April 14, 1940. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Shinkyo.

The new commander of the Kwantung Army, Lieutenant General Umezu Mijiro, took care of several major matters and relaxed a little.

He has had a very difficult few months since taking office on 7 September last year.

Just arrived in Xinjing and visited Pu Jie, and a lot of things are waiting for him to deal with. The first was the formation of the new Kwantung Army Command. The people are almost gone, and they need to be rebuilt. Fortunately, the list he proposed was agreed, and it went smoothly. The base camp was determined to transform the disobedient Kwantung Army into an army that obeyed orders and did not cause trouble.

That's why he Umezu Mijiro was chosen. Because his Kwantung Army is not very colorful, he usually cooperates well with the military department and the government.

This has something to do with his attitude during the 226 incident.

On February 26, 1936, a military coup d'état took place in Japan in which Imperial Officers attempted to kill Prime Minister Okada and the relevant elders.

This cannot be said to be a very rare thing in Japan. Officers, the army speaks louder in Japan than the prime minister's government. Governments, especially those politicians, are seen as corrupt and incompetent problem makers. All of Japan's social problems are of their making.

After the incident, Umezu was in Sendai at the time. He was transferred to the 2nd Division on 1 August 1935.

He immediately sent a telegram to the Ministry of the Army, urging that the rebellion be suppressed and that "the division is ready to go out to fight the rebels at any time."

At that time, among the commanders of the 17 divisions, only Lieutenant General Kaizu of the 2nd Division and Lieutenant General Tani Toshio of the 6th Division had a clear attitude.

Umezu's clear attitude played a great role in promoting the Army Central Committee's handling of the 226 incident. At the same time, Umezu was also deeply appreciated by the Ministry of War. In March 1936, Umezu was appointed Undersecretary of the Army.

The suppression of the officers and officers of the Imperial Sect, the Northern Advance Group began to weaken.

The War Department's evaluation of him was: Umezu had a mild temperament, a clear mind, was extremely cautious in handling affairs, had a resolute and resolute attitude toward major events, and had made meritorious contributions to the army after the 226 incident, and the "Ho-Mei Agreement" created conditions for Japan's invasion of North China.

This was the main reason why the Ministry of War sent him to be the commander of the Kwantung Army.

With the members of the command, the Soviet side withdrew. So, he ordered the 2nd Division and the 20th Division of the 4th Division to be transferred back from Hailar.

When the troops were just beginning to move, trouble came. Two railways were damaged. The troops could not be withdrawn.

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Umezu felt like he had been slapped in the head. However, he quickly took control of the situation and sent troops against the harassing troops.

Intelligence said that the troops who sabotaged the railway were Soviet units, as units dressed in Soviet uniforms and armed with Soviet weapons were seen many times coming to sabotage the railway.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately protested. The Soviet side refused to accept the protests, saying that it was not the Soviet troops who sabotaged the railway.

By the time the situation was clarified, the situation on the railroad was already in a state of erosion. Those troops were indeed locals, familiar with the terrain, few people, difficult to catch, and elusive.

Umezu had no choice but to mobilize transport planes to transport grain. The transport planes consumed a lot of fuel, which caused the Navy and the Southern Theater to be scolded.

Finally, after the coldest season, the large army opened the railway and drove into Hailar, only to see corpses everywhere.

This incident hit the vast majority of the soldiers of the Kwantung Army. The morale of the army began to waver.

The transfer of troops into Manchuria also consumed a lot of his energy.

The Chinese battlefield is in a state of stalemate, and it is impossible to fight a big battle anymore, but the territory occupied is too large to retreat, because the enemy army is still there.

He had just left North China and knew the situation in North China. In North China, only urban traffic lines are controlled, and the rest of the world is red. Not only can it not receive any strategic materials, but it involves a lot of human and financial resources.

Then there was only a large conscription from Japan.

Now, the new troops have been replenished, and the equipment has also been replenished. It was not until the beginning of April that the Kwantung Army returned to normal.

He had wanted to take a walk in the garden, but the spring winds of the Manchurian Plain had completely discouraged him, and the wind blew up dust, and the whole sky was gray.

So, Umezu Mijiro changed his mind and arranged time for a drill to take a look at the underground passage leading to the train station. By the way, take a look at this Kwantung Army command.

The Kwantung Army Headquarters was two kilometers south of the Xinjing Railway Station. When the Kwantung Army Headquarters was built, an underground passage was secretly built leading to the railway station.

The adjutant led him to the basement, where his saloon was already parked. After getting into the car, the sedan drove down the aisle.

The passage is concrete, the walls are painted, and there are lamps every short distance. The tunnel is very spacious, even large trucks can drive, and cars can be driven.

The car drove slowly, and after a while it arrived at the train station, and after the iron gate opened, the car drove along the ramp to the platform, turned around, and drove back again.

The Kwantung Army Headquarters was built in 1934 and also served as the Japanese Embassy. In Xinjing, the large-scale modern buildings were all designed by the Japanese, and the laborers of the construction were Manchurians, but this headquarters was all built by the Japanese, and even the soil dug out of the construction tunnels was packed away by the Japanese army in boxes and transported to Jingyuetan to build a dam.

Back at the official residence, Umezu Mijiro took a break.

The official residence is on the west side of the headquarters, hidden in the trees. His bedroom is on the second floor and has a huge balcony outside the window. He liked the equipment here very much, whether it was in Tianjin or Japan, there was no such good room for a lieutenant general to be the headquarters.

Since the death of his wife, Umezu Mijiro has been single and has never remarried.

It was April 1919, before Umezu Yoshijiro's second trip to Europe, Umezu was matched by Kazunari Ugaki, who was then the head of the first division of the General Staff Headquarters, and Umezu married Kiba Kiyoko, the eldest daughter of Sadacho Kiba, who was very famous at the time. Kiyoko Kiba died of tuberculosis on December 17, 1925.

Just had an hour's break, and it was time for the meeting.

The theme of the meeting was the crusade against the Northeast Democratic Alliance.

The meeting was presided over by Lieutenant General Iimura, chief of staff, and at the beginning of the meeting, Major General Yasuhiko Saburo, deputy chief of staff who had just taken office, reported on the basic situation of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army.

Umezu Mijiro basically knew about the situation of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army introduced by Qin Hikozaburo, and while listening, he considered the action plan formulated by the staff officer. Roughly speaking, the bandits, ideological criminals, red elements, and a small number of Kuomintang underground personnel in Manchuria gathered while the Imperial Army was concentrating on fighting.

The implication is that if the Kwantung Army concentrates its military strength, it will definitely be able to annihilate them like the Volunteers.

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1. In May 1935, under the pretext that the Chinese authorities assisted the Northeast Volunteer Army Sun Yongqin to enter the "demilitarized area" in Luandong, and two pro-Japanese journalists were killed in the Japanese concession of Tianjin, he put forward a request to He Yingqin, acting chairman of the Kuomintang Beiping Military Branch, to "expel the Northeast and the central forces from North China", and sent Japanese troops from the Northeast to enter the customs and threaten with force. Takashi Sakai, chief of staff of the garrison army, and Takahashi Tan, military attache of the embassy in Beiping, met with He Yingqin and forced him to accept the request. On July 6, 1935, under Japanese military and diplomatic pressure, He Yingqin was forced to admit the Japanese demand in the form of a typed letter and signed it

The "He-Mei Agreement" humiliated the country.

2. The contents of the He-Mei Agreement: 1. The matters that the Chinese side has acknowledged and implemented with respect to the Japanese army are as follows: (1) the dismissal of Yu Xuezhong and Zhang Tingge's faction; (2) Jiang Xiaoxian, Ding Chang, Zeng Guangqing,

He Yifei's dismissal; (3) the withdrawal of the 3rd Regiment of the Gendarmerie; (4) The dissolution of the Political Training Department of the Military Branch and the Beiping Military Magazine; (5) On the Japanese side, the so-called Blue Coat Society, Fuxing Society, and other secret organs that are harmful to the diplomatic relations between China and Japan are banned and their existence is not allowed; (6) The retreat of all party departments in Hebei Province and the abolition of the Beiping branch of the Inspirational Society; (7) The 51st Army retreated outside Hebei Province; (8) The 25th Division retreated outside Hebei Province, the 25th

dissolution of the teacher-student training course; (9) The prohibition of general exclusion and exclusion of Japan in China.

3. Part II of the He-Mei Agreement: 2. With regard to the implementation of the above items, and acknowledges the following incidental matters: (1) The matters agreed upon with the Japanese side shall be within the agreed time limit

In addition, personnel and institutions that have made relations between China and Japan bad should not be allowed to re-enter. (2) When appointing Sheng Shi and other staff, it is hoped that the Japanese side will be selected in such a way as to not cause the Sino-Japanese relations to be undesirable. (3) With regard to the implementation of the agreed matters, the Japanese side shall take measures of monitoring and picketing.

The above is for the sake of memorabilia, and it is hereby delivered as a note. His Excellency He Yingqin: Commander of the North China Garrison Army, Umezu Mijiro, June 9, Showa 10

4. Ho Ying-chin's reply (July 6, 1935) To those who inferred, all the matters mentioned by Chief of Staff Sakai on June 9 were promised. and the voluntary period of its implementation, hereby notified

I hereby address His Excellency Commander Umezu, He Yingqin, July 6, 24th year of the Republic of China

5, Feng Yuxiang "The Lao Jiang I Know": "At this time, Lao Jiang said every day: 'To fight abroad, you must first settle the inside, and to resist Japan, you must first suppress the Communist Party, and the enemy of the revolution is not Japan, but the Communist Party of China. The four northeastern provinces were lost, and Lao Jiang said that he was not responsible. Wang Jingwei said at the Central Party Headquarters in Nanjing: "If Zhuge Liang wants to send troops to the Central Plains, he must first pacify the Southern Barbarians. This is also the meaning that the anti-Japanese must first suppress the Communist Party, He Yingqin canceled all the names of the National Salvation Army and the Volunteer Army in Hebei Province in Beiping, and those who did not obey the order were arrested. ”

6. Signing process: After receiving the draft, He Yingqin immediately asked Lao Jiang for instructions. Within 13 days, He Yingqin held talks with Sakai four times. Sakai put his boots on the table, stabbed the table, and urinated in public. On June 13, He returned to Nanjing. The Japanese chased them to Nanjing and finally signed the agreement.

7. Some people believe that the He-Mei agreement does not exist, it is fabricated by the Communist Party, and it is unfair to He Yingqin. (The forest is big, what's the next sentence?) ）