When Ishihara Wanji returned to the base camp, he immediately received the adjutant commander of the 2nd Dispatch Army personally coming to tell him, "Sir Ishihara, please stay at the headquarters and do not leave. If there is anything to do, there will be someone to serve you. Also

, your bonus has also been sent."

"Yes." Ishihara accepted the clear order. This order informed Ishihara that his appointment as the chief of staff of the 2nd Command had entered the formal approval process.

Sitting down at the table, Ishihara began to prepare for the funeral. He left a suicide note to his parents and wife, how much bonus and salary to give to his wife, and how much to give to his parents. He soon ran out of time to think about it.

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After writing quickly, Ishihara sealed the letter and called the orderly over. There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and Ishihara picked up a few envelopes and turned around to hand them to the soldiers behind him. However, he saw that the other party was wearing a navy uniform with the rank of lieutenant colonel on his shoulders.

It turned out to be Yamamoto 506.

The orderly bypassed Yamamoto and came to Ishihara. Ishihara stood up, gave his instructions clearly, and then said to Yamamoto: "Yamamoto-kun, are you in charge of ship applications in the Naval Operations Section, or boarding operations?"

Yamamoto replied: "The commander has ordered me to be at the headquarters now. I came here this time to ask Ishihara-kun for his opinion on the enemy's shore defense configuration."

"What boarding 6 points did the Navy identify?"

In the Navy, Yamamoto is the one who is relatively familiar with Ishihara. The other person who is relatively familiar with him is Yamaguchi Takan, who was working as a military attache at the embassy in Japan when the war broke out and was still on the ship returning home. Navy

The Operations Section sent Yamamoto to talk to Ishihara first to see what Ishihara's judgment on Ascension 6 was, as he was likely to become chief of staff.

Yamaguchi pulled up the map and told the navy's judgment, "The areas more suitable for landing on the 6th include the Pyongyang Plain on the west coast and the Hamhung Plain on the east coast. The landing on the west coast is closer to the enemy's main force, and it is more convenient to cooperate with the frontal troops.

.By landing on the east coast, you can directly penetrate the enemy's communication line and have a larger battle space."

Ishihara had thought about it many times before and immediately gave his opinion, "I don't know anything about the Navy, so I can only think about it from the perspective of a war. At this stage, there is indeed a lot of space for a war on the east coast, and there is also a lot of room for war.

Faced with the problem of fighting alone, we cannot take risks in this battle."

Yamamoto was proficient in naval warfare. After hearing Ishihara's answer, he pointed to the east coast of northern North Korea controlled by the Northeast Army and asked: "Is the Army sure that it cannot defeat the enemy in the mountainous areas?"

Ishihara nodded without hesitation, "After landing on 6 this time to seize the beach, the follow-up troops must quickly board 6 and advance in depth. When fighting in mountainous areas, we must quickly defeat the frontal enemy forces and cut off the enemy's lines of communication. When landing on 6 on the east coast, the enemy has

There are too many areas where interception positions can be set up. The Northeastern Army has army-level rapid mobility capabilities, and the number of elite elite troops in the empire is not enough to completely open up the war situation."

There are contour lines scattered on the map. On the east coast of North Korea, the contour lines are very dense. Even as a naval officer, Yamamoto can immediately construct the towering peaks in those areas and the difficult mountain trails. Ishihara's

The view is the same as that of the Admiralty. The Admiralty also believes that the east coast near the Sea of ​​Japan is not suitable as the main direction for landing operations. Even if diversionary forces are deployed, the scale cannot exceed one division.

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Yamamoto's eyes fell on the west coast. The west coast of North Korea is close to the Yellow Sea, and to the north is the Liaodong Peninsula. It can carry out various feints very effectively, making it impossible for the Northeast Army to determine the real landing position of the Japanese army. In the direction of the west coast, from north to south, the distribution

The total length of these four areas suitable for climbing is more than 500 kilometers, including the Yongcheon Plain, the Pyongyang Plain, the Zainyeong Plain, and the Yeonbaek Plain.

Yamamoto's fingers traced the length of this thousand miles, "He Jun is the most proficient gambling person I have ever met. He understands that you will lose when you gamble, so he opened his own casino. Ishihara-kun believes that Man and Mongolia have the strength to do this."

Is it necessary to build a defense system in this area?"

"I think this area will definitely become a fortress." Ishihara Wanji answered decisively.

When Yamamoto heard this, he was shocked. He found that he still expected that there would be loopholes in the Northeast Army's defense line. This was the mentality of a gambler.

Ishihara Wanji leaned back on his chair and stared at the area centered on Pyongyang on the map. He said slowly and firmly: "According to my judgment, the enemy has the determination and strength to complete the defense construction. Because the longer it takes, the more damage it will do to the empire."

The more disadvantageous it is. Therefore, although it is hard to build a strong defense line, it can defeat any lucky attempts of the empire. The empire cannot take any chances. The only way to win is to put maximum pressure on the enemy on the front line, so that they are forced to invest.

The reserve team went to maintain the front line. At this time, the 2nd Headquarters used great determination to carry out a landing on the enemy's rear without a reserve team. With the determination of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, the 2nd Headquarters broke through the enemy's solid defense line and carried out encirclement and annihilation of the enemy's heavily trooped group.

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After saying that, Ishihara raised his head and looked at Yamamoto. Yamamoto, who was feeling agitated in his heart, felt that Ishihara's bright sight seemed to be burning with flames. He heard Ishihara ask: "Yamamoto-kun, with the current strength of the empire, will we fight another Japanese war?"

In the Battle of Port Arthur, can the navy show its strength?"

Yamamoto 506 thought for a moment before nodding, "If we fight now, it's okay."

Ishihara had completely determined his train of thought and said decisively: "No matter where the boarding point is, please regard this boarding battle as a battle of Lushun where there is no fortress but the enemy's firepower is not weak at all."

Speaking of this, Yamamoto felt that there was no way to continue on this issue. If the war reached this level of intensity, the Navy would have no professional ability to comment on it. Yamamoto changed a question that the Navy could discuss, "Ishihara-kun, what about the feint attack?"

What do you think?"

"The enemy must have judged that we are likely to land on the 6th to fight, so we must make the enemy feel that our army is feigning an attack and intimidating them so that they dare not send out reserves. As Yamamoto-kun said, since He Jun is planning

We are asked to participate in the gambling game, and we want to take the banker and let He Jun's subordinates take a gamble."

Yamamoto 506 nodded. This field is the specialty of the navy. Feint attacks and threats can also test the strength of the enemy.

The two chatted until noon. Yamamoto 506 wanted to invite Ishihara 1 to have lunch with him. The adjutant of Vice Admiral Suzuki, commander of the 2nd Command, walked in quickly and said, "Excuse me, Ishihara-dono, please go to the base camp headquarters immediately."

Yamamoto looked at Ishihara leaving quickly with his adjutant, and reviewed the discussion in his mind. The overall idea of ​​the counterattack campaign had been clearly constructed in Yamamoto's mind. It was an unprecedented battle, and its scale was comparable to the famous battles on the European battlefield.

Not inferior. Yamamoto, who wanted to get up, sat back in his seat and smoked a cigarette. He could not judge who would win. Any mistake by both sides would lead to the failure of the battle. If both sides performed extremely well, it was decided that

The final result is which side is more able to withstand the losses of the brutal battle, and who can stand to the end in the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood.

Ishihara Kanji had already had this realization. When he arrived at the base camp headquarters, he was asked by the commander of the base camp and the minister of the 6th Army Hanzou Yamanashi. Ishihara Kanji told the truth about his judgment. The two talked for less than one time.

Hours later, General Hanzo Yamanashi ended the meeting. He then headed to the palace with the latest list of the 2nd Command.

Such personnel arrangements are decided by the emperor, not by the Ministry of Military Affairs or the headquarters. Everyone is in a very heavy mood. Everyone has no choice but to place the future of the empire on these young soldiers. If they fail, the life and death of these people will depend on it.

Compared with the fate of the empire, it is really not worth mentioning.

At this time in Shanghai, the Japanese concession was much deserted. However, the concessions of other countries nearby were as lively as before, or even more lively.

Japanese agent Taichi Koike and his team finally left the pavilion in Shanghai where they had been for two days. They were sent from Japan and were preparing here as Chinese. The order to prepare for action was given, and Taichi Koike followed the pre-planned

Arrange your subordinates at the locations where you need to step in.

The target to be assassinated has left the "Northeast Daily" in the outskirts of Shanghai. It is a large piece of land with towering walls and taller buildings inside. If the gate of the wall is opened, hundreds or even thousands of troops will rush out.

Tai 1 Koike wouldn't find anything strange.

According to the military intuition, this is the Northeastern government's stronghold in Shanghai. According to the intelligence collected by the intelligence department, this is also the core stronghold of the Northeastern government.

The Northeastern government has been very prosperous in recent years and has become more and more powerful. Therefore, all forces in Jiangnan are unwilling to offend the Northeastern government, and the Northeastern government has never hesitated to use violence. As long as the other party crosses the line, no matter what force, warlord or local

Gangs will be counterattacked mercilessly.

After waiting for about the same time, the door opened and a group of people came out. Koike Taiyi dressed up as an ordinary worker, and he saw the target among the group of people. Just when he was about to take action, he heard someone on the street.

There was a commotion on the street, and a group of local warlord troops walked along the street. When they arrived at Northeastern Daily, they joined the convoy 5. The target and his entourage got into several cars and left under escort. Let Koike Tai 1 and his men

No chance to take action at all.

Koike Taiyi felt that things were developing in a bad direction, and the purpose of this trip was Jin 9. Jin 9's visit to the Northeast Daily Station meant that he wanted to get closer to the Northeastern government, and now the local governor of Shanghai was involved... Koike Taiyi only

We can continue to follow up and send people to the Japanese concession to report the news.

Following along, Taichi Koike saw that Jin 9 and others were escorted to the station. Because there were so many guards and they could not get close, Taichi Koike had no choice but to return to the intelligence station in the Japanese concession as soon as possible.

Jin 9 himself was not as excited as Koike Tai 1. The result of this trip north really surprised him. Although the whole country was very excited about the war between the Northeast Army and Japan, the Northeast government was fully responsible for the war after all, and the Northeast government repeatedly

We publicly declare that we will never accept donations or solicit donations. Anyone who solicits donations in the name of the Northeastern government is a liar.

In addition to several large-scale publicity campaigns, several liars were actually caught and put on public trial. Although this made all strata of China feel that the Northeastern government's work was very admirable, it also lowered the enthusiasm of the people in another aspect.

However, the North Koreans in China are extremely excited. Especially North Koreans like Kim 9, who have always aimed at restoring the country. He repeatedly contacted the Northeastern government's contact point in Shanghai. The leader of the provisional government of the Republic of Korea to which Kim 9 belonged Direct attempts to contact the Northeastern government were unsuccessful.

It was not until yesterday, November 25th, that Kim 9 received the news that Northeastern Daily invited Kim 9 to arrive. He thought that the issue of North Korea's restoration would be discussed. However, people in the Northeast listened to Kim 9's words very politely for a while. , and then told Jin 9 that if Jin 9 was interested, he could go to Tianjin. The Tianjin Station of Northeast Daily would like to conduct a more detailed interview with Jin 9.

This made Jin 9 a little disappointed. If the Northeast government really wants to organize the Korean restoration government, then it should let Jin 9 go to Shenyang. What happened to Tianjin?

However, things had to be done like this, so Jin Jiu and several comrades were escorted directly to the station and boarded the train to Tianjin.

At the same time, Wu Youping also received a report from the comrades in charge of the matter, and the operation to contact the Korean restorationists began. Wu Youping felt exhausted and upset at this time, so he asked the person in charge of the matter to give him a report.

After all, at this time, some comrades advocated adding more trouble to Japan and reducing the labor intensity of the Northeast Army. If the Korean restoration group can establish even the smallest government organization in northern North Korea, it can help stabilize the local situation. situation.

The most important person here is Jin 9, not other more famous figures, which also makes Wu Youping a little curious. Because Jin 9 was appointed by He Rui.

The comrades began to tell the story of Jin Gu. Jin Gu was born in the Andong Kim family (old) in the Korean Peninsula. However, in the middle of the 17th century, the family was destroyed because of the traitor Jin Zidian. His ancestors fled. , finally settled at the foot of the 8-bong mountain in Baekunboji-dong, about 80 miles west of Haeju City, Hwanghae Province, and became a regular citizen from yangban (see the status system of the Joseon Dynasty), and held the "honored position" for generations (the regular citizen was responsible for collecting the honbo The person who pays taxes and is responsible to the head of the village). Jin Jiu was born here on August 29, 1876 (July 11th in the lunar calendar). His earliest name was "Changyan". His father's name was Jin Chunyong, and his mother's name was Guo Leyuan. He is the only son in the family.

In February 1893, Jin Jiu went to visit Wu Yingshan, a Dongxue Taoist disciple from his hometown, because he heard that "Dongxue Taoism" had the miraculous skill of flying over eaves, walking over walls, and riding the wind. 9 used honorifics, was very polite, and elaborated on the history of Dongxue Dao and his proposition of establishing a new country where everyone is equal, which made Jin 9 fall in love. Then he became a Dongxue believer, and even his father also joined the Dao. . He was very keen on preaching, and soon developed thousands of "Lianji" (believers who developed during missionary work, also known as disciples). His influence even expanded to Ping'an Road, and he was called "Tongmenghuizhu" by his believers. ,At this time, his name was also changed to "Changzhu".

At around 3 a.m. on March 9, 1896, while having breakfast at a hotel in Guhepo (located in Anyak County) on the bank of the Daedong River, Kim 9 discovered a man with short hair who was acting suspiciously and was listening to him and others. While talking, they discovered that although he claimed to be from Jangyeon, Hwanghae Province with the surname Zheng, his accent was not that of Hwanghae Province, and he was carrying a knife. Jin Ji concluded that he was a Japanese pretending to be a Korean, and even suspected him He was an accomplice of Sanpu Wulou who killed Concubine Min. He couldn't help but seethed with anger. He kicked him to the ground in public, grabbed his knife, stabbed him randomly, drank his blood, and asked the North Korean tourists who they were. He was his accomplice. All the hotels knelt down and begged for mercy. In the end, he did not kill anyone again. Then they searched for his belongings and found that he was a Japanese Army lieutenant named Tsuchida Yueliang. He asked the hotel owner Li Huafu to throw his body into the river. Except for the 75 taels used to pay for the ship, the 800 taels of money Tsuchida Rangliang had were given to Li Huafu to help the poor. He also asked Li Huafu to write a notice saying "Kill this Japanese to avenge the mother of the country." He signed it "Haizhou Baiyunfang Jidong Kim Changsoo", posted it on the thoroughfare, and then walked away.

Due to the inefficiency of the North Korean government, Kim 9 has not been arrested and brought to justice. Kim 9 did not listen to his parents' advice and stayed at home waiting to be arrested. Finally, he was captured on June 21 and was taken to Haeju Prison for interrogation.

Two months later, it was transferred to Incheon for joint review by Japanese and North Korean officials.

Jin Jiu made an impassioned speech during his trial and scolded the Japanese: "In the so-called public law of all nations, which article stipulates that after signing a treaty of trade and goodwill, the king or queen of a country can be killed?... As long as I live, I swear that

To avenge this, I will turn into a fierce ghost and kill your king, and I must wipe out all of you Japanese pirates to wash away the shame of our country!"

In late July 1897, Jin Jiu was sentenced to death for murder and was scheduled to be executed on October 2. On the day of the execution, the death penalty list was sent to Emperor Gaozong of North Korea for final review. An official told Emperor Gaozong that among them, Jin Chang

Soo (Kim 9) was tried in this way because he "avenged the mother of the country". Emperor Gaozong was greatly moved and immediately ordered the Ministry of Justice to call Incheon to inform him that Kim 9's death penalty would be cancelled, and that he would retrial at a later date. On the day of execution, Kim 9

He was watching "The University" and calmly waiting for his death. When the news came that he would be spared from death, the whole prison was overjoyed and the jailer's attitude towards him was much better. However, Jin Jiu was still imprisoned in prison. Jin Zhouqing and other social enthusiasts tried their best to

He even sold his family property to help Kim 9 out of prison. For this purpose, he approached the Minister of Justice Han Gyu-se and other court officials to intercede. However, because the matter involved Japan, no one in the North Korean government dared to agree. With the help of inmates, Kim 9 obtained

Some money, and he asked his father to bring Tie Sanleng when he visited the prison. On March 19, 1898, he bribed the jailers on duty and hosted a banquet for them. When the jailers were all drunk, he used it with several inmates.

The iron 3-edge chipped through the wall and successfully escaped.

When Kim 9 was imprisoned for the second time, he changed his name to "Kim 9", which has the same pronunciation as "Golden Turtle" in Korean. Because "Golden Turtle" was the name registered in his household registration under the Japanese colonial authorities, changing his name also meant breaking away from the shackles of Japan.

Meaning, this was the last time he changed his name. At the same time, he also changed his nickname "Yeonha" to "Baekfan", which meant that he was like Baekding (butcher, the most discriminated profession in North Korea at the time)
To be continued...