[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 789: Gangcun who is not favored (ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Yukio Kasawara is also not a good stubble, although Iida Sadagu's position and rank are higher than him, and Iida Sadagu's seniority in the army is not comparable to that of Kasahara Yukio. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 But Yukio Kasawara was not afraid, and immediately said, "Oh, I don't know what is the reason for Your Excellency Iida's refutation of the humble position? ”

Iida Sadagu was not verbose, and immediately said: "Kasawara-kun, you just said some superficial phenomena, in fact, I think that the reason why the imperial soldiers did some radical things is entirely because the people have a deep-seated sense of superiority over the Yamato nation and adopt a contemptuous attitude towards other nations. ”

"In addition, the spirit of bushido has been inculcated for a long time, killing people is regarded as a heroic act, and from the totalitarianism of worshipping the emperor, the inhumane idea of absolute obedience to the strong and those who hold power, and obedience to the weak and those who do not hold power. It is because of these thoughts that those ordinary soldiers have committed inhumane acts as if nothing had happened."

Seeing that the two generals under his command seemed to have a tendency to fight, Okamura Ninji hurriedly said: "Let's not discuss this issue, every nation has its inferior roots, which is determined by the living environment. Even if we dig deeper into the cause, we can't change it, now we continue to analyze the reasons for the lack of discipline in the imperial army, and at the same time find a way to solve this problem! ”

"Of course, what Kasawara-kun just said is not unreasonable. The soldiers of the Imperial Army at the time of the Northern Qing Incident in the Russo-Japanese War were mainly active soldiers, and almost all of the commanders of the joint, large, medium, and squad were officers who served in the battalion. As a result, the fine customs of unity and obedience and military discipline in all aspects have been preserved. On the contrary, the number of soldiers of all branches of the armed forces has increased dramatically, and with the prolongation of the war, the traditional fine atmosphere has become less and less, and the newly built or changed units are like wine mixed with water, and the traditional fine atmosphere of the army has been completely lost. ”

Hearing Okamura Ninji like this, Yukio Kasahara and Iida Sadagu will not be entangled in this issue, and if they continue to talk about it, it will definitely arouse the disgust of General Okamura.

Yukio Kasawara continued: "Another important cause of the corruption of the imperial army's military discipline was the problem of supply in wartime, and the problem of plunder or lack of benevolence towards the inhabitants was to some extent unreasonable from the actual situation of the war. This was due to the fact that during the continuous long marches and battles, the supplies transported in the rear were limited to ammunition, motor fuel, and other necessities, and most of the rations during the march had to be taken from the enemy. ”

Okamura Ninji also knows about this problem. Although this kind of on-the-spot requisition and dispatch was advocated by the official base camp in the form of war and warfare, although it solved the problem of supplying the soldiers' army, it also became a hotbed for the corruption of military discipline and the occurrence of various atrocities in the Japanese army.

First of all, the expropriation of the spot itself brought about the evil act of plundering food and other materials, and the most important thing was to make the Japanese army have extensive contact with Chinese civilians, thus bringing about a strong . All kinds of atrocities, such as rape and massacre, seriously disturb and harm the people.

After seeing that Yukio Higashigasawara finished speaking, Okamura Ninji got up and said: "Kasawara-kun's summary of the reasons for the corruption of the imperial army's military style and discipline is still very objective and fair, and the continuous, expanded and prolonged war has indeed brought a series of unsolvable problems to the empire, such as officers and soldiers cannot be replenished in a timely and sufficient manner, resulting in a decline in the overall quality of the army, which is indeed more serious than the early stage of the empire's outward expansion, which is an objective factor. ”

"In addition, the continued expansion of the war also led to a shortage of various supplies, which led to the occurrence of military plundering and other atrocities. Kasawara-kun's analysis of the causes of the corruption of the Imperial Army's military style and discipline from this point of view is very enlightening to me, and it complements our previous shortcomings of analyzing the causes of the atrocities of the Japanese army only from the aggressive nature of its aggression, and the combination of the two is more helpful for us to objectively understand the essence of the problem of the corruption of the Imperial Army's military style and military discipline and its causes. ”

Then Okamura Ninji said, "Now that the cause of the problem has been clarified, then we need to solve the problem." The corruption of military discipline will inevitably arouse the spirit of resistance of the victim country and greatly increase the difficulty of the empire to completely occupy China, which is an important reason why the army of China has been able to develop rapidly in recent years, and it is also an important reason for the occurrence of various "atrocities" in the security area. ”

In addition, the lack of military discipline will also greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the army as far as the imperial army itself is concerned. Therefore, the front army must take effective measures to strictly enforce military discipline, what do you think? ”

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Okamura Ninji smiled and said, "Gentlemen, the reason why I put the location of the first meeting here this time. I just want you to leave everything in the city behind and stand with me and His Majesty the Emperor. ”

"The sloppy military discipline has become a disease of the imperial army, if this disease is not cured, the combat effectiveness of the imperial army can never be raised, how can an army without combat effectiveness shoulder the mission of His Majesty the Emperor, and how can it protect you, think about those officers who were killed or captured by the Chinese army, maybe their fate today is our end tomorrow, so whether it is public or private, we must rectify military discipline.

After a few minutes of silence in the conference room, Iida Sadagu suddenly got up and said, "Your Excellency Commander has a point. Whether it is public or private, we cannot allow the army to rot like this. It has only been four years since the 'entry' of the China War, and the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army has dropped so much, which is a dangerous signal, so I am willing to obey the dispatch of His Excellency the Commander and resolutely rectify the military style and discipline. ”

It would be easy to say that after Iida Sadagu, many people spoke out in support of Okamura Ninji and were willing to assist the newly appointed commander of the Front Army to solve this problem together.

Of course, whether it's Iida Sadagu and others or Okamura Ninji himself, they all know that these people are just talking. As for whether they are really willing to help Okamura, I'm afraid only they know.

"Yo Xi, in that case, let's talk about my plan, the rectification of military discipline must be implemented as soon as possible, and the sooner it is implemented, the faster it will improve the combat effectiveness of the army. Now I read a few orders! ”

As soon as Okamura Ninji's words fell, everyone in the conference room hurriedly stood up and bowed their heads to listen to the instructions of His Excellency the Commander!

"Order: The headquarters of the front army and all divisions and regiments shall immediately examine all the gendarmes, those who pass the test shall be retained, and those who fail to meet the requirements shall be eliminated from the gendarmerie, and at the same time the original gendarmerie shall be expanded, and the military police corps of the front army shall be upgraded to a military unit at the division and regiment level, and His Excellency Yukio Kasahara shall concurrently serve as the commander of the military police, and shall be responsible for the rectification of military discipline in the North China Front."

"Order: All units shall immediately educate the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level on the issue of military conduct and discipline, print military discipline regulations and various slogans, and require the soldiers to recite them once a day in the morning and in the evening. At the same time, we will strictly deal with those soldiers who refuse to change their ways, and encourage the common people of China to report and expose officers and soldiers who violate military discipline. ”

"Order: Strictly order the officers and soldiers of all units to take good care of their belts and resolutely put an end to the strong. Whoever violates the order will be brought to court martial! ”

"Have you heard all the above three gentlemen clearly?"

"Hear me clearly!"

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

"Hay!"

Although the voices of the crowd shouted loudly, they were not optimistic about the prospect of rectifying military discipline proposed by Okamura Ninji, they knew very well what kind of virtue the soldiers under their command were, due to the aggressive nature of the war and its limitations, although these measures of General Okamura looked good on the surface, there would certainly not be too many people who bought them.

Take the last one as an example, wartime strong. Rape cases occur frequently in the occupied areas, but there are no strict methods for dealing with them from the base camp to the smallest command organ. The offence of rape must be reported by the victim himself.

But this simply doesn't work, about the strong . It can be said that the denunciation of rape victims is basically non-existent, mainly because it is impossible for the people of the invaded countries to enjoy legitimate rights, and most of them are in a vulnerable position in such cases.

Secondly, this is related to the traditional concept of chastity and martyrdom in China, in the context of Chinese culture and society at that time, women were forced. Rape is equivalent to being ruined, and even for her family, it is an insult, even if she does not take the road of death, she can only take a forbearant 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 actually implemented in practice.

Take the strong one that a person from China reported not long ago to a soldier stationed in Beiping. The 16th Division Headquarters sent military police to investigate the incident and found that the case was true.

However, after the arrest of the criminal, he encountered problems, although the criminal was only an ordinary soldier, but the commander of the wing to which he belonged forcibly left in the name of the criminal's repeated military exploits. And at present, such excuses are prevalent everywhere, and it is not easy to completely rectify military discipline. Therefore, although many people say it on their lips, they are not optimistic about Okamura Ningji in their hearts. (To be continued.) )