After the inauguration ceremony, there was a grand welcome dinner.
The welcome dinner was held at the newly restored Japanese Navy Club.
After the brief ceremony, the envoys and diplomats from various countries who were invited to the dinner, as well as the officers of the Japanese Army's Central China Front and the Central China Condemnation Army, went to the Navy Club one after another.
Cherev also came to the Navy Club with Stilwell.
The dinner followed a Western dinner ceremony, with dozens of long tables scattered in the hall, each of which could seat twenty people.
Stilwell, as the U.S. military attaché to China, and Chelev, as the Soviet minister to China, were invited to sit at the main table. As the commander, Shanshan Yuan took the seat of honor at the main table.
Halfway through the dinner, a group of reporters were allowed into the hall for impromptu interviews.
This was deliberately arranged by Shan Shanyuan in order to reverse the negative impact caused by the temporary establishment of the 79th Division on the Japanese army.
Because before Shan Shanyuan arrived in Shanghai, Shigeto Chiaki sent a telegram to Shan Shanyuan, claiming that the remnants of the temporary 79th Division had been trapped in Nantong City and would be annihilated soon. Shanshanyuan thought, the temporary 79th Division
A few hundred remnant soldiers of the 19th Division were surrounded by a detachment. How could they be lucky?
Therefore, Shanshan Yuan wanted to take the opportunity of the dinner party to reveal the news.
Compared with Matsui Iwane, Sugimoto Yuan is better at using the weapon of public opinion and building momentum.
A female reporter with long fiery red hair walked up to Shan Shanyuan, raised her camera to Shan Shanyuan and pressed the camera shutter continuously. Shan Shanyuan tilted her head in cooperation, with a smile on her face.
However, he suffered a serious head injury while participating in the Russo-Japanese War in his early years, and his right eyelid was always drooped, so his smile looked very sinister.
The female reporter took a few photos and then said: "I am Selina, the New York Times war correspondent in China. I would like to ask your Excellency the General a question. Isn't the Japanese government afraid that it will invade China so unscrupulously and massacre innocent civilians?
The international community imposes sanctions or the Japanese government simply ignores the existence of international law."
Shan Shanyuan took a deep look at the female reporter in front of him. Not only did this female reporter have long fiery red hair, but she also had a beautiful snow-white face. But the most attractive thing was her tall and hot figure. He was both
As an old man who is almost 60 years old, his heart can't help but flutter when he sees this female reporter.
But Shanshan Yuan is not fascinated by beauty.
After sorting out his words, Shan Shanyuan said: "First of all, I want to correct one thing. Our Japanese government has never invaded China. Our Japanese government has always respected the Chinese government. But what I want to say is that we live together on the earth, and human beings
Our common interests are higher than national interests. After the Meiji Restoration, our Empire of Japan has made great progress, and the Japanese people have also lived a good life, but we have not forgotten our neighbors. Our neighbors are still living a miserable life.
Especially in China, because the warlords are fighting and running rampant, the Chinese people endure a miserable life of not having enough to eat and not having enough clothes to wear. Therefore, our Japanese government wants to provide them with the help we can."
Selina interrupted Shan Shanyuan unceremoniously: "The help you are talking about means hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, armed with bayonets, setting foot on Chinese soil, plundering Chinese people's property, raping Chinese women, and massacring China.
General, I really can’t imagine that in Japan, the definition of help is like this.”
Shan Shanyuan immediately realized that it might be a mistake to let reporters into the dinner party for impromptu interviews.
But it's already like this, and Shanshan Yuan can only try his best to find a way to make things right with what he just said.
At that moment, Shan Shanyuan said again: "There are many ways to help the Chinese people. The US government sets up schools in China and provides full scholarships to the best Chinese students so that they can accept American culture and Western beliefs. When they complete their studies,
It is a good help to join the construction of China after returning home, but our Japanese government pays more attention to civilians. We hope to help more poor people live a good life in a direct way. Of course, here
Problems of one kind or another will inevitably arise during breeding, but we can’t just stop doing it just because problems arise, right?”
Shanshan Yuan’s implication: Even your U.S. government is not a good product. Your U.S. government follows an elite line and realizes U.S. political intentions by cultivating pro-American upper-class elites. However, our Japanese government implements a grassroots line.
, to realize the political intentions of the Japanese Empire by liberating the vast majority of lower-class civilians.
If Selina still struggled with the definition of aggression, Shanshan Yuan decided to have a good relationship with her and explained the political intentions of the US government in setting up schools in China. Aggression is aggression, whether you are wearing a noble cloak or a barbaric one.
In the name of others, they are doing the same thing.
Selina rolled her eyes at Shan Shanyuan and was not fooled.
The clever beautiful reporter immediately changed the subject: "I heard that the temporary 79th Division that killed His Royal Highness Prince Fushimiguya has successfully escaped the Japanese pursuit. Your predecessor, General Matsui Iwane, suffered a tragic death because of his ineffective pursuit.
The dismissal of the Japanese military base camp and the royal family, General, is this true?"
Shan Shanyuan coughed dryly and said loudly: "As far as I know, the reason why Mr. Matsui was dismissed was not because of the ineffective pursuit as you said, but because of health reasons. In fact, Mr. Matsui is currently receiving treatment at the Naval Hospital.
As for the temporary 79th Division you mentioned, I admit that it is a cunning opponent and indeed poses a certain threat to the Imperial Army."
Shan Shanyuan paused deliberately at this point, until he attracted everyone's attention, and then said: "I was about to take this opportunity to report the news to everyone. The temporary 79th Division has been surrounded by Chongteng Detachment in Nantong.
City, I can responsibly tell you that the temporary 79th Division will soon be wiped out by the imperial army."
Selina immediately asked: "How fast are you talking about? How fast is it a day or a week? Last press conference, I once asked Mr. Tsukada the same question, and he also told me that it would be wiped out very soon.
The Seventy-ninth Division was temporarily organized, but in fact, you mobilized three regiments to encircle and suppress them, but you still let them break through."
Shan Shanyuan couldn't help but show a hint of embarrassment on his face. Although everything that happened before had nothing to do with him, no matter what, he was also a Japanese soldier, and now he was the commander of the Central China Front Army. The Central China Front Army mobilized three
An infantry regiment went to encircle and suppress a few hundred Chinese remnants, but returned without success, and his face was also dull.
At that moment, Shanshan Yuan looked around and said, "What I want to say is, this is just an accident."
"Accident" Selina asked persistently, "Your Excellency General, I don't know if there will be another accident this time. If an accident occurs, will Your Excellency General also be dismissed like your predecessor?"
Shan Shan Yuan became a little impatient. At this time, a major came to him in a hurry and whispered a few words.
Shan Shan Yuan immediately changed his expression and turned around to leave. Selina chased after her relentlessly and asked persistently: "I would like to ask your Excellency, General, if there was another accident in the Battle of Nantong?"
Shan Shanyuan ignored it and walked straight into the side hall.
The envoys and diplomats from all over the hall looked at each other in confusion.
As the host of the dinner, it is extremely rude for Shan Shanyuan to leave without saying goodbye.
Fortunately, the Chief of Staff of the Central China Front, Tsukada Kao, reacted quickly enough. He immediately stood up and said, "Everyone, please be patient for a moment. Please enjoy the wine and food first. Your Excellency, Commander, will come back as soon as you go."
After appeasing the guests, Tsukada Gong and Iinuma Mamoru left the table and entered the side hall.
When the two of them walked into the side hall, they immediately saw Shan Shanyuan standing there in a daze, dumbfounded.
Behind Shan Shanyuan stood a staff officer with an equally solemn expression, holding a folder in his hand.
"Your Excellency, Commander, what happened?" Tsukada Gong asked in a low voice, but Shanshan Yuan showed no response.
The major officer standing next to Sugimoto handed over the folder in his hand. Tsukada's expression was normal when he took the folder, but after reading the telegram, his whole person immediately became ill.
The telegram was not sent back by the frontline troops, but was sent by the Special High School.
After Shigeto Chiaki sent the first telegram, he never reported the war situation to Sugiyama Yuan again.
Even if the Japanese army fell into the trap of concealing the truth, Shigeto Chiaki suppressed the news because Shigeto Chiaki thought that even if he was ambushed by the temporary 79th Division, it would not be a big problem.
In the end, the battalion was powered on with a clear code, and the Japanese military special high school was able to learn the news.
The content of the telegram was even more horrifying: The Shigeto detachment was actually completely wiped out. Not only was the Shigeto Shige detachment completely wiped out, but even the detachment leader Shigeto Chiaki and two regiment captains were captured by the temporary 79th Division.
Seeing that Tsukada Gout had a different look on his face after reading it, Iinuma Mamoru quickly moved his head towards him.
"Nani" Mamoru Iinuma raised his eyebrows, eyes wide open, staring at the telegram in Tsukada's hand.
Iinuma Mamoru took off his myopia glasses from the bridge of his nose and rubbed his eyes vigorously. He suspected that he was seeing things.
How is it possible? The Chongteng detachment is an entire detachment, with nearly 10,000 soldiers in total. This is an army of nearly 10,000 people. The 79th division was temporarily organized, but only a few hundred people were left. Even if there were more,
, barely a battalion of five or six hundred men.
What's more, various signs indicate that the remnants of the temporary 79th Division simply do not have that many troops.
However, now, the Chongteng detachment with nearly 10,000 people was defeated by the remnants of the temporary 79th Division with less than 500 people.
Moreover, the Chongteng detachment was not only defeated by the temporary 79th Division, but was also completely wiped out.
An army of tens of thousands of people was completely wiped out by just a few hundred people. Even the detachment leader Shigeto Chiaki and his two regiment captains were all made prisoners. Mamoru Iinuma couldn't believe it at all. This could be true.
Rubbing his eyes vigorously, Iinuma Mamoru put on his glasses again and read the telegram in his hand again.
The results were exactly the same. The contents on the telegram copy paper did not change at all. The Chongteng detachment was indeed wiped out by the remnants of the temporary 79th Division.
