Chapter 437: It would be unworthy of a gentleman not to take revenge.
In the early morning of the next day, Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Tai'an under the escort of all military generals, and immediately issued an order to the entire army: Zhu Peide continued to serve as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and An Yi served as chief of staff, commanding the second, third and fourth armies to continue
Northern Expedition.
At noon on May 3, General Zhu Peide led the 7th Division to detour northward and headed for Yucheng. The Independent Division, which had taken a short rest, also headed for Yucheng after leaving Jiyang. General Chen Tiaoyuan's Second Army continued northward after leaving Jiyang to raise troops.
General Fang Zhenwu's well-recharged Fourth Army marched out of the plains, aiming directly at Dezhou. General He Yaozu's Third Army, together with the former enemy's headquarters, formed the First Army's Center Army.
At this moment, an unexpected disaster occurred in Jinan City. At nine o'clock in the morning, a seriously injured soldier of the Forty Army who was staying at a poor man's home in Jinan couldn't bear it anymore, so he was carried on a stretcher by two coolies to the Christian Church opposite the Nanjing Government Negotiation Office.
The hospital was discovered by patrolling Japanese soldiers before they reached the entrance of the hospital. The frenzied Japanese soldiers immediately opened fire, killing the injured soldier and an innocent coolie on the spot. Hunter, an American professor from Jinan Private University, also came to the hospital to see a doctor. He was shocked when he saw this and quickly
They stepped forward to help him, but the Japanese army couldn't see clearly what Hunter looked like from the back. When they saw someone who dared to step forward for treatment, they fired savagely again. The bullet entered Hunter's back, penetrated his heart, and was ejected from his chest. The kind-hearted Mr. Hunter died immediately.
When the first gunshot rang out, British reporter Cowell happened to be in the corridor of Christ Hospital. Hearing the gunshot, he sensitively ran to the corridor railing and then captured the scene of Hunter being shot by the Japanese army.
The unbelievably brutal scene was still to come. A group of Japanese military police followed the sound and were shocked to see that the person lying dead in a pool of blood was a white man. Soon, a group of Japanese military police came under the order of a squad leader.
They surrounded three corpses and quickly stripped them naked. More than a dozen Japanese beasts then trampled the corpses with their dirty leather shoes, leaving them unrecognizable.
After Cowell took the footage of the atrocity, he quickly went downstairs and called a group of priests and doctors to rush out of the hospital to protect Hunter. Just as the Japanese soldiers were picking up three unrecognizable corpses covered with blood and dust and were about to leave, Priest Simmons watched.
Qing's friend Hunter rushed forward regardless of his own safety. The Japanese military police quickly dropped the other two corpses and came to stop him. Cowell, the doctor, and the priests rushed forward in protest loudly. During the push and shove, only the sound of a gunshot was heard.
, Priest Simmons covered his abdomen and slowly fell down.
At this time, everyone on both sides was stunned. The doctors and priests stopped moving forward. Three of them quickly lifted Priest Simmons and rushed into the hospital. Cowell and the other two priests squatted beside the dead Hunter and lost their voices.
Crying bitterly, how could the Japanese military police care about the corpses when they saw such a big lawsuit involving human lives? In a blink of an eye, they dispersed like birds and beasts. The grief-stricken Cowell rushed into the hospital again, took out his camera and took pictures of the scene one by one.
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Half an hour later, during the push, the gun went off and Pastor Simons was hit in the liver. He lost too much blood and never woke up again. Dozens of doctors, priests and European and American expatriates from the Christian Hospital were angry and rushed to the British and American consulates to redress their grievances. Kuwait
I returned to my residence, developed and enlarged all fifteen photos as quickly as possible, rushed to the consulate to testify, and gave the films to my colleagues at the New York Times.
After the Japanese consul and military attache learned of the situation, they immediately met with the commander of the Sixth Division, Fukuda, to discuss countermeasures. Diplomats from the European and American embassies rushed to the Japanese consulate in the afternoon, lodged a strong protest, and solemnly announced that this terrible incident had been reported to the United Kingdom and the United States.
The government, all responsibilities and consequences will be borne by Japan. The despicable and shameless Japanese pushed the matter onto the revolutionary army, slandering the revolutionary army spies in disguise and deliberately provoking the trouble, claiming that the matter still needs to be verified and that they cannot jump to conclusions.
How could the European and American envoys believe this set of lies? The three parties argued fiercely for more than an hour. In the end, the angry British and American envoys walked away and immediately held a press conference.
In order to divert attention and create greater chaos, the Japanese side, after a night of secret negotiations with the military, began to set up troops to rob shops in the city and beat civilians the next day. Then, on the pretext of hiding the revolutionary army, they simply sent troops to surround the Christian Hospital and set up a
Machine guns were aimed at the hospital and fired wildly, causing chaos throughout Jinan City.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the heinous Japanese army blatantly trampled on international law and placed the Nanjing government's Foreign Minister Huang Yong under house arrest. They also sent troops to surround the Nanjing government's Negotiation Office. They tied up and beat the director of the Foreign Affairs Office and the Shandong negotiator and nineteen staff members. Cai Gongshi, who was proficient in Japanese, explained his identity.
Strongly protesting against the atrocities of the Japanese army, the Japanese army became so angry that they stabbed his face, cut off his ears, cut off his tongue and gouged out his eyes, and finally stripped him naked and then brutally killed him. The remaining staff were all killed except for two people who struggled to escape. The Japanese army still did not stop and blew up
The radio station of the Negotiation Office set fire to the office, creating the Jinan tragedy that shocked China and the world.
However, the atrocities committed by the Japanese army aroused strong anger from people in China and the world. The U.S. government immediately held an emergency meeting after receiving the telegram from the Embassy in Jinan. Three hours later, it issued a strongly worded statement of condemnation. The U.S. Congress announced to the world that it would
When discussing relations with Japan, Britain, France and Germany had long been squeezed by Japan in terms of interests in North China. They immediately seized on this incident to stir up public opinion and requested the League of Nations to convene an emergency meeting to impose sanctions on Japan. The Nanjing government issued statements of condemnation one after another, and there were massive protests across the country.
Anti-Japanese demonstrations and boycotts of Japanese goods were in full swing.
Although the Japanese government stopped the barbaric behavior of the Japanese army in Jinan by robbing and beating civilians, it did not give the world a satisfactory answer. On May 6, it sent planes to bomb the revolutionary army barracks in Tai'an. On the 7th, it fired machine guns at the Japanese army in the western suburbs of Jinan.
After strafing freight trains on the Jinpu Line, on the 8th, the Japanese cabinet meeting again decided to order the Nagoya Third Division to dispatch to Jinan and decided to continue to occupy Jinan and manage the Jiaoji Railway.
Japan's beast-like evil deeds completely angered the whole of China, and public resentment boiled over. Waves of anti-Japanese waves were set off across the country. The First Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army stopped its Northern Expedition and turned around to push towards Jinan.
Group Army coach Feng Yuxiang also issued a statement, severely condemning the atrocities committed by the Japanese army and saying that he would not hesitate to fight Japan for the sake of national dignity.
Chiang Kai-shek ordered all units of the revolutionary army to stop advancing and put them on standby. He continuously dispatched diplomatic and military personnel such as Zhang Qun, Xiong Shihui, Yang Yongtai, and He Chengjun to repeatedly negotiate with the Japanese embassy and consulate. After the secret meeting in Tai'an, General Feng Yuxiang quietly arrived and left in a hurry, and immediately
Calling on the revolutionary army officers and soldiers across the country to focus on the great cause of the Northern Expedition, the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce and other groups also called for the continuation of the Northern Expedition, and the national public opinion was soon led to focus on the great cause of the Northern Expedition.
On May 10, He Yingqin, the Chief of Staff of the National Revolutionary Army Headquarters who had been doing nothing in Nanjing, suddenly arrived at the former enemy headquarters of the First Army, convened an emergency military meeting of the generals, and formally announced that he would act as Commander-in-Chief Chiang to exercise the authority of the First Army Commander-in-Chief.
, and ordered An Yi to lead the independent division to withdraw south within three days and return to the Yanzhou camp to rest and standby.
As soon as the order came out, the officers and soldiers of the First Group Army reacted strongly. They questioned the correctness of the order and rushed to defend An Yi. However, An Yi silently accepted it, saying that he would obey the order of the headquarters and take a day off tomorrow.
, he led his troops to retreat southward the next day and returned to Yanzhou to wait for orders.
At night, seven or eight generals, including the Central Army's coaches Zhu Peide and He Yaozu, generals Xia Douyin, Mao Bingwen, and Li Shilong, jointly hosted a banquet for An Yi. The atmosphere at the banquet table was dull and the mood was low. Mao Bingwen and others were indignant and scolded, and they were soon beaten by their own
Chief Zhu Peide and He Yaozu stopped to drink.
He Yaozu picked up the wine glass, clinked it with everyone, drank it all, put down the glass, and said to An Yi: "Nine out of ten people are unhappy in life. Since ancient times, all heroes have suffered and been tortured. How can a good nephew achieve what he has today?"
, it is already commendable. With your talents, you are born in troubled times, are you still afraid that you will not be able to stand out one day? What's more, although the commander-in-chief asked the nephew to lead his troops to return to Yanzhou for rest, he did not relieve the nephew from his post as chief of staff of the former enemy. As soon as the news passed, he ordered again
There’s no telling if my nephew will come back to strategize! Is there any officer in the First Army who doesn’t admire my nephew’s talent and virtue? My nephew must not be discouraged by this small setback, as the future is long!”
Veteran Xia Douyin took over the topic: "Yes, General An, the matter in Jinan seems complicated now, but it has actually become clearer. Although the Japanese confused right and wrong during the negotiations, they repeatedly insisted that General An was the first to provoke the trouble, blowing up the iron bridge and shelling
The Japanese army caused more than 500 casualties to the Japanese army. Even Brother Guiyan was asked by the Japanese to be relieved of his military duties and punished according to law. But all this was seen by the people of the world and understood in their hearts. The Japanese used strong words to make sense. In fact, it only showed that they were ruthless in appearance and weak in skills.
, didn’t the Commander-in-Chief withstand it?
This political thing is not so easy for those of us who practice martial arts to understand, but one thing is clear to me. This war with the Japanese is indeed unwinnable. It does not mean that we will always be at the mercy of others, but it cannot be fought at this time.
, as long as we fight, we will relieve our hatred, but more people will suffer. Let alone the fact that our Nanjing government has no money to fight this war, let’s just say, who will take over after we fight them all? Do we expect Zhang Zuolin, Zhang
People like Zong Chang?
Therefore, it is right to take a step back. With such deep hatred, how can we soldiers forget the plan? In a word, it is not a gentleman not to avenge this hatred. It is not that you will not avenge it, but that the time has not come! With your full strategy, you are afraid that you will not have the chance to teach you a lesson.
Little Japan? Haha... Come on, I'll give you a drink. You and I are the same. We were all born into poor families. Is there anything we can't let go of when we've come this far? Come on, drink!"
"Thank you, Uncle He, Uncle Xia! My nephew is grateful for your teachings. It is only proper etiquette for my nephew to honor Uncle Xia. Uncle Xia, please!" An Yi raised his glass with both hands respectfully, bumped it hard with Xia Douyin, raised his head and poured it into his throat.
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An Yi wiped his mouth, signaled the orderly to pour the wine, stood up, and then toasted to Zhu Peide, He Yaozu, Mao Bingwen and others one by one. He drank until his handsome face was as red as red as a sauce, but he still refused to put down the glass. He drank until he fell unconscious and was killed by himself.
The two captains of guards carried back and then stopped.
Xia Douyin watched An Yi being sent to the backyard room, sighed, and invited everyone to have another drink. He put down the cup and sighed: "I have never seen such a smart child. Not to mention his outstanding military talent, his innocent heart is so heartwarming.
I admire him! What’s rare is that he can still control his emotions even though he is already suffering so much. He is so accomplished at such a young age. He is like a dragon or a phoenix among people! Brother Yi, you are his elder, tell us.
Tell me some anecdotes about him?”
Zhu Peide readily agreed, so he told the story of how he met An Yi for the first time and then met An Yi for the second time in Hukou. Everyone in the audience heard exclaims and sighs, who knew that An Yi had already vomited at this time.
After finishing everything in his stomach, he rinsed his mouth and wiped his face, and immediately sat around with a group of subordinates who had been waiting for him to discuss intensively.