Chapter 167: Bank of Yokohama
On April 29, 1932, General Yoshinori Shirakawa, commander-in-chief of the Japanese advance army in Shanghai, held a grand military parade in Hongkou Park in the Japanese concession. Present at the meeting were the Japanese generals Kenyoshi Ueda, Kichizaburo Nomura, and Koichi Sawa, as well as Japanese Minister Shigemitsu Aoi and Consul General Muraikura Matsu, as well as Japanese civil and military officials stationed in Shanghai, as well as Japanese nationals in Shanghai.
On this morning, Shigemitsu Aoi came to the Japanese Consulate General, and he and the officials of the embassy held a congratulatory ceremony in front of the portrait of the Japanese emperor. After the ceremony, everyone took off their dresses, changed into suits, and immediately went to Hongkou Park to participate in the military parade presided over by General Shirakawa.
Korean revolutionaries Ahn Chang-ho, Yoon Bong-gil, and Kim Cheon-san also came to the venue. They were sent by Wang Yaqiao, the captain of the Shanghai anti-Japanese death squad, to hoe and kill the Japanese murderer.
The celebration of the "Tencho Festival" began with a military parade, which was held in spacious places inside and outside the park, with Shirakawa Yoshinori as the inspector, Kenkichi Ueda as the commander-in-chief, and Tashiro Wanka as the chief of staff. The parade starts outside the park and is divided into sections.
The orchestra affiliated to the Fleet Command of the Japanese Navy is invited to play the march. The audience for the parade was Japanese nationals, Europeans and Americans, and guests from all over the world, and the audience was so crowded that they almost knocked down the surrounding fence ropes. By the end of the parade, it was already past 11 o'clock.
Immediately afterwards, the congratulatory meeting organized by the Japanese Overseas Chinese Association began. The rostrum of the venue was set up at the back of the inspection site of Senior General Shirakawa, which was recently built to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the awarding of the military edict.
Presiding over the meeting on the stage were Kawabata Sadaji, secretary general of the Tomo Nopi Resident Ministry, chairman of the executive committee of the Minkir, Wamurai, Senior General Shirakawa, head of the Ueda Division, Minister Shigemitsu Aoi, and Lieutenant General Nomura, who stood in turn.
Ahn Chang-ho, Yoon Bong-gil and Kim Cheon-san mingled in the audience and dispersed their activities. Yoon Bong-gil was wearing a felt hat and a raincoat with a bomb hidden inside because of the light rain. He blended in with the crowd, watching the movements on the rostrum and the main figure, Yoshinori Shirakawa.
After the chairman of the executive committee of the militia announced the opening of the meeting and delivered a speech, Consul General Murai read a brief message, and then all of them sang the Japanese national anthem "Kimiyo" in solemn chorus.
At this time, the light rain is getting heavier and heavier. Shirakawa and Nomura, Ueda, Shigemitsu Aoi, Kawabata and others stood on the rostrum.
Shirakawa was tall and fat, with his chest puffed out. He sang the national anthem with his neck twisted, and his body did not move. Yoon Bong-gil, a North Korean warrior, felt his chance. As the national anthem was about to end, he pulled out the bomb he had hidden from his raincoat and suddenly threw it at the rostrum of Shirakawa Station.
"Bomb!" Nomura, who stood behind Shirakawa, had sharp eyes. When he saw a strange metal object thrown on the stage, he screamed.
As soon as I finished shouting, I saw a second strange metal object flying onto the stage.
He followed and shouted again. The solemn venue was ruined by screams, and the crowd suddenly stirred. On the rostrum, a noisy and chaotic scene immediately appeared.
But standing in the center of the rostrum, Shirakawa Yoshinori, Shigemitsu Aoi, and Kawabata are located. In order to show his loyalty to the empire and show his bushido spirit, he remained unmoved and continued to sing the national anthem.
"Boom, boom!" At this moment, the bomb that Yoon Bong-gil threw on the rostrum exploded. The bomb was powerful, earth-shattering, deafening, and almost overturned the rostrum.
Nomura, who first saw the bomb flying onto the rostrum, tried to escape, but the bomb blinded his left eye; Ueda was about to escape. Shrapnel blew off his left heel; Shigemitsu Aoi, who was standing beside Shirakawa, suddenly felt as if a big iron rod was hitting him, and he fell.
But he instinctively forced himself to stand up with the cane he carried with him, but his body was too heavy and the cane was crushed. It turned out that one of his legs was blown off and he had to fall in a pool of blood.
The fat and burly Shirakawa, who had a fleshy face and a short mustache on his lips, was thrown into the air like a toy. Then he fell down hard, already dying.
The other Japanese officers, frightened like dogs, lay on the ground one by one. The once imposing general is embarrassed. After the bomb rang off, there was chaos on the rostrum, and cries, shouts, and shouts resounded throughout Hongkou Park.
The celebration meeting presided over by Shirakawa suddenly became Shirakawa's funeral meeting. The "Tianchang Festival" has become a mourning festival. After the incident, the Japanese army dispatched ambulances to rush Shirakawa, Shigemitsu Aoi and other seriously injured people to the hospital for rescue, Nomura was blown blind in one eye, Ueda was blown up with a limp foot, Shigemitsu Aoi was blown off a leg, and Kawabata died on the spot.
At this time, Wen Hao had heard of this assassination before he crossed over, but he knew that this "Immortal Heaven" event to celebrate the birthday of the Japanese emperor was not allowed Chinese to participate in it at all.
Only Japanese and Koreans were allowed to enter Hongkou Park, so Wen Hao knew that they had no chance to participate in this operation.
At this time, Wen Hao took Zhou Yuying, Zhang Songbai, Hao Dahai, and Dai Li's five cronies to the Bund in Shanghai at noon.
Opposite them is the Bank of Yokohama, a six-story granite Western-style building.
The colonnade on the façade is of the Ionic column. The interior is gorgeously decorated with some Japanese elements.
Today happens to be the "Tianchang Festival" organized by the Japanese army, and it is also a celebration meeting, so the bank gate is not as lively as in the past, and there are only scattered people coming in and out.
Occasionally, a few foreigners do some banking business, and Chinese basically do not go to Yokohama Bank to do business.
Wen Hao looked at the time, it was almost 12 o'clock at noon, and it was time for the Yokohama Bank to make a feint at noon.
Wen Hao gave a code to Zhou Yuying, Hao Dahai and others, and then entered the Yokohama Bank in twos and threes.
The doorman at the bank saw it and was still thinking, "Why are so many people coming to the bank to do business when it's about to get off work?" ”
At this time, Hao Dahai was the last, he came to the doorman and beckoned to him, and the doorman thought that Hao Dahai had something to ask him.
also said something in fluent Japanese, but unfortunately Hao Dahai didn't understand it at all, but he didn't understand it.
Hao Dahai faced the doorman, took out a dagger from his arms, quickly and accurately stabbed him under the ribs, and at the same time covered his mouth and helped him into the bank.
After Hao Dahai entered the bank, he quickly closed the door tightly and locked the door from the inside.
At this time, they were very excited, you Japanese dare to rob China's northeast, and we will rob your bank now.
Wen Hao also took advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese to hold a celebration and decided to rob the bank, and this celebration will end in failure.
When they assassinated the Japanese at the celebration party, Wen Hao didn't want to be idle, and took advantage of the chaos to rob the Japanese bank. (To be continued.) )