Battle of the Third Reich

Carefully wipe off the squeegee oil on the saber with a cotton cloth. Nakasa Morimoto holds his family samurai sword, which is replaced by the Army 98-style saber, carefully inspecting the blade. ∑,

Morimoto was born as a low-level warrior. After the Meiji Restoration, the warrior class was abolished. Salo was replaced by the government as a gold bond. He lost his source of life. His grandfather could only rely on copying documents for merchants to make a living. The family was once in poverty. It is difficult to maintain two meals a day, and the family's ancestral house is mortgaged to the creditor. But even in that dilemma, his grandfather still did not sell the Japanese sword. This sword was not only a representative of the family's former identity, but also an old samurai who insisted on the belief, glory and survival of half a lifetime. A little self-esteem.

When Morimoto graduated from the Army Sergeant's School and became a promising second lieutenant officer, the old man, who had been in the wind for many years, handed this treasured katana to Morimoto's hands. Speaking of it, this is not a family inheritance ceremony. Old Mori took the knife out. In addition to seeing that the future generations finally had a chance to get ahead, he was very pleased. The main reason is that the family’s economic conditions are too bad. How much did you pay?

During that period, the Japanese Army wanted to connect with European countries everywhere. Just like the military schools of European countries, when a military school was formed as an officer, personal equipment had to be purchased by himself when he was in service. This is regarded as the privilege of an officer’s identity to prove that He and the ordinary soldiers enlisted for fifty cents are two classes.

All the items of the Japanese Army soldiers, even the crotch cloth, are issued by the state. The soldiers who also use these items have become part of the military’s property. Since they have enjoyed the benefits granted by the emperor, they must go to the emperor. Bleeding sacrifice. Japanese officers are a bit different. They are the elite commanding those soldiers and the core of maintaining the operation of the entire military system. Therefore, they must show the difference from soldiers everywhere and always maintain the dignity and authority of the officer class.

Before graduating from military school. The final test facing military school students is that they must purchase the complete set of equipment to be worn after the graduation ceremony. The only thing the Army handed out to them was a military uniform and military cap. Other belts, military boots, sabers, pistols, map bags, officer backpacks, and even telescopes were all purchased by the Army’s supplier. At that time, the gap between rich and poor in Japan was huge. Some officers in good condition in the family only regard these as a trivial matter, but they are replaced by poor families. This can become a heavy burden. Let’s say that a standard army knife is a price of one. It ranges from 140 to 190 yen. At that time, skilled workers in a Japanese factory worked hard for a month, and the salary was only more than 30 yen.

At that time, ordinary civilian and peasant families couldn't make up the money for a while, and they often had to find private businessmen to borrow and wait until they entered the army to get the military pay, and then returned it. The samurai sword of the ancestral family, and then replaced with the purchased Japanese army standard sword equipment, this can save the next one hundred yen of knife money, enough to buy the remaining equipment.

In fact, this trick was also learned from the Army. During the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese military officers’ equipment was also distributed by the country. In that war, Japan almost exhausted its national power. In the later period, Japan was even unable to distribute Western-style sabers for the new military officers. A batch of traditional samurai swords confiscated from the Shogunate in the government warehouse was loaded with Western-style sabers and distributed to the new officers. There are even some famous swords that appear to be national treasures in the future, but were then regarded by government officials as a symbol of the decayed samurai class. These samurai swords were directly shortened and equipped with a symbol of advanced civilization. Western-style command knife handle. And the descendants of those traditional warriors held up a charge at the machine gun position of the Russians, and it was really ironic to look back.

Morimoto's house can be said to be a Japanese soldier who grew up in such an era of old and new ideas. He received a lot of education in advanced Western culture, but still retains the traditional Japanese samurai's concept and thinking mode.

Slowly put the saber into the scabbard. Morimoto Miji stood up and began to slowly and seriously put on his military uniform. The finger of the 45-year-old Japanese army shuddered slightly, and he could see that he was a little emotional, but the look on the surface was unusually calm and calm. In his view, it was time for someone to stand up and defend the dignity of the Japanese Empire and the Emperor. Button the uniform carefully. Morimoto couldn't help recalling what happened on that hot afternoon twenty days ago.

"What is the military department thinking about?"

"What kind of consideration did the staff headquarters issue this order!"

"Is this also the opinion of the army commander?"

"Does the staff headquarters explain this?"

"What the **** are we waiting for, why stop the operation, we should attack the French immediately."

"Do you know how much we paid in preparation for today's attack? Who should be responsible for these losses?"

"Please be sure to consider the mood of the soldiers. It is so unreasonable that this will allow us to lead the soldiers in the future."

When Morimoto's brigade returned from the latent area to the assembly area, a large number of Japanese units had gathered there. This time, the Fifth Division was almost mobilized, and all the troops present were refused to return to the station. Commanding officers at all levels gathered in the tent built as the advancing headquarters. Major General Wakamatsu, the chief of staff of the 22nd Army, expressed his doubts and indignation.

"Masters! Remember that you are soldiers, and soldiers should obey orders! This is an order issued by the army minister personally, and all army officers must follow one." Major General Wakamatsu sat in the tent while holding the knife handle. On his folding chair, he looked at the noisy Shaozuo and Zhongzuo with a majestic look.

At this time, a large group of heavily-armed officers and sergeants were already surrounded outside the tent. The atmosphere on the scene was suppressed to the extreme. The Japanese officers and soldiers on the bottom had accumulated too much pressure during this time, and they had reached a point where they were about to touch. If Wakamatsu was only unlucky, in fact, this matter has nothing to do with him at all. At this time, it should be Ming Nakamura who is the commander of the Fifth Division directly commanding the battle. The deputy chief of staff is Sato Keno. He was only the chief of staff of the 22nd Army. This operation was personally commanded by the commander of the South Branch Front Army, Ando Riki. He did not even have a setter in this matter. Rolled out the top bag and cleaned up this mess that was obviously unsuccessful.

Although only a part of the field units of the Fifth Division was assembled here, there were many veterans who had been killed in a hundred battles. These people had long been fed up with the hard days in the barren mountainous areas of Guangxi. The environment can at least fill your stomach without any worries. Now, at the moment of the battle, he told them to stop acting and think about how they feel at this moment.

"You are soldiers of the imperial kingdom! Always remember your majesty the emperor." Wakamatsu stood up and all the officers present stood up.

"Keep in mind that the soldiers of His Majesty the Emperor, the soldiers should be devoted to their loyalty. As a Japanese soldier, regardless of whether they understand it, the military orders issued by the superiors must be unconditionally obeyed." Wakamatsu's words began to move out of the emperor, obviously there are already some Anxious.

"Captain Sanmu United, Captain Shanxian United, your men will convince you." Look at the majority of the officers present at the eleven and twenty-one teams. Wakamatsu threw the black pot without hesitation.

What happened in the tent behind, Morimoto's house is not too clear, because at that time he was called out of the tent by Misuke Yoshinosuke. Imagine that at the time, Sanmu was actually holding back his grievances, but when he reached this level, he had to consider more questions about his personal future.

He first warmed up the several captains present at the scene and warned them that they must consider the issue from a higher level. They must not allow impulse to destroy the overall situation of the army. There must be sufficient reasons for such orders to be issued by the military headquarters. It would be a decision made by patting the head casually. Then he seriously issued orders to his subordinates, ordering them to take their troops back to their original station before midnight. Anyone who did not reach the time limit, the wing will sue the division headquarters and send them to the crime of defying the order. Go to military court.

Finally, he specially reminded the impulsive Morimoto Miji, and don’t forget which army minister at this time, but the famous razor Tojo, the officer who disobeyed his order will end, you can imagine. Morimoto was helpless and had to obey the command of the captain. He also knew what Miki said was justified. The problem with this incident was at the high level. A small captain like him, who only obediently obeyed, even had anything in his heart. Dissatisfaction should not be publicly expressed, because the incident involves the Army Province and the General Staff Headquarters. Any complaint will be regarded as dissatisfaction with these giants. If it is accidentally passed into the ear of a careful-eyed guy, it will definitely give itself In exchange for a pair of small shoes to wear, this is now commonplace in the Japanese Army.

In the end, Morimoto and his brigade consumed the darkness at the assembly point. After eating dinner, they walked back to their original place of residence while the night was dark. But when this group of Japanese soldiers dragged their fatigued bodies into their station, everyone was stunned by the sight in front of them.

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