"Are you leaving?"

Nanking.

After the news of Okamura's defeat came, Nishio Shouseki ordered the reinforcements of various units to retreat, and then began to pack up his salute. And witnessing what happened to this "partner", Kenji Dohihara couldn't help but feel sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox.

"The base camp has ordered Shouichi Terauchi to take my place." Nishio Shouzo said lightly: "It will probably be in the afternoon." I'd better be a little more sensible, so as not to be scorned at the time. ”

"Shouichi Terauchi? How could the base camp send this guy over? Kenji Tsuchihara said dissatisfied. As one of Japan's few great generals, he certainly knew Shouichi Terauchi. That's the same as Sugiyama Moto, who is also a madman. After the "Lugou Bridge Incident", it was the newly appointed commander of the North China Dispatch Army who constantly disobeyed the orders of the base camp and led his troops to break through the boundaries set by the base camp and repeatedly pushed the battle line southward, thus enabling the Japanese army to quickly occupy North China. This may seem like a great achievement, but in the long run, it actually dragged Japan into the quagmire of war...... China is so big, how can it be swallowed in one gulp?

"There's a lot of pressure at the base camp as well. Shouichi in the temple shouted very fiercely, and wanted to kill me to thank the countrymen. Nishio Shouzo sighed, "So, since he's so powerful, let him command the battle." His Majesty the Emperor probably also hoped that he would be able to recreate the glory of the Imperial Army in North China. ”

"At that time, Chiang Kai-shek did not expect that our army would go all the way south, and he was not prepared, and the speed of the imperial army was too fast, which caused him to quickly occupy North China. But now the situation is completely different, no matter in which way, the Chinese have set up a strong defensive line. If I want to regain the glory of the past, I am afraid that Shouichi Terauchi will hit his head and bleed. Tu Feiyuan said coldly.

"So, your job is to keep him as steady as you can. At this time, we should not fight with the Chinese anymore. Nishio Shouzo sighed lightly. He bowed to Tu Feiyuan: "After I go back, I may go to a military court." There aren't many places to talk. Therefore, the only thing here is to ask you to do so. ”

"Isn't there room for redemption? Wasn't Shizaburo Masaki all released? Kenji Tsuchihara asked.

"Shinzaburo Mazaki?" Nishio Shouzo couldn't help but snort. Of course, Shinzaburo Masaki knew that he was an army general and the head of one of the two major factions of the Japanese army, the "Imperial Road School". This person's relationship with another faction, the "unification faction," was like fire and water, and he was once forced to step down by the representative of the "unification faction," the director of the Military Affairs Bureau, Nagata Tetsuyama. As a result, as soon as this guy got off the stage, Nagata Tetsuyama was hacked to death in the office with a knife by a Nakasa named Saburo Aizawa in the "Imperial Road Sect". Saburo Aizawa has something to do with Shinzaburo Mazaki. He was educated and sheltered by him for many years. Therefore, many people suspect that Shinzaburo Masaki is behind it. Therefore, when Aizawa was court-martialed, the defense team and the reformists invited Masaki to appear in court as a witness many times, but Masaki refused each time. He reasoned that he would not appear in court unless the emperor himself asked to do so. But. His insistence was halfway through, and he finally agreed to appear in court. But it was a dry morning the day after he appeared in court. The famous 'II. The '26' incident broke out.

At dawn on February 26, 1936. A group of 1,500 Japanese soldiers led by a group of young officers of the Imperial Sect attacked the Prime Minister's Office and other key offices, killing Minister Minoru Saito, Director of Education Watanabe Shotaro, and Minister of Finance Takahashi Isaki, seriously wounding the Emperor's attendant Kantaro Suzuki, and then occupying the Nagata Town area for four days. The purpose of these "imperial faction" officers in the uprising was to "respect the emperor and punish traitors" and carry out the "Showa Restoration." In fact, the cause of the incident was the long-term struggle between the "imperial faction" and the "control faction" and between the officers of the army and the officers of the staff, and even the eventual rebellion, which led to this sudden incident that shocked the whole world.

The attack began at 5 a.m. But 30 minutes before the attack began, Mazaki had already been informed by people familiar with the matter. Told that an armed uprising with troops would begin. But he didn't do anything about it, and let it happen. If Masaki had stopped it in time when he was notified, he might have been able to stop the armed uprising. Perhaps he was lucky at the time, and if this uprising succeeded, maybe his time would come again. So, he kept the news under wraps.

And with Emperor Hirohito's edict to crusade against the "rebels", II. The 26th Incident was put down. Mazaki also began being interrogated by the military police on April 21. In the following month, he was investigated a total of six times, and on July 6, Mazaki was detained in the Army Prison on charges of "attempting to use the rebels." This is the first time in the history of Japan that there is a human prison at the level of an army general, and there is no greater shame than this.

After Shinzaburo Masaki was imprisoned, he denied all the grounds for the accusation at the preliminary trial, claiming that he was wronged. Although the Japanese military tried their best to create good material conditions for him, life in prison was really an incomparably humiliating and painful life for Shinzaburo Mazaki. Under this mental pressure, his body deteriorated day by day. The pre-trial ended on 16 September. But at this time, Masaki was already facing collapse. On New Year's Day in 1937, he went on a hunger strike and refused to see his family. The military, fearing that he was suicidal, arranged for him to be hospitalized. He was discharged from the hospital on February 20. On June 1, the military justice conference was held, and Mazaki still firmly denied all grounds for complaint.

Later, the military judge, Admiral Isomura, told another army general, Sadao Araki, that Mazaki was guilty of capital and innocence, and since he refused to commit suicide according to the principles of bushido, he had to be released.

But it was Terauchi Shouichi who ordered Mazaki Shizaburo to be locked up, and in order to be afraid that the general's face would not look good, he would not be able to do it, so the base camp released Terauchi Shouichi as the commander of the North China Dispatch Army. And a few days after Terauchi Shouichi arrived in China, Masaki was acquitted.

Kenji Dohihara used Masaki Shizaburo as a metaphor for Nishio Shouzo's encounter this time, in fact, he was persuaded to see it, "Two. The "Twenty-Six" incident is so big, and Mazaki Shizaburo, who is regarded by many as the main messenger behind the scenes, has nothing to do, and he Nishio Shouzo naturally does not need to take much responsibility for the defeat of Okamura Ninji and his capture.

However, Nishio Shouzo really doesn't have a good opinion about this example. Although he was released, Mazaki Shizaburo's status was gone, his reputation was ruined, and he was even recognized as a coward and cunning person in the military circles, and no one wanted to pay attention to him. What's so fun about living like that?

……

"I'm sorry I said the wrong thing."

Kenji Tsuchihara also realized that he had given the wrong example, and quickly bowed his head to admit his mistake.

"Actually, you can't be wrong." Nishio Shouzo smiled bitterly, "The empire has never had a precedent of losing more than three divisions in a single battle, let alone a precedent for leading a general to be captured...... This is a disgrace to the Empire! Okamura Ninji is not dead, so only I will bear this responsibility. Shinzaburo Masaki doesn't want to end his life, and I don't know if I have the courage to do that......"

"You're different." Kenji Dohihara hurriedly said: "The empire has already lost one Okamura Ninji, and it must not lose another Nishio Shouzo!" And you didn't do anything wrong. The plan for the Battle of Nanchang was formulated by Okamura Ninji, and there is actually no error, but we did not expect that the Chinese army had anticipated his actions, which was the lack of intelligence services. And Okamura Ninji ignored his identity as a commander and personally ran to the front line to direct the battle, which was his own mistake...... What's wrong with the dispatch command quickly sending several divisions to rescue him after he was besieged? ”

"But we couldn't get him out. Moreover, Okamura Ninji did not have a caesarean section - this is my biggest culpability. Nishio still smiled wryly. Okamura Ninji did not die, and Japan's face was humiliated, and he, the commander of the dispatch army, immediately became the target of people's verbal and written criticism. But there is no way, who called him the boss of the dispatch army? Okamura Ninji's 11th Army went up, and there was only him at his level. You can't blame the other armies, right? As for Kenji Tsuchihara...... In the Japanese army, staff officers have a privilege: That is, before sending troops, these people can coerce the military commanders to act according to their own wishes through various means, and once there is a mistake in the plan, the military commander must take responsibility for them. What's more, Kenji Dohihara, the chief of the general staff of the dispatch army, was indeed not involved in the plan for the Battle of Nanchang, so what reason is there for the family to take responsibility? This is also a great future.

"I'll find a way to make Okamura Ninji caesarean section." Kenji Dohihara had a gloomy face. No one expected Okamura Ninji to be captured alive. Their idea was originally to let Okamura Ninji cut himself. In this case, according to Japanese rules, if the three divisions are surrounded and suffer heavy losses, someone will bear the responsibility for this, and Okamura Ninji will also bear the reputation of a "hero...... And in order to rescue the three besieged divisions after Okamura Ninji's self-cut, Nishio Shouzo also prepared three or four divisions. This was finally transferred from all sides, squeezed out like toothpaste, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to give up some territory, allowing the other war zones of the Chinese to take a lot of advantage. didn't expect Okamura Ningji to be such a smart person, stunned to hold on to his death. Well, it's okay if you can storm Nanchang City, but you were actually captured alive...... Zhilu said that you were born in less than a month, but even if the enemy has already been killed in front of you, don't you even have time to cut your neck with a knife? Obviously, Okamura Ninji didn't want to die at all.

"Shame!"

Kenji Dohihara gritted his teeth, and he secretly swore that he would slaughter Okamura Ninji. (To be continued......)