Mukden City, Heping District, Haneda Family......

The cherry blossoms on the cherry trees have long since disappeared, and the fruits are gradually falling, and now there are only leaves left on the branches of the cherry trees.

In the study, Natsuki Haneda and Masao Haneda sat opposite each other, and the first person sitting in the middle was their father, a middle-aged man.

Haneda Masao's expression was very serious, and a little dissatisfaction could be seen on his face, and he turned his head to look at the middle-aged man: "Father, why are you preventing me from joining the army, you must know that young people of my age in China have enthusiastically signed up to join the army."

The middle-aged man's mouth pouted downward: "The most important thing for you now is to study, not to join the army, do you think war is child's play?" No matter how strong we are than the Chinese, many people will die when the war starts, and all of them are young people! ”

Haneda Masao stood up angrily: "Father! It is not right for you to say this, we are citizens of the Japanese Empire, and even more so subjects of His Majesty the Emperor, and we must realize his great ideals, and it is the most glorious to serve His Majesty! And you let your son be a coward, hide in his own house, go to school, don't you feel ashamed! ”

"Bastard! Are you talking to your father! It's not in your school, His Majesty the Emperor doesn't lack you to serve him, and you're the only heir to our Haneda family, so you're going to do something more meaningful! Do you understand! The middle-aged man roared angrily.

Haneda Masao stood up and stood for a long time, slowly turning from the anger just now to calm: "Father, I know, I am the only heir to the family, but I can't give up what I have always wanted to do in order to inherit the family business, my cousin Toshio Nakajima has already joined the army one step ahead of me, I can't let him laugh at me, I have decided, please forgive my father!" ”

After Haneda Masao finished speaking, he saluted and looked at Natsuki Haneda again, and strode out resolutely.

The middle-aged man's eyes were already bloodshot, and he roared loudly: "Bastard! You bastard! Sooner or later, you'll regret your decision today! ”

The middle-aged man suddenly stood up and looked at Haneda Natsuki: "How stupid is he doing this, is it difficult for him to know that bullets don't have eyes?" ”

Haneda Natsuki sat down and saluted: "Father, please don't be angry, my brother has his own ideas, I will persuade him, I hope he can change his mind." ”

The middle-aged man calmed down a little and said, "That's the only way, you go and persuade him now, don't let him sign up, if you sign up, it's too late."

"Yes, father, I'll go now," Haneda Natsuki said and stood up and walked out of the study.

The middle-aged man sat down paralyzed, his elbows on his thighs, his hands on his forehead, unable to calm down from the anger just now.

Natsuki Haneda walked outside Masao Haneda's room and stopped, thinking about it.

"Brother, are you there?" Haneda Natsuki asked outside the shoji.

"Natsuki, if you're trying to convince me for your father, then you can go back," Haneda Masao said.

"I'm not here to persuade you, may I come in?" Natsuki Haneda asked.

There was no answer in the house......

Haneda Natsuki pulled the shoji away and walked in, squatted down and sat down, and looked at Haneda Masao: "Brother, my mother died early, and my father didn't remarry, one is to love my mother, and the other is to be afraid that we will be unjust, so my father loves us very much." ”

Haneda Masao turned his back to her and slowly lowered his head: "I know all this, but, my father is too stubborn, he always asks us to come according to his arrangement, I can't do it, I also have my own ideas"

"But my brother and father are right, even the best samurai on the battlefield will die because of some unforeseen things, not to mention that this is the age of machinery and steel, not how high your ability can be spared, many of them who can survive the battlefield are just too lucky."

"Nonsense! What do you know, the soldiers in our Imperial Japanese Army are the best, our local steel production is more than 6 million tons a year, not including the output of Korea, Taiwan, and Manchuria combined, and they Chinese only have 10 tens of thousands of tons a year, do you know what this concept is? What do they have? A country that can't even make cannons, can they compare with us? Haneda Masao said disdainfully.

Then he turned around and rushed to Haneda Natsuki and said feverishly: "There are all kinds of weapons in their army, and the bullets cannot be used, and it is extremely inconvenient to maintain, dismantle and repair, and what about us? A complete system of weapons industry, and there is no need to think about these problems in the first place, do you know how many planes we have? And what about them, our artillery, mountain artillery, mortars, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and rifles are much more numerous than theirs, we also have armored divisions, what about them, our navy is even more invincible! ”

"So we want to help them, we want to conquer them, and plant this rich land with Hinomaru, which is no longer suitable for an ignorant and backward nation like them, but will be replaced by our great Yamato nation, and many of them also think so, they call these people traitors, and the traitor group of the Chinese is still very large. As long as we attack, they will be easily defeated, and then their traitors will do their own for us. ”

Haneda Masao is full of confidence: "For the sake of great goals, sacrifice is inevitable, but I believe that they do not have the strength and courage to resist us, sister, you don't have to worry about me, I will be careful, I will win glory for the Haneda family, and fight for His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Haneda Natsuki was speechless, she knew that what her brother said could not be refuted, all clever words in the face of strength were in vain, she also knew that poor and weak China was like this, she didn't speak again for a long time.

Haneda Masao watched her being moved by herself, and he was even more confident, he patted Haneda Natsuki's shoulder: "Natsuki, father, he is old and he still can't understand some things, but my brother won't be like him, please persuade him for me, please!" ”

After speaking, Haneda Masao stood up and left the room, leaving only Natsuki Haneda alone in the room, she lowered her head and muttered, "Is it really inevitable that this war will be difficult to avoid?" ”

Wang Mingzhi and Tang Yi walked on the way to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Tang Yi looked at the street boredly, looking here for a while, and looking at where for a while. And Wang Mingzhi is not as idle as him, he is thinking about it at this time, and there is still that street that has not been promoted.

"Brother Ming, there is the Xiaoxiang Pavilion at the entrance in front of you, the hall is very lively these days, I think it won't be long before you can redeem your uncle's paintings." Tang Yi said.