When the order was delivered, the whole city was in an uproar, because the garrison brigade defeated the Yue army twice in a row and won the battle of Shenyang.

The sudden evacuation of the whole city made many citizens unable to turn around in their hearts, and the vast majority of people were reluctant to evacuate.

Less than three hours before the order was issued, Zang Shiyi, the governor of Fengtian Province and mayor of Shenyang City, who was in charge of coordinating and directing the evacuation, came to Zhang Xinghan's brigade compound with a sad face.

"Commander Zhang, except for the more than 100,000 people in the city who have evacuated from the countryside east of Shenyang, most of them are unwilling to evacuate." Zang Shiyi cried and complained to Zhang Xinghan with a sad face.

"Oh? What's going on? Didn't you tell them that the retreat was an order from the national axe? Zhang Xinghan asked.

"I said that, but most of them are aborigines who have lived in Shenyang for generations, and some of them have big businesses, so it is difficult to imagine how difficult it is to abandon these evacuations all at once." Zang Shiyi hesitated a little and continued intermittently: "And...... And ......"

"And what? Something to say. Zhang Xinghan said.

"Moreover, there is opposition among the citizens of the city, they not only oppose the evacuation of Shenyang, but also question Commander Zhang, saying that you have vowed to live and die with Shenyang, and the city is here." Zang Shiyi said boldly.

Zhang Xinghan didn't get angry after hearing this, but suddenly laughed "Hahaha......"

"Commander Zhang, what do you think you should do about this?" Zang Shiyi beat a drum in his heart and asked tentatively.

"In this way, you first go and arrange to send those people who are willing to evacuate first, as for those who are unwilling to evacuate, tell them that the evacuation of our garrison brigade is in accordance with the order of Jiang Gong, the national political axe of Nanjing, and we have caused heavy casualties to the army twice in a row, what is the fear of the death of our soldiers, only for fear that after I break through the city defense, I will kill my Shenyang father, so I decided to retreat ......!

In short, no matter what means or methods you use, the governor of Tibet, you must evacuate the people of the whole city to Tongliao as much as possible, of course, if someone is really unwilling to evacuate, he is willing to stay with him as a submissive people, as a slave to the country, and leave him alone!

Of course, if someone is really unwilling to leave his hometown, and there are relatives in nearby cities who defect, they can also be allowed to leave Shen on their own. Zhang Xinghan said.

"This..."Although Zhang Xinghan's order was a bit difficult for a strong man, Zang Shiyi looked at his unquestionable face, and had to bow his head and say, "Okay, Zang will do his best." ”

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Shigeru Honjo had already received a "ticket" to return home, and the new commander, Minamijiro, unexpectedly rushed to Lushun to take up his post early.

and announced in person the punishment of Seishiro Itagaki and Ishihara Waner in the base camp.

Knowing that he could still stay in the Kwantung Army, Itagaki Seishiro was overjoyed, and he didn't care about the punishment of his dismissal from the base camp at all.

Nanjiro also has some tricks to control people, knowing that his new official has taken office, and many things have to rely on Seishiro Itagaki, Ishihara and others, so as to integrate into this new position as soon as possible.

Therefore, on the order of the commander of the Kwantung Army, he set up another Manchurian Incident Investigation and Handling Group, with Seishiro Itagaki as the team leader.

Ishihara remained at the headquarters and continued to serve as a staff officer.

This investigation and processing team, in fact, the mission given to it by Minamijiro is a special agency similar to the special high school action group.

It was established specifically in response to the situation after the 918 incident.

There are no specific task indicators, but it can intervene in everything that involves many matters related to the Manchurian Incident.

To put it bluntly, in order to establish a good relationship with Seishiro Itagaki, Nanjiro gave him a temporary position so that he could easily command and use him.

And Seishiro Itagaki is not a loser, he is an outstanding talent in the Empire.

As soon as this investigation and handling team was formed, he obtained an important piece of information through his friend Kenji Dohihara, who had just returned from China to Manchuria and had been in charge of assisting Kenji Dohihara, who had been engaged in espionage activities in China for a long time.

Zhang Haipeng, the town guard of Taonan, and Yu Zhishan, the town guard of Dongbian Road, already had the idea of changing their flag and joining the Kwantung Army.

Itagaki Seishiro did not hesitate, and immediately sent someone to invite Zhang Haipeng and Yu Zhishan to Dalian to conspire on surrender.

In order to show respect and sincerity, Seishiro Itagaki personally met with Zhang Haipeng and the envoy sent by Yu Zhishan.

The envoys of the two proposed to Itagaki Seishiro that Taoliao and Shancheng read the power, and the two of them each served as the commander of the territory and the people, as a condition for taking refuge in Yue.

Itagaki Seishiro did not dare to make his own decisions, so he immediately bid farewell to the two and returned to the Lushun Kwantung Army Headquarters to report to the new commander Minamijiro.

"Your Excellency General, Zhang Haipeng and Yu Zhishan have agreed to join the imperial army." Seishiro Itagaki paused and said, "But they have some conditions, and they want the Imperial Army to support their jurisdiction to stand on its own. ”

"Zhang Haipeng? Yu Zhishan? Minamijiro looked at Itagaki in confusion.

"The general doesn't know, the two of them are the Northeast Army's Taonan Town Guard and the East Side Road Town Guard, the two of them are also quite senior in the Northeast Army, especially Zhang Haipeng, he and Zhang Zuolin have a Jinlan Alliance, and they are quite prestigious within the Northeast Army, if the Imperial Army can get his help, it will be of great help to us to comprehensively capture and occupy the three provinces of Manchuria."

"Since you want to join the imperial army, you should show sincerity to the imperial army to show their loyalty, how dare you put forward strings and conditions?" Minamijiro said disapprovingly.

Seishiro Itagaki bowed his head and explained, "General, there is a proverb among the people of China, I don't know if the general has heard it. ”

"Please." Minamijiro gestured with a solemn hand.

"When you are a bitch, you still want to set up a memorial arch, describing people who have done bad things and want a good reputation, Zhang Haipeng, Yu Zhishan is this mentality, for such people, I think that they are better controlled, more able to be used by the imperial army, and contribute to my empire." Seishiro Itagaki explained.

Nanjiro seemed to understand, nodded and muttered: "This matter is entrusted to you, Itagaki-kun, you are fully responsible, the local reinforcements will not be able to come in a short time, we are short of troops, I hope that Zhang Haipeng and Yu Zhishan's generation can be used by the imperial army and play their due role!" ”

"Hai, please rest assured, Your Excellency the General, you will do your best!" Seishiro Itagaki bowed his head suddenly.

Without waiting for Seishiro Itagaki to leave, Ishihara Waner, who was still serving as a staff officer at the headquarters, suddenly rushed in.

Unable to greet Seishiro Itagaki without saying hello, Ishihara Waner saluted Nanjiro and said, "Your Excellency Commander, I just got the latest news from the lurking personnel at the Shenyang Station of the Special High School, and Zhang Xinghan, the commander of the Shenyang Garrison Brigade, has ordered the entire city to evacuate. ”

"What?" Minamijiro and Seishiro Itagaki were both surprised.

"Ishihara-kun, is this news accurate? Where do the people of China intend to withdraw? Without waiting for Nanjiro to ask, Seishiro Itagaki asked first.

"It's true, the report of the special high school said that Zang Shiyi, the former mayor of Shenyang, has begun to mobilize and evacuate the people of the city. It's impossible to know where to retreat yet, but I think the agents of the Special High Division will find out soon. "Ishihara Wanerdao.

"Yo Xi, it seems that the diplomatic pressure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has worked, but why did the commander of the Northeast Army in Shenyang City evacuate the whole city?" Minamijiro nodded happily and said in confusion.

"Your Excellency General, I think Zhang Xinghan wants to leave an empty city for the imperial army, so that we can't get anything, you must know that Shenyang is the largest and richest city in Fengtian Province and even the entire Manchurian region, not to mention anything else, Zhang Xueliang's main belongings of the Northeast Army, such as the Shenyang Arsenal, are in Shenyang, which shows how sinister Zhang Xinghan's intentions are to evacuate the whole city." Ishihara analyzed.

"Baga Yalu, Zhang Xinghan is very cunning and hateful, we must not let him empty Shenyang, we must find a way to stop it!" Minamijiro was furious when he heard this.

"Your Excellency General, don't worry, Shenyang has a large population, there are hundreds of thousands, and it is not possible to evacuate all of them overnight, and at present, our top priority is to find out the retreat route and destination of the people of Shenyang, so that we can formulate countermeasures to stop it!" Seishiro Itagaki hurriedly proposed.

"Hmm." Minamijiro nodded, and said to Ishihara Waner and Itagaki Seishiro: "Order the intelligence department to closely monitor the movements of the military and civilians in Shenyang China, and find out their retreat route and destination as soon as possible." ”

"Hay!" Ishihara Waner and Itagaki Seishiro bowed their heads at the same time, and immediately turned around and left together.