Chapter 193: Slap in the face
A dispute broke out between the two sides, and due to the language barrier and communication difficulties, the dispute escalated instantly, and the two Japanese soldiers not only ignored the dissuasion, but became more and more arrogant, and finally pulled out their pistols and threatened. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Seeing this, the Chinese military police fired warning shots at the sky, and Yuo Oyama and others fled in panic when they saw that things were not going well, and the Japanese military vehicle quickly turned right and drove into Beifang Road (which was on the east side of the airport at that time, and is now a sidewalk in the airport).
The Chinese soldiers, who were on high alert and were on high alert near the airfield, heard the gunshots and, not knowing what was happening, opened fire on the fleeing Japanese vehicles.
Including the machine guns hidden in the entrance of the airport, they also opened fire, and these regular army soldiers, with patriotic enthusiasm, usually hated the Japanese invaders, and naturally did not attack lightly.
At a distance of 1,200 meters north of the airport gate, the Japanese military vehicle was damaged by a tire, and the car lost control and rushed into a vegetable patch on the side of the road.
A cook who was working in the airport kitchen, after hearing a series of gunshots, quickly climbed the wall to observe, just in time to see Yuo Oyama and others wielding a pistol to escape, he immediately threw a grenade at them, Yuo Oyama was killed on the spot, and the panicked Saito wanted to hide the gun and fled to a small deserted jungle next to him.
The 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Supplementary Brigade of the 2nd Division of the National Revolutionary Army was secretly building fortifications on the edge of the jungle, and when he heard the gunshots, the sentry was closely watching the movement in the direction of the airport.
After the incident, the Shanghai Garrison Command (Commander Yang Hu) acted hastily and ordered the Chinese soldiers to move the bodies of the slain Japanese soldiers to the damaged Japanese military vehicles overnight, and then took a condemned prisoner to the prison and changed into the uniform of a military policeman, and shot him at the entrance of the airport.
The result was self-defeating, and the Japanese and those involved in the investigation from other countries saw the flaws (first, the death row prisoner had traces of being tied with ropes on his arms; Second, the condemned prisoner was killed by a shell gun, and the two Japanese soldiers used small-caliber "Browning" pistols; The third is that the condemned prisoner is unkempt and has excessively long nails, not like a military policeman), and the Japanese believe that the killing of the two Japanese soldiers is a deliberate provocation by China.
On the afternoon of August 11, the Shanghai Municipal Government.
The Shanghai Municipal Government, the Shanghai Garrison Command, the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai, and the Japanese Marine Corps Command held a meeting at the city government for negotiations.
"General Zhang, through the reports of the investigators involved in this incident, we can preliminarily conclude that the military police who were killed on the Chinese side are suspected of being substitutes, and it is the Chinese soldiers who took the lead in shooting at our personnel. Therefore, the Japanese side has lodged a verification protest against this shameless act of the Chinese side. "The Japanese representative of Japan, Consul General in Shanghai, Kiji Okamoto, is a veteran diplomat, and I am afraid that no one is more skilled in diplomatic rhetoric than him.
"Gang Officer, our Chinese side will definitely deal with this incident solemnly, and will definitely not shield anyone and give you an explanation. But as for why your soldiers rammed into our military airfield, you still need to give a reasonable explanation. Zhang Zhizhong did not show weakness and gave a strong response to the Japanese consul.
"Hmph, our people were drunk, got lost, and drove the car to the airport by mistake. But what about you? I am afraid that they were shamelessly killed, I am afraid that this is unreasonable. Out of respect, we on the Japanese side have not taken any measures, but we ask you to give us an answer as soon as possible. As for the requirements, ours has been drafted on this document, and we also ask General Zhang and Mayor Yu to consider them. Okamoto Yoshimasa, Yoshimasa Okamoto's secretary, took out two documents from the briefcase he was carrying with him and handed them to Zhang Zhizhong and Shanghai Mayor Yu Hongjun.
Zhang Zhizhong took it and took a look, and he was angry.
It's just shameless, this was a small incident, but I didn't expect to be caught by the Japanese side and become a lever to blackmail the Chinese army to withdraw from Shanghai.
The document pointed out that it arrogantly put forward unreasonable demands, including the withdrawal of the Shanghai security forces from the Chinese side and the removal of all fortifications.
Yu Hongjun shook his head when he saw it, isn't this whimsical for the Japanese? Pure nonsense.
Seeing Zhang Zhizhong and Yu Hongjun with this expression, Okamoto Ji was sneering, which was exactly what he expected to see.
"If the Chinese side gives us a clear answer as soon as possible, our Japanese military will take a series of actions, and when the time comes, it will not be enough to satisfy these two articles. It was Hasegawa Kiyoshi who had run away a few days ago who had spoken, and now he had become the commander of the Japanese 3rd Fleet in Shanghai.
In fact, the spokesman sent by the Japanese military for this negotiation was also carefully planned by him, and the purpose was to find a pretext that was the same as the July 7 incident, and to find a justifiable excuse for himself to let go of the war.
"Really? What action will you take, will you order the Japanese ships to sail into the ports of the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River, and the fleet to rush to Shanghai for battle, or will you order the 1st Special Marine Corps and other units of the Navy on standby in Sasebo to reinforce Shanghai? Wang Liang, who had been sitting silently on the side, spoke, and Wang Liang couldn't stand Japan's wolf ambition and shameless attitude. 、
Damn, it's really giving you face, you dare to show such an arrogant attitude on the borders of China, believe it or not, send you to see the emperor.
"Who are you, and what qualifications do you have to speak?" Hearing Wang Liang say his next military action plan, Hasegawa Kiyoshi was taken aback, these are military secrets, how did this person know.
glanced at Wang Liang's military rank, colonel.
There are many generals of the national army sitting here who are not qualified to interject, and it is really bold for a colonel to dare to take the lead.
"It doesn't matter who I am, I tell you, as long as you little devils are not honest, we Chinese soldiers will destroy you. I think you should know what this incident is about, don't treat us China as grandchildren, China will always be your elders. "Can Wang Liang, who has crossed over, save face for these turtle grandsons?
In Wang Liang's view, his rebirth is a game, a game of revenge, how Japan owes China, he wants to get it back little by little.
"Eight Tooth Road! You must apologize to us for what you said today, otherwise..." Consul General Okamoto Jizheng trembled with anger, he did not expect that the Chinese would dare to talk to him like this and insult his so-called personality like this.
"How else?" (To be continued.) )