Then, I don’t know where the news came from, saying that the Japanese were really releasing grain.
"How can this be fake? In the alley of the West City, a group of little devils in military uniforms are pulling a cart full of food. As long as the victims are fleeing the disaster, each person will be given a bag!"
"Good fellow, is it possible that the notice posted by the devils in the county town a few days ago, saying to provide relief to the victims, is true?"
"I don't know if it's true or not, but the Japanese gave away food. I saw it with my own eyes."
With such a fuss, no one can tell the difference between true and false.
A middle-aged man said: "Maybe this is true. I heard someone read the notice in Dongshi two days ago."
"Although our area has been affected by the disaster, the Japanese have transported a large amount of grain by train from other places. It is estimated that there are millions or even tens of millions of kilograms of grain, and even if it is piled in the warehouse, it will become moldy." p>
"The Japanese probably wanted to win people's hearts, so they distributed food to the victims."
There are some people who have similar voices of doubt.
There are also some people who said they have seen the Japanese releasing grain with their own eyes.
True and false news are mixed together in a mess.
For a while, no one could tell the truth from the false.
But real food seems to be right in front of you, even if the chance is slim. When hunger sweeps across, for the victims, there is nothing that they are more eager to eat than food.
The news somehow spread quickly.
A large number of disaster victims around Yangquan came to Yangquan one after another after hearing the news.
The trouble is getting bigger and bigger.
The large number of victims who came over was simply frightening, and even caused the entire Yangquan to be thrown into chaos.
A military garrison connected by seven or eight courtyards, the big sign outside reads "Empire of Japan in Yangquan Headquarters" in both Japanese and Chinese on the left and right columns.
Inside the hospital.
Toshio Nanbu, captain of the Japanese military police station in Yangquan, and Daimei Toriyama, the new captain of the Japanese military brigade stationed in Yangquan, were frowning and discussing countermeasures.
At this time, a large number of newspapers with different contents were piled up in front of their desks.
Some notices stated that the Japanese army in Yangquan would resettle the victims and distribute food.
There are also notices saying that a large amount of food shipments will soon arrive on many railway lines near Yangquan. Soldiers and people are asked to rest assured that there is enough food and everyone will not go hungry.
"The Yangquan Command of the Empire of Japan declares...The Yangquan Command of the Empire of Japan declares..."
"Baga, the headquarters has never issued such an order to the Propaganda Department. Where did these notices come from?"
Nanbu Toshio shouted loudly, but all the puppet and Japanese officers present lowered their heads, and no one knew the answer.
After the former captain of the Japanese Field Army stationed in Yangquan, Nakahara Joeo, was beheaded by Kong Jie’s beheading operation behind enemy lines.
The newly appointed Japs Captain Toriyama Daiaki was the first to break the silence and replied:
"The contents of these notices are described in Japanese and Chinese respectively. Although these Japanese are written as proficiently as a native of the Japanese Empire, I can be sure that these notices are definitely not posted by our military propaganda department.
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"Your Excellency Colonel, I think this matter is very strange."
"It is very likely that this is propaganda deliberately created by potential enemies, in order to cause trouble for the Japanese Empire."
Nanbu Toshio agreed, "What Toriyama-kun said makes perfect sense."
"It is impossible for the National Army to post notices everywhere in the alleys and streets under our noses. I think the most likely ones are the Eighth Route Army secret agents working in Yangquan."
"Your Excellency Colonel is wise!"
"It's just that, Your Excellency Dazuo, more and more victims are gathering towards Yangquan. How should we respond?"
"Although these notices are deliberately created by the enemy to cause chaos for our army, after these days of propaganda, the contents of the notices have probably been dissatisfied by many Chinese people, including some soldiers of our Empire of Japan and soldiers of the Imperial Alliance Army.
Believe."
"If we take strong measures at this time and directly drive away these victims, I am afraid that our Empire of Japan will completely lose the support of the people."
"I'm afraid the plan to enslave the occupied areas will come to nothing..."
After hesitating for a moment, Nanbu Toshio said:
"This matter is too big. I'm afraid we can't make the decision ourselves. We should report the situation to the higher-level headquarters first and then listen to the arrangements and orders from the higher-ups."
Having made up his mind, Toshio Nanbu no longer hesitated.
Immediately contacted the highest Japanese military headquarters in Shanxi - the Japanese First Army Headquarters in Shanxi.
But what Nannan Toshio doesn't know is that at this moment, in the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Taiyuan, the Japanese commander Yoshio Shinozuka and the Japanese chief of staff Kitagawa Ayumi are also having headaches because of this matter.
"General, it is not appropriate to drive away the designated people directly. Instead, you have fallen into the Eighth Route Army's trick."
"In recent years, our army's image of being friendly to the people may have been completely lost due to the use of force and suppression. This will greatly stimulate the anti-Japanese sentiment of the Chinese people in the territory and even cause great trouble to our army's maintenance of public security in the occupied areas.
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"We still need to find a stable solution to this matter."
"Damn!"
After Kitagawa expressed his opinion, Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't help but cursed.
"This incident started in Yangquan, which is closest to the headquarters of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. It can be seen that this incident is probably another trick of Kong Jie."
"First, the false list was deliberately passed on, and then Dafengzhuang's tactics were used to lure the tanks and cavalry troops of the Japanese Empire into being fooled."
"And then to the current publicity."
"This Kong Jie is really a cunning and cunning guy."
What could Beichuan say? He could only respond with a bitter silence.
"Before this, a large number of disaster victims entered the Eighth Route Army base area, and our army also deployed a large number of spies to deliberately create chaos for the Eighth Route Army in the disaster-stricken areas."
"But why did the lack of success cause any trouble to the Eighth Route Army troops?"
Yoshio Shinozuka, who was extremely mentally unbalanced, asked depressedly.
Beichuan explained helplessly: "General, after all, the Eighth Route Army is a native of the country, and the victims are very willing to obey their arrangements. In addition, the Chinese people are also very cunning. If our army's lurking agents are not careful, they will notice them.
And find it out."
"The chaos that was attempted many times was quickly resolved by the Eighth Route Army."
"The most important thing is that the Eighth Route Army seems to have quite a lot of food on hand to appease the victims. As long as they can have full stomachs, the victims will often not make trouble..."
"Damn!"
Yoshio Shinozuka cursed again, and finally came up with a temporary response plan.
He gritted his teeth and said: "In this way, in order to maintain the people-friendly image of the Japanese Empire, we must not easily use force to suppress the victims."
"Try to use persuasion to drive them away, and also start clearing the notices secretly posted in major county towns."
The words paused...
"Take out some of the food!"
"Let the gendarmerie of each county be responsible for providing two meals a day for the first two days, then one meal a day, and then two or even three days for the next two days. In this gradual way, we will indirectly force the victims to
Leave."
"We also need to issue a clarification notice: Our Empire of Japan is already short of food and cannot protect itself. After letting the victims have a few meals of gruel... then go to the Eighth Route Army base area. The Eighth Route Army base area has been receiving and resettling the victims.
, will definitely help them!"
"Hi! The general is wise!" Beichuan replied with deep approval.