Rebirth of the National Marshal

Cheng De, Japanese front-line command.

Today is the first day of the establishment of the Japanese front-line command, and it is also the first time that General Yan Junliu convened the highest military meeting.

The North China Expeditionary Army highly values ​​General Yan Junliu, but to the Kwantung Army, this guy is just a junior.

Because he graduated late, he did not have any outstanding achievements in the Japanese military. The only achievement he had was that his sister was a lady-in-waiting to the Emperor.

Many people believed that he became the commander of the North China Expeditionary Army because of this talent, and that he did not have any real skills or knowledge, especially those old men in the Kwantung Army. In the eyes of these people in the Kwantung Army, apart from them, the Japanese Army had no other army that could be shown off. They were already very unhappy that the Kwantung Army officers were not appointed to the position of front-line commander this time, let alone letting such a junior to take the position.

In this temporarily formed coalition, the Kwantung Army accounted for 70% of the number of people and 80% of the heavy weapons. However, this war was clearly fought for the North China Expeditionary Army. In other words, the Kwantung Army contributed manpower, effort and money, but in the end all the benefits were taken by the North China Expeditionary Army. How could they feel comfortable!

At the beginning, the North China Expeditionary Army did give in to the Kwantung Army. After all, they were the big brother of the Japanese Army. Whether in terms of training or combat effectiveness, they were the undisputed number one in the Japanese Army.

But even if that is the case, you don't have to be so arrogant every day. After all, we are from the same country, and we came to China for the holy war for His Majesty the Emperor. We can still accept that you have been talking to us with your noses in our mouths for a day or two, but no one can accept it for a long time!

Besides, the commander-in-chief of the joint headquarters is the commander of our North China Expeditionary Army. What else do you want? No matter how arrogant you are, you have to obey orders, right? If the people of the North China Expeditionary Army think so, they will really suffer. The tradition of the Kwantung Army is to defeat the superiors with the inferiors. No matter what is decided, it must be done immediately. In many historical events, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army was kept in the dark. He only knew about it after the officers below had done it.

And the commander of the Kwantung Army now leading the team is the current Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, Hideki Tojo, the biggest warmongerer in Japan during World War II.

Among all the generals of the entire Japanese Army, Tojo's combat capability was among the last few. However, he was good at advocating the Greater East Asia Holy War policy, shouting slogans in front of His Majesty the Emperor, and appearing at the right time where the Emperor needed him. Relying on this, he was able to become the Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, the flower of the Japanese Army, and after returning, he could serve as the Minister of the Army, Chief of the Army General Staff, Prime Minister and a series of other high-ranking officials.

Of course, by the time he became prime minister, Japan had basically been defeated and there was nothing to brag about. And ever since he became the Army Chief of Staff, the Japanese devils had started to go downhill.

You can tell from what both sides did during the meeting. All the officers of the Kwantung Army were on the left, and the officers of the North China Expeditionary Army were on the right. This gave General Yan Junliu a headache. What on earth was this clear barrier trying to do? War depends on cooperation. If you two armies don't cooperate well now, you will be eaten by the security group's army sooner or later. Now the two armies are not as strong as they are now, let alone separately.

"Today is the first meeting I have held since taking office. The main content of the meeting is to see which part we should focus on defending next. I believe you have all seen that the security forces on the opposite side have already strengthened their vigilance. According to my estimation, there may be large-scale battles in the next few days." General Yan Junliu started talking nonsense. Anyone can see such a thing. It can be seen from the planes in the sky that the security forces used to bomb them every day, but the scale was only about ten planes. In recent times, the number has risen to thirty.

"The policy we pursue in the Kwantung Army is to attack. We have never understood what defense is." This guy Hideki Tojo really would not cooperate. Although he was the chief of staff on the front line, he spoke with such arrogance as if he was the commander of the front line. When the officers of the North China Expeditionary Army heard him interrupt General Yan Junliu's speech, they all wanted to stand up and scold him. However, after seeing General Yan Junliu's face, they suppressed their anger. After all, this was the first military meeting, and it couldn't be too bad. Even if there had been conflicts in the past, they had to show harmony during the meeting now.

In fact, General Yan Junliu was cursing in his heart, "Tojo, you bastard, I just took office to hold a meeting, and you dared to interrupt me before I finished speaking. After all, my position is higher than yours, you are just a general, and besides, I have no merit in the army, so what merit do you have? You just got to the top by shouting slogans."

The Kwantung Army is good, has strong combat effectiveness, and is the flower of the army, but it has nothing to do with you, Hideki Tojo. You have only been in office for less than three months.

However, Hideki Tojo did not see it that way. Although he had only been in office for three months, relying on the theories he advocated, all the young officers in the Kwantung Army had sided with him, causing the Kwantung Army Commander-in-Chief Naota Kenji to lose all his ruling power. So when he heard that a headquarters was to be set up on the front line, and this guy wanted credit, he sent him here directly.

Originally, Hideki Tojo thought that he was coming to the front line to serve as the commander-in-chief. He thought that he had not made any contributions in the army over the years, and this was a good opportunity for him to take off. Unexpectedly, after arriving, he received an order from the headquarters. It turned out that he was to be the chief of staff, and the chief of staff was for a junior like Yan Junliu. He was already a model student when he joined the army.

When he saw the order, Tojo Hideki was so angry that smoke came out of his nose. Why did he have to assist a junior? Just because of his sister who was a lady-in-waiting to the emperor?