Chapter 30 Section 30 softened after listening to Wu Tiecheng's words

The Japanese Kwantung Army in the three northeastern provinces is advancing steadily, all the way through the same situation. Due to Chiang Kai-shek's non-resistance doctrine, the three northeastern provinces plus the successively invaded Rehe Province will be completely occupied by the Japanese imperial army.Japan is "victoriously marching" to the mainland of China. This fact makes all the Japanese in China arrogant and arrogant; they firmly believe that the entire mainland of China will become Japan's territory. During the boycott of Japanese products, stores of all sizes rushed to return the goods, and the Japanese in Shanghai felt that this was intolerable, and their arrogance made them lose their minds. ——This is the situation in Shanghai on the eve of the "January 28th" Incident. The national barriers of China and Japan are very clear, and the hostility is very deep. , Fighting, fighting with weapons, even sabotage and assassination, arson and explosion.

On October 12, Du Yuesheng got the news at home that at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese will hold a "resident meeting" at the Japanese Elementary School on Beisichuan Road.So, he began to make a series of deployments, and the Japanese in Shanghai suffered a series of dramatic blows. At 1 o'clock, the Japanese "Residents Assembly" gathered on time. The number of Japanese overseas Chinese in attendance exceeded 4,000. The mood at the meeting was impulsive, angry, arrogant and arrogant. , the Minister of the Navy, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army request that decisive, tough and effective means be used quickly to fundamentally stop the "illegal and violent" economic severance of diplomatic relations with Japan, and to completely resolve the outstanding issues between China and Japan!The Japanese crowd at the venue declared enthusiastically: "In order to achieve the above project, our residents have the consciousness to endure any sacrifice!"

The meeting adjourned at 3 o'clock, and they held another demonstration. The large group of Japanese overseas Chinese dragged south along the North Sichuan Road. When they passed the American Concession area, the Chinese were silent and did not respond. A few young people in the team ran out again to tear down the anti-Japanese slogans on the side of the road, so the angry Chinese youth immediately shouted and beat them, rushed up to fight with old fists, and rushed out of the shops on both sides in a blink of an eye. There were a lot of angry people, and the shouts of "beat the Orientals" resounded through the sky.The flamboyant Japanese flinched. They turned around and fled back to the foreign concession.At the same time, patrols from the International Settlement arrived.This "accidental" first battle between the Chinese and Japanese people was that the Japanese parade team was hit head-on, and they fled in all directions, while the Chinese people beat up and vented their anger. In the name of "protection", three young Japanese were arrested.

The Dongyang people fled back home, panting and unconvinced, so they had frequent contacts and planned to launch a counterattack. However, they didn't expect that they would be hit in the head again the next morning! All the rice shops and coal shops in Shanghai refused to do business with the Japanese.Unable to buy rice and coal, the Orientals were in danger of running out of food, so they panicked and became very angry. theory.Because they have already seen that every rice and coal store is surrounded by angry and strong men. If they are not heroes of the labor group, they are thugs in the white field. Their task is to punish the coal and rice stores. Surveillance, while stopping the noise and entanglement of the Japanese.

Who knows, these secret organizers and patrol thugs are all subordinates of Du Yuesheng. Since mid-October, sporadic incidents of brawls have emerged one after another, and Japanese diplomatic authorities have raised endless protests. Zhabei and Jiangwan have almost become a dark and terrifying place for the Japanese who live the largest number of expatriates. Unarmed Japanese simply dare not go out. "Fighting the Orientals" has become an excited slogan on the lips of Shanghai citizens all day long, and even the Sanchi boy knows that "the enemy is united in hatred" and "resist the Japanese and save the nation".

One morning at around 9 o'clock, a Japanese man on a bicycle drove by in the public concession, and a child rushed up and shouted: "Down with the Japanese!" The Japanese was so angry that he got out of the car and slapped him The child fell to the ground and hurried away. A large number of angry Chinese people gathered in the middle of the street. It happened that a car full of Japanese came, so the car was stopped by the Chinese, and the Japanese people in the car were killed. He was beaten all over by the Chinese. Most of the Chinese who beat the Japanese were Du Yuesheng's disciples. On October 28, Pudong Shenxin Spinning Mill secretly purchased more than 14,600 pieces of refractory bricks and tiles from Arai Matheson of Japan. The Japanese promised to use navy and marine soldiers to escort the goods. The informant said that on the 28th, the batch of bricks and tiles would be divided into five barges, escorted by Qu Anzhai military boats.The inspection office has made a sophisticated plan for this.

So the bricks and tiles of Arai Co., Ltd. were just about to be shipped.The personnel of the inspection station suddenly found that the bricks and tiles were heavy and very large, but they still quickly confiscated them and moved them all away.It is being moved into the storage warehouse.The Japanese navy became angry from embarrassment.The whole army landed and charged with guns. The Chinese had no fear when they saw the Japanese soldiers, and a fierce fight followed.Seven Chinese were injured, and the Japanese soldiers took back some of the bricks. The factories and stores opened by the Japanese were overwhelmingly stocked with goods, and none of them could be sold, because the blockade of the "Resistance and Rescue Association" was getting tighter and tighter.They have intelligence clues anywhere, and the Japanese goods will be confiscated immediately "once they see the light of day". None of the Chinese businessmen dare to sell Japanese goods. I have to wear a prison uniform with the words "traitor" printed on it, and stand in a cage for people to watch or insult.During the process of the "Resistance and Rescue Association" strictly implementing comprehensive economic sanctions, Japanese factories and stores had to close their doors. The bosses hid inside like isolated islands. They installed wireless phones to keep in touch with other Japanese people.

In addition to the continuous struggle with the Japanese, Du Yuesheng also used his influence in other aspects to make Shanghai's financial, industrial and commercial circles generously donate money and materials to support Ma Zhanshan's volunteers and displaced people who fled to the customs. Refugees from Northeast China are getting help in a timely manner. When the news of General Ma Zhanshan's heroic resistance against Japan in Heilongjiang came to the south, Du Yuesheng was very excited. He started to invite a group of friends and said: "The Northeast Volunteer Army fought alone and fought bloody wars. The people behind should give spiritual encouragement and material support!"

Everyone agreed very much. After this group of friends contributed money and efforts, they raised 100,000 oceans in the first stroke, and remitted them to Heilongjiang to comfort the soldiers in the front.Du Yuesheng still has the heart to continue recruiting, and wants to send people to Heilongjiang to comfort the volunteers and see what they can do to help.This plan was later launched by Japan in an all-out attack, and Ma Zhanshan's Northeast Volunteer Army was forced to retreat to Helen, and then passed through Siberia in Russia and turned to the northwest border of Xinjiang. Du Yuesheng was unhappy.

For the rescue of a large number of Northeast refugees who entered the customs, Du Yuesheng organized a charity performance for the Yangtze River flood relief. He organized a "Northeast Refugee Relief Fun Fair" with relevant parties, and invited famous actors and actresses through the New World Theater. .At the same time, the sensational "Famous Call Election" was held, which lasted for a whole month. Du Yuesheng arrived on time every day and personally gave instructions on everything.This one-month fundraising performance raised a total of more than 200,000 yuan in donations, and Du Yuesheng handed over all the money to the Relief Committee and remitted it to the north to relieve refugees.

Not only had to secretly command the Shanghai Anti-Rescue Association to fight against Japan, but also had to host charity performances on the Shanghai-Hangzhou Road to raise funds. During this period, Du Yuesheng worked very hard with little food, so some of his subordinates advised him to take more rest , and some people even asked him why he was so busy and nervous regardless of his life. After hearing this, Du Yuesheng stared at him with piercing eyes and said: "If not, we will die here!" By January 1932, the official documents of the Japanese diplomatic authorities in protest against the actions of the "Resistance and Rescue Association" had piled up like a mountain, but the Anti-Rescue Association continued to entangle the Japanese overseas Chinese in Shanghai. On January 18, a major conflict broke out and became the "one 28" prelude to the battle of Songhu. At 4:00 pm on January 18, five Japanese monks passed by the door of the Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd. located on Mayushan Road, Jiangwan, Huajie. A crowd of Sanyou workers attacked and severely injured them. Three days later, at 2:30 a.m. on the 21st, the Sanyousha suddenly caught fire. The police in the British Concession rushed to the rescue and found thirty or forty Japanese ronin. They prevented the police from ringing the alarm bell. Chinese workers injured Dongyang monks, and Japanese ronin set fire to Sanyousha, so both China and Japan raised serious protests at the same time. The diplomatic war reached its climax on January 23. The Japanese side, the commander of the Japanese fleet, expressed condolences to the Shanghai Municipal Government. Dun Shu, demanding that the anti-Japanese movement be stopped immediately and all anti-Japanese groups be disbanded, otherwise the Japanese navy will start "freedom of action". Shanghai Mayor Wu Tiecheng took up his new post on January 7. He received an ultimatum from the commander of the Japanese fleet and immediately asked the Central Executive Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for instructions.He and Du Yuesheng have a very close friendship and personal relationship.Half a year ago, the Du Temple was completed. Wu Tiecheng not only sent a plaque, donated money and built the Du's library, but also came to offer sacrifices and congratulate him.Therefore, on the morning of January 28, before the final negotiation with Murai, the Japanese Consul General in Shanghai, he called Du Yuesheng at his private residence on Haige Road in the French Concession and told him: "The situation is very tense. Japan's first advance fleet sailed into the Huangpu River. Murai asked me to have a final negotiation at 12 o'clock. In order to avoid war damage and corrupt the region, we may have to agree to Japan's request." Du Yuesheng asked on the phone: "What does the mayor mean by promising to stop the anti-Japanese movement and disband the anti-Japanese groups?" "yes." After pondering for a while, Du Yuesheng's final decision was still to take the overall situation into consideration and to endure for the sake of the country. He said: "If the mayor decides to do so, I think everyone can understand that the Anti-Japanese Salvation Association is temporarily disbanded to facilitate official negotiations with Japan." Wu Tiecheng said: "No, that's not the problem?" "The mayor is saying...?" "It is not a problem to announce the disbandment of anti-Japanese groups, the problem lies in stopping the anti-Japanese movement." Wu Tiecheng is right. Stopping the anti-Japanese movement is the thorny problem. The people’s anti-Japanese sentiment is surging because of the burning of the Sanyou Industrial Co. Seriously protest and demand compensation.While Wu Tiecheng and Du Yuesheng were talking on the phone, the people in Hebei and Hongkou districts gave up their homes, supported the old and the young, and flocked into the British Concession in Suzhou and Henan like a wave. Ten rooms and nine empty rooms.The performance of these Shanghai residents who do not want to be obedient citizens of Japan is to show that they have an unshakable hatred for the Japanese.Not to mention any anti-Japanese actions in other areas, but to say that if a Japanese appeared in the chaotic ranks that abandoned everything and would never do anything to the enemy, no one dared to imagine what the consequences would be. How to control the emotions of Shanghai citizens and stop all possible "anti-Japanese actions"? When the anti-Japanese fury was at its peak, not to mention that the mayor of Shanghai was not sure. When Wu Tiecheng explained the crux of the current difficulties, even Du Yuesheng, who is famous for his "gossip" on the beach, couldn't help hesitating about it and dared not make a promise.After thinking about it for a while, he had no choice but to reply Wu Tiecheng tactfully: "This matter, under the current situation, whether it can be absolutely done, I don't think anyone can guarantee it. However, I promise the mayor, starting from putting down the phone receiver, I will do everything I can to do it .” Wu Tiecheng was satisfied with Du Yuesheng's reply. Twenty years later, when he wrote an article to mourn Du Yuesheng's death, the past was like smoke, but he still remembered it. He wrote in the commemorative article: "...In 1932, at the beginning of Yu Chang's Shanghai stock market, that is, the "January 28th" change, the reply to the daily notice at that time, the response from the rear, and the agreement on the armistice. Appropriate, with the help of Mr. (Du Yuesheng)." At noon on January 28, after receiving Du Yuesheng's promise, Wu Tiecheng went to conduct final negotiations with the Japanese Consul General in Shanghai, Murai Kuramatsu, with confidence in his mind.This negotiation lasted more than an hour. In order to win the trust of the Japanese side, Wu Tiecheng ordered the Shanghai Public Security Bureau in front of the Japanese on the spot, having obtained the understanding of Du Yuesheng, the actual host of the Anti-Japanese Church Congress: The Anti-Japanese National Salvation Committee from all walks of life in this city has committed "deviant and illegal" behaviors. The mayor of this city, based on the spirit of the rule of law, hopes that the bureau will be abolished soon. Wu Tiecheng's sincerity, frankness and quick decision stunned Murai Cangsong.Murai Kuramatsu's "wish" had been fulfilled, and he had nothing to say, and after he put forward some trivial demands such as medicine and comfort for the five injured oriental monks, the two parties reached an agreement immediately.Murai Kuramatsu resigned from the Shanghai Municipal Government, and Wu Tiecheng used the fastest speed to complete the points of the agreement listed in the reply to the Japanese Consul General's protest letter.He asked Yu Hongjun, secretary-general of the municipal government, to hand it to Murai in person. Yu Hongjun drove quickly and rushed to send the reply to Murai Kuramatsu at 1:45 p.m. Just implement it.As if the day had passed, Yu Honggou hurried back to the city hall to report to Wu Tiecheng. Wu Tiecheng immediately sent a telegram saying "We will be surveyed" and "arrive immediately", and submitted the negotiation process to the Nanjing Central Executive Committee and the Executive Yuan. , Wu Tiecheng relaxed, dragged his tired body, and went home to rest. Of all the journalists in Shanghai, only Jin Xiongbai of the "Times" had found out in advance that Wu Tiecheng was going to meet with Murai Kuramatsu for the final negotiation at noon on January 28th, so he sat alone in the Wangluwu Mansion on Haig Road, and the two After the clock struck, Wu Tiecheng came back with a tired face. When he saw Jin Xiongbai, he said: "The negotiation with Japan has successfully reached an agreement, and the disaster of war is expected to be avoided." Wu Tiecheng's two sentences are all based on words, and there is no lie. Not only did he negotiate with Japan, but Murai Kuramatsu has accepted his answer. To stop the anti-Japanese movement, Wu Tiecheng even got coordination with Du Yuesheng before negotiating. However, Jin Xiongbai still couldn't believe it. He asked Wu Tiecheng frankly: "Is it really resolved?" Wu Tiecheng was displeased and said sharply: "I'm the mayor and the person in charge of the negotiations. If you don't believe me, don't ask me." Jin Xiongbai retreated in awe. In the afternoon of the same day, the Shanghai Times published the exclusive news with a headline in huge red woodcut letters.And the Times also published an extra: the Sino-Japanese issue was resolved peacefully.The tense heartstrings of all Shanghai people were suddenly loosened. People from Zhabei and Hongkou districts who had moved to the Shanghai Concession felt confident and smiled, and formed a long queue on Tongjie Avenue leading to Zhabei, Hongkou. The battle was over. Everyone went home confidently and boldly.