Chapter 114 urban guerrilla

According to the secret information collected by the Shanghai municipal police, Chiang Kai-shek's military committee decided to organize a "special period service group" in early September to deal with traitors and spies in Shanghai.Although Shanghai already had a security force, after the Japanese withdrew in July 1932, it mainly served as a police force for the city government. Now, in order to fight the Japanese on the front lines and behind enemy lines, Chiang Kai-shek decided to create an urban guerrilla force.Correspondingly, the Military Commission allocated 500,000 yuan to this force, which was under the overall planning of Wang Jingjiu, commander of the 87th Division of the Kuomintang.His headquarters in Jiangyin has begun training cadets for intelligence work in an "officer training course", part of the Secret Service's "introductory training" program.Three days after the outbreak of the war in Shanghai, 240 military school students were sent to Longhua Primary School as a special force.

The deputy commanders of General Wang's "Extreme Times Service Regiment" were General Cai Tanjun, director of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, who reported directly to Chiang Kai-shek, and Du Yuesheng, who immediately wanted to use the new organization for his own use. After receiving the appointment and instructions, General Wang Jingjiu and General Cai Canjun found that it was not suitable for their current position and the work they should actively participate in, so they handed over the organization of this new unit to the deputy commander, Mr. Du Yuesheng.In the process of organizing this unit, Mr. Du realized that this was an opportunity to install his subordinates as department heads, so he appointed Mr. Lu Jingshi, chief judge of the Longhua Military Court, and Zhu Xuefan, chairman of the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions, to these positions.

But after Du Yuesheng submitted the names of his subordinates to the Military Commission, he was rejected, which made him very angry, and it was also a great insult to Lu Jingshi and Zhu Xuefan. Due to Du Yuesheng's momentary indifference, Shanghai Police Chief General Cai Tanjun decided to intervene, and with the help of the Loyalty Society (a Shanghai municipal police whistleblower described it as a group "made up of students from the Whampoa Military Academy" and led by Pu Fengming), he A service group office has been established within the Public Security Bureau.Pu Fengming and General Cai later formed two regiments: the Protection Corps and the Secret Service Corps.

The activities of the protection regiment on the north and north sides of the Suzhou River were different.In the north of the city, especially in Hongkou, they organized a "Shanghai Gunners Squad", mainly composed of jobless people, who attacked the Japanese behind enemy lines with Mauser rifles or pistols.In Nanshi, south of the Suzhou River, the protection regiment was composed of conscripted citizens, and its main task was to dig air-raid shelters.Each head of household in Nanshi had to send one person to work in the protection regiment every day, which was commanded by General Cai's adjutant in an office on Luxiangyuan Road.The adjutant is believed to be the Shen Xinfu Special Task Force. The office is located in a private school belonging to Shaoxing Prefecture beside Liyuan Road in Nanshi City.The special task force was commanded by General Cai's former commander Liu Huai. The two deputy commanders were Chen Bannong, an inspector of the Public Security Bureau, and Zhang Guoquan, a former bus conductor.Most of the full-time members of the Secret Service were recruited from unemployed workers, with a monthly salary of nine yuan, plus free board and lodging provided by a school that could accommodate 1,000 people.By late September 1937, four hundred men had joined the regiment.

The secret service team also has an investigation office, which consists of thirty people and is led by Yang Fulin.These people were housed in Jingqin Primary School on Xilin Road outside Laoximen.Among them was a former elementary school principal named Fu Duoma. He said that Liu Huai sent him to inquire about the activities of Japanese plainclothes spies in the British Concession.He was also sent to investigate the situation of "traitors" in China.If enough evidence can be found, let the Chinese police arrest these traitors, and then escort them to the Secret Service Office for further trial.