Guessing the flute when the gray sky came, it came from afar, and the train station, Er Zhaokan heard the whistle, and immediately arranged the platform through the dispatching system, just waiting for the train to enter the station. ”

An American-made, heavy-duty steam locomotive slowly pulled into the train station, dragged behind dozens of black, stuffy tank cars, with some gun-wielding soldiers sitting on top of the locomotive. Since it was not yet dawn and the light was insufficient, the faces of those soldiers could not be seen clearly from a distance.

The train soon came to a halt in the train station, and the gun-wielding soldiers sitting on the top of the stuffy tank carriages stood up one after another, their rifles with bayonets in their hands, and looked warily up to the platform. At the same time, there were also some soldiers who came in a queue from outside the railway station, and they were all fully armed. After entering the railway station, under the command of the officer, a guard was placed up and down the platform, and the rifle was loaded with a bayonet.

Several railway station staff, accompanied by several staff officers, walked to the train, handed over the relevant train formalities with the train's waving officer, and then gave a few orders. The doors of the first few stuffy cans were opened, while the doors of the other cars were still closed, but standing on the platform, you could hear the sound of the curtain in the carriages, but this voice was not Chinese.

"Cars No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 open the door! Everyone get off! ”

The officers shouted a few words in Chinese and Japanese, and then, in the carriages where the doors were opened, many soldiers in Japanese military uniforms jumped out of the carriages, but most of them had tattered uniforms, many did not even have military caps, and some of them did not know where their military boots had gone, but now they were wearing real Chinese mille-feuille cloth shoes on their feet.

I pronounce a name, and the person who hears the name shouts, "Here," ”

A lieutenant officer commanded the Japanese prisoners of war who got off the train to line up at the side of the platform, and then a young soldier in a private's uniform walked over, holding a pamphlet in his hand, opened the pamphlet, and began to pronounce his name in Japanese by the light of the lantern.

"Yuo Yamashita!"

"Here!"

"Yosuke Nomura!"

"Here!" This squadron leader obviously has a very proficient command of spoken Japanese, and his names are very clear, so when he reads "Takano Fifty-six", Takano Fifty-six heard it very clearly.

"Here!"

Gao Ye Wu** answered, and then fell silent until all the names were read, he still didn't say a word, and there was no expression on his face, which was very different from those elated Japanese prisoners of war.

The main reason why these Japanese prisoners of war were so elated was because they knew that they would soon be able to go home, and as soon as they left the train station, they would be taken to the port by the lieutenant ** officer and then boarded. Then, the war is truly over for them.

But Takano Fifty-six could not be happy in any way, because he knew that the port they were about to go to was Port Arthur, where not only the destroyer that Takano Fifty-six had commanded, but also many warships and auxiliary ships of the Japanese Navy, such a place. How could a Japanese naval officer be happy?

But in the end, he is going to return to China, as a prisoner of war, Takano Fifty-six is somewhat lucky, to be able to return to China alive, to be able to see his relatives alive, for a professional soldier is indeed worth thanking, although Takano Fifty-six would rather die on that destroyer at that time. But now that we've survived, let's seriously think about how we can contribute to Japan's reconstruction.

The day before leaving the prisoner of war camp, Takano 56 decided to join the "Greater East Asia Comrades Association" After all, the power of one person is limited, and the transformation of Japan requires the strength of the group, therefore, Takano 56 made this decision, but so far, he has not revealed to anyone the idea of joining this "Greater East Asia Comrades Association", he wants to talk about it after returning home, after all, for a career officer, once involved in the political whirlpool. It's hard to get out again.

"Attention all prisoners of war! Now follow the second lieutenant officer off the platform. Don't speak! Don't look around! Don't stop until you reach the port! When you arrive at the port, you are not allowed to move without an order! Those who violate the order will be shot! Representatives of the International Red Cross oversaw the repatriation of prisoners of war at the port, and all prisoners of war had to be quiet until the ceremony was over! ”

The interpreter of the squadron held an iron microphone and shouted at the Japanese prisoners of war. With a high spirit, he fully demonstrated the arrogance of the victors to the Japanese prisoners of war.

Soon, Takano Fifty-six walked out of the train station with the POW team as an ordinary Japanese prisoner of war. He could hear the whistle from the direction of the port, but it was not yet dawn, which pier they were heading to, Takano Fifty-six did not know, although he had fought in Lushun, but the artillery fire of the warring sides in the Battle of Lushun almost destroyed everything, the coordinates on the ground were invisible, and it was impossible to judge the direction, in fact, even the railway station just now was newly built, and even the platform was wooden

After a short period of time. Finally, you can hear the waves crashing against the shore. It was still not dawn when Shun Ran ridiculed, but Takano Fifty-six could already see the vague shadows in those harbors, some of them were ships floating on the sea, and some of them were sunken Japanese ships, now. The clean-up of the port has just begun. Only the mines on the channel were cleared, and the sunken Japanese warships and auxiliary vessels were still basically in the early stage of exploration.

Although there is not much light on the surface of the sea yet. But a few Chinese Navy salvage ships did keep busy in the harbor, and the whistle came from them. The lights on the ship were so bright that you could see the Chinese divers preparing on the side of the ship, and as soon as it was dawn, they could dive underwater and explore the sunken Japanese warships.

The International Red Cross set up several tents on the pier, and a number of Westerners and Easterners wearing armbands stood around the tents, ready to conduct medical examinations on prisoners of war, while prisoner of war recipients sent by the Japanese government stood aside with expressionless faces. The cold gaze swept over the faces of these stolen Japanese prisoners of war, as if to question why they did not choose to die on the battlefield for the sake of the Empire.

The prisoners of war were all hiding from the eyes of the Japanese government's receiving personnel, and Takano Isoroku was no exception. He was even speculating whether he would be able to continue to serve in the navy after returning to China, as an emperor. It is shameful to be captured in battle, as a naval officer from the Etajima Naval School. Takano Fifty-six really felt that returning to China in this way was a bit disgraceful, but if he didn't return to China, he would not be able to contribute to Japan's revival, which was really a painful choice.

After a long wait, it was finally dawn. Medical examinations of the Japanese prisoners of war then began, and it was not until nine o'clock in the morning that the first repatriated prisoners of war were able to board a tugboat, which then sailed from the inner berth of Arthur to the outer mooring, where they were ganged by an American-flagged ocean liner, and then boarded the ship by a gangway.

By the time Takano Fifty-six boarded the ship, it was already half past nine in the morning, and it was not until this time. The prisoners of war were released from their confinement and were able to move freely.

Taking advantage of his English expertise, Takano Isoroku struck up a conversation with several American sailors on board the steamer, and successfully obtained several English-language newspapers from them, and it was through these English-language newspapers that he learned about the specific content of the Manila Peace Agreement.

Other peace clauses are no longer enough, but the question of the return of the island of Taiwan is much more than Takaya 56 expected.

"What? The empire returned the island of Taiwan to China.

"The empire has been working there for twenty years! Just handed it back to the Chinese?

"The Imperial Government is now full of non-nationals who have betrayed Japan's interests! It's time to clean! "Perhaps, the Imperial Government also has something unspeakable."

"North Korea, the key to the empire's northward advance, Taiwan, the key to the empire's southward expansion. Now the empire has returned Taiwan. Does this mean that the Empire has completely abandoned its southward expansion? Or is it that the imperial government has completely shrunk and is going to close off the country?

Because Takano Isoroku sympathized with the radical organization "Greater East Asia Comrades Association" that was formed in the prisoner of war camp. Thus, the specifics of the Manila peace agreement quickly spread among the members of the "Greater East Asia Comrades Association" who boarded the ship. The parallel side caused a fierce controversy, and all parties, including Takano Isoroku, could not accept and could not tolerate the fact that Japan had returned the island of Taiwan.

In Takano's view, although this peace agreement stipulates some additional clauses to ensure that China cannot use the island of Taiwan to attack Japan, such as prohibiting China from establishing a naval base on the island of Taiwan, prohibiting the Chinese navy and air force from deploying submarines and long-range bombers off the coast of the island of Taiwan, prohibiting China from stationing regular troops on the island of Taiwan, and prohibiting the Chinese armed forces from deploying artillery with a caliber of more than 75 millimeters on the island. Moreover, China must guarantee that Japanese businessmen and businesses already have industries on the island of Taiwan, and even Japanese warships can pass through the Taifu Strait, only by notifying the Chinese Admiralty in advance.

But these clauses still do not relieve Koya's concerns, Japan is an island country, for an island country, there is nothing more important than the island chain, and the island of Taiwan and its affiliated islands are very important to Japan's maritime strategy, the loss of the island of Taiwan and its affiliated islands. Unless Japan can find another island chain as an alternative, Japan will once again complete the de facto "closing off of the country" and will never have a chance to rise, as the radicals of the "Greater East Asia Comrades Association" have said.

"Could it be that the bureaucrats in the Japanese government are a bunch of short-sighted rats? It seems that Japanese society really needs to be transformed, a radical movement for social transformation! ”

With the newspaper in hand, Takano Fifty-six made up his mind that no matter what, he would also join the "Greater East Asia Comrades Association." Well, this war has reshaped his character too strongly, and he is becoming more and more like a radical.