Seishiro Itagaki, a senior staff officer of the Kwantung Army with an anxious expression and a somewhat restless expression, paced back and forth in a very simply furnished office with a telegram in hand.

Finally, Seishiro Itagaki stood in front of his desk, stared intently, and put the telegram in his hand on the table, on which the words "General Staff Headquarters" and "Hashimoto" appeared, and Seishiro Itagaki set his eyes on the map of Manchukuo on the wall.

This is already Hashimoto Daisa's fifth telegram! It seems that the military department must have noticed something, and with a knock on the door, Seishiro Itagaki returned to his seat and put away the telegram, and calmly shouted in!

Hanaya Masasa and Lieutenant Suemori Kawamoto entered the office and saluted, Itagaki Seishiro glanced at the wall clock on the wall and nodded with satisfaction: "Hanaya-kun is still so punctual, very good!" You may be seated! ”

Hanaya is approaching Kawamoto Momoto's heel, and Lizheng is nodding in thanks!

After sitting down, Hanaya took off his military hat and put it on his right leg, and then said: "Punctuality and obedience are both virtues of soldiers, and the lower officials dare not forget at any time, this is Lieutenant Kawamoto Momoru who is proficient in engineer blasting!" ”

Seishiro Itagaki asked impatiently, "How are the troops preparing now?" ”

Kawamoto Momoto glanced at Hanaya Masashi beside him, hesitated for a moment and said: "It's almost ready, more than a dozen sets of half-used military uniforms of the Northeast Army have been collected, and they must all be ready before the 24th!" ”

Itagaki Seishiro glanced at Hanaya Masa, stood up and said, "No! Is it sure that it must be launched immediately today? ”

Hanaya exclaimed at the same time as Mamoru Kawamoto, and all of them stood up unconsciously.

Seishiro Itagaki took out the telegram and handed it to Hanaya Masa, who was surprised after reading it: "Your Excellency Osa, it's really reluctant, it's too hasty!" ”

Hanaya was looking at Seishiro Itagaki and frowned slightly, I'm afraid that yesterday's secret discussion ended with the decision made by Senior Staff Officer Seishiro Itagaki and Chief of Staff Ishihara Waner alone, right? They even hid it from themselves? Is this a typical method of deception?

Seishiro Itagaki raised the telegram in his hand very helplessly: "Due to intelligence leakage, the plan originally scheduled for the 28th must be implemented tonight, before the first director of the General Staff Headquarters, Miji Kenkawa, arrives at the Kwantung Army Headquarters, is there any difficulty on the part of the troops?" ”

Momoru Kawamoto hesitated and said, "There is no difficulty!" ”

Itagaki Seishiro pressed his hands on the table and said very seriously: "Kawamoto-kun, in the process of blasting, it is necessary to form the scale of destruction of the appearance, and at the same time, it is necessary to pay attention not to really hurt the railway line, because the armored train going to the Beida camp to help the war still needs to pass, especially the time of the blasting must not be advanced, according to continuous observation and intelligence confirmation, 21 o'clock every night is the work and rest time of the [***] team of the Beida camp." ”

Momoru Kawamoto immediately stood up and knocked his legs and said, "Yes"

Seishiro Itagaki nodded with satisfaction and turned to the side of Hanaya Masadao: "Hanaya-kun!" The task of filming the atrocities of the Northeast Frontier Army and deliberately sabotaging the South Manchurian Railway to provoke war will be entrusted to your secret services! Please go back and prepare as soon as possible! ”

After Suemori Kawamoto left, Hanaya was worried: "His Excellency Miji Kenkawa will arrive in Mukden this afternoon, will he come with a decree from His Majesty the Emperor?" ”

Itagaki Seishiro was slightly stunned, hesitated for a moment and said, "Maybe!" ”

Hanayamasa suddenly said worriedly: "If His Excellency Miji Kenkawa really has the Emperor's edict, then His Excellency Commander Shigeru Honjo will still support us?" If we lose the recognition and support of His Excellency the Commander, the surname of our operation will be changed to rebellion! We're all going to be court-martialed. ”

Seishiro Itagaki took a deep breath and said: "So we must intercept Jianchuan Miji before he arrives at the Lushun Headquarters, Jianchuan has a good personal relationship with Dohihara-kun, so treat him well in the name of the Mukden secret service, he will definitely not suspect that Jianchuan likes aged whiskey, let Michiko accompany him, let's act first, don't give him time to read the edict, after a fait accompli, even if Jianchuan has the edict of His Majesty the Emperor, I believe he will not take it out rashly, when the time comes, whether it is Commander Honjo Shigeru, Or Jianchuan Miji, you have to be in the same boat with us! ”

Itagaki Seishiro patted Hanaya Masa's shoulder and said, "Hanaya-kun, this difficult task is entrusted to you!" ”

Hua Gu Zheng sighed helplessly: "This is really a particularly difficult task!" ”

Itagaki Seishiro saw that Hanayamasa's appearance was very reluctant, and his face suddenly showed displeasure, "Huh? "Boom!

Hanaya Masashi saw that Seishiro Itagaki seemed a little unhappy, so he had to smile awkwardly and said, "I really don't like to drink whiskey, what I miss the most is the taste of Shirayuki sake, but unfortunately I can't drink it often!" ”

Seishiro Itagaki sighed slightly and said seriously: "The empire lacks resources, and it is really a luxury to use good rice to make wine!" Where will those politicians in the country who only know the wind and snow understand our hard work, please! ”

Hua Guzheng nodded, and snapped upright: "Please rest assured!" ”

For Hanaya Masa, he has no way to retreat at all, and retreating at this moment will be looked down upon, after Hanaya is leaving, Itagaki Seishiro is going to call the 29th Infantry Wing stationed in Mukden!

Inadvertently, Seishiro Itagaki noticed that the phone receiver he was holding trembled slightly? It seemed that he was holding it too tightly, so he let go of his hand and stabilized his emotions and said, "Hey! Is it Hirata-kun? ”

Hirata was a little puzzled, how could Itagaki, an unruly guy, call him? Pick up the microphone and say, "Hey! I'm Itagaki-kun! How did you remember to call me today? ”

Seishiro Itagaki said in a much slower tone than usual, "The moonlight tonight is beautiful, and I want to invite Hirata-kun to enjoy the moon together!" ”

Hirata was slightly puzzled: "Watching the moon tonight?" Itagaki-kun, are you sure it's moon viewing tonight? ”

Seishiro Itagaki repeated in a solemn tone, "Yes, it's tonight!" ”

Hirata took a deep breath, and his voice trembled slightly: "Got it, thank you Itagaki-kun, I'll bring a gift, please rest assured!" ”

After putting down the phone, Hirata asked the signal soldier to inform the two young sorbets, Kobayashi and Oo, to come to him immediately.

After Kobayashi and Oo entered the room, Hirata immediately arranged: "The plan is in advance, immediately distribute ammunition to the troops in the barracks, and the two of you will take a few people to eat and drink in the cooking pavilion area at the corner of the street, and you will have to show the plainclothes to those who are in the [***] people, understand?" ”

"Yes!" Kobayashi and Oo saluted and left one after another!

At this moment, Ichiro Hirata's mood can be described as uncertain, Itagaki Seishiro, Ishihara Waner, Hanaya Masa, and these people's plan to seize Manchuria by force is not a day or two, for this reason, the Kwantung Army has deliberately organized two staff tours, these days he has already transported all the materials needed for the operation to the station, but he actually has to act early? Could it be that the news has been leaked? Hirata has long been extremely dissatisfied with the close relationship between Hanaya and the Black Dragon Society and the Drone Society, and in his opinion, those ronins are useless except for talking big about the Cooking Pavilion to find Yiji, and if the news is leaked, then don't ask, it must be these idiots.

At the same time, at the humble Tieling Station, the soldiers of the Fifth Reading Force Garrison Brigade of the Manchurian Railway were nervously boarding the train, but the crowd on the platform was extremely quiet.

In the city of Shenyang, Rong Zhen, chief of staff of the Northeast Frontier Army and acting commander, was sitting on the sofa in the main hall of Rongfu in military uniform, and Director Wang of the war room of the commander's office stood aside, holding a list for Rong Zhen and said: "After the birthday greeting, the banquet is divided into two halls, the north and south halls, the south hall flowing water banquet, the arrangement is the officers and gentry of the headquarters, the north hall Western band cold banquet, the arrangement is the manager of the foreign bank and the consul representatives of various countries in Fengtian, in the big backyard for the old lady to arrange his old man's favorite church in the spring hall, the three do not interfere with each other. ”

Rong Zhen nodded with satisfaction and said to Director Wang: "Changxing! You really don't drink a lot of ink? One birthday greeting makes you come up with so many tricks? ”

Director Wang, who was beaming, immediately said with a smile: "You usually take good care of us, this is as it should be, as it should be!" ”

Rong Zhen said with a sad face: "But the current situation in Shenyang is so tense, it's not suitable for a big deal, right?" I also have to prevent someone saying that I take the opportunity to make money! ”

Seeing this, Director Wang hurriedly said indignantly: "This has been said since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety, you help the deputy commander to guard such a big family business is loyalty, and helping the old man to have a big birthday is filial piety, who can say that this act of loyalty and filial piety is not one?" I can't spare him first! ”

Director Xu of the Logistics Department, who came with Director Wang on the side, also echoed: "That is, Chief of Staff, don't mind those useless people, what they say and do in what position they sit in, what they say, and what they do, this is all justified, we can't let the chief of staff of our dignified Northeast Frontier Army, the acting commander, have too shabby birthdays, right?" Even ordinary people have to do their best to celebrate the elderly, right? There is nothing wrong with human nature! ”

Rong Zhen hummed with satisfaction, and then the phone rang suddenly, and the adjutant's expression immediately changed after picking up the phone, and he held the microphone and whispered to Rong Zhen: "It's the deputy commander of Beiping!" ”