The Sino-Japanese War of 1895 made the Chinese suddenly find themselves lagging behind their small neighbor Japan, but at the same time they also realized that Japan, which was also a country of yellow people but had succeeded in self-reliance, had more experience than European and American countries with different languages and races. Can be used as a reference.
In the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan, as the first Asian country to defeat white people in a modern war, gave the Chinese people hope that China, which is also a yellow race, can also learn from Japan's experience and become stronger. ?
Pure hatred is meaningless. Only by learning the strength of your opponent can you become stronger. So during this period, a wave of Chinese people began to learn from Japan.
Therefore, starting from the late Qing Dynasty, a large number of Chinese students went to Japan to study. At the same time, various Japanese experts and professors were invited to give lectures in China, and even several famous military academies at that time, such as Shenyang Military Academy, Baoding Military Academy, Yunnan Military Academy, etc. They all hired Japanese instructors to teach military affairs.
During the Republic of China, the armies of various factions all used the Japanese army as the object of study and reference. Among them, the infantry drill regulations of the Whampoa Military Academy in the early days of its establishment were basically plagiarized from the teaching materials of the Japanese Military Academy.
Therefore, it has become normal to hire Japanese instructors to teach in Chinese military academies.
At the same time, the trend of "Greater Asiaism" was popular in Japan, advocating that Asian countries unite to jointly resist the aggression of Western powers. Later, it was divided into two groups. The left advocated equal cooperation among Asian countries, and the right advocated that Japan should be the suzerainty in Asia.
Therefore, Japan does not reject China's study craze. On the contrary, it accepts Chinese students to study and receive Japanese education, and at the same time does not restrict a large number of Japanese experts and military instructors from going to China to teach. This is to establish connections among China's future military and political elites. An excellent opportunity to spread the ideology of Greater Asia - and it has achieved certain results. Most of the pro-Japanese factions in the Beiyang Government and the National Government have a background of studying in Japanese military schools.
Nagahiro Kono was an artillery officer of the Japanese Army a few years ago. He served in the Artillery Reserve Training Section of the Japanese Army for many years. Later, at the invitation of the Republic of China government, he served as an artillery instructor in the Artillery Section of the Central Army Military Academy. It has been almost four years now.
Kono Nagahiro had an upright and dull personality, and he was the least able to deal with others. In addition, he was born in a poor family and had no backing or connections in the army. Naturally, he was not favored by his superiors.
You must know that no matter which country or society you are in, interpersonal relationships and social status determine the upper limit of a person's future. No matter what your ability is, if you don't have a suitable stage or a suitable opportunity, your pearl will only be covered in dust and your life will be dim.
Therefore, he was the most unlucky type in the Japanese army. He was not appreciated and promoted by his superiors. Moreover, due to his personality, he had no friends or close friends in the army that he could talk to, so he was mixed up in the army. When he was close to middle age, he was still serving in an extremely cold department like the reserve force with the rank of captain.
The meager salary and bleak future made Nagahiro Kono feel even more difficult and confused.
At this time, a Chinese classmate from the military academy whom he had not seen for many years sent him a letter, giving him hope again.
So Nagahiro Kono applied for retirement from the military. For an officer with no future like him, the military would not make things difficult for him. They quickly issued a small retirement fee and retired Nagahiro Kono. Sent away.
Nagahiro Kono left his family in China and came to China alone. Taking the recommendation letters from his classmates, he came to the Central Army Officers Academy that had just been renamed from Whampoa Military Academy. With his solid basic knowledge and many years of experience in the training department,
With his experience, he was naturally hired as an artillery instructor by the military academy.
Not to mention, Kono Nagahiro actually has real talents and learning, but he just didn’t have a stage to display them in Japan. After teaching in the military academy, his theoretical and practical teaching abilities quickly stood out among his peers, and he won the
He was highly praised and valued by senior military school officials and is now a senior external instructor in the artillery section of the Central Army Military Academy.
With a generous salary and doing a job he loves, Nagahiro Kono only feels that his life truly embodies value at this moment.
However, after only four years of comfortable life, Kono Nagahiro even wanted to bring his wife and son back to China, and planned to continue working and living in China, when the September 18th Incident broke out.
A shadow was planted in his heart. The usual admiration and enthusiasm towards him from his Chinese colleagues were gone. There was only a touch of alienation and hostility. The greetings from the senior military academy officials were gone. Even when they met face to face occasionally, they just smiled and walked away.
Pass.
Kono Nagahiro once again felt pain and confusion, especially the just-ended Songhu War, which made the military academy make the decision not to hire Japanese instructors.
Kono Nagahiro knew that this could not be blamed on the military academy, nor on those Chinese colleagues who usually treat others with sincerity. When any country is bullied by other countries, don’t expect others to have a good look towards people from other countries, let alone this other country.
It is the mother country where I was born and raised. This kind of contradiction and pain is beyond the understanding of ordinary people.
Kono Nagahiro is actually a simple person. He was born in poverty and experienced various injustices in Japanese society since he was a child. The pressure of life made him pay little attention to politics and international situations since he was a child. Others are talking about the Empire of Japan.
At the time of his glory, all he cared about was how to make his parents, who were frail and sick and had toiled in the fields for most of their lives, have enough food and clothing, and when he would be able to raise enough money for his own tuition.
After joining the Japanese army, he had to support his family and work hard in order to get promoted. The purpose of promotion was not for any ideals or ambitions, but just to get more salary.
However, he was not very popular because of his incompetence and lack of expertise. In addition, due to his straightforward character, he often offended others without knowing what to say. Therefore, he was depressed and frustrated in the Japanese army for more than ten years.
After coming to China, he felt as if he had started a new life. Here he received unprecedented respect, unprecedented opportunities to display his talents, and of course, the most important thing was a generous salary.
With the salary, he can let his wife and children in China live a better life.
Gradually, having escaped from poverty, he began to fall deeply in love with this job, not only for the high salary, but also for the pleasure and satisfaction he began to get from his work.
Now, all this is about to leave him, and the confrontation between the two countries and nations is coming. He actually doesn't have much preference in his heart, but his roots and the blood flowing in his body force him to make a choice. This choice
It is not as simple as leaving or staying, but a choice between compatriots and enemies.
So he fell into pain and contradiction and couldn't extricate himself.