mesbooks Chapter 276: Two-front Operation (2)
Chapter 276: Two-front Operation (2)
Seitaro Kamimura did not sleep well that night because the front-line command post was only about three kilometers away from the shelling site!
At five o'clock in the morning, Uemura Seitaro finally closed his eyes, but was woken up again by the crying of Major General Nasu Yumio.
"Sir, something terrible has happened. Last night our Second Division encountered heavy enemy bombardment!"
"Heavy bombardment? Where is the bombardment coming from?"
"I don't know. It sounds like the sound is coming from the north?"
The two were very puzzled by the bombardment, and after talking for a long time, they still couldn't explain it. It was still Uemura Seitarou who asked the most concerned question:
"What are the casualties?"
Nasu Yumio said in panic,
"Sir, we have suffered 2572 casualties, including the loss of 75 9mm field guns and 105 6mm howitzers! We are no longer able to fight and must wait for reinforcements!"
Seitarou Kamimura felt a sudden pain in his heart, it seemed that his old illness had come back again!
Mudanjiang City,
Provincial Government Meeting Room,
The person chairing the meeting today is Saburo Shibuya, the governor of Mudanjiang Province, who is a Japanese!
In Manchukuo, there were two provinces where the Anti-Japanese Bandit Problem had always been very serious, namely Mudanjiang Province and Tonghua Province. So two years ago, all the top government and police officials here were replaced by Japanese!
At the beginning of the year, the large-scale crusade in Mudanjiang Province had basically ended, and most of the anti-Japanese forces here were wiped out. The remaining ones could not gain a foothold and had to move around!
The top brass of the Kwantung Army are very satisfied with Saburo Shibuya's governance and are planning to transfer him for a promotion!
But who would have known that a devil would suddenly appear and mess up the situation in Mudanjiang. Mudanjiang went from being the province with the best security in Manchuria to a place where even the Japanese are unwilling to come!
Fortunately, this time, the large-scale crusade organized by the Kwantung Army Headquarters curbed the deteriorating trend, and Saburo Shibuya's wish for promotion can be realized again!
Looking at the county and bureau directors sitting below, Saburo Shibuya's eyes revealed deep contempt and disdain!
Some time ago, the King of Hell and the Anti-Japanese United Army were at loggerheads, with their troops heading straight for Mudanjiang City.
Another peeling order was issued.
As a result, many civil servants actually wrote notes for long vacations for various reasons!
Some people even fled to Xinjing, Harbin and other places with their families!
There are no less than twenty such people in the Mudanjiang Provincial Government!
However, since the Japanese army recaptured Hailin and Ning'an and compressed the anti-Japanese bandits into the Jingbo Lake base,
The situation is very good, and these civil servants have come back to work for various reasons!
"Everyone, right now, the warriors of the empire are fighting bloody battles on the front line of Jingpo Lake. We must provide good logistical support! Yesterday, General Shangcun, the commander-in-chief of the front line, sent me a telegram, saying that we must raise another 100 million kilograms of military rations within three days!"
Wherever the Japanese army's punitive forces fought, the local puppet Manchukuo government was responsible for providing food.
"Please rest assured, Your Excellency the Governor. In order to punish the local people, our Hailin County has collected 40 kilograms of grain. I will send people to deliver it to the front line tomorrow!" The speaker was Chen Hao, the county magistrate of Hailin County.
This guy was definitely a die-hard traitor. As soon as he returned to Hailin, he sent people to the countryside to rob food. Not only did he take back the food allocated to each household by the Anti-Japanese United Army, he even stole the winter rations that many farmers had reserved!
Shibuya Saburo nodded with satisfaction.
"Mr. Chen is indeed a loyal friend of the empire!"
When the other traitors, big and small, saw that someone was ahead, they were unwilling to fall behind.
"We in Hulin County have produced 30 kilograms of grain!"
"Our Muling County has produced 50 kilograms of grain!"
"...!"
Saburo Shibuya was overjoyed. The original amount of grain was 100 million kilograms, but in the end, 260 million kilograms were actually collected!
The meeting just ended.
Chen Hao ran over happily.
"Governor, are you free tonight? I would like to invite you to dinner!"
"Oh, what's up, Mr. Chen?"
A flattering smile appeared on Chen Hao's face.
"I heard that you are about to go to Xinjing to take up the post of Deputy Minister of Public Security. To express my congratulations, I have prepared a small gift!"
Saburo Shibuya was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Public Security of Manchukuo, which actually meant he was the top leader! The top leader was a Chinese, but all matters, big or small, had to be approved by the Deputy Minister before they could be implemented.
The Ministry of Public Security is the former Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, which manages the entire country’s police system and is extremely powerful!
Saburo Shibuya smiled. This Chen Hao has always been good at flattery, which he enjoys a lot!
"Okay, let's have a drink tonight!"
At night, 11 o'clock,
After dinner,
The drunken Shibuya Saburo hummed a little tune proudly.
Tonight is another great harvest.
Almost all the subordinates seemed to have colluded with each other and were all present. Each of them also prepared a generous gift!
The trunk of Shibuya Saburo’s car was filled to the brim!
Just a few county governors gave twenty gold bars each!
A few years ago, the famous 226 mutiny in Tokyo was committed by Shibuya Saburo's men. At that time, he was the colonel commander of the rd Guards Regiment!
Saburo Shibuya was first kicked into the reserve force, and then exiled to Manchuria!
When he first arrived in Manchuria, Saburo Shibuya was still somewhat depressed.
However, after three years in Manchuria,
He already liked everything here.
Even including Chinese culture,
He also brought his wife to Manchuria!
Shibuya Saburo's special car arrived at his official residence.
When getting off the car, he specifically told the driver,
"Pull the car into the yard!"
There are so many treasures in the trunk! We have to move them to the room tonight!
I knocked on the door for a long time, but no one opened it!
Shibuya Saburo took out the key and said self-deprecatingly,
"It's almost 12 o'clock, he must have fallen asleep!"
He opened the door of the house,
The room was dark.
Shibuya Saburo turned on the light,
Staggering up the stairs,
His bedroom is on the second floor!
I opened the bedroom door.
Shibuya Saburo muttered,
"Qingzi, get up quickly and see what I brought back for you!"
Still no response!
He turned on the switch on the wall with dissatisfaction and looked towards the bed.
A woman in a kimono was hanging from the chandelier on the ceiling, with her purple tongue sticking out. It was his wife, Haruko Shibuya!
Saburo Shibuya suddenly sobered up, he opened his mouth wide, but before he could yell, a flying knife had already pierced his throat!
There were a total of five people in Saburo Shibuya's official residence, including the couple, two guards and a driver!
This kept Yin Xinjun busy for about ten minutes. Fortunately, everything went smoothly and no noise was caused!
As usual, he left the four bloody words "The King of Hell is demanding your life" on the wall of the bedroom!
After the shelling of Tokyo town ended, Yin Xinjun was thinking about how to continue attacking the enemy forces on the northern front.
He simply came to Mudanjiang City, where there were less than 1000 Japanese troops, and the defense was indeed weak!