Anecdotes of World War II: Two or Three Contradictions between Japanese Army and Navy

Generally speaking, although the armed forces of a country belong to different arms, they will cooperate with each other for the benefit of the country. Even if there is a big contradiction, the enemy will bury the hatchet and agree with the outside world at present. However, in Japan, the contradiction between the army and the navy has surpassed the country and has risen to an irreconcilable level.

as for the fact that the army and navy accuse each other of being red deer, they are always wrangling with each other even when they need to be consistent with each other, and they can't wait to take each other down and make a joke, so many things have happened! For example, the army builds aircraft carriers and the navy builds tanks, which is an unheard-of phenomenon. As for digging holes, it is a daily operation! Even within the Japanese navy, everyone has a pamphlet on how to insult the Japanese army.

During the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army refused to provide cover in the face of powerful Russian firepower, resulting in tens of thousands of army casualties. After the war, the army generals questioned the navy and were told by the navy why to save them.

During the Pacific War, the Japanese navy's fighter planes were exhausted in many wars. At this time, the army had a large number of fighter planes, but refused to support them. Instead, it pulled them out for a military parade!

Although Japan has a special organization to manage the military logistics supply, the navy and army do not accept the management of this organization at all. Instead, they set up their own organizations to collect all kinds of materials, order weapons and equipment from manufacturers, and even set up their own arsenals.

Especially after the establishment of the arsenal, the two sides are competing openly and covertly. Even in aircraft manufacturing, they all want to force the other side. For example, if one side builds an aircraft manufacturing factory, the other side will immediately build a bigger one, which will be kept secret from each other and compete secretly, and then see which designed aircraft will surpass the other side in the end. The final result is a lot of waste of aluminum.

As a country's army, some parts standards are actually different from each other. Even for parts with the same purpose, the Japanese army and navy should be completely different from each other, such as a screw. If the army makes left-handed, then the navy makes right-handed, which is different from each other anyway. The mutual competition between the two sides naturally caused a great waste of national finance and resources.

It's ok to compete with each other in the field of aircraft. Even the navy's shipbuilding needs the army's intervention. The Japanese army has not only built its own shipyard to build submarines, but also engaged in commercial shipping. Even the gross tonnage of civilian ships exceeds that of the navy.

Of course, the two sides have maintained the tradition of keeping secrets from each other. Not only do they not exchange information about the departure time and arrival time of the ship, but they don't even enjoy the contents such as the sailing route. What's even more ridiculous is that they don't inform each other of the final information about the discovery of the enemy submarine. It is estimated that they have the idea of laughing after the other ship is sunk by the submarine.

not only that, the ambitious Japanese army is also preparing to build an aircraft carrier, and even has designed a small aircraft carrier, presumably wanting to fight alone without the Japanese navy and the US military!

As for other aspects, there are countless wrangling competitions, so that the Japanese navy and army dig holes and wrangle with each other every day!

1. After the Japanese army seized the advanced British radar system, it immediately blocked the news and went back to study it by itself;

2. Refusing to cooperate, the navy and army each spent a share of money to buy the same German engine for production. When the two sides were able to communicate with each other at the end of the war, they found that they had dug holes for each other before, and the parts produced were not universal!

3. During the naval battle in Java, the army general Imamura led an army to take a Japanese navy transport ship to reinforce Java Island, but the frantic navy actually sank the transport ship that Imamura was riding. Fortunately, Imamura was in good health and was rescued after swimming for several hours. However, Imamura mistakenly thought that it was the enemy's attack that led to the sinking, and comforted the Japanese navy. It was not until later that the inside of the navy revealed the truth!

4. Isoroku Yamamoto is a famous Japanese naval officer. In order to balance this famous naval officer, tojo hideki specially appointed Chiaki Matsuda, Isoroku Yamamoto's sworn enemy, as the Minister of the Navy.

5. The navy's oil demand is relatively large, but the oil transportation volume is fixed, and the Japanese army occupies most of the oil fields and mining equipment, which is not given to the navy. However, in order to meet its own needs, the navy threatens the army to detain all cruise ships bound for Japan if it cannot get enough oil!

6. As for weapons, if the caliber of weapons used by the navy is used, then the army will never use it, and vice versa.

7. There is even a joke that the Japanese navy fights the army with 7% of its strength and the United States with 3% of its strength.

the above is just the daily life of the Japanese navy and army, and even a civil war almost broke out, but fortunately it didn't fight, otherwise it would become a joke in the history of the world!

The dispute between the two vassals

So how did the contradiction between the Japanese army and navy come about? In fact, the root of the conflict can be traced back to the modern Japanese anti-curtain movement. The anti-curtain movement was instigated by two powerful Japanese vassals, Samo and Changzhou. These two powerful vassals were the main force of the anti-curtain movement. After tokugawa era was overthrown, they naturally won the fruits of victory and gained the power to take turns to govern.

However, every two days, there were contradictions between the two vassals. After they came to power, they fought for power and profits, and the two sides became even more furious. The Japanese army was born out of Changzhou and the navy was born out of Satsuma. Therefore, the battle between the Japanese navy and the army is essentially a power struggle between Changzhou and Satsuma!

Class struggle

In addition, the Japanese army and navy also involved the struggle between the rich and the poor in Japan at that time. Many of the navy were born in wealthy aristocrats and wealthy businessmen, and the army came from the middle and lower classes. Both sides considered themselves the backbone of Japan, so they refused to accept each other and even did not marry.

content of the order not to marry: descendants of army generals and soldiers are not allowed to marry, have children and make friends with descendants of navy generals and soldiers. Once the light one is found to be expelled from the army after a shot, the heavy one can be shot on the spot.

dispute over interests

Japan has a small territory and is short of resources, so it can only choose one direction to develop. The navy advocates going south, while the army advocates going north, because going south needs strong maritime power to face Britain and the United States, and the navy naturally benefits, while the army faces the pressure of the Soviet Union, so it is necessary to develop the army, so which side will be supported and which side will get more resources. Therefore, both sides are also locked in a fight for their own opinions.

This is the competition between the Japanese navy and the Japanese army. Although they are two services, the contradiction has reached an irreconcilable level! If it weren't for the current enemy, civil war might have broken out and fought with each other!