Battle of the Third Reich

"Stand up! Salute the chief!" With the screaming of Captain Ishikawa's exhaustion, more than 200 officers and soldiers of the fifth squadron in front of Zhennanguan stood straight and straight, facing a Toyota aa car. Lieutenant General Tojo British Army, drilled in the center, paid a gun salute. …≦. …≦

"Yo Xi." After the army minister stood still, he returned a standard military salute to the Japanese officers and men in front of him.

Judging from the military appearance of these soldiers, it is indeed the elite of the rigorously trained Imperial Army. Captain Ishikawa leads the army well, leaving a good first impression to Tojo. Embraced by a group of staff and Guan Zuo, Tojo drove his legs in Cairo and walked steadily to the city wall of Nanguan.

"Which direction is the battle position of Morimoto Group?" Tojo took the telescope from the adjutant's hand and asked indifferently.

The staff standing beside him looked at each other. One of the clever rushes made a look at Ishikawa who was behind him. The infantry captain was also accustomed to observing and observing. When he saw the opportunity to act in front of the chief, where would he Let go, he hurried forward to the two steps to respectfully reply to Tojo.

"In that direction, Your Excellency." Ishikawa pointed to the direction in which the gunshot sounded at that time and continued to report. "At about 1.40 pm that day, the soldiers on duty heard the sound of intensive gunfire from a distance, and immediately reported to me, because it is in the territory of Indochina, we thought that the Chinese were engaged in military exercises. "

"I saw these in the report, so I don't need to repeat it again." Tojo glanced at the captain beside him, his eyes round and round with cold and sharp eyes.

"Ha! Your Excellency, I'm very sorry." Ishikawa bowed and apologized hurriedly, and the back of the shirt was wet with cold sweat in an instant.

"Huh." The other party's reaction made Tojo very satisfied, knowing that awe of the superior is a qualified warrior. If all the officers in the Imperial Army are such officers, why would he have to travel to such a ghost place.

The current situation of the Japanese Army is very passive, which makes him a current headache. When Emperor Hirohito learned about the incident early in the morning on the 14th, a cabinet meeting was urgently held at noon that day. This was an extraordinary event in the Showa era. Even when the Manchurian Incident happened, Emperor Hirohito summoned the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Army alone. How could such a mobilization of teachers make this happen, which shows how much importance Hirohito attaches to this matter.

This time, Yuren was really angry with the army. This group of red deer can't save him a lot of worry, even if all the troubles of the world are done. After all, the Army did it for the future of the imperial kingdom, and fulfilled his wish of the eighth, but now it seems that he still has an excessive attitude towards the army. Pampered. Let them be petty and spoiled to bring about the current situation. Now let’s look at the Japanese Army’s conviction. There are indeed too many fronts. The **** in front is often not cleaned, and a pair of pants is pulled in the back. In the long run, the Japanese cabinet and yourself should not do other things.

Besides, even if you poke Lou Zi, you have to choose a better goal. Hasn’t the Army’s belief always been to pinch the soft persimmon? When did the painting style change to hit the iron plate? The last time he mobilized at Nomenkan, he slammed his head and broke the blood, and scared the Staff Headquarters from dare to advance northward. This lesson is not deep enough. This time, it was directly related to the two countries. It's simply not knowing life or death. That was an old European power. While Japan was still playing the Shogun house wine, they were already starting imperialist expansion.

The Gu Army was once claimed to be the strongest soldier in Europe. Although the performance in the later period was very weak, the tiger's death did not fail, not to mention it was a grand European country. Needless to say, the one-nation country is already the leader of Europa, a world-class overlord, and the armored soldiers are invincible. They have literally halved half a dozen European powers in half a year. Swept most of the European continent. The national policy of the empire has already determined that it is necessary to make good relations with the single country, and even if it can't form an alliance, it must not be an opponent. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had been desperate to please the single country some time ago. The army actually made such a thing at this point. Of course, the government is unlikely to blame the troubled officer, but the result of denial is to acknowledge to foreigners that the Japanese government cannot control its own army, which makes the faces of the cabinet princes and even Emperor Hirohito go there.

Yuren made a rare temper in front of his ministers. On weekdays, he always tried to be gentle and gentle in front of his ministers, even when he was in a hurry. He did not forget to maintain the so-called royal ceremonies. Compared with ordinary people, the emperor's vocabulary is slightly poorer. He also likes to use a bunch of esoteric historical allusions to ridicule and irony. At that time, he was ashamed of the shame of Tojo. He almost demonstrated to Yuren how to solve himself in court. Fortunately, he was stopped by Guardian Wen Yu and others in time, so that the army minister failed to show the emperor his developed large intestine.

Yuren also knew that it was a little unreasonable to put all his responsibilities on Tojo, but there must always be someone standing up to let him out of this wickedness. What is the system of being blamed for dying and dying? A courtier?

Now that the incident has happened, even cutting the cabinets one by one to dry them does not help. The Yuqian meeting discussed for a long time, but failed to come up with a slightly reliable plan. In the end, Yuren took the board, and the army produced a detailed report within three days to hold all relevant personnel accountable. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister immediately embarked on diplomatic mediation with the two countries, especially for the one, even if at all costs, they must obtain mutual understanding.

Since the Emperor made a sacred decision, he had to follow suit, and the members of the cabinet immediately performed a division of labor after the meeting. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of the Interior are responsible for launching a strategy for the German ambassador to Japan, hoping that General Eugene Ott will make a few good words for Japan, and at the same time request that Oshima and Mino Shiratori come forward again to see the head of the single country (Japanese? Fuhrer? translated as president, pre-private dent translated as chieftain, in this book is still called the head of state), these two diplomats and the head of the independent country in the last incident can also be regarded as a good relationship, hope This time it can also play a role in properly solving this matter. According to the Army's investigation, from the previous performance, Tojo, the army minister, is relatively more convincing, and it seems that the army's problems can only be left to him.

In order to restore his image in front of the emperor and to throw away the inexplicable black pot, Tojo took a 100-type transport plane directly to Taipei in the afternoon, and after a short pause in Taipei, the plane took off overnight and turned. After a short stop in Hainan Island, he landed at the airport outside Nanning at midnight on the same day. Arriving on the same plane with the Secretary of the Army were Deputy Chief of Staff Shizawa Shigeru, Chief of Operations Section Chief Okada Fukuda, Second Chief of Staff Headquarters Rear Admiral Toshio Takahashi, newly appointed Commander of the Army Gendarmerie Lieutenant General Taro Toshima and Gendarmerie Police The Chief of the Division of Operations quartet forgive the second Chinese.

Akira Nakamura, the commander of the Fifth Division, knew that the guilt was fleeing, so when he heard the news that the Secretary of the Army personally came to investigate, he hurried to the airport to meet him. He also wanted to try to please Tojo at this time. To relieve yourself of some responsibilities, after all, the deliberate surrender of a commander of the real power division is also a great help for the army minister. However, Nakamura obviously miscalculated. His future was already decided at the Tokyo Imperial Conference. No one could save the poor lieutenant general. He should feel glad that he is not alone, and a large number of colleagues will Accompanied by him, he was not the biggest scapegoat in this incident, and there were several unlucky eggs on him.

When he saw the generals of the Gendarmerie coming randomly, Nakamura knew that he was in fate this time. Sure enough, he had not yet waited for his defense to Tojo, and the other party had already given out an order from the Emperor and released it. The post of head of the division of the Fifth Division of Mingren Nakamura was arrested on the spot by the commander of the gendarmerie and handed over to the gendarmerie for investigation and interrogation. Also arrested at the same time as Lieutenant General Nakamura were the Chief of Staff of the Fifth Division and the Chief of the Division Headquarters, as well as the assistant chief of the 21st United Wing, Mikimoto, the chief of the Morimoto Group.

That same night, these people were escorted to the temporary military police prison, and the Japanese military police chief conducted a preliminary inquiry. For Tojo, this is just the beginning. He wants to use this opportunity to take a good look at the army's habit of ignoring Shangguan's rudeness, and at the same time, establish the prestige of the razor Tojo in the army to make those who like it. The red-headed deer was afraid of his bones when he heard his name. He would carefully consider the consequences before doing stupid things, so as not to cause trouble to the empire and His Majesty.

For Japan, there are enough troubles now, and even a Chinese battlefield is already fraught. If another European power is involved, it will be a disaster for the current Japan. Although the army and navy have determined the strategy of advancing south, it will take a lot of time to accumulate sufficient resources and strength. The increase of troops before the country has disrupted the previous deduction of the staff headquarters. The navy almost needs to land. Turn your face with the Army. If there are any variables at this time, the Nanjin plan may be aborted. Who will bear the responsibility by then, anyway, Tojo knows that his small body can never be carried.

The next day, Lin Qingzhongzuo of the South Branch Gendarmerie with his elite soldiers rushed to Nanning. Then, under the direct instructions of the Minister of the Army, the Gendarmerie set off a **** storm in the Fifth Division. The first wing was the hardest hit, and all personnel related to Morimoto were taken away by the military police for investigation. The personnel left behind by the Morimoto Brigade were regarded as the best breakthrough by the military police, especially the two survivors who finally fled back to China were severely interrogated.

At the beginning, there were some young officers who agreed with Morimoto’s behavior. They thought they had a background in the country, and they showed obvious resistance to the inquiry of the gendarmerie. Then the torture experts of the gendarmerie used the facts to prove to them that they had no bones. The imagination is so hard, the brutality of the Japanese military police is well-known in the world. Since there are army ministers to support it, there is no worry. When those military police officers and soldiers face these middle and senior military officers who need to look up, the military police officers from The other party's wailing sounded full of pleasure, and there was no confession under Miki that could be taken out, and soon a detailed interrogation report was placed in front of Tojo.

Tojo cleanly completed the task assigned to him by the cabinet, and successfully handed over an incident investigation report within three days. Although there are some details in the statement of the independent country of the country, Tojo believes that he is investigating. It should be the facts. (To be continued.)