Chapter 204: The Fuse
After receiving the order, Feng Muhua learned that just the day before, that is, on the afternoon of August 9, a major incident had occurred at Hongqiao Airport.
In addition to the 2,000 marines stationed in Shanghai, the Japanese garrison in Shanghai also included the Third Fleet of the Combined Fleet of the Navy, a total of more than 30 warships, which had already blocked the entrance to the sea in Shanghai.
The commander of the Third Fleet was called Hasegawa Kiyoshi, and when the 77 Incident broke out, he was leading the fleet to conduct exercises in the Taiwan Strait, and then he was handed over to Shanghai by Shigetaro, the second son of the Japanese Navy's Military Command Department, and asked him to pay close attention to the movements of the squadron in the Shanghai area, and be ready to support the 2,000 Japanese marines on the shore at any time.
The situation in Shanghai was becoming increasingly tense, and when the Japanese spies lurking in Nanking had revealed to the Japanese Empire that the Chinese government had sent regular troops to Shanghai, not only the Japanese army, but also the navy became increasingly tense.
As a result, this group of devils belonging to the navy began to discuss countermeasures on the warship, and they discussed and discussed, and they also discussed a solution, that is, it was necessary to send people to reconnoiter the fortifications of the squadron like the Marine Corps.
While they were discussing the candidates, an officer named Yuo Oyama offered to take someone to reconnoiter the Chinese fortifications.
Seeing that someone took the initiative to do such a dangerous activity, the Japanese officers were naturally happy to see it, and immediately approved Oyama's request, so Oyama Yuo took the little soldier Saito to ride a Japanese three-wheeled motorcycle that was common in later generations.
The two rode motorcycles, held cameras, walked all the way, took pictures all the way, took a lot of photos that they thought were very valuable, and came to the vicinity of Hongqiao Airport unconsciously.
As early as mid-July, in order to prevent the Japanese from doing trouble in Shanghai, the National Military Commission sent Zhong Song's 20th Independent Brigade to send a part of the regular army disguised as security personnel to the airport to garrison the airport.
The officers and men of the 20th Independent Brigade of the 20th Regiment were stationed there, and when they saw two Japanese men in military uniforms and riding military motorcycles, they rushed over with great fanfare.
Is this simply treating the heroes of the Central Plains as nothing, is it tolerable, which is unbearable?
As a result, the Chinese defenders immediately ordered him to stop for inspection and did not allow him to enter the Hongqiao airport.
At this time, Yuo Oyama didn't know which tendon was wrong, or he took the wrong medicine, so he wanted to break into Hongqiao Airport despite the opposition of the squadron.
The guards at the airport are all dignified and hot-blooded men, who have long hated the Japanese on weekdays, and everyone is eager to drive them out of China, but now they dare to be so arrogant when they see that only two people from the other party are coming, obviously they don't take the squadron in their eyes, so they have a dispute with Yuo Oyama.
The two sides refused to give in to each other, coupled with the language communication barrier, the dispute intensified, and finally the stupid and arrogant Yuo Oyama actually pulled out his pistol and threatened the squadron.
You must know that although the squadron stationed at Hongqiao Airport at this time was wearing the clothes of the security team, they were not security forces at all, but a dignified ** regular army, and they were still one of the few German troops in China at this time, well-equipped, well-trained, and very proud on weekdays, how could they be affected by this kind of bird spirit of the Japanese? Seeing that the Japanese were so arrogant, these soldiers were also angry, and directly took out their guns to fire warning shots into the sky. At the same time, other soldiers stationed at the airport heard the gunfire and rushed to help in the battle, because they did not know the specific situation, they thought that the Japanese were going to break into the airport with guns and had already fought with the Chinese defenders.
So, after coming to the scene of the incident, these well-trained soldiers did not talk nonsense, and directly took out their rifles to do the Japanese devils.
At this moment, Yuo Oyama, who was still coaxing just now, was suddenly instigated, and when he saw that the ** squadron was overwhelming, he shot at them, and he couldn't care about the dignity of the so-called Imperial Japanese Army, so he ran away directly on the three-wheeled motorcycle with the little soldier Saito.
However, what he never expected was that the Chinese security regiment stationed at the airport at this time was no longer the Chinese security regiment that they had always looked down on, but the dignified ** elite, everyone's marksmanship was not blown, and the quality of individual combat was no worse than any Japanese soldier.
These Chinese soldiers have long hated the Japanese, they joined the army to serve the country, and practiced their skills hard in order to one day settle accounts with the Japanese devils and drive them out of Chinese soil.
The professionalism of these Chinese soldiers was very good, and they implemented the principle of taking a taxi first and unloading the tires of the motorcycle that Yuo Oyama and the others were riding. Seeing that the situation was not good, Yuo Oyama and Saito immediately abandoned the car and ran away.
At this moment, a cook of the 2nd Regiment rushed over when he heard the gunshots, and he did not know what was happening, so he leaned on the wall to watch the situation, only to see Yuo Oyama and Saito flee with pistols.
The cook, who was not ambiguous, took out a grenade and threw it at the two, killing Yuo Oyama instantly. Saito panicked and fled to a nearby deserted grove, where the officers and men of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment were building fortifications.
The sentry of my first battalion saw a Japanese devil running over with a pistol, and without saying a word, he raised his hand and fired a shot, and with only one shot, he took the life of the soldier Saito. This was the Hongqiao Airport incident that detonated the Sino-Japanese Battle of Songhu.
After all, under the current atmosphere of tension between China and Japan, any small conflict may lead to serious consequences, not to mention that there are still people killed this time, and the Japanese will definitely not give up, so it is necessary for the squadron to make careful preparations for this.
First of all, Dong Yuanliang, chief of staff of the Shanghai Garrison Command, sent Zhu Xia, chief of staff, to the scene to investigate the situation with Zhong Heng, chief of staff, and Liu Jinzhi, staff officer. Zhu Xia searched for a business card from Yuo Oyama's body, which recorded his name, thus confirming Yuo Oyama's identity.
Zhu Xia ordered the squadron stationed here to protect the scene and not to clean it up, so he immediately reported to his superiors. Later, he called the Japanese side, and at that time, Zhu Xia did not say anything about the killing of Yuo Oyama, nor did he say anything about their trespassing on the airport, but only asked the Japanese: "Are there any soldiers on your side who are going out today?" "Japanese spy nemesis