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Chapter 997 Sake Sakura and Carp

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    Throughout the early war, the only thing that could make the Japanese people feel gratified was the killing of the People's Army prisoners of war by the "heroic and invincible" Army First Division. This was the only achievement they could achieve.

    Because compared to other teams, the outcome of being wiped out, severely damaged, or losing strategic locations is not that they can cover up the failure by killing many enemies. On the contrary, the killing of hundreds of fresh and seriously injured people stimulates the people more.  .

    This was also the only time they achieved great military success by "annihilating" the People's Army in an "organized" manner.

    No matter how shameless it seems to outsiders, once North Korea achieves an armistice, the First Division will have the opportunity to accept the worship of the people, and the military will give it to it soon.

    "Well, after this battle, the Japanese Empire will no longer have the opportunity to challenge China's position in East Asia, and our national policy will also undergo great changes. Thinking of this, we cannot face the samurai who died in the Army Department!" Wada Kameji  He sighed and drank the glass of wine in one gulp.

    "Commander, the main force of our army is still there, and we also have a steady stream of reservists joining us. Most of the previously lost troops have been replenished, and the artillery aided by the United States has been gradually equipped. We still have a battle left.  Strength! As the commander-in-chief of an army, the commander cannot be so depressed!"

    Japan implements a national service system, and all male citizens over the age of 17 must serve as reserve soldiers.  Japan's reserve soldiers are divided into four modules, namely reserve service, reserve service, supplementary military service, and national service.  Those retired soldiers must participate in reserve service. Once the country is in trouble, they will all be recalled.

    During World War II, of the 78 million Japanese citizens, 7.2 million still served before the surrender.  From this point of view, the hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers killed and injured on the Korean battlefield are indeed small.

    But what needs to be considered is that these officers and soldiers are the most elite troops of the Japanese Army. Their daily training is by no means comparable to the new second-rate divisions, and of course their combat effectiveness is not at the same level.  Colonel Sakai Naoji's words are mostly to cheer himself up.

    Waving to reject the chief of staff's instigation or comfort, Wada Kameji picked up another glass of wine and said to Sakai Naoji: "Sakai-kun, the imperial soldiers all like our Japanese sake, and its delicious taste is deeply embedded in you and me.  In the bone marrow. But did you know? The young marshal in China once talked about it like this: "Japan is rich in sake, but it has no stamina, which symbolizes the unsustainability of national strength."

    I used to think this was a propaganda argument, but after personally experiencing China¡¯s seemingly endless war potential, I began to think this person was really scary.  He can really see the essence. He is a once-in-a-hundred-year figure among the Chinese people and the greatest enemy of the Japanese Empire!  "

    At this time, the powerful enemy he was talking about had just given full play to Ryoma's spirit and had used it on Fujiwara Asaka.

    Fujiwara Asaka, who woke up from the strenuous exercise, was soft and weak. This man had just used his experienced experience and full passion to let her fully experience the joy of being a woman without any sense of violation.  The two factors of becoming a wife for the first time and being conquered by a foreign man caused her to be repeatedly intertwined with fear, shame, and sweetness. She was powerless before Zhang Hanqing's attempt to score twice.

    Zhang Hanqing carefully looked at the face under him, which became more delicate due to his moisturizing: "Miss Asaka, you are the most beautiful Japanese woman I have ever seen, more beautiful than the cherry blossoms. But it is not appropriate to use cherry blossoms as a metaphor.  , because it suddenly bloomed and fell completely overnight. I really don¡¯t understand why your people like it so much? It is a symbol of the impermanence of the country¡¯s destiny!¡±

    Although Fujiwara Asaka looked resigned, she expressed serious protest against Zhang Hanqing's words. She said calmly: "Life is short, and you should live as brightly as cherry blossoms. Even if you die, you should leave decisively!"

    "Oh, I understand. You mean you want to die, but also want to die, right?" Zhang Hanqing regained his courage: "The time just now was just a small test. Only when you try it yourself will you know that we Chinese men  It¡¯s a strong drink, far more powerful than your Japanese sake!¡±

    Japan is a strange country, and its people are also very strange.  One moment, it can be a fearless warrior, and the next moment, it can be docile enough to die.  No wonder some people describe the Japanese as carp: before the chef cooks the fish, the carp lies motionless on the chopping board, symbolizing the spirit of Bushido.  When faced with power, Japanese women are no less resolute and decisive than men.

    Zhang Hanqing was deeply touched by this.  Just like Fujiwara Asaka, from the time he entered to the time he exited, despite all the discomforts that a new woman would inevitably experience: worry, uneasiness, shame and pain, she remained silent and motionless throughout the whole process, letting him do what he did.  The crispness of her sacrifice and the perfection of her cooperation are comparable to those of a long-time daughter-in-law.  Such citizens are actually very scary. They will either go to heaven or hell.

      This is what Japan was like in history.

    But Naoji Sakai doesn¡¯t think so.  He was also deeply influenced by Japanese expansionism, but the difference was that he was poisoned more deeply.  Even though the war had gone to this point, he still felt that it was just a small defeat.  In the history of Japanese imperial expansion, some minor setbacks were normal.

    Like in the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army commanded by Nogi Hidenori experienced many defeats before finally frightening the Russians with their ferocity and achieving a great victory.  In the minds of these professional soldiers, war is just a game that can be stopped at any time depending on the situation.  There is no need for politicians to step in until the last minute

    Even the ferocious Wada Kameji was speechless at his chief of staff¡¯s argument. This was a gamble with the future of the soldiers and the country!  If the army continues to fight to the end with the People's Army, it will eventually ruin the future of the empire's army.

    "Sakai-kun, the war cannot be left to chance. Good luck will always run out. After all, our country's strength cannot support our consumption like this. I'm not pouring cold water on this. Many businessmen in Tokyo are already selling war bonds, and the market is experiencing inflation.  It's also very powerful. If we continue to fight, we will gain nothing except leaving a lot of corpses in North Korea. The bravery of the imperial soldiers is not only reflected on the battlefield, but also has a view of the overall situation."

    It was with this sense of mission that after he was lucky enough to survive, he felt that instead of failing to become a qualified general, it would be better to go to the military academy to rejuvenate.  After the war, the president of the Imperial Japanese Army University was born in a headquarters in Korea.  However, the advice he gave the students with lessons learned from his own personal experience caused them to move from one extreme to the other, which probably no one expected.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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