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Japan, Nagano. ""Time Travel Novel""

Compared with big cities such as Tokyo on the east coast, Nagano is like a conservative and backward old woman, showing backwardness, poverty and hunger everywhere.

However, perhaps because of its insignificance, it was not severely damaged by the war. It was only occasionally bombed by Chinese aircraft taking off from North Korea and the Far East. Its strategic value was too low, so it did not suffer any major losses.

The Japanese here are not as crazy as the people on the east coast and in the central part of the island. It can be said that they are the most traditional and purest Japanese. War and politics are relatively far away from them, except for a few young people who were forcibly taken away from small towns.

people, the never-ending war production tasks, and the equally crazy militarists.[

Early in the morning, people in Nagano Prefecture got up cautiously. It was another quiet night, and people were celebrating that they were not bombed by the Chinese last night.

They have become numb to the war and the Chinese people, and dead people have become a common occurrence. Instead, they are full of hostility towards the militarists who are always clamoring in the streets. Especially when the news of the atomic explosion came, these

The crazy war elements are not concerned about the dead compatriots, but are calling for Yamato Tamashi to fight against the enemy's possible landing.

27-year-old Kudo Shouichi was originally an employee in a bakery, which was a very difficult job for him with some weak legs. However, after the war started and the Great Depression hit, the 37-year-old owner of the bakery

First he suffered bankruptcy, then he was drafted into the army, and finally he was sent to the Far East. Kudo Shoichi never saw him again. Only once when he met his wife on the street, she told him the unfortunate news that his boss died.

The Komsomolsk Line of Defense in the Far East.

Kudo Shoichi didn't feel any recognition of the benefits of war promoted by the Hirohito government earlier. He didn't even know where China was. Yes, he didn't know where China was. He just heard that it was on the other side of the sea in the west.

I heard that they are very rich, with a land area and population dozens of times that of Japan. Of course, as the war began, I heard more and more rumors about the Chinese.

"Their army has won many battles..."

"Their navy defeated the Americans..."

"They sunk our aircraft carrier..."

"They defeated the Soviets..."

"They defeated the British..."

"They captured xx of our divisions..."

"Their cities are more prosperous than big cities in Europe and the United States. The streets are full of cars. Their students enjoy free education and generous free student meals. Their farmers do not have to pay taxes..."

As far as I can remember, Kudo has never heard a piece of exciting good news. As a result of the hostile relationship, the people have been quietly spreading the victory, strength and wealth of the Chinese. All this is different from the samurai warriors wearing bandages on their heads and waving weapons on the streets.

Compared with the propaganda of the sword warriors "They will be defeated soon, the Yamato nation will defeat them soon...", there is obviously a big difference.

Rumors alone are not very convincing. As some secret tabloids and some pictures spread to various parts of Japan, including Nagano, people saw the super fleet flying the golden dragon flag in the photos, looked at the overwhelming Chinese aircraft, and...

When looking at the bustling city, the tall buildings, the endless flow of cars, and the sumptuous and enviable lunches of the Chinese children in the photos, many ordinary Japanese have already believed those rumors, at least Kudo Shouichi

so.

Early in the morning, Kudo was going to the relief center to get some black bread. After Emperor Takamatsu announced his accession to the throne, he ordered to increase the distribution of relief food.

Walking carefully through the street, Kudo finally got in line. After a visual inspection, he saw that there were about a thousand people in front of him. It would take him two or three hours to get his turn no matter how fast he went.

But he didn't complain, this was one of the rare times he came forward.

"...I heard that the war will end after we surrender..."

"Did you read the small newspapers yesterday? I heard that the Chinese 'government' proposed several decisions on Japan's conditional surrender. Alas, I wonder if His Majesty Emperor Takamatsu will agree."

"Emperor Takamatsu has agreed. He announced to the public last night that I have an old radio at home."[

"Yes, look, this small newspaper that just came out this morning also has..."

Everyone hurriedly gathered together, and sure enough they saw this news published in a prominent position on the tabloid in the hands of an old man. This kind of newspaper, which was published by someone unknown, appeared every day in various places among the people. It was simply made with mimeographs.

It is a tabloid, but it is very popular. Although it has been repeatedly banned and confiscated by Japanese local governments and military police, it has had little effect.

While waiting in line to receive relief food, people talked about the war, China, and the new emperor, until something happened on the street not far away.

A group of militarists dressed as Japanese samurai were gathering on the street, exposing their breasts, and looking like they were about to have their abdomen disemboweled.

The samurai screamed something crazily, waving their samurai swords from time to time to chase down passing Japanese civilians. From their screams, you could hear words such as "surrender" conditions and "Emperor Takamatsu betrayed Japan."

and phrases. At least half of the samurai were drunk, going crazy and roaring.

"These people have gone crazy..."

The Japanese people are not fools. Perhaps they used to be very easy to deceive. However, with the spread of tabloids among the people and Japan's continuous failures, the Chinese people's atoms have fallen, and the people's wisdom is completely different from before. Seeing these people's crazy performances, their eyes are filled with tears.

What is more common is numbness and indifference, and some people even reveal hatred.

"The newspapers are right. It is these lunatics who have caused harm to Japan. China and Japan should have been friendly neighbors."

"Yes, they kidnapped the emperor and the Japanese people."

The people were discussing them. Unlike usual times when these people came out to cause trouble, numerous Japanese people came up to support them and support them. At this time, only four or five Japanese people went up to make trouble with them and roared together.

"You are all insensitive people, you will definitely harm Japan!!"

One of the leading samurai wielded a machete and actually slashed at a young "woman" in front of him just because she refused to stay and listen to the propaganda.

Seeing the blood spilled on the streets and the woman lying in a pool of blood, the Japanese near and far became even more angry, but no one dared to care.

Even the policemen in the distance just held the wooden sticks in their hands and did not dare to take care of it. It was not their turn to take care of it.

"squeak!"

At this moment, several trucks came from a distance at lightning speed. As more than a dozen Japanese samurai were stunned, dozens of heavily armed soldiers jumped out of the trucks.

"Whoa!"

The soldiers neatly raised their Type 38 rifles, mounted their bayonets, and aimed at the dozen samurai in front of them. A major with a saber stepped forward and yelled: "Baga!! His Majesty the Emperor."

Conditions of surrender have been ordered, and war criminals and fanatical militarists have been arrested. You are suspected of inciting the people and harming the country. According to the orders of Emperor Takamatsu and the military, you will be executed in public."

"Baga, what are you doing? We are Yamato samurai who are loyal to the Emperor. We want to fight the Chinese until the last moment. It was you who kidnapped the Emperor, and you who ignored His Majesty the Emperor!"

Hearing the scolding of the soldiers, the leading Japanese samurai couldn't help but be startled, and then shouted angrily, "You can't do this, you are violating the sacred bushido spirit. I am a veteran who participated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, and I am a brave Yamato samurai."

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"Baga, get ready!!"

The Major didn't care about the other party's madness, and surrounded them from about ten meters away, giving orders to prepare.[

"Baga, Ban!!" The old samurai who had participated in the Sino-Japanese War saw that things had changed, and he immediately waved the samurai sword in his hand, as if he had returned to the era of killing Chinese people, as if what he saw in front of him was not a sword in his hand.

Japanese soldiers with rifles, but those Qing soldiers with long braids.

The other ronin and samurai behind him also charged with katana swords.

An extremely sad feeling, with wailing and despair filling my heart, Japan is no longer the Japan it used to be.

""shooting!!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang..."

They fired uniformly. There was no mercy in the eyes of the Japanese soldiers who opened fire. Instead, they showed deep indifference. Just one salvo from dozens of guns smashed the militarists in front of them into sieves.

The militarists, samurai and ronin wielding samurai swords fell neatly into a pool of blood, most of them dead, and the occasional squirming was just a last-ditch struggle.

Seeing that the matter was over, the major officer waved his hand and ordered again, "The first team searched East Street according to the list, the second team searched West Street according to the list, the third team searched and interrogated the relief points, and the fourth team blocked the street..."

Immediately, dozens of Japanese soldiers began to rush into the street according to the size of the squad, and began to arrest the people who had been prepared on the list.

Soon, some Japanese were caught and thrown into the street.

These Japanese people have one common characteristic, that is, they are older.

For some unknown reason, this street has a lot of veterans who have participated in the previous wars between China and Japan. Some are old people from the Sino-Japanese War of 1898, some are North Korean garrison troops who participated in the border conflict between China and North Korea, and some are veterans who participated in the 1933

Veterans of the war of aggression against China.

Seven or eight veterans were arrested and thrown on the street, and four or five young people were also arrested. After being beaten up, they were counted and put into the car.

A dozen people were also taken away from the relief point and packed into an air force vehicle. Later, the Japanese troops who completed the arrests on this street began to evacuate.

Everyone was dumbfounded and realized once again that the world had changed.

The same situation occurs in many cities, small towns and even some rural areas in Japan.

Early in the morning, the Japanese army received the order and began to search for war criminals and militarists according to the veteran list. Of course, more Japanese divisions, led by the military and the emperor's cronies, began to surround those reactionary Japanese divisions.

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It is said that the division is reactionary, but in fact it is only the division commander himself or a few senior officers who have strong anti-Japanese sentiments.

The 84th Division of the Japanese Army is stationed on the seaside more than 60 kilometers away from Nagano Prefecture.

This division is a newly formed division. In fact, it has not participated in any war of aggression against China and has never even seen a Chinese person. However, its division commander Togo Junichi is a veteran of the North Korean garrison.

A soldier, he led his troops to attack the Chinese border areas many times. He was also one of the senior officers in the North Korean garrison who actively encouraged the invasion of China at that time.

"Baga, the situation has changed too quickly."

As the division commander, Togo Junichi naturally knew that the war was destined to end after Japan suffered multiple atomic attacks. However, unlike most wavering Japanese officers, he was an active militant.

He even prepared a plan of tens of thousands of words and submitted it to the military. He believed that Japan should actively evacuate the urban population, and then disperse industry and Japanese soldiers and civilians into the countryside and mountain villages to build defense lines and fortifications, and store

Weapons, medicine and food are prepared for a long-term confrontation with the Chinese until the international situation improves or the Chinese are forced to make concessions.
To be continued...