Chapter 1733 Ikeda Mas's Speculation (Thanks to Book Friend Jie for the Reward!)

There is such a rule in the Japanese army.

If a soldier suddenly disappears and does not return to the team within 100 hours, the army will regard him as dead.

And, they will also think that he died in battle.

Of course, there is a reason why the Japanese army has such a rule.

If it were in other countries, it might be considered that the soldier had deserted.

But in the Japanese army, there is basically no such thing as deserters.

Even the Osaka Fourth Division, which is known for its cowardice, basically does not have this phenomenon.

In the real history of the War of Resistance, the Fourth Division is definitely a Class A division with amazing combat effectiveness.

Like other divisions, the weapons and equipment in the Fourth Division are enough to crush most of the Chinese troops.

However, because most of the soldiers come from small traders, and most of the small traders are cowardly, the Fourth Division is not willing to play bloody battles easily.

Of course, this does not mean that the anti-Japanese armed forces will win the battle after encountering the Fourth Division.

Although the Fourth Division is unwilling to fight, it is unwilling to be beaten passively.

Once it is beaten, the Fourth Division is even more powerful than other Class A Divisions.

In a word, the Fourth Division is afraid of fighting, but is unwilling to be beaten passively.

Once beaten, out of a strong desire to survive, the Fourth Division will burst out with amazing combat power.

What is jaw-dropping is that the Fourth Division has a weird habit.

This habit is related to getting rich.

As a time traveler, Ye Tian knows the temper of the Fourth Division very well, so he really sends the dead soldiers Ikeda Mas and others to cooperate with the Fourth Division in various ways.

Specifically, it is to let Ikeda Mas buy weapons and equipment from the Fourth Division at a low price, and then sell them to various anti-Japanese armed forces on the black market at a lower price.

What makes Ye Tian happy is that because everything is done in secret, no one has discovered it, let alone suspected it.

The key point is that after finding that the cooperation is very pleasant, the Fourth Division often applies to the superiors for various reasons to allocate various weapons and equipment.

Their reasons are mainly training consumption.

In addition, there were also losses caused by clearing out various anti-Japanese armed forces in the occupied areas.

What made Ye Tian happy was that after dealing with the artillery regiment and thinking about finding the next target, he actually received a telegram.

This telegram was very special, it was about the Fourth Division.

And the one who issued the telegram was none other than the death soldier Ikeda Mas.

In the telegram, Ikeda Mas told Ye Tian such a thing.

This matter was about Yanagawa Heisuke, the Lieutenant General Commander of the Central China Front Army.

In the Battle of Songhu, Yanagawa Heisuke, as the commander of the Tenth Army, was responsible for leading his troops to land at Jinshanwei in Hangzhou Bay.

If this operation goes well, the Tenth Army will be able to encircle and annihilate the main Chinese forces participating in the Battle of Songhu together with Matsui Iwane's Shanghai Expeditionary Force.

As a time traveler, Ye Tian is well aware of the importance of the Tenth Army's deployment and its harm to the main Chinese forces.

Therefore, before the 10th Army arrived at Jinshanwei, Hangzhou Bay, Ye Tian led his troops and worked with the Axe Gang and the Shenji Battalion to prepare a great gift for them on the beach in advance.

As expected by Ye Tian, ​​when nearly 100,000 Japanese soldiers of the 10th Army landed, they suffered heavy casualties because the beach that had been hollowed out in advance suddenly collapsed and caused a large amount of seawater to flow back.

Of course, seeing that the Japanese soldiers were in trouble, Ye Tian did not forget to lead his troops and worked together with the Axe Gang and the Shenji Battalion to play a game of beating the drowning dog.

Feeling that it was almost done, Ye Tian led his troops to leave.

Of course, the Axe Gang and the Shenji Battalion did not stay any longer.

Afterwards, the 10th Army spent a lot of effort to cross this large swamp.

What made the 10th Army and the Shanghai Expeditionary Force depressed and angry was that the movement here was noticed by the main force of China.

Realizing that something was wrong, in order to prevent being surrounded, and to achieve the strategic concept of opening up a second battlefield, the main forces of China hurriedly evacuated to Nanjing.

What made Ye Tian depressed was that although the main forces of China suffered much fewer casualties when evacuating than in the real history of the War of Resistance, the casualty rate was also alarming.

Most importantly, as in history, the Battle of Nanjing was still a failure.

Most importantly, Ye Tian had tried all kinds of ways to persuade the people in Nanjing to evacuate quickly, but many people were still left behind.

There was no other way, so Ye Tian had to do his best to transfer the people and some soldiers to the Pukou area through the ancient underground passages throughout Nanjing.

Soon, the Tenth Army of Yanagawa Heisuke and the Shanghai Expeditionary Force of Matsui Iwane successfully occupied Nanjing.

As in history, without saying a word, under the direct order of the commander-in-chief of the generals from the island country, Prince Asaka Naruhiko, these two large devil troops began the massacre.

Although the scale of the massacre was expected to be much smaller than in history, Ye Tian still made various efforts to detonate this matter to the international community.

For a time, international public opinion was in an uproar.

Although the island country was very wretched, it still had face.

The point is that the island nation believes that it does not have the strength to turn against the European and American powers, so facing the overwhelming accusations from the international community, the island nation is very low-key.

In order to calm things down, after careful consideration, the island nation decided to introduce a scapegoat.

According to Mas Ikeda, the scapegoat was none other than Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke, the commander of the 10th Army.

In the real history of the War of Resistance Against Japan, after the Battle of Nanjing, the 10th Army took the lead in entering Nanjing.

In fact, before entering Nanjing, the 10th Army started various massacres.

Even many devils held killing competitions.

According to incomplete statistics, more than 100,000 Chinese people died directly in the 6th, 18th, and 114th Divisions under the 10th Army.

In particular, Tani Hisao's 6th Division killed more than 60,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians.

The point is that among them, there are many tens of thousands of Chinese women who have suffered various inhuman abuses!

In order to calm public opinion, the island country headquarters had to disband the 10th Army and completely merge it into the Central China Front Army.

In addition, Yanagawa Heisuke was pushed out and asked to return to the country and retreat to the second line.

In real history, Yanagawa Heisuke did not die of illness until January 1, 1945.

However, although Yanagawa Heisuke died normally, he was still added as a war criminal by the Allied Military Tribunal.

Unfortunately, Yanagawa Heisuke was not rated as a Class A war criminal, but just a simple Class B.

Obviously, as a time traveler who is familiar with the history of the War of Resistance, Ye Tian is very reluctant to accept all this.

In fact, Ye Tian had already written Yanagawa Heisuke into the must-kill list.

What made Ye Tian depressed was that because he was busy contributing to the Battle of Xuzhou, that is, echoing the various Chinese anti-Japanese armed forces participating in the Battle of Xuzhou, he had not been able to free his hands, thus killing Yanagawa Heisuke.

Unexpectedly, according to Mas Ikeda's report, because the encirclement and suppression of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army was not smooth, countless soldiers and generals were lost.

For this reason, the island country decided to let Yanagawa Heisuke be responsible for annihilating the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army before he returned to his country.

During the Battle of Songhu, Yanagawa Heisuke fought against the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

During the Battle of Nanjing, Yanagawa Heisuke's troops fought against the Anti-Japanese Army and the National Salvation Army.

Although Yanagawa Heisuke's troops were the losers in every battle, Yanagawa Heisuke knew the Anti-Japanese Army and the National Salvation Army very well.