Nomura Iwa closed his mouth after saying these words. Both of them are seven-trick exquisite hearts. It is also the goods along the way, and everyone understands the words. Regarding Kitano Takatsu as a person, Nomura Iwa asked himself to know him better than his family. He is lustful as life, and it is true that he claims that he cannot live without a woman for a day. Of course, there is the inheritance of his pervert Lao Tzu, but there is no other thought in it.

Kitano Takatsu was sent to the army by his family, and it was their family who did it, and Nomura Iwa knew very well. At this time of war, he has not been able to transfer to the high command that does not need to go to the battlefield, and Nomura Iwa also knows very well what a certain powerful person in their family has done.

Don't look at the fact that the Fourth Division has been stationed in Manchuria, it looks very leisurely and seems to be very safe. However, who can guarantee that under the condition that the internal front of the Zhinaguan is getting longer and longer, and the strength has been used to the limit, as one of the first divisions and regiments formed by the Japanese army to be fully manned, the Fourth Division will not be transferred to the battlefield.

Moreover, now Manchuria is becoming more and more unsafe, and it is possible to be sent out at any time to fight against the bandits in Jiangbei who have swallowed up a large number of elite troops of the imperial army, and they are still left in the front-line combat troops.

The children of Osaka's chaebol families, including those of the nobles in Tokyo, are not a few who join the army. But in peacetime, perhaps the next front-line combat troops will be gilded. But in wartime, except for a few fanatics, it is not for nothing that remains on the battlefield, but it is really not many.

Those high-ranking officials in the empire always laughed at the prevalence of nepotism in the Shina army, but both Nomura Iwa and Kitano Takatsu knew that nepotism in the imperial army was much more powerful than in the Shina army. Even if those so-called poor children from peasant families finally climbed to the position of generals, although they have no family background to rely on, isn't that looking for a good old man? It doesn't matter if you rely solely on your own efforts, in an army where relationships are prevalent, it is even more difficult to achieve the position of general than to ascend to the sky.

Like the current commander of the Kwantung Army, he was born poor and went up on his own ability, and he can't say that he didn't have it, but he can be described as a phoenix. But even if there is no support from the Yue family in the army, the family background of the famous ** official of the empire, who is the wife of His Excellency General who has died, should not be underestimated.

This time, Kitano Takatsu was promoted to Nakasa and was transferred out of the front-line combat unit, not his family. Nomura Iwa knew that if it weren't for the help of his uncle who was in the staff headquarters, and then the credit that could not be said to be the credit of the last time he defended Jiamusi, he was promoted to Zhongzuo and found a relatively safe idle in the division headquarters, and he was afraid that he would still have to lead troops to fight on the front line now. At this point in the battle, even the division commander could not be spared, and it was not difficult to die a captain.

Maybe even when you are fighting, there is a possibility that someone will be shot in the back. There may not be many people in the Fourth Division who say they are loyal to the emperor, but there are countless people who want to get rich. Needless to say, it's not that difficult to find someone to shoot Kitano in the back on the battlefield. And under the chaos of the battlefield, there is no place to check.

Obviously, he also knows this, so he has always been very careful about the attack and suppression of the anti-Manchu forces or the face-to-face battle with them. It is better to be charged with fear of death than to save one's life. What a big move this guy made in Manchuria, to put it bluntly, it was undoubtedly a disguised demonstration to his family.

This guy never gave up on the idea of competing for the heir of the family. Otherwise, he would not have jumped up and down as soon as he arrived at the Fourth Division, and pulled the children of the chaebol families of the Fourth Division to his side. Even if the family makes it clear that they will treat him as an outcast, with the children of these families in the army around them, as well as the forces behind them, the people in the family have to weigh and weigh him if they want to move him, right?

This guy is afraid of death, and he doesn't want to die, he wants to live no matter what. Dying in battle and dying for the emperor was never something that a man with great ambitions would do. It was precisely with this self-confidence that Nomura Iwa dared to assure the leader of the anti-Manchurian forces that he could persuade this guy to surrender, because they were all the same people. Nomura Iwa believes that Kitano Takatsu will figure it out.

It's just that Kitano Takatsu looks lustful and greedy for money on the surface, but in fact his mind is extremely active. Otherwise, the children of the chaebol families who were born in intrigue since childhood, would not have handed over the smuggling business of the Fourth Division to him, let alone at least superficially expressed support for him. Although he was somewhat unpopular among the commanders of the division and regimental headquarters, among the middle and lower-ranking officers of the fourth division, he was extremely wealthy and popular.

As far as Nomura Iwa knew, if it weren't for the joint pressure on Sawada Shigeru by these children of the family, I'm afraid that after Ning'an's defeat, Sawada Shigeru would have already attacked this guy. Although Shigeru Sawada was not very familiar with his family, the elder brother of Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, who is now the representative of the Kitano family in Manchuria, was a capable subordinate of his eldest brother in his early years. Now that he's said so much, he should have figured it out.

Sure enough, not long after Nomura Iwa's words fell, Kitano Takatsu squinted his eyes and looked at him for a long time and said, "Nomura-kun, you guy has always been unprofitable. You are so vigorously advocating for us to surrender, can't you accept any benefits or promises from them? ”

Regarding Kitano Takatsu's rhetorical question, Nomura Iwa did not hide it: "Yes, the people over there agreed, as long as I can persuade you to lay down your arms, they will not only release me, but also help me cover up the capture of me." As for you, they also agreed, as long as you hand over the liquidity you have in your hands for smuggling in the 4th Division, you will also get the same treatment. ”

Nomura Iwa's answer was neat. Because of the mutual understanding between two people, as well as the relationship between them. He doesn't need, and he doesn't need to hide anything.

"They will even give you a little bit of merit so that you can go back and be promoted to the next level. As for the liquidity, they won't take it all, they will leave you with 10%, so that you can account for your colleagues when you go back. As for the officers and soldiers under your command now, if you don't want them to go back, then they will never go back. ”

"But there is one condition, that is, you must hand over to them the commander of the military police of the Kwantung Army Military Police Headquarters stationed in Jiamusi, Sakai and Ichiro Nakasa, who are hiding here now. A few days ago, Sakai-kun personally slashed and killed more than a dozen wounded people captured in Jiangbei, and the people hated it. ”

"People say that there is still room for negotiation for other conditions, but only this one is absolutely non-negotiable. This Sakai Nakasa, they're going to decide. As for the rest, as long as you surrender, they say it's all negotiable. ”

Listening to the conditions proposed by Nomura Iwa, Kitano Takatsu frowned and said, "Nomura-kun, now that you and I are here, it is better to say some things thoroughly." The Sino-Japanese War has reached the current situation, and it can be said that the hatred of the Chinese people for the empire has gone deep into the bone marrow. ”

"Since the Manchurian Incident to the present, how many people have the empire killed in Manchuria over the years? In the Battle of Nanjing the year before last, how many people did the empire kill in Nanjing? How many of them did the Imperial Army kill in the past few years? But I don't know if I do. This hatred may not be resolved for hundreds of years. ”

"Those guys in the Imperial Army are poor and crazy, and there is little they dare not do to go into China to burn and rob. It's that although you and I haven't killed many people, you and I know in my heart how many flower girls and Manchuria flower girls have played. After I surrender, who can guarantee that they will not turn their backs? I think I'm just a little Zhongzuo, wouldn't it be easy to kill me in their hands? ”

"You and I are both from merchant families, and you and I both know in our hearts how credible these things are. Especially in this life-and-death war, there are more guys who turn their faces faster than flipping books. I'm just a mere mid-ass, I can't think of a place where they would look up to it? I don't want to follow the old path of the North China Front after the China Incident, who were disemboweled, beheaded, and beheaded after falling into the hands of the China Army. ”

As for why the other party knows so much about his own details, Kitano Takatsu knows without asking. Those colleagues of his own don't have a few hard bones, so they don't have to think about killing themselves to serve the country. The people of Osaka, who are covered in copper stench, are not so noble. I'm afraid that even the few little wives they have raised can be said clearly.

For Kitano Takatsu's words, knowing that he was moved, Nomura Iwa, who just wanted to confirm it, smiled and said: "Kitano-kun, you are wrong, it is your talent in business that they value you." You also know that although the Kwantung Army has nothing to do with them now, it still has the ability to trap them. ”

"Although they have sufficient weapons and ammunition now, other materials such as cotton, cloth, and medicine are all in short supply. Even if the salt has to be imported from Jiangbei, they just don't want to rely too much on Jiangbei. You wouldn't think that a sparsely populated bitter cold place like Xiajiang could support their tens of thousands of troops. ”

"They need a new channel to transport their furs, precious medicinal materials, high-grade wood, coal, and even sand gold out in exchange for strategic materials such as Western medicine and kerosene. And you, Kitano-kun, are the best choice for them. Your talent for business, combined with my matching, is enough to help them open a path. ”

"They didn't want to go to the Manchurians, because few of the Manchurians were willing to take such a big risk to smuggle these strategic goods to them. It was also because the Manchurian merchants were too greedy and demanded too high commissions. The most critical strategic materials, such as the batteries used in the radio, were not available to Manchurian merchants. And over-reliance on those Manchurian merchants, who also considered it unsafe. ”

Speaking of this, Nomura Iwa looked at Kitano Takatsu, who was stunned after hearing his words, and smiled a little unnaturally: "Kitano-kun, why did you and I make such a big move in Manchuria, and what did you desperately show your ability to the family, to put it bluntly, for money." ”

"They urgently need some strategic supplies, and we need money, and we take what we need. Kitano-kun, there is a saying in Shina that people die for money, and birds die for food. As long as we have enough money, what if we can't sit in the position of head of the family? No one in this world thinks that money bites hands. ”

"Is it really for the sake of the so-called Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere? You're probably not that naïve, are you? These things are all fooling those stupid people. To put it bluntly, didn't the empire start this war just to learn from the Western powers, control zhìchina, and find a cheap place to supply raw materials and dump products for the empire? Not for money, who would start a war with idiots? ”

These words of Nomura Iwa made Kitano Takatsu silent for a long time before he said, "How can you guarantee that when we disarm, they will fulfill their promise and not turn their faces afterwards?" ”

In response to Kitano Takatsu's rhetorical question, Nomura Iwa put his legs on the wide desk in the office without military momentum, stared at Kitano Takatsu for five minutes and said cleanly: "I can't, and I don't have to make any guarantees." Because we don't have any negotiable prices anymore. ”

"They don't have to think about us anymore. If they want to kill you, not many people, including me, you don't see those large-caliber guns out there. As long as you are willing to take out a hundred shells, you and I, as well as the officers and men of the Fourth Division in these two buildings, will be solved. It doesn't take half a effort. ”

"But I imagine that this kind of thing is mutually beneficial, and I don't think the reason why they have turned their faces is right? Because they won't do us any good by killing us. Because they can't find a Japanese like us who is willing to help them. Uh, it's help, there's nothing wrong with that. ”

After Nomura said this, there was another awkward silence. After a long while, Kitano Takatsu finally made up his mind and said, "You go back and sue them, and I will say that I agreed to their conditions." But you'll have to give me half an hour to deal with the interior. ”

"You know, even though I have the highest rank here, I'm just a senior staff officer with no authority right now. There are some things that need to be discussed with the two squadron leaders. Besides, we still have something to clean up internally. And you ask them to get out of the way so that the people in the East Building can retreat. I'm good to solve all the problems at once. ”

Seeing that Kitano Takatsu finally nodded, Nomura Iwa breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "They only gave me an hour, and now that the time is coming, I still have to go out and talk to them." As for your internal affairs, I think it will be easy to solve them with Kitano-kun's hands. ”

"As for the guys in the east building, I'll talk to them. But all they fancy is you, and they don't care much about others, living or dead. If you try to come, if you can't get it, they will solve it for you. ”

It seems that Nomura still has some credibility over there. Less than ten minutes after he left, the two buildings were separated, and the other made way for the other side. Let more than one squadron of the Japanese army trapped in the East Building retreat smoothly into the West Building, where Kitano Takatsu is located.

After all the troops were gathered, Kitano Takatsu immediately found all the officers in the remaining troops to their own places. And when these officers entered the house, the door was guarded by his henchmen in the shortest possible time. The only Type 92 heavy machine gun left by the Japanese army in Jiamusi was also set up outside the door, ready to shoot at any time.

Now that he has made up his mind, the ruthless nature of Kitano Takatsu, who simply does not do anything and does not stop, is reflected at this time. He had already decided that if these officers did not go with him, then they would have to go with Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, who had already ascended to heaven. In order to ensure your own safety, it is also a pretty good means to kill people when necessary.