The spy career of a surgeon

Chapter 338 Mutiny
Chief of Staff Kobayashi and the brigade chief of staff were both a little angry when facing the angry soldiers. The scene was too ugly. Such a challenge to authority would never be tolerated in the military.

The most direct superior, the regiment commander, stood up and shouted at the soldiers angrily: "Baka! If you make any more noise, you will be punished by military law!"

"But what about our meat?"

"We'll investigate it thoroughly, all of you get out!"

The commander took out his gun and said, "Whoever dares to cause trouble will be punished by military law!"

The county magistrate might as well take charge now. This statement had some deterrent effect, and the soldiers retreated with grumbles.

The people present did not feel relieved, but instead had a terrible headache.

Xiao Lin looked at Zhou Qinghe with a reproachful look, as if he wanted to say something.

Zhou Qinghe shook his head and spoke first, "How can you be so greedy for even a little bit of the soldiers' flesh? You are so crazy! Shameless!"

"I'm not greedy!" Xiaolin stood up and argued, and in the blink of an eye he went from being the one preparing to question to the one preparing to explain.

Zhou Qinghe refused to listen to the explanation, took the moral high ground, and walked out with a cold face, "Too shameless, I will report this matter to the military, you can deal with it by yourselves, I'm going back to Hankou."

"Report to the military? Fujita-kun. Fujita-kun!" Kobayashi didn't care about the things here and hurried to chase Zhou Qinghe.

Naval Base.

After Zhou Qinghe came back, he told Tsukahara Jishizo about this incident and was quite angry.

"I really didn't expect that they would be so greedy even for such a small amount of meat!"

Tsukahara Jishizo was surprised when he heard this. It was indeed shocking that the army's top brass could be so shameless, and the poverty of the army was also funny.

The Navy has never had any trouble in this regard.

The navy’s food standards are very high. Since its inception, they have been benchmarked against the British approach. For example, the standard lunch for officers is a full Western meal.

It was not a reduced Western full meal, but a clear rule that one had to wear a coat when dining regardless of the weather, and must follow British table manners, with dishes served in the order of soup, fish, and meat. No dish could be missing and was served every day.

The standards for airmen flying bombers are even higher. The pilots at their base not only have full Western meals, but can also eat a variety of Japanese-style dishes that ordinary soldiers eat. On top of that, they are also given chocolate, candy, wine, and even high-end lactic acid bacteria drinks.

Who said pilots are babies?

It costs a lot to fly a fighter jet. Compared with the cost of eating this little food and a mistake, it is just a drop in the bucket.

The army's previous militaristic policy could not affect them.

After complaining for a while, Tsukahara Jishizo asked Zhou Qinghe how to deal with this matter.

"Give them some time to handle it themselves. If they can't handle it well, I will definitely report it. The soldiers on the front line don't even have meat for two meals a week. How can they still be strong enough to fight after such a long time? Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go and check the progress of the institute."

Speaking of this, Tsukahara Jishizo became interested and immediately followed up with enthusiastic talk about the excellent logistical support he provided to the researchers.

The two walked to the research institute, where researchers in white coats were still working overtime.

The starting point of Tsukahara Jishizo's illness was the impact of a shell, and the drug Zhou Qinghe was going to give him was sildenafil, which is a special Viagra for patients with impotence.

This is a serious drug for treating erectile dysfunction, not a toy for aphrodisiac purposes.

Zhou Qinghe couldn't remember the molecular formulas of some drugs because they were not his major, and he never thought about remembering them. But as a man majoring in medicine, he did have a little curiosity about sildenafil.

He was lucky, but Zhou Qinghe's purpose in making this medicine was not just to give it to Tsukahara Jishizo, but also to have a very reasonable excuse to kill time and stay out of trouble at any time.

In the next few days, Zhou Qinghe was either studying medicine or the history of the Central China Expeditionary Army.

Anyway, the progress of drug development is slow and there is no rush. Tsukahara Jishizo must understand that research and development is difficult.

The previous commander of the Central China Expeditionary Army was General Okamura Yasuji.

He wrote a long treatise specifically on the Chongqing campaign. The central idea was to split the ragtag army and President Chiang's direct army, and take advantage of their unequal interests to guide the other side to surrender or even establish themselves as kings.

From a strategic point of view, we should first try to win over the leaders of the ragtag armies. If that fails, we will not attack them, and even if we do, we will not attack them too hard.

As for President Chiang’s direct subordinates, the Whampoa Army, a heavy force launched a fierce attack!
As long as the Whampoa Army is crippled, even if it cannot be killed, President Chiang's power will inevitably be seized by those who have been dissatisfied with him for a long time. When Chongqing is divided, they will wipe it out in one fell swoop.

Okamura Yasuji spent a lot of time in Hankou on research, and the report he wrote was very detailed, so detailed that Zhou Qinghe could roughly know the personalities and habits of the nearby military leaders by reading the report.

It seems that Okamura Neiji really put a lot of hard work into this report.

However, when it was submitted, it was ruthlessly rejected by the base camp.

The plan is a good one and it seems to be effective, but the landlord has no surplus food.

It was easy to say that a heavy army would launch a fierce attack on the Whampoa Army. With just a few words in the report, it was likely that at least thirty divisions would be needed!
At that time, the Central China Expeditionary Army had only 7.50 divisions in Hankou. Unless more troops were sent, there would never be enough.

But where can we get more troops?

If people from other defense zones are transferred, what will happen to the guards in other defense zones?
Japan was already extremely confident because its advance was too deep. They had already captured a city, but had to give it up because they could not protect it. Where would they get the people to transfer?

If we recruit soldiers from the country, where will we get the military pay? What about logistics?
The plan was in vain.

Zhou Qinghe could only say that this report came at the wrong time. If the Army Minister at the time was Tojo Hideki, perhaps this guy would really agree to it.

Even a corpse can produce some oil, so it is not impossible to go all out.

As for now, the time has passed. Even if this report is mentioned again, in Tojo's eyes it is far less effective than a war of attrition.

After all, the food and grass have been cut off, so there is no need to give others a chance to fight to the death.

The report is not worth reading, it contains a lot of information.

For example, General Okamura Yasuji seemed to be very accomplished in espionage work, and was able to know the preferences of so many generals. I guess these generals were also surrounded by flies.

The principal was naturally also among Okamura Neiji's targets. There were many records about him, and his preferences were very clear, but this information was of little use. What was interesting was the little information.

Okamura Neiji had specifically investigated the principal's travel patterns, which was obviously an assassination attempt. Considering there were so many bombers here, it is not difficult to infer that he wanted to blow up the principal.

However, from the information obtained by Okamura Neiji, he clearly knew that the principal had stayed in the Huangshan official residence for a long time, but he did not know the specific coordinates of the Huangshan official residence in Huangshan.

In other words, there was at least one mole among the Chongqing bureaucrats under General Okamura Yasuji, but this person was definitely not a core senior official, because this person could not enter Huangshan and had never been there even once.

Then, among those who know the principal's whereabouts, exclude those who can go to Huangshan, and finally infer based on these whereabouts records
Leave it to Boss Dai. He should be able to find this person with some time.

Zhou Qinghe had to look through some old reports from the headquarters.

While Zhou Qinghe was killing time, things in the outside world began to ferment.

The soldiers' anger was forcibly suppressed that night.

After returning, the division chief of staff Kobayashi told the commander of the 101st Division about this matter in his office.

The division commander also found it strange.

"You did it?"

"How is that possible? The rule I received at the time was only meat for one meal a week."

"So Fujita remembered it wrong?"

"He would remember what he wrote wrong?"

“Is it possible that it was like this when he wrote it, but when it was released, the base camp changed it and it was actually just a meal of meat?”

After all, Tojo is a poor student, bad at math and stingy. This is common sense.

When Xiaolin heard this, he thought it was possible.

"Well, don't ask the headquarters first, but go ask other divisions to see if someone is targeting only our division, or if everyone is the same." The division commander suggested.

Kobayashi agreed, so he found ways to visit the subordinate camps of other divisions in a roundabout way. He did not ask the division leaders, but asked the soldiers directly. After two days of hard work, he finally got an answer.

Type A divisions are given two meals of meat, and Type B divisions are given one meal of meat.

The division commander didn't care at first, but now that he knew the result, he became angry.

"What's wrong with a Type B division? Why should we have fewer troops than them? No way! Go to Nanjing right away about this matter. Even if there is a big fight, you must add our meat back. This is not a matter of meat, this is a matter of face!"

"Don't worry." Xiao Lin advised: "It's a small matter for me to quarrel, but what if someone in Nanjing is cheating? What if I go and tell them? If the investigation team enters Nanjing, do you know how many things will be involved? Can you and I have a good ending?

If the rules are already like this, what's the point of us saying it?"

"What should we do?
"Let's just ignore it. I'll notify the brigade commander and let this matter go. I'll have him tell the soldiers that the fact is that they will be given a meat meal. Anyone who dares to cause trouble will be dealt with by military law."

"But didn't you say that Fujita Kazuki might report this to the military?"

"If he wants to report it, then let him do it. It has nothing to do with us. As long as he tells it, it doesn't matter if others are targeting him or he is targeting others. It's none of our business anyway."

That makes sense, so let’s do it.

Once a resolution is reached, the matter is dealt with immediately.

The order was given.

The commander of the regiment sent someone to deliver the message to the soldiers. The soldiers had been looking forward to it for the past two days, but in the end their hopes were dashed.

Just a few words and the meat is gone.

"But Colonel Fujita clearly said it was two meals of meat, right?"

Several veterans were pushed out and united to ask the commander of the regiment for an explanation, loudly expressing their dissatisfaction.

Now they don't believe the regiment commander, but they can still believe it. Let the regiment commander ask Colonel Fujita to come over. As long as Fujita Kazuki says that he remembered it wrong, they will accept it.

"If I don't invite Colonel Fujita, what else do you want? Do you want to die?"

The commander of the regiment immediately became angry. Could he just call Colonel Fujita whenever he wanted?
"Then we'll have meat! We'll have a snack!"

This kind of behavior by the soldiers is simply seeking death in the Japanese officer system.

The captain narrowed his eyes, his authority could not be challenged.

"Gendarmerie!"

They were stripped naked and whipped, and everyone had to watch them get beaten so that they would learn their lesson.

Under the scorching sun, the leading soldier was stripped naked, tied to a wooden stick, and whipped.

popping.

The beating aroused their anger. The miserable appearance, the lack of subsidies, the emotional thoughts, and the inconsiderate superiors, and a few words of conflict turned the verbal conflict between the soldiers watching the execution and the gendarmes who carried out the execution into a physical conflict.

Soldiers rushed forward to rescue people, and the gendarmes whipped back with whips, and more soldiers rushed forward. More gendarmes joined the melee and beat ordinary soldiers with sticks.

Then there were a few shouts, and the ordinary soldiers, in a frenzy of passion, launched a counterattack against these lackeys. The gendarmes were usually not well-liked, and now that they had the chance, the soldiers used heavy hands, beating up and killing two gendarmes on the spot.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining gendarmes simply drew their guns. The other side did not show any weakness and they shot at each other, making the scene intense for a while.

Once someone took the lead, others started to commit crimes. Just a dozen or so gendarmes were no match for so many ordinary soldiers. They couldn't hold out for a minute. Some were killed, and some were injured.

Then the surging crowd rushed directly to the captain's office and asked the captain for an explanation.

This is simply outrageous!
The captain of the regiment has not yet realized the seriousness of the matter, or perhaps he is used to being ordered around by his superiors, so he wants to use his power to overpower the soldiers in front of him and slaps them in the face.

This slap put him on the opposite side of the soldier.

The soldiers then tied up the captain.

The top brass of the General Staff came out and rebuked the soldiers, but their rebuke was ineffective, so they turned around and were about to report to the brigade to send reinforcements. The soldiers went all out and tied them up as well.

The squadron actually mutinied.

"Don't look for the brigade headquarters, let's go directly to the headquarters in Hankou to ask for an explanation! Even the division commander can't be trusted."

"Yes, ask the headquarters for an explanation!"

The team didn't even bother to defend the town. The first step was to boil water and eat meat. They cooked and ate all the remaining meat in the camp, and then drank wine and ate meat to their heart's content.

After the meal, full of enthusiasm, they set out directly to the headquarters in Hankou.

On the way, they met other squadrons, who thought they had a mission and asked them questions with a smile.

As a result, the people from the regiment told them what had happened, and exaggerated it by saying that it was probably because someone above them was corrupt and did not give them meat.

There are two meals of meat?

The people guarding the pass were stunned and angry. Once instigated, many of the soldiers, who were so hungry that their mouths were empty, followed suit and left.

The team grew again.

By the time the division chief of staff Kobayashi learned about this, the troops were already at the gates of the city.

Central China Expeditionary Army Headquarters.

It was a beautiful afternoon and Commander Sonobe Kazuichiro was almost falling asleep leisurely. When he heard the signalman rushing in and telling him about this, he was frightened out of his wits.

"What did you say? A military mutiny?!"

"what happened?"

Sonobe and Ichiro were shocked and began to ask about the reason, but how would the person who reported the news know the reason?
The mutinous army was still some distance away from the city gate, and they came to report the news only because there were too many of them and it looked like they were going to attack the city.

Sonobe and Ichiro didn't believe in the idea of ​​siege. How could a group of soldiers attack the city? So he immediately summoned all the senior officials at home and asked if anyone knew anything.

No one really knew. The staff officers were all stunned when they heard it. It was too sudden.

So, Sonobe and Ichiro, who were unaware of the situation, simply took these clueless idiots to the city gate and personally asked the soldiers about their demands.

We sent people to negotiate, and when they came back with the results, the entire headquarters was stunned when they heard the demands, thinking they were hallucinations.

"Want to eat meat? Want to improve the food?"

“Severely punish corrupt officials?”

"They dare to cause trouble just to get some meat?"

Sonobe Kazuichiro grasped the key point of corruption and directly asked which unit the people were from.

Upon learning that it was the 101st Regiment, he asked someone with a sullen face to invite their division commander and chief of staff over.

When Kobayashi arrived, Sonobe and Ichiro shouted, "What a good job you guys did! How much money did you embezzle?"

“Not greedy!”

Kobayashi didn't expect the soldier to behave like this, so he simply told him what happened.

The people at the headquarters were also confused when they heard this, "Why is there a difference in meat?"

They were in the headquarters and their treatment was already very good. It was impossible for them to share a meal with the soldiers, so they never paid attention to how much meat was in their meals.

They have meat for every meal.

"Isn't it just a little meat? Give them some meat and let them disperse first. If they are blocked here, if this matter gets to Nanjing, it will be a big trouble." The staff officer of the headquarters suggested.

This is insightful. The situation now is not serious. As long as it is dispersed, the worst that can happen is that it is a troop movement. In any case, there will be action in the near future.

Once the news of the mutiny reached Nanjing, none of their superiors would escape the lightest punishment.

"Especially you two!"

"It's not about adding a little meat."

Seeing this situation, Xiao Lin no longer concealed it and directly told the problem.

"I can give them some extra meat today, but I can't keep adding more, right? There are more than 150 people in our division. If we add one more meal of meat for each person, and each meal is 6000 grams of meat, that's more than kilograms. If we add one more meal every week, even if it's four yuan per kilogram, I'll have to spend nearly yuan a month!

Where can I find the money to buy meat for them on a long-term basis?"

This is indeed a problem. Prices are soaring now, and meat is especially expensive. In fact, even if it is cheap, with military budgets cut like this, the division headquarters has no spare money to buy them extra meat.

An advisor suggested, "Why not divide the meat from one meal into two? Shouldn't each meal be 150 grams? Add a little bit, for example, 10 grams, and then change each meal to 80 grams. For the missing portion, tell them that prices have gone up."

Hey, you know what, you really don’t know. Xiao Lin thought about it and felt that this method actually had some potential.

So they told the soldiers, "We will meet your demands for meat, but as for the rest, we need to report to the military headquarters and make a decision after discussion."

The soldiers were very happy to hear that their demand for eating meat had been resolved, but they still demanded that the corrupt officials must be severely punished.

Xiao Lin casually said, "We have found out that a quartermaster was corrupt. We will punish him."

The soldiers began to retreat, and the people at the headquarters scolded the division commander, and the matter was over.

Everyone thought the matter was over.

Two days later, it was time to eat meat. The soldiers were waiting happily for the meat. When it was time to eat, everyone took a plate to get the food. They were a little silent when they saw the meat in the basin.

Two pieces of meat became one piece of meat.

That’s two meals of meat, right?

They really never thought that the two meals of meat would be like this, and they never thought that their superiors would fool them like this.

The flames of anger exploded completely!

Yunong and his regiment commander were killed on the spot. The soldiers gathered again and rushed straight to Hankou!
Late in the night, Sonobe Kazuichiro heard the news of the soldiers' mutiny again.

They arrived at the city gate again and called the commander and chief of staff of the 101st Division again.

This time his face was full of anger: "What the hell is going on!"

Xiaolin swore that he really didn't know this time.

He sent someone to inquire, but the angry soldiers refused to communicate with him. It was not until Sonobe Kazuichiro went to ask that he found out that a meal of meat was just one piece of meat.

"Why do the soldiers say they only have one piece of meat for a meal?" Sonobe Kazuichiro's voice was very calm, just like the peaceful atmosphere before a storm.

Xiaolin swore again that he really didn't know.

"Have you distributed enough military funds?"

"Of course it's in full."

"Call their quartermaster."

Sonobe Kazuichiro was not going to communicate with Kobayashi anymore, he would investigate the matter himself.

The regiment's quartermaster was called over and refused to speak at first, but Sonobe and Ichiro knew the tricks in the army and took strong measures.

Then came the brigade's quartermaster. The brigade's rank was higher, so he was called in, along with the brigade commander and brigade chief of staff.

Sonobe and Ichiro were not polite. Some people think they have some connections and can get a position as a quartermaster, so they tend to have a bad temper.

But he has reached the position of lieutenant general and has seen a lot of storms.

No matter who is behind it! Before the army mutinis, they will be dealt with with lightning speed.

It took fifteen minutes for the quartermaster to confess everything, and the brigade commander and brigade chief of staff were directly detained.

Finally, it is the division’s quartermaster, Chief of Staff Kobayashi, who needs help.

Sonobe and Ichiro gave a cold warning and sentenced the colonel quartermaster to death.

After four hours of hard work, everything became clear from bottom to top.

Very good. When the military funds were distributed to the divisions through the Nanjing Command, only 80% of the budget was paid. No one dared to ask where the 20% went. If anyone asked, the answer was that the full amount was paid.

Therefore, all budgets can only be reduced accordingly.

The stipulated amount of meat is indeed 150 grams, so if we reduce it by 8%, the actual amount distributed should be 120 grams.

However, the office expenses of the division headquarters must not be less. Not only that, but it must be sufficient. Therefore, they can only find ways to make up for it from other places. Therefore, other places have to steal a little from here and there, and someone has to take a share of it. Meat is already a relatively real thing among them.

The division sent the meat to the brigade, and the money could buy 80 grams of meat.

When they get to the brigade headquarters, they also have to do some of the operations of the division and distribute it to the regiment, so there is only money left for 60 grams of meat.

By the time the regiment sends it to the brigade, the brigade sends it to the squadron, and then to the cook who buys vegetables, it is already a very good result if 45 grams are left.

What the soldiers finally eat is 40 grams.

The cook has to steal another 5 grams.

Aren't these just two pieces of meat?
Moreover, the chef's knife skills are superb to be able to cut 40 grams into two slices.

Even so, it was their good idea to divide the food into two meals.

One piece of meat per meal.

After hearing everything, Sonobe Kazuichiro said, "You guys did a great job. Don't blame them for this. Even I will mutiny!"

(End of this chapter)