Traveling through 1937, I came to fight against the Kwantung Army

At the entrance of Yokosuka Base,

Originally there was a busy commercial street.

But once the U.S. troops withdrew,

This commercial street has become much quieter!

Shojiro Ito was a merchant on this street. He opened a Western-style bar, and the US military's withdrawal from the Yokosuka base was a fatal blow to his business!

So, a few days ago, under the instigation of others, Ito Shojiro also joined the protest.

He invested more than 100,000 yen in this bar, and he still hasn't recovered his investment!

The facts were just as they had judged.

The Kaishu Navy entered Yokosuka. The management of the base was much stricter than that of the US military. Soldiers were not allowed to go out at all.

Now, the entire commercial street has fallen into depression, and merchants are all complaining!

Early this morning,

Dozens of business owners gathered together again.

They looked at the tightly closed gate of the base with fire in their eyes.

They all complained about their helplessness and predicament.

The grocery store owner shook his head helplessly and said, "My goods are piled up now that the U.S. troops have withdrawn. They used to be big customers of our store, but now I can't sell them."

The owner of the western restaurant also looked worried: "I used to be very busy every day, but now it's so quiet that I can't even pay my employees' salaries."

The one with the biggest objection was the owner of the hot spring bath, Mieko, as she clattered over in her wooden clogs, the hem of her kimono brushing the faded cherry blossom screen.

"Those American soldiers, although they smelled of sweat, were very generous! They asked for the most expensive massage therapists, drank ten bottles of sake, and stuffed ten-dollar bills into the tip box before leaving!"

When she got excited, she pointed at the empty parking lot and spat, "Now there are only cigarette butts and tire tracks all over the ground. The weather is getting colder and colder, and my heart is getting colder and colder too!"

Ito Shojiro said jokingly,

"Mieko, if you feel cold, come to my bar and have a couple of drinks. I can warm you up!"

Everyone burst into laughter, and then they heard a creaking sound!

The gate of the base slowly opened!

The merchants were immediately excited.

I saw a blue striped SUV coming out, followed by armored vehicles and trucks.

Two trucks were parked in the commercial area.

The carriage board is lowered.

Dozens of fully armed marines jumped out of the car and came directly to the merchants.

An officer with the rank of second lieutenant took out a piece of paper and read in Japanese,

"notice:

Due to the security needs of the Yokosuka Naval Base in Kaishu Province, a three-kilometer perimeter of the base is now set as a security warning zone. From now on, all Japanese residents must evacuate the warning zone immediately within 24 hours, otherwise the Marine Corps will take compulsory measures!

Kaishu Province Yokosuka Naval Base, Commander, Lin Jiwen!"

After reading it, the officer posted the Japanese notice on the wall!

At this moment, all the merchants were in a panic.

"Baga, what's going on? Where are our police?"

"There's no way for us to survive!"

On the side of the road, two policemen on bicycles stared in amazement at the military vehicles passing by.

The convoy stopped at a location.

An officer got out of the SUV and started pointing around!

The engine roared, and a modified military truck came into view.

A special barbed wire reel is installed at the rear of the car, and the barbed wire automatically unfolds as the truck slowly moves forward.

The soldiers followed the vehicle and quickly secured it to pre-buried stakes.

In less than an hour, a continuous barbed wire fence had been erected from the road to the fields on both sides of the originally empty area.

The sharp barbs shone coldly in the sun, and the layers of metal mesh intertwined to form an insurmountable barrier. A group of soldiers wiped the sweat from their foreheads and stepped back to check the laying results, ensuring that every connection was firm and reliable.

A passage has been reserved on the road!

A group of engineers began to assemble the big iron gate!

The two Japanese policemen were stunned, holding their bicycles and standing on the roadside, not daring to move.

Several soldiers carrying automatic rifles came over, and one of them shouted,

"You two, get out of here right now. This is the outer security area of ​​the base. From tomorrow on, no Japanese are allowed to enter!"

The two policemen looked at each other. Although they didn't understand, they understood what the soldier meant by looking at his tone and gestures. They quickly got on their bicycles, turned around and left!

The engineers' excavators also started to get busy. They leveled an area at the entrance and then began to use wooden boards to support the formwork!

An hour later, two cars arrived in front of the barbed wire. Hashimoto Shinsuke looked at the armored vehicles behind the barbed wire and the armed sentries, and hurriedly stated his purpose!

The sentry walked up to the armored vehicle and started asking for instructions on the walkie-talkie. After a while, he came to Hashimoto Shinsuke and signaled that he could enter alone!

But cars are not allowed to enter!

From here to the naval base headquarters, it takes at least 5 kilometers. Hashimoto Shinsuke ran out of breath. He came to the commercial district and was about to borrow a bicycle from a merchant, but he was shocked to see,

Amid the noise, several business owners were seen kneeling on the ground, tied up. Their bodies were shaking and their faces were filled with fear and despair.

Standing in front of them was a group of ferocious Haizhou soldiers, each of them holding a heavy wooden stick in their hands, and beating these people fiercely from time to time!

"You guys, are you tired of living? How dare you attack our soldiers!" A soldier roared in anger, his voice echoing in the air like thunder.

As the stick fell, blood splattered on the head of a merchant. He groaned in pain and curled up in pain. However, this did not stop the soldiers. They continued to swing the sticks mercilessly, with full force in every blow.

Behind the beaten business owners, several women knelt, their cries heart-wrenchingly, as if they were about to break through the sky. "Please, spare him! Spare him!" The women's pleas came one after another, but the soldiers seemed to be deaf to them and continued to commit violence as usual.

Standing not far away, Hashimoto Shinsuke watched this scene silently, with a complex emotion in his heart. He sighed secretly and continued to walk into the base, as if he didn't want to see such a cruel scene again.

After finally arriving at Lin Jiwen's office, he knocked on the door, but the office was empty!