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Chapter 1151: The direction of the war (5)

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    The entire imperial palace became silent once again. Everyone lowered their heads and thought about things. You could hear a needle drop on the spot!

    Whether it is peace talks or troop withdrawal, this is a heavy topic for everyone present.

    Because this means that the Japanese Empire will have to spit out most of the benefits it has eaten, including large areas of North China, Central China, and South China. This was won after dozens of millions of officers and soldiers fought bloody battles. It is the rise of the Japanese Empire.  the fundamental premise.

    Once it is handed over, the process of the empire's rise will inevitably be greatly affected!

    At this time, the person behind the gauze suddenly spoke: "Kawada-kun, Minai-kun, isn't there any solution to the empire's economic problems? If the supplies are insufficient, they can be imported. As long as this war can be sustained, the empire will  It will become a world-class power!"

    Minai smiled bitterly and shook his head. The economic foundation supports the superstructure. Now the foundation is collapsing. It is only a matter of time before the superstructure collapses.

    In fact, this war was launched reluctantly from the beginning. They were not prepared at the beginning. Many people thought that if domestic supplies were not enough, it would be enough to purchase them directly from other countries. Whether it was the United States or the nearby Southeast Asian countries, they could provide Japan with  Provide large amounts of supplies.

    In fact, Japan did this. When the war broke out, the Bank of Japan¡¯s gold reserves, including reserves for banknote issuance, were only 1.35 billion yen.  In addition, in order to win this war, the Japanese government borrowed an additional 800 million yen in foreign debt in the early stage, totaling 2.8 billion yen.

    In the eyes of Japanese high-level officials, so much money is enough to fight a war. After all, during the Russo-Japanese War, Japan's hard currency reserves were only 14 million yen, which is now 200 times the previous amount, and its opponent is still a weak China, which has no power at all.  question.

    But they never expected that the Chinese would be so tenacious. Even if they were killed and their blood flowed like rivers, they still did not surrender.

    Even the invasion of the Empire of Japan unexpectedly united the originally disunited Chinese people. Warlords, big and small, and political parties with different political views put aside their disputes and conflicts, and turned their guns against the outside world together, forcefully blocking the way in the face of extreme disadvantages.  attacked the Japanese Empire and dragged the Japanese Empire into the quagmire of war.

    Due to the huge consumption of the war of aggression against China, Japan's international balance of payments deficit reached 5 billion yen from 1936 to 1940, and there was not much gold foreign exchange left, so Japan had to start using strategic reserves of supplies.

    After more than three years of suffering, the various measures adopted by the Japanese government such as expanding exports, compressing imports, plundering occupied territories, and borrowing from foreign countries are all ineffective.

    In Yonei's view, for this war that should not have lasted so long, the Japanese government's gold foreign exchange reserves accumulated over the years have all bottomed out, and its military expenditures have reached at least 40 billion yen, which is completely out of control.

    You must know that if all this money is used to build warships, more than 400 Yamato-class battleships alone can be built.

    That¡¯s more than 400 ships. With such a powerful fleet, the Japanese Empire will have no problem at all, whether it is sending troops to the seas of China or going south to attack the colonies of European and American countries in the southeast.

    You must know that in that case, the Empire of Japan came as a liberator, instead of appearing in front of the world as an invader like now.

    So, the Empire of Japan has lost this war!

    It¡¯s not that we lost militarily, but that we lost economically!

    It can even be said that the Empire of Japan has turned all the foreseeable and considerable profits into consumed guns and ammunition, and the visible benefits are gone. Is it necessary to continue like this?

    ¡°Anyway, this war will cost money, and it is correct to stop losses in time. If the war continues, Japan will be dragged down by this war.

    Thinking of this, Minai immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I have tried all possible methods to solve the economic problem when I was the prime minister, but the results were not great. The rest depends on the ability of the Grand Duke Konoe.  It¡¯s inconvenient to say more, but I can talk about the shortage of supplies and foreign imports!¡±

    "Before the war, the empire did get hints from the United States, Britain and other countries, and it could get some support from them, including material imports and other aspects. However, after more than three years of changes, the empire's foreign trade environment has unknowingly changed in recent years.  Huge changes, due to changes in the international situation, the United States, which had always supported the empire, quietly changed its policy."

    "Be specific!"

    "Hai!"

    Then Minai continued: "The United States has abrogated the U.S-Japan Trade Treaty, and trade with Japan hasStandardization has gradually become stricter, and almost all strategic resources related to war have been listed as contraband. Some time ago, the United States was even discussing whether to include food as a strategic material prohibited from export. This made the empire already very difficult.  A bad situation just got worse!  "

    "It is conceivable that if the United States loses its wet nurse, the empire will become a motherless child, and it is inevitable to starve and freeze. Once the empire is unable to provide material support for the frontline troops, then once the support/  If that person counterattacks, then the question will not be whether they can end the war decently, but whether the empire will be brought back to its original shape, or even collapse because of it!"

    In fact, the signs of these crises have already appeared a long time ago!

    But because the Army fought so well in the first place, all these crises were covered up by the Army's brilliant record, so that many people ignored it.

    Now that the lid was lifted, all the Japanese were immediately stunned.

    At the same time, some far-sighted politicians have also realized the seriousness of the matter. The Empire of Japan is now only an empty shell. If there is still capital, it only has the 1.5 million troops.  Yes and there is no need to argue anymore.

    In fact, Mitsumasa Yoneuchi and others opposed the expansion of the war because of deeper concerns. Last year, the plan proposed by former Army Minister Seishiro Itagaki to strengthen ties with Germany and Italy and even establish a military alliance was not passed for the time being, but those who supported it  But quite a few.

    However, Yoneuchi, Yamamoto, Inoue and others believe that if Japan concludes an alliance or negotiates with Germany, there may be a danger of triggering a war between Japan and the United States in the near future. If Japan is once involved in the vortex of war against the United States, it will be quite dangerous.  It was also unbearable for the Japanese navy.

    Therefore, regardless of national policy or strategic considerations, we must oppose the establishment of an alliance with Germany.

    "The clear-cut opposition of Yonei, Yamamoto and others in recent months has prevented the further escalation of the proposal to strengthen the Japan-Germany agreement and temporarily rescued Japan from the trap.

    But they never imagined that as soon as the crisis here was over, problems would arise on the Chinese battlefield, which made Minai and others feel even more tormented.

    The current fundamental solution to the problem is peace talks and then withdrawing troops from China!

    In the next few years, the Empire of Japan will be based on the resources of Manchuria and Korea, and then take advantage of the favorable time of the world war to recuperate and recover in less than ten years.

    Once China loses external pressure, internal strife among warlords, large and small, and political parties will inevitably occur. Civil war is inevitable.

    Don't say that it is ten years, even if China may not be able to be fully unified for ten years. Look at Jiang Zhengzheng to conclude that the Qing government abdicated 29 years ago to the establishment of the Republic of China for nearly thirty years.

    In the past thirty years, China has not only experienced civil war, but also civil war. The warlords have been fighting for more than ten years, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have been fighting for ten years, and they will still be the same in the next ten years.

    By that time, the Empire of Japan had already recovered and became even stronger. If there was another fight then, it would be easy to determine who would win and who would lose.

    In fact, Minai regretted it a bit. When the Empire of Japan conquered Shanghai, the Germans came forward to mediate!

    At that time, the support side was quite sincere. If the voices within the empire were not unified, and stimulated by the glorious record of capturing Nanjing, they demanded high prices, which caused the mediation to reach a deadlock. Otherwise, the empire would not have fallen into a deadlock.  So passive.

    So this time, Minai must promote peace talks between the two parties no matter what. He will never allow the future of the empire to be ruined by those short-sighted bastards in the Army!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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