Chapter 2: War and Politics (3)

Anyone who knows the history of the Lugou Bridge Incident knows the way. The occurrence of the incident had a great deal to do with Hideki Tojo, who was the commander of the military police of the Kwantung Army at the time, and it can even be said that the old devil was the mastermind behind the planning.

In this time and space, the time when Hideki Tojo appeared in Ouyang Yun's field of vision was slightly later than before, and he was supposed to go abroad in September 1935 to serve in the so-called "puppet Manchukuo", but he was more than four months late for various reasons. Coincidentally, on his way to China, the Tianjin victory occurred.

When I first saw in the newspaper that Tianjin was defeated, and the 108th Division was captured alive from the division commander Tu Feiyuan to the men and horsemen below, Tojo Hideki thought that he was dazzled by the mistake, or that this newspaper had made up a news to attract attention. He had his subordinates snatch the newspaper from an excited-looking Chinese, and it was only out of curiosity at the time, but now he knows why the other party has such an expression. He frowned and read the news again, then found the publisher, and saw that it read: Renqiu Daily, his brows furrowed even tighter, and his face became ugly. He was not familiar with this place in Renqiu, and now he had an impression only because a Chinese named Ouyang Yun who he had been paying attention to lived there. Soon after Matsui Taikuro brought back the pistol with infrared sighting from Hong Kong, some high-ranking Japanese military officials, including Hideki Tojo, began to pay attention to Ouyang Yun. Ouyang Yun may not be a big deal, the so-called anti-Japanese duo is just a kind of praying arms like righteousness in their eyes, but that gun-when he thought of that gun, Tojo Hideki couldn't help but snort heavily, and scolded secretly: Those bastards in the munitions industry, this has been tinkering for a few months, and the guns are about to be dismantled by them, but nothing can be found - Regarding the origin of that gun, Tojo Hideki and others have analyzed and studied it, and they all agree that it should be a military product of the United States, In order to find out the advanced technology contained in it, they have stepped up their espionage efforts in the United States, but they have never made progress. And at that time, with the end of the Second Wen'an War, Ouyang Yun and the Xuebing Division began to appear as nails in the documents of the Kwantung Army reporting to the Japanese base camp.

In Tojo's view, the rise of the Cadet Army is legendary, like a spring shoot, but overnight, it stands like a mountain on the North China Plain. For Ouyang Yun and his people, the Japanese army spent a lot of effort to investigate and understand, and of course there was assassination, but it seemed that there was always something to protect Ouyang Yun in the dark, and every time it fell short.

After the Wen'an soldiers were over, Hideki Tojo returned home after listening to the analysis of the relevant battles, and he wrote this paragraph in his diary that day: The enemy of the empire in North China is only the army of Xuebing!

After disembarking at Port Arthur, he drove directly to the Kwantung Army Headquarters in Shenyang in a car from the Kwantung Army Headquarters to greet him. After reading the news about the "Tianjin Victory", the old devil pondered for a while, then handed the newspaper to Ono Kawaji, who was sitting next to him, and said, "Ono, look at this. ”

Ono is about thirty years old, and his height has reached 1.75 meters, which is an absolute tall person among Japanese. After getting into the car, he looked respectful, with his waist standing up, his hands on his knees, and his eyes looking ahead. Seeing the newspaper handed over by the old devil, he nodded, took it and looked at it carefully, and then handed the newspaper back later.

After taking the newspaper he handed over, the old devil glanced at him, and saw that he still looked unfazed, and secretly admired it in his heart, feeling that he was worthy of studying in the German Military Academy. ”

"Your Excellency, Commander, there is only one thing that I find strange, is there really so many captured Imperial Army soldiers? Although Lieutenant General Dohihara was engaged in espionage work before, as a general who was deeply appreciated by His Majesty the Emperor, I don't believe that he didn't even have the courage to break jade? There must be something strange in this. Although it was my first time in China, I had a better understanding of its military strength through various channels, and I think that this time the 108th Division was definitely not just facing Zhang Zizhong's 38th Division. ”

After listening to Ono's words, Tojo Hideki nodded appreciatively and said: "I think so too, it is certain that this Ouyang Yun and his student army must have been mixed in it, otherwise, in terms of the combat power of the 108th Division, let alone the 38th Division, even if Song Zheyuan bet all the 29th Army, he may not be able to obtain such a result." Ono, I don't say this because of how powerful the Cadet Army is, but because of the same weapon as that pistol. The military quality of the soldiers may not be as good as that of our Imperial Army soldiers, but in this era of hot weapons, as long as the weapons are good enough, I think they can make up for this. Ono, have you heard of Ouyang Yun hitting the plane with a rifle? ”

"Commander, isn't that a rumor?"

Hideki Tojo shook his head and said, "No, I believe that is true," after a pause, he continued: "Our army's previous plan for a high degree of autonomy in North China seems to be unworkable, and this student army must be resolutely eradicated. Ono, have you ever heard of wolf fangs and broadswords? ”

Ono shook his head, although he was very appreciated by Hideki Tojo, but after all, his military rank was too low, so he couldn't access some relatively confidential documents, and naturally he didn't know that there were still two special troops in the Cadet Army.

"Here, look at this picture!" Hideki Tojo said as he pulled out a photo from his bosom. The photo was actually taken from a newspaper, so it looks blurry. But even so, Ono quickly made out that in the middle of a large pile of bushes, there was a person hiding in front of him, and this person had a stick in front of him, which was a rifle.

The real author of this photo is Mei Lanshu, who came down from a visit to the wolf's tooth training. After this photo was published, Ouyang Yun was furious about it, and ran to the newspaper office to ask for the next day's newspaper to be stopped on suspicion of leaking military secrets, but because the newspaper had already been printed and distributed, it was not fully recovered, which also gave the Japanese spy the opportunity to obtain this photo and a little secret of the big knife and wolf teeth.