Chapter 1300: Yamada Otozo
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Liu Yimin went all out to mobilize the masses in Shenyang and wanted to consolidate the foundation of the Liaoning base area as soon as possible, and the new commander of the Kwantung Army, General Yamada Otosan, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Muto Akira, were not idle, and they were also dispatching troops to prepare for a counterattack.
The same general, the same commander of the Kwantung Army, compared to Umezu Mijiro, the Chinese do not know much about the last Kwantung Army commander in history, Yamada Otozo, mainly because after the war, Yamada Otozo and his 600,000 Kwantung Army prisoners were sent to Siberia by the Soviet Union to serve hard labor. His trial was also conducted in Boli, Soviet Union, and not a single Chinese witness was present to testify. The Soviets mainly tried Yamada Otozo for his crimes of preparing for war against the Soviet Union and engaging in bacteriological warfare in Northeast China, but basically did not try him for the heinous crimes he committed on the battlefield of resistance against Japan in China, and the verdict was very light, only 21 years in prison. Moreover, Yamada Otozo was transferred to China in 1950, where he was reformed at the Fushun War Criminals Management Center, and was released in 1956 with a commutation and returned to Japan to enjoy his old age.
Yamada Otozo, the demon of invasion of China and one of the three commanders of the Japanese Army when he launched the Pacific War, finally had such a happy ending, how can little Japan after the war reflect on and admit its guilt!
Otozo Yamada came to the Northeast with a hard head. To tell the truth, he didn't want to come at all, and in front of the Japanese Army's director of education, he was called the third commander of the army, along with Hideki Tojo, who was also the landing minister, and Sugi Sugimoto, the chief of the general staff, and was in charge of the Central Committee of the Army. What a delight! No way. The commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, was suddenly assassinated, and Yamada Otozo, who had served as the commander of the 12th Division and the commander of the Third Army, was familiar with the geography of the Northeast and the troops of the Kwantung Army. He also succeeded Shunliu as the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army after the Battle of Wuhan, and under the premise that famous Japanese generals such as Terauchi Shouichi, Shunroku, and Okamura Ninji had important responsibilities and could not be adjusted, he became the natural candidate to serve as the commander of the Kwantung Army. If you don't come, you can't do it, and he can't play tricks.
For safety, Yamada Otozo and Muto Akira flew directly to Pyongyang after taking off from Japan, and flew to Changchun after refueling in Pyongyang, avoiding the Kwantung Prefecture and Liaoning ground.
After flying to Changchun, Yamada Otozo and Akira Muto, who had slept on the plane all night, led a group of Japanese officers to see the bodies of the former commanders, Senior General Umezu Mijiro, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadachi, and ordered on the spot to remove Lieutenant General Takeuchi Kan, commander of the military police of the Kwantung Army, from his post and order the military police to arrest him. He was escorted back to Japan to be tried by a military court, and ordered the accompanying lieutenant general to be the commander of the military police of the Kwantung Army to conduct a major search in Changchun City. Be sure to arrest the murderers of Senior General Umezu Mijiro and Lieutenant General Saichi Yoshimoto. Avenge General Umezu Mijiro and Lieutenant General Sadamichi Yoshimoto. At the same time, it was ordered to hold a memorial ceremony for Senior General Yoshiji Umezu and Lieutenant General Sadaichi Yoshimoto in Changchun, and the Kwantung Army Headquarters and the State Council of Manchukuo lowered their flags in mourning. After the memorial service. The bodies of Senior General Yomezu Yoshijiro and Lieutenant General Saichi Yoshimoto were airlifted back to Japan and received public respects.
The commander of the military police of the Kwantung Army, Takeuchi Kan, had already thought that his days of power in Manchuria were coming to an end, but he did not expect that Yamada Otozo would not listen to his excuse at all, and asked the military police to arrest him. If I knew this, it would be better to apologize for my guilt, so as not to be embarrassed when I return to Japan, so that my family will not be able to raise their heads.
Takeuchi's face was pale, and his mouth kept shouting, "I want to see His Majesty the Emperor", "I want to see Prime Minister Tojo", and "I want to see President Sugimoto". It's a pity that Yamada Otozo didn't pay attention to him at all, and waved his hand to let the gendarmes take him away quickly.
Yamada Otozo This is holding Lieutenant General Takeuchi Kan Liwei!
Immediately afterwards, Yamada Otozo and Akira Muto held a meeting in the conference room of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, which was headed by Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Hatohiko Saburo, Military Police Commander Lieutenant General Hara Mamoru, Commander of the Continental Railways, Lieutenant General Ando Saburo, Commander of the Flight Group, Lieutenant General Terumoto Kumaichi, Chief of the Second Flight Group who had fled from Shenyang, Senior Staff Officer Yoshitomi Tamura, Chief Staff Officer Kiyotaro Takei, Chief Staff Officer Toshio Nishimura Osa, Chief Staff Officer Toshio Nishimura, Chief Staff Officer Kajiro Muranaka, Chief Staff Officer Tetsuo Koo, and Major General Yoshitake Furuno, head of the manager's department, Major General Ryuji Tsukasa, minister of military medicine, Major General Fumio Matsumoto, minister of justice, Major General Yoshitomi Tamura, chief of staff of the Supply Prison, Shunjiro Okubo, director of special intelligence, Suezaburo Kawada, minister of engineering, and Seiichi Miyamoto, minister of chemistry, attended an emergency meeting to hear reports on the progress of the current war.
Major General Qin Yanzaburo, deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, reported on the current situation: First, Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou were lost on the Beining line, and Lushun, Dalian, Jinzhou, Pulandian, Wafangdian, Anshan, and Liaoyang were lost on the South Manchurian Railway. Second, on the part of the Kwantung Army, in addition to Commander General Umezu Mijiro and Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadachi, there are also three lieutenant generals, including Lieutenant General Yasui Toji, commander of the Eastern Defense Army, Lieutenant General Tatsumi Kusaba and commander of the 52nd Division, and Vice Admiral Kobayashi, commander of the garrison of the Lushun Fortress, as well as the 52nd Division, the 1st Independent Garrison of the Kwantung Defense Army, the 5th Independent Garrison, the Kwantung Defense Force Supplementary Force, the combat convoy, the garrison of the Lushun Fortress, and the garrison stationed in Kanto Prefecture. The fighters of the 2nd Flying Group were all destroyed. The troops of the Fengtian Garrison District of the First Military Region of the Manchurian Defense Army and the troops of the Jinzhou Garrison District of the Fifth Military Region may have also been wiped out by Liu Yimin's troops. Third, Umezu Mijiro General Yu Shaqian had ordered the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Twentieth Armies to immediately mobilize and assemble troops, and prepare to concentrate in the direction of Changchun to encircle and annihilate Liu Yimin's troops. At the same time, the troops stationed in Changchun were ordered to defend to the south, and the soldiers and students in the townships among the Changchun expatriates were urgently mobilized to hold Changchun.
After Major General Qin Yan Saburo finished his report, Yamada Otozo said coldly: "What is possible? Can you accurately report exactly how many troops the Kwantung Army lost? ”
The Japanese were serious, and Major General Qin Yan Saburo immediately stood up and said, "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the exact situation of casualties cannot be counted, and there may be a breakthrough force rushing back to gather." Sorry for the trouble! ”
This is the truth, Yamada Otozo no longer pursues and asks, and then asks if he has been in contact with the 1st, 7th, and 9th Divisions in Shandong? Is there any contact with the naval reinforcement of the fleet of Manchuria and the reinforcements of the Southern Army? When will the 4th Flight Group return to Changchun?
Major General Qin Hiko Saburo again reported that after receiving the telegram from the base camp, he had contacted the 1st, 7th, and 9th Divisions, and according to the order of Senior General Umezu Mijiro before his death, he asked them to quickly assemble troops and go to Qingdao to concentrate on standby. There is no contact between the Navy and the Southern Army, because His Excellency the Commander has not arrived, and it is not known whether His Excellency the Commander will change the battle plan and let the Navy and the Southern Army transfer troops to where to concentrate. The 4th Flying Group has been contacted, and they are mobilizing in preparation for the transfer back to Manchuria.
Yamada Otozo was annoyed at that time, slapped his hand on the table, scolded "Yaga", and pointed at Rear Admiral Qin Yanzaburo's nose and reprimanded him, saying that he did not convey the base camp orders to the Navy and the Southern Army in time, and delayed the fighter!
Seeing that Major General Qin Hiko Saburo was about to become the second scapegoat, the chief of staff on the side, Muto Akira, was busy persuading Yamada Otozo, who was in a frenzy, and reminded him that it was not the business of the Kwantung Army to convey the base camp orders to the Navy and the Southern Army, and that the General Staff Headquarters and the Military Orders Department would issue orders in time.
Yamada Oto's feverish brain cleared up a little, and he knew that Muto Akira was kindly reminding him that the most important thing at present was to calm the morale of the army, and he could no longer take Major General Qin Yan Saburo. Umezu Mijiro died, Yoshimoto Sadachi died, and the deputy chief of staff, Major General Hatohiko Saburo, became the person most familiar with the situation of the Kwantung Army, and it was still useful.
After calming down, Yamada Otozo said that the current situation was a crisis for the life and death of the Kwantung Army, and it was necessary for you to cooperate closely. It is not to blame that Qin Yanjun is not aware of the enemy's situation, it is indeed Liu Yimin who is too cunning and too murderous, and suddenly launched an attack, and assassinated General Umezu Mijiro and Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadachi, resulting in the main force of the Kwantung Defense Army being shattered, and most of the Kwantung Prefecture, Mukden Province, and Jinzhou Province were lost.
These words were heard in the ears of the officers of the Kwantung Army Headquarters present here, and they were still a little useful. You must know that the commander and chief of staff were assassinated, and in one day and one night, Kwantung Prefecture, Mukden Province, and Jinzhou Province were basically lost, and these Japanese young Zhuang officers in the Kwantung Army Headquarters were already in great pain, and there were already cases of disembowelment and mental disorders in the headquarters. Now, what these officers need is not a harsh reprimand, but comfort, to be able to see the prospect of eliminating Liu Yimin's department, and to rebuild their confidence.
Yamada Otozo was transferred from the director of education of the Japanese army to the commander of the Kwantung Army, and after his head was calm, he naturally thought of this section, and immediately turned to pacify.
Yamada Otozo also asked Major General Yoshitomi Tamura, chief of staff of the supply prison, to report on the troops' ammunition and material reserves.
The supply supervisor was concurrently served by the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, and Yoshimoto Sadachi died, and Muto Akira was not familiar with the situation when he first came, so he could only be reported by Major General Yoshitomi Tamura, chief of staff of the supply prison.
The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first. This point, as a general, Yamada Otozo is absolutely clear. With so many departments and so many officers, after the report of Major General Qin Hiko Saburo, deputy chief of staff, Yamada Otozo immediately asked Major General Tamura Yoshitomi by name to report, just to immediately find out the logistics situation of the Kwantung Army so as to prepare for the next counterattack.
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