Chapter 417 Want to Recruit
The captain’s posture was a bit abnormal. Although he held the knife with both hands and the knife was inserted into his abdomen, his real cause of death was the kaishakunin.

At this time, the knife in his abdomen was inserted very deep.

Normally, one can end the death by oneself without the intervention of an kaishakunin. After all, if a caesarean section does not require an kaishakunin, it is also a way to prove oneself.

Why does the kaishakunin take action?

Secondly, there were bloodstains and bloody footprints on the ground, which clearly showed that someone had come to the captain’s side after his death.

This time the commander requested that no one else be allowed to watch and they had to wait outside.

Only the commander and his people knew what the wing commander looked like when he performed a caesarean section.

But normally, after a warrior who had committed cesarean section died, the people around him would bow and mourn in silence, and there was no need for them to go to his side.

He also discovered that the captain’s clothes had been touched and looked a little messy.

Everything seemed so abnormal.

The other people around him were still grieving, after all, the wing commander was usually nice to them. He was carefully observing the wound on the wing commander’s abdomen.

There was blood in the wound, but the amount was not much. The most important thing was the knife edge, which was not the kind caused by suicide by holding a knife.

It was more like someone was inserted into him and then he pretended to commit suicide.

This discovery immediately shocked him.

The captain didn’t commit suicide by disembowelment, was he murdered?

That would also explain why the kaishakunin still chopped him down even though he had already committed seppuku.

And the injury on the captain’s face was also explained.

Yoshioka didn’t want to commit caesarean section, but the commander’s men suddenly attacked with the knife. The regiment commander instinctively turned his head back, so he was cut in the face.

Afterwards, the regiment commander was killed, and the commander deliberately made it look like he had committed caesarean section.

That’s why there are so many bloodstains and abnormal knife marks on the ground.

If this is true, the commander of the regiment was not killed by disembowelment, but was killed by the commander.

This is no small matter.

No matter how big the mistake the wing commander made was, as long as he was unwilling to undergo cesarean section, he would have to wait for the military to punish him.

This is not a battlefield, and there is no such thing as being shot for disobeying orders. Now the commander has directly killed the regiment commander, which is equivalent to killing subordinates at will without any orders.

After killing the person, he even disguised it so that people would think Yoshioka had really committed seppuku.

The nature is too bad.

He was not of a high rank and knew that he could not make it public at this time, otherwise he would be the next Yoshioka.

The commander would not spare him.

As for why the commander wanted to kill the wing commander, he could guess the reason.

If the regiment commander commits seppuku, the commander’s responsibility will become lighter. In Japan, no matter how big a mistake is made, as long as you are willing to commit seppuku, you will be considered a hero and all your mistakes will be written off.

The commander used the life of the regiment commander to protect his own position.

This kind of person is a coward and is not fit to be a commander.

Fortunately, he was not stupid and did not say anything. Even if he found something wrong, he just observed a moment of silence with everyone else.

“Yoshioka was a warrior of the Empire. He was a true hero. I want to cremate his body as soon as possible and send his ashes back to the country.”

After everyone finished their moment of silence, Oda spoke slowly.

The officer who had noticed something unusual earlier immediately raised his head and whispered, “Commander, the commander was loyal to the emperor and he dared to commit seppuku. He deserves our admiration. We should keep the photo of him committing seppuku so that we can use it as an example.”

Taking photos after a caesarean section has become a habit in recent years. There were no cameras before, but now with cameras, we can capture more heroic scenes in various ways.

Oda was a little hesitant. He wanted to cremate the body as soon as possible to destroy all evidence and not create any unnecessary trouble.

“Commander, please leave a photo of Captain Yoshioka. He is indeed very brave.”

Another wing commander looked up and said that he didn’t see anything unusual, but it was a good request and he also wanted to take a photo like this.

This kind of request is human nature.

After thinking about it, Xiaotian nodded and said, “Okay.”

“I’ll take the photo.”

The person who first brought it up hurriedly ran out to get his camera. He wanted to take pictures of the evidence. Without pictures and if Oda destroyed the body, no one would ever know the truth about their captain’s death.

He was of low rank and knew that he could not keep the body.

If we can’t save the body, then we’ll just keep the photos and wait for the higher-ups to come and investigate.

Oda did not stop them. Many people wanted photos. But in his mind, what was the use of photos?

As long as he gets rid of the body as soon as possible, no one will know that he was the one who killed Yoshioka.

The officer who ran out took a lot of photos.

Others asked that they be given a few copies after they were developed as souvenirs.

He agreed to all of them. Keeping the photos was the most important thing at this time.

He had secretly taken pictures of the places that needed to be taken.

These photos can clear the name of their captain.

Oda ordered people to cremate the body while he went to report it.

On the Military Control Commission side, Boss Dai had already reported the situation to the old man, who remained silent for five minutes after hearing it.

The bandits defeated the Japanese and killed so many people, which was a great achievement and was indeed beneficial to them, but this group of bandits was led by the Red Party.

This made him very uncomfortable, and further proved that it was the right choice for him to be wary of the Red Party and never give the Red Party a chance to grow.

Otherwise, it will become a big worry for him in the future.

I have always known him.

“Principal, we can publicize this matter and announce that we will recruit Xiao Huangshan and have them join the Loyal and Patriotic Army.”

“As long as they are willing, I am confident that I can eliminate the Red Party inside and make them a party member. In addition, we can also make a big publicity for this great victory. After all, they defeated the enemy with fewer people. At the same time, we can tell the Japanese that resistance in China is everywhere.”

Boss Dai whispered that he certainly had his own selfish motives for doing this.

Xiaohuangshan’s combat effectiveness is not weak. Although there are few people, it is definitely not inferior to a regiment of regular troops.

If used well, they can be expanded and even used as a brigade.

“Okay, I’ll do as you say.”

After thinking for a while, the old man nodded slightly. Xiao Huangshan has not yet officially joined the Red Party. This is his chance.

They can promote them now. After all, this is a big victory, and the Democratic Party needs such a victory now to boost public morale.

“Thank you, principal.”

Boss Dai left in a hurry, and soon He Rongtang received an order to go to Xiaohuangshan to negotiate. The Loyal and Patriotic Army was willing to recruit them.

After reading the telegram, He Rongtang was completely dumbfounded.

Is this an order from Boss Dai?
Doesn’t he know that Xiaohuangshan is now controlled by the Red Party?
If he goes to recruit them now, at best he will be beaten out, at worst he may be arrested or even killed.

But soon, he figured out Boss Dai’s intention.

Boss Dai was attracted by Xiao Huangshan’s combat effectiveness and wanted to expand his own power. After all, the Loyal and Patriotic Army belonged to their Military Control Commission. As long as Xiao Huangshan joined, they would become Boss Dai’s men in the future.

But this order is totally unreasonable.

He Rongtang was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood. If he had known not to report the matter in the first place, he would have ended up getting himself into big trouble.

He dared not disobey Boss Dai’s orders, or even cheat.

No matter how difficult this matter is, he will try it.

On the other side, Watanabe returned home and immediately washed the photos. He was the Japanese officer who noticed the abnormality today.

After the photo was developed, he carefully took another copy and put the original negative away. These are the best evidence.

If the commander realized his mistake and didn’t let him keep the photo, he would hand over the negatives.

I have to say, his plan was very good.

After cremating the body, Oda immediately remembered the photos Watanabe took today, and ordered Watanabe to hand over all the photos and negatives so that he could distribute them.

He wants to see if there is anything wrong with these photos.

Fortunately, Watanabe made preparations in advance and sent the photos and negatives over, but concealed a few of the most critical photos.

It’s easy to spot problems with photos these days.

For example, the one with the knife wound and the one with the scar on the face.

Oda looked through the photos carefully and found them normal, mainly showing Yoshioka performing caesarean section. He then selected a few inconspicuous photos and gave them to the subordinates who wanted them.

As for the negatives, he destroyed them all.

There’s no good in keeping these things.

After delivering the photos, Watanabe asked for leave, saying that Yoshioka’s death had a great impact on him. He was the captain of the team, and he did not participate in the encirclement and suppression of Xiaohuangshan this time, so he escaped by luck.

Yoshioka was gone and the new wing commander had not yet arrived, so Oda agreed directly.

The Yoshioka squadron needs to be rebuilt. He has already reported it. In the future, new members will be added to the squadron and a new squadron leader will be assigned to him.

Oda now only wants to consolidate his position first.

As for Xiaohuangshan, he has no intention of destroying it now.

Xiaohuangshan was too difficult to conquer. It was impossible for him to mobilize all the people in the garrison headquarters just to wipe out these bandits who numbered less than a thousand.

I’ll think of other ways later to lure them out and catch them all in one fell swoop.

For example, using the logistics team as bait. Doesn’t Xiaohuangshan threaten their logistical supplies? As long as they are lured out on the flat ground outside, they only need half of the imperial warriors in Xiaohuangshan to completely defeat these bandits.

Oda has this confidence in his own people.

Watanabe, who got his vacation, immediately went to Shanghai.

He knew that Yoshioka had a cousin in Shanghai who had the same rank of colonel as Yoshioka and was currently in the Shanghai Military Police Headquarters.

Although they are not in Wuhan, the military police are the ones who are in charge of this matter.

Moreover, he is a colonel. If he knew that his cousin was murdered by someone, he would definitely not let it go.

As for himself, the squadron leader is gone and their squadron also needs to be rebuilt.

There is no one above him, so there is no possibility for him to become the captain of the wing directly.

Taking this opportunity, he wanted to see if he could find the commander’s cousin to smooth things over and transfer him to the Shanghai Military Police Headquarters.

Military police are in the rear and generally do not participate in actual combat.

It would be much safer to enter the Military Police Headquarters.

Another point is that the military police are in charge of military discipline and have considerable power. With his current rank of lieutenant colonel, when he arrives in the military police, he will at least be a squadron leader.

Things may get better in the future.

On Xiaohuangshan Mountain, after several days of rectification, Niu Yuanxiang has put Xiaohuangshan back on track.

Of the puppet soldiers captured last time, only thirty wanted to leave, and the rest all stayed in Xiaohuangshan. They became brothers of Xiaohuangshan.

With their addition, the number of people in Xiaohuangshan not only did not decrease, but increased a lot.

As for the Japanese soldiers, Niu Yuanxiang would not let them go. He would let them repair the roads and do some work for the time being. Many roads were damaged this time.

Waiting for the organization to come and pick them up.

These people cannot stay in Xiaohuangshan for a long time. The organization needs to develop some anti-war people among the Japanese, and they also need people who know Japanese and Chinese, and there are several of them here.

Even if they don’t understand Chinese, they can learn it and then teach others to speak Japanese.

In short, each of them has a role to play, and it is definitely impossible to let them go.

“Boss, someone down the mountain sent you a gift.”

On the mountain, someone brought a box to Chang Yongxiang. Chang Yongxiang was stunned after opening it.

Inside was a letter and a gold bar.

“Master Chang, I am He Rongtang, the head of the Wuhan Station of the Military Control Commission. I have admired you for a long time…”

Fortunately, Chang Yongxiang could understand the flowery letter. He Rongtang wanted to get to know him. He praised Xiao Huangshan’s achievements and asked him if he wanted more support, such as guns and cannons, as well as bullets and shells.

Even including food, cloth and cotton clothes.

It’s cold now, and these are exactly what they need.

But Chang Yongxiang is not stupid. He Rongtang would not give him these for no reason. The gift for meeting was a gold bar. These spies are indeed rich.

He Rongtang had done some research and knew some information about Xiaohuangshan.

The boss is Chang Yongxiang, Niu Yuanxiang is a member of the Red Party, but he is only a military advisor and the second in command, not the actual helmsman of Xiaohuangshan.

This gave him an opportunity. As long as he could convince Chang Yongxiang, he could complete the task assigned to him by Boss Dai.

However, He Rongtang also understood that it would not be easy to convince Chang Yongxiang.

The fact that Niu Yuanxiang could have such great prestige in Xiaohuangshan and even control Xiaohuangshan was inseparable from Chang Yongxiang’s support.

He has no choice now and can only do this.

There is no possibility of winning over Niu Yuanxiang.

He Rongtang knew the nature of these Red Party members.

“Go and call the military advisor over.”

After reading the letter, Chang Yongxiang threw it aside. He Rongtang’s promise had no appeal to him at all.

Why did he go up the mountain and become a bandit?

It was because his family was killed and officials and businessmen colluded to seize their property.

He has long been extremely disappointed with the Guo Party. Now that he is useful, the Guo Party wants to win him over by offering high positions and generous salaries?

That’s not possible.

Although he has not joined the Red Party yet, he never objects to his subordinates joining.

He now wants to know more about the Red Party and understand the brothers’ thoughts. If all the brothers are willing, he will definitely not stop them.

At least the Red Party was really good to them and helped them a lot.

There is also Niu Yuanxiang, who is a truly capable person.

“The boss.”

Niu Yuanxiang came over quickly and Chang Yongxiang handed the letter to him directly.

“There is also such a good thing, Big Boss, you can agree to it.”

Niu Yuanxiang’s eyes lit up after reading the letter, and he said with a smile, while Chang Yongxiang waved his hand: “You don’t have to test me. The Guo Party and I are sworn enemies, and I will never join them.”

“Boss, I’m not testing you. He is willing to give us so many good things, so let’s take them first. Have you forgotten this saying? Stop the adjustment and don’t listen to the announcement.”

Niu Yuanxiang shook his head. He was indeed not testing them. They were currently in a period of cooperation, and it was not surprising that the Military Control Commission wanted to recruit them.

He wanted these benefits, so he got them from He Rongtang first.

As for the reputation, he doesn’t care at all.

However, this matter does need to be reported to the organization, and he believes that the organization will agree.

(End of this chapter)