Said Ben, Nagano.

Compared to big cities such as Tokyo on the east coast, Nagano is like a conservative and backward old woman, showing backwardness, poverty and hunger everywhere.

However, perhaps because of its insignificance, it was not too poisoned by the flames of war, and was only occasionally bombed by Chinese planes from North Korea and the Far East, and its strategic value was too low, but it did not suffer much damage.

They are not as crazy as the people on the east coast and in the middle of the islands, they are the most traditional and pure people, and war and politics are far from them, except for the countless young people who have been forcibly taken away from the small towns, the never-ending tasks of war production, and the equally crazy militarists.

Early in the morning, the people of Nagano Prefecture got up cautiously and it was another quiet night as people celebrated that they had not been bombed by the Chinese last night.

For the war and the Chinese, they have become numb, and the dead have become a commonplace, but they are full of hostility to the militarists who are always shouting in the streets. Especially when the news of the atomic bombing came, these crazy warfighters were not concerned about the dead countrymen, but called for Yamato to crush to fight against the enemy's possible landing.

27-year-old Shouichi Kudo was originally a hired worker in a bakery, which was a very difficult job for him with a somewhat inflexible leg. But after the start of the war, the Great Depression, the 37-year-old owner of the bakery first suffered bankruptcy, then was drafted into the army, and finally sent to the Far East, where Mamoru Kudo never saw him, except once when he met his wife on the street, they told him the unfortunate news that the boss had died in the Komsomolsk defense line in the Far East.

For the benefits of the war promoted by Hirohito Masaaxe earlier, Kudo Shouichi did not feel a sense of identity, he did not even know where China was, yes, he did not know where China was, but he heard that on the other side of the sea in the west, I heard that they were very rich, the land area and population were dozens of times that of Yumoto, of course, with the beginning of the war, more and more rumors about the Chinese were heard.

"Their land forces have won many battles and ......"

"Their navy defeated the Americans......"

"They sank our aircraft carrier ......"

"They defeated the Soviets......"

"They defeated the British......"

"They captured our xx divisions......"

"Their cities are more prosperous than the big cities in Europe and the United States, the streets are full of cars, their students enjoy free education and hearty free school meals, and their farmers don't have to pay taxes......"

In my impression, Kudo has never heard a single exciting good news, as a hostile relationship, the people have been quietly circulating the victory, strength and prosperity of the Chinese. All of this is obviously very different from the propaganda of the samurai on the streets, who are tied around their heads and wielding katanas, "they will be defeated soon, and the Yamato nation will defeat them immediately......".

The rumors alone were not convincing, and as some secret tabloids and some pictures circulated to various parts of the city, including Nagano, people saw the superfleets flying the golden dragon flag in the photos, looked at the overwhelming Chinese planes, looked at the bustling cities, the towering buildings, looked at the endless stream of cars, and looked at the sumptuous and jealous lunches of Chinese children in the photos, many ordinary people had already believed those rumors, at least Shouichi Kudo.

Early in the morning, Kudo was preparing to go to the relief center to receive a little black bread, and after Emperor Takamatsu announced his accession to the throne, he ordered an increase in the distribution of relief food.

Walking cautiously through the streets, Kudo finally lined up and looked at it, about a thousand people in front of him, and it would take two or three hours before it was his turn.

But he didn't complain, this was a rare time to get ahead.

“…… I heard that after we surrendered, the war was over......"

"Did you read the little newspaper yesterday? I heard that the Chinese political axe put forward a number of decisions on the issue of unconditional surrender. Alas, I don't know if His Majesty Emperor Takamatsu will agree. ”

"Emperor Takamatsu has already agreed, and I announced it to the public last night, and I have an old radio at home."

"Yes, you see, this little newspaper that just came out in the morning also has ...... on it."

Everyone hurriedly gathered together, and sure enough, they saw the news published in a prominent position in the tabloid in the hand of an old man. This kind of newspaper, which is not known to be published by anyone, appears every day in various parts of the people, a kind of tabloid made simply from mimeographs, but it is very popular, although it is said that the local political axe and the military and police have repeatedly banned and confiscated it, but the effect is very little.

People lined up to receive relief food while talking about war, China, and the new emperor, until a situation arose on the streets not far away.

A group of militarists dressed as samurai were gathering in the streets, showing their breasts and breasts, and seeing that the posture was actually about to be disemboweled.

The samurai were screaming frantically, brandishing their katanas from time to time to chase down the passing civilians of Tsumoto, and from their roars, words and phrases such as 'surrender', 'conditions', and 'Emperor Takamatsu betrayed him' could be heard. At least half of the samurai were drunk, drunken and screaming.

"These people have gone crazy......"

The people of Yuben are not fools, perhaps they used to be very easy to deceive, but with the spread of tabloids among the people, as well as the continuous failure of Yuben, the atomic bomb of the Chinese fell, the people's wisdom has been completely different from before, seeing the crazy performance of these people, the eyes are more numb and indifferent, and some people even reveal hatred.

"The newspapers are right, it is these madmen who have harmed the Chinese people, and China should have been friendly neighbors."

"Yes, they kidnapped the emperor and kidnapped the people."

The people were discussing them, and unlike the usual days, as soon as these people came out to make trouble, countless people went up to support them and support them, at this time, only four or five people went up to make trouble with them and roared together.

"You are all insensitive, you will definitely harm Yuben!!"

A samurai at the head, wielding a machete, actually slashed at a young woman in front of him, just because she refused to stay and listen to the propaganda.

Looking at the blood spilled on the street and the woman lying in a pool of blood, the person from far and near became even more angry, but no one dared to care.

Even the policemen in the distance only carried the wooden sticks in their hands upside down, and they didn't dare to care, and it was not their turn to care.

"Squeak!"

At this moment, several trucks in the distance came at a gallop, and in the stunned eyes of more than a dozen samurai, dozens of heavily armed soldiers jumped down from several trucks in an instant.

"Huh!"

The soldiers neatly raised the Type 38 rifles in their hands, pushed the bayonets, and aimed at the dozen or so samurai in front of them. His Majesty the Emperor has ordered the unconditional surrender and the arrest of war criminals and fanatical militarists, and you are suspected of inciting the people and harming the country, and you will be executed in public according to the orders of Emperor Takamatsu and the military department. ”

"Yaga, what are you doing here, we are Yamato samurai loyal to the emperor, we have to fight with the Chinese until the last moment, it is you who kidnapped the emperor, it is you who have set up His Majesty the emperor!"

Hearing the scolding of the soldiers, the samurai led by the Samurai couldn't help but be stunned, and then shouted loudly, "You can't do this, you are violating the sacred spirit of bushido." I am a veteran of the First Sino-Japanese War, and I am a brave Yamato samurai. ”

"Yaga, prepare!!"

Shao Zuo didn't care about the other party's madness at all, surrounded them from a distance of more than ten meters, and ordered preparations.

"Yaga, onboard!!" The old samurai who had participated in the Sino-Japanese War, seeing that things could not be changed, immediately brandished the katana in his hand, as if he had returned to the era of killing Chinese, as if the soldiers in front of him were not carrying rifles, but those Qing troops with long braids.

The other ronins behind him, the samurai also carried katanas, and charged.

A kind of sorrow to the extreme, wailing and despair filled the heart, and the book was no longer the book it used to be.

"Shoot!!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang......"

Shooting in unison, there was no mercy in the eyes of the Yue army who opened fire, but a deep disregard, and a salvo of dozens of guns beat the militarists in front of them into a sieve.

The samurai-wielding militarists, samurai and ronin, slumped cleanly in pools of blood, mostly dead, the occasional wriggling merely a dying throe.

Seeing that the matter was over, the young man waved his hand and ordered again, "The first team searched East Street according to the list, the second team searched West Street according to the list, the third team searched and interrogated the relief point, and the fourth team blocked the street ......."

Suddenly, dozens of soldiers began to rush into the street according to the size of the squad, and began to arrest the people who had already been prepared on the list.

Soon, some of them were caught and thrown in the street.

These people have a unified characteristic, that is, they are relatively old.

I don't know what the reason is for this street, there are many veterans who participated in the previous wars between China and China, some are old people during the First Sino-Japanese War, some are North Korean garrisons who participated in the Sino-Korean border conflict, and some are veterans who participated in the war of aggression against China in 33 years.

Seven or eight veterans were arrested and thrown on the street, and four or five young men were also arrested, and after being beaten badly, the personnel were counted and they were caught in the car.

More than a dozen people were also taken from the relief site, stuffed into an air force vehicle, and then the army, who had completed the arrest on the street, began to evacuate.

Everyone, dumbfounded, realized again that the world had changed.

The same situation is played out in many cities, small towns and even some rural areas.

Early in the morning, the army, having received the order, began to search for war criminals and militarists according to the list of veterans, and of course, more divisions and regiments, led by the military headquarters and the emperor's cronies, began to surround those reactionary divisions and regiments.

It is said that it is a reactionary division or regiment, but in fact it is only the division commander himself or a few high-ranking officers who have strong [***] feelings.

More than 60 kilometers from Nagano Prefecture, the 84th Division of the Japanese Army is stationed here.

This division is a newly formed division, in fact, it has not participated in any war of aggression against China, and has not even seen the face of the Chinese, but its division commander Junichi Togo was a veteran soldier during the period of the Korean garrison, who led his troops to attack the border areas of the Chinese many times, and was also one of the senior officers in the Korean garrison at that time who actively encouraged the invasion of China.

"Baga, the situation is changing too fast."

As the commander of the division, Junichi Togo naturally knew that the war was destined to come to an end after he was attacked by many atomic bombs, but unlike most of the wavering officers of the division, he was an active main battle faction.

He even prepared a plan of tens of thousands of words and submitted it to the military department, believing that the city population should be actively evacuated, and then the industry and the army and people should be dispersed into the countryside and mountain villages, build defense lines and fortifications, store weapons, ammunition and food, and prepare for a long-term confrontation with the Chinese until the international situation improves, or the Chinese are forced to make concessions.

He believes that only by making the Chinese aware of the huge cost of occupying and landing in Yueben can we try to improve the situation of Yueben in the worst possible way.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the situation has deteriorated extremely, and lower-ranking officers are beginning to complain about our position, believing that we are not carrying out the order of the military headquarters to move closer to Nagano Prefecture."

A staff officer reported.

"Baga, who sent the order from the military headquarters?" Junichi Togo said angrily, as soon as the order from the military headquarters arrived at the division, he ordered the news to be blocked, but he didn't expect it to reach the following.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the most important thing now is not to find out who leaked the secret. Last night, His Majesty the Emperor and the Ministry of Military Affairs jointly announced the acceptance of the conditions of the Chinese, and now ...... According to information from elsewhere, one of my classmates in the 65th Division told me that they were under orders to arrest war criminals. ”

The chief of staff of the division seemed to have some feelings for Junichi Togo, and couldn't help but say worriedly.

"What? The army is already catching war criminals? Why are they in a hurry to show credit to the Chinese? What are they going to do?? ”

When Junichi Togo heard this, he immediately jumped like thunder, of course he knew about the order issued by the emperor and the military department last night, but no one told him that the army was already in action.

This shows that those of his classmates and friends have betrayed him. He was very sure of that.

The chief of staff was able to be notified because he was not a war criminal, he was newly promoted, and he had absolutely nothing to do with the invasion of China or even the Sino-Chinese war.

"Immediately bring the unstable officers below under control, or ......"

"Report! The 45th Division, the 89th Division have surrounded us, and they are shouting at us. ”

A staff officer ran in and shouted a report.

Junichi Togo was startled, and then ran outside, and suddenly heard a loudspeaker.

“…… You have been surrounded, Junichi Togo, you are one of the war criminals ordered by the military headquarters to be captured, and now we ask you in the name of the emperor and the military headquarters to come out and surrender immediately...... You have the right and duty to arrest him, or you will be tried by a war tribunal......"

After 20 minutes of fierce struggle, the lower-ranking officers and men of the 84th Division, who obeyed the orders of the Emperor and the Military Headquarters, arrested Junichi Togo, sent him out, and handed them over to the two divisions outside, and the 84th Division declared its allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor and the Military Headquarters, and at the same time purged dozens of militarists and fanatical anti-Chinese officers, and announced that it would join the ranks of the army to suppress the rebellion.

It is said that Ben has come to an end, and it will also be led by China to open up a new era.

(To be continued)