At two o'clock in the afternoon on the day of the military riot, several cars hurriedly drove from Peiping to Tianjin.
Because the road was very close, the convoy entered Tianjin city around 5 p.m. and drove directly into the gendarmerie compound.
The chaos in Tianjin has completely subsided, so the convoy is traveling smoothly.
Under the office building of the gendarmerie compound, several people were hunched over waiting. When they saw the car stopped, they immediately came over to welcome it.
"General Fukuda!"
Several people who were waiting immediately came up to say hello after an old man in his fifties got off the bus.
"snort!"
The old man responded angrily, and then walked into the gendarmerie's office building.
Immediately, a receptionist led the old man to an office and said very respectfully: "General Futian, this is your office. If you are dissatisfied with anything, we will make it right immediately."
"No, that's fine!"
The old man waved his hand casually, then came to sit behind the desk.
At this time, several welcoming staff also entered the office and stood in front of the old man with very reserved expressions.
Then there was a man in a blue military uniform, who looked calm and calm, and looked at the old man with a hint of indifference.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
The old man's tone was stern, and the eyes he looked at several people were full of anger.
As soon as the old man finished speaking, an army colonel immediately stepped forward and replied: "General Futian, it's like this. There was a military riot this morning, and it didn't completely subside until noon..."
"No need to talk nonsense, what I want to ask is why this military rebellion happened so suddenly, and how exactly Tanaka-kun died."
Before the Japanese commander could finish speaking, the old man interrupted him impatiently and acted very eagerly.
After finishing speaking, the old man looked at several people in the office with a critical look.
The old man's name is Fukuda Akitake. He is a staff officer of the Japanese Military Department and a special commissioner of the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters. He came here specifically to handle this matter.
Fukuda Akitake was not only the special commissioner, but before coming to Tianjin, the military department also asked him to temporarily act as captain of the military police, so he made the final decision on everything in Tianjin.
Fukuda Akitake was just sitting on the bench before and had no real power, so he attached great importance to this opportunity.
And because he was temporarily acting as the military police captain, Fukuda Akitake's position was unstable. He urgently needed to find out the matter to prove his ability and secure his position.
As soon as Fukuda Akitake finished speaking, several people in the office immediately looked at each other.
Except for the naval commander, the others had a tacit understanding. Finally, the army commander took a step forward and said respectfully: "Your Excellency, according to our current investigation results, this military rebellion was deliberately instigated by someone.
As for the death of General Tanaka, it was also caused by these instigators."
After saying this, the Army Colonel carefully raised his head and glanced at Fukuda Akitake.
The Army Colonel did this because he was waiting for Fukuda Akitake's reaction. After all, they did not report the inside story of this military rebellion.
In fact, all officials are the same, and the same is true for the Japanese. If it weren't for the great chaos this time and Tanaka Weisuke's death, they would not report it so quickly.
"There is an instigator. Have you found anything?"
After hearing these inside stories, Fukuda Akitake showed an expression that was indeed the case, and his eyes were also a little complicated.
Regarding this military rebellion, Fukuda Akitake did not feel any shame, on the contrary, he felt a touch of joy.
This is also because the military turmoil gave him an opportunity to get out of the cold bench, so that's why.
It was precisely because he was a little happy and did not care that this matter would embarrass the Japanese military headquarters that Fukuda Akitake was able to maintain a cool head and even realized that there was something behind the matter.
Because there were many military rebellions in the Japanese army, but although each military rebellion would cause considerable losses, not a single Japanese general died in the military chaos.
Therefore, when the news of Tanaka Misuke's death reached the North China Expeditionary Force Headquarters, Fukuda Akitake immediately sensed something was wrong, but as someone who was on the bench, he naturally didn't care about the matter.
However, the Japanese did not have enough senior generals, and Tianjin was an international metropolis, so Fukuda Akitake was sent here.
Before coming to Tianjin, the commander of the North China Front also hinted to him that if this matter was handled well, he would be able to cancel the term "temporary acting" and secure his position as captain of the military police in Tianjin.
A person sitting on the bench suddenly had the opportunity to gain real power, so he naturally wanted to seize it, so along the way, Fukuda Akitake was thinking about how to deal with this matter.
Driven by interests and the inside story of the military rebellion, Fukuda Akitake could not care less, because he wanted to give a reasonable explanation to the Japanese military headquarters.
"Your Majesty General, the time is too short and nothing has been found out yet.
However, most of the soldiers who caused the rebellion this time are retired soldiers, and they have been arrested and are being interrogated."
The Japanese colonel immediately answered, paused, and then said: "However, our active-duty troops are not good at interrogating these matters, so please send someone to take over, General."
The Japanese Army Colonel was the captain of the Matsushita Regiment, named Matsushita Shigeru. After he quelled the military rebellion, he came to the Military Police to clean up the aftermath. However, as an orthodox soldier, he naturally did not know how to deal with the matter, so he did not get many clues.
Now that Fukuda Akitake is here, Matsushita Shigeichi naturally wants to hand over this matter, so that's why.
Although Fukuda Akitake had been sitting on the bench in the North China Expeditionary Force, he was a Japanese major general, so he naturally had several confidants.
So after Matsushita Shigeichi finished speaking, Fukuda Akitake immediately ordered his adjutants to interrogate the captured rebels.
After giving instructions to his adjutant, Fukuda Akitake asked again: "How much have we lost in this military rebellion?"
After listening to Fukuda Mingwu's words, several people in the office looked at each other again, and then looked at a fat man.
"The rebellion was quickly quelled, so the losses were not big. Only a few government officials were killed during the rebellion."
Under the gazes of several people, the fat man forced himself to explain, but he was complaining in his heart.
The fat man's name is Zhang Jieyuan, and he is the pseudo-mayor of Tianjin. Although he is a slave, he has considerable power.
After all, the Japanese lacked manpower and were unable to manage the entire occupied area. In addition, they had a military cabinet with limited ability to handle government affairs, so they gave the puppet government some rights.
Even on the surface, the entire Tianjin government affairs are handled by the puppet government, except of course public security and finance.
"Send the damage report as soon as possible."
Fukuda Mingwu didn't care about these traitors and simply dealt with them.
After a pause, he then said, "By the way, are the gendarmerie back?"
Before coming to Tianjin, Fukuda Akitake knew that the military police had left Tianjin, so the military rebellion would occur.
"The military police are on their way back. They will be back in an hour."
Matsushita Shigeichi responded immediately. After all, after the military rebellion, Tanaka Weisuke sent a telegram asking the gendarmerie that left Tianjin to return.
It's just that the military police left far away, a little later than Fukuda Akitake.
After listening to Matsushita Shigeichi's words, Fukuda Akitake seemed to have thought of something, so he squinted his eyes and started thinking.