The one who was carefully selected by Han Renhe was once the third rear admiral of Iwabuchi in Yokosuka, plus his subordinate when he was the captain of the seaplane carrier Kamui, and he was also his apprentice at the naval academy and gunpowder school, and the Japanese naval lieutenant who was captured in the Tianjin battlefield. After entering Zhuangzi safely, I talked with the third major general of Iwabuchi for a full hour.

This Nakasa's eloquence is quite good, although it is not clear what he talked about with the third major general Iwabuchi. But an hour later, the Japanese navy, which had held the last remaining positions in Sunshozhuang, sent a reply that as long as the lives of all those who laid down their arms and surrendered were safe, the wounded would not be slaughtered and treated.

and strict implementation of the preferential conditions proposed by the people who persuaded them to surrender during the negotiations. It is guaranteed that the identities and names of all the surrendered Japanese soldiers in Sun Zhengzhuang will not be disclosed until the end of the war, that their families in China will not be discriminated against, and that their own personal safety will not be distributed, and they can choose to lay down their arms.

The captain of a large group directly under the Special Operations Command, who was responsible for leading the team, also gave a happy reply to the Japanese army's request in accordance with the instructions of his previous superiors. With the consent of the Anti-Japanese Federation, the Japanese Navy on the front line of Sun Zhengzhuang, under the leadership of the commander of the tank wing of the Japanese Navy, who had lost all his equipment, successively drove Zhuangzi and surrendered all his weapons.

However, the third major general Iwabuchi took out his pistol and shot himself in the head after all the people had finished disarming. It is a pity that this time he did not use the Nanbu 14 pistol, which jammed at every turn, but the Inagaki type general's pistol issued as a high-ranking officer of the Japanese army.

This time, there was no jamming pistol, which made the old man's suicide go smoothly, and he didn't even have time to react to the adjutant and guards around him. By the time the anti-coalition personnel who received the surrendered Japanese naval personnel reacted, the pistol that Rear Admiral Iwabuchi had put into his mouth had already knocked half of the back of his head away.

The Inagaki pistol in his hand was originally a ceremonial pistol developed by the Japanese army specifically for high-ranking officers. In the early days of the Pacific Theater, the Japanese army won one victory after another, and the senior generals of the Japanese army who participated in the war in Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies were very glamorous and attended many surrender ceremonies.

It's just that compared with the American and British officers in straight military uniforms and wearing ornate high-end pistols at the surrender scene, the Japanese officers were all Southern Type 14 pistols from top to bottom, which was considered very humiliating by those generals. The Japanese army, which managed to win, looked like a loser. Therefore, at the request of those high-ranking commanders on the front, the Japanese army quickly developed several special ceremonial pistols for senior officers.

However, after the development of these pistols, the Japanese army no longer had the opportunity to use them on the occasions they originally envisioned, but instead became a lifeline for many high-ranking Japanese generals. The Japanese soldiers who wore these kinds of pistols were the preferred targets of their opponents no matter where they were on the battlefield. Sometimes, it was even easier than the saber of the Japanese army to become a sign of identification of middle and high-ranking officers of the Japanese army.

After all, the sabers carried by generals and adjutants, except for those so-called family heirloom knives inlaid with gold and jade, are difficult for ordinary people to quickly distinguish. And these ceremonial pistols, which are very different from the appearance of the Japanese army's standard Southern Type 14 pistol, can be distinguished at a glance.

The Japanese Navy, as much as it hated the pistols developed by the Army, were ugly in appearance and even less effective. Although the junior officers of the Southern Type 14 pistols were also equipped, the senior officers of the Navy preferred Western pistols such as the Browning. However, when it was no longer possible to import them, the navy ordered a batch of Inagaki pistols for senior officers to use as matching guns and ceremonial guns.

This time, Major General Iwabuchi was wearing an Inagaki-style shosa's pistol, so he didn't jam at a critical time. The combat performance of this purely ceremonial pistol is probably inferior to the Southern Type 14 pistol. But it is much better to use it to commit suicide at a critical moment, than a southern-style pistol, at least you don't have to worry about getting stuck at a critical moment.

In the end, the Navy is not the same as the Army, which likes to seppuku. The rear admiral, after all his men, laid down their arms. In the last few seconds, he suddenly pulled out his pistol and shot himself in the head. No one knows what he thinks, and when he has promised to surrender and the Anti-Japanese Federation guarantees his dignity as a soldier, he also gave himself a shot.

Or all the subordinates have already surrendered their weapons before shooting themselves. In other words, this guy will not shoot after he has determined that all his subordinates will not cause an accident because he shot himself. This was somewhat of a surprise to everyone, because no one would have thought that he would have reached the point where he would shoot himself and be loyal to his empire.

And his admiral sword, when Han Renhe's subordinates cleaned the battlefield and found it, they also found that it was deliberately smashed into two pieces. When this navy general's sword, which had been broken, was sent to Du Kaishan's hands. But he understood what was in his mind at the moment when he pulled out his gun.

Presumably, this vision should have seen far ahead, and now he may have foreseen that their empire has irretrievably failed the fate of the third major general Iwabuchi, although in order to save the lives of his subordinates, he finally chose to agree to the conditions of the Anti-Alliance. Personally, however, he refused to be a prisoner, despite the generous terms offered by his opponents.

He still wanted to maintain his dignity as a general, and chose to maintain his honor in the most military way. He ordered his men to lay down their arms in order to preserve the lives of those young men in the event that defeat was a foregone conclusion, and to preserve a glimmer of vitality for his empire to begin again.

As an imperial admiral who has always only died in battle and has no tradition of surrender, he chose to be loyal to his empire at the last moment and maintained his dignity as a general. A real soldier, Du Kaishan set a conclusion for the third major general of Iwabuchi.

Of course, Du Kaishan doesn't know at the moment, if it weren't for the battle of Qikou. Originally, a few months later, the rear admiral was transferred to the post of commander of the 31st Special Base Area stationed in the Philippines, commanding all Japanese naval units and all naval personnel stationed in the Philippines.

And in the subsequent battle of Luzon between the United States and Japan, with the crazy energy characteristic of typical Japanese soldiers. He did not obey the orders of his army superiors when he had given an explicit order to abandon Manila. With the naval garrison in his hands, he held Manila and fought a fierce defensive battle with the American troops attacking Manila, and the 14th Army of the American Army that participated in the war suffered heavy losses.

In this tragic battle for the defense of the city, his troops transferred the anger generated by the defeat on the battlefield to the inhabitants of the city when they fought. After a fierce battle, Manila, a city of hundreds of thousands of people, was completely in ruins.

Throughout the defense of Manila, more than 120,000 citizens were slaughtered and a large number of women were raped during the massacres carried out by the Japanese army before the wartime and retreat. And the vast majority of them died under the bayonets raised by the Japanese army when they lost the defeat.

After destroying the capital of the Philippines, the rear admiral did not take what little remnants of his army with the commander of the Front Army, who had withdrawn to Baguio, Luzon, but eventually disappeared into the dense tropical jungle of Luzon and was posthumously promoted to lieutenant general.

And easily took his top boss in the Philippines to sweep away hundreds of thousands of British troops with inferior troops in the Battle of Malaya, known as the Malay Tiger. During the Philippine Campaign, he was in charge of commanding the entire Philippine defensive operation, and the commander of the 14th Front at the time, General Yamashita Fumi, was sent to the gallows of the Americans on charges of crimes against humanity.

What this fellow did in the Philippines was not as good as what his army predecessors had done in Nanjing and Singapore, but it was not far behind. Just as Yang Zhen said, during the entire war, all the officers of the Japanese army above the rank of Lieutenant, even including some officers above the rank of Junior Commander. Regardless of whether it is an army or a navy, everything is enough to go up.

If the current Du Kaishan knows, if this old man does not die on the battlefield of Qikou. In a few months, this crazy thing will be done, and I am afraid it is unknown whether this evaluation will be given. It's just that this major general, who single-handedly ruined Manila and dragged more than 100,000 Manila citizens to accompany the funeral, at least now, it seems that there will never be this day.

However, this major general Iwabuchi three times died in Qikou, and the major general Akabane Miyoshi, who co-founded the Manila tragedy with him, is still alive and well. In other words, whether the Manila tragedy can be avoided more than half a year later will not be avoided because this major general Iwabuchi has gone to the west three times.

Looking at Han Renhe, who was a little depressed because of the suicide of Major General Yan Yuan three times, which made half of his mission fail, Du Kaishan smiled and said, "Old Han, don't get angry." Isn't it just a rear admiral? I'll send you two naval officers, plus a group of officers on the ship, and it should be enough for you to go back and deal with No. 1. Even if these two admirals are worthless, they can still be the last rear admiral. ”

"Don't underestimate these two guys, one is the Japanese Navy's battleship Yamashiro Mijiro Nagamune, and the other is the captain of the Maya heavy cruiser Oe Ryoji Osa. These are the only two captains of the large ships that were sunk, and they are both serious Dazuo-level combat officers. ”

"When other warships were fleeing, they did not dare to rescue them because they did not dare to act rashly in the minefield. But when they were about to run away, they left a couple of lifeboats behind. After all, they were two officers of the big rank and were afraid that their superiors would not be able to spare them if they didn't save them, so they left a few lifeboats and let them go ashore to seek help from the army. ”

"These guys were also considered lucky, rowing those lifeboats to the shore almost unscathed under the fire of our artillery group. When my troops swept away the remnants of the enemy on the front line of Qikou, they arrested these guys who almost fled bare-chested. You bring these two guys back to the business, and I don't think Number One will be too angry with you. After all, that Iwabuchi wanted to die three times, and we didn't expect it, did we? ”

For Du Kaishan's enlightenment and comfort, Han Renhe could only shake his head and smile bitterly: "Forget it, since the matter has happened, it is useless to regret it now." Fortunately, although the first prize has flew, the two big Zuo in your hand can also be regarded as consolation prizes. Lao Du, I won't talk nonsense, I really thank you this time. ”

"I can't stay here for a long time, I will leave you a squadron under your command and fight with you on the battlefield of Qikou. But you'll have to protect those guys in the equipment department, they're the hearts and minds of the number one. These people can't fight, but in some ways, they can even take on top of an armored division. If you lose one, I guess No. 1 won't be able to spare you. ”