Chapter 312 Double kill!
When he saw that the condition proposed by Qin Yangming was to ask him to help kill Shinozuka Yoshio, Murakuchi Saburo refused without even thinking.
Let’s not talk about whether he has the ability to help Qin Yangming kill Shinozuka Yoshio, even if he can help Qin Yangming kill Shinozuka Yoshio.
Then it will inevitably affect your own plans.
Now that Qin Yangming has asked me to help get rid of Yoshio Shinozuka, it definitely doesn't mean he will have to wait until the war is over to kill him. He must kill Yoshio Shinozuka before the war starts or in the middle of the war.
When Yoshio Shinozuka dies, the Eighth Route Army will definitely seize this opportunity to pursue him relentlessly.
No matter what the situation is on the First Army side, when the senior officer Yoshio Shinozuka is killed, his successor Yoshio Iwamatsu will definitely strengthen the guards around him.
Originally, according to Murakuchi Saburo's plan, it was extremely difficult to kill Iwamatsu Yoshio, and it was even difficult to find a suitable opportunity.
They all planned to wait until the situation stabilized after Iwamatsu Yoshio took over as commander, and then find a way to make Iwamatsu Yoshio relax his vigilance. At the same time, his backers would work together to find a suitable opportunity, and finally let Qin Yangming take action and kill him with one blow!
If Shinozuka Yoshio is killed first, Iwamatsu Yoshio might not even leave the headquarters in a short period of time.
Taiyuan City consists of two cities, the inner and outer cities, and the headquarters is located in the inner city.
If Iwamatsu Yoshio hid in the headquarters, facing the heavily guarded inner city, Murakuchi Saburo would not know how to let Qin Yangming and others enter the inner city.
Even if they had prepared several months in advance, they would first disguise Qin Yangming and others as their own personal guards, and then enter the inner city step by step.
However, after entering the inner city, if Yoshio Iwamatsu did not leave the headquarters, Qin Yangming and others would not be able to kill Yoshio Iwamatsu.
Because the troops surrounding the headquarters must be Yoshio Iwamatsu's personal guards.
It is absolutely impossible to infiltrate the personal guard of Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu.
Especially Qin Yangming's identity is very problematic. He is actually a soldier disguised as Murakuchi Saburo and others.
If Murakuchi Saburo had the ability to have Qin Yangming and others infiltrate Iwamatsu Yoshio's personal guard, why would he have to go to so much trouble to ask Qin Yangming for help in the assassination?
Therefore, Murakuchi Saburo strongly opposed the request put forward by Qin Yangming.
Qin Yangming had expected that Murakuchi Saburo would strongly oppose his request.
“Muraguchi-kun, don’t worry, although I want to kill Shinozuka Yoshio and you want to kill Iwamatsu Yoshio, it seems that our goals are somewhat conflicting.
But we can agree on the same goal.
If Iwamatsu Yoshio and Shinozuka Yoshio were together, then wouldn't it be possible for us to achieve our goals at the same time?
If I can kill Yoshio Shinozuka at that time, would I let go of Yoshio Iwamatsu who is right next to me?
Killing Iwamatsu Yoshio is just a matter of convenience, so, Murakuchi-kun, there is no need for you to be so anxious.
This is still a win-win plan.
You want to kill Iwamatsu Yoshio, and I want to kill Shinozuka Yoshio. There is no conflict. We can just kill them both at the same time. It is just a matter of one more shot or one less shot. "
Qin Yangming spoke very easily.
But in the eyes of Murakuchi Saburo, things are not so easy.
Seeing Qin Yangming talking casually about how their goals would not conflict, how it could be easily solved, and how one more bullet or one less bullet would only matter.
Murakuchi Saburo spoke to Qin Yangming in an unpleasant tone.
"Mr. Qin, do you think Iwamatsu Yoshio and Shinozuka Yoshio are officers like me and Kiyomizu Muichi?
It's so easy to kill him, what's so easy about it?
Mr. Qin, Yoshio Iwamatsu and Yoshio Shinozuka are both lieutenant generals, lieutenant general commanders!
Mr. Qin, these are not two mice, these are two tigers!
It would be good enough if I could kill one, but I have to kill both at the same time.
Let’s not talk about how many guards there will be around the two of them at that time, how powerful the protection force is, and whether Qin Jun can succeed.
The key is how to bring the two of them together?
Mr. Qin, your purpose must be to kill Yoshio Shinozuka before or after the war begins, so as to interfere with the troop deployment of the First Army, thereby facilitating the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi to achieve greater results.
Before the end of the war, Yoshio Shinozuka was the commander of the First Army, this is certain. Changing generals in the middle of a battle is a taboo in military strategy!
Therefore, before the end of the war, there was absolutely no possibility for Yoshio Shinozuka and Yoshio Iwamatsu to get together.
Moreover, after the war, the power transfer between Yoshio Shinozuka and Yoshio Iwamatsu will most likely take place at the North China Front Command.
Mr. Qin, if you have the ability to infiltrate the North China Front Army Headquarters, then there is no need for you to kill Iwamatsu Yoshio and Shinozuka Yoshio. Wouldn't it be better to wipe out the North China Front Army Headquarters at once?"
Murakuchi Saburo looked at Qin Yangming. He didn't know what was going on in Qin Yangming's mind. He actually came up with such a stupid idea.
In Murakuchi Saburo's opinion, unless Qin Yangming wanted to carry out a suicide attack, it would be impossible to kill both Iwamatsu Yoshio and Shinozuka Yoshio at the same time.
Even if Qin Yangming's personal strength has reached the pinnacle, he is still a human being after all, and he will die if shot.
Under such circumstances, even if Qin Yangming used a suicide attack, he might not be able to break through the guards of the North China Front Army Headquarters and successfully kill Iwamatsu Yoshio and Shinozuka Yoshio.
Moreover, if Qin Yangming really killed Iwamatsu Yoshio and Shinozuka Yoshio in the North China Front Army Headquarters, then the Eighth Route Army would have to face the crazy revenge of the North China Front Army.
Listening to what Murakuchi Saburo said, I knew that Murakuchi Saburo did not fully understand what I meant, nor did he think of my method.
Seeing this situation, Qin Yangming didn't say anything more. He looked around and saw a cowhide tube placed in the artillery tower. Qin Yangming pointed at the cowhide tube and asked Sanlang at the entrance of the village.
"Muraguchi-kun, is that a map?"
Hearing Qin Yangming's question, Cunkou Sanlang looked in the direction Qin Yangming pointed, and saw that it was a cowhide tube that he had brought with him, and nodded.
"Yes, there are maps. There are large maps of Ping'an County and its surrounding areas. Why, Mr. Qin wants to discuss with me how to attack the county seat of Ping'an County?"
When Murakuchi Saburo saw Qin Yangming asking about the map, he thought that Qin Yangming had given up the idea of killing both Shinozuka Yoshio and Iwamatsu Yoshio at the same time, so he started to ask.
"No, no, no, I'll tell you what I think. If you still have problems with my idea, then we can talk about it again."
Qin Yangming stood up, opened the cowhide tube, took out the rolled-up map inside, and after finding a large map, he spread it out on the ground.
Seeing Qin Yangming open his map, Murakuchi Saburo wanted to stop him. After all, his maps were military maps, which recorded a lot of military deployment information.
If Qin Yangming saw it, it would be equivalent to directly telling Qin Yangming the information about the military deployment in Ping'an County and even the nearby areas.
But Murakuchi Saburo thought about it and realized that he had already sold the county seat of Ping'an County to Qin Yangming, so why should he care about this little information?
It’s okay to give it to Qin Yangming as a gift.
So Samurai Cunkou looked at Qin Yangming to see what Qin Yangming wanted to do.
"Muraguchi-kun, since you think I can't kill Shinozuka Yoshio and Iwamatsu Yoshio when they are at the North China Front Army Headquarters, what if they are both in Taiyuan?
If Iwamatsu Yoshio takes over the command of the First Army ahead of time, do you think it would be possible for us to kill both of them at the same time?"
Seeing that Qin Yangming still refused to give up, Cunkou Sanlang said to Qin Yangming helplessly.
"Mr. Qin, do you think it is possible to change the generals in the middle of a battle?
The last time, Yoshio Shinozuka was defeated and the 4th Brigade was wiped out, he was not dismissed. This was because they considered that the war was about to begin and it would not be appropriate for the First Army to change generals at the last minute. Therefore, they did not follow the original plan to replace Yoshio Iwamatsu as the commander of the First Army, but Yoshio Shinozuka remained the commander of the First Army.
Unless Yoshio Shinozuka makes another big mistake that cannot be shaken off, there is no way the headquarters will replace Yoshio Shinozuka.
But in the current situation, how could Yoshio Shinozuka have any chance of making another mistake of the same magnitude that would lead to the annihilation of the 4th Brigade?
There were no military mistakes, and even if Yoshio Shinozuka was found to have committed corruption, his superiors would not replace him.
Unless Yoshio Shinozuka is ready to betray the Great Japanese Locust Army, but Yoshio Shinozuka is impossible to betray the Great Japanese Locust Army, so your plan, Mr. Qin, cannot succeed.
Before the war comes, it is impossible for Yoshio Iwamatsu and Yoshio Shinozuka to gather in Taiyuan. Mr. Qin, you should follow my plan.
Iwamatsu Yoshio and Shinozuka Yoshio are not much different.
If you, Mr. Qin, really want to kill Yoshio Shinozuka, once Yoshio Iwamatsu dies, Yoshio Shinozuka will definitely take over as the commander of the First Army again. Only after a new commander is elected will Yoshio Shinozuka leave again.
It would take the bureaucrats at headquarters at least three or four months to select a new commander of the First Army.
During this period of time, Yoshio Shinozuka is in Taiyuan City. If Qin Jun still wants to kill Yoshio Shinozuka, I can still help Qin Jun kill Yoshio Shinozuka.
Besides, once our Osaka Brigade takes control of Taiyuan, it will be much easier for Qin Jun to kill Shinozuka Yoshio."
Seeing that Qin Yangming still refused to give up on killing Shinozuka Yoshio, Murakuchi Saburo wanted to curse him, but considering that he still needed Qin Yangming's help, he could only persuade Qin Yangming as tactfully as possible.
If Qin Yangming had some personal grudge against Shinozuka Yoshio, then after the Osaka Brigade was established, Murakuchi Saburo would not mind helping Qin Yangming kill Shinozuka Yoshio.
Just as Saburo Murakuchi said, once the Osaka Brigade is established and takes control of Taiyuan City, it will be much easier for Qin Yangming to kill Yoshio Shinozuka.
Even Murakuchi Saburo could take advantage of the time when Qin Yangming killed Iwamatsu Yoshio to get Qin Yangming a few anti-aircraft guns.
When the time comes, Yoshio Shinozuka will leave by plane. He can tell Qin Yangming the route in advance, and Qin Yangming can just shoot down Yoshio Shinozuka's plane with an anti-aircraft gun halfway.
"Who said there wasn't any? Murakuchi-kun, have you forgotten the 11th Brigade in Shuiquan?
If the 11th Brigade is gone, then losing another brigade, not only will Yoshio Shinozuka not be able to continue to shirk responsibility, he will also be held accountable.
Yoshio Shinozuka has been held accountable, so does it mean that the commander of the First Army needs to be replaced?
I think, first of all, your headquarters should be willing to take the risk of changing the morale of the troops to replace Shinozuka Yoshio, a commander who made so many mistakes and wiped out two brigades in a row, right?"
Listening to what Saburo Murakuchi said, Qin Yangming pointed directly to the location of the water spring on the map, pointed to the 11th Brigade headquarters marked by Saburo Murakuchi, and spoke to Saburo Murakuchi.
Listening to what Qin Yangming said and looking at the place Qin Yangming pointed to, Murakuchi Saburo couldn't help but exclaimed in horror.
"Qin Jun, are you crazy?
Last time, you completely wiped out the 4th Brigade and basically mobilized most of the Eighth Route Army to fight against the reinforcements.
Now that the war is imminent, the other units of your Eighth Route Army must not be dispatched easily.
The only ones who can move freely should be the troops from your regiments, four regiments at most, with a strength of no more than 10,000.
With such a small number of people, do you dare to fight the 11th Brigade with 8,000 soldiers?
And how do you fight?
In addition to the 11th Brigade, Shuiquan also has three divisions of the Imperial Army.
"There are so many troops. Do you think you can wipe them all out with your vanguard? Isn't that a fantasy?"
Listening to Qin Yangming's words, Murakuchi Saburo opened the map, pointed at a puppet army base marked on the map with the cigarette in his hand and said to Qin Yangming.
"Mr. Qin, you see, the troops stationed here are the 201st and 202nd Divisions of the Imperial Army. These two divisions were the first batch of troops formed by the Imperial Army.
Although their combat effectiveness is not as good as our troops or the Eighth Route Army.
But each of these two divisions has six or seven thousand people.
That adds up to more than 10,000 people.
Then there is the 372nd Security Division, which has 7,000 soldiers.
All in all, there were almost 30,000 enemy troops.
And you have at most ten thousand people.
Qin Jun, tell me, how do you fight? "
"Muraguchi-kun, if the 11th Brigade comes to support Ping'an County, and you report that the Imperial Army in Ping'an County has betrayed again.
So when the 11th Brigade receives the order to provide support, will it bring the Imperial Army to support Ping'an County?
As long as we take Ping'an County, we can put the 11th Brigade in Gucheng County... Let me see... Mr. Cunkou, this should be a high ground, and this is the upper reaches of the Dongzhang River... If we trap the 11th Brigade in this area, can't we defeat it?"
"As long as the 11th Brigade is defeated, Shinozuka Yoshio will definitely be held accountable. If Shinozuka Yoshio is held accountable, Iwamatsu Yoshio will have to come to Taiyuan to take over as the commander of the First Army.
Aren't the two of them gathered together at this time? "
(End of this chapter)
