Chapter 435 A big explosion caused by a strange combination of circumstances
At 7:40 a.m. on May 2, all the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army evacuated Jinan. General Liu Zhi commanded the First Army's baggage troops and took seven trains to leave Jinan West Station and bound for Tai'an.
The line from Tai'an to Laiwu moved quickly; the Second Army, under the command of General Chen Tiaoyuan, marched north from the east of the city to Longshan. General He Yaozu's Third Army and General Fang Zhenwu's Fourth Army's forward troops had also arrived in Changqing.
First line, start crossing the river and heading north.
The provincial capital compound was in a mess. Guard troops loaded important supplies onto more than a dozen trucks. Commander-in-Chief Chiang got into the car, surrounded by generals, and set off quickly under the escort of three regiments of guard troops. Due to the traffic and traffic on the road out of the city in the west of the city,
The railway has been blocked by the Japanese army. It is necessary to make a large circle outside the east gate to avoid the Japanese army in the south of the city before it can go to the temporary headquarters Dangjiazhuang Station on the Jinpu Line in the south. The convoy drove out of the east gate and Commander-in-Chief Chiang remembered An Yi.
I remembered that An Yi was still dictating telegrams in the confidential room before leaving, and asked An Yi repeatedly if he had evacuated?
Wang Shihe, the captain of the bodyguard who was sitting in the passenger seat in front, turned around and replied: "I'm guessing he's following behind. Junior Brother An said he was riding a horse, and he and General Li Shilong commanded the 7th Division to break up the rear."
Zhu Peide, who was next to Chiang Kai-shek, said: "Commander-in-Chief, don't worry, An Yi knows this. After the retreat order was issued at 5:30 in the morning, the Japanese army reacted extremely fiercely. At first, they thought we were going to deal with them and urgently gathered the troops.
We rushed to the street intersections and commanding heights of the commercial port to set up machine guns. The whole city was shaken. Later, the Japanese army realized that we were going to retreat and immediately sent more than 300 people to seize the train station. Unexpectedly, An Yi came out ahead in the end.
Within ten minutes after the order was issued, Brother Guiyan and General Mingsan were notified, and they grabbed seven trains and twelve locomotives, fully loaded with the Fourth Army Corps stationed on the front line of the station and a regiment of Brother Guiyan, and quickly drove to the west.
We got off the train at Yangjiazhuang Station, seven kilometers away from the suburbs, and then transported the first group army's logistics and equipment units to Tai'an in batches.
The entire retreat route was planned by this guy. He deployed the armies in an orderly manner without any chaos. The generals of the armies also gave him a lot of respect. Basically, he obeyed his words and executed them very well. This guy is young.
He can be fearless in the face of danger and be as careful as his hair. He is a handsome man!"
Chiang Kai-shek let out a deep sigh and glanced at the officers and soldiers hurriedly walking out of the car window. He felt very sad and closed his tired eyes and asked no more questions.
In Jinan City, the frightened citizens all closed their homes and did not dare to travel. There were not many people in Jinan City, which was so large. There was garbage and dust everywhere, and it was filthy.
More than 600 Japanese troops, under the command of commander Saimoto, fought angrily left and right in chaos. They never expected that the revolutionary army would suddenly withdraw from Jinan. Commander Saimoto initially thought that the revolutionary army had seen through his plan.
Wanting to strike first, he hurriedly reported to the division commander Fukuda Hikosuke, and hurriedly formed troops to blockade all the streets in the Japanese area. However, before all the ministries were in place, Fukuda Hikosuke's emergency order had arrived, asking Saimoto to spare no effort.
At all costs, blow up the iron bridge on the Yellow River, do everything possible to cut off the revolutionary army's way north, and trap all the revolutionary army in the Jinan area north of the Yellow River.
Zhaimoto, who had just woken up at this time, immediately sent more than 80 officers and soldiers to escort the engineering team to the Yellow River Bridge, and then sent a squadron to seize the train station. After sending troops everywhere, Zhaimoto only had a few hundred soldiers left, and he was unable to stop it.
After the main forces of the revolutionary army evacuated, they could only rush to the Negotiation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government on the 4th Road along with the Japanese embassy personnel for questioning.
Ten minutes past eight, six kilometers north of Jinan City, on the north bank of the Yellow River Railway Bridge.
Miao Ping'an, who was crawling under the railway roadbed on the north bank of the Yellow River, stared nervously at the brothers of Han Xianzhi's demolition team who sneaked under the north arch bridge to place explosives. From time to time, he looked at the noisy Japanese figures in the center of the railway bridge hundreds of meters away, and his heart skipped a beat.
When it came to his throat, this gangster from Guan County, Shandong who had just joined the Independent Division in Changqing County finally understood how courageous and skilled the soldiers of the Independent Division were.
Miao Ping'an, who is only 28 years old, is a veteran ruffian with ten years of military experience. He was born as a former mountain hunter and later became Lao Jiu, a subordinate of Guan County bandit Wang Liuzhen Huo. His bandit name is "Nine Lives Cat".
He was famous throughout Qilu for his good fighting skills. He often defeated more than a hundred officers and soldiers with more than ten men. He was unable to control the officers. Later, he was incorporated into the security force by the local government in the sixth year of the Republic of China. After that, he was transferred to various warlords and went through ten years of chaos. He has rich battlefield experience.
Miao Ping'an, who looks rough but is actually cunning, is ruthless and precise with his marksmanship. He is good at setting traps in mountain and forest warfare and has gradually risen to the rank of company commander of the Zhilu Army. He is usually conceited and has a keen eye for learning. He keeps saying "His uncle! We are meeting with the Sixth Master".
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However, Miao Ping'an, who had suffered a defeat and hid in the mountains, had just been selected to follow Li Fuqiang's special forces for a mission less than six hours before he no longer dared to be awesome. He may never forget the scene an hour ago in his life: wearing a
Li Fuqiang and An Jin, dressed in beggar attire, bowed and bowed under the guns of the Japanese sentries. In the blink of an eye, they killed two Japanese sentries and several brothers from the special forces who were as light as a swallow in front of him and five or six Zhilu Army brothers who had just surrendered.
He jumped out almost silently and killed all three sleeping Japanese soldiers and a sergeant at the bridgehead post in the blink of an eye.
At that time, a brother from the Zhilu Army who was trembling with fear asked Li Fuqiang: You dare to kill the Japanese... Unexpectedly, Li Fuqiang asked angrily: What nonsense? The Japanese don't shit? In the end, he almost gave up the special brigade.
The brothers laughed out loud.
Young An Jin and a brother in his unit put on Japanese military uniforms and stood at the bridge head holding the Japanese 38-meter cover. They were not afraid at all of the large number of Japanese troops who were more than a hundred meters away from them in the middle of the bridge and were nervously installing explosives. At 8:10
On the left and right, the Japanese troops who had installed explosives slowly withdrew to the south bank. A major and two engineers hurriedly laid wires and retreated step by step. The enemy major in the center of the bridge suddenly shouted and waved to An Jin, meaning to ask An Jin and others to withdraw.
On the south bank, how could An Jin know what the Japanese soldiers were shouting for? He still stood motionless at the bridge with his gun in hand.
The Japanese Army Major felt something was wrong and immediately ordered everyone to stop retreating. Dozens of Japanese soldiers turned around and pointed their guns at An Jin and his brothers. An Jin and his brothers immediately fell down under conditioned reflex.
This provoked a burst of howling from the Japanese soldiers, and five or six Japanese soldiers immediately charged at An and Jin with their guns drawn.
Luo Yi, the deputy captain who was crawling in the grass on the north bank to protect An Yi, saw the emergency situation and slowly tightened the trigger of the sniper rifle. A gunshot of "pop" sounded, and a mist of blood rose up from the head of the Japanese major, and his body
He quickly fell backwards, knocking the engineer behind him who was pulling the detonator and throwing him to the left. His heavy body happened to hit another companion who was holding the detonator. The two of them fell off the roadbed together and fell heavily.
The square blaster spun half a circle in the air and hit the ground. It unexpectedly turned on the power supply. A loud "boom" sound erupted immediately. The two arches in the middle soared into the sky and fell apart in flames. There were more than a hundred Japanese soldiers on the bridge.
The fragments were mixed with the torn apart railway tracks, sleepers, bridge decks, steel supports and rubble and shot up all over the sky.
The rock-shaking explosion caused the bridge deck of more than 40 meters to completely disappear. The long and narrow bridge decks and sleeper rails on both sides of the break were twisting and rattling frequently, and seemed to be about to collapse at any time. The two people at the north bridgehead, An Jin, had already
He fell on the railway, and the explosion deafened the ears of more than 300 brothers who were crawling on the north bank, and their hearts convulsed. The whole city of Jinan was buzzing and shattered.
After the debris fell all over the sky, Luo Yi picked up his gun and jumped up, rushed to Li Fuqiang's side and shouted anxiously. Li Fuqiang's ears were still buzzing and he heard nothing. Luo Yi panicked
Li Fuqiang pulled him to the bridge and pointed at Han Xianzhi and seven or eight brothers who had floated up from the river. Only then did Li Fuqiang realize that the brothers in the demolition team had not blown the bridge to pieces and had all fallen into the river. Seven or eight heads were bobbing on the water.
It seemed that he couldn't swim anymore, so he rushed back to the north bank, grabbed a dozen brothers and ran down the river bank to salvage it.
Luo Yi and his assistant helped An Jin, who looked drunk, quickly return to the north bank. After working hard for more than ten minutes, they retreated to a place more than 200 meters north with the demolition team brothers who climbed ashore wetly. Hu Jialin had already commanded two
The regiment brothers began to dig trench fortifications along the slightly higher terrain on both sides of the railway.
The soldiers of the General Headquarters who were marching several kilometers away from the southern suburbs of Jinan were also startled by the huge explosion. The two-kilometer-long queue suddenly stopped. Thousands of soldiers turned around to watch the explosion.
direction, there were exclamations and discussions.
Zhu Peide's face instantly turned pale in the car and he muttered "It's so dangerous". Commander-in-Chief Jiang suddenly opened his eyes and ordered the car to stop. The attendant opened the car door. The two people quickly got out and looked at the sky above the Yellow River Iron Bridge to the north for a long time.
The large smoke of gunpowder that was still rising was lamentable. A few hundred meters behind, An Yi, Gu Changfeng and others rode through the road vacated by the officers and soldiers, slowly chasing Commander-in-Chief Chiang and Zhu Peide.
Commander-in-chief Chiang stared at the thick smoke in the distance and sighed: "The Japanese army is really despicable and dirty, and they will do anything to achieve their goals..."
"Yes! The Japanese army brazenly blew up our big iron bridge on the Yellow River just to delay our progress as much as possible. Without the decisive order from the Commander-in-Chief, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to withdraw even if we wanted to. My subordinates estimate that the Futian Division's
The main force has already arrived between Puji and Zhangqiu, and will soon reach Jinan. The next step will be to see how the Japanese army reacts." Zhu Peide sighed.
Chiang Kai-shek nodded: "Before noon, the main forces of the three armies of our army can cross the north bank. There are two ferries in the east section and four ferries in the west section. The speed will not be slow. As long as all armies follow the plan and hold all the ships on the north bank.
, the Japanese army had no choice but to pursue them. The Taishan and Laiwu front lines of the First Army Corps have complex terrain. I believe that the Japanese army with 20,000 to 30,000 troops would not dare to go deep into it rashly. The next step is to rely mainly on diplomatic mediation. In Shanghai, there are brothers Yue Jun (Zhang Qunzi) and
The Japanese envoys will negotiate, and Brother Yingbai of Jinan will negotiate with Futian, so that the matter will not get worse."
An Yi came on horseback at this time, dismounted, and ran to Chiang Kai-shek and Zhu Peide to report. Chiang Kai-shek confirmed the news of the Yellow River Iron Bridge to An Yi. An Yi felt quite uneasy, knowing that his demolition team had more than a ton of explosives.
It’s difficult to achieve such a big effect, but I can only bite the bullet and answer:
"Since all the confidential departments are on the march, my subordinates have not yet received a definite report. However, judging from the direction and intensity of the explosion sound, this possibility is very high, and the Japanese army has long wanted to occupy the bridge. Seeing our army retreating in all directions, it must be
Thinking that his treacherous plan had been discovered by our army, and worried that our army would forcefully pass through, he hurriedly blew up the bridge. His subordinates thought that it was not Saimoto who dared to decide such a big matter, but that it must have been Saimoto who saw the urgent report of our army's withdrawal.
The result after Fukuda.”
"Well, that makes sense. Although the Japanese army was brutal, they still had strong discipline. To the south at the intersection ahead is Dangjiazhuang. Your senior brother Yu has already led a group of guards to arrive there in advance. Let's set off now. When we arrive at Dangjiazhuang
I need to get exact information." Chiang Kai-shek ordered.
"yes!"
After An Yi finished answering, he sent Chiang Kai-shek and Zhu Peide to the car as a gift, then got on his horse and rushed to Dangjiazhuang first. His two regiment brothers were still on the north bank of the iron bridge, and another regiment and more than 3,000 troops were still growing.
Qing County, the main force of the Japanese army is coming soon. Maybe the angry Japanese army really wants to fight. Therefore, the river crossing situation of each legion needs to be verified and understood. If you are not prepared to be caught off guard by the enemy, it is not worth it. Therefore, he