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Chapter 1,245: Improving military discipline

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    The two were silent for a while, and Anda Twenty-three said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, Commander, the imperial army's military discipline has always been very good when it was at home, but for some reason it became like this when it reached the front line!"

    Okamura Neji sighed and said: "I have also investigated this matter, and the final conclusion is that the problem of lack of military discipline in the Imperial Army must be analyzed from two aspects: the quality of officers and soldiers and the supply problem!"

    "The quality of the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army should be considered good in the whole world!"

    Okamura Neiji nodded and said: "That's true, but as the war continues to expand, a large number of veterans and potential officers and non-commissioned officers have been casualties, resulting in an increasing decline in the quality of officers and soldiers."

    "Officers and soldiers, we talk about officers first and then soldiers. Officers are the backbone of the army. The combat effectiveness of an army has a lot to do with the quality of grassroots officers. But in the past few years, I have discovered a problem, and that is the training of our grassroots officers.  It¡¯s getting rougher.¡±

    "Oh, is there anything else?"

    "Well, Mr. Anda may also know that the Army University's previous teaching plan was based on a three-year course with a quota of about 50 students, but now it has been changed to a two-year course. As the war situation becomes more urgent, the base camp is even planning to  It will be changed to a one-year short-term education with a quota of 200 students," said Okamura Neiji.

    Anda Twenty-Three said in surprise: "One-year system, isn't this nonsense? Are the officers trained in this way really the military talents the empire needs?"

    "Obviously it's not possible. Didn't Mr. Anda realize that, apart from being much more temperamental than us, the newly appointed junior officers are far behind in everything else? They are all defective products!"

    Then Neji Okamura said again: "It can be said that under the wartime system, the empire has interrupted the education of the officer corps in previous years, resulting in the phenomenon that officers lack basic education."

    At this time, Adachi Twenty-san finally understood the reason why Okamura Neiji said that the declining quality of officers and soldiers affected military discipline. Indeed, the quality of these newly appointed officers and non-commissioned officers does need to be improved.

    At this time, Okamura said again: "In addition to the problems in the officer training system, there are also many officers who were temporarily promoted from the battlefield by the commander. For example, if an infantry squadron leader died on the battlefield, our usual approach is  Promote the deputy squadron leader or squad leader to acting squadron leader. After the battle is over, the acting squadron leader will naturally become the squadron leader. In fact, the squadron leader who takes office at this time does not have the ability to command a combat squadron at all.  "

    "And sometimes we often have to replace several squadron leaders, even group captains or wing leaders in a battle, so the improvement of officers' quality obviously cannot keep up with the improvement of their positions."

    "If things go on like this, many of our squadron commanders, group captains, and even officers at the level of wing commanders may have only received simple military education, or they have simply not received orthodox military education. Without high-quality officers,  This shows the low combat effectiveness of each unit, and the lack of military discipline is also conceivable."

    Anda Twenty-Three also nodded and said: "Your Excellency Commander is right. The reason why the Imperial Japanese Army was invincible when the war first started is directly related to the quality of our frontline officers and soldiers."

    Okamura Neiji once again said: "Another reason for the lack of military discipline of the Imperial Army is the supply problem during wartime. Because of continuous long-distance marches and operations, the supplies transported to the rear are limited to ammunition, vehicle fuel and other necessities, and large-scale operations during marches and operations  Part of the rations had to be taken from the enemy."

    Lieutenant General Anda also knows about this problem.

    This method of on-the-spot recruitment and support for war was officially advocated in the combat outline issued by the base camp. Although it solved the supply problem of the soldier army, it also became a hotbed for the corruption of Japanese military discipline and the occurrence of various atrocities.

    "The last reason is that the people have a deep-rooted sense of superiority towards the Yamato nation and adopt a contemptuous attitude towards other ethnic groups. There is also the long-term indoctrination of the bushido spirit, which regards killing as a heroic act and the totalitarianism of worshiping the emperor.  Starting from the beginning, the inhuman thought was born, that is, absolute obedience to the strong and those who hold power, and obedience to the weak and those who do not hold power."

    "Your Excellency, Commander, what are you going to do?" Lieutenant General Anda asked in a deep voice.

    "Adachi-kun, lax military discipline has become a disease of the Imperial Army. If this disease cannot be cured, the Imperial Army's combat effectiveness will never be improved. How can an army without combat effectiveness shoulder the mission of His Majesty the Emperor?"  !¡±

    Then Okamura Neiji said: "Moreover, the corruption of military discipline will also lead to more serious consequences, such asArousing their resistance made it more difficult for the empire to completely occupy China.  Therefore, I think we must pay attention to the issue of military discipline in the army. I wonder what Mr. Anda thinks?  "

    Anda Twenty-Three immediately said: "I very much agree with the opinion of the Commander!"

    "Hey, military discipline is a big issue. You and I must unify our opinions, so that implementation will be smoother!" Okamura Neiji said.

    "Hai!"

    "As for how to solve this problem specifically, I also encountered such a thing when I was the commander of the Second Division in Mudanjiang. I have some experience in this. Let's talk about it"

    "Hai"

    Dividing line

    At the end of July, the North China Front Army Headquarters issued military discipline rectification orders to its three legions and a large number of directly affiliated troops!

    According to the order of the North China Front Army Headquarters, the Front Army Headquarters and each division immediately reviewed all military police officers. Those who passed the test were retained in their posts, and those who failed were all removed from the military police force.

    At the same time, the original gendarmerie was expanded, and the front army gendarmerie was upgraded to a division-level military unit. Lieutenant General Anda also served as the gendarmerie commander, responsible for the military discipline of the northern branch/that front army.

    ¡° Moreover, Okamura Neiji also asked all units to immediately educate grassroots officers and soldiers on military style and discipline issues, print military discipline regulations and various slogans, and require soldiers to recite them once every morning and evening.

    And strictly dealt with those soldiers who refused to change despite repeated admonitions, and unexpectedly encouraged the common people to report and expose officers and soldiers who violated military discipline.

    Even Okamura Neiji issued three prohibitions on the troops. The first is to prohibit the troops from massacring civilians in the name of mopping up during non-combat periods. The second is to prohibit the frontline officers and soldiers from raping women. The last is to prohibit the harassment of officers and soldiers.  In those large and famous temples, anyone who violates the order will be sent to a military court for trial!

    As soon as this order came out, the whole of North China was in an uproar!

    "Both the Japanese army and the Chinese side are very unfavorable about this. The Japanese understand the virtues of the Japanese soldiers on the front line, and the Chinese understand it too!"

    Burning, killing and looting have become the only motivation for Japanese soldiers on the battlefield. Even if Okamura Neiji is a general and commander, so what, how many people will buy it?

    More importantly, not only the grassroots soldiers, but also many brigade commanders and division commanders have made their fortunes by raiding and plundering the wealth of the Chinese. Will they care about this obviously absurd order from Okamura Neiji?

    ¡°How can the Chinese believe something that even the Japanese don¡¯t believe, and let the Chinese expose the crimes of Japanese soldiers? I¡¯m afraid they will be arrested before they even enter the military police headquarters. Who would be stupid enough to throw themselves into a trap?

    Therefore, although this order from the North China Front Army Headquarters was issued to the front line, and on the surface the commanders of each unit were very cooperative, in fact it was just a formality.

    The troops on the front line were supposed to eat and drink, and they still robbed what they were supposed to do when they went out for raids. They still wouldn't let go of the pretty girls they met. No one took the so-called prohibitions seriously, until the news came from Peking.  News that the Military Police Command executed 47 soldiers for violating discipline in one day.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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