In fact, such regulations were clearly stipulated when the "Continental Order No. 8" was issued by the Japanese base camp, but in the process of implementation, it was automatically filtered by those high-ranking officers. The reason why the Japanese army committed such a tragic and unspeakable crime in Nanjing was of course inseparable from the militaristic education that the Japanese army had always received, and on the other hand, it was because a few senior Japanese commanders took the lead in opening Pandora's box.

Today's Chinese people only know the beasts Matsui Ishine and Gu Shoufu, and many people don't know the culprit of all this, but there is another person, this person is the Japanese imperial family Asakanomiya Hatohiko, who was appointed commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army on December 2, 1937, with the rank of lieutenant general.

On December 7, Hatohiko Asakanomiya rushed to the front line in Nanjing, replacing Matsui Ishine, the commander-in-chief of the Central China Front of the Japanese invasion of China, who was recuperating from lung disease, and served as the temporary commander-in-chief of the Japanese occupation of Nanjing. After listening to the report of the besieging troops, a secret order was signed within a few days: "Secret, destroy after reading": "Kill all the prisoners!" ”。

In his "History of the Severed," written after the war, Major General Takayoshi Tanaka claimed that the order was issued by Nakasacho Isa, who was then a chief of staff to the intelligence chief, at the behest of King Hatohiko of Asakanomiya. Since then, Hatohiko Asakanomiya has issued a series of killing orders, the simplest and most direct is only four words "kill all", his orders were conveyed layer by layer and thoroughly implemented, directly leading to the outrageous bestiality of the Japanese army after entering the city.

More importantly, with the tacit approval of Matsui Ishone, Hatohiko Asakanomiya instructed Muto, deputy chief of staff of the Central China Front, who was in charge of the arrangements for the Japanese troops to camp in the Nanjing area, to revise the original order of the Japanese officers and men to camp outside Nanjing on the grounds that "there were insufficient camps outside the city" and "there was no shortage of water to meet their needs," and that the Japanese troops outside the city could choose to camp in Nanjing at will. This order was like opening the cage of a wild beast, and the Japanese troops were like packs of hungry, wind-wound wolves, rampaging through the streets and alleys of Nanjing, and the massacre and all kinds of atrocities were further expanded.

The day after Emperor Hirohito's order, Japanese Prime Minister Fumima Konoe and Minister Rikumiyama issued a joint statement informing Britain and the United States that the so-called massacre was nothing more than the government's slander of the Imperial Army and the Japanese government, and reaffirmed that the "entry" of the Imperial Japanese Army into China was not an invasion as the government claimed. Rather, it is to establish "China, Japan, and Manchukuo to support each other and establish a relationship of mutual assistance in politics, economy, and culture," to establish a peaceful and prosperous era of common prosperity in Greater East Asia, and to spread the glory of His Majesty the Emperor throughout East Asia.

At the same time, Lu Xiangbin Yamamoto repeatedly assured Britain and the United States that the Imperial Japanese Army was strictly disciplined and would never carry out the so-called massacre in China, but in order to ensure the safety of the nationals of various countries, the Japanese Empire still suggested that all countries evacuate all the overseas Chinese in China from Nanjing and other places of war, or concentrate all the overseas Chinese in Shanghai and other concession areas, so that the fighting between one side and the other sides would cause unnecessary casualties.

As soon as this statement of the Japanese Government came out, Chen Feng and Wuhan Xingying were greatly relieved; under the situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, even if we lose such an important financial town as Shanghai and a political center like Nanjing, it is understandable, even if we lose Wuhan, Chongqing, Taiyuan, and Zhengzhou, it is nothing, and the situation is compelled by the situation.

But if the Japanese were to cause a massacre in the Chinese capital that endangered the lives of millions of people, then no one could afford this responsibility, and they would not dare to bear it, because this responsibility was historic, and those who carried it would be spurned by future generations for thousands of years.

With this statement, the Japanese government will definitely do its best to restrain the behavior of its soldiers in order to take care of its own image, and the vicious massacre of thousands of prisoners of war and civilians like in history should not happen again.

The Japanese government had a hard time during this period, and neither did Lieutenant General Jun, the commander of the armed forces stationed in Mongolia, who had just taken office. After more than ten days of diversion, **Chun finally returned to Duolun with more than 30,000 remnants of the Mongolian army defeated (the location of the headquarters of the Mongolian army is in Duolun, which is the one on the Xilin Gol grassland, not Kulun, some time ago, Aotian made a mistake, forgive me!! ）。

But when he saw the disfigured Duolun City that was damaged by the Chinese army, Chunzhong's face directly changed from iron blue and iron green to willow green and willow green, which was a fight with the face-changing stunt in the central Sichuan region.

After several days of hard work, the headquarters of the army stationed in Mongolia finally figured out the current situation on the grassland, and the situation is far more serious than ** Chun imagined. In the entire Xilin Gol grassland, only Xilinhot, Abaga, Dongwuqi, Xiwuqi and Sunit are controlled by King De and Li Shouxin, and the defenders of Taifusi Banner, Zhenglan Banner, Zhengbai Banner, Yellow Banner Kangbao, Guyuan and other banner counties near Duolun have been defeated by the Zhina army.

At this time, in addition to the destruction of the headquarters of the Mongolian army in Duolun and the capture of the lieutenant general commander Lian Zhaopan, the five independent brigades left in the Xilin Gol grassland were also wiped out by the Chinese army, and two were severely damaged, and the remaining more than 3,000 remnants of the army were retreating in Xilinhot with tens of thousands of puppet Mongolian troops.

On December 18, the military conference of the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia was held in Duolun, and all wing commanders and officers above the rank of lieutenant must attend.

At the beginning of the meeting, Lieutenant General Chun asked the chief of staff, Bai Yin, to briefly introduce the current situation on the grassland, and also reported the military situation in the south. The vast majority of the officers attending the meeting accompanied the troops to the south and participated in the whole battle, so Lieutenant General Chun did not hide how many casualties the troops had and how many results they had achieved, and they all made a report.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the general situation is like this, it can be said that the Imperial Japanese Army has suffered an unprecedented blow and an unprecedented humiliation in the north of China, and an army cannot even keep its own commander, what a shame this is, if it were not for His Excellency Lian Zhaopan who burned the military flag of the army stationed in Mongolia at the moment of crisis, otherwise the number of our army would have been canceled. Therefore, in the next time, the only thing we have to do is to eliminate the 61st Army of China, and we will be disgraced! Lieutenant General Chun said loudly.

"Wipe out the 61st Army of China, a shame!"

"Wipe out the 61st Army of China, a shame!"

The dignified lieutenant general of the Imperial Japanese Army and the commander of the army stationed in Mongolia were actually captured by a small local force, and the plan of the 100,000-strong army to besiege Chen Feng also suffered a heavy setback, not only did not destroy Chen Feng's department, but also lost more than 30,000 people, no wonder these people jumped up in anger.

After everyone's emotions calmed down for a while, ** Chun continued: "Gentlemen, Chen Feng's name has been heard of by comparison, he is the commander of the 61st Army, and this person is the same as his army, very strange. His Excellency Hideki Tojo and his Chahar Dispatch Corps suffered a great loss under this man, and were almost completely annihilated, so His Excellency Tojo was reprimanded by the base camp and transferred back to Japan for investigation. Therefore, how to deal with this general of China, we must plan before acting, and we must not act recklessly. ”

"Hay!"

"Your Excellency Commander, I think that now is not the best opportunity to deal with Chen Feng's troops, the imperial army has just suffered heavy losses, the troops have been seriously reduced, and there are still a large number of Chinese cavalry active in the occupied area, so I humble my opinion that the most important thing for our army now is to replenish the troops and eliminate the Chinese cavalry in the occupied area, so as to stabilize the confidence of King De, Li Shouxin and others." The commander of the 4th Cavalry Brigade, Major General Takashi Mori, said loudly.

"Yo Xi, what Ying Xiaojun said is very reasonable, the leader of the Zhina, Jiang You, has a sentence that the commander of this admires very much, the outside must first be at home, without a stable rear, it is impossible for us to defeat or even eliminate Chen Feng's troops. Just like this time, a sudden appearance of the Chinese army directly disrupted the plan of the 100,000-strong army of the Imperial Japanese Army to besiege Chen Feng's department, causing the Imperial Japanese Army to suffer such a great humiliation in vain, which is simply a nonsense road! ** Lieutenant General Chun responded.

"Your Excellency Commander, I am a fellow villager with the highest person in charge of the North Branch of the Base Camp Special High-tech Sect, and not long ago I sent a telegram to the Plain Jun to inform me that the commander of the 61st Army of China has been listed as a strategic-level threat by the Empire, and His Majesty the Emperor has personally instructed the Special High-tech Branch and the North China Front Army to eliminate them at all costs. The special high-tech has already formulated a plan to assassinate Chen Feng, and this time the assassination team led by Miss Minako Suzuki, one of the four spy flowers of the special high-tech department, will be sent to Datong to assassinate Chen Feng, and Pingyuanjun will ask for help from the lowly position to assist their special task force in capturing Chen Feng's fiancée. If the assassination can't be successful, threaten him with Chen Feng's fiancée, I believe he will get a surprise! Major General Seiichiro Uhara, commander of the 15th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, stood up and said.

Major General Seiichiro Yuhara was the most hated by Chen Feng among the Japanese officers present, and in just three months, his troops were severely damaged by Chen Feng's troops four times in a row, and even he himself was not lightly wounded in the recent battle of Datong, and although he has now recovered, he lost two fingers. Fortunately, it was only two fingers, and as long as you wore the white gloves used for commanding, you couldn't see anything. If he had lost an arm this time, for the sake of the prestige of the Imperial Japanese Army, the base camp would definitely have ordered him to return to China and become a reserve.