Tianjin in 1937 was a typical immigrant city. Different from the hundreds of thousands Liu Yimin said, Tianjin's population at this time was as high as 1.17 million. The main sources of the population are as follows: local residents, Manchus, old people and children from the Beiyang government,
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Descendants of the Huai Army stationed in Tianjin, immigrants from Hebei, Henan, Shandong, and Northeast China, and refugees who poured in after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. The population composition is also very complex. In addition to workers in various industries, there are also a large number of pure consumers, such as those hiding in various concessions.
The old and young, etc.
After the Japanese army occupied Tianjin, they did not block sea traffic, and foreign trade could still proceed as usual. Many anti-Japanese comrades who retreated from Peiping also went south from Tianjin. Therefore, Tianjin at this time had a kind of abnormal prosperity.
On the evening of December 23, the first, second, and third echelons of the instructor division, under the guidance of the task force and the Tianjin underground party, disguised themselves as Japanese troops and swaggered to the gates of Tianjin.
Inukai Goro was the son of a fisherman in Hokkaido, Japan. He was drafted into the army after graduating from high school. After recruit training, he was assigned to the Second Regiment of the North China Front Independent Brigade.
When he was young, due to the large population in his family, his father, who was a fisherman, worked hard, and the family barely had enough food and clothing. Whenever he saw rich people taking cars to Hokkaido for vacation, Inukai Goro's father told him that he must live a rich life.
days. Of course Inukai Goro wanted to live the life of a rich man
, but in Japan in the 1930s, it was very difficult for a fisherman's son to become a rich man. Inukai Goro knew that if there were no special opportunities, he would marry a dark-skinned Hokkaido fisherman's daughter just like his father.
Spend your life with a small boat and a fishing net.
Since the Japanese army invaded Northeast China, teachers at Inukai Goro's school have been telling students all day long how wealthy Manchuria is. There are endless coal mines and gold mines, very sweet apples, and large tracts of land.
In the fertile black soil, if you just scatter a handful of seeds, you can grow rice, millet, wheat, and corn. The Chinese people are not worth mentioning. Just drive them away with bayonets.
, coal mines, gold mines, copper mines, fertile fields, they all belong to the people of the Empire of Japan. Now, the heroic imperial army has occupied Manchuria. As long as they occupy North China, the Empire of Japan will gain
With a huge strategic space, we can become a first-class power in the world, and all the emperor's people can live a life of being a master who can stretch their hands for their shirts and open their mouths for food.
Later, as the teachers said, it turned out that the neighbors of Inukai Ichiro's family were a fisherman family as poor as his family. Because they had a son serving in the Kwantung Army, their family quickly became rich and they got involved with a businessman in the city.
Inukai Goro's father was very envious and often said that it would be great if our Goro could go to China to explore in the future. We could move to the city and marry Goro a city girl.
From an early age, Goro Inukai has been immersed in the idea of exploring China.
Inukai Goro was very lucky. After graduating from middle school, he successfully enlisted in the army and soon arrived in Tianjin. Inukai Goro's first letter home to his parents after arriving in Tianjin was written like this: "You can't imagine how beautiful and rich China is.
Where I am in Tianjin, there are banks, factories, shops, and even brothels everywhere. There are many high-rise buildings, row after row, which is more prosperous than Tokyo.
There are many Europeans here, and I am dazzled by the beauties from all over the world. My comrades said that the Japanese Empire will soon go to war with China, and this place will soon be ours. I have already thought about it. When the war starts, I will
You must first rob banks in China, get a lot of money, and send it all back to Japan so that you can buy a big house in the city and live a rich life."
The North China Incident happened, and Inukai Goro got his wish and went to the battlefield. This guy who wanted to be a rich man got addicted to robbery and murder during the battle. He wrote in a diary: "The moon is very round tonight.
, very white, like the breasts of the Chinese virgin I just played with today. Since the war started, I have killed 2
Three Chinese people. Today, my comrades and I went to the home of a rich Chinese man. His family had many houses. After we entered, we first killed all the men and then started to arrest the women. I was very lucky.
I arrived at this family’s daughter. She is tall, very white, and her eyes are full of fear. I like the ones who are scared out of their wits.
China beauty! I used my bayonet to jump off her clothes, pushed her to the ground and entered her. After I finished using it, I originally wanted to stab her to death with the bayonet, but the team leader said that this China woman was better than the woman he caught.
Younger and more beautiful, he also wants to enjoy it. Just like this, after the squad leader enjoyed it, his comrades lined up again
The team took turns enjoying her. Finally, I tied the Chinese woman who had completely passed out to the pillar of the house and took the lead in practicing stabbing. Then, under the leadership of the team leader, I set fire to the Chinese woman's house.
Singing "Kiminoyo" and returning home happily. I feel that China is really the paradise of the Japanese Imperial Army!"
On the night of December 23, Inukai Goro, who had transformed from a fisherman's son and a middle school student into a beast, stood guard at the west gate of Tianjin City.
The checkpoint setting is very simple, with a watchtower, a machine gun bunker, and a horizontal railing in the middle of the road.
Although they were standing guard, Inukai Goro and several of his comrades did not take it seriously. It was obvious that the Chinese army had already run thousands of miles away. Tianjin had become the paradise of the emperor, and the duty of standing guard was no longer for
Instead of guarding against a sneak attack by the enemy's regular troops, they searched for suspicious elements.
The only thing that makes Inukai Goro feel unhappy is that since he stayed in Tianjin, he has rarely had the opportunity to go to the battlefield. Thinking about those guys who are following the tanks and constantly conquering, Inukai Goro feels angry. It is better to go to the front line.
, China is so big, there are countless beauties, countless gold and silver jewelry waiting for you to conquer and seize. No, you have to apply to be transferred to other divisions!
Inukai Goro made up his mind. After he decided to send off his sentry, he went to the squad leader and squadron leader and asked to be transferred to the field division. If he didn't go, China's money and beauties would be transferred to the 20th Division and the 14th Division.
Those guys are done robbing.
While Inukai Goro was thinking wildly, the squad leader came to check the sentry. Seeing Inukai Goro's absent-minded attitude, the squad leader slapped Inukai Goro in the face. The slap made Inukai Goro dizzy, and he stood up straight in a hurry, his eyes straight.
Look ahead.
After looking directly at each other, Inukai Goro suddenly discovered that there was a line of lights on the road ahead. Looking carefully, it turned out that a group of cavalry had come, and it seemed that they were in an emergency. Otherwise, those arrogant cavalrymen would be in trouble in the middle of the night.
They won’t be rushing around with flashlights anymore.
Goro Inukai hurriedly reported to the squad leader. The Japanese squad leader looked and saw that a group of cavalry was coming from a distance. Judging from the light, it was more than a hundred cavalry. The squad leader didn't take it seriously and smiled with a cracked mouth.
: "It's so late, and there are cavalry coming. These guys must be drunk and took the wrong road!"
Not long after, the cavalry team arrived at the checkpoint. As soon as Inukai Goro shouted the command, the leader of the cavalry rolled off the saddle, came over, and slapped Inukai Goro in the face. Then, the arrogant cavalry raised his hand.
The flashlight was shined back and forth on the faces of several sentinels, as if to see whether there were bird droppings on their faces.
The Japanese team leader covered his eyes to dodge the direct glare of the flashlight, while asking the other party's number and why he entered the city so late.
The Japanese captain's question completely angered the cavalry. The cavalry major who led the team flew off his horse, walked up to the squad leader, grabbed his collar, lifted him up, and beat him hard until the Japanese captain's nose and face were bruised and swollen.
When it was over, the cavalry major still didn't understand his hatred. He waved his hand and ordered the cavalry behind him to dismount. He picked up all the sentries standing guard at the machine gun bunkers and checkpoints and slapped them all to do their work.
When the cavalry were tired, the Japanese soldiers standing guard were all exhausted. Especially Inukai Goro, who may have committed too many crimes. He was beaten by a cavalry so that his whole head became a flat pancake shape and his eyes were beaten.
Flowed out.
Seeing that the sentries fell limply to the ground, the cavalry major waved his hand, and immediately several cavalrymen picked up the sentry's guns and stood at the sentry posts. Soon, a dark and silent cavalry team appeared on the road.
, swarming towards the city.
The instructor task force has entered Tianjin!
Needless to say, the cavalry major was disguised as Zhao Zhiyu, the captain of the third squadron of the special operations brigade. During the Battle of Taiyuan, Wang Laohu led a squadron to attack Pingyao, Qixian, and Taiyuan, which was quite a sight. Even Zhao Yonggang, the captain of the second squadron, was under Panshi.
The battle showed great power. Only Zhao Zhiyu's third squadron failed to exert its own power because it cooperated with the 7th Jiao Brigade in the task of luring the enemy on the Western Front. Zhao Zhiyu was worried about it and snatched the first battle to attack Tianjin.
Seeing that everything was going well, Li Lingfeng, Wang Dahu and Wang Tongsheng, who had caught up, did not hesitate at all. With a gesture, Zhao Zhiyu's squadron was divided into three. Under the leadership of the underground party, they guided the second battalion to control the east gate, west gate and south gate.
Zhao Yonggang's squadron led the third battalion to control the Tianjin Post and Telecommunications Bureau. Wang Laohu's squadron led the first battalion to go straight to the airport.
As soon as Li Lingfeng started taking action, three echelon troops of instructors entered the city. Each battalion had a guide and rushed directly to the Japanese barracks such as Haiguang Temple, Tianjin Main Station, and the Japanese Concession.
There is really nothing classic or special about the process of the instructors entering Tianjin. Compared with the surprise attack on Yibin, Leshan, Chengdu, Xi'an, and Taiyuan, it was much simpler. Even Chairman Chiang could not imagine that a Chinese army would dare to surprise Tianjin.
, how could the Japanese army have thought of it? Not to mention that the Japanese army standing guard, patrolling, and vigilant were deceived by the special forces who were good at disguised sneak attacks. It was they who discovered the Eighth Route Army.
So what if the Japanese army disguised as a sneak attack? A hundred thousand troops quietly arrived at the gates of Tianjin. How could the thousands of sleeping Japanese troops resist it? Even if some people wanted to resist, it would only make the soldiers' bayonet tips drip a few more blood. The entire
The process was like killing pigs and sheep. Except for the thick smell of blood in the air, Tianjin was still quiet in the early morning, so quiet that you didn't even know you had changed the world.
The Japanese military headquarters and barracks at Haiguang Temple, the Japanese military airport at East Bureau Limingzhuang, the Tianjin main station, the Japanese military barracks at East Station, the Japanese Concession Guards, the gendarmerie, the military station, the secret service, the police station, the puppet barracks and other key points, overnight,
All occupied by the Eighth Route Army
.With the underground party leading the way and the special forces clearing the way, the instructor's actions were particularly smooth. Except for using bayonets and daggers, he did not fire a single shot. Not even the Japanese army, Japanese overseas Chinese, or even the puppet troops in such a big Tianjin.
One who can escape.
Of course, this is not correct. The instructor did not fire a single shot, but fired a few rounds. When Wang Laohu arrived at the Japanese airport in Limingzhuang, he saw that the airport was too big, covering an area of more than 2,000 acres. He was frightened.
As soon as any Japanese troops escaped and it was difficult to explain to the division commander, they insisted on using the method of occupying Taiyuan and fired more than a dozen poison gas bombs, suffocating all the Japanese troops guarding the airport and those flying heroes to death.
At 3 o'clock in the morning, the instructor division commander Liu Yimin and the political commissar Luo Ronghuan led the division to the Japanese headquarters of Haiguang Temple in the south of Tianjin.
After arriving at Haiguang Temple and listening to the reports from various troops, Liu Yimin learned that the Japanese troops in Tianjin were not 3,000, but 5,000. In addition to the second regiment of the independent brigade of the garrison army and the concession guard troops, there were also Japanese troops from the North China Front.
The division's depot personnel, plus the military police,
Secret agents, the total number of Japanese troops actually reached 6,000. The puppet troops were not a group as Yao Yilin said, but a full 3,000 people. Fortunately, it was a night attack, and it was a disguised Japanese attack at night, so the Japanese were wiped out in their sleep. Otherwise,
Given the belligerence of the Japanese army, the fight would at least last for a while.
Liu Yimin immediately ordered Gao Yuan, Li Lingfeng, and the troops not to stay. He immediately took the train to Tanggu and quickly captured Tanggu.
Seeing Yao Yilin standing next to him with a face full of surprise and excitement, Liu Yimin directly asked him to compile a list of traitors in Tianjin, mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized in Tianjin, lead the way for the troops, and ask Li Qing to send troops to cooperate, so that they can be killed as soon as possible.
These traitors were slipped out of bed and imprisoned in the Japanese military police prison.
When Yao Yilin heard this, he knew that this legendary hero was going to completely uproot the Japanese and puppet forces, and he shouted in his heart, "Traitors, you are here too!" He hurriedly organized manpower according to Liu Yimin's request and deployed the largest anti-traitor operation in Tianjin's history.
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Then, Liu Yimin ordered to return to China early from the Soviet Union. Chang Qiankun, who was assigned to work as an instructor by the headquarters in Taiyuan, served as the captain of the Second Flying Group of the Eighth Route Army. He led David and other three US military flight instructors and the remaining students from the aviation department of the Anti-Japanese University to immediately
Received Li Mingzhuang Airport and ordered the Third Battalion of the Security Regiment to follow Chang Qiankun.
Liu Yimin's order to Chang Qiankun was concise and powerful: "Quickly check the Japanese military flight data and find the exact locations of the Japanese military's Peking, Baoding, Shijiazhuang, Jinan, Shanhaiguan, Dalian, and Shenyang airports. Immediately organize formations to take off and carry out continuous operations."
Fight in flight and destroy it resolutely!"
Chang Qiankun was born in Yuanqu, Shanxi Province. He was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy in 1925 and the Guangzhou Aviation School in 1926. In the same year, he went to the Soviet Aviation School to study. After graduation, he served as a navigator of the Soviet Red Army's quasi-school. In 1933, he entered the Zhukovsky Army of the Soviet Union.
He studied in the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at the Air Force Academy. He and Feng Dafei were both classmates and comrades-in-arms. After Feng Dafei led the team back to Shaanxi for training, the headquarters sent him as an instructor to lead the remaining trainees to follow the team for the purpose of targeting Japanese aircraft in Tianjin.
Seeing that the instructor had completely occupied the Japanese airport, Chang Qiankun had been following Liu Yimin for a long time, eagerly waiting for the division commander to give orders. Upon hearing Liu Yimin's straightforward order, Chang Qiankun saluted with a bang: "Comrade division commander, the Eighth Route Army
2nd Flying Group
Chang Chang Qiankun reports to you and promises to complete the mission!" After saying that, Liu Yimin hurriedly ran out without waiting for Liu Yimin to return the gift, and got into the Japanese army's car with the Third Battalion of Guards and the student team that had already gathered in the yard, with the car on.
He turned on the light and sped towards Li Mingyangzhuang Japanese Airport.
After Chang Qiankun left, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan had a brief discussion and ordered Wu Zheng to take immediate action, pretending that the Japanese army had taken over all the warehouses of the Japanese army, taking over all the Japanese banks, businesses, and enterprises in Tianjin, and confiscating all the property of the Japanese. Cai Zhong was ordered to immediately take over all the properties in Tianjin.
Radio stations and newspapers implemented news control. All units that ordered Li Qing's third echelon to patrol, stand guard, and arrest traitors were still
The old disguised the Japanese army and used the Japanese flag when communicating with the concession. He ordered Qian Zhuangfei to maintain normal contact with all aspects of the Japanese army in the name of the Japanese army. He ordered Liu to establish a second echelon and quickly leave the city, using the Japanese troops and cars at each military station.
Motorcycles and their own horses, disguised as Japanese troops, controlled the outer areas of Tianjin. In short, they wanted to provide Chang Qiankun with at least one day for a sneak attack on the Japanese airport.
After issuing the order, Liu Yimin personally drafted a telegram to the Chairman and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters: "Our department attacked Tianjin in the early morning of December 24, and wiped out 6,000 Japanese troops, military police, police, and spies in Tianjin, as well as the puppet North China Security Army.
3,000 people, the seizure will be reported later after the count is completed. Now our army has launched a search for traitors and raided Tanggu
, the operation to clear the periphery of Tianjin is to use Japanese aircraft at Tianjin Airport to sneak attack on the Japanese airport in Peking. To this end, our department plans to continue to disguise the Japanese army, and after the sneak attack on the Japanese airport is completed, the news of our army’s occupation of Tianjin will be announced to the outside world. Our department plans
We are determined to clear out the Japanese and puppet forces around Tianjin, fully mobilize the masses, and prepare for the establishment of the Tianjin-Hebei Border Area Base Area."
After drafting, sign your name, give it to Luo Ronghuan to sign, and send it out directly.
At 4 o'clock in the morning, in the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Southeast Shanxi, Mr. Zhu and Mr. Peng, who had been waiting, finally received the good news from the instructor. Mr. Peng laughed loudly and kept calling for wine.
Mr. Zhu also laughed out loud, but he told Mr. Peng not to drink wine, as it would be easy to disturb others in the middle of the night.
Boss Peng said: "Boss, have you forgotten the scene in Liping when you received the telegram from the 18th Regiment to destroy three divisions of the Hunan Army? At that time, you ordered all the personnel in the headquarters to fill the streets shouting the news of our army's victory in Xiaoshui.
Yes. I think the victory over Tianjin will be greater than the Battle of Xiaoshui. We won’t allow publicity or talking about it for the time being. We must drink wine!”
Mr. Zhu smiled and said: "That's different. What was our situation at that time? Now it's not uncommon for a force as strong as the instructor's to take over Tianjin. Okay, let's not drink. Let's fight at night to kill it.