Respectfully

In the 11th year of the Republic of China, February 1920, 2 in the Gregorian calendar, the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month

On New Year's Eve, every household in Guanbei City lit up firecrackers to welcome the arrival of the new year amidst crackling noises.

In the marshal's mansion, Li Jinyan took a bunch of beans and watched the fireworks in the yard. A few older ones tried to do it by themselves. The little leopard and the little fat pier were eager to try the second kick in the housekeeper's hand, and Li Jinyan was taken aback. , Grab one in each hand and bring them all to your side.

"Wait until it's bigger."

Seemingly "considering" seriously for a while, Little Leopard asked, "Brother Yan, how big is the bigger one?"

"Fifteen, at least 15 years old." He remembered that he didn't get a second kick until he was 15 years old. Before that, he could only enjoy small firecrackers.

"Well, listen to Brother Yan."

Li Jinyan heaved a sigh of relief, he didn't expect that just after the two pressed down, the girl from Lou Six and the boy from Lou Seven suddenly burst into tears, and the nanny who was holding them couldn't coax them well.Seeing Li Jinyan approaching, they stretched out their arms towards him with tears in their eyes, and Li Sanshao looked up at the sky helplessly. It happened that the seventh and sixth uncles came out, and Li Jinyan rolled his eyes, and the strong man came to the door by himself. ?

Li Sanshao came over with a smile, politely asked them to help, and then disappeared with the two youngest.The two sons-in-law of the Lou family looked at each other, and then looked at the group of beans and dumplings in the yard, and their heads suddenly grew dizzy.

Before the New Year's Eve dinner was on the table, President Lou and Marshal Lou were talking in the study. The new film produced by the North Film Factory tells the stories of ordinary people in the streets and alleys of the city.There is no tear-jerking plot, but the ordinary plot can make people feel the warmth of home.Several young actors performed particularly well. Whenever they appeared on stage, the audience would always smile knowingly.

It was Li Jinyan's idea to show movies in the Marshal's Mansion. Originally, he thought that there would be a lot of children in the family during Chinese New Year, and playing a few cartoons would make them "quiet" for a while.As a result, Douding and Tuanzi didn't go to watch the fireworks, and the female family members of the Lou family "occupied" the movie viewing position.

After the film was finished, the uncles of the Lou family who played cards next door poked their heads at the door, wanting to discuss with the mother-in-law, should there be a war film? "Soldier", from its release to now, every once in a while, major theaters will show a few shows, and the shows are full, it really makes people never get tired of watching it.

Before Mrs. Lou could speak, Li Jinyan spoke first, "Second brother-in-law, there is no such film at home, but there are some cross talk and Beijing opera."

The second son-in-law smacked his lips, it's better to have something than nothing, so he turned around and called a few brothers-in-law.

Li Jinyan asked the nanny to hand over the two young ones who were still sobbing to Lou Liu and Lou Qi, and went to the yard to call for the bunch of beans.These Doudings also like cross talk, and he discovered it when he was listening to the radio the year before last.

Hearing the cross talk, Douding and the Tuanzi were not interested in watching the fireworks anymore. The tense nerves of the sixth and seventh uncles finally relaxed. They walked up to Li Jinyan's side and cupped their hands. ah."

It's just that for a while, before the two little ones at home, they have stiff hands and feet, one head and two big ones. Compared with Li Jinyan's "handy with ease", don't you agree?

President Lou Da and Young Marshal Lou came out of the study room and saw no one. They asked the housekeeper and found out that everyone was watching a movie in the side hall.

At that time, a new animation short film released by Guannan Film Factory was still based on Journey to the West, and it was about the marriage of Zhu Bajie and Gao Laozhuang.The story has been "artistically processed" to make it more interesting. In one scene, Ms. Gao found Zhu Bajie's real body, and instead of being frightened, she grabbed the latch and beat Marshal Tianpeng, who had a bruised nose and a swollen face. Poor Xixi called a lady, and her laughter almost knocked the roof off.

The arrival of President Lou Da and Young Marshal Lou did not "affect" the people in the room watching movies, Li Jinyan who was sitting by the door tugged on the cuffs of Marshal Lou's military uniform: "Young Marshal, it's very interesting to watch together. "

Marshal Lou sat down beside Li Jinyan.

Looking at his straight-backed son, and then at his smiling daughter-in-law, President Lou touched his bald head, walked a few steps to Mrs. Lou and sat down.Seeing Mrs. Lou looking sideways, President Lou Da grinned, "Madam, when I return to Guanbei in April, I will accompany you to the theater to watch a few shows for my husband. The world of Guanbei University is only heard from children, and I will return it once." None have been."

Mrs. Lou nodded, turned her head, and said nothing, but the smile on her lips never disappeared.

During the New Year's Eve dinner, all kinds of dishes were placed on the table. After pushing the cups and changing the dishes, the dumplings were served, and everyone looked at Li Jinyan in unison.

Li Jinyan had just picked up a dumpling, and when he realized the eyes of everyone, his hand holding the chopsticks froze in mid-air. What's going on?

Before he could figure it out, the dumplings were snatched by Young Marshal Lou, and everyone's eyes turned to Young Marshal Lou, who saw Marshal Lou put the dumplings into his mouth, bit them a few times, and swallowed them.

coins?No.

The atmosphere suddenly relaxed, Li Jinyan looked at Young Marshal Lou suspiciously, without thinking too much, picked up another dumpling from the plate, dipped some vinegar into his mouth, lowered his head, and dropped a copper coin into the plate in front of him.

Everyone in the Lou family: "..."

Looking at the copper coins on the plate, Li Jinyan suddenly understood why everyone looked at him.After thinking about it, he picked up another dumpling from the plate and sent it to the bowl of Marshal Lou, sharing it with "Fu".

Li Sanshao picked up ten dumplings, split half with Lou Shaoshuai, Lou Shaoshuai's plate was empty, and his plate had already piled up five.

Looking at the copper coins on the plate, looking up, Young Marshal Lou was also looking sideways at him, Li Jinyan wanted to say, without looking at him, he couldn't figure out what was going on.The probability of choosing one from the other is not so precise...

When the copper coins on the plate reached double digits, Li Jinyan also went all out, doing whatever he wanted, and it would not delay him from eating dumplings.

If luck comes, it can't be stopped, even if he only strikes at one plate, the amount of copper coins in the plate will rise in a straight line.Lou's family looked at it strangely, President Lou laughed and wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything when he caught the look of Young Marshal Lou.

Unfilial son, how dare you look at your father like that!

For a New Year's Eve dinner, Li Jinyan set a record. He ate more than half of the copper coins wrapped in dumplings by himself.

When the New Year's Eve dinner was removed from the table, the adults set up a game of cards, and the children ran to the movies again. Li Jinyan let the maids and nannies look after him, hid for a while, turned on the radio, listened to the new song playing on it, and leaned on the back of the sofa He beat his arm.

Young Marshal Lou came over and sat beside him, "Tired?"

"It's okay, the young commander won't play cards?"

"kindness."

Embracing Li Jinyan's shoulders with his big hands, Li Sanshao lay down on Young Marshal Lou's lap, moved, and moved himself to a more comfortable position, "The president will be resigning in April, right?"

"kindness."

"Stay in the capital or return to Guanbei?"

"return."

"Is mother coming back first?"

"kindness."

"Then prepare well."

"kindness."

"Young commander, at least change the word."

"Oh."

"..."

Li Sanshao once again confirmed that "gossiping with Master Lou" is something that ordinary people can do.If he didn't have a good understanding of Lou Shaoshuai's personality, based on this attitude, Li Jinyan would definitely suspect that the seven-year itch has moved to the eighth year.

Three new songs were played in succession on the radio, followed by classic arias by several Peking opera masters, who were inspired by Dingjunshan by Master Tan. Li Jinyan suddenly remembered something. In two or three years, there would be a beer hall coup. , When Mustache is in prison, "Mein Kampf" will also be freshly released. The painting of the head of state in my collection will come in handy soon, right?

But how does it work?Send someone to Europe or contact Ned?

Li Jinyan fell into deep thought, Young Marshal Lou looked at him quietly, his black eyes became deeper and deeper.

Every family in China celebrated the new year with joy, and the gunshots on Kyushu Island in Japan stopped temporarily.

When traveling abroad, traditional festivals cannot be ignored.Due to limited conditions, the soldiers in the cooking team couldn't make dumplings, so they had to put meat in the steamed buns, which was also a meaning.

The Huaxia soldiers were biting steamed buns with meat and drinking hot soup. The Sixth Division, who had been driven out of Kumamoto by them, was freezing and hungry in the cold wind. The aroma of the soup, to the imperial warriors who decided to be the emperor's jade pieces, this taste is like torture.

It took only a moment for the bullet to hit, and the explosion of the grenade was just a bang, but smelling the smell of meat, the stomach rumbling, it was really tormenting... The rice balls that were handed out had been eaten long ago, and in the winter forest It is difficult to find food, and the scorpions can only starve with red eyes.

The Japanese government is in a state of desperation, and appealing to the League of Nations is going nowhere. While cursing European ghosts, the cabinet ministers are sighing in sorrow.

The most capable Kumamoto Division was beaten to the point of being powerless to fight back, and the Kurume Division was also struggling, continuing to Kagoshima and Nagasaki, and Kumamoto and Miyazaki were not far from falling.If the two divisions can no longer stop the Chinese army's attack and let the Chinese army step into Fukuoka and Oita, the consequences will be disastrous.Fukuoka is the gateway to Kyushu and an important coal-producing area in Japan, where Yawata Steel is located.

If Fukuoka is occupied by the Chinese army, everything will be over.

Even though production has been discontinued, Yawata Steel is still an important symbol of Japan. If it falls into the hands of other countries, the cabinet will inevitably collapse, and the Minister of War may have to commit suicide and apologize.

"We must think of a way!"

"any idea?"

"Negotiate with the Chinese! As a last resort, hand over southern Kyushu Island to them, and we must keep Fukuoka, Oita, and Saga!"

"Huaxia people won't agree." Prime Minister Takahashi said: "To negotiate, you must have bargaining chips, which is no different from doing business. However, we don't have enough bargaining chips in our hands, and we are just getting what we want by sitting on the negotiating table." disgrace."

Takahashi Shiqing's words completely shattered the illusions of some cabinet members. It is unimaginable to be forced to the current situation by Huaxia, even if they step back ten years.

This feeling is especially strong after experiencing the Meiji period and the Nissin War.

Prime Minister Takahashi stood up, "I'm going to see Mr. Ge of Shan County, everyone must prepare for the worst."

The cabinet ministers were shocked at the same time, the worst plan?

A few hours later, the Kumamoto Division and the Kurume Division received orders not to retreat!Even if you fight to the death, you still have to block the footsteps of the Huaxia people!

"Bastard!"

General Koike threw the telegram on the table, drew out his command saber, and split it in half.

"Your Excellency, division chief, we have been abandoned." The staff officer of the division suddenly said, "The guys in the cabinet must be thinking something, maybe they want to negotiate with the Chinese, and we are their bargaining chip."

"Oh?"

"If I wait to die, it will inevitably cause losses to the Huaxia army. The greater the loss, the greater the possibility that Huaxia will accept the negotiation."

Lieutenant General Xiaochi didn't speak, his silence meant that he agreed with the staff officer's words.

Lieutenant General Kinoshita of the Kurume Division reacted calmly. He folded the telegram, sent someone to call several senior officers in the division, announced the order from the cabinet, and then stated his plan.

"Everyone, the cabinet has abandoned us. There will be no reinforcements." Lieutenant General Kinoshita said, "Do you want to die meaninglessly, or live?"

Several regiment captains present raised their heads abruptly, and Kinoshita put the command knife in front of him, "It's useless to die like this. Japan is no longer China's opponent."

There was silence in the room.

"I, Kinoshita Usaburo, intend to surrender to the Chinese army."

In a word, it is earth-shattering.

"Your Excellency, Commander?!"

"We must live, for Japan!" Kinoshita said with a firm attitude, "The cabinet is a bunch of useless people, only soldiers can save the country! The rise of Huaxia has proved this. Huaxia has a saying, keep the green hills, if you don't shoot, you don't have firewood , we must bow our heads, be humble, and bend down like our ancestors did in Tang Dynasty! Learn from them, and then trample them underfoot! So, today, I would like to be a sinner!"

"Your Excellency, Commander!"

"I am willing to follow Your Excellency!"

Kinoshita Usaburo's words determined the fate of the Kurume Division. After the regimental commander returned, he passed down the division commander's order.

During this period, a large number of young officers and soldiers held objections. They firmly disagreed with the surrender, "This is an act of cowards! The soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire can only die on the battlefield!"

None of these people ever saw the sun rise.

The next day, when the Huaxia army continued to attack, a team with a white flag appeared.

"Don't shoot yet." A soldier held down the barrel of his comrade's gun, "Look first before talking."

When the team with the white flag saw that the soldiers did not shoot, the leader took a few steps forward and shouted a few words.

"Shuanzi, can you understand what they are saying?"

"Can't understand."

Brother Bing who asked the question frowned, "Go, ask someone who can understand Japanese."

Soon, the company secretary rushed over, listened to a few words, and said, "They want to surrender."

"Just these few?"

"No, it's the entire division."

"What?" The soldiers didn't quite believe it, "Could it be that something is going to happen again?"

The secretary also found it incredible, but he still said to the soldiers: "No matter what, this matter has to be reported to the company commander. You watch here, and I will go back to the company headquarters."

After the clerk left, the soldiers looked over and saw that those holding the white flags were still standing there, neither going this way nor retreating.

Fifteen minutes later, the frontline headquarters also received news that the Kurume Division was about to surrender. After careful consideration, the frontline commander decided to take a risk.

After several back and forth, the conditions were negotiated, and the officers and soldiers of the Kurume Division raised their hands high, lined up, and appeared in front of the Huaxia soldiers.

Rifles, bullets, and grenades were all stacked together. According to the requirements of the Chinese army, Japanese soldiers must disarm all weapons to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings between the two sides.

The head of the division, Usaburo Kinoshita, walked out of the team and handed over the command knife to the representatives of the Huaxia Army.

Dai Xiaozhong, commander of the [-]th Division of the Six Northern Provinces, took the command saber and gritted his teeth, "That's natural."

The military reporter took pictures of this scene, and the photos were not sent back to China in time, but the news was soon published in the newspapers.

On February 24, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the news of the surrender of the Kurume Division came back to China, and Kinoshita Usaburo also became the highest-ranking Japanese surrender officer after Oshima Yoshimasa.

The news appeared in the newspaper but did not cause much disturbance. Although it was on the front page, it was not the headline.

The eyes of Chinese people are mostly focused on the new year's economic plan promulgated by the government, as well as the upcoming Congress in April and May.

With the resignation of President Lou Da and the election of a new president, all the provinces in the north and south are making moves. In two or three months, the people below will be busy.

In addition to the "hot candidates" Sima Jun and Song Zhou, there was also a dark horse, Yunnan Governor-General Long Yiting.

Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi, plus Guangdong, publicly recommend Longyi Pavilion.

At this time, China's domestic warlord faction, or political faction, began to take shape.

Northern Department, Southern Department.

Northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, plus the Central Plains where there is no mountain or dew, Lou Shengfeng resigns, and the competition between factions will be completely put on the table.

The strength of the six northern provinces is superior, and the strength of the other joint provinces can be regarded as evenly matched. It is a foolish person to fight against the world's disgrace. The competition in the officialdom is no less than the fight on the battlefield.

In the Marshal's Mansion, Bai Lao's "official thick and black school" has been upgraded to a "political forum". In addition to Li Jinyan and Xiao Baozi, there is also a little fat man listening.

"The survival of a country is only due to the merits and demerits of a few people? No. What is the meaning of the word "national?"

Little Leopard and Little Fatty listened with great interest, but Li Sanshao still lacked that string in his mind. He could understand what Bai Lao said, but if he continued to think deeper, he might not be able to do it.

Seeing Bai Lao look over, Li Jinyan immediately sat upright, but he groaned in his heart.

I just want to be an honest businessman, why is it so difficult?

On February 27, following the surrender of the Kurume Division, most of the Kumamoto Division was also wiped out.

On February 28, the Chinese army advanced into Fukuoka.

On March [-], the last Japanese army on Kyushu raised its hand and surrendered. Yasuyuki Koike, the head of the Kumamoto Division, committed suicide by caesarean section. Since then, the Sixth Division with "black skin and red blood" has completely become history.