During World War II, what were the conflicts between Japan’s navy and army?

This is a "fateful dispute" that is irreconcilable!

Japanese soldiers under the militaristic system believed in the spirit of Bushido and had a high sense of mission and honor.

Since Japan is an island country, the navy's status is particularly important to the Emperor of Japan. This has resulted in Japan's political structure of "emphasis on sea and light on land".

The Japanese Army, which has been suppressed, has deep grudges against the Japanese Navy.

The Army feels that its honor has been thwarted, and the Navy feels that its political status has been shaken. Over time, it is strange that the two services of the same country have developed into a situation where "bayonets see red".

The overt and covert struggles between Japan's navy and army began in the Meiji period.

During the reign of Emperor Meiji, the four powerful feudal lords secretly competed for power.

(Fan: equivalent to the princes in ancient China. The vassal territory can exercise autonomy to a certain extent, but the lord still has to submit to the management of the emperor.)

In these four powerful vassals , the Satsuma clan promoted the navy, and the Choshu clan promoted the army. The two forces fought with each other and tried their best to destroy each other.

From this time on, Japan's navy and army began to engage in a "fateful battle" that lasted for nearly a hundred years.

Stay the "adjustment button" of time on the eve of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894.

The Japanese Navy believes that in fighting a war of aggression, the navy plays a greater role than the army. Therefore, it advocates the implementation of the strategic policy of "the sea dominates and the land follows", requiring the army to obey the command of the navy.

The Army firmly disagreed with the Navy's proposition. Before the Sino-Japanese War of 1898, the Japanese Navy and the Route Army started fighting. The matter got worse and worse, and was finally resolved by the Japanese Emperor himself.

They are born from the same roots, so why rush each other?

After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Army advocated expanding its armaments and strengthening at least two divisions to station in northeastern China to contain the Soviet forces.

After the navy won the battle, it advocated adding three warships to further expand its naval power in order to cope with the next large-scale naval battle. However, Japan's defense resources are limited and it is impossible to expand the two major services at once.

So the Navy and Army quarreled again.

Japanese Cabinet Minister Saionji Kimio intends to support the expansion of the Navy and does not agree with the Army’s expansion plan.

The Minister of War, together with other cabinet members, actually went to the Japanese Emperor to report The veteran figure in the Japanese cabinet, Lord Saionji, was forced to step down.

From then on, no one except the Emperor himself dared to participate in Japan's "Sea and Land War".

After the death of Emperor Meiji, Okada Keisuke became the Prime Minister of the 31st Cabinet. Please note that Okada Keisuke graduated from the Japanese Naval University and served as a naval admiral.

Not long after Okada Keisuke became prime minister, the Army carried out the February 26 Incident, which brought down Keisuke Okada, a former naval admiral. In the end, it was only the new emperor who came forward to resolve the incident. ? (Zhen Meng 66666)

After the war against China began, the Army advocated a protracted war after invading China, developing China's "commercial chain" and supporting the Japanese war.

The Navy advocates "bombarding China" to achieve a quick victory and not give China a chance to counterattack.

After Japan's defeat, the Army complained about the Navy's poor performance in the Pacific War. The navy complained that the army was unable to attack China for a long time, which was holding back the entire Japan.

The most ridiculous thing is that during World War II, in order to show the incompetence of the navy, the Japanese Army independently developed aircraft carriers, frigates, submarines, and built 52 types of aircraft.

The Navy was not to be outdone. It developed a series of army equipment, including amphibious tanks, Type 93 inland armored vehicles, and self-propelled guns. It also built aircraft, and 53 models were built.

In the end, it was discovered that the weapons made by the two parties were incompatible with each other

Two military services of the same country actually started an arms race during a foreign war. The Emperor of Japan probably only dreamed of it. Called "Bagya Road".