Chapter 305 The Reason of Murakuchi Saburo
“Qin Jun, listen to me. I don’t know about the others… but at least, me, Kiyozumi Muichi, and Takeshita Shinta, the three of us absolutely hate war.
Qingquanmu's family is a fisherman who sells fish. My family is a businessman and we have our own fields... We are very satisfied with our lives, so we don't like war and we don't want to invade your country.
Mr. Qin, except for those born evil, no one likes to kill and burn. If someone likes these, then he is not a human being, but a beast! "
I have to say that the college students of this era were really talented. At least, Murakuchi Saburo was just a liberal arts student. Even with the benefit of later life experience, Qin Yangming's eloquence could not compare to Murakuchi Saburo.
Qin Yangming also wanted to hear what Cunkou Saburo thought about the war, so he did not say anything to stop him. He just listened to Cunkou Saburo's story while smoking a cigarette.
Although Qin Yangming could not remember his purpose temporarily due to alcohol, his subconscious mind told him that it would be good for him to continue listening.
So Qin Yangming did not disturb Cunkou Sanlang and let him talk about his difficulties there.
"Mr. Qin, the battle of Nomonhan, hahahaha, a bunch of idiots, how dare those idiots fight against a country as big as the Russian Bear?!
They haven’t even conquered China, yet they are so foolish as to want to go north to attack the Russian bear?
Mr. Qin, I and the Osaka people all think that we Osaka people are cowards, especially after the Battle of Nomonhan, they even wanted to split up our Osaka Division.
However, we are definitely not cowards, we just don't want to die, why should we die? The war was started by those damn politicians, why should we die just because of their words?
Why don't they go to the battlefield?
So we are not cowards, we just don't want to die.
Therefore, our Osaka Division was unwilling to take charge and delayed the battle with various reasons... In the end, all of our soldiers and officers who were temporarily transferred from the Osaka Division were dispersed to various units, and the officers and soldiers from Osaka were not valued by other units.
The headquarters and the command center cannot target the entire Osaka Division, because our Osaka Division is the most powerful division in the entire expeditionary force sequence.
However, they did not dare to target the Osaka Division, but they dared to target us officers and soldiers from Osaka...
I don't want to be targeted by them, nor do I want to be sent to the front line to die.
Since they don't dare to target the Osaka Division because it is strong, they dare to target us because the Osaka Division is not next to us.
Okay, since we don’t have the Osaka Division, then we’ll just set up an Osaka Brigade!
The Osaka Brigade is not enough, so I will set up an Osaka Division!
As long as they create another Osaka Division, then a new Osaka Division will appear, and they will no longer be able to send us Osaka people to the front line as cannon fodder, and they will never dare to transfer us at will.
With a new Osaka Division, we can do business as we please, make money with peace of mind, and no longer have to worry about being called by the military police the next day.
No longer need to worry about being targeted by others, if you don’t want to fight, then don’t fight…”
"My darn thing!"
At this moment, after listening to what Cunkou Sanlang said, Qin Yangming was instantly surprised.
He finally understood what Murakuchi Saburo was unwilling to tell him.
Sure enough, it was almost the same as what he had guessed at the beginning. Murakuchi Saburo was planning to be ruthless and was preparing to set up an Osaka Brigade among the Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi!
At this moment, Murakuchi Saburo also realized that he had let the cat out of the bag, but now he no longer cared.
Under the influence of alcohol, Murakuchi Saburo was ready to have a frank conversation with Qin Yangming.
"Mr. Qin, I can tell you everything you want to know, but I hope that from now on, we two won't hide anything from each other, okay?
Mr. Qin, the appearance of an Osaka Brigade in Shanxi will only benefit your Eighth Route Army, not harm it.
Mr. Qin, if you were given a choice, would you like to face an Osaka brigade or an ordinary brigade?
Mr. Qin, if I can really form an Osaka Brigade, I cannot guarantee anything else, but I can absolutely guarantee that the Osaka Brigade will never point its guns at the Eighth Route Army.
We, the Osaka Brigade, and your Eighth Route Army can discuss everything together."
Listening to what Cunkou Saburo said, Qin Yangming nodded and said to Cunkou Saburo.
"No problem. As long as it doesn't violate the rules and doesn't involve anything other than this matter, I can tell you."
"Then, Mr. Murakuchi, please tell me why you don't want to talk to Kuroyama Kumamoto in Ping'an County. Wouldn't it be good for us to do business together if we can win Kuroyama Kumamoto over to our side?"
Qin Yangming was the first to ask the question in his mind to Murakuchi Saburo, wanting to know why Murakuchi Saburo was so resistant to bringing the current commander of Ping'an County, Heishan Kumamoto, over as well.
Anyway, that guy Kuroyama Kumamoto is destined to die after he returns. Murakuchi Saburo and others have the leverage over Kuroyama Kumamoto. As long as they catch him, they can threaten him, which can save a lot of effort and time.
Murakuchi Saburo had expected this and knew that Qin Yangming would definitely ask this question. He pondered for a moment and then said to Qin Yangming.
"Mr. Qin, I just said that I want to form an Osaka Brigade in the First Army.
However, in order to form an Osaka Brigade, the first thing that was inevitable was that I had to have a force that I could fully trust and that could unite together.
The problem of soldiers is easy to solve. Over the years, through various relationships and with some help from the Osaka Division.
Many soldiers in the First Army have connections with Osaka.
But these soldiers are scattered in various units.
What I need is to start from the most basic... For example, a brigade must have at least two regiments under its command... The brigade I want to form is not a mixed brigade with five battalions, but a garrison brigade.
What I want to form is a field brigade. Only a brigade of this level has enough deterrent power to make those high-ranking figures afraid of it. If you want to form a brigade, you must first have at least one regiment of soldiers... Then, based on this regiment, form another regiment, and finally merge it into a brigade.
Among them, His Excellency Kiyozumi Muichi already holds the rank of lieutenant colonel, and has been in that rank for a long time. He only needs a little bit more merit to become colonel.
Although only a little bit of merit is needed, this merit must be great, very great, so that those guys will not be able to suppress the promotion of Lord Qingquan Muyi.
After His Excellency Kiyozumi Muichi is promoted, a colonel certainly cannot just serve as a squadron leader. Originally, having a lieutenant colonel for a squadron leader was already the best of the best.
However, if Mr. Kiyozumi Kiichi continues to serve as battalion commander after becoming a colonel, the other regiment commanders will definitely have objections.
Everyone is a colonel, why is Kiyomizuki a battalion commander, while they are regiment commanders? Do they think that the rank of colonel is not suitable for being a regiment commander?
This involves the issue of the devaluation of military rank.
A big part of the reason why the rank of colonel is so difficult to obtain is that a colonel can directly lead a wing to carry out independent combat missions.
In other words, if a regiment chooses to launch an attack on a certain place, as long as it is not contrary to the orders from above, it only needs to notify the superiors, without asking for instructions, and then wait for the superiors to agree to the battle before mobilizing the troops to fight.
It is precisely because of this that the rank of colonel is difficult to obtain, and it is also the highest level that a civilian without any background can reach.
But if Mr. Kiyozumi Muichi still only has a battalion under his command after becoming a colonel, or even is the battalion captain.
Then those other colonels and regiment commanders would think that a battalion needs a colonel as the supreme commander, and a colonel who was promoted because of his military merits. In this case, why should those colonels whose military merits are not as good as those of His Excellency Kiyozumi Muichi be appointed as regiment commanders?
Or is it that only a colonel is appointed as a battalion commander, and is he looking down on colonels?
Given this situation, the squadron leaders would definitely try to get His Excellency Qingquan Muyi to become a squadron leader as well, to show that they are of the same level and did not become squadron leaders through connections.
At the same time, if Mr. Kiyozumi Kiichi remains the captain after becoming a colonel, how will those lieutenant colonels and majors who are of civilian origin view this matter?
A major is already a captain. If he works hard and risks everything to gain enough military merits, and then becomes a colonel, and ends up being a captain, then wouldn't all the hard work be in vain? Wouldn't all the risks be in vain?
If the promotion channels are gone, then those majors and lieutenant colonels will definitely not continue to fight hard. If there is no way to get promoted, what is the point of raising their military ranks?
He is already a captain, and after all, he is the commander of a county. It is impossible for him to continue to take risks for the colonel's salary.
Wouldn't it be better to just stay in the county and collect some money? What's the point of fighting?
In order to avoid this situation, the bureaucrats must make His Excellency Kiyomizu Muichi a corps commander.
When Lord Kiyozumi Muichi forms his army, I will be able to find a way to mobilize a group of new soldiers from Osaka to fill it, and then replace those soldiers who belong to us Osaka people from other armies.
Then an Osaka Regiment will appear out of nowhere in the First Army... and then find an opportunity later and quickly pull up the Osaka Brigade.
But the prerequisite for all this is that His Excellency Kiyozumi Muichi can become a colonel officer.
However, it is obviously not enough for Mr. Qingquan Muyi to become a colonel just relying on his current military achievements.
Unless Mr. Qingquan Muyi leads his troops to defeat your New 1st Regiment, Independent Regiment, and Vanguard Regiment, and annihilate one of the regiments, or captures the brigade commander or political commissar of your 386th Brigade.
Only with this level of merit can His Excellency Kiyozumi Muichi be successfully promoted to a colonel officer.
But it is obvious, Mr. Qin, you will not agree to this kind of thing, so I can only think of solutions from other directions.
The Black Mountain Bear was my idea.
On August 10, Lieutenant Colonel Kiyozumi Kiichi, the new commander of Heian County, and his deputy commander, Saburo Murakuchi, arrived in Heian County, ready to take over Kurozan Kumamoto from the former commander of Heian County.
Heishan Kumamoto was suspected of reselling military supplies and collaborating with the enemy... Heishan Kumamoto was transferred away from Ping'an County, and after Heishan Kumamoto returned to Taiyuan, he was arrested and interrogated by the military police.
Unexpectedly, the news leaked, and Kuroyama Kumamoto accidentally learned the real news. He knew that Kiyozumi Muichi and Murakuchi Saburo were not transferred to the county seat of Ping'an County to exchange positions with him as usual.
In order to avoid being arrested and interrogated.
Heishan Kumamoto directly colluded with the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army near Ping'an County, and took advantage of the handover work to Qingquan Muyi and Murakuchi Saburo to open the city gate overnight to let the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army or the Eighth Route Army enter the county seat of Ping'an County.
In addition, Kuroyama Kumamoto led his soldiers to betray the Empire of Japan and surrender to the Eighth Route Army or the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.
Kiyozumi Kiichi and Murakuchi Saburo, who were unaware of the intelligence, were caught off guard by the Eighth Route Army or the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army that was released into the city by Kurosan Kumamoto.
Qingquan Muyi and Murakuchi Saburo led the guards to fight desperately, and finally led the guards to break out of the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army or the Shanxi Suiyuan Army and escape from Ping'an County...
Well, he could also take advantage of the chaos to counterattack Heishan Kumamoto, and use various methods to persuade the troops in the former Ping'an County, and lead the remaining troops to counterattack Heishan Kumamoto... In the end, there were too many Eighth Route Army or Shanxi-Suiyuan Army coming over.
Kiyozumi Muichi and Murakuchi Saburo were unable to resist, and after killing Heishan Kumamoto, they had no choice but to retreat to Gucheng County... Oh, by the way, I will find a way to help your Eighth Route Army quickly capture the Zhangzhuang stronghold when the time comes.
At that time, it can also be said that the garrison officers of Zhangzhuang stronghold and Heishan Kumamoto colluded with each other, and the garrison troops in Zhangzhuang stronghold disguised themselves as bandits and tried to rob and kill Murakuchi Saburo and Kiyozumi Muichi on their way to Ping'an County to delay time.
Hehe, when Heishan Kumamoto rebelled, and the Zhangzhuang stronghold rebelled, Mr. Qingquan Muyi and I, under an absolutely disadvantageous situation, not only broke through the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army or the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, but also killed Heishan Kumamoto, the guy who betrayed Tianhuang, and led the remaining troops to get rid of the enemy's pursuit and successfully retreat...
Although this contribution is not as great as what I just mentioned, it is definitely enough for His Excellency Kiyomizu-kun to become a colonel and I to become a lieutenant colonel."
(End of this chapter)
