September 11, 1941

Three o'clock in the morning. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Beiping, Cuimingzhuang.

Gangcun, who didn't sleep very deeply, felt that something was on his head.

Gangcun woke up all of a sudden.

What he saw were several dark shadows, and on top of his head was a pistol.

Gangcun was completely sleepy, and his eyes widened. The dark shadows could see clearly, they were all dressed in very strange clothes, with hoods on their heads, and only their eyes, mouth, and nose were outside.

The guns of these people were submachine guns with a huge and curved magazine.

Gangcun said: "You are the Eighth Road of Manchuria? ”

The man who pointed the pistol at him said: "You are really not a general for nothing, and you have made the most correct judgment at once." Get dressed and come with us. ”

Gangcun said: "You are an excellent officer. What is your name? ”

The man said: "Thank you for the compliment, my name is Li Shun." ”

Gangcun said: "Why don't you no longer fight on the battlefield, but do these sneaky moves." ”

Li Shun: "Soldiers don't get tired of cheating, they use both odds and tricks, don't you understand such a simple truth?" It seems that you do not have the level of an admiral. ”

Li Shun and his team were parachuted into Beiping in the early morning of September 3. For this operation, Koji found all the parachutes.

Their purpose was to seize the commander-in-chief of the North China garrison and strike a blow at the confidence and will of the Japanese army.

Beiping has the old foundation and old relationship of the special combat team, and they still have a foothold in Beiping, that is, the family foundation saved by Xiaolu Beiping in the early days. The last attack on Beiping was done with their help. This time, with their help, Li Shun's team entered Beiping on the evening of the 4th and went directly to an empty house near Cuimingzhuang in Dongcheng District to live.

The old relationship said that the area of Cuimingzhuang was heavily guarded, and most of the surrounding houses were occupied by the Japanese. The empty house that the old relationship found was a Japanese, and the Japanese left and returned to Japan. The old man who looked at the house was his own person.

Li Shun found out the warning situation of the Japanese troops near Cuimingzhuang that night.

There are two watchtowers in Cuimingzhuang, a few hundred meters away there are Japanese soldiers with guns and ammunition standing guard, there are infantry mobile posts, there are Japanese military police nearby, and there are guard troops, who are responsible for the protection of the official residence. The quality of the guards is very high, and it will take a little time to deal with them, and after a long time, other Japanese troops will be recruited.

On September 7th, there were ways to enter and leave Tsui Ming Village.

At the beginning, the method of entering Tsuimeiso was sewers, and the way to leave was by car.

Tsui Ming Zhuang was built by the Japanese, and their construction concept was very advanced, and they built a sewer underground, and the sewer went straight to the moat of the Forbidden City.

On the night of the 7th, Li Shun personally came to lead two people into the sewers for investigation. The result was disappointing, because only one building was built, using the old sewers of Beijing, and many people could not climb through it, so the plan had to be abandoned.

There are also people who put forward a plan to dig their own tunnels, but after discussion, they are denied by everyone.

There is no way, there is only one way to go.

In order to smoothly enter Cuimingzhuang, the special combat team spent two nights to find out the rules of the activities of the gendarmes and guards. The front building of Cuimingzhuang is an office building, the back building is an official residence, and the buildings on the left and right sides are all staff officers, only the back building is very deserted, and it is obviously the housing of Gangcun.

As a result of the investigation, the Japanese army's war room was in Tsuimeiso, the chief of staff was not there, and Okamura lived here, commanding front-line operations. The chief of staff went to Tianjin to coordinate the progress of the troops.

On the night of the 8th, Li Shun entered Cuimingzhuang again to investigate. This time it was found that there was a garage in the corner of the yard, which was connected to the quarters of the auto soldier and the guard. Ideally, there are no swimming whistles in the yard.

The battle plan was formed.

At 12 o'clock on the night of the 10th, the special combat teams were in place. Fifteen minutes later, the group operations began, the mobile posts and sentry posts were removed after a few minutes, and twenty minutes later, the special combat team entered the barracks of the defense units, and it took more than 30 men half an hour to kill all the Japanese guards.

All the movements were done with cold weapons, and no sound was made, with the exception of a Japanese soldier who woke up and had a fight with the soldier and made a sound. However, no one cares.

At two o'clock in the morning of the 11th, Li Shun personally led 15 people into Cuimingzhuang, and the other dozen people were on guard outside, and some cleared the gendarmes.

Zhuangzi is still so quiet, the front building is still lit up, and the lights are turned off on the left and right buildings.

The 16 people quickly touched the Japanese sentry posts, and according to the plan, two stood guard, eight went to the garage and the dormitory of the guard troops, and the other six people entered the official residence of Gangcun with Li Shun.

On the first floor there were two adjutants, two retinues, a doctor. All but one lieutenant was killed. Li Shun took four people and smoothly came to Gangcun's bedroom, and Li Shun put a gun on Gangcun's head.

Li Shun is much more stable than two years ago, and he is better at using his brain.

After talking to Gangcun for less than ten minutes, several other people had already packed the documents and started looking for other things. Gangcun was silent for a while, and said, "Last time, was Shouichi in the temple caught by you like this?" ”

Li Shun said: "Not bad. You are caught by us, not ashamed. In this world, even Hitler, the emperor of Japan, can catch it if we want to. Being caught by us only shows that you are important. Admiral, don't be upset. To tell you a little secret, you are our number one war criminal. I'm arresting you today just to arrest war criminals. ”

At this time, a soldier filmed the scene with a camera. Later, the special operations team captured Okamura alive, and Okamura committed suicide, which became a classic photo in the history of warfare.

Gangcun said: "Who are you who trained it?" ”

Li Shun said: "Do you want to know these secrets?" Want to know more secrets? Want to know why Shouichi Terauchi didn't choose to commit suicide? Want to know when we will attack the Japanese mainland? You follow us honestly, and we tell you the secret. As a general, you wouldn't be as impulsive as those petty officers, would you? ”

Gangcun said: "You answer my question first. ”

Li Shun said: "Okay." Our special combat team was personally trained by our commander-in-chief. ”

Gangcun said: "Lu Xiaoming." That is, he was the one who created several advanced weapons, and the one who subverted Manchukuo. I can't fall into his hands, it will be even more detrimental to the Great Japanese Empire. ”

Li Shundao: "Our commander-in-chief said that you will definitely be interested in the most fatal weakness of the Japanese state. ”

Gangcun said: "Yes. You wait for me to get dressed. ”

Gangcun slowly stood up, put on his clothes one by one, and finally, when he found that he was not wearing a hat, he went to the bedside to look for a hat. Li Shundao: "Hat? We've got you covered. "Hand him the hat himself.

Gangcun put on his hat and said, "Okay." Thank you. As he spoke, he put on his socks and bent down to put on his big leather boots.

It was at this time that Gangcun fell.

Li Shun suddenly saw that Gangcun had a short knife stuck in his stomach.

It turned out that he had a knife hidden in his leather boots.

Gangcun was extremely painful and struggling, facing Li Shun, it took a lot of effort, and said, "Help me, please." ”

Li Shun said: "You are too cowardly. You don't deserve to be the number one war criminal on our list. If I had known that you were a coward, I wouldn't have arrested you, I should have arrested your chief of staff. ”

Okamura's small eyes widened for a moment, and immediately returned to their original state. He remained calm, but the pain contorted his face, and sweat ran down his forehead and eyebrows.

Li Shun said: "You don't want to lose the reputation of a coward, I suggest you just stick to it until you die." ”

Okamura Ninji was in pain for a long time, his teeth were bitten, his hands were stirred, the knife edge expanded, and blood flowed out and onto the carpet. In just a few seconds, Okamura Ninji tilted his head, fell down, and died.

Li Shun high-fived him with a fist, annoyed.

The soldier next to him said, "It's all my fault." ”

Li Shun said: "I don't blame you. Killing him was considered a success. Cut off his head, wrap it in a towel and take it away. ”

At this time, it was already past three o'clock.

The soldiers in the courtyard had already killed all the guards, and one person came up to ask for instructions on whether to kill the Japanese staff officers in the office building.

Li Shun said: "Gangcun is dead. The staff officers can't stay, otherwise they will bring trouble when they come to Gangcun. ”

It didn't take much time to kill the staff officers, and one of the staff officers spotted them and opened fire in the war room, which, although they didn't hit anyone, scared the soldiers enough. Fortunately, by this time, the nearby Japanese troops had been cleared.

It took some time to load the information into the truck, and it was not finished until 5 o'clock in the morning. At this time, the sky was not yet bright, and there was already a ray of white light in the east.

Two armored cars of the headquarters escorted three cars of the headquarters out of Beiping City. The sedan drew the curtains, and the adjutant in the driver's and co-pilot's seats was awesome and didn't say a word. The city defense forces let them go without much questioning.

On September 12, 1942, the entire city of Beiping was under military management, and the military and police went out to search for suspicious people. In all parts of North China, the Japanese army shrank and all combat operations were canceled.

The next day, part of the Japanese troops began retaliatory combat operations. At the same time, the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Rehe launched a full-scale counterattack, recaptured the countryside, and attacked the Japanese strongholds in the countryside.

Because the Japanese army no longer adopted the strategy of Gangcun, no longer took one step at a time, and resumed its roughness to the Chinese people. Without the assistance of the Chinese, the situation of the Japanese army immediately fell into passivity, and in dozens of days, dozens of counties in the few remaining occupied areas were reoccupied by the Eighth Road.

Because of the changes in Beiping, the Japanese army's battle on the Shanhaiguan line could not continue.

September 12, 1942. Shanhaiguan front.

The tens of thousands of Japanese troops who confronted the forward positions of the Northeast Coalition Army retreated together at five o'clock in the morning.

As if it had long known that the Japanese army was going to retreat, five minutes after the Japanese army began to retreat, the Northeast Coalition Army in the forward position attacked in a big way. The artillery bombardment and aircraft bombardment were carried out almost simultaneously, and the infantry also followed the strong advance of the tanks, regaining dozens of kilometers of positions in one fell swoop.

On the second day, several photographs of Okamura's capture, Okamura's suicide, and Okamura's head were published in major newspapers. For a time, the Japanese army shook, Tokyo shook, and the whole of Japan shook. Tokyo tried to hide the facts, but the facts soon reached Japan through radio.

On the one hand, the Japanese were inspired by the victories in the Pacific Theater and the Soviet Theater, and on the other hand, they were frustrated by the war situation in northern China and had mixed emotions.

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1. For famous historical figures, this book is easy not to write them to death, so that some stories that actually happened in history can be added to the later plots. For Gangcun, Gangcun was the commander in North China and later managed the Japanese army in China until the surrender of the Japanese army. After surrendering, he was recruited by Lao Jiang, and this person did bad things. Therefore, make an exception to write it to death.

2. Cuimingzhuang is a building with a lot of historical origin. During the Japanese occupation, it was a Japanese military guest house and the commander's residence. Later, during the peace talks between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, it was the residence of the CCP delegation of the Military Coordination Department of the Eighth Route Army. Ye Jianying and Li Kenong live here and directly lead the work. Wang Jiaxiang, Deng Yingchao, Wang Zhen and others also lived here temporarily.

3. At that time, Wang Guangmei was also a member of the Military Adjustment Department and lived here. Later, after the end of the Cultural Revolution, Wang Guangmei was released from prison and lived here temporarily to reunite with her children.

4, Okamura Ninji verdict

Judgment of the Military Tribunal for the Trial of War Criminals of the Ministry of National Defense, 37th Annual War Trial No. 28

Okamura Ninji, male, 66 years old, from Tokyo, Japan, former commander-in-chief of the Japanese Dispatch Army in China, and a general of the Japanese Army.

Main text

Okamura Ninji is not guilty

Justification: A war crime is committed during the war by committing crimes such as wanton killing, robbery, or conspiracy to commit a violation of public international law, as well as support for a war of aggression. This is clearly stipulated in public international law and Articles 2 and 3 of China's regulations on the trial of war criminals.

The defendant in this case took over as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Dispatch Army on November 26, 33 years of the Republic of China. All the atrocities committed by the Japanese army in the battles of Changsha and Xuzhou, as well as the massacres in Hong Kong and Guangdong, Matsui Ishine, and Gu Toshio, etc., all occurred before the defendants took office and had nothing to do with them (Takashi Sakai and Tani Toshio were sentenced to death by this court and have been executed in the case one after another). At that time, the Allied forces had landed in Normandy in Europe and Saipan in the Pacific, and the Axis powers were about to collapse and the Japanese army was isolated. Therefore, from the date of the defendant's appointment to the time of Japan's surrender, and in August, all the Japanese regiments scattered throughout our country were demoralized and made little progress. Recently, the Japanese government officially announced its surrender, and the defendant surrendered to the order with a million-strong army. He did not commit the above-mentioned crimes of massacres, robbery, or planning and conspiracy to launch them, or supporting a war of aggression, and he could not be convicted for war crimes merely because he was the commander-in-chief of the enemy's forces. Although there were sporadic atrocities committed by Japanese troops stationed in Lianhua in Jiangxi, Shaoyang in Hunan, and Yongjia in Zhejiang during the defendant's tenure, the perpetrators and the direct supervisors of each of the jurisdictions, Shikuro Ochiai and Motoshiro Hishida, were responsible. The Ochiai Shinkuro and others have been sentenced by this court and are allowed to carry out the sentence. This scattered incident does not prove that the defendant has a contact with the criminal intent, nor does it make him liable as an accomplice. In summary, the defendant did not commit any violation of the rules of war or other violations of public international law. Acquittal should be given for the sake of justice.

Based on the above conclusions, the verdict is as follows in accordance with Article 1, Paragraph 1 of the Regulations on the Trial of War Criminals and Article 293, Paragraph 1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

January 26, 38 years of the Republic of China.