Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 258

Hearing that Chief of Staff Toshi Miyano did not plan to push Kazuki Yamamoto out as a scapegoat, Yoshio Shinozuka's anger dissipated a lot.

Toshi Miyano changed his voice and continued: "Your Excellency, Yamamoto-kun's special operations have epoch-making significance, and may even lead to changes in the Imperial Army.

The current China battlefield, with the elongation of the front line, has entered the mountains and hills of central and western China.

Today, the imperial army's tanks and armored vehicles and other modern mechanized equipment are constrained by the terrain, and the firepower advantage cannot be fully exerted, so that the imperial army's offensive is not as sharp as before.

In addition, the empire's population is limited and its war potential is also limited, so the imperial army's war in China may fall into a quagmire at any time, which is an inevitable result.

In the Changsha battle that just ended not long ago, the imperial army was no longer able to defeat the Chinese army as hard as before, and even fell under the defense of the Chinese army. This is undoubtedly a proof of doing well.

I believe your Excellency, you should also be aware of this.

Therefore, the reform of the imperial army is imminent!

Although the special operations subject studied by Mr. Yamamoto is only an attempt, it is also a hope.

Therefore, for the future of the empire, not only can we not push Yamamoto-kun to take the blame, but we should keep him and continue to reorganize the special agent team for him. "

Speaking of this, Jun Miyano paused, and then continued: "In the final analysis, the culprit for the failure of this operation is undoubtedly Kazuo Watanabe. If he hadn't been arrogant, he wouldn't have let the emperor of the observation group The army elites were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army of China, not to mention the near annihilation of the 9th Brigade.

Everything is inseparable from Kazuo Watanabe, and he must take due responsibility for it! "

Yoshio Shinozuka also wanted to protect Kazuki Yamamoto, but Kazuki Yamamoto was his confidant and the commander-in-chief of the former enemy in this battle. If he opened his mouth to excuse Kazuki Yamamoto, he would inevitably fall into the trap of others and make people think that he This is protecting the calf.

But Jun Miyano was different. He was not only the chief of staff of the 1st Army, but also dispatched from the North China Front Army Command. If he spoke, the situation would be quite different.

Yoshio Shinozuka is about to adopt Toshi Miyano's suggestion and put all the blame on Kazuo Watanabe.

At this time, intelligence officer Iijima Mori suddenly rushed in from the outside with a document.

He glanced at the pen and ink documents that had fallen all over the floor, and then reported to Yoshio Shinozuka: "Reporting to Your Excellency, Commander, there is good news from Chongqing just now. General Hattori is not broken."

"Nani? What did you say?"

Shinozuka Yoshio suspects that there is something wrong with his ears and he heard wrong.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, Commander, just came a piece of good news from Chongqing. General Hattori is not broken." Nobu Iijima bowed his body and repeated what he just said.

This time Shinozuka Yoshio finally heard clearly, he suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and asked again: "Is the news true?"

Iijima Mori: "The news is true. However, although General Hattori has no jade fragments, he was captured. He was also captured by 6 imperial army commanders."

"The Chinese government just held a press conference in Chongqing at 7 o'clock tonight, and publicized this matter in a high-profile manner. With the publicity of various media, this news should soon spread throughout China."

After Iijima Mori finished speaking, he respectfully handed the document in his hand to Yoshio Shinozuka in front of him.

Yoshio Shinozuka read the contents of the document, and his face immediately became gloomy again: "Baga! These damn Chinese people! It's really cunning to make a fuss about Hattori-kun and use it to improve the morale of their army! "

Miyano Jun said: "Your Excellency, what shall we do?"

Shinozuka Yoshio thought for a while and said: "I, a Japanese soldier, gave our lives to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire of Japan when I put on this uniform.

If Hattori-kun was captured in battle, then he would be a disgrace to the empire, and he would die if he died.

But Mr. Hattori was not captured in the battle, but was captured while watching our performance in the control area of ​​our 1st Army. This is not his responsibility.

On the contrary, our 1st Army bears the inescapable responsibility for this.

Therefore, we must do everything possible to rescue Hattori-kun and the other six imperial army commanders. "

"What Your Excellency Commander said is absolutely true!" Toshi Miyano fully agreed with Yoshio Shinozuka's point of view.

Shinozuka Yoshio looked at Iijima Mori in front of him again, and ordered: "Iijima-kun, you should immediately contact the Imperial Army agents in Chongqing, and ask them to find a way to get in touch with the Chongqing government, and take Hattori-kun and the other six imperial agents into contact. Commander-in-Chief was rescued."

"Hi Yi!"

Iijima Mori nodded heavily, then turned and left, getting ready to go.

Miyano Toshi asked again: "Your Excellency, Commander, now that Hattori-kun has no jade pieces, what will Kazuo Watanabe do with it?"

Mentioning Kazuo Watanabe, Yoshio Shinozuka showed anger on his face: "Although Hattori-kun didn't have jade pieces, the more than 200 imperial army elites in the observation group did, and the 9th Brigade, the 22nd Regiment, and The Black Island Cavalry Regiment suffered heavy casualties.

In particular, the 9th Brigade was almost wiped out.

Moreover, if we want to rescue Hattori-kun, we will definitely pay a huge price.

With the cunning of the Chinese, they would not give up this opportunity to blackmail the imperial army. "

"And all of this was caused by Kazuo Watanabe!"

"Therefore, he must pay the price for this, and we also have to give an explanation to Commander Okamura!"

Jun Miyano nodded deeply, "Well, we really need to give an explanation to Commander Gangmura, and we also need to give an explanation to those imperial warriors!"

Shinozuka Yoshio: "The task of reporting to the Front Army Command is entrusted to you."

"Hi Yi!"

Miyano Jun nodded heavily.

Immediately, he immediately drafted a material.

In the explanation and report to the North China Front Army Command, the responsibility was shifted as much as possible to Kazuo Watanabe, the brigade commander of the 9th Brigade.

Japanese North China Command.

Neiji Okamura was also furious when he received the news. Without thinking about it, he ordered Kazuo Watanabe to be removed from his post, and then transferred back to the country to be held accountable by the headquarters.

Kazuo Watanabe had already foreseen his own fate, so when he received the notice of appointment and removal from the headquarters of the front army and the notice of accountability from the base camp, the old devil seemed very calm.

However, Kazuo Watanabe did not intend to return to China for trial, because it would mean a great shame to him.

Therefore, the old devil finally chose to commit seppuku in his brigade headquarters, ending his sinful life in a decent way he thought.

After Yoshio Shinozuka got the news, he ordered his body to be collected and sent back to Taiyuan, then transported by plane to Peiping, and finally transported back to China for burial.

After committing suicide, Kazuo Watanabe also replaced Naotomi Hattori and became the first devil general to die at the hands of Wang Chengzhu.

Although he didn't die in the battle, he did commit seppuku because of Wang Chengzhu.

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(End of this chapter)