Chapter 6: Death
Xiao Mubai remembers with only a few memories of the 128 Song Shanghai Anti-Japanese War, as an undergraduate student in the Department of Foreign Languages, he knows very little about this aspect, and his most recent memories are modern Chinese history in the history class of high school Chinese.
Now only vague concepts remain, and after the September 18 Incident, Japan sought to divert international attention and force the Nationalist Government in Nanjing to submit. The Japanese marines suddenly launched an attack on the 19th Route Army of the Nationalist Revolutionary Army in Zhabei, and the 19th Route Army, led by the commander Cai Tingkai and the commander-in-chief Jiang Guangnai, rose up to resist.
Historically, I thought it would be easy to win, but unexpectedly, the attack was repeatedly frustrated, and the Japanese base camp had to change its commander three times. From Rear Admiral Koichi Shiozawa, to Vice Admiral Kichizaburo Nomura, to Vice Admiral Kenyoshi Ueda, to Senior General Yoshinori Shirakawa. After three changes of generals, the strength of the Japanese army reached 70,000, while the strength of our defending 19th Route Army and Fifth Army was less than 50,000. With a small number of people, the 128th Shanghai War of Resistance actually achieved considerable results.
This is all Xiao Mubai knows, of course, there is a specific time, January 28th.
Through the information transmitted from the system, Xiao Mubai also knew something from the identity of this body, Chen Yiming.
Chen Yiming is an out-and-out recruit, and he has encountered such a war in less than two months before he arrives at the 19th Route Army. He has never participated in a battle, he is an out-and-out rookie, and Xiao Mubai is even worse than him, he has not even touched a gun.
In the eyes of Chen Yiming, a native of Huizhou in the Republic of China, Japan exists as a great power. Moreover, due to the rapid fall of the three eastern provinces, although the soldiers had the courage to kill the enemy, there was still a general pessimism. It was not only the lower ranks of the soldiers who were pessimistic, but also the upper echelons of the national government. Japan has swallowed the three eastern provinces, and no one knows whether it will be the capital Nanjing next.
However, as a result, the people's resistance has become stronger. The outbreak of the September 18 Incident and the fall of all three eastern provinces aroused strong anti-Japanese sentiment among the people, exposed Japan's hypocritical and greedy face, and laid the foundation for the next all-out war of resistance.
On this occasion, the people of the whole country are supporting the 19th Route Army and resolutely resisting the Japanese invaders.
Xiao Mubai knew that the Nationalist Government had planned to move the capital to Luoyang, and sent the Fifth Army to support the 19th Route Army in Shanghai, as well as the descendants from all over the country were constantly rushing to Shanghai.
Jiang Guangnai, commander-in-chief of the 19th Route Army, and Cai Tingkai, commander of the army. The whole army has three divisions, the 60th Division, the 61st Division, and the 78th Division. Chen Yiming's 156th Brigade is under the jurisdiction of the 78th Division, the division commander is Shounian, and the 156th Brigade commander Weng Zhaoheng.
But this has nothing to do with Xiao Mubai, he is just one of the nearly 10,000 soldiers.
The 19th Route Army is a strong force, from the Cantonese Army during the Protectorate War to the Fourth Army during the Northern Expedition, it has always been a revolutionary team. But Xiao Mubai knew that their tragedy would come soon.
Fujian Incident! The failed Fujian Incident! This is a tragedy for the military and civilians of Fujian and Guangdong provinces.
The Nineteenth Route Army, the Nineteenth Route Army of the Cantonese people, the Nineteenth Route Army that can fight well, and the Nineteenth Route Army that is disobedient. This was intolerable to Chairman Chiang, a native of Zhejiang, who was supported by the chaebols of Jiangsu and Zhejiang and formed the Nanjing Nationalist Government.
The chief said that these meals were all aid and donations from Shanghai citizens. Therefore, we must fight bravely to kill the enemy and serve the country.
When I finished eating, I was about to rest when I suddenly received an order from my commander.
Perhaps it cannot be called a combat directive, because this directive says that Japanese planes bombed the Commercial Press and the Oriental Library, and at the behest of the director of the Oriental Library, a man of insight was invited to come to the rescue.
Not an order, but a voluntary participatory.
However, many soldiers took part and set off with simple weapons. Although they were very tired, they all went urgently, and few people refused. Although they are all Qiu Ba, they are still full of yearning for knowledge and culture.
Xiao Mubai also participated. As a student of E University, Xiao Mubai heard the teacher talk about this incident, and the Japanese plane bombed the Commercial Press. The teacher said that Japan's heart is not dead, and it intends to bomb the library, destroy books, and exterminate Chinese culture, and every Chinese must always be vigilant.
It's just that on the way to the rescue, the soldiers, who were carrying only a small amount of ammunition, were attacked by the enemy.
When they turned an intersection, Xiao Mubai and the others unexpectedly met the Japanese army.
When the brave wins on a narrow road, it is almost an instant, and both sides react and pick up the weapons in their hands to shoot.
This is not an area of operations, and there are no basic fortifications to do. There was no cover, no sandbags, just hide behind the wall. There were no ready-made fortifications, so they had to rely on nearby buildings to fight back.
Just one face, and a lot of people fell on both sides.
Xiao Mubai also held a gun and shot at him from behind the wall.
Suddenly, I saw a Japanese armored car driving not far away, one after another, frantically spitting out flames in the direction of this side.
A total of four armored vehicles, under the cover of these four armored vehicles, a large number of Japanese troops attacked.
At this time, Xiao Mubai had already realized that something was wrong. Although their determination to fight is very resolute, they suffer from weak firepower and scarce ammunition, so they can only continue to reduce their troops one by one.
It has to be withdrawn, and the armored vehicles can't get away when they come.
The second lieutenant platoon commander quickly realized, but it was too late.
Because it is not a combat mission, it does not bring much ammunition, and it is all small arms, and there are no means of countering armored vehicles at all.
The Japanese also realized that this was a group of soldiers who were short of ammunition. So the armored vehicles approached unscrupulously and completed the heavy encirclement of their own side.
It was almost a one-sided massacre, and under the strafing of Japanese armored vehicles, their own side was quickly outnumbered, and the army was wiped out of ammunition and food.
All fought to the end. No one surrendered, because those who wanted to surrender had already died on the way to become deserters on Baoshan Road.
Xiao Mubai didn't hold out to the end at all, and was hit by a bullet halfway through.
Because of the continuous and accurate shooting, the Japanese soldiers noticed him, so they hit him more accurately than Xiao Mubai. The moment he was hit, Xiao Mubai even clearly saw the devil's cruel and hideous face.
The ammunition is exhausted, and the black pressure is under the muzzle. The soldiers of the 19th Route Army could not resist at all, and fell in rows.
One-sided slaughter.
Xiao Mubai was the same, the sharp pain in his chest told him that he had been shot, lowered his head to look at the wound, the picture was fixed on the bloody chest, and then Xiao Mubai lowered his head and lost consciousness.
Just when he thought he was going to die, Xiao Mubai found himself back in the rental house.
The time was 11:41 p.m. on June 13, that is, the moment when I came to the 128th Shanghai battlefield.
At this time, the 128 Songhu battlefield, after Chen Yiming's death.
The fierce fighting in the street alarmed the nearby soldiers, and when the officers arrived with the team, they found corpses strewn all over the road.
At this point, the blood has not yet clotted.
January 29, 1932, 2 p.m. Seventy-six soldiers of the 156th Brigade of the 19th Route Army were attacked by a large number of enemy troops on their way to the Commercial Press to put out the fire. Under the siege of four enemy armored vehicles and more than 100 enemy troops, they fought bloodily to the death. In the end, due to the lack of ammunition, the whole army was annihilated, and none of them surrendered to the last man.
(To be continued)