Age of Rebirth

The sun at noon in western Liaoning, swaying the heat without hesitation, the sea surface of Liaodong Bay in the distance seems to be jumping in countless golden lights, the autumn is high and crisp, it is the most beautiful season of the year in the Northeast, but the highest command of the Kwantung Army in Ximan Officer, Lieutenant General Kashii Shiro, the commander of the First Army, felt as cold as winter, and the blood in his body was almost solidified. In a single thought, hundreds of thousands of brave Kwantung Army soldiers put down their weapons. The shame is boundless. Shame!

With trembling hands, he folded the telegram, put it in an envelope, and wrote "Urgent, dispatch immediately!" on the cover of the envelope. Surrender, hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Kwantung Army can live, but they cannot live in humiliation, so use your humiliation and life to find a way for them to survive!

Lieutenant General Kashii Shiro's death was decided, but he exclaimed, "Your Excellency, you can't!" A senior staff officer with the rank of Colonel rushed forward and snatched his pistol. He knew this Colonel and was the commander of the army. Speaking of Matsuo Shiro, a senior combat staff officer, he still has some kinship with him. In the First Army, he is his absolute confidant.

"Matsuo-kun, why are you blocking me?" Lieutenant General Kashii Shiro asked weakly.

The muscles on Matsuo's face twitched in pain. He took out a telegram and said, "Commander, this is the Chief of Staff Nanye. He sent a telegram from the independent division commander's station using their radio station. Above, it is Commander of the Independent Division, accept the terms of our surrender!"

"Oh?" Lieutenant General Kashiishiro rolled his sluggish eyeballs, received the telegram, and after reading it, he suddenly became furious, with a sick flush on his face, and roared angrily: "Baga! The Chinese are too bullying! Unconditional Surrender. Impossible! Matsuo-kun, immediately convey my order, and all troops are ready to break through!"

Lieutenant General Kashii Shirou roared hysterically, panting heavily.But.Colonel Matsuo lowered his eyebrows and did not carry out his order. "Matsuo-kun, didn't you hear my order?" His eyeballs were red, and he was in a state of madness.He glared fiercely at Colonel Matsuo, and asked.

Colonel Matsuo sighed and said: "Commander, please calm down and break through? Is it possible? Look at how many independent division artillery positions are around us. I am afraid that we will be blown to pieces in an instant. What's the point of breaking out? The reason why the Independent Division troops stopped attacking is probably to give us a chance to surrender!"

"Also, even if you want to fight again, do the other army commanders have the determination and courage to continue fighting and fight to the death? Only our first army, even if all the jade is broken, what can change? The Imperial Japanese Army , not afraid of life and death, but you can't die needlessly, Matsuo believes, and your Excellency the Commander is well aware of this, otherwise, you wouldn't have sent Chief of Staff Nanye to discuss the matter of surrender!"

Matsuo's tone was as humble as ever, but his words were like knives, piercing into Lieutenant General Kashii Shiro's heart, yes, if he didn't surrender until death, why did he send Nanye to negotiate?

"Could it be that our majestic Kwantung Army of the Great Japanese Empire, with hundreds of thousands of brave and skilled warriors, unconditionally accepted such a humiliating surrender?" Lieutenant General Kashii Shiro asked feebly, the bitterness in his heart almost overwhelmed him.

Colonel Matsuo nodded affirmatively, and said: "Commander, you are the clearest about the current situation we are facing. I am afraid that you can only accept the other party's conditions. There is no time to hesitate. The commander of the independent division only gives us Three to 10 minutes of consideration time, the lives of hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers are all in your mind, and Chief of Staff Nanye is still waiting for your decision!"

Lieutenant General Kashii Shiro seemed not interested in what he said, but kept rolling his eyes, and Matsuo Colonel could not guess what he was thinking at this time, "Matsuo-kun, you just said that Nanye is Using the radio station of the Independent Division Command to contact us?" Suddenly, a blue light appeared in his eyes, and he asked eagerly.

"Yes, Commander, Chief of Staff Minano said so in the telegram!" Matsuo replied truthfully.

The blue light in Lieutenant General Kashiishiro's eyes became even stronger, and then asked: "The communication room of the headquarters, monitor the radio station, can you lock the specific location of this radio station?"

"It should be possible, technically there is no problem!" Matsuo Dazuo replied doubtfully.

"Ha ha ha!" Lieutenant General Kashii Shiro suddenly laughed wildly, "God help me too! The location of the radio station is where the highest commander of the Liaoxi Army of the Independent Division is located. I have gathered two field artillery regiments, more than [-] large-caliber field artillery Cannon, bombard the location of that radio station, Matsuo-kun, tell me, what will happen?"

Before Mr. Matsuo could answer, Lieutenant General Kashii Shiro said in a hurry: "Matsuo-kun, you should send a telegram to Nanye immediately and ask him to delay the time as much as possible to buy enough time for me to mobilize the artillery, but don't say that in the telegram. In other words, we still need to hold a meeting to discuss the conditions proposed by the commander of the independent division, so that Nanye can continue to exchange telegrams with us, so as to facilitate the determination of the specific location of the radio station!"

Speaking of this, Lieutenant General Kashiishiro was almost very proud, immersed in his own fantasy, "This is the only chance to reverse the situation in Manchuria in western Liaoning, and it is also an opportunity bestowed by God Amaterasu. The commanding authority, the morale of the army will be in turmoil, we will break through the siege and go straight to the Korean peninsula, everything will change, what is life in a desperate situation? This is it! Hahaha!"

Lieutenant General Kashii Shiro laughed like a lunatic, while Colonel Matsuo stared at him dumbfounded, as if looking at an idiot, such eyes made Lieutenant General Kashii very uncomfortable, and stared at him viciously Asked: "Matsuo-kun, do you still doubt my wisdom?"

Colonel Matsuo swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and his mouth was bitter. He didn't know what to say to the commander who was obviously in a state of madness. After thinking about it, he still said: "Your Excellency, Commander, This is simply an impossible plan. Our current battlefield space is only tens of kilometers in radius. It faces the sea on one side and is surrounded on three sides by the troops of the Independent Division. among!"

"Can such a large-scale artillery movement of the two field artillery regiments hide from the eyes of the soldiers of the independent division? This is one of them. Besides, since the supreme commander of the independent division dares to let the chief of staff of Nanye use them to command It means that the cunning commander of the independent division is already prepared and is not afraid of our artillery surprise attack. Moreover, the enemy's supreme commander on the battlefield will set up the headquarters within the range of our artillery fire ? Commander, let's not take the enemy too stupidly!"

"So, Commander, your plan seems to be a surprise success, but there is no possibility of success. I am afraid that as soon as our artillery makes a move, it will attract a hail of artillery fire from the independent division artillery. What is the point of negotiating? ? Commander, you'd better give up these unrealistic ideas! Commander of the Independent Division, give us time to think, there are still ten minutes left, you must make a decision!"

Colonel Matsuo is calm, the reality is cruel, Lieutenant General Kashii Shirou is like a deflated ball, nothing else, just the fact that the highest command is located within the range of the enemy's artillery fire is enough to dispel All my fantasies, if I were myself, I would not do this, "Matsuo-kun, please send a telegram to Nanye and tell him that I accept all the conditions proposed by the commander of the independent division!"

When Chief of Staff Nanye presented Lieutenant General Kashii Shiro's telegram to Feng Jiwu, for some reason, he suddenly felt extremely relaxed, as if he had escaped the shadow of death and took his life.

Feng Jiwu looked at the telegram, with a contemptuous sneer on the corner of his mouth, and then, with a sly gleam in his eyes, he handed the telegram to Han Tie, and said, "Commander Han, I don't know why, but suddenly my head became dizzy and I couldn't stand it all. It's comfortable, maybe I didn't sleep well, so, for the next thing, you, Commander Han, will do it for you, I'll catch up on sleep!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Han Tie to speak, and without looking at the hopeful eyes of Chief of Staff Nanye, Han Tie strode away. Han Tie smiled wryly and shook his head, contemptuously saying, "This guy is obviously unwilling to accept the Kwantung Army troops. Worrying about surrendering and pushing everything to yourself is just a lame excuse!"

Seeing Feng Jiwu leave suddenly, Chief of Staff Nanye was startled. He thought Feng Jiwu was angry and left. At the same time, he felt a little relieved. After all, among the two top commanders of the independent division, the one who left seemed to have a bad temper. He was more irritable, and the remaining one seemed to be easy to deal with, so he asked Han Tie cautiously: "General Han, look, next..."

Han Tie glanced at him coldly, and said: "Okay, accept the surrender of the Kwantung Army in Western Liaoning, so you rush back immediately and convey the order of the Liaoxi Theater Command of the Independent Division to all the officers and soldiers of the Kwantung Army in the encirclement. [-]. From now on, all officers and soldiers of the Kwantung Army should put down their weapons immediately and pile them together. Second, they must gather at the designated place according to our requirements. There are soldiers, including the wounded, registered and recorded so that our army can count the number of prisoners of war!"

"In addition, I will send a large number of liaison officers to go with you and supervise your surrender. Lastly, all officers of the Kwantung Army at the rank and above must report to the designated place of our army after gathering their troops!"

They all surrendered unconditionally. Naturally, there is no bargaining power. Han Tie said the same, and Chief of Staff Nanye agreed. Suddenly, Han Tie changed the subject, and his fierce tone made the Kwantung Army's surrender negotiator, Chief of Staff Nanye, chill all over. .

(To be continued)