Just when Ding Chenggong was carefully thinking about how to open up his financial channels and work hard to make money, the new commander of the Kwantung Army, Senior General Umezu Mijiro, had once again convened a special operations meeting on the "Spring Great Crusade on the Eastern Side Road." Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At nine o'clock in the morning of April 2, 1940, the special car of General Umezu Mijiro arrived at the Kwantung Army Headquarters in Changchun.

The car stopped in front of the headquarters building.

As soon as he stopped, an adjutant who was waiting for him strode forward and respectfully opened the door for Umezu Mijiro.

Immediately afterward, Umezu Mijiro, surrounded by his secretary and adjutant, stepped out of the car with a heavy face and strode towards the conference room.

Seeing that the commander was coming, the officers and soldiers on duty immediately stood up and saluted, but they were surprised to find that their commander, who had always been modest and polite, had a gloomy face, and he had no intention of returning the salute at all!

How did they know that Umezu Mijiro, who had just been questioned by the Ministry of War and was furious in his heart, didn't care about them at all.

I really didn't have the heart to continue to maintain my humble and polite image, Umezu Mijiro had a gloomy face and walked to the door of the conference room in silence.

As soon as he saw the commander come in, an adjutant had already announced loudly: "Commander Umezu has arrived!" ”

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen generals of the Kwantung Army who participated in the meeting stood upright in unison, bowing their heads and waiting for the commander's instructions.

Walking to the main seat of the conference room, Umezu Mijiro glanced at his generals who were standing upright, and asked in a cold voice, "Do you remember what I said here three months ago?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the big and small devil generals all lowered their heads deeper.

Seeing the officers under his command bowing their heads to their ears, respectful, and obedient, Umezu Mijiro felt a little more relaxed.

He then took off the white gauze gloves on his hand, threw them on the table casually, sat down in the chair of the main seat, and waved lightly to the officers.

The officers, who had been standing upright, sat down cautiously.

"Three months ago, when I first took office, I told all of you that I hoped that after three months, the banditry in Manchuria would be completely eradicated. When the time comes, I will personally award each of you a Yamato Medal. ”

After calming down, Umezu Mijiro resumed his usual modest and polite manners, and continued to start the opening remarks in a calm tone as much as possible.

"Now that three months have passed, I wonder which of you will be able to raise your hand and say to me that you deserve it?"

As soon as the words fell, the officers who had been summoned to the meeting bowed their heads in shame again.

"I think people like Yang Jingyu, Cao Yafan, and Wei Zhengmin deserve to be medaled!"

Seeing that his subordinates were silent, Umezu Mijiro said in a heavy tone: "Although, this medal should not be issued by us!" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't you have a battle report in front of each of you about the Great Wild Vice-Crusade that just passed? Have you read it all carefully? ”

Umezu Mijiro flipped through the battle report in front of him and said sternly: "What do you officers and generals who participated in the command think of such a battle result?" ”

The officers, who had just experienced a great defeat, dared to say a word more, and they all bowed their heads deeply and received the commander's instructions with a sincere face.

"The commanders on Yang Jingyu's side, these people are not graduates of a regular military academy, and their equipment is not my opponent. The quality of the soldiers and the training of the army are far from ours.

But we can't always destroy them, and not long ago, we suffered a big defeat at the skyscraper!

The strength of two whole field infantry brigades was lost, as well as five or six thousand Manchurian army and police forces. To make matters worse, we also lost enough weapons and equipment to arm a division!

Let them destroy nearly 100 of our group tribes and armed pioneer regiments one after another, and rob 50,000 or 60,000 people of China and nearly 10,000 laborers!

He also allowed him to establish a territory that spanned more than 100 miles!

Since the Manchurian Incident, our Kwantung Army has not suffered such great losses. Looking at the entire battlefield of China, there are only a handful of such setbacks! ”

Once again, he emphasized the huge losses to his subordinates, and Umezu Mijiro said more seriously: "This time, Yang Jingyu will be able to form a combat force of nearly 20,000 people!" And well-equipped, with the exception of heavy weapons, already the same as us! It is even more difficult to exterminate them.

Can any of you tell me? Why is that? Why can't our Great Japanese Kwantung Army, known as the flower of the Imperial Army, deal with a group of Chinese bandits! ”

Umezu Mijiro's stern questioning, like a sharp blade, pierced the faces of these soldiers at once, and pierced their self-esteem even more deeply.

The sense of honor of professional soldiers, let these fascist soldiers

Immediately, the desire to fight was ignited, and they unanimously made the determination to fight a shameful war, eager to immediately gather heavy troops, annihilate them all in one fell swoop, and kill all these "Manchurian bandits" who made them lose face!

The atmosphere of the venue became calm and solemn for a while.

"Your Excellency, Commander, please allow me to speak boldly!"

After a long silence, a loud baritone suddenly rang out, breaking the quiet atmosphere of the venue.

"Nobu Changdeok?"

When Umezu Mijiro saw the person in front of him, he immediately frowned, and scolded sharply: "You were the one who led the last crusade. I support you with all my strength if you want people to give money, money to money. But suffered such a big failure! ”

As he spoke, the commander glared at him coldly, and said impatiently: "For the sake of your past merits, I have given you a chance to make meritorious atonements, what else do you have to say?" ”

"It is precisely because of the failure of his humble position that he calmed down, reviewed his mistakes with all his might, and made new discoveries!"

Although the stubborn Wild Vice Changde had to bow his head under the commander's fierce reprimand, he still said loudly: "In order to make this great crusade more smooth and avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, I would like to tell His Excellency the Commander about some of my discoveries here!" ”

"There's some truth to that!"

Umezu Mijiro thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, you can tell me about your discovery first!" ”

"According to the investigation of the inferior position, Your Excellency Commander, in this operation, our equipment is not stronger than Yang Jingyu's anti-coalition forces!"

Nobu Changde said boldly: "They obviously used a large number of submachine guns and light artillery in the battle, which is the combat skills that our loyal and brave soldiers have worked hard to practice, and they were killed by rapid-fire weapons like submachine guns before they had time to show them!" The machine-gun fire points and grenadiers were easily pulled out by their light guns! ”

"How is this possible?"

Umezu Mijiro immediately frowned, shook his head again and again, and said: "We know very well the situation of weapons and equipment of the Anti-Japanese Federation, even ordinary rifles are not fully equipped, ammunition is scarce, where are the large number of submachine guns and supporting ammunition?" ”

"Your Excellency, Commander, according to the investigation of the Manchurian soldiers who were withdrawn from the battlefield, the results also show this!"

"The military hospital also examined the bodies of the dead soldiers and the wounded soldiers, and it also came to the conclusion that a large number of soldiers were killed and injured by the intensive 9×19mm pistol bullets! ”

As he spoke, Nobu Changde opened the briefcase he was carrying, took out the prepared documents, and respectfully handed them over.

Umezu Mijiro nodded slightly to the adjutant, and the adjutant, who had been instructed, immediately walked up, took the document handed over by Nobu Shotoku, and then handed it to Umezu Mijiro.

Umezu Mijiro opened the investigation report, glanced at it slightly, and immediately looked startled and looked through it seriously.

"And this, Your Excellency, Commander!"

Seeing that the report submitted by Nobu Shotoku was valued by Umezu Mijiro, the commander of the 10th Division, Toichi Sasaki, stood up, took out a document and said seriously: "This is the investigation report on the damage of the armored train issued by the Manchurian Railway Co., Ltd. Although the armored train has been completely dismantled by the anti-union bandits, the battlefield has been cleaned by them.

But the clues left on the battlefield can still show that the anti-union bandits used a light gun that could easily penetrate the armor of the train! ”

As he spoke, he handed over the papers with both hands.

"So where did they get these advanced weapons and equipment?"

Looking at these two informative and conclusive investigation reports, Umezu Mijiro had to believe that the words of these two subordinates were true.

After thinking about it, he asked very suspiciously: "You know, although the manufacture of submachine guns is not much more troublesome than rifles, the consumption of bullets is too great, and with the strong economic strength and industrial base of our Great Japanese Empire, it is impossible to afford to equip troops on a large scale!"

Where did these bandits, who lack food and clothing, get a large number of bullets? ”

"Your Excellency, Commander, according to the analysis of the humble position, it is very likely that these weapons were secretly supplied by the Soviet Union to the Manchurian bandits!"

The chief of staff of Ye Deputy Changde, Kita Teshige, also immediately stood up and said seriously.

"Soviets?"

Umezu Mijiro asked suspiciously, "They just had a job with us at Nomenkan, and now that there is a ceasefire, why do they do this?" ”

"They are going to follow the example of the Spanish Civil War and use Manchuria as a testing ground for their new weapons!"

Bei Temao immediately spoke out his judgment loudly.