Episode 195 On the day of the Taiping Edict's return, I and Mr. untie the shirts
Episode 195: On the day when the imperial edict comes back from peace, I will take off my shirt with my husband.
October 3, 1936, D-1, Saturday.
Starting at 8:00 a.m., large-scale radio silence began in a wide area 50 kilometers south of the Yangtze River Defense Line. At the same time, a large-scale arrest also began.
After eight o'clock sharp, all radio units in this long and wide area are no longer allowed to send signals to the outside world and can only passively receive signals. Radio stations no longer broadcast, and the telegraph office also stops all operations. All communications can only
Use telephone, wire telegraph and messengers.
The entire long strip area formed a huge "blind spot" and was almost isolated from the outside world.
At the same time, hundreds of radio listening vehicles began patrolling. Only a small number of these listening vehicles were "original", and most of them were temporarily modified from other vehicles. These patrol cars rotated the receiving antennas on their roofs,
In all cities, counties, towns, villages, roads and railways along the river
Drive slowly in the road area. Behind each radio listening vehicle, there is also a military truck. Once a radio signal is detected, it will identify the position as quickly as possible, then quickly approach the target and lock on it.
Then, the military police from the military vehicle behind jumped out and rushed into the suspected building to arrest people.
Large-scale radio silence makes this kind of listening and identification several times easier. They do not need to distinguish which signals are normal and which signals are abnormal as before. As soon as a signal is found now, it must be "not normal".
"Normal", that is, the Beiqing spies are sending reports, just go to them directly.
On the streets of Nanjing, vehicles roared past, filled with People's Guard soldiers with loaded guns.
The Nanjing citizens on the street looked at the military vehicles that came one after another in front of them, and soon felt the unusual atmosphere. Some of them stopped to watch, guess, some asked each other, and some went to buy newspapers. Those who were close to home returned immediately.
I went to listen to the radio at home, but soon discovered an even weirder phenomenon.
On the radio, none of the clear AM programs in the past could be found now, only a sizzling noise was left, as if someone had made them all disappear with a magic trick. Many people suspected that the radio was broken, and
Try tuning to the shortwave channel, but the shortwave channel is
Everything is normal. There are Japanese programs, Indian programs, Singaporean programs, Siamese programs, Malayan programs, Philippine programs, East Indian programs from far away space... accompanied by the unique creaking noise of short waves. Everything.
It's normal, the radio is not broken.
But the strange thing is that in these shortwave radio stations, there are no domestic programs from the Ming Dynasty.
…
In the streets and alleys, an even more shocking scene soon appeared. Those military vehicles suddenly stopped in front of an apartment or a unit, and then a dozen soldiers with submachine guns jumped out of the vehicles without saying a word.
, rush directly into the door. After a while, someone will be escorted out.
Sometimes this kind of arrest will not be so peaceful. After the soldiers rush in, gunshots will be heard and a brief gun battle will occur. However, in the end, someone will either come out with his hands raised, or carry a body.
.
The citizens of Nanjing quit. Although the situation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait is often tense, when have they ever endured such unbridled "white terror"?
Throughout the morning, various units and departments of Nanjing's military and political affairs continued to receive calls from citizens asking, asking, or yelling: Why can't I hear the radio when I wake up early in the morning? Why are military vehicles passing on the street endlessly? Why was my neighbor arrested?
?What the hell is going on? Is someone responsible for all this? Can someone explain it to me?
But after all, only a small number of citizens have phone numbers at home, and more citizens come directly to ask questions. Military units cannot enter casually, so the halls, city halls, police stations, and the official residence of the chief and deputy ministers are all full in the reception rooms.
Citizens who came to "want an explanation".
There are more reporters than citizens. Reporters from Nanjing's major newspapers and tabloids, from the biggest famous reporters to the most unscrupulous paparazzi, are all using their magical powers to make every effort seamless. Everyone has accumulated their daily experience.
I put my contacts to use and gave myself various positions in the military and political affairs.
The department's "news informant" called or asked to go out for lunch. But this time, the reporters were overall disappointed. The officials who can serve as "informants" for reporters are not high enough, so naturally they don't know everything about it. You and I
Asking? I still want to ask you.
In the city hall, police station, official residence of the chief minister and other places, a dozen lower-level staff were assigned to receive citizens. The working ladies smiled and poured water for the citizens, and then explained in the same tone as explained above:
The security department has uncovered a large Peking spy network and is now arresting the Peking spies. Radio silence is to prevent information from leaking.
This is consistent with the facts. But for more reasons, even these working ladies don’t know. Citizens came in waves and left quickly. Everyone was quite satisfied and felt at ease.
…
But the "peace of mind" of the citizens did not last long. Soon, a scene that frightened them appeared.
By around ten o'clock in the morning, all the Peking spies on the list had been arrested, and the People's Guard military vehicles had disappeared from the streets.
However, there was a long queue of heavy-duty trucks carrying sandbags and driving into the city. Soon, a group of workers were removing sandbags from the trucks next to many buildings in Nanjing.
Climb up against the wall.
At crossroads and open squares, workers built something even more terrifying - circular fortifications.
Nanjing citizens are no strangers to this kind of ring fortification. A few months ago, the streets of Nanjing were full of such things. Anti-aircraft guns were set up in the middle.
The same scene occurred not only in Nanjing, but also in eight cities along the Yangtze River defense line in Nanming.
Just before the atmosphere of panic began to spread, a pre-recorded speech by the Chief Minister was played on the radio speakers on the streets of eight cities. In the recorded speech, Shen Rongxuan asked everyone not to panic, saying that this was only a response to the possible invasion of the Qing Dynasty from the south.
Necessary precautions. He said that although he could not be sure now, based on various intelligence analyses, Qinglu would continue this exercise again.
The possibility of a sub-southern invasion still exists. If you have a private air-raid shelter at home, please check in advance to ensure that it is normal. In addition, tomorrow, that is, Sunday at 4 o'clock in the morning, there will be an air-raid drill along the river. Please set your alarm clock for an air-raid alarm.
When the alarm sounds, walk out of the house in an orderly manner and enter the nearest air-raid shelter according to the police's instructions.
Despite this explanation, a certain tension still permeates the cities along the river. Many citizens are not interested in going to work, and have taken leave to go home to pack their belongings, including cash, securities, jewelry, biscuits, water, emergency medicine, etc.
Prepare your luggage and take it into the air-raid shelter together when the time comes. After the last Ming and Qing wars, the citizens along the river are very experienced.
At the gates of various primary and secondary schools, parents lined up in long queues to pick up their children. Although it was only the morning and school ended in the afternoon, many sensitive parents had smelled something. In addition, they were eager to love their children and crowded into the school.
I picked up the kids early.
At first, the school teachers didn’t agree, and they all tried to persuade the parents: This is wrong, this is not good... But later, the parents’ nervousness infected the teachers as well. They listened to the loudspeakers on the street outside.
The broadcast of the "Speech of the Chief and Assistant Minister" made my heart beat wildly. The last time such an uninterrupted broadcast speech was during the nationwide mobilization on the eve of the Ming and Qing wars.
The fear of war has occupied everyone's mind. More and more parents are forcibly picking up their children.
Seeing this situation, many private primary and secondary schools have simply put on temporary holidays. Two mayors of the eight cities along the Yangtze River have also decided to temporarily put all primary and secondary schools in the city on holiday.
At 11 o'clock at noon, the Ministry of Education held an emergency meeting to discuss that instead of doing this, it would be better to temporarily close all primary and secondary schools in the towns along the river to give parents peace of mind. But another opinion is: Wouldn't this be more effective?
Is something going to happen? When parents see that schools are on holiday, they will even think that there is going to be a war.
In the entire Ministry of Education, only the minister currently knows about the battle against the Qing Dynasty tomorrow morning. He thought about it and said:
"We cannot think that as long as we turn a blind eye to the public's panic, the public will not panic. That would be self-deception, and the public will only become more panicked. Obviously, the possibility of the Northern Qing invasion from the South is still there. At this juncture, we must
Return the children to their parents. Parents know how to protect their children better than schools."
After speaking, the Minister of Education picked up the phone and asked Shen Rongxuan for instructions.
Five minutes later, an emergency notice "allowing temporary holidays for national primary and secondary schools in cities and towns along the Yangtze River" was sent by phone to various towns on the south side of the Yangtze River defense line.
By around 12:30 noon, primary and secondary schools in several cities were empty.
…
The radio silence 50 kilometers south of the defense line has lasted for more than four hours. Since Nanjing had almost wiped out all the spies from the beginning, during this period, not a single telegraph signal was sent outside the "blockade area". In other cases,
In the cities along the river, a few telegraph signals were sent out inland for several hours. However, there were radio listening vehicles on every main road. These signals only sent the first few sentences before being broken into by the military police.
All the people and machines were collected.
As for the continuous field troops stationed between cities and rivers, they have become the best places to keep secrets. They are either in the wilderness or there are only villages. And there are no transmitters in the villages, and there are no Beiqing
Spies. Despite this, the entrances of those villages were guarded by gendarmerie troops, and the villagers were warned not to leave the villages for the time being.
In this case, the villagers in the countryside are more "informed" than the citizens in the city. They see the endless tents and piles of supplies around them, especially the piles of life jackets, boat bridge equipment and other supplies.
above, I vaguely guessed some clues.
Not only that, both tents and supplies were covered with branches and leaves of trees and shrubs. The cars, cannons, tanks, and armored vehicles were all covered with a strange net, and the net was covered with branches and leaves.
If the villagers understand, they will know that this kind of net is called "camouflage net" and is used to prevent aerial reconnaissance.
They quietly asked the military police guarding the entrance to the village if they wanted to cross the river and clear out the prisoners on the north bank.
The military police are naturally tight-lipped. But they have nothing to keep secret. So far, they know as much as the villagers. The only difference is that they can make some more professional guesses from a military perspective than the villagers.
Many officers, including soldiers, are thinking that with the way our troops are currently stationed, so densely packed and so close to the Yangtze River, they are completely within the artillery range of the Qing Dynasty on the other side...
This is not a defensive position!
If the Qing rebels wanted to attack us, so many troops would be almost wiped out by a cannon attack. Is it true that the villagers guessed that we would cross the river and attack the Qing rebels all at once?
But that’s not right! It’s easy for us to defeat the Qinglu. What if the Qinglu directly invades the south? Can we defeat the Qinglu? We should probably defend?
It wasn't until lunch was over and a team of large trailers arrived from each camp that the guess about "offense or defense" came to a conclusion.
The officers and soldiers watched with their own eyes as the large trailer drove into the camp, and then several military policemen went over and lifted off the canvas above, revealing assault boats piled as high as a mountain.
There was a "bomb" in the military camp, and everyone no longer doubted it. All arguments stopped. It was clear that we were going to the north bank to teach the Qing captives a lesson.
...But, how big is the scale? What is the purpose? Is it just to "teach a lesson"? We can afford to offend, but at least we can afford to fight?
More and more assault boats were being unloaded. After being unloaded, the first thing the military police did was to pile branches on top to camouflage them. Then several people carried one boat and distributed it.
The officers and soldiers were muttering and beating drums in their hearts, and they had all kinds of ideas.
…
At the same time, the Niangan Office in Beijing was also busy. The telephones of various departments were ringing one after another. In the palace, Guangwu looked at a report with suspicion. This report showed that in the past
In four and a half hours, a 50-kilometer long strip south of Nanming's Yangtze River defense line actually "disappeared"! There was no radio signal at all in Nanming.
Intelligence agents in Beijing did not send back any telegrams! Intelligence agents in several other cities did send back a few sporadic sentences, but they were all interrupted. Even the few sentences sent back had no substantial content.
This is also something that the Qing Dynasty also knows: the radio has been silenced under orders from above, and it is no longer possible to receive domestic broadcasts from Nanming in the morning... and so on.
But why? Reason! Reason!
No one could tell Emperor Guangwu.
However, he couldn't make any decision. Radio silence is a big deal or a small thing. If the other party's radio is silent during the war, it means that they may be preparing to launch an offensive. But now, Nan Ming has to say
The meaning of the radio silence this time was "prepare to launch an offensive". Guangwu was the first to not believe it. This was incredible.
It was obvious that Nan Ming was trying to hide something.
However, most of the reconnaissance planes sent over were shot down as soon as they flew over. Now Nanming's air power is so powerful that it is useless to send fighter jets over for reconnaissance. Their fighter jets are patrolling intensively in the sky, and a few of them will fight you.
. No matter the quantity or level, they are no match for others.
What's more, the reconnaissance plane that luckily returned intact did not bring back anything useful.
According to the airport report, there is nothing unusual in the developed photos. Within 10-20 kilometers south of the Yangtze River defense line, there is a large gathering of Nanming defense forces. However, there is no large-scale attack within 10 kilometers south of the defense line.
force.
Guangwu touched his chin and fell into deep thought. Judging from the position of Nanming's army, it didn't look like they were going to attack. At least it wouldn't be possible in a short time... In fact, based on common sense, it wouldn't be possible in a long time either.
He didn't know if he was too nervous. But he always felt that something was wrong, and he wanted to let it go but couldn't. He could only pass the order and order his subordinates to step up the investigation and quickly find out what was going on.
…
In the People's Guard Headquarters, the phones were ringing one after another. Everyone was extremely busy, but everyone's hearts were so excited that they almost jumped out of their chests. In the People's Guard Headquarters, basically all the officers knew about the attack in the early morning of tomorrow. Everyone
I can't suppress my excitement, and even walking feels like I'm flying. When I'm on the phone with an outside employer, if the other party is not on the informed list, I have to work hard to suppress my excitement and keep my tone normal.
.
"Okay," Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at his watch and said to Xiuxiu, "It's two o'clock in the afternoon. According to the plan, it's time to send a notice to the mobile team! Xiuxiu, help me get through to His Majesty."
Connected to the Forbidden City.
"Go for it!"
Eager, caring, excited.
Zhu Yourong's familiar voice appeared in the receiver. It could be heard that even her voice had changed.
"Your Majesty," Xiang Xiaoqiang whispered, "Finally, we are about to start."
"Yeah...it's about to start, haha..."
"Haha... say something?"
Zhu Yourong was silent for a long time.
But after a while, her soft chanting came from the other end of the phone:
"The general marching to the north is brave and brave, with a sword of autumn water and feathers across his waist.
The wind blows, the mountains and rivers move, the lightning flashes and the flags rise high at the sun and the moon.
There is a species of unicorn in the sky, but how can the ants in the cave escape?
Peace awaits the day when the imperial edict comes back...the day when the imperial edict comes back..."
When Zhu Yourong chanted here, his voice became lower, he hesitated for a moment, and finally chanted the last sentence:
"On the day when the imperial edict comes back in peace, I...I...I will take off my shirt with my husband."