Section 121 Advance Detachment

The idea of prosecuting "war criminals" was proposed by a few members of the Law Club. Of course, the mastermind behind it is the vest.

Although the arbitral tribunal controlled by the Law Club has spared no effort to promote the idea of "governing the country according to law", it has enacted a large number of - or rather plagiarized - various laws and regulations, and at the same time actively publicized and encouraged ordinary people to fight lawsuits. But so far, their judicial operations have been minimal.

For Lingao, which has a population of only about 100,000, except for the summary court in Dongmen City, which has more small cases in law and order and business to eat, the other three courts are deserted, and there is no case once a week. Judges have little to do but follow along with the compilation of laws. He is often seconded by various departments to do administrative or other things.

Running out of business is a red flag, and the vest is worried about it. And after too many secondments, the popularity of the people will slowly disperse.

Gotta give a little stimulation and let them do a little bit of work vest thought. However, the volume of business of the arbitral tribunal cannot be conjured up in a vacuum. The busiest department in the tribunal is obviously the General Directorate of Political Protection, but this department is inherently independent, and he is unwilling and unable to interfere.

The justice system lacks important, attention-grabbing action. After the victory of Chengmai, the whole idea of the vest turned to the issue of "war criminals".

For many veterans, the issue of "war criminals" itself is a frivolous act of taking off their pants and farting -- everyone has been caught, and everyone who wants to kill or chop up a tyrant has to be respected, so what's the point of trying war criminals? And by which law and by which treaty? Getting zuihou is nothing more than a scene that is self-talking, self-directing and acting.

However, the idea of the vest was still supported by the majority of the senators in the Senate. Although "everything is done according to the law" is sometimes hypocritical, rigid, and even ridiculous, it is a much more progressive system than a small number of people who can arrest people casually.

The matter of the "trial of war criminals" in the vest was thus decided. A special war crimes tribunal has been established and a prosecutor and defence counsel have been appointed.

Of course, this is absurd from the point of view of fairness - there are no international treaties on this plane, and there is no international law. The Ming government has never ended, recognized, signed, or participated in any such thing.

The so-called "war criminal trial" is nothing more than a practice by the time-traveling group to impose a new social order on this time and space. But there are also different views on this line of thinking within the law club.

If it is really in accordance with the international law and international treaties of the old time and space, there are no fewer war crimes committed by the crossing group in the battle with the officers and soldiers. Yuan Qiushi hanged dozens of prisoners in the prisoner of war camp, enslaving prisoners on a large scale......

These things are also worthy of being "war crimes". Therefore, some of the elders who hold opposing views think that engaging in "war criminals" is purely asking for trouble and tying their hands and feet.

Under such doubts, the Standing Committee of the Senate held a hearing on the necessity and reasonableness of the "trial of war criminals."

Of course, the purpose of the hearing is not to talk about "whether it is fair", but "whether it is reasonable".

"The so-called war crimes," Ma Jia dispelled the concerns of the senators in one sentence at the Senate Standing Committee hearing, "This is a crime that only losers have." ”

At the same time, Ma Jia also explained: The trial of "war criminals" is not simply intimidation and revenge, but more to occupy the moral high ground and promote the "justice" of the party. This is a very important thing in the ideological sphere.

So the war criminal trial was carried out with great fanfare.

By this time the attention of the Executive Committee and the Senate had turned elsewhere. To be exact, it turned to the entire Hainan Island.

Jihua, who occupied the entire island of Hainan, became a "summer awakening" at Wei Aiwen's suggestion - the results of the spring awakening were so bad that many people unanimously opposed it, and as a concession, it was changed to "summer".

Under the adjustment of the General Staff, the Army, which had a few days off after the parade, began to carry out the "Summer Awakening" jihua.

The four battalions of troops mobilized by "Xia Xing" were divided into two advance detachments, east and west.

The Western Detachment, with the 3rd Infantry Battalion as the backbone, strengthened a number of artillery, engineering, baggage, and medical teams, with the goal of occupying Danzhou and expanding the "Purple Zone" under the control of the Lingao regime to the Danzhou-Changhua border.

The goal of the Eastern Detachment was much larger, and according to the first phase of the expansion of the General Staff, it was to complete the occupation of Chengmai, Qiongshan, Ding'an, and Wenchang counties in the east. It is composed of the 1st, 5th, and 6th Infantry Battalions.

These four counties, like Lingao, are the foundation of the government's rule in Hainan, developed early, have a large population, and have a relatively deep ruling foundation. Taking these counties is also equivalent to announcing the complete collapse of the Ming rule in Lingao.

As for the southern prefectures and counties, they are sparsely populated, there are only a few thousand men, women, and children registered in a county, and many county commanders have been vacant for a long time, and the rule of the Ming Dynasty is completely symbolic. You can pick it up whenever you want.

In addition to military personnel, each detachment also has a county task force personally selected by Liu Muzhou. In addition to the elders, each task force also has a number of indigenous cadres, who work on the spot and take over the county government.

The first phase of the operation to occupy the entire island of Hainan went very smoothly, and it can be called "determined by transmission." The Army, with the support of the Navy, conducted an "armed parade". The villages along the road fell in the wind, and Danzhou was the first to fall - in fact, the army did not plan to attack the city, but still planned to set up camp first, and then force the officials in the city to obey their commands with both soft and hard measures. But the officials in the city took the initiative to open the city and surrender. Such a smooth operation surprised Yu Zhiqian, the commander of the third infantry battalion responsible for expanding westward. It turned out that he thought that the officials in the city would shut up and make himself a lot of trouble.

Danzhou Zhizhou committed suicide with great dignity. This old man Jinshi, who had been in office for less than half a year, did not do any more combat operations to add prisoners to the senators - he knew that all this was in vain, and he committed suicide by poisoning very neatly.

The surrender was presided over by the Danzhou Dianshi. Together with the gentry in the city, he trembled at the gate of the city and waited for the arrival of the western detachment.

After the rest and replenishment of the western detachment, the morale of the army is even higher than before the battle of Chengmai.

The letter was sent by the classic history of Danzhou. This person, like Sun Ruiwu in the history of Lingaodian, has despaired of the future of being a disaster official of this kind of Yuanzhou evil army, although he will not openly surrender to the enemy, but he has a great wait-and-see mentality. Therefore, he did not commit suicide or flee, and stayed in the city to preside over the surrender in the name of protecting the seal. If the thieves can stay on for a long time, he has no objection to changing the court to serve the Australians.

"I thought I had to live outside the city, but I didn't expect to enter the city so smoothly."

Yu Zhiqian, the leader of the detachment, said to Liu Yixiao, the captain of the Danzhou task force.

"The cheaper the thing, the worse it is." The team leader said with a gloomy face, "Who knows what this group of officers has in mind? I think we need to be vigilant."

Zhizhou's suicide is said in the classics, God knows if Zhizhou is really dead or has another plan? Liu Yixiao believes that it is necessary to maintain full vigilance so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy.

According to the rules, with the exception of a small contingent that took over the city's defense and vital departments, the main force of the army did not enter the city - not for reasons such as benevolence and justice, not to disturb the people, but because the health department was seriously worried about the sanitary situation in the local towns. Before the necessary epidemic prevention and disinfection treatment has been carried out in towns and cities, the army generally does not enter densely populated areas to avoid contracting epidemics.

But the gentry who greeted them at the city gate were relieved - sure enough, the Australians deserved the words "autumn did not commit any crimes".

Liu Yixiao said a few polite words, and then followed the history and gentry to the state office. Danzhou has a slightly larger population than Lingao, and the market is slightly more prosperous. But at this time the streets were empty, there were no pedestrians. Outside the yamen, there were more than a dozen people like the government secretary and the secretary waiting on duty, with a blank expression.

The yamen is very broken, and it doesn't look as good as some antique buildings in the old time and space, Liu Yixiao went in and took a look, and there was a coffin parked in the courtyard - this is Zhizhou, who has committed suicide.

"Open," he commanded.

Dead people are nothing to look at, and the reason why I want to see them is to confirm that Zhizhou is really dead. Liu Yixiao took out a notebook from his satchel, which was a "compilation of the basic situation of Danzhou" compiled by the Foreign Intelligence Bureau. The first fascicle is the resumes and photos of the officials in the yamen.

The photo was taken with a telephoto lens, although it is not very clear, but the facial features are still recognizable, although the dead man in the coffin thought that he was taking poison, his face was distorted, but it could be seen that it was indeed a person.

Liu Yixiao sighed and nodded: Brave people are always respected.

"Okay, haode, put it up." He said, "Are the dependents of Zhizhou still in the city?" ”

"In, in." Dian Shi said cautiously, spying on his expression, "It's all in the back office." Do you want to go and see ......?"

"No need. Tell them not to commit suicide" Liu Yixiao was not interested in Zhizhou's family, "Quickly prepare a boat and send twenty taels of silver to lay the ceremony." Let them leave with the coffin. ”

"The grace of the lord, they must be unforgettable......"

Liu Yixiao nodded impatiently and asked a few more questions. Most of the officials and clerks in the city had fled—their actions in Lingao had already reached here, and the officials were afraid that they would fall into the same fate as their colleagues in Lingao, so they had already fled.

Liu Yixiao ordered the indigenous cadres in the task force to enter the county office, receiving archives and documents while taking inventory of the warehouse. Seal the houses one by one for later cleaning.

A few days ago, the leader of the Zhuang squad took dozens of Minzhuang and other officials to rob the county's silver treasury, and now there is nothing left in the silver treasury, and other fine and soft punishment warehouses have also been lost. But there were no losses in the grain and salt depots.