Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 537 The Nakamura Incident (1)
Just as China was intensively investigating the Wanbaoshan incident, an appalling incident occurred in Northeast China, causing Sino-Japanese relations to take a turn for the worse.

In the spring of 1903, the Army Secret Service assigned a special mission to Lieutenant Shintaro Nakamura of the Staff Department: to infiltrate Hailar and Taonan areas in disguise to collect military information on the Xing’an reclamation area; Traffic and other possible situations; secretly contacted the local pro-Japanese Mongolian princes to prepare for the Japanese occupation.

On March 3, Nakamura came to Qiqihar from Taonan to conduct a so-called soil survey in the name of a "member of the Imperial Tokyo Agricultural Society".Nakamura Tongjing Sugi Yantaro (retired Kwantung Army cavalry commander Cao, proficient in riding, Nakamura's assistant), a Belarusian translator, and a guide, a group of 11 rode on the road.

They left Qiqihar, first went westward to Hailar through Ang'ang River and Miandu River, and then went south through Irekde, crossed Sauron Mountain, and went straight to Wangye Temple, preparing to meet with another spy in Taonan. meet.

In the early morning of the next day, the sentinels of the 4st Battalion and [-]rd Company of the [-]rd Regiment of the Xing'an Reclamation District Office found [-] people riding furtively from north to south on horseback. The company commander Ning Wenlong immediately rushed up with a squad of soldiers.Nakamura and his party were stopped by the muzzles of black holes.

Nakamura never dreamed that he would encounter trouble in the deep valley of Charsen.He said to the company commander Ning Wenlong with a smile on his face: "Brothers, we belong to the Agricultural Society and are going to the northeast of your country to conduct soil science surveys." Out of passport.

After Ning Wenlong read the passport carefully, he looked up at the few people in front of him.From the nonchalant expressions of Nakamura and his party, he faintly felt a murderous look, and felt that these people were not scientists, but well-trained soldiers.In order to find out the real identities of these people, Ning Wenlong decided to take them back to the regiment headquarters and detain them.He raised his pistol and said politely: "I'm really sorry, everyone. You don't have the documents to enter the Xing'an reclamation area, and we haven't received orders from our superiors. You have to go with us first."

"Bastard!" Nakamura's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he cursed rudely, "We are big citizens, let us go quickly!" After finishing speaking, he habitually stretched his hands to his waist.

"Your mother, how dare you curse at me!" Ning Wenlong gritted his teeth angrily.He widened his eyes and issued an order, "Go! Bind them up!"

When the surrounding soldiers heard the order, they rushed forward, tied up the four members of Nakamura tightly, and escorted them to the regiment headquarters.Hearing that several people were caught, and that they were still carrying weapons, Guan Yuheng, the head of the third regiment who was training troops outside, was taken aback.He thought, what are people doing here with guns?The situation was urgent, so he didn't need to think too much, so he hurried back to the regiment headquarters.The table was full of seized items, including a military binoculars, a 4-type carbine, and a southern-style automatic pistol. Loading the bullet, he said to himself: "Good gun."

After Nakamura and other four people were taken away, Guan Yuheng checked the seized items again.He spread out the Japanese 4/[-]th military map and the Chinese [-]/[-]th military map side by side, and found that some of the same places on the two maps had pencil traces, which indicated that they had already visited these places up.Among the three books, two of them record the natural conditions of certain places and the population, products, and military and civilian distribution of banner counties.What is surprising is the third table book, which clearly and accurately records the distribution of troops, types and calibers of guns, number of officers and soldiers, names and positions of generals and schools, places where troops are stationed, barracks capacity and strength, etc. of the reclamation army in Xing'an District.

Looking at these pieces of evidence, Guan Yuheng fell into deep thought.It happened so suddenly that he wasn't prepared for it at all.

"Regimental Commander Guan," Dong Pingyu, the deputy head of the regiment, said, "These things are conclusive evidence, which fully proves that they are military spies."

"Yes." Guan Yuheng said decisively, "Interrogate first, then deal with it." As for how to deal with this group of military spies, he still couldn't make up his mind for a while.

The morning of March 3.There are many guards inside and outside the regiment headquarters, and the guards are heavily guarded.In the office, Guan Yuheng looked serious and stared at Nakamura standing in front of him without saying a word.Nakamura is of medium build, with a full face, wearing a leather jacket, a leather locomotive hat, and short leather boots.He held his head up and straightened his chest, without squinting, exuding a strictly trained soldier's temperament all over his body.

Guan Yuheng was satisfied that the evidence was conclusive, and he would confess without hesitation. Unexpectedly, there was a stalemate at the beginning of the interrogation.

"Name?"

no answer.

"Country of Citizenship?"

Still no answer.

The cunning Nakamura shook his head and refused to answer questions on the grounds that he could not speak Chinese, in an attempt to cover up his crime of military espionage.I don't believe you can't pry your little mouth open!Guan Yuheng said to himself.He then ordered the interrogation to be switched to Japanese. "What mission did you perform in our Northeast? What is the purpose?"

Nakamura did not expect the other party to have such a trick, so he had to deal with the interrogation according to the pre-compiled confession: "Investigate the soil, investigate agriculture, and study the direction of agricultural development"

"Nonsense!" Guan Yuheng changed his attitude, interrupted Nakamura's answer, and said sharply, "Why do you carry weapons and military maps and collect military intelligence?"

Nakamura believed that a small regiment commander of the Chinese army did not have much power in his hands, so he did not dare to do anything to him.Therefore, he had an arrogant attitude, defended himself hoarsely, and refused to answer substantive questions.The interrogation had to be temporarily stopped.

The process of interrogating Isugi Yantaro went very smoothly.Under the majestic eyes of the officers, Yantaro Isugi had a look of panic in his eyes, he was speechless and had to lower his head.He hesitantly confessed: "We are soldiers. Shintaro Nakamura is a lieutenant; I am Chief Cao, Nakamura's assistant. The mission of our trip is"

The evidence is solid and the truth is out.How to deal with military spies?Guan Yuheng was thinking anxiously.In the pre-Qing period, people had stationed a large number of troops in Shenyang, Haicheng and other places, and they had already coveted the Northeast. At this time, the intention of sending military spies to conduct reconnaissance could not be more obvious.If they are released, it is tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain; if they are not released, Xiaomai may use this to make a big fuss and smear China internationally. Spies appeared in the area, and the consequences were equally disastrous.

The stakes are high.As the head of the regiment, Guan Yuheng had no choice but to seek the opinions of his subordinate officers at this critical juncture.He called the correspondent and issued an order to "convene a meeting of officers above the company in the evening".

At dusk, the bloody sunset still exudes scorching heat waves.In the office of the regiment headquarters, Guan Yuheng glanced at more than 20 officers of the company and above with a calm gaze, and stated his opinions straight to the point.Dong Pingyu, deputy head of the delegation, said clearly: "According to international law, foreign military spies are punishable by death. The only way at present is to execute them secretly."

The battalion commander of the first battalion also believed that this approach was justified and agreed.After discussion, the officers agreed that the execution of Nakamura was justified on our side.The meeting unanimously decided: After Nakamura's confession was obtained, the four of them should be executed in secret immediately.Considering the seriousness of the problem, Guan Yuheng immediately decided to order Nakamura for a second trial.

Faced with the angry officers in the room, Nakamura never thought that his death would be imminent, and his arrogance became even more arrogant.Suddenly, he flew straight at a soldier beside him, trying to resist with his gun.When he failed to grab the gun, he fought with the soldiers with his bare hands.

"Call me!" Guan Yuheng was so angry that he beat the table.The officers and soldiers rushed forward, fisting and kicking together.Nakamura resisted frantically and fought desperately with the officers.

With a sound of "shua", Guan Yuheng drew out his command saber, and pointed the gleaming blade at Nakamura.The officers also took out their pistols and loaded the bullets with a click.

Nakamura was stunned.In an instant, his spirit was completely destroyed, and he stood there like a mummy, powerlessly lowering his head.

Next, after Nakamura confessed his crimes of military espionage in one breath, he secretly glanced at the "San Dao Liang" brand watch on his wrist, knowing that it was late at night.He felt uneasy, and his bloodshot eyes showed a look of despair.

"The facts of Nakamura's military espionage activities are clear, the material evidence is conclusive, and he has confessed to his crimes. The criminals are ordered to sign the confession."

Hearing this, Nakamura had a premonition that he had reached the last juncture of his life journey, and he was afraid and hated in his heart.Taking the opportunity of signing, he suddenly punched the officer beside him.Due to the excessive force, the watch on the wrist immediately flew out of his hand.Seeing that he was struggling for death, the officers and soldiers swarmed up and knocked him unconscious with a few gun butts.Standing at the door, Li Debao, chief of staff of the third company, caught a glimpse of Nakamura's watch flying to the door. Taking advantage of the chaos and no one was paying attention, he quickly picked it up and slipped out of the room.

"Stand at attention!" With the sound of the heels of Qi Shua Shua's shoes, the head of the regiment Guan Yuheng announced majestically like a judge: "The order of the third regiment's headquarters: the formation of the third regiment commander Ning Wenlong and the fourth company commander Wang Bingyi as captains." The firing squad will immediately carry out the task of executing the military spy Lieutenant Nakamura Shintaro and four other people by shooting. Zhao Heng, the regimental adjutant, will be the prison officer."

Ning Wenlong and Wang Bingyi commanded the firing squad to secretly escort Nakamura and four others to the valley behind Chaersen, and issued an execution order at 4:3 on March 14. "Papa papa" gunshots rang out, and Zhao Heng immediately ordered the soldiers to pour gasoline on the corpses and luggage, and set fire to them.The blazing fire illuminated the execution ground as if it were daytime, and soon everything was reduced to ashes.

(End of this chapter)