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Kumamoto is the strong castle of Higo in Kyushu, and it is one of the three famous cities in Japan, which is as famous as Osaka Castle and Nagoya Castle.It was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi's general Kato Kiyomasa during the Warring States Period.In the fifth year of Qingchang, Kato Kiyomasa made great contributions to the victory of the Eastern Army in the battle of Sekigahara that determined the general trend of the world. Therefore, he was named the Daimyo of Higo 54 koku and became a powerful vassal in Kyushu.

Kato Kiyomasa set the location of Kumamoto Castle in the hilly area of ​​Chausu Mountain in the southeast of Kumamoto, across the Tsuboi River, while the Shirakawa and Iseri Rivers in Higo became the natural key points. It is a rare Hirayama Castle in the history of Japanese fortification. .Kyushu is mountainous, and Kumamoto Castle tightly guards the mountain exit connecting the northern and southern Kyushu areas, and it is also an important land passage for the western part of Kyushu to enter and exit the northern and southern Kyushu.

Kitakyushu has already been riddled with holes after Fukuda Heihachiro's Ichikui Rebellion, so the Chinese army occupied the entire Kitakyushu without much effort.After the squadron entered Southern Kyushu, although it quickly calmed down the counterattack of the local garrison, Lin Xiaotang, in view of Naoe Seigo's suggestion, decisively retracted his troops back to northern Kyushu, focusing on the four cities of Kumamoto, Takamori, Kitagawa, and Kamae. As a boundary, with heavy troops firmly entrenched in Kitakyushu and the islands off the coast.

As for Southern Kyushu, Naoe Seigo once said that Lin Xiaotang also has a deep understanding of this point.In Japanese history, Satsuma has always occupied an important position, especially in modern Japanese history.One of the main forces of the defeated army is the Satsuma clan. For a long time, their control over Southern Kyushu has been extremely stable. Relying on the development of sea routes, the Satsuma clan has also become the main force of the Japanese navy. The head of the Naval Command and the Commander of the United Fleet) are almost all from the Satsuma domain.Therefore, it is very difficult to control Southern Kyushu in a short period of time. Once there is a change, it may cause a chain reaction in Northern Kyushu. Therefore, Lin Xiaotang carefully chose to temporarily give up the attack on Southern Kyushu.

Of course, it was only temporary. Lin Xiaotang ordered Gao Yingpei to urge Fukuda Heihachiro's Ichikui Army to enter the mountains of Southern Kyushu, constantly harassing and weakening the control of Satsuma in Southern Kyushu.Perhaps Futian's army is powerless to attack cities and villages, but attacking everywhere and looting villages is their forte.With these people permanently stationed in Southern Kyushu, the days of Satsuma can be imagined.

The castle tower of Kumamoto Castle suffered a fire during the Southwest War in Japanese history, and it has not been repaired until now. Therefore, Lin Xiaotang placed the temporary headquarters in the small castle tower in Kumamoto.

Negotiations between the allies and Japan are about to begin. It is conceivable that the Japanese side has indeed lost sight of the other. On the surface, the provisional government in Tokyo seems to be the representative of Japan at present, but the Hokkaido government under the control of Russia has decided to take a share of it. Now, just Let's see how to coordinate this issue between the United States and Russia within the allied forces.

But, don't forget, there is still a force that cannot be ignored on Kyushu's side, and that is the [-]-strong force of the Chinese ** team.The [-] Chinese laborers who were tortured in Japan, a huge majority of them were originally Communist veterans, were released at this time and were fully armed. The [-] elite expeditionary troops who came here, as well as the former Kyushu Overseas Chinese, especially the [-] special soldiers of Lei Zhen's Department under Lin Xiaotang's command, can be said that there is absolutely no force in the Kyushu, Western, and Shikoku areas that can compete with them. , especially this army has also received the full support of overseas Chinese from various Asian countries. Even if the US warships block land and sea transportation, various equipment and materials can still be sent to Kitakyushu intact through some secret channels.

Therefore, in order to negotiate, the problems in Kyushu must be properly resolved.

For this reason, the United States sent representatives to Kumamoto, accompanied by important officials of the Nationalist Government, to meet Xiao Shanling, the Supreme Commander of the Chinese Army in Japan.

The person from the United States is Lin Xiaotang's old friend Hong Chawei, and the accompanying person is no stranger, it is Wang Sheng.

It seems that both the United States and Chongqing attach great importance to the secret negotiations arranged before the talks between the allies and Japan. At the same time, they have also made an accurate analysis of the current Chinese troops stationed in Japan.Xiao Shanling is not from the Whampoa family, but he is a veteran general in the national government. He is very principled, but he has great trust in Lin Xiaotang, who is temporarily serving as the chief of staff. After the situation in Kyushu stabilizes, Lin Xiaotang's identity has surfaced On the surface of the water, while the Americans were taken aback, they began a large-scale investigation of Lin Xiaotang's details.However, because Lin Xiaotang's identity in the military command was very secretive, not much valuable information was obtained.

At this time, the Americans remembered the advice of Hong Chawei, the head of the intelligence agency stationed in Shanghai, a long time ago. Hong Chawei hopes to add the human factor that the Chinese attach great importance to in the negotiations, so as to persuade the Chinese to withdraw their troops from Japan as soon as possible.

From the first time Lin Xiaotang met Hong Chawei and Wang Sheng in the negotiating team, he understood the motivation and purpose of the Americans.Needless to say, Wang Sheng came here purely as a foil.Although the Nationalist Government was somewhat dependent on the Americans economically and militarily, the news of the squadron's invasion of the Japanese mainland had spread throughout the country, and the people were enthusiastic about it, and even the Nationalist Government followed suit. , the popular support rate also reached its peak for a while, temporarily covering up the sharp contradictions between the domestic people's livelihood and the economy. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek would never accept the American proposal to withdraw troops, and put himself in a position of criticism.

Therefore, at the beginning of the negotiation, Lin Xiaotang and Xiao Shanling resolutely set two principles for the negotiation. First, the Chinese army will follow the method and time limit of the US and Russian troops stationed in Japan, and withdraw from the Japanese mainland after the Allied troops are stationed in Japan. Before, the squadron would never withdraw from Japan.The reason is that China is also one of the victorious countries and will never repeat the humiliating history of the First World War.Second, the squadron will not form a provisional government within Kyushu. On this point, China fully respects the decision of the allies, and will support the provisional government in Tokyo to be fully responsible for negotiating the next post-war affairs with the allies.

The second point makes Hon Chavey very gratified, after all, this is the last thing Americans want to see.Now the Hokkaido provisional government supported by Russia is clamoring to participate in the negotiation affairs. It is nothing more than Russia's desire to gain a greater say in Japan.Once the Chinese garrison continues to imitate the gourd and create a Kyushu government, then Japan will truly return to the Warring States Period, which is absolutely inconsistent with the American strategy in Asia.

But the first point is that Hong Chawei is indeed a little embarrassed.Russia's sudden attack and its entry into the Japanese mainland caught the United States by surprise, but the strong intervention of the Chinese Army undoubtedly made the American strategy in Asia even worse.The original plan to use the atomic bomb to make the Japanese government surrender as soon as possible failed, and the plan to independently support Japan to become an important strategic partner of the United States in Asia completely failed.Especially in Chongqing, for such a government that is still struggling to maintain with its own support, the Americans would never have imagined that they would jump out and openly challenge the authority of the United States of America in Asian affairs.

But Lin Xiaotang and Xiao Shanling just grasped the point and insisted on stationing troops in Japan as a victorious nation.What's more, the squadron entered the mainland of Japan after Japan announced its unconditional surrender. At that time, it was still a war period, and any offensive behavior of the squadron was reasonable.Besides, war is like this, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Could it be that the United States allowed Japan to wreak havoc on Chinese soil for more than ten years, instead of allowing the squadron to counterattack the Japanese mainland?This is the truth of which one.

Lin Xiaotang and Lin Xiaotang's righteous words made Hong Chawei speechless, even the few American experts on Asian issues who came with him had nothing to say.The group had no choice but to turn to Wang Sheng for help, hoping that he could force Lin Xiaotang and others to accept the withdrawal request in the name of the Chongqing government.

So Wang Sheng began to exert pressure in a pretentious manner, severely reprimanding Xiao Shanling, Lin Xiaotang and others for their inconsiderate behavior, and demanded that they immediately implement the secret withdrawal order issued by the Nationalist Government.

Xiao Shanling stopped talking, and Lin Xiaotang also closed his mouth, which made Hong Chawei secretly happy. As for the Chinese, we still have to leave and treat them like everyone else.

Unexpectedly, in less than 10 minutes, the outside immediately became chaotic. The squadron in Kumamoto area heard the news of the withdrawal and immediately blew up the battalion. A group of officers were fully armed and surrounded the castle tower aggressively. , Shouting the slogan of never retreating, firing warning shots from time to time, and threatening the US delegation and Xiao Shanling, Lin Xiaotang, if the withdrawal order is given, the subordinates will follow it, but before boarding the ship, the entire Kyushu will become a sea of ​​​​flames , in return for the evil deeds of the Japanese army in China.

Xiao Shanling stood up, strode to the window, and yelled at the officers and soldiers below: "Shut up and do whatever you want. The Ministry of National Defense has issued an order. Who dares to disobey? I will be the first to kill him." !"

Lin Xiaotang was busy pulling back the Xiao Shan order, and explained it for a while, saying that since Chairman Jiang and the Ministry of National Defense both gave the order, we can only follow it, but before withdrawing the troops, we must do the ideological work of the troops below , so as not to cause any trouble.

Before the voice finished speaking, with a report, Lei Zhen strode in, "Sir, this soldier can't be taken anymore. Damn, they are all blown up. The first division stationed in Fukuoka and the third division stationed in Saeki called the headquarters." A telegram came, and the troops can be withdrawn, but they have to board the ship from Sendai, and they are already gathering troops, please arrange the ships from the allied forces, and see you in Sendai in two months!"

When Hong Chawei heard the news that the squadron agreed to retreat, his heart was relieved, but when he heard the word "Sendai", he was stunned for a moment, glanced at the map of Japan hanging in the room, and then was covered in cold sweat, "Why do you want to board the ship in Sendai? Isn't that going to cross the whole of Japan?"

Lei Zhen looked at him angrily, "Respond to the words of the commander! The first division and the third division said in the telegram that the little Japanese have been fighting in China as far as Hunan and Guangdong and Guangxi, and even Taiwan has been occupied by them. But brothers, come here. It’s only been more than a month in Japan, and I haven’t tasted the rivers and mountains of Japan, so I plan to take this opportunity to go shopping in Japan. After two months, the brothers have enough food, drink, and play comfortably, and board the ship at the port of Sendai. , and go home in a beautiful way! When the time comes, I would like to ask the brothers in the Allied Army to prepare more ships. The brothers have been shopping around, and it is inevitable that there are some belongings. Please transport them back together.”

Hong Chawei's legs softened and he almost sat on the ground.

Lin Xiaotang sighed, "This is also human nature! Commander, what do you think?"

Xiao Shanling also let out a long sigh, "F*ck, in the end, the common people still scolded me with their backs stabbed! Anyway, it's not easy to come here, so let our brothers go out for a walk. The first division will go ashore from Nagato, Enter Honshu along the Saikoku Road, the third division will go to Shikoku, and we will start from Kumamoto. In the middle of next month, the whole army will gather in Osaka, and then we will split the road and go east!"

Hong Chawei panicked all of a sudden, "You two, you can't do this, don't do it!"