Seeing Master Liu asking, Gao Hongming also frowned.
Capturing Torajiro Iwai was indeed a great achievement, but then there was some trouble.
As a senior general of the Japanese army, the way to deal with Torajiro Iwai cannot be the same as capturing ordinary Japanese soldiers and officers.
Ordinary Japanese prisoners could be thrown to the "Japanese National Defense Army" for training by Heihachi Ihara and Shuzo Murata, but Torajiro Iwai could not.
This guy is the commander of the Lieutenant General's division. If he really wants to be thrown into the National Protectorate Army, he still doesn't know who will train whom. Maybe it won't take more than a month for the National Protectorate Army to be instigated by that guy.
Thinking of this, Gao Hongming tentatively said: "It's troublesome to keep this guy around. Why don't we just kill him?"
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"Absolutely not!"
As soon as Gao Hongming finished speaking, two opposing voices came at the same time.
Commander Liu said anxiously: "Torajiro Iwai is a Japanese Army Lieutenant General. He will definitely completely anger the Japanese top brass. The Japanese army will definitely retaliate on a large scale. Then it will be our people who will suffer."
"Yes." Political Commissar Taira also advised: "It is very simple to shoot Torajiro Iwai, it is just a bullet, but a living lieutenant general is of greater value than a dead lieutenant general."
Seeing the anxious expressions of Commander Liu and Political Commissar Heping, it was obvious that they were really worried that they would do something reckless in the heat of the moment.
I was a little moved in my heart and couldn't help but laugh: "Since Master Liu and Political Commissar Heping said so, then it doesn't matter if I spare his life. But... you can't escape the death penalty."
Capturing a Japanese lieutenant general is a major event that rarely happens in eight hundred years. What if we don't make good use of it? This time, we will make a good name for the Japanese..."
July 3, 1942
Just as people across the country were paying attention to the battlefield in Shanxi, a shocking news suddenly spread like lightning throughout China.
The 108th Division of the Japanese Army was defeated when fighting the Liantai Militia and the Eighth Route Army, and the division commander Torajiro Iwai was captured.
At the beginning, most people thought it was just a rumor, but soon "Shenbao" took the lead in publishing a photo. In the photo, Torajiro Iwai wearing a tattered military uniform stood in the middle, with people on his left and right standing in the middle.
Standing were Gao Hongming, Commander Liu and Political Commissar Heping.
It is worth noting that Gao Hongming, Commander Liu and Commissar Liu were smiling particularly happily, while Torajiro Iwai, who was caught in the middle, looked as depressed as his dead parents, and he almost cried on the spot.
The incident caused an uproar across the country, and even the Washington Post in the United States published the news.
The news that a dignified lieutenant general's division commander was actually captured was no less than a slap in the face with the sole of someone's shoe to the arrogant Japanese.
The Asahi Shimbun immediately "refuted the rumor" and said that the person in such photos was not the commander of Torajiro Iwai's division at all, but was taken by the Chinese people who found someone similar to Torajiro Iwai, with the purpose of attacking the Empire of Japan.
Confidence.
The Asahi Shimbun even ridiculed China for being so incompetent that it actually used such clumsy means to try to undermine the confidence of the Japanese people.
But the declared counterattack soon came again.
This time the "Declaration" published several other photos. Perhaps for fear of being denied by the Japanese newspaper, the "Declaration" took detailed photos of Torajiro Iwai's military officer ID and command knife and published them on the front page.
This time the stone is hammered, and the Japanese cannot deny it even if they want to.
You can say that the person in the photo is a fake, but how do you explain the sword and military certificate given by Emperor Hirohito? You can't say that they were accidentally lost, right?
Faced with the hard facts, the Japanese media collectively lost their voice.
"Nang Xipi, this Gao Hongming is so ignorant. He didn't report such a big thing to the central government. Instead, he took the lead in reporting it to the media. What on earth did he want to do?"
In a hidden official residence in Chongqing, a sound filled with the rich Fenghua accent sounded.
"Darling, what is there to be angry about? This is a good thing." A soft voice comforted: "At this difficult time of the Anti-Japanese War, once this incident comes out, it will be a big deal for both the party and the country.
Good thing, why are you still angry?"
"Madam...you don't know."
The Fenghua accent continued: "It is precisely because the current national situation is difficult that I ask all armies across the country to unite around the central government and obey the central dispatch and military orders. There must be no situation where they work independently.
This Gao Hongming is nominally the leader of a local militia group, but his power can affect the entire Shanxi Province. Even the World War II zone has been deeply affected by him. Logically speaking, this is a good thing.
But this Gao Hongming has never obeyed the command of the central government and turned a deaf ear to the orders issued by the central government. Originally, many officials in our government proposed to deal with him seriously, but I suppressed them all. Now he has behaved like this again
When the incident came out, the central government was very passive. Do you think I can stop being angry?"
"Why are you so angry?" Madam curled her lips disdainfully: "I think those people are just jealous of the drug channel and the flying corps in Gao Hongming's hands, right?"
Perhaps because the pain in his heart was touched upon, the man still said harshly: "In any case, it is wrong to disobey the central control. I will send someone to Shanxi tomorrow to bring Torajiro Iwai back to Chongqing. As long as Torajiro Iwai
If it falls into the hands of the central government, there will be a lot we can do."
Not to mention what the principal was planning, the capture of Torajiro Iwai had a huge impact on the Japanese army. Neji Okamura in Taiyuan even received three telegrams from the base camp in one day, and the tone of each telegram was more severe than the last.
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In the telegram, the headquarters ordered Nei Okamura to deal with the impact of Torajiro Iwai's capture as quickly as possible. If necessary, he could even send agents to kill Torajiro Iwai. As long as Torajiro Iwai dies, this incident will take a long time.
The impact will be minimized.
Looking at the telegram he had just received, Gao Hongming said helplessly: "I knew... Chongqing would not let Torajiro Iwai remain in our hands."
Master Liu and Political Commissar Heping looked at each other and smiled, "I, Political Commissar Heping, have thought of this a long time ago. In fact, in my opinion, the value of Torajiro Iwai has been fully utilized. There is nothing wrong with handing him over to Chongqing, and we can still
We can use this to gain some benefits from Chongqing, so why not do it."
"That's true."
Gao Hongming didn't have any objections to this. In fact, for him, it was happy to capture a lieutenant general, but when the excitement was over, keeping Torajiro Iwai in his hands might not be a good thing. Instead, he would become a hot potato.
It's better to hand it over early for peace of mind.