On March 15, just after the trial of the fourth wave of war criminals, Li Junhao was about to take a break, but Mei Rujiao, the head of the Chinese public prosecution team of the Far East Tribunal, and Xiang Zhejun came to ask for a meeting.

When Mei and Xiang entered the office, they had great respect for him, a young American five-star general—it can be said that after the previous four rounds of war criminal trials, the vast majority of Chinese respected him.

Li Junhao also has great respect for these two legal professionals, in his previous life, Mei Ruxuan was the only Chinese judge in the Far East, and Xiang Zhejun was a Chinese prosecutor of the International Prosecutor's Bureau, although the trial of 22 Class A war criminals took two years, and only seven were sentenced to death in the end, but the two Chinese actually tried their best, but under the influence of various factors, too many Japanese war criminals escaped punishment.

And in this world, he personally presided over the trial, and after four rounds, not counting life and fixed-term imprisonment, 22 war criminals have been hanged, 11 have been shot, and even 8 have been named posthumously...... It can even be said that now even Li Junhao himself doesn't know how much he will be executed in the end!

Although it was a bit boring to preside over the trial continuously, every time he knocked down the gavel and sentenced a group of war criminals to death, the inner pleasure was something else could not catch up, so he decided to do it anyway!

Well, now is not the time to think about this, Li Junhao stretched out his hand to shake the two, invited them to sit in the hospitality area, and personally made tea for them, since they are Chinese, tea is certainly better than coffee.

"Thank you!" When he personally brought the tea to the two of them, Mei and Xiang hurriedly picked it up with both hands - they had already understood that this US general was very friendly to China, not only had he worked in the Shanghai Concession for two years, but also took great care of the Chinese Expeditionary Force when he was the commander of the Indo-Burma Theater, and many generals in the army now respect him. So far, it seems that it is true.

After tasting tea, Li Junhao said: "Two prosecutors, is there something wrong with coming to me this time?" ”

"Oh, yes, Presiding Judge." Mei Rujiao put down the teacup in his hand and said, "General, there is such a Japanese, named Takayoshi Tanaka, 51 years old, before he was arrested, he was the director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of War, with the rank of lieutenant general, and was also designated as a Class A war criminal before...... Now he is willing to confess some inside stories of the Japanese military and political circles in exchange for not being sentenced to death. You see......"

Takayoshi Tanaka? That "Judas of Japan", in his previous life, betrayed and bitten his colleagues at the Far Eastern Military Tribunal to "make up for his mistakes" and was hated to death by the Japanese! Well, that's interesting!

He asked, "Then you mean to spare this Tanaka and let him be a tainted witness?" ”

Tainted witnesses? Both of them were stunned, there was no such word at this time, but the two of them pondered, this term is really appropriate! So, Mei Rujiao immediately said: "Yes, general, this Tanaka just wants to be a witness to this tainted ......"

Li Junhao nodded and said, "Prepare the information of this Tanaka Takayoshi in detail, and I'll take a look first...... Well, I would like to see you, and if he can really facilitate our trial, I can consider his request...... "I didn't say anything to death because he really wanted to weigh it."

"Okay, General." The two nodded happily and said, you must know that they are preparing to prosecute many war criminals here in Japan, and it is very troublesome to obtain various data files and collect evidence, even with the help of the American gendarmerie, it is very difficult - don't expect the Japanese to cooperate.

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The next day, the Chinese public prosecution team sent all the information of Takayoshi Tanaka, and there were quite a few of them, and Xiao Yu, as the first assistant, immediately arranged for someone to sort it out, mainly to eliminate the repetitive content, simplify the information, and keep only the key parts, so that Li Junhao could see it with some peace of mind.

By the time Li Junhao finished reading the information, it was already afternoon, and after a simple flip through it, he found that this Tanaka Takayoshi was still not simple, and his experience was very rich, although he had done a lot of bad things, but it could be seen that this guy was a complete intelligence officer, and he had a lot of conspiracies, but he was a supporting role...... Really speaking, this Tanaka is a little unqualified as a Class A war criminal!

Of course, this is good, Li Junhao doesn't really want to let go of a Class A war criminal, now this person may be able to take advantage of it, of course, he still has to meet this person first to see if he has the qualifications to be let go?

So he immediately asked Xiaoyu to arrange and bring this Tanaka Takayoshi over......

More than an hour later, Takayoshi Tanaka, who was taken to the top floor of the Empire State Building, was dressed in the uniform of a Japanese general without military rank, and knew that he was facing the commander-in-chief of the occupation forces and the chief judge of the Far Eastern Tribunal.

"Get up!" Li Junhao said, "Sit down." As he spoke, he gestured to the chair in front of the table.

"Thank you, Your Excellency, Marshal!" After Takayoshi Tanaka said this, he straightened up and sat upright in his chair, holding his knees with his hands and sitting up straight. In Japanese, a five-star general of the U.S. military is a marshal.

Li Junhao looked at the slightly weak middle-aged man with glasses in front of him, nodded and said: "Tanaka Takayoshi, you are also an old man in the intelligence community, although you are from different countries and different camps, some basic rules in the intelligence community are the same...... Now I need something, you should understand. Tell me, if I keep you, what will you give me in return? ”

"Your Excellency, I can tell you everything I know...... "Takayoshi Tanaka said, "I have a good memory, since I was in Taisho 12...... Oh, I remember everything I went through since I joined the Army General Staff Headquarters in 1923, and I remember all of it when I was still working as a secret service, and I also learned a lot of information about the Japanese Army, and I remember all of it......"

For his good memory, Li Junhao has already seen it from the information, and knows that the other party is not lying, and his specialty is extremely famous in the Ministry of the Army, and it is known as the "living file", which is indeed a very useful specialty, but he needs more than these.

He said: "My headquarters needs to set up a special department, the main work of which is to capture and identify Japanese war criminals who committed crimes during the war, including those who have absconded and hidden; Do you think you are up to the task of contributing to the occupation forces' efforts to stabilize the current social situation in Japan? ”

"I can!" Takayoshi Tanaka immediately stood up and said, "Please believe that I can do it!" ”

(End of chapter)