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Chapter 1,148: The direction of the war (2)

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    "Baga! If the Japanese Army didn't go on an expedition, where would your navy get the money to build warships and aircraft carriers? You must be grateful!" Tojo Hideki said angrily.

    However, Minai did not appreciate it at all and retorted: "The Army is on leave from the Expeditionary War Department, but our Navy is not enjoying itself in the local seaport. If our Navy does not deliver supplies and soldiers to you, your Army can deliver the supplies to the support base by itself."  /That?¡±

    Then Minai said again: "Even with the assistance of our navy and the entire Empire of Japan, your army's performance has been disappointing again and again. It is simply a waste of the hard-earned money of the empire's subjects. As the Minister of the Army, you should commit suicide."  I apologize to His Majesty and all the subjects of the empire!"

    "Bagayalu, why did our army let down the subjects of the empire? War itself has risks, so how about an army that can win every battle? One failure does not mean anything, and your navy is not a victorious general either!" Tojo Hideki  road.

    "Hmph, I hate your attitude of being arrogant even though you know it. It really embarrasses the imperial soldiers. Not to mention, in the 13th year of Showa, half a million troops were gathered on the battlefield to launch the Wuhan offensive, which was time-consuming.  It took more than half a year to defeat Wuhan, and nearly 100,000 troops were lost. And this time, not to mention the Northern Front/That Front, 50,000 troops besieged a small southwestern Shandong area, but they were defeated by that motley army.  You abandoned your armor, and in the end, you were devoured by more than 20,000 people. Your army is really capable, what else can you do besides bragging?" Minai said disdainfully.

    "Baga, under the Mi Cabinet, you can insult me, Tojo, but you cannot insult the hundreds of thousands of imperial warriors on the front line!"

    "Then Hideki Tojo said word for word: "The failure of the war was the commander's dereliction of duty and had nothing to do with the warriors who fought bloody battles on the front line. When you insult them like this, have you ever thought that you are also a soldier?"

    "Hahaha, Private Tojo, don't put such a big label on me! As you said, I am also a soldier. How could I insult myself in a boring way?"

    Then Yonei said again: "Tojo, as the Minister of Army of the Empire of Japan, you should know that war is not just a fight between people, but a competition between national powers. In terms of comprehensive national power, that person is indeed incomparable.  We have the Great Japanese Empire, but China is China after all. China¡¯s land area is 30 times that of the empire, and China has a population of 400 million, which is six times that of the empire.¡±

    "The empire occupies the northeastern part of Zhi/na, and the Zhi/na people can evacuate to the pass. The empire occupies Hebei, and they can retreat to Shanxi and Suiyuan. The empire occupies central China. The Zhi/na people can also evacuate to the Sichuan Basin.  That person has enough strategic depth, but does the empire have that many troops?¡±

    Without waiting for Hideki Tojo's reply, Mitsumasa Yoneuchi loudly said: "No, in fact, the empire's economic strength can only equip 500,000 troops at most. Any more will greatly affect the normal development of the empire! I tell you, as long as we support  / If that person persists for another year, the Japanese Empire will collapse without a fight, and support / that person will win without a fight! You don¡¯t know this, you will only clamor for more troops and go to war without knowing what is called!¡±

    "War is certainly the only way out for the Empire of Japan, but it does not mean that the Empire of Japan can be in place in one step. We can go to war with the Z/N people, but we cannot fight with the Z/N people for a long time."

    "Just like the Japanese-Qing War more than 30 years ago, we only fought against the Z/N people for one year, and the Japanese Empire got 230 million taels of silver, and also got the island of Taiwan. Nine years ago  We only fought the Manchuria Incident for half a year, but we gained the entire Manchuria and made a lot of money."

    "But this time we have fought for more than three years and paid a huge price, but now we have not gained any benefits. Therefore, our strategy must be adjusted, otherwise the Japanese Empire will decline because of this and will eventually be surpassed by the Japanese."  ! Once something like this happens, you and the entire army will be sinners of the empire and will not be forgiven by the subjects of the empire"

    Hearing the quarrel between Yoneuchi and Tojo, everyone including the Emperor and Prime Minister Konoe felt a headache!

    Obviously the quarrel between the two men has gone beyond the scope of this discussion and has escalated to a conflict between the army and the navy!

    "Baga, shut up! This is a royal meeting, not a market! And you are all important ministers of the empire, not ordinary people. If you have something to say, why don't you say it calmly and have to curse each other?" Konoe Fumima said loudly.  .

    Although he scolded the two of them, Konoe Fumima knew that his words would not be heard by these two people, and he would not let it go!

    In the militaries of various countries around the world, it is relatively normal to have conflicts between services. It depends on whether the conflict is major or minor.

    In the midst of a conflict? Japan and China are both experts at infighting.  China is relatively better. It only focuses on civil war and does not dare to fight on the battlefield.  But Japan is different. Their navy and army are fighting each other, and even Erha has to surrender.

    The quarrel between Tojo and Yonai is just the tip of the iceberg of the conflict between the two parties. It does not reflect how much the two parties want to kill each other. Neither the emperor nor Konoe Fumima can do anything about this situation!

    They all know that the conflict between the army and the navy cannot be reconciled with a few words, because this is not a verbal dispute, but a long-standing struggle between classes and interests. Once these are involved, everything will  It is necessary to bleed and fight.

    The dispute between the army and the navy has a long history, which can be traced back to the period of the Overthrow Movement.

    The overthrow movement in Japan was mainly instigated by the two powerful feudal lords, Satsuma and Choshu. The two vassals were the main forces in the overthrow movement.  After the shogunate's rule was overthrown, the two took control of the central government and began to take turns in power.

    Choshu and Satsuma already had conflicts. They had formed a feud as early as the shogunate era. After they came to power, the struggle for power became more serious, and the two vassals were at war with each other.

    The Japanese Army was born out of Choshu, and the Navy was born out of Satsuma. The battle between the Army and Navy was actually the battle between Choshu and Satsuma, and it was a power struggle between the two major feudal clans.

    Secondly, the dispute between the Japanese army and navy is a struggle between the rich and the poor.

    The Japanese navy mostly comes from wealthy aristocrats and wealthy businessmen families, while the army mostly comes from ordinary middle- and lower-class people. Both classes consider themselves to be the backbone of Japanese society, so no one obeys the other, and no one looks down on the other. The two factions even  They don't intermarry, they don't cooperate with each other in wars, and they even dig holes in each other.

    During the Russo-Japanese War, the Army would rather conduct a crushing charge under the powerful Russian firepower than request fire support from the Navy.

    The most important thing is that the battle between the army and the navy is a battle for resources and interests.

    Japan is a small country with a shortage of resources and limited financial resources. Although Japan¡¯s national power has increased dramatically through the Meiji Restoration, it is still relatively limited.

    Therefore, we can only choose one direction of development, the army or the navy. Whichever faction becomes more powerful will naturally obtain more resources. This results in two strategies: the navy advocates going south and the army advocates going north.

    Because the army must be strengthened to attack the Soviet Union northward, the army will receive more resources, and the navy will undoubtedly be the beneficiary of the war southward against Britain and the United States.

    "Your Majesty the Duke, my opinion is still the same as before. The empire must make peace with the clan. Otherwise, the Empire of Japan will have no way of turning back. The imperial family fortune that Emperor Meiji has accumulated with great difficulty will also disappear, and the Empire of Japan will also disappear.  You will be in ruins!" Mitsumasa Yoneuchi said in a deep voice.

    Yonei is a person with quite a strategic vision, which cannot be compared with speculators like Hideki Tojo!

    It¡¯s not that he disagrees with going to war with China, but he supports Japan¡¯s invasion of China!

    Like all Japanese in this era, Mitsumasa Yoneuchi firmly believes that external expansion is the only way out for Japan.

    But he does not support a nation-wide war with China. Mitsumasa Yoneuchi believes that to deal with a large and weak country like China, gradual encroachment is the most correct tactic, and that a long-term attrition war for the entire nation is the stupidest approach.

    Snakes can swallow goats and monkeys until they are full, but if they overestimate their ability and try to swallow an elephant, there is only one possibility in the end, and that is to die of being stuffed alive.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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