Chapter 609 Incident (I)

As the vanguard of the Japanese military department. Although he also understands that the current China is very different from the past, and the strength of the army is indeed becoming more and more impossible to ignore, Kawashima still believes that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army is far inferior to that of the Japanese army, after all, the Japanese army has 'fought' with the Russian army and won the victory, and the Chinese army has not yet fought any large-scale battle with any foreign opponent.

However, on the other hand, China is a large country with a large population after all, and the war potential is huge, and once the industry develops, China's army, especially the army, will inevitably be strengthened.

The rifle, which is almost a copy of the "Mao" rifle, although the "sex" ability may not be as good as the original German goods, but after all, it is not a burning stick; Very special 'color' marching equipment, from military backpacks to armed belts, from cowhide bullet boxes to tweed military blankets, all details reflect the improvement of the level of the troops' equipment; the "spirit" and "spirit" appearance, which is very surprising, compared with the new army and the Beiyang army in the past, the current national defense force units are obviously more qualified to be called "modern army", and this kind of modernization of the "spirit" and appearance has brought high morale to this army; the execution of orders is also very important, although the front of the railway station seems to be a little soul. However, if you look closely, you will find that every grassroots company behaves in a proper manner, and it is by no means the kind of loose rabble, and this unit has strict discipline, which can further enhance its combat effectiveness...... All the details suggest that if the Chinese army were to clash with the Japanese army now, the army would not necessarily be vulnerable, and given China's huge population and increasingly intrigued industrial system, Kawashima was a little worried.

"The army of China is really not to be underestimated, although the imperial army can still defeat them, but if the war is prolonged, the imperial army will also pay a greater price, so speaking, it is indeed necessary to be vigilant, the empire must strengthen its military strength to ensure the interests of the empire in the Far East."

Kawashima 'Nani' analyzed it seriously. He then made the decision to leave the teahouse immediately and return to the Japanese concession, quickly reporting the situation to Lushun in order to alert the Japanese military department to this adversary that should not be taken lightly.

Having made up his mind, Kawashima quickly left the teahouse, called a rickshaw, and instructed the driver to take him to the German Concession in Hankow.

The Hankou German Concession and the Hankou Japanese Concession are close together, and the reason why they first went to the German Concession was just a cover for Kawashima's 'Nani' speed; since the "Qizhou Incident," the Japanese concession has become a key area of concern for the Chinese; according to Kawashima's 'Nani' speculation, there should be an intelligence station of China's counterintelligence agency in the Hankou Japanese Concession now, and they use the Japanese concession as a base to closely monitor and counter Japan's intelligence infiltration.

The Chinese have long been clamoring to take back all Japanese concessions in China. Although due to the opposition of Britain and other powers, the matter ended in nothing, but the Japanese government did have this worry, and the Japanese military department also had the same worry, and it was precisely for this reason that all Japanese spies in China did not use the concession as a base of activity unless necessary, and Kawashima 'Nani' set up his "Kawashima Ban" base in the Hankou British Concession, and as for the Japanese Concession, only a special telegraph station was set up to communicate with the general intelligence agency in Lushun, and Kawashima 'Nani' would not rush there in person unless necessary.

But now, considering the importance of intelligence, Kawashima Nanisu decided to rush over in person, and immediately sent a telegram to Lushun to reflect the movement of the Chinese troops, he did not know what the Chinese army was doing, but his intuition told him that this "Zhangde exercise" seemed to be not trivial, and it was necessary for Japan to remain vigilant so as not to suffer unnecessary losses.

However, Kawashima 'Nani' was not very sure that his intelligence would be taken seriously enough, because of the failure of the assassination of Yang Du and the subsequent rise of the anti-Japanese movement, the "Kanto Governor" Fukushima Yasumasa who was in charge of the intelligence work against China had a lot of opinions about him, coupled with the failure of Kawashima Banna's series of operations in the past few years, Kawashima 'Nani' is now a "forgotten" figure, and the potential value of the information he provided is very low, and whether he can attract the attention of others is indeed a question.

While Kawashima Nanisu was sitting on a rickshaw and pondering how to increase the level of attention to intelligence. The driver suddenly slowed down, and Kawashima looked up and saw a large group of young people walking on the street in front of him, seemingly at least in the thousands, all holding signs and shouting slogans, handing out leaflets along the way, apparently demonstrating.

Kawashima hurriedly instructed the driver to pull the rickshaw to the side of the road and wait for the other party to pass, and when the group of young people walked by the rickshaw, Kawashima also got several leaflets distributed by them, the content of which was to accuse the Japanese government and the military department of planning the assassination of Yang Du, and demanded that the Japanese government apologize to China on this issue and make compensation.

"Fanatical youth of China. Maybe this is also the organization of the 'Iron Youth League'. ”

Kawashima saw some young people with armbands tied around their left arms, and they seemed to be members of the "Iron Youth League." He had been in China for many years, and he had a slight understanding of various political and economic organizations in China; in his view, the "color of the Iron Youth League" was very special, and it was neither a youth organization with a clear political purpose nor a simple non-governmental organization. This youth organization appears to be a peripheral organization of the "United Front" and is under the direction of the Political Propaganda Commission, and it seems that the source of funding for its activities is also from these two directions.

Ever since the assassination of Yang Du took a dramatic 'sexual' turn, the "Iron Youth League" in various parts of China has immediately become active, organizing anti-Japanese demonstrations and speeches everywhere, and in the Wuhan area alone, Kawashima 'Nani' has witnessed at least 20 large-scale anti-Japanese gatherings. This kind of behavior is very dangerous, and it may aggravate the antagonistic mood between China and Japan, and what makes Kawashima Naniwa particularly dissatisfied is that in the face of the fanatical anti-Japanese sentiment of the Chinese youth, the anti-China sentiment of the young people in Japan has been suppressed by the Japanese government, and in this regard, Kawashima is very dissatisfied, and the Japanese military forces are equally dissatisfied, and this will further aggravate the turmoil in the Japanese political situation, and Kawashima has little confidence in whether this cabinet can persist until the end of its term of office.

After the group of young people passed, Kawashima "Lang" urged the driver to pull the rickshaw to the German concession as soon as possible, and his mood to take a telegram became more urgent, in connection with the fanaticism of Chinese public opinion in recent times, Kawashima "Nani" was very worried that this might be another political performance of the "mad president", and every political performance of his will bring trouble to Japan, which is a lesson from the past, whether it is the "Qizhou Incident" or the "Northeast Asian Crisis", "Far East madman" can always seize every opportunity, While harming Japan's interests, it further strengthened his prestige and consolidated his authority.

The rickshaw quickly arrived near the German Concession, and Kawashima 'Nani' got off the bus on the side of Boundary Street, and when the driver was far away, he turned around and walked north, and after walking hundreds of steps, he arrived at the Japanese Concession in Hankou.

Due to the high anti-Japanese sentiment in the Wuhan area, the Japanese concession strengthened its vigilance, and Kawashima 'Nani' had to use that special passport, so he was able to enter the concession and rush directly to the telegraph room set up in Mitsui & Co. in Japan, intending to send a telegram to Lushun.

This telegram was not long, and it only took a few minutes for Kawashima to prepare the draft, and he handed it over to the telegraph operator, who used a special password to send the telegram to the Lushun Intelligence General Office.

Kawashima 'Nani' hurried out of the telegraph room. Seeing some Japanese staff running out in a panic, he grabbed one of them and asked what was going on.

"Your Excellency, the staff of Mitsui & Co. who went to the British Concession to do business was beaten by the people of Shina on the way, and now the wounded have been sent back to the U.S. Co., and everyone is angry about it."

Kawashima 'Nani' was very surprised by the words of the Mitsui Yoko staff, and he hurriedly followed the staff to an office, and then, in the office, he saw five Japanese covered in blood, one of them was seriously injured and was in a state of confusion, although the others were still awake, but their shirts were missing, and the smooth back was without exception written in some Chinese with paint: "Japanese pig get out!" "If you don't roll, tomorrow you won't have paint on your backs, and we will use bayonets to show you how powerful the Chinese are!" "Japan will be defeated!" "Take back the full 'door' g interests!" ”……

Seeing those words, Kawashima was very shocked, and he suddenly realized that the beating of these Japanese was probably not a simple act of public anger, and behind this incident, there was probably some "yin" plot hidden, so he tried to prevent the group of fierce Japanese employees from taking revenge, but it was useless, in this case, national supremacist sentiment always prevailed, and reason had been thrown into the Pacific Ocean.

Soon, the staff of Mitsui & Co. were divided, the Chinese employees left without saying goodbye, even the compradors fled, and the remaining Japanese employees carried the wounded to the concession overseas Chinese self-government agency, demanding severe punishment of the "Shina mob" who caused the incident, and because many Japanese "ron" people also joined this petition group, the situation quickly became out of control, after all, in the past few years, Japan has been "swallowing its voice" in the "provocative actions" of the Chinese, Seeing that Chinese businessmen were gradually squeezing out the market controlled by Japanese businessmen, resulting in a decline in the income of Japanese expatriates, the Japanese expatriates could no longer bear it.

In the afternoon, the entire Japanese Concession was already a mess, although the Japanese army and police seemed to be trying hard to maintain order, but no matter how they performed, they still could not hide their inner schadenfreude, under this mentality, the social order in the Hankou Japanese Concession could not be maintained, when night fell, a prison under the jurisdiction of the Concession Affairs Bureau was blown down with explosives, a large number of Chinese and Japanese prisoners escaped from prison, and then, a large-scale riot and "chaos" began, a large group of Japanese' Armed with sticks and torches, the Lang people wantonly ransacked the shops run by Chinese in the concession, and a large group of Chinese businessmen had to flee the rental area and avoid the Chinese border in the fire and panic.

The raging fire in the Japanese Concession soon attracted the attention of the residents and garrisons of Wuhan, and the actions of the Japanese rioters shocked the three towns of Wuhan and the consular corps of the concessions of various countries.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the garrison headquarters of the Chinese National Defense Forces in Wuhan officially sent people to inform the consuls of various countries in Hankow, announcing that in order to effectively protect the safety of people's lives and property, the Chinese National Defense Forces troops would enter the Japanese Concession in Hankou at 8:30 p.m. that night to maintain order and suppress violence and 'chaos'.

There was no suspense that except for the opposition of the Japanese consul, the abstention of the British consul, and the abstention of the French consul, the consuls of other countries expressed their support for this action, so at half past eight that night, the Chinese troops of five infantry regiments marched into the Japanese concession in Hankou to formally suppress the Japanese riots and 'rebels' in the concession. No one knows how many of the Japanese gunners were Japanese soldiers and policemen, but they only knew that in front of the gasoline flamethrowers equipped by the Chinese National Defense Forces, the Japanese gunners who relied on their houses to block the fire suffered heavy casualties.

Gunfire rang out in the Hankou Japanese Concession for almost midnight, and when it was dawn the next day, the residents of Wuhan were surprised to find that the Chinese flag was flying proudly on the roof of Mitsui & Co., the tallest building in the Hankou Japanese Concession.

This incident occurred on June 26, so it is known as the "June 26 Incident" in history.