In Tokyo, even the most fierce dragon is afraid of the hatchet

"How is this possible! After all, I am a big shot like the director, how can I not handle such a small matter?"

"Even so, what if the police department investigates it?"

"These bastards are more cunning than each other. If it weren't for the involvement of Nakano, I would have wanted you to get out of here earlier!"

"That's true. But these bastards are obviously coming for me. Ikeda beat that guy half to death. Will it cause a cosmic war?"

Hearing this, Sato Kenichi said angrily: "Straight man, don't be sold out and still help others count money. You are obviously pushed to the edge of the tide and still worry about others. Why don't you consider that someone is a ruthless pervert."

"Are you talking about me, Sato?" Ikeda Sakurako picked up the wine glass, took a sip of red wine, then threw a wink at Nagano Nao and put her arm on his shoulder: "But I may disappoint Sato, Nao is greedy for my body, so even if he knows that I will be sold, he will help me count the money."

moment.

Sato Kenichi's face showed an expression of extreme disgust and disdain.

"Are you a pervert too, straight guy?! Please don't tell me this is the truth!"

Am I a pervert?

Aren’t relationships between women more exciting?

As if looking at a fool, Nagano Nao changed the subject and said, "Since we grew up together, why don't you tell me something I don't know? It would be embarrassing for everyone to break the rules at such a delicate time!"

"It seems that you, a straight man, are so obsessed with women that you have forgotten Sanhe's background!"

"Nani?"

Nagano Nao's confused look immediately made Sato Kenichi feel something was wrong, and he asked in confusion: "You don't know?"

"I have to be self-reliant at the age of twelve. What do you think I can know?"

"That's true." Sato Takeru nodded without thinking too much, then glanced at Ikeda Sakurako and said, "When it comes to shamelessness, Sanhe is very traditional!"

"Don't be so secretive. If I hadn't brought a gun with me today, I might have been beaten up."

"This matter has to do with the feud between the Take family and Mitsui. When the Take family was forced to abdicate and return the throne to the emperor, Mitsui, Sumitomo, and Mitsubishi received the greatest support and developed rapidly."

"so what?"

"So when the war broke out, some guys started dragging their feet as if it had nothing to do with them."

Kenichi Sato's eyes were full of contempt and were quite unfriendly.

However, Sakurako Ikeda shook the wine glass in her hand and had no interest in responding.

Only Nagano Nao was bewildered, but from these words, he keenly realized that the grudges between the major families seemed to be more than just a struggle for power and wealth.

Seeing this reaction, Takeru Sato said with some displeasure: "It seems that you, a straight man, really don't know the background of the major groups in Sanhe!"

"Most of these guys are opportunists from the uninjured units of the cowardly divisions, and they are regarded by the US military as members of the Osaka Fourth Division who love peace."

"Nani?"

"You will understand after I finish. The 4th Division is the best unit in Kansai. Not only is it well-trained and well-equipped, it also has a very prestigious colonel commander. The military has high expectations for them."

"But do you know what these guys do on the battlefield?"

"..."

Chapter 353 A New Beginning

Cultural reforms of the Meiji Restoration.

Under the leadership of scholars such as Fukuzawa Yukichi and with the support of foundations, Japan abandoned its long-standing bureaucratic system and formed a new type of social rules centered on values ​​and creativity.

A large number of scientific research and technical talents have emerged and become the main force of society, while the bureaucrats have become parasites that are despised and hated by everyone.

The values ​​​​oriented towards creation and production brought about a comprehensive leap forward for the entire country. It also absorbed advanced Western technology and emerged from the shadow of the Black Ship Incident in just a few decades. With the terrible internal circulation ability of one of the monster countries in East Asia, it became the first industrial, technological and military power in Asia.

Great power will inevitably bring about inflated ambitions.

With the rapid expansion of military power, Japan was no longer willing to guard the resource-poor islands. Since the beginning of the last century, Fukuzawa Yukichi personally formulated a plan to invade Asia.

With the Northeast as its base, an aggressive war began.

Since the "September 1931th Incident" was launched in Northeast China in , the three northeastern provinces were invaded and occupied. The July th Incident opened the prelude to the nationwide invasion of China.

The war lasted for more than ten years. At its peak, the Japanese regular army reached 960 million troops. Relying on its strong ships, powerful artillery and terrifying military skills, it occupied almost two-thirds of Asian countries.

It took a total of 200 years until Emperor Hirohito announced unconditional surrender, and the Japanese army lost more than 50 million people. More than 140 Japanese soldiers died in the Chinese battlefield, and about million died under the artillery fire of the Allied forces led by the US military.

China was one of the main battlefields, and from the Marco Polo Bridge Incident to the end of the war alone, more than 331 million soldiers were killed or wounded.

Such casualty data is obviously completely different from those in the anti-Japanese drama.

The Soviet-Maoist military power has always been strong, but the fact that the Japanese army was able to defeat Russia in the Russo-Japanese War is enough to illustrate the problem.

In the anti-Japanese war battlefield, if one wanted to kill a Japanese soldier, at least three Chinese soldiers would be killed or injured. In some battlefields with strong military forces, the casualty ratio was even more tragic.

But at that time, the Japanese army had an army called the Osaka Division, also known as the Osaka Fourth Division.

This army was established in 1888 and its soldiers were mainly composed of Osaka merchants. It is one of the oldest divisions in the Japanese army.

Although local armed forces are nominally commanded by a military commander, for various reasons the army itself has to bear the cost of high-tech weapons.

Osaka is an old capital, and the merchants here are very wealthy. Many of them are descendants of samurai, and are very strong in fighting and Bushido spirit.

Therefore, the Osaka Division had four regiments under its command, which were equipped with first-class weapons and equipment, and had high individual capabilities and qualities, and could be called the "elite" of the Japanese army.

With luxurious equipment and first-class military qualities, from the moment this army was established, all parties had one hundred and twenty times more confidence in the Osaka Division.

However, not long after its establishment, its reputation as a "coward" spread throughout the entire Japanese army.

In particular, the core unit of the 4th Division, the 8th Regiment, was nicknamed "The 8th Regiment that is not afraid of defeat" because of its repeated defeats in the Russo-Japanese War.

The so-called "not afraid of defeat" actually means pretending not to see the enemy when you see him, and not fighting if you can avoid it.

Despite the embarrassment it made, the 4th Division was quite lucky because the Japanese army invading central China was in a tight spot and urgently needed reinforcements. The military had to give up pursuing the 4th Division and urgently dispatched it southward for reinforcements.

The 4th Division suddenly transformed itself into a member of the elite 11th Army of the Japanese Army.

Hear this.

Nagano Nao asked curiously, "The Russian army has always been strong. It's normal for the 4th Division to lose on the battlefield for the first time, right?"

"Idiot! Do you think we can't win? Have you heard of the Battle of Xuzhou? The military also thought that this group of guys was on the battlefield for the first time, so when they surrounded the Chinese army, they put them in the second encirclement and did not have direct contact with the enemy. But do you know what these guys are doing?"

The exaggerated look of disgust on Sato Kenichi's face aroused Nagano Nao's strong interest, so he asked, "Are there any other strange behaviors?"

"It's not strange at all! During the Battle of Xuzhou, the military surrounded the 400,000-strong army commanded by General Li Zongren, but this man was very powerful and he broke out of the encirclement.

But after Li's army broke through, they were exhausted, lost a lot of equipment, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. If there were an army to stop them, they would surely be wiped out.

It just so happened that the well-equipped 40th Division was on the border of Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui, and they encountered Li's army. "

"and then?"

"What then? Of course I'm so hungry. Let's cook first!"

"Nani?"

Nagano Nao was completely confused, and immediately imagined the panic that Li Zongren felt when he encountered a group of well-equipped enemy troops during his breakout.

But on the other side, a group of guys from Bagayalou watched the enemy as if they were air and cooked and ate as if nothing had happened.

This doesn't make sense and is not logical!

"Aren't they afraid of punishment from the military?"

"In the subsequent battle report, their commander said that they had not received an order to attack, but everyone was hungry, so they had to eat first so that they could prepare to receive the order."

The mocking tone was full of disgust and contempt.

Nagano Nao stayed there for a long time. This story sounded even more magical than a novel.

At this time, Ikeda Sakurako took a sip of wine and said unhappily: "It is the duty of the army to obey orders, no problem!"

"Yeah! It's the duty of a soldier to obey orders, there's no problem with that. Besides, even though the 4th Division is weak, it's a Type A Division after all, with many veterans. Therefore, even their farewell speeches have their own unique style!!"

Speaking of this, Sakurako Ikeda showed a rare look of embarrassment on her face.

Nagano Nao asked curiously: "What speech?"

"It's nothing. For example, the 2nd Division said "May you have a long military career" when the situation was good, and "See you at Kudanzaka" when the situation was bad. But when the officers and soldiers of the 4th Division said goodbye, they often said "Gomi-no-Kiri" on their lips. It really deserves to be the Osaka Division!"

Puff.

Nagano Nao sprayed the red wine in his mouth onto Sato Kenichi's face.

Because the meaning of Gomi-no-Kiri is "take care of your body", "your health is the most important", or simply "saving your life comes first".

Seeing Sato Kenichi wiping the wine stain with a face full of resentment, Nagano Nao said awkwardly: "Well... it's nothing to say take care of yourself when you leave!"

"Do you think it's just about taking care of your body? Do you know what happens every time the Osaka Division's mobilization order is issued? They are obviously well fed and healthy, but suddenly their illness rate increases. Either they have diarrhea due to unfamiliar climate, or they have headaches due to a cold at night, or they have bad hearts, bad livers, bad kidneys, glaucoma, and cataracts. They are really crazy, dumb, stupid, lame, evil, blind, mentally ill, and big fools! From hair loss to athlete's foot, it covers everything, and there are even lame excuses like twisted waists."

"Ah! This... it's normal to feel uncomfortable with the local climate! Just like Chiyuki came here from Tokyo and vomited because she felt uncomfortable with someone!"

"How do we explain the Soviet-Russian War? From Hailar to Nomonhan, the Sendai Division took four days to walk, while the Osaka Division took eight days. After the armistice was announced, these guys seemed to have grown two more legs overnight and quickly caught up with the team.

Those soldiers who were sick and stayed behind recovered immediately after hearing the news, and some even rushed to the frontline battlefield while still sick.

"this......"

Nagano Nao didn't know how to defend himself.

Sato Kenichi took a sip of wine with a face full of resentment: "I don't know if you have read that newspaper back then. When the Sendai Division, which was on standby, was dejected and abandoned its weapons, and its comrades were beaten to a pulp, the guys in the Osaka Fourth Division were all dressed neatly, full of energy, and very proud."

While others are fighting with great passion and risking their lives to serve the emperor, these guys always put their lives first.

No wonder Sanwa and Sumitomo have not been getting along over the years.

After all, when it comes to World War II, Mitsui, Mitsubishi, and Sumitomo were all supporters of the military. Mitsubishi's fighter planes, Mitsui's warships, and Sumitomo's minerals combined to support the huge war consumption and armaments.

But these guys in Osaka are desperately holding us back. Everyone would hate them!

"This... is indeed a little hard to explain, but seriously speaking, it is understandable. Didn't this happen every day during the daimyo era? Compared to the peasants watching the samurai killing each other and moving out stools to eat watermelons, this is already pretty good!"

"Do you think that's all?"

"Is there anything else happening?!"

"You will never know how shameful the people of Osaka are. When attacking Guangdong, the 108th Division was reorganized into the th Regiment and ordered to go to Zengcheng for support. At that time, the military said that if you did not go to reinforce within one day, you would be loyal to the emperor. As a result, two days passed and these guys still did not go to reinforce.

Can you imagine why? "

"You're not going to get sick again, are you?"