I rise from the sword

Chapter 279 Some families are happy and some are sad, Matsui Ming's blame
Moritake Tanabe, then chief of staff of the North China Front Army, was also annoyed and angry, but he had a deep personal relationship with Yoshio Shinozuka, so he comforted Ningji Okamura and said, "Your Excellency, please calm down, if you want to pursue this matter In terms of responsibility, the one with the greatest responsibility should be the former enemy commander-in-chief of the Wenshuiguan Battle, and the head of the 37th Division of the Imperial Army Hirata Kenkichi.

After all, it was he who commanded the battle on the front line, and it was his ineffective command that led to the defeat. "

After a pause, Moritake Tanabe continued: "Also, Shinozuka-kun's new special tactics are not useless. In fact, at the beginning of the Battle of Wenshuiguan, this set of tactics achieved very good results. .

Kazuki Yamamoto led his special agent team, interspersed and infiltrated, and killed many officers above the regiment level in China.

It is precisely because of this that the imperial army's attack at the beginning of the battle was so smooth.

If it weren't for Yang Lin's sudden appearance, the Yamamoto special team would have even had the chance to kill Fu Yisheng, the former enemy commander-in-chief of the Wenshuiguan battle sequence in China.

Later, the 4th Brigade of the Imperial Army Infantry was raided and beheaded by the Chinese Army. The Chinese Army used the new special tactics proposed by Mr. Shinozuka.

At that time, if Okazaki Kiyosaburo hadn't paid attention to the new special tactics proposed by Shinozuka-kun and strengthened defenses, the entire brigade and army would not have been destroyed.

In the final analysis, it was not that the new special tactics proposed by Shinozuka Yoshio were not good, but that Hirata Kenkichi was not good at commanding, which led to the failure! "

"Xiaozuka-kun is a rare general, for the sake of the future of the Great Japanese Empire, we should try to preserve him!
And with the development of the situation and the elongation of the front, the shortcomings of the imperial army's insufficient strength have gradually been manifested.

Therefore, instead of denying Shinozuka-kun's new special tactics, we should encourage and implement them! "

In order to excuse Yoshio Shinozuka, Moritake Tanabe had to find a scapegoat, and Kenkichi Hirata, the commander of the 37th Division, was undoubtedly the best candidate!
After Ningji Okamura calmed down, he also felt that Moritake Tanabe's analysis made sense.

Moreover, the situation in Shanxi is becoming more and more complicated now.

At this juncture, it is indeed not suitable to change players.

Therefore, Okamura Ningji adopted Tanabe Moritake's suggestion.

In the explanation and report to the base camp, the responsibility was pushed as much as possible to Hirata Kenkichi, the commander of the 37th Division.

After consideration, the Japanese headquarters decided to dismiss Hirata Kenkichi and transfer him back to China to pursue responsibility.

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at the same time.

Taiyuan Shanxi.

Japanese First Army Command.

Shinozuka Yoshio was furious, while reprimanding and questioning major officers such as Hirata Kenkichi and Matsui Ming.

Hirata Kenkichi explained: "Your Excellency, Commander, it's not that the humble command is ineffective, it is that some people have neglected their duties and disobeyed orders.

It was only more than 100 kilometers from Taiyuan to Wenshuiguan, and they actually walked for 5 days, even the tortoise crawled faster than them.

Moreover, after arriving at Wenshuiguan, they disobeyed the military order and refused to send troops, which caused the humble job to miss the opportunity to fight! "

Matsui Ming is not stupid, even though Hirata Kenkichi didn't mention his name, he still heard that the other party was alluding to him.

Immediately retorted: "The reason why our 4th Division of the Imperial Army walked for 5 days was because the climate was not acclimatized, and many soldiers fell ill.

As for what you said, you didn't follow your arrangement and went to the front to attack the Chinese army. How can you fight when the soldiers are sick?
Do you want the Imperial Army of my 4th Division to die? "

Hirata Kenkichi said coldly: "What kind of illness is it? It's clearly a faux pas!"

Matsui Ming flew into a rage and said, "Hirata Kenkichi, you are spitting blood and making excuses for your own incompetence!

The imperial soldiers under me are sick, if I push them to the front line, it will be irresponsible for their lives!

If all the imperial soldiers under me are broken, who will complete the next combat mission?That is irresponsible to the Great East Asian Jihad and disloyal to His Majesty the Emperor!
We keep our useful bodies in order to complete the mission more safely and reliably. We are the most loyal to the Empire and His Majesty the Emperor! "

Hirata Kenkichi was bearded and stared at by Matsui's fallacy, and he accused angrily: "The last stop two days ago, after you received the order, why didn't you send troops to reinforce it?"

Matsui Ming retorted: "At that time, it was not that I didn't send troops to reinforce, but that my troops were also attacked by the Chinese army!"

After a pause, Matsui Ming confronted him again: "Hirata Kenkichi, I would like to ask you, you are an imperial division, you can't even wipe out a few miscellaneous troops of the Chinese Army, but you were defeated by it!

But what I am facing is an army in the Second War Zone of China. The pressure faced by the 4th Division of the Imperial Army will only be greater than that of your 37th Division, not less!

However, instead of losing ground, our 4th Division of the Imperial Army defeated the opponent steadily. If your 37th Division hadn't broken the whole army in Jiaocheng Mountain, maybe I would have led the army to conquer Wenshui Pass!
You still have the face to accuse me? "

I have to say that Matsui Ming's skill in beating back was really good, and he was stunned to be speechless by Hirata Kenkichi.

However, Matsui Ming was unreasonable, and continued: "Aside from this battle, the 4th Division of our Imperial Army was not at Wenshui Pass in the previous battles, but what was the final result?

Under your "wise" command, the Imperial Army's first independent mixed brigade, the Imperial Army's fourth brigade, including the two brigade leaders, the entire army is broken!
More than half of the imperial army's independent and mixed second brigade suffered casualties, and Lieutenant General Abu Zhuxiu, who was known as the flower of the famous general, was also killed in the battle! "

Having said this, Matsui Ming suddenly turned his gaze to Shinozuka Yoshio who was in the top position: "Your Excellency Commander, to sum up the above, may I ask if Hirata Kenkichi is not a sinner of the empire, who is the sinner of the empire?"

Matsui Ming's ability to reason is so good, this time, even Yoshio Shinozuka was speechless.

In fact, Yoshio Shinozuka knew Matsui Ming and the Osaka Division better, otherwise, he would not have thought of taking the Sakata Division to the front line when there were no soldiers to adjust in the end.

At this moment, a communications staff officer rushed in from the outside with a translated message.

"Your Excellency, Commander, this is a message from Commander Neiji Okamura."

Yoshio Shinozuka took the telegram and read it, and then, without opening his mouth, he handed it to Kenkichi Hirata.

After reading the telegram, Hirata Kenkichi was ashamed.

It is undoubtedly a great shame for Hirata Kenkichi to return to China for trial.

Therefore, the old devil first left the headquarters of the First Army lonely, and then chose to commit seppuku in his own residence, ending his sinful life.

After Shinozuka Yoshio heard the news, he ordered Hirata Kenkichi's body to be transported to Shanghai by plane, and then transported back from Shanghai to China for burial.

Of course, this is something for later, so I won’t show it here for the time being.

What Yoshio Shinozuka never expected was that instead of punishing him for his poor command, the higher ups affirmed his new special tactics.

This is undoubtedly a huge surprise for him.

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(End of this chapter)