Chapter 0028 - Remembering a Great Achievement
After the armistice agreement came into effect, Feng Chen and the others returned to the Shanghai Municipal Government with Commissioner Zhang Chong. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
On January 30, after his return, Chiang Kai-shek publicly issued a "telegram to the nation":
"After the outbreak of the Shanghai War, the officers and men of our 19th Route Army rose up to defend themselves loyally and bravely, and the revolutionary officers and men of our whole army should fight for the personality of the country, survive for the nation, fulfill their responsibilities for the revolution, and hold the determination to be a broken jade rather than a complete building, so as to deal with this violent day that destroys peace and despises faith and righteousness."
At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek demanded that the soldiers of the whole country "work hard and work hard, and share the same hatred of the enemy...... Pillow Ge is on standby to save the perilous, and Zhongzheng is willing to swear to live and die with all the soldiers and do my duty. ”
After the two telegrams were sent, the impact was great, and the morale of the people was greatly boosted! All walks of life across the country rose up to respond!
On the same day, the Nationalist Government issued the "Declaration on the Relocation of the Capital to Luoyang", stating that it would never give in, and from that date, the Nationalist government departments would be moved to Luoyang, but the Military Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would remain in Nanjing.
At the same time, the forward army was ordered to be jointly commanded by Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin and Chief of Staff Zhu Peide.
On the morning of the 30th, Feng Chen made an excuse and hurried to the Xiafei Road Varshasi Restaurant, met Sorge, and sent information on the battle situation since the 28th and the military deployment taken by Chiang Kai-shek after his return to the Central Security Bureau of the Communist Party of China through Sorge's radio.
This time, the message was very long, and Feng Chen sent the message for more than an hour.
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In Ruijin, Jiangxi, in the Central Security Bureau, Deng Fa, director of the bureau, accompanied by Wu Hao and several other major leaders of the Central Red Army, were standing in front of the transmitter, looking forward to the call from Comrade "Cuttlefish."
Since about 8 o'clock in the evening of the 27th, after the central authorities received a one-sentence telegram from Feng Chen, Wu Hao and other central leaders have been looking forward to Feng Chen's call again, and everyone is anxious to fully understand the situation in Shanghai.
It was not until about 3 o'clock in the morning of the 28th that the Central Security Bureau received a telegram from the Comintern, which was also a short sentence, and at 11:30 on the night of the 28th, the Japanese army attacked the Zhabei area of Shanghai on a large scale, and the war broke out.
This telegram confirmed that the "cuttlefish" intelligence was accurate and more than six hours ahead of the Comintern's intelligence.
In the next two days, there was no news of the "cuttlefish", and the head of Wu Hao spent two days in anticipation and Dan's heart, and hurried to the security bureau with several chiefs early this morning, and sat around the transmitter, looking forward to the call of the "cuttlefish".
The content of the message sent by Feng Chen today was very long, while the secret telegram was receiving it, Deng Fa was personally translating it next to him, Wu Hao carefully looked at the content of the translated message, frowning for a while, smiling for a while, and several leaders next to him looked at Wu Hao quietly.
When the message was read, Wu Hao looked at the other leaders and said, "Comrade Cuttlefish is not simple!" It is not easy to obtain such important information alone. This information is very important for the future development of our Red Army! ”
"A great credit to Comrade Cuttlefish!" Said the commander-in-chief of the Red Army next to him.
"Telegraph the cuttlefish, and the central government will give a special award to the cuttlefish comrades! Wu Hao greets Comrade Cuttlefish! Chief Wu Hao couldn't hide the excitement in his heart and instructed the operator to call back.
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On 30 January, despite the armistice, the enemy and the enemy continued to shoot at each other from time to time, and gunfire continued one after another.
February 1 was the last day of the armistice, and the Japanese army did not abide by the armistice agreement, and still fired at the positions of our 19th Route Army, occasionally mixed with the sound of small steel cannons, although there was no fierce fighting, but the air became tense step by step.
At around 13 o'clock in the afternoon, four Japanese planes suddenly appeared, circling over the Zhabei area for reconnaissance.
At 15:20, the Japanese troops entrenched in the vicinity of Tiantongan began to bombard the positions of the 19th Route Army in the vicinity of Tiantongan Road, Qingyun Road, and Baoshan Road, and enemy planes also began to blindly drop bombs on the positions.
After a round of bombardment, the Japanese army, under the cover of two ironclad vehicles, more than 200 infantry, stormed the position of the 3rd Battalion of the 5th Regiment of the 156th Brigade of the 19th Route Army, in an attempt to threaten the left flank of our army.
After a fierce battle, the Japanese army was overwhelmed, leaving behind dozens of corpses and retreating. However, the mortar position of the 5th Regiment was at the critical point of the enemy's artillery fire, and almost all 22 mortars were blown up, and Zhang Fupu, the commander of the 9th Company, sacrificed his life for the country.
Throughout the afternoon of 1 February, our army's positions along the entire line were shelled, especially in the area around Tiantong'an Road, and most of the western-style houses occupied by our troops were destroyed.
The dilapidated shops and houses in Zhabei District were burned down again.
The officers and men of our 19th Route Army used the ruins of the wall to resist fiercely, and fought the enemy hand-to-hand in the flames and rubble.
In the evening, the headquarters of the 78th Division sent artillery with two small guns to Zhabei for reinforcements.
Weng Zhaoyuan, commander of the 156th Brigade, immediately ordered Zhang Junsong's division of the 6th Regiment to immediately occupy the position near Zhongxing Road and open fire on the Japanese headquarters and the Japanese elementary school where the armed groups of the resident militia gathered, as well as the area around Hongkou Park.
The two guns did not fail in their mission, firing more than 50 shells and hitting the target more than 30 rounds.
On 3 February, the Japanese fleet and artillery arrived in Shanghai and attacked the Zhabei area again, but were stubbornly repulsed by the defenders of the 156th Brigade.
Due to the main force of the 156th Brigade fighting for days, Weng Zhaoyuan received an order from the headquarters of the 78th Division in the afternoon to hand over the defense of Zhabei to the 120th Brigade, and he personally commanded the 5th Regiment to go to the Wusongkou position to defend it.
At dawn on February 4, the Japanese warships and artillery began to bombard the Wusongkou Fort, and the war spread to the area of Wusong and Jiangwan, at about 7 o'clock, 24 Japanese planes, wantonly bombing, the ground shook violently, the 5th Regiment and the 6th Regiment of the 156th Brigade, despite the bombardment on their heads, still moved forward bravely, supported the defense, and prepared for battle.
Zhao Jinsheng, the commander of the 8th Company of the 4th Regiment, was ordered to lead the soldiers of the whole company to serve as a guard near the Yunzaobang Station in the south of Wusong Bridge.
Zhao Jinsheng led his troops to disperse into the woods on the west side of the bridgehead, and when the enemy advanced to the Wusong bridgehead from the front with a four-way column, Zhao Jinsheng seized the opportunity and attacked with all his might, and the Japanese army was caught off guard and suffered countless casualties.
The enemy's follow-up troops did not dare to fight and retreated one after another.
The commander of the 156th Brigade, Weng Zhaoyuan, gave a decisive order to pursue the enemy to the Guanlu Road.
At about 9 o'clock, the Japanese army sent planes to retaliate for bombing, and the grove south of Wusong Bridge was almost razed to the ground, and only 7 people remained in the 8th Company, and the company commander Zhao Jinsheng was martyred. However, the defensive positions of Zhabei and Wusong remained unchanged.
The Japanese suffered heavy losses and were unwilling to give up, but as the battle continued, they clearly felt that their troops were insufficient, so they had no choice but to request urgent reinforcements from the country.
The Japanese Cabinet then dispatched the Third Fleet and the Kurume Mixed Brigade of the Army, the 24th Mixed Brigade of the 12th Division, with about 10,000 troops, and planned to land at Wusong on 7 February, with the commander of the Third Fleet, Nomura Kichizaburo, taking over the command of Koichi Shiozawa.
When Feng Chen visited Ryuichi Hiraoka at the Japanese Consulate on the afternoon of 5 February, he received information from Ryuichi Hiraoka about the increase in troops in the Japanese cabinet.
After knowing the news, Feng Chen didn't stay in the Japanese consulate too much, came out of the consulate, and saw a rickshaw parked there not far from the gate, the coachman covered half of his face with a hat, Feng Chen didn't pay too much attention, beckoned to the driver, the rickshaw came, and Feng Chen hurriedly sat down.
"Go to the Social Bureau."
"It's me, Comrade Feng Chen." The driver said as he pulled the rickshaw.
"Comrade Liangcai! Great, finally seeing you! Feng Chen couldn't help but feel excited in his heart.
Zheng Liangcai didn't look back, always lowered his head and pulled the lane slowly: "Comrade Feng Chen, Comrade Zhida is going to see you soon." ”
"Comrade Liangcai, what's going on with Mingde Bookstore?" Feng Chen asked.
"Alas! The day after we met last time, it was revealed that it was Gu Shunzhang and Wang Bin of the detective team who copied the bookstore, and the young man Comrade Shunzi died on the spot in order to cover me, and I was almost arrested. ”
"Huh? Comrade Zhida is alright? ”
"Comrade Zhida is fine, he left Shanghai to hide for a while, Comrade Zhida analyzed, Gu Shunzhang is very likely to follow him, and then he found out that Mingde Bookstore is a traffic station."
"It's so hateful, you must find a way to get rid of Gu Shunzhang, a traitor!" Feng Chen was on the rickshaw, leaned forward, and said fiercely.
Soon, Zheng Liangcai pulled a rickshaw and came to Fukaisen Road in the French Concession, and stopped in front of a department store called "Tianfu Daily Grocery Store".
After the car stopped steadily, Zheng Liangcai turned around and said in a low voice: "Comrade Feng Chen, you go to the store first, and ask the shopkeeper if there are Wang Mazi scissors?" ”
"The shopkeeper's answer, sir, I'm sorry, we only have Zhang Xiaoquan scissors here, I don't know if Mr. likes it?"
"You answer, it's okay, please come three."
Then, the shopkeeper will take you to see Comrade Zhida, and I will come over after I put the rickshaw. ”