Although Tanaka Yoshiichi knew that the Navy headquarters controlled by Tosaburo Kato would not pay attention to the requirements of the 6th Army, he would not reach cooperation with Tanaka Yoshiichi. This is a matter of position and has nothing to do with fighter jets. However, when he opened the memorandum of the Navy headquarters, especially the assessment of the war in the Republic of China and the requirements for the size of the fleet, he still took a breath.

"This damn bastard!"

It’s not that Tanaka Yoshiichi was rude, but that Kato Tomosaburo did it too much.

When will Japan engage in a military battle with the Republic of China and require the navy to even take out the treasures in the bottom of the box?

What is the treasure that the Japanese Navy has in the box?

Isn't it just the Nagato?

When the Japanese Navy did not have two heavyweight battleships of Nagamon-class, it was mainly restricted by the lack of experience in building large ships in China and could only imitate the technology of British ships. However, after Nagamon, Japan had its own design, communication equipment, optical fire control system, and the manufacturing of large-caliber naval guns, which solved a series of problems in combat ship construction. The Japanese Navy truly had technical reserves independent of other countries.

From this day on, the Japanese Navy no longer called itself a first-class navy, but the world's number one, of course secretly.

Why do you want to be the world's number one? It is because the Nagato-class is one level stronger than the British and American battleships of the same period. Why do you want to shout secretly? Because many parameters are a bit guilty, for example, the tonnage is the maximum value of the Washington Naval Treaty, and the ship's degree is 15% faster than that of the Nelson and Colorado. This kind of sneaky and ultimate move has become a situation where the people do not hold up their heads and officials without prosecution when the Japanese Navy deliberately conceals it.

In other words, the tonnage of the Nagamon Vietnamese Navy clause can only make the Japanese secretly happy. The class warships built by their country are the most powerful warships on the earth and will not be investigated.

This is the same as a man who steals fishy fishy fishy fishy fishy things that your wife doesn't know is called "hunting beauty"; once your wife knows it, it is that Mars hits the earth.

The same is true for the Japanese Navy. As long as the size of the Nagamon hull and draft depth, as long as the Japanese are not so stupid that they drive the most combat-powered warship on Earth to show off, they will not make the British jealous or even resentful. In terms of warship manufacturing, Britain is the master of Japan. As long as an ordinary intermediate naval commander of the British fleet, if you observe the Nagamon for a close distance, you can roughly estimate the tonnage of this warship.

This is not a few hundred tons, and it has no impression of the battleships.

This is four or five thousand tons, almost catching up with the tonnage of a medium-sized cruiser. In the eyes of navy, it is more obvious than that of a woman in her belly. Can it not be seen?

Therefore, when Tanaka Yoshiichi saw that the main warship that needed to take the initiative in the report was the Nagato, he was so angry that he cursed, and even secretly hated Kato Tomosaburo's shamelessness. The Nagato cannot participate in the war because this will arouse the anger of the British and even the anger of the Americans. Could it be that he will hold a naval meeting again to demolish the Nagato under the joint pressure of the United States and Britain?

The two Nagamon-class warships, Nagamon and Oku 6, are like an outdoor room that Japanese people have kept outside. The Japanese love it so much, but they just don’t dare to use it now.

This is a fact that not only the Japanese Navy, but even the top leaders of the 6th Army, know.

When Tosaburo Kato said that Nagato-level participation in the war could ensure escort and sea firepower support, Tanaka Yoichika couldn't help but slam the report in his hand on the coffee table, and asked Matsuoka Yooyu with a dark face: "Apart from this report, are there any strange things in the Admiralty?"

"this……"

"Don't hesitate, I can say anything here, no one will pursue it!"

Tanaka Yoshihide's eyes were much whiter and less black, and his chest was filled with anger. He reacted vividly on his face, as if he was about to burp his legs. Matsuoka Yoyou had no choice but to continue saying: "Some generals of the Navy did not trust the coordinated combat between the 6th Army and the Navy, and mainly stated that the number of Navy 6th Teams was insufficient and the large-scale Navy 6th Teams could not be carried out. At the end of the report, there was a suggestion to the cabinet to expand the scale of Navy 6th Teams and the aviation corps..."

"Kato..."

For Yoichi Tanaka, who was born in the 6th Army, Kato Tomosaburo, a political enemy, was too much. He not only questioned the capabilities of the 6th Army, but also explained the reason why the navy could not participate in the war. In addition, he also took advantage of this opportunity to ask for military expenses for the navy.

The 6th Navy team, this branch has appeared for nearly a hundred years. The largest one may be the 6th Navy team of the United States, but there are not too many things to say. And Tomosaburo Kato's approach is to expand the 6th Navy team into more than one hundred thousand people, and even have about ten divisions. With the investment of the Air Force, the Navy suddenly has more than a dozen divisions of combat troops, so Japan will not be able to expand the 6th Army. All things are enough for the Navy to do, anyway, the Navy has all kinds of troops.

This method of completely killing the 6th Army with one stick is a bit too much, let alone Yoichi Tanaka, even Matsuoka Yooyuki felt it was a bit too much.

The navy's approach is no longer giving the 6th Army a way out, but from the standpoint of the Japanese Navy, the maritime overlord is just around the corner, but Japan still needs a long way to go to become a big 6th overlord, and the possibility of failure is also very high. At the same time, as an island country, the defense of the 6th Army in Japan is actually not very large. Twenty divisions are enough, and ten divisions can do it. Even five divisions seem to be too small.

Overseas, Japan's colonial achievements in Korea have begun to show results, and a division of troops stationed in the army can effectively control the Korean Peninsula.

The only threat is the Soviet Union in the north.

This is the defense line that consumes the largest force of the Japanese 6th Army. Unlike the Asian opponents, the Soviet Union, especially the 6th Army, has an instinctive awe for Japan, because all the tactics adopted by the opponent, the intensity of the war, and the coverage of firepower are the world's top-notch, and the standard of the first-class 6th Army in Europe. The 6th Army of the Japanese... never said that it is of a rank, and it is estimated that even the most proud officer of the 6th Army in Japan is not sure. Is the 6th Army of the Japanese 6th Army considered a second-rate European rank? Or a third-rate?

Therefore, not only the navy wants to build large warships, but the military expenditure of the 6th Army in the Japanese military has increased year by year. The purpose is to upgrade the equipment of the 6th Army and complete the modernization of the 6th Army. This is all money. If it were in the United States, it would be just one word to build. How much can such a person cost? If it was Britain, no one in the colonies collected an extra dollar of tax, it would be an astronomical figure. But the one who controlled the most population in Japan was...Bangzi. In the 1920s, the batonzi was so poor that they didn't even have the confidence to increase taxes by the Japanese.

The 6th Army wanted to line up in front of the navy, and this was Garceer and was not allowed.

Besides, Kato's cabinet is about to be formed, and Kato's brother-in-law, the important leader in the Japanese diplomatic circle, has led a team to Shanghai. Under such circumstances, it is impossible for the Navy to support the 6th Army to launch a war against the Republic of China. Any reason is an excuse to let the 6th Army eliminate the excuse of launching a war. And with the lessons of the past, it is no longer realistic for the 6th Army to go from the cabinet to send troops. After all, the Far East intervened in Russia, Japan sent more than 100,000 troops, and the military expenditure it used was nearly 1 billion. Mao did not get a single one. In the short term, the 6th Army of Japan would not even have any say in China.

Because in terms of importance, sending troops to the Republic of China is obviously not as important as the Japanese naval aircraft carrier to form a fleet, and these investments are a turning point for the Japanese navy and even Japan's overall military strength. It is much more important than obtaining Qingdao's military power. Once a war breaks out or even escalates, it is unknown whether Japan's finances can still sustain the expansion of the navy. The reason why the early Haobaba Shipbuilding Plan was stranded was due to the shortage of funds.

From this point of view, Kato, the noble-born naval marshal, still took into account the face of the 6th Army.

As for whether Tanaka Yoshiichi appreciates it, I will say it.

In the Republic of China, it was like the calm before the storm, but the depressing atmosphere was like the dark clouds above the head, making people feel heavy. The northern forces of the Republic of China were unwilling to participate in this diplomatic negotiation between the Republic of China and the United Kingdom, and even Cao Kun was involved in it.

But in the south, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Unlike other opponents of the "Korean Party", Wang Xueqian's Zhejiang Army, and even Fujian and Zhejiang and other places, he even paid more attention to publicity than the "Korean Party". Newspapers and propaganda teams in various places are standard. If it weren't for the fact that it was a bit expensive to install loudspeakers, Wang Xueqian even thought about the idea of ​​"Every village to connect with loudspeakers"? If the magic weapon like a loudspeaker appeared at the village entrance, then who else could pose a threat to Wang Xueqian's control in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in such a closed information environment in the Republic of China?

Although it is not realistic to connect every village, the technology of cable broadcasting is not difficult. Ningbo, Hangzhou, and even Shanghai are already in the inspection stage. If it is really implemented, it will take less than a year to make this noise-carrying magic, which will become the undisputed overlord in the propaganda position of the Republic of China.

When people have no choice, they can only listen if they don’t want to listen. They don’t have to be idle for a moment. It is not impossible to wash their brains into tofu for a few months.

Compared with the Guangzhou Provisional Government, there are great problems in this regard. Parliament is the last method for the "Korean Party" to challenge the Beiyang Military Government. The "Korean Party" cannot do one thing. Mr. Sun Da felt the troubles of Yuan Shikai back then. These unsightly bastards all day long, saying something useless, just the members of parliament that are not good, which has indeed caused great trouble to the Provisional Government.

If you want to get rid of it, it is a slap yourself in the face.

By then, Mr. Sun would become a dictatorship in public opinion. He scolded Yuan Shikai, Feng Guozhang, and Duan Qirui. But when he really wanted to be in power, he realized that dictatorship was really good! This made Mr. Sun very sad. Why did the trees that grew well in the United States grow crooked when they were planted in the Republic of China?

Moreover, within the provisional government, the members of the parliament are representatives of the Guangzhou Business Group. These people are the source of military expenditure and finances that Mr. Sun relies on. They are people who do not want to offend or cannot afford to offend.

Unlike Wang Xueqian, the parliament in Zhejiang made suggestions. If you do something bad, you will change it. The decision-making power is in the government, or in the hands of Wang Xueqian. To put it bluntly, the highly concentrated regime has left Zhejiang without any opposition voices in the short term, and Wang Xueqian's concept has pre-existing success stories. Zhejiang's economy has come together, and the opposition voices were immediately suppressed. In one or two years, the local people in Zhejiang will no longer question whether Wang Xueqian's decision is correct, and there is only one problem to consider. How to implement it?

But Guangzhou is different. Mr. Sun Da wants to expand the army, but the chamber of commerce and parliament do not agree because it requires taxation.

Mr. Sun Da wanted to attack the old Guangxi clique and defeat all the territory in Guangdong. The Chamber of Commerce and Parliament did not agree because it would also require taxation.

This is all about cutting the merchant’s flesh, and it would be a hell to get support.

The nature of a businessman is fully displayed at this moment. Sometimes Mr. Sun is also surprised, why did Wang Xueqian control the place with the support of the chamber of commerce, and he did not have these worries of his own?

If Mr. Sun humbly asked for advice, maybe Wang Xueqian would tell him the truth when he was in a good mood.

publicity.

The publicity in Guangzhou is too chaotic, some are propaganda, some are propaganda, some are peasant movement, and some are venting dissatisfaction with society... Anyway, all walks of life have organized their own publicity methods. It is very lively, but when you look back, it seems that people's hearts are dispersed.

But Zhejiang is different. Wang Xueqian only has one requirement for publicity, and he talks about it overwhelmingly around one purpose. Newspapers say, streets say, and government supervision, with both strength and intensity, so he is not afraid of people not changing their ideas.

The propaganda cannot keep up with it, and with the limitations of local conditions, Mr. Sun Da suddenly realized recently that he seemed to be a little replaced by Wang Xueqian. Mr. Sun Da, who had a high popularity in the Republic of China, soon appeared. There seemed to be not many young people, especially intellectuals, to come to Guangdong. The enrollment of military academy was not ideal. The reason is very simple. Wang Xueqian is so awesome! Even the British fleet is about to surrender. Is there anything more exciting in the Republic of China than his name?

In addition, Shanghai and Zhejiang are originally a prosperous place, and the foundation for exhibition is much better than other parts of the Republic of China. Especially in Zhejiang's exhibitions in recent years, the progressive youth of the Republic of China have seen hope. This is a model for a strong country and a strong military.

Guangzhou?

The difference is not a little bit.

Many people who were originally planning to divert from Shanghai to Guangzhou, but stopped in Shanghai. After a trip to Zhejiang, they decided to stay.

If a political organization wants to show its reputation, it is the first priority. Only by gaining fame can it attract talents. The "National Party" gives people a feeling of being upset. Even if the slogans are shouting loudly, it is an indisputable fact that Guangzhou City is becoming more and more dilapidated?

Although the streets of Guangzhou are still prosperous, various parades shout slogans on the streets every day.

But for Mr. Sun Da, the fact that the "National Party" was going downward has already appeared. Just like Kang Youwei, who escaped overseas after the Hundred Days Reform, had his reputation reached the peak of his life and became the spiritual leader of the progressive Chinese people at that time. However, the emergence of the Tongmenghui completely knocked Kang Youwei down from the altar.

Mr. Sun was disdainful and would not consider Kang Youwei's feelings, but at this moment, he felt the coldness that emerged from the bottom of his heart. (To be continued.)8

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