my bright sword career

Chapter 27 Negotiable
Shanxi Taiyuan First Army Headquarters
"Baga Road...it's all a bunch of trash...A majestic infantry regiment was unexpectedly attacked by the Chinese. Not to mention the captain of the regiment was killed, and even the regiment flag was snatched away. This is simply a disgrace to the Great Japanese Empire... a shame..."

In the spacious office, more than a dozen generals and rank and file officers stood in two rows, bowing their heads without even daring to breathe.

Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshio, the commander of the First Army of the North China Front Army, stared at the independent and mixed 4th Brigade Commander Maj. Such a big incident happened in Cangyun Ridge, not only the regiment leader died in battle, but even the regiment flag was snatched by the Chinese, don’t you, brigade commander, have anything to say to me?”

Kasahara Koizumi lowered his head, straightened his body, and his face was full of shame: "Your Excellency Commander, this matter is indeed my fault, please punish me!"

"Punishment?" Yoshio Shinozuka sneered, "How do you want me to punish you, dismiss you from your post for investigation or send you to a military court? Or make you cut open your stomach?"

Every time he said a word, Kasahara Koizumi lowered his head a little.

Since the outbreak of an all-out war between Japan and China in 1937, although the First World War in Songhu broke the wild words of the Japanese army's subjugation of China in three months, in the past three years, the Japanese have occupied more than half of China.

The Chinese army headed by the Kuomintang could only retreat steadily, and this period was also when the arrogance of the Japanese army reached its peak.

But at this time, such a shameful scandal occurred that can be said to be unprecedented since modern times.
Their alliance flag was actually captured by the Huaxia army, which undoubtedly gave the arrogant Japanese army a resounding slap in the face.

When Kasahara Koizumi almost fainted after receiving the news that his regiment had such a scandal, as the head of the brigade, he was absolutely to blame, so he hurriedly complained to his immediate boss Shinozuka Yoshino The man made a report.

Shinozuka Yoshio's lungs were about to explode when he heard this, and the alliance flag was captured. This was the first time since the Meiji Restoration, and the nature of it was definitely much more serious than the annihilation of the entire alliance.

This kind of thing cannot be covered up. Yoshio Shinozuka immediately reported the news to the North China Front Army Command, and the North China Front Army reported the news to the China Dispatch Army Command, and finally even alarmed the Tokyo headquarters.

Yes, you read that right, a small broken flag actually alarmed the Tokyo headquarters.

The reason is very simple, because the flag has the emperor's autograph, and for the Japanese who have sanctified the emperor, the United flag representing the emperor was actually seized by the Chinese people they despise, which also means Seeing their dignity being trampled on by the Chinese army.

Looking at the downcast Kasahara Koizumi, Shinozuka Yoshio's hand holding the saber showed blue veins, and at this moment he had the intention to kill.

Shinozuka Yoshio was originally the commander of the Tenth Division. He led the Tenth Division to participate in the Battle of Wuhan in 1938. Due to his outstanding military exploits, he was promoted to the Commander of the First Army by the headquarters in July 1939. He mainly maintained public order in Shanxi. And wipe out the Kuomintang army, the Eighth Route Army and various local armed forces in Shanxi.

Yoshio Shinozuka, who had just arrived in Shanxi not long ago, was originally ambitious and ready to show his strengths, but he never thought that before he could make a move, there would be a scandal of the alliance flag being seized, and he was almost blown away.

However, he is not incompetent to be the commander of the First Army. He turned his head and asked a senior officer standing next to him, "Yamamoto-kun, what happened to the information I asked you to collect?"

This middle-aged chief is none other than Kazuki Yamamoto, the captain of the Yamato soul commando directly under the direct command of Shinozuka Yoshio.

He took a step forward, bowed to Shinozuka Yoshio, and said solemnly: "Your Excellency, according to the information we have collected, the Chinese who killed Sakata-kun and snatched the alliance flag were not The regular army of the Chinese people, but a local armed force, strictly speaking, this armed force is just a local militia in China?"

"Nani?"

"ありえない...how is this possible?"

As soon as Kazuki Yamamoto's words came out, not only Shinozuka Yoshio, but even the officers next to him were dumbfounded.

It is already a great shame to have the alliance flag taken away, and now they are told that it is only a local self-government armed force in China that is not even a miscellaneous name.

"Yamamoto-kun, are your words true?" At this moment, Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes widened.

"Yes!"

Kazuki Yamamoto looked serious: "Your Excellency, Commander, this is the news from our agents lurking inside the China Army, and it is highly credible."

"How is this possible?" Kasahara Koizumi lost his voice, "I asked, and the Chinese troops who raided the headquarters of the Third Regiment all wore German-style steel helmets and uniforms, and their weapons were extremely sophisticated.

There are not only rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, and even a large number of mortars. Nobuzhe Sakata died accidentally when he was caught off guard. How could such an army be just a local militia?

To put it bluntly, if even the local self-government militias in China were equipped in this way, the imperial army would have been driven into the sea long ago. "

The surrounding officers also began to talk about it. Although Kasahara Koizumi's words were very unpleasant, it was not unreasonable.

If the militias facing Huaxia are equipped with a large number of submachine guns and mortars, I am afraid that what they have to consider now is not how to occupy Huaxia, but how to defend the mainland.

Yoshio Shinozuka was also puzzled and said, "Yamamoto-kun, is your information wrong? Since when did the Chinese local militia have such sophisticated equipment? How is this possible?"

Kazuki Yamamoto said helplessly: "Your Excellency, Commander, I didn't believe it at first, and then checked it twice, and finally confirmed the authenticity of the information.

According to intelligence, the head of the militia was named Gao Hongming, who came from a well-known family in Liantai County.He was sent by his father to study abroad two years ago, and returned to Liantai County only three months ago. After returning, he immediately formed this militia, which means that the formation of this militia took less than three months. "

"Less than three months?"

Everyone exclaimed, but what followed was a huge sense of shame.

A militia group formed less than three months ago actually killed one of their captains and captured the flag of the alliance.

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned and said, "Yamamoto-kun, why does that Gao Hongming hate the imperial army so much? In your opinion, can this person be bribed, or even persuade him to return the alliance flag to the empire.

As long as he is willing to return the alliance flag, no matter what condition he proposes, it can be discussed. "

(End of this chapter)