"Baga Yalu...shame, this is the shame of the Japanese Empire!" A thunderous roar sounded in the headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Army.
The office of the Commander-in-Chief of the China Expeditionary Force, Shunroku Hata, was in a mess at the moment. He had swept all the documents, teacups, pens and other things on his desk to the floor, leaving only a telegram.
It was this telegram that made Shunroku Hata, who had always been a somber man, lose his composure.
The reason is very simple, because the news of the coalition's recovery of Taiyuan reached Shunroku Hata's ears immediately.
This news spread quickly like thunder in the occupied areas and Kuomintang-controlled areas of China.
Taiyuan was actually liberated from the World War II area, which no one expected beforehand.
Although the World War II zone had not concealed the news of the liberation of Taiyuan before, Yan Xishan even held a press conference for this purpose, and spread the news throughout the country with the help of reporters, which made it very lively for a while.
But in fact, the people across the country and even the senior military officials were not very optimistic about this operation, and some people even secretly laughed at Yan Xishan for being crazy for wanting to become famous.
What kind of place is Taiyuan? It is the most important political, economic and cultural center of Shanxi. Not to mention how many Japanese troops there are in Shanxi, there are two divisions stationed in Taiyuan alone.
Judging from the combat effectiveness of the Chinese and Japanese armies, it would be impossible to capture Taiyuan without 300,000 troops. This would only be if the Japanese army did not bring reinforcements from other parts of North China.
Besides, don’t you, Yan Xishan, have any idea about the combat effectiveness of the Jin-Sui Army?
At that time, Seishiro Sakagaki led a fifth division that was not full of troops and swept through most of Shanxi Province, slamming the faces of the Jinsui Army to the ground and rubbing them.
As long as the Jin-Sui army gained some momentum, Yan Xishan would no longer be living in Kenanpo in the past few years.
Although this battle to recapture Taiyuan looks huge, the Liantai Militia, the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army were jointly dispatched. Yan Xishan, an old man, even dispatched five divisions of troops, but this is just a superficial project.
Returned without success again.
But things in the world are so dramatic. They really succeeded in this matter, and Taiyuan City was miraculously recovered.
Not only that, even the commander of the First Army, Yoshimoto Seiichi, and the North China Front Chief of Staff, Adachi Twenty-san, were also killed.
What is happening to this world?
This was the immediate reaction of all senior leaders of China and Japan who received the news.
For Shunroku Hata, the recovery of Taiyuan was certainly irritating, and the deaths of Yoshimoto Teiichi and Adachi Juzo at the same time also shocked him, but what he couldn't accept the most was that it was not someone else who killed these two people, but a group of people.
A traitor who betrayed the Japanese Empire.
The Japanese National Defense Army is an army that most Japanese soldiers don't know about, but it does exist.
For the Japanese, the existence of such an army is really a shame for the Imperial Japanese Army, so except for a few senior generals, the vast majority of Japanese soldiers and even mid-level and senior generals do not know the existence of such an army.
For Gao Hongming, he also does not want to publicize the matter of the National Guard Army. After all, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. If the people of the country know that he actually supports such an army of thugs, I am afraid that some defenders will jump out and accuse him.
He did.
Therefore, a situation has arisen. With both sides having a tacit understanding, neither the Japanese nor the Chinese people know anything about this force that has been established for more than two years.
Hearing the roaring and the sound of things being smashed from the office, the group of staff waiting outside the office were all trembling like quails, for fear of making some noise and angering the commander.
Just when the staff were helpless, there was a sound of footsteps, and a lieutenant general with a folder in his arm walked over quickly. The person who came was none other than Shozo Kawabe, the chief of staff of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force.
He walked to the door of the office, frowned when he looked at the staff officers who were hunkering down and did not dare to say anything, and waved his hands impatiently: "You all can go."
"Hi!"
"Thank you, Chief of Staff!"
The staff members were all dispersed like a general amnesty.
After the staff members left, Kawabe Shozo opened the door and entered the office.
After entering the door, Hebian Zhengsan saw Tianjun Liuzheng standing by the window panting slightly. It was obvious that he was angry now.
"Your Excellency, Commander."
Hebian Zhengzo bowed slightly, put the folder in his hand on the table, and said respectfully: "This is the information on the national defense army that was taken from Tekko. Please take a look."
Shunroku Hata waved his hand, "I won't read it. Just tell me."
"Hi!"
Kawabe Masami cleared his throat, "Those who are very high-tech don't know very much about the rebel group Protecting the National Army. I only know that this rebel army was formed by Gao Hongming of Shanxi Liantai Militia more than two years ago.
Their commander was a man named Ihara Heihachi. After some inquiries, we found out that Ihara Heihachi was originally a superior soldier in the artillery regiment of the 41st Division.
He was supposed to retire and go home two years ago, but because he offended their squad leader, he was prevented from retiring, so he defected to Gao Hongming in anger, and was subsequently appointed as the commander of the rebel army by Gao Hongming."
"A private?"
Hearing this, Hata Shunroku was in a particularly bad mood and was also very angry.
"Two lieutenant generals of the Imperial Japanese Empire were actually beaten to death by a superior soldier who was born from a peasant family. This is really a great irony.
Also, the squad leader of the 41st Division is also an idiot. For his own selfish reasons, he actually refuses to let the soldiers who have completed their service go home. It is really abominable!"
"Who says it isn't?" Hebian Zhengsan was also dumbfounded. No one thought that a small superior soldier would actually make such a big fuss after surrendering to the Chinese, and even two lieutenant generals fell into his hands.
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But it was funny, but Shozo understood that the reason why Shunroku Hata was so angry was because he was afraid of being held accountable by the base camp.
Taiyuan was lost, and even two lieutenant generals were killed. The one who killed him was a former superior soldier. If this news spread, the entire Imperial Japanese Army would become a laughing stock around the world.
If such a big thing happens, someone must be responsible.
Originally, the commander of North China was the best candidate to take the blame, but the former commander Okamura Neiji had just been recalled from the base camp to report on his duties before the incident, so the incident was perfectly avoided.
The current commander, Naosaburo Okabe, had just taken office less than a week ago, and it seemed unreasonable to force the blame to be placed on him. Then Shunroku Hata was surprised to find that the blame had magically fallen on his head.
what is this?
When someone is sitting at home, does the pot come from the sky?