The killing of King Tsukihiko in the Donggyur Palace caused an uproar among the army.

The doctor in the field hospital of the 6th Division was really good, and he finally woke up the chief of staff of the Second Army, Major General Machijiri Hoshiyoshi. The awakened Machijiri Hoshiyoshi insisted that the murderer of King Tsukihiko of Higashijurgu Palace was the squadron leader of the squadron of the 16th Division left behind in Takagou Town, and intermittently told that the squadron leader was a member of the anti-war alliance and that he forced King Tsukihiko of Higashijueriya to sign an anti-war statement, and even told him that the squadron leader he had heard before he fell unconscious was going to the Eighth Route Army to receive a reward and then go back to Tokyo to open a store.

After all, Machijiri Hoshiyoshi was stabbed several times in his body and bled profusely, and after struggling to say all this, he went to report to the Yasukuni Shrine. But what he said was like a bombshell, and it stunned all the units of the Second Army. After a long time, it turned out that an anti-war alliance organization appeared in the 16th Division, instigating an elite squadron to rebel, and in order to receive the bounty of the Eighth Route Army, the headquarters of the Second Army was actually delivered!

If Machijiri Hoshichi does not die, as long as his body recovers, looking at the photo of the squadron leader of the 16th Division, Liu Yimin's plan to plant the false may not be realized. Now that he is dead, he has been convicted of the murder of the commander of the 16th Division's remaining squadron.

Lieutenant General Nakajima, the new commander of the Fourth Army and the temporary commander of the 16th Division, first could not sit still, and asked the gendarmerie to coerce and lure the captured civilians to inquire about the whereabouts of the remaining squadrons. As for the whereabouts of the remaining squadrons, some said that they seemed to be heading south, some said that they seemed to be heading north, and some said that they should have gone to the east or west.

Nakajima Imago didn't believe that his 16th Division would kill the commander, but there was no way to find out the truth for the time being, so he had to order the troops to search with all their might, and at the same time report to the base camp the preliminary investigation of the assassination of Lieutenant General Kazuhiko of Higashijuri Palace.

When Emperor Hirohito received the report, he gasped from his abdomen to the tips of his hair. You must know that although the king of Dongjuer Palace is a playboy, he is definitely not a mediocre hand, he can be regarded as a number of generals in the royal family, and he didn't expect to die in the hands of a left-behind squadron.

Looking at the tears and snot that made the gray beard so disgusting and disgusting, and then at the red and swollen eyes of his sister, Satoko Satoshi, the widow of King Tsugiyoko of the Higashijur Palace, Emperor Hirohito felt that the world was spinning and he fell headlong into the imperial case.

After a period of scramble, Emperor Hirohito woke up, stared at the hungry wolf's eyes, and ordered Prince Zaihito of the Idle Yuan Palace to arrest all the families of all the personnel left behind in the squadron of the 16th Division, and wait for the fate. He ordered the head of the special service of the North China Front Army to immediately rush to the scene, seriously investigate, and make sure to find out the truth and arrest the real culprit. The order was to revoke the number of the Second Army, and the 3rd, 13th, and 16th Divisions were incorporated into the 11th Army, under the command of Okamura Ninji, to implement the plan to eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army and capture Wuhan.

By the time Kita Makoto, the head of the special service of the North China Front Army, arrived at Gaogou Town, two days had passed, the 16th Division had already turned people on their backs, and many officers of the 9th Wing of the 19th Brigade had been locked up.

When Kita Cheng saw that the elite 16th Division was fighting in the nest, everyone was in danger, and his brows furrowed. There are many suspicious points in this case, the 16th Division came from Kyoto, according to common sense, at this time the soldiers and officers were busy making meritorious contributions on the battlefield, under normal circumstances, even if someone rebelled in an organized manner, it was impossible to rebel against all 180 people in a squadron, and there would always be soldiers who would not participate. Now this squadron has evaporated, and there is not even a single corpse left, this thing is too weird.

After all, Kita Seiichi is the head of the secret service, and he is thoughtful, knowing that if he continues like this, the 16th Division will be finished, so he quickly asked Nakajima Imago to stop the interrogation, and asked him to find out the photos of the remaining squadron personnel for further investigation, and then let him concentrate on the war, and he led a large group of devil spies and gendarmes to live in Gaogou Town, responsible for the investigation and handling of the murder of King Kugahiko in Higashijuer.

Kita Seiichi couldn't figure it out, how could the left-behind squadron of the 16th Division be in such a situation, it was a permanent division that was loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!

Kita Seiichi, who couldn't figure it out, asked people to lead the military dog and searched carefully in Gaogou Town, hoping to find some clues. It is a pity that the training level of the special combat team of the Eighth Route Army is far beyond Kita Seiichi's imagination, and they dispose of all the corpses of the remaining squadrons of the army with lime and other things before burying them, and no matter how sensitive the nose of the military dog is, it cannot smell it.

If it had been left in the past, Kita Seiichi would have directly suspected that the instructor of the Eighth Route Army had done it, because the instructor had a history of doing this kind of thing to blame others, and Kita Seiichi remembered the matter of Dawenkou and Jieshou Station very clearly. But since the incident of Sawada, a senior soldier of the Second Division, who peeked at the leaflets of the Eighth Route Army and shot the captain of the unit and the four squadron commanders of his unit, Kita Seiichi couldn't take it for granted, and in Chinese it was a heart-to-heart heart, who could guarantee that those imperial soldiers would not shoot Lieutenant General Tsukihiko of Dongjuer Palace for Liu Yimin's reward?

Although there are many people who can't figure it out, Kita Makoto has always felt that this was done by Liu Yimin's instructor, the problem is that the testimony of Major General Machijiri Hoshiyoshi is too critical, and he also made things very clear, and he insisted that it was the left-behind squadron that did it, and now the left-behind squadron has no one alive or dead, and the detection has encountered a bottleneck.

The only clue now is to wait for the few surviving wounded of the Second Army Guard to recover, and let them identify the photographs of the soldiers left behind in the squadron to see if they can find any clues.

To Kita's surprise, these wounded were so badly injured that they woke up once and died one after another. And when they woke up, they unanimously pointed out that it was the sudden attack of the left-behind squadron of the 16th Division, which caused the entire army headquarters to be shattered.

Kita Seichi was helpless, so he had to dissect the corpses of these wounded, and found a problem, that is, the attacker's bayonet technology was very high, and the knife did not leave the vital point, but it did not stab directly at the vital point, and it was always a little bit worse, and it seemed that these people were specially left to explain the circumstances of the killing. This circumstance indicates that the assassin was a specially trained master and was very familiar with the anatomy of the human body. From this point of view, although the left-behind squadron of the 16th Division is an elite unit, they cannot do this.

Thinking of the incident of Liu Yimin's tutor's small army making trouble in Jinan, Xi Duocheng's doubts became bigger and bigger, but that was only a doubt, and there was a lack of evidence. Originally, Kita Seiichi still wanted to report directly and confirm that it was the instructor of the Eighth Route Army who did it, but then he thought about it, and he couldn't talk nonsense. It is said that the instructor of the Eighth Route Army assassinated the king of Dongjuer Palace, although it can temporarily clear the suspicion of the remaining squadron of the 16th Division, but it is too much to increase the prestige of the Eighth Route Army and destroy the ambition of the imperial army. said that he was killed by the rebels, so where did the face of the empire go? Thinking about it, it was difficult to do, so Kita Seiichi could only report his suspicions to the base camp along with the testimony of the wounded soldiers before they died.

Kita Seichi couldn't solve the case here, but he couldn't wait in his own country, because the status of King Tsugahiko of Dongjuer Palace was noble, and a funeral must be held. Emperor Hirohito, who wanted to save face, did not want the world to know that his brother-in-law, the empress's uncle, had been killed by the rebels or the Eighth Route Army, and even fabricated a lie that King Tsukihiko of the Higashijur Palace was loyal to the great cause of the Great East Asian Holy War, and that he had died of vomiting blood in front of the battle.

This lie made up by Emperor Hirohito deceived many people, but not Dai Li.

At this time, Dai Li had just changed the name of the original Jiangsu and Zhejiang Action Committee Special Brigade to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Action Committee Zhongyi Rescue [***], and was expanding his forces behind enemy lines, and the military command of the northern Jiangsu station was not damaged, and he was well informed. Therefore, when the Yue army announced that the king of Dongjuer Palace had vomited blood and died, Dai Li made a comprehensive analysis, and then came to the conclusion that King Chuyan of Dongjiuer Palace was killed by Liu Yimin's disguised army.

Dai Li's reason is very simple, the king of Dongjuer Palace is too arrogant, held two press conferences in Jinan and Xuzhou, and also sentenced Liu Yimin to six major crimes. This is nothing, it shouldn't be, and the king of Dongjuer Palace shouldn't spoil Liu Yimin! The two armies are fighting on the battlefield with their own abilities, and there is nothing to say about victory or defeat, this Dongjiuer Palace Twist Yan King can only blame himself for not having the ability, but unfortunately in order to ruin Liu Yimin's image, he said that Liu Yimin was the reincarnation of a silver stick who had no women and no joy, and said the names of several girls by name. After Ni Hua found out, he went to Chairman Jiang to complain and forced him to express his position, so what will Liu Yimin's attitude be when he finds out? Can Liu Yimin be bullied casually? That is the master of a division of the Yue Army who can easily eliminate it, and if he is determined to kill someone, I am afraid it will not be a difficult matter. This King of Dongjuer Palace must have offended Liu Yimin and made him a killer.

Of course, Dai Li's feelings after coming to this conclusion were mixed. He remembered what Liu Yimin said at the press conference in Xi'an before the Anti-Japanese War, when Liu Yimin nakedly threatened him, saying that if he dared to engage in these assassinations again, he would let him die in the bathtub of his mistress's house. Now it seems that Liu Yimin's threat is by no means a lie, if he really does that, I am afraid he can do it.

Thinking of this, Dai Li shuddered, this Liu Yimin didn't know how to give birth, and he was so accurate in everything. How did he know he liked women? When I thought about it again, I laughed, my private life was messy, and I didn't see myself and Han Jian to expose himself and arrange himself, Liu Yimin should be a relatively innocent man, but he was arranged like that by Wang Kemin and others, and he said that he had a nose and eyes, not exactly chasing after the wind. It can be seen that Liu Yimin is also a master who loves arrogance, which is a taboo in intelligence work. As long as you grasp his shortcomings, you will peel off the cocoon in the future, and you can't believe that you can't catch his life.

Dai Li originally wanted to release the news directly, saying that King Tsuyan of Dongjuer Palace died at the hands of Liu Yimin. Because Liu Yimin's troops are leading the main force of the devil to the central part of the Soviet Union, anyone with a discerning eye can see at a glance that if Liu Yimin does this, he will inevitably lead the main force of the devil back to the road of attacking Wuhan in the end. This is absolutely not a no-go! It's best to let the little devil and Liu Yimin choke them to death, and it's best to end up together. But after thinking about it, Dai Li still held back, such a big result, Liu Yimin didn't say it, why should he be troubled? As for the issue of the main force of the Yue army attacking Wuhan, this is no secret for a long time, the Yue army will inevitably attack, and [***] is also ready to face the battle, so let's fight it once!

Dai Li couldn't imagine that if he didn't say it, it didn't mean that others didn't say it, and soon there were several theories in major newspapers and magazines about the death of King Tsugiko of Dongjuer Palace.

One is the statement issued by the army, what is loyal to the Great East Asian Holy War, overworked, vomited blood and died. The Emperor personally mourned, sent funerals, and mourned with great honor.

One is the unverified statement, which says that after King Tsugahiko of Dongjuer Palace arrived in Gaogou Town, he was killed by a squadron of the 16th Division left behind in Gaogou Town, not only did King Tsuhiko of Donggyur Palace die, but the entire Second Army Headquarters, including the guard troops, was not spared. The reason why this squadron dared to commit rebellion and assassinate the commander of the Second Army was because the whole squadron had joined the anti-war alliance, realized the evil nature of the war of aggression, and was out of righteous indignation, so it took a reckless step and seized the fighter plane to kill the headquarters of the Second Army.

There is also a theory worth pondering, which is that a special task force under Dai Li was hidden in Gaogou Town at that time, and the army did not have time to retreat during the encirclement and suppression, and seized the fighter plane to kill the headquarters of the Second Army.

The most unreliable statement is that the king of Dongjuer Palace ruined Liu Yimin, saying that General Liu Yimin was shameless and annoyed this invincible hero. He flew off the wall, broke into the enemy camp at night alone, held a pig-killing knife, and opened a killing ring in Gaogou Town, chopping up all the devils in the Second Army Headquarters below King Tsugihiko in Dongjuer Palace.

The reason why this last statement is unreliable is that the newspaper that published it itself has no bottom in mind. They commented that the cornice-walking wall is just a legend, and that there is absolutely no such kung fu in real Chinese martial arts. Besides, Liu Yimin, as the instructor and teacher of the Eighth Route Army, has a lot of responsibility, how can he be in danger alone? Not to mention that he doesn't have that much ability, even if he has, it is impossible to go to Gaogou Town.

In the end, public opinion focused on two points, one was that the rebellion of the army led to the killing of King Kuhiko of the Higashijur Palace, and the other was that the military commander's special forces took the opportunity to assassinate him.

Dai Li didn't want to say it, but seeing that things have come to this point, he knows that if he doesn't say it again, he will be burned. Because Chiang Kai-shek summoned him, praised him for doing a good job, and casually approved another 200,000 yuan for him.

Dai Li, who was loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, dared to deceive him, and hurriedly said his judgment. Chiang Kai-shek was also generous, and he didn't bother with Dai Li, but he couldn't hide the joy in his heart when he spoke: "It doesn't matter who killed him, just kill him!" ”

When Dai Li saw that Chiang Kai-shek was happy, he thought to himself that the chairman of the committee was so happy, why should he have other ideas? simply cooperated with Liu Yimin to play a good show.

So, Dai Li asked people to write an article entitled "The Inevitable Fate of the Invaders". In the article, according to Dai Li's inferences and combined with the legend in the newspaper, the death of King Tsugahiko of the Dongjuer Palace was written as the remaining troops of the Yue Army were educated and reformed because they participated in the Yuben Anti-War League, and after awakening, they were extremely ashamed and felt that they should work together with the Chinese to resist the invasion of the warlords, so they took advantage of the opportunity of the temporary stationing of the Second Army Headquarters in Gaogou Town to launch a surprise attack, annihilating the headquarters of the Second Army and its guard units in one fell swoop, and killing Lieutenant General of the Dongjuer Palace. The article also swore that according to reliable information, this unit, which had made meritorious contributions to the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, had now been transferred to the Soviet Union and Central China, and would cooperate with the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army to recover Yangzhou, and the National Political Axe would send personnel to commend it.

As soon as Dai Li's article was published, Kita Seiichi naturally saw it, but it also interfered with Kita Seiichi, because there was more military commanders, who were good at assassination, which made Kita Seiichi even more difficult. You must know that Dai Li's military commanders are not jealous, they once went to Beiping to assassinate Wang Kemin, and they succeeded stupidly.

No matter how the army moved, and no matter how Dai Li behaved, at this moment, Liu Yimin, who had caused the end of King Tsuyan of Dongjuer Palace and the headquarters of the Second Army, was quietly hiding on the shore of Luoma Lake, waiting to meet Gao Jingting, commander of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army.

After Liu Yimin left Gaogou Town, he took the 1st Battalion, the 3rd Special Operations Squadron, and the 3rd Sniper Squadron with all the military uniforms, and ran all the way to Luoma Lake.

At this time, the attack of the army moved southward, and this place had become the rear of the enemy. Liu Yimin knew that the 1st Battalion, the 3rd Special Operations Squadron, and the 3rd Sniper Squadron could all speak Mandarin, and they were all cavalry, and they were moving fast, so he didn't worry about being discovered by the army. However, after doing such a big thing, Liu Yimin still has to consider the consequences of being discovered by the army. Therefore, he galloped overnight and broke away from the search range of the troops of the Second Army.

After arriving at Luoma Lake, Liu Yimin sent a telegram to Luo Ronghuan, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Liu Jianli to inquire about the enemy's situation.

Luo Ronghuan reported that the main force had successfully returned to the mountainous areas of southeast and southern Luzhou, and had also made contact with Hong Chaoyuan and Zhang Haitao. At present, the base area is riddled with holes, and the puppet Manchurian Defense Force under the command of the Yue Army is still sweeping up. I was anxious for the division commander to return to the base area.

Zeng Zhongsheng reported that the siege of Jiaodong by the Yue army continued, but the intensity of the attack was greatly weakened, and now it had begun to turn into a siege. Zeng Zhongsheng asked when the main force would go north, and the Jiaodong troops were waiting to cooperate with the main force to annihilate the Jiaodong army in one fell swoop.

Liu Jianli reported that the main forces of the Second Brigade, the Luxi Garrison Brigade, and the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade had moved westward and jumped out of the roundabout encirclement of the 11th Army of the Chinese Army. Three cavalry battalions lured the enemy in the Soviet Union and China, and at any time switched to guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines. After the main forces of the 2nd Brigade, the Luxi Garrison Brigade, and the Southwest Luxi Garrison Brigade were concealed for a period of time, they would attack the Jinpu Road between Bengbu and lead the enemy westward.

After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin thought for a while and felt that Operation Morning Glory had basically succeeded, and the next step was to consider how to restore and consolidate the base area, so he began to draft the telegram.

(To be continued)