1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

The hesitant crowd looked at Fujiwara Kanezane, who shook his head.

"I do know about this religion. It's true that they haven't collected a penny from any of their followers. Instead, they've been helping the poor and doing good deeds... Discuss it among yourselves. If you think it's feasible, then implement it. There's no need to keep asking me."

With these words, everyone knew Fujiwara no Kanezane's true attitude and was willing to give that religion a chance.

"Xuan..."

"In the new navy, I'm just an ordinary soldier, not a highness. From now on, you can call me Fuji Shusuke!"

"Ah...ah...Okay, Fuji-kun, what do you want to do?"

"It's simple. We recruit members of this sect into the army under the guise of 'logistics support personnel' and let them serve as... serve as..."

Xuanren thought about it and gave a name:

"We serve as 'military chaplains' for European and American armies, helping us comfort, educate, and supervise soldiers, convey our beliefs, ideas, and policies, and perform logistical work such as medical assistance..."

The navy was quite familiar with this. After all, the Japanese navy was modeled after the British and other Western navies, with even the textbooks and assignments being entirely in English. Of course, they knew what a "military chaplain" was.

But it's obvious that the Almighty Gospel military chaplain is different from the Christian military chaplain. Compared to the "religious mission", it seems that the "real effect" is stronger.

"Then how do you guarantee that they won't mess around?"

"The responsibilities should be documented and managed according to military law. They should be completely separated from the Gospel Church itself. All chaplains who join the navy should be under the command of the military and subject to supervision and inspection by their superiors at all times."

"If they have problems, will they just go after the Evangelical Church itself?" "Yes, I heard that if bishops violate doctrine, the Evangelical Church's own punishment is even stricter than the Navy's. If a priest they send out does something wrong, I'm afraid the punishment will be even more severe."

"Will this lead to Evangelicals having too much influence in the Navy? For example, will they try to interfere in political and military command?"

"We won't allow them to participate in combat or battle decision-making. After all, the Gospel Church is only a relatively loose religion. If they show signs of this, we'll destroy them. I believe His Highness Kanezane agrees."

"In that case, I think we can have soldiers supervise them. If the soldiers discover their bad behavior..."

"Hey? This is a good idea. At least it must be used in the initial stage."

"I think calling them 'military chaplains' is too religious and will not help us control them in the future. We need to change the name."

"For example?"

"How about a soldier's psychologist?" "Psychological counseling? What does that mean?" "It's..."

"Oh, then I think it's better to call them 'Philosophy Instructors'. Their main task is to convey our philosophy! Of course, this also includes the parts of their doctrines that are similar to ours..."

"What a good name..."

A group of people discussed it with each other and thus preliminarily established the basic framework and general regulations of the future "Military Chaplain (Concept Guidance Officer) Position" of the Republic Navy.

Everyone was excited, especially Xuanren.

When he was serving in the navy, he only had to obey orders from his superiors. How could he have participated in discussions and decision-making, or come up with a plan on his own?

"...Let's put it this way, Mr. Fuji. I'll leave the matter of contacting the Almighty Gospel Church to you. Once the people arrive, we'll have another chance to talk to them..."

"Okay... Oh, by the way, Your Highness?"

Only then did Nobuhito remember to report to his real superior. When he turned around, he found that Fujiwara no Kanezane had disappeared long ago. Only the army adjutant who accompanied him was there.

By the way, this group of naval officers in front of us are also the rare naval officers in Japan who do not have much prejudice and discrimination against the army and are willing to rescue the army on the battlefield.

"Chong...Wakasugi-kun, where is His Highness?"

"His Highness has gone to the recruit barracks and told you to wait for him in the auditorium. He also left a message for you and the other members of the navy."

Everyone looked at each other, then stood up and listened. "...Hi! Your Highness, please give us your instructions!"

"Here, there are no old-fashioned rubbish, only enterprising elites! Whether it's reform or innovation, just go for it with confidence! I'll take care of everything for you!"

"Gentlemen! Let's work hard to build a brand new navy!

425 The Real Republic Navy

"...Agent, what kind of surprises will these guys give me in the future?"

"It is expected to be stronger than the typical military chaplains in European and American armies, but weaker than the Chinese Communist Party's political commissar system, and roughly comparable to Soviet-style political commissars."

"Haha, of course. The CCP's political commissars are the most complete... By the way, G11's last report on how many evangelicals have begun to be exposed to communism?"

"The latest report shows 387 people, 192 of whom were transferred from the Northeast. According to Ms. Saga's classification criteria, there are 18 core members, 49 secondary members, and the rest are just partial contacts."

The agent paused and continued:

"Also, Ms. Saga reports that three believers who have come into contact with communism are suspected of developing ideas that oppose the imperial system and you. Please see..."

"It doesn't matter. As long as they don't harm the expansion of the Gospel Church and don't hinder my actions, I don't care. People like them are more valuable..."

Fujiwara no Kanezane waved his hand nonchalantly.

"Tell Little Mouse to serve in the navy, except for the necessary missionary positions. Don't rush to spread the 'doctrine' yet. Let them build a minimum of trust with the navy first."

“Yes, what about the promotional content after that?”

"Have Little Mouse sort it out. In principle, it should still focus on spreading the doctrine, but pick out the less sensitive aspects of communism and mix them in..."

Fujiwara no Kanezane knew very well that reality was not what some idiots thought, that the whole world was either full of Communists determined to revolutionize, or anti-communists and petty bourgeoisie.

In fact, most ordinary people don’t know or care what communism is. They only care about who treats them well and who treats them badly.

Moreover, it doesn't mean that if you are nice to them, they will listen to you completely. Communism is a very broad concept, and many of its contents are indeed easy for ordinary people to misunderstand and find difficult to accept.

For example, the so-called "communism" and "sharing wives".

There will certainly be certain problems when the "Almighty Gospel Church" disguised as a religion is used to carry out the political work of the future navy, but this is just the beginning. It is enough as long as the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. In any case, it will definitely be accepted by the real political commissars in the later stage.

You can't just rush to implement a complete communist political commissar system in the navy. That would be as stupid as abolishing the Japanese emperor system now.

"Yes, I understand... Commander, the new recruits have arrived."

"Ah...oh..."

"Everyone assemble! Everyone assemble!"

When the person in charge learned that the real master of Northeast China had actually come to his small boot camp, he panicked so much that he almost fell off his desk, and cursed his superiors in his heart for being unreliable.

Such a big thing, and no one informed me in advance! I didn't even rehearse!

Fortunately, Hachimangu did not act like other members of the Japanese royal family, but simply asked him to gather the new recruits so that he could take a look and say a few words.

Soon, more than 300 newly recruited naval soldiers in training gathered on the playground and looked silently at the young man on the stage.

From this we can see that the navy soldiers are indeed much more qualified than the army soldiers. When Fujiwara Kanezane went to inspect the newly established 386th Brigade, there was a lot of buzzing below!

"Hello... ahem... everyone! Thank you for your hard work!"

Fujiwara no Kanezane stood on the stage and waved to the hundreds of people below, but no one answered because no one taught them how to answer.

Faced with this embarrassing situation, the person in charge was anxious and was about to say something, but Fujiwara Kanezane waved his hand:

"It's okay. It's normal for them to be unfamiliar with me. Don't blame them later. Remember, treat the soldiers at the grassroots level with the same warmth as your own family. Here, there is no distinction between nationalities or ethnicities."

"Yes..."

Your Majesty is truly merciful...

The person in charge who was brought to the Northeast by Kudo Shunsaku's personal visit sighed inwardly and felt more and more that coming to the Northeast was the right choice.

"Okay, everyone, since everyone is not familiar with each other, let me introduce myself first."

Fujiwara Kanezane pointed to his face and said with a smile:

"My name is Fujiwara Kanezane, you may have heard of me..."

There was a buzz from the audience instantly!

It’s actually him!

Is this Japanese prince's Chinese really that good? He doesn't even have a Japanese accent at all?

It turns out that the "King of Northeast China" is really this young and handsome! I heard that he is also good at both literature and martial arts!

After briefly introducing himself, as if to make friends, Fujiwara Kanezane pointed to the first soldier in the first row and asked:

"Although I really want to have a good chat with everyone, there are too many people. How about this, everyone tell me your name and hometown so I can get a preliminary understanding..."

Like the 386th Brigade of the Army, the newly established "Manchukuo Navy" also had to recruit new soldiers, and they mainly recruited Chinese;

The difference is that although recruiting new soldiers for the Navy is not as difficult or demanding as for the Air Force, it is not as easy as for the Army either.

Unlike the army, which is composed of two-legged, humanoid animals who can charge into battle simply by mastering the operation of rifles, machine guns, and other light weapons, the navy's most important combat weapon is its technologically advanced and complex warships.

From operating machinery to driving warships, from firing naval guns to launching torpedoes, etc., every position on a warship requires superb skills and long-term training to be used with ease.

So, at the very least, you have to be able to read and do math, right?

In fact, even when the old Japanese Navy was recruiting new soldiers, especially volunteers for long-term service, in addition to the usual requirements such as height, weight, and vision, it also had high requirements for academic qualifications - at least high school education.

Throughout 1932, the number of people who volunteered to join the Japanese Navy reached nearly 60000, but less than 4700 were actually selected. Those left over by the Navy were generally handed over to the Army, which shows how harsh the conditions were.

Correspondingly, the treatment of the navy is much better than that of the army. When the army's sika deer are so hungry that they can only survive by eating Taijun sashimi, the lower-level soldiers of the navy can at least be guaranteed to have enough to eat.

Relatively high academic qualifications, relatively generous treatment, relatively smart brains, relatively generous military expenditures...all of these have created the phenomenon of the navy discriminating against the army and the root cause of the conflict between the navy and the army.

Of course, this is also one of the reasons why the Japanese Navy is less likely to lose their minds and shout that their crew members are willing to die for His Majesty the Emperor at sea.

In China, where the illiteracy rate exceeds 90%, despite the lowering of educational and age requirements, the Republic's naval construction can still be said to be extremely difficult.

Moreover, this was the "Manchukuo". People with a little culture had some basic sense of home and country and national concept in their hearts, and many people were not willing to join the "puppet army".

In other words, those who are "willing" to join have more or less some "problems".

"...For example, my name is Fujiwara Kanezane, and I'm from Kyoto, Japan. That's how I'll report it! Come on, let's start with you!"

Fujiwara Kanezane pointed at the head of a young man wearing glasses. The latter immediately stood up straight and answered in Japanese:

"Report! My name is Tong Changrong! I'm from Zongyang, Anhui!"

As soon as the agent retrieved the man's data and recorded his brain waves, the head of the new recruit camp immediately came over and whispered:

“Your Highness, Tong Sang once studied at the First Preparatory High School of Tokyo Imperial University…” “Well, time is limited today, so you don’t need to introduce yourself for now.”

"Yes, Your Highness, will you please bring their information to you for your review?" "Alright, go get it quickly. Sorry for the inconvenience."

"yes!!"

The former Secretary of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee, the CPC Dalian Municipal Committee, and the CPC East Manchuria Special Committee Secretary were somewhat uneasy when they saw Fujiwara Kanezane whispering with his squadron leader on the stage.

There shouldn't be any leaks, right?

My information should be able to withstand scrutiny. I am the most typical "pro-Japanese element". What should I be afraid of?

Fortunately, Fujiwara no Kanezane didn't ask any more questions and quickly skipped over him:

"Okay, like him, next!"

"Report! My name is Meng Jiemin! I'm from Panshi, Jilin!"

"Report! My name is Li Hongguang! I'm from Panshi, Jilin!"

"Report! My name is Liu Sanchun! I'm from Zhangqiu, Shandong!"

"Report! My name is Deng Yongyao! I'm from Chaling, Hunan!"

"Report! My name is Jiang Shangqing! I'm from Yangzhou, Jiangsu!"

"Report! My name is Han Mingzhu! I'm from Guangshan, Henan!"

"Report! My name is Guo Zheng! I'm from Taihe, Jiangxi!"

"Report.…."

If the names above weren't already famous, and Mark hadn't even heard of most of them in his previous life, then some of the people behind them almost made His Majesty Hachiman Palace lose his composure:

"Report! My name is Liu Yalou! I'm from Wuping, Fujian!"

What are you, an Air Force Commander, doing in the Navy?

Where is Xiao Jinguang?

Where is Xiao Jinguang?

Help me!

At this time, Xiao Jinguang was thinking about how to infiltrate the 386th Brigade.

Who made him look so old? You could tell at a glance that he was too old. It was useless to lie. He was rejected on the spot by the navy and had no choice but to become an army idiot.

"Report! My name is Xiao Hua! I'm from Ganzhou, Jiangxi!"

OK, OK, it's the Air Force again, right?