On August 7th, at around six o'clock in the morning, at the residence of Zetian Shigeru in the Hainan Land Command of Changjiang City, he took a shower and sat at his desk. He carefully looked at the commendation power-on sent by the base camp yesterday. The more he looked at the expression on his face, The weirder his expression became, the more he reported to the base camp to capture Changjiang and defend Baisha with heavy troops. This was actually to repay Sir Sakayuan for his kindness, so that the big bosses at the base camp would believe that Sakayuan proposed the establishment of a Hainan land command headquarters. Sex, but I didn't expect that the base camp would actually take it seriously. Thinking of the telegram sent by Yamamoto Isoroku yesterday, he thought about the possibility of the combined fleet evacuating alone, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became.
Sawada Shigeru didn't want to leave Hainan as soon as possible, just because he had just received the commendation, and because the soldiers could barely fill their stomachs in the past few days, walking was now a problem and they could not complete the assembly and evacuation within the specified time. Therefore, he would Reply to a telegram like that,
"With the kind of person Yamamoto is, he will never really leave us alone. Maybe he is worrying too much." Just as he was comforting himself, his nose suddenly twitched twice, and he couldn't help but stand up with a puzzled look on his face. After taking two deep sniffs, he said to himself: "It's strange, this fragrance."
"Chuan Sheng." He suddenly shouted loudly,
"Your Excellency." His adjutant Kawakatsu Tatada immediately walked out of a nearby room.
"What are they doing in the kitchen? It smells so good. Go and have a look."
"Hai."
As Yamamoto became more and more outrageous and the supplies supplied became less and less, Sawada Shigeru, who was considerate of the soldiers, also reduced his expenses. Of course, he couldn't do it without reducing it, because there was nothing good in the food provided by the United Fleet. As for "collecting" the ingredients from the local area, Sawada Shigeru had not considered this idea at first. However, after realizing that it was a futile effort, he could not bear the fact that the hungry soldiers had to exert extra energy to satisfy their appetite, so he terminated the project.
I have been drinking porridge, canned food, and biscuits these past few days. My stomach is not very sensitive to natural aromas. Therefore, in the kitchen three meters away, chef Kobayashi Hikoichi poured peanuts into the oil, and Sawada Shigeru was as big as his index finger. Get moving,
Chuan Sheng quickly reported back: "Sir, Xiaolin is frying peanuts. What you smell is the aroma of peanuts."
"Peanuts." Sawada Shigeru swallowed his saliva secretly and said, "Did the United Fleet provide peanuts yesterday? Ah, I haven't eaten peanuts for a while."
Naturally, these peanuts were filial contributions from Tamura Hirokatsu, and Kawakatsu, who had secretly accepted five kilograms of peanuts from him, had been waiting for the opportunity to pay him. He quickly said: "The peanuts were sent by Commander Tamura early in the morning. Commander I have worked hard during this period, and I want to improve your food."
"Isn't it rationed by the United Fleet?" Sawada Shigeru was stunned.
"The guys in the Navy want to deduct cookies from us, so why are they so kind? In their minds, we are just a bunch of losers."
"That's enough." Sawada Shigeru's expression changed, and he suddenly shouted,
Chuan Sheng was startled, and quickly lowered his head and stood respectfully.
The look on Sawada Shigeru's face changed for a while. After a few seconds, he asked Kawakatsu: "Where did he get the peanuts sent by Tamura? Didn't the Chinese in nearby villages move everything away? .”
"I don't know, sir. I went to the 20th Regiment's station yesterday and discovered something strange."
"Um."
"The soldiers of the 20th Regiment do not seem to be affected by the supply reduction. They are all active and active."
"What, this is really happening."
"yes."
Sawada's eyes narrowed. He thought for a moment and said, "Well, go and send a telegram to the 20th Regiment and ask Tamura to come see me."
"Hai."
The 20th Regiment was stationed in Qifang Town, 20 kilometers away. More than two hours later, Tamura arrived in an ox cart, escorted by a small team of soldiers.
The Japs standing guard at the gate saw the cow pulling the cart, and all of them were drooling, and their eyes were glowing green.
Maybe he sensed something was wrong from their eyes. Tamura asked his men to drive the ox cart to the entrance of the headquarters. At this time, Sawada happened to walk out of the headquarters surrounded by several junior officers. He, Tamura and others were at the door. When they met, they saw the bullock cart, and their eyes became strange.
When Tamura saw him, he immediately ordered the car to stop, jumped out of the car and ran over, bowed respectfully and said, "Your Excellency, you are looking for me."
Sawada first looked at the cow meaningfully, then turned his eyes to Tamura and said meaningfully: "Tamura-kun, you did a good job."
Tamura pretended not to understand, smiled and said: "Everything depends on the commander's command."
"Let's talk after we go in, and bring the cows in too."
"Hai."
Sawada brought Tamura into the conference room and asked Tamura to sit down. He said: "Tamura-kun, I heard from Kawakatsu that all the soldiers in your regiment are in good spirits. Well, have you found China in Qifang Town?" It’s a food storehouse for people.”
Tamura was surprised and quickly waved his hand: "No, no, Commander, you are joking."
"What's going on?" Zetian narrowed his eyes. Although he couldn't change the status quo of the army because of the problems left over from history, it didn't mean that he would tolerate his subordinates going behind his back. Make some small moves,
Tamura obviously understood this. His expression became respectful, he stood up and bowed again, saying: "Your Excellency, this is it..."
Tamura was able to hold the position of captain, so he naturally knew what to say and what not to say in this situation, and after his modification and processing, Kuroda Seiichiro's business with the Chinese people was not a personal behavior at all, but became his In order to solve the survival crisis of the army, he came up with a self-rescue method on the spur of the moment. As for his meeting with Lang Yuntou, that would never be mentioned.
Eight of Tamura's ten sentences were true. Therefore, although Sawada felt that things would not be that simple, he could only choose to believe it. When Tamura finished speaking, he snorted and said: "The invading army and the occupied areas Tamura, your initiative is really surprising."
After hearing what he said, Tamura said with a straight face: "Your Excellency, hasn't His Majesty the Emperor always advocated co-prosperity in Greater East Asia? By doing this, I fully understand His Majesty the Emperor's painstaking efforts to change the image of our Imperial Army in the minds of the Chinese people. Facts have proved that the attempt was successful. Your Excellency, the Hainan strategy was originally initiated by those guys from the Navy, but look at what they have done now. Your Excellency, when it comes to fighting, our Osaka Division We may not be able to do it as a regiment, but when it comes to managing the occupied territories, we still have inherent advantages."
Zetian sneered: "Innate advantages, you mean being a merchant."
"This..." Tamura blushed,
"Your understanding of co-prosperity in Greater East Asia may be correct, but please note that we and the Chinese people have always been enemies. Therefore, please use your brain more when satisfying your lust for words. Why did the Chinese people agree to peace with China?" You are making a deal, do you think the Chinese people will clapped their hands and lined up to welcome the arrival of the imperial army?"