Chapter 417 Convert
As the only Japanese officer in the Sakhalin Division, Ichiro Nitta cherishes this opportunity.
Ichiro Nitta's position is also that of a military judge. All Japanese soldiers who violate discipline will be executed by Ichiro Nitta himself and he will never do anything to others.
The military discipline of the Japanese army was not bad from the beginning. During the Xinchou War, the Japanese army's military discipline was the best among the coalition forces, and they were very polite even when they robbed.
I'm sorry to cause you trouble. Can I take some money from you?
That's about as polite as it gets.
The discipline of the Sakhalin Division is very strict. Although it cannot make no mistakes, it is still much better than the Japanese army.
Relying on the export of labor and resources in recent years, Goryeo's economy has improved, even better than Japan. At least people no longer starve to death in winter.
Goryeo exported a large amount of labor to Amur, earning tens of millions of rubles back every year, most of which were brought to Goryeo in the form of materials.
This is not about Amul making money and Amul spending money. Goryeo is really too poor and cannot guarantee basic living necessities. Even if workers want to save money, they must first meet the basic needs of life before they can think about saving money.
The items sent home by Korean workers are mainly cold-proof clothing and daily necessities. The most common sheepskin jackets in Amur are the most popular among Korean workers. During the winter break every year, Korean workers buy a few or more than a dozen pieces and put them away when they are no longer able to wear them. I feel at ease.
I’m so scared!
As a result, when the Japanese came, the Korean people’s savings for several years became the spoils of war for the Japanese.
Japan dared to massacre its suzerain countries, and it was even more unscrupulous in Goryeo, even worse than the Qing Empire.
Only the Sa Division of the Russian Servant Army is composed of Japanese soldiers, and the other four divisions are composed of Koreans.
Facing the Japanese, the Koreans dared not speak out in anger.
The Korean soldiers who were also servants vented their anger on the Japanese army on the Japanese officers and soldiers of the Sa Division.
The first stop for the officers and soldiers of the Sa Division entering Goryeo was Chongjin, a fishing village in the northern part of Goryeo.
At the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, Japan captured Chongjin from the sea and used Chongjin as a supply station. It attempted to use Chongjin as a springboard to attack Amur from land.
After the Battle of Vladivostok, the Japanese army’s plan to attack Amur went bankrupt, and Chongjin was abandoned by the Japanese army.
The Japanese troops were stationed in Chongjin for no more than 3 months.
After the Japanese troops withdrew, Chongjin was in ruins. Everyone was killed and all the houses were burned down.
“The Japanese are not human beings, they are demons and ghosts. They drove the Koreans into the sea and stabbed them to death with bayonets if they walked a little too slowly. Even the seventy-year-old woman and the seven-year-old girl were not let go. However, the babies who were crying for food were cooked and killed by them, the adults were taken to work, and when they were sick, they were fed to dogs——"
Several Koreans who were lucky enough to escape into the mountains cried to the Korean soldiers about the atrocities of the Japanese army.
"西八——"
The Korean soldiers were filled with indignation, so several passing soldiers of the Sa Division were beaten.
If the military police hadn't happened to pass by, those unlucky soldiers of the Sa Division would have been beaten to death.
After Ichiro Nitta learned about this incident, he took the initiative to go to the Ryukyong Division station to seek justice for the soldiers of the Sa Division.
Unexpectedly, he did not get justice, and Nitta Ichiro was beaten again.
Not only did he say that he was beaten, Liu Jingshi also said that whenever he saw the soldiers of Sa division in the future, he would be beaten every time he saw them.
Ichiro Nitta had no choice but to go to the division commander Colin, hoping that Colin would make the decision for the soldiers and seek justice from Ryu Kyung.
Nitta Ichiro never expected that not only did Colin fail to make the decision for Nitta Ichiro, but Nitta Ichiro was beaten again.
Nitta Ichiro's time in the army was still too short. After joining the army, he followed the rules and did not dare to make any mistakes. He did not know some of the hidden rules of the Amur Military Region.
The regular troops of the Amur Military District are almost all Cossacks.
There are no Cossacks who don’t fight. It’s a common occurrence. As long as no one is killed, the generals will pretend they don’t know.
Therefore, there is an unspoken rule in the Amur Military Region that if you fight, you must win, regardless of whether it is justified or not, and you must not embarrass the troops.
Even if you don't care, as long as you win the fight, even if you are locked up in a dark room, the officer on duty will secretly stuff a chicken drumstick when delivering meals.
It will be miserable if you lose. Even if you are reasonable, you will become unreasonable and you will be spurned by everyone.
So the soldiers of the Sa division suffered a loss and tried to find ways to regain the situation. When the trouble became big, Colin would naturally step in to clean up the mess.
Ichiro Nitta’s behavior of calling his parents after suffering a loss is not welcomed in the whole of Russia, let alone Amur.
After understanding this fact, Ichiro Nitta felt like crying.
Japanese soldiers are different from Korean soldiers.
The Koreans did not have original sin when they were in Amur.
On the contrary, in the process of building Amur, there was no credit but hard work.
Japan is in a state of war with the Russian Empire, so the Japanese soldiers in the Sa Division are guilty of original sin. They dare not fight because the Amur Military District clearly stipulates that fighting is also a violation of discipline.
For Goryeo soldiers, the consequence of violating discipline was confinement.
For Japanese soldiers, violating discipline would mean losing the opportunity to join the Russian Empire and return to the precarious concentration camp.
Back in the barracks, several soldiers who had been beaten innocently came around and asked Ichiro Nitta if the division commander would make the decision for them.
Nitta Ichiro himself has a bruised nose and a swollen face. Thinking about how angry he was at Ryugyongshi, and thinking about Colin's angry expression just now, Nitta Ichiro is full of grievances and has no one to talk to. A tall and dignified man with a height of 1.5 meters, He actually sat down on the ground and started crying.
"Shut up!" Colin never expected that the psychology of these Japanese soldiers would be so fragile.
If the Japanese were strong, they would not have such a high suicide rate.
“It’s not that easy to be a real Russian! Look at what you are like now, are you still worthy of being a soldier? I will be embarrassed by you! If this matter is spread When we get to the Grand Duke, you and I have to take off these clothes and go back to our hometown. Didn’t your mother teach you when you were young? Just fight back if you suffer a loss, don’t cry like a bitch!”
Colin is very good! Angry, these Japanese soldiers performed very well in training, otherwise they would not have become official members of the Sa Division.
Unexpectedly, these little dwarfs showed their true colors before they even reached the battlefield.
Colin is very worried now. It is more reliable to expect these people to go to the battlefield than to find a group of Cossack women.
Nitta Ichiro was ashamed and angry, his chest heaved violently, and he had nowhere to express his anger.
“It’s okay if the Guards beat you up! Who are those Koreans? If you don’t fight me back today, go back to Japan tomorrow. You don’t deserve to be glorious. Soldiers of the Sa Division are not worthy of being arrogant Russians!”
Colin’s words are double standards. What does it mean to be beaten by the Guards? Do you deserve to be beaten if you are short?
But the effect is very good.
Ichiro Nitta just didn't dare to fight, it wasn't that he didn't want to fight.
Well said Colin.
Who are the Koreans?
Without the help of the Qing Empire and the Russian Empire, Goryeo would have been a Japanese colony long ago!
Now Goryeo is clinging to the lap of the Russian Empire. It dares to ride on the heads of Japanese soldiers and dominate them.
It is unbearable!
As soon as Colin finished speaking, Nitta Ichiro rushed out of the door with a roar and ran towards Liu Jingshi's station.
The injured soldiers who were staggering just now also walked quickly, chasing Nitta Ichiro towards the direction of Ryugyong's headquarters.
Liu Jingshi’s station is right next to Sa Shi.
Due to the close relationship between Korea and Russia, the Koreans believed that their status in the Russian Empire was one level higher than that of the Japanese.
Being a second-class person and still showing a sense of superiority——
It’s fascinating.
So the soldiers of the Ryukyong Division didn't take this matter to heart at all, and the division commander Bilov didn't even know what happened.
"Stop! What are you doing?"
The officer on duty at the gate of Liu Jingshi's camp, Jin Taimin, did his duty.
Ichiro Nitta was beaten because of Jin Taimin.
Nitta Ichiro didn't talk nonsense, he just punched Jin Taimin in the nose.
Jin Taimin’s nose was crooked and bleeding from the nose. He fell to the ground with a confused look on his face.
Nitta Ichiro kicked Jin Taimin to the ground.
The Goryeo soldiers on duty at the gate of the camp finally came to their senses and got into a fight with Nitta Ichiro and the Sa division soldiers who rushed over.
Not surprisingly, Nitta Ichiro and his companions were beaten up by the Koreans again.
But before being defeated, Nitta Ichiro and the others defeated three times the number of Goryeo soldiers.
The fight between the Japanese and the Koreans was also fierce.
Two Goryeo soldiers had their ribs broken by Nitta Ichiro and the others, and Jin Taimin had his nose broken by Nitta Ichiro.
After Ichiro Nitta was knocked down, he hugged a Korean soldier tightly, biting his calf and biting off a piece of meat without letting go.
So Nitta Ichiro's four front teeth were pulled out by the Koreans.
Colin was very happy and asked the military doctor to put four gold teeth on Nitta Ichiro. Colin paid the cost.
"Well done!"
Colin didn't say much, just turned around and left. He still had to deal with the aftermath. The consequences of beating the sentry were very serious.
Nitta Ichiro was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. There was only a slit in his eye. Tears flowed uncontrollably, but he stood upright.
Several other Japanese soldiers who took action were more seriously injured, and one soldier had his fingers broken off.
But he got a blessing in disguise, Colin immediately announced that he would be included in the first batch of naturalization lists to be investigated.
The bearded Russian military doctor who treated Nitta Ichiro actually gave Nitta Ichiro a smile for the first time.
The officer on duty who was waiting for Nitta Ichiro in the treatment room took the initiative to hand Nitta Ichiro a cigarette. After the treatment, he would take Nitta Ichiro to solitary confinement.
Nitta Ichiro’s hand when he took the cigarette was shaking.
A mere cigarette is not worth much.
But Ichiro Nitta felt unprecedented respect from this cigarette.
In the solitary room, Nitta Ichiro finally ate the legendary chicken legs, two!
Holding the chicken legs, Ichiro Nitta burst into tears.
After crying, Nitta Ichiro wiped away his tears, changed his name to Jinya, and became a real Russian from the inside out.
(End of this chapter)