On the afternoon of August 9, the conference room of the garrison headquarters.
The officers were talking among themselves, wondering why the commander suddenly called a meeting.
Hideki Matsui walked in with sweat dripping from his lame leg. An officer greeted him and said: "Matsui-kun, you are late. Fortunately, Commander Uchida has not arrived yet."
A colonel who had a bad relationship with Matsui said coldly: "It's understandable for people who walk slowly to be late!"
Before Matsui could sit firmly on his butt, he immediately stood up again, his face turned the color of pig liver, and he said angrily: "What did you say!"
Dazuo remained calm, spread his hands, and said: "What did I say? I was just stating a fact. It took you twenty seconds to get from the door to your seat, but we normal people only need ten seconds...
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Matsui was so angry that he grabbed the tea bowl in front of him and threw it at him. The captain couldn't avoid it, and the tea bowl hit him in the chest, causing tea leaves to get all over him.
"Bastard!" Colonel became angry and reached out and pulled out his pistol.
Matsui did not show any weakness and also took out his gun. The two confronted each other across the table, and everyone quickly stepped forward to pull them apart.
"General Uchida is here!" the guard outside the door shouted.
Uchida Ginnosuke strode in. He looked at Matsui and the colonel and said, "If you two want to duel, please change to another place. I have a meeting now!"
Matsui quickly put away the gun, bowed and said, "I'm sorry, Commander, it's disrespectful to hold one's position low!"
Uchida turned to the commander and said, "Do you need to change your clothes?"
The colonel put his feet together and said, "No need."
Uchida sat on the chair, looked around at everyone participating in the meeting, and said: "Today we have convened this meeting temporarily to inform everyone of an important situation! The big explosion that occurred in Hiroshima on August 6 was not a meteorite impact.
It was caused by the US military dropping a super bomb called an atomic bomb!"
A lieutenant colonel stood up and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, so the contents of those leaflets dropped by US military aircraft are true?"
Uchida: "The atomic bomb is real."
Lieutenant Colonel: "The leaflet said that the US military would also use atomic bombs to bomb Kokura, Nagasaki, and Niigata..."
Uchida motioned him to sit down and said: "I just said that atomic bombs do exist, but do you think it is possible that the Americans have a second, third, or even more such weapons?"
As an old subordinate who has followed Uchida for many years, Matsui Hideki knew what he should say at this time. He stood up and said: "I think it's impossible! In the Battle of Okinawa that just ended, nearly 100,000 U.S. troops were killed. If they had so many
Why didn’t you use the atomic bomb earlier?”
"Matsui-kun is right..."
"It is estimated that the Americans only have one atomic bomb, mainly for deterrence..."
"If it's a conventional battle, we have nothing to worry about!"
Everyone agreed with Matsui's statement, and Uchida nodded with satisfaction. This was the effect he wanted. All fronts suffered consecutive defeats, so it was very important to boost military morale!
Uchida said in a deep voice: "Everyone is right, the empire still has millions of elite troops, and we have every chance to reverse the situation of the war..."
"Ring ring ring ring!" The phone rang suddenly.
A staff officer picked up the phone: "Yanjin Garrison Headquarters... please wait a moment."
He turned around and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, your phone number!"
Uchida reached out and took the phone: "Hello, this is Uchida Ginnosuke...what? You repeat it again!...Okay, okay...I understand."
After hanging up the phone, Uchida, who was full of confidence and high morale just now, was like a deflated rubber ball, sitting on the chair speechless for a long time.
It wasn't until his staff reminded him that he braced himself and said, "That's it for today's meeting. Let's adjourn!"
The anticlimactic meeting ended hastily. Although they didn't know what happened, seeing Uchida's gloomy face and not saying a word, the officers did not dare to ask any more questions and walked out of the meeting room one after another.
Matsui deliberately stayed at the end. After everyone else had gone, he came to Uchida and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I have something to report to you!"
Uchida was in a trance. He was stunned for a second and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"
"I suggest that we re-formulate the battle plan to encircle and suppress the Huanggang rebels!"
"Why?"
"There are still many doubts about Hattori Hikoo's case. I can't guarantee whether the document has been leaked, so..."
Uchida smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said: "It doesn't matter whether the secret is leaked or not. The battle plan to encircle and suppress the Huanggang rebels has been cancelled!"
Matsui: "Your Excellency, Commander, why is this?"
Uchida said in a heavy tone: "The phone call just now was from the military headquarters, informing us to cancel all offensive operations plans and be prepared to defend! The Americans dropped another atomic bomb in Nagasaki yesterday, and the entire city was destroyed.
Razed to the ground!"
Matsui was so surprised that he didn't close his mouth for a long time. No wonder after Uchida finished answering the phone, his head drooped like an eggplant beaten by frost.
Uchida said slowly: "There is something worse. This morning, the Soviet Union unilaterally tore up the Japan-Soviet non-aggression treaty and officially declared war on our country!"
"Damn Soviets, they are taking advantage of the fire!" Matsui said angrily.
"If the situation is that the Empire has the upper hand, the Soviets will still choose to continue to wait and see..." Uchida shook his head helplessly and said: "You can go back. In recent times, the focus of the military police's work is to intensify efforts to strictly investigate military discipline violations.
The worse the situation is, the more difficult it is to relax at this time!"
"Yes!" Matsui said hesitantly: "Then... Hattori Hikoo's case..."
"Is there any conclusion now?"
"The preliminary conclusion is that Jiang Xinyu, the captain of the detective team, is suspected!"
"Didn't you say last time that there was proof from Mina Hattori that Jiang Xinyu was not suspected of anything?"
"Well... Hattori Mina is just an ordinary woman. If Jiang Xinyu is indeed a spy, it should be easy to hide it from her. Besides, according to the latest investigation, we have found many doubts, such as..."
Uchida interrupted him and said, "How do you plan to deal with this matter?"
Matsui: "The humble position means to closely monitor Jiang Xinyu's movements and arrest him immediately if he is found to have collaborated with the enemy!"
Uchida pondered for a while and said: "There's no need to go to so much trouble, just arrest him for interrogation!"
Matsui: "But we haven't gotten the evidence yet. Jiang Xinyu is the captain of the detective team after all. Isn't this too hasty?"
Uchida said calmly: "In extraordinary times, extraordinary means must be used. He is just the captain of the detective team. It doesn't matter even if he kills the wrong person!"