[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 1084: Okamura's Response (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

The story took up five pages, and almost half of the newspapers used the article and photos as the only content that day, and everything else was moved to the afternoon edition or the next day's newspaper. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The newspaper was quickly distributed to all parts of the country, and all the intelligence agencies set up in Beiping by the Japanese, the Nationalist Government, other countries, and various marginal forces also transmitted all the contents of this newspaper back to their respective higher departments at the first time.

For a time, the people of the whole country were in an uproar, and after seeing the atrocities of the Japanese, some were filled with grief, some were filled with righteous indignation and rage, and of course some people were inexplicably happy to see the tragic situation of a large number of Japanese soldiers being killed, and even popular demonstrations broke out in Chongqing, Chengdu, Kunming, Guiyang, and other places, demanding that the Nationalist Government quickly send troops to seek an explanation for the people in northwestern Shandong.

Of course, a few families are happy and a few are worried, and now it is not just the Japanese army who is worried.

After reading this newspaper, whether it was Chiang Kai-shek, Okamura Ningci, or the chairman in the Yan'an cave, they all looked helpless. Compared with the chairman's helplessness of being too naughty, the helplessness of Okamura Ningji and Chairman Jiang is really helpless to go home.

It was originally a good thing to completely annihilate an infantry division of the Japanese army, but it depended on where it was placed, and if it was left in any unit of the Nationalist Government, it would be a great victory, and Chiang Kai-shek had to let his subordinates do a good job of propaganda and propaganda to make some political capital for himself. Needless to say, the expansion of the unit is also a sure thing.

But the bad thing about this thing is that the battle was fought by the troops led by the CCP, and it was also fought by Ma Zheng, who gave people a headache. He Ma Zheng has won fewer battles, quite a lot, but there are too many, and now there are still a number of people in the Ministry of Military Affairs who have not been passed on. Now that they have completely annihilated a complete infantry division of the Japanese army, how can Chairman Chiang, who commands millions of troops, feel embarrassed.

Chiang Kai-shek was unhappy, but even if he was unhappy in his heart, he had to put on a happy face like he had just married a new daughter-in-law, no matter how bitter this play was, Jiang had to play it, and no matter how bitter this wine was, he had to swallow it.

But Okamura Ningji is different, an entire infantry division was eaten by Ma Zheng's department in this way, he was unwilling, plus those more than 20 photos completely stimulated him, in his opinion, this is Ma Zheng is provoking him and the North China Front led by him.

What kind of person is Okamura Ningji, it will be light to repay it, this person was originally a war maniac. After reading this newspaper, the first thing he thought of was revenge, because no matter what purpose Ma Zheng's department took this group of photos, there were mostly bloody revenge elements in it, especially the photo of a large number of headless corpses being thrown into the wilderness.

As we all know, the soldiers of the Japanese army are all religious, and it is not terrible to die in their consciousness, but it is terrible that they are not allowed to have their bodies completely after death, especially moving their heads is a big taboo. In any case, it is unacceptable to them, and the blow to morale of this newspaper is quite large.

However, as soon as General Okamura Ninji wanted to make a move, he received a reply from the base camp as soon as he sent the telegram to the base camp, and the content of the reply was very long, but the core content was very short and short, and the summary was that the Japanese Empire was going to launch another large-scale attack on the United States and Britain at sea and in the entire Southeast Asian region, in an attempt to solve the US maritime threat in one fell swoop.

Therefore, the base camp demanded that the North China Front suspend the large-scale war with Ma Zheng's department, otherwise once the war entered the most tense moment, the sea transportation of the Japanese mainland might not be able to keep up with the progress and attrition of the battle.

In addition, once the war falls into a stalemate, whether it is the North China Front to support Southeast Asia, or the South Front in Southeast Asia to reinforce the North China Front, it will become a luxury. This will pose a sufficient threat to the strategic concept of the base camp, so even if the North China Front suffers a loss, it must now knock out its teeth and swallow it itself.

In fact, the Japanese government and the base camp have long wanted to solve the threat of Ma Zheng's department in one fell swoop, and for this reason, some people even began to propose that the Kwantung Army temporarily relax its surveillance of the Soviet Red Army, and let the Kwantung Army fully cooperate with the North China Front Army to flank Ma Zheng's department, in the hope of achieving a major victory.

A few days ago, however, an incident that greatly stimulated the nerves of the Japanese: a few days ago, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, was inspecting the South Pacific when his plane was ambushed in mid-air and he was killed.

The death of Yamamoto Isoroku greatly stimulated the nerves of Japan, and the defeat at the Battle of Midway and the Battle of Kuah Island had already shaken the future of the war in Japan.

In order to reverse this unfavorable situation, the Japanese army base camp decided to fight a decisive battle with the US army in the Marshall Islands in order to recover the lost military and civilian support.

Obviously, Okamura Ninji's plan is in conflict with the strategic plan of the base camp, so the result of the matter is tragic, and the arm will never be able to twist the thigh. Under the strict orders of the base camp, Okamura Ningji had to respond to Ma Zheng's article in the newspaper in humiliation.

On April 12, Okamura Ninji officially responded to the massacre of civilians by the Japanese army in a newspaper controlled by the Japanese army, first of all, Okamura Ninji said that this was not an order from the base camp or the front army headquarters, and that the massacre of civilians was an order from the division headquarters of the 62nd Division, and first the responsibility of the North China Front Command and the entire Japanese army in China and even the Japanese army base camp was exposed, and all the responsibility was put on the 62nd Division.

Secondly, Okamura Ninji called it a disgrace to the Great Japanese Empire, and the massacre of civilians was an inhumane act, which was spurned by the Imperial Japanese Army. Then, Okamura Ninji even pretended to issue a new resolution of the North China Front Command, ordering the troops in the defense areas of the North China Front to strictly prohibit shooting at unarmed Chinese civilians. If such a matter is discovered, those responsible will be directly repatriated to their home countries for trial by a military court.

In addition, Okamura Ninji lodged a strong protest against the last 20 photographs published in the newspapers by the Northern Saibei Corps, accusing Ma Zheng's troops of wantonly massacring prisoners of war who laid down their arms in disregard of international conventions, which is also an inhumane practice.

This report shocked everyone, knowing that since Japan launched a full-scale invasion of China in 1937, there have been countless tragedies of all kinds, many of which are like sand in the desert. The big ones are the Nanjing Massacre, and the small ones are innumerable.

In particular, in the 38 years since the beginning of the year, in order to consolidate the law and order in the occupied areas, the Japanese army has carried out a frantic sweep of the occupied areas in North and Central China, and the losses of the Chinese people in each sweep cannot be counted at all.

There were very few responses from the Japanese army to such atrocities, and after the Nanjing Massacre, the Japanese army was forced to respond a little under the pressure of international public opinion and removed several officers from their posts. The base camp also issued several warrants of reprimand, in addition to actively denying this matter.

In addition, neither the government nor the army of the Japanese army has made a similar response, let alone used language such as "protest" and "formal warning".

And this time, Okamura Ningji was able to force a clear response, in fact, Ma Zheng's department has achieved a major victory at the political level in the field of public opinion. This is more rare and precious than fighting a big battle.

In the former enemy headquarters in Hengshui, Ma Zheng looked at the 1:50000 military map spread on the table with squinted eyes, frowning and not knowing what he was thinking.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

"Report to the commander, an emergency call from the front!"

"Bring it!" After receiving the telegram, Ma Zheng sat up straight and looked at it carefully.

In the middle of the sound, Ma Zheng opened his mouth and asked, "Is the information accurate and reliable?" ”

The telegraph operator said: "Report commander, I am the telegraph operator of our military sub-district who is specially responsible for sending and receiving secret telegrams, and I am in direct contact with the intelligence group of the military sub-district, and all the information they send is almost incorrect, so this information should be correct logically." ”

"Well, it's good, invite Xu Hu for me." Ma Zheng said.

"Okay, I'll go." After saying that, the operator walked out.