Brilliant Sword: Fighting against the Xixi System One Hundred Thousand Japanese Army

When Umezu Yoshijiro expanded the scope of conscription, all the old devils in the imperial meeting were a little restless.

Expanding the scope of conscription is undoubtedly expanding the power in the hands of these old devils.

As early as February 1889, when the "Meiji Constitution" was promulgated, it was clearly stipulated that military service is one of the basic obligations of the little devils.

All little devils who have reached the age of 17 to 40 are required to perform military service.

And the little devil also divided military service into four types and seven items.

First, standing military service.

Active duty and reserve service among the standing military service.

Active service for 2 years, transfer to the reserve service after the completion of the service, and continue to serve for 5 years and 4 months.

Second, reserve military service.

After serving in the reserve service, he will be transferred to the reserve military service for up to 10 years.

Third, supplementary military service.

Supplementary military service is divided into first supplementary military service and second supplementary military service.

Supplementary military service is a person who passed the military service inspection, but was brushed off.

First Supplementary Service receives 90 days of military training.

The second supplementary military service, without training.

Fourth, national service.

National military service is also divided into first national military service and second national military service.

The first national service includes standing military service, reserve military service, supplementary military service and all the little devils after retirement.

The second national service is for those little devils who can't pass the military service check.

However, with the passing of the Meiji period and the Taisho period, the little devil experienced three major disarmaments.

They were twice in 'Yamanashi Disarmament' and once in 'Yuheng Disarmament'.

With the outbreak of the war of aggression against China, the military department of the little devil once again put forward the "six-year plan for enriching armaments." '

Rapidly increased from 17 divisions to 40 divisions.

It's just that most of the soldiers recruited by the little devils are veterans who have retired for many years, and they have already married.

Kumao Imoto, head of the Operations Section of the Army Staff Headquarters, once said that the little devils unit at this time is a 'nursing home'.

As the war progressed, the number of little devils in the pass in 39 had exceeded 85.

Although the little devils have been increasing their troops in the past few years, they are still progressing step by step, and they have not broken through the restrictions of the "Meiji Constitution" in February 1889.

Umezu Yoshijiro's words are obviously intended to break through the restrictions of the "Meiji Constitution" and carry out a large-scale mobilization.

Put a huge amount of troops on the Chinese battlefield to quickly solve the problems of the Chinese war.

At the same time, after the Eighth Route Army declares war, show off the fighting power of the little devils and boost morale.

Tian Locust looked at the other old devils who were kneeling on the ground in the imperial meeting, and was thoughtful at first without saying a word.

After a while, he looked at Konoe Fumimaro and asked, "Konoe-kun, is there any need for us to expand our army now?"

Konoe Fumimaro lowered his head and began to think.

The expansion of the army is easy to say, but it is not so easy.

The 65 little devils in the pass and the 30 little devils in the Northeast have already left the treasury of the little devils extremely empty, and they have even borrowed money to fight the war.

Now the 95 troops in China are still the result of the battle of Datong, the Battle of Zhangjiakou, and the Battle of Taiyuan, which wiped out 20 devils in three battles, and wiped out 5 devils in the Northeast.

If further military expansion is carried out, it will inevitably lead to structural changes in society.

The military will definitely not consider these issues, but Konoe Fumimaro has to consider them, otherwise he will be responsible for any problems in the country.

But Konoe Fumimaro's timid and weak character did not dare to let him make a decision without authorization.

Fummaro Konoe did not reply immediately, but secretly looked at Hideki Tojo.

Old devil Tojo was also a little tempted by the suggestion of increasing troops.

Especially after Hideki Tojo took over as Minister of War, the Northeast and North China suffered repeated setbacks, and only got a little advantage in the middle of Yuzhou.

Now it seems that the little devil's battle in China has reached a stalemate.

And as time goes by, the Huaxia Incident will inevitably lead to defeat.

This is definitely unacceptable to the locust.

Therefore, Old Devil Tojo was determined not to accept the failure of the Huaxia Campaign.

Therefore, to increase troops, we must increase troops.

Konoe Fumimaro looked at Hideki Tojo's heavy expression, lowered his head and said, "The locust is dead, I think whether to increase troops depends on the result of the southward campaign."

"If the Southward Campaign is successful, we can increase our troops to Southeast Asia and completely cut off the connection between China and Britain and the United States."

"Force the Chinese government to surrender."

"Even if the Chinese government does not surrender at that time, we can continue to attack Southeast Asia, even take the South Asian subcontinent, and join forces in the Middle East and Germany."

"It can even occupy Australia and divide the world with the United States on the international date line."

Konoe Fumimaro's idea is not absurd.

The logic of the world before World War II was so simple and crude.

For example, Spain and Portugal, the original world hegemons, divided the world by lines of latitude and longitude.

One of the Axis powers dominates Africa, one dominates Europe and the Middle East, and the other dominates Southeast Asia and Oceania.

Although Konoe Fumimaro's point of view supports the increase of troops, he does not support the continued increase of troops to China.

This is obviously not in line with Hideki Tojo's ideas, nor is it in line with Yoshijiro Umezu's ideas.

Konoe Wenmao's plan was very satisfying to Tian Locust.

As a robber, if he finds that this house is not easy to rob, he will inevitably change to another house to rob.

Now Southeast Asia is the second soft persimmon in the eyes of the locust.

However, the death of the locust could not obviously favor Konoe Fumimaro, so he turned his head to look at Hideki Tojo.

The locust asked, "Mr. Dongtiao, what do you think of the increase in troops in the Huaxia War?"

Hideki Tojo said: "Your Majesty, the war in China is related to the future and destiny of my brother country."

"You can't try to rely on the blockade to trap Huaxia."

"Because China is a country with a vast land and abundant resources, they have hundreds of millions of people and a lot of supplies."

"It is undoubtedly wishful thinking to rely on the blockade to tie Huaxia to death."

"And now that the Tuba Road in North China has declared war on us, how could the Guofu surrender so easily."

"For the Guofu, this is undoubtedly handing over the status of the sole government of China to Tuba Road."

"This is absolutely impossible for the Guofu to accept."

"So no matter how long we blockade, Guofu will definitely continue to stick to it."

"If you don't send more troops to China, the situation in China's war will inevitably get worse."

After Hideki Tojo finished speaking, Tian Locust fell into deep thought.

Because Hideki Tojo was right.

The declaration of war by the Eighth Route Army completely cut off the way for Guofu to surrender.

Whether you want to fight or not, you must fight.

The locust finally looked at Meizu Meijiro: "Umezu-kun, what do you think?"

Umezu Yoshijiro said, "Your Majesty, I think we should increase the number of troops in the Northeast to stabilize the situation in the Northeast."