Chapter 5: Tojo Steps Down
The shooting and bombing of the Bingcheng Hotel shocked the whole of Harbin, the entire Northeast, and even the whole world!
That's not an exaggeration. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info representatives of several theaters of China and the Eighth Route Army met with Ren Laifeng in this hotel, but as soon as they left, the representatives of the Eighth Route Army did not even leave, and the Bingcheng Hotel suffered a series of vicious attacks! Two representatives of the Eighth Route Army were killed and wounded, and the room where Ren Laifeng was located was damaged by a bomb. Fortunately, General Ren was blessed by the gods, so he survived.
Can the Russians not know that such a big thing happened? Can the Eighth Route Army not react? Can the representatives of the first, second, and fifth theaters of operations not be afraid? If they had been scheduled to meet them today, it would probably have been one of their waves of people who would have died!
After Ren Laifeng was rescued by the sappers on a ladder, he first organized the treatment of the wounded, then appointed a special person to send the wounded representatives of the Eighth Route Army to the General Hospital of the Group Army for treatment, and transported the unfortunate officers and soldiers to the martyrs' cemetery outside the city for burial after properly handling the aftermath.
Before the aftermath of the bombing attack was dealt with, a telegram from the Yan'an side came, and the heads of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army first expressed their condolences to Commander-in-Chief Ren, and then strongly condemned the gangsters who created this series of violent incidents, that is, the evil Japanese criminals! There is no need to investigate, no one else can do such a despicable thing except the Japanese!
Except for the Japanese, Ren Laifeng has not offended anyone. To say that it was just an attack on the representative of the Eighth Route Army, there are many possibilities, maybe it was a military commander, maybe it was an assassin sent by the Japanese puppet; If you want to say that you want to attack Ren Laifeng, who else can there be but devils?
Immediately after that, the First Theater, the Second Theater, the Fifth Military Region, and the Chongqing Military Commission all sent telegrams of condolences to Ren Laifeng, hoping that Commander-in-Chief Ren would not be affected by this attack on his determination to resist the war. We'll all be with you!
Later, the Eighth Route Army reported in detail and commented on this incident in the influential newspapers at that time, and condemned the Japanese in an unprecedentedly stern tone for using such despicable means in a vain attempt to murder our famous anti-Japanese general! If you can't beat it on the battlefield, you will use despicable conspiracy to secretly kill the guys, what a dirty villain!
The Eighth Route Army first sounded the clarion call for the offensive of public opinion. As far as the Nationalist Government looks at it, you have all spoken, and we can't help but speak out. How can Ren Laifeng also be a general of the National Revolutionary Army, and it should be us who support him!
As a result, Chongqing's newspapers began to report on the incident overwhelmingly, and Political Minister Chen Cheng held three press conferences in a row to expose to the world the despicable features of the Japanese army in this incident.
This was followed by a worldwide uproar, and almost within a few days, the Japanese army became a vile and filthy representative. The positive image that the Japanese military top brass had been trying to create fell apart in an instant. What Greater East Asia co-prosperity and what royal paradise have all become jokes.
And Ren Laifeng seems to have been pushed in front of the people of the world overnight. Newsweek put Ren Laifeng on the cover, and since then the whole world has known that in the northeast of China, there is a Chinese general who fought bravely and fought so fiercely that the Japanese army was helpless on the battlefield and lost his city and territory one after another, so he had to use assassination to deal with him.
Newsweek originally described Ren Laifeng and his army in an objective tone, including the attack on Harbin.
"After the explosions and shootings caused by the Japanese army, the Chinese miracle general was unharmed. We are sure that he must be the one who is under God's care. Although he did not believe in Jesus, God still favored him in particular. "Newsweek's story has a strong American flavor.
It is said that the emperor got angry again after reading this report, and this Umezu Mijiro is really old! And Hideki Tojo, this old fool should have moved his position a long time ago! Let him occupy the position of prime minister, which will only become more and more detrimental to the development of the empire and the situation of the war!
The more the emperor thought about it, the more angry he became, and an edict called Hideki Tojo to the front of the emperor to scold him on his head and face, and finally told him: "Tojo, you resign!" After saying this, Emperor Hirohito turned around and walked away, without even looking at Hideki Tojo.
Yes? Hideki Tojo was dumbfounded at the time, and that's it? But the emperor had already issued an edict, and Prime Minister Tojo could only kowtow in the direction of His Majesty's departure. Having lost the trust of the emperor, Hideki Tojo, the head of the ruling and opposition forces, had no strength to struggle at all. He could only silently shed tears and reluctantly accept the choice of fate.
A few days later, Hideki Tojo convened his final cabinet meeting, at which Prime Minister Tojo announced his resignation from all positions. As Prime Minister, Hideki Tojo also held a number of important positions, including Chief of Staff, Minister of Army, Minister of the Interior, and Minister of Munitions. This resignation is a complete resignation of his own part-time job.
Umezu Mijiro, the culprit who led to the prime minister's resignation, should have been punished more severely than Hideki Tojo, but the fact is that Umezu Mijiro, an old boy, was a blessing in disguise, not only escaped punishment, but also took a step closer to his career. Admiral Umezu was urgently recalled from Manchuria to take over the post of chief of staff of Hideki Tojo.
This cannot but be said to be a big strange thing. The root cause of this strange incident turned out to be the outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.
It was Hideki Tojo who used his authority for the last time to transfer Umezu Yoshijiro from Northeast China back to Japan, and invited him to the last cabinet meeting of the Tojo Cabinet. At this cabinet meeting, Hideki Tojo offered his resignation, and Umezu Mijiro took over as Tojo's vacated chief of staff.
By the time others reacted, Umezu Mijiro had already received the seal symbolizing the power of the chief of staff from Hideki Tojo!
This series of dazzling changes in Japanese politics is unaware of Ren Laifeng, who is in the northeast. Orders have been scattered all over the world, and Ren Laifeng is now anxious to develop and expand his military industry. The opportunity is rare, judging from the current situation, it can be said that no matter how many weapons and ammunition the Qinggang Arsenal produces, it will not worry about sales. Now all he needs to do is for his arsenal to produce more high-quality weapons and develop more advanced weapons!
The German Krupp Company came with drawings of the 75-mm mountain gun, the Rheinland Technology Company also came with the drawings of the 150-mm heavy howitzer, and more than a dozen of the world's famous arms manufacturers, such as the British Company, the Czech Company, and the Soviet Russian Company, all came to discuss cooperation with Ren Laifeng.
A new round of business negotiations has begun, and the golden period of the rapid development of Qinggang Arsenal has arrived.