And the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army naturally can't refuse, although it knows Yan Xishan's intentions, but Yan Xishan, as the supreme commander of the second theater, expressed his condolences to his subordinates, what can the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army say. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army immediately sent troops to meet Yan Xishan's condolence group, and was responsible for escorting them along the way, and also coordinating the Eighth Route Army in various jurisdictions.

However, Wang Lung did not expect that not long after Yan Xishan sent a condolence group to set off, Yan Xishan confirmed the achievements of the 88th Division from other channels. Commander Yan, who was worried about being preempted by Chongqing, immediately called someone, and under Yan Xishan's words, an article entitled "The Japanese Lieutenant General Awarded the Head, the Yulin Victory of the 88th Division in the Second World War Zone" was freshly baked.

And in order to rush for time, Yan Xishan sent it out at that time.

Yan Xishan's article attracted the attention of the major media in Shanxi, and reporters from all walks of life went to the headquarters of the prefect of the Second World War Zone to inquire about the news, while other newspapers and media began to report on the war by citing articles from Shanxi Provincial Daily.

Although the Chinese people felt that the record of recovering the provincial capital and killing the lieutenant general commander was a little unreliable, since the Shanxi Provincial Daily dared to report it with such fanfare, it showed that this great victory should not be fake, but perhaps it was just an exaggeration.

What Chinese people like to hear is good news, and the big victory is good, and everyone likes to see the small victory. As a result, people are still scrambling to buy relevant newspapers, hoping to know the "truth" about them!

Just when people were excited to guess the truth of the matter, Shouichi Terauchi, who was in Beiping, also learned about the report from Shanxi through a special channel. Compared with the people in China, Terauchi Shouichi, as the supreme commander of the Japanese North China Front, naturally had a very wide range of information sources, and he already knew in advance that Yulin was attacked by Wang Long's troops, so he quickly concluded that what was reported in the newspaper was true.

In addition to being angry, Terauchi Shouichi didn't dare to assert himself, if he just lost a provincial city, it would be nothing, just take it back. Now the capital of China is still in the hands of their Imperial Japanese Army, even if they recover a provincial city, it is nothing.

But this time it was different, in addition to losing a provincial city, they also had a lieutenant general commander killed, and more importantly, the identity of this lieutenant general commander was extraordinary.

Compared to the rank of commander, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka has another important and special identity, he is the representative of His Majesty the Emperor's saber, and he also has the military staff of the base camp and the principal of the army non-commissioned officer school.

Now he is dead, and he was killed by the Chinese army, and he didn't even get his body back. Terauchi Shouichi could have imagined that once the news reached Tokyo, it would inevitably cause an uproar.

But such a thing can't be suppressed at all, and the number of casualties can be concealed if the troops are annihilated, but a high-ranking officer like Yoshio Shinozuka died in battle, but it can't be changed. In desperation, Terauchi Shou reported the matter to the base camp truthfully.

After receiving the telegram from Shouichi Terauchi, the Japanese army base camp was completely fried, and everyone couldn't believe it was true.

The invincible Imperial Japanese Army suffered an unprecedented defeat in North China, and the commander of the lieutenant general was killed on the battlefield, which was absolutely unprecedented. Several bigwigs in the base camp believed that this was true after repeated confirmation, and then they did not dare to slack off, and went directly to the palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor and report the matter.

Imperial Palace of Japan.

After listening to Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe's report, Emperor Hirohito, who had always only listened to and did not speak or give instructions on the spot, rarely spit out two words: "Yaga! ”

In order to maintain the divinity of the throne, His Majesty the Emperor usually only quietly listens to their reports even if he presides over the Imperial Council, and even when these military and political officials disagree with each other and insult each other, the Emperor does not stop them, let alone reprimand them, but I did not expect that today he would directly say such "evil words" as "Yaga".

"Your Majesty is angry, in fact, the Shina incident has been out of our plan from the beginning, and today's change is also expected, but it is His Excellency Yoshio Shinozuka who died in this battle. In fact, at the beginning of the full-scale outbreak of the war, we should be prepared for the death of the general, compared to China, the imperial army has done a good job, and only one general has died in battle so far, please mourn Your Majesty! Konoe Fumiro said.

Emperor Hirohito understood the meaning of Fumiji Konoe, and so did Binyama and others.

"Your Majesty, it's too late to say anything now, although His Excellency Yoshio Shinozuka is dead, but he died on the battlefield, as a general of the empire, he can die on the battlefield of opening up territory for the empire, he is glorious! What we need to do now is to resolve this incident so as not to affect the overall situation. Binshan Yuan Road.

"Do you have any good ideas?" Emperor Hirohito asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, the death of the commander of the Imperial Army in battle is an extremely serious blow to the morale of the front-line soldiers. On the other hand, China will definitely take advantage of this to attack the Empire, so we must strike first! Binshan Yuan Road.

"Preemptive?"

"Yes, it's a preemptive strike! Rather than waiting for the Shina people to slander His Excellency Yoshio Shinozuka and the entire Imperial Army in their media newspapers and internationally, I think we can be the first to report on this matter, but the focus of our report is different! Bin Shan Yuan said loudly.

"Keep talking!" Emperor Hirohito Road.

"Your Majesty! If the people of China reported on this, they would have boasted about the combat effectiveness of their army on the basis of slandering the combat effectiveness of the imperial army, and then boasted about when the imperial army would be completely driven out of China. Although not many people may believe them, the impact is not good after all. Therefore, we can fully focus on the shamelessness and cunning of the Shina army and the unyielding willingness of His Excellency Yoshio Shinozuka to die as a way to inspire the soldiers on the front line. Binshan Yuan Road.

"Yo Xi! The idea is good, so execute it! Emperor Hirohito instructed.

"Hay!"

"His Majesty the Emperor and the government can be regarded as an accident on this matter, but the base camp must give His Majesty an explanation, and the General Shina who killed His Excellency Yoshio Shinozuka must be beheaded! In addition, the body of His Excellency Yoshio Shinozuka must be snatched back, and then returned to the country for a big burial! Prime Minister Konoe Fumitsu said in a deep voice.

"It's as it should be, our base camp knows how to do it!" Bin Shan Yuan said coldly.

Shortly after the conclusion of this imperial meeting, the Asahi Shimbun, Japan's official mouthpiece, carried an important piece of news near the afternoon -- His Excellency Yoshio Shinozuka, lieutenant general and commander of the Imperial Japanese Army, was killed in the Yulin of Shina in the early hours of this morning, and more than 1,500 imperial warriors were also crushed.