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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2635 Who forced General Umezu to death?

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    A cold door cut off the outside world. Umezu Meijiro looked at the departing figure of General Nanjiro with a sense of sadness. His eyes were full of sorrow and his heart was filled with despair. He knew that his life had come to an end, even if His Majesty the Emperor forgives him.  I, for the rest of my life, will also spend the rest of my life in darkness and painful self-blame. That earth-shattering memorial is just an inducement.

    What really broke Yoshijiro Umezu's spirit was Emperor Hirohito's assertion in the memorial, "His heart can be punished, and his people can be killed!" He looked at the Western Manchu war plan in his hand, smiled silently, and drank a glass of wine.  Go down.  .  .  .  .  .

    Then, he bit his finger and wrote a line on the Western Manchuria battle plan, "I have no ambition, I am unable to serve the country, and I am unwilling to give up! For his own selfish interests, Nanjiro abandoned my true knowledge and insights. This person is a traitor to the country."  , in the future, the Kwantung Army of the Imperial Japanese Empire will surely be destroyed by this person!¡±

    After finishing writing, he drank another glass of wine, chuckled silently, slowly took out the command knife, wiped it carefully, then poured a glass of sake on Leng Sensen's blade, and sang a funeral elegy to himself.  .  .  .  .  .

    After General Nanjiro left the quiet room, he stood quietly in front of the door for a moment. A hoarse voice came from the quiet room, singing in a tearful voice, "My emperor has been prosperous for thousands of generations; the gravel has become a rock and is covered with moss.  "Long-term peace and prosperity, the country is prosperous and the people are peaceful!"

    "Kiminoyo!" Umezu Yoshijiro sang the national anthem of the Empire of Japan. However, to General Nanjiro's ears, it sounded like the painful wail of a dying person, the despair of having no hope for life. He sighed,  You know, Umezu Meijiro has already begun to contemplate death.  Maybe, this is the best choice!

    In the corridor far away from the quiet room, the lights were dim, and Lieutenant General Matsuda Kenjiro was wandering anxiously.  The two giants were talking secretly. They might need them at some point. They didn't dare to go far. When they saw General Nanjiro coming out, they hurriedly came over and asked tentatively: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief. General Umezu?"

    Nanjiro waved his hand, with a somewhat lonely expression, and ordered: "Matsuda-kun, don't ask anymore, arrange two guards outside the quiet room door. Whatever Umezu-kun needs, we will satisfy him unconditionally!"

    Lieutenant General Matsuda's heart suddenly tightened, he shuddered violently, he was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "Commander-in-Chief, why don't you persuade him? We are not in a desperate situation!"

    General Nanjiro glanced at Lieutenant General Matsuda with a cold look and left without looking back.  The flustered Chief of Staff Matsuda was left behind for a long time before he finally came to his senses, waved over two guards, gave a few instructions in a low voice, and then looked at the door of the quiet room for a long time before dragging his heavy footsteps away.

    General Nanjiro returned to the resting place. For some reason, he had no appetite at all.  Although he was exhausted, he was not sleepy at all. He seemed to be waiting for something?

    More than an hour later, Chief of Staff Matsuda knocked on his door and came in.  He said in a hoarse voice: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, General Umezu committed suicide by caesarean section. He ended his life in the most dignified manner as an Imperial samurai!"

    "Yes!" General Nanjiro responded lightly, and suddenly there was an indescribable feeling of relief in his heart, "Matsuda-kun, send a telegram to the base camp. General Umezu Meijiro, the former commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, feels deeply guilty.  I am deeply willing to take full responsibility for today¡¯s war situation in Manchuria and commit suicide by committing suicide to express my guilt to His Majesty the Emperor and the people of the Empire of Japan!¡±

    After pondering for a while, he added: "General Umezu Yoshijiro did not have no achievements when he was in charge of the overall military situation in Manchuria. He is also regarded as a famous general of our Imperial Japanese Army. However, the Kwantung Army was in a quagmire in the Manchurian War. The China Devil  Tang Qiu was in great power, and he was unable to recover. It was not because of his own incompetence. Therefore, I suggest that his body be returned to the homeland for burial as a sacrifice for the country! "

    I don¡¯t know why, but after listening to General Nanjiro¡¯s words, Chief of Staff Matsuda felt a sad feeling in his heart. An accomplished Imperial Army general just disappeared into thin air, leaving a bloody corpse lying lonely in the house.  Here, if General Nanjiro had tried to persuade him, maybe it wouldn't have ended like this. No matter how you heard the old officer's words, it sounded like he was trying to be a good boy!

    However, despite being panicked, Lieutenant General Matsuda could not say anything. He took out the copy of Umezu Meijiro's battle plan and silently handed it to General Nanjiro. After taking it, the line of blood written on the front page was dazzling.  The situation is presented before our eyes, "I have no ambition, I am unable to serve the country, and I am unwilling to give up! Nanjiro abandoned my true knowledge and insights for his own selfish interests. This person is a traitor to the country. In the future, the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan will definitely lose this person."  hands!

    General Nanjiro smiled contemptuously. This man wanted to bite him before he died. He really deserved his death. The last bit of guilt in his heart no longer existed. He was not even in the mood to open this battle plan.  WipingA match, a wisp of smoke rose up, and several pages turned into ashes.

    Although in my heart, I have no sympathy for the death of Umezu Yoshijiro, I still have to do a job that is honorable and show it to my military colleagues at home that I, Nanjiro, am not a ruthless person.  The order came: "Matsuda-kun, please do not spread the news of Umezu-kun's death within the headquarters. Arrange several senior staff officers to escort Umezu-kun's body back to the country. Treat him with the courtesy of a soldier who sacrificed his life for his country!"

    General Yoshijiro Umezu, a famous general of the Japanese Army, quietly committed suicide by caesarean section. When he came to Manchuria, he was confident, high-spirited, and heroic. He had great ambitions to perform his deeds, serve Emperor Hirohito, and gain fame. Unexpectedly,  , just a few months later, he reached the end of his rope and returned to China as a corpse.

    Looking at the cause of Umezu Yoshijiro's death, the victory of the independent division commanded by Tang Qiuli in the Northeast battlefield has been determined. The Northeast Kwantung Army is about to fall. This is a superficial factor, but if we look deeper, we can see the intrigue between Japan's military and political circles, factional strife, and ruthlessness.  The political struggle was the decisive factor in his death. The army general Umezu Yoshijiro, who claimed to stay away from politics and did not join any faction, was destined to end up like this after he came to Manchuria bare-handed.

    The news of Umezu Yoshijiro's death was kept secret. Tang Qiuli, who had rushed to Jinzhou, naturally did not know that such a thing had happened. The intelligence network of the Independent Division Intelligence Office in Fengtian had not received the news for the time being. Tang Qiuli did not know that his opponent had another  It was replaced by his defeated general - Nanjiro!

    In accordance with the requirements of the battle mobilization order issued by the division commander, in addition to the troops cleaning up the periphery in Harbin, Fengtian, and Xinjing, more than one million independent division troops on the battlefields of Northeast Liaoxi and Western Manchuria have stopped military operations.  , turned to battlefield rest, the Independent Division troops did not attack, and the Kwantung Army soldiers in the encirclement naturally did not dare to take the initiative. The two sides were in peace for the time being, and the sound of gunfire that had echoed on the battlefield for several months temporarily subsided!

    However, the Northeastern Battlefield Joint Service Department headquartered in Peiping began to get busy. On several main roads leading from Pingjin and other places to outside the customs, long lines of independent division transport troop convoys were passing through.  Shanhaiguan was transported to the battlefield in western Liaoning. On the sea, a huge transport fleet unloaded tens of thousands of tons of ammunition and supplies at the Anton port wharf. The frontline combat troops were resting and recuperating, and the rear service departments should be busy!

    Major General Zhou Yushan, deputy director of the Logistics Department of the Independent Division and commander of the Peking Joint Service Department, is based in Peiping, coordinating this unprecedented frontline supply. He sleeps less than three hours a day, but he knows in his heart that the decisive battle on the Northeast battlefield is about to begin.  It's about to begin!

    Compared with Zhou Yushan, who was too busy to sleep, Tang Qiuli, the commander of the independent division at the front line in Jinzhou, was very leisurely. He established two theater headquarters. The specific combat command was handled by several corps commanders.  In the Western Manchuria area, the encirclement of the Kwantung Army was unbreakable. There was nothing for him to worry about, and he was happy to let it go. He only paid a little attention to the Far East battlefield and the Korean Peninsula battlefield.

    On the Korean Peninsula battlefield, Ma Chaoyang's Southeast Mobile Corps is the main force. Lieutenant General Tang Qiuquan, commander of the independent division's naval fleet, still adopts the old method and uses superior ground, sea and air firepower to slowly consume the Japanese and Korean garrison troops.  The troops fought vigorously, but the battle line was always fixed at the Mokpo line.

    General Tanaka Shinichi, the commander of the Japanese and Korean garrison troops who could not figure out the route of the independent division, had to painfully and continuously deploy elite troops to the Mokpo defense line in order to stop the independent division from attacking the Gwangju and Busan front lines every day.  Thousands of casualties were sustained to maintain the stability of the Mokpo defense line. The Mokpo line became a flesh and blood mill for the Japanese army.

    Seeing the depletion of troops, General Tanaka was almost driven crazy. He sent several urgent telegrams a day, asking for more reinforcements from the mainland. However, Japan's domestic troops were already on the verge of depletion. Even on the Northeast battlefield, more than one million Kwantung Army troops were killed.  Even if they are divided and surrounded, they are unable to send out rescue troops. The battlefield on the Korean Peninsula that can maintain the status quo is naturally not a top priority!

    On the Far East battlefield, Lieutenant General Liu Tiehan, deputy commander of the independent division and commander of the East Point Force, used more than 700,000 troops to suppress the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force's more than 500,000 troops. More than 1 million soldiers from both sides were deployed in the Far East.  In the vast land to the west of the Leya Mountains, bloody battles were carried out. Small-scale attacks by the independent division troops occurred thousands of times a day, making it impossible for the Japanese troops in the Far East to escape.

    Liu Tiehan commanded the troops to attack in much the same way. He first bombarded the Japanese positions with ferocious artillery fire. In the sky, the bomber group and fighter group of the Northern Aviation Group's Outer Mongolia cruise area dropped thousands of heavy bombs on the Japanese army.  above the heads of the soldiers, and then, with a large number of tanks as the lead, they attacked the Japanese positions. After breaking through, they killed a large number of Japanese soldiers, but did not occupy and consolidate them, and withdrew the original attack.land.

    The next day, Liu Tiehan's tactics were repeated again, and they almost tortured Prince Zai Ren, the chief of general staff of the Japanese base camp and commander-in-chief of the Far East Expeditionary Force, to the point of going crazy!

    (To be continued)
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