The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1353: Military morale is turbulent (first update)

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Lieutenant General Fujita slammed the table violently, like a powder keg that suddenly exploded, stared at a pair of big red eyes, and shouted sharply.

"We must immediately find out how the Eighth Route Army passed through our blockade time and time again..."

"Is there someone who dares not report the true situation on the battlefield in order to shirk responsibility? Or is there a puppet Manchurian Army soldier who was bribed by the Eighth Route Army and secretly cooperated with the Eighth Route Army to break out..."

"Otherwise, why can they cross the blockade quietly again and again!"

Lieutenant General Yoshino frowned and immediately replied, "Fujita-kun..."

"I think what you said makes perfect sense..."

"There are a total of twenty mopping up troops on the front line, all led by captains and deputy captains. Their command abilities vary... We cannot rule out the possibility that there are some sneaky officers among them."

"The Puppet Manchuria Army is even more unreliable..."

"They were scattered among the mopping up troops, and each main company controlled several hundred meters of blockade."

"If there are puppet Manchurian troops acting as internal agents for the Eighth Route Army, they can easily send hundreds of Eighth Route Army troops across the blockade!"

"I will now give an order to the puppet Manchurian troops scattered on the front line: let them immediately report all the battles in the past two days, the more detailed the better!"

"The Gendarmerie will also send people to the front line to investigate. It is important to find out whether the Eighth Route Army broke through the defense line controlled by the Puppet Manchuria Army!"

Lieutenant General Yoshino has sent people to the front line for investigation and self-examination. Lieutenant General Fujita must not be left behind.

Besides, he was also the first to raise the suspicion that the frontline sweep forces had lied about military information. It was impossible to only investigate the Jinzhou garrison and not investigate his own troops.

Then Lieutenant General Yoshino ordered: "The military police directly under the division will be dispatched immediately. Every mopping up force on the front line will go there to strictly investigate the battle process of each mopping up force in the past two days and compare it with the battle reports they reported to the division headquarters... "

"If there is any difference, check it immediately..."

"Find out at all costs how the Eighth Route Army passed through the blockade of the mopping up troops, otherwise we will not be able to fight the next battle at all!"

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Wangjiatun...

A temporary base for one of the mopping up troops of Fujita's division.

The leader of the team was woken up by his subordinates in his sleep. He was very annoyed. He opened his mouth and cursed: "Bagya Road..."

"The troops have not been attacked by the Eighth Route Army and are not in danger. Why are you waking me up now?"

"Don't you know I need some rest?"

"What if you don't get enough rest and something unexpected happens during tomorrow's battle? Can you bear the responsibility?"

The subordinates were scolded terribly, but they did not dare to say a word in rebuttal.

Who makes me the captain, but I am just a small second lieutenant officer...

If you piss him off, a single word can ruin your military career, stall you at the rank of second lieutenant for the rest of your life, or send you to the battlefield to be killed by the Eighth Route Army. That would be truly aggrieved.

He could only bear the captain's anger while explaining: "Sir, please calm down...it's someone from above..."

"The team is led by a squad leader from the gendarmerie directly under the division... When you enter the station, you will find the squad leader and squadron leader below to ask about our battle process in the past two days... I am not allowed to inform you because of my humble position..."

"The humble position sneaked over here when they weren't paying attention..."

"It seems that the superiors suspect that there is something wrong with the battle reports we have reported in the past two days, and they want to hold people accountable..."

"Nani..." The anger on the captain's face was immediately replaced by seriousness. He sat up from the cot in a moment, with a flash of anxiety on his serious face.

Although he did not lie about the military situation, in order to show his commanding ability to the division commander, the battle report contained more or less water.

But these are things that frontline commanders often do. For example, they actually killed fifty enemies on the battlefield but reported sixty or seventy...

If there is no investigation from above, no one will care about these things. After all, if the water is clear, there will be no fish?

But if someone is sent to investigate from above, the water in the battle report will definitely be exposed. Although it will not affect his position, a punishment will definitely be inevitable.

The captain subconsciously wanted to go to the gendarmerie to see if he could find some connections to smooth over the matter and avoid being punished.

After all, he was on the rise, and it was very likely that a punishment would permanently terminate his military rank as a major.

As a result, before he could move, the second lieutenant's report reached his ears again: "I've heard that even though I'm in a humble position..."

"The Eighth Route Army we encircled and suppressed escaped from the encirclement again. The superiors suspected that some troops lied about military information in order to shirk responsibility. They watched the Eighth Route Army cross our blockade without reporting it."

The captain had already reached the entrance of the tent, but stepped back at the last moment.

The reminder from his subordinates made him feel that the purpose of the gendarmerie's trip was not as simple as he thought.

Exaggerating the results of battles is not uncommon in the army, and the captain believes that the division commander must know it.

It would be an exaggeration to send the gendarmerie to investigate this matter.

Thinking back to what his subordinates had just reported, the captain became more firm in his judgment.

If the real purpose of their investigation was how the Eighth Route Army broke out of the encirclement, I used to have a feeling that I didn't have three hundred taels of silver here. It would have been nothing to me, but it would have brought some trouble to myself.

He immediately decided to stand still.

But there was a knot in my heart unconsciously, and I felt that the division headquarters did not trust me too much.

The most I can do is exaggerate some of the results in the battle report, and often ask for rewards and benefits. No matter how bold I am, I don't dare to lie about the military situation.

As a result, the division commander actually sent the gendarmerie to investigate him, which made it clear that he did not trust him.

Of course, no matter how resentful the captain was, he did not dare to express it.

His mentality at the moment was exactly the same as that of the second lieutenant's subordinates just now. He was afraid that if he accidentally angered the division commander, his military career would be ruined.

No matter how dissatisfied I am, I can only endure it.

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The Puppet Manchuria Army garrison one kilometer away.

The urgent rallying call sounded in the station, and more than a hundred Japanese soldiers scattered everywhere quickly gathered in front of the company commander. Everyone had a pair of dark circles in their eyes, their faces were exhausted, and they had no energy at all.

The military police's attitude towards them was much more arrogant than that of the Kwantung Army. Five or six military police stood arrogantly in front of the puppet Manchurian Army. As soon as they arrived, they shouted loudly: "We suspect that someone among you is secretly having an affair." Eighth Route Army, let the Eighth Route Army escape from the encirclement..."

"Now I'll give you a chance..."

"If someone comes forward and admits this, we will only go after the culprit."

"If no one comes forward and we find out in the end, not only will the culprit be shot, but all soldiers in the same squad will be jointly and severally responsible and shot together."

"If someone takes the initiative to report the culprit, not only will he not be guilty, our Kwantung Army will also give him a promotion..."

(End of this chapter)