While Su Jin and Huang Jianguo were discussing the movements of the old boy Umezu Mijiro, the commander of the Kwantung Army, who had fled to Changchun, was gritting his teeth and directing hundreds of thousands of troops to kill Mukden. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Several black Nissan sedans stopped in front of the Changchun Imperial Palace, a general wearing a lieutenant general's uniform and several officers with serious expressions opened the car door and walked down, and Yoshimoto Sadachi, chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, stepped forward and stretched out his right hand to him and smiled: "Kimura-kun, it's hard to come from afar, Commander Umezu is waiting for you inside, please come with me!" ”

The lieutenant general stretched out his right hand and shook it with him, and then said lightly: "Yoshimoto-kun is polite, then I will bother you to lead the way." ”

Under the leadership of Yoshimoto Sadachi, the two soon came to the Tongde Palace, and when Yoshimoto Sadachi came to the main hall of the Tongtoku Palace, he saw dozens of staff officers who were constantly busy, and Umezu Mijiro was discussing something with the puppet Manchurian emperor Aisin Jueluo Puyi.

Yoshimoto Sadachi hurriedly walked up to Umezu Mijiro, snapped a military salute, and then said loudly: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Hyotaro Kimura has arrived!" ”

"Hmm!"

Umezu Mijiro responded, and after saying something to Pu Yi, he stood up and smiled and said to the visitor: "Kimura-kun, long time no see, hard work." ”

After giving a military salute, Kimura Hyotaro said solemnly: "Commander Umezu, I have been ordered by the base camp to investigate the loss of Mukden this time, and during this period, I want to question you and some officers of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, hoping that it will not disturb your normal work." ”

Although Umezu Mijiro still had a smile on his face, he was already very reluctant, and he forced a smile and said, "That's natural, after all, you are also acting on orders, and I should naturally cooperate." ”

"That's good!" Kimura Hyotaro's face seemed to stiffen, and he showed a smile that didn't smile, "Since His Excellency the Commander can understand that it is the best, if I can, I would like to make some inquiries about you now!" ”

"Kimura-kun, I'm afraid this isn't appropriate, right?" Yoshimoto Sadachi's face on the side became very ugly, as soon as these people got off the plane, they kept finding Umezu Mijiro to question him, and they really didn't give him any face, I saw him objecting with a straight face: "Kimura-kun, Commander Umezu is commanding the Kwantung Army to counterattack the Shina army entrenched in Mukden, but you are going to question His Excellency the Commander as soon as you come, is this too hasty?" ”

"In a hurry? No! Kimura Hyotaro sneered: "The people of China have occupied Mukden, and you still tell me that you are in a hurry, do you want to wait for the people of China to occupy Changchun and make inquiries?" ”

"Yaga, you are presumptuous!" Yoshimoto was immediately furious, and under the anger, he was so angry that the green tendons on his neck were exposed. These guys from Tokyo are too deceitful. Although Mukden has been lost, but now that His Excellency the Commander is actively mobilizing troops to prepare for the recovery of Mukden, you people don't help, but come to cause chaos at this time, even if it is an inquiry, can't it be carried out until the evening? Questioning here, do you want to put a few more feet on the face of His Excellency the Commander?

Compared with Yoshimoto Sadaichi's anger, Umezu Mijiro, who was the party concerned, calmed down a lot, he patted Yoshimoto Sadaichi on the shoulder and said: "Yoshimoto-kun, don't be angry, this is their duty, since Kimura-kun wants to question me here, then it's good here." ”

"Hay!" Seeing that his boss said this, Yoshimoto Sadachi had to forcibly suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart and stand aside.

Umezu Mijiro said indifferently to Pu Yi who was standing aside: "Your Majesty Pu Yi, we still have some things to do, please take care of yourself first." ”

"Of course, of course!" Pu Yi, who had already hurriedly got up and smiled, bent over and nodded, although he was the real master of this place, but neither he nor Umezu Mijiro or any Japanese person realized this, he greeted people while accompanying the smiling face, and soon left, Kimura Hyotaro unceremoniously sat on the seat where Pu Yi was sitting just now, without even looking at him from the corner of his eyes, as if he had just left a wild dog on the side of the road.

He took out a notebook and a fountain pen from his pocket, opened the notebook and unscrewed the pen, Kimura Hyotaro's face always maintained a look without a trace of expression, "Commander Umezu, I have been entrusted by His Majesty the Emperor and His Excellency Chief of Staff Sugiyama Mototo to ask you about the history of the fall of Mukden, I hope you can answer my questions truthfully, after which I will return to Tokyo without interfering with your command, please understand." ”

Umezu Mijiro nodded: "I know, just ask, I will naturally tell you the truth." ”

That's good, Kimura Hyotaro nodded with satisfaction, and his face looked a little better: "Your Excellency Commander Umezu, it has been more than half a month since the Shina people landed in Manchuria, why would you, with more than 600,000 troops in your hands, sit back and watch Mukden be occupied by the Shina people, is there any reason for this?" ”

"Of course there is a reason?" Umezu Mijiro said very simply: "The main reason is that I didn't expect Su Jin's troops to be so strong in combat and so elite in weapons and equipment, plus they firmly controlled the air supremacy in the sky above Mukden, so we lost Mukden!" ”

"Uh......"

Kimura Hyotaro paused for a moment, he didn't expect Umezu Mijiro's answer to be so crisp, and clearly told him that the Huaxia people had good weapons, strong combat effectiveness, and powerful planes, and Lao Tzu couldn't beat him. If other officers dared to say this, they would have been slapped by the commander more than a dozen times, and then ordered to be disemboweled, but when the general Umezu Mijiro said it, it seemed that he was a commander who was a bachelor and daring, and he couldn't refute it.

Not only Hyotaro Kimura, but even Sadachi Yoshimoto smiled bitterly when he heard it. This may be the difference brought about by identity, the same thing and people with different words have a completely different effect. this

Kimura took a deep breath: "Your Excellency Commander Umezu, are you going to let me reply to His Majesty the Emperor and His Excellency Sugiyama Moto?" ”

"Yes, please reply truthfully!" Umezu Mijiro Masashi said: "There are many reasons why an army wins a battle, but there is usually only one reason for losing a battle, and that is that the strength is not as good as the other party, and this is my answer." ”

"Good...... Good! ”

Kimura Hyotaro only felt a sense of depression welling up in his heart, is this Umezu Mijiro going to break the can. He held back the sullen breath in his heart and continued to ask, "Your Excellency, the last time you thought that the Emperor would retake Mukden as soon as possible, what are you going to do?" What if you can't? ”

"You've seen how I do it." Umezu Mijiro said lightly: "If I can't do it, I will ask His Majesty the Emperor to resign!" ”

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