Two hundred and sixty-four chapters, the style of the painting is wrong
--Beiping
"What? How could Tokyo issue such a stupid order?" Terauchi Juichi looked at the telegram and couldn't believe his eyes.
Sugiyama Gen, who was transferred to North China from Tokyo, said, "His Majesty the Emperor recently re-enabled Kanji Ishihara. As you know, that boy is no longer the same kid. He made nonsense at the imperial meeting, saying that the European War was about to break out."
, it is a good time to attack the Soviet Union, and he also said that China is just a quagmire, which will not do any good except consuming the empire's power! His Majesty the Emperor was bewitched by him, and then decided not to counterattack Shanxi! I will now take over the third
You are in the army, but you can't make any moves, otherwise you might become a laughing stock."
Terauchi said angrily, "Your Majesty is not a soldier after all, and does not understand some military matters. Are so many generals in Tokyo idiots? The defeat of three divisions just passed by with a smile? The Chinese people will definitely not stop.
Yes, they will think that we are weak and can be bullied. At that time, I am afraid that an old woman selling vegetables will dare to throw stones at the imperial army! The same goes for other countries. They will despise the empire. Where is the majesty of the empire? "
After saying that, Juichi Terauchi narrowed his eyes and asked, "Where is Shun Tada? How is Tokyo going to deal with him?"
Sugiyama Gen sighed, "Ishihara Wanji said that although he was defeated, he had extenuating circumstances and asked for mercy from His Majesty. He was just a demerit. Huh! Who can't see it with a discerning eye? Ishihara Wanji and Tada Shun are from the same group, and his
Isn’t that disciple Takeda Takeo also in the Third Army? Ishihara Wanji is afraid that pursuing responsibility will damage his own people!" After speaking, he drank a glass of wine angrily.
Terauchi Shouichi slowly curved his lips and said, "If this is such an order, I'm afraid no one in the army will accept it! On the contrary, someone might be angry and send troops!"
Sugiyama Gen held down Juichi Terauchi and said, "Terauchi-kun, please don't mess around. This is His Majesty the Emperor's will!"
Terauchi smiled and said, "Don't worry, I just mentioned such a possibility, but you also know that there are many such daring officers in the imperial army!" After saying that, Terauchi left the office in a swaggering manner.
Sugiyama Gen, who stayed behind, was only worried for less than a minute before he was relieved. He was no longer the Minister of War, but the commander of the Third Army. How can he be promoted in the army? It is not based on military merit. If he
Shanxi can be conquered again. Even the emperor can't say anything. Maybe he will be appointed as the Minister of War again.
——Yan'an
Yan'an now has the feel of an international city. Here you can see Americans who like to wear jeans and Jews wearing small hats. Today, Yan'an has a new language.
Mashiro Siwen yawned and walked down from the bullock cart. He was still wearing the Japanese officer's uniform with a Japanese samurai sword on his waist. Nearly a hundred Japanese soldiers came down with him, most of them wearing bandages. Only the one beside Mashiro Siwen
The Japanese soldiers were neatly dressed and had rosy faces. They did not look like prisoners of war, but rather like a tourist group.
The people passing by looked at them one after another. If they hadn't seen the heavily armed Eighth Route Army around them, 80% of them would have thought that the Japanese army had already invaded Yan'an City.
"This is the little devil? Doesn't he look very powerful? He's so small, why did he come to China?" said an old man smoking dry cigarettes while looking at farm tools in the shop and looking outside.
"That's because our army is so powerful. Look at the many armies across the country. Who can beat the little Japanese out of the province like our army?" The salesman said with a smile, "Uncle, that's it. This one was just brought from the factory."
Yes, the quality is definitely good.”
Mashiro ignored the looks of the people around him and the other Japanese soldiers behind him who stared at him fiercely. He slowly raised his hands and actually started doing gymnastics.
"Hey! What are you doing? Do you understand Chinese? Stop!" A guard pointed a gun at Maki Sven and said.
Mashiro Siwen said in fluent Chinese, "What are you afraid of? You dared to fight us when we were holding guns. Let's do some exercise with my bare hands, but you are so nervous?"
The young guard turned red when he was told that, and said angrily, "Who... who is scared? I'm afraid you are informing your spies!"
Mashiro Sven shook his head and said helplessly, "Okay, okay, I won't exercise anymore."
At this time, Xiao Wang came over and asked the officer responsible for the escort, "Are these the Japanese soldiers we captured?"
The officer took out the handover slip and said, "The first batch of one hundred and seventy-six prisoners of war are here."
Xiao Wang said to the Japanese soldiers, "Our leader wants to talk to you. Choose two people. Which one of you will come?"
"Me!" "Me!" Unlike other silent Japanese soldiers, both Mashiro Sven and Fujita Shigeru raised their hands high.
Xiao Wang nodded and said, "Come with me."
In the cave dwelling, Chairman Mao and Ren Bishi were sitting together. Seeing Mashiro Siwen and Fujita Shigeru, Chairman Mao pointed to the opposite side and said, "Please sit down. I am Mao Yongzhi and he is Ren Bishi. We want to talk to you about some of your future plans."
.Do you know Chinese? If not, let Comrade Ren Bishi translate it. His Japanese is still good."
Mashiro Sven bent over and said with a smile, "My Chinese is very good, don't worry, I will take on the role of translator."
Shigeru Fujita stood there very stiffly and said in halting Chinese, "The samurai of the empire do not need sympathy from the enemy."
Chairman Mao waved his hand and said, "Don't be nervous. We are not sympathetic, but act in accordance with the Geneva Convention. Most of the crimes you committed in invading China were due to the deception of the imperialist warlords. You are not entirely to blame. You guys
Have you received any abuse along the way?"
When Shigeru Fujita heard this, he said with some shame, "That's not true. Your army is very good to us. What we eat is the same as what you eat, or even better. On the way here, some of our people even got sick. You
Using precious penicillin for treatment, I feel a little ashamed when I think of what we did to your prisoners of war." After speaking, Shigeru Fujita insisted, "We didn't want to go to war with you, it was all because you provoked us first, and we didn't do anything.
wrong!"
"Um... Fujita-kun, after all, we are invading China, so there is nothing to insist on on this issue. Don't waste time, let's talk about something meaningful." Mashiro shrugged indifferently and said, "Mr. Mao
, I want to know how we will be treated next? Will we stay in a prisoner of war camp until the end of the war? Or will we be interrogated and sentenced?"
Chairman Mao looked at Mashiro and felt that there was something different about this Japanese. He glanced at Ren Bishi and smiled and said, "The interrogation is still necessary. We will send a letter to ask the troops who sent you and your companions to see if you have committed any atrocities."
, if not, you can choose to stay or go back, as long as you promise not to participate in this unjust war. If there is, you need to do some work to atone for your sins. Unless the crime is too violent, you will not be shot.
of."
Fujita's expression changed, and he immediately recalled what he had done... He seemed to have killed a lot of Chinese people. If one life was really worth one life, even a nine-life cat demon would not be enough for him.
Mashiro clapped his hands excitedly and said, "That's okay. Anyway, I haven't done anything sorry to you, China. I came to China but couldn't help it because of the order of the military department. Well, Mr. Mao, I want to say, if I don't want to go back to Japan, and
Do you want to join your Eighth Route Army? By the way, does your Eighth Route Army allow you to do business?"
Shigeru Fujita almost vomited blood when he heard this. He worked so hard to play the role just to give these top leaders of the Red Party the feeling that the Japanese are all samurai. Yet this Mashiro actually wanted to surrender as soon as he came up? And... he had never done any bad things.
You haven't done it, I have! Maybe I will be shot, okay?
Chairman Mao was a little surprised and said, "Well... join our Eighth Route Army? There are indeed many internationalist fighters in our Eighth Route Army... It's okay, if you really want to join, and because our economy is relatively difficult, all our military regions allow it."
Do some business to increase your income, but you are not allowed to compete with the people for profit or buy and sell by force. Most of them make their own handicrafts and..."
Mashiro interrupted, "How much is this worth? No, no...Have you ever thought about doing business with the Japanese army?"
Chairman Mao asked curiously, "How do you say this?"
Shigeru Fujita couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this. He secretly thought that this Mashiro was not planning to corrupt these red party members. It turned out that he had misunderstood him. He was a wise man.
Mashiro took a stool and sat down. After sitting down, he felt that the katana was a bit in the way, so he threw it away. Shigeru Fujita saw that his heart had been thrown away with the katana. Mashiro raised his fingers and said, "Mr. Mao, you
Look, most of our Japanese troops are stationed in various strongholds. As for your Eighth Route Army, it basically controls most of the rural areas in North China. Only Shandong, Henan and a small part of Hebei have not been reached yet, but it should be soon, so in the future
Soon there will be a pattern where our Japanese army owns the cities and you own the countryside, right?"
Chairman Mao couldn't help but be very interested in this truth. This was what he had always wanted to surround the city with the countryside. He nodded and said, "Continue."
Mashiro smiled and said, "After our battle in Shanxi, other places will definitely intensify their attacks on your Eighth Route Army. What methods will they use? According to my guess, judging from the heads of the top brass of the Japanese army, most likely they will build more gun towers and then use
Use roads and railways as lines and divide them, just like in Manchuria, and then clean up the strength of your Eighth Route Army piece by piece."
Chairman Mao and Ren Bishi looked at each other. If at first they thought this Mashiro was a somewhat peace-loving Japanese soldier, now they discovered that he was actually very accomplished in tactics and strategy.
Fujita Shigeru also felt that it was very reasonable. He did not expect that there was such a talent in the Third Army.
Mashiro smiled and said, "If it were in the past, I would also think this tactic was good, but I have witnessed with my own eyes how you attacked the county town and the gun towers. Your weapons are very effective against the gun towers. For you, the independent gun towers are just
It’s just a place where weapons are seized, but I don’t think there are many of those weapons.”
Chairman Mao smiled and said nothing.
Mashiro nodded in understanding and continued, "But although you may not be able to knock down all the turrets, you can trap them to death, right? The turret is just a point, it doesn't matter even if it is given to the Japanese army, as long as we can get a face, and
You don’t have to fight to get those weapons, you can do business in exchange for them. After all, the Japanese army is very tenacious in fighting, and if you really fight, you won’t be able to capture too much ammunition.”
"We??" Chairman Mao, Ren Bishi and Fujita asked together?
"Didn't I say that I wanted to join our Eighth Route Army? Let me change my words first. Go on, listen to my idea. If the Japs build the artillery towers, our Eighth Route Army can dig out the roads and cut off the traffic. There won't be too many people in the Japs' artillery towers.
As long as we can surround them with food and water, how many days can they hold on? The range of the machine gun is only 800 meters. We just need to make sure that there is no one within 800 meters of the blockhouse for them to grab. According to my prediction, the Japanese will not be able to rob them in China.
The military strength will only gradually decrease, because this is a big quagmire with not much benefit, and the so-called great achievements of the imperial government can only give way in the face of the economy."
As he spoke, Mashiro felt a little thirsty. He looked around, took a sip of tea and said, "The Japanese in the artillery tower will definitely ask for reinforcements. This is a good time to surround the point and call for reinforcements. Besides, how many times can we call for reinforcements?"
After all, you still have to rely on yourself. The person in charge in the artillery building doesn’t want to give the impression that he is incompetent and only calls for help, right? Most of these people in charge are junior officers with poor family backgrounds. The only thing that can make them stand out is military merit, so they don’t
They will never call for reinforcements as a last resort."
Zhenbai Siwen's eyes slowly lit up, "What is this? This is a business opportunity! The Japanese want food and water, and we have it! He wants to grab it, but he can't! What should I do? Buy it, a bucket of water costs ten
Bullets, three for low-quality food per person, six for medium, ten for high-quality. If you want luxury goods, cigarettes, wine, weapons, hand grenades, and 38-meter caps, can you sell them?
Anyway, is the consumption of war normal? I can guarantee that if I operate it, I can empty out one artillery tower in two months without spending a single bullet! Don’t worry that the Japanese army will not buy it, many Japanese soldiers are just
In order to eat white rice, it is not impossible for them to exchange reimbursable ammunition for delicious food. Don’t we have so many Japanese prisoners of war? As long as we can mobilize them and let them use
I don’t think it’s a big problem to use language to soften the Japanese army.”
As he spoke, Zhenbai Siwen touched his chin and said, "Am I too kind? This price is a bit low. How about increasing it? Forget it, let's give the devils some sweetness at the beginning, and then increase the price later. Well,
Mr. Mao, actually I have many other ideas, do you want to listen? By the way, do you want cannons? I can also find a way to get the Japanese army to sell them to you."
Chairman Mao and the three looked at Mashiro Siwen as if they had seen a ghost. Shigeru Fujita slowly uttered two words: "Devil!"
Chairman Mao asked curiously, "Why does Mr. Mashiro look nothing like the Japanese soldiers I know? Instead..."
"Like a businessman, right? In fact, I am from Osaka, which is like your Shanghai, where people are all doing business. I was originally planning to be a big businessman, but unfortunately my family prefers me to serve the emperor. They are all a bunch of fools.
...Although I strive to do well in both the non-commissioned officer and mainland examinations, I really don’t want to fight. I think making money is much more fun than fighting." Mashiro looked at Shigeru Fujita and said, "Look, all the people who fight are like this.
This guy, like, has an amazing brain."
Shigeru Fujita's face turned green and said, "You are not a samurai!"
Mashiro rolled his eyes and said, "Nonsense, we are prisoners of war, okay?"
"Shanghai dialect? Mr. Zhenbai really understands our China." Ren Bishi didn't want the two Japanese to fight, so he quickly interjected, "Your idea is very interesting. We will tell it to our boss Zhu, but how will you make money from this?"
Did you get the money?"
Mashiro asked in disbelief, "Doesn't my idea count as investing in shares? Do you have to give me some of the ammunition you earn? I only need 1%."
Chairman Mao waved his hand and said, "We will discuss this later. I think your tactical literacy is very good. I would like to invite you to teach at our Anti-Japanese University. What do you think? It would be best if you could train a force similar to the Japanese army for us.
object of confrontation."
Mashiro shook his head firmly and said, "No, I don't want to be a soldier."
"For training a qualified Japanese soldier, I will give you twenty oceans."
"Where is the Anti-Japanese University? Go quickly, time is urgent! One minute every night is a crime! Fujita-kun, come with me and train soldiers like a samurai!"
Looking at the determined faces of Zhenbai, Chairman Mao and Ren Bishi couldn't help but have a few black lines on their heads.
"Chairman, is this person really reliable?" Ren Bishi asked in a low voice.
"...To be honest, I regret it a little. The soldiers he trained will be very unreliable." Chairman Mao said without certainty.
