The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 531 The New Unlucky One

The leader of the brigade, Abe, who led the independent mixed second brigade of the Japanese army, felt that he was wronged, because he did say at the brigade combat meeting that he should try to avoid causing civilian casualties.

At that time, someone asked him that civilian casualties would inevitably occur in the course of combat, and asked him how to deal with it?His answer at the time was that if the enemy army and civilians were mixed together and caused casualties during the battle, it was unavoidable, but don't slaughter innocent people alone.

Who would have thought that his subordinates would openly disobey orders and cause the Meizhuang tragedy.This made Gao Jiu anxious, and he, the supreme commander of the brigade, was about to take this responsibility.

Abe was very scared at the rate of [-]. At this time, his wife and children had just come to visit him from Japan. In order to prevent them from being implicated, he sent them to leave Baoding overnight and asked them to return to Japan immediately.

He was at a loss for what to do about this matter, and discussed this matter with the chief of staff. Although Gao Jiu did not specify that the chief of staff should take responsibility, the chief of staff was also very worried that the fire at the city gate would harm Chi Yu.If Gao Jiu came to kill Abe Susan, and he stayed with Abe Susan all day, he might be unlucky.

Therefore, the chief of staff also used his brains to help Abe lead three to think of a way.

After discussing, the two reached a consensus, and decided to disarm and control all the squadron captain Watanabe and Yamamoto first.

The independent mixed second brigade reported their decision to the North China Expeditionary Army Command, requesting guidance.

As a result, the North China Dispatch Army reprimanded Abe and his three for the sake of face, asking him to maintain the courage of the Japanese soldiers and not be afraid of the threat of the enemy, and asked him to release him immediately to avoid affecting the morale of the Huang army.

Abe led the third to understand that it was his superiors who wanted to sacrifice him.He was also impatient, and after thinking twice, he wanted to get in touch with Gao Jiu and explain the situation in the middle.However, there was no communication channel between him and Gao Jiu, so he told the chief of staff what he thought, asking him to help find a way.

The chief of staff analyzed that after the start of the security war in North China, the Japanese troops in Shandong did not attack Gao Jiu's Peach Blossom Mountain, which shows that they should have reached some kind of tacit understanding with Gao Jiu.

The chief of staff suggested that Abe lead the three to get in touch with the Japanese army in Shandong and try to get in touch with Gao Jiu through them.

Abe led the three and the chief of staff of the 8th Division were classmates and friends, so he sent a telegram to the chief of staff of the 8th Division, hoping that he could help and get in touch with Gao Jiu.

The chief of staff of the 8th Division did not refuse for the sake of his former classmates and friends, and asked Abe to lead the three to prepare 10 oceans. He managed to send someone to get in touch with Gao Jiu, explain the whole story, and strive for Gao Jiu's understanding.

Abe led three is a man who knows the rules, he can't let his classmates busy, he took out 15 oceans, and sent someone to send it to the chief of staff of the 8th division.

The chief of staff of the 8th Division entrusted this matter to the head of the Qiushan Brigade of the 15th Brigade stationed in Tai'an, and gave him 12 oceans to help contact Gao Jiu.

The head of the Qiushan Brigade used to give Gao Jiu money, but this time he contacted Gao Jiu, and he could earn [-] yuan from it, so he was in a good mood.So he sent his adjutant to Peach Blossom Mountain.

After Zhang Quan received 10 oceans, he sent a telegram to Gao Jiu.

At this time, Gao Jiu was still in Shandong, heading towards Hebei.After he received the telegram, he immediately sent a telegram back to Zhang Quan, asking the head of the Akiyama Brigade to send a message to Abe Satsuzo, and told Abe Satsuzo the call sign of the radio station, so that he could contact him directly.

Seeing a glimmer of life, Abe led the three and hurriedly reported the ins and outs of the matter to Gao Jiu.In order to show that he had indeed asked his subordinates not to slaughter innocent people at will, he also sent the date and content of the meeting minutes to Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu replied to express his understanding, and asked him to kill Captain Watanabe and the Yamamoto Squadron, and then just put the blame on him, Gao Jiu.If he could do this, Gao Jiu would send a clear telegram, saying that after investigation, he proved that Abe led the head of the third brigade and had nothing to do with the massacre of innocent people.

In order to prevent Abe and his three from being held accountable by the upper echelons of the Japanese military, he asked Abe and his three to provide the name of a superior, saying that this person opposed the disposal of Captain Watanabe and Yamamoto, and Gao Jiu would directly target this person. The military also has no intention of pursuing Abe Suzo.

Seeing that Gao Jiu was considerate, Abe led three to send a telegram to Gao Jiu, saying that he would put Watanabe and Yamamoto Squadron in solitary confinement away from the Japanese camp, so that Gao Jiu could send people to attack.As soon as there was an exchange of fire between the two sides, the Japanese army in charge of custody would immediately retreat, and hand over Watanabe and Yamamoto Squadron to Gao Jiu and others in disguise.At the same time, he pointed out that when he reported to the North China Dispatch Army, it was Sakai Deputy Chief of Staff who forced him to release him and asked him to fight Gao Jiu to the end.

Gao Jiu agreed with Abe and led the three opinions, and promised that after this matter was over, he would not interfere with the independent second brigade.

Abe led the three to finally breathe a sigh of relief. He sent his cronies to send Captain Watanabe and Yamamoto Squadron outside the city, and temporarily imprisoned them in a place where there was no village or store behind.

Three days later, Gao Jiu led the troops to the vicinity of Baoding.He sent Tian Chuan to lead a detachment of special forces members to the location designated by Abe to deal with Watanabe and Yamamoto Squadron.

Abe led three really didn't play tricks. After Tagawa and others arrived at the stronghold mentioned by Abe led three, he sent two special forces to approach the Japanese army, and then shot at the sky, and the Japanese guards also fired at the sky. gun and evacuated immediately.

In order to prevent Captain Watanabe and Squadron Commander Yamamoto from committing suicide in advance, the Japanese guards tied them up and locked them in a room alone before evacuating.

Tian Chuan and others entered the stronghold, killed all the unarmed devil soldiers inside, and brought back Captain Watanabe and Squadron Yamamoto.

After capturing these two men, Gao Jiu got in touch with the Eighth Route Army of the Jizhong Military Region.The Jizhong Military Region asked Gao Jiu to hand over the two men to them, and they wanted to conduct a public trial and execute them in public.

Gao Jiu and others handed over Watanabe and Shan Ben to the local Eighth Route Army armed forces, and they continued to Peiping.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from slaughtering innocent people in combat, Gao Jiu decided to teach the Japanese army another painful lesson.

Gao Jiu sent a clear-coded telegram again, saying in the telegram that the Yamamoto Squadron involved in the massacre of innocent people in Meizhuang had been completely annihilated.One of the culprits, Captain Watanabe and Squadron Leader Yamamoto, has been handed over to the Eighth Route Army Jizhong Military Region. They will be tried by the people and sentenced to death.

The person responsible for the Meizhuang tragedy is Sakai, the deputy chief of staff of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army. Gao Jiu and the Taohuashan guerrillas are going to Peiping to capture Sakai.

After Gao Jiu's clear-coded telegram was sent out, the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in the rear and underground party base areas rejoiced, and various newspapers and magazines carried out extensive reports.

Everyone felt very relieved, and they all wanted to see Sakai, the deputy chief of staff of the North China Dispatch Army, what kind of ending would it be?

Foreign newspapers also reported on this incident, and they were also looking forward to seeing what would happen to Sakai, a senior Japanese general.

Public opinion is raging again, and everyone is waiting and watching, paying attention to the further development of the matter.

Sakai's deputy chief of staff really did not expect that Gao Jiuhui would target himself.When Abe led the three to the North China Dispatch Army Headquarters to report on the handling of the Meizhuang incident, it was the commander and chief of staff of the North China Dispatch Army who decided to let Abe lead the three to release Captain Watanabe, Yamamoto Squadron and others Well, Sakai just accepted the entrustment of the North China Dispatch Army Command to talk to Abe led three.

Who would have thought that the shit bowl would be placed on Sakai's head, he also felt wronged, a hundred times more wronged than Dou E.

Now, Gao Jiu had clearly stated that he was heading towards Beiping. He felt that his death was coming soon, and he panicked immediately.

The reason why Gao Jiu wanted to protect Abe led three was because he couldn't leave the impression that the Japanese army killed people indiscriminately. Only in this way, those senior generals of the Japanese army could understand what to do so that they would not touch Gao Jiu. bottom line.

As for why Gao Jiu chose Deputy Chief of Staff Sakai to take the blame, it was because he had to deal with a senior general of the Japanese army this time, otherwise, it would not be enough to deter those Japanese generals who were lucky.

In fact, Gao Jiu also understood that Deputy Chief of Staff Sakai had no direct connection with this vicious case of massacring innocent people. The North China Dispatch Army Headquarters should be responsible for this matter.

But experience tells Gao Jiu that if everyone in a department is responsible for a certain incident, it means that no one will be responsible.Only by targeting a specific person among them can their interests be truly touched and someone will be truly responsible.

Not only that, but Gao Jiu did have some personal grievances towards this Chief of Staff Sakai.

The last time the Japanese army attacked Peach Blossom Mountain, Deputy Chief of Staff Sakai personally led the team.The last time he fought in Cang County, he was also the Deputy Chief of Staff Sakai who was in charge of leading the reinforcements to the reinforcements.Therefore, when Gao Jiu heard that Abe led the three to say that the person who was talking to him was Sakai's deputy chief of staff, he made up his mind to use Sakai as the knife this time.

Sakai's deputy chief of staff is unlucky. Gao Jiu wants to use Sakai this time to make an example and scare the senior generals of the Japanese army.

Deputy Chief of Staff Sakai had already learned what happened to Watanabe and Yamamoto. He was about to cry, and hurried to find the commander and chief of staff of the North China Dispatch Army.

Seeing Sakai's terrified face, the commander despised him very much, and reprimanded him to be calm and maintain the demeanor that the Imperial Japanese soldiers should have.

Sakai was very dissatisfied in his heart, but he had something to ask of them at this time, so he could only patiently listen to his reprimand.

After the commander shut up, Sakai said: "Your Excellency, Commander, Gao Jiu is about to come to Peiping. That guy is elusive, and it is hard to guard against him. I will leave Peiping temporarily and return to Japan to avoid the limelight."

Hearing what he said, the commander immediately became angry again. He said, "As a dignified senior general of the Great Japanese Empire, how could you be frightened into such a state by a little bandit? You can't leave your post without authorization. Otherwise, I will send you to a court-martial for the crime of desertion.”

As the commander of the North China Dispatch Army, he naturally has his reasons for doing so. If Sakai really fled back to Japan, the dignified North China Dispatch Army will definitely lose face. As the commander of the North China Dispatch Army, he will also be punished by the Japanese. The reprimand of the base camp.

Sakai was already extremely depressed at this time, and he was impatient when he heard that the commander not only did not sympathize with him, but forced him to wait here to die.

Sakai went all out, and he said: "It was you who did not agree to deal with Watanabe, Yamamoto and others. Why did you let me take the blame for this matter? Since you won't give me a way to survive, then I will put Find a way to tell Gao Jiu about this matter, explain the whole story, and say that you made the decision, and let Gao Jiu come to you directly when the time comes."

Don't look at the viciousness of the commander when he reprimanded Sakai, but when he heard that he was going to shoulder this responsibility, he was also discouraged, and he didn't want to be the target of Gao Jiu's direct pursuit. There is no way to live a life of guarding against thieves for a thousand days.Besides, that guy Gao Jiu was always elusive, even if he sent heavy soldiers to protect him, he might not be able to save his life.

He was very angry, pointed at Sakai, and said: "You, you, you..." He was so angry that he trembled, but he didn't dare to continue talking.

Lieutenant General Zhongxiong Dongyi, the chief of staff, personally experienced Gao Jiu's power in Henan, and he sympathized with Sakai very much.Seeing that the situation had come to a stalemate, he hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "Your Excellency, Mr. Sakai, we are all on our own. Let's not quarrel. It's better to calm down and see how to deal with Gao Jiu."

The three of them discussed for a long time, but they didn't come up with any good ideas.Sakai didn't want to stay in Peiping any more, he insisted on returning to China temporarily.

Chief of Staff Nakao Toichi said: "Sakai-kun, it's not that your Excellency the Commander disagrees with your return to the country. The headquarters will definitely not agree to this matter. If you return to the country without authorization, I am afraid that you will be held accountable by the headquarters, and if you do If you make such a fearful move, you will be despised by the people of Japan, and I am afraid that you will have no place in the country."

Sakai also thought about this, but he couldn't just watch Gao Jiu come to kill him.He said in a crying voice: "This is not okay, and that is not okay, so what should I do?"

Several people discussed for a long time, but couldn't come up with any good ideas.Chief of Staff Sakai suddenly thought of an expert in dealing with Gao Jiu, so he proposed to send Yoshito Hamada, head of the Special Higher Section of the Jinan Military Police Headquarters of the 12th Army, to Beiping to see what he had in mind.

Jinan Gendarmerie Headquarters, special high school.

Hamada Yoshito has been sitting on the bench until now, because his strength is to deal with Gao Jiu, but now the Japanese troops in Shandong are unwilling to fight Gao Jiu, and even reached a tacit understanding with Gao Jiu, Hamada Yoshito has become a Useless, no one pays attention to him.

Hamada Yoshito is very uncomfortable now, he is even worried that the generals of the Japanese army will not like him, which will prevent them from colluding with Gao Jiu secretly, and they can kill him at any opportunity.He already had the idea of ​​leaving Jinan.

At this moment, he received an order from Peiping to report to the North China Dispatch Army Command immediately.

Hamada's eyes lit up, and he felt that he had a new way out, so he immediately drove to Peiping.

(End of this chapter)