Chapter 239: The Rice Incident
Toyama Prefecture in the middle of Honshu Island, it is across the sea from Siberia, and many fishing villages scattered along the coast make a living from fishing, and the men go out to sea as early as mid-July, but for some reason, there are not many fish caught in the sea this year, and most of them have little catch, and the fishermen's life is getting harder.
Kengo Mizukawa, who has just turned 20 this year, is one of the fishermen who have lived here for generations, he did not go to sea again because of a leg injury, but stayed in the fishing village to recuperate, so he sat at the door all day to play boring days, because the price of rice suddenly rose outrageously, and there was no income this month, and the family had run out of food, at this time he was worried about tomorrow's rations.
"Mizukawa-san is much better." The crisp and joyful voice made him immediately recognize that it was the flower next door, the girl's hands were in front of her lower abdomen, and her smiling cheeks were flushed with two lovely dimples, her chin was gentle, but it was in a hurry,
"Miss Hanako is in such a hurry where to go."
"I heard that the town is going to transport rice to other places, and the aunts are discussing that they want to go to beg for rice together, it's too late, take care of Shuichuan Sang......"
Kengo Mizukawa looked at Hanako's back and small steps, and shook his head, presumably everyone ran out of food, but Kengo Mizukawa didn't expect that the back of this small step was the last image left by Hanako, and the cute girl never came back to this peaceful small fishing village.
At the same time that the Cabinet Minister Masaki Terauchi had recently been anxious, he ordered the dispatch of troops to Siberia, and there was a small commotion in Toyama Prefecture, across the sea from Siberia in the central part of the island of Honshu.
On the night of August 11, thousands of people in Osaka rioted, chanting "Down with the mayor", "Punish Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Nakakoji Lian", "Lower the price of rice", and on the same day, a large-scale rice rush broke out in Kobe.
A countercurrent was about to pour into the whole country, and by the time it attracted enough attention from the temple, the situation was irreparable, and he had just received a report of the bloody clashes in Nagoya, and the 6th Army had gone to the streets to disperse the troublesome citizens, but the citizens had put up a fierce resistance, which caused hundreds of casualties,
"Your Excellency Terauchi, the shape is irreparable, Osaka, Nagoya, and Kobe have rioted because of the price of rice, and they are spreading to the whole country, and what's worse, Hara Kei has seized on this issue and continues to attack the cabinet in the Imperial Diet, and if you don't take immediate measures, you may be overwhelmed......"
Tsuyoyoshi Matsumoto, a member of the Imperial Diet, was analyzing the current situation, and he had already developed an inexplicable concern about the road ahead.
The expression in the temple was very complicated, he looked out the window, and said in a firm tone: "It will be redeemed, the empire will send troops to Siberia, as long as the news of the victory reaches home, the opposition of those small people will be suppressed." ”
Matsumoto Tsuyoshi lit a cigarette and didn't answer, but he still agreed with the Terauchi minister's idea, indeed, the cabinet needed a victory too much to boost morale,
"Admiral Otani is about to leave tomorrow, and with his departure, I believe it will make the Empire's military operations in Siberia more perfect."
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The Japanese troops on the Hanoi were still stubbornly resisting the repeated attacks of the soldiers of the Suidong Army, and the Suidong Army successively captured the second and third decks, and the follow-up personnel followed closely behind to search and clean up the remaining Japanese sailors who had slipped through the net one by one.
Wu Xiaoliang attached great importance to the operation of the Hanoi, and personally came to the ship to boost the morale of the soldiers.
"At present, only the coal tank, the engine room, and some of the sailors' rest cabins are still in the hands of the Japanese army, and in order to avoid destroying the engine room, our soldiers have more concerns when attacking, so the progress is slow."
Li Zejun reported the basic situation, he was very anxious, he thought that the battle that could be solved at dawn dragged on until the afternoon.
Yin Chengfujian, who was following along, said, "Can you bring the captain Ryuichi Hashimoto and let him shout and completely destroy their morale." ”
"Good idea, you can try it, I'm afraid that the jade raised by these bitches will be burned." Li Zejun agreed,
Wu Xiaoliang also felt that it was feasible, but out of a deep impression of the Japanese, he did not have too much hope for this strategy.
Half an hour later, Ryuichi Hashimoto was politely invited to the deck of the Hanoi, the captured captain Osa, with a lonely but calm expression, neither angry nor panicked,
Hashimoto Ryuichi looked at the warship he had lost, his heart was mixed, and he had mixed feelings, at first he didn't take this young General Wu in his eyes, as one of the captains of the strongest battleships in the Imperial Navy, he was the best among all the Imperial Navy officers, how could he regard a small warlord with no name as an opponent,
As early as thirteen years ago, in the naval battle against Tsarist Russia, Ryuichi Hashimoto as a sailor on the flagship "Mikasa" under the command of the commander of the First Fleet, Heihachiro Togo, once achieved proud glory, he personally operated the artillery and sank five warships of Tsarist Russia, including the Duke Suvorov, the flagship of the Tsarist Pacific Fleet, becoming the first sailor to be awarded the Order of the Rising Sun.
Now that he has become a captive of the Shina people, all the glory of the past has been wiped out overnight, and after understanding the intentions of the Shina people, he curled the corners of his mouth in disdain,
"Although I am a defeated general, I will not order the soldiers to lay down their arms, and it is their destiny to be loyal to the emperor."
Li Zejun asked unceremoniously: "Then why don't you be loyal to the emperor." ”
Ryuichi Hashimoto was speechless,
Wu Xiaoliang didn't expect that these high-ranking Japanese officers would turn against the water, since Hashimoto Ryuichi was unwilling to cooperate, then this strategy was abandoned, according to Li Zejun's idea, measures were taken against him to coerce him to submit, but Wu Xiaoliang categorically refused,
Wu Xiaoliang not only did not torture Hashimoto Ryuichi, but said to him with a pleasant face: "Hashimoto, my subordinate warlords have strong thoughts, you can rest assured, the prisoners of war of the Suidong Army must be the most comfortable prisoners of war in the world, and your personal safety will be guaranteed during the period of capture, and you will also receive more preferential treatment from the Suidong Army, medical treatment, food, etc., if you need anything, just mention it to the guards, you are a high-ranking officer of the enemy, and you will receive special care according to the regulations." ”
Wu Xiaoliang chattered endlessly, he was imitating the Red Army of the year, and the benefits of preferential treatment of prisoners of war were self-evident, so he decided to make the treatment of these captured personnel an example, and the soldiers who fought with the Suidong Army in the future did not have to work so hard, because even if they surrendered, they had to eat and drink and treat their diseases, and they didn't notice that Hashimoto Ryuichi's face had turned purple and black, in his opinion, this was a person who was deliberately humiliating him, where was there so much verbosity in treating prisoners, and a bowl of coarse rice in the cell was enough,
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