Age of Rebirth

Major General Yamada, head of the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese Far East Campaign Headquarters, with a sad heart, silently bid farewell to Prince Zairen, the commander-in-chief who was in a semi-comatose state, this giant he admired, the general who controlled everything, at this moment, but Like an old man at the end of his life, lying there weakly made him feel very sad.

As soon as he turned around, he heard a rush of footsteps. In the silent corridor like a cemetery, it was extraordinarily piercing and eye-catching. Major General Yamada was furious, and the sky turned. No rules, running recklessly in front of the commander-in-chief's office?

Major General Yamada hurried out with anger, and saw a young staff officer running towards him with flying steps and a face full of surprise, "Baga! - Stop! Work in a panic, yours, don't want to live anymore? Huh?" He was furious but tried to lower his voice and shouted.

The young staff officer stopped abruptly in front of Major General Yamada, panting, and hurriedly reported: "Report to the head, Chief of Staff Xinye's Far East Campaign has returned from the guard group. His car has just entered the gate of the general headquarters. I saw After that, I'll hurry over to inform you!" The staff officer was young and had a loud voice, but his movements could be heard in the corridor.

"Slap!" Good guy, with a crisp sound and a big mouth, he slapped the staff officer's face firmly, hitting him so hard, the young staff officer turned around in a circle, covered With his cheeks in his hands, he looked aggrievedly at Major General Yamada with fierce eyes, how wronged he was with his big mouth, he was originally kind.The number two person in the headquarters came back as a subordinate.Should go to greet you.

The staff officer was afraid that Minister Yamada would lose this courtesy, so he hurriedly came to inform His Excellency Yamada, so as not to be blamed by Chief of Staff Shinno. Reasoning?

"Get out!" After fanning the staff's mouth, Major General Yamada shouted again, he was like a fucking pig.Yelling, he didn't blame the staff officer for rushing over to report the news of the return of Chief of Staff Xinye, but blamed him for the loud voice he didn't care about!

The rear guard group of the Far East Campaign was wiped out, and even the commander, Lieutenant General Haruhiko, was honorably shattered. Only Lieutenant General Xinye, who was also on the front line, ran back unscathed.Even thinking with the back of his head, there is also a problem here. Furthermore, Commander Zairen just vomited blood and was in need of rest when he heard that Lieutenant General Xin Ye had returned.Thinking about the group of guards in the Far East campaign, wouldn't it make things worse, what should I do if the condition worsens?

According to Yamada's plan, he first went to see Chief of Staff Shinno to find out the details.Although in name, Lieutenant General Xinye is still the chief of staff of the headquarters.But the actual chief of staff has long been replaced by himself. In other words, the second person in the Far East Campaign Headquarters is himself, not Lieutenant General Xinye, so he can learn more about the situation of the blocking line and what happened. Then, in deciding what to do next? [

Whether to inform Prince Zairen, or. . . . . . , then it depends on whether the situation is serious, and now, His Royal Highness can't hear this stunned staff officer yelling like this, unless he hangs up?

Sure enough, there was a voice from Prince Zairen in the office, "Is it Yamada-kun? I heard that Shinno-kun has returned from the front line. Let him come to see me right away. After you deliver the order, come over as soon as possible!"

"Biga! — Hurry up!" Major General Yamada glared at him, and the wooden staff officer yelled again.

Major General Yamada gave the order as quickly as possible, and hurried back to Prince Zain's office. Once he entered the door, he saw that there was only Prince Zain himself inside, and Lieutenant General Xinye was not there, so he looked suspiciously at the office lying on the pillow Prince Zairen on board.

Prince Zairen's gaze was filled with many emotions. Looking at Major General Yamada, he said softly, "Yamata-kun, Xinye suddenly returned from the front line at this time, and the entire rear guard group in the Far East campaign collapsed. Haruhiko-kun is also broken for the empire , the remaining soldiers also collapsed and disappeared without a trace, but he retreated completely and returned to the headquarters smoothly, Yamada-kun, tell me, is this normal?"

This is exactly what Major General Yamada wondered and doubted. Is it abnormal at all? Hundreds of thousands of soldiers have been wiped out, and you Xinye is not a god. Soviet artillery, avoid you?Who would believe it, but he couldn't express his position on the spot, so as not to be suspected of being a villain behind the scenes, "Commander-in-Chief, please ask Chief of Staff Xinye to come to your office, won't everything be clear? By the way, Chief of Staff Xinye also Didn't you come?" He said without any emotion in his voice.

"I want to listen to your opinion first, let Xinye go to other places first, and wait for my call. Since you are not good at talking, let Xinye come over!" Prince Zairen's gaze was on Major General Yamada, After turning around a few times, he said with an increasingly lonely mood, but in the empty eyes, a few rays of fierce light flashed away, but Major General Yamada didn't see it.

After a while, footsteps were heard in the corridor, and they arrived in front of the office. "Report to Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Staff of the Far East Campaign Headquarters, and Field Observer Shinno Ryuichi of the Far East Campaign Guard Group. Please give instructions!" Lieutenant General Shinno said A voice rang out from outside the door. From the sound alone, nothing unusual could be heard.

The news of Lieutenant General Xinye sounded, and Prince Zairen got up from the hospital bed. In his empty eyes, a fire flashed suddenly. In an instant, all the depression and depression, failure and pain were swept away, and he returned to his normal state. The commander-in-chief under his command was majestic and calm, "Come in, Mr. Shinno!" He said peacefully.

The door of the office opened, Lieutenant General Xin Ye stepped in, and seeing Major General Yamada was there, he was slightly taken aback, gave a military salute to Prince Zairen, and then greeted Major General Yamada, "Yamada-kun is here too!"

Yamada hastily saluted and held the subordinate's gift, "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, you have worked hard. The battle to stop the Soviet reinforcements was fierce and dangerous. The rear guards of the Far East campaign were clustered. Hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers, for the great Japanese Empire, you It is a blessing for all the officers of our staff headquarters to be able to return safely! It is a blessing for the Far East Campaign Headquarters!"

Lieutenant General Xinye raised his eyebrows, "What this guy Yamada said doesn't sound right?" He thought to himself, but he was guilty after all. He had a premonition that the rear guard cluster in the Far East campaign must be more ominous than good, so when the guns sounded from the front line, he took a dozen guards and fled the front line in a hurry and returned to Khabarovsk.

Lieutenant General Xin Ye has a reason to convince himself, although the reason is so far-fetched and ridiculous, "I am the field observer of the Far East Campaign Headquarters stationed in the rear group, and I have the responsibility to report everything I see and hear to Zai Ren Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief knows, then, is it extremely important that the Soviet army has launched an unprecedentedly violent offensive? —Of course it is!" However, he also knew in his heart that this was not even an excuse.

"Hmm!" Prince Zairen coughed lightly, and said, "Mr. Xinye, let me briefly talk about the grouping of the rear guards in the Far East Campaign!"

"Yes! Commander-in-Chief!" Lieutenant General Xinye agreed, and said: "Commander-in-Chief, starting from dawn today, the Soviet army has dispatched more than twice the original force, artillery and tanks, to our Far East Campaign rear guard group blocking line , launched the most ferocious attack, and the battle situation was extremely unfavorable to the imperial army. After discussing with the staff, Commander Haruhiko decided that I should rush back to the headquarters to report the situation. . . . "[

Lieutenant General Shinno spoke very smoothly. These words were arranged on the way back to Khabarovsk. According to the offensive momentum of the Soviet army, the rear guard group in the Far East Campaign may be completely defeated. That Haruhiko will definitely not evacuate alone. The final result is to live and die with the battlefield, so my own words are a deadly testimony, which can just cover up the truth of my running away.

What's more, the hundreds of thousands of troops in the rear guard group in the Far East campaign were unable to stop the Soviet attack. I, Xinye, stayed on the ground alone, and how effective I was. I am a lieutenant general of the Great Japanese Empire. How could the chief of staff of the campaign headquarters die in the chaos without knowing why? Besides, he was not in charge of the combat command of the rear guard group in the Far East campaign. In a sense, he was an outsider. Not ashamed, the greatest confidence in the face of Prince Zai Ren.

Suddenly, Prince Zairen roared like a thunderbolt, interrupting Lieutenant General Xinye, "Enough——Xinye, enough of your lies!"

Prince Zairen's face was pale and his lips were trembling. As soon as Xinye said, "I returned to the headquarters after discussing with Haruhiko." He knew that Xinye was lying outright. As mentioned in the article, even a few words are enough, but there is not a single word, and my guess has been confirmed. In the face of the attack of the Soviet army, the bastard Xinye was timid and chose the most shameful thing for the generals of the Imperial Japanese Empire. The best way to do it - run away and run back to the headquarters!

In an instant, Prince Zairen's heart was filled with anger. He hated that Xinye, as a general of the empire, chose such a shameful way of deserting soldiers in order to survive!A shameful deserter who has lost the dignity of an imperial general and trampled on the honor of an imperial soldier!

The anger in Prince Zairen's heart was blazing, "Shoot Xinye on the spot, and tell the whole army, as a warning to others?" This thought flashed in his mind, and Xinye was the chief of staff who he personally ordered. If he was shot because he fled the battle, wouldn't it mean that he had no knowledge of people and was blind, and that would be a great blow to his prestige in the imperial military circle!

Also, will this matter be exploited by that old fellow Minei Koichi? Originally, the Far East campaign mobilized all the troops that could be mobilized by the empire. It took several months and consumed a lot of manpower and material resources, but ended in failure. After giving Mi Neiguang an excuse to attack him, Prince Zairen became embarrassed for a while.

(to be continued...)