160. Return to the lion's head ditch
With Okamura's order, two guards with big shoulders and round waists entered. Motegi had already been lifted up. Okamura said, "Motegi-kun, you are sorry for His Majesty the Emperor, and you are sorry for the imperial warriors who sacrificed their lives for the country...... Motegi snapped and shouted, "Hai." He reached out and parted his hands and gave himself a few mouthfuls. The blow was quite heavy, one of the front teeth was knocked off, probably older, and the tooth was not strong. He spat out his unlucky front tooth to the ground and said, "Motegi is grateful for the commander's grace not to kill, and he is willing to be punished in any way." ”
Okamura Ninji pretended to be angry, and said: "Motegi-kun, the emperor and the Kwantung Army command have high hopes for you, but you have insulted the reputation of the imperial army, although this commander asks for temporary grace from General Muto Nobuyoshi, but you must hand over your saber and make meritorious service ......"
Motegi snapped and said, "Hay." Then he took two steps back, unsheathed his saber, and offered it to the guard, who turned and placed it on the elaborate knife holder in the room. Motegi bowed his head and said, "Motegi thanks the commander, if he is forgiven and returns to the 4th Brigade, he will spare no effort to fight the 117th Brigade to the end, avenge the shame of the Kwantung Army and the 4th Brigade and myself, and be loyal to the emperor......"
After saying this, as soon as Motegi raised his head, he may have lifted it a little harder, his head was a little dizzy, his body shook a few times, and he almost wanted to fall down. When they saw this, they all stepped forward to hold him up. Okamura Ninji and Koiso Kuniaki personally helped him to the chair, retreated left and right, and soothed him with kind words. After a while, a military doctor arrived, took his temperature, checked his pulse, prescribed some medicines, and the guards served him to eat.
Motegi was sent to his own apartment to rest. Okamura Ninji and Koiso Kuniaki were busy for a long time, and they could finally rest. The military doctor said that he was sixty years old, and it was normal for him to be confused if he was under great pressure due to this setback. Rest and rest will be fine.
Okamura thought to himself, just let him rest and rest, so as to replenish his troops.
Motegi slept in his apartment until midnight, unable to sleep any longer, so he got up in his clothes and read the map. The light bulb is fiery red, a little dim at one time, and a little brighter at another. He looked up at the light bulb and knew that it was the electricity from the Yuanbaoshan Coal Mine with a firewheel, and that's it. However, this is already very advanced, and in Kumamoto, my hometown of Kyushu, the electric lights have not yet been lit. The wealth of Shina was greatly transported back to the mainland, so that Kumamoto could also become rich, or at least light the lamp......
He browsed all the mountains and rivers of Rehe, and finally set his eyes on the area of Monkey Head Valley. From the ancient capital river, we can see Huajiagou again, with the monkey's head ditch as the center, from Xiaoshangjing to Panlongling, and then to Chuanxindian. Then to Tiegoumen and Nantaizi, he kept looking west, past Kara Street, Majiazi, Xie Chengyong, Dagou, Wujia, Tangyingzi, Lijiadian...... Suddenly, he found that Li's shop was under a beam, and this beam was called Cangcangba. He was taken aback, what if the 117th Brigade took advantage of this to retreat to the Cangcang Dam Beam, dig a trench and defend it, or order a section to hold there, and the main force retreated to the west?
Can't let them run. He couldn't stay any longer, staring at the map until dawn. He had breakfast early, and he was just about to call Okamura and Koiso Kuniaki when the phone rang, and he thought to himself who was earlier than General Ben? It was Okamura who called. Okamura said: "General Motegi, what I said yesterday is high and low, you have to take responsibility, we are all for the interests of the empire, for the honor of the emperor, you and I do all for others to see, I believe you stand high and see far." However, I am making this call to resign you. ”
Motegi was amazed, and said in his heart that I was going to resign to you, but you resigned to me. Okamura hurriedly said: "General Motegi, I have to go, Tongliao is a bit chaotic, according to the internal report, the red elements are active, they contact the West Manchurian Anti-Japanese Alliance and the old department of the Xing'an Tunken Army, as well as the defenders in the area of Hala Mountain, to attack Tongliao......"
Chifeng Castle had Koiso Kuniaki in charge, and after Motegi communicated with him about the source of troops, supplies and maintenance, and the armor protection system, he took the brigade and fought westward. Along the way, he still thinks about Okamura Ningji more. Originally, he and Okamura were of the same rank, and they were both major generals. It's just that he, a major general, climbed up with military merits, and a typical general has achieved ten thousand bones. Motegi participated in the Russo-Japanese War and participated in early wars against China, such as the Arthur Massacre, when Okamura was still a staff officer in the military department. As a fellow Kumamoto fellow, Okamura jumped faster than himself, because although Okamura did not directly direct the army to kill people, he was the initiator of the war from behind. The Emperor liked such a rush to be a pioneer.
The Tohoku Incident was the battle that Seishiro Itagaki, Ishihara Wanji and Kenji Dohihara worked hard to find, and the role of their supporters was no less than the role they played, and the later occupation of the entire Tohoku territory was even more due to Okamura Ninji. For example, the bombing of the Wicker Lake Railway was his idea. Therefore, Motegi feels like a butcher, and Okamura Ninji is a politician, so he is promoted beyond himself.
On March 10, the news that Motegi and his entourage drove back to Monkey Head Gou was known to Chu Zhenhu. This news was brought back by Ma Mingchuan from Brigade Commander Ding, and it is 100% credible. On the afternoon of the 9th, Ma Mingchuan volunteered to follow the group transporting medicines, and took the mountain road to drill the forest, and Lin Ruyuan and several others escorted the devil Honda to the 117th Brigade.
Lin Ruyuan was originally a member of the Cadet Corps, and he acted with the 233rd Regiment, and successfully persuaded Lieutenant Chun Mizuzawa to rebel, but this time he persuaded Honda again, and Honda said that he would no longer work for those fanatical militarists. If he could be allowed to do something for the defenders, he would be willing to do so. Originally, he had been interested in the Qing Kingdom for a long time, and if he was allowed in the future, he would like to travel all over the famous mountains and rivers of China. After returning to China, he wrote a book, the title of which was "Records of the Conquest of Manchuria", to wake up the world.
Although they drilled deep into the mountains and old forests, they still arrived at Kara Street, where the brigade headquarters was located, before it was dark. Since the medicine delivery team had been here several times, and there were a lot of people to help get those things, they came without any delay. Lin Ruyuan saw Miao Ziping, who was of medium stature and both smiling and calm, and both of them felt that they hadn't seen each other for a few days, as if it had been a few years. When he saw Miao Ziping, he remembered the head of Li Shusen, who grabbed the thick eyebrows, big eyes, eyebrows and mustache of the yellow face. When asked and knew that he had been sacrificed, the two of them were speechless and choked for a long time.
Miao Ziping came to the meeting, but he didn't expect to see Lin Ruyuan, he not only likes to get along with him, but also likes all the student soldiers of the student corps, and admires that they all have Taoism in their minds. Miao Ziping hurriedly led Lin Ruyuan, Ma Mingchuan and the devil Honda to the headquarters, and of course all the commanders who were in the meeting knew Lin Ruyuan, but when they saw that there was a person wearing the uniform of the Northeast Army, and a devil, they were all surprised and didn't know what was going on. Lin Ruyuan hurriedly stepped forward to salute the chiefs and said, "Lin Ruyuan has seen the chiefs. "Brigade Commander Ding said, 'Xiaolin, you also came through the forest? Go back and say to Lao Chu, the brigade headquarters thanks you for sending these medicines in a steady stream. We, the wounded, rely on you to provide these medicines. Director Wang of the field hospital was moved to tears......"
Lin Ruyuan took a neat little tooth, and he said: "If the devil provides medicine, we have to use it, and we don't need it in vain." In order to fight devils, these are all things we should do. I came today, entrusted by Captain Chu, to bring two people. As he spoke, he turned around and called Ma Mingchuan, and said: "Mingchuan, this is Brigade Commander Ding...... Ma Mingchuan stepped forward and raised his hand to salute, and said: "Ma Mingchuan, the commander of the second battalion of the old 30th Brigade of the Northeast Army, has seen Brigade Commander Ding......" Brigade Commander Ding returned the salute and asked about something. Lin Ruyuan led him to meet the other commanders in turn, and someone asked how their two troops came together, and the two of them roughly introduced some details.
Everyone laughed, and he, Ma Mingchuan and every one of his subordinates, wanted to kill Motegi with his own hands. Just because Motegi was here, they wanted to go to Chahar instead of going, but ruthlessly merged their battalion of 300 people into the Rehe Special Operations Brigade of dozens of people. Ma Mingchuan also did not forget to add: "Motegi is only one reason, Captain Chu's subordinates are all capable people, and the five-body throwing that we also admire is another reason......
Lin Ruyuan pulled Honda over again and introduced him to Brigade Commander Ding, he said: "Brigade Commander Ding, this Japanese is called Honda, and now he is not a devil...... everyone translated by Lin Ruyuan, asked about something, and handed him over to the Political Training Office to take him away. At this time, the head of Liu Guoqing recognized Ma Mingchuan, and when they were talking about martial arts, they were in the upper and lower sessions. Head Liu talked to him about the experience of the rest of their lives, and sighed. lamented that the young marshal gave up the Northeast as soon as he lost his footing, and he hated him for thousands of years, and scolded Tang Yulin for fleeing without a fight, which was shameful.
Director Han asked Ma Mingchuan about the command and leadership of the two troops, and everyone was happy about the current situation of their commander. Ma Mingchuan said: "Xia Guan has merged into Lao Chu's team, and everything is up to Lao Chu. They don't look at the small number of people, they play a big role at all, I always feel that in them, including Lin Ruyuan, there are things that I can't learn. I'm here today out of curiosity, to see how you guys lead your troops to war. I also met my senior, Mr. Liu, and it was really in vain.
Brigade Commander Ding also likes Ma Mingchuan very much, seeing that he is really jealous of the Japanese army. So he asked them to attend the meeting as observers, and ordered the staff officers to add stools to them. Director Han had a long talk with Lin Ruyuan, and gave instructions on the current situation, situation, and future direction of cooperation between the two units. They spoke, and they didn't carry Ma Mingchuan behind their backs. I saw that he wanted pen and paper, and he kept memorizing. I'm really hungry and eager to learn.
When I heard Brigade Commander Ding say, the defenders left behind in Hara Mountain, such as the Anti-Japanese Union and Chen Zhongyun in the Tongliao area, gathered in Tongliao and frequently attacked the devils, containing a large number of devils...... When Motegi returned to Monkey Head Gou tomorrow, he could no longer sit still, bid farewell to the commanders, called Lin Ruyuan, and returned to Wucha Mountain overnight with the medicine delivery team and the soldiers who came with him.