On the afternoon of January 31st, people from Zhabei and Baoshan areas swarmed out and hurried away with their families carrying large and small bags, away from the war-torn place. The whole north of the city was filled with cries and shouts. Ten people who helped people leave the battlefield
The soldiers of the Ninth Route Army were so sad that they shed tears.
An Yi stood on the bell tower of the church, raised his telescope and looked around slowly. His unshaven face was ashen. The generals around him were filled with indignation but were speechless. They silently listened to the faint cries and endured the heartbreaking pain.
The soldiers watched helplessly as their fathers and fellow countrymen fled their homes in despair, crying and crying all the way under their noses. The guilt, sorrow, shame and hatred in their hearts almost reached an unbearable level.
"Commander, I'm calling from Nanchang. Mr. Ou and Miss Ou's family have successfully arrived in Nanchang and have settled down. Uncle Dao asked Commander to not worry."
Twenty-five-year-old Captain Chen Bannian quietly came behind An Yi and reported in a low voice that this graduate of the seventh phase of Huangpu Engineering Department was An Yi's favorite student. He was transferred to the rank of non-commissioned officer by An Yi because of his solid foundation and excellent understanding.
He studied in the school's special class, and after graduation, he was transferred to the independent division as a trainee for half a year. At the beginning of the month, An Yi formed a staff team and officially transferred to An Yi to serve as the captain's confidential staff officer.
An Yi put down the telescope and slowly turned back for a long time: "I know, let's go get busy."
Chen Bannian hesitated: "Commander, why don't you call me back?"
An Yi pointed to the southeast: "Look, where will these thousands of fellow villagers sleep tonight? What will they eat? Who can help them? Look at the crying children and women. I, the commander, am still in the mood.
Will you send a telegram back..."
Ye Cheng came up and gently took away the sad Chen Bannian, brought him to the stairs, and whispered: "Quietly call Mr. Ou back in the name of the commander, greet him warmly and explain that the war is imminent. I have no time to do it. I will go and see him when I have a little time."
"this……"
Chen Bannian did not dare to overstep his authority.
"Go ahead, I'll take care of anything."
Ye Cheng waved his hand and told him to go and do it quickly. He returned to An Yi and looked towards Shanghai City. He took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly. Even a calm and cold-hearted person like Ye Cheng felt that his heart was heavy and filled with sadness.
Just yesterday, the Nationalist Government issued a declaration to move its office to Luoyang. In fact, it was a move of the capital, but it still wanted to cover up the situation. Before the declaration was issued, President Lin Sen had already led a large number of civil servants to rush west. Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Zhaoming, etc. left Nanjing after the declaration was issued.
, while sending electricity to encourage the soldiers of the revolutionary army to fight the Japanese invaders to the end, at the same time, he gave instructions to Shanghai Mayor Wu Tiecheng, the new Foreign Minister Huang Yong, and roped in the so-called friendly consuls of the United Kingdom and the United States and the Japanese Consul Murai, Commander Yanze, and the Commander-in-Chief of the 19th Route Army Jiang Guangnai.
Negotiations with others finally resulted in a three-day ceasefire starting from 6 p.m. on the 30th to facilitate the evacuation of people in the war zone.
Angered by the arrogance of the Japanese, the British held high the "flag of justice" and solemnly informed Japan that the Japanese army could not be allowed to use the Shanghai Public Concession as a base, and joined the United States in protesting the Japanese military operations in Shanghai.
Accusing the Japanese army of violating the rights of all countries and exceeding the means of defense. Sun Ke, who was unemployed in Shanghai, was not to be outdone. After shouting slogans to reporters, he announced that he would call the Minister of Military and Political Affairs He Yingqin to quickly send troops to reinforce Shanghai.
An Yi and his brothers watched all this with cold eyes, knowing clearly that this was a delaying tactic by the Japanese army, but because of the strict order of the Military Commission that "provocations are prohibited during the armistice and violators will be severely punished", they could only watch and wait, but were unable to do anything.
"Everyone, please look! Three enemy planes have appeared in the northeast and are heading towards me." Shen Fengdao warned loudly.
Everyone looked up and soon saw three Japanese military planes spray-painted with red circle plaster logos flying in at low altitude. An Yi shouted that they were not bombers, and the brothers immediately rushed downstairs. Lin Yaodong, who was the fastest, rushed downstairs as soon as he arrived. Going to the duty room, loudly ordered the air defense artillery to prepare. More than thirty brothers put down everything in their hands and rushed towards four modified military trucks carrying Swedish-made twin 20 anti-aircraft guns. The major and battalion commander of the air defense battalion shouted to start the car. Prepare for war at full speed, take the lead in uncovering the green canvas covering the carriage, rush to the front under the big tree, quickly get into the open-top command vehicle, and after five minutes of tossing, just leading the convoy out of the courtyard, I heard a signal from the direction of the 19th Route Army Headquarters diagonally opposite. There were bursts of violent explosions, and several bricks and stones were shot out in the deafening explosions, smashing the stained glass on the front of the church. Several bricks that hit the wall bounced back and hit the ground, and strings of rocks popped out. String of sparks.
The enemy planes roared in the sky and drew a large circle to the south, flying slowly towards the eastern horizon.
"Tell them to come back. It's useless. Before the institute can build a radar, there won't be more than ten minutes of advance warning. You won't even be able to hit a feather. Come back!"
An Yi looked at Lin Yaodong helplessly: "Take the guards, prepare the vehicles to transport the wounded, and follow me. General Cai's headquarters may be in trouble."
Ye Cheng gritted his teeth with a dark face: "The Japanese really have no faith at all. Less than twenty-four hours after the three-day ceasefire period, they brazenly launched a sudden attack on our army... Commander, I finally understand how you feel. , knowing why you formulated the rather vicious 'Raging Dragon Plan' three months in advance, it seems that I can't do anything without retaliating against them."
An Yi looked sideways at Ye Cheng, who was walking beside him and was shaking slightly with anger: "You finally understand my difficulties? You had reservations about my plan before, saying that it was not in line with international law, inhumane, and could not be as inhumane as the Japanese. Is it time for you to wake up now?
Lao Ye, you are resourceful and thick and dark compared to the brothers around you, but you are still kind and orthodox. The moral principles of Confucius and Mencius have penetrated deeply into your bones. Without the price of blood and the baptism of labor pains, maybe You still can't get rid of the woman's kindness mentioned by Huzi. I think that only when you pass this threshold in your heart can you burst out your outstanding talents!
Believe me, this is just the beginning. The more bloody and bestial methods of the Japanese invaders are yet to come. The Japanese have betrayed their trust and dropped a few bombs today, which is similar to what they did during our second Northern Expedition to Jinan and are now being implemented in the three northeastern provinces. What are the countless brutal cruelties compared to this? If you don’t believe it, just wait and see... Let’s go!”
Ye Cheng looked sadly at the thick gunpowder smoke and blazing fire in front of him. His ears that were still buzzing heard the faint wailing sound. He looked quickly and found that An Yi had rushed towards the bombed-out streets in the east. and civilian houses, the guards also rushed over and shouted for the rescue team. Hundreds of people a hundred meters away were crying and crying, and there was chaos. Ye Cheng saw that a corner of the courtyard of the 19th Route Army headquarters in the south had been blown down. The originally erected radio antenna and the attic had disappeared. In the courtyard, the commander of the 19th Route Army Cai Tingkai and other soldiers were furious and cursed at their mothers. The chaotic guards rushed out quickly and put vigilance on all sides to restore order. They knew that all the generals in the headquarters were safe. , and ran towards the people who were killed and injured. Before they could reach the explosion range where the smoke was pungent and the ground was full of broken limbs and broken arms, An Yi rushed out holding a child who was still crying with half of his legs broken. With a thud, he knelt down on the road and quickly tied up the child's broken leg while still calling loudly for the health worker.
The explosion coincided with the peak of mass migration. More than 50 people were killed and more than 100 were injured. It took two trucks from the former enemy headquarters and An Yi's car to transport all the wounded to the field hospital in the west. The blood-stained guards tightly surrounded An Yi, but An Yi, whose face and hands were covered in blood, pulled the intelligence staff and ordered coldly:
"Immediately take pictures, develop them immediately after taking them, make a thousand copies, and send them to our brothers in various departments. Tell them that I, An Yi, am useless. I watched the Japanese planes blow up fifty-seven people in front of my headquarters." Famous fellow villagers, brothers and sisters, tell me that I, An Yi, hate myself for being incompetent..."
"commander--"
"Go away! Take a quick photo, I won't disturb you, take a quick photo, even the bodies of the old man and the child on the roadside, and the girl who lost half of her body, take photos..."
"commander……"
Shen Fengdao rushed forward and slapped An Yi several times with lightning speed. He bent down and carried the unconscious An Yi on his shoulders and ran back to the headquarters. Cai Tingkai and others who came over were shocked to see An Yi being carried away and they all chased after him. , Lin Yaodong quickly grabbed Cai Tingkai, explained in detail, repeated what An Yi said, then apologized and led the guard back.
Cai Tingkai looked up to the sky and sighed, shouting loudly: "It's not just General An who is hurt? I am also hurting to the bone..."
"Military, kill him! His mother's Japanese have not kept their word, what kind of faith do we have with them? Look at...the piles of corpses and pools of blood, right under our noses, just under our 19th century At the gate of the Route Army Headquarters! Kill him!" Ou Shounian shouted loudly, his straight features distorted with anger.
"Give the order, military commander!"
The generals all gnashed their teeth and roared angrily.
Cai Tingkai glanced around and nodded heavily: "Okay! Go back immediately to discuss it. If you don't take revenge, you will be in vain! Go back -"
"yes--"
Four o'clock in the afternoon, Nanjing headquarters.
"What? What did you say? Japanese planes really bombed the headquarters of the 19th Route Army?" He Yingqin opened his eyes in disbelief, his gold-rimmed glasses trembling frequently, looking extremely shocked.
Yang Jie put three telegrams in front of him: "Minister, please take a look. Two of them are war request telegrams sent by the 19th Route Army Headquarters and An Yi. One is a detailed description of the Zhabei Intelligence Station in the Second Hall. The number of civilians killed increased to Sixty-two people, including six staff officers and guards of the 19th Route Army, were killed, and more than a hundred soldiers and civilians were injured. Reporters from various newspapers in Shanghai have already flocked to the site. I believe that tomorrow's newspapers will cover the news overwhelmingly. It is foreseeable that If this news spreads to all parts of the country, it is likely to trigger more intense demonstrations and the emergence of radical youth or organizations to retaliate against Japanese overseas Chinese in various places. It may even be used by lurking communist parties in various places to cause chaos, and the situation will be serious. It is not something we can control. Just the anti-Japanese pressure from various armies will paralyze our radio."
He Yingqin stood up slowly, glanced at the dozens of generals standing silently around him, waved his hands for everyone to continue working, walked to Yang Jie step by step, and asked in a low voice:
"Brother Geng Guang, what should we do? Neither Cixiu nor Kanhou are here, the committee has just arrived in Xuzhou, and there is no leader. You and I can't make a decision! What should we do?"
Yang Jie sighed: "Hurry up and call the commissioner, and another urgent call to Mayor Wu of Shanghai, asking him to go to Zhenru as soon as possible, and be sure to appease An Yi's subordinates and the generals of the 19th Route Army, otherwise, tonight may happen." An earth-shattering event happened, and it got out of control. Both of their armies are strong-willed troops, and it is impossible not to retaliate, especially An Yi. If he becomes ruthless... Brother Jing knows the consequences..."