Chapter 482 Bureau (II)

The wind mixed with the rain came to the head and the head. The first rain after the beginning of winter has finally fallen, compared to the drought in various places, the ground in this Naoli is very humid this year, the soil moisture is also good, and next year's agricultural harvest may be slightly better than this year's.

It was also getting dark, and with the cumulonimbus clouds in the sky, the vision immediately blurred, and the vehicles on the road had to reduce their speed.

A four-wheeled carriage with a foreign 'hand' insignia galloped through the fields in the southern suburbs of Beijing, and despite the winter rain and poor vision, the speed of the carriage did not slow down, and the coachman sitting on the roof of the carriage waved his whip in the rain from time to time, urging the oceanic horses to speed up and continue to move north.

It's just a dirt road in the countryside, and when it rains, the road gets muddy, and when you can't tell when the carriage will get stuck in the mud and can't move, understand this, and understand why the coachman is so anxious, no one wants to push the cart in the cold winter rain in this weather. So, while the road hasn't gotten very muddy, let's get into town as soon as possible.

The destination of this carriage seems to be Beijing, and judging from the plaster 'medicine' flag 'planted' on the back of the carriage, it is obvious that this carriage belongs to the 'gate' of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it is not easy to distinguish whether it belongs to the Legation in Beijing or the Consulate in Tianjin in the south, but one thing is certain, this carriage obviously came from the south.

There was only one passenger in the carriage, named Nishizawa Kimio, he did come from Tianjin, as for why he didn't take the train, it was mainly for the sake of hurry, because many trains at the Tianjin Railway Station were now temporarily transferred to the north of Shanhaiguan, and some trains had even gone out of the customs to the three eastern provinces, so there was no train from Tianjin to Beijing today, in order not to delay official business, Nishizawa Gongxiong finally chose the Tianjin Consulate's foreign 'handover' carriage and hurried to Beijing.

Since the 105th Infantry Division of China's National Defense Force was temporarily transferred north to Shanhaiguan, the railway train timetable in the north has been completely 'disrupted', and not only the passenger cars have been transferred to the north in large numbers, but even the wagons pulling coal have been transferred to the north in columns. The size of the Chinese army at the Shanhaiguan in the north is certainly more than the size of a division, but how many Chinese regular troops have been transferred to the three eastern provinces is still a difficult problem that plagues the Japanese military department, and although there are 'ronin' people and spies to provide information, the Japanese soon discovered that according to the information gathered up, the Chinese army has transferred more than 20 divisions to the Guanwai Division!

But this is obviously impossible, and it is very questionable whether this weak country now has 20 divisions of combat-ready regular troops, so how can it be possible to transfer so many troops out of the customs? The only explanation is that those Japanese 'ronin' and spies are not professional enough, and they seem to be 'confused' and 'confused' by the Chinese military's tricks, and the Chinese defense forces must have carried out tactical feints, and many troops may have just circled around the station in full armor, and then quietly returned to the station, and as a result, the Japanese intelligence system was 'confused'.

However, this does not reassure the Japanese military department, how many regular troops has China transferred out of the customs? If the answer could not be clearly known, then the Japanese military headquarters had no choice but to follow the transfer of troops to the "Kwantung Prefecture" in order to strengthen its vigilance. Because no one knows what the "Far Eastern madman" wants to do, and the relationship between China and Russia is rapidly warming, the situation in South Manchurian is even more delicate.

However, the problem is that the Japanese military department simply does not have so many troops to adjust. Now that the Japanese government has officially decided to annex Korea and turn it into a full-fledged and legal colony of Japan, in order to prevent possible resistance, the Japanese military department has been ordered to "draw" and transfer "elite" divisions from the country to the Korean Peninsula in order to consolidate Japan's military rule there. According to the "Imperial National Defense Guidelines" formulated by the Japanese government a few years ago, the Japanese Army should set up 25 standing divisions and deploy more than half of them in the country, but due to financial problems, it is impossible for the Japanese Navy and the Army to complete the expansion plan formulated by the National Defense Policy at the same time, and considering that Japan is an island country, the strength of the Navy is directly related to Japan's survival or not, and in the face of the challenge of the increasingly powerful US Navy, coupled with the support of the Navy among the elders, In the end, the Japanese government decided to tilt military spending towards the navy, so that it would be impossible for the Japanese army to complete the expansion plan, and up to now, the Japanese army has only formed less than 20 standing divisions, which is still far from the goal of 25 standing divisions.

It is unrealistic to continue to 'draw' elite divisions from the country to the "Kanto Prefecture", after all, Japan also needs to garrison troops, not only to guard against the attacks of hostile countries, but also to guard against riots by Japanese civilians, since the end of the Russo-Japanese War, because it has not been able to get a single ruble of war reparations. Japan's domestic economy has been in a state of low 'fog', coupled with the economic depression that swept the world the year before last, Japan's civilian life is becoming increasingly difficult, meager wages, poor working conditions, and the oppression of the murderous factory owners and landlords, the whole of Japan is permeated with a kind of negative thinking, although there is still no ** 'wave' and 'tide' in sight, but if the Japanese army is transferred abroad in large quantities because of the Manchurian issue, then no one can guarantee that the Japanese civilians will not have other thoughts.

At this time, China's national defense forces began to go out of the Guanbei expedition in a high-profile manner, and no one understood why the "Far East madman" had such a powerful vision and chose such a time to be unable to get along with the Japanese in Manchuria, which could be seen as a continuation of his policy of hostility to Japan, and could also be seen as his move to move closer to the United States, in exchange for the support of the American government for China.

"Internal and external troubles."

Thinking of this, Nishizawa sighed, reached out and 'touched' the black 'colored' briefcase placed beside him, which contained a top-secret document, because the classification level was too high, this document could not even be sent by telegram, but could only be sent by a special person, but on the other hand. It is precisely because this document is so peculiar that Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Affairs is unwilling to take responsibility, so the errand of delivering the letter fell to Nishizawa Gongo, who is now a "civilian", and even if he is taken away, the Japanese government and the military department have nothing to do with him, so although he carried an absolutely confidential document this time, Nishizawa Gongo went to Beijing alone, and he did not even have any soldiers to escort him. Any armed bandit can easily deal with him.

But even if he solves the problem, he will not be able to grab the documents, because he has a bottle of kerosene in his pocket, and if the situation is not good, he will immediately spill the kerosene on the documents and then ignite them, turning them to ashes.

The only reason for being so careful is that this document is so special that even the messenger Nishizawa has no right to know the contents of the document.

As the carriage continued along, the potholed country dirt road was not easy to walk, and the speed was gradually slowing down.

At this time, Nishizawa suddenly found that there seemed to be a team advancing outside the car window, so he looked out, but saw a long line from the north to the south, perhaps to make way for the vehicles on the road, this team formed a single column, and everyone was wearing a rubber-faced poncho, judging from the battle flag in the team, this is a unit of the Chinese National Defense Force, as for whether it is a 'drill' return or a target return, Nishizawa Gongo is not clear.

According to the information obtained by the Japanese military department, China's national defense forces will soon complete the reorganization, and if this reorganization is carried out by the former Beiyang group, the Japanese military department will not worry at all, but now, it is not the Beiyang group that is in charge of the reorganization work, but the United Front, and according to the reorganization plan of the United Front, this unit will completely abandon the Japanese army. Although this practice was ridiculed by the elders of the Japanese military department as "Handan toddler", it also caused the worries of the young Zhuang faction of the Japanese military department, after all. The strength of the Japanese army also began with the abandonment of the French army's 'exercise' and the German army's 'exercise', and now, the German army has another imitator in the Far East, and from the perspective of the use of aircraft, this new imitator is more creative and pioneering 'spirit', and this is one of the key factors for the development and growth of a weak army.

Unlike others, he had directly 'dealed' with the supreme leader of the United Front, and he absolutely did not believe the description of Chairman Zhao and President Zhao by a small number of foreign journalists, that person was definitely not a "madman", everything that person did and everything he said was not a lack of indulgence, let alone arrogance, and judging from the development of the situation, Zhao Bei was making a 'fine' layout, and this situation seemed to be used to deal with the Japanese Empire.

Nishizawa reminded the authorities, but his reminder was only ridiculed by politicians and military officers, indeed, China is too weak in this era, even if it has a wise leader? After all, Japan was already a great power, how could a great power be afraid of a "common colony" that was about to be carved up?

"What kind of person is that? Why does he always take chances? Wise, decisive, wise, courageous. Didn't the Japanese Restoration monarchs also have such a temperament? Why is there such a figure in this country? ”

Nishizawa took his eyes back from the window, raised his hand and 'touched' his shoulder, the wound was still a little faintly painful, this was the last time he was hit by a machine gun near the guard line of East 'Jiao' Minxiang, and at that time, Nishizawa was also sitting in a 'Jiao' carriage.

Along with Nishizawa Kimio who were 'fired' by machine guns, his "comrades" Duanjin, Guishan and others, as for the Manchu deposed emperor and the regent who were finally "rescued" from house arrest, they also "disappeared" in that attack.

Nishizawa didn't die, but he was also shot in the shoulder, and he hasn't been able to get better. In fact, Nishizawa also suspected that the mastermind behind the attack might be the United Front, or even Zhao Bei's personal planning, but there is no evidence, so he has remained silent.

Now it seems that in that attack, it was Zhao Bei and the United Front who got the greatest benefits, so it was Sakio Nishizawa who was ironic about Zhao Bei's high-profile establishment of a special court to try the assassination of Ito Hirobumi, but politicians, that's it, one thing on the surface, one thing behind the scenes, personal interests are the most important, this point, Zhao Bei is so, why is he Nishizawa Gongo? If it weren't for the sake of reviving in politics, why would he be running around with a gunshot wound in his shoulder.

Sitting in the carriage, he thought about 'chaos', and before he knew it, the carriage had arrived in Beijing, and when he entered the city from the south and passed by the Daqian 'gate', he ordered the coachman to stop the car, and personally got off the train and went to the train station to buy a few copies of the latest newspapers.

"The trial of Hirobumi Ito's assassination is over! The Assassin Ahn was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve. ”

Nishizawa was quite surprised, he originally thought that according to the 'sex' personality of President Zhao, it was unlikely that the special court would sentence An Chonggen to death, otherwise, that president would not have resolutely refused to send people from Japan to participate in the trial, but now it seems that the special court actually sentenced An Chonggen to death, which is really unexpected.

"Could it be that Zhao Bei is really trying to assert judicial sovereignty? Is it true that the country has achieved judicial independence? ”

Nishizawa was very puzzled, but he also understood that he could not find any real inside information in this newspaper, so he immediately returned to the carriage and instructed the coachman to rush to the embassy area of Dong'jiaomin Lane to inquire about the real inside story from the Japanese minister in China.

When he arrived at the Japanese Legation in China, Nishizawa found that the Japanese Minister in China was very annoyed by the outcome of the trial.

"Yaga! This assassin can't die! Nishizawa-kun, did you only see the 'death penalty' and not the 'two-year suspension of execution'? The Japanese minister roared and shredded the newspapers.

"I saw it below. This is actually the Qing State's 'beheading prisoner', if you don't kill now, you will still kill it in the future, it depends on the mood of the emperor or a certain big person. "Nishizawa didn't understand.

"At first, I thought so, but later I learned that it was not 'beheading', but another way of saying 'life imprisonment'. A two-year moratorium', which means that if the convict behaves well in a death row prison within two years after the sentence is handed down, then the death penalty automatically becomes life imprisonment! …… Yaga! This is an insult to the Great Japanese Empire! It is also an insult to judicial fairness! If the Assassin Yasushigene does not die, then the emotions of the Japanese people will definitely be 'stirred'! In order to maintain its image, the imperial government must make a formal protest against this! ”

Listening to the minister's words, Nishizawa asked in amazement, "So, what is the British minister's opinion on this?" ”

The Japanese minister suddenly became frustrated, and said hatefully: "The British minister was 'very satisfied' with the verdict, and he even told me to my face that the assassin was sentenced to death, not life imprisonment, because the sentence said 'death penalty'. That British hypocrite, I really don't know how to 'account' to the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs! ”

Nishizawa was silent, he understood that it was impossible to get the British politician to come forward to uphold "justice", but on the other hand, it was also impossible to get the Chinese to change the verdict, because this was a bureau under Zhao Beibu, the bureau used to deal with Japan, and if it wanted to change this bureau, Japan could only rely on itself.