[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 668: Aiko Sato, the scapegoat (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

After Seishiro Itagaki became Japan's land minister, he had two generals under his command, one was Kagesa Zhenaki and the other was Imai Takeo, and these two people were very different in their claims on the lure of Chinese politicians. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Kagesa Zhenzhao took the route of supporting Wang Jingwei, but Takeo Imai wanted to negotiate peace with ****** directly. Imai Takeo believes that since the Qing Dynasty, the final solution to all wars or disputes between China and Japan has been China's "compromise and seeking perfection", but this has been more than 100 years, China is still China, and the Japanese Empire, which has won many victories, has still not been able to completely occupy China.

At present, Japan has dealt the greatest blow to China in history, and China is facing the greatest crisis, and if Japan does not take this opportunity to completely occupy and digest it, I am afraid that Japan will never have such an opportunity again.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Takeo Imai and others were not very attentive to the negotiations with Wang Jingwei and others, and Itagaki Seishiro even ridiculed Wang Jingwei as soon as they met: "I thought that in order to establish a new and strong central government in China, it was necessary to win over the dignitaries and the majority of the army in Chongqing. You must be quite sure about this, and it would be a pleasure to hear about it."

However, as the news of Ma Zheng's rebellion in the Pingjin area reached Tokyo, Seishiro Itagaki and others, they all felt that they were underestimating China's resistance and determination to resist.

Then the Japanese politicians headed by Kiichiro Hiranuma put forward the strategic concept of using China to contain China, and the Japanese side immediately became enthusiastic about the talks, and Wang Jingwei and others were treated very highly in Japan, and the two sides quickly reached a consensus on the content of the talks.

Wang Jingwei, who was well received in Tokyo, was flattered and soon reached a consensus with the Japanese side on how to betray the country, and a plan to dismember the Nationalist Government was passed by the Imperial Council with the direct intervention of the Japanese military leadership.

At the same time as the high-level planning to dismember the Nationalist Government, Tada Jun, who was in Beiping, had a decadent face. The battle losses have already been calculated, and the losses of the front army in this battle were extremely heavy, and the divisional and regimental units alone were disabled by two, of which the 16th Division, which was the most seriously damaged, was almost completely annihilated.

More importantly, Ma Zheng's headquarters would bomb Qingdao and Tianjin to pieces when they retreated, leaving the Japanese army with few complete facilities, so the situation of the North China Front at this time was very bad.

As always, after every all-out battle, the two sides will enter a period of lull for a longer or shorter time. It's like two beasts that have just fought, after a desperate fight, but neither of them killed the other. After being exhausted, they all chose to endure silently, went back to lick their wounds and waited for their strength to recover.

The seriously injured one was worried that the lightly injured one would come to the door before it had recovered, so he desperately tried to recover. The one with the milder injury hopes that his injury will heal as soon as possible, but fortunately, the opponent's injury is not good before the door is good, and the beast also understands the truth that it will kill while it is sick.

Obviously, the Japanese army was seriously injured in this battle, and it can be said that they have already injured their muscles and bones, and it can be called a great injury to their vitality. Although the armistice between the two sides has been almost a week, the Japanese are still very nervous.

This is not only because the main force of Ma Zheng's department is not far from Beiping, but more importantly, there is a problem within the Japanese army, because this time in order to hold Beiping City, Tada Jun ordered the Japanese overseas Chinese in the city to fight together, after the war, statistics of more than 40,000 Japanese overseas Chinese survived less than 20,000, and only more than 4,000 were unscathed, and the casualties reached a terrifying 37,000.

Such heavy casualties were unprecedented in the history of the Japanese army. What's more important is that the casualties this time are all civilians, of course, this civilian is only recognized by the Japanese army, neither the Nationalist Government nor Ma Zheng's department. As far as the Suicha Military Region is concerned, as long as it takes up arms and goes to the battlefield, it is the enemy. All aggressors. They will not be soft on the invaders, let alone men, even if they are delicate girls with guns.

The death of so many "civilians" immediately caused a strong reaction in Japan. When they learned that this was actually an order issued by Tada Jun, the family members of those dead and injured expatriates in China quit and wrote letters demanding that Tada Jun be severely punished. In addition, many of them were employees of various Japanese companies, and those who were fortunate enough to be sent abroad were often the most trusted and capable employees of the major family companies, but they did not expect to suffer such heavy losses at the location of the Imperial Army's command center.

In addition, the war destroyed all the branches of the companies in Tianjin, and many employees became prisoners of the Chinese army, including many important members of various families. As a result, the Japanese people had serious doubts about the combat effectiveness of the North China Front and even the entire Imperial Japanese Army. For a time, the public in Japan was indignant, and a large number of people took to the streets, demanding that Tada Jun be severely punished, and at the same time demanding that the government severely punish the murderers and avenge the dead civilians and soldiers.

Originally, the base camp was very dissatisfied with the command of the North China Front, and even Tada Jun himself almost became a prisoner of the Zhina, which was really humiliating. Coupled with the pressure of the domestic public, the base camp intends to transfer Tada Jun back to China.

However, His Majesty the Emperor personally exonerated Tada Jun and took Tianjin as an example. It is said that even if Tada Jun did not organize the expatriates to resist, the Shina people would not spare those civilians, and Tianjin is the best example, the Shina people not only looted all the Japanese merchant property in Tianjin, but also robbed the bank, and finally transported it back to their defense area with tens of thousands of Japanese expatriates.

In addition, Emperor Hirohito also used the first army stationed in Shanxi to recover Taiyuan, Xinkou and other important military towns as an excuse, believing that although Tada Jun had a wrong command, it gave Ma Zheng's army an opportunity to take advantage of, causing huge losses to the empire. But his command was not useless, and the results in the early stage of the war were still very good, at least the lost Taiyuan and other major cities were captured again, laying the foundation for the next action of the empire.

Most importantly, Emperor Hirohito did not believe that Tada should bear the burden of defeat in this battle. He believed that the intelligence department should bear the main responsibility, first of all, the special high-tech department did not find out the actual strength of the Suicha Military Region in China, and finally led to the North China dispatch army being very passive.

In the telegram sent by Tegaoke to the North China Dispatch Army and the base camp, it was clearly stated that the actual strength of the China Suicha Military Region should be less than 100,000 troops, but in fact, the China Ma Zheng Division mobilized at least 150,000 troops this time.

The second is that the intelligence department of the empire did not receive any news in advance for such a major operation of the Chinese people, which is simply too wretched and unforgivable. Therefore, the responsibility for the defeat in this battle should be borne by the intelligence department, and Tada Jun only needs to bear the responsibility for the unfavorable command.

Under the direct intervention of Emperor Hirohito, Tada Jun was only reprimanded by the base camp and still served as the commander of the North China Front. In order to appease the people in the country, the Japanese army headquarters directly ordered Major General Aiko Sato, the head of the North China Front Army, to be transferred back to China to report on his work, and the vacated position of Aiko Sato was handed over to Major General Eiichi Hirahara.

Despite the protection of His Majesty the Emperor, General Tada still regarded this incident as a great shame in his life. As a powerful general in the army, he felt that this battle was not only a shame for the Imperial Japanese Army, but also a shame for him Tada himself.

Although Emperor Hirohito put all the blame on the intelligence services for the sake of him. But in fact, Tada Jun did not feel that the main responsibility for the defeat of this battle should be borne by the intelligence department, all the details of this battle were formulated by him and the chief of staff themselves, and the intelligence department was just an auxiliary, and it was a bit too much for them to take on this responsibility.

As a true soldier, Tada Jun is not afraid to take responsibility, and a soldier should have the courage to take responsibility. But he feared that if he was first found responsible for the defeat, he would be in danger of being transferred from the front line and possibly even court-martialed. He was not afraid of any punishment, but he was afraid of losing the opportunity to take revenge. (To be continued.) )