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    Having said this, Umezu Yoshijiro hesitated for a moment and then said: "Four, order the 23rd Division to immediately blow up all the entrances and exits of Hyrule Fortress and all positions exposed on the surface, and then the entire division will cover the Empire."  The expatriates in Hailar, before April 6, retreated to the line from Wangye Temple to Qianguerros, built fortifications on the spot, and participated in the blockade of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. "

    After issuing the order for the 23rd Division to withdraw south, Hy¨­taro Kimura breathed a sigh of relief before he heard Umezu Yoshijiro finally spit out his words.  A sudden light flashed in Umezu Yoshijiro's eyes, and he suddenly said: "As for all the Manchus in Hylar, especially the Manchus who participated in the construction of Hylar Fortress. There are also the remaining laborers in Hylar Fortress, including all the Koreans.  Within. All of them will be executed, no matter how many there are, none of them will be left alive.¡±

    "The empire has leaked enough secrets. We can't let any situation in Hyrule Fortress be in danger of being exposed. Even if we can't use it for the time being, we can't let our opponents use it. You have to find a way to give twenty  The third division will mobilize a batch of vehicles, ammunition, and gasoline in the shortest possible time.¡±

    Umezu Meijiro¡¯s several consecutive orders made Kimura Hy¨­taro stunned.  In order to protect the secrets of Hyrule Fortress, it was his suggestion to kill all the Manchus in Hyrule, but once it was actually implemented, Kimura Hyoutaro couldn't help but feel a creepy feeling.

    Although when he was in charge of the 32nd Division, when he was clearing the base area of ??the 18th Shandong Army, he killed no fewer Chinese than the Chinese in Hailar, and even the number was much greater.  Moreover, in order to eliminate the 115th Division of the 18th Group Army operating in Shandong, this army lieutenant general who was the commander of the 32nd Division at the time personally ordered the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines to be killed, regardless of gender, age or child.  All the houses were ordered to be burned. During his raids on the base areas behind enemy lines in Shandong, the 32nd Division became accustomed to killing, robbing, and raping.  Even this dignified lieutenant general division commander took the lead in personally raping captured female prisoners of war and captured civilians many times.  Those female prisoners of war, as long as they were a little bit pretty, almost never escaped his clutches.

    ¡°Although when he was in Shandong, he went even further.  But after all, this was under the premise that there was no public order, and most of the killings took place in rural areas.  Even in places like county towns, in order to maintain the rule of the Japanese army, one has to be somewhat scrupulous and not do anything so blatantly.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Out of this large-scale massacre that was blatantly ordered, isn't it a little too much?  Hy¨­taro Kimura did not pity the so-called Manchus who were targeted for massacre, let alone his conscience at this time.  No matter how many Manchus died, it didn't matter to him.

    Rather, they are worried that once this move is exposed, it will cause great damage to the empire's image internationally.  After the Battle of Nanjing that year, the massacre and rape incidents caused serious damage to the image of the empire.  Even after many years, it cannot be completely eliminated.

    Although the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff have developed extremely thick skin, they can still find excuses to explain or even shirk incidents no matter how serious they are in the international community.  Moreover, personnel from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have long been unable to interfere with matters decided or done by the Army, and now it is even more commonplace.

    But for him, he was more concerned about the serious impact it would have on Manchukuo after the massacre.  Those Manchus who are still resisting will definitely be like the Chinese people after the Nanjing Incident. Instead of weakening due to the massacre, their resistance has become increasingly tenacious.

    ¡°If Hyrule is massacred and then abandoned, the evidence left there will be even more difficult to destroy.  And it left a good propaganda material for the Anti-Japanese Alliance.  No one would give up this propaganda opportunity, which would have a serious impact on the empire's reputation and could even leverage the Kwantung Army's rule over Manchukuo.

    Hailar is not in mainland China, but in the Manchu Empire.  It is the so-called paradise of kings that the empire keeps creating.  Moreover, Hailar is not the deep mountains and old forests and barren ravines of Northern Manchuria where anti-union activities were originally held.  The outside world has no way of knowing what the Kwantung Army did and how many people it killed.

    The massacre of the city here would probably do great harm to the empire's rule in Manchuria, and it would be a serious blow to the empire's image in Manchuria.  No opponent would fail to seize this rare publicity opportunity.  Once this happened, it would be even more impossible not to leak it.  For a fortress group that no longer has any function, it is really not worth the gain.

    As for the air defense commander and the head of the Special Intelligence Division, I¡¯m afraid they should investigate first and then decide based on the situation.  After all, they are officers of the empire and should be handled with caution.  One of them is the captain of the anti-aircraft artillery regiment, and the other is the lieutenant colonel. They are both quite high-ranking officers.  I'm afraid it's hard to explain that they were forced to commit seppuku all at once.

      Especially the captain of the Colonel-General is very difficult to deal with.  After all, since the Japanese army established its new army, there have been quite a few officers who have been forced to confiscate, whether they have lost battles, neglected their duties, or even due to some unexplainable factors.  But most of them are low-ranking officers below Major, and there are very few officers at the level of Lieutenant Colonel.

    Just like during the civil war during the Beiyang Government in China, no matter how deep the resentment was, no one broke the practice of exempting generals from death.  The tradition of samurai seppuku, among the Japanese army that preached the spirit of bushido, although senior officers often forced subordinates to commit suicide.  But it also only applies to low-level officers, and middle- and high-level officers will never do it.

    The reason is very simple, no one makes mistakes.  Especially in the army, the corruption situation among senior officers is no worse than that of the Chinese army, which they have always looked down upon.  You force others to commit suicide, and one day your leverage falls into the hands of others. If they are followed in the same way, it will be extremely bad.

    When Tsarist Russia was overthrown and the White Russian Army was chased by the Soviet Red Army and had no way to escape, when it retreated into Manchuria, the hundreds of tons of gold and a large number of weapons it carried were confiscated by the Kwantung Army.  But in the end, less than a few dozen tons were handed over to the national treasury, and the remaining huge amount of gold disappeared without a trace.

    Later, when the leader of the defeated army asked Japan for the gold, the whole of Japan, including the royal family, worked together to cover it up.  The huge amount of confiscated weapons and the large sum of money obtained after being sold to Fengjun also disappeared inexplicably.  Except for a small amount that was allocated to the Kwantung Army Intelligence Department, the rest of the money simply evaporated.

    As for the whereabouts of the money and gold, no one can give an explanation.  If the events of that year were investigated clearly, the Kwantung Army, including the top brass of the Japanese Army, and even the royal family, there would not be a few senior officers who should have committed seppuku in accordance with the so-called Bushido spirit.

    With this experience, no matter how fierce the fight was between the ruling faction and the imperial faction in the upper echelons, in the end they always showed mercy to each other, and at most they were dismissed from active duty and put into reserve forces.  Especially for officers above the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, no one would be forced to commit seppuku or execution except in rare cases.

    You should know that when dealing with mid-level and senior officers above the rank of major, the military department always raises its hands high and puts them down gently.  No matter how serious the crime was, they were usually dismissed from office, and there was never an example of the death penalty.  It is extremely rare to force a captain to commit seppuku like this.

    This is probably the first time in the history of the Japanese army that an officer of the rank of colonel was allowed to commit seppuku.  Even the former artillery major in the army who was interested in conducting coups as a hobby, after several failed coups, he was locked up in the restaurant where they studied coups for a few days at most.  Even when the background of the coup was traced during the February 26 Incident, he was only dismissed from active duty.

    In the Japanese army, all those who can reach the rank of Army Lieutenant Colonel or above are all graduates of the Army University.  These people rely on relationships between teachers, students, and classmates, and almost everyone has built a strong network of relationships.  Therefore, even if he caused a huge disaster, he would still be able to escape under the protection of the network of connections.  This is also an important reason why the style of subordinates overcoming superiors has been repeatedly banned in the army.

    And for a first-level officer like a colonel, no matter what kind of crime he commits.  As long as the emperor is not assassinated, the most serious punishment is usually to retire from active service, and he can return to active service at any time if necessary.  If such a person commits seppuku, it is often not one person who is offended, but a group of people behind them.

    Perhaps seeing the hesitation in Kimura Hyoutarou's eyes and knowing the reason for the hesitation in his heart, Umezu Meijiro smiled indifferently and said: "Kimura-kun, if the two of them don't die, then you and I will be the unlucky ones. You won't  I thought the base camp would not pursue the matter of a large-scale air attack on one hundred troops.¡±

    "I am the commander of the Kwantung Army, and you are the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army. You and I are the final decision-makers on all deployments and troop allocations of the Kwantung Army. Especially you, Kimura-kun, as the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, you have to control all  It¡¯s almost impossible to say that you and I have no responsibility at all in this matter.¡±

    "I heard that Prime Minister Lu intends to transfer you as the new Army Undersecretary, and has basically obtained the consent of His Majesty the Emperor. At this critical moment, you will never want to be replaced because of some unexpected accidents that should not have happened.  Let your career as a general end here."

    "In other words, you don't want your military career to end when you reach the rank of lieutenant general. You must know that becoming a general is every emperor's dream. You don't want this to happen, and I don't want my soldiers either.  My career has stopped here, and I don¡¯t want to disappoint His Majesty the Emperor.¡±

    "Kimura-kun, don't forget the fate of General Kenkichi Ueda, the former commander of the Kwantung Army. They diedYes, we only bear one-third of the responsibility at most.  If we don't die, I'm afraid you and I will be unlucky.  Therefore, for our future and for the entire Kwantung Army.  These two men must die.  Kimura-kun, only dead people don't talk nonsense.  "

    "Besides, it is better for a colonel or a lieutenant colonel to commit seppuku than to have a general or lieutenant general ordered to retire early. What's more, if this matter is strictly investigated, asking them to commit seppuku is not an outlier.  "
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