Glorious Mission 1937

All those present here are relatively well-known officers of the Japanese army, even if they are major generals at worst, they don't know the current situation of the army.But some things are clear and clear. If you really want them to lift the cover, they don't necessarily have the courage, not necessarily, but they definitely don't have the courage.

"Mr. Tojo, keep talking. Although no one has been willing to deal with military discipline issues, but now I am entrusted by His Majesty the Emperor to defend Northern China no matter how difficult it is. Without a strong army, what can I do to complete the Emperor's mission?" The task assigned by His Majesty! Therefore, the issue of military discipline must be dealt with!" Okamura Ningji said loudly.

"Hay! After talking about the officer, let's talk about the soldiers of the empire. The reason why the Imperial Japanese Army was invincible at the beginning of the war has a lot to do with our soldiers. Before our soldiers were all Soldiers on active duty who have undergone special training have high literacy and strong combat effectiveness."

"As the war continued to expand, many of the troops were reserve soldiers, and the reserve soldiers came directly from the Japanese nationals, and there was no sense of discipline at all. Generally, they went into battle immediately after enlistment, and at most it only took one to two months Recruit training, such soldiers are not considered soldiers at all, at best they are peasants with weapons. Therefore, the lack of military discipline in the army is actually caused by these armed peasants. Besides, you know the quality of the citizens of the empire, although I am very reluctant to say this, but I have to say that the citizens of the empire lack public morality, lack of information, lack of understanding of international affairs, lack of tolerance and benevolence and righteousness, which is an important reason for the current crisis of the imperial army. "Hideki Tojo said.

Iijima Sadagu was very dissatisfied with Tojo Hideki's words to the Japanese people.Although Tojo is an old senior in the army, when Iijima was still the brigade commander, Tojo was already the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, but despite this, Iijima Sadagu said with a bad face: "Your Excellency Tojo , although I agree with your analysis just now, but I don't agree with the evaluation of the imperial citizens just now. Your analysis of these bad roots of the Japanese nationals seems to be too broad and superficial. The reason why you have such a misunderstanding of the imperial civilians or The reason for the evaluation is entirely because the people have a deep-rooted sense of superiority to the Yamato nation, and take a contemptuous attitude towards other nations. There is also the long-term indoctrination of the Bushido spirit, which regards killing as a heroic act, and starts from the totalitarianism of worshiping the emperor. , produced inhuman thoughts, that is, absolute obedience to the strong and those who hold power, and obedience to the weak and those who do not hold power. Because of these thoughts, those ordinary soldiers committed inhumane acts as if nothing had happened.” .

Seeing that the commanders of the two major armies under his command seemed to have a tendency to fight, Okamura Ningji said hastily: "Let's not discuss this issue. Every nation has its own bad roots. This is determined by the living environment. Even if you study deeply We can’t change the reason, now we continue to analyze the reason for the lack of military discipline in the imperial army, and at the same time find a way to solve this problem!”

"Of course, what the Tojo Army said just now is not unreasonable. During the Russo-Japanese War and the Beiqing Incident, the soldiers of the imperial army were mainly active-duty soldiers, and almost all the captains of the regiment, university, middle and small teams were in the battalion. Officers in the service period. Therefore, the good customs of unity and obedience and military discipline have been preserved. On the contrary, during the Sino-Japanese Incident and the Sino-Japanese War, the number of various troops increased sharply. With the protracted war, the traditional good customs Fewer and fewer new or changed units are like wine mixed with water, and the traditional good ethos of the army has been completely lost.”

I heard Okamura Ningji being so reconciled.Hideki Tojo and Sadagu Iijima stopped entangled in this issue.If you continue to talk about it, it will definitely arouse General Okamura's disgust.

Hideki Tojo continued: "Another important reason for the corruption of the imperial army's military discipline is the problem of supplies during the war. Regarding the issue of plunder or lack of benevolence to the residents, judging from the actual situation of combat, it is not without reason to some extent. This is because of continuous long-distance marches and battles, the supplies delivered to the rear are limited to ammunition, vehicle fuel and other necessities, and most of the rations during the march and battle have to be taken from the enemy.”

Neiji Okamura also knew about this issue.This kind of on-the-spot requisition was advocated by the combat outline issued by the official base camp in the way of fighting to support the war. Although it solved the supply problem of the soldiers, it also became a hotbed for the corruption of Japanese military discipline and various atrocities.

First of all, on-the-spot expropriation itself brought the evil of plundering food and other materials. In addition, the most important thing was that the Japanese army had a large-scale contact with Chinese civilians, which brought about various atrocities such as rape and massacre, which seriously disturbed and harmed the people.

After Hideki Tojo finished speaking, Ningji Okamura got up and said: "Your Excellency Tojo's summary of the reasons for the corruption of the imperial army's military style and military discipline is still very objective and fair. The continuation, expansion and long-term of the war has indeed brought great harm to the empire. A series of unsolvable problems, such as the lack of timely and sufficient replenishment of officers and soldiers, led to a decline in the overall quality of the army, which is indeed more serious than in the early stage of the empire’s outward expansion, and this is an objective factor.”

"In addition, the continuous expansion of the war also caused the shortage of various materials, which led to the occurrence of military plunder and other atrocities. From this point, Tojo-kun analyzed the reasons for the corruption of the imperial army's military style and discipline. This is very inspiring to me. Supplement The combination of the two will help us to objectively understand the essence and causes of the corruption of the imperial army’s military discipline.”

Then Neiji Okamura said again: "Now that the cause of the problem has been clarified, then we must solve the problem. The corruption of military discipline will inevitably arouse their resistance to China, a victimized country. This has greatly increased the difficulty of the empire's complete occupation of China, which is an important reason why China's army has been able to develop rapidly in recent years, and it is also an important reason for various "violences" in security areas."

"In addition, the lack of military discipline will greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the imperial army itself. Therefore, the front army must take effective measures to strictly enforce military discipline. What do you think?"

Seeing that everyone was silent, Okamura Ningji smiled and said: "Masters, the reason why I put the location of the first meeting here is to let you put aside everything in the city and talk to me and me. His Majesty the Emperor stood together. The lax military discipline has become a disease of the Imperial Army. If this disease cannot be cured, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army will not be improved. How can an army without combat effectiveness shoulder the burden of His Majesty the Emperor? Mission, and how to protect you, think about those officers who were killed or captured by the Chinese army, maybe their end today is our end tomorrow, so no matter whether it is public or private, the general must be disciplined.”

After a few minutes of silence in the conference room, Iijima Sadagu stood up suddenly and said: "Your Excellency, what you said makes sense. Whether in public or private, we can't let the army go down like this. There are only 4 battles to 'enter' China." In the past few years, the combat effectiveness of the imperial army has dropped so much, which is a dangerous signal, so I am willing to obey the command of the Commander. Resolutely clean up the military discipline."

It's good to have someone take the lead.After Iijima Sadagu, many people spoke out in support of Neiji Okamura.Willing to assist the newly appointed commander of the front army to solve this problem together.Of course, both Iijima Sadagu and others and Okamura Neiji himself know that these people are just talking.As for whether they are really willing to assist Okamura, I am afraid only they themselves know.

"Yoxi, if that's the case, let me tell you about my plan. The purge of military discipline must be implemented as soon as possible. The sooner it is implemented, the faster it will improve the combat effectiveness of the army. I will read out a few orders below!"

"Wow..." As soon as Neiji Okamura finished speaking, everyone in the meeting room hurriedly stood up, bowed their heads and listened to Commander-in-Chief's instruction!

"Order: The Front Army Headquarters and each division will immediately review all the military police. Those who pass the qualifications will be retained, and those who are unqualified will be removed from the military police. At the same time, the original military police will be expanded. His Excellency Yukio Kasahara will concurrently be the Commander of the Gendarmerie, responsible for the military discipline of the North China Front Army.”

"Order: All troops immediately educate grassroots officers and soldiers on military discipline and discipline, print military discipline regulations and various slogans, and require soldiers to recite them every morning and evening. At the same time, strictly deal with those soldiers who refuse to mend their ways, and encourage the Chinese people Report and expose officers and soldiers who violate military discipline."

"Order: Strictly order the officers and soldiers of all troops to keep their belts tight, resolutely put an end to the crime of rape and rape of Chinese women, and anyone who violates the order will be sent to a military court for trial!"

"Have you heard the above three points clearly?"

"Listen clearly!"

"Since you have heard it clearly, you must strictly implement it, and resolutely put an end to favoritism and fraud, understand?"

"Hay!"

Although everyone shouted loudly, they were not optimistic about the prospect of the purge of military discipline proposed by Neiji Okamura. They knew very well what kind of virtue the soldiers under their command had. Although these measures look good on the surface, there will certainly not be too many people who will buy them.

Take the last item as an example. Rape cases occurred frequently in the occupied areas during wartime, but there were no strict measures to deal with them from the base camp down to the smallest command organization. According to the Criminal Law of the Imperial Japanese Army, rape The crime of rape must be reported by the victim himself.

But this will not work at all. Reporting by rape victims basically does not exist. The main reason is that the people of the invaded country cannot enjoy legitimate rights at all, and most of them are in a weak position in such cases.Secondly, it is related to the traditional concept of chastity and integrity in China. In the context of Chinese culture and society at that time, a woman was destroyed if she was raped, and it was even an insult to her family. If you take the road of death, you can only take a forbearing attitude, and it is difficult to complain in public.

Therefore, such regulations of the Japanese Army have no binding force on the Japanese army at all, and these regulations are rarely implemented in actual operations.Not long ago, a Chinese reported that a soldier stationed in Tianjin raped a Chinese female student, and the 27th Division sent military police to investigate the matter and found that the case was true.After apprehending the criminal, he ran into a problem. Although the criminal was just an ordinary soldier, the captain of his regiment forced him to leave in the name of his repeated military exploits.And now such excuses are prevalent everywhere, and it is not an easy task to completely clean up military discipline. (To be continued..)