When Sakamura suddenly raised his voice, Tanaka's heart beat violently, and when he heard that he would be handed over to Aimura of the Military Police, the bloody scene he had seen in the Military Police torture room appeared in his mind. In one scene, his legs became weak and he collapsed on the ground.
A collective flight of officers and soldiers also occurred in the army, but due to differences in the handling methods, the experiences of Okamura Neji and Yamada Otsuzo were completely different. On Okamura Neji's side, due to the hype of Zhang Xueliang's Eighth Army , the news reached Tokyo within a few days. At this time, Tokyo had returned to the era when Tojo Hideki was in power. Tojo Hideki was furious when he heard the news. After being reminded by his cheap nephew Koji Tojo, he even thought This was because those in China were aggrieved by Ishihara Wanji and wanted to deliberately embarrass him. So they not only made a fuss at the imperial meeting, but also claimed that they would detain Okamura Neiji and impose strict military discipline.
"Shame, this is the shame of the empire. Your Majesty, I believe that the person involved should be severely punished to serve as a warning. The accident occurred in the North China Front Army, and I believe that the commander of the North China Front Army, General Okamura Neiji, bears an inescapable responsibility..."
Due to his advanced understanding of history, Ouyang Yun, who is well aware of Okamura Ningji's personality, has always regarded him as the biggest scourge among the senior generals of the Japanese invaders. After repeated setbacks in the Great Wall Counterattack, he became more determined in this view. views, and thus came up with the idea of eradicating Okamura Neiji through agents who had penetrated into the upper echelons of the Japanese army. Since the implementation of the "stealing heaven and earth" plan, the agents who have successfully penetrated into the Japanese army have begun to play an irreplaceable role, and Tojo Hideki can once again His rise to the top was actually due to the work of Chinese agent Shen Chunming. He made Tojo Hideki smarter, and also allowed the latter to once again gain the recognition of the Japanese army veterans.
Shortly after Ouyang Yun's order regarding Okamura Neji was issued, the doping incident broke out, and Tojo Hideki was given the opportunity to take power again. Previously, Shen Chunming thought it was very difficult to execute this task because he felt there was nowhere to start, but As Hideki Tojo ascended to the position of Prime Minister again, he immediately had several plans to repair Okamura.
Coincidentally, at this time, a mass flight of soldiers occurred in the North China Front. The shrewd Shen Chunming immediately saw the opportunity to overthrow Okamura. As he expected, Tojo Hideki just wasted a lot of words in front of Hirohito. , as expected, the latter's status in the hearts of Hirohito and others dropped again and again.
Because Shen Chunming played an extremely important role in Tojo Hideki's comeback, the latter now had extra trust in him. After Tojo returned that day, he added him as usual and first narrated the scene of the imperial meeting. , and then asked him how he was doing today.
It may sound a bit unbelievable that a person as proud as Tojo Hideki is now willing to "obey" a nephew. However, just think about what Tojo relied on to regain his position, and then think about him. If he is given another chance, it is not surprising that he is performing right now.
I have to admit that Hirohito is still very open-minded, because he felt that what Tojo said was only one-sided, so the imperial meeting failed to formulate a decision on Okamura's disposition in the end. This made Shen Chunming a little disappointed, but then he thought about it, after all, Okamura He was a general of the front army, and even if he had to be dealt with, he would not be hasty, so he calmed down and continued to faithfully advise Tojo.
It can be said that compared to Yamada, the situation faced by Okamura was actually much more dangerous. However, because he had found substitutes for the Japanese soldiers who escaped early, and he made the North China Front Army united and united, never admit to the escape incident. existence, so even though Tojo was arrogant in Tokyo and wanted to take him to a military court immediately, in the end the matter was dragged out.
At this time, the collective escape of the Kwantung Army's Tanaka Battalion broke out. As a result, the attention of Hirohito, Tojo and others was suddenly attracted. In addition, the Chinese army strengthened its offensive on the Great Wall front at this time. , but no one in Okamura dared to cause trouble again.
Okamura could think of finding someone to replace him, and so could Yamada. However, because the size of the Kwantung Army was too large, and Yamada had just taken office not long ago, he was unable to establish enough prestige. As a result, because there were two junior officers, The military officer let the news slip during an interview with a reporter from Japan's Asahi Shimbun, and the matter was suddenly confirmed.
When the news reached Shen Chunming's ears, even though he felt unwilling to do so, he had to admit that Okamura's life was really good, and just as he expected, with the occurrence of the Kwantung Army's desertion incident, Tojo Even the attention of the Japanese high-level officials was suddenly attracted, and no one paid attention to the desertion incident of the North China Front Army.
"More than five hundred soldiers fled collectively, and it was late at night again. We can imagine how big the movement must have been. Was Tanaka a pig? He couldn't feel it, or he was not in the military camp at the time." At another imperial meeting, Dong Jo Hideki said this.
For Tojo, because of Okamura's firm denial, he lost the opportunity to kill one person and establish his authority, so he also paid special attention to this opportunity. At this time, in his mind, those guys in China have been defined As Ishihara's supporters, attacking them became a necessary means for him to establish his authority.
Precisely because of his tough attitude in handling the deserter incident, Yamada Otsuzo was under considerable pressure.
Regarding the deserter incident, Yamada himself felt quite resentful. You must know that he had been the commander of the Kwantung Army for less than five months and had not even met all the generals under his command. Naturally, he thought that he actually He should not be responsible for this desertion incident, "Ba Ge, it's all this bastard Sakamura." He thought in his heart, and then transferred his anger, and Sakamura became the target of his venting.
At this time, Yamada still fantasized about catching the deserters to atone for his crimes, so his instructions to Sakamura were to capture the traitors at all costs and bring them to justice. Because in his order to Sakamura, he also In particular, I mentioned this sentence: Everything is still possible if the person is recovered, but if you can't catch him, then you have to wait to commit seppuku. Therefore, Sakamura went all out from the beginning.
After venting hard, especially after handing Tanaka over to Xiancun, Sakamura calmed down a little. He asked his adjutant to bring him a map, then he thought about the map seriously and made new instructions: "We What is certain is that Fujita and others will definitely find the Chinese army to surrender. The nearest Chinese army is in Heilongjiang, with only the Songhua River in between. Okay, now we will search with the Songhua River as the target. Nishikawa-kun, Oka It was you who contacted the Shanshui Patrol Team. You should contact Okayama immediately and ask where they are. Others, please lead the team to take action immediately."