Chapter 4 All-round Anti-Japanese War (13 111 Stand Up Team)
In the Japanese Concession of Tianjin, in the Huabeitun garrison headquarters, Tojo Hideki's knife-striped face was twitching, his face was ashen, his eyes were bloodshot, and his eyes were furious. This time, the North China strategy was entirely brought up by him. Responsible, originally, he was counting on building up his military exploits through this battle, so as to accumulate some capital for getting out of the cabinet and becoming the prime minister. However, first the ground attack was frustrated, and then the air force also suffered a heavy blow, which made him useless. There was no merit, but only blame. "Ouyang Yun, Xue Bingjun." He chanted each word with hatred, suddenly punched the table hard, and shouted loudly: "Where is Matsui Kyutaro? Let him come to see me, I want all the information about Ouyang Yun and Xuebingjun."
Standing respectfully behind him, staff officer Yamamoto Kiyokawa said loudly: "Hai." Then he walked out quickly.
A quarter of an hour later, a rather ugly-looking Matsui Kyutaro walked in holding a large stack of secret documents. He walked up to Tojo, put the files down, and was about to speak, but was frightened by the fierce glare from the other party. , only a slight "Your Excellency Tojo" came out of his mouth, and there was no more words.
After the Xuebing Army and the 57th Army respectively stationed troops in Peiping, the first thing they eliminated was the Kwantung Army's Peiping spy agency. Then, Jin Bihui's Puppet Manchukuo spy agency was also eliminated. If Matsui hadn't seen the opportunity quickly, he might not have been able to escape. These are all problems. Before this, Peiping and surrounding areas were the only places where Japanese spies could operate in the Hebei-Cha area. As a result, they lost even their last foothold, which directly led to In the subsequent military operations, the Japanese army was like a blind man, completely blind to the actions of the Chinese army... Speaking of which, he, the chief of the Peking Secret Service, was now in name only.
The rise of the Xuebing Army, including Ouyang Yun, seems to many people to be like bamboo shoots after the early spring rain, growing up overnight.
Tojo Hideki opened the file, and after the three words Ouyang Yun, he only saw vague words such as American overseas Chinese, about twenty-three years old, etc. His face, which was already soothing, became even more ugly. He suppressed the pain in his heart. Angry, he continued to read. About twenty minutes later, he closed the file hard, stood up and slapped Matsui in the face, sternly scolding: "Ba Ge, the empire has allocated so much funding to you, you just... Do you only get this meaningless information? Why don’t you have any relevant information about the artillery that the Chinese used to deal with our aviation this time? And what’s going on with those tanks under Xifengkou?”
Matsui received a slap in the face, not only did he not complain at all, but on the contrary, he stood up straighter and lowered his head. He did not dare to say anything except "Hai", as if praising Tojo for a good slap. one word,
Slapping Matsui in the face did not make Tojo Hideki feel better. He raised his head in pain and closed his eyes. Two lines of tears flowed down from the corners of his eyes. He sat down slumped and murmured with his eyes closed. : "In order to manage North China, the empire has worked hard for more than ten years. Unexpectedly, in a small place like Jicha, it would be blocked by a small warlord like Ouyang Yun. Your Majesty, I am not a loyal minister. It's just This student army is not like the Northeastern Army, I am not willing to accept it, I am not willing to accept it."
Matsui secretly raised his head and took a peek at Tojo. He was immediately stunned by the two tears on his face. He said: "Your Excellency Tojo, although my subordinates have not detected much in the past few years in North China, Important information about Ouyang Yun and Xuebingjun, but a law was discovered."
"What."
"That is, almost all the pioneering achievements of the Xuebing Army are related to Ouyang Yun. Sir Tojo, I feel that what is standing in front of our army is not actually an army, but one person."
Tojo Hideki's lifeless eyes immediately regained a trace of life, and he glared at Matsui Kyutaro fiercely. He asked: "Do you mean that as long as Ouyang Yun is excluded, the empire's North China cause can be successful?"
Matsui lowered his head and responded respectfully: "Hai."
A sharp light flashed in Tojo's eyes. He clasped his hands together and pinched his knuckles hard. The knuckles crackled while he was thinking. After a while, he stood up and regained his usual composure. He said calmly and coldly: "Okay, I'll take a gamble." He turned to Yamamoto Kiyokawa and said: "Yamamoto, call Lieutenant Colonel Ono."
Since the failure of the Wanping attack, Ono, a top student who had studied in Germany and the defeated general, was deliberately forgotten by Hideki Tojo. Ono once thought that it would be difficult for him to get a chance to be promoted in this life, so when Yamamoto Tell him that when His Excellency Tojo came to him, he thought he heard wrongly. It was not until Yamamoto said it again that he followed him a little ignorantly. He did not know about the massacre of the Kwantung Army Flying Group and entered the headquarters. , after giving the customary salute, I found Tojo Hideki's expression was calm. At first he thought that the other party was going to punish him severely because of Wanping's failure last time, so he already had some kind of consciousness in his heart. He lowered his head quietly. , there is a trace of absolute certainty in my heart,
Tojo Hideki looked at the young officer he once valued most and found that he was obviously thinner than last time. He couldn't help but worry about whether he still had the courage to fight. Therefore, he drank to Ono: "Ono Lieutenant Colonel, raise your head and look at me, why, have you been frightened by the Chinese? You have lost your courage as a soldier."
The hateful thing was brought up again, and a surge of passion surged in his ambition, causing his face to turn red. He held his head high as usual, stared straight ahead, and growled in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, General, no."
Seeing what he wanted to see, Tojo Hideki nodded in his heart, with a calm expression on his face, and shouted loudly: "So, what about your subordinates? You once told me that each of your subordinates can be worthy of Twenty Chinese people, do you still have the confidence to say such big words now?"
"Your Excellency, General, that is not a lie. I admit that I am responsible for Wanping's failure. However, Your Excellency, General, my subordinates did not participate in the attack on Wanping that time. They were a stand-up team. Their specialty is field combat and sneak attacks. Destroy important military targets."
"Very good, then, if I want you to lead them to kill Ouyang Yun, are you confident that you can do it?"
Ono did not answer immediately, but looked at Tojo Hideki with wide eyes. There was a fanaticism in his eyes, because this was exactly what he had been requesting before. After a while, when Tojo's eyes were filled with laughter, When he narrowed his eyes, he stood at attention and lowered his head and said: "Your Excellency, General, the 111 Standing Team has this confidence."
Tojo Hideki burst out laughing. For a moment, his laughter subsided and he said in a deep voice: "How dare you issue a military order."
"Why don't you dare?"
"Okay, then, the gentlemen and I will wait for your good news. Matsui, please choose a few people who are familiar with the terrain of North China to act with Mr. Ono."