After the conversation between Zhou Weiguo and Nobuo Yumoto ended, it meant that the Japanese garrison in Jinmen and the Eighth Route Army had briefly reached a cooperative relationship, and the huge Tianjin City would be open to the Eighth Route Army.
In order to make use of precious time, with the cooperation of comrades from the Jinmen Special Committee in the city, more than a hundred members of the action team were divided into two groups that night, one from the south of the city to pick up more than 400 soldiers from the Jinnan detachment who rushed to support, and the other group
Then he went to the prison of the Military Police Headquarters to rescue the imprisoned anti-Japanese comrades.
The detainees in the gendarmerie prison located in the city are all middle- and high-level personnel from both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, as well as patriotic figures engaged in resisting Japan and saving the country.
The comrades of the Tianjin Special Committee had long wanted to rescue them, but the Japanese troops had kept them under tight security and had never had the chance to rescue them. This was a golden opportunity.
At dawn, the rescuers were moved to a safe area. According to statistics, there were more than 800 people on the Eighth Route Army side, more than 500 people on the National Government side, and hundreds of patriots.
"It's a pity that we still have many comrades imprisoned in the labor camp near Changlu Saltworks. If we could rescue them all, there would be more manpower!" A comrade from the Jinmen Special Committee said with regret.
Dong Jiang also felt regretful, but it was just beyond his reach and time did not wait for anyone. He immediately picked up the phone and reported to Zhou Weiguo.
"Captain, all the comrades in the prison have been rescued. The comrades from the Jinnan detachment have also joined our unit. Do you want to start the next step?"
"Act now!" Zhou Weiguo, who was still staying at the Japanese Defense Command, glanced at his watch and ordered decisively.
On this occasion, there are two armed forces in Jinmen City, with more than 100 members of the action team and more than 400 members of the Jinnan detachment.
If we talk about who is the richest in Tianjin City, the first one is the Japanese expatriates in the Japanese Concession, and the second one is the many traitors gathered in Tianjin.
According to the personnel list provided by the Tianjin Special Committee, the Jinnan detachment is responsible for checking the activities and assets of traitors in the main city and various concessions. The main targets of the action team are Manchurian Railway, Maochuan Residence, Yokohama Zhengjin Bank, Bank of Korea, and North China Reclamation Company.
and many other Japanese institutions in Tianjin.
After taking a short rest, more than 800 rescued comrades, under the leadership of local comrades in Jinmen, began to relocate the arsenal, hospital, Yongli Chemical Factory, Jiuda Refined Salt Factory and other important places in the city.
As an important logistics base and transshipment center for the Japanese army in North China, Jinmen Arsenal has a complete range of production lines and can even mass-produce Type 30 rifles used by the puppet troops in the eastern Hebei region.
The Jinmen Arsenal has always been the place where the Tianjin Special Committee focused on developing internal forces. Twenty-three out of ten personnel in the arsenal were our secret development personnel. Before our comrades arrived, the mutinous Japanese troops had already withdrawn the garrison.
After our comrades arrived, the situation of host and guest was reversed, a large number of arsenal workers and technicians gathered, and an operation to evacuate the arsenal began.
Within the Defense Headquarters, Nobuo Yumoto's office had become Zhou Weiguo's office.
"Hey, okay, I understand!" A member of the action team put down the phone and shouted loudly to Zhou Weiguo: "Captain, Minister Wang from the Tianjin Special Committee said that the factories he is responsible for have too many supplies.
How to deal with it?"
"How to deal with it? Tell him that we can bring equipment and technical personnel first. We have limited personnel. How can we have so much energy to transport hidden materials? If we can't take away, we will give it to the people!" Zhou Weiguo said with a slight distress.
This is an organized and planned action. Chinese workers in various factories in Tianjin City have been oppressed and exploited by the Japanese for a long time, and public opinion is boiling. Under the organization of our comrades, a group of more than 10,000 workers and their families formed
The relocation team, carrying machinery, equipment and raw materials, set out from Jinmen into the Jinnan area and then transferred to the 5th Division of Central Hebei and the 10th Military Division of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei.
On the first day, the response troops sent by the 5th Division of Jizhong had already connected with the vanguard troops starting from Jinmen. With the support of the two regiments of the 5th Division, they broke through three enemy blockades and successfully reached the Eighth Route Army base area.
At the same time, Jinmen East Station also has a large backlog of machinery and equipment waiting to be transported, as well as many Chinese workers and Japanese technicians who were forcibly detained.
"Tang Benjun, have you made a decision? The merchant ship has arrived at Dagokou and can go upstream at any time to pick you up and return home!" Zhou Weiguo urged.
"Takeshita-kun, we are willing to follow your suggestion and divide our troops into two groups, one to go to Jidong and the other to return home by boat!" Nobuo Yumoto replied.
"Well, we will set off early tomorrow morning to go to Jidong. Our staff will personally lead you!"
"Thank you very much!"
That night, many Japanese troops poured into the originally peaceful Japanese Concession without any warning, and many low-level expatriates in the Japanese Concession were forcibly recruited.
Early the next morning, a mixed team appeared north of Tianjin, accompanied by hundreds of military trucks loaded with munitions, more than 800 heavily armed Japanese troops, and more than 6,000 Japanese expatriates who were held hostage.
As well as many personnel and equipment going to the Jidong Army Division of the Eighth Route Army.
In addition, Yumoto Nobuo personally led more than 400 capable Japanese troops, carrying a large amount of looted gold and Japanese yen back home on a ship of the Osaka Merchant Shipping Company.
At Jinmen East Station, a train with thirty-four carriages was undergoing final loading.
"Chief of Staff Zhou, our harvest this time is really great. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of things that have not been moved. It is such a pity!" Minister Wang of the Tianjin Special Committee said distressedly.
"Minister Wang, you can't move all the good things. This time, the comrades of the Jinnan detachment have obtained a lot of weapons and equipment, enough to raise a team of two to three thousand people. The real benefits have been obtained. Now we need to do something
The best thing is to transfer immediately, don't let the small cost lead to the big loss!" Zhou Weiguo advised.
"I understand, I understand. After you leave, I will immediately ask them to retreat to the Jinnan area to rest in hiding!"
After sending Minister Wang away, Zhou Weiguo looked at Qiaokou Sanjian aside.
"Hashiguchi-kun, won't you come with us?"
"Takeshita-kun, it would be safer for me to stay in Jinmen at this time. After all, you may not be safe along the way. I don't want to cause more trouble!"
"Don't worry, this train will go south along the Jinpu Line. After arriving in Dezhou, it will continue westward. At Longhua Station between Hengshui and Dezhou, the three main regiments of our Eighth Route Army's Southern Hebei Military Region are ready to go. There will be no problem!"
Since the Eighth Route Army troops were blocking the Japanese troops setting off from Peiping on the Beining Line, the fighting between the two sides spread to the railway line between Peiping and Jinmen. Zhou Weiguo and others returned as promised, so naturally they could not pass through Peiping, so they had to go directly from Peiping before the Japanese troops could react.
Jinpu Line goes south.
By then, the technical personnel and mechanical equipment on the train will also stay in the Jinan Military Region.
If nothing unexpected happens in this operation, the Eighth Route Army in Jidong, Jizhong, and southern Hebei will receive tangible benefits. And those who return to Tainan with the action team, in addition to the personnel on the rescue list,
There are only large amounts of gold, medicine and other precious items.
[To be honest, I have been using the Huanyuan app recently to read and catch up on updates. It allows me to switch between sources and read aloud with many sounds. .huanyuanapp is available for Android and Apple.]
