Itagaki and so on were not very long, and the telegram from the base camp came quickly, very short, only three lines: "Can Linfen be compared with Taiyuan?" Can the heroic spirits of more than 30,000 Yamato warriors and hundreds of warplanes disappear so silently? Isn't Lieutenant General Tokugawa Yoshitoshi's loyalty worthy of emulation? ”

After reading the telegram, two cloudy tears rolled out of the corners of Itagaki Seishiro's eyes, and as if he was drunk, he staggered to the inner room.

Kawagishi Bunzaburo and Yamaoka Shigehou were miserable in their hearts, glanced at each other, called Nishimura Riwen Daisa, and asked him to arrange for the guards to serve His Excellency Lieutenant General Itagaki.

Nishimura Riwen Daisa was already dizzy at this time, and he never imagined that His Excellency, the division commander who was known for his courage and reputation in the army, would become an "incompetent Itagaki" and be ordered to apologize! Originally, he was full of hope that His Majesty the Emperor would let him make meritorious contributions for the sake of the division commander's ability to fight well and be heroic, but he didn't expect the telegram from the base camp to be so ruthless, so concise, and so impatient, and he simply regarded his division commander as a timid and incompetent person who was afraid of death, and this base camp was too much, didn't they think about how Manchukuo came to be?

The faint Nishimura Riwen Daisaku was in a trance, thinking for a while about how the emperor he was loyal to could be so ruthless, and for a while thinking about the majestic and heroic appearance of Lieutenant General Itagaki who took Manchuria and occupied Taiyuan. Thinking about it, I thought about whether the spirit of bushido, which was defeated and had to be seppuku, was really worth carrying forward, and if such an outstanding general was disemboweled and apologized for a defeat, then if the imperial army was defeated in the future, wouldn't everyone have to apologize for seppuku? If everyone is seppuku, what about the military princes and the emperor who are responsible for making decisions?

Seeing that Lieutenant General Kawagishi Bunzaburo and Lieutenant General Shigemu Yamaoka were going to arrange for the guards to serve His Excellency the division commander by themselves, Nishimura Riwen Daisa stabilized his mind and called the guards of His Excellency the division commander to prepare a kimono and sake, take out the division commander's saber, and send it in. I didn't care whether Lieutenant General Kawagishi Bunzaburo and Lieutenant General Yamaoka Shigehou were out of honor or not, and sat on the ground with empty eyes, wandering out of the world.

Kawagishi Bunzaburo saw that Nishimura Riwin had collapsed, so he stepped forward and slapped him up and slapped him a few times, which woke Nishimura Riwen and asked him to go and treat His Excellency Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki as the wrong person.

The sober Nishimura Riwin Daisa remembered that he couldn't let His Excellency the division commander go on the road so coldly, bowed to Kawagishi Fumizaburo, and went into the inner room to help His Excellency Itagaki complete the ceremony.

After Itagaki Seishiro entered the inner room, he had long lost the demeanor of a famous general and the samurai bearing that he tried to maintain outside, and he was trembling all over, and he wanted to write a suicide note to his wife, but his hands were trembling, and he trembled for a long time, and he wrote a few lines of suicide note crookedly.

After writing the suicide note, the guards brought a kimono, sake, and a sword. With the help of the guards, Seishiro Itagaki changed into a kimono, poured a glass of sake and drank it, his heart was pounding more and more, and he finally sat down cross-legged.

The guards handed over the pen and ink, and Seishiro Itagaki thought that this was the time to say goodbye to this beautiful world, and that he could not be timid no matter what, but he still had to write a farewell sentence, so he wrote a few lines of haiku on a white piece of paper tremblingly.

After completing the sentence of death, Seishiro Itagaki untied his kimono, pulled out his saber, and gently stroked the blade with his hand, and two tears rolled out of the corners of his eyes again, dripping on the blade.

Seishiro Itagaki shook his hand, and the saber fell to the ground.

Nishimura Riwin looked at His Excellency Seishiro Itagaki blankly, he didn't expect that at the last moment, His Excellency the division commander would be timid!

Helpless, Nishimura Riwen Osa had no choice but to pick up the knife, wipe it with a cloth, kneel in front of Itagaki Seishiro, hold the knife in both hands, and present it to Itagaki.

At this time, Itagaki was shaking all over his face, and his eyes were full of fear. After taking the knife, the hand trembling did not use force at all. Nishimura Riwin was helpless, so he had to go out and ask Kawagishi Fumizaburo.

Kawagishi Bunzaburo was furious when he heard this, Itagaki-kun was not a samurai, it was simply an insult to the dignity of a samurai!

So, Lieutenant General Kawagishi Bunzaburo and Lieutenant General Shigehou Yamaoka jointly entered Lieutenant General Sakata's inner room, and Kawagishi said in a stiff tone: "Itagaki-kun, the glory of the Yamato samurai cannot be tarnished, please go on your way!" ”

As soon as he said this, Itagaki immediately woke up to the fact that seppuku and apologized for his sins were already unchangeable, and even if the emperor had a new edict in the future, he could only be a ghost of death.

So, Itagaki's trembling hands paused trembling, and his impetuous heart also paused impetuousness, slowly picked up the saber, picked up a piece of white silk, wiped it gently, and then, holding the knife with both hands, the tip of the knife was facing his heart.

Whether it's Kawagishi Bunzaburo, Yamaoka Shigehou, or Nishimura Toshion, no one thought that at the last moment of seppuku's apology, Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki actually said: "Please tell Empress Ryoko that I have a crush on her." Looking forward to meeting her again one day. As for the Hirohito guy, we can ignore it. ”

In the astonishment of Kawagishi Fumizaburo and Yamaoka Shigetsu and Nishimura Toshion, Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki stabbed the saber given to him by the emperor into the chest. Blood was splashed all over the ground, and the blood flowers, like blooming roses, were particularly charming and eye-catching.

I only heard Itagaki muttering to himself: "Once you enter China, it is as deep as the sea, and Yuyu is vast and hateful." If you can be reborn and laugh at sentient beings, you can become a Buddha and write the sunset. After groaning, Itagaki twisted the knife fiercely, breaking his liver and intestines, and he died.

Seeing that Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki was killed, Lieutenant General Bunzaburo Kawagishi and Lieutenant General Shigemori Yamaoka realized that they had completed their task, and ordered Nishimura Riwen Daisa to collect the bones of His Excellency Itagaki, cremate them, and bring the ashes back to Beiping, and then ordered the 20th Division to be in front and the 109th Division to attack and advance towards Handan.

After getting the news that Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki apologized for his seppuku, Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe was overjoyed, and he could finally not be responsible for the unfavorable war in Shanxi!

As a result, Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo sent a report directly to the base camp: "Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki, the former commander of the Fifth Division, made a command error, and after seizing Taiyuan, he ignored the strength of the Shina army and made a blind move in a hurry, resulting in the annihilation of the main force of the Fifth Division. It is hoped that the base camp will inform our troops in North China and Shanghai that they must completely annihilate the real main force of China with a sense of victory, so as to ensure the realization of our goal of occupying China and establishing the common prosperity of Greater East Asia. ”

To the surprise of Shouichi Terauchi and Naosaburo Okabe, the reactions within the army to the persecution of Seishiro Itagaki to apologize for his crimes were varied and different from each other. After learning of the suicide of Itagaki in the Korean garrison, the commander of the Korean garrison, Koiso Kuniaki, ordered the whole army to set up its own mourning hall as a brigade to pay tribute to the heroes. And wrote the elegiac couplet of "the death of the country, the swing of the soul, the towering Fuji, and the loyalty and goodness". General Matsui Ishone, commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, not only ordered the whole army to be su, but also inscribed the couplet "The wisdom of Ishihara, the courage of Itagaki, and the soul of Yamato, only our country will die." The commander of the Kwantung Army, General Ueda Kenkichi, went even further, not only holding a press conference to introduce Itagaki's life and deeds, but also personally saying that "the towering Fusang East is said to shine all over the world." Seishiro Itagaki and Ikogo and Sakae. ”

The most excessive were the staff officers of the old Kwantung Army, Ishihara Kanji and Dohihara Kenji.

When Ishihara heard the news that Seishiro Itagaki had been ordered to apologize for his seppuku, he led his family and subordinates to kneel down in front of the gate of the palace, regardless of his loss of power in the military department, and the slogan in his hand turned out to be "Seishiro Itagaki is the treasure of the country and the soul of the army." "Ishihara's strategy, Itagaki's courage!" "The one who kills Itagaki is also a thief of the country!" "General Shouichi of the temple, incompetent and lustful and secretly crushing on Queen Ryoko, the crime cannot be punished!"

Tsuchihara Kenji was even more desperate, he had already led the 14th Division to attack Henan at this time, and when he learned that Itagaki Seishiro was forced to apologize, Dohihara Kenji immediately ordered the whole army to stop the action and pay tribute to Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro, the courage of the imperial army. Kenji Dohihara also held a memorial meeting for the heroic souls of the 14th Division, at which Kenji Dohihara claimed that Seishiro Itagaki was the first in the imperial army for his martial arts and deeds, which was unparalleled in the world. Of course, Kenji Dohihara could not attribute Itagaki's death to the emperor, but to Liu Yimin, the instructor and teacher of the Shaanxi Anti-Japanese Special Economic Zone, who believed that without Liu Yimin's despicable and shameless sneak attack, the 21st Brigade would not have been shattered, Taiyuan would not have been lost, and the 2nd Brigade and the 15th Brigade and the Provisional Aviation Regiment would not have been shattered immediately. So, Kenji Dohihara played the banner of asking Liu Yimin to repay the blood debt and avenge Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki Seishiro, not only asking the 14th Division to chase and fight hard, but also asking the Dohihara organ he commanded before to dispatch all agents to take Liu Yimin's head as the first goal, no matter what means such as money bribery, beauty temptation, assassination and kidnapping, etc., in short, Liu Yimin should be completely eliminated from the top.

In order to encourage the various departments of the army to carry out their determination, Kenji Dohihara replied shyly that in order to eliminate Liu Yimin, he would sacrifice his wife, sister-in-law, and daughter! Anyone who can eliminate Liu Yimin, no matter what organ he serves, will be promoted to the fourth rank and the bonus amount will be 1 million silver dollars. If the Great Empire is not far away from cashing in the reward, the 14th Division is willing to share the worries of the empire and ensure that the rewards and punishments of the warriors are in place.

Naosaburo Okabe also had a trace of regret in his heart after learning the reactions of all parties. The matter is obvious, as long as Lieutenant General Itagaki can get through this hurdle, the general will be able to wait. It is inevitable to command an army on one front. Besides, Itagaki's idea is not completely unreasonable, as long as the air support is in place and the logistical support is in place, it will not be a problem at all to occupy Jinnan with the strength of two divisions and regiments. As long as the Jinpu line and the Pinghan line are successful, it is normal to concentrate troops and return to the division to recapture Taiyuan. What's more, Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki still has a great merit in capturing Manchuria?

Of course, if you think about it, Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe will definitely not be upset by Itagaki. The reason could not be more obvious, the loss of four elite brigades and the jade fragmentation of the temporary aviation regiment, someone must be responsible. Itagaki doesn't die, do you want General Terauchi Shouichi to commit suicide by caesarean section? Originally, whether it was Terauchi Shouichi or Itagaki Seishiro, no matter who died, it didn't matter to Okabe Naosaburo, but now, Okabe Naosaburo couldn't let Terauchi Shouichi die, the reason was also very simple, if Terauchi Shouichi died now, Okabe Naosaburo would not be able to replace the commander of the North China Front. However, if Terauchi Shou dies in two years, the commander of the North China Front will be Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe!

Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo decided to counterattack after weighing the pros and cons, and he personally drafted a telegram draft, degrading Itagaki Seishiro as worthless and sending it to the Kwantung Army, the Shanghai Dispatch Army, and the Navy, saying that the reason why Itagaki Seishiro caused such a big disaster was objectively because Liu Yimin was stubborn, cunning and ferocious, and subjectively because Itagaki Seishiro had no strategic concept and only had his own wrong battle plan in his eyes, but did not have the operational plan of the front army. Therefore, the defeat of Itagaki is inevitable, and the death of Itagaki is also inevitable!

Just when Naosaburo Okabe and his brother were having a war of words, General Terauchi Shouichi woke up from the gentle village.

This 16-year-old virgin from Kyoto is so delightful. Tender and tender skin, white complexion, firm and firm **, jet-black hair, as well as the shyness that seems to refuse to be welcomed, and the low moan when breaking the melon, General Terauchi Shouichi feels that he is simply back to the first time he saw his cousin taking a bath at the age of 16, and his whole body was full of blood. For a while, General Terauchi Shouichi felt that he and his wife were no better than this when they first got married. So, General Shouichi Terauchi, who had already known the destiny of heaven, threw his skinny body into the nephrite snow, desperately sucking the nutrients from virgins, and took the 16-year-old girl's groan as the chant of the shepherd boy willow flute under Mount Fuji, desperately stirring, desperately demanding, desperately enjoying tenderness. Then it's drowsy.

When Shoichi Terauchi woke up, he saw only dark hair piled up like a cloud on the pillow next to him. If you look closely, under the black hair, there is a face like a full moon. Terauchi Shouichi immediately felt that his lower body was hot, extremely strong and excited, and he couldn't help but get on his horse and once again rendered a piece of spring.

Silver waves, warblers dancing and swallows crying, the satisfied general Terauchi Shouichi finally slowly withdrew from the body of the Kyoto beauty. patted the beauty on the cheek and told her that she didn't need to comfort the other imperial troops, as long as she met the needs of General Shouichi Terauchi herself. Then, under the service of the beautiful woman, the general of Terauchi put on his military uniform and called Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe to ask Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki if he apologized.

When Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo came in, he peeked at the spring color on the bed inside, couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and then respectfully reported the scene when Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro apologized for his seppuku, and reported the reactions of all aspects and his own countermeasures, and kept laughing at Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro for his misdemeanor, lack of samurai spirit, and indecision to do such things as seppuku, which shows that these staff officers are all talking about one thing and one thing in their hearts, and they don't have the courage to sacrifice their lives for the Great Empire.

General Shouichi Terauchi said "Yo West" to the disposition of Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo! Then he ordered Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo to urge Lieutenant General Kawagishi Fumizaburo and Lieutenant General Yamaoka Shigehou to quickly lead the 20th Division and the 109th Division to retreat to Hebei, and asked Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo to contact the base camp to ask when the newly transferred aviation regiment would arrive and when it would be ready to enter battle.

(To be continued)