Chapter 124: The army is unstable
The news of the tragic death of the Japanese emperor spread rapidly across the land of China, and people spread the news privately in the Kuomintang districts, the Soviet districts, and even the occupied areas occupied by the Japanese army.
The news that the Japanese emperor was killed by Japanese soldiers has become the fastest spreading and most widely discussed topic among Chinese recently.
Many people will bring up this topic to discuss after dinner, and then gradually evolved into different versions, what the Japanese emperor and the Japanese army in order to compete for power, the matter came to fruition, and finally the Japanese soldiers killed the killer, this is a realistic argument. What Kaichi Asano's woman was occupied by the emperor, and Kaichi Asano killed the emperor in anger, this is the love triangle version. What is the conspiracy of the Japanese royal family to seize the throne, and the crown prince wants to ascend the throne, this is a palace fighting drama. What Japanese cabinet conspired to seize power, created multiple conspiracies, killed the emperor and destroyed the army, this is a conspiracy theory.
In any case, the Chinese people are still happy to hear about the death of Emperor Showa, while those who have insight and political acumen are watching the next developments in Japan.
The news of Emperor Showa's assassination and death has also spread to Western society, especially the United States, which is very concerned about the emperor's death, and has organized special personnel to analyze and study Koiso Kuniaki's speech, from which they have drawn a conclusion that Japan is in civil strife, and there are people fighting for power internally, and they also analyzed that this round of internal power struggle in Japan will greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army will lose half of its combat effectiveness.
This was definitely good news for the United States, and MacArthur, commander of the US Far East Army, was very happy after reading the report, and even held a special ball at the rank of a general that night to celebrate the return of the Japanese emperor.
Naturally, the news of the assassination of Emperor Showa also reached the Japanese army. At first, it was either a senior general of the Japanese army or an ordinary Japanese soldier. I didn't believe that the soldiers of the empire would assassinate the emperor, but the facts were in front of me. And he just did it.
An atmosphere of unrest began to permeate the Japanese army, and those Japanese soldiers, especially the officers, were more aware of some of the army's actions, and some people gradually came to believe that the assassination of the emperor might really be just like Prime Minister Koiso Kuniaki said, and that it was done by Senior General Hideki Tojo, Senior General Sugiyama Moto, and Senior General Umezu Mijiro.
Many people's beliefs have been turned upside down, and their allegiance is to His Majesty the Emperor. Or the Imperial Army, who is it fighting for, and why do those generals dare to assassinate the emperor.
"Ah, I don't believe that His Majesty the Emperor is a god and will not be killed. The people in the staff headquarters are traitors, and I'm going to kill them. "In the camp of the Kwantung Army stationed in Tonghua, a soldier suddenly fired into the sky with a rifle. Then shouting in the yard.
Everyone in the meeting in the headquarters was stunned, and then Major General Na Zhixiong, a member of the garrison army, immediately stood up and ordered loudly: "Quickly send a law enforcement team to arrest that bastard who shoots indiscriminately." ”
"Yes. Your Excellency Brigade Commander. A staff officer hurriedly took the order and went out.
Ieno Jio sat down again and spoke, "Now you have seen the situation, the soldiers have heard the news of His Majesty the Emperor's return to heaven. Emotions are very unstable, so you are the wing commander. We must do a good job in stabilizing the soldiers, and the army must not be chaotic. Cheer up ......"
As soon as Ienajio said this, he heard another gunshot outside, followed by several more gunshots, and Ienajio realized that something must have happened, so he quickly stood up and led people outside.
The group of Japanese officers ran to the playground, only to see that the staff officer who had just gone out had fallen on the snow, with a blood stain under his chest, and just twenty meters away, a soldier also fell to the ground, dying in a terrible state, his head was blown out, his brain was bleeding all over the ground, and his rifle was lost not far from him.
The white snow and the red blood were so strong that the eyes of the stabbing family Najio narrowed.
Ieno was furious and yelled on the playground, "What the hell is going on, who can tell me." ”
After a long time, a slightly hesitant voice came from behind the officers: "Your Excellency Brigade Commander, I saw what happened just now. ”
"Baga, don't hurry up." Ieno Zhio scolded.
"I am Lin Badai's squad leader, he was a little weak after learning the news of His Majesty the Emperor's assassination and return to heaven this morning, just now, when we were chatting in the dormitory, Lin Badai suddenly ran out of the barracks and shot into the sky. At that time, several people in our class came out. ”
Speaking of this, the Japanese squad leader glanced at the Shuichuan staff officer lying in the snow, and then at Lin Badai, who was in a miserable state, and continued: "After the Shuichuan staff officer came, he wanted Lin Badai to surrender his gun and be dealt with, and after Lin Badai saw the Shuichuan staff officer, he shouted loudly and said that the Shuichuan staff officer was sent from the staff headquarters, and he must also be an accomplice in the assassination of His Majesty the Emperor, and suddenly picked up his rifle and fired a shot at the Shuichuan staff officer, and the Shuichuan staff officer was shot in the chest. ”
"Then the law enforcement team shot and killed Lin Badai, and that's how it happened." After saying that, the Japanese squad leader hurriedly retreated.
Ienajio gasped and turned around twice in the snow in the playground, his frustration constantly spreading in his mind, but he knew that stabilizing the mood of the soldiers was the first priority, and he instructed his subordinates: "Quickly find someone to collect their corpses, and when I go back and write a report, I will say that they died in battle." ”
Then Jia Na Zhixiong turned his head to several wing captains and said: "It seems that we are still thinking about some shortcomings, all officers at the level of squad leader and above have to come to the military headquarters for a meeting, it seems that the stability work is urgent, if we do not pay close attention to stabilizing the army, let alone fighting with the Chinese army, even within our army, there are likely to be big problems." ”
The Tonghua garrison is only a very small part of the more than 5 million troops of the Japanese army, and it can be seen that within the Japanese army at this moment, because the Japanese emperor was killed by an army officer, Koiso Kuniaki reported the news of the rebellion of Hideki Tojo, and there have been very unstable factors.
The Japanese army is known for its ferocity in war, and a large part of their ferocity is the effect of the army's brainwashing, and the most fundamental brainwashing of these soldiers is to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and to be loyal to His Majesty's cause, and even if they die in battle, they will return to Heaven and return to the Emperor's side.
But now they actually heard that His Majesty the Emperor had been assassinated, and that he had been assassinated by soldiers, how could they accept such a thing, and that many generals had participated in the rebellion, and that there were soldiers who rebelled against His Majesty the Emperor, and many soldiers had a feeling of distrust of the generals who led them into battle.
The current Japanese army, not to mention fighting hard with the Kuomintang and Communist Party troops, has many problems within themselves, and if these problems are not properly handled as soon as possible, it is unknown whether this army will be able to fight a war, but even if it is temporarily stabilized, it is estimated that its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
Will Muyang stabilize them, stop dreaming. (To be continued......)