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    Suspension of all imported goods?  !

    On the second floor of the Army Officers Club in Takaramachi, Tokyo, Nagata Tetsuyama read the headlines and placed the newspaper slowly on the table with a solemn expression.  There were several other officers sitting around the low table. They were Okamura Neiji, Obata Toshishiro, Itagaki Seishiro, Tsuchhara Hikenji and Isotani Rensuke.

    "Gentlemen, we are in big trouble."

    Nagata Tetsuzan glanced at everyone and said slowly: "The United States (the United States in Japanese) has begun to withdraw investment from all over the world after the stock market crash. When I met Inoue Daizo yesterday, he told me that the United States has withdrawn investment from our country since the beginning of May.  With an investment of 1 billion yuan, the promised loan of 200 million yuan will be withheld. Our country is facing serious economic difficulties! More than 300 factories related to the United States have closed down in the past three months. Now the Chinese have stopped importing goods.  I¡¯m afraid the situation in our country will be worse.¡±

    "The people here are all military officers and diplomats who watched Japan lose the mainland and retreat to South Korea and the main island.  Compared with the older generation, they were stronger and more active in thinking. The idea of ??revitalizing the empire and returning to the mainland made them unite around Emperor Hirohito, forming such a small group. Nagata Tetsuzan is now the leader of this small group.

    Before Japan withdrew from the mainland, Nagata Tetsuyama originally wanted to put the military above the emperor, so that the military would assume the responsibility of strengthening the country and the army.  However, after successive defeats, Japan's domestic mentality underwent a major change. It was eager to have a wise king like Emperor Meiji. Coupled with the stimulation of Yang Qiu from the other side to sweep Asia with the young faction of the National Socialist Party, he finally changed his mind.  Various actions to strengthen the country were carried out with the core of supporting Emperor Hirohito.  The most obvious is the new strategic idea of ????alliance with the Soviet Union that he single-handedly promoted.  But he is different from the old Emperor Daoists like Araki Sadao and Masaki Jinzaburo who kept saying long live the emperor and called the army the imperial army.  The reason why he took this path of joining was just to take advantage of the people's desire for the emergence of a second Meiji Emperor, and use his power to achieve his dream of revitalizing the Japanese Empire.

    Although they are different from his previous thoughts on control, they are actually the same in essence. One is to support the emperor and let the emperor command, and the other is to borrow the emperor's name to command.  They all want to help Japan regain its former glory and return to the mainland.  Although this change in thinking is a self-adjustment under external pressure, it has indeed made Japan more united.

    But unity alone is not enough.  Because Japan is suffering from a severe economic recession. In fact, this recession began after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

    "Nagata-kun, is this crisis really that serious?" Okamura Neji didn't quite believe it.  Since the formation of their small group.  Emperor Hirohito, who also wanted to follow a youthful path, regarded them as his shadow cabinet.  That's why we were able to unswervingly implement the alliance with the Soviet Union to develop trade with the support of the emperor. In the past few years, due to the Natuna crisis, we received a large amount of funding from the United Kingdom and the economy improved slightly.  In addition, a series of regions and islands such as the Sea of ??Okhotsk, New Guinea, and Micronesia were included. Especially when a large number of urgently needed mineral deposits were discovered in New Guinea, and a secret gold mine was even discovered, Japan began to accelerate there.  Immigration, 500,000 Japanese immigrants have set foot in New Guinea to open up wasteland for the emperor, how can there be such a serious economic crisis?

    He couldn¡¯t figure it out, and neither did Itagaki Seishiro and Isotani Rensuke.  Only Doihara Kenji was relatively sober and said, "Nagata-kun is right. In the past, we thought that there was New Guinea as big as the Empire (including South Korea). There was oil from Kata Island, and there were ores from the Sea of ??Okhotsk.  There is the ever-expanding trade with the Soviet Union, and after Natuna Island, Britain and the United States increased their support for us to contain China. Coupled with the reopening of trade between the two countries after the visit of the Prime Minister of China, we can recover quickly. But we have forgotten that the United States  economic control!"

    Kenji Doihara frowned and scanned the newspaper headlines. His voice was as low as an old man's: "When the U.S. economy was good, there were no problems. But now that they cannot protect themselves, they are desperately draining the funds invested in our country, resulting in large-scale factories in the empire.  Bankruptcy and shutdown. The U.S. envoy also asked us to increase imports of their grain. We must lower prices!"

    "So, what impact will China's suspension of imports have?" Isotani Rensuke asked.

    "It's very big" Kenji Doihara continued: "The news I got is that China's total import and export trade last year was 7.7 billion yuan, of which 4.2 billion was with the United States, and 30 billion was with Britain, France and Germany.  Of the remaining 500 million yuan, the empire accounts for 100 million yuan. Although it is not much, due to the slow development of trade, the empire is the fastest growing after the United States! The empire now still has a foreign debt of 800 million yuan.  It is equivalent to 1.2 billion national currency! It could have been gradually repaid through trade, but after the crisis in the United States, it has repeatedly urged the Tibetan Prime Minister to exchange money early, and also took away a lot of investment. Now China has stopped importing Our country¡¯s income is only  All that¡¯s left is the Soviet Union!¡±

    Nagata Tieshan sighed in his heart.  Japan has a narrow territory and lacks resources. It is a typical foreign trade country. The United States and the Soviet Union have always been Japan's most important export countries.  The United States is now trapped inThe machine had too much time to take care of itself and needed to allocate funds from abroad for disaster relief. Although the Soviet Union had good income, it was far away after all, and the profits were controlled by the navy. With the economic crisis in Europe and the United States, they would definitely come to carve up the Soviet market. Japan had no competition at all in high-end exports.  force.  The Chinese market, which was originally in a good situation and was considered an important part of diversification, was suddenly closed, which undoubtedly cut off all Japan's financial avenues at once!

    Obata Toshishiro was born as a diplomat and knew more about economics than Itagaki Seishiro and Isotani Rensuke. He asked: "I am very surprised that the United States is withdrawing funds from all over the world. They previously provided more loans to Inner China than the Empire.  Five times, why doesn¡¯t the United States take away theirs?¡±

    Doihara Kenji flattened his mouth, picked up the tea cup and glanced at Nagata Tieshan, and took out the old newspaper he brought from his pocket with a wry smile: "Obata-kun, have you forgotten? Yang Qiu has been implementing strict rules since 6 years ago.  After implementing the foreign exchange control policy and freezing all investment funds from the United States and other countries in the name of undermining financial order at the end of May, the money can no longer leave!"

    "I know about this, but didn't you say last time that it was to recover the equity controlled by Americans? What does it have to do with freezing funds?" Itagaki Seishiro asked.

    Kenji Doihara replied: "I used to think that his purpose was to recover the equity and swallow up 4.2 billion yuan of foreign investment in one fell swoop. But now it seems that he not only wants to recover the equity, but also wants to keep the money.  Stay in China for a while.¡±

    Isotani Rensuke was surprised that Doihara Kenji had this guess, and was even more puzzled: "Why would he do that? Isn't he afraid of triggering a war?"

    "War? Isotani-kun, is there any country willing to fight now?" Nagata Tetsuyama's face was stiff, just like this country lost its color and vitality after the Great Kanto Earthquake, leaving only endless numbness and machinery: "  Yang Qiu is more powerful than we imagined. He is the scariest and most brilliant strategist I have ever seen! Six years ago, he used silver speculation to formulate foreign exchange control rules that were considered by countries around the world to undermine economic freedom. At that time, countries around the world laughed at this  It will destroy the economic development of China. But what do you think now? It is this rule that prevents foreign investors from quickly withdrawing funds, and they are all surrounded by them in China! 4.2 billion yuan of investment. 3 billion yuan of loans! All frozen  Yes! It only takes some time for him to swallow the money at a very small cost!"

    4.2 billion yuan investment!  3 billion yuan loan!  A full 14.4 billion yuan If such a large amount of money were left in Japan, let alone the Navy's 88 fleet dream.  Even the army can form dozens of tank troops!  Because there are no foreign exchange controls, Japan can only watch as foreign capital quickly withdraws, leaving behind piles of unemployed workers and bankrupt factories.  "He left the money, and now he has stopped importing goods Now, I am afraid that not only the United States, but also Britain and France will be in crisis!"

    As soon as Nagata Tieshan finished speaking, everyone understood.  China is no longer the China it used to be. Last year, its trade volume with the United States, Britain and France reached 7.2 billion yuan, accounting for more than 11% of the world's total trade!  In the past ten years, half of the machinery and equipment produced in the three countries has been bought by China.  Now that the economic crisis has occurred, the United States definitely hopes to expand exports to China.  Although Britain and France are not serious, they also hope to increase trade with China. However, at this moment, China suddenly stopped importing goods, which was equivalent to cutting off last year's total international trade by 3.5 billion yuan (total imports).  RMB 3.5 billion in orders that had been stable for several years suddenly disappeared. How many factories would have to close down?

    "Trade is two-way. If China stops importing, others will retaliate. Doesn't Yang Qiu want to develop the country?"

    Kenji Doihara shook his head: "You haven't been to China for a long time. I just came back from there last month. China is no longer what it used to be. Their industrial scale is many times larger than that of the empire, and their technical foundation is also very complete. Their aircraft  It has been sold all over the world, and even the United States and France have purchased a lot. Suspending imports will help speed up the recovery of employment."

    "Is there no way to do it? We are just sitting here. Are we watching the empire fail again?" Isotani Rensuke was very unwilling. The economy that was good before suddenly went bad. The army's dream of returning to the mainland was really gone.  Is he going to die young?  His excited look made everyone present feel uncomfortable.

    There is actually a way, Tieshan Nagata has already thought of it, but this method can be said to be a narrow escape!  !  Kenji Doihara looked at him and thought of a solution, that is the excitement of war!

    Japan does not have abundant raw materials, does not have colonies with vast populations, and its internal market is even smaller.  The only way to restore the economy is to plunder!  Go expand!  The question is who to plunder?  The inward development of the Sea of ??Okhotsk will lead to the breakdown of the alliance between Japan and the Soviet Union, and will also trigger a backlash from China.  Going to war against China Just kidding, it's not the time to gamble on the fate of the country. The only direction that can be developed is the south!

    But if Japan goes south, will China take the opportunity to intervene?  Will countries like Britain, the United States and France intervene?  While everyone was having their own thoughts, footsteps sounded outside the door.?He turned around and saw that Tojo Hideki had opened the door and walked in.

    Tojo Hideki is also a member of this small group, but now he is still a marginal figure. To put it bluntly, he is just an errand boy.  So I didn't dare to be presumptuous when I saw so many "big guys". I bowed to everyone before sitting down and said: "Gentlemen, I just met Mr. Yamamoto of the Navy. I heard from him that the Navy has received accurate information, and China is launched into the water."  The two first-class battleships of China are not equipped with 36 mm cannons, but 38 mm! The Navy Department is now in chaos. Because China has ordered 4 ships, the first-class battleships of the China Navy will surpass us by the end of next year! So the Navy  There is talk of withdrawing from the new naval treaty and building more battleships.¡±

    "More? Huh! Does the empire still have money? Last time the British loan was taken away by them to renovate 6 first-class battleships. If it is given to us, it will be enough to buy thousands of tanks to equip the troops." Although they were forced to  The external environment agrees with the navy's strategy of giving priority to the navy, but after all, they are all born in the army, so Itagaki Seishiro has always been dissatisfied with the navy's swallowing of military expenditures, especially across the sea, China has begun to equip a large number of tanks. He believes that if Japan cannot catch up as soon as possible, in the future  Soldiers will have to deal with steel armor with flesh and blood, and the war will be more difficult.

    Seeing that the Chinese Navy is about to add 4 battleships comparable to Nagato, even Okamura Neji can't sit still: "Nagata-kun, just tell me what you think, what else is there to hide at this time.  "

    Nagata Tetsuzan was right when he thought about it. It was already in such tatters, and there was no need to hide his thoughts. He gritted his teeth and said: "There is no way. The relationship between China and Britain is tense now. This time they stopped importing goods, which is tantamount to passing on the crisis to other countries.  , if countries such as Britain and France did not have orders from China, many factories would close down, so the relationship between China and them would be even worse! If the conflict between China and Oumi deepens, then the empire will have the opportunity to develop southward, but only if  We must be clear about Yang Qiu¡¯s thoughts. If the empire marches to the south and Yang Qiu goes south, it will lead to the third war! It will become a war to gamble on the fate of the country! The empire will also be attacked by Oumi and China, so the relationship between them has not been determined  and attitude, it would be very dangerous.¡±

    For these people here, their understanding of economics is undoubtedly simple.  It is believed that war is the last resort to stimulate the economy. As long as a war breaks out, the army will expand rapidly and require more weapons and equipment. In this way, factories will operate at full capacity, and the army can plunder large amounts of money and materials to promote the industrial cycle.

    To the south Itagaki Seishiro closed his eyes slightly, thinking about the target to attack first. After a moment, he opened his eyes: "Gentlemen, Portugal still controls East Timor. I think we can test it here. If they  If we are tough, we can still retreat. If they tolerate it, this place can become a bridgehead for the empire going south."

    "I think it's okay."

    ¡°The Portuguese have gold mines and sugar factories in East Timor. There are also many rubber plantations there, which are very suitable for rice and grain cultivation!¡±

    "Very good, but" Nagata Tetsuyama waved his hand and stopped everyone's discussion: "Yang Qiu will come to power in a few months. At this time, he will definitely face huge pressure from countries such as Britain and the United States to open up imports.  , if we take action, I'm afraid he will also use war to divert attention."

    "Then let's wait and get in touch with him after he comes to power. I think we have common interests with him in the south." Kenji Doihara said in a faint voice

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