Chapter 353: Assassination of Hatohiko Asakamiya
And just before Matsui Ishine received that Hatohiko Asakanomiya would go to Southeast Asia to comfort the Japanese soldiers, Chen Shao, who was far away in Hanjing, received the same news. It's just that one is notified directly by the War Department, and the other is information obtained by spies.
When Hatohiko decided to go to Southeast Asia, Chen Shao knew about it through the spy detection. He knew it for a long time earlier than Matsui Shigen, and on the other hand, Chen Shao had also prepared some things for some time.
He wanted to give Japan a gift, and Hatohiko Asakanomiya was not only one of the few lieutenant generals of the imperial family in Japan, but also the commander of the Japanese Guards Division. It is of great significance that he belongs to the commander of the most elite army in Japan, and this time he is going to comfort the soldiers on behalf of Hirohito.
If you want to make a list called "Who Chen Shao wants to die the most", then this Japanese prince can definitely be ranked in the top five. Even Hideki Tojo can't rank in the top five, so you can imagine Chen Shao's killing intent towards this prince.
However, Chen Shao cherishes the people who will die in his mind, and he wants to make those people die meaningfully, and he can't have nothing after death, which is not in line with his consistent character. In order to maximize the benefits, we must achieve a certain goal while relieving our anger.
Chen Shao is not a person with a great memory, and he can't name every Japanese who has created sins on the land of China in later generations, but there is one person he has always remembered, and that is Hatohiko Asakanomiya, one of the masterminds of the Nanjing Massacre.
Hatohiko Asakanomiya was one of the few professional soldiers of the Japanese imperial family, known for being radical and supportive of the imperial army. Later, after Japan launched a full-scale war of aggression against China, Hatohiko Asakanomiya was appointed commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, with the rank of lieutenant general.
After taking over, Hatohiko Asamiya rushed to the front line in Nanjing, replacing Matsui Ishine, the commander-in-chief of the Central China Front of the Japanese invasion of China, who was recuperating due to lung disease, and served as the temporary commander-in-chief of the Japanese occupation of Nanjing.
After listening to the report of the besieging troops, a secret order was signed within a few days: "Secret, destroy after reading": "Kill all the prisoners!" After that, Hatohiko Asakanomiya issued a series of killing orders one after another, the simplest and most direct was only four words "kill them all", and his orders were conveyed layer by layer and thoroughly implemented, which directly led to the outrageous bestiality of the Japanese army after entering the city.
However, even if the order was misunderstood, the commander, King Hatohiko, did not stop the massacre, which lasted for two months.
"Lame Prince" has always been another name for Hatohiko of Asaka Palace, but others say it behind their backs. However, it was this lame prince who advocated a decisive battle at home at the end of World War II and resolutely implemented the integration of land, sea and air. Hatohiko secretly joined forces with other imperial families and former Japanese Prime Minister Fumiko Konoe to dislodge Emperor Showa, and eventually ousted Hideki Tojo from power.
After Japan's unconditional surrender, because he was an imperial family, he did not accept the post-war trial, and he escaped punishment, and lived to the 80s, at the age of 93, and died at large.
That's why Chen Shaocai has such a deep killing intent towards this lame prince, and the future generations will let him live until he dies of old age, in this time and space, Chen Shao no longer intends to let him live for a week.
In the evening of the same day, a ghost operation team quietly came to Fangchenggang, and took advantage of the darkness to take a transport plane to Southeast Asia.
"Guys, the goal of this mission is in your jacket pockets. Remember him, the old rules, remember after that, destroy the photo. On the transport plane, the leader of the combat team briefly stated the goal.
The other three members took out the photo in their pockets and looked at it for a while, and all three destroyed the photo at the same time.
"Now that I've got the target in mind, I'm going to talk about the identity of the target. A member of the Japanese Imperial Family, he is currently the commander of the Japanese Army Guards Division, with the rank of lieutenant general. And our goal is to kill him under a tight encirclement, and blame the Vietnamese, understand no. ”
"Understood."
"Specific battle plans ....... The operation was kept absolutely confidential, and no one was allowed to disclose half of it. Remember that we have the best individual combat equipment in the world, and we need to be qualified to use it. Now it's time to pack your gear and get ready for your skydive. ”
By night, the four members of the combat team quietly appeared in the dense forests of Vietnam by parachuting. Buried the umbrella, the four of them quickly moved towards the planned target location.
———————————— Japan's Southeast Asia Dispatch Force Headquarters was originally located in a French military base outside Cam Ranh, which was surrounded by dense forests, countless sentry posts, and a fully formed infantry brigade was stationed, which protected the entire headquarters quite intensively.
On the outer rivers, many water cages were built, and it can be seen that many British and French allied soldiers were imprisoned in the water cages. They soaked in the water every day, and only left the water cage for a short time when they were dragged out and beaten severely.
On the edge of the water cage, there were thousands of wooden stakes, and on each stake, a British and French soldier was strapped to it. In the past six months, most of the British and French soldiers have died, but the Japanese soldiers did not untie the bodies and bury them, but continued to tie them to wooden stakes. In the hot weather, in the tropical rainforest climate, many corpses have been heavily decomposed, emitting a pungent stench.
The British and French soldiers on these stakes were inhumanly beaten and covered with scars, and then the wounds became infected and left untreated, which led to death. Those who are not dead will not last long.
The wounds all over their bodies were turned outward, leaving pus, and flies and mosquitoes were constantly surrounding them. Bloodflies lay eggs inside them, hatch blood maggots, and devour their flesh. In the wound, some white maggots can be seen passing through the rotten flesh.
Although this is not hell, in the eyes of the British and French soldiers, it is no less than hell.
These mistreated British and French soldiers were the ones who made the Japanese feel uncomfortable. When I came here, there was only one end, I was abused to death. Perhaps most of the British and French soldiers are now regretting why they didn't go to mining well in the first place, at least they could save a small life. At this point, it is not an easy thing to want to die, it is more that life is better than death.
Suddenly attacked by the Japanese army, many French soldiers did not have time to react and became prisoners of the Japanese army. In the battles that followed, many British soldiers were taken prisoner. These captives all had a common place to go and work as miners for the Japanese. Set up concentration camps to send disobedient or lazy British and French soldiers to "hell". This is what it was like to be a Japanese prisoner, to live like a dog every day, or far worse than a dog.
The Ghost Operations team was scattered and hidden around the Japanese headquarters, and the four corners surrounded the commander, and they used headphones to communicate with each other. Three days passed, and they remained motionless, as if they were four statues lying on their stomachs in the grass and in the mud.
After three days, Hatohiko arrived at Cam Ranh Bay on time.
The welcome ceremony was solemn and the power of protection was strong. And I don't know that a group of Vietnamese strangers from Japan from **, who are holding the Japanese flag, are on the streets of Cam Ranh City to welcome the emperor's envoy. The sound of camera shutters came out incessantly, taking pictures of the seemingly harmonious scene between the Japanese and the Vietnamese.
Admittedly, sometimes the Japanese do a pretty good job of superficiality.
This is because Japan has not raised a butcher's knife against the Vietnamese or other citizens living in the city, and it has continued to propagate various "peace" slogans.
"The Japanese are here to save the peoples of Southeast Asia." "Establish a co-prosperity sphere in Southeast Asia and improve the lives of Southeast Asian peoples." "(Establish a sphere of co-prosperity in Japan and improve the lives of the Japanese)" to drive out the Western powers and build an Asia for Asians. "Outside the city, it's a different story, and the Japanese are officially using this way to confuse the world, to cover up and whitewash the carnage. It's just that if people don't know what to do unless they do, paper can't contain the fire, and there will be a day when it will be like a big white. What's more, Japan's cover-up looks very pale, they have left too much alive, and these people are already protected by China.
Before entering the city, Hatohiko Asakanomiya made a speech that looked impassioned, constantly praising Japan for how it was to save the place. Under the leadership of the Empire of Japan in the future, what will be the case. And these are all for the media to see, Japan started a war, and always has to do some positive reporting for itself. They attacked the Anglo-French allies, occupied Southeast Asia, and were whitewashed as rescuing the tribes of Southeast Asia.
This kind of trick has become commonplace in the later wars of aggression against China. It's just that here, it's become Southeast Asia, and the essence is still the same.
You don't see how many women were taken to work as comfort women, how many men were arrested to dig and log, and how many were taken back to Japan to work as laborers. When it comes to the level of reversing right and wrong, no one in the world can compare to small Japan.
Subsequently, under the protection of the Japanese military police and an infantry brigade, Matsui Ishine and Muto Akira accompanied Hatohiko Asakanomiya to board the armored car and rushed towards the commander outside the city. As for why the Japanese put their headquarters outside the city, it can only be said that there is not much difference between Cam Ranh and outside the city. Although it is a city, it is very dilapidated, so it is better to go to a quieter place. Besides, the facilities of the French military base are much better than here.
Not long after Matsui Ishine and his party entered the military base, a message came from the headset of the ghost combat team.
"Dog Slaughter Squad, Dog Slaughter Squad, I'm Hades, I'm Hades, according to the latest information, the target has arrived, the target has arrived. After the follow-up preparation is completed, it will be executed according to the plan, and it will be executed according to the plan. ”
The Ghost Warfare Team, that is, the Dog Slaughter Team in Hades' mouth. Hearing the message coming from the headphones, three of the team members did not speak, and the three of them were so close to the Japanese sentry that they could not make a sound at all. The observer in the team was hiding in the treetops in the distance, waiting for the patrol under the tree to pass and replied: "The dog slaughter team understands, the dog slaughter team understands." ”
The observer hidden in the treetops held a telescope in his hand, carefully scanning the base, listening carefully to the movement under the trees, and once he noticed that a Japanese patrol was coming, he stopped his movements and waited for the patrol to pass before continuing.
(To be continued)