Chapter 41: Fukushima
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When Major General Fukushima Yasumasa arrived at Kumagake Castle Station, it was already dark. But for Nakasa, who is responsible for receiving Jiro Yamaguchi, it doesn't matter if it's dark, what is darker than the sky is Major General Fukushima's face, which is the most terrifying, his boss, the head of the military station, Ito Daisa, has already apologized for his crimes, but he doesn't know what the headquarters will do with him, thinking of his wife and children at home, he doesn't want to cut himself as a last resort.
It was not far from the old Manchuria General Headquarters in Zhifu to Kumagakujo Castle in Gaiping, but Major General Fukushima really felt extremely difficult along the way, and his face was hot when he thought of the words in the telegram from Chief of Staff Kodama, which was a dereliction of duty on the part of the Second Staff Department and a dereliction of duty on his own. The losses of the Xiongyue Castle Station were incalculable, and the most serious thing was that 60,000 artillery shells and more than 9 million bullets were wiped out overnight, which was the ammunition reserve for several battles. As the supreme head of the Second Department of the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese Army's intelligence department, and the actual ultimate behind-the-scenes commander of espionage activities throughout Manchuria, this incident is the greatest mockery of his ability.
Three days have passed since the raid, but the station has not yet been cleaned up, but fortunately, the heavy rain on the 12th finally extinguished the fire that had been burning all night, and a lot of food was snatched out, and other supplies were burned. Yasumasa Fukushima looked at the huge craters left by the explosion of the ammunition depot in the center of the station, and said nothing. Although the heavy rain that began on the 12th delayed the offensive, and it was possible to seize these hours to bring ammunition from Japan to make up for the losses caused by the attack, such a huge loss may not be completely replenished even if it is fully produced at home, and for Japan's weak Japanese military industry, it is not easy to complete the production of such a large amount of ammunition in a short period of time, and even if it is completed, it will have a negative impact on the supply of ammunition in the future. Silently walking around the central field, he asked, "Did the horse thief catch it?" How did they get in? ”
Seeing the major general's question, Jiro Yamaguchi immediately stood up and said, "Four cavalry squadrons have been sent to chase and suppress, but the horse thieves fled into the mountains and escaped by taking advantage of the torrential rain in the past few days. However, the 10th Division has already sent a search team to search south from the line between Ximu Town and Xiuyan, so as to prevent this group of horse thieves from escaping north. Yamaguchi was very worried when he said that the horse thief had escaped, and although it was not his fault, he was still afraid that Major General Fukushima Yasumasa would be angry. Seeing that the major general did not reprimand, Yamaguchi continued: "The estimated number of horse thieves attacking outside is a hundred. Twenty-nine corpses of horse thieves were found in the station, and several horse thieves saw that they could not escape, so they pulled the explosives on their bodies and joined the Imperial soldiers... The jade is broken...... They used yellow explosives, which should be Luguo. provided by the military; There were also more than fifty corpses outside the station, but none of them were alive......"
When Fukushima Yasumasa heard that the horse thieves had escaped, he knew that this group of horse thieves was difficult to capture, and Manchuria was Manchuria for the Chinese after all. As for the search team of the 10th Division, the 10th Division was originally the smallest in the attack on Liaoyang, and now that the attack on Liaoyang is imminent, how many people can he throw into the reckless mountains of Manchuria? Although the live horse thief fled. But the dead horse thief is still very informative. He stopped Yamaguchi from introducing the information he had obtained from the horse thief's corpse and said, "Tanaka Shosa, who came from the base camp, will re-examine the corpse, so you should hurry up and clean up the military station." In addition, I will clear a house in Xiongyue City, and I will use it. ”
Yamaguchi immediately stood up and said, "Yes, Your Excellency." ”
Passing through the still messy station, they had already reached the wooden shed where the corpse of the horse thief was kept, and although it had only been three or four days, the weather was hot, and the corpse had already smelled. Fukushima Yasumasa did not shy away from it, and walked freely between the corpses lined up in two rows. These were horse thieves who had been shot and killed in battle. The corpse had long been stiff and white. He stopped in front of the last corpse, this was a very young Qing horse thief, his face was dark and clean, he should have been wiped with a good portrait, compared to his face. His body and hands were covered with smudges, and the most amazing thing was his hands, which were wrapped around and locked on his chest, his arms seemed to be holding something hard, the fingers of his hands were clasped tightly, his muscles and veins were full, and the expression on his face was also hideous. Seeing this, Yamaguchi was very nervous, and said: "This horse thief was ...... when he died, and his two hands were clasped, and the cleaner has not been separated, so he put it at the back." ”
Although Yasumasa Fukushima had never been on the battlefield, he could still guess that this was an action when the two sides were fighting. His scalp suddenly went a little numb, where did he come from such a brave horse thief!
The next day, except for the second shift of the special task squad operating in Inner Mongolia, spies from all over western Liaoning gathered in a certain courtyard in Xiongyue City, in this house where I don't know how Nakasa Yamaguchi got it, all the spies were silent and silent, they had already gone to see the destruction outside the city, although the base camp in order to calm the morale of the army, only said that this attack was a horse thief attack, and the damage was very small, but several explosion craters dozens of meters wide at the railway station would not lie, so it is not difficult to guess what happened in the attack a few days ago.
Although Major General Fukushima rode out of Europe more than ten years ago to spy on the intelligence of the Siberian Russian army, and crossed the Siberian wilderness in winter, he won everyone's respect, but this respect is more than one love after all. The major general is usually very strong, but now that Yan is down, it is even more terrifying. Finally, after changing the tea for the third time, Yasumasa Fukushima spoke, "Hanada-kun, Tsukuju-kun, you can inform everyone about the results of your work." ”
Although Hanada Nakanosuke and Tsukuju Hirayoshi were covered in cold sweat when they heard this, they had to get up to introduce the situation in the area they were responsible for, as the heads of the two special task teams in Liaodong and Liaoxi. In particular, the East Manchurian area that Hanada Nakanosuke was responsible for, because of Yang Rui's "Qingxiang Movement", the bandits in this area were almost extinct, and there were very few bandits who joined the Manchurian Righteous Army except for Chen Guoen, the Phoenix Regiment Training, and the plan to attack the alkali factory was terminated because of the insufficient number of Manchurian rebels, and finally it was conquered with the help of the First Army. Hanada Nakanosuke stumbled to introduce the situation in Toman, and for fear of being reprimanded by Fukushima Yasumasa, he added: "In the area of Hakusan and the Linjiang River near North Korea, there is a bluebeard, and it is rumored that they number in the thousands. The land of Kuandian. The army guessed that they had eliminated them, but their whereabouts were uncertain, and so far no one sent to contact them has found their territory. ”
After Hanada Nakanosuke finished the introduction, it was the turn of Tsukuju Hirayoshi, who was in charge of Nishiman, as opposed to Higashimitsu. Liaoxi's beard is as many, and large stocks such as Feng Linge, Jin Shoushan, Du Lisan, and Zhang Zuolin have all taken refuge, but the pro-Russian Tian Yuben and the revival army that came out of nowhere did not know how to be on the set, and Du Lisan, who has already come over, did not listen to the announcement, and Zhang Zuolin also made a bet on both sides and couldn't make up his mind. Of course, none of this can be said directly to Fukushima Yasumaki, and Tsukuju Yoshihei only said that the introduction focused on the situation of Tian Yumoto and the Renaissance Army. Tian Yuben saw that the Russian army was retreating, and he already had the intention of relying on the test, but he was still waiting to see the situation of the battle of Liaoyang. The trouble is that the revival army, which has been out for two months. The Russian army killed was close to a thousand, and the means were endless, and it was very vicious, but the people sent to contact them all refused, and even sacrificed two spies, Okano Zengjiro just forgot it, but Yoshino Nakasa's death really caused a sensation in the entire Second Staff Department. It seems that they will not be able to take refuge anytime soon.
Hearing that Tsukuju Hirayoshi said about Yoshino Nakasa, Fukushima Yasumasa interrupted him and asked, "Has Yoshino-kun's body been found?" ”
Tsukuju Pingji replied: "It has been found, he was buried in Liaozhong by the Revival Army." ”
Fukushima Yasumasa sighed, Yoshino Nakasa he knew, he began to sneak into Lushun Weihai and other places to spy on the intelligence of the Beiyang Fleet during the Sino-Japanese War, in order to facilitate activities, he kept a big braid in the back of his head to learn the appearance of the Qing Guoyan, if he was not from a humble background and had nothing to do with the army, he could also be promoted to the position of major general. He asked, "Since the body was found, what was the cause of death?" ”
Tsukuju Hirayoshi knew that Yoshino Nakasa was an old man from the Ministry of Intelligence. He didn't dare to slack off when something so big happened, and he had already sent a military doctor to carefully examine it, and he said: "Yoshino Nakasa's body has been examined, and he died by a Russian Monasingan rifle 7.6mm bullet that hit the heart in the distance, and there are no injuries on his body. He should have been hit by Tian Yumoto's subordinates during the fierce battle between the Fuxing Army and Tian Yumoto's department, so Yu Crush was martyred. ”
Hearing that Yoshino Nakasa died on the battlefield, Fukushima Yasumasa was speechless for a long time, and was silent for a long time before asking: "How much do we know about the situation of the Renaissance Army, and when will they be able to cooperate with the Great Japanese Army to fight against Lu Guo. Army? ”
"According to the report of Wu Peifu, a Qing man who came into contact with them for the first time, the strength of the Fuxing Army is more than 200 people, and most of them use captured Luguo Monasingan rifles, nicknamed 'Monkey King', which is very young. They admit that they are revolutionaries and belong to the same organization as the Revival Society that appeared in Shanghai last year. Okano Zengjiro and Wu Peifu had been in contact with them, but they did not accept the solicitation of Great Japan, and it is said that they even refused the guns and ammunition provided by the empire free of charge, and they did not occupy territory like other bandits, and were not even interested in recruiting other bandits and expanding their ranks. They have been fighting on the move, and are only interested in fighting the Luguo. After Wu Peifu escaped that night and returned to Jinzhou, the contact point in western Liaoning, he reported in detail to the Japanese about the operation, after all, one Japanese had died in this operation. Like concealing the cause of Okano's death, he hid a lot from the Japanese, and only reciprocated what he knew when he and Okano came into contact with the Renaissance Army.
"Mobile warfare?" Fukushima Yasumasa knew that according to the Black Dragon Society, this organization that only emerged last year not only operates in Shanghai, but also has an organization in Tokyo, Japan, and also runs a newspaper in Japan, and they are constantly in contact with Qing students, and even send guns to another anti-Qing organization, Huaxinghui, it seems that the Qing revolution is his only goal of this organization.
Tsukuju Heiyoshi understands the meaning of Fukushima Yasumasa "mobile warfare", which means that this army has no base, let alone logistics, maybe mobile combat is allowed in the ancient era of cold weapons, but in the era of hot weapons, it is unimaginable if an army is mobile combat, he explained: "The revival army has only more than 200 people, and it has eliminated more than 800 people, and many of these battles can capture the equipment of the soldiers of the Lu country, and their guns and ammunition are not a problem; As for grain, this is not a problem at all in the western Liaoning region. Seeing that his explanation seemed to be accepted by Yasumasa Fukushima, Hirayoshi Tsukuju secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At present, it seems that there is no way to win over the Baath Army for the time being, but I have tried every means to contact them. ”
It can be seen that the members of the special task squad are very hardworking, and although the situation is not entirely optimistic, they still achieve good results. Fukushima Yasumasa is going to beat everyone through the attack on the Kumagake Castle military station this time, but after all, it is just a beating, and the matter still has to be done by them. After the introductions, the adjutant sitting next to Yasumasa Fukushima began to announce the results of the investigation into the attack. "The attack is expected to be more than 100 horse thieves, and the firearms are mainly Luguo-made rifles and two Maxim machine guns, as well as a number of grenades and yellow explosives. According to the corpses left, all of them were Qing people, many of them were born as horse thieves, with rough skin on the inner thighs, and one of the horse thieves seemed to be southerners, who once sang a southern song when they died. The horse thieves who died in the battle have all been painted, and a copy of the song has been copied, and now for everyone. ”
After the adjutant gave a brief introduction, Fukushima Yasumasa said: "Gentlemen, scatter these portraits all over Manchuria, ask the Chinese bandits who have joined the Volunteer Army and the Volunteer Army, and offer a reward for those who know the details of this horse thief, and Great Japan must pay the price for this horse thief." In addition, although the battle of Liaoyang was postponed, we should seize the opportunity to mobilize the Qing horse thieves, so that they can continue to attack the Lu ** team and the Dongqing railway line, so that the logistics of the Lu ** team can not be used as it should be. Ladies and gentlemen, the national fortune of Japan is the success or failure of this battle against Lu, and all the monarchs are tired of the emperor's grace, and today they should swear to serve and fight for the country. ”
"Hay!" After Fukushima finished speaking, the spies in the audience shouted in unison.
After this meeting, Fukushima Yasumasa asked the adjutant to record the order, if the revival army is an army under the command of the revival society, then it is the same if you don't go directly to the revival army and go directly to the revival society, they have already run a newspaper in Tokyo, and the Black Dragon Society has a close relationship with the revolutionary party among the Qing students, and if you start with the Tokyo Revival Association, then maybe things will be simpler.