Although the earlier orders from the Ministry of War put great pressure on the Fifth Division, Kikuzo Otani was still able to withstand the pressure to some extent. Since the Ministry of War did not order him to be punished in time, it means that Japan still hopes that the third division will be punished.
The Fifth Division was able to make some nice finishing touches at the last moment.
It's a pity that Otani Kikuzo insisted on going his own way, understanding the so-called "finishing work" as continuing to maintain the frontline war status and waiting for an opportunity to complete a counterattack that would change the entire war situation. However, another seven or eight days passed, and not only did he fail to improve
The current predicament of the Fifth Division has, on the contrary, led to a sharp increase in the number of casualties and prisoners.
The dismissal order issued by the Ministry of War seemed to be only a very light punishment, but in fact it was a hint that Kikuzo Otani would die to apologize.
On the seventeenth day of the day, Otani Kikuzo completed all the handover work of the division headquarters, and then set off back to Lushun. After arriving in Lushun in the evening, he handed over the suicide note and several other personal letters that he had prepared to the orderly to be mailed on his behalf.
Finally, he had a brief meeting with Mitsuomi Kamio. In this meeting, he was not afraid of his imminent death, nor was he upset about the defeat. He was just because Mitsuomi Kamio did not send troops to reinforce the 5th Division from the beginning.
The group was angry.
In his opinion, as long as the 18th Division could join the 5th Division or increase troops in time when the Gaizhou offensive was at a disadvantage, this battle would never have fallen into such an embarrassing predicament.[
Kamio Mitsuomi could only express deep regret for this. He said: "This war should never have happened from the beginning. Even though I ordered the 18th Division to send troops at that time, I did not get permission from my superiors. The supply of logistical supplies was very difficult. We could not
It may really be possible to invade Fengtian within ten days, and the result then will be the same as now."
Otani Kikuzo naturally couldn't listen to Kamio Mitsuomi's words. If he could really listen, he would have accepted Kamio Mitsuomi's opinion before the troop dispatch plan was drawn up, and would not have launched such a hasty action. He didn't say anything else.
The final request is just that Mitsuomi Kamio can correct his mistakes.
Generally speaking, being invited to be a Jiecuo person is a matter of great honor and deep trust, but Kamio Mitsuomi does not think it is an honor at all now. He even knows very well that Otani Kikuzo hopes to use Jiecuo
In one fell swoop, you humiliate yourself and make yourself feel guilty forever.
Now Kamio Mitsuomi is fifty-nine years old. Even though he comes from a samurai family, he is old and frail. The bones in the back of the neck of the person he cut are intricate and require extremely skilled and precise knife skills to hit the target with one hit.
, otherwise the knife is likely to get stuck on the spine. Not only will the person who committed seppuku not be able to escape faster, but it will also cause more pain.
Once he failed to correct his mistake, he would have insulted the name of a personal samurai and made Kikuzo Ōtani suffer, leaving lingering guilt in his heart. But faced with Kikuzo Ōtani being so determined and making the last request in his life
, it was impossible for him to refuse verbally, so he could only nod his head and agree.
At twelve o'clock at midnight, Kikuzo Otani performed seppuku on the parade platform of the Lushun headquarters. However, during the error stage, Mitsuomi Kamio still missed and failed to cut off Kikuzo Otani's head. Kikuzo Otani was suffering from double severe pain, and his face turned pale.
He turned red and the veins on his forehead bulged, but with his last breath he shouted hoarsely: "Long live the Emperor."
After Otani Kikuzo died, Kamio Mitsuomi felt extremely ashamed. This incident has since become a memorable joke in history.
After Masataro Fukuda and Mitsuomi Kamio took over the Fifth Division and Lushun Headquarters respectively, the Japanese army in Liaodong immediately launched frontline rectification work, and took the initiative to contact the Liaodong United X War Headquarters in Yingkou, and agreed that both sides would send commissioners to Fengtian respectively.
, negotiate the withdrawal of troops from both sides.
It was precisely because of this series of changes in the Japanese army in Liaodong that the progress of the negotiation meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Official Guest House in Beijing immediately took a series of major turns. First, on the 16th, the British Minister to China Julius Erdian met with the Japanese Minister to China Hioki
justice, requiring Japan to reach peace talks with China as soon as possible.
It turns out that in the past few days, due to the growing anti-Japanese sentiment in China, it has also affected British, French, Russian and other interests in China. I don’t know when it started, let alone who is causing trouble.
, actually secretly incited the agitated Chinese citizens and began to protest at the embassies and consulates of Britain, France and other Allied countries, and even claimed that if Britain and France continued to condone and shield Japan, Chinese citizens would launch strikes and boycott businesses against Britain, France and Russia.
actions, etc.
From the beginning of the war on October 28 to today, November 17, the war between China and Japan lasted less than a month. However, according to statistics that are updated every day, the Chinese people have responded to the call of the government, gentry and political activists.
Under this situation, strikes against Japanese companies and factories, as well as the continued boycott of Japanese goods, have directly caused Japan's economic losses of tens of millions of yen.
The reason why the Japanese government rushed to send the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs to China to put out the fire was that the economy was suppressed. In view of this, none of the three countries, Britain, France, and Russia wanted to repeat Japan's mistakes, and they all knew that once the Chinese made trouble
If you get emotional, it will still have a big impact. The European battlefield is overwhelmed, and there can't be any more troubles in the Far East.
Under pressure from all quarters, Japanese diplomatic representatives cannot continue to delay or insist on not giving in.
However, Japan could not accept China's request to return the areas occupied by the army in the Liaodong Peninsula under any circumstances. The two sides argued for another two days and finally reached a preliminary agreement. China and Japan immediately ceased war in Liaodong, and Japan allowed
The area from Gaizhou to the north of Xiuyan was returned to China, but the coastal areas from Dandong to Dongzhuang still had to be returned to Japan.
As for the lease term of Port Arthur, it is tentatively scheduled to be returned to China in 1940 after consultation. The ownership of the section of the China-Eastern Railway passing through Xiuyan and Gaizhou was handed over to China, but a Japanese company is still responsible for the operation. The land in Liaodong that was returned to China was
The original Japanese residents will continue to retain their right of residence for ten years, while other residents can negotiate with the Sino-Japanese diplomatic agencies and sign the procedures for immigrating to Japan or returning Chinese nationality at one time.
China and Japan jointly signed the Liaodong Peace Agreement, which stipulated a "ten-year armistice period" in Liaodong, and neither side could station troops within thirty miles of each other's boundaries to ensure that such military frictions would not occur again.
As for the Chinese army's arson of Dandong, both China and Japan blamed each other, but for a while, they did not collect enough evidence. In the end, the Japanese side could only swallow their anger and decided not to pursue the matter, but additionally
It requires China to compensate for the release of prisoners on the Liaodong battlefield, and to properly arrange for the wounded among the current prisoners.
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