The commander of the Japanese Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, has received battle reports from the front line one after another in the past few days, first the bandits entrenched in the Shangjiang area were defeated and retreated by the troops led by Hattori Shotaro, the Tada Junbu of the 10th Division has also hit the line of the Nahe River, and the 9th Division in the north is also close to the Bayan Banner, and the good news of the four-way encirclement and suppression army keeps coming, which makes Umezu Mijiro feel very happy, seeing that this posture can eliminate the henchmen of the empire at the end of the year, and the remaining thugs will not be able to form a climate at all after the main force is eliminated, Now the only relatively large force is Yang Jingyu of South Manchuria, this damn Yang Jingyu doesn't know if it is **** luck, a year ago, the General Staff had carried out a careful encirclement and suppression plan for Yang Jingyu's first army, and as a result, he slipped away from under the nose of the empire's encirclement and suppression army, and joined Meng Qingshan of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and now he actually ran back, but as long as Meng Qingshan is solved, then Yang Jingyu is a straw without roots, which is not enough evidence.

On November 3, the birthday of the Japanese Emperor Meiji, when the Anti-Japanese Union had occupied Qiqihar for four days and Zhalantun for two days, and when the Japanese Ninth Division was fighting against the blocking troops of the Third Division of the Anti-Japanese Union in the areas of Taipingshan, Ercun, Dajiazi Mountain, and Dahewan Town, Umezu Yoshijiro was leading a group of Kwantung Army officers and Manchukuo officials to inspect the people of Xinjing and pray for the emperor.

Seeing a prosperous scene in the market, the slogan of long live the emperor was shouted everywhere, a huge court meeting was held, countless ordinary people gathered to salute the sun flag, sang the Japanese national anthem, and bowed to the place where the emperor was located - the East, and at the same time, the radio also broadcast speeches such as "Japan is inseparable", "Japan is full of one heart and one virtue", "national harmony", "loyalty to the monarch" and "obedience", of course, there are a large number of puppet Manchurian policemen on the periphery of the crowd. As well as the Japanese military police.

Senior General Umezu Mijiro was very happy to see such a situation. directly called out to Zhang Jinghui, the prime minister of Manchukuo, who was following him, and said, "Zhang Jun." You're doing a good job, the atmosphere is good. Let the people of Shinkyo feel the warmth of the Great Japanese Empire and bathe in the holy grace of His Majesty the Emperor. ”

Zhang Jinghui, who was a little plump, looked at the demeanor of General Umezu Mijiro, and Zhang Jinghui, the prime minister of Manchukuo, did not have the posture of being the prime minister of a country at all, but said with a servile face: "Your Excellency Commander, this is all helped by the Imperial Japanese Army, otherwise it is impossible for the people to bathe in the holy grace of His Majesty the Emperor, let alone let us feel the warmth of the Great Japanese Empire, these are what we should do, when the people hear that His Majesty the Emperor celebrates his birthday." Donations were made to pray for His Majesty's blessings, and some of the merchants had their bodies cast in gold. ”

Who is Umezu Mijiro, how can he not know that it is Zhang Jinghui who is fooling him? However, as a commander of the Japanese Empire, how could he really care about the life and death of the Chinese people, all he wanted was the prosperity of Manchukuo and silence some people on the island. Hearing Zhang Jinghui say this, General Umezu Mijiro pretended to nod his head: "So that's the case, they are worthy of being good citizens of the empire." It's good, it's good to remember His Majesty's birthday. ”

Only foreigners who don't know what is going on inside will think that Manchukuo is harmonious, and anyone who is here will not know. Where is this voluntary, but forced, if there is no Japanese military police of the puppet Manchurian police staring. I'm afraid the crowd has long since dispersed, but it's a pity that these two people are very thick-skinned.

The inspection was completed. Umezu Mijiro was in a good mood, and at noon he brought a group of devil officers and traitors. Of course, in order to prevent the underground party of the Anti-Japanese Federation, the invited personnel were strictly censored, trying to prevent people who did not know each other from mixing in and causing unpleasant ......

Umezu Mijiro once again made a big deal at the banquet mountain, especially talking about Sino-Japanese friendship, and traced Sino-Japanese friendly relations a long way up. At the end, Umezu Mijiro used the story of Zhou Zuoren, an old man in Beiping City, who married his wife in Japan, to explain the principle that Sino-Japanese friendship is one. Finally, Umezu Yoshijiro asked all cultural celebrities to give full play to their advantages and influence, mobilize the people to support the construction of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, do not help those bandits who wantonly destroy the prosperity of the empire, cut off contact with them or tell the imperial army their whereabouts, cooperate with the empire to eliminate those bandits as soon as possible, and establish Manchukuo with cooperation and common prosperity, economic development, and people living and working in peace and contentment.

These cultural celebrities, who can come to Umezu Mijiro's banquet, have long recognized themselves as traitors. Although some people are still shy to answer. But in my heart, I have long sold myself to the Japanese as a commodity. At this time, these people are not thinking about how to resist the cultural aggression and cultural enslavement of the Japanese invaders, but thinking about how to write back to please Umezu Mijiro, you must know that Umezu Mijiro is in the northeast, that is the emperor, as long as you please him, the glory and wealth will be in hand.

At the same time, Lieutenant General Iimura, chief of staff of the Japanese Kwantung Army, came to the Propaganda Department of Manchukuo, because recently many people on the island said that General Umezu Mijiro was incompetent, how corrupt the Japanese Kwantung Army was, and that he could not even eliminate a small bandit arm, so that the Anti-Japanese Federation grew like a snowball, and he was really unworthy ......of being a commander. Kunisuke Kurokawa, chief of staff of the 4th Division of the Policy Officer, began to prepare for the press conference a few hours later. Newspaper and radio reporters, domestic and foreign reporters, were invited by the Japanese Kwantung Army to the upcoming press conference...

"Report to Your Excellency the Chief of Staff, all the journalists who need to be invited have arrived. Including the foreign journalists you requested, as long as they are in Xinjing, all of them have been invited... It can be said that this is a press conference since the founding of Manchukuo, which has gathered a large number and scale of reporters... Your Excellency Chief of Staff, do you think we should hold a press conference now..."Although Kunisuke Kurokawa did not know what His Excellency Lieutenant General Iimura, Chief of Staff, was going to announce at the next press conference. However, the thought of the order given to him by His Excellency the Commander himself a few hours ago made me nervous. With his many years of experience, he knew that His Excellency the Commander must have gotten some bad news, and recently there have been some messages that say that the commander is going to be changed, and it seems that this time His Excellency the Commander has been forced to be anxious.

"Well, today's press conference is mainly aimed at those foreign journalists, and we, as the hosts, can't let them wait too anxiously. Let's go to the press conference now, meet these journalist friends, and let those who pour ink on our Kwantung Army know that our Kwantung Army is still the most powerful army in the empire. As he spoke, Lieutenant General Iimura quickly straightened out his lieutenant general uniform in front of him in the mirror in front of him, and slowly walked towards the reception hall of the Ministry of National Defense of Manchukuo, accompanied by Kunisuke Kurokawa, chief of the 4th Section of the Policy Chief Staff.

Just when the two people, under the protection of a group of security personnel, entered the press conference venue from the back door on the right side of the rostrum. A burst of spotlight flashed in the hall, and all the reporters, almost at the same time, focused their cameras on Lieutenant General Iimura, who had just walked in through the back door.

"Ladies and gentlemen, on the orders of Senior General Umezu Mijiro, I have gathered everyone here today to announce to you that there is great news. Therefore, please pay attention to maintaining the discipline of the venue during the press conference, do not make a lot of noise, and if you have any questions, you can raise your hand to speak... Next, I would like to invite His Excellency Lieutenant General Iimura, Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, to read out this good news to you, and please welcome..."Looking at Iimura, who was standing in the center of the rostrum, the spokesman quickly turned on the microphone and announced loudly to dozens of reporters from all walks of life, and at the same time, the first one applauded...

In a burst of warm applause, Iimura walked to the side of the microphone with a smile on his face, waved his hand to the dozens of reporters in front of him, who were constantly applauding, and signaled everyone to stop...

"Ahem..."A soft cough came from the loudspeaker, announcing that Iimura, who was in the center of the rostrum, was ready to start speaking... At the same time, all the reporters quickly took out their notebooks, pricked up their ears, and prepared to record.

"Fellow journalists, here, on behalf of Manchukuo and the Kwantung Army of the Japanese Empire, I would like to thank you for coming here today. In order to express everyone's help and support to Manchukuo, tonight, we will hold a toast party here, and I hope that all journalists and friends can come to participate in the evening..." However, as long as it is a discerning person, it can be heard that in the words just now, the two words Zhu Jie are particularly important and dazzling...

Although there are dozens of reporters below, they are actually all controlled by the Japanese Kwantung Army, and the "Shengjing Times," "Datong Daily," and "Taidong Daily," ......, there are only a few foreign reporters and non-governmental reporters, and it can be said that this is a script written, directed, and acted by the Japanese Kwantung Army. (To be continued.) )