Okamura Ninji is a very smart person, smart people know when to say something, and very smart people know when not to talk at all. As a Chinese expert in the army, he was also responsible for the recent task of suppressing heretical ideas in the General Staff. If someone else has a deep talk with Kita Yihui, they will either find a way to kill Kita Yihui immediately, or go to the War Department to give advice. Okamura Ninji didn't do that, and he continued his work as if he had never seen Kita Ikki before. For heresies in the army, Okamura Ninji is mainly to scare. I wanted to catch some, but after I caught it, I was reprimanded and released. For Okamura, this tricky job is a shortcut to his future benefits.

Of course, the War Department did not know that Okamura Ninji, who was born in the "Tenho Money" group, was actually doing this, Katsura Taro had already died, Katsura Taro's teacher Aritomo Yama had also died, and now Tanaka Yoshiichi was already in charge of the Army Department. Yoshiichi Tanaka is not only a famous soldier, but also has a unique political vision.

The dispute between the army and the navy has reached an almost white-hot point now, and Takahashi is the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, Yamamoto Gonbei is a member of the Admiralty, and he is also a person who has been ruthlessly rectified by Yama Prefecture Aritomo. At the end of 1913, the "Siemens Incident" of corruption in the Admiralty dealt a great blow to the power of the navy, and as a veteran of the Japanese navy who promoted Heihachiro Togo, Gonbei Yamamoto was not involved in this matter, and as a result, he was transferred to the reserve. The navy was dealt a heavy blow.

However, the rise of China saved the navy, and after a series of defeats for the army, Takahashi came to power. After coming to power, Takahashi was to clean up the Japanese order, suppress the factions of the army, and even prepare to abolish the Japanese General Staff Headquarters. Although this was not done in the end, the power of the War Office was greatly weakened. The War Department, which was already in internal chaos, was finally forced to elect a new leader, Yoshiichi Tanaka.

Yoshiichi Tanaka did not directly set off a confrontation with the Admiralty, but chose a policy that bordered on "silence". We will not take the initiative to stir up trouble, we will not take the initiative to expand the strength of the War Department, and we will never make concessions. This is the strategy chosen by Yoshiichi Tanaka.

On the issue of the brigade university, Tanaka Yoshiichi ordered the entire army department to absolutely not speak. Luda is a naval base, and whether to abandon Luda is a matter for the Admiralty. The War Department was initially very incomprehensible to Tanaka Yoshiichi's actions, but with China's hardline attitude, the Japanese people reacted strongly to the issue of the brigade.

It was the Japanese Army that took Lushun with great difficulty, which was the spoils of war obtained by Japan after the Russo-Japanese War. Now that they want to obediently hand it over to the Chinese, the Japanese people naturally have a strong attitude of opposition. The Yamamoto Gonbei cabinet knew that it would not be able to hold the brigade, and it was impossible for it to engage in a full-scale war with China because of this. However, "public opinion" was against them, and the strong thinking of Japanese expansion did not allow to give up every piece of land it had eaten. The Government is also extremely troubled by this matter.

In the face of the government's "silence", the people had no other way, so the army, which could confront the Admiralty, became the object of the people's expectation. Many young people began to petition the War Department, asking the War Department to intervene to prevent the government from returning the Luda area to China. In the face of such political changes in China, Yoshiichi Tanaka once again issued a strict order to the War Department, "absolutely not to make any comments or attitudes on the issue of the brigade university."

The smart guys in the War Department have understood what Yoshiichi Tanaka is doing, and as long as the War Department is silent, all the pressure will fall on the head of the Navy. This pressure will only get heavier, and the Admiralty will have fewer and fewer options.

"If the Admiralty wins the war in the future......" Some unintelligent War Department servicemen asked Yoshiichi Tanaka.

"Then let them win." Yoshiichi Tanaka replied very simply, "Our War Department has already shed blood at the brigade university, and now is not the time for us to speak. ”