[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 793: Yongye Self-cultivation (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

On March 5, 1940, today's North China Front Army Headquarters was decorated with lights, just like a festival. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info And Beiping City also entered a state of martial law early today, a patrol composed of thousands of Japanese puppet troops patrolled the streets, the city was plastered with portraits of the Japanese Emperor Hirohito, and the main buildings and main streets were planted with the Japanese Rising Sun flag.

The South Gate of Beiping, since the morning, the South Gate has been taken over by the Japanese soldiers of the brigade, and at the same time a notice was issued that the South Gate is closed to ordinary people today.

At about one o'clock in the morning, the new commander of the North China Front, Okamura Ninji, took the chief of staff, Major General Yukio Kasawara, and a large number of senior Japanese officers to the south gate of Beiping, as if to greet someone!

On the south gate tower, Okamura Ningji looked into the distance with a gloomy face, and several generals beside him knew that His Excellency the Commander seemed to be in a very unbeautiful mood today, so they all fell silent, and each lowered his head to think about his own affairs, and the scene was extremely quiet.

"Kasawara-kun, do you think Your Excellency the Chief of the Guard has any special purpose in inspecting our Northern Branch Front this time?" Okamura asked in a deep voice.

At this time, Okamura Ninji already knew the identity of the mysterious guest who was about to arrive in North China, and he was the military counselor of the base camp and the chief of guard of His Majesty the Emperor, General Nagano Shushen.

As the new commander of the North China Front, and also a commander who was ordered to act as a member of the team at the moment of crisis, Okamura Ninji was under great pressure. Compared with the previous three commanders of the North China Front, Okamura Ninji is far from him in terms of military rank and seniority.

The most important thing is that the first three commanders of the North China Front Army were not mediocre in terms of ability or other aspects, but they did not open up a new situation in North China, but were beaten by the people of China and lost their armor, Terauchi Shouichi and Binshan Yuan were one of them incorporated into the reserve, and the other was directly ordered to retire, as for His Excellency Tada Jun, he was even more sad and was directly ordered to commit suicide, so it can be said that all of them were defeated in North China.

Now that he is the commander and has taken the hot potato in his hand, naturally everyone's eyes are on him Okamura, how can he be relaxed.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I can't think of why His Majesty the Emperor suddenly asked His Excellency the Chief of Guard to inspect North China, but I think there will definitely be no more than two reasons!"

"Oh, those two reasons?" Okamura asked again.

"The first one, of course, is that His Majesty the Emperor is very dissatisfied with the current situation in North China, and I hope that His Excellency the Chief of the Guard can take a field trip to North China and then formulate a corresponding response strategy. After all, the defeat of the previous period not only affected the morale of our front-line soldiers, but also caused the Reich to lose face internationally, especially in front of our allies, Germany and Italy. ”

Then Major Kasawara Yukio continued: "The second reason is probably about the gold, the Imperial Army seized a large amount of gold jewelry and cultural relics in North China, a surprising amount, and these things will eventually be returned to the Imperial Family, Your Excellency the Chief of Guard, as a close minister of His Majesty the Emperor, is likely to deal with this matter. ”

After listening to Kasawara Yukio's analysis, Okamura Ninji sighed and said, "You are worthy of being the staff genius of the empire, Kasahara-kun, your analysis is very accurate. ”

After sighing with emotion, Okamura Ninji said again: "Yesterday, His Royal Highness the Prince personally sent me a report saying that His Excellency the Chief of the Guard came this time mainly to inspect North China, and the empire is now very dissatisfied with the situation in North China, and more importantly, there is no clear understanding of the China army on the North China side. That's why His Excellency the Chief of the Guard was sent to visit the site. This time, along with His Excellency the Chief of the Guard, there were also the backbones of various factions, more than 200 people, and it seems that the North China problem has become the biggest problem in the empire. ”

"It's a dead search, the problem of Northern China is really a headache, no wonder the empire is so excited, it seems that we are busy this time!" Yukio Kasahara said in a deep voice.

"Before, I did think that His Excellency the Chief of the Guard was only here to inspect the North China, but after what Kasahara-kun reminded me just now, I do think that the inspection is not the main purpose of His Excellency the Chief of Guard. And dealing with that batch of gold and jewels is the purpose of His Excellency the Chief of Guard's travel to North China, after all, if he only inspects a North Branch, it should not be His Majesty's Chief of Guard's presence at all, so many military senators and old-timers in the country are obviously more suitable for this position than His Excellency the Chief of Guard. Okamura Ninji said.

"Hay! His Excellency the Commander's analysis is very reasonable, and more importantly, the city of Beiping has been besieged twice in a row, and it is obvious that His Majesty the Emperor is very worried about the safety of that batch of gold. But whatever the reason for your Excellency the Guard, we must be careful. Yukio Kasahara said.

Without waiting for Okamura Ninji to answer, a major general's brigade commander reminded him: "Your Excellency Commander, here you are!" ”

Hearing this, Okamura Ninji and Kasawara Yukio looked up. Within my sight, a huge convoy was galloping towards Beiping, kicking up billowing smoke and dust.

"Let's go, gentlemen, please come with me to the gate of the city to greet His Excellency the Chief of Guard!" Okamura Ninji said in a deep voice.

"Hay!"

Ten minutes later, the convoy finally arrived at the city gate, and only then did Okamura Ninji and others see clearly that there were four new armored vehicles driving at the front of the convoy, followed by a few American-made Ford cars, and a large number of troop carriers behind. And the entire convoy, in addition to these vehicles, there are more than 30 light combat vehicles, and the entire convoy can be said to be armed to the teeth.

When he was about to reach the city gate, the Ford car suddenly accelerated, crossed the armored car in front, and came to Okamura Ninji and others, and then a junior officer sitting in the passenger seat quickly got out of the car, opened the door behind the car, and an officer wearing a general's uniform slowly stepped out of the car.

Okamura Ninji and the others all knew this person, this person was the chief of the Emperor's body, Nagano Cultivation General, whether it was born or senior, it was much higher than the people they were present, Okamura Ninji and the others hurriedly greeted him!

"Welcome to the North China Chief!" Okamura Ninji said respectfully.

"Okamura-kun, don't be polite, your life is here! Hehehe! General Nagano said with a smile.

"Your Excellency the Chief of the Guard, I have prepared drinks for you and all the members of the inspection team, and I will wash the dust for Your Excellency and your colleagues, Your Excellency the Chief of the Guard, please!" Okamura Ninji said loudly.

"Yo Xi, on behalf of all the members of the inspection team, I would like to thank Okamura-kun for his kindness, but it's only past morning, so let's hold the reception banquet for lunch or evening! Now we will go to the garrison of the North China Front to hold a short meeting and first arrange the tasks of this inspection mission. "Nagano Cultivation General said.

"Hai, obey Your Excellency's arrangement!" Okamura Ninji said loudly.

"Yo Xi, lead the way!" Nagano self-cultivation road.

Under the leadership of Okamura Ninji, a group of people quickly rushed to the headquarters of the North China Front.

In the conference room of the North China Front, after all the team leaders of the inspection team and the senior officers of the North China Front were seated in order, Okamura Ninji, as the host, got up and said: "Today is the most honorable day for our North China Front, because today we have welcomed an inspection delegation headed by His Excellency Nagano Shusui, the chief of the guard of His Majesty the Emperor, and this is an honor for our North China Front. Now, I give the floor to His Excellency the Chief of the Guard! ”

The biggest difference from the Japanese officers on this mission was that this person had served as the head of the intelligence service, and he was extremely qualified. Nagano Shuse, who was born in the Kochi Prefecture clan, was the fourth son of Nagano Haruyoshi, and was born in the Yamauchi clan like Yamashita and Sawada Shigeru.

In the early years of the Meiji era, he graduated from Hainan Junior High School in Kochi Prefecture, and in 1900, he graduated from the 28th class of the Etajima Naval Academy. In 1904, he participated in the Russo-Japanese War with the rank of captain, and on February 5, 1924, he was appointed as the leader of the third squad of the Navy Command Department, responsible for intelligence gathering. Later, he became the commander of the 3rd Naval Fleet, and the following year, he became the commander of the 1st Foreign Fleet and the commander of the Liaison Fleet.

In 1927, he was promoted to vice admiral and principal of the Naval Academy. Because he studied at Harvard University in the United States for two years, where he learned about the Dalton Education Law, in the era of the Naval Academy, he ended the passive compulsory injection of students into education, banned corporal punishment, and advocated self-study, which is the famous "Etajima Spirit" of the Navy. According to Toshio Yoshida, the commander of the submarine force during the Pacific War, the most vibrant part of the Etajima Naval Academy was the Nagano period, and the later principal was only Narumi Inoue and Nagano were rivals.

The most important thing is that Nagano Shusei was promoted to a general before the age of 54, which is a preferential treatment only available to the Japanese imperial family, which shows how high this person's qualifications are. (To be continued.) )