Chapter 320: Recovering Hongkou
After some bargaining, Matsushima Nakasa and Liu Yicheng reached a preliminary agreement on three peace agreements.
The strange thing is that fifteen minutes have long passed, and Lao Jiang has not seen anyone at all, and the two people who should have been chatting don't care at all, and they are talking and singing about themselves to negotiate one by one.
Matsushima Yuki took the last clause and smiled wryly, but Adjutant Liu's proposal was soft, fully considering the face of the Japanese army, and Nanjing did ask for "Lizi".
It's just a nod to each other, and it's already good to be able to give him face like this.
Matsushima Nakasa immediately stood up, bowed to Major General Liu, and said gratefully, "Thank you, Your Excellency, I am the military attache of the Consul General in Shanghai, and I also serve as the liaison between the Navy and the Army in Shanghai."
"The contemptible is now entrusted by His Excellency Kiyoshi Tanigawa, His Excellency Okawa Uchidenshichi, and Chief Okamoto Kishimasa, to temporarily serve as the deputy commander of the Special Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai, temporarily receiving the rank of Dazuo, and is fully responsible for the negotiation of this peace agreement.
"I hope that Your Excellency will give you preferential treatment in accordance with the Geneva Regulations, please".
Adjutant Liu also smiled slightly, he knew perfectly that this guy was talking nonsense with his eyes open, and the promotion of a big Zuo still needed the approval of the base camp, which was whether the general's treatment was good or not.
He had no choice but to comfortingly say, "There have always been many good things, as long as this great success is completed, Matsushima-kun is one step away from the position of general, and in the future, when China and Japan secretly exchange personnel, I promise to list your name in it, as long as you operate secretly, you will be the hero of your country."
Matsushima Yuki's face was a little embarrassed.
Although the Japanese Navy is a completely Westernized army, completely different from the vulgar and barbaric army, he still has a certain prejudice against the capture of officers, and he himself has no idea whether he will be able to eliminate the negative impact of this capture in the future.
At this moment, next to the conference room, there was a sound of rustling.
Adjutant Liu and Matsushima Nakasa both tacitly agreed that a certain big figure was next door and was observing the whole process of the "peace" talks.
As expected, an attendant soon came in, and after saluting Adjutant Liu, he handed over a document, and the ink was still a little wet.
The document reads, "Hand Order, the matter of this negotiation with the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai is fully entrusted to the deputy director of the chamberlain, and Major General Liu Yicheng is fully responsible. Jiang Zhongzheng, August of the 26th year of the Republic of China. ”
After Liu Shao finished reading himself, he didn't say much, but handed Lao Jiang's handwritten message to Matsushima Yuki opposite.
The purpose is to let him take a "reassuring pill" to avoid further incidents.
Matsushima Nakasa was the military attache of the Japanese consul general in Shanghai, in other words, a legitimate spy chief, and he had a unique set of identification methods for the edict of the big man in Nanjing.
After making sure that there was nothing wrong with the oracle, Matsushima really let go of the stone in his heart.
They nodded tacitly, indicating that the matter had been settled, but when Adjutant Liu seriously put away the instructions, he excused himself to have some trivial things to do, and asked Matsushima Nakasa to wait here for a while.
What Liu Yicheng is going to do, Matsushima Yuki naturally knows it.
The reason why Lao Jiang did not come forward to receive him in person was because his own rank was not enough, a Zhongzuo or Dazuo, in the final analysis, was only a middle-level officer, and it was indeed not enough to meet a head of state.
Of course, if Matsushima Nakasa was an envoy of the Japanese emperor, Lao Chiang would naturally receive him personally.
However, Chiang did not mean to take this conversation lightly, and he himself should have been nearby to observe, so the conversation between Songdao and Major General Liu should have reached the ears of the commissioner word for word, and he immediately wrote an edict to express his approval of the peace agreement.
After leaving the conference room, after walking through one or two rooms, Adjutant Liu met Lao Jiang himself.
In addition to one or two attendants next to Chiang's seat, there was also He Yingqin, an expert on Japanese issues, and as soon as they saw Major General Liu coming in, they asked other idle people to go out to do business immediately, and they were not allowed to enter again without an order.
Lao Jiang seemed to be relaxed and motioned for Liu Yicheng to sit down beside him.
Minister He frowned, ignoring Lao Jiang beside him, and asked seemingly lightly, "Major General Liu, you and Matsushima Yuki seem to be old acquaintances, why is there no record of this in the previous archives?" ”
"By the way, there's also Unit 731, what's going on?"
This really stopped Liu Yicheng, but this guy is now also a small prince, and a little red suspicion is not possible to take him, just see how he responds and justifies.
He still decided to tell the truth, "The staff met Matsushima Yuki in August 1934, because when he returned to Shanghai from the United States, the cruise ship he took was Chiyomaru from Japan, and there were some small disputes at that time, well, a few Chinese students were being bullied by a few Japanese ronin."
"Among them, there are also old acquaintances of the department, such as Kong Yuling's cousin, Zhang Boyu."
"As for the second time I saw Matsushima Yuki, it was a few days after I got off the ship, and the Ministry of Duties visited the arms exhibition in Shanghai with the fourth uncle Liu Yuangeng and others, and Matsushima was one of the people in charge of the Japanese exhibition area, because the fourth uncle and others were talking about business, and the Ministry of Duties chatted with this person for a few words, which can be regarded as a nodding friend."
"As for Unit 731, it is a unit that develops and produces bacteriological warfare agents, formerly known as the Japanese Kwantung Army's epidemic prevention and water supply unit, located in the suburbs of Harbin City, and the destructive power of bacteriological warfare agents is very terrifying."
"The Ministry of Duties can learn about this, or because of Funakoshi Yoshizhen and his servant Ding Jiu."
"Yicheng is my student, he has always been loyal, and he can still be trusted, Ying Qin, you don't want to be sideways, or do the right thing", Lao Jiang has long been unable to see it, if there are many Japanese friends, who should be the most Qin, isn't this deliberately nitpicking.
He Yingqin's face also changed, and he immediately became kind.
He asked with a smile on his face, "I still appreciate the three peace agreements signed with the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai this time, but I don't understand one thing, why can't we pretend to agree while doing black things?" ”
"it?"
Liu Yun also smiled bitterly.
It is said that people in the 21st century are more lacking in morality, and they have more eyes, where do you know that the bigwigs of the Republic of China era are also some black-hearted characters, Kong Caishen once suggested that he eat black and eat black, this time it is better, even Minister He of the Ministry of Military Affairs suggested that he play yin.
Who are these people?
"It's not that the ministry doesn't want to play yin, but the Sino-Japanese war has been fought for six years, but since the July 7 Incident, the Japanese devils have begun to invade China in an all-round way, and I don't know how many more years it will take."
"However, if you think about it, it should be more than six years, and it even needs timely help from European and American allies."
"As for Shanghai, it is only the first battlefield we preset, and in the future, there will be Nanjing, Xuzhou, Taiyuan, Wuhan, and even Changsha, even if the game is successful this time, won't the Japanese army retaliate afterwards, such as the massacre in Nanjing."
"The so-called 'those who have attained the Tao have much help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help.'"
Since thousands of marines can submit a surrender instrument today, then tomorrow there will be millions of Japanese troops who will submit a surrender to us."
The words were loud and loud, so that Minister He and Lao Jiang were moved, to be honest, they really didn't dare to think about the situation of millions of Japanese troops surrendering to China.
For a while, they looked at each other, stunned, and thoughtless, as if they really saw that day.
However, someone also told the truth, "Taking the lives of countless ordinary people in Shanghai to take thousands of marines from the Japanese army is not worth it, because we can't find the bacteriological warfare agent in time."
"Well, that's a good point, the life of a Japanese devil is really worthless."
Lao Jiang slapped his hand, immediately made a decision, and said very seriously, "Yicheng, this time the surrender of the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai, I will leave it all to you, as for Zhang Zhizhong, I will personally talk to him, well, if there are any difficult problems, you will deal with them, I believe you."
Subsequently, Major General Liu took Songdao and flew directly to Shanghai Temporary Airport by special plane.
With the help of Zhang Zhi and others, he asked Matsushima Yuki to return to the Japanese headquarters on Jiangwan Road with the terms of peace, but it was not early, the sky was gradually turning west, and the Chinese army just suspended the attack.
However, Liu Yicheng gave a deadline, that is, a three-hour buffer.
After 9 p.m., it will be deemed to be a refusal to accept the terms of the peace, and at that time, regardless of whether the Japanese troops in Shanghai surrender or not, the Chinese army will launch a general offensive on time, and all previous agreements will be null and void.
Matsushima Yuki quietly returned to the Japanese headquarters with a handwritten letter from General Zhang Zhizhong.
There were more than a dozen middle and high-ranking officers here, and there were even several generals, and the three giants of the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai, Lieutenant General Tanigawa Kiyoshi, Major General Okawa Neiden, and Consul General Okamoto Kishimasa in Shanghai, were all present one by one.
In addition to the Big Three, there are even generals who led the reinforcements in Shanghai, such as several other Marine Corps major generals, such as the former commander of the Special Marine Corps in Shanghai, Major General Kondo Eijiro and so on.
It was precisely because there were so many generals who were trapped in the headquarters of the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai that they needed to make secret peace with Nanjing.
Once the Chinese army broke through the headquarters in Shanghai, the fate of these people can be imagined, whether they die or are captured, it will be a catastrophe for the Japanese government and the base camp, so they acquiesce to these people to surrender secretly, provided that these generals can retreat to the warship with dignity.
However, the terms of the peace were even more lenient than expected.
The generals of the Japanese army breathed a sigh of relief and assured Matsushima Yuki that as long as they returned to Japan this time, the responsibility for this surrender would be wiped out, and they would do their best to push him to the position of general in the future.
At 1 a.m. on August 21, the Japanese army officially began to "break out".
The Japanese positions in the Hongqiao area suddenly sounded a close burst of gunfire, as if to see off the warriors who broke through.
Somehow, a large gap suddenly appeared in a certain section of the Chinese position defending Pudong, allowing these warriors to cross the tight trench and trek to Songhu Beach one foot deep and one foot shallow, and then they were picked up by the Japanese warships that had been waiting for a long time.
The Japanese devils' pursuit of "peace" is far more professional than that of Lao Jiang and Liu Yicheng.
For fear of breaking through the siege this time, the heroic generals only took away five or six hundred cronies, including more than 100 wounded, but they were carried away on stretchers, and it is estimated that they will die if they return to the Japanese mainland.
Because the dead don't talk nonsense.
At the same time, these Japanese officers and soldiers who bravely transferred to the army also paid attention to every detail.
It is often "the details that determine success or failure," and the uniforms, weapons, and equipment that should be used in military uniforms, weapons, and equipment, are all tattered goods that have been cultivated for a long time, and the Chinese officers and soldiers who escorted them in retreat have opened their eyes.
Zhang Zhizhong, Liu Yicheng and other Chinese generals, together with the Japanese army representative Matsushima Yuki, secretly watched the army leave, it was time for the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai to surrender, at this time the Japanese army still had more than 2,000 people left, half of whom were wounded, under the leadership of the unit commander, one by one out of the fortifications and surrendered.
Naturally, the wounded of the Japanese army had to stay in the British and American concessions and receive free medical treatment from the Red Cross.
As for the rest of the prisoners of war, they were secretly transferred to the rear to serve in hard labor, and they could not return to the Japanese mainland until the end of World War II, and of course, one way to gain freedom was to join the Ryukyu Restoration Army.
At nine o'clock in the morning of August 21, Yu Hongjun, mayor of Shanghai, held a press conference on the recovery of Hongkou in a timely manner.
In this battle, the Japanese concession in Shanghai was officially recovered, and more than 7,000 Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai were annihilated.
In the first phase of the Battle of Songhu, the Chinese army dispatched three or four German armament divisions, as well as a number of auxiliary units, such as garrison regiments and artillery regiments, with a total of more than 3,700 casualties.