Chapter 603: The dispute between North China and Central Chinas dispatched troops
The atmosphere in the office was quite solemn. As the host, Kojima Yoshizo remained silent, and Sun Liangcheng, the loser, was worried about offending his boss in the future, so he acted like a dead dog.
Seeing this, Seinosuke Murayama, a Japanese consultant representing the Jinling puppet government, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said bluntly: "Ojima-kun, the Jinling National Government is the only legitimate government in China recognized by the empire, and the Peaceful Founding Army is the empire's
The armed forces they helped to form should be under the command of the Jinling National Government, and Prime Minister Konoe’s cabinet also recognizes this!"
"This time, I have been entrusted by the director of the Ying Zuo Agency to reorganize the appeasement armies in eastern Henan and northern Anhui. Please cooperate!"
After hearing this, Kojima Yoshizo did not hide his disdain at all. The current Japanese Prime Minister Konoe Fumima was born into a noble family. In addition to the close relationship between the Konoe clan and the emperor, he came to power to meet the needs of various factions in Japan.
However, the Konoe cabinet did not have much power. In fact, it was difficult for the Konoe Fumima cabinet to be unanimous. As the Japanese army made great achievements on the battlefield, the power of the military became more and more rampant.
The Emperor of Japan rules from the top, and the headquarters of representatives of the military and government groups are separated from the cabinet. Just like the emperor is the dog's leash, the cabinet is the dog's head, and the headquarters or the military is the dog's legs.
But in fact, with the outbreak of the war, the power of the military expanded. As the headquarters of the highest commanding authority of Japan's army and navy, no civilian officials were selected. However, the ministers of the army and navy who were selected into the cabinet often restricted the cabinet from exercising administrative power.
Nowadays, the dog's leg no longer listens to the dog's command. Murayama Seinosuke has another identity. He is the representative of the Konoe Cabinet in the Jinling Puppet Government. This is also the reason why Kojima Yoshizobushi Murayama Seinosuke.
"What Mr. Murayama said is wrong. Eastern Henan, southwestern Shandong and other places fall under the jurisdiction of our 35th Division and are under the rule of the North China Expeditionary Army. Although Mr. Zhang was killed by the Eighth Route Army, his previous troops
Military operations have always been commanded by me, and the ownership of the appeasement force under my command should be decided by me at this moment!"
"You have to understand that the relationship between the Empire of Japan and the Jinling National Government cannot put the cart before the horse!" Kojima Yoshizo said sharply.
As a civil servant, Murayama Seinosuke was quite politically accomplished and had no unusual behavior. Moreover, he also agreed with what Kojima Yoshizo said.
However, the relationship between the two involved the military and political disputes in Japan, and was also mixed with the dispute between the North China Expeditionary Force and the Central China Expeditionary Force.
In September 1939, the Japanese headquarters issued an order to cancel the Central China Expeditionary Force. The Eleventh Army and the newly formed Thirteenth Army under its jurisdiction were directly under the Chinese Expeditionary Force. However, the interests of the Central China Expeditionary Force still existed.
Before the establishment of the Jinling National Government, there were the North China Provisional Government and the Jinling Restoration Government, which were controlled by the Japanese Army Ministry and the Navy Ministry respectively, and were also supported by the North China Expedition Army and the Central China Expedition Army respectively.
Subsequently, the Jinling National Government came to the fore. After Wang's combination of punches, it first annexed the Reform Government, and then disintegrated the North China Provisional Government from within. Its leader Wang Kemin stepped down, and the North China Provisional Government was renamed the North China Government Affairs Commission.
.
[By the way, the best app for reading and listening to books is currently Yeguo Reading, install the latest version on yeguoyuedu.]
The North China Government Affairs Commission is nominally an agency directly under the Jinling National Government, but in fact the Jinling National Government is just an empty name and has only symbolic power in North China.
This committee is nominally under the jurisdiction of Wang, and enjoys a high degree of autonomy in Wang's puppet regime. It has a directly subordinate "security army" and has full power to deal with the occupied areas of Hebei, Shandong, and Shanxi provinces and the three special cities of Beiping, Tianjin, and Qingdao.
Government affairs, northern Henan and eastern Henan in Hen Province are also under the jurisdiction of North China. They are responsible for the so-called anti-communist, public security, resource development and adjustment of material supply and demand. Except for external relations, all aspects of internal affairs are actually not controlled by the Wang Puppet Government.
, is a puppet regime actually controlled by Japan.
The North China dispatched troops ruled and supervised the administration of all the puppet regimes in North China. In Hebei, Beiping, Tianjin, Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan, the local Japanese garrisons were responsible for "government guidance." In North China and at the provincial level, the Japanese military dispatched "advisory departments."
Unfortunately, the military-controlled counties under the jurisdiction of Zhang Lanfeng's puppet troops were in eastern Henan and northern Anhui, and were under the jurisdiction of North China and Central China respectively.
The conflict between the two parties had existed before. After Zhang Lanfeng's death, the conflict between the two parties over the ownership of the puppet troops was about to break out.
"Sun Sang, you go down first!" Murayama Seinosuke waved his hand and said. Sun Liangcheng seemed to have received an amnesty and hurriedly left after seeing this.
After Sun Liangcheng left, Murayama Seinosuke said: "Ojima-kun, it is useless for you and me to have different opinions. We are both serving the Empire of Japan and loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. But Zhang Sang, the appeasement army under Sun Sang
There is no doubt that the establishment is affiliated to the Peaceful Nationalist Army of the Jinling National Government!"
"The interests of the Empire of Japan in China still need to be maintained by the imperial army itself. The Jinling National Government is just a puppet controlled by the empire!"
"I suggest that Sun and Zhang's troops can be reorganized by Sun Lai. At that time, you will have full command, but they will still belong to the Jinling National Government in name. What do you think?" Murayama Seinosuke's words can be regarded as a concession, which is also a concession.
That's where his bottom line lies.
Kojima Jizo nodded when he heard this: "Youxi, this method is very good!"
For Kojima Yoshizo, the North China Expeditionary Force he represents has received benefits, and he himself continues to have an armed force to devote to the security war in southwestern Shandong.
As for Murayama Seinosuke, the Jinling National Government and the Central China Expeditionary Force he represents maintain nominal advantages, and at the same time, he himself can continue to provide guidance to Sun Liangcheng's Ministry in the name of an advisor.
The agreement between the two also represents the easing of conflicts between the dispatched troops in North China and Central China.
The troops under Sun Liangcheng's command were the Fourth Army of the Appeasement Army, while Zhang Lanfeng's troops were the First Army and the Eighth Army of the Appeasement Army. In the following days, both sides were reorganized.
At the same time, the Eighth Route Army was still preparing for war, and the Eighth Route Army troops gathered in southwestern Shandong were ready to go to war.
The reinforcements gathered here include the Regiment, the Third Regiment, the Artillery Regiment, the Tainan Military Region Cavalry Regiment, and the troops affiliated to the Southwest Shandong Military Division include the New First Regiment, the Independent Regiment, the Cavalry Regiment, and local armed forces.
Judging from the number of people alone, excluding artillery, local troops, and the main force, the number of participants in the battle has reached more than 9,000.
Realizing that the time was ripe, Zhou Weihan reported to the Eighth Route Army headquarters in the name of the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region, and at the same time applied for assistance from the fraternal forces in the Luxi Military Region and the Huxi base area.
At that time, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region can look for opportunities for a decisive battle with the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops from the western front, the Western Shandong Military Region can use the northern front, and the Huxi Base Area can suppress the Japanese army from the eastern front.