Chapter 310: A Chance to Leave a Name in History
"Although it is not a good idea to replace Shinozuka Yoshio for the time being because the war is coming soon.
But once this war is over, Yoshio Shinozuka will have to leave the First Army immediately.
The responsibility for the annihilation of the 4th Brigade was jointly shifted by Yoshio Shinozuka and Yoshio Iwamatsu.
But no matter what, the 4th Brigade was completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army at the hands of Yoshio Shinozuka.
Yoshio Shinozuka has an unshirkable responsibility.
An entire brigade was wiped out. This was the first time in all the history of the war.
Unless Yoshio Shinozuka can destroy the Eighth Route Army headquarters in the next battle, severely damage the Eighth Route Army, re-occupy the Shangdang area, and at the same time eliminate the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in Zhongtiao Mountain and Jincheng area.
Otherwise, Shinozuka Yoshio will be held accountable when he returns, and he will probably have to retire directly in the end. "
After listening to what Cunkou Sanlang said, Qin Yangming thought for a while and then spoke.
"Muraguchi-kun, Iwamatsu Yoshio is the commander of your Japanese First Army, with the rank of Lieutenant General.
As a military commander and a lieutenant general at that, the guards around him would definitely not be small.
Besides, your target is not just Iwamatsu Yoshio, but also those other officers.
With so many officers, even if you help me sneak into Taiyuan to carry out the decapitation operation.
But the risk is extremely high.
You want to save your life, you are afraid of death.
But I don't want to die, and I don't want my soldiers to die for this reason.
"Muraguchi-kun."
Qin Yangming looked at Cunkou Sanlang, and his words represented his attitude.
Murakuchi Saburo listened to Qin Yangming's words. Although Qin Yangming did not explicitly refuse, looking at Qin Yangming's expression, it was obvious that Qin Yangming was unwilling to agree to this.
Seeing this situation, Murakuchi Saburo also panicked.
If Qin Yangming is unwilling to help, then where can he find a special forces team that can kill Iwamatsu Yoshio?
In Taiyuan City, he did not have much armed force at his disposal, so even if he wanted to personally lead people to kill Iwamatsu Yoshio, it would be extremely difficult.
Besides, even if he could kill Iwamatsu Yoshio, he absolutely could not attack them.
They killed Yoshio Iwamatsu and then formed the Osaka Brigade with the support of the Eighth Route Army. This is different from the fact that the Eighth Route Army carried out a decapitation operation against Yoshio Iwamatsu and then they seized the opportunity to form the Osaka Brigade.
Since they were able to kill Yoshio Iwamatsu in order to form the Osaka Brigade, the North China Front Army would definitely not compromise with them.
Even the family behind Iwamatsu Yoshio will never let them go.
Even if he succeeded in getting the Osaka Brigade out, the North China Front Army would never let them go, and at least they would have to kill him, the culprit.
By then, the Osaka Brigade must also be disbanded.
Otherwise, the North China Front Army would definitely mobilize troops to eliminate the Osaka Brigade.
Kill your boss and take your position, then gather your troops to fight against him.
This is fucking rebellion!
This is worse than betrayal!
Betrayal is an external matter and is easy to resolve. Even if you ignore it, the most you will suffer is a loss of prestige or something.
But if there is a rebellion, it is an internal affair. Under such circumstances, if their homeland does not care and does not deal with it, then the troops below will surely follow suit.
When each unit saw that the Osaka Brigade had gone to such extremes and had not been dealt with, they were bound to have their own little thoughts.
There are many smart people in the Japanese army, especially those who can become officers. Are there any idiots among them?
Murakuchi Saburo doesn't want to die, but do those people want to die too?
In order to prevent problems from occurring in other troops, the Japanese headquarters will definitely get rid of the Osaka Brigade.
And the Osaka Brigade was dealt with with the toughest means.
To put it simply, it means directly wiping out the Osaka Brigade.
By then, the newly formed Osaka Brigade would not be able to withstand attacks from the North China Front Army, let alone the First Army.
The Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army would definitely not bother with the hot potato of the Osaka Brigade. Even if the Osaka Brigade surrendered to them, they would not accept it.
Accepting the surrender of the Osaka Brigade meant enduring the crazy revenge of all the Japanese troops and mobilizing troops to support the Osaka Brigade.
But if they don't accept it, they can take advantage of the Osaka Brigade to tie down some Japanese troops and directly attack other Japanese troops.
However, if Qin Yangming led the special forces to carry out a decapitation operation against Iwamatsu Yoshio, the situation would be different.
Being beheaded by the enemy is a normal way to fight the enemy, and no one can blame anyone else.
And if Murakuchi Saburo's backers took advantage of this opportunity to control the army and formed the Osaka Brigade, it would only be considered that Murakuchi Saburo's backers were lucky enough to avoid the attack of the Eighth Route Army.
And then if they want to use this opportunity to expand their power, that doesn’t matter.
If it were someone else, they would do the same.
So Murakuchi Saburo could only ask Qin Yangming for help.
You absolutely cannot do it yourself.
Even Murakuchi Saburo was thinking of letting Qin Yangming carry out the decapitation operation on Iwamatsu Yoshio, while letting other Eighth Route Army troops take this opportunity to launch attacks in various places.
When all places are facing attacks and the First Army's headquarters is destroyed, it will become legitimate for his backer to temporarily take over the entire First Army.
All the troops were under attack from the Eighth Route Army, and the First Army Headquarters was defeated by the Eighth Route Army. It was obvious that this was a long-planned plan by the Eighth Route Army.
It was most likely a retaliation for Yoshio Shinozuka's decapitation operation against the Eighth Route Army headquarters.
In this case, no matter how you look at it, those people above would not doubt that this decapitation operation against the First Army was actually planned by a small lieutenant colonel, Murakuchi Saburo, with the sole purpose of bringing out the Osaka Brigade and then gaining more benefits and obtaining greater power.
Moreover, as long as the Eighth Route Army launched an attack on other troops.
Then no one would find fault with his backer taking over the First Army.
It is impossible that because he is only a major general and not qualified to be a commander, he would just sit there and do nothing when the troops are under attack and wait for the North China Front Army to send a new commander.
That doesn't make sense.
But now Qin Yangming's words imply that he is unwilling to help him get rid of Iwamatsu Yoshio.
This put Murakuchi Saburo in a difficult position.
"Mr. Qin, you can't do this. You promised me that as long as I hand over Ping'an County to you, you will do something for me.
Letting you lead the special forces to kill Yansong Yixiong does not violate the regulations of your Eighth Route Army no matter how you look at it. Even killing Yansong Yixiong is good for your Eighth Route Army.
If we take down the First Army Headquarters, the entire Shanxi garrison will temporarily lose unity and coordination. Then you, the Eighth Route Army, can take advantage of this opportunity to launch attacks on the garrisons in various places, and even capture several large cities.
By then, your Eighth Route Army will also be able to gain a lot of benefits.
At the same time, because the command of the First Army is paralyzed, as long as the results achieved by the Eighth Route Army are great enough, then by then the First Army will be severely damaged, which means that the North China Front Army, which already has few troops, will lose another batch of troops.
Originally, the Eighth Route Army and the North China Front Army were already showing signs of being evenly matched in strength.
At this time, the First Army was severely damaged, and the Eighth Route Army could take this opportunity to grow stronger...
Mr. Qin, as long as you agree, then when the time comes for you to carry out the decapitation operation, you just need to send troops to the vicinity of Taiyuan.
Then you can take away as much supplies as you can from the entire Taiyuan City, and you can move as much equipment as you can from the entire Taiyuan Arsenal!
I can even remove some of the defenders at the train station, and then you can directly use trains and trucks to transport supplies.
The amount of supplies in Taiyuan City is even enough for your entire Eighth Route Army in Shanxi area to use.
With so many supplies, the Eighth Route Army can at least arm another 100,000 troops.
At the same time, there is the Taiyuan Airport. If you, the Eighth Route Army, have pilots, I can also find a way to cooperate with you to take those planes away.
By then, your Eighth Route Army will also have an air force, plus the supplies in Taiyuan City.
The strength of the entire Eighth Route Army can be said to have doubled.
Correspondingly, the strength of the First Army will be greatly weakened.
The weakening of the First Army's strength also means the weakening of the North China Front Army's strength.
By then, the North China Front Army in North China would no longer be able to stop the development of the Eighth Route Army.
The various troops of the North China Front Army could only defend the cities and abandon all non-urban areas.
And those areas will be completely controlled by the Eighth Route Army.
Mr. Qin, as long as you kill Iwamatsu Yoshio, all these benefits will belong to your Eighth Route Army.
If this continues, the war will end early.
Mr. Qin, don’t you want the war to end sooner? Don’t you want the people in your country to end the suffering of war as soon as possible?
You know, if some things are delayed too long, there is a great possibility that something unexpected will happen.
Moreover, killing a lieutenant general, and a commander at that, is also a good thing for the propaganda of your Eighth Route Army.
At present, there is no commander-level Japanese soldier on the Chinese battlefield who has been killed by the Chinese army.
Mr. Qin, as long as your decapitation operation is successful, your Eighth Route Army will be the first unit on the Chinese battlefield to kill a senior Japanese officer.
And as the killer, Lord Qin, your name is destined to be recorded in the history books of your country, and your name will be passed down through the ages.
Lord Qin, don't you have the saying of Fenglangjuxu and engraving the stone at Yanran?
Now we are the invaders, and even if you are the one who took the head of the enemy general in the midst of thousands of troops, it’s Guan... or Zhang or something, he is a very famous general in your country in ancient times.
Mr. Qin, don’t you want your name to be recorded in history?
Mr. Qin, our country has basically no hope of winning this war, and we will definitely leave your country in the end.
Then your country will be rebuilt and history will be rewritten.
As invaders, we will definitely be counted in the history of your country.
And Lord Qin, you killed a high-ranking general on the invader's side. This kind of thing will definitely be recorded in the relevant history.
Mr. Qin, this is your chance to go down in history!"
I have to say that Murakuchi Saburo has a really deep understanding of Chinese culture.
Saburo Murakuchi was well aware of the importance the Chinese placed on reputation, especially during times of war.
Men of letters love fame.
But isn’t it the same for soldiers?
Men of letters hope that their good reputation will live on forever.
But doesn’t a soldier also want his military achievements to be admired by future generations?
Murakuchi Saburo grasped this point, and at the same time knew that Qin Yangming did not care much about his own interests, but instead valued the interests of the entire Eighth Route Army and the entire China.
So Murakuchi Saburo used benefits to persuade Qin Yangming.
He talked about how much benefit killing Iwamatsu Yoshio would bring to the Eighth Route Army and to China.
They even drew a picture where as long as Qin Yangming could lead the special forces to carry out the decapitation operation on Yansong Yoshio, all the supplies in the entire Taiyuan city would be at the disposal of the Eighth Route Army.
Even later on, Murakuchi Saburo used the idea of leaving a name in history to persuade Qin Yangming.
To be honest, Qin Yangming was indeed moved after hearing what Cunkou Sanlang said.
Not to mention how much benefit those could bring to the Eighth Route Army, Qin Yangming could not resist the temptation of leaving his name in history as mentioned by Murakuchi Saburo.
Just ask yourself, which boy doesn’t want to leave his name in history, and doesn’t want children in the future to draw his own image on the first page after opening a history book.
What man would not fantasize about his hometown, with a statue of himself standing in the central city square.
Even his hometown is named after himself.
Qin Yangming didn’t know if anyone would be unwilling, but he really wanted to.
However, Qin Yangming still grasped it and did not show any excitement.
Since Murakuchi Saburo wants me to kill Iwamatsu Yoshio.
Well, it’s killing anyway. Killing one is killing, killing two is also killing!
Does Saburo Murakuchi have a way to allow him to bring the special forces team directly into Taiyuan City, or does he have a way to help him find Yoshio Iwamatsu and then kill Yoshio Iwamatsu and others?
Then there must be a way to help me kill Yoshio Shinozuka!
Yoshio Iwamatsu has been sold, so what’s the harm in selling Yoshio Shinozuka?
So Qin Yangming is now waiting for Sanlang at the entrance of the village to ask him so that he can name his price.
That's right, Qin Yangming was planning to kill Shinozuka Yoshio at the same time when Murakuchi Saburo begged him to kill Iwamatsu Yoshio.
Just killing one Yoshio Iwamatsu, perhaps the opportunities created by the death of Yoshio Iwamatsu would be enough for Murakuchi Saburo and others to operate.
But for Qin Yangming, this time may not be enough.
Although Yoshio Shinozuka and Yoshio Iwamatsu were replaced, Yoshio Shinozuka would never leave China in the short term, even if he left China.
The Japanese could also use an airplane to quickly send Yoshio Shinozuka to China.
(End of this chapter)
