Chapter 3031 Internal Turmoil

According to Malashenko's action requirement of "the sooner the better", Chen Weiguo, who contacted the organization and finally determined the action plan, quickly took action.

Under Malashenko's urging, hundreds of these file bags containing three materials were quickly produced, and all were handed over to Chen Weiguo for distribution and processing by subordinates, ready to "make things work" for the devils.

At the same time, on the other side, the Kwantung Army Headquarters, which knew nothing about this matter, never expected that the Russians across the river were not only arrogant and unreasonable, but also planned to add fuel to the fire.

Regarding the massacre of the patrol team, the Kwantung Army Headquarters, as always, treated the big-headed soldiers and fools as fools, just like the lying and skinning operation after the Nomonhan defeat.

Except for the 107th Division, the party involved, and several other divisions stationed near the river.

The Kwantung Army Headquarters adopted the "three no attitudes" of "no admitting, no denying, and no publicity" for most of the remaining divisions without exception.

In short, the Kwantung Army Headquarters adopted the routine of "no telling if you don't ask me" for those divisions that did not know about this matter.

If a junior officer knew about this matter and asked his superiors, he would not deny the incident itself, but would not admit that the facts were indeed as the rumors said. The core essence was to pursue an attitude of "no response".

In addition to the "no response" of the Kwantung Army Headquarters as the highest attitude, the junior officers who asked about this matter would be called in for a talk by their superiors. They used all kinds of imaginable excuses to prevaricate and deceive, and used "stick and carrot" warnings and kind words of persuasion.

The purpose was nothing more than one - never talk about this matter again, keep it to yourself, and don't talk about it to anyone.

In addition, the Kwantung Army command level, from top to bottom, from the headquarters to the division level to the wing level and the battalion level, did not hold any meetings to urge vigilance and reflection and summary. This fully reflects the fundamental goal of the Kwantung Army leaders to minimize the impact of this incident at all costs.

The core idea is only one - as long as I don't say it and don't publicize it publicly, the young and vigorous deer who are drunk on sake and the hot-headed soldiers will have no news channels to learn about this, which will naturally save me a lot of trouble in dealing with it afterwards.

This logic can make sense, and from the perspective of the Kwantung Army itself, the main focus of work at this stage is still to prepare for war and expand the army for training, and the strategic direction of delaying the Russians as much as possible to buy time remains unchanged.

And if the young and vigorous deer and the soldiers at the lower level knew about this, they would know how the Kwantung Army Command could not do anything to the Russians, and they were killed by them and refused to admit and threatened them, and they could only swallow this cowardly anger and pretend that nothing happened.

It is conceivable what kind of grassroots shock will be generated, and it is also foreseeable how much difficult and huge troubles the Kwantung Army Headquarters will face, and it is bound to have an unignorable impact on the Kwantung Army's military preparations.

Although this does not mean that the Kwantung Army Headquarters is incapable of solving this problem.

As a hierarchical and violent agency that pays the most attention to obedience, any army that can be on the stage is capable of solving the problem of lower-level instability.

Even for an army like the Japanese with a long tradition of "overthrowing the superiors", no matter how big or serious the problem is, it can be solved by forced suppression. It is nothing more than a matter of how many people are killed and bloodshed.

But the management costs and prices involved in this are another matter.

Especially when such a war is imminent, and you still seize the time to prepare for war at all costs, it will make the already high cost even more unacceptable.

The Kwantung Army Headquarters will do everything to suppress this matter, hoping to minimize the impact and harm caused by making a big thing small and a small thing small from within. At the same time, the Kwantung Army Headquarters was even more thankful for the external factors that they could not control subjectively, namely, the Russians across the river.

After that telegram that refused to admit and threatened wildly, the troops died down and there was no follow-up, showing a posture that they had turned the page and regarded the matter as over.

This somewhat relieved the head of the Kwantung Army Headquarters.

If the Russians still hold on to this matter and continue to make a big fuss about it, the Kwantung Army Headquarters will really fall into an unprecedented passive situation and be exhausted from dealing with it.

After all, the matter is true, and the cowardice is also true.

But who wants to be cowardly? What if you are not cowardly? Do you cross the river to fight the Russians?

If your fist is not big enough and the Russians are unreasonable, what else can you do if you are not cowardly?

But what the Kwantung Army Headquarters, which had only been thankful for two days, never expected was that the "hard dish" served by the Russians had just been served, and the madness of the young idiots had just begun.

Bang——

A violent kicking sound, along with the sound of various pots, pans, and rice bowls falling to the ground, followed by a terrible curse.

"Baga! How unreasonable! It's really unreasonable!! Baga Yalu!!!"

Looking at the mess on the ground in front of him that was kicked over by him, the furious Major Ishida was not satisfied with just cursing. In a rage, he drew out the command knife at his waist and chopped it down at another cafeteria table next to him.

Bang——

The solid wood dining table was chopped off by the standard officer's sword, and it almost broke in two on the spot.

After a frenzy with the command sword in his hand, Major Ishida, who was already panting, was still unwilling to give up. His ferocious and terrifying eyes immediately moved to the other people present. Those soldiers who were just eating in the cafeteria were now scared by the violent squadron leader and dared not even breathe.

"How dare the Russians humiliate our imperial army like this! And those people in the headquarters only know how to drink and have fun. They are so humiliated that they still hope to keep quiet!"

""

The soldiers stood in a row with their heads down and dared not even breathe. Major Ishida, whose pig brain was overloaded, continued to speak wildly.

"I give the order now! All squadrons follow me for a night raid! Revenge for the commander of the regiment!! Revenge for the imperial warriors who died in the battle!!! We must let those Russian idiots drown in the river!"

"It's dark, get on board!!!"

Major Ishida, who was performing crazy performance art, raised his command knife high, and his voice was not finished.

The big-headed soldiers below were all silent, not waiting to speak out or not to agree.

At the entrance of the squadron cafeteria that was kicked open with a "bang", a familiar and even more unprovoked figure appeared angrily with his team.

"Your Excellency the division commander, why are you here at this time?"

The angry 107th Division Commander Masao Yoshimura ignored Major Ishida's question and strode forward with his command knife.

As soon as he came up, he didn't say a word, and raised his hand to reward two super big pot stickers with round arms.

"Baka!!!"

Pah--

Pah--

Major Ishida, who was hit on both sides of his face, turned on the spinning top mode on the spot.

Unexpectedly and with unstable standing, he was almost knocked down by the two super big pot stickers of the division commander.

He held the dining table that was almost split in half by his knife, and then he managed to stabilize his body and not fall to the ground on the spot.

His head swelled up quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye. After being hit by two full-strength critical hits, he was much more sober on the spot and dared not talk nonsense.

Major Ishida, who had to cheer after being beaten, immediately stood up straight in military posture, facing the division commander with his pig head, and answered.

"Hey! Your Excellency the Division Commander taught me a lesson! Welcome to your Excellency the Division Commander!"

"Baga! Did I teach you a lesson?!"

""

Before Major Ishida, who was speechless, could react, Major General Yoshimura Masao, who had thrown out two big pot stickers, was still not satisfied and gave him two additional critical hits on the spot.

Snap——

Snap——

His head was already swollen like a pig's head, and he was hit by two more critical hits before he could recover.

Major Ishida felt his head was buzzing, but he still didn't dare to disobey or resist. He just kept lowering his pig head and kept saying "Hi, Hi, Hi".

"You idiot! You are so stupid that you are hopeless!!!"

"If I hadn't come, would you have led the team across the river to fight the Russians? You mobilized the troops to fight without permission. Do you know what crime you will be punished for? Even your family will be humiliated because of you!!!"

Major Ishida was scolded by the division commander, who was beaten and scolded, but he was still unwilling to give up. He mustered up the courage to speak without thinking.

"But may I ask, Your Excellency, the commander of the division, is it not shameful for us to have the millions of brave soldiers of the Kwantung Army be so cowardly to be insulted, bullied, and threatened by the Russians?!"

"Baga! How dare you talk back!? You don't even know you're wrong!? Do you really believe that the things the enemy deliberately gave you to trick you are true?"

"Then Your Excellency, the commander of the division, are the photos of the patrol team members dying tragically by the river fake? The commander of the Nakamura regiment who led the patrol has been missing for many days and has not been seen alive. Is this also fake?!"

""

What Malashenko said is right. In this world, the real things can be seen at a glance, and the fake things are not difficult to guess, but the real and fake things are the most difficult to distinguish.

The Kwantung Army Headquarters kept the death a secret and did not publicize the matter, but it still could not hide it from the 107th Division itself as the party involved, and even more so from the young and strong idiots under Nakamura Koki's regiment who had lost their comrades but not the commander.

In a rage, Masao Yoshimura raised his arm to hit again, but he saw that Major Ishida, who had spoken arrogantly in front of him, did not say a word. He was ready to be beaten and did not intend to take back his arrogant words even if he was beaten.

The arm that made his hand red and painful stopped in mid-air. Feeling that the atmosphere was not right, Masao Yoshimura glanced around with the corner of his eye.

He suddenly found that although the group of soldiers did not stand up to plead for Major Ishida, breaking the rules of superiors and subordinates.

But the expressions of one or two of them were not very approved of the actions of the division commander. The peeping eyes cast secretly showed anger, frustration, and more puzzlement.

""

Seeing this scene, Masao Yoshimura knew that it would be inappropriate to hit him again, so he finally put down his hand hanging in the air.

Although he was still very angry, he also knew that it was past the time for corporal punishment to deter him. If he didn't talk about reason, it would probably be counterproductive.

"Have you ever thought about what the consequences would be if you attacked the Russians without authorization? You openly disobeyed military orders and treated your superiors as nothing!?"

Once spoken, it was like spilled water. After being hit by four big pot stickers, he couldn't figure it out for a while and his blood was boiling. He just said this.

Knowing that it was too late to regret and take back his words at this time, not to mention that he was really dissatisfied and resentful, and he couldn't understand why things had fallen to this point.

Major Ishida, who was determined to do it once and for all, simply said it clearly and responded to the questioning of the division commander.

"But Mr. Division Commander, our Kwantung Army has a million soldiers, the most elite army of the empire! Those Russians have long been defeated by us. They suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Nomonhan, but now they dare to attack again!"

"Those Russians are not our opponents at all. If we don't teach them a lesson now, where is the military prestige and dignity of our Imperial Army!? Why not take this opportunity to march north and drive the Russians out of the Far East! Expand the empire's territory and make new contributions! Don't men like us join the Imperial Army to make contributions to His Majesty the Emperor?!"

""

Before hearing the words, Major General Yoshimura frowned and spoke, and Major Ishida, who spoke as fast as a machine gun, continued.

"Moreover, if my "righteous act" is considered to be disobeying military orders, but in the end it can expand the empire's territory and make new contributions to His Majesty the Emperor. Then my death is worthy, and I am willing to die for it!"

"Isn't it because the Kwantung Army was able to achieve its past achievements and reach this point today that it did so by not associating with those who were idle and not associating with the cowardly and cowardly people, and daring to attack boldly?"

"How did we obtain this fertile land back then? It was because of the courage of the grassroots officers. Attack! Why are we still the strongest corps of the Imperial Army? Because we disdain to sink with those people in the military who drink and have fun all day long! "

"Although we are not talented, we are not as brave, clever and loyal as our predecessors, but we are still willing to follow their example! Eliminate all those ignorant Russian rats! Avenge the previous shame and expand the territory for the empire again!"

Major General Yoshimura, who listened to Major Ishida's nagging for most of the day without saying a word, felt that his blood pressure was rising, but now he felt that he had no idea what to say.

The Kwantung Army is invincible in the world, and it is easy to flatten the Russian barbarians.

This is true, at least it is true to say it to the people below. It is the "Kwantung Army-style correctness" vigorously promoted by the Kwantung Army Headquarters itself.

Major Ishida also said that the grassroots officers can achieve today's glory only if they boldly attack. This is also a fucking fact, and it is even more correct.

How did the Kwantung Army enter the Northeast in those days, and what opportunity did they take to send troops in one fell swoop?

Major General Yoshimura has not forgotten, and Major Ishida has not forgotten.

Even the soldiers present knew how the train in Huanggutun was blown up by the young and vigorous faction who "attacked without orders".

At that time, the bizarre operation of "upsetting the superiors" and daring to attack without orders was wildly publicized, causing a sensation in the city and known to the world.

The Japanese army, who were complacent and thought that this was a contribution to the expansion of territory and added icing on the cake, did not expect it at that time. Such anti-intellectual operations that buried mines for themselves will backfire at this time.

It cannot be denied that the Kwantung Army will surely defeat the Russians, and it cannot be denied that the grassroots officers attacked boldly and bravely.

Major Ishida's bizarre but reasonable speech of "Kwantung Army-style correctness" directly silenced Major General Yoshimura and made his blood pressure rise.

He wanted to curse and refute, but seeing so many people present, if he poked the window paper, there would be chaos.

Lies have to be maintained with lies. You can't do it by hitting yourself in the face, at least not in front of so many big-name soldiers.

While trying to calm down his tingling scalp, Major General Yoshimura, who had already thought of what to say, continued to talk nonsense that he didn't even believe.

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