Chapter 11 Chapter Ten Jiang Province Situation

The Kwantung Army instigated the puppet army to attack Qiqihar, the capital of Heilongjiang, and the provincial politicians fell into a panic.At this time, a person bravely stood up, "fooled" wittily and repelled the puppet army, and with a broad mind, recommended to Zhang Xueliang the best candidate for military command. The protection of overseas Chinese is only a temporary excuse for the Japanese government to delay the withdrawal of troops from the Northeast.After the Kwantung Army heard it, they felt like they had found a treasure. Could there be a better reason in the world than this?

For a long time, the Kwantung Army has gone to great lengths to find an excuse to provoke and make trouble.Ishihara's "Manchuria Project" took two years, and spent most of his time on it. It turned out to be so simple to find a reason.It seems that the brains of politicians are more active than those of soldiers. The Kwantung Army would not consider whether to withdraw or not. They had to use this excuse to take down Heilongjiang, the last of the three northeastern provinces. Of course, making excuses has to be done by people. Such people are not afraid of none, but too many.Since Ishihara became famous overnight with the "September 18th" incident, there are more and more imitators. None of the young officers who want to pursue "progress" day and night are fuel-efficient lamps. Pressure, self-created "performance".

On a dark and stormy night, explosions occurred successively at the Japanese Consulate General in Harbin and the Japanese secret service. Of course, without exception, these fans and groupies of Ishihara did it spontaneously. Compared with Huanggutun and Liutiao Lake, everything is simplified now.Why bother so much, I'll blow up the gate of my own house, and I can still rely on others after self-harm. These people called 110 after the incident: It's terrible, come quickly, Heilongjiang is going to have a "riot"! The Kwantung Army responded immediately and dispatched troops quickly for one reason: to protect the overseas Chinese.

As for where the government promises to do this, and how shameful the cabinet and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be, it is completely out of their scope of consideration. But there is one thing that the Kwantung Army, as arrogant as it is, has to consider, that is, there is a big bear staring at it from the north.To enter Heilongjiang, one must pass through the North Manchuria Railway, which was the territory of the Soviet Union. When the "September 18th" Incident was launched in Japan, Stalin adopted a cold-eyed attitude. Since the "Middle East Road Incident" and the Battle of Tongjiang, China and the Soviet Union broke off diplomatic relations and went to war again. The relationship between the two countries has already entered a dead end.After finally forcing the Northeast to secretly sign the "Kabali Agreement", the Chinese government still refused to recognize it, which made Stalin very angry.

Of course, for this old fox in the political arena, emotional issues can never replace actual interests. In fact, the Soviet Union has never stopped thinking about the Northeast, not even much less than Japan.The Japanese army's claws and claws in the Northeast naturally violated its interests in the Northeast, and the North-Manchuria Railway was the first to bear the brunt.Under such circumstances, with Stalin's personality, if you say that he can be calm and indifferent to it, you would be underestimating him. The real situation is that the Soviet Union has not had much energy to take care of the Northeast for the time being.

Stalin is currently busy working on the five-year industrial plan and collective farms, and is beginning to prepare for a major purge, so he has no time to compete with the Japanese. However, Stalin could not tell the Japanese directly about this, and they had to guess riddles by themselves. Originally, the Kwantung Army cared most about Harbin, where the official office of the Northeast Special Administrative Region is located, and it was also their first choice in Heilongjiang. But a telegram from the General Staff changed their minds. Chief of Staff Jin Gu believes that Harbin is the main hub of the North-Manchuria Railway, and has the closest relationship and interests with the Soviet Union.

The Kwantung Army can still listen to the staff headquarters. Since Harbin can't fight, then find another place - Qiqihar, the capital of Heilongjiang Province. The mission responsible for this attack was the Sendai Division that had just captured Jilin half a month ago. The Kwantung Army originally implemented a rotation system. Except for the railway garrison, the main force was filled by domestic divisions in turn. Today you, tomorrow me, everyone takes turns to experience life in the Northeast.However, on the eve of the "September 18th" Incident, in order to meet the needs of operations in the Northeast, the Japanese military changed the rotation system to a resident system, and the troops were changed from the 16th Division (Kyoto Division) to the 2nd Division from Sendai Regiment (Sendai Division).

This Sendai is where Mr. Lu Xun studied medicine under the tutelage of Mr. Fujino.It is close to the Northeast in terms of geography and climate characteristics. According to Lu Xun, "the early winter is quite cold", and the soldiers who came out of this place are naturally more cold-tolerant. However, the head of the division, Lieutenant General Duomen, did not want to fight. The meaning of not wanting to fight is that I don’t want to spend my energy fighting, not that I don’t want Heilongjiang. Arriving at a place called Taonan, Duomen suddenly ordered the vanguard to stop advancing.

Taonan was originally under the jurisdiction of Heilongjiang Province. It was known as the gateway to North Manchuria and the southern gate of Heilongjiang. There is a railway that can directly lead to the suburbs of Qiqihar City, so its location is extremely prominent. The strange thing is that the Taonan defenders not only did not fire a single shot, they even lined up out of the city to meet the Japanese army.The tone is like the two families are visiting relatives. Domen is now very interested in the rebels, thinking that this is a good way to avoid Soviet interference and solve the North Manchurian issue through "peaceful means".

It would be nice if someone could offer to do it for us. There is one right in front of you. The name of this person is Zhang Haipeng.He is the head of Yao Nan's defenders. Since he had smallpox when he was a child, he had a face full of peas, so he got a nickname: Zhang Mazi. When the "September 18th" incident happened, Zhang Mazi was already in his sixties.His position is the guard envoy of Taoliao. In layman's terms, the job of the Taoliao guard envoy should be regarded as the commander of the police and the captain of the frontier detachment. If it were someone else, it might be reasonable to get mixed up like this.However, if you want to know Zhang Mazi's past experience, you will understand that this old guy is really bad.

He once worked for Wu Junsheng, who was then the guard envoy of Taoliao, and followed Wu Datong.After that, when Big Tongue got promoted, he left his position to Zhang Mazi. To Mazi's surprise, this Zhima official has been working for more than ten years, and he almost sat through his ass. When Zhang Zuolin was alive, he didn't dare to speak out. When the old commander and Wu Junsheng were both killed by the Japanese, he would have new hope. This hope is to be able to become the chairman of Heilongjiang Province just like Wu Datong who promoted him.But the young Mr. Zhang didn't even look him in the eye, and it was Wan Fulin he was looking for. Zhang Mazi didn't say anything, but he was ten thousand dissatisfied in his heart. You said that you want to pick a high-level talent, even if you have been abroad, you can forget about it. They are educated, and we are big bosses, so there is no way to compare. But there is no difference between Wan Fulin and Zhang Haipeng. In terms of background, they both have beards. Anyway, they are all caught blind, why not let me, Zhang, come to catch him? What made him even more angry was that Wan Fulin was not in Heilongjiang at all.He accompanied Zhang Xueliang to "happy" in Beiping, but the provincial chairman did not miss it, and his son Wan Guobin was in charge of handling any problems. What does a child in his twenties know about ABCDEF? You yourself are not at home, and you still refuse to give up your seat to me to have fun, you really don't treat me as a human being. Zhang Mazi didn't show his expression on the surface, but secretly he gritted his teeth: Since your old Zhang family is unkind to me, don't blame me for being unrighteous. Flies don't bite seamless eggs.Zhang Haipeng and Zhang Mazi were bitten by the Japanese just like that. The one who dragged Zhang Mazi into the water was Major Lin Yixiu, the head of the Japanese special agency stationed in Qiqihar (Lu Da No. 35). The Japanese spy didn't intend to save Zhang Mazi any face from the very beginning, he just poked at the other side wherever it hurt him: Your Excellency is a veteran of the Northeast Army, how did you get along so badly? The sour bubbles in Zhang Mazi's belly kept turning up, so he could only say haha: I'm old, I don't care about this. Upon hearing this, Lin Yixiu was not happy: Qu Cai, the Imperial Japanese Army doesn't allow this kind of thing-we want to be your General Zhang's Bole. After two or three bowls of misty soup, Zhang Mazi fainted. This Lin Yixiu's level of fooling is not much worse than his predecessor Doihara.He told Zhang Mazi directly: Japan supports you as the chairman of Heilongjiang Province. What are you waiting for Zhang Xueliang and Li Xueliang to seal it, we say you are the chairman, you are. Like many Northeast generals, Zhang Mazi is also fond of superstition. Before the "September 18th" incident, a blind fortune teller gave him a divination, saying that after Bailu this year, he would have good luck and become a great official in the frontier. When the "September 18th" incident happened, it happened to be close to Bailu. When Zhang Mazi compared it, he felt that Lin Yixiu's words were reliable. God finally stopped treating himself as an outsider this time. So as soon as Duomen led his troops to show up outside the city gate, Zhang Mazi personally brought people to greet him. In order for the "imperial army" to eat, drink and have fun, he not only arranged Duomen to stay in his private house, but also accompanied him to visit and play everywhere. Don't mention how happy Duomen was: Isn't fighting like this like going shopping in the street? Since Zhang Mazi likes to be a high-ranking official, Duomen immediately wrote a bad check as soon as he was happy, officially conferring the promised Chairman of Heilongjiang Province to him. With the support of the Kwantung Army, Zhang Mazi suddenly became arrogant, and in front of Duomen, he expressed that he must "expedition" to Heilongjiang someday. There is no impenetrable wall in the world.Zhang Mazi lined up to welcome the Kwantung Army, and all the common people around saw it. Someone brought the news to the provincial capital, and Wan Guobin, the son of a high-ranking cadre acting in charge of military administration, was in a hurry, not knowing what to do. Thankfully he has a good chief of staff. Although Heilongjiang is the same as Liaoning and Jilin, most of the main rulers are muddle-headed masters, but there are a few good Northeast soldiers hidden underneath. Because of them, from now on, we will allow the once discredited Northeast Army to straighten its waist. The chief of staff is called Xie Ke. He gave the young master two ideas. The first idea is called Fudge. The special envoy sent by Wan Guobin went to Taonan, and as soon as they met, he told Zhang Mazi that Governor Wan was not at home, and Director Xiaowan (Wan Guobin and the director of the Tao’ang Railway Bureau) was young and a civil servant, so he could not lead soldiers. Someone is calling, and I don't know what to do. Although Zhang Mazi was born with a beard, he is a man of the city.He heard something in the special envoy's words, which meant testing, so he guessed that the provincial capital had already heard about his collusion with the Kwantung Army. In front of the special envoy, he first defended himself with a few words, saying that the reason why the Kwantung Army was allowed in was purely hypocrisy and not true. He also said that he was old and weak, and wanted to hide in the provincial capital. The special envoy is a very clever person, so according to Xie Ke's confession, he expressed the hope that he could go to the provincial capital to take charge and help the junior Wan Guobin tide over the difficulties. Zhang Mazi followed suit, claiming that as long as Beiping nodded, he would come out to help. When the special envoy came back to report, Xie Ke made a new arrangement. According to the instructions of Chief of Staff Xie, the new special envoy went to Taonan again.This time, they brought a telegram specially sent by Zhang Xueliang and Wan Fulin. In the telegram, Zhang Mazi was named as the supervisor of the Mongolian border, promoted to a rank, and asked to act on behalf of the Heilongjiang military. Holding the telegram, Zhang Mazi laughed happily. It's not because he won this official, but because Le Zhang Xueliang and Wan's father and son are really stupid and easy to deceive. I don’t care about border supervision. What I want to do is the chairman of Heilongjiang Province, and I rely on the Japanese master. Can you give me these? In private, Zhang Mazi was preparing for his attack. What preparation does he need? Zhang Mazi is not the same as a fool. He knew that the Japanese wanted him to be a pawn and a substitute for the dead, so he also made an offer to Duomen: I can fight the war, but a good woman does not live without rice. You have to provide guns and ammunition. Domon agreed without blinking. I give bullets, you go to die, why not do it. At first it was agreed that there would be 10,000 rifles and 400,000 rounds of ammunition. Zhang Mazi was already very satisfied with this promise. But his two sons were smarter than the old man, and even bargained with Duomen, asking for 20,000 rifles and 2 million rounds of bullets. In the end, the Kwantung Army sent 6,000 rifles and 2 million rounds of ammunition. Zhang Mazi jumped up and down, he was so proud of his two precious sons. Although the agreed-upon rifle was discounted, the bullets suddenly increased by 5 times, which was far beyond expectations. The main force was armed, but there were still too many guns. Zhang Mazi became agitated and began to go crazy. It happened that several engineering teams were building barracks for him, so he got the idea of ​​these engineering teams. After counting, there are more than 1,000 people including the processing heads of small workers. Zhang Mazi raised his hand and put military uniforms on these carpenters, bricklayers, and cement builders. From big to small, the foreman became an official, and the small worker became a soldier, creating a reinforced group like a magic trick. As a result, the reinforced group disbanded within a few days. The reason was that they had received orders to go to the front. The foreman made do and was willing to stay. After all, he managed to become a squad leader and a platoon leader without much effort, and he didn't have to rush to the front line. But the small workers quit. We are all craftsmen. We used to do the work for your family to get paid, but now we put on costumes and hats and let you play around like monkeys.What's the matter, do you really have to die?Fuck you. The small workers fired Boss Zhang's squid and scattered. Although he had such an unpleasant experience, in general, Zhang Mazi was very happy. The old guy felt extremely proud when he thought that the Wan Guobin were still in the dark, waiting for him to go to the provincial capital to take up his post. Just wait, I'll let you die without knowing how. But he will soon be disappointed. Overnight, all the trains in Taonan disappeared. For attacking provincial capitals, trains are too important. Zhang Mazi hurriedly asked the director of the local railway bureau what happened.The director said that all the vehicles were transferred to the suburbs of Qiqihar. Zhang Mazi was furious: If I don't give orders, who would dare to mobilize these vehicles? ! The director was wronged: someone, the director of the Tao'ang Railway Bureau can do it.I belong to him. The director of Tao'ang Railway Bureau is Wan Guobin. One word awakened the dreamer, Zhang Mazi almost sat down on the ground. Thanks to all my tricks, I was accidentally tricked by a young man. As if knowing that old man Zhang was in a bad mood, Wan Guobin sent a special letter to explain: "The Japanese are planning to attack the provincial capital, so they mobilized their locomotives to prepare for emergencies." Zhang Mazi gritted his molars and called, saying that he would bring troops to the provincial capital in two days. Wan Guobin's call back was very straightforward: Please don't come to the provincial capital, because we have already invited an expert. The young man also issued an order in the tone of a leader: I must guard Taonan to my death, and I am not allowed to take a step back. Zhang Mazi suddenly understood. From beginning to end, the one who was fooled was none other than himself. What made him vomit blood was still behind. When Duomen led the leading troops of the Sendai Division to Taonan, all combat troops were far away from the provincial capital, and Qiqihar's defense was extremely empty. During the period of fooling Zhang Mazi, Xie Ke, the chief of staff of the border guards of Jiang Province (Heilongjiang Province), has completed all the deployment and deployment, and several main forces have returned to their positions. Please remember this person's name: Xie Ke.Without him, the fate of Jiang Province would be no different from that of Ji Liao. Now it's time to talk about his second idea to Wan Guobin. very simple.That is to call to ask the young marshal to choose and send a commander in chief to take charge of the military administration in Jiang Province. Xie Ke also suggested that one person should be selected from the brigade commanders Ma Zhanshan and Su Bingwen of the two powerful brigades in Jiang Province, and this person should be in charge of the overall situation.And Xie Ke herself is willing to serve as the deputy. At that time, Xie Ke was the highest military and political officer in Jiang Province except Wan Guobin, and the people he recommended were all his subordinates. Everything is for the resistance against Japan. He knew that was the real big picture. We have seen that in that chaotic situation, most of the military and political leaders in the Northeast either chose to live by idling and fled in a hurry, or fished in troubled waters and coveted power and position. Xie Ke, you are a pure man. After Zhang Xueliang considered it, he sent a telegram to all the armies in Heilongjiang. Ma Zhanshan would act as the chairman of the Heilongjiang Provincial Government and the military commander, and Xie Ke would be the deputy commander and chief of staff. This is undoubtedly a correct decision. Zhang Mazi's face now has the color of pig's liver in addition to the little peas. A copy of Zhang Xueliang's call was also sent to him, which clearly told him that the throne of Jiang Provincial Chairman had been lost, and it had already belonged to a man named Ma Zhanshan. He's just been played around like a monkey. If you don't take this revenge, you won't be a human being. In October of the 20th year of the Republic of China (1931), Zhang Mazi became ruthless, mobilized his troops and horses, and marched towards the provincial capital Qiqihar in a mighty manner. His troops should be called puppet troops. The term puppet army has a bit of Chinese characteristics. At the time of World War II, the German army rushed forward, and some rebels appeared one after another in various European countries. Even the Soviet Union had its own troops following Germany in the early days of the war, but it was nothing compared to the Chinese puppet army. No comparison. China's puppet army is not only large in scale, large in number, and has existed for a long time, but also has many schools.Picking up the big ones, there are the Manchu and Mongolian puppet troops in the north and the Wang faction puppet troops in the south. Among the Manchurian and Mongolian puppet army in the north, Zhang Mazi was considered to be a relatively early leader. For the first appearance, the backstage boss naturally wants to give a lot of money to show off.Domen specially mobilized a squadron of the Kwantung Army Flying Squadron to assist in the battle in the air. But when it came to the door, Zhang Mazi softened again for some reason, and yelled for a long time, but in the end he still couldn't "cut". The plane that Domen wanted to send to him also did not take off because of the strong wind that day. Although Zhang Haipeng failed to send troops, the provincial capital has become a mess. Acting Provincial Chairman Ma Zhanshan is still on the way. Ma Zhanshan was previously the commander of the Heihe garrison and the commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade. I only found Heihe on the corner of the map of Heilongjiang with my eyes wide open, right on the border with the Soviet Union. Needless to say, the traffic here is very inconvenient, and since the appointment has been electrified, road safety has also become a problem.Ma Zhanshan actually ran a long circle along the river (Heilongjiang), finally passed through Harbin, and then arrived in Qiqihar secretly by train. And this is already 8 days later. Long-distance hydrolysis can't make near-thirsty, and the provincial government was in a panic when they learned that Zhang Haipeng's soldiers were suppressing the border.Wan Guobin finally showed his true colors, and took the lead to run away. The top leaders can run away, and the rest of the civil and military officials have all followed suit, dragging their families and talking about it. There is no other place to go, so I can only go to Harbin first.With this run, even Harbin City was harmed by them. In times of war, gold was the hard currency and the most valuable.After the gang of corrupt officials fled to Harbin, they desperately snapped up gold with their banknotes, causing the price of gold in Harbin to skyrocket and seriously disrupting the local financial market. Seeing that the situation has reached the most critical moment. Chief of Staff Xie Ke immediately stood up and presided over the overall situation.He summoned the remaining civil and military officials to discuss the current situation. What he didn't expect was that at the meeting, his proposition of resolute resistance was almost unanimously opposed by the participants.The argument of most people is either to surrender or to flee. Xie Ke was very disappointed.He decided to stop talking nonsense to a bunch of cowards. Only by competing on the battlefield can we prove everything. The so-called "strong generals have no weak soldiers", Xie Ke is bloody, and his subordinates are not cowards. Xu Baozhen, a fierce general under his command, is responsible for guarding the Nenjiang Bridge and blocking Zhang Haipeng's puppet army. A Nen River has become a natural barrier for the city.A railway bridge spans the river, and the survival of the bridge is related to the safety of the provincial capital and even the entire province. Why not just blow up the bridge? This is of course the cheapest and most effective way.But it's impossible. Because this is a railway bridge, the Japanese are the creditors of this railway, and it has part of the right to operate it before the debt is paid off. Didn't it mean that the Nanman Railway is south of Changchun? The problem is that this is not the South Manchuria Railway.This railway is the Tao'ang Railway that we have been talking about connecting Taonan and the suburbs of Qiqihar. The Tao'ang Railway was funded and constructed by the Japanese. This is a bit long to say. In Zhang Zuolin's era, apart from Yang Yuting and Guo Songling, there was actually another super capable person under him. This person is Wang Yongjiang.At that time, people called Wang, Yang, and Guo the "Three Heroes of Northeast China". Unlike Yang Yuting and Guo Songling, Wang Yongjiang has never fought a war, nor will he know how to fight. He is an abacus. However, his abacus has been set aside for a while, and he has become a generation of financial masters in Northeast China. Even the commander-in-chief Zhang Zuolin is in awe of him. But it was a pity for this man. He had accumulated wealth for Lao Zhang all his life, but he died of illness early, which made Zhang Zuolin lose a pillar in internal affairs. At that time, Wang Yongjiang presided over the completion of the first self-built railway in Northeast China - Fenghai Railway. However, before the railway was built, the Japanese Manchurian Railway closed its door first. The reason is that the planned route of the Fenghai Railway is from Fengtian (Shenyang) in Liaoning to Hailong in Jilin, which is basically parallel to the Nanman Railway. The noise of the Japanese is not completely unreasonable. The two parallel railways, just from an economic point of view, are equivalent to opening a shopping mall at the entrance of the supermarket and grabbing business from the door, and this is not in line with the original agreement made by the South Manchuria Railway. In this way, they fought over and over, and in the end both sides made concessions. The Japanese side agreed not to interfere with China's self-built Fenghai Railway, and the Chinese side agreed to let Japan advance money to build the Tao'ang Railway. It was completely helpless to agree to borrow money to let the Japanese build this road. I never thought that it would be so troublesome to cast a mouse-eye now. Fortunately, the defenders of Jiang Province had already set up a tight line of defense at Jiangqiao. In addition to Xu Baozhen's own guard regiment, there were also some artillery concealed in the bushes and tobacco fields on both sides of Jiangqiao's forward position. These are all the layouts on the main avenue, and also on the trail. Xu Baozhen specially placed a minefield there. It was this minefield that ultimately determined the fate of the puppet army. To be honest, Zhang Mazi spent a lot of money this time. He sent up the three main regiments in his family, and the chief general was Xu Jinglong, his most proud subordinate. He also held the line himself, and came over in a special train. Didn't it mean that the train was dragged away by Wan Guobin? This newly added military column was given by Duomen.In order to let these grandchildren help him fight, Duomen can discuss anything except that he refuses to give others. The reason why Zhang Machang made such a big noise is also because he had to explain to Duomen and the Kwantung Army. It was the first time I made soft-footed crabs, and the second time I couldn't let the master down again. "The soldiers swept away, and there was no vegetation left. We must show the momentum of the Imperial Association Army, otherwise the Imperial Army will look down on us." This sentence is a famous saying of Wu Dasara, a famous traitor in "My Brother's Name is Shunliu" and an excellent representative of the Southern Puppet Army. In fact, Zhang Haipeng and Zhang Mazi, the veterans of the northern puppet army, also thought so. Before reaching Jiangqiao, Zhang Mazi and Xu Jinglong were happy, because the dawn here was quiet. Except for a bridge and the white river water, there is no shadow of half of the defenders. They thought that the provincial capital left to him might already be an empty city, and the people in the city had all fled (this was indeed the case for the guests of all countries), and the rest might be to reward the "imperial army". As a precaution, Zhang Mazi went to eat first, while Xu Jinglong led his troops to search and move forward. There was no movement because they hadn't entered the range of the artillery. As soon as Zhang Mazi left, the puppet army was surrounded by artillery fire. Some artillery shells did not estimate the distance accurately and fell behind the team. The panicked puppet army thought that the rear was also copied, so they turned around and ran away. Xu Jinglong was in a hurry, the army was so fucked up, how could he explain to Zhang when he went back.He immediately called up his trump card—the cavalry cavalry. To be favored by Zhang Mazi, this Xu Jinglong is indeed very ambitious.In order to boost morale, he whipped his horse and rushed to the forefront. The cavalry was fast, taking advantage of the gap between firing cannons, they rushed to the bridge head very quickly.Xu Jinglong was complacent, thinking that he had won the battle. He didn't expect that Xu Baozhen had ambushes. As soon as the gunshot rang out, the cavalry turned on their backs. Xu Jinglong is a veteran ruffian, the bullet flew through the air, and he knew which direction it was flying.Immediately turn the horse's head quickly, hit the horse and hide in the trail. This time, the mount that had caused him was unlucky with him, the mine mechanism was triggered, and the people and horses flew into the sky together. A table of unexpected spicy and spicy meals finally made this crazy puppet army lose its temper. Seeing that the general had been defeated, Zhang Mazi was furious.He is like a gambler who is jealous of losing, he refuses to get off the table no matter what, and he is going to try his luck and let his eldest son fight again with the whole team. The next morning, another son sent him a telegram. After reading the telegram, he took the remnant soldiers back to his hometown without saying a word. The reason is that the two regiments who stayed in Taonan started a rebellion in the nest. If they don't go back, their hometown will almost be lost.