Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 294: Investigation

"Stand at attention! Salute to the chief!" Following the shout of Lieutenant Ishikawa’s hoarse voice, more than 200 officers and soldiers of the fifth squadron in the front line of Zhennanguan stood up straight, facing the car from a Toyota. The Army Lieutenant General Hideki Tojo drilled out of the AA saloon gave a gun salute.

"Yo Xi." After standing still, the Secretary of the Army gave a standard military salute to the Japanese soldiers in front of him.

Judging from the military appearance of these soldiers, they are indeed what a rigorously trained elite of the imperial army should look like. Captain Ishikawa has led his troops well and left a good first impression on Tojo. After a group of staff officers and officials shouted and embraced, Tojo walked around the leg in Cairo and climbed the wall of Zhennanguan with fast steps.

"Which direction is Morimoto Battalion's combat position?" Tojo took the telescope from the adjutant and asked indifferently.

The staff members standing next to him looked at each other, one of them swiftly winked at Ishikawa who was behind him. The infantry captain was also accustomed to observing his words. He saw that he had the opportunity to behave in front of the officer. No matter where he would let it go, he hurried forward and replied to Dongjoo respectfully.

"In that direction, sir." Ishikawa continued to report, pointing in the direction where the gunfire sounded. "At around 1:40 in the afternoon, the soldiers on duty heard the intensive gunfire from a distance, and then immediately reported to me because they were in the territory of Indochina. We thought it was the people of the country who were conducting military exercises. ......"

"I saw these in the report, so I don't need to repeat it." Tojo glanced at the captain beside him, his eyes cold and sharp behind the round glasses.

"Ha! Your Excellency, I'm very sorry." Ishikawa hurriedly bowed to apologize, and the back of his shirt was wet with cold sweat in an instant.

"Yeah." Tojo's response made Tojo very satisfied. He knew that he was a qualified samurai who knew how to respect his superiors. If there were all such officers in the imperial army, why did he travel all the way to such a ghost place.

The current situation of the Japanese Army is very passive, which makes him, the current Secretary of the Army, a headache. When Emperor Hirohito learned of this in the early morning of the 14th, an emergency cabinet meeting was held at noon that day, which was extraordinary in the Showa era. Even when the Manchurian Incident happened that year, Emperor Hirohito only summoned the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Army alone. How could there be such a mobilization of the army like this time? This shows how much Hirohito paid attention to this matter.

This time Hirohito was really angry by the army. This group of red deer can’t save him peace of mind. It’s fine to make trouble all day long. After all, the army is doing it for the future of the imperial kingdom and fulfilling his wish of eight Hongyiyu, but it seems that he still has an attitude towards the army. Pampered. Let them be pampered and spoiled, it will lead to this situation. Now let’s look at the Japanese Army’s history. It’s true that there are too many previous convictions. Often the feces on the front have not been wiped clean, and the pants are pulled on the back. If things go on like this, the Japanese cabinet and themselves will stop doing other things.

Furthermore, even if you are stab Louzi, choose a better target. Isn't the army's consistent belief that it has always been a soft persimmon? When did the style of painting change to hit the iron plate? The last time I was a volunteer in Nomonkan, I had a bloodshed on the dew countrymen, and the staff headquarters was so scared that it would not dare to advance northward. This lesson was not profound enough. This time, he even went so far as to directly engage with the independent states and the two countries. It's almost reckless. That was the old European powers. When Japan was still playing the shogunate house wine, they were already beginning to expand their imperialism.

The Bu State Army used to be known as the best army in Europe. Although its performance was very weak in the later period, it still hasn't fallen to death, let alone a large European country. It goes without saying that the country alone is already the leader of Europa, a world-class hegemon, invincible by the armored front, and it just took half a year to defeat half a dozen European powers. Swept most of the European continent. The state policy of the empire has already determined that it will have a good relationship with the independent country, and even if it is unable to form an alliance, it must not become an opponent. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been desperately trying to please the independent country some time ago, and the army has caused this kind of incident at this point. Of course, the government can't take the blame for the troubled officer, but the result of denial is equivalent to admitting to foreigners that the Japanese government cannot control its own army, which puts the face of cabinet monarchs and even Emperor Hirohito there.

Hirohito had a rare temper in front of the ministers. On weekdays, he always tried to be gentle and gentle in front of the ministers, even when he was anxious to get angry. He did not forget to maintain the so-called imperial rites. Compared with ordinary people, the vocabulary of the emperor's curse was a little poorer. He also liked to use a bunch of esoteric historical allusions to ridicule and ridicule. At that time, he was ashamed of Tojo's curse. , I almost showed Hirohito how to solve the problem in court. Fortunately, he was stopped in time by Fumio Konoe and others, and the Minister of Army failed to show the Emperor his well-developed large intestine.

Hirohito also knows that it is unreasonable to put all the responsibility on Tojo, but someone has to stand up and let him out of this bad breath. It is so decent to be blamed for two sentences and he will die and live. Don't guard the courtier's rites?

Now that the incident has happened, even cutting the cabinets one by one to dry will not help. The imperial meeting discussed for a long time, but failed to come up with a slightly reliable plan. In the end, Hirohito made the decision. The army produced a detailed report within three days and held all relevant personnel accountable. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister immediately started diplomatic mediation with the two countries, especially for the independent countries, they must obtain the understanding of each other at all costs.

Since the emperor made the sacred decision, he must follow suit. After the meeting, the cabinet members immediately divided the work. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of the Interior were responsible for launching a strategy against the German ambassador to Japan, hoping that General Eugene Ott would say a few words for Japan, and at the same time request Hiroshi Oshima and Toshio Shiratori to come forward again to meet the head of the independent country (the Japanese will? Führer? is translated as President, and President is translated as General Commander. In this book, I still use the name of the head of state.) The two diplomats have formed a good bond with the head of the independent state in the last incident. I hope this time Can also play a role, this matter to be properly resolved. As for the army’s investigation, judging from the previous performance, Tojo, the Minister of the Army, is quite capable of convincing the public, and it seems that the army’s issues can only be left to him.

In order to restore his image in front of the emperor, and to throw away the inexplicable black pot on his back, Tojo took a Hundred-type transport plane that afternoon and flew directly to Taipei. After a short pause in Taipei, the plane took off overnight. After making a short stop on Hainan Island, he landed at Nanning Airport at midnight that day. Also arriving by the same plane with the Secretary of the Army were the Deputy Chief of Staff Shigeru Sawada, the Chief of Operations Shigeo Okada, Major General Yuizu Dohashi, Second Chief of the Staff Headquarters, the newly appointed Commander of the Army Military Police Lieutenant General Botaro Toshima and the Military Police. The Chief of the Administration Section Quartet Liang Er Zhongzuo.

The commander of the Fifth Division, Akito Nakamura, knew that this crime was inevitable, so when he learned that the Secretary of the Army had personally come to investigate, he hurried to the airport to greet him. He also wanted to try to please him at this time. Tojo, relieve yourself of some responsibilities. After all, the deliberate refuge of a real power division leader is also a great help to the Secretary of the Army. However, Nakamura obviously made a wrong calculation. His future was decided at the Imperial Conference in Tokyo. No one can save this poor lieutenant general. He should feel fortunate that he is not alone at this moment. There will be a large number of colleagues. Accompanied him to finish, he is not the biggest scapegoat in this incident, and there are several unlucky ones above him.

When I saw that there were generals from the military police force coming randomly, Nakamura knew that he was doomed this time. Before he could plead with Tojo, the other party had already issued a letter of order from the emperor. , The commander of the Fifth Division of Akira Nakamura was relieved, and the commander of the gendarmerie arrested him on the spot and sent it to the gendarmerie for investigation and interrogation. Also arrested at the same time as Lieutenant General Nakamura were the chief of staff of the Fifth Division and the staff of the Division, and the senior officer of the Morimoto Battalion, the 21st Regiment Leader Miki Yoshinosuke.

These people were escorted to a temporary gendarmerie prison that night, and the head of the Japanese gendarmerie police conducted preliminary inquiries himself. For Tojo, this is just the beginning. He wants to use this opportunity to take advantage of the army’s habit of ignoring Shangguan’s disrespect, and at the same time establish the reputation of Razor Tojo in the army to make those who like it. The hot-headed red deer felt fear from the bottom of his body when he heard his name. Before doing stupid things, he would carefully consider the consequences, so as not to cause trouble to the empire and His Majesty.

For Japan, there are enough troubles now, and a Chinese battlefield alone has already caused people to be devastated. If European powers intervene again, it will be a disaster for Japan. Although the army and the navy have determined their southward strategy, it takes a lot of time to accumulate sufficient resources and strength. The army's previous increase in troops has disrupted the previous deductions of the staff headquarters, and the navy is almost just about landing. Turn face with the army. If there are any more variables at this time, the southward plan may be aborted. At that time, who can bear this responsibility, Tojo knows that his small body is absolutely impossible to carry.

The next day, Lin Qingzhongzuo of the South Branch Military Police squadron took his elite soldiers to Nanning~IndoMTL.com~ Then the gendarmes set off in the Fifth Division under the direct instructions of the Secretary of the Army. In a **** storm, the 21st Wing was the first to bear the brunt and became a hardest hit area. All personnel related to Morimoto were taken away by the military police for investigation. The personnel left behind by the Morimoto brigade were considered by the military police as the best breakthrough point, especially the two survivors who eventually fled back to China were subjected to harsh interrogation.

At the beginning, there were some young and strong officers who agreed with Morimoto’s behavior. They thought they had a background and background in the country, and showed obvious resistance to the gendarmerie’s inquiries. Then the gendarmerie torture experts used facts to prove their The bones are not as hard as imagined. The cruelty of the Japanese military police is well-known in the world. Since it is backed by the Secretary of the Army, there are no worries. When the military police and non-commissioned officers faced these middle and high-level officers who needed to look up in the past, the military police The non-commissioned officers got full pleasure from the other side's wailing, and there was no confession under Miki that could not come out, and soon a detailed interrogation report was placed in front of Tojo.

Tojo cleanly completed the task assigned to him by the cabinet, and successfully handed over an investigation report of the incident within three days. Although there were some differences in details with the statement of the independent country of the country, Tojo I believe that what I have investigated should be the truth. (To be continued.) () "The Battle of Resurrection in the Third Reich" only represents the author Feng Rui's point of view. If it is found that its content violates national laws and conflicts, please delete it. The position is only dedicated to providing health Green reading platform. 【】,thank you all!