Anti-Japanese War: When I get promoted, the system will explode with soldiers

"Haa... Haa..."

At the Isogai Division's temporary command post, this guy kept apologizing over the phone, because he really couldn't afford to offend the person on the other end.

This is the third phone call already; some are from the North China Area Army Headquarters, and some are from the East China Expeditionary Army Headquarters.

Others were attacked from the Japanese headquarters.

There's only one reason: give this guy a good scolding. Didn't you know before? Where did the phrase "fighting violence with violence" come from? If you don't know, then go and look at the history of the 72nd Army.

This tactic might work against other armies, but it's completely useless against the 72nd Army. If you dare kill a civilian in front of them, they'll retaliate many times over. And these guys have no bottom line; yesterday, over three thousand fingers were cut off, and they just openly published it in the newspapers. Many families of Japanese prisoners of war in China have already started protesting in various places.

Moreover, among the Japanese officers captured in the north, many were Japanese nobles. The noblewomen went to the army headquarters in tears, causing a lot of trouble for their superiors.

Of course, among the prisoners were some sons of high-ranking Japanese officials. After all, there were just too many prisoners. They discussed several times hoping that the 72nd Army would release them, but in the end, they couldn't reach an agreement. It turned out that the prisoners were waiting for them there.

"Quickly, pull all the Chinese people to the back."

After hanging up the phone, Commander Jigu finally had a chance to catch his breath. Right now, he wished he could unplug the phone line, but of course he didn't have the guts. If he really did, those above who wanted to scold him but hadn't gotten the chance would probably punish him in other ways, and that wouldn't be something that could be resolved with just a scolding.

Without a moment's delay, his men immediately went to do it. According to the information they had received, a flat area about five kilometers south of the capital of Shandong Province had been leveled. More than a dozen planes had landed since morning, and more than 300 civilians and prisoners had been escorted there.

Now, in front of the city hall building, more than four hundred Japanese prisoners of war and civilians are kneeling there.

“Go and negotiate with them and sign an agreement that civilians will not be involved in the war, and demand that they release the detained civilians and prisoners of war.”

Division Commander Isogai pointed to a colonel in front of him and said, "This man is the head of the liaison department of several divisions, Colonel Koizumi."

"Hayi..."

This was an extremely dangerous task. No matter which unit in the Japanese army, no one wanted to deal with the 72nd Army, especially when it came to documents that needed to be signed. These things would make things incredibly difficult for the 72nd Army, but if they couldn't get the documents signed, they would be scolded by their superiors when they got back.

It's a thankless and exhausting job!

Today, the brothers on the front line had gained confidence and were ready to fire at these Japanese prisoners of war. But then an officer and two soldiers came out from the Japanese side. Although they weren't waving a white flag, they were raising both hands high.

After introductions, Colonel Koizumi stated his purpose: he would release all the people behind him, but at the same time demanded that the 72nd Army also release the more than 400 people in front of them, and that there should be no further actions against civilians.

"Isn't that just talking nonsense? You arrest people whenever you want, and release them whenever you want. When did it become your place as Japanese to make the decisions in this world? You could say that anywhere else, but now that we have the upper hand, isn't it inappropriate for you to say that?"

Commander Liu had informed the Marshal about this matter. Now you're saying you're not going to play anymore? Although they thought it was a good thing that it wouldn't affect the common people, they still felt uncomfortable letting the Japanese go like this.

"Please note, Mr. Liu, there are many more Chinese people in our occupied territories. If this matter is not resolved, things will continue to deteriorate."

Colonel Koizumi had already rallied his spirits when he arrived. He knew he couldn't bow down to the 72nd Army. If he showed the slightest weakness, they would see it as if they had found his weakness, and he would never have another chance to rise again.

"There's a dangerous undertone to your words, which makes me very uncomfortable. Hey you, this morning you said you brought over someone, someone who's quite well-known among the Japanese. I'd like to see if they're any good. Bring them over to me."

Commander Liu's words sent a chill down Colonel Koizumi's spine. A group of Japanese had indeed been transported from Pujiang today, including some high-ranking officials. If the man in front of him were to punish these Japanese in his presence, Colonel Koizumi would be in a very difficult position.

"Master Wuzang..."

As soon as the man was pulled up, Colonel Koizumi immediately lost his balance. He was the founder of Japanese swordsmanship and the head of the Hokushin Itto-ryu school.

Previously, he had been traveling around China. Later, due to the tense war situation, he boarded a ship back to Japan in Hankou, but was stopped by the 72nd Army at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Having spent all his time in the prisoner-of-war camp, he had long lost the air of a master swordsman and was now just a destitute man.

"Save me, please save me! Don't make me go back with them, please save me..."

Colonel Koizumi could hardly believe that what he was seeing was real.

Is this still the same founder of swordsmanship?

Several years ago, at a kendo dojo in Tokyo, he had seen this master in front of him. He was an extraordinary person who did not show any respect to even the officers of the Army Headquarters.

But at this moment, he looked like he was about to kneel down. If it weren't for the two men from the 72nd Army holding him up, he would have really been kneeling down like a lump of mud.

I really don't know what kind of treatment this person received in the 72nd Army's prisoner-of-war camp.

"Bageya Road."

Seeing a Japanese national treasure-level kendo master in this state, Colonel Koizumi couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.

Because Liu, the regimental commander's guard, grabbed the kendo master by the hair and slapped him twice, leaving the kendo master completely bewildered.

"Let him slap himself in the face. If he doesn't, my bodyguards will continue to beat him..."

Commander Liu spoke slowly and deliberately.