20世纪20年代日本陆军的对华调查活动

Japanese Army’s Investigation Activities in China in the 1920s

20世纪20年代,日本政府推行“对华不干涉”主义的外交政策,使得日本陆军无法像20世纪头10年或20世纪30年代那样直接对华行动,而只能以对华调查这种前期军事准备工作来代替实际的对华军事活动,以满足其对中国的战略野心。另外,受“总体战”战略思想的影响,日本陆军将中国的资源看作其将来实行总体战的巨大动力源,因而加强了对华资源调查工作。相应的调查加强了日本陆军对中国政治、经济、社会、资源状况的了解,也加强了其侵略中国的野心,助推了日本侵华战争的爆发。

In the 1920s,the Japanese government pursued a foreign policy of“non-intervention in China”,which made it impossible for the Japanese Army to act directly against China as it did in the 1910s or 1930s.Therefore,investigation as military preparations replaced actual activities towards China,to realize its strategic ambition for China.On the other hand,influenced by the“overall war”strategic thinking,the Japanese Army regards China’s resources as a huge source of power for its overall war in the future,thus strengthening its investigation of resources in China.The corresponding investigations strengthened the Japanese Army’s understanding of China’s political,economic,social,and resource conditions,and also enhanced its ambition to invade China,boosting Japan’s war of aggression against China.