Chapter 942 D-Day (4)

One of the countermeasures is to disband the female troops. Except for some technical arms, most of the female troops in the rear will be disbanded. As for the female soldiers in the front-line confronting the German army, they will be disbanded in the next stage. This will reduce more than 600,000 troops at once, and all these troops will be transferred to the production sequence;

The second countermeasure is that the members of the ****** Committee Andreyev and Qiulenev will lead some troops to the Baikal Lake area to carry out military settlements, on the one hand, to make good use of the summer to reclaim wasteland, and on the other hand, to strengthen the Baikal Lake fishery. Most of the troops in the military settlements were from the third or even fourth line troops, most of them were uncles in their 40s, and many were even nearly 60 years old. They were not good at fighting, and they were only so-so in military settlements;

The third countermeasure was to implement the New Economic Policy, and formally recognize the practice of reclaiming wasteland and contracting output to households near the Ural Industrial Zone to overcome the difficulties, protect the individual "right to plant" for 20 years, and commend some individuals who were outstanding in reclaiming wasteland;

The fourth countermeasure was to send Budionny to lead a machine gun grain collection team to Mongolia to collect cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock, and at the same time contact the CCP to see if industrial machines and some equipment could be exchanged for grain, even if they had to pay tolls to Japan.

Through Xinjiang, Gansu, and the Hexi Corridor, the CCP and the Soviet Communist Party could be connected, but the transportation was inconvenient, and the transportation of bulk materials was far less fast and convenient than transporting them to Manchuria and then transferring them by rail from Japan, so the tolls had to be paid. But Stalin never expected that the Japanese were not only eyeing the tolls, they also wanted to rob the island!

In the early morning of June 16, the robbery pioneers Kakuta and Nishimura led the fleet and army forces to break into North Sakhalin Island, landed and occupied it at the fastest speed. When Moscow received the exact news and responded, the Japanese army had basically completed the landing and controlled the situation.

The furious Stalin immediately summoned the Japanese ambassador, who was shocked and said hurriedly: "I will reply to you after I verify it. Please give me 2 hours!"

After another 2 hours, the situation was verified clearly. North Sakhalin Island was also firmly occupied by Japan. The Red Army stationed on the island did not even have time to destroy the oil field facilities.

"Mr. Stalin, we did carry out a preventive landing on the island, but this is not a war against your country. On the contrary, we have to take preventive measures to prevent the island from being occupied by the United States and becoming a base against us..."

Stalin didn't want to listen to this kind of bandit logic, but the Japanese ambassador's subsequent words made people stunned: "We have no intention of annexing the island. We only ask for a 99-year lease. In view of your current food shortage, we agree to give 100,000 tons of food per year as a lease fee."

"What a joke, 100,000 tons of food? There are 1 million tons of oil a year on it."

"We can only give this much, I'm really sorry, but we really have no intention of war."

After the Japanese ambassador left, the Supreme Command held a meeting. Everyone was indignant, and some even advocated the use of heavy bombers to blow up the oil facilities on the island. But Kuznetsov thought: "Blowing up the facilities will at most prevent Japan from getting the oil, and we can't get it either. The island is isolated overseas, and the Pacific Fleet is no match for the Japanese fleet. I'm afraid it won't work to counterattack."

"Can we use airborne troops?"

Kuznetsov shook his head: "Airborne troops can't stop naval guns. It's easy to capture an island, but difficult to defend it."

Stalin's face was gloomy: "What do you mean?"

"Since it's a fait accompli, let's rent the island to Japan and ask them to give us 300,000 tons of food every year." Kuznetsov gritted his teeth and said, "We will recuperate and settle accounts with the Japanese in the future."

After some difficult negotiations, the two sides finally reached a deal of 200,000 tons of food, and Japan reduced the Soviet toll rate to 33% in the future.

When the news came out, Tokyo was jubilant, and the Kwantung Army was also very satisfied with it. It temporarily suppressed the idea of ​​advancing north, but the idiots immediately put forward a second wish - asking the headquarters to ask the Germans to buy railway guns to strengthen the border defense line, because after calculating the accounts, it was found that buying was cheaper than making it by themselves!

"You want a railway gun? Didn't you say you couldn't catch up with the Indian campaign?"

"General Yamashita was just complaining. This time it was General Umezu who wanted it."

"How many do you want?" Tada Shun thought the Kwantung Army only wanted 1-2 guns for show, but he didn't expect that the next sentence from Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara, the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, who came to report specifically, scared him.

"We have calculated that we need 24-32 guns in the long run and at least 16-18 guns in the short run."

"So many?"

"Sir, this is not much. Such a long border needs to be guarded. This is the minimum requirement after streamlining. I know you are concerned about the Indian war, but you can't just ignore the Kwantung Army. Manchuria provides millions of tons of steel and tens of millions of tons of coal every year. A large number of guns, ammunition and armored vehicles are produced in Manchuria, and tens of millions of tons of food are also provided... Without the Kwantung Army, how can the empire have the strength to fight India?"

Tada Shun's face froze. Yukio Kasahara's words were certainly good, but they looked a bit spoiled.

"It's not cheap to buy so many railway guns, and it's not easy to modify them even with naval guns."

"Your Majesty understands, so I specifically asked the German envoy before coming here. He said that Germany can provide 32 railway guns, with calibers ranging from 170mm, 210mm, 280mm and 305mm, including supporting shells. All are in good condition and usable. Pack one The price is 100 million marks." Yukio Kasahara came prepared and said calmly, "I consulted several factories and technical experts, and they estimated that the price of their own transformation would definitely be more than this, and it would not be urgent."

For Germany, 100 million marks is indeed less than the cost, but these are free trophies. It is about to enter the missile age. It is a waste to let it go. It is better to dispose of it cheaper. No matter what, 100 million marks is worth 350 Tigers (175 for Japan).

Tada Shun asked: "Can I buy the K5 train gun and the 800mm super train gun that can shoot more than 60 kilometers?"

Both of these things were seriously inspected by the Japanese inspection team. The K5 was miraculous in deterring the British coastline, and the Gustav train gun performed amazingly in the battles of Sevastopol and Gibraltar. Everyone was ready to make a move.

"You can buy it, all packaged for 200 million!"

Tada Shun felt a pain in his heart: "It's so expensive!"

"I think so too, but those 32 train guns and the shells are absolutely cheap at 100 million marks! If the European War hadn't been about to end, the Germans wouldn't have given it to us so cheaply." Yukio Kasahara said even more, " The German envoy also said that there will be a large amount of second-hand arms to be disposed of by the end of the year. We need to say hello first and we can pick them first. Otherwise, they will be dealt with by other allies. Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Argentina, etc. have expressed their eagerness to get them, especially Countries like Iran and Iraq are extremely wealthy because they have a little bit of oil.”

"I have nothing to say about this matter. We need to discuss it."

"Of course, of course." Yukio Kasahara bowed and said, "I have brought you some souvenirs this time. Please accept it."

Jun Tada knew all the local specialties in Manchuria, including ginseng, mink skin, deer antlers, etc. But it was almost summer, why would he give these things as gifts? But when he took the box, he felt something was wrong. It was so heavy that he almost couldn't hold it. When he opened it, he was blinded by what was inside - it was a piece of gold nugget bigger than his fist. He didn't dare to pick it up and look at it carefully, so he quickly slammed the box shut.

"Why is this so embarrassing?" He said so, but made no move to return the box.

Kasahara Yukio said goodbye with a smile: "A little kindness is not a sign of respect. Please worry about the Kwantung Army."

After Yukio Kasahara left, Shun Tada took out the box again to play with, watch, and even try to take a bite - it turned out to be a fine gold nugget.

Of course, he understood what Umezu Yoshijiro meant. The Kwantung Army was not only focusing on the railway gun, but also on something more important - the 1 million tons of crude oil on North Sakhalin Island. How to distribute these 1 million tons of crude oil? There was a lot of quarrel between the parties.

This is not simply a matter of 1 million tons of oil. This is the oil producing area closest to Japan. Not only is it close and safe, it is said that it has the potential to increase production to 2 million tons. Once the US military counterattacks in Nanyang in the future and cuts off the oil supply in the Middle East and Borneo, this will be Japan's last life-saving oil.

Today's Japan is not the Japan of history. With the substantial increase in aircraft and tanks, fuel consumption has increased significantly. Although the number of warships in the Combined Fleet has not exceeded the historical scale, the two Yamato-class ships have always been outside since Horikichi took office. , 10,000 tons of heavy oil are lost in one wave, so the demand for oil is even more urgent.

So even if they knew that the Russians were not easy to deal with, they had to risk their lives to grab these 1 million tons of crude oil. Fortunately, they succeeded in the end. The Russians finally agreed to the "lease" and did not send out bombers to bomb.

At the high-level army meeting at the base camp, everyone first unanimously agreed to the Kwantung Army's request to purchase train guns, which surprised Tada Shun - it seemed that many people had received "local specialties", and now he felt more at ease.

Then the oil issue was discussed, and Shimomura decided: "The Privy Councilor of the Navy proposed a proposal. If the Kwantung Army can really restrain its behavior and not exceed half a step beyond the thunder pool, the Navy proposes to distribute the new oil as follows: 500,000 tons for the Kwantung Army, 500,000 tons for the Navy 350,000 tons, and 150,000 tons of other local grains will be raised by the Kwantung Army, and the navy will be responsible for transportation and security. It is also proposed to purchase oil from Russia at the rate of 1 ton of grain for 3-4 tons of oil. How much counts, the specific proportion will be negotiated separately.”

The top brass of the Army looked a little strange, because the Navy was so unusual this time, being so generous?