Spy Wars: I am the Captain of the Military Police

The convoy slowly drove away from the dock, with the gendarmerie motorcycle team leading the way.

Zhou Zhengqing took a car at the invitation of Terauchi Shouichi.

At this time, Zhou Zhengqing and Terauchi Hisaichi were sitting in the back seat of the car. His eyes inadvertently swept across the driver's seat. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows at the driver who had the rank of lieutenant general.

"General." Zhou Zhengqing leaned closer to Terauchi Juichi and jokingly lowered his voice, "Your driver is a lieutenant general? That's much more impressive than mine."

Terauchi Hisaichi was stunned at first, then he burst into a loud laugh, shaking the car windows slightly: "Hahaha! You kid..." He patted Zhou Zhengqing's knee: "This is Lieutenant General Kawagishi Fumisaburo, commander of the 14th Division.

This time his division came with me to Tianjin."

Fumisaburo Kawagishi, who was sitting in the driver's seat, tilted his head slightly and said, "General Takazaki, I apologize for the inconvenience of saluting while driving." His voice was steady and powerful, and his hands gripping the steering wheel were covered with calluses.

"This kid isn't that particular!" Terauchi Shouichi smiled and waved his hand. Suddenly, he leaned forward and patted the back of the passenger seat: "Okabe, stop pretending to be a wooden man!"

The middle-aged officer who had remained silent in the passenger seat immediately turned around.

The light filtered through the windshield, reflecting a sharp gleam on his black-framed glasses. "Hello, General Takazaki. I am Naosaburo Okabe. I will be working alongside Master Terauchi Juichi from now on. Please take care of me."

Terauchi Hisaichi added at the right moment: “Okabe Naosaburo, Major General, will be my Chief of Staff in the future.

The order to form the North China Front Army has been issued. You should have heard the news by now." Terauchi Juichi's voice suddenly turned serious. "Originally, it was planned to be implemented at the end of this month, but after the incident with that bastard Kozuki Seiji, I had to come here early."

"I've heard a little bit that if the general comes to be the commander of the front, what will happen to the position of director of education? Who will take over?" Zhou Zhengqing asked curiously.

"Hata Shunroku, the same age as me, is actually a dozen days older than me! What a despicable guy!

He was born into a samurai family in Fukushima Prefecture. His father, Hata Toshizo, was a samurai of the Aizu domain before the Meiji Restoration and participated in the Boshin War.

Although his background is not as good as mine, he is also an extremely outstanding person. He graduated from the top of the Army University, participated in the Russo-Japanese War, and was even wounded and awarded a medal.

Without the support of his family's political resources, he relied entirely on his personal abilities and military achievements to be promoted to general.

He had served as the Director of Artillery and Commander of the 14th Division—oh, the division that Kawagishi Fumisaburo currently leads.” Terauchi Hisaichi pointed at Kawagishi Fumisaburo, who was driving.

"In 10, he served as the head of the Air Force Headquarters. Last year, he replaced Yanagawa Heisuke, who was purged in connection with the February Incident, as the commander of the Taiwan Army. Now he has returned to Japan to take my place."

"It turned out to be him!" Zhou Zhengqing thought thoughtfully.

"You know him? That shouldn't be the case." Terauchi Hisaichi asked in confusion.

"I don't know him, but I think he is very capable and has held so many positions." Zhou Zhengqing said with emotion.

"It's nothing. I've held many positions, including Chief of Staff of the Imperial Guard Division, Chief of Staff of the Korean Army, Commander of the Fifth Division, Commander of the Fourth Division..." At this point, Terauchi Hisaichi suddenly got stuck.

Zhou Zhengqing's eyes lit up, and he immediately said jokingly, "That's right. I almost forgot. In 1918, the General led the 4th Division to do something that shocked the whole country! Hehehe."

Terauchi Hisaichi's mouth twitched, and he said unhappily, "It's just smashing up a police station! Didn't you bombard a police station in Harbin? In that case, we're both pretty much the same."

"Hey, General, don't say that. I bombarded the Chinese police station, and you smashed a domestic police station. There's no comparison." Zhou Zhengqing said with a smile.

"Oh... I really had to do that at the time, but I didn't expect that after so many years, it would become a joke among people. Really." Terauchi Hisaichi said, turning his face to the car window.

What Zhou Zhengqing was talking about was a conflict that broke out between the Japanese 1933th Division in Osaka and local police in . The absurdity of the conflict and the cultural conflict behind it made it a landmark event in the history of the Japanese army in World War II.

Private Matsui of the 4th Division violated traffic rules and ran a red light in downtown Osaka. He was stopped by a police officer on duty and an argument ensued.

Matsui regarded himself as a "military privilege" and refused to obey police management, which intensified the conflict between the two sides.

When the then division commander Terauchi Hisaichi learned about this, he dispatched troops to attack the police station, smashing facilities and beating up police officers on the pretext of "maintaining the dignity of the Imperial Army." The incident ultimately ended with the police station being forced to apologize.

The incident reflected the power conflict between the Japanese military and the local administrative system at the time. The police, as civil law enforcers, tried to restrain the privileges of the military, while the military used the "emperor's authority" to suppress local governance.

The car fell silent for a moment, with only the low roar of the engine echoing in the small space.

Zhou Zhengqing noticed that Terauchi Shouyi was reluctant to talk about the past, so he changed the subject: "Sir, regarding the issue of the garrison troops, how do you plan to deal with it?

General Dahui and the others...seem somewhat worried."

"Oh?" Terauchi Hisaichi raised his thick eyebrows: "What are they worried about?"

Zhou Zhengqing's fingers tapped lightly on the leather armrest. "Two Type A divisions were lost inexplicably... They and the garrison troops are all in North China. Anyone would be worried about being implicated."

Terauchi Juichi suddenly turned his head and asked, "What do you think?"

"The most urgent task is to achieve a quick victory." Zhou Zhengqing met Terauchi Juichi's gaze and said calmly, "I'm fully committed to tracking down Kozuki Seiji's whereabouts. Whoever rescued him must give an explanation to the military."

After a pause, he observed Terauchi Hisaichi nod slightly, and continued, "As for the other division commanders, according to my investigation, they are not involved in this case.

The war is intense right now, especially with the Fifth Division fighting fiercely on the front lines. I think you should reassure Seishirō and the others."

Terauchi Juichi suddenly chuckled: "You are good at doing favors, but you are right, now is not the time for internal friction. Itakane Seishirō's Fifth Division did fight beautifully at Nankou this time..."

Zhou Zhengqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course he knew that the dirty water put on Katsuki Seiji's head could not be implicated in any way by the other divisions.

Moreover, in the absence of solid evidence, even if Zhou Zhengqing forced the blame on Itaheng Seishiro and others, the military would never rashly take action against those division commanders.

Now that he has come forward to intercede, it will not only give Terauchi Hisahi a way out, but also leave a good impression on other generals.

Zhou Zhengqing thought that this move was just right.