Chapter 129 The Envoy
The Japanese soldier was trembling with fear. "The headquarters telegraph operator's job is to send and receive external telegrams from the 18th Division Army Lieutenant General Kazuomi Tanimura."
Feng Qi narrowed his eyes and said, "You speak Chinese fluently, with a standard accent. Your father couldn't be a traitor, could he?"
The little devil waved his hands repeatedly, "I am from Dongjing. I am good at Chinese because I like Chinese culture. I am really not a second devil. I am just... a devil."
Zhong Jialing almost laughed out loud and asked Zhu Jiumei, "How did you know that something was wrong with him?"
Zhu Jiumei said, "Someone showed him the way, and he nodded and bowed to express his gratitude. We saw it."
Zhong Jialing nodded. Habits can kill people.
The highest commander of the Japanese army stationed in Hongdao City, Kazuomi Tanimura, had been killed by a shell, and his command sword was placed on the sword rack in the operations hall.
Luo Jiu pulled out Tanimura Kazuomi's command knife with a swish and put it on the Japanese soldier's neck.
Cheng Yaoyao coughed lightly and reminded her in her ear, "We must abide by the Geneva Convention. Prisoners of war cannot be killed."
The little Japanese soldier begged for mercy, "Sir, spare my life! I am just a civilian, I don't want to be here, I have never killed a Chinese person, I don't even want a gun, I just want to go home, sir."
Luo Jiu glanced at Zhu Jiumei, "Have you searched his body?"
Zhu Jiumei took out the diary she had found on him. Luo Jiu took it and took a look. It recorded all the trivial things he had encountered since arriving at Hongdao. The overall style was very depressing. Almost every page had big words saying, "I want to go home!"
Luo Jiu flipped through a few pages, and a photo of a woman holding a child fell out of the notebook.
The little devil quickly picked it up and said, "This is my wife and my one-month-old daughter. I have been away from them for nine months. Huizi, Sayuri, forgive me, I can't go back."
As he spoke, he began to cry. Luo Jiu frowned and pondered for a moment, "If you help me do something, maybe you and your family will have a chance to see each other again."
The little devil quickly wiped his tears and said, "Please give your orders, sir."
"Who is the highest-ranking person in your country that you can contact by radio?"
"Commander Tanimura reports directly to the Emperor. Telegrams can be sent directly to the Emperor."
Luo Jiu said: "Okay, then you can help me send a telegram to your emperor, and write the following content..."
At this time, each division sent out meticulous cleaning companies to clean up the battlefield. They were responsible for collecting supplies, counting weapons, dealing with corpses, etc.
A living person hiding in the pile of corpses was turned out by the cleaning team. Facing the sharp knife pointed at him, the Japanese soldier quickly raised his hands and said in Japanese: "Surrender! I surrender!"
"Damn it, what are you mumbling about?" Wang Changmang stabbed him to death with a knife and made another mark on the registration book.
Soon, Cheng Yaoyao handed a casualty statistics table to Luo Jiu.
Cheng Yaoyao said sadly: "We lost 474 soldiers, including 35 members of the death squad, and Father Qi... also died."
Luo Jiu sighed and looked through the names on the list. She had some impression of these people. But in the blink of an eye, they were gone.
Some were blown to pieces by enemy grenades, leaving no intact bodies. But Father Qi, with his aged body, caught more than a dozen bullets from the enemy and died on the way to the charge.
Luo Jiuhong pushed the list in front of Zhong Jialing, "As we promised before, we will pay the pension and settle the family of the deceased. Send Father Qi's body to his hometown, buy a good coffin, and bury him and his family together."
Zhong Jialing went to do it with tears in her eyes. Luo Jiu buried his face in his palms, not knowing what he was thinking.
Cheng Yaoyao comforted her, "I know you feel bad, but this is our first battle, and it is not easy to win.
Compared to the number of enemies we killed, our casualties are very small."
"I know that no victory can be achieved without blood." Luo Jiu rubbed his brows, "Red Island was obtained at the cost of the lives of more than 400 soldiers. Now that we have it, we must defend it and not let them sacrifice in vain."
Luo Jiu looked at the map. There were many warlords around Hongdao City, including the Japanese Empire, which supported the Fengtian warlords behind the scenes. They had to be on guard against enemy counterattacks at all times and also worry about the various forces that were ready to make moves.
Feng Qi came back from his inspection outside. "Everything has been arranged. Patrols and sentries are set up very densely. Arrangements have also been made on the sea. I will be on guard tonight. You can rest assured and have a good rest."
Luo Jiu shook his head, "We still have a lot to do. In addition to the soldiers who died, there are more than 2,000 injured soldiers.
We were short of manpower, so we called Sister Lu and asked her to ask some of the international medical students to come back to help set up the field hospital.
For the injured soldiers, timely care must be provided, nutritional supplements and subsidies must be issued, and military pay must be paid during the period of recovery."
In the evening, the four were discussing military affairs with the division commanders when the guards outside came to report.
“Reporting to all the leaders, President Yuan of the Beiyang government has sent envoys to inquire, and the troops of Zhang Zuolin, Duan Qirui, Sun Chuanfang, and Wu Peifu have also sent people to come.
Ask the leaders whether to let them in. "
Luo Jiu was stunned, "So fast?"
She had thought that these people would at least wait until they announced their origins before coming to visit, but she didn't expect them to be so impatient to come.
But it has to come sooner or later, and coming earlier is a good opportunity for everyone to make things clear.
Soon, five men in different styles of military uniforms entered the operations room.
They saw Luo Jiu and Feng Qi sitting in the middle and were obviously stunned for a moment. Cheng Yaoyao introduced them, "This is our National Salvation Army's commander-in-chief Luo Jiu and army commander Feng Qi."
Luo Jiu smiled and was about to say a few polite words to the envoys, but he saw that the envoy in front of him tilted his neck and his eyes almost rolled up to the sky.
The man said sarcastically: "Without the appointment of our great president, even if we have soldiers, they can only be regarded as gangs of bandits, not regular troops."
Feng Qi was so angry. So many people died before they won the first victory against the foreign enemy, and his father actually said these things at this time?
Who is the president? He doesn't dare to say a word to foreigners. Why are you putting on airs in front of your compatriots? I'll let you do it!
Feng Qi immediately flipped over the table, and everyone only saw a shadow.
Before Yuan Datou's envoy could react, he was kicked in the knee and fell to his knees on the ground with a thud.
Then, he slapped him hard and knocked him to the ground with a bang.
The man covered his immediately swollen face in disbelief, "You... two countries at war don't kill envoys, you... you hit me?"
Feng Qi raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong with beating you? Didn't you say we are bandits? We will be bandits to show you."
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