Chapter 87 13. From poison gas bombs to assault boats——Shocking old photos reproduce the "September 18" incident The Northeast Army discarded weapons

Because the senior generals of the Northeast Army are permeated with the idea of ​​the supremacy of weapons, in addition to self-made equipment in the arsenal, they also purchase a large amount of advanced equipment from abroad. Therefore, after some equipment was seized in the "September 18th" Incident, even the Japanese army was surprised.For example, the Japanese army found aviation gas bombs in the warehouse of the Northeast Army.According to historical records, the Northeast Army did have records of storing and using chemical weapons such as gas bombs. On October 3, 1927, Fu Zuoyi, the commander of the Fourth Division of the Jin Army, led his army to lightly capture Zhuozhou, an important town, and the Feng army counterattacked, launching a three-month siege.Perhaps out of ignorance of international law, Feng Jun openly attacked the city with gas bombs and invited reporters to observe.It's a pity that due to the lack of grasp of the direction of the wind, this attack was not worth the money, not to mention failing to take Zhuozhou, but causing certain losses to Fengjun itself. After "September 18th", there was no news of the use of chemical weapons by the Northeast Army. It is speculated that all its reserves were obtained by the Japanese army when Shenyang fell. In the "September 18th" incident, the Northeast Army finally retreated into the pass with the principle of non-resistance.Great rivers and mountains, 30 million compatriots fell to the enemy.So, are the troops in the Northeast really powerless?

In the "September 18th" incident, because the pilots were on vacation, it was too late to start the evacuation of the planes or organize resistance, the entire Northeast Air Force was wiped out, and all 200 planes fell into the enemy's hands.In fact, the Japanese army later used a large number of aircraft captured from the Northeast Air Force to fight against the Volunteer Army and later the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. These aircraft were at the advanced level in the world at that time and had a complete range. Therefore, when Sa witnessed the weapons and equipment left behind by the young marshal in the documents left by the Japanese army, he felt pain in his wrist—about 150,000 rifles, about 3 million rounds of bullets, about 600 mortars, and shells. About 400,000 rounds, about 250 mountain, field, and heavy guns, about 100,000 shells, and about 400,000 pounds of gunpowder.

In the photo attached to this article, you can see the lost weapons and equipment of the Northeast Army. In addition to the artillery, the Northeast Army also had a tank unit that was completely captured by the Japanese army.This is an astonishing list, on which are the military materials looted by the Japanese army from the Shenyang Arsenal in China during the "September 18th" Incident.After the incident, the Japanese army took separate routes to capture government offices and factories in Shenyang. The Northeast Army was completely unprepared and refused to resist orders. Except for a few officers and soldiers who resisted out of righteous indignation, most of the key departments opened their doors and waited for the Japanese occupation.At about 8:00 that night, Major General Amano Rokuro of the Japanese army led the 16th Infantry Regiment to the Shenyang Airport and the area east of the Arsenal, occupying the Shenyang Arsenal and Dongta Airport, known as the "Far Eastern Krupp Factory". .The arsenal stored a large number of ready-made guns and ammunition, all of which fell into the hands of the Japanese army.

The Fengtian Arsenal of the Northeast Army was the most advanced and largest military enterprise in China at that time.The establishment of this factory embodies the painstaking efforts of two generations of Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Xueliang. In April 1922, Zhang Zuolin was defeated in the Zhifeng War. After learning from the pain, he decided to expand the military industry and improve the equipment of the troops.Zhang Zuolin accepted Zhang Xueliang's suggestion and changed the former Fengtian Ordnance Factory into the three eastern provinces arsenal.Re-planned outside the Dadongbian Gate in Shenyang City, and set up three factories for guns, shells, and cannons. The Danish merchant Winther Company undertook the construction, and sent a technician to the factory to guide the installation. It was built on the west side of the warehouse. The platform is laid with rails, and the train can go directly to the factory.Afterwards, from 1926 to 1928, it expanded again, adding a gun factory and a light machine gun factory, with more than 8,000 machines.Due to the appropriate employment of several supervisors Yang Yuting, Han Linchun, and Zang Shiyi, the factory developed rapidly and became the largest arsenal in the country at that time. Before the "September 18th" Incident, it was possible to mass-produce Type 17 65 light machine guns and Type 13 79 heavy machine guns (both imitated from Japanese machine guns).

After occupying the arsenal, many Japanese soldiers were surprised to see the 24cm large-caliber howitzer being produced on the processing table in the factory. They believed that the factory was no worse than the Osaka Artillery Factory in terms of scale and technology.Many Japanese troops took pictures of this kind of artillery production workshop as a background. In order to gain the initiative of the "September 18th" Incident, an important move of the Japanese army in the planning process was to transfer two 240mm heavy howitzers from the Japanese mainland to participate in the attack on the North Camp.In the Battle of Songhu, the largest caliber heavy artillery of the Chinese army was only 150mm.

Before the incident, Zhang Xueliang's aides suggested that he move the arsenal inland, but the young marshal has not approved it for a long time, so he has not acted yet. The "September 18th" incident has already broken out.The Feng faction has successively invested more than 280 million yuan in Fengpiao and Dayang in the Shenyang Arsenal, making the Northeast Army the best equipped army among all the warlords in the country.It is a pity that such a large-scale military industry enterprise was handed over to Japan, and a large number of weapons that had been prepared also fell into the hands of the Japanese army.This kind of result reminds us of Marshal Peng Dehuai's famous saying, "It doesn't hurt to sell your grandfather."

However, the weapons abandoned by the Northeast Army in the "September 18th" incident are far more than those lost by the arsenal.Looking at the photos left by the Japanese army is shocking enough. Seeing that these sophisticated equipment fell into the hands of the Japanese army without resistance, future generations can’t help but sigh—although there was a huge gap in the strategic comparison between China and Japan in 1931, in the Northeast, no matter whether it was equipment or troops, it can be seen that China did not downwind.In the battles in Jinzhou, Jiangqiao and other places, he once had the upper hand.Under such circumstances, it is a deeply shameful thing to be frightened into adopting a policy of "non-resistance" across the board.

Here, the only bright spot is that after the "September 18th", a large number of workers in the arsenal factory were unwilling to be part of the tiger, and they left the factory one after another and retreated to the pass.Among them, a group of personnel finally got in touch with the 11th Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army.They carried tools and retreated to Qixinglazi, the base of the Eleventh Army, and became the backbone of the arsenal established by the army.In this arsenal, relying on limited equipment, they were able to generate electricity by themselves and use water power to drive machine tools to manufacture a large number of machine guns, submachine guns, pistols, grenades and other equipment for the Anti-Union Forces.It made Qixinglazi Arsenal the most successful ordnance enterprise in the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces.

But still can't help but sigh, with these equipments, even if you can't beat them, you can fight to kill them all, even if you don't have the courage to burn them all, at least destroy them so that you won't become an enemy.If these equipment fell into the hands of the troops who were really fighting devils, wouldn't we really have no chance in the Northeast back then? It is a pity that history does not assume.