"Express report, express report, the commander of the Songhu Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army Headquarters issued a statement that the volunteers successfully attacked the Japanese Navy flagship 'Izumo' in the early morning!"
"Extra, extra, Mr. Wang Yaqiao announced that he seriously damaged the Japanese flagship "Izumo" early this morning, killing and wounding more than 20 Japanese navy personnel, severely damaging the arrogance of the Japanese army..."
"The Volunteer Army vows to make persistent efforts. As long as the Japanese army still stays on Chinese soil, the Volunteer Army soldiers will give the invaders decisive, severe and sustained blows..."
Shanghai was indeed boiling. Ever since the huge explosion came from the direction of the pier where the Japanese warships were parked in the early morning, the whole of Shanghai was once again plunged into excitement and panic. During the month-long armistice negotiations, they kept clamoring, and the Japanese troops were constantly threatened.
This blow is tantamount to a blow to the head
, the pain was unbearable. The heavily protected naval flagship was actually successfully attacked by several Chinese people pushing a small sampan with torpedoes. The size of the loss was no longer the main consideration. He boasted of being invincible and even boasted of occupying it in three hours.
The Japanese troops in Shanghai once again became the laughing stock of the world.
In the Japanese Consulate in the public concession, the Japanese Consul General in China Aoi Shigemitsu, the Consul General in Shanghai Murai Somatsu and other civil servants, who had no idea about the content of "Blood Evidence" that was playing in major theaters in the concession at the same time, sat with serious expressions and said nothing.
He looked at Lieutenant General Kenkichi Ueda, commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force, with an ambiguous attitude, and kept barking at Tanaka Takayoshi, the intelligence chief of the Ministry of War in Shanghai.
Tanaka Takayoshi, who was sweating profusely, had his head lowered and his spine bent. He allowed Lieutenant General Ueda to yell and scold him. He did not dare to move an inch, let alone explain a word of his fault. He knew very well that he was on the "Izumo"
How much responsibility he had in the attack made it clearer who the so-called "Songhu Volunteer Army Commander Wang Yaqiao" was.
In fact, as early as last year's assassination of Song Ziwen, Tanaka Takayoshi had a tacit understanding with Wang Yaqiao, and he also tried to win over Chinese anti-government leaders, including Wang Yaqiao, on more than one occasion. Now Huang Qiu, a veteran of the Kuomintang, has done so.
Uncertain, Chang Yuchun among the Green Gang leaders, Hu Lifu and others
Even more so, they were successfully bribed. During the Battle of Songhu, these traitors sent rogues to secretly sneak into the Chinese garrison defense area to spy on and investigate based on their familiarity with the terrain. They identified one firepower point after another for the Japanese army, as well as transit warehouses and temporary campsites.
This position gave the Japanese air force a gratifying record of hitting every hit without missing a beat.
While Tanaka Takayoshi was proud of his achievements, he felt helpless with Wang Yaqiao, the hero who twice planned the assassinations of Chiang Kai-shek and Song Ziwen. This man had a very ambiguous attitude and was imitating the anti-Japanese issue.
It's ambiguous. After Tanaka Ryukichi's painstakingly planned kidnapping of Gong Qian and assassination of An Yi completely failed, he also wanted to use a large sum of money as bait to ask Wang Yaqiao to kill An Yi, but he regretfully discovered that
The leader of the anti-government gang who had never seen the dragon was nowhere to be found. Just when he was muttering that he had nothing to do, he did not expect that the news he heard today about Wang Yaqiao turned out to be his brazen attack on the Japanese Navy "Izumo"
The flagship made the Japanese dispatched troops lose face, which put Tanaka Takayoshi, who always reported "everything is under control", into an extremely passive and embarrassing situation.
There is another person on the side of the original committee. He is the commander of the commander of the field. He is very important to make up for the lack of missing at a critical moment in several major battles.
Ishikawa Tong not only clearly knows that the intelligence head, Tanaka Royaku, has been roughly secret intelligence and major actions in the past few months, but also clearly know how the pressure on the commander of the army.
After continuously increasing troops, Shi Tianqianji did not bring a hearty victory that the Japanese and military ministry expected by the Japanese army.
The media referred to various battles after Shi Tianqianji arrived as "the same position in the state of potential", and held a positive attitude towards its strategic layout and on -the -spot command, but all the participants, including Shi Tian, knew clearly.
In the previous war, he not only did not discuss a little benefit at all, but also paid an extremely heavy price.
Clear statistics, but nearly 20,000 corpses and tens of thousands of woundeds were shipped to Dalian, Lushun and other places, and the huge weapons and ammunition consumed in several wars, the ships that were sinking, and injured
The planes, etc., will not be at least lost at least 50 million yuan.
After paying such a heavy price, the war still couldn't get even a little progress. What is the future of Zhitian Qianji's handsome position? It can be imagined that how can you not make the commander of Kyojida, who is known for his rich experience,
Light fire?
After a roar and scolding, Izhuan Qianji was angry, sitting down and drinking tea again, staring at Tanaka's Longji eyes and asked coldly: "For the time being for the time being, what I want to know is
How to make up for losses and how to reduce this harsh impact to the lowest point? How can you take this opportunity to put pressure on the Chinese government? Can you transform all kinds of adverseness into advantages?
More than ten cultural and military glanced at each other, lowered their heads and silent.
As Consul General in China, Chongguang Kwai has a deep impact in both military and political realms. Therefore, it was not affected by the anger of Zhuan Tian Qianji. He took a deep breath and slowly said:
"Yesterday afternoon, I just completed a secret negotiation with Song Ziwenjun, deputy dean and financial minister of the Nanjing Government Executive Yuan. He said that the Chinese army took the initiative to withdraw ten kilometers after the initiative has fully showed the biggest sincerity of the Chinese side, and promised
The 48th prisoners of war in the west side of the Songhu battlefield was released unconditionally, and the chairman of Chiang Kai -shek, who had just been confirmed by the central government and the a few days ago, was reported.
It was just that everyone did not expect that the anti -Japanese forces that had been swimming out of the Nanjing government were so rampant and did such things that made us extremely passive. Here, I had two opinions to ask Zhujun to teach. "
Chongguangkui glanced at a full seat, and when most of the face showed an unwilling look, he could not help smiling slightly, and still kept his usual calmness and stability:
"First, only three hours, the major newspapers and countries in Shanghai and European and American countries received a statement document by Wang Yayi 'Songhu Anti -Japanese Volunteer Command', and the news was made public.
It is no longer possible. I believe that the Chinese government will also refuse to comment on the anti -Japanese violence incident in all parts of China in a month.
Especially with the current series of violent incidents that have a bad impact in Manchuria, it is difficult for us to get the opportunity to condemn the protests and use them as reasons for retaliation - because Manchukuo has declared independence on the 1st of this month and established the former Qing Dynasty.
The new government abdicated Emperor Puyi as the head of state, so all the anti-Japanese violence that occurred in Manchuria can only be called "Manchurian civil strife" to a certain extent, although we all know clearly in our hearts that the Nanjing government
A black hand has been extended to Manchuria, trying to delay our progress, but without any evidence, we can no longer use this as an excuse to carry out diplomatic oppression against the Nanjing government as easily as before. One of the most important
The reason is: Our army did not give us enough confidence... Please forgive me for speaking frankly. This statement may offend the military officers, but this is an irrefutable fact. Although I feel sad, I have to speak out.
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The generals in the audience couldn't sit still now, their faces were burning, and they couldn't help lowering their proud heads. Shigemitsu Aoi's tepid words were like a soft but vicious whip, lashing the people hard.
On their backbone, they cannot resist.
Shigemitsu Aoi seemed to have disappeared, her eyes were still half-closed, her figure was upright, and she continued to speak out her opinions slowly: "Secondly, I feel it is very necessary to frankly inform everyone here that just forty minutes ago,
I received a cabinet inquiry and some intention from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The cabinet has completely lost patience with the military's combat progress in the past two months.
He made it clear that he would not be able to afford the huge expense of adding two divisions of reinforcements. I believe you all are aware of the extremely severe economic situation in the country. If it were not for the large amount of ammunition, resources and food supplements received from Manchuria this year, this terrible situation would not be possible.
The situation will be even worse, and it will be impossible for the Navy and Army to conduct this operation in Shanghai.
It is a pity that although our brave Imperial Japanese Army tried its best, it was still unable to drive away more than 200,000 troops of the Northeastern Army in a few days, quickly and smoothly conquer the entire vast Manchuria, and defeat the enemy they faced, as it did on September 18 last year.
The Nineteenth Route Army and the Central Army led by the Nanjing government conquered the rich industrial and commercial base in East China.
But this does not mean that everything we did was in vain. From the overall strategic purpose, we still won, because it was precisely because of the hard and outstanding efforts of our army in Shanghai that forced the European and American powers to give up their attack on us.
The criticism and endless negotiations over the occupation of Manchuria drew their attention to
The energy was successfully diverted to this land that is closely related to the interests of all countries, forcing the Nanjing National Government and the entire China to forget about the Northeast and the land of more than one million square kilometers. Here, I express my gratitude to our heroic Japan
The Imperial Army is deeply proud and sincerely admires you! Thank you for your hard work, gentlemen!"
"Hey Yi——"
All the Japanese invaders in the house shouted in unison, and everyone bowed to Shigemitsu Aoi and returned the bow respectfully.
Ueda Kenkichi slowly raised his head and sighed quietly. He had clearly understood the message from Shigemitsu Aoi's words: the cabinet was no longer willing to support the military's military occupation plan for Shanghai. The two divisions he expected
The reinforcements have been completely wasted, which means that my role as the commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force may soon disappear from the stage of history.
Aoi Shigemitsu politely comforted her with a few words, stood up slowly and ended this crucial meeting.
After the civil servants left one after another, the seven generals led by Ueda Kenkichi still sat on the tatami and refused to leave. Each of them looked depressed and full of worry and anger. After a long silence, they all turned to look at the commander Ueda Kenkichi.
Ueda Kenkichi's face was filled with frost and he said nothing. He glanced around at his subordinates, and finally his eyes rested on Tanaka Takayoshi's face.
Tanaka Takayoshi lowered his head and said with unusual humility: "General, I will bear in mind the general's question in the meeting just now. I would like to report to the general what I think in my mind one by one, and I urge you to correct me!"
Everyone returned the favor to Tanaka Takayoshi. Under Ueda's emotionless eyes, Tanaka Takayoshi reported in a low voice: "Now that the minister has informed the country's opinions, I think it will be difficult to tell the despicable person who attacked the 'Izumo' again."
These actions put pressure on the Nanjing government and their army, but we must maintain this pressure. What the army cannot do can be done through diplomatic channels, and our army must carry out appropriate retaliatory actions!
The subordinates thought that since the Nanjing government took the initiative to push the incident away, we might as well use our own power to launch a quick and powerful secret counterattack, not only to root out the Wang Yaqiao Group, but also to make full use of the surrender.
Our Chinese gangs and celebrities from all walks of life have quickly and efficiently eliminated those who have been hostile to the Japanese Empire and our country since the war.
The army is full of malicious intentions, creating obstacles everywhere and fighting against the various resistance forces of our army, creating huge chaos in political public opinion, economic and financial life, and making everyone in Shanghai feel in danger.
The Nanjing government has created greater invisible coercion to help us obtain everything that should belong to us during negotiations.
In my opinion, even if this goal is not achieved in the end, the worst effect will be that Shanghai's economy will seriously regress, which will cause a huge blow to the Nanjing government and further destroy the confidence of China's war faction."
The spirits of the generals were lifted. Ueda Kenkichi thought deeply for a moment, then turned to Ishikawa, who was frowning and thinking calmly. Ishikawa lowered his head and reported:
"Tanaka-kun's plan is very good. There are many such precedents in the history of China and Japan. The benefits that cannot be obtained on an open battlefield are likely to be easily obtained on other battlefields, especially the Nanjing government's fiscal and financial management.
Shanghai is extremely dependent on it for trade and political influence, especially at this time when both warring parties are exhausted.
I just want to give my personal opinion and try my best to follow the slogan put forward by our excellent military model Kwantung Army, use China to control China, and use war to support war. Furthermore, if the entire scope can be expanded to Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo and other places, it will be beneficial to
The completion of the entire plan may be more helpful.”
Ueda Kenkichi finally made up his mind: "Tanaka-kun, submit the plan as soon as possible, and I will ask the military for approval as soon as possible!"
"Hi Yi! Thanks General!"
Tanaka Takayoshi fell to the ground and kowtowed, and a bloody storm began.