Chapter 16 Chapter 15 To Shanghai to Light the Fire

The Japanese army created "September 18" in the northeast, and the Japanese navy went to Shanghai in the south to cause trouble, but they were not the ones who started the fire at first, but someone else.At that time, the 19th Route Army stationed in Zhabei, Shanghai was faced with the choice of three lines of resistance. Just when the Kwantung Army had "gained" quite a lot in Jiang Province, a major event was happening in Greater Shanghai in the south. One of the protagonists in this matter is the Japanese Navy. The Northeast has fought so far, those who have made meritorious service, those who have been appointed officials, and those who have been promoted to nobles, anyway, there is nothing wrong with the navy.To use a classic sentence to describe it: the excitement is theirs, and I have nothing.

As an oceanic island country, and it started from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Japan does not take the navy lightly.In terms of large destroyers, heavy cruisers, and large aircraft carriers, etc., they can independently design and manufacture, and their naval strength even Western powers have to look at it differently. Compared with the navy, the army is much poorer. From the perspective of the navy, there are only two words: rough.Apart from bragging, it is incomparable with the British and American armies in the West, and it is doomed to fail to achieve much. But this is just wishful thinking by the Navy.Although the army is "rough", their hearts are higher than the sky. Soon, they fully developed the spirit of not needing to raise their whips, and launched the "September 18th" Incident, which made the country several times larger than Japan. Manchuria was taken down.

What kind of performance is this? The deeds of a hero.It is enough to shine in the annals of history and illuminate the future. Seeing the army with its head held high and supercilious, the navy, which relied on its "technical flow", was dumbfounded. I can't swallow this breath. But if you can't swallow it, you have to swallow it.Because according to the inside of the army, Manchuria is the sphere of influence of the army. On other people's ground, no matter how angry you are, it's useless, at best you won't cooperate. So where is the sphere of influence of our navy?

The answer is: in the south. The navy believes that the southern part of China is the meat of their mouths, and they must bite it tightly and never let go. Now that the army has achieved such great success in the Northeast, it is time for our navy to show off. However, according to the experience of the Kwantung Army in creating the "September 18th" Incident, it is necessary to cause trouble before fighting, and this time it is the army (Kwantung Army) that the navy despises to help them make trouble. This incident can be explained as: Compared with the army, the navy is considered a person of status, so the ability to fight and cause trouble is much worse.

Since the League of Nations has been staring at the Northeast, it is very uncomfortable to stare at the Kwantung Army, the senior staff officer Itagaki wanted to do something in the south, so as to divert the attention of the international community. He set his sights on Shanghai. In the 1930s, Shanghai was known as the "Paradise of Adventurers". All the big powers who wanted to get involved in China almost set up stalls here, so there is a saying of the Concession of Nations. There is no better place to grab attention than here. He also found the person in charge.This person is Major Takashi Tanaka (Lu Da No. 34), Assistant Military Attaché of the Japanese Legation in Shanghai. On the surface, he engages in diplomacy, but in fact he is an old spy in secret.

It is only natural that you have to pay for doing things. Itagaki was not much more generous than his colleague Doihara, and he only paid 20,000 yen for such a potentially earth-shattering event. What Itagaki did not expect was that it was this Tanaka who later testified against him in court at the Tokyo trial, and even revealed how much money he had given at that time. With such a small amount of money, after so many years, and without checking the accounts, he can still remember it clearly, which shows that Tanaka's memory is not so good, and being a spy is indeed a piece of material.

After taking the money, Tanaka found another partner—the famous traitor and female spy Yoshiko Kawashima. The two discussed together, discussing what could make the Japanese angry and the Westerners sympathetic. Hard to find. Boycott Japanese goods?Crowd fights?Fighting between soldiers? No, no, NN has been hyped over and over again, it’s not new for a long time, and when these things come out, the Japanese marines always come out first to bully each other and beat up the Chinese. Of course it's good to take advantage, but it's not a big deal.Besides, if you want to stir up this kind of stuff, it is tantamount to putting Japan on the air for people to comment.

Thinking of their swollen heads, these two guys finally had some clues. Both the masses and the soldiers are laymen.To jump out of this box, you can only find good people. Who is a decent person? Monk. Buddhism in Japan was passed down from China.However, there is a sect of Buddhism that developed later and has no direct connection with Chinese Buddhism.This is the Nichiren sect. The Nichiren sect is widely spread in Japan, not only common people, but also some military and political dignitaries believe in it. At that time, some monks of the Nichiren sect lived in temples in Shanghai, and they often went outside the concession to seek alms.

Both Tanaka and Kawashima Yoshiko believe that if these people have any troubles, they will definitely touch the sensitive nerves of the Japanese. The next task is to disguise dozens of intelligence personnel under Tanaka as workers and prepare to fish in troubled waters. The specific location of the crime was placed at the gate of a towel factory called Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd. (Sanyousha). This Sanyou Club is co-organized by three Zhejiang people.Regardless of the small size of the product, the scale of the factory is very large, with nearly 10,000 employees. Generally speaking, Zhejiang people are relatively good at doing business, and they have always been called "Chinese Jews".What is rare is that this boss not only knows how to do business, but is also very patriotic. He often organizes militiamen in the factory to conduct military training shouting anti-Japanese slogans.

After the "September 18th" incident, the workers of Sanyousha once posted slogans in the foreign concessions and had conflicts with the Japanese marines. At the gate of their factory, there was a huge poster in front of them, which showed the factory's military training militiamen pointing guns at Japanese soldiers. If there is a tendency to be anti-Japanese and anti-Japanese, this is easy to handle. On the afternoon of January 18th in the 21st year of the Republic of China (1932), the workers of Sanyou Society were organizing military training internally when they suddenly found someone throwing stones from outside the wall.

Everyone ran out to see that they were five Japanese. Among these Japanese, there are two monks of the Nichiren sect who happened to pass by here along the way and were about to go for alms. The two sides met each other like this, and they both misunderstood. The Japanese monk thought that the benefactor had come out to give alms, so he hummed and chirped to the workers and said good things. But the workers thought it was the Japanese who threw stones and refused to admit it, and even talked to themselves. Anyway, there was a language barrier, and no one knew what the other party was talking about, so they just gesticulated and played charades for a few seconds. It goes without saying that the stone-throwers were of course intelligence agents disguised as "workers". At this time, they took the opportunity to rush out, shouting anti-Japanese slogans, while beating the Japanese monks. The workers of the Sanyou Club were confused, and they dared to be patriotic.When they came back to their senses, several Japanese including the monk had already been knocked to the ground. Ordinary monks (unless they belonged to Shaolin Temple) eat vegetarian and chant Buddha all day long, and their ability to resist blows is not good. After a few blows, one of the monks was seriously injured and died in the hospital a few days later. The main road in front of Sanyoushe was built by a wealthy Cantonese businessman Ma Yushan. It was called Ma Yushan Road at that time (now it has been changed to Yingkou Road), and this incident was called the Mayushan Road Incident in history. The Japanese were killed and injured by the Chinese, and the casualties were monks of the Nichiren sect, which was too explosive. Tanaka immediately went to spread the news among the Japanese overseas Chinese. Shanghai is the largest overseas settlement of Japanese overseas Chinese.As soon as he heard the news, people were filled with resentment. It's okay, people were killed, and they were still innocent monks.The hateful Chinese people are too rampant. Revenge, revenge. When the Japanese overseas Chinese voiced their voices, the ronin over there responded. Because among the five Japanese who were beaten, except for two monks, the other three were ronin. Now some domestic film and television dramas, for some unknown purpose, always like to dress up the ronin as a bunch of cool martial arts people, it seems that this is the only way to fight against Huo Yuanjia and Chen Zhen. In fact, the so-called ronin and samurai are actually two concepts.In Japan, they are actually a group of street gangsters, and they are the worst kind. Of course, there is no guarantee that among the bad guys there will be three-legged cat kung fu, and they can occasionally go to the gate of the Chinese martial arts hall to kick the field and bluff twice.However, the martial arts potential of most people has been thrown to the samurai grandpa in the shogunate. When fighting, they rely on the large number of people, cats throwing bricks at the corners, shouting slogans and so on. If you can get together to beg for food with the monks, how much promise do you think these ronin have. Now they finally come in handy.In any case, ronin are still better than ordinary expatriates when it comes to stealing chickens and dogs. In the middle of the night, a group of people set out on the road with nitrate and kerosene.When they reached the door of Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd., they set fire to several factories. The workers in the factory heard the sound and stopped the arsonist while fighting the fire.Unexpectedly, these guys were all carrying controlled knives in advance, and although the workers had received military training, they were helplessly unarmed, and they killed many people at once. The Chinese police came to stop them. Unexpectedly, this group of people was really fierce. As a result, one was killed and two were injured (referring to the police). After dawn, Japanese overseas Chinese organized a parade. They smashed shops when they saw them on the way, and stopped trams when they saw them. Even the British police officers who came out to dissuade them were beaten up by them. After all, Shanghai is the ground of China. Even the police were beaten to death by these lawless Japanese ronin, and the Chinese were also angry. You march, I demonstrate, to see who is afraid of whom. Things are finally being picked up.The air in Shanghai suddenly became tense. On the same day, Shanghai Mayor Wu Tiecheng protested to the Japanese Consul General in Shanghai Murai Kuramatsu regarding the burning of the Sanyousha and the death and injury of the police. But the Japanese are more vicious than the Chinese. Not only did Murai not accept it, but he also made four demands on the Chinese government: an apology, hunting down (the murderer), compensation (medical expenses and comfort money), and banning (the anti-Japanese group). Mayor Wu just protested with his mouth, but Murai's request is not to use force if he refuses to agree. In charge of preparing for the use of force is the Japanese navy, which has long been unable to hold back. Wait a millennium, usually it's their army who is showing off their prestige, this time it's finally our turn to play. As soon as Murai made the request, Rear Admiral Koichi Shiozawa, commander of the 1st Expatriate Fleet stationed in Shanghai and the commander of the Shanghai Special Marine Corps, issued a statement to support it, and at the same time made an emergency mobilization of the Marine Corps. At the same time, the military command urgently dispatched the aircraft carrier "Notoro", the light cruiser "Yamato" and the 15th Destroyer Squadron to reinforce Shanghai, posing an imminent war situation. The Japanese army was preparing, and the Chinese army was not idle. The 19th Route Army stationed in Zhabei is already on the alert. Shanghai Beach sounds prosperous, but in fact there is a huge gap between the rich and the poor.To put it simply, the public concession is the richest, and the Chinese community in Zhabei is the poorest. But being poor doesn't mean the bones are weak.Back then, Huo Yuanjia held a Jingwu gymnastics meeting in Zhabei (that is, the well-known Jingwu school), and the Japanese ronin wanted to come here to smash the scene, but he was hit by Uncle Huo with a few "Mizongquan", and he couldn't even go home. I don't even recognize it. Since the 19th Route Army was stationed here, it has not only inherited the fine traditions of Huo Daxia, but also brought Foshan Huang Feihong's Wuying Kungfu, and he did not back down from the wanton provocation of the Japanese. The 19th Route Army belongs to the authentic Cantonese Army, which was developed from the Fourth Army known as the "Iron Army" during the Northern Expedition. After the end of the Central Plains War, the once famous Northwest Army, Guangxi Army, and Jinsui Army all disappeared one by one. Finally, it was the turn of the Cantonese Army to represent the 19th Route Army. The fight is not a civil war, but a foreign war. The characteristics of this army are that, firstly, most of them are veterans with practical combat experience, and secondly, they have a strong local color. From top to bottom, almost all of the troops were from Guangzai, and some even came from the same county.For example, the 19th Route Army has a very famous Heji regiment. The members of this regiment are all from a place called Heping County in the mountainous area of ​​Guangdong. One of the advantages of the relative group and the village group is that they cut off the bones and connect the tendons. On the battlefield, everyone who is injured by one's own side must be anxious, so they are particularly reckless in fighting. This is quite similar to the Hunan army who once shaved their heads. The top leadership of the 19th Route Army implemented a trinity. On the surface, the commander-in-chief Jiang Guangnai and the army commander Cai Tingkai were in charge of the army. Among them, Cai Tingkai was responsible for the actual military, but its shadow leader was always Chen Mingshu. Chen Mingshu's influence on the 19th Route Army can be said to be decisive. Sun Ke's cabinet was in turmoil, and Chen Mingshu was hit hard.Since he was frustrated in the internal political arena, he wanted to cheer up externally. He had high hopes for the 19th Route Army, which he had seen since he was a child. Chen Mingshu's mood just matched that of the officers and soldiers of the 19th Route Army.Before being transferred to the Beijing-Shanghai line, this army "suppressed bandits" in Jiangxi. At that time, the "September 18th" incident sounded the alarm, and after the "Jinan tragedy", the Chinese once again realized "the shame of being brave in civil war and not resisting externally." The 19th Route Army was stationed in Shanghai, and witnessed the domineering Japanese ronin and marines. The officers and soldiers gritted their teeth, "deeply hating the brutality of Japan", and almost everyone wanted to fight the Japanese to the death. Long before the "Mayushan Road Incident", the leadership of the 19th Route Army had a premonition that the Japanese army might attack Shanghai. They attack, what should we do? Resolutely resist. In other words, the example of the Northeast Army is there.If you don't resist, the Northeast will be lost. What's more, the dignity and value of the soldiers will be lost. How can you have the nerve to carry guns and fight again in the future. There is no doubt about resistance, the problem is to determine a resistance line, that is, which line should we step on to fight the devils. At that time, three lines of resistance were proposed. The first was Shanghai, the second was Zhenru and Nanxiang in the suburbs, and the third was further away in Kunshan. If you follow the general battlefield requirements, you should choose the second or third option, but in the end everyone agrees to choose the first option. Why? We have the responsibility to defend Shanghai, and what we are defending is Beijing and Shanghai. Losing Shanghai is not much different from not resisting. And if you fight in Shanghai, you will also be able to take advantage of it militarily. The heads of the 19th Route Army came from the rain of bullets, and they know the principle of making use of their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses: our weapons are definitely not as good as the devils. This is their strength. It is impossible not to admit it, but we can minimize it. How to shrink it?It is to get into the city and fight street battles with them.Shanghai is a big city, full of houses, the most important thing is the Concession of All Nations, where foreigners live, and the Japanese army's aircraft and cannons dare not show off their prestige. It was the choice of this resistance line that laid the foundation for the "January 28th" battle to start. It is also important to make up for one's own weaknesses while minimizing the other's strengths.Everyone has thought of this. The 19th Route Army is a standard poor army, and its weapons are very shabby.Most of the guns equipped by officers and soldiers were Type 79 rifles made in Guangdong (Guangdong products at that time were not fashionable and were quasi-eliminated products). Each rifle was equipped with more than 100 rounds of bullets. There were no heavy weapons, only some made in Hanyang light machine gun. Improving weapons and equipment has become a top priority. First reach out to the government and ask for allocation. But at that time, Sun Ke, the head of the executive branch, was so anxious that he would sell everything and destroy the family to relieve the difficulties. He didn't have the leisure and spare money to deal with this mess, so he didn't even hear a sound when he typed the report. In desperation, I had to find a way by myself.Fortunately, there are many foreign firms in Shanghai, as long as you give money, there is always a way to get you weapons. The 19th Route Army finally raised a sum of money and obtained a batch of new weapons and ammunition from foreign firms. These weapons played an important role in the street fighting in Zhabei. Cai Tingkai then issued the first secret order of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, stipulating that once the Japanese army launched a formal attack, the 78th Division (District Shounian Division) stationed in Zhabei must resolutely resist on the spot. It is the duty of soldiers to resist foreign aggression.What about the attitude of politicians? At this time, Sun Ke was almost unable to keep himself, let alone resist. Prior to this, Sun Ke's cabinet had just gone through another round of storms after the Northeast Army captured Jinzhou. This round of storm was caused by lack of money. At the beginning, Sun Ke dragged Huang Hanliang to the position of finance minister, so naturally he had to rely on him to provide blood transfusion (provide funds) for the crumbling government. But Huang Hanliang has no money and no one, how can you let him lose. Looking back and thinking about it again, why was Lao Jiang and Song Ziwen still able to get by financially?In other words, how did they get the money? After Sun Ke came to power, he was considered a half-expert because he was bothered about money all the time.According to him, the Nanjing government’s revenue could have reached 400 to 500 million yuan a year, which sounds good, but the problem is that the government still has huge debts accumulated over the years, and after removing the debts, the actual money that can be used every year is only 100 million yuan. 100 million, which means less than 10 million per month, but on the other hand, the government's expenditure is not small. The monthly military expenditure alone exceeds 10 million. In addition, there are 7788 expenses, all Add up to more than 20 million. According to this statement, even if Hubei, Shandong, Fujian and other places pay a lot of taxes, there is still half of the gap. what to do?It's simple: borrow. Borrowed in the front and then repaid, and then borrowed after repaying.This cycle goes on and on, and the normal operation of the government machinery is driven by this method. It seems very simple at first glance, but in fact there is a lot of knowledge in it. Why is Song Ziwen called the God of Wealth?It's not that he himself can turn stone into gold, but that he can borrow money, and one of the creditors is Shanghai's financial circle. Huang Hanliang also wanted to learn from Song Ziwen, but he just couldn't think of it.He himself had indeed been in the financial industry before, but he was only a small manager of a small bank, and he had no friendship with those financial giants in Shanghai. They have money in their hands, but they neither steal nor rob, and they don't know you well, so why do they have to lend it to you?Ever since, although Huang Hanliang went around in many ways, the results were minimal. He originally wanted to get 10 million yuan, but he didn't get half of it, and only got 3 million yuan. This is not enough, even the military expenses are not enough. Sun Ke had no choice but to find Chen Mingshu, and the two discussed again with their heads buried.Chen Mingshu proposed to leave him alone. Since these rich and unkind people refuse to borrow any more, we will not repay them. That is to say, we can temporarily stop the monthly repayment of the public debt, and for this purpose, we can transfer the domestic debt fund. 34 million yuan.With 34 million in hand, it is like saving half of Sun Ke's life. Of course Sun Ke was very moved when he heard this.But before he formally implemented this proposal, the domestic financial circles were caught off guard. On January 13, the 21st year of the Republic of China (1932), the "bond wave" broke out. The financial community collectively protested to the government, and did not hesitate to issue threats: If the government does not keep its promise and dare not pay the principal and interest of the debt when it is due, then I am sorry, we will take your bond and go directly to the mortgage unit of the bond—the state and the government. local tax authorities. Don't you want to pay back the money, we will use the tax as offset! Of course, if the government needs to borrow more money, there is no need to mention it to us in the future. After the impact of this "trend", Sun Ke's cabinet, which was already weak, almost collapsed immediately.Huang Hanliang offered to resign on the same day, but Sun Ke didn't even resign. He left all civil and military officials and ran from Nanjing to Shanghai alone. Originally, his government might come to an end here, but at a critical moment, a person stood up and pulled him back. This person is Chen Mingshu, the vice president of the Executive Yuan. He followed Sun Ke all the way to Shanghai. After meeting, he persuaded Sun Ke to go back and preside over the cabinet. Sun Ke said pitifully to him: There is really no way out financially. You said that Huang Hanliang has resigned, and he can't even find the Minister of Finance. I really can't do it anymore. Coward, does this little difficulty frighten you?I really regret following someone like you for nothing! Of course, Chen Mingshu didn't say this, but I said it for him, because I doubt that was what he was thinking at the time. Chen Mingshu actually said this at the time: Since I was pulled into the government by you, I am willing to suffer for you.If there is really no one to be the Minister of Finance, I will be the one! Hearing Chen Mingshu's righteous words, Sun Keda was moved, and then returned to Nanjing with him. Chen Mingshu came from a military background. Although he can engage in politics, the Ministry of Finance is related to another field of knowledge. Even Huang Hanliang, who has some experience in financial work, is not competent. What can he do? Chen Mingshu's approach is, since it doesn't make sense to use soft tactics to talk to you businessmen, then I will be tough, and I don't believe that the government can't mess with you ("the knife must be cut"). Sun Ke himself didn't know the seriousness, but his civil and military officials did.This is in Greater Shanghai, where the Concession of All Nations is here, and the nerves are sensitive, which is a place where you can act willfully. A considerable number of influential people among them opposed Chen Mingshu's approach. For a while, Chen Mingshu did not dare to insist on being in charge of the Ministry of Finance. The "public debt trend" that made Sun Ke's cabinet change its color was finally settled by the "reclusive" Chiang Kai-shek. He sent Zhang Qun to Shanghai to speak directly to the financial circles. First, he criticized Sun Ke ("The suspension of principal and interest payments on domestic debts is enough to cause a national financial shock"). They all warn these people: Once the government collapses, you will not be able to live a good life. Therefore, the best way now is to be a gentleman who knows the current affairs and "do our best to help the government within the scope of possibility." Lao Jiang's strength is indeed not comparable to that of Sun Ke.Shanghai's financial circles also knew their weight. They knew that "Dean Sun" was not scary, and that life would be really sad after messing with Lao Jiang, so they immediately made concessions and agreed to negotiate with the government to solve the problem. Zhang Qun's trip not only successfully appeased Shanghai's financial circles, but also raised 10 million for Sun Ke's government in a short period of time! In the 21st year of the Republic of China (1932), on January 17, after Sun Ke promised not to suspend the payment of bond principal and interest, the menacing "public debt wave" subsided. In this "trend", Sun Ke and the financial circle are all losers, and there is only one winner, and that is Lao Jiang. Lao Jiang's unexpected but not unexpected behind-the-scenes move is tantamount to sending out a signal that he is about to come out again. Now, besides Chen Mingshu, who was at a loss what to do, who else could Sun Ke rely on? Originally, during the First Plenary Session of the Fourth Central Committee, three members of the Central Standing Committee (Central Standing Committee) were added to include Jiang Wanghu.Among the "Big Three" of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Jiang and Wang have long harbored ulterior motives, so naturally they would not come out to "assist" Sun Ke. The only person who could help him is Hu Hanmin from Guangdong. However, this old man became stubborn, and he was only thinking about anti-Chiang ("impulsive, even more so than before"). He even forgot the basic political strategy. Tool to stand up to the central chamber. Under such circumstances, Sun Ke had no choice but to call Jiang Wang to Beijing to "preside over the big plan." After the "Mayushan Road Incident", Foreign Minister Chen Youren advocated rejecting the four unreasonable demands of the Japanese side, and implemented a tough policy of severing diplomatic relations with Japan. Chen Youren is a member of the Sun Ke family. Sun Ke and Chen Mingshu did not say so publicly, but they all supported it in their hearts. However, Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei, who were eager to take the stage, held a completely negative attitude. Times have changed, and Lao Jiang no longer mentioned that when others asked him to go to the wild, he insisted on going north to fight against Japan. He put the reckless and stupid hat on his political opponents, saying that you are messing around, you are messing around, We do not have any internal preparations for fighting, and if we want to break off relations with others, isn't that a dead end ("This is a very dangerous thing"). You don’t break off diplomatic relations, you don’t declare war, you can still talk when it’s time to talk, if you break off diplomatic relations, it’s declaring without a war, how do you talk about it in the future, I think the country will be ruined by you guys (“ country will perish"). So what do you say? There is nothing new about Lao Jiang, the same three words: no resistance. Of course, these three words are more eye-catching now, and Lao Jiang changed it to "take a moderate attitude towards the Japanese issue, first courtesy and then soldiers", so it can be interpreted as: don't resist first. The difference from before is that Lao Jiang has a strong support behind him this time: Wang Jingwei. When he overthrew Chiang, no one yelled louder than him when he scolded Lao Jiang for not resisting, and no one is more vigorous in supporting him now. In front of Sun Ke, Jiang Wang called Shanghai Mayor Wu Tiecheng and "suggested" him to accept the four conditions proposed by Japan as a member of the Central Standing Committee.At the same time, they were very clear about the relationship between Chen Mingshu and the 19th Route Army. Turning their faces around, they borrowed He Yingqin, the Minister of Military and Political Affairs, to "prompt" to transfer the 19th Route Army to the 19th Route Army on the grounds of preventing the 19th Route Army from "friction with the Japanese army". Leaving Shanghai, the Sixth Regiment of the Gendarmerie took over the defense. When the hammer went down, it hit two people in a row: Chen Youren and Chen Mingshu, and finally the weight fell on poor Sun Ke's head. The anti-Japanese issue has sadly once again been reduced to a tool for politicians to struggle for power. Of course, the 19th Route Army was firmly on Chen Mingshu's side.On the same day, they sent a telegram to Chen Mingshu, informing him that the whole army would use the Songhu front line as the line of resistance against Japan. Being able to get the support of his own troops at the most difficult time made Chen Mingshu deeply comforted, but the fate of Sun Ke's cabinet had already been decided and could no longer be changed. On January 24, 1932, both Chen Youren and Chen Mingshu were forced to resign. As soon as they fell down, Sun Ke knew that the situation was over, so he had no choice but to follow behind and resign the next day. He forced Sun Ke to step down with his own hands, and he really went down, but Jiang Wang wanted to put on a show again.First he sent a telegram, and then sent several groups of people to persuade him, but Sun Ke now understood that all of this was nothing more than a superficial article of the story, so he "resolutely resigned and refused to meet the guests." This is just great.Many years later, Jiang and Wang came together again. The two played and sang, sang and harmonized, expressed their opinions together, and pointed at each other. They seemed to have become a pair of close revolutionary comrades in arms again. On the evening of January 28th in the 21st year of the Republic of China (1932), a meeting was held in Nanjing presided over by Chiang Kai-shek, at which Wang Jingwei was formally awarded the throne of executive president, and Sun Ke, who had "resigned", also wanted to comfort him. His new title is President of the Legislative Council, although in name only, it is better to have something than nothing. So far, Jiang Wang has cooperated, and the merits and virtues have been completed. Facing the harsh reality, Wang Jingwei had to admit that it was no problem for Lao Jiang to leave him, but he absolutely couldn't leave Lao Jiang himself.Otherwise, no matter how hard he tried, he would be No. 2 Sun Ke, so he has always obeyed Jiang's words and dared not disobey him. The so-called cooperation between Jiang and Wang means that on the surface, Jiang is in charge of the army and Wang is in charge of the government. In fact, the party, government and army are dominated by Jiang, and Wang is just a supporting role. But what they never expected was that just a few hours after the meeting ended that night, the "January 28th" incident broke out. On the afternoon of Wang Jingwei's ascension to the throne, Wu Tiecheng formally delivered the written reply to the Japanese embassy before Murai's 48-hour ultimatum as required. I agree to all your requests, this time you should have nothing to say. Murai naturally had nothing to say, but the Japanese navy was different, and Shiozawa almost jumped up in anxiety. How can you agree to the four conditions?Can't agree, our request is very "unreasonable". Because he prepared everything, even the mobilization of the Marine Corps, and the offensive order from the military command came down.However, the Chinese government unexpectedly agreed to Japan's "unreasonable" request, which is tantamount to wasting their time. At this time, Yanze didn't care about anything.He immediately sent a letter, putting forward a new request, saying that the Japanese were very disturbed by the presence of so many Chinese troops in Shanghai, so the 19th Route Army in Zhabei must retreat immediately, destroy the fortifications, and hand over the defense to the Japanese army. The time is fixed, just today. The letter was written, but he didn't send it. Of course he couldn't send it out. Once he did, he was afraid that this new requirement would be satisfied on the same day. The efficiency of the Chinese government in dealing with such external incidents has always been relatively high. Finally, at 11:25 p.m., half an hour before the scheduled time, he sent the letter. The letters were delivered to the mayor of Shanghai and the chief of the Public Security Bureau. In such a short time, you think the messengers come and go by magnetic levitation. Yanze didn't have the patience to wait another half an hour. Five minutes after the letter was sent, he gave the order to attack Zhabei. Originally, he could have easily captured Zhabei if the 19th Route Army had withdrawn from Shanghai. On the day Chen Mingshu was forced to resign, He Yingqin rushed to Shanghai in person and summoned Cai Tingkai, commander of the 19th Route Army. Nothing else, just to persuade the 19th Route Army to withdraw to avoid conflict with the Japanese army. According to the general practice, as the Minister of Military and Political Affairs, as long as he gives an order, he should be able to mobilize the army.However, the system of the Kuomintang army is basically maintained not by military orders, but by favors.Lao Jiang was like this, and He Yingqin was no exception. Previously, the 19th Route Army was known as the central army of the local army, and it could be mobilized by the government because Chen Mingshu was on stage. Wherever he pointed, the 19th Route Army would go there.When Chen Mingshu stepped down, He Yingqin knew that this matter was a bit troublesome, and the 19th Route Army would not easily obey orders. Sure enough, Cai Tingkai disagreed with disarming, and retorted that we were in Zhabei, and the Japanese army was in Hongkou. Well water does not violate river water, so why should we disarm, there is no reason. He Yingqin had no choice but to retreat when he learned of the difficulty. Lao Jiang decided to fight in person. Of course, Lao Jiang is artistic in this respect.To put it simply, the less he is a direct general, the more polite he will be, and he will never train you like his Whampoa students. He did Cai Tingkai's work privately through Zhang Jingjiang, a veteran of the Kuomintang.Zhang Jingjiang was called the "mentor" by Lao Jiang, and in his mind he was the only figure who could be compared with the "father of the nation".Send Zhang to go out, which shows the high standard. But Cai Tingkai still refused, thinking that he was responsible for defending the soil and could not change his defense. The 19th Route Army was so difficult to deal with, which made Lao Jiang very angry.He thought it was secretly instigated by Chen Mingshu and deliberately made things difficult for him, so he decided to be tough. The day before Fu Wang Jingwei ascended the throne, he instructed Chief of Staff Zhu Peide and Minister of Military and Political Affairs He Yingqin to jointly issue a telegram. Within a day, he sent 3 urgent telegrams, asking the 19th Route Army to withdraw its defense.This kind of urging like twelve gold medals forced Cai Tingkai to make concessions and agreed to withdraw from Shanghai. On the afternoon of January 28th in the 21st year of the Republic of China (1932), He Yingqin and Zhu Peide saw that there was still no movement from the 19th Route Army. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, an advance battalion of the 6th Gendarmerie Regiment departing from Nanjing arrived in Shanghai, but the 6th Regiment of the 156th Brigade (Zhang Ruosong Regiment), which was at the forefront of Zhabei, still refused to evacuate.One didn't want to go out, the other wanted to come in, and the two sides froze there. In the end, Cai Tingkai came forward and said to Zhang Ruosong, otherwise, if the devils come tonight, we will fight them. The devil came at night. In fact, long before Yanze issued the attack order, the Marine Corps, led by Japanese armed forces in plain clothes, secretly occupied Zhabei Tiantongan Station. At 11:30 in the evening, after Yanze officially issued an order, the Marine Corps launched an attack on the 19th Route Army based on Tiantong'an Station. According to the secret order, Zhang Ruosong immediately organized troops to resist on the spot. Just like the Nian of the two kickers, when Zhabei was lit, the "December 28" Songhu battle started immediately in a hurry.