Upon hearing that Chief of Staff Miyano Shun was not planning to push Yamamoto Kazuki out as a scapegoat, Shinozuka Yoshio's anger dissipated a lot.

Miyano Shunori changed his voice and continued: "Your Excellency, Commander, Yamamoto-kun's special operations are of epoch-making significance and may even trigger changes in the Imperial Army.

The current battlefield in China, with the lengthening of the front, has entered the mountains and hills of central and western China.

Today, the Imperial Army's tanks, armored vehicles and other modern mechanized equipment are constrained by the terrain, and their firepower advantage cannot be fully utilized. As a result, the Imperial Army's offensive is no longer as sharp as before.

In addition, the empire's population is limited and its war potential is limited, so the imperial army's war in China may fall into a quagmire at any time. This is an inevitable result.

In the Battle of Changsha that just ended not long ago, the imperial army was no longer able to defeat the Chinese Army as grievously as before, and even fell under the defense of the Chinese Army, which is undoubtedly proof of its good performance.

I believe you, Commander, should also be aware of this.

Therefore, the transformation of the imperial army is imminent!

The special operations topic studied by Yamamoto-kun is only an attempt, but it is also a hope.

Therefore, for the future of the empire, we not only cannot push Yamamoto-kun out to take the blame, but we should also keep him and continue to reorganize the special agent team for him."

Speaking of this, Jun Miyano paused and then continued: "In the final analysis, the culprit for the failure of this operation is undoubtedly Watanabe Kazuo. If he hadn't been arrogant and arrogant, he would not have let the emperor who occupied the observation group

The military elites were ambushed by the China Eighth Route Army, which led to the near-annihilation of the 9th Brigade.

Everything is inseparable from Kazuo Watanabe, and he must bear the due responsibility for this!"

Yoshio Shinozuka also wanted to protect Kazuki Yamamoto, but Kazuki Yamamoto was his confidant and the commander-in-chief of the former enemy in this battle. If he opened his mouth to excuse Kazuki Yamamoto, he would inevitably be criticized and make people think that he

This is protecting the calf.

But Miyano Shun was different. He was not only the chief of staff of the 1st Army, he was also dispatched from the North China Front Army Headquarters. If he spoke, the situation would be completely different.

Yoshio Shinozuka was about to adopt Jun Miyano's suggestion and put all the blame on Kazuo Watanabe.

At this time, intelligence staff officer Iijima Mori suddenly rushed in from outside with a document.

He glanced at the written and ink documents that had fallen on the floor, and then reported to Yoshio Shinozuka: "Your Excellency, Commander, there is good news just coming from Chongqing. General Hattori is not in pieces."

"Nani? What did you say?"

Yoshio Shinozuka suspected that there was something wrong with his ears and he heard wrongly.

"Your Excellency, Commander, there is good news from Chongqing that General Hattori is not in pieces." Nobu Iijima bowed his body again and repeated what he had just said.

This time Yoshio Shinozuka finally heard it clearly. He suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and asked again: "Is the news true?"

Iijima Mori: "The news is true. However, although General Hattori was not captured, he was captured. There were 6 Imperial Army colonels captured with him."

"The Chinese government just held a press conference in Chongqing at 7 o'clock tonight and publicized the matter in a high-profile manner. With the publicity of various media, this news should soon spread throughout China."

After Iijima Mori finished speaking, he respectfully handed the document in his hand to Yoshio Shinozuka in front of him.

After Yoshio Shinozuka read the contents of the document, his face suddenly darkened again: "Baga! These damn China people! They actually made a fuss about Hattori-kun and wanted to use this to boost the morale of their army. How cunning!

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Miyano Toshidao: "Your Majesty Commander, what should we do?"

Yoshio Shinozuka thought for a while and said: "We, the Japanese soldiers, gave our lives to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire of Japan as early as when we put on this military uniform.

If Hattori-kun is captured in battle, then he is a disgrace to the empire and will die if he dies.

But Hattori-kun was not captured during the battle, but was captured while observing our performance in the area controlled by our 1st Army. This is not his responsibility.

On the contrary, our 1st Army bears the unshirkable responsibility for this.

Therefore, we must do everything we can to rescue Hattori-kun and the other six Imperial Army colonels."

"What the Commander-in-Chief said is absolutely true!" Miyano Shun fully agreed with Shinozuka Yoshio's point of view.

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Iijima Mori in front of him again and ordered: "Iijima-kun, please immediately contact the Imperial Army agents in Chongqing and ask them to find a way to get in touch with the Chongqing government and bring Hattori-kun and the other six emperors together.

The military commander will be rescued and brought back."

"Hiyi!"

Iijimamori nodded heavily, then turned around and left to make preparations.

Miyano Shun asked again: "Your Excellency Commander, now that Hattori-kun has no jade pieces, what will Watanabe Kazuo do?"

Mentioning Kazuo Watanabe, Yoshio Shinozuka had an angry face: "Although Hattori-kun is not broken, the more than 200 elites of the Imperial Army in the observation group are, and the 9th Brigade, the 22nd Regiment, and

The Black Island Cavalry Regiment all suffered heavy casualties.

Especially the 9th Brigade was almost completely destroyed.

Moreover, if we want to rescue Hattori-kun, we will definitely pay a huge price.

Given the cunningness of the Chinese people, they will not give up this opportunity to blackmail the imperial army."

"And all this is caused by Kazuo Watanabe!"

"Therefore, he must pay the price for this, and we must also give Commander Okamura an explanation!"

Jun Miyano nodded with deep approval: "Well, we do need to give an explanation to Commander Okamura, and also to those shattered imperial warriors!"

Shinozuka Yoshio: "Then the task of reporting to the front army headquarters will be left to you."

"Hiyi!"

Miyano Shun nodded heavily.

Immediately, he immediately drafted a document.

In the explanation and report to the North China Front Army Headquarters, the responsibility was shifted as much as possible to the brigade commander of the 9th Brigade, Watanabe Kazuo.

Japanese Army North China Headquarters.

After receiving the news, Neji Okamura was furious. Without thinking at all, he issued an order to remove Kazuo Watanabe from his post, and then transferred him back to the country to hold the base camp accountable.

Watanabe Kazuo had already anticipated his fate, so when he received the notice of appointment and dismissal from the front army headquarters and the notice of accountability from the base camp, the old Japanese seemed very calm.

However, Watanabe Kazuo has no intention of returning to his country to face trial, because that would mean great shame to him.

Therefore, the old devil finally chose to commit suicide in his brigade headquarters, ending his sinful life in what he thought was a decent way.

After Shinozuka Yoshio received the news, he ordered his body to be collected and sent back to Taiyuan, then transferred by plane to Peiping, and finally transported back to China from Peiping for burial.

After committing suicide, Watanabe Kazuo also replaced Naoomi Hattori and became the first Japanese general to die at the hands of Wang Chengzhu.

Although he did not die in the battle, it was indeed because of Wang Chengzhu that he committed suicide.
Chapter completed!