Chapter 602 Anti-Japanese War Shanghai Songhu Anti-Japanese War

The Japanese also know what the result of "banning anti-Japanese activities and disbanding anti-Japanese organizations" will be.

If Japan's occupation of the three northeastern provinces by force had not yet given rise to "anti-Japanese activities and anti-Japanese groups," then it would really be unreasonable.

But the Japanese have developed a habit of bullying the Manchu Qing and the government of the Republic of China, not only do they want to occupy your land, but even if you don't resist, you are not allowed to scold your mother in your own home. Bullying people to this point will definitely lead to greater anger from the Chinese. However, in the eyes of the Japanese, how can you be angry? If you don't obey, you will be scared, and if you are disobedient, you will find an excuse to beat you.

Whether it scares you or beats you, you have to have the army as your backing. As far as the Japanese army was concerned, Manchuria was the territory of the army, and Shanghai belonged to the territory of the navy.

Koichi Shiozawa urgently asked the Admiralty to transfer the Marines to Shanghai as soon as possible.

The Marines, a very bullish name when you hear it.

However, this bullish spirit is almost all the prestige of the American Marine Corps. The Japanese Marine Corps was not as organized to the division level as the US Marines in the future, and their firepower was fierce. In fact, most of the Japanese marines were a few hundred men when they were dispatched, and the maximum was not more than the brigade level.

In 31 years, the Japanese Marine Corps, the largest size of the brigade, now in order to scare and scare the Chinese, the Japanese government agreed that the Japanese Navy will increase troops to Shanghai in two batches, the first batch of 457 people transferred to the First Special Marine Corps of Kure Town Shoufu, and the second batch of 468 members of the Sasebo Second Special Marine Corps.

Just like China's East China Sea, North China Sea, and South China Sea fleets a few decades later, the Japanese Navy was originally composed of four town guard offices, each responsible for maritime defense in one direction. Later, as the main warships of mobile warfare, they were brought together to form the famous Combined Fleet, and the town guard was mainly responsible for the defense of the sea area and military logistics training.

The marines of the Japanese Navy were under the control of these towns. This reinforcement came from two of the Marines of the town guard. In this way, the total number of Japanese marines in Shanghai reached about 1800.

And with the Marines came to Shanghai several destroyer fleets, totaling more than a dozen destroyers. In addition, there is a seaplane carrier, the Notoro.

It is said that Japan is a neighbor with us "with a strip of water", and this "strip of water" is indeed very close, and the first batch of warships set sail from Japan on the 21st and arrived in Shanghai on the 23rd. The second fleet also arrived in Shanghai soon on the 28th.

The four unreasonable conditions of the Japanese were in front of them, and Wu Tiecheng's head was big.

The first three items, apologizing, arresting the murderer, and condolences to the injured are easy to do, and the meaning is reasonable. But the last item: banning anti-Japanese activities and disbanding anti-Japanese groups, this can make it difficult for Wu Tiecheng. Whoever agrees is the contemporary Qin Yu, Wu Tiecheng can still distinguish the stakes, and such a condition is definitely not easy to agree.

If you don't agree, how can you reply to the Japanese?

The best way is to ask the central government, but the central government has not heard back for a long time, so angry that Wu Tiecheng scolds his mother in the mayor's office all day long.

There is no way to wait, and there must be an expression of the unreasonable demands made by the Japanese, not only the citizens of Shanghai are watching what he wants to do, but also domestic public opinion is waiting for his attitude, who made him the mayor of Shanghai.

Wu Tiecheng thought anxiously for a few days, and finally made a statement.

Wu Tiecheng's statement basically meant, 'If the popular movement acts within the framework of the law, it is protected by the law, and it is inconvenient for the government to interfere, regardless of the constitution of any country.'" Not to mention China, but also the United Kingdom and the United States. People have the freedom to assemble and demonstrate. Social groups call for anti-Japanese resistance, which is also one of the freedoms of speech. If it is banned according to the requirements of the Japanese consul, then I, Wu Tiecheng, will not violate the law. Of course, if the people do things out of line and violate the law, then of course I, Wu Tiecheng, will ban it. ’…,

Wu Tiecheng really deserves to be a talent with both military and political excellence, and Mayor Wu's words are reasonable.

It's just that Wu Tiecheng forgot that this time he was facing the Japanese, who had never reasoned with China.

The Japanese were not moved by Wu Tiecheng's reasoning, but issued an ultimatum on the 26th, limiting the Shanghai Municipal Government to give a "satisfactory" reply within 48 hours, that is, before 6 p.m. on the 28th, otherwise the Japanese army would move freely.

For the Japanese who are arrogant and unreasonable and have no rules of conduct at all, Wu Tiecheng really can't think of a way. Immediately report to Nanjing urgently.

At this time, Sun Ke had no choice but to resign, and Wang Jingwei had already taken over as the premier, but Chiang Kai-shek had not yet arrived in Nanjing at the moment, and Wang Jingwei, after discussing with He Yingqin and others, instructed Wu Tiecheng: Shanghai is the national economic center, and the essence is concentrated in an important place, so we must be cautious in our affairs. This time, we need to do our best to appease the Japanese.

Wang Jingwei's instruction, to put it bluntly, was to tell Wu Tiecheng that as long as there was no war in Shanghai, you would meet the needs of the Japanese.

Wang Jingwei's instructions made Wu Tiecheng extremely angry, and he smashed the table and the bench in the mayor's office for a while.

Wu Tiecheng was not annoyed that Wang Jingwei was bending his knees to the sun, but angry that Wang Jingwei asked him Wu Tiecheng to carry this black cauldron.

However, anger is anger, and he still has to do it.

Because of the Japanese ultimatum, Wu Tiecheng did not dare to delay time, and immediately convened a meeting of representatives from all walks of life in Shanghai, hoping to euphemistically do ideological work for everyone.

What Wu Tiecheng didn't expect at all was that before he started to do ideological work for others, others would do ideological work for him first.

Many celebrities in Shanghai demanded that Wu Tiecheng endure humiliation and agree to the conditions of the Japanese in order to save Shanghai from the flames of war.

This sudden 180-degree turn made Wu Tiecheng stunned for a long time, and it took a long time to come back to his senses.

Wu Tiecheng finally understood at this time, don't look at these celebrities from all walks of life here, they are usually very patriotic, when it comes to resisting Japan, those who pay for it, the speeches of speeches, when it comes to patriotism, all of them are patriots. But all patriots have families and jobs, and although this anti-Japanese resistance is important, it is not cost-effective to really resist, and if the war starts, it will not be cost-effective to destroy the factory and family business.

Speaking of which, the following drama is easy to sing. Don't forget, most of the various anti-Japanese groups are led by "social elites", and if so many leaders nod, this thing must have come to pass.

At 2 p.m. on the afternoon of 28 July, four hours before the expiration of the Japanese ultimatum, the Shanghai Municipal Government personally went to the Japanese Consulate in the form of an official letter and the secretary general of the Shanghai Municipal Government personally went to the Japanese Consulate and handed over the reply to the Japanese Consul in Shanghai, all of which agreed to the four demands made by the Japanese side.

At the same time, Wu Tiecheng issued a notice to all walks of life to cancel all antibody groups. Early in the morning of the 28th, the Shanghai Municipal Police Department ordered a ban on anti-Japanese gatherings, and closed down all the anti-Japanese goods inspection offices of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Association and various places.

As soon as the Shanghai Municipal Government's seizure order was issued, it immediately aroused the anger of people from all walks of life in Shanghai, and the angry crowd surrounded the Shanghai Municipal Government to petition.

But it was too late for anything to change, and this time, none of the social elites they loved came out to participate in the petition to the city government.

All accept the ultimatum of the other side, have a reply, a notice, and take practical action. Wu Tiecheng thought about it, but he couldn't think of any excuse for the Japanese to make trouble. Thus, the mayor was relieved, and the "patriots" were relieved.

It's just that Wu Tiecheng and these "patriots" never expected that some people were in a hurry, and they were so anxious to death.

Who is this?

It was none other than the supreme commander of the Japanese army in Shanghai, Koichi Shiozawa.

Shiozawa Yukiichi felt blushing when he mentioned these conditions, but what made Shiozawa Koichi couldn't understand was how the Shanghai Municipal Government could agree so quickly? …,

In the morning, they were all impassioned to resist the Japanese, how could they talk like this!!?

How did they all become shrunken turtles in one night? So how is this battle still going to be fought?

Koichi Shiozawa, who was at a loss, had no choice but to come to Murai Aomatsu, the Japanese consul general in Shanghai, for advice.

It is no problem for people in Shanghai's business circles to donate money in public to support the Anti-Japanese War and to fund anti-Japanese rallies, but if it is necessary to destroy their homes and express the country's difficulties, there are still a few who have the courage

At 11:25 p.m. on the 28th, the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau received a statement from Koichi Shiozawa, commander of Japan's 1st Foreign Fleet.

"In view of the fact that most of the (Japanese) people live in the Zhabei area, in order to maintain law and order, they want to deploy troops in this area to assume the responsibility of security. It is hoped that the Chinese side will withdraw all the squadrons and hostile measures of the Zhabei side as soon as possible. ”

Seeing this statement, Wu Tiecheng was completely dumbfounded. I've seen shameless, he has never seen such a shameless one.

What kind of place is Zhabei, this is not a concession, this is the Chinese boundary, otherwise how could the squadron be stationed there. Without going through diplomatic channels, the foreign ** team directly demanded that the troops of another country withdraw from their own territory, and it was also up to the Japanese to think of it.

It's just that no matter how shameless it is, you have to find a reason. What is the reason for the Japanese? Zhabei has long been included in the garrison area of the Japanese army by the Concession Joint Committee, so the Japanese can enter.

Speaking of which, I have to talk about the Shanghai Concession. Don't look at Shanghai is now an international metropolis, when foreign devils first came, Shanghai County was actually an inconspicuous small county. Where is this place? Nowadays, in the center of the southern district surrounded by Renmin Road and Zhonghua Road in Shanghai, such a small area was the earliest urban area in Shanghai at that time. It is surrounded by rural paddy fields.

After many expansions, the British and American concessions merged to form a public concession of more than 30,000 acres, and the French concession of more than 10,000 acres. However, the foreigners did not think that the area was large enough, but after all, the demarcation of the concession could only be counted if it was contracted with the Chinese government, and it was difficult to negotiate for continued expansion. So this group of foreigners began to do it themselves, taking advantage of the fact that it was not peaceful outside the concession, they built a lot of roads outside the concession, and began to say that it was a military road for convenient wars. As soon as the battle is over, it will become a foreigner's management. So wherever these cross-border roads are built, the patrols and tax collections of the concession will follow. The place that was clearly the boundary of China was turned into a "black" concession. As long as there is a war, the foreigners in the concession will hurry out to build roads. In the end, by 1932, there were more than 40,000 acres of these "cross-border areas" in the public concession alone, which was larger than the area of the public concession itself.

This matter, whether it is the former Qing Dynasty, Sun Chuanfang of the Beiyang Army, or the later Nationalist Government, does not admit it. Whoever is a tenant who takes care of his own owner's land is unreasonable without a contract. But foreigners don't take you seriously at all. Shanghai's North Sichuan Road is such a cross-border road built by foreigners from the concession without authorization, and as soon as the road is repaired, the place east of the road, that is, the Hongkou area, is obviously the ground of the Chinese, and it becomes a "black concession" for foreigners, especially the Japanese.

And the west of North Sichuan Road, that is the so-called Zhabei, which is not even a "black concession", and it is a standard Chinese ground. After 918, the situation in Shanghai was tense, and the foreigners in the concession began to divide the garrison area again, drawing back and forth, and dividing the area in Zhabei that was clearly and clearly garrisoned by the Chinese ** police into the garrison area for which the Japanese were responsible.

Shiozawa Koichi is talking about this foreigner's security plan.

Although the Japanese are shameless, they are still very clever in coming up with ideas on the fly. Quite simply, this security plan was jointly developed by foreigners from various countries. Everyone knew that the Japanese had entered the territory of China that had been assigned to them by the foreign lords for their own security, but no one was embarrassed to scold the Japanese. Quite simply, don't you do this yourself? Who's cleaner than whom?

Therefore, this man is good at being deceived by others, and his horse is good at being ridden by others. The Japanese bullied the Chinese fiercely, and the Chinese remember it relatively well, but if you really want to talk about it, are these British and French people who came from the rental industry still some kind people? To really be reasonable, all these foreign ** troops cannot be rented in Shanghai, and it is very simple that none of the Manchu governments has any agreement that gives them the right to garrison troops in Shanghai.

Nowadays, the Japanese are kicking their noses in the face, and you can bear the humiliating conditions of canceling the anti-Japanese groups, and now I will directly take the army and march to the place where you have a garrison, see if you can bear it?

However, the Chinese accepted the previous ultimatum that had already surprised Shiozawa, what if this time, the Chinese beyond his imagination endured it again?

For this, Shiozawa Koichi is still a little drumming, he is really scared by Wu Tiecheng.

Therefore, this time, Shiozawa Yukichi picked the right time and sent it to the Shanghai Municipal Government at 11:25, and before Wu Tiecheng could finish reading the content, at half past eleven, gunshots rang out.