Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Bandit (Collect)
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Gongzhuling, the location of the headquarters of the Japanese Railway Garrison Brigade. Because of the butterfly effect, Japan's South Manchuria Railway Co., Ltd. was established earlier than another time and space. The chairman of the Manchurian Railway Committee was Kodama Gentaro, who served as the chief of the General Staff of the Japanese Manchurian Army during the Russo-Japanese War. And his deputy is Goto Shinpei, who served as the president of Manchurian Railway.
The current Manchurian Railway is still in the preparatory stage, and the six railway garrison brigades are all under the command of Kodama Gentaro. In fact, the Railway Garrison Brigade, as well as the troops stationed in Arthur, constituted the predecessor of the Japanese Kwantung Army.
In fact, Kodama Gentaro became chairman of the Manchurian Railway from the post of chief of staff of the Manchurian Army, which was due to his personal reasons, but at the same time there were also reasons for political struggle. Gentaro Kodama proposed to the Japanese base camp to establish a general military station supervision department subordinate to the Manchurian Army, a civil affairs chief department subordinate to the general military station supervision department, and a construction yƬ to renovate the railway to increase transportation capacity.
These ideas were quickly adopted by the Japanese, and from then on he became the chief of the General Staff of the Manchurian Army, effectively the head of the Japanese army in Dalian and the northeastern occupation zone. He was also the chief planner of the 5 million Japanese immigrants in Manchuria, and in his opinion, Manchuria was only obtained by Japan after spending 200 million yen on the war and 100,000 dead, and China had to shed blood if it wanted to recover Northeast China.
At the "Consultation Meeting on the Manchurian Issue," Gentaro Kodama of the Chief of Staff said: "Is it necessary to appoint an appointment to study the sovereignty issue of Manchuria, and is it necessary to set up an official office to take charge of this issue?" However, this was rejected by the important minister Ito Hirobumi at that time: "There is no doubt that Manchuria is not Japanese territory, and Manchuria is Qing territory", but this did not stop Kodama's ambitions. At the meeting, Kodama Gentaro did not tire of expounding in detail the policy of colonial rule over Dalian, including land, harbors, industry, education, taxation, police, sanitation, roads, electricity, and even crematoriums and cemeteries. According to the Portsmouth Peace Treaty, Japan seized the leased land of Dalian and the right to operate the South Manchurian Railway from Tsarist Russia. Later, he was appointed chairman of the Manchurian Management Investigation Committee. Subsequently, he was appointed by the Japanese cabinet as the chairman of the "Manchurian Railway".
Gentaro Kodama's fate was not good either. After the Russo-Japanese War, Marshal Aritomo, a veteran of Japan, was afraid and always felt that the tsar would come back to take revenge. It is proposed to expand the current 17 divisions and regiments of the army to 25 in peacetime and 50 divisions in wartime, why 50? Because the number of divisions that Tsarist Russia can mobilize in the Far East is said to be 50. But the Chief of Staff, Admiral Kodama, resolutely opposed it, on a very simple basis: Is there a national strength to maintain 25 divisions? I don't know when the famine pulled down by Lao Maozi here will be returned. Kodama's proposal was to add two divisions, plus the Guards Division for a total of 20, doubling to 40 during the war. That's barely enough. However, the Minister of War, Terauchi Masatsuki, resolutely opposed Kodama's plan, and during the quarrel, Kodama Gentaro died of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was only 55 years old.
Of course, that's all for later. At least for now, Gentaro Kodama is still beautiful. After becoming the chairman of the Manchurian Railway, he had great ambitions to colonize the southern part of Northeast China. And several railway garrison brigades deployed along the South Manchurian Railway were his powerful support. Although, the combined strength of several railway garrison brigades is only 6,500 people, but if you add a division deployed in Kanto Prefecture. Gentaro Kodama believes that it will be enough to defeat the local warlords of the entire Tohoku.
When Onodera Jiro's telegram for help came, Gentaro Kodama happened to be in Princess Ridge. Therefore, he immediately ordered the two squadrons of Gongzhuling to take a train to Changchun Railway Station for reinforcements. At the same time, orders were given to several other railway garrison brigades, requiring them to be ready for reinforcements at any time. As for reporting domestically, Gentaro Kodama selectively ignored this. In his opinion, such a trivial matter does not need to trouble the country at all. He alone was able to solve it.
On the afternoon of October 1, a train roared into the Changchun Railway Station, and hundreds of heavily armed little devil soldiers rushed out of the carriage and rushed into the railway station. Suddenly, the situation at the train station became even more tense.
The soldiers of the guard company couldn't help but tighten their rifles at this moment, and the M1904 heavy machine gun deployed on the pile of steel was directly aimed at the ghost soldiers who were rushing wildly.
"Protect the young marshal!" Huzi let out a low cry, and several soldiers appeared beside Wu Haoxuan and surrounded him. If the little devils want to hurt him, they have to be beaten to death.
Wu Haoxuan's face did not change and stopped Huzi's fuss.
The Japanese reinforcements came so quickly, which was not what he expected. However, a few hundred Japanese reinforcements could not pose a threat to him.
"Go and transfer two companies from the reconnaissance battalion outside!" Wu Haoxuan said to Shi Tianchuan.
Shi Tianchuan nodded, but the expression on his face became more solemn. The arrival of Japanese reinforcements undoubtedly made the situation even more serious, and he could only pray that there would be no violent clashes between the two sides. Otherwise, it won't end well. After all, in this era, when Chinese and foreigners conflict, it is often the Chinese who suffer!
Seeing the reinforcements coming, Onodera Jiro couldn't help but have a smile on his face.
"Damn the Shina people, now that our reinforcements are here, they should give in!" Onodera Jiro thought to himself.
Several Japanese soldiers escorted a middle-aged general to the train station, and this middle-aged general was Kodama Gentaro. Now he is a general in the Japanese Army.
Gentaro Kodama glanced at the instructor guard company, as well as the pile of high-quality steel. He was not disgusted by Onodera's approach. After all, this is for the good of Japan. Although Japan won the Russo-Japanese War, it did not receive war reparations. After paying huge losses, they urgently needed all kinds of supplies. In particular, the Japanese armed forces urgently need all kinds of resources in order to expand their strength. High-quality steel is needed by the Japanese army and navy.
Wu Haoxuan's gaze fell on Kodama Gentaro, almost as soon as this old guy appeared, he knew who was coming.
"I didn't expect such a trivial matter to alarm this old guy. If this old guy is killed, then Japan's plan to colonize Northeast China will probably be greatly affected! Wu Haoxuan thought secretly. Of course, this can only be thought about. Gentaro Kodama is an important general of the Japanese Army, and he also served as the president of the Japanese Army University, and has a high influence in Japan. If you kill him, it will inevitably lead the Japanese to retaliate frantically. The current Jilin is still too weak and does not yet have the ability to start a war with the Japanese.
The Japanese reinforcements who entered the train station quickly surrounded the instructor's guard company in the middle, and the rifles in their hands were aimed at the instructor's officers and soldiers. In the same way, although the officers and soldiers of the instructor were inferior to each other, they were not afraid.
"Sir!" Onodera Jiro quickly ran to Gentaro Kodama and saluted him.
"Hmmm! Ono-kun, you've done a great job! Gentaro Kodama praised.
"This is what a lowly job should do!" Onodera Jiro was very pleased. has been affirmed by Kodama Gentaro, which will undoubtedly make his future bright.
Gentaro Kodama walked towards Wu Haoxuan and stood still more than ten meters away.
"Your Excellency, Young Marshal, what are you bringing so many people for? Do you want to attack Changchun Railway Station? Provocation of the Great Japanese Empire? Don't say it's you, even your father, you can't afford it! Kodama Gentaro stared at Wu Haoxuan, making him feel a huge pressure.
"I didn't provoke this, the people of your army wantonly robbed the steel of the Changchun Arsenal, wanted to take it for themselves, and beat our workers. After the matter was revealed, not only did they not admit it, but they also sent troops to threaten us. There is no way to make it what it is now! Wu Haoxuan said with a smile.
"Your Excellency, I want to protest! Changchun Arsenal is an American-funded enterprise, and you dare to snatch our materials, I want to protest to you! Jason also jumped out at Wu Haoxuan's signal.
Gentaro Kodama was slightly stunned, but then there was nothing. He didn't seem to expect that the Changchun Arsenal would be an American-funded enterprise, and he originally thought that it was just opened by Wu Xingquan and his son.
"Sir, this is the batch of steel we lost!" Onodera Jiro said on the side. Until now, he won't admit it if he was killed. After all, if he fails, he will be held responsible. When the time comes, his future will be ruined.
"Your Excellency, Young Marshal, since we both have disputes. It's better to wait for the investigation to be clear and see if there is any misunderstanding! A smile appeared on Gentaro Kodama's face.
"This old fellow, do you want to use procrastination?" Wu Haoxuan frowned.
"Your Excellency, it is already clear that Manager Jason has the customs clearance procedures for this batch of steel, as well as the procedures for placing orders with American Steel Company, etc. This is enough to prove that this batch of steel belongs to the Changchun Arsenal! ā
Kodama Gentaro's face was gloomy, he didn't seem to expect Wu Haoxuan to be so faceless!
"Your Excellency, it just so happens that we have also lost a batch of steel. So, we suspect that this batch of steel is lost by us! I don't know if there was a misunderstanding. So, before checking it out, this batch of steel is still stored at the train station! Gentaro Kodama changed his attitude and became tough.
"Hmph, typical banditry!" Wu Haoxuan said in his heart. These Japanese obviously don't want to give up these steels yet. In addition, they are even more reluctant to admit their banditry.
"Your Excellency, what if I have to take it with me?" Wu Haoxuan squinted his eyes and said.