Chapter Sixty-Eight: Insidious Schemes and Attempts to Be Sinister

The county seat of Lin'an County. Fang's compound. The headquarters of the Japanese army in the forecourt. in the living room.

"Well, your plan sounds good. However, the Imperial Allied Army is a group of rabble, scattered and afraid of death, and their combat effectiveness is not strong, they cannot resist the attack of the Eighth Route Army, they are simply unreliable, and they may even betray the Imperial Army but secretly help the Eighth Route Army. Nakagawa-kun, this kind of thing has happened many times before, so you can't help but guard against it. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, I have carefully considered this possibility. My solution was to gather all the families of the officers above the platoon commander level of the Imperial Allied Army to live in the county town and take strict care of them as hostages, so that they would not be afraid that they would not give in and not give their lives. ”

"Well, Nakagawa-kun, you have a clever method, which can alleviate the shortage of our imperial army, and allow the Chinese to deal with the Chinese, which is the subtlety of the strategy of using China to govern China. How do you want to do that? ”

"Your Excellency, I am going to build artillery towers in each village, and send two platoons of the Imperial Army, and one more squad of the Imperial Army to supervise them, and the food and meat and vegetables will be supplied by this village. The cavalry and armoured units of our imperial army often went to the villages to inspect and supervise. ”

"Good. Nakagawa-kun, this plan is completely feasible, let's implement it as soon as possible. What is the current social order and economic situation in the county? ”

"I have announced to the people of Lin'an County through various forms such as radio, newspapers, and posters that all production and life will be restored, and shops will be opened, so as to encourage people to live and work in peace and contentment. These days are already showing results, and the outlook is positive. ”

"Hmm. Nakagawa-kun, how is the defense of the county seat? Don't let your guard down. ”

"Yes. Your Excellency, I have ordered the Special High School and the Detective Team to put on the clothes of ordinary people and conduct a strict investigation and search in all parts of the county, and never let go of the slightest suspicious person or suspicious place. But on the surface, inspections were relaxed, curfews were lifted, and free access to the county was allowed. Your Excellency, I would like to build Lin'an County into a model county where society is stable and orderly, economically prosperous, and prosperous in a very short period of time. ”

"Good, good, I believe and look forward to this day. Nakagawa-kun, I want to take a walk around the county tomorrow and enjoy the prosperity here. ”

"No problem. I suggest that Your Excellency the General change into ordinary Chinese-style casual clothes and follow the example of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty for a private visit, so that the convenience of movement will not attract attention, and you will be able to observe the customs and customs here more directly, objectively and truthfully, and you can also check the city defense deployment and military appearance and discipline of our army. ”

"Well, just do as you say, and the guest is as he pleases."

"Thank you. If His Excellency the General has any other requests, Nakagawa will do his best to do it. ”

Morikura Village. In the courtyard of the Liu family's blacksmith shop. Fang Jiren, Fang Lusheng, Zhou Qiwei, Yao Jian, Yang Shushan, Lu Yun, Liu Blacksmith and others sat around the small table under the old locust tree.

Fang Jiren: "Lu Yun, has the dog woken up?" Did you find anything wrong? ”

Lu Yun replied affirmatively: "I haven't woken up yet." I checked him again, and the dog was mainly hungry and tired, extremely tired and weak. Maybe they were frightened and frightened. He also had some external injuries on his body, which had been dressed. I didn't find anything else, I think he will wake up tomorrow and recover fully after a few days of rest. Commander Wang, don't worry. ”

The county seat of Lin'an County. The headquarters of the Japanese army in the Fangjia compound. in the living room. Murayama and Nakagawa sit side by side on the sofa.

"Your Excellency, the Chinese food at the welcome dinner is delicious, right? If there is anything inconsiderate or unsatisfactory, please forgive me. ”

"Very good, I'm satisfied. Nakagawa-kun, our Japanese cuisine can't be compared to Chinese cuisine at all, and it is worthy of being an ancient civilization of 5,000 years. ”

"Yes. Chinese cuisine pays attention to color, flavor and shape, and I really never get tired of eating it. ”

Murayama raised his hand and pointed to the document on the coffee table and said appreciatively:

"I've seen it before dinner. Good, good. The plans for encirclement and suppression, the plan for strengthening public order, and the plan for expanding the Imperial Allied Army were very detailed and concrete. Nakagawa-kun, let's do it as soon as possible. However, the Imperial Allied Army must be fully utilized but not fully trusted, after all, they are all Chinese, so they must be closely monitored and strictly controlled. ”

"Hey, please rest assured, Your Excellency General, as I said, I already have a way to deal with the Imperial Allied Army, and I order the officers above the platoon commander to take their parents, wives and children into the county town to live in a centralized manner, one is to guard against the rebellion of the Communist Party, and the other is to ensure the personal safety of their families. The real purpose was to take their families hostage, so that these officers would not dare to go through the eight routes privately, and would be absolutely loyal to the Imperial Army, and would be guarded by the gendarmerie, and the special high school and the detective team would carry out comprehensive surveillance. In their Chinese language, it is called the combination of grace and power, both soft and hard, and rigid and soft. In addition, officers and detective captains of the Imperial Cooperative Army and above gave each of them a comfort woman who had come from the Japanese Empire to show the emperor's grace to them, which truly reflected the friendship between Japan and China and made it easier to monitor. ”

"Well, it's good to have a way. Nakagawa-kun, you have to remember that our main opponents are the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army, which are very different from the Kuomintang in that they have different beliefs and propositions, so their tactics towards the Great Japanese Empire are also different. With regard to the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army, you must do whatever it takes and all means to eliminate them. In addition to carrying out necessary military strikes, destroying the economy, and disrupting finance, it was also necessary to co-opt, bribe, and corrupt Kuomintang military and political officials in the areas ruled by the Kuomintang, thus creating internal and external difficulties and government collapse, and finally achieving the goal of surrendering to the Japanese Empire. Puyi's Manchukuo and Wang Jingwei's Nanking government are mere puppets that we have raised, nurtured, and driven, and are our political, military, and economic tools. Nakagawa-kun, in this area, you have to do the same. ”

"Hey, please rest assured, I will do it, and I will definitely complete the Mt. Fuji project."

Murayama said with a serious face: "Nakagawa-kun, the Mt. Fuji plan must be kept safe, this is the highest strategic secret of the empire. The Communist Party's intelligence organizations are very powerful, they are pervasive, you must take strict precautions, and you must not leak them out, otherwise it will be difficult for us to complete the implementation, and in the end it may lead to complete failure, and you and I will both be held accountable and will be tried by military courts. ”

"Hey, I fully accept the teachings of His Excellency the General, and I must take strict precautions."

"Zhongchuan-kun, is this courtyard with carved beams and paintings, carved railings and jade bricks, and rich and luxurious courtyards safe? Is the owner of this house reliable? ”

"Yes, this mansion is the best house in the county, it has been searched strictly and carefully inside and out, several yards and all the houses, the sappers have repeatedly probed and checked it several times with mine detectors, there is nothing suspicious, it is very safe. Your Excellency General, the owner of this house is a very powerful and rich man in Lin'an County, and he is our available person, and the owner Fang Daxian is a mediocre person who does not learn and has no political acumen and only knows how to make money and enjoy fun, and I have arranged for all the people in this family to be closely monitored. If there is any disadvantage to our imperial army, it will be arrested immediately and severely punished. ”

Murayama said fiercely, "Yo Xi." If Fang Da has anti-Japanese words and deeds, he will be shot immediately! ”

"Hey! Resolutely enforce. Your Excellency, please stay in Lin'an County for a few more days. I am going to convene a grand congratulatory meeting to celebrate the glorious victory of our Imperial Japanese Army in these two months of sweeps. I would like to invite Your Excellency the General to attend and speak. ”

"Nope! Nakagawa-kun, don't open this Zhujie conference, it doesn't mean much. I can't stay here long, and in four days I have to rush to Peking for an important military conference, to which the emperor will send an envoy. ”