"No problem!" Sun Erwei nodded: "This is not difficult. We have many factories in Asana, I can ask them to provide it!"
At this time, Asan can be said to be a foundry for Yingjiang and The Sun Never Sets.
As a colony, it will definitely be exploited wildly by the great powers during the war... Asan has a large amount of cheap labor, and its geographical location is close to China and Africa. Whether it is aid to China or the North African battlefield where the sun never sets, most of the strategic materials are actually provided by India.
(Note: Another kangaroo who provides strategic supplies to the Sun Never Sets as a colony)
Wang Xuexin added: "I hope this is a loan from the Independent Group or myself, I don't know..."
"No problem!" Sun Erwei agreed without thinking: "One unit is only US$2,000, and ten units are only US$20,000. I don't think they will have any objection. I will discuss it with them and maybe treat it as a gift.
Your gift!"
This price surprised Wang Xuexin.
But when I thought about it, more than two thousand US dollars in this era was actually not a small amount of money, and it was a second-hand loom bought from Asan.
It's just that the arms I've been talking about with Yingjiang during this period can easily amount to tens or even millions, and it feels a lot less when they suddenly turn into thousands of dollars.
"Thank you so much!" Wang Xuexin said, secretly thinking that if he had known it was so cheap, he should have used the funds in his account to buy more.
But then again, if you ask for more, there may not be such a thing as a "gift".
While Wang Xuexin was busy, Okamura Neji was not idle either.
Okamura Neji looked at Mount Nakatō on the map with cold eyes. He felt that Mount Nakatō facing him was like a spike, making it difficult for him to sleep or eat well.
Several times he wanted to desperately send troops to fight, but in the end he suppressed the urge.
This is what he analyzed with Yoshio Shinozuka: "The Eighth Route Army is good at fighting in mountains, so even though we attacked from the south of Zhongtiao Mountain, we still inevitably fell into a stalemate battle. And our supplies could not support a large army's war, so
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Yoshio Shinozuka has no doubts about this.
At this time, the imperial army was blooming everywhere, and supplies were so scarce that even he, the commander of the First Army, could only eat canned food.
"What your Excellency, the General, means..." Yoshio Shinozuka said, "Let us prepare for a while longer?"
Okamura Neiji shook his head, and then threw a telegram to Shinozuka Yoshio, saying: "We may not be able to wait any longer!"
Yoshio Shinozuka took the telegram and read it. It was information that the Eighth Route Army had received a large amount of food from the stubborn army.
Yoshio Shinozuka was a little strange. The stubborn army had always been at odds with the Eighth Route Army and had not provided supplies to the Eighth Route Army for quite some time. Why would they take such action again now?
What puzzled Yoshio Shinozuka even more was that the stubborn army provided food to the Eighth Route Army. Why did Neji Okamura feel that he could not wait any longer?
Okamura Neji seemed to have seen through Shinozuka Yoshio's doubts, and explained: "According to unreliable information, this was Taka-chan's matchmaker!"
Shinozuka Yoshio said "Huh", and then gritted his teeth and cursed: "Asshole, does Taka-chan want these two armies to be united? This is fantastic!"
"Shinozuka-kun!" Okamura Neiji shook his head and said, "We cannot underestimate the enemy. In the past, it would have been unlikely that the stubborn army and the Eighth Route Army would unite. But now...the stubborn army is confronting our army on the south bank of the Yellow River.
, the more active the Eighth Route Army is on the north bank of the Yellow River, the safer the stubborn army will be! They have common interests and reasons to unite."
Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly understood.
The situation is indeed as Okamura Neiji said, there is a reason for the stubborn army and the Eighth Route Army to unite.
Moreover, out of consideration for his own interests, Taika also hopes that the recalcitrant army can unite with the Eighth Route Army. This is not what the empire wants to see, so Okamura Neji is eager to capture Nakatō Mountain...
Otherwise, today the stubborn army can give the Eighth Route Army food, and tomorrow the stubborn army can give the Eighth Route Army ammunition and even equipment.
The Eighth Route Army's combat will and combat effectiveness are superior to those of the stubborn army. What they lack is equipment.
If the Eighth Route Army can obtain a large amount of equipment from the stubborn army... Zhongtiao Mountain will become increasingly difficult to defeat, and it will only be a matter of time before the imperial army withdraws from the north bank of the Yellow River.
After thinking about it, Yoshio Shinozuka said in embarrassment: "But General, since attacking from the south alone is not feasible, do we have other methods? Attack from the north?"
Attacking from the north is a tactic that has been rejected.
The reason is that the imperial army is afraid of the T34 tanks in the hands of the Eighth Route Army... Although the Eighth Route Army does not have many T34 tanks, only ten, this tank is almost invincible in front of the imperial tanks. Okamura Neji does not even dare to transfer it.
Send the "one type" that comes.
"We need planes!" Neji Okamura said.
Airplanes are indeed a good idea, because they can create the advantage of aircraft fighting tanks and tanks fighting infantry, so the war will become much simpler.
"But... we don't have a plane!"
At this time, the North China Front was short of ammunition and gasoline, let alone aircraft.
"No, we do!" Okamura Neiji pointed to Hong Kong on the map and said: "The 45th Flying Group has completed its attack on Hong Kong. I have contacted Captain Maruyama and hope they can come to support us!"
"At this time..." Yoshio Shinozuka was still a little worried.
Because at this time, the imperial army needs aircraft more than ever, even if the 45th Squadron has completed the mission of capturing Hong Kong.
But Yoshio Shinozuka still underestimated Okamura Neji.
There was a reason why Okamura Neiji took a fancy to the 45th Team. He had done enough intelligence before this and knew that most of the 45th Team's aircraft were backward Type 98 light bombers.
Type 98 light bomber also known as Ki-32.
Because the engine of this bomber is water-cooled, it is quite troublesome to use, so it has lost the competition with the Type 97 bomber. (Note: The Type 97 bomber is air-cooled)
However, this fighter jet, which was originally eliminated and should not exist, was put into production together with its competitors because of the urgent need for fighter jets due to the outbreak of the war of aggression against China.
Just as everyone predicted, this water-cooled engine needs to be "water-cooled" so its bomb carrying capacity and range are not ideal. The superiors have planned to withdraw all of them back to the country and use them as training aircraft.
(Note: In history, the attack on Hong Kong was the last time this fighter aircraft participated in actual combat, and then it completely faded out of the front line as a training aircraft)
In this case, what if the North China Front urgently needs the support of these fighter planes, and at the same time Captain Maruyama desperately hopes to fight the last battle?
This is also the reason why Okamura Neji directly contacted Captain Maruyama instead of contacting his superiors.
Okamura Neiji knew very well that the Imperial Army encouraged soldiers to have the courage to take the initiative to fight.
Therefore, even if they do not support this battle, they will choose to support it because of the courage of the soldiers.
For the senior officials, this is a spirit, a spirit that can inspire the morale of the entire army, and they will not give up this publicity opportunity easily.