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Chapter 1441: Okamura¡¯s worries (please vote)

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    Regarding the penalty decision at the base camp, Okamura Neji himself felt that it was a bit excessive.

    The big bosses at the base camp blamed the officers for the frequent violations of military orders by frontline soldiers, believing that it was the officers' inaction. In addition, such things happened frequently, so they thought of this kind of act to scare the monkeys.

    Yes, this can indeed scare some people, but it cannot solve the problem at its root, because the root of the matter is not at the front line, but at home, at the base camp and the government.

    The reason why I say this is entirely because a large part of the dissatisfaction and panic of frontline soldiers is due to the protracted war and the collapsed domestic economy. If they are treated unfairly on the frontline, such grievances will be infinitely magnified.  , until a soldier is crushed.

    After the Summer Incident broke out in Showa 12, and the Imperial Japanese Army launched a full-scale invasion of China, the empire originally thought this was just a short-term local war. Except for some careerists, no one expected that this war would continue.  So many years.

    Think about it, there were less than 250,000 people in the Empire of Japan at the time, and the annual gross national product was only 6 billion yen. However, in order to win this war, the Minister of War, His Excellency Moto Sugiyama, proposed a 1.04 billion yen plan.  5 million yen military budget, and decided to continue to mobilize 15 new divisions to participate in the war within half a year.

    Later, in order to accept the lessons of the defeat of the Battle of Nomonhan due to insufficient quantity and poor quality of weapons, and to prepare to cooperate with the German army's actions in Europe, they occupied the colonies of Britain, France, the United States, the Netherlands and other countries in Southeast Asia, starting from Showa 16  , the imperial military expenditure accounted for an increasingly higher proportion of the gross national product.

    According to Okamura Neiji¡¯s knowledge, in Showa 16, the empire¡¯s GDP was 39.8 billion yen, but its military expenditure had increased to 7.4 billion yen.  In Showa 17, the empire's GDP was 40.3 billion yen, and military expenditure was 10.1 billion yen.  The GDP in Showa 18 was almost the same as the previous year, but military expenditure reached a new high, reaching an unprecedented 14.8 billion yen.

    This year, the empire¡¯s economic situation has declined, but the military budget is as high as 23.1 billion yen.

    Neji Okamura, who has amazing strategic vision, knows that the rapid growth of military expenditure has brought down the economy of the Empire of Japan.

    Japan, which has a developed manufacturing industry, has a narrow territory, is surrounded by seas, and has limited resources. Its imported raw materials and economic activities are affected by aspects such as long-distance maritime transportation and international relations.

    When the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries embargoed and froze its assets, and after several years of war in China, its resource difficulties became increasingly serious.

    Especially after the Japanese Incident, the empire comprehensively strengthened its military industry, especially the artillery factories in Tokyo and Osaka, the tank factory in Sagamihara, and the navy's Yokosuka, Kure, Kobe, Nagasaki shipyards and aircraft factories to meet the needs of the front line.  production according to the needs.

    In Showa 13 alone, the number of cars alone tripled from two years ago to 16,000 units.

    This year, due to the mobilization of a large number of young people to join the army and the formation of more left-behind divisions in the country, the empire began to feel a lack of labor force.

    In addition, except for coal, the production of other materials such as steel and heavy oil this year did not reach the predetermined targets.

    In the past two years, due to drought and lack of manpower in the empire, food production, especially rice, has been reduced. In addition, war has broken out in Europe, and Japan cannot import raw materials from there.

    In order to solve these difficulties, the Japanese government decided to reduce civilian use and ensure military supplies. It controlled important materials such as steel, petroleum, chemical raw materials, transportation ships and vehicles, and controlled the grain, oil, meat, sugar, cotton, etc. needed for residents' daily lives.  Cloth, etc., were rationed, and people were vigorously mobilized to donate scrap metal and buy public bonds, etc.

    The war against China did not end "victoriously" within the scheduled short time, and in the "Nomenhan Incident", the Japanese army suffered a defeat.  All this made the Japanese military and civilians who had suffered from the war become increasingly pessimistic about the war, and war-weary and anti-war activities occurred from time to time.

    In the middle of the war, as material shortages, living embarrassments and mobilization for general war became more widespread, the domestic government expanded its aggression externally and implemented fascist rule internally, which had shaken Japan's social foundation.

    In order to eliminate various anti-war thoughts in society and prevent the spread of failure sentiment, restrictions were placed on the activities of political parties and associations.

    Under this circumstance, some political parties began to divide. For example, some members of the Diet took the lead in forming the "Alliance of Members for the Implementation of Jihad" in Showa 15, while some political parties, such as the "Japan Reform Party", the "Popular Socialist Party", and the "Japan Labor Party"  "General Alliance", "National Alliance", etc. Domestic anti-war thinking has become very serious.

    With the intensification of material difficulties and the needs of the war, the government has taken more stringent measures to gradually make the national life quasi-military.Things change.

    First, regulations were promulgated to restrict the production and sale of luxury goods, which also required citizens to actively participate in voluntary labor. Citizens must dress plainly, and their hair must not exceed the prescribed length. Some entertainment activities are also prohibited.

    At present, the Imperial Japanese Army has been fighting in China for five years.  Being enemies with Britain, the United States, the Netherlands, India, Australia and other countries has expanded the war to the Pacific and Southeast Asia.

    Although victory was achieved in the early stages of the war, large-scale conscription and high spending on war expenses continued, making people's lives even poorer and people's hearts and minds particularly unstable.

    These are spread far and wide to the army and navy units abroad through letters from Japan, new recruits, news broadcasts, newspapers and periodicals, people returning from business trips, condolences groups to the battlefield, Japanese businessmen, etc.

    Okamura Neiji even knew that many of these soldiers fighting abroad had been drafted into the army again.

    These families have parents, wives and children, and their burdens far exceed those of soldiers who have just come of age and are drafted into the army.

    And the suffering of many years of expeditions to foreign countries and the cruel battlefield scenes made them extremely pessimistic about the future of the war.

    These emotions quickly grew and spread among the soldiers and grassroots officers on the front line. Due to this disappointing psychological state, military discipline gradually relaxed and various incidents increased.

    To be honest, just by shooting a few soldiers who violated discipline and dispatching some senior commanders will not even be able to cure the symptoms, let alone the root cause.

    What¡¯s more important is that such incidents are increasing on a large scale. Although the leadership agencies at all levels of the Imperial Army have strictly dealt with them, they still continue to happen.

    ¡°There are even many soldiers who injure themselves on the battlefield in an attempt to break away from the army.

    Despite this, Okamura Neiji could only carry out the orders from the base camp. There was no other way. No one knew the actual situation on the front line better than him.  If such incidents are not dealt with seriously, the morale and combat effectiveness of the Imperial Japanese Army will collapse in a short period of time.

    And the war machine has been fully activated, and the Japanese Empire has no turning back. It will either win this war or be collectively shattered.

    Until then, the Empire of Japan can only bite the bullet and go on!

    As a strategist with far-reaching strategic vision, Okamura Neiji himself is not optimistic about the current war, because this war that was originally a snake swallowing an elephant has now become a snake swallowing a whale. Even the Chinese battlefield  Even without completely solving the problem, the Japanese Empire once again went to war with the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, France and other countries.

    Since ancient times, fighting on two fronts has never ended well.

    The development of the war also seemed to confirm his worries. After Midway, the advantages of the Imperial Japanese Army in naval battles were being offset, and a large number of warships were sunk but could not be replenished.

    Looking at the United States, its strong industrial base has enabled them to develop their war potential beyond imagination. In just a few years, a large number of ships have been launched into service. The Japanese Navy is already at an absolute disadvantage.

    The number of U.S. troops has soared from hundreds of thousands before the war to millions, and more new troops are being formed.

    The current U.S. military is not only fighting in Asia, but also a large number of field troops have crossed the ocean and arrived on the African battlefield, where they are brutally attacking Italian and German troops.

    If the fight continues like this, Japan¡¯s final outcome will be worrying!

    Because of this, Okamura Neiji is very cautious when dealing with the current situation in North China. He knows very well that if he makes one wrong move, he may lose the whole game.

    And once they lose, they will not even have a chance to come back!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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