Today, there are Japanese soldiers carrying guns and live ammunition at the Akita family, and within a few dozen meters, not only Chinese people, but even Japanese people are not allowed to approach.

However, when Kagesasa Akira and Ken Inukai appeared outside Akita's house, the Japanese soldiers standing guard immediately let him go.

The two of them lifted up the dark blue curtains and bent down to enter, but found that there was already a person sitting in the lobby.

He is a middle-aged man, wearing a dark kimono and a pair of black-framed glasses, and looks very thin.

Almost as Kagesaki and the others entered the door, the middle-aged man also looked up at the door. Ken Inukai recognized him at a glance. This man was Lieutenant General Okamura Nagato, the commander of the 11th Army.

"Your Excellency General!" Akisatsu Akira and Inukai Ken quickly stepped forward and gave their heads again.

"Hey, this is just a private party." Okamura Yanji waved his hand and said lightly, "No need to be too restrictive."

"Hai!" Kagesatsu Akira and Inokakuya paused again when they heard this, then took off their wooden shoes, climbed onto the tatami, and then knelt down opposite Okamura Nishi from the shortest.

Okamura Yasuji told them not to be restrained, but Kagesaki Akira and Inoka Ken still straightened their bodies straight.

There is no way, Okamura Yasuji has the rank of lieutenant general, and it is said that he will be promoted to general soon. Not long after Kagesaki Hashiaki has just been promoted to colonel, Ken Inaki is just a small major. There is a gap between the class status of both sides, so Kagesaki Hashiaki and Ken Inaki really can't get away.

Okamura Yasuji understood the reason, so he didn't force the two of them.

Okamura Yasuji's eyes first fell on Inukai Ken's face, but the question was Akira Kagesaki: "Kagesaki, I guess this one you mentioned, the economics expert Inukai Ken's, right?"

"Hayi!" Inukai Ken paused his head, "Please take care of him, General!"

"Where?" said Okamura Yasuji, "Inukai is too modest. You should take care of me more. Please help our 11th Army solve the problem of food supply in any case."

Japan is now really facing the big problem of food supply.

Because of the guerrilla warfare in the occupied areas of North China, Central China and East China, the strategy of fighting to support war formulated by Japan before the war was completely wiped out. Therefore, it could only transport grain from the Northeast and the local area to China, which led to a rapid surge in rice prices in the Northeast and even the local area.

So far, the rice prices in Japan have risen several times.

The direct consequence is that a large number of citizens go bankrupt or even commit suicide.

Some people will ask, the price of American grain is so cheap, why doesn’t Japan buy it in the United States?

The answer is no! Because the Americans check in cash dollars but do not charge Japanese yen, Japan has to pay US dollars or pounds to buy grain from the United States. However, the Japanese government's pound or US dollars belongs to foreign exchange. These precious foreign exchanges are used to import rubber, scrap steel and crude oil, and must not be wasted on grain.

Therefore, in order to alleviate the local food crisis, the Japanese base camp could only allow the Japanese invaders to raise grain on their own.

Depending on the defense zone, the difficulty of raising grain for the various Japanese troops invading China is very different. For example, the First Army stationed in Shanxi and the 12th Army stationed in Shandong is basically not difficult to raise grain. The Mongolian Army stationed in Guangzhou is slightly more difficult, but due to the small force, it can be overcome, but the 11th Army of Okamura Yasuji is the most difficult.

Because the 11th Army now only controls the narrow areas on both sides of the Yangtze River and on both sides of the Pinghan Railway, and on the periphery of these areas, there are millions of Chinese war zones entrenched! Therefore, there is no food at all. On the contrary, the combat mission of the 11th Army is far heavier than other armies!

There was no way, so Okamura Yasuji had to go to Shanghai to beg for alms.

Inukai Ken didn't shirk responsibility and asked directly: "Genius General, how many kilograms of food is missing in the 11th Army?"

"Two hundred thousand troops are needed for three months of combat." Okamura Yanji pondered, "It can be worth 40 million pounds!"

"Forty million kilograms of grain, that is, 20,000 tons!" Inuyangjian nodded slightly and asked again, "Your Excellency General, do you have to be rice or wheat? Is corn OK?"

"Corn?" Okamura Yanji was a little surprised.

"That's right." Inuka Ken explained, "We are fighting a grain war with Zhong Yi through some Chinese grain merchants. Now we are stocking up more than 100,000 tons of corn in our hands!"

"High tens of thousands of tons of corn?" Okamura Yanji was even more shocked.

"Hayi." Inukayan paused his head again and continued, "If corn is OK, then 20,000 tons of grain is not a problem at all. If corn is not OK, then you can only exchange corn for rice from Shanghai. 2 tons probably won't work, and it should be OK to exchange it for millions of kilograms."

At this time, Okamura Yasuji finally came to his senses and hurriedly said, "Inukaijun, it's OK, corn is OK, but if you can exchange corn for four or five million kilograms of rice, that would be great."

"Hayi!" Ken Inukai paused and said, "God General, this matter is for me."

After a pause, Inukai Ken continued, "At most half a month, no, it only takes ten days at most. Twenty thousand tons of corn and five million kilograms of rice will definitely be loaded on the train to Jiujiang as scheduled!"

"Yoxi!" Okamura Yasuji was overjoyed when he heard this, "Inukai, you have really helped me this time!"

"Where?" Inuyangjian was proud, but said modestly, "This is just a simple task."

While speaking, the boss of the Akita family had already brought the beef. Okamura Yanji said with a stern hand: "Inukaijun, and Kagesaki, this is the authentic Kobe wagyu beef. It has just been shipped from Kobe, please!"

"Hayi!" Ken Inaki and Shiaki Kageo bowed heavily and began to enjoy the beef.

Okamura Yiji cut a small piece of beef and put it into his mouth. He tasted the freshness, tenderness and smoothness, and his face couldn't help but look intoxicated.

Kagesasatsu and Inukai Ken are also similar.

Because Kobe and beef are indeed delicious, even at their salary, they are not often eaten.

After a while, Okamura Yanji swallowed the wakame beef and asked Ken Inae Ken: "Inaejun, you just said that you were fighting a food war with Zhong Yi. How far has it been fought? When will the winner be decided?"

"Hayi." Inuyang Jian quickly swallowed the beef in his mouth and replied, "It should be soon. As long as the 200,000 tons of corn in Zhong Yi's hand is consumed, he will have to let us slaughter."
Chapter completed!