―― Beiping

"What? How could Tokyo issue such a stupid order? Shouichi Terauchi couldn't believe his eyes when he looked at the telegram.

Sugiyama Moto, who was transferred from Tokyo to North China, said, "His Majesty the Emperor recently reactivated Ishihara Wan'er, that kid you know, it's no longer the same person he used to be, he made a big fuss at the Imperial Council, saying that the European war was about to break out, and it was a good time to attack the Soviet Union soon, and said that Shina was just a quagmire here, in addition to consuming the power of the empire. Nothing good! His Majesty the Emperor was bewitched by him, so he decided not to counterattack Shanxi! I'm going to take over the Third Army now, but I can't do anything, and if I don't do it, I'll become a laughing stock. ”

Terauchi Shou was angry and said, "Your Majesty is not a soldier after all, and you don't know some things about military affairs, are so many generals in Tokyo idiots?" The defeat of the three divisions passed by with a smile like this? The people of China will not stop, they will think that we are weak and can be bullied, and when the time comes, I am afraid that an old woman who sells vegetables will dare to smash the imperial army with a stone! It's the same with other countries, they will despise the Empire, and where is the majesty of the Empire? ”

After speaking, Terauchi Shouichi's eyes narrowed into a slit and asked, "What about Tada?" What is Tokyo going to do with him? ”

Sugiyama Moto sighed, "Ishihara said that although he was defeated, he was excusable, and he pleaded with His Majesty, and he only had a demerit for him." Hum! Who can't see it with a discerning eye? Ishihara Waner and Tada Jun are all the way, and his apprentice Takeda Yio is also in the Third Army? Ishihara is afraid that holding him accountable will hurt his own people! After speaking, he drank a glass of wine in a huff.

The corners of Terauchi's mouth slowly curled and said, "If it's such an order, I'm afraid no one in the army will accept it!" On the contrary, maybe someone will be angry and send troops! ”

Sugiyama Motoshi held down Terauchi Shou, "Terauchi-kun, don't mess around, this is what His Majesty the Emperor meant!" ”

Shouichi Terauchi smiled and said, "Don't worry, I just said that this is a possibility, but you know it." There are quite a few officers in the Imperial Army who are so daring! With that, Terauchi Shoudai swaggered out of the office.

Sugiyama Moto, who stayed behind, only worried for less than a minute before he was relieved, he was no longer the Minister of War, but the commander of the Third Army, how could he be promoted in the army? It's not about military merit, if you can re-conquer Shanxi. Even the emperor can't say anything, and maybe he will make himself Minister of War again.

When Sugiyama was the Minister of War, he was extremely disgusted with the Army not following orders at every turn, but when he came to China and became a member of the army, he immediately understood the thoughts of an army officer, after all, the ass determines the head.

-- Yan'an

Yan'an has a bit of a cosmopolitan feel at this time, where you can meet Americans who like to wear jeans, you can see Jews in little hats, and today. Yan'an has a new language.

Zhenbai Sven yawned and walked down from the ox cart, he was still wearing the Japanese army's officer uniform, with a Japanese katana on his waist, and there were nearly 100 Japanese soldiers who came down with him, most of them were bandaged, only the Japanese soldiers around Zhenbai Sven were neatly dressed, their faces were ruddy, and they didn't look like prisoners of war. Instead, it's like a sightseeing group.

The people passing by around looked at them one after another, if it weren't for the heavily armed Eighth Route Army around them. Eighty percent of people will think that the Japanese army has entered Yan'an City.

"This is the little devil? Doesn't it look very powerful? They are all small, how did they hit us in China? An old man smoking dry tobacco said while looking at the farm tools in the shop.

"That's because our troops are powerful, you see that there are so many troops in the country, who can beat the little devils out of the province like our troops." The salesman smiled and said, "Uncle, let's do this, this one was just brought from the factory." The quality is definitely good. ”

Ignoring the eyes of the people around him, and ignoring the other Japanese soldiers behind him who were staring at him viciously, he slowly raised his hand and actually started doing gymnastics.

"Hey! What are you doing? Do you understand Chinese? Give me a stop! One of the guards pointed a gun at the real white Sven said.

Zhenbai Sven said in fluent Chinese: "What are you afraid of? You all dare to fight us when we have guns, so now I'll exercise empty-handed. Are you so nervous? ”

The young guard's face turned red when he was said, and he said angrily, "Who... Who's scared? I'm afraid you're informing your spies! ”

Zhenbai Sven shook his head and said helplessly, "Okay, okay, I'm not exercising." ”

At this time, Xiao Wang walked over and asked the officer in charge of the escort, "Are these the Japanese soldiers we captured?" ”

The officer took out the handover slip and said, "The first batch of 176 prisoners of war are here." ”

Xiao Wang said to those Japanese soldiers, "Our chief wants to talk to you, choose two people, who will come?" ”

"Me!" "Me!" Unlike the other silent Japanese soldiers, Sven Mahaku and Shigeru Fujita both raised their hands high.

Xiao Wang nodded and said, "Come with me." ”

In the cave, Chairman Mao and Ren Bishi sat together, and when they saw Zhenbai Siwen and Fujita Shigeru, Chairman Mao pointed to the opposite side and said, "Please sit down, I am Mao Yongzhi, he is Ren Bishi, we want to talk to you about some of your future plans." Do you know Chinese? It won't be translated by Comrade Ren Bishi, his Japanese is still okay. ”

Zhenbai Sven bent over and smiled, "My Chinese is very good, don't worry, I'll take on the role of translator." ”

Shigeru Fujita stood there very stiffly, and said in stammering Chinese, "The samurai of the empire do not need the sympathy of the enemy. ”

Chairman Mao waved his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, we are not sympathetic, but in accordance with the Geneva Conventions, most of the crimes you committed in invading China are because of the blindness of the imperialist warlords, and you can't be blamed for everything, have you been mistreated along the way?" ”

When Fujita Shigeru heard this, he said with some shame, "That's not true, your army is very good to us, and we eat the same as yours, or even better." On the way here, there was even a day sickness of ours, and you used precious penicillin to treat it, and I am a little ashamed to think of what we did to you prisoners of war. After saying that, Shigeru Fujita insisted, "We don't want to go to war with you. It's all because you provoked us first, and we are not wrong! ”

"That Fujita-kun, after all, we are invading China, there is nothing to insist on on this issue, don't waste time, let's talk about something meaningful." True white shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said, "Mr. Mao." I wonder what we're going to do next? Did you stay in a prisoner of war camp until the end of the war? Or will they be interrogated and sentenced? ”

Chairman Mao looked at Zhenbai, feeling that this Japanese was a little different, and when he glanced at Ren Bi, he smiled and said, "The interrogation is still required, we will send a letter to ask the troops and your companions who sent you to see if you have committed any atrocities, if not, you can choose to stay or go back, as long as you promise not to participate in this unjust war again." If there is, some labor is needed to atone for the sins. Unless it's a crime that's too heinous, it's not going to be shot. ”

Fujita's face changed, and he immediately recalled that he seemed to have killed a lot of Chinese in what he had done, and if he really lived a life, it would not be enough for him to be a nine-life cat demon.

Mashiro clapped his hands excitedly and said, "This is okay." Anyway, I haven't done anything to be sorry for you China, I came to China because of the order of the military department, that, Mr. Mao. I would like to say if I don't want to go back to Japan. But if you want to join your Eighth Route Army, is it okay? By the way, do you Eighth Route Army let you do business? ”

Shigeru Fujita almost vomited blood when he heard this, he played so hard just to give these high-ranking members of the Red Party a feeling that the Japanese were samurai, and this true white was about to surrender as soon as he came up?? I haven't done anything bad, you haven't done it, I've done it!! I'm going to be shot, okay?

Chairman Mao was a little surprised and said, "This joins our Eighth Route Army? It is true that there are many internationalist fighters in our Eighth Route Army. If you are sincere in joining, and because we are in a difficult economy, our military regions are allowed to do some business to increase income, but it is not allowed to compete with the people for profits and force them to buy and sell, most of them make some handicrafts and "

Mahaku interrupted, "How much can this be worth?" No way. No, have you ever thought about doing business with the Japanese army? ”

Chairman Mao only felt that his brain couldn't turn around, and asked curiously, "How do you say this?" ”

Fujita Shigeru couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and secretly said that this true white would not be preparing to corrupt this group of red parties, it turned out that he had misunderstood him, this is a resourceful person.

Mahaku took a stool and sat down, and after sitting down, he thought that the katana was a little in the way, and threw it away, Fujita Shigeru only felt that his heart was thrown away with the katana, and Mahaku wrenched his fingers and said, "Mr. Mao, you see, most of our Japanese troops are stationed in various strongholds, and your Eighth Route Army basically controls most of the rural areas in North China, only Shandong, Henan and a small number of Hebei areas have not yet arrived, but it should be soon, so that in the future, our Japanese army will soon form a city, You have a rural pattern, right? ”

Chairman Mao couldn't help but be interested in this true white, this is what he has always asked for to surround the city with the countryside, nodded and said, "Go on." ”

Zhenbai smiled and said, "After our Shanxi battle this time, other places will definitely increase the attack on your Eighth Route Army, what methods will they use?" According to my guess, as far as the heads of the Japanese army's top brass are concerned, the Eight Achievements are to build more artillery towers, and then use roads and railways as lines to divide them, just like in Manchuria, and then clean up the strength of your Eighth Route Army piece by piece. ”

Chairman Mao and Ren Bishi glanced at each other, if at first they thought that this Zhenbai was a somewhat peace-loving Japanese army, but now they found that he was actually extremely accomplished in tactics and strategy.

Shigeru Fujita also felt very reasonable when he heard it, and he didn't expect that there would be such a talent in the Third Army.

Zhenbai smiled and said, "If it was before, I also think this tactic is good, but I have witnessed how you fight the county town and the turret, your kind of weapon is very effective against the turret, and the independent turret is just a place for you to seize weapons, but I think there should not be many of that kind of weapons." ”

Chairman Mao smiled and did not speak.

Mahaku nodded in understanding and continued, "But although you may not be able to bring down the turret, you can trap them, can you?" The turret is just a point, even if it is given to the Japanese army, it is nothing, as long as we can get the face, and we don't have to fight to get those weapons, we can do business in exchange. After all, the Japanese army fought very tenaciously, and if they really fought, they often couldn't capture too much ammunition. ”

"We??" Chairman Mao, Ren Bishi and Shigeru Fujita asked together?

"Didn't I say I wanted to join our Eighth Route Army? Let's change my words first, go on, listen to my thoughts, the little devil repairs the turret, and our Eighth Route Army can dig up the road, and there is no water or food in the devil's turret. As long as we can surround it, how many days can they hold out? The range of the machine gun is only 800 meters, we just need to let no one within 800 meters around the turret let them rob it, according to my prediction, the devil's strength in China will only gradually decrease, because this is a big quagmire, there is not much interest, the so-called imperial great cause can only make concessions in the face of the economy. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the fact that the density of the devil's troops is too high and we cannot besiege it. ”

Saying that, Mahaku felt a little thirsty. After looking around, he took a sip of tea and said, "So when the time comes, the devils in the turret will definitely want reinforcements, this is a good time to encircle the point to send reinforcements, besides, this reinforcement can be called a few times, after all, it is still up to oneself, and the person in charge of the turret does not want to give the above an impression that incompetence will only call for help, right?" Most of these responsible persons are junior officers, their family backgrounds are not good, and the only thing that can make them stand out is military merit. So they will never call for reinforcements unless they have to. ”

True Bai Sven's eyes slowly lit up, "What is this?" This is a business opportunity!! The devil wants food and water. We have it! He wanted to grab it, but he couldn't! What to do? Buy it, 10 rounds of ammunition for a bucket of water, 3 rounds of inferior meals for one person, 6 rounds for medium, and 10 rounds for upper class. If you want luxury goods, what kind of cigarettes, wine, weapons in exchange, grenades, 38 big covers can be sold? Anyway, is it normal to consume in a war, I can guarantee that if I operate it, I can empty them in two months without spending a single bullet on one turret! Don't worry that the Japanese army won't buy it, many Japanese soldiers are soldiers just to eat white rice, and exchanging reimbursable ammunition for delicious food is not something they can't do. Don't we have so many Japanese prisoners of war, as long as we can mobilize them and let them soften the Japanese army, I don't think it's a big problem. ”

Saying that, Bai Sven touched his chin and said, "Am I too merciful, this price is a bit low, why don't you increase it?" Forget it, give the devil a little sweetness at the beginning, and then increase the price later. That, Mr. Mao, in fact, I have a lot of other ideas, do you want to listen? By the way, do you want a cannon? I can also find a way to get the Japanese army to sell it to you. ”

Chairman Mao and the three of them looked at the real white Swen with the eyes of a ghost, and Fujita Shigeru slowly spit out two words: "Devil!" ”

Chairman Mao asked curiously, "How is Mr. Mahaku not at all like the Japanese army I know, but instead?"

"Like a businessman, right? Actually, I'm from Osaka, it's like your Shanghai, it's all business, I was originally going to be a big businessman, but unfortunately the family likes me more to serve the emperor, it's a bunch of stupid people Although I am angry, whether it is a non-commissioned officer or Lu Da, I really don't want to fight, I think it's much more fun to make money than to fight. Saying that, Mahaku looked at Shigeru Fujita and said, "Look, the people who fought are all the same as this guy, and their brains are wow." ”

Shigeru Fujita's face turned blue and he said, "Yours, not a samurai!" ”

Mahaku rolled her eyes and said, "Nonsense, we're prisoners of war, okay?" ”

"Shanghainese? Mr. Mahaku really knows us in China. Ren Bishi didn't want the two Japanese to fight, so he hurriedly interjected, "Your idea is very interesting, we will tell our Mr. Zhu, but how do you make money in this way?" ”

Mashiro asked incredulously, "Isn't my idea a share?" You have to cash me a little bit of the ammo you earned, right? I just need one percent. ”

Chairman Mao shook his hand and said, "I'll talk about this later, I think your tactical literacy is very good, I want to invite you to teach at our Kang University, what do you think?" It would be better to raise a unit like the Japanese army for us to fight against. ”

Mahaku shook his head resolutely and said, "No, I don't want to be a soldier." ”

"Train a qualified Japanese army, and I'll give you twenty oceans."

"Where is Kangda? Hurry up, time is urgent! A minute every night is a crime! Fujita-kun, come with me and train soldiers like a samurai! ”

Looking at the resolute true whiteness, Chairman Mao and Ren Bishi couldn't help but have a few more black lines on their heads.

"Chairman, is this man really reliable?" Ren Bishi asked in a low voice.

"To be honest, I regret it a little, the soldiers he trained will feel very unreliable." Chairman Mao didn't dare to say surely.

(To be continued.) )