Red Moscow - #2382 - Chapter 2381:

Chapter 2381

In order to monitor and control Emperor Kant, the Kwantung Army specially set up a position called “Manchukuo Imperial Palace Imperial Guard” around him, which roughly means official positions such as “inner court walking”, “emperor’s secretary”, and “attendant military attache”. But he is also usually called a consultant, and the person who holds this position is Yoshioka Yasunao.

Yoshioka Yasuo was a Kagoshima native with high cheekbones, a mustache, and a short stature. He stayed with Emperor Kant from 1935 until he was captured by the Soviet army in 1945. He never left Emperor Kant for a full ten years. . Because of his meritorious service in spying on Emperor Kant, his military rank was promoted from the initial lieutenant colonel to lieutenant general.

If Emperor Kant is a marionette in the hands of the little devil, then Yoshioka Yasunao is the string that pulls the puppet. Every order of the Kwantung Army is conveyed to Emperor Kant through him. Even Emperor Kant had to act under his command when traveling, receiving guests, instructing his subjects, toasting, and even nodding and smiling.

 In peacetime, Emperor Kant must obey Yoshioka Yasunao’s instructions regarding who he could and could not meet, what he should say after meeting him, what meetings he should attend, and what he should say at the meetings. Later, Yasuo Yoshioka intensified his efforts. He strictly followed the regulations of the Kwantung Army and only allowed a few people on the list to go to Xinjing to meet Emperor Kant within the specified time. , no talking allowed. Even all letters must be inspected by Yoshioka Yasuo, and then he decides whether the letters should be given to Emperor Kant.

To Emperor Kant, he was the emperor, and Yoshioka Yasuo was the emperor behind him. He would not dare to disobey his orders. He got up quickly, washed and changed clothes with the help of his attendants. As soon as he got dressed, Yoshioka Yasuo handed another document to him and said with a smile: “Your Majesty, there is also an abdication decree here. Please sign it. I can arrange the radio broadcast later.” Broadcast to me.”

Emperor Kant, who was eager to escape, took the document from Yasuo Yoshioka without saying a word and signed his name without hesitation.

Yoshioka Yasu directly passed the document, carefully checked the signature of Emperor Kant, nodded with satisfaction, and then handed it to an officer beside him: “Seal this edict with a jade seal, and then send it to the radio station for broadcast.”

Emperor Kant watched the officer leave with his edict, and then asked Yoshioka Yasuo: “Yoshioka-kun, when can we return to Fengtian?”

“Your Majesty the Emperor, I have sent someone to inform your ministers.” Yasuo Yoshioka replied: “As soon as they arrive, our plane can take off.”

Since Emperor Kant and his men had fled to Linjiang a few days ago, they did not have much entourage or luggage. It didn’t take much time to board the plane at the airport.

When the plane took off, Yoshioka Anzhi walked up to Emperor Kant, bowed slightly, and then said: “Your Majesty, our plane will land at Fengtian Airport in an hour, you can take advantage of this time to rest. A while.”

But Emperor Kant, who was eager to escape, was not in the mood to rest. He just kept looking out the window, muttering to himself: “Why haven’t you reached the place yet? Why haven’t you reached the place yet?”

After the plane flew for an hour, when Emperor Kant finally saw the buildings on the ground and confirmed that this was the Fengtian airport, he couldn’t help but feel ecstatic. He began to think about it, thinking that he would be able to transfer immediately after the plane landed. The big plane is heading to the island country. He suddenly thought that if the plane stayed for a long time, he could discuss with Yoshioka Yasuo to see if he could bring his rich man Li Yuqin with him.

Just when he was about to get up to discuss the matter with Yoshioka Yasuo, he heard his attendant whisper: “Your Majesty, something is wrong?”

When Emperor Kant heard this, he trembled all over, and then asked tremblingly: “What’s wrong?”

“It stands to reason that since the plane has arrived at Fengtian, it should lower its altitude and prepare to land.” The attendant explained in a low voice: “But instead of lowering its altitude, the plane started to wander in the sky. This is too strange.”

“Go and invite Mr. Yoshioka here.” Emperor Kant said with some lack of confidence: “I want to ask him what is going on.”

Yoshioka Yasuo came back very quickly. He stood in front of Emperor Kant and asked coldly: “Your Majesty, do you have any orders?”

“Yoshioka-kun,” Emperor Kant asked with a smile, “our plane has arrived over Fengtian, why hasn’t it landed yet and is instead circling in the air?”

“Oh, so that’s what happened.” Yasuo Yoshioka said nonchalantly: “I have already contacted the control tower. They said that the airport is very busy today and there will be many planes taking off and landing. There is no space for us to land at the moment, so We have to wait in the air.”

Hearing Yasuo Yoshioka say this, Emperor Kant was really dumbfounded. As long as he was not blind, he could clearly see that there were only a few planes at the airport below. To say that the airport was busy with a large number of planes taking off and landing was simply telling lies. Although his heart was full of anger, even if Emperor Kant had the status of an emperor, he had to bow his head when he was under the roof of others.

At the same time, Sokov received a call from Hudyakov: “General Sokov, I just received a call from Chief of Staff Zakharov. He told me that the Kwantung Army will open Fengtian to us today.” Airport, right?”

“Yes, Comrade Air Marshal.” Sokov quickly replied: “We originally planned to airborne troops near Fengtian today, but according to the latest order from our superiors, we ordered the airborne troops to take a transport plane and land directly at Fengtian Airport controlled by the enemy. , and captured Fengtian from the Kwantung Army in an orderly manner.”

“General Sokov, please forgive me.” Hudyakov said cautiously: “Why do I feel that this matter is not reliable?”

“You are right, Comrade Air Marshal.” Sokov said: “I also think it would be unreliable to send troops to land directly at Fengtian Airport by plane. However, orders from superiors are orders, and we as subordinates only Be able to obey, but not discuss or refuse to carry out this order.”

After listening to this, Hudyakov thought for a while, and then said: “General Sokov, I have an idea, how about you listen to it.”

 “Please speak, Comrade Air Marshal.”

“You deploy a battalion of troops, take the transport plane we provided, and land at the airport in Fengtian according to the orders of your superiors.” Hudyakov said: “Originally, I planned to send thirty fighter planes to cover our airborne operations, but now the plan If something changes, then I am going to add twenty-eight bombers in addition to the original **** fighters.”

“Bombers?” Sokov was stunned when he heard what Hudyakov said. Then he guessed what the other party was thinking: “Comrade Air Marshal, if I understand correctly, you intend to discover that the enemy at Fengtian Airport is tricking us.” , will you order the bomber group to bomb the airport to cover the evacuation of our troops?” “Yes, that’s what I thought about it.” Hudyakov said carelessly: “But after the transport plane your troops landed, you have to order The soldiers immediately rushed outside the airport to avoid being accidentally hit by our aerial bombs.”

“Don’t worry, Comrade Air Marshal.” Sokov said: “I will explain this matter.”

An hour later, transport planes carrying an airborne battalion took off one after another and organized in the air with the approaching fighters and bombers. After completing the formation, they flew towards Fengtian Airport.

Sokov, who was staying in the headquarters, looked up at the increasingly smaller black dots in the sky, listened to the gradually weakening roar of the aircraft engine, and couldn’t help but sigh softly.

Lukin heard Sokov sigh and asked with concern: “Misha, are you worried about our airborne soldiers?”

“Yes, Comrade Deputy Commander.” Sokov turned to Lu Jin and said: “Although the Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Qin Yanzaburo has repeatedly assured us that they will open the Fengtian airport to allow our military aircraft to take off and land freely. But in my impression, the Japs are dishonest people. Who knows whether they will use anti-aircraft firepower after our planes arrive over Fengtian, open fire on our fleet, and cause huge casualties to our army. “

“I think they shouldn’t dare to do this.” Lu Jin saw that Sokov was a fan of the authorities, so he comforted him and said: “Think about it, even if this is a trap prepared by the Kwantung Army for us, do you think they can give us a trap?” How much damage will it cause? Moreover, once they do this, they will have to face our crazy retaliation, and they will probably suffer even greater losses.”

Sokov was actually concerned and confused. After hearing what Lu Jin said, his mood gradually stabilized. He tried his best to put a smile on his face and said: “Comrade Deputy Commander, I hope that, as you said, the Kwantung Army will The second time they really opened the airport to us and honestly handed over the city to us, otherwise they would have to wait to withstand more violent attacks from our army.”

“Misha.” As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Yakov next to him asked: “Now that we have dispatched the transport fleet, will the ground attack continue?”

“Let’s stop for now.” Sokov originally wanted the troops to continue attacking, but then he thought about it. The Japs have always had the tradition of defeating superiors from below. Although Yamada Otsuzo had taken the initiative to contact the Soviet army and was ready to lay down his weapons and surrender, but If you order your troops to continue the attack, if you anger the young and strong rebels below, they bypass the superiors above and order the air defense firepower of Fengtian Airport to attack the transport plane carrying the airborne troops, you will cause unnecessary losses to your troops. It was out of this consideration that he ordered Yakov: “Wait until the situation at Fengtian Airport becomes clear before deciding whether to continue the attack.”

“Okay.” Yakov nodded: “I will immediately contact the forward commanders and ask them to temporarily stop the attack on the Kwantung Army. As for when to resume the attack, we will wait until the situation at Fengtian Airport is clear.”

While Yakov was on the phone, Lukin came to Sokov’s side in a wheelchair and said in an approving tone: “Misha, you did the right thing. Stop the attack on Kanto before our troops arrive at Fengtian Airport.” It is completely necessary for the army to fight. Because if the fighting does not stop, the enemy will think that we do not accept their surrender, and when they see the transport aircraft flying over their heads, they may be hit by ground anti-aircraft fire. It may cause unnecessary casualties.”

“Well, yes, that’s how I think about it.” Sokov nodded and agreed with Lu Jin: “After the plane our soldiers take arrives at Fengtian Airport, we will see if they can successfully capture the city, and then consider whether we should continue Launch an attack on the frontal enemy.”

“Misha, I’m actually thinking about something now.”

 “What’s going on?” Sokov asked.

“If the Kwantung Army really laid down its arms and surrendered to us, there would be hundreds of thousands of prisoners.” Lu Jin said with emotion: “What do you think we should do with these prisoners?”

If Sokov is allowed to make the decision, he will definitely let all these little devils “die”. After all, according to historical records, the captured Kwantung Army only has 600,000 people. If they are gathered together and two more are transferred, An infantry division and two artillery divisions can all be eliminated in one day. But since Lu Jin asked this, he was obviously implying that after the Kwantung Army on the opposite side laid down their weapons, he could no longer slaughter surrendered prisoners of war at will like he did some time ago.

“Comrade Deputy Commander, the Supreme Command will take care of the matter of prisoners of war, so we don’t have to worry about it.” Sokov said to Lukin with a smile: “But according to my intuition, the Supreme Command will definitely not be there.” Repatriate these prisoners of war as soon as possible…”

Yakov, who had just finished the phone call, happened to hear Sokov’s words and asked with some urgency: “Misha, what do you think the Supreme Command will do? If you don’t repatriate them, should they all be executed? You know, If the Kwantung Army lays down its weapons and surrenders, there will be at least hundreds of thousands of people, and it will not be easy to kill them all.”

“It’s not easy to deal with hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army prisoners.” Sokov said casually: “Drive them to a place, bombard them with artillery and planes first, wait an hour or two, and then send infantry up to see if there are any Those who haven’t breathed their last, just refill the gun.”

As soon as Sokov’s words came out, there was silence in the room. Everyone looked at him with shocked eyes. Maybe they never dreamed that Sokov would actually say such a thing.

After realizing that the atmosphere in the room was abnormal, Sokov quickly laughed and said: “I was just joking, but you guys took it seriously, hahahaha!”

Hearing what Sokov said, Yakov, Lukin and others all breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he must be joking. If he really ordered the killing of hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army prisoners, not only would he be called a butcher by future generations, but his superiors would also hold him accountable, and he might be directly sent to a military court.

“Misha.” Lu Jin raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and kindly reminded Sokov: “Don’t make such jokes in the future. If someone reports it, I’m afraid it will cause you unnecessary trouble. I know. ?”

“I understand, Comrade Deputy Commander.” Facing Lukin’s reminder, Sokov nodded and said gratefully: “Thank you for the reminder. You can rest assured that I will never make such a joke in public again. ”

“Comrade Chief of Staff,” Lukin turned to Yakov and asked, “Do we still maintain contact with the transport fleet?”

“Well, we have been keeping in touch.” Yakov glanced at the radio station not far away and the operator sitting in front of the radio station, and replied in a positive tone: “Once there is any situation in Fengtian, the crew members will report it in time For us.”

 (End of this chapter)