However, he sometimes run out of the General Headquarters' policy owing to his reckless character, and during the Battle of Mukden, the General Headquarters (Japanese Army) in Manchuria repeatedly gave him an order to 'terminate the march' in order to detain his prominent actions.
しかし、その猪突猛進型の性格が災いし、総司令部の意思に反した突出を見せる事があり、奉天会戦時には余りの突出ぶりに満州軍総司令部より再三「進撃中止の」命令を出されている。