As a universal language, English plays an important role in international social interactions, so it is highly valued in the education of all countries.
As early as the 1940s in Japan, there was a person who saw the important role of English in the future society with a forward-looking vision, and spent his 30 years engaged in English education.
However, this person also has another identity, that is, the Japanese admiral in World War II and the president of the Naval University, named Inoue Naimi.
Speaking of Inoue, people familiar with the history of World War II know that he once opposed war with China and the United States, which was the key reason for his acquittal after the war. But is it really because he is a peaceful man who does not advocate war? Don't be naïve!
In the Japanese naval circles during World War II, Inoue Narimi and Yamamoto Isoroku and Mitsumasa Minouchi can be called the iron triangle, these three people, as the backbone of the naval force, know the strength of the Japanese Navy, and know very well that if they go to the Americans, it is purely a fight, so they strongly oppose the signing of the Triple Alliance Agreement with Germany and Italy to avoid being pulled into the water.
In terms of strategy toward China, Inoue Also agreed with Ishihara Guan'er and others in the Army that the main battle would be "not to expand the war", so as to free up time and space to seize the resources of the Northeast region, so that Japan's national strength could be guaranteed and a protracted war could be launched. So, under what they call "peace," there is actually a larger war conspiracy.
Of course, later, unable to withstand the soft and hard bubbles of the main battle faction, Yamamoto Fifty-Six carried out a Pearl Harbor sneak attack, which made their original plan ruined.
From the above introduction, we can see that Inoue Seimi was able to consider the national conditions of Japan at that time, and go hand in hand with Ishihara Guan'er, Yamamoto Isoroku and others, indicating that he still has some strategy. However, this has become his most fatal flaw! Why? Just look at his nickname - "Japanese Zhao Kuo".
Yes, this Zhao Kuo is the defeated general who only knows how to talk on paper and killed 400,000 Zhao troops in the Battle of Changping. And Inoue's character setting is almost the same as that of Zhao Kuo, who is best at making a grand battle plan in the rear and likes to talk endlessly, but when it comes to directing actual combat, Inoue Becomes an eggplant.
Take the Battle of Coral Island in May 1942, when the Morale of the Japanese Army was boosted by the bombing of Pearl Harbor, while the U.S. Military was demoralized, so the Japanese Navy could have fought with the U.S. Army. However, Inoue Naimi, who is accustomed to speaking big truths in peacetime, has completely lost her soul in the face of this unprecedented-large-scale aircraft carrier duel.
Due to the misjudgment of the situation of the war, the Japanese Navy suffered its first major defeat since Pearl Harbor, and the morale it had accumulated was lost. As the commander, Inoue Seimi was fired and went home to relax.
After the end of World War II, Inoue was indicted, but was acquitted because he had opposed the start of the war. After his release from prison, Inoue refused the invitation of the new government to serve as a senior adviser to the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, and instead returned to his hometown to work in English education for 30 years.
Because in his early years after graduating from the Naval University, Inoue Wasimi was sent as a Japanese envoy abroad because of his excellent English, so his English skills were not to be spoken. After returning to her hometown, Inoue set up an English class at home, personally teaching nearby children to learn English until her death in 1975.
In fact, there is another very important reason why Inoue Chooses to Teach English in her hometown, which is to atone for her sins.
In his later years, he once told reporters: "I am just a hard-working soldier, and I am ashamed that the military once insisted on going its own way and brought a lot of pain to the Japanese." And English is the tool of our next generation to stand in the world, and I want to atone for it. ”
History Inn Author: Mizuki