Chapter 8: Night of 918 (One) ()

At 3:29 pm on September 18, 1931, as the first minister of the General Staff, Michi Kenkawa, as soon as he arrived at Fengtian Station, he was warmly entertained by Major Hanaya, the acting assistant of the Fengtian secret service agency. He drank a lot of strong whiskey at the greeting of several top geisha in the Tokyo cuisine pavilion in Fengtian City. At this moment, Michi Kenkawa had forgotten that his mission to come to Manchuria was to meet Honjo Shinobu in Lushun to stop Hiroshiro Itagaki and Kanji Ishihara from doing stupid things.

In Miji Kenkawa's opinion, it was rare to come to Manchuria once, so it was normal to relax properly, so I quickly became drunk and unconscious. Then Hanaya sent someone to settle Miji Kenkawa.

In the confidential room on the second floor of Fengtian Seishiro, in military uniform, he looked at the clock on the wall, like an old monk entering a meditation, as if the whole room had been in a pause? Soon, confidential secretary Jiro Kojima brought news that Lieutenant Kawamamoto's squadron of the Shimamoto brigade had arrived at Liutiao Lake with more than a dozen Northeast military uniforms, and caught eight local Manchu farmers and ordered them to put on military uniforms and move along the Manchurian Railway to take photos as evidence.

Seishiro Itagaki nodded, and after a while, he said to Jiro Kojima: "You must instruct Lieutenant Kawamama to place 42 explosive packs near the roadbed, and do not really destroy the Manchurian Iron, because the armored trains have to go to the Pekidemi Camp to assist in the war. Please pay more attention to the details. The eight Chinese captured should be killed at the explosion site. This will be extremely beneficial to us in the future!"

Jiro Kojima kowtowed and left in a hurry! After Jiro Kojima left, Seishiro Itagaki breathed a long sigh of relief, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, and found that the tea was actually cold. He couldn't help but frowned slightly.

When Zhang Xuewu's watch was pointed at 17:09 pm on September 18, 1931, the battalion commanders of the 619th Regiment and the 621st Regiment were all gathered at the brigade headquarters. Everyone knew that today was the day when Chief Rong's family celebrated his birthday and held a drink. The three-day banquet was only the next day. Which commander had so free time to hold a meeting for these incompetent people?

When Zhang Xuewu appeared at the venue wearing a brigade star sash, the sharp-eyed people found that there were many armed sentries outside the window, and there seemed to be too many guards behind Zhang Shenzu, the 620th Regiment. There were twelve people, each of whom was carrying two German Mauser in a flower machine. Could something big happened?

After looking around the attendees, Zhang Xuewu cleared his throat and said, "The Commander-General's Office directed that Sino-Japanese relations have been extremely tense recently. Tonight, in order to deal with emergencies, the Seventh National Defense Brigade of the Northeast Frontier Defense Forces is ordered to deal with emergencies when the commanders at all levels are not in the command position to test the ability of each department to deal with emergencies. After the exercise, the Commander-General's Office will include the results in the assessment of each department."

Zhang Xuewu is the cousin of the deputy commander and the brigade star officer this week, so the 619th Regiment and the battalion commanders of the 621st Regiment present did not express any objection. Zhao Fanzhen, the chief of staff of the brigade department, had long been unconscious by Zhang Xuewu and others taking turns to fight at noon.

When Zhang Xuewu saw that the battalion commanders of each department had no objection, he nodded with satisfaction, bowed and said calmly: "Today's affairs are also fulfilled by everyone. As the saying goes, everyone is very good at picking up firewood. Today, everyone gives me the face of my brothers. I will not thank you for your kindness. In the future, as long as you all have something to use for me, Zhang Xuewu, just say a word!"

Zhang Xuewu's actions further confirmed one of the various speculations of the battalion commanders, that is, someone above wanted to find an excuse to promote the person in front of him, and they were all old corpses. If they didn't even understand the basic human relationships and worldly styles, they would not be able to sit in the battalion commander position.

So everyone came to congratulate Zhang Xuewu, and got close! For a moment, the venue seemed to have become the venue for the wedding banquet, and there were pleasant auspicious words everywhere!

Zhang Xuewu looked at his watch and it was almost time. So he waved his hand and said, "Twenty minutes later, each battalion sent a company to the Dongshan Ammunition Depot to collect ammunition. At 19 o'clock, all troops entered the Beidaying playground position!"

"Yes!" The battalion commanders below gave a clean salute and then dispersed. Although they had some questions about the exercise and still received ammunition, because just two days ago, the Northeast Frontier Defense Force Commander and Chief Office issued an order to confiscate the ammunition from the officers and soldiers. After dark, even the sentry's guns were to be put into the warehouse. Zhang Xuewu's orders were seriously in conflict with the commander's office and the brigade department.

However, Zhang Xuewu is the cousin of the deputy commander and the star officer of the brigade this week. He can do whatever he wants. For the officers and soldiers below, they are just staying in the camp tonight and listening for a night. Even if there are any problems or problems, Zhang Xuewu will still be with him!

Zhang Xuewu looked at the officers and soldiers who entered the positions one after another, and he could not feel a trace of tension at the forefront, because according to the instructions of Chairman Jiang from Nanjing on August 16, if he encountered a provocation by the Japanese army, he would not resist. Zhang Xuewu was very helpless in his heart about this telegram published in the "Complete Collection of Historical Materials of the Republic of China". For a country that has been weak for a hundred years and does not even have a unified national defense force, you will be desperately defending the country in front, and there may not be anyone who can help you in time, but there will be someone behind you to remove the firewood from the bottom of the pot.

For many days, from the commander-in-chief's office to the brigade, regiment, battalion, and almost all levels of the company have repeatedly emphasized this issue. The officers and soldiers below have subconsciously lost the vigilance that soldiers should have. Many officers and soldiers even believe that since the superiors do not allow the problem to be fought, they will naturally come forward to deal with it. Eating food in the army is also a support for their families. Where can anyone hope to fight and die?

Zhang Xuewu took a deep breath. Originally, a powerful and powerful national defense brigade elite troops had relaxed to such a degree? It seems that the so-called resistance or resistance is entirely between the guidance and a thought of the rulers. Many years later in history, the young marshal admitted his mistake in his judgment when he was interviewed by Japanese TV stations. No matter what purpose Zhang Hanqing's respect for his former Duke Chiang, or his regret for his mistake in judgment that year, eventually led to the fact that the four northeastern provinces had fallen for fourteen years.

A gust of autumn wind blew, and Zhang Xuewu couldn't help but pull the collar, walked up to him and shouted loudly to the officers and soldiers who entered the fortifications to pay attention to tactical actions. Zhang Xuewu had looked at the watch twice in a row within ten minutes. Zhang Xuewu, like a famous general in history, usually has a special hobby or chronic habit. For example, when Montgomery was thinking, he liked to eat chocolate, Stalin liked to draw wolves, smelled burning matches, and Patton liked to chew tobacco. Zhang Xuewu had a very bad habit and looked at the watch when he was nervous. Zhang Xuewu once ridiculed himself for his own fault, because the watch was made for people to see! I haven't heard of any watch that was bad.

It can be said that Zhang Xuewu is not the only one who is nervous at this moment. Li Xinkai, Wang Chuang, Zhao Xinyu, Xu Guohui, Zhang Tianpeng and others are all very nervous, but at this moment, the arrow is no turning back. From the time they decided to board the Zhang Xuewu's ship, they will determine their fate of working together.
Chapter completed!