Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 725: With the Black Mountain Gold Mine, we have everything. There is no need to be discourag

Kurofuji Ichiro learned from the correspondence with his country that the situation in the country was very bad. On the surface, the imperial army was advancing triumphantly, but in fact, people were already starving to death in the country. If he wanted to survive, he had no choice but to join the army.

The truth is so cruel. War is just a carnival for the big guys. For little people like them, it is difficult to even have enough food and clothing.

"The situation is indeed very serious. According to my brother-in-law in the Kwantung Army, in order to ensure the supply of military rations for the entire county, the Empire has squeezed the reclamation group to the limit."

"Although the Empire has occupied so much territory, it has not been able to effectively transform its resources into combat power. Our 12th Army is a good example. There is a huge shortage of food supply. If the mainland and Guanzhong Army had not allocated some food to us, we might have starved to death."

"Especially since this year, various disasters have occurred frequently, resulting in widespread poor harvests. In the past two years, the 12th Army was able to be completely self-sufficient and even supply a batch of military rations to the troops at the front."

"But with droughts happening one after another, the production has been decreasing year by year in the past two years. In addition, the enemy's resistance has never stopped, making it impossible for us to effectively control the occupied areas."

"The current situation may not seem to have collapsed on the surface, but in reality it has already been riddled with holes. In the past, a large number of Chinese people were willing to risk their lives for a bite to eat."

"But after Li Yunlong provided a large amount of food for disaster relief, fewer and fewer people supported us, especially those members of the maintenance association. Their property had been confiscated by the troops sent by Li Yunlong, causing the tax system we had worked so hard to establish to collapse overnight."

"The financial situation of the 12th Army is very bad. If it weren't for the huge amount of money it made from the Zhangjiazhuang market, it would be hard for it to survive now."

"The war between the Empire and China has been going on for five years. The long-term fighting has consumed a lot of the Empire. The mainland has always wanted to resolve the war in China as soon as possible, but China is like an indestructible cockroach, resisting our attacks round after round."

"If this continues, the empire's finances will inevitably collapse, and the two battlefields in the Pacific and China will directly drag down the empire."

"Those bastards at the headquarters only know how to release fake news every day, saying that we have won one victory after another, but we have sacrificed so many warriors and gained nothing. I really don't understand what this damn war is for."

Ichiro Nakamura was so angry that he vented his dissatisfaction directly. With his status, he was an honored guest wherever he went, but now he was forced to come to the Black Mountain Gold Mine and eat dirt. Any normal person would be unhappy.

"Nakamura-kun, you really don't need to be so angry. With the Black Mountain Gold Mine and this foothold, we have the ability to survive."

"Next, I will use my connections to secretly get some soldiers here. We will use the Black Mountain Gold Mine as our base, and gradually erode the surrounding areas to turn it into our ideal country."

"We are not short of money or food, but we are a little short of manpower. Fortunately, we have captured a group of strong laborers before and planned to send them to the rear to sell for money. Now we can use them for ourselves!" Kojiro Hirata expressed his plans for the future with a faint smile on his face.