Major General Matsumoto seemed to have returned to the high-spirited days before the war.
Compared with the garrison brigade, the field brigade not only has an additional field infantry brigade with better equipment, but also gets more attention from the North China Army Aviation Corps and superiors.
If I ask for air support from the aviation force again in the future, I will definitely not ask for help like before.
At this time, Matsumoto seemed to have thought about the beautiful scene of waiting for the mixed brigade to regain its combat effectiveness, leading his troops to kill the new regiment.
"General, something happened!" Suddenly, the captain of the fifth brigade in charge of public security in the city rushed in and reported hurriedly as soon as he saw Matsumoto.
Matsumoto's good mood early in the morning suddenly disappeared. He frowned and asked, "What's the matter? It's so early in the morning that it doesn't make people feel at ease!"
"Ono-kun, Munamasa-kun, Hirota-kun, they had an accident, along with their family members and dozens of guards following them!" the captain reported bravely.
Matsumoto's mind immediately thought of the three businessmen who had had a drink with him a few days ago.
As a soldier and a senior officer of the empire, Matsumoto actually looked down on businessmen like them. However, behind these three people, without exception, stood the plutocrats who controlled a large amount of the empire's resources.
Not only that, his political background has many connections with these plutocrats.
For the sake of his own military future, and also for his brigade to gain more support from these chaebols in the future and ensure adequate supplies of supplies, Major General Matsumoto had to force a smile to eat, drink and build good relationships with them.
It can be said that even if you are a general, you cannot afford to offend such a person.
Not only that, the headquarters also sent a special telegram to itself, asking itself to protect them.
Now, the subordinates in front of him actually told him that something happened to three such important people in his jurisdiction. Matsumoto, who thought nothing happened at first, was stunned. He was stunned for several seconds before he realized: "What did you say? Say it again.
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"General, the three chambers of commerce that you asked us to protect, their presidents, their families, and dozens of guards were all killed."
"Who did it?" Matsumoto immediately asked.
His angry face showed an expression of wanting to kill. If the murderer stood in front of him now, it is certain that Matsumoto would pull out his command knife and chop him alive.
The presidents of these three chambers of commerce are too important. If the superiors knew that they died in their own jurisdiction, and that they would be killed along with their families.
Matsumoto was sure that his superiors would definitely reprimand him. He had lost the battle before, and his superiors could have turned a blind eye. But this was not possible, because the people who were killed all had extraordinary abilities. If someone above him
If you speak, even if the headquarters wants to protect itself, it can't.
The only way to solve this problem is to find the murderer immediately and kill him.
Only in this way can I have an explanation to my superiors, and my backstage also has a reason to speak to me.
The captain immediately replied: "It's the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army also left a letter at the scene. What does it say?"
"What did you say?" Matsumoto immediately asked.
"This is the price we pay for bombing Tianjiazhuang, causing hundreds of villagers' deaths and injuries in Tianjiazhuang. If the imperial army deliberately hurts their people on the battlefield in the future, many Japanese will definitely die next time... The Eighth Route Army's New
Wang Ping, the leader of the first regiment!"
Matsumoto, who was furious just now, could not say a word even though he was holding back his anger.
As a qualified soldier, he also knew that war was a matter for soldiers, and he could not blame ordinary people. Moreover, he bombed first, and then responded by killing dozens of Japanese in retaliation.
However, Matsumoto would definitely not be able to accept it if he, a Japanese general, was asked to swallow his anger and bear the anger alone.
Just when he showed an expression of gritted teeth and frowned, thinking about how to slap back the slap, the chief of staff spoke.
"General, I think we must treat this matter carefully!"
Then he stared at the captain and asked: "You just said that the Japanese who were killed were all killed with bayonets, not guns!"
"Hi!" the captain replied quickly.
The chief of staff quickly knitted his brows into a big "Sichuan" sign and said in a serious tone: "General, there is a problem!"
"Killing several chamber of commerce presidents, all with cold weapons, might be possible for ordinary Eighth Route Army elites. But if you want to kill dozens of guards at the same time, that's impossible!"
"Those guards are all veterans of the Imperial Army. They are well-equipped, highly vigilant, and their combat effectiveness far exceeds that of an infantry squad in the field force!"
"And the Eighth Route Army that sneaked into the city was able to kill them all with cold weapons without attracting anyone's attention. It is certainly not something that ordinary troops can do."
"If I'm not wrong about my guess, it should be the Eighth Route Army's special forces that did it!"
Matsumoto's face turned serious: "Yes, it must be the Eighth Route Army's special forces. Only they have this ability."
Thinking of the Eighth Route Army special forces that had defeated him, Matsumoto's face became more solemn than ever.
The thought of taking revenge just now was quickly suppressed.
If the Eighth Route Army's special forces really come, even if they retaliate now, with the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army's special forces, they will definitely be able to retaliate immediately.
In this case, the back-and-forth revenge will continue endlessly.
China has a lot of people, and if the imperial army keeps attacking ordinary people, it will definitely inspire more Chinese people to stand up and resist the imperial army. The gains outweigh the losses, and in the end it is the imperial army that suffers.
Although this result is very cruel, it is true.
After hesitating for a long time, Major General Matsumoto finally decided to hold off.
The captain in front of him saw that Matsumoto had been silent, and subconsciously reminded: "General, do you want to seal the city gate immediately! Find these cunning sneak attackers and eliminate them!"
"The Eighth Route Army is so arrogant. They simply don't take our Imperial Army seriously, and they even threaten us. How can this be tolerated?"
"Baga!" Matsumoto cursed angrily.
"Don't you have any brains? How long have you been opening the city gate? Do you think the Eighth Route Army would be stupid enough to stay in the city and wait for you to catch them? I'm sure that as early as when you opened the city gate, they had already
Out of town!"
"Order the military police squadron to investigate this matter and find out how the Eighth Route Army sneak-attacked so many of us. Do they have any internal agents in the city? If so, kill them directly!"
"The city gate cannot be blocked. I don't want to panic people in Linfen City because dozens of Japanese were killed! Even if they have special status, Linfen City must be stable!"
"Also, inform all brigades that when fighting in the future, try not to attack ordinary Chinese people. Fighting is a matter for soldiers. Venting anger on ordinary people is not the quality that soldiers should have!"
The brigade captain looked at Matsumoto with disbelief. Because, without exception, these orders told him that in the face of the threat from the Eighth Route Army, the brigade commander actually compromised.
Although he didn't know the reason, the captain still accepted the order readily, as long as the responsibility for the death was not passed on to him!
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