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Chapter 1,440: Summary of the Japanese Army (Part 2)

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    Stopping the abuse and roaring of these officers, Okamura Neji said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen, there is no point in saying this. Now we must adjust the defense area of ??the front army."

    Hearing Okamura Neji¡¯s words, everyone present became quiet, because this related to the interests of everyone present.

    Feeling the eyes of the generals, Okamura Neiji immediately said: "In view of the fact that all the defense areas of the Mongolian Army have been lost, the headquarters will be merged into the troops directly under the front army from now on. The defense area is Jidong County 22. The commander of the army is still Ganpa  Jutaro is in charge, and his unit has been reduced to a mixed brigade plus three independent garrison brigades!"

    "Hai!" Ganpa Jutaro said hurriedly.

    "Order: All areas in northern Shanxi, including Datong, will be assigned to the First Army from now on. The First Army will immediately set up troops on the line of the Great Wall and be ready to attack northern Shanxi and recapture Datong City. At the same time, it is also necessary to prevent Li Guoyao's troops from going south from Datong.  .¡±

    "Hai!"

    "Order: The Pingjin garrison headquarters in the city is commanded by Lieutenant General Nagao of the 47th Division. The subordinate units include the 47th Division Headquarters, the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade, the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade, and the Independent Tank Brigade.  The Third Regiment, the Independent Cavalry Brigade, the Second Mortar Squadron, and the 11th, 13th, and 15th Groups of the Imperial Association Army. The task of your department is to establish a Peiping defense circle from Zhulu, Xiayuanyuan and Changping to prevent Li Guoyao's troops from being  The Xuanhua line goes south, threatening the Pingjin area!"

    "Hai!"

    "Order: Expand the Imperial Alliance Army. Qi Sang's North China Security Army will be expanded again by 50,000 people. Mr. Anda will be responsible for this!"

    "Hai!"

    "Order: The 12th Army will increase the strength of a division and a mixed brigade, and conduct a raid on the Tubal Road in Shandong and southern Hebei"

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    After the order was issued, the meeting did not break up, but Neji Okamura took out another document and said: "The base camp's decision on punishment for the Guantao incident has been made. Let the chief of staff read it for everyone!"

    Hearing Okamura Neji's words, the people present pricked up their ears again, and their eyes were fixed on Lieutenant General Adachi 23 who was standing beside him.

    Most people present at the Guantao Incident know that this was the most famous incident of disobedience of the North China Front Army.

    The incident happened in the autumn and winter of last year. On December 27, a squadron of the 53rd Brigade of the 59th Division stationed in Guantao County, Shandong Province, beat and scolded an officer and caused the unit to lose control.

    What happened was that the 42nd Independent Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed in Linqing notified the 5th Squadron stationed in Guantao and transferred 6 soldiers to report to the brigade headquarters on the 28th.

    On the afternoon of the 27th, the squadron leader Futian notified the six people who were transferred out.

    These six people were dissatisfied at that time. When they saw him off for dinner in the evening, they became even more angry when they saw that there was only a small amount of liquor and wine on the table. They immediately overturned the table, then went to the kitchen to eat with the cooks and drank eight bottles of white wine.  , and also discussed and complained loudly at the table to vent their dissatisfaction with this transfer.

    After the meal, Warrant Officer Asano was forced to go to a restaurant outside the camp to drink again. The squadron duty officer Kusaka Cao was beaten when he stepped forward to stop him. The squadron leader who was present was also pushed and pushed away by these half-drunk people.

    Because these six people were usually dissatisfied with Asano, Asano was beaten several times while drinking. Asano did not dare to return to the camp at night and stayed on the street.

    On the morning of the 28th, the six rioting soldiers went to drink on the street again. When the squadron leader sent Second Lieutenant Suzuki to call these people back to the camp to inventory and hand over their weapons and equipment, Suzuki was also beaten severely.

    "Subsequently, these people arrived at the squadron headquarters and beat Warrant Officer Asano again in front of the squadron leader and other officers. The squadron leader saw that something was not going well and took refuge outside the camp.

    At this time, these troublemaking soldiers went to the cafeteria and pushed down the stove, smashed the glass, trampled on the gun racks in each dormitory, and broke the telephone in the squadron headquarters.

    When the guards came to stop them, they became even more angry, picked up their rifles and opened fire, then threw grenades.  Since they were all acquaintances, the sentry could not harm them, so they left their posts and hid.

    And these six people shot and threw grenades indiscriminately, causing chaos in the camp, and other soldiers also fled the camp.

    The six Japanese soldiers who made trouble went to the Guantao Puppet County Office, restaurants, hotels, shops, etc. to fight indiscriminately in search of officers for revenge. No one dared to stop them.  After the fuss was over, I went back to the dormitory to pack my backpack and take photos with some people, and then took a bus to Linqing in the northeast.

    At this time, the Linqing brigade adjutant had received a phone call from Second Lieutenant Suzuki of the Fifth Squadron, and the six soldiers were detained when they arrived in Linqing.

    Subsequently, the captain of the 42nd Independent Infantry Battalion and the 5th Infantry BattalionThe commander of the 3rd Brigade and the commander of the 12th Army had just returned to Jinan after sweeping Jiaodong with their troops, and immediately investigated the matter.

    After the 12th Army sent a small team to strengthen the defense of Guantao, 41 people from the 5th Squadron who were related to the trouble were transferred to Jinan for processing on January 8, 1943.  That night, Captain Futian felt the heavy responsibility and committed suicide.

    But there has been no instruction from the base camp on how to deal with these seriously disobedient soldiers and derelict officers, and now a decision has finally been made.

    Lieutenant General Adachi 23 took the document from Okamura Neiji, and then said loudly: "After military trial, the six troublemaking soldiers were convicted of using weapons in a gang, disobeying orders, beating superiors, and deliberately damaging military items.  For the crime, the following verdict was made: Private First Class Sato and Yamaguchi were sentenced to death, Private First Class Takeda was sentenced to life imprisonment, and the remaining three were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of 3 to 6 years for less serious circumstances."

    "In addition, many officers failed to handle this incident well. Second Lieutenant Suzuki, Commander Kusaka So and four guardsmen are now sentenced to imprisonment for dereliction of duty. The captain of the 42nd Independent Infantry Battalion who is responsible for the incident  Lieutenant Colonel Naohiko Igokun was removed from his post, Major General Sadao Kuma, commander of the 53rd Infantry Brigade, was removed from his post, Lieutenant General Tsutomu Yanagawa, commander of the 59th Infantry Division, and Lieutenant General Ichihashi Dohashi, commander of the Army's 12th Army, was removed."

    Silence, deathly silence!

    Although everyone present had expected that the base camp would never easily let go of these troublemaking soldiers and derelict officers, they did not expect that it would be so severe.

    Those soldiers should be sentenced, they deserve it, but those officers were somewhat unjust.

    The person directly responsible, Captain Fukuda, has committed suicide. The remaining mid-level and senior officers had little involvement in the matter, such as the captain of the 42nd Independent Infantry Battalion. When the incident occurred, Naohiko Igokun was accompanying the brigade commander, Major General Xiong Zhenxiong, and the commander of the regiment.  They fought against the Chinese army in Luzhong under the command of the general, and they didn't even know about it.

    Let¡¯s talk about Lieutenant General Dohashi Ichi. I think he was a dignified Lieutenant General and commander of a corps. He couldn¡¯t handle all the important things every day. How could he have time to take care of the affairs of a few privates and first-class privates? Therefore, he was dismissed from his post. It was somewhat excessive.

    "Your Excellency, Commander, I feel that the decision made by the base camp is a bit hasty, and the punishment for Lord Dobashi and Lord Big Bear is too harsh!" Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu, commander of the First Army, said in a deep voice.

    "Yes, Commander, it's just a few soldiers who caused trouble because of their dissatisfaction. It's enough to punish the junior officers. There is no need to punish the officers above the captain!"

    "Yes, the soldiers at the grassroots level are dissatisfied, which is beyond the control of senior officers. If the soldiers at the grassroots level severely punish the senior officers when they cause trouble, this will definitely make the officers on the front line dissatisfied!"

    "Your Excellency, Commander"

    Listening to the generals under his command, who were filled with indignation and fighting against Dobashi Ichi and others, Okamura Neji felt quite calm in his heart.

    After signaling everyone to be quiet, Okamura Neji said in a deep voice: "The punishment decision has been issued and cannot be changed. As for what everyone said, I will respond to the base camp, but don't have too high expectations. The base camp also has its own reasons for doing this.  their considerations.¡±

    Then Okamura Neiji continued: "In the past two years, too many things like this have happened to the Imperial Japanese Army. Last year, it happened to soldiers of the 1st Squadron of the 3rd Division's Transport Regiment stationed in Yingshan County, Hubei Province.  After drinking, he incited other soldiers to hold sticks and beat up officers who were usually dissatisfied with them. This has become a destabilizing factor in the army. Therefore, the base camp deliberately killed chickens to scare monkeys. Douhashi-kun and others were just a typical example of being unlucky enough to be caught.  "

    "Okay, this matter is over for the time being. I don't want the next order to remove the base camp to be issued to everyone present. Do you understand?"

    "Hai!"

    "The meeting is over!"

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