Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

"Silence! Silence!"

The disciplinary soldiers asked people to stop making noise, and soon no one spoke at the scene.

Li Weiguo picked up a document and began to explain Ono Tomotaka's crimes.

“Major Ono Chitaka, ever since you arrived in Shuangshan County, you have been sending troops everywhere in the name of suppressing bandits, but in fact you have been entering the countryside to plunder and kill.

The punitive army visited the surrounding villages. Dozens of production teams in Shuangshan County had a population reduction of 20% to 50%. This was only the distance the punitive army could cover in a day. There were more killings in the villages farther away. It is estimated that no less than 2000 people died at your hands.

We have photos of the massacre scene and testimonies from survivors in the massacred villages. Do you have anything to say?"

Ono Jixiao snorted coldly: "I don't know what you are talking about. Now I am a prisoner. You have the final say on what crimes you want to accuse me of!"

Li Weiguo knew this would happen. After all, refusing to admit defeat was a fine tradition of the Japanese devils, so he was prepared for this.

"Bring witnesses!"

Ono Tomotaka was full of contempt in his heart. What good can it do if you bring witnesses? As long as I don’t admit it, you can’t do anything to me. At most, you can kill me, but you can’t make me confess.

But when the witness was brought up, his composure disappeared and his eyes widened instantly. He thought that the person Li Weiguo called was a citizen of the massacred village, but it turned out that the person who came up was his adjutant!

"Second Captain Iwata!"

The Japanese soldier named Iwata Ji looked inexplicably tired. He glanced at Ono Tomotaka with a look of despair in his eyes. This look made Ono Tomotaka feel bad.

Sure enough, what happened next confirmed his guess.

Li Weiguo asked: "Captain Iwata, do you have anything to say?"

Iwataji let out a sigh of relief.

"I want to testify against Major Ono Tomotaka. He was the one who directly commanded the massacre of the villages around Shuangshan County! He was the one who gave the order to massacre!"

Ono Chitaka went crazy and shouted, "Baka! Iwata Ji, you idiot! What are you talking about? Shut your stinky mouth!"

Ono Chitaka tried to break free from the two punitive soldiers who were holding him, but the two of them only clamped him with one joint, causing him to scream in pain.

Iwata continued speaking without any pause.

"On March 3, the weather gradually turned colder. The Empire was too aggressive and moved a large number of pioneers to the Northeast without any preparation. As a result, there was not enough food. If we don't do something, people will starve to death this winter.

That night, Major Ono Chitaka called me and several squad leaders to the headquarters and showed us a map with the number of casualties marked on it. He told us to kill people according to the villages marked on the map.

Li Weiguo asked: "Is there any paper evidence to prove that it was Ono Chitaka who issued the order?"

Iwata shook his head.

"There is no way there would be any paper documents for this kind of thing. It was all communicated verbally, and in a very cryptic way."

Li Weiguo asked again: "Is the map still there? Is there anyone who can corroborate what you said?"

“We were shown the map and it was burned, but the number of people killed increased sequentially, showing a man-made pattern.

The villages close to Shuangshan County have fewer people. We would deceive the local people, saying that we wanted to conscript young and strong people to work in the iron mines, and then kill them after luring them out of their homes.

For those who are farther away, there are not so many concerns. In the sparsely populated villages, just kill them all. You can ask a few team leaders about this. They are the ones who will do the actual work. "

Li Weiguo immediately ordered several captured Japanese squad leaders to be brought up. Each of these squad leaders looked extremely depressed. Some even had their hands shaking unconsciously and were startled all the time, as if they had some mental illness.

Li Weiguo asked someone to bring up a rural distribution map found in the Shuangshan City government office, and asked several team leaders to point out the villages they had visited. Every time they pointed out a place, the disciplinary soldiers would draw an X on it with a red pen and write the number of people reduced next to it.

After a few team leaders finished clicking, they looked around and found that the reduction in population was indeed increasing in sequence. The population decreased by 5% 30km away from the urban area, and then increased by 5% every 20km, until the most remote villages were almost completely killed!

Such a map clearly showed the reduction in the number of Japanese troops, causing an uproar among everyone present.

Several announcers even broadcast the contents of the map to the world in an angry tone, letting people all over the world understand the horror of the Japanese country.

"Ahhhh!! You traitors of the Empire! What kind of magic potion did the Punishment Army feed you? Why did you admit it! You bastards? Do you know what will happen to the Empire if you admit to these crimes!!!"

Ono Chitaka was yelling like crazy. Even though the punitive soldiers behind him almost broke his hands, he was still roaring.

He was also very puzzled. He knew the characters of the team leaders. After all, they were from the Second Division and were all elite soldiers. Why did they surrender to the enemy in less than a day?

Even if they were tortured, they could at least hold out for four, five, six, or seven days, right? What was going on with this extremely cooperative and obedient look? Were they actually all cowards?

If the Japanese squad leaders heard Ono Chitaka's inner voice, they would definitely curse, "What do you know about the fully automatic snack machine? There is such a thing in the fucking 20th century!"

The most important thing is, when you eat snacks to your heart's content and think you can rest, the guy in Taoist clothes next to you will mutter some spells and immediately restore you to health, so that you can continue to eat snacks. Even a strong man can't stand this!

Ono Tomotaka's screaming affected the progress of the interrogation. The disciplinary soldiers stuffed a rag into his mouth, and the interrogation could only proceed.

Li Weiguo asked: "Who proposed the policy of reducing the number of men? Such a big move cannot be led by a junior officer like Ono Tomohisa. Is there someone else behind the scenes? In addition, where else is the policy of reducing the number of men being implemented?"

This question obviously touched Iwata's bottom line. He was a little afraid to say it. If he said it, his family back home might suffer.

While he was hesitating, he suddenly heard someone coughing. He turned around and found a tall man standing behind the jurors. The man was wearing black clothes and black pants, and was grinning. His big white teeth that reflected the light looked like he had been hit by Ida.

When he saw this scary man named Guanjiao, Iwata Ji was almost scared to death and he never wanted to eat snacks again.

"The reduction in the number of soldiers was mainly implemented in the central and northern parts of Northeast China. Because there were a large number of Northeast Army activities in the south, the Kwantung Army Headquarters considered that the Northeast Army might fight back, so it did not implement the reduction in the southern part of Northeast China.

As for the person who proposed this resolution, I don’t know who it is due to my position, but rumors are circulating that it was Fei Yuan who first proposed it! "

At this time, in the Kwantung Army Headquarters, Fei Yuan, who was drinking tea, loosened his grip and the teacup fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

The senior military officers present, led by Muto Nobuyoshi, looked at him with pity. No matter how this matter developed subsequently, Hihara's reputation was completely ruined.

A person with a bad reputation cannot set foot on the supreme military marshal's throne even in a beastly country like the Japs.

It can be said that Fei Yuan has been working hard all his life. No matter how many contributions he has made to the empire, he can only be a general at most. A person with a notoriety for massacre cannot become a marshal.