1932．01．20

Shanghai Public Concession Japanese Club

14:30

In the hall on the third floor of the Japanese Club, there are hundreds of members of the Japanese Resident Militia Group, and most of these members of the Resident Militia are actually thugs, all of them are fierce and fierce. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

What does the "Japanese Resident Corps" do?

It turned out that as early as 1905, after the victory in the Russo-Japanese War, Japan set out to use the Japanese diaspora in various parts of China to build a potential invading army, and gave them a high-sounding name "Japanese Resident People's League".

On the surface, this non-governmental organization is responsible for running education and is under the supervision and guidance of the Japanese consulate, but in fact, from the very beginning of its establishment, the "Japanese Resident People's Association" has a strong military flavor and has a very close relationship with the Japanese military.

The Shanghai Japanese Resident Corps was formally established in September 1907, and from the day of its establishment, it established a complete organizational structure, and its functions and powers were to command the Japanese volunteers, maintain the police affairs within the boundary, and manage all major affairs of the Japanese residents in Shanghai, and was a political force under the control of the Japanese government.

After the September 18 Incident, as anti-Japanese activities and boycott of Japanese goods swept across the country, the "Japanese Resident People's Corps" in Shanghai slowly tore off the camouflage of non-governmental organizations and joined forces with the Japanese marines stationed at Wusongkou, often provoking and causing trouble.

In order to find out the conspiracy of the "Japanese Resident Militia Group", Feng Chen used the identity of Ishikawa Ichiro to infiltrate the venue on the third floor, and the venue was noisy and chaotic, and the members of the Resident Militia clamored for an all-out war with China.

At around three o'clock, Ryuichi Hiraoka, consul general of the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai, arrived at the venue with military attache Takayoshi Tanaka.

The Japanese Resident Corps strongly demanded that the Japanese authorities and the Japanese marines stationed in Shanghai should intervene in order to "protect the safety of Japanese nationals."

The meeting lasted for more than two hours in a noisy manner, and finally reached four points, which the Chinese government must do:

1. Apologize to Japan; 2. Punish the perpetrators; 3. Bear the medical expenses and alimony of the casualties; 4. Immediately dissolve anti-Japanese organizations and ban anti-Japanese activities.

If the Chinese government did not accept the above four demands, Japan would have to intervene and occupy Shanghai.

Ryuichi Hiraoka immediately telegraphed these four opinions to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and after obtaining the consent of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he began to negotiate with the Shanghai Municipal Government.

After the meeting, more than 1,000 thugs of the Japanese Resident Militia Corps, armed with sticks and under the cover of the Japanese marines, arrogantly demonstrated in the vicinity of Wusong Road and North Sichuan Road.

At the same time, Ryuichi Hiraoka, consul general of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai, in accordance with the instructions of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, formally submitted four unreasonable demands, namely, severe punishment of the murderers of the beating of "Japanese monks" to Wu Tiecheng, mayor of the Shanghai Special City, a public apology to Japan, compensation for medical expenses, and the cancellation of anti-Japanese organizations.

Wu Tiecheng was appointed commander of the Songhu Garrison Command and mayor of Shanghai Special City on 15 January, and he was not very clear about the causes and consequences of the entire incident, so he did not dare to make decisions on his own.

Wu Wenxiong, director of the Shanghai Social Affairs Bureau, felt that the situation was serious, and quickly recalled Feng Chen and the others to the Shanghai Social Affairs Bureau, and after learning in detail about the cause of the incident, Feng Chen wrote a report and handed it over to the city government together with the photos he had taken, so that Mayor Wu Tiecheng could use it when negotiating with the Japanese.

Fortunately, Feng Chen followed the whole process of the incident from beginning to end, and analyzed the essence of the incident, the "Japanese Monk Incident" was the same as the "Wicker Lake Incident" created by the Kwantung Army before, it was a conspiracy and trick directed and acted by the Japanese army invading China, and the thief shouted to catch the thief.

The purpose of the Japanese in doing this was to provoke trouble in the metropolis of Shanghai, divert the attention of the international community, and cover the establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo.

Feng Chen also provided Wu Wenxiong with a large number of photos of the scene, which fully proved that this was a deliberate provocation by the Japanese!

While the city government was in contact with the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai for negotiations, the most seriously injured Japanese monk Hideo Mizumi died of his injuries on 24 January.

When he received the money from Yoshiko Kawashima, the Japanese monk Hideo Minakami would never have dreamed that he would lose his life in this matter.

On the afternoon of Hideo Mizumi's death, Yoshiko Kawashima went to the headquarters of the Japanese Resident Militia with the activity funds given to him by Takayoshi Tanaka, claiming that Hideo Minaka was one of her relatives and asking the Resident Militia to seek justice for her.

As a result, 30 members of the Youth Comrades Association of the Japanese Resident Youth League formed the "Japanese Volunteers of Japan." Chiharu Shigeto, a military police captain of the Japanese army invading China, was invited to command, and after careful planning and arrangement, he attacked Sanyou Industrial Company again on the night of the 24th.

The 30 Japanese young thugs rushed into the factory of the Sanyou Industrial Company with Japanese sabers, but the workers of the Sanyou Industrial Co., Ltd. who were on the night shift had already been prepared, and the two sides fought a fierce battle again, killing and wounding each other.

That night, Takayoshi Tanaka and Yoshiko Kawashima secretly bribed hooligans and set fire to the residence of Japanese Minister to China Shigemitsu Aoi in Shanghai, falsely claiming that it was committed by Chinese.

The atrocities committed by the Shanghai Japanese Resident People's Group, the unreasonable demands of the Japanese Government, and the weakness shown by Mayor Wu Tiecheng of the Shanghai Special Municipal Government thoroughly aroused the anger of the people of Shanghai and raised their anti-Japanese sentiments.

The Shanghai Anti-Japanese Salvation Association immediately convened an emergency meeting, at which three decisions were made: (1) to issue a declaration condemning the atrocities committed by the Japanese invaders; (2) Call the central government to break off diplomatic relations with Japan; (3) Request the municipal government to reject all unreasonable demands of the Japanese side.

On 26 January, Koichi Shiozawa, commander of the 1st Japanese Foreign Fleet stationed in Shanghai, issued a threatening statement, claiming that if the Shanghai side did not give a satisfactory reply to the four demands made by the Japanese consulate before 6 p.m. on 28 January, the Japanese marines would take "appropriate action."

After Shiozawa Koichi's statement was issued, Wu Wenxiong, director of the Shanghai Social Affairs Bureau, received an order from the Investigation Section of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang to immediately dispatch intelligence personnel to find out as soon as possible the situation of the Japanese troops stationed at Wusongkou and their equipment.

After reading the telegram, Wu Wenxiong called Feng Chen to the office, personally poured a cup of tea for Feng Chen, and said: "Brother Feng, you have made meritorious contributions to this "Japanese monk incident", and I have already reported the performance of the three of you to Shangfeng, and Shangfeng will reward you. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Wenxiong paused, lit the cigar in his hand and smoked, looked at Feng Chen, and continued: "I just received a telegram order from the Central Investigation Bureau, let us immediately find out the specific situation of the Japanese army in Shanghai. ”

"So you're really going to fight?!" Feng Chen asked.

Wu Wenxiong shook his head and said, "Not necessarily! Yesterday, the Executive Yuan sent a telegram indicating that our side should take the preservation of Shanghai's economic center as the premise and adopt a conciliatory attitude toward the Japanese side's demands. It is necessary to immediately convene people from all walks of life to explain tactfully, and there must be no conflict that will cause the Shanghai market to be violently seized. ”

"Today, the Ministry of Military Affairs sent another telegram reiterating that Shanghai is the center of our economy, and it is always necessary to deal with it peacefully and avoid conflicts."

"The military and the government have such an attitude, do you think this battle can be fought?" Wu Wenxiong asked with a smack of cigarette ash.

"Bureau, since Shangfeng has asked for a peaceful response, why is the Central Investigation Bureau in a hurry to let us find out the situation of the Japanese army? Is it that Nanjing has different opinions? ”

"Jiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai are not Zhang Hanqing, and Shanghai is not the three eastern provinces! Do you understand? Go about your business and stay safe. Wu Wenxiong said worriedly.

Coming out of Wu Wenxiong's office, Feng Chen's mood was particularly heavy, it seems that in the past few days, a battle with the Japanese army is inevitable, can he win it?

As far as the strength of the two sides is concerned, the 19th Route Army has tens of thousands of people, and the Japanese Marine Corps, plus the armed Japanese resident militia, is only a few thousand, and the Chinese side has an absolute advantage in numbers, but in terms of weapons and equipment, the 19th Route Army is too far behind the Japanese army.

The Nineteenth Route Army had almost no heavy weapons.

How should this battle be fought?!