At ten o'clock in the morning on February 8, 1932, with the National Government's telegraph commendation and non-stop reports from radio stations in Nanjing, southern Sichuan, Nanchang and other places, following the "February 7th Great Victory", Shanghai's "February 8th Great Victory"
"The good news spread across the land of China again, and soldiers and civilians across the country held grand celebration parades, resolutely resisting Japan, and calling for joining the army to serve the country.
"Oriental News" issued a supplement at 11 a.m., reporting in detail the course of the "February 8th Battle". It analyzed it in detail from a military and political perspective and believed that this was the first battle of a battle nature since the Chinese army started the war.
The decisive victory was another great victory after the "Second and Seventh Victory". Countries in Britain and the United States and all walks of life commented highly on the heroic and tenacious officers and soldiers of the 19th Route Army. For the first time, they spoke from a more realistic and objective perspective.
position, and analyzed the impact of this battle on the future situation.
Just after ten o'clock, a surprising anomaly occurred in the 44th Division positions around Wusongkou Fort and on the east side of Chenjia Lane. Groups of officers and soldiers holding red cross flags high and wearing white hats with red crosses on their heads moved slowly.
Walking out of the trenches, we headed towards the battlefield where corpses were strewn with smoke and residual flames still rising.
The Japanese Marines in the trenches and ferry fortifications on the other side of the river hurriedly reported the situation. Upon receiving the emergency report, the top commander of the Marine Corps, Colonel Tanaka, immediately called his surroundings. After intense discussions, he believed that there were more heroic Imperial Army officers and soldiers left on the battlefield, and the various departments under his command
It is also necessary to be prepared to clean the battlefield and transport the bodies back. Since the Chinese army took the lead and entered with bare hands to show its goodwill, there is no need to attack them and provoke a war in order to recover the remains of their own people.
If both sides maintain restraint, there will be no conflict. No matter from which perspective, both sides are exhausted and need to lick their wounds. Especially the Japanese army can take this opportunity to wait for reinforcements from Dalian, Qingdao and China.
, hoard superior forces, and then, under the cover of aircraft and naval guns, crush the opponent with thunderous momentum. However, the small actions of a Chinese soldier and the irrational behavior of the Japanese guard sentries made this pair look extremely dangerous.
What was a beneficial humanitarian operation turned into a war involving tens of thousands of people, which lasted for a day and a night.
At 11:30, the rescue team composed of brothers from the 44th Division Engineer Corps and the Baggage Transport Company basically completed the work of collecting the corpses. Most of them had already carried the corpses of the last batch of brothers back to the position. The last one responsible for the search and inspection
The team walked to the west bank of the Songpu River, which was across the river from the Japanese outpost. After a brief discussion, they also carried the red cross flag and evacuated one after another.
Zhao Genfa, a 19-year-old senior soldier from Henan Province, secretly glanced at the hundreds of Japanese soldiers on the east bank who were preparing to cross the river to collect the corpses. He turned to deputy commander Su Junfeng and asked nervously:
"Deputy commander, we have to go now... What if the iron plate on my chest can't withstand the 38-pound bullet?"
"Go, go, don't worry about it. I have tried it myself before, and it was impossible to penetrate with a sniper rifle from twenty meters away. Why are you panicking? If your boy hadn't been the first one to sign up enthusiastically, this arduous and glorious task would still be around.
I can’t find you! As long as I can’t kill you, I will promote you to the rank of warrant officer and send you to the sergeant school for further training. When you come out, you will at least become a platoon leader.”
Su Junfeng turned his back to the Japanese soldiers who were waiting and watching, lowered his voice, and severely lectured the honest and honest Zhao Genfa.
"Then what if Little Japan really shoots, not hitting my chest, but just hitting my head? I'm not wearing a helmet..." Zhao Genfa was still very nervous.
"Idiot! The other party is at least 160 meters away from you. Do you think all the little Japanese devils are sharpshooters? When the gun fires, just lie down obediently. I and your company commander will carry you back and escape.
Maybe I won’t be able to hit you, you just fall down as soon as you hear the gunshot, why are you so nervous?”
Su Junfeng gritted his teeth and glared at Zhao Genfa. The engineer company commander next to him also cursed a few times in a low voice. He also did not forget to observe the hundreds of Japanese troops waiting impatiently across the river with red crosses and white flags.
"Then what if you hit my second child and I can't continue the family line for the rest of my life?" Zhao Genfa was still afraid.
The tall and powerful company commander couldn't bear it any longer. He leaned over and cursed fiercely: "Go back! I'll do it. This is all you've got in your fucking life..."
"I'll do it! Do it right away! Don't be angry, company commander, I...will risk my life!"
Zhao Genfa tried his best to cheer up and walked to the ridge on the shore in three or two steps. While shaking, he took off his trousers and gingerly took out his black dick and showed it to the Japanese soldiers on the east bank. Because he was too nervous, he couldn't
I can't squeeze out urine for a while.
When the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side saw Zhao Genfa humiliating him in such a way, they immediately started to curse. Zhao Genfa closed his eyes in a hurry, yelled a hometown folk song to the sky, and his urinary tract became unobstructed. He rushed down towards the astonished Japanese soldiers. Before setting off, he wanted to have this moment.
The two big gourds of water that I drank on purpose finally spurted out. The Japanese soldiers on the other side watched carefully, became excited, danced and shouted curses.
Zhao Genfa was so frightened that his teeth chattered, but he could not pull the valve halfway to close the valve and escape. He was swaying and trembling. In the eyes of the Japanese army, he became a huge insult and made a circle with urine. The furious Japanese army commander finally lost control.
Picking up the rifle and loading it quickly, he raised his hand and fired. The bullet accurately hit the iron plate inside Zhao Genfa's thick cotton-padded jacket. Zhao Genfa, whose legs were already weak, screamed and suddenly fell back. He fell heavily behind the ridge and walked a few meters away.
Regiment deputy Su Junfeng and the old company commander immediately turned around and ran to his side, lifted up their hands and feet and ran back.
Who would have thought that at this time, the Japanese army commander aimed at Su Junfeng and fired another shot. The bullet entered Su Junfeng's back and left his abdomen, knocking Su Junfeng to the ground immediately. Zhao Genfa, who fell heavily to the ground, also woke up in fright and shouted loudly.
Calling for the regiment commander, together with the old company commander, Su Junfeng raised his teeth and grinned and ran away, unaware of the clear sound of the Japanese army commander being slapped in the face by the superiors who shouted loudly and fired.
At the front observation post in Chenjiaxiang, Gu Changfeng put down his telescope and shook his head. Yan Yaohuan sighed and said, "What the hell happened to bring the regiment deputy in?" Only the captain of the special battalion, Qi Xiuping, and the deputy An Jin were very excited. Before Gu,
Changfeng gave the order and ran along both ends of the trench.
Twenty-five minutes later, the cautious Japanese army saw that the 44th Division's position was calm and there was no sign of retaliation. They breathed a sigh of relief and immediately notified the Japanese squadrons from Wusongkou to Songpu River to hold high the Red Cross flag.
, crossed the river in batches, and slowly entered the battlefield. The Japanese squads cautiously climbed up the west bank, and bravely approached the scorched earth battlefield where corpses were strewn. When they found that they had not suffered any retaliation, they gradually became bolder, holding on in twos and threes.
Under the vigilance of gun soldiers, they began to move the bodies.
"Boom-boom-boom..."
Sneaking forward to the artillery battalion in the dense forest on the west bank of the Nongqian River, sixteen 75-gun artillery pieces fired in unison. The powerful explosive power of the high-explosive bombs blew the panicked Japanese officers and soldiers on the battlefield to pieces. At the same time, An Jin
The sniper team, machine gun team and soldiers of the 19th Route Army who were holding on to the fortress suddenly rose up and started violently shooting at groups of Japanese soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield and carrying corpses. After fifteen minutes, everything stopped. Fortunately, more than 200 Japanese soldiers survived.
The Japanese soldiers who fled in panic, were wounded and struggling, were killed one after another under the precise strikes of snipers. Not a single body was brought back, but 315 new corpses were left in the center of the firefight.
The Japanese army was furious after receiving the emergency report. Colonel Tanaka no longer paid attention to the rest orders and the two ongoing peace negotiations, and transferred more than 5,000 Marine officers and soldiers distributed in three places into the battlefield to attack the Chinese army.
After the position was suppressed, Kurume Brigade Commander Shimomoto received a report from his indignant subordinates, which simply added fuel to the fire. He immediately ordered the artillery brigade to move quickly and launch a fierce shelling of the 44th Division's position to the west of the Songpu River.
Japanese Consul General Murakami, who was negotiating with Chinese government officials Huang Qi, Wu Tiecheng and others in the British Consulate, and Navy Third Fleet Commander Nomura and others received the emergency report. They were shocked and inexplicable. They immediately suspended the negotiations, slammed the door and left, returning to the Japanese Consulate to direct the war.
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Seeing the war restarting, the hesitant Nomura quietly asked Ishikawa for his opinion on what to do. Ishikawa sighed slightly and advised in a low voice:
Army reinforcements from two divisions and one brigade are about to arrive in the blink of an eye, and a larger-scale war is imminent. Our negotiations are just a show of delaying time. If the general does not act tougher at this time, the angry Army is likely to
The general will be impeached, the general should consider it himself!
Knowing that the previous series of poor performances had put his position as the supreme commander in Shanghai on shaky ground, Lieutenant General Nomura no longer hesitated. For the sake of reputation and to avoid being despised and criticized by the rude army generals, he immediately ordered his third fleet to attack the Wusong Fort and Baoshan.
The two towns launched a fierce shelling. Shimomoto, the commander of the Kurume Brigade who had just returned from defeat, could not hold back the anger in his heart. He ordered the remaining 3,000 army officers and soldiers under his command to join the battlefield, and together with the Marines, they tried their best to defeat the 44th Division Song.
At the position on the west bank of the Pu River, a battle that surprised everyone suddenly started.
Unprepared for the resumption of war, Huang Yong, Wu Tiecheng, Luo Wenqian and others left the concession in despair and rushed to the headquarters of the 19th Route Army. They saw Jiang Guangding, Cai Tingkai, An Yi, Dai Ji and others all busy and nervous.
In response, he quickly asked what caused the failure of peace efforts?
Ou Shounian, the commander of the Seventy-eighth Division who had already communicated privately with An Yi, said angrily: "Brothers from our supplementary division entered the battlefield under the red cross flag to collect the bodies of their dead brothers. Who knew that the cruel and tyrannical Japanese army had no morals at all?
, shot at our rescue team and seriously injured the deputy of our engineering corps and another soldier. They are still being rescued and their lives are in danger. The officers of the supplementary division fought back in anger. Who knew that the Japanese army had already planned provocation and suddenly violated the ceasefire.
According to the agreement, nearly 10,000 troops were dispatched to storm our positions from Nongqianhe to Chenjiaxiang, and more than ten large and small warships were sent to launch crazy bombardments against our Wusong Town, Baoshan Town and the fort line. Now the fighting is fierce and has become a stalemate. Our army
It was unexpected that four brigades were forced into battle!
I suspect that reinforcements from Japan have arrived, so they are brazenly trying to save face on the battlefield to avoid the bankruptcy of the myth that the Japanese army is invincible."
The experienced Wu Tiecheng looked at this and that, feeling doubtful, but he didn't know how to refute. Huang Qi, who had been irritated by the Japanese in the morning, shouted angrily:
"Immediately issue an announcement accusing the Japanese troops of atrocities, accusing them of violating humanitarianism and international law, disregarding the good peaceful wishes and kind sentiments of the Chinese military and civilians, repeatedly violating the ceasefire agreement, and carrying out crazy provocations against our troops!"
Luo Wenqian, who has rich diplomatic experience, said in a low voice: "Although the two armies did not have any agreement to clean up the battlefield and rescue the wounded, we can only deal with it in accordance with internationally accepted methods. No matter what, if the Japanese army shoots first, it is a provocation and a violation of the agreement.
, and a shameless trampling of universal international norms! Let us take the word 'reason' first and suggest that this situation be immediately reported to Chairman Lin, Chairman Chiang, and President Wang of the National Government, and a statement of condemnation be issued as soon as possible in the name of the central government. As for the war...
…I just rely on the generals.”
Cai Tingkai replied confidently: "Don't worry! The Japanese troops on the Zhabei front line are currently unable to fight anymore. Our troops are heavily stationed on the northern front. Even if the enemy is newly replenished, without two or three days of adjustment, they will not be able to pose a substantial threat to our army."
, no matter how hard we fight, the Japanese army will not take advantage.
However, with the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, our current strength is already stretched thin. We have sent several telegrams to General He Jingzhi to request reinforcements but no news. We also hope that Mayor Wu, Brother Ying Bai (Huang Yin), and Jun Ren (Luo Wenqian) will
) Suggest to the Central Committee to send more reinforcements immediately, otherwise the war situation will continue to develop and the future will be worrying!
Okay, now we issue a statement in the name of all the soldiers of the 19th Route Army, send a message to the whole country, accuse the Japanese army of shameless atrocities, and call on the international community to jointly condemn it!"
Everyone nodded and moved separately. Wu Tiecheng suddenly found that An Yi, who had shaken hands with him just now, was missing. After thinking about it, he asked Songhu garrison commander Dai Ji:
"Where did General An go?"
"One of his special service teams just received a telegram that they have successfully sneaked into Chongming Island. They are probably heading for the Japanese airstrip and oil depot in the southeast corner," Dai Ji reported in a low voice.
Wu Tiecheng was taken aback, and then sighed in a low voice: "This guy has already made the Japanese hate him so much. It seems that he is determined to never give up!"
"At this time, who can make General An stop? I'm afraid even the committee can't do it. Alas... Let me tell Brother Tiecheng some more news. Since General He Jingzhi did not respond to our army's call for reinforcements, General An Yi was so angry that he immediately called
Xiangxi and Yunnan, before everyone arrives, Xiangxi General Zhang Hongluan has already called back. The three main divisions of the 44th Army will arrive at the Songhu battlefield within five days. It is estimated that the southern Sichuan garrison and Yi Gong's Yunnan troops will also be dispatched.
A main force is coming." Dai Ji said solemnly.
Wu Tiecheng shook his head: "Brother Jing will probably become a traitor if he doesn't do anything. The country has been weak for many years, the national treasury is heavily in debt, and the war has caused heavy economic damage. Only the Yangtze River waterway has been cut off, and European and American countries are crying out.
You claim you can't bear such losses, let alone us, a country that is directly at war with us? Brother Yu is well aware of the suffering here, but there is nothing he can do about it..."