Chapter 8 4. The first victim was the policeman

Few people know that in the "September 18th" incident, the first victim who left his name was a policeman. On the night of September 18, the Japanese army in Shenyang besieged the Beida Camp while attacking Shenyang City.The defenders of the Peking Camp were caught off guard and rushed to fight, but the police officers in the urban area, under the command of General Huang Xiansheng, who served as the chief of the police station, took the initiative to fight and fought street battles with the 29th Japanese Army Regiment entering the city.The battle lasted until midnight. Huang Xiansheng saw that all the main points around Shenyang were occupied by the Japanese army. He knew that the situation was over, so he led his troops to retreat towards Jinzhou.Both sides suffered casualties in the fighting, and the police force suffered considerable losses.However, due to pre-preparation, the police force that withdrew from Shenyang was defeated but not chaotic, and quickly retreated to the direction of Jinzhou to deploy with the local garrison.

According to a photo left at that time, during the "September 18th" incident, the first identified victim among the Chinese military and police was Gao Shuguang, a police officer from the South Market Branch of the Shangbu No. 1 Branch of the Shenyang Public Security Bureau. On the second day of the "September 18th" incident, a Chinese journalist Sun Huasan ventured out to check the situation and saw Gao Shuguang lying on the street, so he took a photo of him and marked it on the basis of the testimonies of nearby people: "Loyal policeman Gao Shuguang, served in the South Market Branch of Shenyang Commercial Port No. 1 Sub-bureau. On September 18th at 11:00 p.m., he went to the nearby Northeast Theater to spy on the enemy. When Japanese pirates invaded, he drank a bullet and died. On the 19th, take an adventure to capture the peak Gongzhi."

The Japanese army frequently mobilized troops to launch the "September 18th" Incident, but the entire Northeast Army system was generally unprepared for the drastic changes. Only Huang Xiansheng's police system advanced and retreated in an orderly manner.Is it because Japan's actions are too covert? In fact, the Northeast Army had already obtained a large amount of information about the possibility of an incident by the Japanese army in advance.In this way, this kind of unguardedness seems strange. Thinking about it carefully, the mentality of senior officials of the Northeast authorities before and after the incident is quite interesting.Not only did they not strengthen their guard, but they "leaved their posts" at critical moments. For example, Lieutenant General Zhou Lian, the principal of the Jiangwu Hall, Lieutenant General Wang Yizhe, the commander of the Seventh Brigade, and Rong Ziheng, the head of the Shuaifu Guards, etc., when the "September 18th" incident occurred None are on the job.This may be a coincidence, but it is more likely that, on the one hand, there is an order not to resist, and on the other hand, the Japanese army is constantly provoking. Evasion of responsibility - without the support of their superiors, they have no confidence in independently resisting the Japanese army, and they do not want to make unnecessary sacrifices.Once something happened, lack of vigilance and negligence of precautions and knowing that the Japanese army was invading but running away are obviously two different charges. The former is obviously easier to be forgiven by officials and public opinion.After receiving Zhang Xueliang's instructions to "avoid conflict", on the night of the incident, Rong Zhen, the chief of staff of the Northeast Army, immediately issued an order, asking the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Brigade of the Peking University Camp to "not resist, not move, put the gun in the warehouse, and stand up to die. Everyone is benevolent and sacrificed for the country."It seems absurd, but it shows the extremely embarrassing situation of these Northeast Army generals at that time.

Only Huang Xiansheng ignored the order not to resist and actively prepared for the battle, but brought the troops out at the smallest cost.The police force he led later became the original backbone of the Volunteer Army. Among the police in Northeast China, there are not a few who organized the anti-Japanese war. Although some are not as firm as General Huang Xiansheng, the ending of dying for the country is still worth remembering. He defected to the Japanese army, but in the end he chose to raise the flag again to resist the Japanese. After the defeat, he was thrown from the plane by the Japanese army and fell to his death.

After the "September 18th" incident broke out, the original police system in Northeast China was greatly damaged. The Japanese army attacked along the railway line and confiscated the weapons of the police in various places. Some policemen had to surrender.However, due to Huang Xiansheng's work in some police forces in advance, the Northeast police who were not disarmed by the Japanese army in the first place brought more weapons into the anti-Japanese struggle.During the 14-year Anti-Japanese War in Northeast China, many anti-Japanese leaders were born in the police.For example, Guo Jingshan, head of Huanren County Public Security Brigade, Xu Dasan, head of Linjiang County Public Security Brigade, Lin Zhenqing, head of Ji'an County Public Security Bureau, and Zhang Zongzhou, head of Huanren County Public Security Bureau, all raised the flag of righteousness and fought bravely in various parts of Northeast China.Among the commanders of the Northeast Police Force during the Anti-Japanese War, Deng Tiemei was the most famous.

In late October 1931, Deng Tiemei, who had served as the captain of the Fengcheng police brigade and the director of the Public Security Bureau, established the "Northeast People's Self-Defense Army", which was active in Dandong, Fengcheng, Xiuyan, and Zhuanghe.By the autumn of 1932, the Northeast People's Self-Defense Army had grown to more than 15,000 people, forming eight regiments, which once captured Fengshan County and caused great difficulties for the Japanese army in the triangle area in southern Liaoning. In May 1934, due to serious illness, Deng Tiemei was unfortunately arrested while recuperating at the home of relatives in Zhangjiapuzi, Xiaocaigou, Fengcheng County. On September 28, 1934, Deng Tiemei was killed in the Puppet Fengtian Army Prison because of his unyielding steadfastness, at the age of 43. On August 1, 1935, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China published a letter to all compatriots in order to resist Japan and save the country, listing the national heroes who sacrificed their lives for the cause of the liberation of the Chinese nation, including Deng Tiemei's name.