"My respected head of state! There is no doubt about this!" Finance Minister Kolosik stood up and whispered to Hitler: "But, my head of state, I always hope that we can do it step by step.

If we were to conflict with the French now, our weapons and equipment would not be able to keep up for the time being..."

Kolosik knew that his head of state was always very excited, so he tried to speak softly when speaking to Hitler. Kolosik was not originally the Nazi Minister of Finance.

Born into a Junker aristocracy, he was only willing to assume the responsibility of Finance Minister at the strong request of former President Hindenburg. In fact, he was not optimistic about Hitler at first.

Johann Ludwig Graf, Schwerin, von Kolossik, from this long series of names it can be seen that Kolossik was born into an extremely pure Junker noble.

However, he still maintained his status as a non-partisan at first. It was not until recently that Hitler's economic strategy did bring a turn for the better to Germany, which changed his views and prompted him to join the Nazis.

"I know! Of course I know, dear Kolosik!" Hitler was still excited, and it seemed that he was always excited a lot.

"We must organize our army! Arm our army and test it carefully! Things cannot be done overnight!" Here, Hitler still tugged at the Chinese language. Ever since he came into contact with Tu Qianjun, he became interested in the Chinese language.

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Learning Chinese has become one of his daily routines.

"So, our first step is to arm our army!" Hitler shouted to Kolosik with great interest: "Let our proud German soldiers legally own weapons! Tell those damn French

Man, they can't limit us anymore!"

"Of course, we can't attack them for the time being. This is only temporary! As long as we continue to develop, as long as we are strong enough! I will make those damn French guys pay the price! I will let them take that section from the museum.

Drag out the broken carriage and sign the surrender document there!!"

The broken carriage in Hitler's mouth was the carriage where France forced Germany to sign the armistice agreement. There is no doubt that this is a shame for all Germans! From the top leaders of Germany to the people below, everyone wants to wash away this shame!

"I will follow in your footsteps! My Führer!!" Kolosik stood up excitedly, gave Hitler a Nazi salute and shouted: "For Germany!!"

The French didn't know that the country around them that they feared had slowly stood up. Therefore, France had humiliated him and gathered strength to deliver a fatal blow to France!

The civil war in the Soviet Union was in chaos, and dark clouds filled the sky over Europe. Asia was also uneasy!

On February 2, 1937, after a series of battles, snatching and balancing compromises, the army faction finally formed. Hayashi Juro, who had performed well in the September 18th Movement but was later beaten to death by tigers, finally became prime minister.

location.

It has to be said that Hayashi Senjuro is indeed very skillful. Although his late performance in September 18th was extremely poor. But compared to the performance of others against the Tiger, the performance of this Japanese army general was not as good as the others.

Nothing.

Furthermore, Hayashen Jurojuro was extremely cunning. He defected to the Emperor's Path faction as soon as it became popular in the Army. He was promoted by Nobuyoshi Muto at the earliest, and he was in the same party as Araki and Masaki.

After Muto Nobuyoshi got cold from his fart, the old boy probably saw that Masaki and Araki couldn't make a name for themselves, so he decisively abandoned the Imperial Way Faction and turned to join the emerging Control Faction.

Sure enough! After 226, the Kodo Sect was basically scrapped under Hirohito's suppression. The Kodo Sect came out on top, so Hayashi Senjuro rose up! Under the control sect's operation and his own communication with the remaining Kodo Sect,

.Finally he ascended to the throne of Prime Minister!

Originally, Hayashi Senjuro was not the one to be nominated for prime minister. Saionji also got involved at the earliest stage, with the idea of ​​promoting Army General Ugaki Kazunari, a conservative in the army.

This makes Xian Gongyuan extremely angry. You old guy is going to intervene at any time! Not this time!

So under his hint, Ishihara Kanji and others organized themselves to carry out activities secretly. But this could only be done secretly, and they still did not dare to do it openly.

Ugaki Kazunari is not a soft persimmon. His nephew Army Major General Ugaki Matsushiro is the 31st Imperial Army Officer and the 44th Imperial Army Officer! There are also many deceased officials in the Japanese Army, and those who want to play dirty will be offended to death.

people!

But it can still be done to prevent Kazunari Ugaki from becoming prime minister. That is - strike!

That's right, with the hint from Kanguin and the cooperation of Kanji Ishihara and others, the General Staff Headquarters went on strike! No one was willing to serve as Minister of War in Ugaki Kazunari's cabinet, so this cabinet could not be established at all.

In the end, Hayashi Senjuro finally found an opportunity to rise up! He assumed the position of Prime Minister of Japan in one fell swoop! After taking up the position, Hayashi Senjuro naturally wanted to reward those who helped.

So he found Ishihara Kanji, Toga Shinji, Asahara Kenzo... and other backbones of the ruling faction, and asked them to nominate candidates. In fact, this is what Ishihara Kanji and others worked hard to put Hayashi Senjuro into the position.

reason.

Uheng Issei is too powerful. If he takes over, Ishihara Kanji and others will not get much benefit. Hayashi Senjuro's foundation is not stable, so he still has to rely on them to formulate the cabinet, which gives them more space for activities and cabinet.

control ability.

The origins of the cabinet members appointed by them are obvious! All members of political parties are basically excluded. Only one of the cabinet members is from the House of Representatives, and he joined the cabinet as a non-partisan after leaving the Showa Council.

Everyone was quite satisfied when they saw that the cabinet list was full of "shameless politicians". But after it was announced, the outside world was puzzled! This list made me scold him. Prime Minister Hayashi Jujuro was also the Prime Minister by himself.

The three positions of foreign minister and minister of literature!

The other most powerful part-time employee is Yuuki Yutaro, the president of Industrial Bank of Japan and the head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He serves as the Minister of Finance and Minister of Development in the cabinet.

Under the leadership of these people, the entire Japanese military industry began to develop at full speed! It was completely making final preparations for the war. Since the Korean War, there was a fear that the National Defense Forces would endanger the Japanese mainland through North Korea's attack.

So with Hirohito's intervention, the Type 97 fighter jets were improved again and production increased! So far, North Korea has equipped more than 500 Type 97 fighter jets!

As for tanks, the new Type 97 tank, which was developed based on the Type 89 medium tank, has been manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. After basic testing, it was directly put into production by the impatient Army.

The production target is to deploy at least 400 tanks in North Korea and 400 tanks in Fujian! That is to say, the basic requirement is to produce 800 tanks! But where are tanks so easy to build?!

This thing consumes more steel than airplanes, and tanks at this time are obviously more sophisticated machines than airplanes. Even the highest production volume of the Type 97 tank in history in 1941 was only 507 units.

It can be said that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has a long way to go.

"I don't care! Within this year, we must launch a war against China!" In the Prime Minister's Office of Hayashi Senjuro, Ishihara Wanji said to him unceremoniously.

"This is not what I meant. This is what His Highness the Prince meant!" Ishihara Kanji asked Hayashi Senjuro to increase production efforts, at least to ensure that frontline troops can be equipped with these weapons and launch wars.

But how can Hayashi Senjuro guarantee anything?! He can only list the data to show that it always takes time to equip, while Ishihara Kanji directly used Hanguin to suppress people.

"You don't know the current development situation in China. The tiger has already taken control of Mongolia, Xinjiang, Gansu, Xikang and Yunnan! If this continues, he will also get his hands on the Central Plains!"

But Ishihara Wanji softened his tone and said to Hayashi Juro: "It's not that I'm ungrateful. It's really that the empire can't afford to wait! It's not an exaggeration to describe the current development of the three eastern provinces as changing with each passing day. If we continue

If we drag it on, we will be in a quagmire when the war starts!!"

I have to say that Ishihara Kanji's judgment is extremely correct! Now the three northeastern provinces have secretly merged with the Shaanxi part, and it may be made public soon! This is not good news for Japan.

"The most important thing is that now China's Nanjing government has reached an agreement with its original mortal enemy Red! In other words, even the Fujian area now occupied by the empire is in danger!"

Seeing Hayashi Jujuro's silence, Ishihara Wanji continued to say in a deep voice: "Only by taking action first can we protect the empire's immediate interests! At the same time, seize other areas of China!!"

"The interests of the empire make the war between us and China inevitable! If you want to be undefeated, you must take action before China develops!"

As he spoke, Ishihara Wanji took a deep breath and watched Hayashi Jujuro say word by word: "History has proven countless times that once China is unified, the power they will unleash will be terrifying! We must hurry up before

Defeat, occupy, and rule them before this! Otherwise, what awaits the empire is that there will no longer be a chance to rise..."

After listening to Ishihara Kanji's words, Hayashi Senjuro couldn't help but fell into silence. Ishihara Kanji's words completely moved him. In fact, he may not have thought Ishihara Kanji's words made sense in the past, but now he had to admit that Ishihara Kanji's words made sense.

The idea is extremely correct!

Just the development of the three northeastern provinces has already made the empire restless. What if the whole of China develops?! What will it be like?!

Hayashi Jujuro was born in the Kanazawa Domain, and his father was a Kanazawa Domain official! Therefore, he is one of the few cultural classes in Japan. This determines that he can understand the history between China and Japan better than others.

When a strong China emerges, Japan will inevitably become a subsidiary. Only when this country is weak can Japan be able to do something.

The penetration of Chinese culture in Japan has entered every aspect of life. Now Japan is still only a second-rate power. This is simply because there are basically no other countries in Asia that have risen.

What if China, as the former sovereign state, rises?! The answer is obvious...

"I can only answer you, I will ask them to speed up production! But I can't give you any guarantee about the specific output and equipment time!" After Lin Xianjuro was silent for a while, he said solemnly to Ishihara Wan'er: "

We are not a resource-rich country to begin with, and we basically rely on imports of these raw materials! How can I completely guarantee this?!"

Ishihara Wanji couldn't help but sigh. This is Japan's biggest disadvantage: insufficient resources! Once someone chokes on resources or blocks the coastline, the basic country will collapse.

"This matter is related to the fate of the empire for a hundred years! Prime Minister, please bother me..." Ishihara Wanji knew that this was the highest guarantee that Hayashi Senjuro could make.

Therefore, he stood up and bowed deeply to Hayashi Senjuro. And Hayashi Senjuro also stood up and returned the bow, saying: "Ishihara-kun, I know you are very anxious! But the current situation is that we must consider

To the problem of our own resources and funding."

"So there isn't much I can do, but..." A glimmer of light flashed in Lin Xianjuro's eyes, and he smiled at Ishihara and said: "We don't have resources, but some places have..."

Ishihara Wanji was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

"There are always opportunities, you just need to make early preparations. China is not all a national defense force. Nanjing's combat effectiveness, weapons and equipment, and the quality of its soldiers are not at the same level as those of the imperialists. However, the Central Plains of China also has different characteristics.

There are few resources..."

Ishihara Wanji said to Hayashi Senjuro: "Although the machines there are a bit old, they can still be used. The convenient transportation will also interest businessmen..."

Hayashi Jujuro smiled slightly, and the two bowed to each other tacitly. Then Ishihara smiled and walked away.

After Kanji Ishihara left, Hayashi Jujuro found his own Minister of Finance and Minister of Development Yuki Yuutarou. This guy was the president of the Industrial Bank of Japan and the head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Let him hold these two positions, naturally.

It has profound meaning.

"Yuki-kun, just now Ishihara from the military headquarters came to me and asked me to increase production to equip the imperial troops in China..." When Yuki Yuutarou walked into the office, Hayashi Senjuro said to him without any detours.

"Now the military has plans to march into China, and their first stop is the Central Plains region!" As he said this, a glimmer of light flashed in Lin Xianjuro's eyes!

"Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, has the iron ore that the empire needs! And the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas also have various resources that the empire needs..." As he said that, Hayashi Jushiro smiled slightly: "I believe that this is also what Mitsubishi and other companies need.

Resources..." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!