Age of Conquest Reborn

On the hospital bed, Emperor Hirohito of Japan, who was ill and torn to pieces, had already given very clear instructions on how to deal with the war in Manchuria, but the ministers were silent, including the named General Mitsuichi Yoneuchi, the Minister of War and Acting Chief of General Staff of the base camp, who was also silent.

His words and expressions on his face were ever-changing.

No one would object to taking the current Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army, Nanjiro, as the scapegoat for the fall of Manchuria and the death of more than two million Kwantung Army soldiers. This is a natural thing. Now, the public opinion in the country has reached its peak, and many doubts have emerged.

The military even questioned His Majesty the Emperor's remarks. If they did not introduce a scapegoat, the terrible fact that Manchuria fell and the entire Kwantung Army was shattered would hit the domestic people almost crazy, and the situation would probably be out of control.

As the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Nanjiro is the best person to calm domestic public opinion anyway. He has enough weight and is at the right time. None of the big shots present are as suitable as Nanjiro as a scapegoat. Regarding this point

, no one disagrees with His Majesty the Emperor's decision, and no one dares to make a fuss and complain for Nanjiro at this time, it is obviously a matter of getting burned!

The crux of the matter is that His Majesty the Emperor was so cruel. He used the excuse of summoning Nanjiro back to the country to report on his duties, but secretly handled the special military court. I am afraid that as soon as Nanjiro sets foot on the mainland, he will be directly blocked by the military police and the special police.

Get into the prison car and take it to court!

Even the big bosses who take conspiracies as their daily routine and don't give in to rivals from different factions all day long to cause trouble and have trouble sleeping and eating, still feel that His Majesty the Emperor's behavior is too dirty. It is simply despicable and has no bottom line.

Is it necessary to use such shady means to impose restrictions?

An order was issued from the base camp. Nanjiro dared not to be recalled to the country. He dared to disobey the military order. Even if he was asked to be a scapegoat, he should at least be more aboveboard in his methods. These words kept repeating in the hearts of the civil and military ministers.

He wandered around, but no one dared to bring it up. So, the only way to deal with it was to remain silent!

In fact, Emperor Hirohito didn't want to do this. How can I put it? It seemed too despicable. But he was worried that once Nanjiro was ordered to return to China and accept the trial of a special military court for the Manchuria war situation, who can guarantee that nothing else would happen?

Unexpected things?

With Nanjiro's political wisdom, he would naturally understand from the moment he received the order. As soon as he set foot on the mainland, what awaited him would definitely not be a good result. What if, what if, Nanjiro chose to escape and go to China?

The surrender of the devil Tang Qiuli had such a great impact on himself and the Empire of Japan that Emperor Hirohito did not dare to think about it. Nanjiro was a heavyweight senior army general in the empire.

Thinking of surrender, Emperor Hirohito suddenly thought of the report in the newspaper that the commander of the Kwantung Army's First Army, Shiro Kashii, was the scum of the emperor's people, a bastard who was greedy for life and feared death, and took the lead in announcing the surrender to the independent division.

The troops surrendered, resulting in hundreds of thousands of brave and capable Kwantung Army soldiers surrendering without a fight, and the fall of Manchuria was imminent, making the Empire of Japan lose face in front of the world!

When he thought of this, Emperor Hirohito felt his chest was congested, and a mouthful of blood rushed to his throat. "Cough, cough, cough!" He suddenly coughed violently, and a sickly flush appeared on his sallow face.

The civil and military ministers who were concerned about the incident hurriedly gathered around, no matter whether it was true or false, they shouted continuously, some with tears in their eyes to comfort, and some shouting for doctors, making the palace a mess as if something big had happened.

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Waving his hands feebly, Emperor Hirohito asked the ministers to retreat. He coughed for a while. After he calmed down, the flush on his face faded away, but his face became increasingly sallow, but it did not prevent him from speaking. His tone was still cold and gloomy, "I

Think about it, the main culprit for the defeat of Manchuria is Nanjiro, and the person directly responsible is that Kashii Shiro, it is this scum of the emperor who has no moral integrity and announced his surrender! "

"Also, those dozens of senior officers above the rank of major general are actually colluding with each other. They are all greedy and fearful people. They are not worthy of the honor and title of emperor. They have brought nothing but shame to the empire, endless shame.

Dear Lord Minai, in the name of the Ministry of War, I declare the above-mentioned officers of the Kwantung Army as traitors, announce it to all the people, and let the people criticize them with words and writings!"

"In addition, the Military Advocate General Department of the base camp, together with the Military Police Headquarters, will thoroughly investigate the relatives and families of these scum of the empire in the local area. All officers from the rank of lieutenant and above will be investigated and imprisoned in concentration camps. All officers who betrayed the empire will be made aware of their betrayal.

The price to pay!”

"The two are all caused by Nanjiro's inaction and incompetence. I love you, Mineai, and immediately issued an order to summon Nanjiro back to the country to report on his duties!"

General Minaiguang, who was called out again, had to speak up. He looked embarrassed, and after a long while, he said slowly: "Your Majesty, all your orders will be obeyed. However, the General Staff of the base camp

, has lost contact with the Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army, Nanjiro. Since yesterday, the radio station has been calling, but there has been no reply. I estimate that Nanjiro may have been in trouble!"

"Furthermore, I contacted the Chief of General Staff of the Kwantung Army, Lieutenant General Matsuda Kenjiro, but there was no response. This further confirms my judgment. I am afraid that Fengtian has fallen, and all the officers of the Kwantung Army headquarters are shattered by the empire!"

"Bastard!" Emperor Hirohito was almost mad. Now, there was no possibility of even catching a scapegoat. If Nanjiro died in battle and Manchuria was lost, who would bear the responsibility?

Emperor Hirohito sat up with a cry, and his fierce eyes swept over the ministers one after another. The ministers felt as if they were being stared at by evil wolves, their hair stood on end, cold sweat dripped down their spines, and the palace was like death.

of silence.

After being besieged for several days by Wang Dongshan, chief of staff of the Marine Corps of the Independent Division, and commanded by five brigades, Fengtian City became increasingly lifeless after nightfall. There were almost no lights in the entire city, only on the periphery of the city.

The sound of gunfire from time to time brought a little vitality to the city, reminding the citizens that the war was around them. The streets were empty without a single pedestrian. The autumn wind in August swept through the empty streets, rolling up waves of wind.

Dust and dead leaves.

Fengtian, the building where the Kwantung Army headquarters is located. Looking from the outside, the eight-story building is dark without a trace of light, like a tomb, standing eerie in the night. Chu Tian, ​​the leader of the special operations detachment of the Independent Division

, with a special operations team of more than 80 soldiers, under the guidance of latent agents from the Fengtian Intelligence Station of the Intelligence Department, were standing in a small building less than 500 meters away from the Kwantung Army headquarters, holding up a telescope

, observe the situation carefully.

In accordance with the orders of the division commander, Chu Tian led several action groups of the special operations detachment and five reconnaissance battalions transferred from the Southeast Mobile Corps, totaling more than 3,000 people, under the cover of agents lurking in Fengtian in the Intelligence Department and Investigation Department.

, divided into multiple routes, and within a few days, they managed to sneak into the war-torn Fengtian City in batches. After entering Fengtian, they reinforced hundreds of agents from the two departments and branches.

During the period of sneaking into Fengtian, Chutian was very busy. The soldiers of the special operations detachment worked in groups and led the scouts to attack everywhere, creating a lot of damage to the Kwantung Army military police and the puppet Manchukuo city defense forces in Fengtian City.

The big trouble has caused panic in Fengtian City. Citizens have spread wildly that at least tens of thousands of special forces from the Independent Division have entered Fengtian City.

However, the Kwantung Army military police unit responsible for maintaining public security in Fengtian did not have the energy or strength to mobilize enough troops to destroy the independent division soldiers who had sneaked into the city.

All the troops were attracted to the battle outside Fengtian!

This afternoon, Chutian exchanged telegrams with Wang Dongshan, Chief of Staff of the Marine Corps of the Independent Division attacking Fengtian, and learned that the Liaoxi Campaign had ended successfully. In the telegram, Wang Dongshan informed Chutian that the division commander had issued an order within two days.

The capture of Fengtian requires the full cooperation of the special operations detachment's infiltration troops.

For such a battle, Chu Tian knew how to fight. He sent most of the latent agents from the Intelligence Department and Investigation Department, several action teams from the Special Operations Detachment, and five reconnaissance battalions to various directions to provide guidance to the attacking troops.

Roads and objectives to capture.

As for himself, he brought an action team to the Kwantung Army headquarters. Chu Tian made a bold decision to capture the thief first. He sneaked into the Kwantung Army headquarters, captured the Kwantung Army Commander-in-Chief Nanjiro alive, and destroyed the Kwantung Army in one fell swoop.

The highest command body of the military.

Chutian's decision was not a risk, nor was it a grand achievement. It was based on his full understanding of the situation of the Kwantung Army troops in Fengtian City. Wang Dongshan's tens of thousands of troops surrounded Fengtian for several days. The Kwantung Army troops in Fengtian City and

The puppet Manchurian rebel troops have all been sent to the front line. According to Chu Tian's estimation, the Kwantung Army's guard strength in Fengtian City is almost empty at this moment. This is an opportunity.

After observing for a while, relying on his battlefield experience that year, Chu Tian instinctively felt that there were not many people in the Kwantung Army headquarters building, so he issued an order in a low voice, "The whole team is divided into three groups, and they cover each other step by step and sneak into the Kwantung Army."

Army headquarters, the key target is Kwantung Army Commander-in-Chief Nanjiro, try to capture him alive, if discovered by the enemy, immediately switch to a violent attack, start taking action in ten minutes!"

Then, Chu Tian said to the lurking agents of the Intelligence Department: "Your mission is completed, evacuate immediately!"

In the dark night, the figures of the soldiers of the special operations detachment blended into the night. They avoided the closed door as nimble as a civet cat and climbed over the high wall. More than eighty people entered the courtyard of the Kwantung Army headquarters.

There was no movement at all, and there were no Kwantung Army sentries carrying 38-guns, wandering back and forth. It was quiet, so quiet that it was unsettling.

Chu Tian's sharp eyes were fixed on the entrance of the building, and with a gesture, more than twenty soldiers from the special operations detachment quickly rushed in.

(To be continued) (To be continued..)