With the rise of the Westernization Movement, Tangshan, like Tianjin and Tanggu, became the industrial base of North China. Especially since the late Qing Dynasty, many dignitaries have bought properties and started businesses in Tangshan, making the ancient city of Kaiping prosperous. The buildings in Tangshan City have also
Like Tianjin, there are old-fashioned courtyard houses, courtyard houses with fifty to seventy households in an alley, and Western-style houses. It is a city that combines Chinese and Western styles.
After the troops entered the city, the first battalion went straight to the main camp of the security team under the guidance of the security team sentry squad leader.
Due to Tangshan's important military status, heavy troops have been stationed in all dynasties, and the size of the barracks is still very large. Although Yin Rugeng mainly took a fancy to Tangshan's industry and transportation and established the pseudo-Jidong Anti-Communist Autonomous Government here, he did not rule it out.
It was because the city defense project here was solid, the government and barracks facilities were complete, and there was no need to spend money on construction.
The guard squad leader of the security team who led the way was a veteran. Before joining the army, he was an idle villain. He had no national interests in his mind. He only wanted to scrape a few coins from somewhere and exploit the widows. This time he met the emperor.
When the army arrived, I felt that I had an opportunity, and if I tried to be nice, there might be some benefits. Therefore, the squad leader kept talking all the way, telling the translator about the situation of the security corps, and kept bragging about himself.
He was so familiar with Tangshan. He even mentioned whose family was rich and whose eldest daughter and younger daughter-in-law were handsome. He also repeatedly promised that after the imperial army and the translator had rested, he was willing to take the imperial army and the translator to have a good time.
Di Xunhua asked Liu some questions. The translator who listened kept nodding and pretending to translate the words of the sentry squad leader to the imperial army officer leading the team. The imperial army officer held his head high, rode on the ocean horse, and kept talking.
"Yo system, yo system!"
When they arrived at the gate of the barracks, the squad leader went up to the sentry aggressively and told the sentry that the imperial army was coming and they wanted to rest here. Open the door quickly and call the commander out.
At this time, the imperial army was no longer polite. They directly pointed their bayonets at the sentries at the entrance of the barracks, and arrested all the sentries in the fortifications at the entrance. Even the squad leader who led the way was tied up tightly. Then
The imperial army broke into the barracks and snatched the prisoners out of bed.
It was not until the Second Battalion, led by the underground party, rushed to the east gate to clean up the security team stationed in Wengcheng that gunfire rang out.
The security team stationed in Wengcheng is a squadron. The backbone of this squadron is basically all members of the Guangxi clique during the Northern Expedition. After the Guangxi clique failed in the battle with Chiang, the troops that stayed in North China were reorganized. After so many years, many people
The dead died, the retired were retired, and most of the remaining troops were reduced to motley crews. This squadron fell into this situation. In order to survive, it was incorporated into Yin Rugeng's security team. At the beginning, Yin Rugeng was appointed by the National Government.
Commissioner, the soldiers naturally have nothing to say. But after Yin Rugeng became a traitor, the officers and soldiers of this squadron stopped working. They had no choice but to wait for the opportunity. The Jidong Branch of the North China People's Armed Self-Defense Commission organized by the Northern Bureau understands
After the situation, Li Zhongli was assigned to be the squadron leader, hoping that they would join the anti-Japanese team anyway. The two sides hit it off and were ready to take the team away when the opportunity came.
When the Second Battalion pretended to be Japanese troops and arrived at the Wengcheng barracks at the east gate, the security sentry on guard was very alert. Instead of opening the door, he immediately reported it to the squadron leader.
The squadron leader thought that the Japanese army was here to disarm, because he knew that the Japanese army did not trust the security team. He heard that the direct cause of the Tongzhou incident was that the security team deliberately released water during the battle with the 29th Army, which aroused the suspicion of the Japanese army and led to conflicts.
The Japanese army dispatched more than a dozen planes to bomb the security camp, killing more than a dozen people, and only then did the First and Second Corps of the Security Force rebel.
After thinking about it for a moment, the squadron leader felt that the Japanese soldiers came in as night owls and had no good intentions. If they were disarmed, they would probably be shot collectively or sent to Manchuria to work as coolies. They might as well do the opposite. Anyway, they had already decided to join.
The anti-Japanese army has formed. It is better to fight the Japanese one day earlier than to fight the Japanese one day later. At worst, we can block it and withdraw overnight to fight guerrillas.
Once determined, the security squadron immediately assembled urgently, quickly distributed ammunition, and climbed onto the Wengcheng wall.
Second Battalion Commander Liu Shizhu was a squad leader of the Sharp Knife Company of the 18th Red Regiment. He followed Liu Yimin all the way from the Xiangjiang River to Jidong. He was so experienced. When he saw that the security team had not opened the door for a long time, he knew that something was wrong.
After discussing with the instructor, they immediately sent someone to notify the regimental commander of fire support, ordered the troops to spread out and hide immediately, and prepared to use rocket launchers and explosive packs to blast forcefully, open the city wall, and occupy the Wengcheng barracks.
The Wengcheng is a small city built inside the city gate. If the siege troops break through the city gate and enter the Wengcheng, the guarding troops can rely on the Wengcheng wall to destroy them. The meaning of Wengcheng comes from the word "catching turtles in an urn". With Wengcheng, the city gate
The solidity of the defensive fortifications has been raised to another level.
The Second Battalion here had just prepared for a strong attack, and the security squadron over there climbed up the city wall. Liu Shizhu still had a glimmer of luck, so he asked the Japanese teacher pretending to be a translator to crawl on the ground and use a loudspeaker to shout, saying that he was a member of the Imperial Japanese Army stationed there.
The troops of Tianjin's Second Regiment were ordered to pursue the bandits to Tangshan and asked the security team to open the door immediately and the imperial army to enter the barracks to rest.
Before he finished shouting, a volley of gunfire rang out from the city wall, causing sparks to appear on the green brick floor in front of the soldiers.
Liu Shizhu was furious and was about to order a fire attack with a wave of his hand. At this moment, he heard a security officer on the city wall shout loudly: "You little devil, please listen to me clearly. I have rebelled and will never be a security guard again."
Come on. I’m going to beat you bastards today!" After shouting, he waved his hand and there was another volley of gunfire.
When Liu Shizhu heard this, he felt that these security teams were going to fight the Japanese. He immediately ordered not to attack. Then he took the tin trumpet and shouted: "Brothers on the city wall, listen, we are the Eighth Route Army, and we are pretending to be Japanese troops to attack Tangshan."
Yes, Tangshan City is now under our control. Brothers are welcome to join the anti-Japanese team."
When the security squadron leader heard this, he was a little confused. How could this be possible? The Japanese army suddenly said that they were the Eighth Route Army. Who would believe it? He shouted: "Little devil, don't lie to grandpa. If you have the guts, attack us."
When Liu Shizhu thought about it, he was right to not believe it if he was talking nonsense. He shouted: "Brothers, listen, we are the real Eighth Route Army, and we captured Taiyuan City in Shanxi Province. In order to make you believe it, I will fight
The cannon blasted open the gate of Wengcheng, and then sent people in to discuss with you, please don't shoot."
After speaking, Liu Shizhu ordered the rocket launcher team to fire one round to blast open the city gate.
The instructor's troops are now comfortable using rocket launchers. After receiving the order, the rocket launcher shooters immediately took a half-kneeling position, aimed at the wall gate of Wengcheng, and fired.
After hearing Liu Shizhu's words, the security squadron leader was still doubtful and ordered to stop shooting to see what tricks this group of people claiming to be the Eighth Route Army could pull off.
Not long after, a bang was heard, and the city gate was smashed to pieces. The security squadron leader believed it this time, because if it was really the Japanese who came to disarm, with this kind of artillery, taking down the Wengcheng would be a piece of cake.
, it is impossible to be wordy with yourself.
Before Liu Shizhu could send people into Wengcheng, the security squadron leader led his brothers down the city wall and came out to greet them.
Seeing that this security squadron was serious about participating in the anti-Japanese war, Liu Shizhu was not polite. He directly said that Yin Rugeng had not been captured yet and asked him to resettle the troops, open the east gate, welcome the troops who had set up an ambush outside the east gate to enter the city, and then split their routes.
Lead the Eighth Route Army to arrest Yin Rugeng and other big traitors in the puppet government.
The security squadron leader immediately ordered the east gate to be opened, and asked the squadron deputy leader to lead a small group of brothers to welcome the Eighth Route Army into the city. He led two small groups and the second battalion to capture Yin Rugeng and his minions.
After Yin Rugeng fell asleep on a chair in the living room, he had a very strange dream. In the dream, he arrived in Beijing and sat on the throne of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Below him was a group of officials. He was a little strange. The officials didn't know why they were looking at him.
He kept laughing. When he turned his head, he found that his Japanese wife was squirming in the arms of General Touichi Terauchi. He was a little embarrassed. These Japanese people were too disrespectful to me. Just when he was about to scold him, he felt someone tapping him on the shoulder.
Suddenly, he raised his face and found Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo looking at him with a smile, asking him if he felt comfortable sitting in this seat. If he felt uncomfortable, the Imperial Army could find someone else to sit in. He felt excited and knew
I was so excited that I hurriedly got down from my seat and ran to General Judai Terauchi to bow to him. General Juichi Terauchi then took his hand out of his wife's arms, touched her head and said, do a good job, the Imperial Army trusts you.
After waking up from the dream, Yin Rugeng felt that this was a good sign, indicating that the Japanese would not completely abandon him. In any case, he was still valuable. At least who in the east of Hebei didn't know Chairman Yin? He had to go to Peking quickly.
I quickly asked to see General Touichi in the temple, but I couldn't let him forget me.
I think I should bring my Japanese wife with me when I go to Peking, maybe it will actually work. Besides, my wife is pretty good-looking, otherwise why would I have married her in the first place? Although she is a bit older now,
There are a lot of wrinkles on the face, but the Japanese like to be messy. The general in the temple might just like to play with other people's wives. Otherwise, why would he often go to Wang Kemin's house? Who cares, everything about him is
What the Japanese gave me would be worse than a mangy dog without the Japanese themselves. For the sake of power and position, how can I care so much!
When Yin Rugeng was thinking about something, he heard gunshots coming from the direction of the east gate. Yin Rugeng, who had been frightened by the Tongzhou incident, his first thought was that there was a mutiny, and he immediately turned around and ran to the bedroom. There was a secret passage there.
, you can hide for a while.
When he entered the bedroom, he saw that the Japanese wife had already sneaked into the secret passage with the money box in her arms. Yin Rugeng felt funny in his heart. Not all Japanese were not afraid of death. They also knew how to sneak into secret passages when gunshots were fired.
After entering the secret passage for a while, he heard a guard standing at the door of the bedroom shouting a report. Confirming that the report was from his personal guard, Yin Rugeng felt relieved, knowing that the matter was not serious, otherwise his guard would not have shouted the report so calmly. So he pulled him.
The Japanese wife got out of the secret passage, straightened her clothes, and asked in a dignified tone what was going on.
The guard reported: "Reporting to the Chairman, a group of imperial troops came from Tianjin and said they wanted to see the Chairman. Please get up and receive them."
Yin Rugeng thought for a while and felt that if the Japanese wanted to harm him, he would not release him from the detention center. He probably had something wrong. Just as he was about to open the door and go out, his mind changed and he asked again: "What happened to the gunshots at the east gate just now?"
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The guard replied: "There was a misunderstanding between the imperial army and the security team, which caused a gunfight, but it ended quickly. All the brothers from a squadron of the security team stationed in the East Gate Wengcheng were disarmed by the imperial army. They are now looking for the chairman of the committee."
Let’s talk about the security team’s lack of respect for the imperial army.”
Yin Rugeng immediately cursed: "These gangsters, bandits, and scoundrels will cause trouble for me if they have no other skills. If they piss me off, I will ask the imperial army to send them all to Manchuria to work as coolies."
While cursing, he opened the bedroom door and stepped out.
As soon as I arrived at the living room, I saw my squadron leader stationed at the east gate standing quietly in the hall accompanied by several imperial army officers. There were also many imperial troops standing in the yard.
Yin Rugeng hurriedly stepped forward and said in Japanese: "Welcome the Emperor's warriors to the humble abode. Please sit down and drink a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up. It's really embarrassing for the Emperor's warriors to come to Tangshan on this cold day. It's the first time we meet.
, please take good care of me!”
Although Liu Shizhu, who was pretending to be a Japanese officer, was learning Japanese with the army, his level was limited. Except for "This is the first time we meet, please take care of me" and "The Emperor's Warriors, Tangshan", he could not understand much else. However, he was already very good at it.
I was tired and didn't want to talk to Yin Rugeng, so I hurriedly grabbed Yin Rugeng, sat down to rest, and drank hot tea. I waved my hand, and the soldiers outside the door swarmed in, directly pushed Yin Rugeng to the ground, and tied him up.
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When Yin Rugeng's two personal bodyguards saw that the imperial army had captured the Chairman, they knew something was wrong. They reached out and took out their pistols. Before they could raise the muzzles, they heard two bangs, and the chests of the two bodyguards were exposed.
Bloody hole, he fell softly to the ground.
The soldiers quickly rushed into various rooms in the courtyard and arrested Yin Rugeng's wife and other guards, staff, confidential personnel, and service personnel.
Liu Shizhu then sat down, took a sip of the tea that Yin Rugeng's servant had just brought, and sent someone on horseback to report to the regiment leader that he had captured Yin Rugeng.
The tied up Yin Rugeng knew that he had been fooled as soon as he heard that the imperial army officer spoke extremely fluent Chinese. This was not the imperial army. It was clearly the Chinese army pretending to be the imperial army and entered Tangshan. He was so smart, so he naturally knew
What would happen if he fell into the hands of the Chinese army? However, he was unwilling to accept it and struggled and asked loudly: "Who are you? I am also Chinese and I have contributed to China. You can't treat me like this. I want to see you."
Your highest officer demands to meet with Chairman Chiang Kai-shek!"
After drinking hot tea, Liu Shizhu regained some energy. He stood up, walked to Yin Rugeng, and said coldly: "You traitor, you have the nerve to say that you are Chinese? Bah! As for Chairman Chiang, he doesn't know him.
I don't know him either. I only know our division commander. His name is Liu Yimin. He is the division commander who commanded us to take Taiyuan and eliminate 40,000 elite Japanese troops. He ordered us to arrest you and your men. You are a traitor.
Just wait to get shot!"
As soon as Yin Rugeng heard this, all the energy in his body was completely drained, and he wanted to lie down on the ground. The guarding soldier came up with a rifle butt: "Be honest, why are you pretending to be a bear!"
When Yin Rugeng's Japanese wife saw Yin Rugeng being beaten, she knew that her life-long dream of glory might be over. If her dream was gone, what else could she do? She immediately started rolling around on the ground, crying and gibbering in Japanese.
Liu Shizhu was upset when he heard the scolding. He went up and kicked the Japanese girl on the butt. Now, the Japanese girl stopped being naughty and even hugged Liu Shizhu's feet and kissed her randomly, which made Liu Shizhu embarrassed.
He was so annoyed that he just kicked the Japanese girl until she fainted.
By the time Liu Jianli led the main force into the city, the overall situation in Tangshan had been decided.
Liu Jianshe immediately ordered the troops to seize the time to control various factories and mines, control the Beining Railway, complete the task, and rest on the spot. He also ordered the brigade political office and the investigation company to conduct surprise interrogations of Yin Rugeng and other traitors.
What Liu Jianshe didn't expect was that by this time, the people of Tangshan had already learned about the Eighth Route Army's occupation of Tangshan. Every household took action, rushing from home to the streets to guide the troops, help arrange accommodation for the troops, and boil water for cooking.
It turned out that the Tianjin underground party comrades who led the troops saw that the troops had taken control of Tangshan. They immediately contacted the party organizations in Tangshan according to the plan and asked them to organize the backbone of the masses to help the troops catch the spies and traitors, solve the problem of food and accommodation, and let the soldiers
They can regain their strength as quickly as possible.
Tangshan is an industrial city with many workers, including thousands of workers in the Kaiping Coal Mine alone. The underground party has done a lot of work in Tangshan. Especially after Comrade Shaoqi became the secretary of the Northern Bureau, the North China party organization has recovered and developed, and actively organized anti-Japanese
To save the nation and carry out armed construction behind enemy lines, Tangshan, as an important industrial town, is naturally a key area for the underground party's work.
As soon as they heard that their troops had occupied Tangshan, the underground party members immediately took action, mobilizing workers and the masses overnight to start vigorous support work. At this time, Li Congmin, director of the Political Department of the Second Education Brigade, was completely relieved, and the soldiers
We can finally drink hot tea and hot soup.
Years later, Li Congmin specifically described in his memoirs the scene of the people of Tangshan visiting their soldiers on this winter night. He wrote this: "When we entered Tangshan, the Sixth Regiment of the Religion had already taken control of the situation, and the pseudo-Jidong Anti-Communist Autonomous Government
The main officials and security team have all been captured. The brigade commander ordered all troops to seize control points and arrange for camping and rest. Since we set off in Duliu, we have not had a sip of hot soup. In the cold winter, the soldiers can only rely on
Eat cold food and drink chili water to fill your stomach. As the director of the Political Department, I really hope that the soldiers can eat hot meals, sleep well, and restore their strength. But I know that the cooking soldiers are working just as hard as us.
It was obviously a bit difficult for them to light a fire to cook. Besides, the soldiers were too tired. As soon as the order to camp and rest was issued, more than 10,000 people camped on the streets of Tangshan. The cold wind whipped the tired bodies of the soldiers, and also whipped my heart. This
At that time, the people of Tangshan, who received the news that our army had occupied Tangshan, took action. They got up all night, made fires to cook, and led the soldiers home. They gave our soldiers ginger soup, boiled water, and a meal. Since the attack on Tianjin