After the puppet Manchukuo government arrested 19 Russian employees on the eastern section of the China-Eastern Railway on August 14, the Japanese government and the Kwantung Army ignored the Russian government's warnings and forcibly arrested nine Russian managers and employees again on August 23.
Technical employees, the Russian government, who couldn't bear it anymore, finally issued a public declaration, declaring that it would never recognize the legitimacy of the puppet Manchukuo government, stop negotiations at all levels with the Japanese government, and at the same time call on the expatriates to withdraw from the country.
At 10:30 that night when the Russian government issued the announcement, three Japanese lieutenants drunkenly entered a Russian jewelry store in Guxiang Hutong, Xiangfang Street, Harbin, brutally murdered the Russian shop owner who had packed his bags and planned to return home the next day, raped and killed him.
They married the shop owner's newlywed wife and plundered all the cash and jewelry. When they went out, they happened to encounter a Russian neighbor who was awakened by the struggle and noise and went out to visit. Three frantic Japanese lieutenants drew their sabers and chopped down the neighbor who could not escape.
On the ground, the shrill wails shocked the whole street. By the time many Russian expatriates rushed out of their houses and rushed to rescue them, the three Japanese lieutenants had already disappeared into the vast night without a trace.
This barbaric and bloody atrocity aroused great anger among the Russian consulate and overseas Chinese. After hearing the news, a large number of puppet Manchukuo policemen rushed to the scene on the grounds that the Russians were trying to gather crowds to cause trouble under the instigation of the Communist Party. Under the command of Japanese instructors, they immediately launched
The ruthless suppression resulted in another major incident in which two people were seriously injured and dozens of others were slightly injured.
The next morning, the puppet Manchukuo government announced in a high-profile manner: This fact was a long-planned plan by the Russian Communist Party, a challenge to the dignity of the puppet Manchukuo country, and a major conspiracy to resist Japan.
It is expected that the Russian government will not give up. The Japanese Military Police Headquarters took the lead in issuing an announcement to refute the rumors, claiming that no one from the Japanese military units in Harbin left the barracks last night. This barbaric incident was actually an attempt by a group or organization with ulterior motives to provoke
The Japanese military intelligence agency will launch a rapid investigation and investigation into the conflict between the puppet Manchuria, Japan and Russia. At the same time, the Japanese Kwantung Army solemnly warned the Russian government and overseas residents that the Japanese and Manchurian governments and armies will never tolerate any
The communist forces were in Manchukuo, and any hostility and resistance to the Japanese-Manchurian government and army would eventually lead to self-destruction.
Relations between Japan and Russia deteriorated sharply in an instant. The furious Stalin and the Russian government mobilized heavy troops on the Sino-Russian border as quickly as possible. Tens of thousands of Russian expatriates panicked and fled the Northeast. The situation on the Heilongjiang border was in a state of imminent war.
When the news came, Chiang Kai-shek's spirit was greatly boosted. He never expected that three days ago, he and An Yi stayed up all night to discuss the adjustment of Sino-Russian relations and the situation in Northeast China. Three days later, such news that was beneficial to his side came immediately. He was so happy that he was
A call was made to Nanchang Xingying and An Yi, who was holding a disaster relief fund allocation meeting in Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces, was summoned to Lushan.
After some urgent discussions, Chiang Kai-shek once again adopted An Yi's opinion and ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue a public announcement, strongly condemning this barbaric atrocity by the Japanese army, and reminding the Chinese people from all walks of life in the three northeastern provinces to be vigilant. If the Japanese invaders force Taishi to
If you go south on your own, the Republic of China government will make arrangements for you properly.
After finishing what should be done, all that is left is to wait with peace of mind, wait and see what happens, and be on guard against frame-up by the Japanese invaders and the puppet Manchukuo authorities.
Chiang Kai-shek suddenly thought of something. He stared deeply into An Yi's eyes for a long time, looking at An Yi in confusion, and then asked in a low voice: "How is the current situation of Zhao Rui's Fourth Department's intelligence station in the Northeast?"
An Yi was secretly surprised and admired Chiang Kai-shek's sensitivity, meticulousness and broad thinking, but his face was very serious, as if he was quite puzzled:
"The Fourth Department no longer has an intelligence station in the Northeast! Not long after the divisions under the students' command left North China, the Fourth Department also canceled its efforts to continue to maintain intelligence stations in the Northeast. The original intelligence stations in the three northeastern provinces were all staffed by General Yang Jiuxiao He was personally responsible for it. After his division withdrew to the pass and reorganized, several intelligence stations outside the pass were abandoned one after another. The only remaining Shenyang station had been secretly handed over to Brother Yunong's Central Bureau of Statistics... Huh? Why do you suddenly ask? This? Could it be that the principal suspects that this matter was instigated by the fourth hall of students?"
"It's okay if you don't. There is no chance for intelligence work, especially in the Japanese-occupied areas. You must be cautious in everything you do. You must not do stupid things like painting a tiger instead of a dog!"
After Chiang Kai-shek finished admonishing, he showed a smile of relief: "I'm calling you back today because there is another important thing. Your teacher, General Wenbai, has been entrusted by the instructors of the Lushan Training Group. He hopes that you will teach the more than 2,000 soldiers from various armies who have been trained this period." The officer gave a speech. The officers of this period will graduate tomorrow. You are eloquent, practical and theoretical. The teachers and students of the Mainland University and the Central Military Academy have always liked listening to your lectures. Another one, this period of training Most of the officers are mid-level and low-level officers. Everyone admires you, a general who rose from the rank of engineer company commander, and regards you as a role model for learning. When you stand in front of the podium, you are more popular and more convincing than many instructors. "
An Yi was greatly surprised: "Principal, can you not go? The students have been busy with disaster relief all day long. They haven't led troops to fight for a long time. I don't know what to say for a while, so I might as well not say anything. Come on."
"No, I must go, I'll go tonight!"
After Chiang Kai-shek finished speaking, he did not allow An Yi to distinguish, and called the attendant and asked him to prepare more food. An Yi would have dinner here tonight, and after eating, they would go to the officer training group under the Tobi Peak.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the lights were bright on the training ground of the training regiment under the Throwing Bi Peak, and more than two thousand training officers were lined up in battalion units to wait.
Since the auditorium is still under intense construction, the Logistics Office of the Officer Training Corps has built a large and sturdy review stand near the foot of the mountain. The tall square colored door of the review stand is filled with freshly picked pine branches, with two sides. The large flag is extremely dazzling under the bright lights.
He Zhonghan, who has become the chief political training officer of the Central Military System, saw Chiang Kai-shek and An Yi striding forward surrounded by a group of generals. He immediately trotted forward with Ye Chugan and other dozen chief instructors, saluted and reported. , welcomed Chiang Kai-shek and An Yi to the rostrum, briefly asked Chiang Kai-shek for instructions, and then took on the task of presiding over tonight's grand meeting.
"Obey Chairman Chiang!"
"Destroy all evil red bandits!"
"Complete the National Revolution!"
After nearly three thousand students chanted slogans, He Zhonghan, who was wearing a lieutenant general's uniform, stretched his hands forward and made a downward gesture, and the whole place fell into silence.
He Zhonghan turned sideways with a smile: "Comrades, today, we have the honor to invite General An Yi, deputy chief of staff, director of the Syrian government camp, and deputy director of the National Disaster Relief Committee, to give us a speech. General An has been running around at the grassroots level all year round. , not only brilliantly commanded the Shanghai Anti-Japanese War in early 2032, last year's North China Anti-Japanese War and this year's Western Yunnan Anti-Japanese War, he also commanded the 24th Army of our army with a glorious tradition in the second half of last year. The 44th Army has a total of five In just one and a half months, this division eliminated thousands of red bandits who had long been entrenched on the Sichuan-Hunan border, successfully regained several counties in the Sichuan-Hunan-Guizhou border area, and established a solid national revolutionary regime.
"Today, General An Yi squeezed out time from his busy schedule to rush to Lushan to give a speech to the comrades who are about to graduate this year and will go to the front line to suppress bandits tomorrow. It is hard-won! Comrades, let us warmly
General An is welcomed with applause!”
The audience burst into applause. An Yi, who was sitting next to Chiang Kai-shek in the front row of the rostrum, could only stand up. Amidst the smiles of the generals on the stage, he walked to the front of the stage, saluted each other with He Zhonghan, then approached the podium and looked at
Looking at the eager adoring eyes from the audience, he smiled bitterly in his heart, pondered a little, pointed at the microphone and said loudly: "General He Zhonghan just praised me a little too much, which made me a little embarrassed..."
All the officers in the audience were stunned for a moment and couldn't help but chuckle.
An Yi chuckled and continued: "You may all know that General He Zhonghan is one of my most respected senior brothers. When I was studying in Huangpu, he taught me earnestly and he can be regarded as my good teacher and helpful friend. Therefore, he praised me
It's human nature to cheer for me, don't you think so?"
The whole audience burst into laughter, feeling that An Yi was so interesting and approachable, without any airs of superiority. More than two thousand young officers applauded enthusiastically and laughed heartily. Their hands were red from the long and warm applause.
In public, Chiang Kai-shek, who always looked serious, couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing. He suddenly remembered the funny scene of An Yi at the Whampoa Military Academy party, and the person he was ridiculing happened to be He Zhonghan.
Zhang Zhizhong, who remembered this incident on the rostrum, and all the old instructors from Whampoa Military Academy also laughed. He Zhonghan, who was standing at the edge of the front row of the rostrum, had a smile on his face, but he was cursing in his heart, thinking about An Yi
Your grandson, please don't mess around tonight.
The twelve foreign military advisers on the rostrum couldn't understand Chinese. Even if they could understand it, they couldn't understand the many meanings contained in An Yi's words. They kept asking the translator next to them what was going on? Why did An Yi just say a few words?
How could the response be so enthusiastic? How could the translator know how to convey the complex meaning? Amidst bursts of laughter and warm applause from the audience, I was so anxious that I was sweating profusely and couldn’t express my words clearly.
An Yi waited for everyone to quiet down, quickly put away his smile, and said with great seriousness: "Everyone, let's get down to business! Because the time was too short, I went on stage without any preparation, so I suddenly remembered what I wanted to talk about today, and the possibility of military combat
It has little relationship, but it has an extremely close connection with the military itself. The topic I want to talk about today is: Who is our enemy? Who is our friend?"
An Yi paused briefly, glanced around the audience, and then said: "Who is our enemy? This question seems to be easy to understand. Let's not talk about the distance, let's talk about the Northeast that fell after September 18, and the Japanese who occupied our sacred land.
The Kou are our enemies, the Manchukuo puppet emperor Puyi and his many traitors and traitors who have forgotten their origins are our enemies, and all reactionary forces that hinder the development of the revolutionary cause are our enemies!
"Although this question is obvious, it is also very complicated, but the enemy is still an enemy, and it is easy to recognize. What I want to emphasize is, who are our friends? Everyone, who can answer it? Apart from our National Revolutionary Army, who is our friend?
A military group or even which country is our friend on the path of the revolutionary cause for which we fight and shed our lives and blood?”
Hearing An Yi's question, there was no more noise in the audience. Countless people secretly asked themselves: Who is our friend? Who is China's friend?
Chiang Kai-shek and the generals sitting on the rostrum also showed solemn expressions.
After a pause, An Yi spoke again. He started from the First Opium War, to the War in Western Yunnan and the military exercises being held by the Japanese invaders in North China. His words made the soldiers in the audience full of grief and indignation, and then he began to make a final summary.
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“…Looking across the country and even the world, we don’t have a single friend. From the day the National Revolutionary Army was established, we have been in a difficult and outstanding situation. It was the hard work of countless revolutionaries and revolutionary martyrs, including our revolutionary soldiers, that allowed us to achieve victory.
With today's commendable situation, the great powers are still looking around, and we are still facing internal and external difficulties, and are surrounded by crises.
"I think there is only one reason, because our troubled country has just begun to wake up. We have always been in a poor and backward situation. To put it harshly, we are like poor beggars sitting on countless treasures.
Rich people naturally disdain to make friends with us. On the contrary, they covet our vast land and use all means to oppress and plunder us at all times. Not only do they steal our treasures, but they also repeatedly insult our personality and trample on our dignity.
And they occupy our land and try to enslave our ancient nation for generations to come.
"It is precisely because we are poor and backward that we have no strength to fight back when we are beaten. Many people have lost even the basic confidence to fight. Just like Ryukyu and Taiwan, which no longer have uprisings and obey the Japanese government's words, and the Northeast region has no South
The numb people have been relocated, and what is worse, some of them have become traitors who help the tyrants."
The atmosphere in the venue was so oppressive that the eyes in the audience were filled with hatred and anger, but the generals on the stage were wondering what An Yi meant by what he said.
An Yi puffed up his chest and said loudly: "So, what should we do? How to solve this situation of internal and external troubles, how can we truly stand up and declare our personality and dignity to the world? Should we repay grievances with kindness or persuade with reason?
People? Rely on giving in everywhere or rely on the conscience of the robbers?
"No, none of this will work! It's all wishful thinking to rely on anyone. We can only rely on ourselves, the steel guns in our hands, our will and blood, and the unyielding soul in the blood of our Chinese nation!
"Comrades, from today on, from now on, hold on to your guns and polish your knives. You are revolutionary soldiers. You shoulder the hope and trust of the people of the country, the national interests and the dignity of the nation.
Your swords and guns are your friends, the comrades beside you are your brothers who share the same hatred and share weal and woe, and the people of the country are your relatives. For the rejuvenation of the country and nation, fight a bloody road!"
At this point, An Yi took a step back and saluted straightly. The audience burst into applause and roared to the sky.