Beiyang reactionaries

"kindness."

The impact is bad.

The majestic Japanese imperial army had no choice but to take a North Korean army. After fighting for several months, Hyesan County was still in their hands.This dealt a great blow to the prestige of the Japanese army, and had a huge effect on the prestige of the Korean Independence Army.Especially some local powerful factions on the Korean peninsula, many of them originally cooperated with Japan.But now they discovered that the Japanese army was not that invincible, so their positions began to waver.

There are also more and more resistance forces in North Korea.

That's the big problem.

"Prime Minister, now is not the time for us to attack everywhere. Compared with the Korean peninsula, even if it is stable, Taiwan must be stabilized first."

Suzuki Kisaburo still persuaded Tanaka Yoshiichi.

It will be impossible to resolve the issue on the Korean peninsula for a while, and domestic matters must be resolved first.But Tanaka Yoshiichi didn't speak, and kept thinking.

Tanaka Yoshiichi is a soldier, and he knows the strategy and tactics of war better than Suzuki Kisaburo.Now that he is under a lot of pressure in the country, Yoshiichi Tanaka needs something to divert his attention and also strengthen his power.

It is also a good way to start a war.

It's just that he also has a lot of fear in his heart.So he thought for a while and said, "General Bai Chuan, can we now replicate the war of 30 years ago?"

500

"General Shirakawa, can you tell us that we can replicate the war of 30 years ago?"

"This……"

Bai Chuanyi did not speak directly.

But very hesitant.

Tanaka Yoshiichi looked at Bai Chuan Yi Ze's hesitant look, and said, "General Bai Chuan, there is no one else here, I want to hear you tell the truth."

Shirakawa Yoshinori, Ugaki Kazusei, and Suzuki Soroku are all students of the first phase of the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy, and they became the "Three Masters of the First Phase of Lu Shi". They were very famous in school.Later, after joining the army, Bai Chuanyi became a fierce general of the Japanese army.Participated in the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. During the Russo-Japanese War, he took part in the Shoushan Fort Attack Battle, and broke into the Russian army with Tachibana Zhoutai, the god of the army. After the battle, only 5 people were killed or injured in the team, while He survived the hail of bullets unscathed.Therefore, the reputation of Shirakawa Yoshinori's bravery topped the Japanese army, and it also made Shirakawa Yoshinori's road to promotion very smooth.

His policy towards China has always been very positive.

Winning Manmeng is his consistent proposition.

A high-ranking member of the mainland expansionists within the Japanese military.Tanaka Yoshiichi is already a very radical person, but Bai Chuanyi is even more radical than Tanaka Yoshiichi.

It is one of the representatives of the radical soldiers of the Japanese army and the backstage of those young officers.

"Prime Minister, then I will tell the truth."

"it is good."

"I don't know if the Prime Minister has heard the conversation between China's Prime Minister Duan Xun and the British Minister Plenipotentiary to China Marklei. Marklei used his conversation with Duan Xun as a report and gave it to London. The report reported intelligence from many countries. Agencies have analyzed it, and our intelligence agencies have their own originals."

"you are right?"

"A year and a half ago, Duan Xun and Ma Kelei directly stated that the Chinese government could mobilize tens of millions of troops if needed. Of course, this statement is an exaggeration. They can’t even produce the weapons and ammunition. But according to our analysis, it shouldn’t be too difficult for them to mobilize 300 million troops in a short period of time.”

"300 million troops?"

Tanaka Yoshiichi frowned tightly.

Bai Chuanyi nodded and said: "Prime Minister, our people have been collecting specific data on the Chinese military factory. However, the Chinese army is very strict about the protection of the military factory, and basically all the Japanese technicians who worked in the military factory in the early years have left. But roughly We can still guess the data. They now have a large number of arsenals, and the output is also amazing. For example, the largest Sichuan arsenal and Hanyang arsenal, both of them easily produce more than 20 rifles a year. The Chinese army also There are Jiangnan Manufactory in Shanghai, Gongxian Arsenal in Henan, Fengtian Armory in Manchuria, and Taiyuan Armory in Shanxi. The output is not low. Adding up, the normal annual output of all the arsenals in China can reach 70 million rifles. If Something is ramping up and they can ramp up to over a million shots."

"And their arsenal now produces a complete range of ammunition. Starting from heavy artillery, infantry artillery, and mortars, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and rifles can all be produced. That is to say, their annual output can easily equip more than one million troops The Chinese government is very strict with domestic gun control, so many guns and ammunition are produced every year, mainly to supply their police and some local troops. Once something happens, these armed forces will become the army.”

In the past, Japan had many spies in China, and there were also many intelligence agencies.At that time, their intelligence agencies were almost open to activities, but after the deterioration of Sino-Japanese relations, China vigorously cracked down on these intelligence agencies.Therefore, Japan's intelligence agencies began to enter the hidden stage.However, they pay more attention to China's intelligence.Now Japanese intelligence agencies have been collecting Chinese military intelligence, and their spy agencies are active everywhere.

China's military factories are their main focus.

The development of China's armaments is too fast, so fast that the Japanese military is terrified.In the past, China was the largest market for Japanese arms, and it is unknown how many arms flowed into China every year.Japan used the arms in their hands to control and win over Chinese warlords for their own use.

But now?

China no longer needs their arms at all, and the Chinese army can be self-sufficient in arms.

"Let's talk about their source of troops. Prime Minister, you also know that China is a big country with an estimated population of more than 150 million. For them, the size of an army of several million is easy. They now have a regular army of 30 million. There will be more than 300 new recruits. According to the statistics of the Ministry of the Army, the number of people who have received preliminary military training in China in the past ten years should be nearly 300 million. Moreover, they also have hundreds of thousands of police officers who receive general training and are composed of retired soldiers. Therefore, the Prime Minister, Duan Xun At the beginning, it was impossible to mobilize tens of millions of troops. If you really want to mobilize tens of millions of troops, it will be difficult to complete without a few years of preparation. But with the current strength of the Chinese government, it is more than enough to mobilize [-] million troops in a short period of time. of."

"300 million, 300 million."

Tanaka Yoshiichi couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Yoshiichi Tanaka has been worrying about China for the past few years, and has been thinking about how to deal with China.Yoshiichi Tanaka has always been more radical, hoping to pre-emptively suppress China again before China rises.But now that I heard Shirakawa Yoshinori's analysis, I realized that I still underestimated China.China can mobilize 300 million troops in a short period of time, which is not a small number.

At present, there are only about 40 troops in Japan's conventional troops.When Yoshiichi Tanaka was still in the army, he made many plans for the Japanese army.At that time, Yoshiichi Tanaka and Kazunari Ugaki believed that if there was a need for war, Japan could mobilize 200 million troops within a year.

This is the conclusion drawn after fully analyzing Japan's political, economic, and military aspects.However, according to Shirakawa Yoshinori's analysis, China can mobilize 300 million troops in a short period of time.

This is the difference between a big country and a small country.

"Prime Minister, it is difficult to reproduce the war (the Sino-Japanese War) of 30 years ago. It should be said that it is impossible. If I analyze it, once we have a military conflict with China, it is more likely to be the war of 20 years ago. Even mobilize more troops and fight for a longer time than that war."

The war 20 years ago refers to the Russo-Japanese War.

In that war, Japan mobilized more than 100 million troops, suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and its economy collapsed.If the Japanese economy had not been rescued by the First World War, the Japanese economy would have gone bankrupt long ago.

"kindness."

Tanaka Yoshiichi was silent.

Because he heard great difficulty from Shirakawa Yoshinori's tone.Bai Chuanyi was a well-known fierce general in the Japanese army, and had always been a representative of the radical forces in the military.Yoshiichi Tanaka and Yoshizawa Shirakawa have always advocated the "theory of Manchurian and Mongolian independence" and believed that Japan should occupy Manchuria and Mongolia.But now that Shirakawa Yoshinori is speaking so seriously, it can also be seen that the Japanese army's judgment on the Chinese army has begun to change.

"The strength of the Chinese army is expanding too fast."

Tanaka Yoshiichi finally sighed.

No one thought that Duan Xun, who relied heavily on Japanese arms to develop seven or eight years ago, has now become Japan's biggest enemy.China's military power has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years.Especially after China's political situation has stabilized in the past few years, the speed of development in all aspects of China has been jaw-dropping.

And Japan has indeed fallen into chaos in recent years.

Since the Great Kanto Earthquake, Japan has been going down in all aspects.The economy, the economy is not good.Politics, political turmoil.For the army, military expenditures are declining, so it can only be abolished.

"Prime Minister, not only the army, but also the air force. The Chinese army has always attached great importance to the construction of the aviation force. They have also set up a new arm called the Air Force. Now their air force has more than [-] aircraft , this is not counting the trainer planes owned by their aviation academy. Moreover, the Chinese Air Force is still manufacturing new planes every year, and serving dozens of planes. And if we add our trainer planes, there are only [-] planes in the whole country. At present, we are not only inferior to the Chinese army in terms of numbers, but also inferior to the Chinese army in terms of aircraft production. In this regard, we are already far behind."

"Yes."

The difference between big and small countries.

Obviously Japan developed first, but when China started to develop, the advantage in scale was very obvious.Just like Yoshiichi Tanaka opposed the diplomacy of Kato Takaaki and Wakatsuki Reijiro back then.

The scale of China's military expenditure has already surpassed that of Japan, and the strength of the Chinese military will become stronger and stronger if left unchecked.This is very detrimental to Japan.

"General Bai Chuan, tell us what you think. If we fight the Chinese troops in Manchuria, how confident are we?"