The murder of King Nianyan of Dongjiur Palace caused an uproar among the Japanese army.
The doctors at the field hospital of the Sixth Division were really good, and they managed to revive Major General Machijiri Hoshikichi, the Chief of Staff of the Second Army. The revived Machijiri Hoshiki insisted that the murderer of Higashijiur Palace Prince Nikihiko was the 16th Division
The squadron leader of the squadron left behind to guard Gaogou Town, and told intermittently that the squadron leader was a member of the Japanese Anti-War League and that he forced King Nianyan of Tojiur Palace to sign an anti-war statement. He even heard it before he fell into coma.
The squadron leader wanted to collect the reward from the Eighth Route Army and then return to Tokyo to open a store.
After all, Machijiri Seikichi was stabbed several times and bled excessively. After struggling to say all this, he reported to the Yasukuni Shrine. But what he said was like a bombshell, knocking out all the troops of the Second Army.
After working on it for a long time, it turned out that an anti-war alliance organization appeared in the 16th Division, and instigated an elite squadron to rebel. In order to collect the bounty from the Eighth Route Army, they actually took over the Second Army Headquarters!
If Machijiri Hoshikichi had not died, as long as he recovered, looking at the photo of the squadron leader of the 16th Division, Liu Yimin's framed plan might not be realized. Now that he is dead, he has killed the remaining squadron of the 16th Division.
The commander's guilt was proven.
The new commander of the Fourth Army and the temporary commander of the 16th Division, Lieutenant General Nakajima Kongo, could not sit still at first. He asked the military police to coerce and lure the captured civilians and inquire about the whereabouts of the remaining squadron. As a result, those civilians were all
They say they don’t know. At that time, the imperial army killed the imperial army and the people were so frightened that they all hid. As for the whereabouts of the remaining squadron, some said it seemed to go south, some said it seemed to go north, and some said it seemed to go north.
Some people said that it probably went east or west, but in short, they couldn't tell the exact direction.
Nakajima Jingo never believed that his 16th Division would kill the commander, but there was no way to find out the truth for the time being, so he had to order the troops to search with all their strength, while reporting to the base camp King Higashihiko of Higashiur Palace
Preliminary investigation into the assassination of Lieutenant General Yu Sha.
After Emperor Hirohito received the report, he felt chills from his abdomen to the tips of his hair. You must know that although King Nurihiko of the Tokyur Palace is a playboy, he is definitely not mediocre and can be regarded as one of the best generals in the royal family.
, unexpectedly died at the hands of a squadron left behind.
Looking at the tears and snot making the gray beard look so disgusting, Prince Kanin Gong Zaihito, and then looking at the red and swollen eyes of his sister Satoko, the widow of Prince Higashikata Nimuhiko, Hirohito
The emperor felt dizzy and fell headlong onto the imperial desk.
After a period of confusion, Emperor Hirohito woke up, stared with eyes like a hungry wolf, and ordered Prince Kanin Gongzaihito to arrest all the family members of all the remaining squadrons of the 16th Division and wait for their fate. He ordered the head of the secret service of the North China Front to immediately
Rush to the scene and conduct a careful investigation to find out the truth and catch the real culprit. Order the designation of the Second Army to be revoked, and the Third Division, the Thirteenth Division, and the Sixteenth Division to be incorporated into the Eleventh Army, led by Ning Okamura
Second command, implement the plan to eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army's teaching division and capture Wuhan.
By the time Kita Cheng, the head of the North China Front's secret service, arrived at Gaogou Town, two days had passed. The 16th Division had already been overwhelmed, and many officers of the 9th Regiment of the 19th Brigade had been imprisoned.
Now that they are awake, Nakajima Jingo is organizing forces to interrogate them and dig deeper into their relationship with the remaining squadron.
Kita Cheng frowned when he saw that the elite 16th Division was fighting among themselves one by one. Everyone was in danger. There were many doubts about this case. The 16th Division's troops came from Kyoto. According to common sense, at this time, the soldiers and
Officers are busy making contributions on the battlefield. Under normal circumstances, even if someone instigates rebellion in an organized manner, it is impossible to instigate all 180 people in a squadron. There will always be soldiers who will not participate. Now this squadron has disappeared, and there is not even a corpse.
Stay, this thing is too weird.
After all, Kita Seiichi was the spy chief, and he was very thoughtful. He knew that if he continued like this, the 16th Division would be doomed, so he quickly asked Nakajima Jingo to stop the interrogation and asked him to find the photos of the remaining squadron personnel for further investigation.
Then he was asked to concentrate on fighting the war. He led a large group of Japanese spies and military police to settle down in Gaogou, and was responsible for the investigation and handling of the murder of King Nianyan of Dongjiur Palace.
No matter how hard he thought about it, Kita Seiichi could not figure out how such a situation could happen to the remaining squadron of the 16th Division. It was a permanent division loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!
Kita Seiichi couldn't figure it out, so he asked people to lead a military dog and search carefully in Gaogou Town, hoping to find some clues. Unfortunately, the training level of the Eighth Route Army's special forces far exceeded Kita Seiichi's imagination.
All the corpses of the squadron left behind were treated with lime and then buried. No matter how sensitive the noses of the military dogs were, they could not smell them.
In the past, Kita Seiichi would have directly suspected that the instructor of the Eighth Route Army did it, because the instructor had a history of doing this kind of thing of blaming others. Kita Seiichi still remembers the incident at Dawenkou and Jieshou Station very clearly.
.But since the vicious incident in which Senior Soldier Sawada of the Second Division peeked at the Eighth Route Army leaflets and shot his unit's battalion leader and four squadron leaders, Kita Seiichi was no longer sure.
Wouldn't those imperial soldiers kill Lieutenant General King Nianyan of Dongjiur Palace for Liu Yimin's reward?
Although there were many things he couldn't figure out, Kita Makoto always intuitively believed that Liu Yimin's instructor did it. The problem was that the testimony of Major General Machijiri Hoshikichi was so crucial. He made the matter very clear and insisted that it was the left-behind squadron that did it.
But now the squadron left behind has found no one alive or dead, so the investigation has encountered a bottleneck.
The only clue now is to wait for the few surviving wounded soldiers of the Second Army guard unit to recover and let them identify the photos of the soldiers of the remaining squadron to see if they can find any clues from them.
What Kita Makoto didn't expect was that these wounded soldiers were so seriously injured that they died one after another after waking up once. And when they woke up, they all testified in unison that it was the left-behind squadron of the 16th Division who suddenly attacked, causing the entire military headquarters to be shattered.
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Kita Makoto had no choice but to dissect the corpses of the wounded, and found a problem, that is, the attacker's bayonet skills were very high, and the knife did not leave the vital points, but did not penetrate directly into the vital points. There was always a slight difference.
It seems that these people were specially left to explain the circumstances of the murder. This situation shows that the assassins were specially trained masters and were very familiar with the structure of the human body. From this perspective, although the left-behind squadron of the 16th Division is an elite force, they
Can't do this.
Reminiscent of Liu Yimin's small unit of instructors causing trouble in Jinan, Kita Seiichi's doubts grew bigger and bigger, but they were just doubts and lacked evidence. Originally, Kita Seiichi wanted to directly report that he was confirmed to be an instructor of the Eighth Route Army.
I did it. Later I thought about it. The matter is too big to be talked about. Saying that the Eighth Route Army instructor assassinated King Nian Yan of Dongjiuer Palace can temporarily clear the suspicion of the remaining squadron of the 16th Division, but that would also raise the Eighth Route Army's profile too much.
The majesty of the Imperial Japanese Army destroyed the ambition of the Imperial Japanese Army. If they were killed by the rebels, then where would the Imperial Japanese Empire put its face? After much deliberation, it was difficult to deal with it. Kita Seiichi could only put his suspicions together with those of the wounded soldiers.
The testimony before death will be reported to the base camp together.
Kita Seiichi couldn't solve the case, but Japan couldn't wait any longer. Because King Nurihiko of the Higashigur Palace had a distinguished status, a funeral had to be held. Emperor Hirohito wanted to save face and didn't want the world to know that his brother-in-law and uncle of the queen had been murdered.
The rebels or the Eighth Route Army killed him, and even fabricated a lie, saying that King Nianyan of Dongjiur Palace was loyal to the great cause of the Greater East Asia Jihad, overworked, and died of vomiting blood in front of the battle.
This lie concocted by Emperor Hirohito deceived many people, but not Dai Li.
At this time, Dai Li had just renamed the former Jiangsu-Zhejiang Action Committee Rangers to the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Action Committee Loyalty and National Salvation Army, and was expanding its strength behind enemy lines. The Jiangsu North Station of Military Command had not been damaged and was well-informed. Therefore, the Japanese army announced that King Nianyan of Dongjiur Palace had vomited blood.
When he died, Dai Li made a comprehensive analysis and came to the conclusion that King Nianyan of Dongjiur Palace was killed by Liu Yimin's disguised Japanese army.
Dai Li's reason is very simple. King Nianyan of Dongjiu'er Palace was too arrogant. He held two press conferences in Jinan and Xuzhou and sentenced Liu Yimin to six major crimes. This is nothing, it should not be done at all, Dongjiu
King Nianyan of Ergong should not ruin Liu Yimin! When the two armies fight, it depends on their own ability on the battlefield. There is no say in the outcome. King Nianyan of Ergong in Dongjiu can only blame himself for his inability to win. It is a pity that he wanted to destroy Liu Yimin.
The image of Liu Yimin was described as the reincarnation of a slut who loves women, and he named several girls by name. When Ni Hua found out, he went to complain to Chairman Chiang and forced him to express his position. When Liu Yimin found out,
What would be his attitude? Can Liu Yimin be bullied casually? He is a master who can destroy a Japanese division at every turn. If he is determined to kill someone, it may not be difficult. This King Nianyan of Dongjiur Palace must be
Because he offended Liu Yimin, he killed him.
Of course, Dai Li's mood was complicated after he came to this conclusion. He recalled what Liu Yimin said at a press conference in Xi'an before the Anti-Japanese War. At that time, Liu Yimin threatened him nakedly, saying that if he dared to engage in these assassinations again, he would let him
He died in the bathtub at his mistress's house. Now it seems that Liu Yimin's threat was by no means an empty intimidation. If he really did that, he might be able to do it.
Thinking of this, Dai Li shuddered. He didn't know how Liu Yimin got his child. He could see everything so accurately. How did he know that he liked women? He laughed when he thought about it again. His private life was a mess, and he couldn't.
Without the Japanese and traitors coming to expose and arrange himself, Liu Yimin should be a relatively innocent man, but he was arranged to be like that by Wang Kemin and others, and he said that he had a nose and an eye, which was not entirely based on rumors. It can be seen that Liu Yimin is also a arrogant master.
, this is a taboo in intelligence work. As long as we grasp this shortcoming of his, we will be able to peel off the cocoon in the future. I believe that we will not be able to seize his destiny.
Dai Li originally wanted to announce the news directly, saying that King Nianyan of Dongjiuer Palace died at the hands of Liu Yimin. Because Liu Yimin's troops were leading the main force of the Japs to Suzhong, anyone with a discerning eye could see it at a glance. If Liu Yimin did this, he would eventually be killed.
Lure the main force of the Japanese back to the road to attack Wuhan. This is absolutely not possible! It is best to let the little Japanese and Liu Yimin fight to death and die together. But after thinking about it, Dai Li still held back. With such a big victory, Liu Yimin would not
He said, why should I bother myself? As for the issue of the main force of the Japanese army attacking Wuhan, this has long been no secret. The Japanese army will definitely attack, and the Chinese army is also ready to fight, so let's have a good fight!
Dai Li did not expect that his failure to speak up did not mean that others did not speak up. Soon there were several theories about the death of King Nianyan of Dongjiuer Palace in major newspapers and periodicals.
One is the statement released by the Japanese army: someone who was loyal to the Holy War in Greater East Asia died of overwork and vomited blood. The emperor personally expressed his condolences and buried him with utmost mourning and honor.
One is a theory that has not been verified. It is said that after King Nianyan of Dongjiuer Palace arrived in Gaogou Town, he was killed by a squadron of the 16th Division who stayed in Gaogou Town. Not only King Nianyan of Dongjiuer Palace
He died, and no one in the entire Second Army headquarters, including the security forces, was spared. The Japanese squadron only dared to commit rebellion and assassinate the commander of the Second Army because the entire squadron joined the Japanese Anti-War Alliance and recognized the evil of the war of aggression.
In essence, out of righteous indignation, he took a desperate risk and seized the opportunity to kill the Second Army Headquarters.
There is another theory worth pondering. It is said that a special force under Dai Li was hiding in Gaogou Town. The Japanese army did not have time to retreat during the encirclement and suppression, and seized the opportunity to kill the Second Army Headquarters.
The most unreliable theory is that King Nianyan of Dongjiuer Palace abused Liu Yimin and said that General Liu Yimin was shameless and shameless, which angered this invincible hero. He climbed over the walls and broke into the enemy camp alone at night, holding a butcher's knife and killed him in Gaogou.
The town went on a killing spree and chopped off all the Japs in the Second Army Headquarters below King Nianyan of Dongjiur Palace.
The reason why the last statement is unreliable is because the newspaper that published this statement has no idea. They commented that flying over the roof and walking on the wall is just a legend, and there is absolutely no such skill in real Chinese martial arts. Besides, Liu Yimin, as an instructor of the Eighth Route Army
The mentor has a heavy responsibility, so how can he be in danger alone? Not to mention that he doesn't have that much ability, even if he did, he wouldn't be able to go to Gaogou Town.
In the end, public opinion focused on two points. One was that the Japanese rebellion led to the death of King Nianyan of Dongjiur Palace, and the other was that the military commandos took the opportunity to assassinate him.
Dai Li didn't want to say anything at first, but seeing how things got to this point, he knew that if he didn't say anything, he would get burned. Because Chiang Kai-shek summoned him, praised him for his good work, and casually approved another 200,000 yuan in funding for him.
Dai Li was loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, so he dared to deceive him, so he hurriedly expressed his judgment. Chiang Kai-shek was also generous and did not argue with Dai Li, but he could not hide his joy when he spoke: "It doesn't matter who killed him, as long as
Just kill him!"
When Dai Li saw that Chiang Kai-shek was happy, he thought to himself that the Chairman of the Generalissimo was so happy, so why should he have other ideas? He could just put on a good show with Liu Yimin.
So Dai Li had someone write an article titled "The Inevitable Fate of the Invaders." In the article, based on Dai Li's inference and the legend in the newspaper, he wrote that the death of King Nian Yan of Dongjiuer Palace was caused by the Japanese army's remaining troops participating in the attack.
The Japanese Anti-War League was influenced by education. After awakening, they were extremely ashamed. They felt that they should join the Chinese people in resisting the Japanese warlords' aggression. They took advantage of the temporary stationing of the Second Army Headquarters in Gaogou Town to launch a surprise attack and annihilated the commander of the Japanese Second Army in one fell swoop.
and its security forces, and killed Lieutenant General Nianyan Wang of Dongjiur Palace. The article also swore that according to reliable intelligence, this unit that had made contributions to the Anti-Japanese War has been transferred to Central Jiangsu and will cooperate with the National Revolutionary Army.
The Eighteenth Army Group has recaptured Yangzhou, and the Nationalist Government will send personnel to commend them.
As soon as Dai Li's article was published, Kita Seiichi naturally saw it, but it also disturbed Kita Seiichi, because the addition of the military commander, who was good at assassination, made Kita Seiichi even more difficult. You must know that Dai Li's military commander is not
Jealous, they once went to Peking to assassinate Wang Kemin, but they were more stupid and succeeded.
No matter what the Japanese army did, or how Dai Li behaved, at this moment, Liu Yimin, who had led to the destruction of King Nianyan of Dongjiuer Palace and the Second Army Headquarters, was quietly hiding by the Luoma Lake, waiting to meet Gao Jingting, the commander of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army.
meet.
After Liu Yimin left Gaogou Town, he took the First Battalion, the Third Special Operations Squadron, and the Third Sniper Squadron all in Japanese uniforms, and ran all the way to Luoma Lake.
At this time, the Japanese attack moved southward, and this area has become the enemy's rear. Liu Yimin knew that the 1st Battalion, the 3rd Special Operations Squadron, and the 3rd Sniper Squadron all spoke Japanese, and they were all cavalry. They could maneuver quickly, so he did not worry about being discovered by the Japanese.
.However, after doing such a big thing, Liu Yimin still had to consider the consequences of being discovered by the Japanese army. Therefore, he galloped all night and escaped from the search range of the Japanese Second Army.
After arriving at Luoma Lake, Liu Yimin hid his troops and sent telegrams to Luo Ronghuan, Zeng Zhongsheng and Liu Jianshe to inquire about the enemy's situation.
Luo Ronghuan reported that the main force had successfully returned to the mountainous areas of southeastern Shandong and southern Shandong, and had also contacted Hong Chaoyuan and Zhang Haitao. The base area was currently riddled with holes, and the Japanese commanded the puppet Manchuria National Defense Force was still raiding the base area. He was eager to see the division commander return to the base area.
Zeng Zhongsheng reported that the Japanese army's siege of Jiaodong was still continuing, but the intensity of the attack had been greatly weakened, and it had now begun to turn into a siege. Zeng Zhongsheng asked when the main force would move north. The Jiaodong troops were waiting to cooperate with the main force to annihilate the Japanese army in Jiaodong in one fell swoop.
Liu Jianli reported that the main forces of the Second Preaching Brigade, the Western Shandong Guard Brigade, and the Southwest Shandong Guard Brigade had moved westward, escaping from the circuitous encirclement of the Japanese Eleventh Army troops, and were now hiding and waiting near Bengbu. Along the way, they also wrote "Defend Wuhan to the death."
, "Rush to the aid of Wuhan, resolutely repel the Japanese attack" and other slogans. Three cavalry battalions are luring the enemy in central Jiangsu and can transfer to guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines at any time. After the main force of the Second Teaching Brigade, the West Shandong Guard Brigade, and the Southwest Shandong Guard Brigade have been hidden for a period of time, they will
Break the Jinpu Road between Bengbu and lure the enemy to the west.
After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin thought for a while and felt that Operation Qianniu had been basically successful. Next, it was time to consider how to restore and consolidate the base area, so he began to draft a telegram.