An Yi was shocked when he received the latest battle situation from the Second Air Regiment and immediately held an emergency meeting.
"Strange thing, how did the Japanese army know that our air force was dispatched?" An Yi asked his question straight to the point.
Air Force Chief of Staff Lin Fei looked around with a solemn expression: "Is there something wrong with us internally?"
The participants looked stern. Not many people knew about this bombing. If we really wanted to investigate, everyone present at this moment would be suspects.
An Yi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Impossible! Don't I know the people around me? All the air force officers and soldiers have also gone through strict military review. It is unlikely that problems will occur to them. Let's think about it again.
How will the Japanese army know about the mobilization of our troops?"
"Could it be that...the Japanese army deciphered our secret code?"
As expected of a member of the intelligence system, the views put forward by Major General Xu Yichen, director of the Shanghai Station of the Fourth Department, are the common problems in leak cases.
Everyone whispered, and Major General Wu Zhefu, deputy director of the Southwest Intelligence Bureau, the security adviser of the headquarters, answered: "Our secret code is automatically programmed and received and deciphered through a self-developed cipher machine. It has three confidentiality procedures and is obtained at the same time.
message,
It also needs to be translated through special telegraph code books and cipher tables. After such a strict procedure, if it can still be cracked by the Japanese army, then I have to say that the current Japanese army can already decipher the cipher codes of all countries in the world, but this
Obviously impossible!"
Wu Zhefu is an expert in cipher codes. When he was in Baoding, the cipher code deciphering team led by him and his wife successfully deciphered a large number of Japanese army cipher codes. With the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese army accelerated the speed of code change.
Often, as soon as the Japanese army's secret code was deciphered, the Japanese army had already changed the new code, and everything had to start again. Although
There are certain rules for the password setting of the Japanese army, but usually everyone who designs the password has his own bad taste. Often, a funny design they inadvertently will become a difficulty in deciphering the entire password. It requires circumstantial inspection and comparison of thousands of people.
It can be deduced and confirmed by pieces of coded information and the actual mobilization of the Japanese army. It is so difficult to crack that it is difficult for others to imagine.
Now that Wu Zhefu has made such a guarantee, no one dares to question his words, and this issue can be stopped here.
After that, Chief of Staff Yang Fei, Chief of Operations Fang Pengxiang, Chief of Communications Li Yufu, Liaison Chief Xu Boqian, etc. expressed their opinions one after another, but they were all rejected one by one.
At this time, Liu Qing, the director of the intelligence department, suddenly said: "I found that we have entered a misunderstanding. In fact, it is very simple to know whether our fighter planes have taken off. We only need to arrange a few simple observation points within a few kilometers around our airport.
That’s it, it won’t cost anything. The Japanese army’s spies are so powerful that even high-level officials of our government can sneak in and arrange a few people with legal identities around the airport. It’s perfectly normal!”
The conference room suddenly became quiet. An Yi's eyes widened and he suddenly patted the table:
"That's it...Liu Qing, you boy, do it, this has made you think! Immediately order Zhao Rui and the fourth hall to dispatch urgently. If there are not enough manpower, ask Xia Jian and Hutou to send troops to help.
Comprehensively monitor the ten kilometers surrounding the airport where our Southwest Air Force is stationed, and send out all our radio communication detection troops.
If you find out about the mobilization of our air force, you have to send a telegram to report it, right? Such inefficient things as writing letters and verbal communication cannot guarantee the safety of the Japanese airport. I want to catch all these moles one by one and publicly interrogate them.
and shooting, I don’t believe it. On China’s own land, there is no way to deal with the little *** spies.”
Relaxed laughter suddenly erupted in the conference room, but soon news from Shanghai made the smiles on everyone's faces freeze.
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Shanghai Songjiang Railway Station, waiting hall, thousands of refugees waiting here. As the Songhu War entered a fierce stage, what was originally a prosperous international metropolis suddenly turned into a bloody battlefield, from Zhabei to Hongkou
to Yangshupu, from Huajie to
In the Japanese Concession, fighting was going on everywhere, and the sound of gunfire was deafening. As the war spread, those Shanghai citizens who originally thought they would be safe hiding at home suddenly turned into bees whose nests were smoked by smoke.
Rushing to escape.
If in a peaceful age, people would be divided into three religions and nine streams, officials would also be divided into seniority and inferiority, and the social order would be so hierarchical that it would be difficult for ordinary people to go beyond one step.
However, fleeing is very different. Among the people fleeing, there is no distinction between high and low. Everyone has only one status, that is, a refugee.
Although during this period, the propaganda team sent by Anjiajun, as well as the relief agencies stationed by Jiangnan Group at various train stations, went deep into the refugees and mobilized everyone to walk to Changshu or Jiaxing first, where Anjiajun had set up special resettlement sites.
Responsible for transshipment or arranging the orderly evacuation of refugees without being trapped at the train station, which not only wastes time, but also poses a huge safety hazard.
However, when people are in danger of approaching war, who is willing to walk sixty or seventy kilometers to receive resettlement in a place where they don't know whether it is real or fake? It is better to wait patiently, and as long as they can squeeze into the train, they can leave this horrible place.
Therefore, except for the small half of the people who had full confidence in the Anjia Army, they started to slowly walk towards the west with their families. The rest of the people were still crowded in the train station, waiting for the extremely slim chance of boarding the train.
Usually, when the train enters the platform, everyone rushes to the train crazily. The stronger ones have a great advantage and can often squeeze out others' escape opportunities. Women, children, the elderly and the weak have to look at the train and sigh, waiting for the next one.
Opportunities come. However, most trains are ordered to go to the rear
Songjiang Railway Station was carrying troops to Shanghai, so there were only a few trains at Songjiang Railway Station. More and more refugees were stranded. Many people had been waiting in fear for three or four days. If it weren't for the relief location set up by Jiangnan Group, they would be ***
Serving gruel, many people are probably dying at this moment.
During this period, many people accepted the advice of the Anjiajun Propaganda Team and the staff of the Jiangnan Group Relief Point and evacuated to Changshu and Jiaxing on their own. There would be dedicated personnel to guide them along the way, providing gruel, tea and temporary shelter. However,
, more people are not willing to give up before reaching the Yellow River, still holding on to the hope of eventuality, and looking forward to the arrival of the train.
At about ten o'clock in the morning, Songjiang Railway Station became agitated because there was news that railway officials had been reprimanded by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and had sent four empty trains specifically to transport refugees. After the news came out, Songjiang Railway Station burst into cheers and was crowded with people.
Thousands of people are crowded together, and everyone naturally hopes to escape the sea of suffering. Everyone strives to compete for that slim chance to let others, not themselves, stay in the terrifying Shanghai.
Half an hour later, four long trains slowly drove into the platform of Songjiang Railway Station amid the cheers of tens of thousands of people. Many people were so impatient that they pushed the policeman who was maintaining order in front of them off the platform.
This led to the tragedy of crushing to death and injuring many compatriots on the spot.
The police looked at the huge crowd that was unwilling to retreat. In desperation, they fired warning shots into the sky. Unexpectedly, the bullets from their pistols bounced off the steel beams on the roof of the platform, injuring several more people.
Under great fear, the people regarded death as if they were home, and rushed forward one after another. Seeing that they could not block the torrent, the police had no choice but to retreat and let the flow of people spread everywhere and wreak havoc.
The following time was like a sad scene of the end of the world. On and off the train, everyone was scrambling for the first place. You pushed me, and I pushed you even if you didn’t push me. I dragged others off the train so that I could climb on.
Windows, roofs, all places where people could climb, and even the locomotive were crowded with people squirming like mosquitoes. During this period, there were many incidents of crushing, trampling, and suffocation.
At twelve o'clock at noon, just as the Southwest Air Force's fighter jets were engaged in a fierce battle with Japanese fighter jets over Pudong, the situation at Songjiang Railway Station was basically clear. Four trains were seriously overloaded. People under the train were all dejected. People on the train were dejected.
People secretly rejoiced that many boys and girls who had lost their relatives were crying for their parents everywhere, and the sound of weeping could be heard in and out of the car.
At this time, a shrill air defense siren sounded outside the train station. As the Second Battalion of the Southwest Air Force took the initiative to retreat, Japanese fighter planes came over the city of Shanghai for the first time since the Songhu War began, looking for all targets that could be hit.
Vent long-simmering anger.
In the train station, people who missed the train immediately fled in all directions. Some lay down on the edge of the fields, some hid under the ditches and river banks, and some were so anxious that they simply hid under the train carriages. It was difficult.
It’s hard to believe that the people who had already squeezed onto the train were looking for the stars and the moon, and struggled hard to get a place on the train. If they got off the train to avoid the air strikes from Japanese fighter planes, wouldn’t it mean that all their previous efforts had been wasted and the fruits of victory would be lost?
Give it to others for free
So? So many people were reluctant to get off the bus. The timid ones saw that others refused to move, so they emboldened themselves to stay still. Everyone was lucky, hoping that the Japanese pilots could clearly see the four trains in the station.
The train was carrying unarmed refugees, not troops. People with a little common sense and preparedness unfurled red cross flags on the roof of the train, so that the Japanese pilots would follow international practice and not bomb themselves.
However, everyone, including the Anjiajun personnel stationed at the station to advise people on air defense and the staff of the Jiangnan Group, thought wrong. The pilots of more than 20 Japanese bombers who invaded Shanghai for the first time were extremely excited. Due to the fighter jets,
In the previous contest with the Chinese Air Force, they had the upper hand. They also took off from the airport with great power and rushed to Shanghai to show off.
Today's weather conditions are good. Although the sun is not shining, the clouds are not thick. You can clearly see the train stations and trains on the ground. It is not difficult to identify the red cross logo and the identity of the refugees. But for everyone who is being fought and attacked
How could the *** pilots, who were so hot from torture, give up this opportunity that could undermine the morale of the Chinese people? Didn’t your Chairman Chiang say that we must unite as one and unite as one?
Since your government dares to go to war with the empire, and your fighter planes dare to fly to Japanese soil and drop bombs, then all your citizens should understand the cost and meaning of fighting the imperial army.
Just before the battle with the Southwest Air Force, the Japanese base camp had issued an order to all troops in China to "strike all targets that endanger the interests of the empire." This means any Chinese city, school, or hospital.
, a woman, a child or even an infant under one month old may be regarded as a "target endangering the interests of the empire."
Therefore, when the Japanese pilots discovered the four fully loaded trains on the ground, they were mentally excited and howling, a strong excitement similar to walking into a slaughterhouse, which greatly stimulated their minds, which were influenced by the Bushido spirit.
They were filled with a thirsty desire to kill. Bombing the trains of the belligerent countries was an order from superiors. The Army Air Forces were also soldiers. Soldiers only
Complete the mission regardless of morality. Studying morality is a matter for historians and philosophers. Besides, bombing civilian trains will not encounter any danger, it is as safe as the game of eagle and chicken. Therefore, the *** aircraft almost did not hesitate.
One after another, they swooped down at the train, dropped bombs, strafed, pulled up, dropped bombs again, strafed again, pulled up again, and the cycle continued.
The machine guns spit out tongues of fire, and the bombs fell into the crowd one after another. Some bombs went straight into the carriages, causing the entire train station to shake and shake, with ghosts crying and wolf howling, and a pink mist of blood and clouds covering the sky.
The sea of fire. This bloody massacre lasted for about a quarter of an hour. All four trains were blown to pieces. Passenger corpses were scattered everywhere, and blood flowed into rivers.
When the Second Battalion of the Southwest Air Force merged with the First Battalion, they returned to the urban area of Shanghai to compete with the Japanese fighter planes. The Japanese fighter jets that had just retreated had already left, leaving behind a blood debt waiting to be repaid!
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"Shameless! Beast! You actually attack unarmed civilians!"
An Yi roared loudly. He had never been so angry. During the bombing of the Japanese Islands, the Southwest Air Force did not attack civilian facilities for fear of attracting international criticism. However, such a move did not attract any attention.
The opponent's response actually made the opponent think that this was a sign of cowardice, and now he was openly attacking China's civilian trains, which An Yi could not accept no matter what.
All the generals were filled with anger. Confidential Secretary Shen Ziling suggested:
"Commander, the atrocities of the Communists should be publicly exposed to the world! Songjiang Railway Station is very close to downtown Shanghai, and many international public welfare organizations also have personnel stationed in Shanghai. We must make full use of this advantage to let the world
*Understand what kind of war this is!"
Yang Fei nodded: "With the precedent of the Japanese Air Force attacking civilians first, it will be excusable for us to retaliate in the future! In addition, did Oriental Film Company be allowed to speed up the Japanese army's release of poison gas bombs in flagrant violation of world law?
Record the speed of film production, cooperate with this tragedy, and expose the atrocities of the *** to the world?"
An Yi calmed down, "Although we know that these are of no use, we still have to work hard. Now it's time to use our power in the United States. Even if we can't influence the U.S. government, we must work hard to change the American people's attitude towards this war.
Opinion! Mobilize all the media under our control to accuse the Japanese army of atrocities. I want people in every country and region in the world to know that the Japanese are a group of beasts in human skins. To deal with the beasts, we will
You cannot use methods to deal with people, you can only fight violence with violence!
"Order the strategic bomber squadron to be ready for orders at any time to launch a missileless attack on Tokyo!"
"yes!"
All the generals were awestruck. At this moment, they knew that the Japanese had finally touched the most sensitive nerve in An Yi's heart and would lead to endless revenge.