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However, if the prince was the biggest help to the Sino-Japanese peace talks, it was the incident itself that triggered the Japanese army and navy, because this incident triggered a series of chain reactions. First of all, more than ninety percent of the war criminals listed by the Chinese side are officers of the Japanese Army, and since the top level of the Japanese Army has now been discontinued, the Japanese authorities will naturally no longer protect their shortcomings as before, although it is difficult for the Japanese side to agree to hand over these people to China for public trial due to the country's dignity, but these are all negotiable, and there is no room for compromise at all, as was the case at the beginning. Second, the Japanese Navy has managed to completely defeat the army that it has been fighting with for nearly 100 years, and naturally it will not give it a chance to revive itself, so a major reduction and reorganization of the Japanese army is inevitable, so that the Chinese side's demand for Japan to dismantle the standing army can also be satisfied, thus further clearing the way for the conclusion of peace talks.

Originally, Emperor Hirohito, even in his anger, would not agree to the complete defeat of the navy and the army, because then there would be no checks and balances on the power of the navy, and he would really become an out-and-out puppet. However, perhaps angered by the corruption and deception of the army generals, Emperor Hirohito suffered a cerebral hemorrhage (also known as a stroke as the saying goes) that night, and although he was rescued in time to save a dog's life, he became a vegetative person, and considering that "the country cannot be without a king for a day", Japan had to appoint a new emperor.

Originally, the Japanese navy's plan was to support Prince Nobuhito Takamatsunomiya, the third brother of Emperor Hirohito, who was considered his own man, but his attitude of trying his best to protect the war criminals of the imperial family, such as Prince Zaihito and King Hatohiko of Asakanomiya, caused a headache for the Japanese navy, which hoped to restore the domestic economy by armistice with China as soon as possible. Moreover, the fact that the Nobunhito couple had no children after marriage was also a hidden danger, so they turned to Hirohito's younger brother, Prince Takahito Mikasanomiya, who had been captured by the Chinese, as the 125th emperor of Japan. The eldest and most prestigious of Hirohito's three younger brothers, Yongren, did not even have a chance to be nominated, and Yongren, who was disappointed by this, angrily accused the navy of choosing the youngest fourth brother for the sake of monopoly, in order to make him a puppet. Objectively speaking, the naval bigwigs may not have such thoughts in their hearts, compared to Prince Yonghito Chichibu Palace, who is very prestigious among the Japanese military and civilians, he is not yet 23 years old (here I apologize to the book friends, I made a mistake in the previous year of Chongren's age, ten years less than the age, and now the previous chapters have been corrected, this mistake is really low-level.) I hope you don't blame T-T. Moreover, he served as a prisoner, and the prestige of Prince Mikasa Mikasa Takahito became emperor was undoubtedly more beneficial to the interests of the navy.

However. The Japanese navy bosses underestimated Chongren, who was not stupid in his mind and studied "Theory of Contradiction" and "Theory of Practice" at Kang Da after being captured, and he first took advantage of the characteristics (that is, advantages and disadvantages) of senior naval officials who generally regarded themselves as "civilized people" to elevate the status of civilian officials and give them the ability to check and balance the influence of the military. If it's the Army. At this time, it is likely that people will be directly sent to intimidate, assassinate, or even launch a mutiny. But the relatively more disciplined and well-known navy leadership was unable to do so, and as a result, much of the power was inevitably taken away from the Shili, a civilian official who had risen in much higher status, and the young Emperor Tatsuhito gained his first little strength and prestige.

And on the other hand. Emperor Takahito agreed to the proposal of the navy to drastically abolish the army, and even went so far as to abolish the army as a service directly, and at the same time enacted a more stringent military law to eradicate as much as possible the historical tradition of "lower and lower kage" left by the army. In this regard, Chongren actually drew on the experience of the Red Party in its history, which had never engaged in assassinations and bribery, and he knew very well that for a country, if it indulged in these conspiracies, even if it could succeed for a while, in the long run, it would inevitably outweigh the losses

However, although the army was abolished, Emperor Shohito seemingly inadvertently established the Fleet Department, the Air Department, and the Marine War Department under the Ministry of the Navy, not only rebuilding the army in disguise, but also establishing an independent air force. The navy did not pay enough attention to this at first, because both the Ministry of Aviation and the Ministry of Marine War used naval personnel, but the situation soon changed after the release of hundreds of thousands of Japanese prisoners of war, mainly the Japanese Army, who had no blood debts and no jishu specialties after the armistice between China and Japan

Although the Japanese Marine Corps had to assume the responsibility of territorial defense at the same time after the abolition of the Army, since Japan is an island nation, with the current strength of the Japanese Navy, it is enough to retain 100,000 standing troops on land. However, the young Emperor Takahito was very unconfident in the scummy combat effectiveness of the Japanese Marine Corps, so he specially proposed to test the quality of its troops through actual combat exercises, and as a result, the Marine Corps was beaten to the ground by those returning army veterans, and the navy top brass had to agree to absorb these army veterans with significantly stronger combat effectiveness into the Marine Corps. Thus winning their support in one fell swoop.

However, it is worth mentioning that unlike the Japanese army in the past, which only paid attention to internal discipline, Chongren also put forward strict requirements for the external military discipline of the Marine Corps, which were close to those of the PLA, which he also learned from the vast number of commanders and fighters of the Eighth Route Army and the 15th Group Army. This was not an easy task for the officers and men of the old Japanese Army, who had done all kinds of evil in the past, but since the size of the Marine Corps was controlled at about 100,000 men, which was much smaller than the size of the original Army, it was still possible to build a Marine Corps with strict discipline and officers and men who could effectively restrain their desires. And for those who have a criminal record (and have blood debts, they are basically executed by the PLA, so the so-called criminal record is not hopeless. But the military quality is really excellent, Chongren did not kill with a single shot, and the 200,000 reserve troops that were agreed to be retained after fighting with the Chinese side were prepared for them, and as long as they could correct their old bad habits, then the door of the Marine Corps would always be open to them

However, while the rectification of military discipline was a good thing, it also cut off the Army's (including the Marine Corps)'s biggest way to make extra money, and inevitably caused dissatisfaction among the officers (to be continued......