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Chapter 417 Converts

As the only Japanese officer in the Sakhalin Division, Ichiro Nitta cherishes this opportunity.

Ichiro Nitta's position is also that of a military judge. All Japanese soldiers who violate discipline will be executed by Ichiro Nitta himself, and he will never do anything to others.

The military discipline of the Japanese army was not bad from the beginning. During the Xinchou War, the Japanese army's military discipline was the best among the coalition forces, and they were very polite even when they robbed.

Sorry to cause you any trouble. Can I take some money from you?

That's about as polite as it gets.

The discipline of the Sakhalin Division is very strict. Although it is impossible to make no mistakes, it is still much better than the Japanese army.

In recent years, Goryeo's economy has improved through the export of labor and resources, even better than Japan. At least people no longer starve to death in winter.

Goryeo exported a large amount of labor to Amur and earned tens of millions of rubles back every year, most of which were brought to Goryeo in the form of materials.

This is not about Amur making money and Amur spending money. Goryeo is really too poor and cannot guarantee basic living necessities. Even if workers want to save money, they must first meet the basic needs of life before they can think about saving money.

After the Japanese troops withdrew, Chongjin was in ruins. Everyone was killed and all the houses were burned down.

Several Koreans who were lucky enough to escape into the mountains cried to the Korean soldiers about the atrocities of the Japanese army.

As a result, when the Japanese came, all the Korean people's savings for several years became spoils of war for the Japanese.

"The Japanese are not human beings, they are demons and ghosts. They drove the Koreans into the sea and stabbed them to death with bayonets if they walked a little slower - even the seventy-year-old woman and the seven-year-old girl were not spared, and the babies who were waiting to be fed were stabbed to death by bayonets. They were cooked and killed, the adults were taken to work, and when they were sick, they were fed to dogs——"

Scared of poverty!

Only the Sa Division of the Russian Servant Army is composed of Japanese soldiers, and the other four divisions are composed of Koreans.

At the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, Japan captured Chongjin from the sea and used Chongjin as a supply station. It attempted to use Chongjin as a springboard to attack Amur from land.

Not only did he say that he had been beaten, Liu Jingshi also said that whenever he saw the soldiers of Sa division in the future, he would be beaten every time he saw them.

The first stop for the officers and soldiers of the Sa Division entering Goryeo was Chongjin, a fishing village in the north of Goryeo.

After Ichiro Nitta learned about this, he took the initiative to go to the Ryugyong Division's garrison to seek justice for the soldiers of the Division.

The Korean soldiers were filled with indignation, so several passing soldiers of the Sa Division were beaten.

The Japanese troops were stationed in Chongjin for no more than 3 months.

The Korean soldiers who were also servants vented their anger on the Japanese army on the Japanese officers and soldiers of the Sa Division.

Ichiro Nitta had no choice but to go to the division commander Colin, hoping that Colin would make the decision for the soldiers and seek justice from Ryu Kyung.

"Xiba——"

Japan dared to massacre its suzerain countries, and it was even more unscrupulous in Goryeo, even worse than the Qing Empire.

After the Battle of Vladivostok, the Japanese army's plan to attack Amur went bankrupt, and Chongjin was abandoned by the Japanese army.

Facing the Japanese, the Koreans dared not speak out in anger.

The items sent home by Korean workers are mainly cold-proof clothing and daily necessities. The most common sheepskin jackets in Amur are the most popular among Korean workers. During the winter break every year, Korean workers buy a few or more than a dozen pieces and put them away when they are no longer able to wear them. I feel at ease.

Unexpectedly, he did not get justice, and Nitta Ichiro was beaten again.

If the military police hadn't happened to pass by, those unlucky soldiers of the Sa Division would have been beaten to death.

Nitta Ichiro never expected that not only did Colin fail to make the decision for Nitta Ichiro, but Nitta Ichiro was beaten again.

Nitta Ichiro's time in the army was still too short. After joining the army, he followed the rules and did not dare to make any mistakes. He did not know some of the unspoken rules of the Amur Military Region.

The regular troops of the Amur Military District are almost all Cossacks.

There are no Cossacks who don't fight. It's a common occurrence. As long as no one is killed, the generals will pretend they don't know.

Therefore, there is an unspoken rule in the Amur Military Region that if there is a fight, you must win, regardless of whether it is justified or not, and you must not embarrass the troops.

Even if you don't care, as long as you win the fight, even if you are locked up in a small dark room, the officer on duty will secretly stuff a chicken drumstick when delivering meals.

If you lose, you will be miserable. Even if you are reasonable, you will become unreasonable and you will be spurned by everyone.

Therefore, the soldiers of the Sa division suffered a loss and tried to find ways to regain the situation. When the trouble became big, it was natural for Colin to step in and clean up the mess.

Ichiro Nitta's behavior of calling his parents after suffering a loss is not welcomed in the whole of Russia, let alone Amur.

After understanding this fact, Ichiro Nitta felt like crying.

Japanese soldiers are different from Korean soldiers.

The Koreans had no original sin when they were in Amur.

On the contrary, in the process of building Amur, there was no credit but hard work.

Japan is at war with the Russian Empire, so the Japanese soldiers in the Sa Division are guilty of original sin. They dare not fight because the Amur Military District clearly stipulates that fighting is against discipline.

For Goryeo soldiers, the consequence of violating discipline was confinement.

For Japanese soldiers, violating discipline would mean losing the opportunity to become a citizen of the Russian Empire and return to the precarious concentration camp.

Back in the barracks, several soldiers who had been beaten innocently came around and asked Ichiro Nitta if the division commander would make the decision for them.

Ichiro Nitta himself was bruised and swollen. Thinking about how angry he was at Ryugyongshi, and thinking about how angry Colin had been just now, Ichiro Nitta was full of grievances and had no one to talk to. The tall and dignified man, who was 1.5 meters tall, actually sat down on the ground. burst into tears.

"Shut up!" Colin never expected that the psychology of these Japanese soldiers would be so fragile.

If the Japanese were strong, they wouldn't have such a high suicide rate.

"It's not that easy to become a real Russian! Look at what you are like now, are you still worthy of being a soldier? I've been embarrassed by you! If this matter reaches the Grand Duke, you and I I have to take off these clothes and go back to my hometown. Didn’t your mother teach you when you were young? Just fight back if you suffer a loss, don’t cry like a bitch!”

Colin was very angry. These Japanese soldiers had performed very well in training, otherwise they would not have become official members of the Sa Division.

But I didn't expect that these little dwarfs would show their true colors before they even reached the battlefield.

Colin is very worried now. It is more reliable to expect these people to go to the battlefield than to find a group of Cossack women.

Nitta Ichiro was ashamed and angry, his chest heaved violently, and he was filled with anger and nowhere to express it.

"It's okay if the Guards beat you up! Who are those Koreans? If you don't fight me back today, go back to Japan tomorrow. You don't deserve to be a glorious soldier of the Sa division, you don't deserve to be Proud Russians!”

Colin's words are a double standard. What does it mean to be beaten by the Guards and forget about it? Does he deserve to be beaten if he is short?

But the effect is very good.

Ichiro Nitta just didn't dare to fight, it wasn't that he didn't want to fight.

Well said Colin.

Who are the Koreans?
Without the help of the Qing Empire and the Russian Empire, Goryeo would have been a Japanese colony long ago!
Now Goryeo is clinging to the lap of the Russian Empire. It dares to ride on the heads of Japanese soldiers and dominate them.

Tolerable or unbearable!
As soon as Colin finished speaking, Nitta Ichiro rushed out of the door with a roar and ran towards Ryu Kyungshi's station.

The injured soldiers who were staggering just now were also walking quickly, chasing Nitta Ichiro towards the direction of Ryugyong's garrison.

Liu Jingshi's station is right next to Sa Shi.

Due to the close relationship between Korea and Russia, the Koreans believed that their status in the Russian Empire was one level higher than that of the Japanese.

Being a second-class person can still show a sense of superiority——

It's very confusing.

Therefore, the soldiers of Ryukyong Division did not take this matter to heart at all, and the division commander Bilov had no idea what happened.

"Stop! What are you doing?"

The on-duty officer Jin Taimin at the gate of Liu Jingshi's camp did his duty.

Ichiro Nitta was beaten because of Jin Taimin.

Nitta Ichiro didn't talk nonsense, he just punched Jin Taimin in the nose.

Jin Taimin's nose was crooked and bleeding profusely. He fell to the ground with a dazed look on his face.

Ichiro Nitta kicked Jin Taimin to the ground with a flying kick.

The Goryeo soldiers on duty at the gate of the camp finally came to their senses and got into a fight with Nitta Ichiro and the Sa division soldiers who rushed over.

Not surprisingly, Nitta Ichiro and his companions were beaten up by the Koreans again.

However, before being defeated, Nitta Ichiro and the others defeated three times the number of Goryeo soldiers.

The fight between the Japanese and the Koreans was also fierce.

Two Goryeo soldiers had their ribs broken by Nitta Ichiro and the others, and Jin Taimin had his nose broken by Nitta Ichiro.

After Ichiro Nitta was knocked down, he hugged a Korean soldier tightly, biting his calf and biting off a piece of meat.

So Nitta Ichiro's four front teeth were pulled out by the Koreans.

Colin was very happy and asked the military doctor to install four gold teeth for Ichiro Nitta. Colin paid the cost.

"Good job!"

Colin didn't say much. He turned around and left without saying a word. He still had to deal with the aftermath. The consequences of beating the sentry were very serious.

Nitta Ichiro was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. There was only a slit in his eye. Tears flowed uncontrollably, but he stood upright.

Several other Japanese soldiers who took action were more seriously injured, and one soldier had his fingers broken off.

However, he got a blessing in disguise. Colin immediately announced that he would be included in the first batch of naturalization lists to be investigated.

The bearded Russian military doctor who treated Nitta Ichiro actually gave Nitta Ichiro a smile for the first time.

The officer on duty who was waiting for Nitta Ichiro in the treatment room took the initiative to hand Nitta Ichiro a cigarette. After the treatment was over, he would take Nitta Ichiro to solitary confinement.

Nitta Ichiro's hand when he took the cigarette was shaking.

A mere cigarette is not worth much.

But Ichiro Nitta felt unprecedented respect from this cigarette.

In the solitary room, Nitta Ichiro finally ate the legendary chicken legs, two!

Holding the chicken legs, Ichiro Nitta cried loudly.

After crying, Ichiro Nitta wiped away his tears, changed his name to Jinya, and became a true Russian from the inside out.

(End of this chapter)