Age of Rebirth

On the hospital bed, Emperor Hirohito of Japan, who was sick and boned, had already given a very clear account of how to deal with the Manchurian War, but the ministers were silent, including the Minister of the Army who was named and the acting chief of the general staff of the headquarters. The expression on his face fluctuated.

Taking the current commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Nanjiro, as the scapegoat for the fall of Manchuria and the overthrow of the Kwantung Army of more than two million people, no one would object. The military even questioned His Majesty's remarks. If the scapegoat is not used, the terrible fact that the entire Kwantung Army was captured by the fall of Manchuria and the entire Kwantung Army was crushed, and the domestic people who were hit so hard that they were almost crazy, may be out of control.

As the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Nanjiro is also the best candidate to quell domestic public opinion. He has enough weight and just at the right time. None of the big men present is suitable as a scapegoat for Nanjiro. Regarding this , No one disagrees with His Majesty's imperial judgment, and no one dares to act as a horse at this time, and to complain for Nanjiro, is it obviously a matter of burning oneself!

The crux of the matter is that His Majesty the Emperor's action is too extreme. He used the excuse of summoning Nanjiro to return to the country to report on his duties, but secretly dealt with the special military court. I am afraid that Nanjiro will be directly blocked by the military police and special police as soon as he sets foot on the mainland. Get into the prison van and take it to court!

Even the big bosses who take conspiracy and tricks as their daily routine, do not give opponents from different factions for a day, make troubles all the time, and have trouble sleeping and eating, feel that His Majesty the Emperor's actions are too dirty.It's simply despicable and has no bottom line, and there is no limit to what you can do. Is it necessary to use such shady methods?

An order from the base camp.Nanjiro dared not to be called back to the country, he dared to defy the military order, even if he was asked to be a scapegoat, at least, in terms of means, he should be more open and aboveboard, these words.In the stomachs of a group of civil and military ministers, they kept wandering around, but no one dared to bring it up.Therefore, there is only silence for it!

In fact, Emperor Hirohito didn't want to do this either, how should I put it.Appears to be too despicable.But he was worried that once Nanjiro was ordered to return to China to be tried by a special military court for the Manchuria war, who would dare to guarantee that other unexpected things would not happen?

With Nan Jiro's political wisdom, he will naturally understand from the moment he receives an order.Just set foot on the mainland and wait for him.It's definitely not a good result. If, if Nanjiro chooses to escape and surrender to the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli, it will have such a big impact on himself and the Japanese Empire that Emperor Hirohito dare not think about it. Nanjiro is a heavyweight army senior general in the empire.

Thinking of surrender, Emperor Hirohito's thinking suddenly thought of the newspaper, the Kwantung Army First Army Commander Kashii Shiro reported in the newspaper, was the scum of the emperor's people, a bastard who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and took the lead in announcing that he would surrender to the independent division. The troops disarmed and surrendered, causing hundreds of thousands of brave Kwantung Army soldiers to surrender without a fight, Manchuria was about to fall, and the Great Japanese Empire was humiliated in front of the world!

Thinking of this, Emperor Hirohito felt his chest constricted, and a mouthful of blood poured into his throat, "Cough, cough, cough!" He suddenly coughed violently, and a sick flush appeared on his sallow face. Ministers of civil and military affairs who were involved in the incident hurriedly gathered around, regardless of whether it was true or not, they shouted continuously, some comforted with tears, and some yelled for a doctor, making the palace as if something had happened !

Waving his hands weakly, Emperor Hirohito asked the ministers to retreat, coughed for a while, and after subsiding, the flush on his face faded, but his face became more and more sallow, but it did not prevent him from speaking, and his tone was still gloomy and cold, "I I thought about it, the main culprit in the defeat of Manchuria this time is Nanjiro, and the person directly responsible is that Kashii Shiro, the scum of the emperor, who declared his surrender without integrity!"

"Also, those dozens of high-ranking military officers above major generals are all gangsters who are greedy for life and afraid of death. They are not worthy of the honor and title of the emperor's people. What they bring to the empire is only shame, endless shame, In the name of the Ministry of War, Minnei, declare the above-mentioned officers of the Kwantung Army to be traitors, announce it to all the citizens, and let the people criticize them!"

"In addition, the Military Judiciary Directorate of the base camp, together with the Gendarmerie Command, will thoroughly investigate the relatives and families of these imperial scum in the mainland. Officers from lieutenants and above must be investigated, and all of them will be detained in concentration camps. All officers who betrayed the empire must be made aware of their betrayal. The price to pay!"

"Together, it was all caused by Nanjiro's inaction and incompetence, Minai Aiqing, immediately issue an order to call Nanjiro back to the country to report on his work!"

General Mi Neiguang, who had been named again, had no choice but to speak up. He looked embarrassed, and after a long time, he said slowly: "Your Majesty, all of your orders are obeyed, but the General Staff of the headquarters , I have lost contact with the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Nanjiro. Since yesterday, the radio has been calling non-stop, but there has been no reply. I guess, I am afraid that Nanjiro has died!"

"Moreover, Lieutenant General Kenjiro Matsuda, the Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, did not respond. This further confirms the judgment of the minister. I am afraid that Fengtian has fallen, and all the officers of the Kwantung Army headquarters are broken for the empire!"

"Bastard!" Emperor Hirohito was about to go mad with anger. Now, there was no possibility of catching a scapegoat. If Nanjiro died in battle and lost Manchuria, who would bear it?

Emperor Hirohito sat up in a huff, his vicious eyes swept across these ministers one by one, and the ministers felt as if they were being watched by a wolf, with creeping hairs, cold sweat dripping down the spine, like death in the palace the silence.

Wang Dongshan, Chief of Staff of the Marine Corps of the Independent Division, commanded five brigades and besieged for a few days. After nightfall, Fengtian City became more and more lifeless. There were hardly any lights in the whole city, only in the outer city, The sound of guns and guns from time to time brings a little vitality to the city, reminding the citizens that the war is close by, the streets are empty and no pedestrians can be seen, the autumn wind in August sweeps across the empty streets, rolling up waves Dust and dead leaves.

Fengtian, the building where the headquarters of the Kwantung Army is located. Looking from the outside, the eight-storey building is pitch-black with no light, like a tomb, standing gloomy in the night. Chu Tian, ​​the leader of the special warfare detachment of the Independent Division , led a special operations team of more than 500 soldiers, under the guidance of hidden agents of the Fengtian Intelligence Station of the Intelligence Department, standing in a small building less than [-] meters away from the headquarters of the Kwantung Army, holding binoculars, Observe the situation carefully.

According to the order of the division commander, Chu Tian led several action teams of the Special Warfare Detachment, and five reconnaissance battalions drawn from the Southeast Mobile Corps, a total of more than 3000 people. Divided into multiple routes, using a few days, they managed to sneak into the turbulent Fengtian City in batches. After entering Fengtian, they strengthened hundreds of agents in the branches of the two departments.

During the period of sneaking into Fengtian, Chutian was busy enough. The soldiers of the special warfare detachment led the scouts in groups of several people and attacked everywhere, creating a lot of troubles for the military police of the Kwantung Army and the city defense forces of the Puppet Manchuria in Fengtian City. The big trouble has caused panic in Fengtian City. The citizens spread wild rumors that the special forces of the Independent Division, at least tens of thousands of people, entered Fengtian City.

However, the Kwantung Army Gendarmerie, which is responsible for maintaining public security in Fengtian, has no energy or strength at all. It has deployed enough troops to destroy the soldiers of the Independent Division who sneaked into the city. The troops were all attracted to the battle outside Fengtian!

This afternoon, Chutian and Wang Dongshan, Chief of Staff of the Marine Corps of the Independent Division that attacked Fengtian, communicated a telegram and learned that the Liaoxi Campaign had ended successfully. Within a short period of time, the capture of Fengtian required the all-round cooperation of the infiltrated troops of the special warfare detachment.

For such a battle, Chu Tian knew how to fight. He dispatched most of the latent agents from the Intelligence Department and the Investigation Department, several action teams from the Special Warfare Detachment, and the five reconnaissance battalions that he dispatched to all directions to guide the attacking troops. Roads and objectives to capture.

As for himself, he brought an action team to the headquarters of the Kwantung Army. Chu Tian made a bold decision to capture the thief first and sneak into the headquarters of the Kwantung Army. The highest command body of the army.

Chutian's decision was not a risky one, nor a great success. Based on his full understanding of the situation of the Kwantung Army troops in Fengtian City, Wang Dongshan's tens of thousands of troops fought around Fengtian for a few days. The Kwantung Army troops in Fengtian City and The Puppet Manchurian Army had all been sent to the front line. According to Chutian's estimate, the Kwantung Army's garrison strength in Fengtian City was almost empty at this moment. This was an opportunity.

After observing for a while, relying on the battlefield experience of the year, Chu Tian instinctively felt that there were not many people in the headquarters building of the Kwantung Army, so he gave an order in a low voice, "The whole team is divided into three groups, cover in stages, sneak into the Kwantung Army At the army headquarters, the key target is Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, try to capture him alive, if the enemy finds out, immediately switch to a strong attack, and start action after 10 minutes!"

Then, Chu Tian said to the hidden agents of the intelligence department: "Your mission is completed, evacuate immediately!"

In the dark night, the figures of the soldiers of the Special Operations Detachment blended into the night. They avoided the closed gate as nimbly as civet cats, and climbed over the high wall. More than 80 people entered the courtyard of the Kwantung Army headquarters. There was no movement at all, and there were no Kwantung Army sentries with [-] guns, wandering back and forth, quiet, so quiet that it made people feel uneasy.

Chu Tian stared at the entrance of the building with sharp eyes, and made a gesture, and more than 20 soldiers from the special warfare detachment rushed in quickly.

(To be continued)