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Although Inada had a falling out with Yamada, he did not want to die, and he had to find a way to survive for the more than 3,000 of his subordinates.

That night, an officer from the 38th Regiment and several puppet army officers who were under custody jumped off the city wall and disappeared into the darkness.

"General! Someone is coming into the city!" Zhao Zhiqiang, who was racking his brains over tomorrow's siege, suddenly heard someone coming to report.

Hmm? The Japanese sent people at this time. What does this mean? The two sides are already fighting to the death, so what if they come to meet each other?

"General! I express my deepest apologies to you for the tragedy that happened in Xinzhou City these days. Not every Japanese soldier is a demon who massacres civilians like this!"

"This is a letter that our wing commander asked me to bring out. Please accept it!"

After saying this, the Japanese major bowed and handed over a letter with both hands!

Zhao Zhiqiang opened the white envelope and what caught his eyes was regular script. The Japanese guy's handwriting was pretty good.

Dear General!

I am Kojiro Inada, commander of the 22th Regiment of the 38nd Division. I feel deeply ashamed for the massacre of civilians that took place in the past few days.

As a soldier! War is a matter between the soldiers of your country and ours, and civilians should not be involved. It is regrettable that the trend of massacring civilians is very prevalent in our army.

As an imperial soldier, this makes me feel extremely ashamed and helpless. I would like to apologize again to all the victims who died!

In order to stop this crazy thing from happening again, and to give us a fair fight, I decided to release all the remaining civilians, including Japanese expatriates.

We hope that you can put aside past grudges and treat kindly those Japanese civilians who have not committed any crimes.

As a soldier of the 22nd Division, I will atone for the crimes committed by our division. After these civilians are released, we will fight a battle that belongs to samurai.

If one can die on the battlefield, it can be regarded as the fulfillment of a soldier's long-cherished wish to be buried in his horse's hide. I don't want to talk about morality or truth here!

Because we all know that this world is a world of natural selection, where only the fittest survive!

It has always been a world where the strong prey on the weak, and everyone is fighting for a better living space, so I don’t think there is anything wrong with us invading your country.

But war is a military matter. Civilians should not be allowed to participate, and they should not be slaughtered wantonly. This is the act of cowards and beasts.

I hope you can agree to my request. I will open the west gate at 3 a.m. tonight to let the civilians from both sides leave this terrible place.

Inada Kojiro

Letter dated March 7, 1939:

After reading the letter, Zhao Zhiqiang looked at the Japanese officer in front of him.

"Wait a moment! I'll report to my superior and get back to you. It shouldn't take long!"

"Hey! General! Please do as you please!" The Japanese officer immediately bowed again.

Wang Chun was notified soon and confirmed again with several puppet army officers who came with him that it was indeed as stated in the letter that the commander of the Rice Field Regiment did not participate in the massacre of civilians.

Even now his subordinates are not afraid to confront other Japanese troops to prevent those devils who want to continue to massacre civilians from entering the barracks again.

These puppet army officers had all been in contact with the 78th Army Group before, so their words were somewhat credible.

Besides, if the Japanese open the city gate, the First Army only needs to send people to respond and there is no need to worry too much, even if the Japanese play any tricks.

Soon the two sides completed the agreement. At three o'clock in the morning of that night, the First Army's position outside West City was crowded with people. There were only a few bonfires on the position, and the rest was dark.

However, in this dim position, there were many soldiers hiding in the trenches, and almost all of them had their eyes fixed on the west gate without moving.

"Squeak!" The heavy city gate was slowly opened from the inside. First, a group of Japanese soldiers came out. They waved their torches a few times inside the city gate.

Soon a waving torch appeared on the Chinese position, followed by a dark crowd of people, but no one made a sound.

A team of Chinese soldiers quickly came forward to provide support. When the Chinese people, who were still in panic, saw their own country's soldiers outside the city, tears kept rolling down their faces.

But they all covered their mouths tightly, fearing that making any noise would attract the attention of the Japanese and cause great trouble for their compatriots behind them.

The crowd remained strangely silent. Among them were Chinese and Japanese expatriates, but the Japanese were very nervous now. They were all worried about their unknown fate.

However, in the end, such a large-scale movement out of the city alerted the other Japanese soldiers in the 22nd Division.

"The Chinese are out of town! The bastards from the 38th Regiment let the Chinese out of town!"

Countless Japanese soldiers began to shout frantically, and a large number of Japanese soldiers ran towards Xicheng, but they were blocked by the 38th Regiment in the area near Xicheng.

The two sides engaged in an armed standoff. Division Commander Yamada, awakened by the noise, quickly arrived at the scene.

His way forward was also blocked by rice fields.

"Inada, you are a disgrace to the imperial warriors. You actually colluded with the Chinese just to save your life!"

"I now order you, as the Lieutenant General Commander of the 22nd Division, to get out of my way, or you will face charges of treason in a military court!"

Yamada was furious in front of the 38th Regiment. At this moment, the rumbling sound of tanks was heard outside the city, and hundreds of tanks had appeared not far from the city gate.

The tank's headlights shone on the city walls and the crowd, making all the Chinese people feel an unprecedented sense of security.

Of course, the Japs saw that it was a different story. Even the soldiers of the 38th Regiment of the Japanese Army, who had made an agreement with the First Army, felt a chill in their spine.

The people began to panic. They started to speed up and many people were pushed down in the darkness. Cursing, crying and screaming were intertwined.

"Ding" more than a dozen beams of light illuminated the night sky, and the large searchlights allowed those in the dark to see everything around them clearly.

Many soldiers of the First Army rushed out of their positions and welcomed the civilians to the resettlement point at the rear.

The actions of the First Army soldiers outside the city made the soldiers of the 38th Regiment standing at the city gate very nervous.

When the Japanese soldiers saw the tanks and fully armed Chinese soldiers appear, they looked at each other for a few seconds, then they turned around and left, leaving the huge city gate to the soldiers of the First Army outside the city.

This action left the soldiers of the First Army stunned. The Japanese had just abandoned the city gate. What should they do now?

Of course, the troops outside the city could not enter now, and a large number of civilians and puppet soldiers were fleeing frantically for their lives.

It would take time for tens of thousands of people to leave. Although there were no Japanese soldiers at the city gate, they were still on the city walls.

There were also black muzzles of guns and cannons pointed outside the city. Of course, these Chinese troops still abided by the agreement between the two parties and did not enter Xinzhou City.

This time, the 38th Regiment was even tougher when facing their division commander, mainly because they did not have a strong sense of identity.

It turns out that the 38th Regiment did not belong to the 22nd Division. They were merged into the 22nd Division after the 22nd Division was transferred to the st Army by the military headquarters.

Originally, their regiment had been stationed in Xinzhou for almost two years, and many of their families were all here.

So this time they were not concerned about the people in the city, but were more afraid that their families would be retaliated against after the city was broken.

So when the Japanese soldiers saw those guys from the Mengjiang Corps slaughtering people indiscriminately, they tried their best to make them leave for the safety of their own families.

Moreover, they did have an order from the commander of the expeditionary force not to massacre Chinese civilians at will.