1855 United States Tycoon

After getting Scrooge's approval, Dorothea also hurriedly left.

"Damn it, for a woman!" Scrooge said angrily when Dorothea went out.

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Recently Takahashi Shiqing's life has been very good. He successfully sold 140 million national debts for Japan, which enabled Japan to rely on this to launch a war against Russia. For this credit, he was commended from the top. It is said that even the Emperor personally mentioned him, and there are rumors that he will be knighted soon. A person from a commoner background, the son of a small servant, and an adopted son who was very light, can actually be knighted. This is a very rare thing in Japan, where the class is relatively solidified. Moreover, Japanese knighthoods still have a lot of real things, and they have a lot of privileges. Once you become a Chinese, that's really... You can't see. Until now, almost all Japanese politics are controlled by these people.

I have to say that the performance of the army is also very good, even if Takahashi Shiqing has a lot of dissatisfaction with the army's domineering, he has to admit that, at least for now, the army has done a good job. The navy completely blocked the Port of Lushun. The Russians tried to transfer the fleet to Vladivostok (Vladivostok) in heavy fog a few days ago, but they were discovered by the alert Japanese navy and blocked it back. In this breakout battle, the Russians lost three warships. One of them was the flagship of their navy commander. This hapless warship ran into a mine while evading the gunfire of the Japanese Navy, and finally took the squadron. The commander sank to the bottom of the sea together.

The remaining Russian warships lost their command and fell into chaos. They were beaten by the Japanese navy and lost two cruisers. Then the remaining warships turned around and fled back to Lushun Port because of the threat of the Lushun Fort. , The Japanese fleet did not catch up. Anyway, after this battle, the important ships of the Russian fleet were basically injured. Taking into account the insufficient maintenance capabilities of Lushun Port, it can already be considered that these warships are no longer possible to fight at sea. Therefore, the control of the sea has completely fallen into the hands of the Japanese army. With sea dominance, the supply of personnel and materials for the Japanese army has become much easier.

Immediately afterwards, the Army also showed great ambition. Compared with the Russian Army, the Japanese Army learned more thoroughly when learning advanced European experience. Unlike the Russian army, although the Japanese army also emphasizes hand-to-hand combat and bayonet, it also attaches importance to firepower, especially the organization of crossfire. According to the agreement reached by Takahashi and McDonald, a considerable part of the national debt they sold was directly purchased into McDonald's weapons, especially infantry guns and light machine guns. MacDonald’s classic 75mm infantry gun received unanimous praise from the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army put forward imitation requirements on the country. Speaking of which, McDonald’s 75mm infantry artillery was originally a copy of the Japanese 92 infantry artillery, but now it has been copied back by the Japanese.

Relying on infantry artillery and light machine guns that can easily move in the poor road conditions of northeast China, the Japanese army has achieved great success in blocking Russian reinforcements to Lushun. Although the Russians thought that one Russian soldier could deal with at least three Japanese soldiers before the war, in this series of blocking battles, the Russians were beaten by the Japanese three to one.

Of course, the United States weapons are good, but one thing is too bad, that is, the price is really expensive. Although McDonald’s is indeed delivered at the general price of the international market, once these items are consumed during the war, it is really...The 75mm infantry gun in the hands of a skilled artillery can fire more than 20 shells per minute. , Every shell is money. As for the light machine guns sold by the United States to the Japanese, it is good, but the rate of fire is a little faster, it can shoot 1,200 rounds in one minute. It is said that when it was first developed, some engineers suggested that 500 to 600 rounds per minute is actually enough, and it is also better controlled and more accurate. But Donald, who was in charge of the development of this thing at the time, said: "It consumes a lot of bullets and consumes a barrel quickly, which is a good thing for us."

So after a long battle, the guys in the army came up and declared: Weapons, ammunition, medicine, rations, clothing, anyway, nothing is enough. Of course, so many things can actually be boiled down to one sentence, that is, the money is not enough.

If the money is not enough, of course I can only borrow money again. Fortunately, now that Japan is playing well on the battlefield, it should be much easier to borrow money. The market economy is like this. Only companies with good performance can easily get investments with huge amounts and low interest rates. On the contrary, those companies with poor performance need more capital, but it is always difficult to get investment. After the rise of capital, war itself is a market behavior. It naturally follows this law.

During the Second World War, the Germans launched Barbarossa and beat the Soviets into chaos. Then, when Kiev surrounded and wiped out the Soviet heavy army and the army was approaching Moscow, people from the Soviet foreign service went to the United States ambassador every day. The museum ran to begging for assistance from the United States. As a result, the United States only sent a delegation to watch it, and then told the Soviets to hold on to Moscow and talk about assistance.

After the Soviets defended Moscow and repelled the Germans, United States assistance finally came, but the amount was only better than nothing. It was not until the Soviets achieved a decisive victory in Kursk that the prospects for victory in the war were completely clear, and a large amount of aid was rolled in.

The situation in Japan in this war was the same, so when Takahashi proposed to issue new national debt for the second time, a large group of financiers came to the door voluntarily, promised various favorable conditions, and asked for an agent. Treasury bonds issued by Japan. Looking at this posture, the issuance of 200 million yen in treasury bonds is almost no problem. Takahashi feels that it only takes a week at most for them to complete this round of treasury bonds issuance.

However, as the saying goes, the sky is unpredictable, and during this period of time, there have been sudden changes on the battlefield.

In order to relieve Lushun, Russia is constantly mobilizing troops to Shenyang. The pressure on the Japanese army is increasing. There is an urgent need to quickly take down Lushun in order to liberate the forces that besieged Lushun. So the Japanese army launched a round of offensive against Lushun.

In order to attack a solid target like Lushun, the Japanese bought several 280mm railguns from McDonald at a high price. However, this alone is not very effective. The Japanese rarely attack reinforced concrete fortifications. Experience, so the cooperation in the attack is very problematic, especially their commander Nogi Nori, who is also an extremely brave warrior. His attack strategy is naturally also exceptionally brave. The exceptional warrior: what can't be attacked? Then send more people to attack, the Japanese samurai is not afraid of death!

Of course, you can imagine the effect of such an impact. As early as Scrooge invented the trench war during the Civil War, the impact on the preset position was already a nightmare, and so many years have passed. However, the technology level of trench warfare has not been improved by how much. At least, there were no machine guns at the time of the Civil War, and there were no such terrible things as directed mines. When the Japanese army finally rushed to the trenches, they were often covered by defensive hand grenade shells thrown by the Russian army. Of course, the Japanese army also threw grenades at the Russian army. But at this time, the newly-equipped combat shotgun of the Russian army played a magical role. The Russian soldiers used this thing, like a flying saucer, to fly the hand grenade thrown by the Japanese. (This is not a mess of baby bottles. In the trench battle of the First World War, one of the major tasks of the U.S. military's combat shotgun was to intercept hand grenade bullets.)

After a heavy assault, the Russian army suddenly launched a counterattack. In this counterattack, the Russian army suddenly launched a large number of light and gas bombs at the Japanese position, and then wearing a gas mask, the fierce Russian army launched a counterattack like a devil. The gas bombs created a huge chaos in the unprepared Japanese army, so that the Russian counterattack forces rushed to the vicinity of the command of Nogi Hitori, which was far from the front line. If it were not for the limited number of gas bombs in the hands of the Russians, it would be just right. By this time it ran out, Nogi Hitori was afraid that he would become a god at that time. However, under the cover of gas bombs, the Russian assault speed was too fast. Soldiers in the frontline troops who were specifically responsible for guarding the flags were poisoned and died. Before they had time to burn the flags, the Russians actually seized two coalition flags in one go. This is also the second time Nogi Kishinori lost his ensign when he was commanding operations. (The first time was in the Southwest War)

The news of this fiasco spread to Europe and immediately caused an uproar. The news that the Russian army used gas bombs to reverse the situation in one fell swoop immediately made Takahashi's bond issuance task difficult. Of course, the Russians would not be stupid to say that we ourselves do not have the ability to mass-produce poisonous gas. The poisonous gas was bought through smuggling channels and has been used up. On the contrary, they announced that we are producing more pesticides and shipping them continuously to the front lines to eliminate those Japanese pests.

Such news certainly boosted the morale of the Russian army, but on the contrary, the morale of the Japanese army was greatly affected. After all, at that time, most of the army knew nothing about the various restrictions of gas bombs, and worshipped its lethality infinitely. No matter how brave the warrior is, he will be afraid of something that will be lifeless if inhaled.

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"Let our people prepare, I guess the Japanese will come to the door soon." Grey Stone said to his subordinates. Nowadays, the sudden change of the battlefield situation makes it difficult for the Japanese to ride a tiger. It is estimated that at this time, no matter how much demand, the Japanese can only tolerate it. And Grey Stone, who was upset just now for personal reasons, also decided to vent his anger on the Japanese.

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