"Has the research been completed? Who was the 5th Division crippled by?" asked Isotani Rensuke. Isotani Rensuke, one of Japan's four major China hands during the Showa period, an army lieutenant general, and Hong Kong during the Japanese colonial period.
The first governor-general, the Nanjing Military Tribunal found him a war criminal and sentenced him to life imprisonment. He was later transferred to the Tokyo Tribunal. He was released in 1952.
He was really scared today. After receiving the order to go up the mountain, he rushed over. He thought that the Chinese army in Linyi would be as vulnerable as elsewhere. As a result, he was shelled by the enemy before he could be killed. Strange.
It was also his fault that he was too impatient and attacked as soon as he came.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, according to the investigation results of the headquarters, the headquarters of the 5th Division was tampered with. Except for one chief of staff who was shot in the head and killed, the others were killed by their throats being slit in their sleep.
The same is true for Mr. Itagaki," the chief of staff of the 10th Division paused and said, "The arsenal and soldiers' camps of the 5th Division were both blown up by explosives. Therefore, the general headquarters speculated that it is very likely that it was China.
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"Baga! How is that possible?" Isotani Rensuke was furious, "Are all the people in the North China Command a bunch of losers?"
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, you must know that our Imperial Japanese Army has always been invincible in every battle. The Chinese will turn around and flee when they see us, especially the Chinese army. We have captured most of China! Division
Sir, do you still think that Chinese soldiers did these things?" the chief of staff retorted.
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Japanese Army North China Dispatch Army Headquarters
"Your Excellency, Commander," a Japanese colonel bent down and said, "I have discovered an extremely interesting thing, which may be related to the destruction of the top brass of the 5th Division Headquarters."
"Your Excellency Takeshita," Temple Touichi said with a smile, "please speak."
"Thank you very much, Commander." Takeshita Shun straightened up and said, "During the Nanjing Defense War, during the attack and defense of the Qixia Mountain position, the captain of the second detachment of the 38th Regiment also had his throat cut in his sleep.
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"Oh?" Hearing this, Terauchi Shouichi turned around, stared straight at Takeshita Jun, and said, "Takeshita-kun, please tell me carefully."
"Hi!" Takeshita Toshidao, "At that time, the Qixia Mountain position was defended by the 1st Preliminary Regiment of the 87th Division of the National Army, and the leader of the 1st Preliminary Regiment at that time was named Zhou Weiguo. Later, this man led his troops to completely annihilate the 1st Preliminary Regiment.
The 38th Regiment, promoted to major general brigade commander, defended the Guanghuamen position. Similarly, the Guanghuamen position was the place where our Imperial Japanese Army suffered the most losses during the entire Nanjing defense battle, with about 9,000 people lost.
During the Battle of Nanjing, I originally wanted to sneak attack from Guanghua Gate, but the first time I went in from the sewer and I was discovered, which shows that Zhou Weiguo was very defensive. The second time I went up from the city wall, although the sneak attack was successful, Guanghua Gate was still taken back.
That’s enough to show Zhou Weiguo’s excellent commanding ability.”
"Takeshita-kun, you mean that this incident has something to do with Zhou Weiguo?" Terauchi Shouichi narrowed his eyes and asked.
"After the Battle of Nanjing, Zhou Weiguo disappeared for almost a whole month." Takeshita Jun said, "It was not until recently, close to February, that Zhou Weiguo appeared again, and the place where he appeared was in Suqian, Jiangsu." Immediately, Takeshita Jun was there.
He pointed on the map and said, "The distance between Suqian and Linyi is not far. It is very likely that Zhou Weiguo was in Linyi at this time."
"Why does Takeshita-kun know about Zhou Weiguo?" Terauchi Shouichi asked.
Takeshita Jun was silent for a while and said, "Zhou Weiguo is one of the people whom Takeshita admires most in his life. When he studied at the Berlin Military Academy in Germany, General Hans believed that Zhou Weiguo truly learned the essence of special operations and was the one he admired most.
One of the students."
"Berlin Military Academy, Germany? I remember that Takeshita-kun also studied there." Touichi Terauchi asked, "Takeshita-kun, do you know this Zhou Weiguo?"
"Hi, Zhou Weiguo and I are very good friends." Takeshita Jun's face didn't look good, "But after the Holy War started, we broke off our friendship forever."
"Oh?" When Terauchi Shouyi heard the word "Broken Friendship", he became more interested than before.
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Linyi Japanese position at 9 pm on March 15, 1938
"Nani?" Isotani Rensuke looked at the telegram in his hand and his eyes widened in surprise. He did not believe that there would be a fighting method as mentioned in the telegram. If it really existed, what would ordinary soldiers do? But Itagaki
The deaths of all the senior leaders of Seishiro's 5th Division headquarters forced him to believe it.
"Come here, pass the order and change today's password!" Isotani Ren introduced.
"Hi!"
In Isotani Rensuke's view, Zhou Weiguo's special operations must have been successful because he had obtained the password in advance. Changing the password would definitely have an impact on Zhou Weiguo's special operations.
"Come here, strengthen the patrol tonight!" Isotani Rensuke said again. After thinking about it for a while, he was still worried and gave another order.
"Hi!"
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At this time, Zhou Weiguo was already in Zhang Zizhong's defense area, on the mountains outside Linyi City.
"Brother Weiguo, are you really planning to go to the Japanese camp tonight?" Zhang Zizhong asked doubtfully.
"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have left the city." Zhou Weiguo said with a smile, "Brother Xinchen, don't worry, I still cherish my life and won't make a joke about it."
"Young hero!" Zhang Zizhong sighed, "When I was your age, I was still in school."
Zhou Weiguo smiled and said, "Originally, at my age, I have just graduated. However, the country is in danger and the nation is in danger, so I have no choice but to join the army."
"Yes." Zhang Zizhong also said, "Brother Weiguo, can you tell me how you sneaked into the Japanese camp?"
Zhou Weiguo smiled slightly, shook his head to himself, and said, "Brother, this special operations is so amazing."
"Isn't it true, one against ten?"
"Now my special operations team members are just ordinary soldiers with better skills, better marksmanship, better physical fitness, smarter minds, and most importantly, they can speak Japanese." Zhou Weiguo replied, "I myself
Starting from the establishment of the special forces, in addition to basic training, the most important thing is to teach them Japanese. In the Chinese army, there are almost no people who can speak Japanese. In the Japanese army, there are many people who can speak Chinese.
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Japanese Army North China Dispatch Army Headquarters
"I have really benefited a lot from what I heard from Takeshita-kun today. Takeshita-kun is indeed one of the most outstanding young people in our Empire." Terauchi Shouichi said, "In that case, Takeshita-kun, I will serve as the commander of the North China Front.
In the name of an official, I order you here to establish our Imperial Japanese Special Forces: Sakura, for a period of six months. I hope that Takeshita-kun can show off his talents!"
"Thank you, Commander!" Jun Takeshita said, bowing.
