Chapter 984

"The timing is not right yet..." Bai Lang had also fought many battles, and he knew a lot about modern warfare—the principles of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign wars were the same, and there was no change. If you want to know when the little devils will expand the war, you only need to look at their domestic industrial economy and the raw materials they hoard to guess.

War always fights for industry and logistical resources. Modern warfare pays special attention to these two points. The Japanese army at this time is not to mention, the Combined Fleet in Bai Lang's eyes is a one-time fleet. Not to mention the loss of fighting a few more battles, it will collapse because of the logistics of maintenance. On this point, Britain, which is also an island country, is far superior to the little devils.

Japan is a famous poor imperialism, but at least it can provide all weapons and supplies for its army. The navy is a bit dangerous... Bai Lang knew very well that during the entire Pacific War, the little devils were unable to make up for the losses on the battlefield, whether it was manpower or material resources.

The Americans could lose a warship—no matter if it was a battleship or a heavy aircraft carrier, they could replenish two in a few months, and they could also replenish the lost manpower and even double it. But Japan couldn't do it. If they lost warships, small and medium-sized warships such as light cruisers and destroyers, and submarines were okay, and they could replenish a certain number after the loss. But large warships such as heavy cruisers and above, once lost, were almost permanently lost.

So, the Japanese Combined Fleet was a one-time fleet. Bai Lang only needed to observe how much crude oil and iron ore they hoarded, and combined with the US export volume, he could know when the little devils would take action.

Now, from Bai Lang's point of view, since the Northeast had to invest funds and industrial power again, the development of the Japanese army had basically stopped, but the development of the navy was only affected and did not stop—the key was that the Americans' investment in them was much larger for a time, and they made a lot of money from Japan, which made Japan's national debt figure rise a lot.

If this continues, it will be difficult to sustain. Maybe it will accelerate their attack? But the strength should be inferior to the "same period", and what can plundering China do? If you want to plunder an agricultural country, you can only plunder agricultural products and primary resources, and you have to consume domestic industrial power to manufacture them. "In short, this kind of 'local procurement' that only existed in the feudal era will expand, and the aggression they will launch may be smaller in scope?"

The larger the occupied territory, the greater the burden, and the faster the bankruptcy...

The place Japan is eyeing now is the Magic City—the largest industrial city in Asia outside of Japan. This may be one of the biggest pieces of fat in Asia. Of course, the oil in Borneo is also very good, but most Japanese will not consider that this thing has to be transported back to Japan for distillation and refining, which will occupy a considerable amount of their shipping capacity.

The current moment is 1935. Japan's invasion of China has stopped for nearly three years, and the Nationalist Government has once again fallen into a false dream of peace. In Europe, at least the shouting of the noodle guys is not so loud. They are busy with reconstruction in disaster-stricken areas, and the reputation of "Old Mo" is a bit higher. And the Germans next door made a fortune by selling machinery for reconstruction, and of course, they also tested some construction machinery they were preparing to use in certain aspects.

At this time, the Germans had completely climbed out of the economic crisis and defeat, and were even more developed than the "same period". The action of rearming was also greater than the "same period". In fact, they had already established an air force of considerable scale—this was a branch of the military that was explicitly prohibited from being established by Germany in the Treaty of Versailles.

The German pace was fast and firm—also thanks to the investment of the Americans. American capital made a lot of money in the rise of Germany, making the industrial scale of the Germans larger than the same period. Will the war be delayed? Bai Lang felt it was unlikely.

The little devils were increasing troops to Shanghai, but this time it was not so smooth—the Nationalist Government seemed to be much tougher, repeatedly rejecting Japan's demands—it should be because they saw that Japan was struggling to rebuild the Northeast industry and agriculture, and had confidence in restricting Japan's aggression. But the ridiculous thing was that the Nationalist Government did not strengthen its own army, and even the industry was actually more declining than three years ago.

It was mainly heavy industry, light industry was okay, and many funds used by the country for investment and funds used to purchase military equipment were taken by certain families in the government to invest in American banks and securities companies to earn interest.

The superiors and inferiors followed, and the entire Nationalist Government spiraled down into the abyss of corruption, even more corrupt than the same period... This corruption also had advantages, that is, the red forces were stronger than the same period... The troops retained after the Long March after the four crossings of the Chishui River were more...

"The subsequent War of Liberation will probably be faster." Bai Lang thought so.

As a "Yu Gong" in the Magic City, his life was no different from that of a young master—after planting more than a dozen lotus flowers, he had moved into a European Victorian garden villa on Masinan Road/Sinan Road. He hired a gardener, two maids, a cook, and two male servants, and even bought a Citroen and found a driver.

The taste of clothes naturally changed. Bai Lang looked like a civilized person—a suit thug was also a civilized person, a three-piece suit, a trench coat, a top hat, and Brogan three-joint calfskin leather shoes, but a big beard remained unchanged. Of course, he could also change into a plaid tweed hunting suit, with boots and a deerstalker hat, and always holding a civilized stick in his hand, which was used to drive away poor people...

In fact, Bai Lang saved many poor people. Most of the people who did charity in this era were fake. Bai Lang donated to the few true charities—the male and female servants he took in were all from refugees. He just pulled them when he saw them pleasing to the eye. There were also children who listened to the gatehouse for an indefinite amount. These children did chores, and Bai Lang gave them two full meals a day and a dime every day.

So the old master was ugly but kind, but for the foreigners who tried to plunder cultural relics and the compradors and thugs who served them, he was a nightmare at night.

At this time, Bai Lang would wear a Chinese-style strong suit, cover his head and face or wear a mask. Usually, after robbing people, he would torture them to ask where their cash and jewelry were—many of these people didn't trust banks and hid hard currency in home safes. After Bai Lang tortured and plundered, he put them in a sack and threw them into the Suzhou River and Huangpu River to plant lotus flowers. He didn't know how neat it was—anyway, there were many people who died of hunger in the Magic City every day, and there were many floating sacks in the Huangpu River. The so-called adventurer's paradise, the style of the gangster's happy land, lay in this.

(End of chapter)