Agents of the Republic of China

Lin Xiaotang, who was in Yangon, didn't realize the danger was approaching. Ever since Haruhiko Kasuga lifted the ban on everyone, he accompanied Scarlett and the Italian business group to inspect Yangon city for the past two days. The feasibility of various business plans, of course, Yuan Jianfeng and his few remaining subordinates are doing their part, which makes Yuan Jianfeng who is used to the ostentation somewhat uncomfortable. Looking at Lin Xiaotang's It's not surprising that there was some jealousy and resentment in the eyes.

After finishing the inspection in Yangon, Scarlett asked Haruhiko Kasuga to visit Myanmar's main grain producing area, the southern Myanmar plain.Haruhiko Kasuga obviously hesitated, but agreed to ask Yamashita for instructions.

In less than a day, Fengwen Yamashita gave a reply, agreeing that the Italian business group should go to the southern Myanmar plain for investigation, but for the sake of safety, Haruhiko Kasuga will personally lead the troops to Tonggu. It can be seen that Fengwen Yamashita is interested in obtaining Xiatong Ancient Fortress is still full of confidence.In fact, Lin Xiaotang also knows that there are other reasons why Yamashita Fufumi agreed so happily to the Italian business group to go to the front-line war zone. The reason is still on the bed. .

Germany raided Russia with blitzkrieg, and occupied a large area of ​​western Russia in a short period of time. The soldiers pointed directly at Moscow, the capital of Russia, with great momentum, and put Russia in their hands.On the North African front, the German Afrika Korps and Italian troops commanded by Rommel also defeated the British Army, quickly occupied Libya, Kenya and other regions, and began to march towards Egypt.At this time, Japan, as an ally, did not have many achievements to show off. As one of the few highlights of the Japanese army, Yamashita Fengfu still maintained that he defeated [-] British troops in the First World War on the Malay Peninsula and conquered the "unbreakable fortress". "Singapore Fortress known as the impressive record.The Japanese base camp also needs Yamashita Fengwen to make another contribution, so as to show his allies his brave capital.Therefore, Fengwen Yamashita is very happy to fight against the ancients in front of the Italians.

However, after making another secret contact with Takashimasuke in his spare time, Lin Xiaotang has also noticed the turbulent undercurrent among the Japanese army and even the high-level government.This still stems from the struggle between the Emperor's faction and the ruling faction in Japan.

As early as the 23rd year of the Republic of China, that is, in the [-]th year of Showa in Japan, the [-] mutiny planned by the young officers of the Emperor's Dao faction broke out in Tokyo.The reason for the mutiny was the dismissal of Araki Murao, who was a supporter of the Kodo faction and then the Minister of War. He had previously planned to use iron and blood to establish a fascist government. Generate strong dissatisfaction with the ruling faction.

After Hayashi Mijuro, a member of the Control faction, took office as the Minister of the Army, he wantonly installed the backbone of the Control faction into the top ranks of the army and navy. At the same time, he began to spare no effort to attack the supporters of the Kodo faction. Masaki Jinzaburo removed the post of Army Education Director, forcing him to announce his retirement.At the same time, a large number of Imperial Daoist officers were transferred from important departments and posts, and all of them were transferred to the reserve service.

This aroused the anger of the officers of the young and strong faction of the imperial way faction. They conspired to kill the core figure of the ruling faction, Major General Nagata Tieshan, who was then the director of the Army Military Affairs Bureau. This made the conflict between the two sides rise to an irreconcilable stage in an instant.

The control faction launched a counterattack, and transferred the first division of the royal family, which had been stationed in Tokyo for 30 years, to the northeast to join the sequence of the Kwantung Army, and transferred the head of the first division, Yanagawa Heisuke, to Taiwan as the commander of the garrison. Officer, it's like a spark falling on gasoline, triggering a ferocious mutiny of the Huangdao faction in an instant.

In the early morning of February 23, the 26rd year of the Republic of China, nine officers from the First Division led more than a thousand soldiers to launch a mutiny. Members of the ruling faction.

The rebel army occupied the prime minister's office quickly, and the prime minister Keisuke Okada was desperately covered and escaped by his subordinates. Navy minister Saito Minoru, the new army education director Watanabe Jotaro, finance minister Takahashi Shiqing and other important officials of the ruling faction were arrested. Killed, the head of the emperor's bodyguard and a staunch supporter of the ruling faction Suzuki Kantaro was seriously injured.The Ministry of the Army, the General Staff Headquarters, the residence of the Minister of War, and the Metropolitan Police Department were blocked.

The rebels occupied newspapers and radio stations in Tokyo, put forward the slogan "respect the emperor and punish traitors", and demanded that the emperor remove the members of the ruling faction.

Later, under the strict order of Emperor Hirohito, the upper echelons of the army, with their own ulterior motives, and at the insistence of the naval generals, mobilized the divisions stationed in Sendai and other places into Tokyo to cooperate with the Emperor's Guards Division to suppress the rebellion.

Three days later, most of the rebel soldiers couldn't bear the plight of having no food inside and no reinforcements outside. In addition, Hirohito issued the "Report to the Officers and Soldiers" at this time, declaring that the rebel soldiers should return to their headquarters, and the past should not be blamed. The rebel army fell apart. All the officers who planned the mutiny were arrested.

After the rebel officers were shot, the ruling faction came to power in full force, the leaders of the Huangdao faction were dismissed one after another, and all middle- and lower-level officers who were inclined to the Huangdao faction were transferred, and most of the core personnel were transferred to Northeast China and Taiwan.So far, the control faction has completely grasped the real power of the army and established absolute control over the army.

As a supporter of the Emperor's Way faction, Fengwen Yamashita, who was then a major general of the Ministry of Army, was appointed as the head of the No.40 Infantry Brigade by North Korea, thus leaving the army center.It was not until the "July [-]th Incident" that occurred a year later that he was given another chance to stand up.

Lin Xiaotang was surprised that Fengwen Yamashita was actually a general of the Emperor's Dao faction. Since he was also a supporter of the Emperor's Dao faction, why did the series of plans arranged by Takashimasuke target him everywhere?

Mentioning various reasons, Takashimasuke couldn't help sniffling. It turned out that although Yamashita Fengfumi was a die-hard supporter of the Emperor's Dao faction, after the "February [-] Incident", he was far away from the center and began to communicate with the Emperor intentionally or unintentionally. The Dao faction distanced itself. Although it still exists as a supporter of the Huangdao faction on the surface, many of its behaviors have caused the Huangdao faction to separate it.

First of all, because of the "February [-] Incident" that angered Emperor Hirohito, Yamashita felt guilty and constantly reflected on his actions in the past. He often said to his confidantes, "I have done something that I am sorry to His Majesty. I can't do it if I don't work hard to make amends!" .In order to show piety, he always ignores the reality of the office and faces his desk in the direction of Tokyo to show respect.

Such actions made a group of members of the Emperor's Dao faction begin to doubt him, and ordered the Kwantung Army's Jiandao Special Team to conduct a secret investigation of Yamashita Fengwen to confirm whether he could work for the Emperor's Dao faction. Takashimasuke was one of them. one of the executors.

But Takashima immediately discovered some secret actions of Yamashita Fengwen during the investigation.The most important point is that Yamashita Fengfumi has been hooked up with the special gendarmerie that is loyal to the royal family, and began to secretly serve a certain plan of the special gendarmerie.During his one-year stay in North Korea, as a brigade commander, Yamashita Fengwen frequently passed the division commander and the North Korean governor to dictate local affairs and intervene in important affairs of the troops stationed in North Korea.And under the command of the special gendarmerie, a large number of rich families in North Korea were wiped out. Among them, the most influential one was to personally lead people to kill the entire family of Jin Zehe, a prominent Korean family. in the bag.The military officers at all levels stationed in North Korea knew that Yamashita Fufumi was once a central figure who held a lot of power, and they dared not speak out against his actions.

Therefore, in order to complete the task of controlling the main corps of the Southern Army, Takashimasuke began to prepare to attack Fengwen Yamashita, because the Emperor's Dao faction could not allow a person with a different heart to rule the army on his behalf.This is also a deterrent to the many uneasy speculators under the current situation where the Huangdao faction is losing power.

There is no doubt that Haruhiko Kasuga is a "time bomb" that the Kodo faction buried beside Fengfu Yamashita!

After listening to Takashimasuke's narration, Lin Xiaotang couldn't help being a little amused, "Takashima-kun, is this your plan?"

Takashimasuke nodded solemnly, "Mr. Lin, you are a friend we trust very much. My superiors are very satisfied with the previous cooperation. We hope to continue our cooperation for a long time. But you laughed For what reason?"

Obviously, Takashimasuke was somewhat dissatisfied with Lin Xiaotang's mocking behavior, but more doubts.

Lin Xiaotang thought about it carefully, and then returned: "Takashima-kun misunderstood, I am not prejudiced against your plan. On the contrary, I am just rejoicing, thanking Takashima-kun for trusting me, and will Confidentially all the thoughts, this saved us from a catastrophe!"

Hearing this, Gao Daosuke couldn't help but turn pale with shock. "Why did Mr. Lin say such a thing?"

Lin Xiaotang showed an inscrutable expression, "I don't have any concrete evidence to prove my judgment, but I think Mr. Takashima must have a way to prove it. A few days ago, we were put under house arrest by Haruhiko Kasuga in the headquarters, but by accident In this case, I met a person, and this person is an old acquaintance of you and me, we fought against him when we were in Shanghai!"

"who is it?"

"Yazawa Shinichi!"

Takashimasuke was shocked, "How could it be him, how could he come to Myanmar?"

Immediately, Takashimasuke's face relaxed, "Could it be that you are here to contact Fengwen Yamashita?" He looked at Lin Xiaotang, with obvious unconfidence in his expression.

Lin Xiaotang took the time to look back at him, "Takashima-san, you still don't understand what I said about the catastrophe? Or maybe you don't want to think about the worst?"

Takashimasuke's complexion changed, and it took him a while to sit down with some exhaustion, "Yamashita Fufumi is not in Yangon at all, Yazawa Shinichi came to find another person when he appeared in Yangon, didn't he?"

Lin Xiaotang nodded slightly, "Mr. Takashima, although I don't want to admit this conclusion, but the facts are in front of me, and I will leave the rest to you to prove it!"

Note [-]: Blood League.After the September [-]th Incident, the right-wing forces in Japan tried to use terror to abolish the existing political system and establish fascist rule.The "Blood Alliance" organization headed by Inoue Nichijo began to assassinate government officials one after another, but was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department and all of them were arrested.However, after militarism came to power in an all-round way, members of the blood alliance were released one after another.