On July 8, at around 5 a.m., the Japanese suddenly fired artillery shells and shelled the position of the 29th Army at Lugou Bridge. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The headquarters of the 29th Chinese Army immediately ordered the officers and soldiers on the front line: "Ensure the safety of the Lugou Bridge and Wanping City, the Lugou Bridge is the grave of Er, and it should live and die with the Lugou Bridge and must not retreat." ”

The 3rd Battalion of the 219th Regiment, which guarded Lugou Bridge and Wanping City, fought a war under the command of regiment commander Ji Xingwen and battalion commander Jin Zhenzhong, and after the battle began, the Japanese annihilated the Chinese troops near the Longwang Temple, entered the right bank of the Yongding River, and surrounded the Lugou Bridge.

Documents recovered by the Japanese army from the bodies of the slain soldiers showed that the soldiers belonged to the regular army of the 29th Army.

So far, 20 Chinese have been killed and about 60 wounded.

At 5:30, the Japanese 8th Squadron began to attack the Chinese troops at the Lugou Bridge, and the two sides entered a full-scale conflict, and the battle lasted for 2 hours before gradually quieting down.

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In Shanghai, Ren'ai Lane, Feng Chen's home, the pointer on the wall points to 7 o'clock in the morning.

The sky was already bright, the alley was bustling and lively, my sister Feng Wan went out to buy breakfast, the night before, because he was drunk, Feng Chen was still asleep.

Suddenly, the phone on Feng Chen's bedside table rang sharply.

Feng Chen opened his eyes lazily, picked up the phone receiver and said "Hey".

"Mr. Feng, I'm Wan Molin, Mr. Du let me tell you, there was a fight between China and Japan this morning." On the other end of the line came Wan Merlin's hurried voice.

"What?" Feng Chen sat up from the bed all of a sudden.

"At 5 o'clock, on the side of Beiping, Wanping City and Lugou Bridge fought." Wan Merlin said.

Hearing Wan Molin say this, Feng Chen couldn't sleep anymore, although his head was still a little dizzy, his body was still a little paralyzed.

Last night, under the mediation of Du Yuesheng, Zhang Xiaolin came forward and booked a sumptuous banquet in the largest box of the Dahua Hotel, mainly to entertain Feng Chen and the French Concession Chief Inspector Bastet.

The leading figures of the Shanghai Tang Youth Gang were all present, Ji Yunqing, Huang Jinrong, Zhang Xiaolin, Du Yuesheng, including Du Yuesheng's cronies Wan Molin and Gu Jiarong were also present.

Ji Yunqing also brought his cronies Wu Sibao and She Yazhen.

Zhang Xiaolin even invited all the apprentices and grandchildren who had a little bit of face to the scene, and the atmosphere of the banquet was very pompous.

At this banquet, Zhang Xiaolin no longer had the kind of arrogance he had in front of Feng Chen before, and even Huang Jinrong conceded three points to Feng Chen.

Mom, people are cheap, you are polite to them, they despise you, you are ruthless, you dare to play yin, everyone on the contrary, will respect you, this is human nature!

Wicked people who are afraid of demons! Especially in a place like Shanghai Tang.

Through this incident, Feng Chen comprehended a lot of things.

Putting down the phone, Feng Chen didn't feel sleepy anymore, he planned to go out early to listen to the news, quickly put on his clothes, and came downstairs, his sister Feng Wan just came back from buying soy milk and fritters outside.

"Brother, I heard people talking outside just now, saying that in the Lugou Bridge area in North China, the Chinese and Japanese armies are fighting." Feng Wan put the soy milk and fritters in her hand on the coffee table and told Feng Chen the news she had heard from outside.

"It's a matter of time or time, I didn't expect it to come so quickly." Feng Chen said.

"Brother, do you think the war will spread to Shanghai?" Feng Wan asked.

"It's hard to say, but there should be no problem in the concession, besides, even if the Chinese and Japanese armies go to war, the two countries have not publicly declared war after all, so there is room for negotiation." Feng Chen analyzed.

"When I bought breakfast just now, a lot of people talked about it, it was just another little friction, no fuss." Feng Wan said.

"I'm afraid this time it's not as simple as a small friction!" Feng Chen knew that the Japanese were looking for an excuse to plot to annex the entire North China region.

When Feng Chen was eating breakfast and chatting with his sister Feng Wan about the Lugou Bridge Incident without a word, two car horns sounded outside the door.

"Brother, it seems that someone is looking for you outside." Feng Wan looked out the door and reminded Feng Chen.

Feng Chen got up and came to the door, where he saw Ishikawa Masao just getting out of the cab.

"Feng Sang, pack up and go to the consulate with me immediately."

"Ishikawa-kun, what's going on?" Feng Chen asked knowingly.

"At 6 o'clock, the teacher in Tokyo called and asked me to take you to the consulate immediately, I need to discuss something important with you." Masao Ishikawa replied.

"Okay, you don't have to wait for me a moment."

Feng Chen turned around and returned home, and said to his sister Feng Wan: "I will go out for a while, and it is possible that I will not come back at night." ”

"Got it." Feng Wan glanced at Feng Chen and agreed.

"How do you look at me like that?" Feng Chen asked.

"Brother, I think after you came back from Japan, you have become mysterious and secretive, and you hang out with those bad people all day long, let me see if you have become bad." Feng Wan replied.

"Who's the bad guy and who's the good guy?" Feng Chen glared at Feng Wan.

"Ji Yunqing, Huang Jinrong, Zhang Xiaolin, aren't these people bad people?" Feng Wan asked rhetorically.

"Okay, I won't argue with you, Feng Wan, let me tell you, good people and bad people, sometimes you can't tell them with your eyes, you need to use your heart to screen them." As he spoke, Feng Chen walked out of the door, got into Ishikawa Masao's car and left.

"Feng Sang, there's a fight in North China." Masao Ishikawa said as he drove the car.

"Oh?" Feng Chen turned his head and glanced at Masao Ishikawa.

"Matsuo Jun in Beiping called and said that at two o'clock in the morning, a brigade of the North China Garrison Army occupied Yiwen Mountain, the only commanding height outside Wanping City, and the battle officially began, and Song Zheyuan's 29th Army resisted fiercely." Ishikawa Masao revealed to Feng Chen the information from North China.

"Ishikawa-kun, what do you think of the teacher's call on this conflict in North China?"

Feng Chen wanted to find out what kind of attitude Ryuichi Hiraoka had, who was far away in Tokyo, and to a large extent, Ryuichi Hiraoka's attitude represented the attitude of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"What the teacher means is that we should try not to escalate the situation and try to negotiate a settlement of this dispute." Masao Ishikawa said.

"I'm afraid the military won't agree." Feng Chen knew very well that the Japanese garrison in North China had been looking for an excuse to expand the war.

"Therefore, the teacher suggested that we immediately activate all the hidden personnel in China to which the Sakura Club belongs." Only then did Ishikawa Masao explain the reason why he hurriedly picked up Feng Chen to the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai.

"Is there any news from Sun Jing of the Fuxing Society?" Feng Chen asked.

"I haven't contacted her yet." Masao Ishikawa said.

"If Lao Jiang increases his troops, maybe the two sides will sit down and negotiate." Feng Chen analyzed.

"Oh? Why? Ishikawa Masao tilted his head and looked at Feng Chen in confusion and asked.

"It's very simple, the North China garrison army is only 5,000 people, and Song Zheyuan's 29th Army has more than 30,000 people, not to mention the local security forces, if Lao Jiang continues to increase his troops, can the North China garrison army win?" Feng Chen put the strength of both China and Japan on display.

"Matsuo-kun called and said that Shi Yousan, the commander of the Jidong Security Command, had been caught by Imai-kun, and Shi Yousan promised that he would not shoot at our Japanese soldiers." Masao Ishikawa replied.

While talking, the two had already arrived at the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai.

"Report, call from Tokyo." Feng Chen and Ishikawa Masao had just gone upstairs, and Inoue Sakurako came over with a translated telegram in her hand and handed it to Ishikawa Masao.

"Feng Sang, it's really as you expected!" Masao Ishikawa glanced at the message and said.

"Oh? What's going on? Feng Chen asked.

"The Nationalist Government has just finished a meeting and decided to increase troops to North China." Masao Ishikawa said.

"The information came so soon?" Feng Chen was surprised.

"A telegram from Acacia Bean." Ishikawa Masao handed the telegram in his hand to Feng Chen.

Feng Chen glanced at the content of the message:

"The Nationalist Government convened an emergency meeting from 3 a.m. to 5:40 a.m. this morning, at which it was decided to immediately send additional troops to North China, and in addition, the three divisions of the Eighth Route Army, which had been reorganized by the Red Army, would go to North China to resist the war on the same day."

The payment of the telegram was indeed acacia beans.

Feng Chen knew very well that Nanzao Yunzi, codenamed "Acacia Bean", must have obtained this information from Huang Jun, the confidential secretary of the Executive Yuan of the National Government.

It seems that this Huang Jun has not stopped yet.

With such a person, there was no secret at all at any secret meeting convened by the Nationalist Government, and the Japanese side knew the contents of the meeting as soon as the meeting ended.

It's terrible!

We must find a way to get rid of Huang Jun, Feng Chen thought to himself.