[Anti-Japanese Iron King] Chapter 103: Preemptive Strike

Imperial Palace of Japan.

After listening to Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe's report, Emperor Hirohito, who had always only listened to and did not speak or give instructions on the spot, rarely spit out two words: "Yaga! ”

In order to maintain the divinity of the throne, His Majesty the Emperor usually only quietly listens to their reports even if he presides over the Imperial Council, and even when these military and political officials disagree with each other and insult each other, the Emperor does not stop them, let alone reprimand them, but I did not expect that today he would directly say such "evil words" as "Yaga".

"Your Majesty is angry, in fact, the Shina incident has been out of our plan from the beginning, and today's change is also expected, but it is His Excellency Hasunuma Pan who died in this battle. In fact, at the beginning of the full-scale outbreak of the war, we should be prepared for the death of the general, compared to China, the imperial army has done a good job, and only one general has died in battle so far, please mourn Your Majesty! Konoe Fumiro said.

Emperor Hirohito understood the meaning of Fumiji Konoe, and so did Binyama and others. As a matter of fact, this war was an unexpected event for both China and Japan, and the attitude of the Japanese side after the Lugou Bridge Incident was not to expand the situation.

When the Central Army Department learned of the incident in the early morning of July 8, Showa 12, it decided on a policy of preventing the incident from expanding and resolving it as a local problem in the shortest possible time on the basis of full agreement with the government.

The reason for this was entirely because at that time Japan was devoting itself to building a puppet Manchuria, strengthening war preparedness for the Soviet Union, and implementing the expansion plan for important industries. As far as Japan is concerned, the policy of not expanding the incident is serious and sincere.

But as negotiations broke down, the situation deteriorated and eventually turned into a full-scale war. Such a change was not only unexpected by the Chinese side, but also completely beyond the control of the Japanese side.

"Your Majesty, it's too late to say anything now, although His Excellency Hasuma Pan is dead, but he died on the battlefield, as a general of the empire, he can die on the battlefield of opening up territory for the empire, he is glorious! What we need to do now is to resolve this incident so as not to affect the overall situation. Binshan Yuan Road.

"What's your base camp with any good ideas?" Emperor Hirohito asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, the death of the commander of the Imperial Army in battle is an extremely serious blow to the morale of the front-line soldiers. On the other hand, China will definitely take advantage of this to attack the Empire, so we must strike first! Binshan Yuan Road.

"Preemptive?"

"Yes, it's a preemptive strike! Rather than waiting for the Shina to slander His Excellency Hasunuma and the entire Imperial Army in their media and newspapers and internationally, I think we can be the first to report on this matter, but the focus of our report is different! Bin Shan Yuan said loudly.

"Keep talking!" Emperor Hirohito Road.

"Your Majesty! If the people of China reported on this, they would have boasted about the combat effectiveness of their army on the basis of slandering the combat effectiveness of the imperial army, and then boasted about when the imperial army would be completely driven out of China. Although not many people may believe them, the impact is not good after all. Therefore, we can fully focus on the shamelessness and cunning of the Shina army and the unyielding willingness of His Excellency Hasunuma to die, so as to inspire the soldiers at the front. Binshan Yuan Road.

"Yo Xi! The idea of the base camp is good, so let's execute it like this! Emperor Hirohito instructed.

"Hay!"

"His Majesty the Emperor and the government can be regarded as an accident on this matter, but the base camp must give His Majesty an explanation, and the general of Shina who killed His Excellency Hasunuma must be beheaded! In addition, the body of His Excellency Hasunuma Pan must be snatched back and then returned to the country for burial! Prime Minister Konoe Fumitsu said in a deep voice.

"It's as it should be, our base camp knows how to do it!" Bin Shan Yuan said coldly

Shortly after the conclusion of the Imperial Council, the Asahi Shimbun, Japan's official mouthpiece, carried an important piece of news near the afternoon -- His Excellency Hasunuma, lieutenant general of the Imperial Japanese Army and commander of the army stationed in Mongolia, died in battle in the early hours of this morning in Zhangjiakou, the capital of Chahar Province, China, and more than 1,500 imperial warriors were also shattered.

Later, the newspaper of the evening published a headline entitled "Withered the Stars in China", which was more than 10,000 words long, first detailing the life and deeds of Hasunuma Pan, and then giving a detailed report on the course of the battle.

In Japanese media reports, the Eighth Route Army's Seventh Brigade was portrayed as a poisonous snake without the spirit of bushido, only good at escaping and sneak attacks, and this time they took advantage of the absence of the main force of the imperial army to sneak attack Zhangjiakou, which eventually led to the death of His Excellency Hasunuma Pan. And the executioner Ma Zheng was even named "shameless demon" and "evil viper" by the Japanese side, calling on all the troops on the front line to completely eliminate the army led by Ma Zheng.

Because the Asahi Shimbun is the mouthpiece of government control in Japan, it is also the most authoritative media in Japan. Therefore, as soon as this incident was reported, it quickly caused a sensation in Japan. In particular, this report revealed in detail the "whole process" of the Battle of Zhangjiakou, so the cunning and treacherous of the Chinese aroused great disgust and anger among the Japanese people.

Of course, Ma Zheng is naturally the first to bear the brunt. The first time this name appeared in front of the Japanese people, it was already notorious.

In the evening of the same day, the Japanese army headquarters held a press conference to report on the battle. At the same time, the decision of the base camp was also announced: the first posthumous award of Lieutenant General Hasunuma Pan to the Imperial Army General, after his body returned to Japan, a state funeral.

Second, in view of the sneak attack of the Shina army without the spirit of bushido and such a ferocious shooting of His Excellency Hasunuma, the base camp decided to increase the number of divisions to the Shina battlefield and send troops to encircle and suppress the Tubalu in the Mongolian region, so as to avenge His Excellency Hasunuma Pan.

Third, after the study of the base camp, it was decided that Lieutenant General Hou Gong Chun, commander of the 26th Division, would take over as the commander of the garrison in Mongolia and command the remaining troops of the garrison in Mongolia to calm down the situation and recapture Zhangjiakou as soon as possible.

As soon as this news came out, the Chinese side was in an uproar, and everyone was originally skeptical about the achievements of the Seventh Brigade, but they didn't expect that they couldn't help jumping out without waiting for the Seventh Brigade to come out to clarify the Japanese side.

Moreover, this time, the Japanese side did not deny it as soon as it came up, as it did in the past, but instead admitted that it had lost the battle "generously", and Lieutenant General Hasunuma Pan was indeed killed in Zhangjiakou. Of course, the focus of people's reports is not these, but how vile and shameless the Chinese are, how insidious and cunning, on the contrary, how heroic and unyielding General Hasunuma Pan is, facing dozens of times the enemy's siege, preferring to live and die with the city, and finally died heroically and tragically under the enemy's butcher's knife.

However, what the latter ones have to do with the Chinese is not the point for the Chinese people. The point is that their army has won another big victory, even if it is really like the Japanese media reported that the Eighth Route Army's Duqi Brigade relied on a sneak attack to defeat Zhangjiakou, that is also a skill.

Anyway, as long as you can kill the Japanese devils, you are the hero, don't ask what method is used! Moreover, it was the lieutenant general commander of the Japanese army who was killed this time, which was an unprecedented victory. For a time, people across the country took to the streets to demonstrate, and the people's anti-Japanese enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high, and the name Ma Zheng once again resounded all over the country.