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Chapter 234: Far-reaching influence (please vote for me!)

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    Although the Battle of Quanjiao did not last long, only three days from the beginning to the end, its impact was very far-reaching.

    With the vigorous propaganda of the National Government, the Central News Agency and other official media spared no effort in promoting the victory, so that the Quanjiao Victory spread all over the country in a very short period of time, and even spread to foreign countries.

    Although Li Guoyao and the 7th Division became famous, at the same time, the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the people across the country was also inspired. For a time, people raised large amounts of money for the country to support the Anti-Japanese War. There were even long lines of young adults at recruitment points in various places.  .

    However, the more significant impact was that it stimulated the Japanese and made the internal conflicts of the Japanese army, which were originally full of contradictions, almost open to the public.

    In fact, the Japanese army is not monolithic. In addition to the conflicts between the army and the navy, there are also sharp conflicts within the army.

    As early as 1935, after the North China Incident, Sino-Japanese relations became increasingly tense.  On how to deal with this matter, the Japanese military community divided into two camps with different opinions on whether to continue to expand the war against China - the "expansionists" and the "anti-expansionists".

    There are many representatives of the "expansion faction", and most of them are conservative figures at the top of the Japanese army who lack vision, such as the then Army Minister Sugiyama Gen, Army Vice Minister Yoshijiro Umezu, Chief of Staff Prince Zaihito, Deputy Chief of Staff Tada Shun, Kwantung Army  Commander Ueda Kenkichi, Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Hideki Tojo and others.  Based on the increase in "anti-Japanese" activities in China, they insisted on the need to "attack China."

    On the eve of the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese military attach¨¦ in China, Makoto Kita, reported, "Until Manchuria is recovered, the Chiang regime's anti-Japanese policy may remain unchanged. I hope that in exchange for my concessions to North China, the Chiang regime will cancel its anti-Japanese policy."  mistake."

    At the same time, Kita Seiichi judged that once a war broke out between Japan and the Soviet Union, China would not remain neutral. "Before starting a war with the Soviet Union, China must first strike a blow to undermine the foundation of Chiang Kai-shek's regime."

    ??Then the Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Hideki Tojo also wrote to the military headquarters, "If our military strength allows, it is the best policy to first strike at the Nanjing regime and remove the threat behind me."

    The opposite "anti-expansion faction" is represented by Ishihara Kanji, the Chief of Operations of the General Staff Headquarters. Ishihara Kanji's core idea is the "final world war theory", and Japan and the United States must eventually fight a decisive battle.  Before that, Japan must make every effort to build "Manchukuo", enrich its national strength, and make every effort to deal with the Soviet Union.  Toward China, pursue the so-called "Japan-China goodwill" and make China a member of the "East Asia Alliance".

    The changes in the national conditions of China and the Soviet Union also made Ishihara Wanji oppose the expansion of the war of aggression against China.  In 1935, the Nationalist Government carried out "currency reform" with British assistance and signed commercial, railway and other loan agreements with Britain and the United States, making the conflict of interests between Japan and Britain and the United States in China more obvious.

    On the other hand, the Soviet Union continued to strengthen its military power in the Far East and frequently had frictions with the Japanese army, posing a threat to Japan's "Manchuria management."

    Based on the above reasons, Ishihara Kanji suggested that "the empire should abandon its past imperialist aggressive policy" and stop operating the "North China Partition".

    Under the influence of Ishihara, Hayashi Juro's cabinet formulated a China policy in April 1937: to give face to the Nanjing regime, make it abandon the policy of tolerating the Communist Party and rely on Europe and the United States, and vigorously promote economic development cooperation.  But only a month later, Lin's cabinet collapsed.

    From the "July 7th Incident" to the "August 13th" operation in Shanghai, the differences between the Japanese military department on China policy have not been resolved, but have become more acute.

    Within the base camp, some people believe that Japan should take this opportunity to send troops to conquer China before it is truly unified and prosperous, in order to achieve Japan's long-term goal against China.

    Another view is that Japan's real enemies are the Soviet Union and the United States, and these two countries are powerful obstacles to Japan's outward expansion. Therefore, it should continue to accumulate strength and wait for opportunities to strike. As for the current events in China, it should be  No longer expand, but solve it on the spot.

    Ishihara Kanji, who participated in planning the "September 18th Incident", was a fascist soldier with multiple ideological systems and was known as a strategist.

    Two years before the Marco Polo Bridge Incident broke out, the Soviet Union¡¯s first five-year plan had been completed and the second five-year plan was being implemented smoothly.  The Soviet Union's military power has been greatly enhanced. It has formed a large number of rapid clusters with cavalry and tanks as the backbone in the Far East, and has built many border fortification areas.

    The Soviet army has about 14 infantry divisions, 950 aircraft, and 850 tanks stationed around the northeast. Each division has an average of 68 aircraft and 61 tanks.  The Japanese army only had 5 divisions in the Northeast, 220 aircraft, and 150 tanks. On average, each division had only 44 aircraft and 30 tanks. There was a huge gap in military strength between Japan and the Soviet Union.

    USA??After the "September 18th Incident", the construction of large-scale, modern underground military projects has been stepped up on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines and Coricheru Island at the mouth of Manila Bay.

    Ishihara believed that it was these two countries that were restraining Japan's current and future actions. Since Japan's military strength was very different from that of the Soviet Union and the United States, he proposed a plan to develop "Manchuria" resources and make it self-sufficient and independent.  Defense plans for combat capabilities against the Soviet Union and the United States.

    Later, based on Ishihara's idea, the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters formulated a five-year plan proposal for completing combat preparations against the Soviet Union and developing "Manchuria" from 1937 to 1941 in July 1936, and on January 23, 1937  It was approved by Prince Zain, Chief of Staff, and implemented in April 1937.

    Therefore, Ishihara Kanji held a negative attitude towards the Marco Polo Bridge Incident and the Shanghai Operation in the fall of that year. He believed that Japan wasted its strength in fighting China because it was a conspiracy of the Soviet Union and the United States; Japan was not ready to fight a war.  Preparation for the war.

    Due to the dispatch of troops to North China and Shanghai, Ishihara put forward the view that "Manchuria" was insufficiently prepared for war against the Soviet Union and would be difficult to deal with if something happened. He believed that Japan was currently concentrating on building "Manchuria" and strengthening its war preparations against the Soviet Union to consolidate national defense and not to interfere with China.  Broken apart by problems.

    He also proposed that if we start an all-out war with China, we will fall into a quagmire. Therefore, we should decisively withdraw the North China troops to the line of the Great Wall at Shanhaiguan. Then Prime Minister Konoe will fly to Nanjing to proactively discuss with the Chinese government to resolve the issues between Japan and China.  .

    However, most of the senior leadership of the Japanese army advocated increasing troops and expanding aggression towards China. Shi Principle believed that these people lacked foresight and foresight and were rigid figures who pushed Japan into danger.  After the decision was made to dispatch the 9th, 13th, and 101st Divisions to Shanghai on September 7, Kanji Ishihara proposed to resign as the Chief of Operations and left the decision-making and high-level command organs of the Japanese army. In the end, the "expansionists" gained the upper hand.  .

    Those of the "expansionists" believe that "as long as a small number of troops are thrown into the battlefield at one stroke, a major victory can be achieved." Not only can they quickly resolve the North China Incident like the "Manchuria Incident", but they will also not incur the consequences of the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union.  Waiting for countries to intervene.

    Emperor Hirohito asked Sugiyama Yuan: "How long will it take before we can see hope in dealing with the incident?" Sugiyama Yuan answered optimistically: "The incident will be resolved within two months."

    As a result, the "expansionists" took the lead in the war of aggression against China, while the "non-expansionists" failed to stop the war.

    The result was completely contrary to what the "expansionists" expected. The destruction of China in three months was like a joke. The Battle of Songhu lasted more than three months.

    It has now been seven and a half months since the July 7th Incident. Although the Japanese army captured Nanjing, the capital of China, they failed to force the Chinese government to surrender. Instead, they reunited the Chinese government, which was originally in disarray, and turned its guns to the outside world.  This completely caught Japan by surprise.

    Especially in the past two months, the performance of the Chinese army on the battlefield has become more and more surprising, especially in the Battle of Nanjing. The original purpose of the Japanese army was to annihilate the hundreds of thousands of defenders in Nanjing City.  The hardest hit was an empty city. Although the defenders suffered heavy casualties, their vitality remained intact.

    In the following period, the imperial army suffered repeated defeats in the Jiangbei region. The 13th Division alone lost more than 16,000 people, equivalent to a three-unit field division.

    Thinking about how many troops there are in Japan now, such heavy casualties were completely unexpected by the top Japanese military officials.

    In contrast, representatives of the "non-expansion faction" who had been suppressed resurfaced and accused Juichi Terauchi, Moto Sugiyama and others for expanding the war. The two sides attacked each other at the base camp and in front of the imperial court, and the Japanese court became  They entered a place filled with smoke, and these were obviously not what Li Guoyao and others could have expected.

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