, the United States has a good sense of China.

In addition to financial issues, another problem is Japan's industrial production capacity.

That's right, Japan is also a powerful country and an industrialized country.

But there is a big problem, that is, Japan's annual steel production is only a pitiful 300,000, and this output is more than ten times that of France, which has the lowest steel production among the great powers, is more than ten times that of him, and even the leader after ten times is twice as high as that of Japan.

This shows how low the Japanese's industrial capacity is.

Under this circumstance, Japan is still working on two other King Kong-class battle cruisers, as well as other types of battleships and other large and small ships.

In this case, neglecting the army is inevitable------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In this case, if a strong navy is to be developed, the army will inevitably be weakened. It is precisely because of this that the equipment of the Japanese Army will become the most tragic among all powerful countries.

However, the main target of the Japanese at that time was China, and the Chinese team at that time was only more trash than that of the Japanese army in terms of equipment, so this problem naturally disappeared.

As for the time when fighting against the British team in Southeast Asia, there were rainforests, and there was no problem with heavy equipment. In fact, just think about the Vietnamese in the Vietnam War in later generations, you can understand, not to mention that the British were still being beaten by the Germans in Europe, so where could they find care to come to Southeast Asia?

Only in the Pacific War did the Japanese suffer a great loss when they faced Americans who were better than the Japanese in equipment.

The current Japanese army not only suffers from equipment -- in fact, even the European powers will definitely suffer from the most elite divisions of the National Defense Forces. After all, many of the equipment of the National Defense Forces will only appear in less than ten years. It is of absolute epoch-making significance, and it also attaches great importance to machine guns, an extremely important weapon.

The Japanese Army not only suffered losses in equipment, but also suffered the most in the production of weapons and ammunition.

It’s fine if the weapons are there, but the army doesn’t have any good artillery anyway. At least in the eyes of Shigeon Okuma and others, it’s enough to equip their army with rifles. In Japan, there are still many Type 38 rifles in stock, otherwise Japan wouldn’t be able to mobilize the army to 500,000 in 1914.

As for machine guns and heavy artillery, although the generals on the front line, such as Masato Tseruchi, Kano Koto and Senhataro, were all emphasizing the importance of machine guns and heavy artillery.

But to be honest, the current Japanese government is a rare bureaucratic government. And the latest chapter of the peak of the Jin Realm is best at ignoring the requirements of military generals, so...

The key is the reserve and production of ammunition.

It's okay to say that bullet production is still satisfactory in terms of bullet production, and it also has certain reserves in Japan and North Korea.

But shells, machine gun bullets and grenades...

On the front line, because most of the supplies in Huang County were burned down by the National Defense Air Force, the supplies that Masatoshi of Teraen have now reached an extremely dangerous level. At this time, the supply of food and bullets can be satisfied, but shells and machine gun bullets...

There are also grenades, which are very convenient for this new weapon. Although it has been produced, the Japanese mainland has just started production. After it is produced, it is provided to the army in Shandong. Now the Japanese mainland really has no reserves at all...

Moreover, Japan's industrial capacity has reached its limit due to war. At this time, if you want to expand production, you must stop the naval project, but the navy and the army are not in a name. The navy and the army will stop the naval project for the sake of the army's war???

"Our Navy will never allow this."

This is what Navy Minister Yayororo said when Shigeon Okuma made a little intention.

In fact, so far, many naval generals think that even if the army loses this war, it is a happy thing. Anyway, even if the war fails, it will be fine with their navy. Moreover, the Chinese are powerful, and their navy cannot be stronger than the Japanese navy.

Since it is not as strong as the Japanese Navy, there is no need to worry about the Chinese army crossing the sea to attack Japan's mainland...

Compared with Japan, the situation of the National Defense Forces is much better.

First of all, the conflicts between the army and the navy are not as many as those of Japan. In other words, in China, although the navy's strength has grown rapidly, it has only launched three destroyers and one cruiser in the first year, and three destroyers and two other cruisers will be launched within the year. In addition, there will be more ships, including a 10,000-ton Chaofeng-class first-class cruiser launched.

But within the National Defense Forces, the Army is the one who has overwhelming strength.

The Army also established its position as the Big Brother in the National Defense Forces because of its overwhelming strength.

So far, the navy has only stood above the newly formed Air Force.

In addition to the lack of contradictions, there is another point that Yan Guang has made sufficient preparations for this war in advance.

That's right, in terms of steel, China currently has only one Qijiang Iron Factory and one Hanyang Iron Factory. The latest and largest Maanshan Iron Factory is still under construction. Although it will be put into production within the year, it has not been completed after all.

If the two iron plants, Qijiang and Hanyang alone, China's current steel production is just the same as Japan.

In this case, although China does not have many naval projects like Japan, such as battleships and battle cruisers, can make large-scale investments in the army.

But this investment is actually not much higher than that of Japan, at most half.

However, because Yan Guang had made sufficient preparations before the war, the ammunition prepared in advance by the National Defense Forces could support the war for a long time. At this time, the 24-hour production of the Sichuan Arsenal and the re-investment of the Hanyang Arsenal were added.

Basically, as long as the rear provinces can recover as soon as possible and stabilize local problems, Cai E will not have to worry about logistics issues at all.

In fact, the fact that Cai E was able to regain two positions so quickly was also related to the logistical problems of Masatoshi Nakachi.

The current Japanese Expeditionary Force, almost all the original materials raised by Japan, have been burned down, while new materials are still being produced and prepared. Many materials are even extremely scarce, which is really a headache for Okuma Shigeon and others.

Of course, Shigeon Okuma and the others had thought of buying it.

However, the allies of the Allies, such as Britain and France, are now in a war, and not only do they not produce enough materials, but they also have to buy them from the United States. At this time, Britain and France no longer care about Japan, a small ally.

As for the United States?

Americans’ disgust with Japan is not a little bit too little. So when the Japanese came to the door, the Americans just told Japan that their orders are now full. The whereabouts of the orders are in countries such as Britain, France and Germany in faraway Europe...

Therefore, Japan could only use its meager output to support the expeditionary army, although that little output was not enough...

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Although Masatoshi Dianouchi didn't have enough supplies at all, this does not mean that there is no need to fight the war.

After making all the preparations, Cai E announced that he would launch a general against the Japanese army, and the general's purpose was to drive the Japanese army back to their landing site, which is Huangxian.

If the battle goes smoothly, you can even expand your target, such as driving the Japanese army into the sea or something.
To be continued...