Chapter 620 The Shameless Japanese in the War of Resistance in Songhu and Shanghai

Compared with the navy, which is willing to act as an onlooker, the performance of the air force of the Nationalist Government is very different from that of the navy.

The Admiralty felt that his life was very tight, and his strength could not be compared with that of the Japanese Navy, so when his country was invaded, he shamelessly played neutrality. In fact, it is really worse than crying poor, and the air force of the Nationalist Government is even more humble.

The reason why it is called the air force is that it relies on airplanes first, and in terms of quantity alone, the Kaga aircraft carrier that the Japanese army rushed to Shanghai carried more combat planes than all the combat planes that could be dispatched in Nanjing.

As for the quality of the aircraft, the aircraft of the National Government are also quite poor and sour. Take the Air Force's Lincock fighter jet as an example, that game is a special export product concocted by the British, specifically for the air forces of small countries. This aircraft was once sold to Canada, only to be returned by the Canadian Air Force.

People don't look down on it, but the national government treats it as a treasure, there is no way, the price is cheap.

Therefore, if you want to say that it is worse than anyone, the air force of the Nationalist Government is even worse than the navy. Anyway, the navy has been tossing for decades, and finally has a bit of a family background, and the air force has not even set up a serious aviation school so far.

A person is more than a person, and he has to be compared to a breath. The navy was eye-to-eyeing with the Japanese, drinking wine and tea, and playing neutrality, but the morale of the air force was high and they wanted to fight with the Japanese.

The Japanese planes were so bullying that a few water reconnaissance planes tossed the 19th Route Army enough, and even dared to fly to the Zhenru Station, where the General Headquarters of the 19th Route Army was located, from time to time to wander around a few times and lay a few eggs, just like a leisurely stroll. This made several air units of the Nationalist Government very unconvinced, and they all wanted to go to the battlefield as soon as possible and have a good competition with the Japanese air force.

After receiving the order of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Sixth and Seventh Air Squadrons under the Aviation Administration of the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Nationalist Government immediately flew out of Nanjing in high spirits and headed straight for the front line in Shanghai. It's just that it sounds like a lot of noise, but there are not many planes that actually participate in the war.

The Central Air Force in Nanjing had 7 air groups, and this time two came, the 6th and 7th teams. But if you look at it again, the planes of the two teams combined, there are only 9 planes. And these nine planes are not yet made in one country. There are German and British fighters, and the bombers are all American, but there are two models.

9 aircraft, produced by the three countries, four models, but that's it, this "ragtag army" is still obligated to fly to the battlefield.

At 9 o'clock, the planes of the 6th and 7th air groups took off from Nanjing, and on the way they met Japanese planes unexpectedly over Kunshan.

After the plane was refueled at 11 a.m., the commander of the team gave the order to take off and patrol the skies over Shanghai. These pilots, that's holding back.

At half past eleven, five American-made Douglas reconnaissance bombers, commonly known as Daji, were dispatched first, followed by two American-made V-65C reconnaissance bombers, which were commonly known as Stopper.

As soon as the planes of the Central Army Air Force took off, the planes of the Japanese over there also flew over and kicked the field.

Bombers on both sides took the lead, and at low altitude it was a scuffle. However, this kind of airplane fighting plane thing is not the work of bombers in the first place. Knowing that their bombers had killed someone, Chinese and Japanese fighters also hurried over. Interested bombers flashed one after another, clearing the way for the fighter pilots on both sides.

The airspace where the fighting took place was close to the Hongqiao airfield of the Chinese Air Force, so the first to arrive were Chinese fighters, but there were not many, only two.

One is the Aforementioned Linker fighter jet, which is cheap, and the British exclusively sell it to the air force of a small country, and the other is a German-made Junker K-47 fighter, which is also modified from a private mail plane, and there is no other country's air force equipment except China. …,

Seeing the appearance of the Chinese fighters, the Japanese pilots also hula and scattered in formation and pounced. The Japanese fighters were three fighters on the Nakajima ship, a total of three, led by Captain Tomo Hachiro. There is also Mitsubishi's Type 13 No. 3 shipboard attack aircraft, which was originally the job of throwing torpedoes to bomb warships, but at this time they also came to join in the fun with bombs, and there were also three such planes, led by Captain Hirabayashi.

Seeing that the Japanese had the advantage in the number of planes, two Chinese Pluggable light bombers, No. 602 and No. 704, also rushed over, although this kind of aircraft was not designed to fight air battles, and the maneuverability was almost poor, but it did not fly too slowly, and the two fighters of the Japanese army could still fight for speed.

Suddenly, a four-to-six situation was formed on both sides.

At the beginning of the battle, the most active was the Chinese Air Force's Link fighter, and a fierce man rushed over and entangled with the Japanese pilot, engaging in a close-range dogfight. The distance between the two sides was so close that the Japanese pilots could clearly see the small lapels of the green-yellow flight suit worn by the Chinese Air Force pilot, but looking up, the Chinese pilot was dark-faced, thin and small, and he didn't look like a Chinese.

That's right, the pilot who flew the Link plane was not a yellow-skinned Chinese, but a dark-skinned Indian.

The pilot who piloted the No. 601 Link was named Zhu Daxian, and he was also a detachment leader. Because the name is very Chinese, many people think that Zhu Daxian is a Chinese, at least a Chinese overseas Chinese with Indian nationality.

But in fact, the so-called "Zhu Daxian" is just the Chinese name of the people, the Indian name of this Indian pilot is Singh, read carefully, you know that "Zhu Daxian" is actually a Chinese translation name with a similar pronunciation.

Zhu Daxian graduated from the third phase of Guangdong Aviation School, and in the Chinese Air Force, he belongs to an old pilot with some qualifications.

No one knows why an Indian young man would cross the ocean to China to take the aviation school examination and join the Chinese Air Force. However, it can be seen that Zhu Daxian's air combat skills are still good.

Why? First, he was not stupid, he did not look for Japanese fighters, but found carrier-based attack aircraft. Although the performance of Zhu Daxian's Link plane was not good, the maximum speed was still 264 kilometers per hour, while the maximum speed of the Japanese attack plane was only 198 kilometers per hour. Zhu Daxian's thinking is very clear, first use the speed advantage, use the fastest speed to spell out your "lower", and then concentrate on fighting your "upper".

Second, Zhu Daxian's technology is really good. In the air battles of those years, there were no head-on missiles or the like, and the most commonly used tactic in air combat was "tail biting." Once the "tail bite" is successful, you chase after the other person's buttocks, and the other party can only run for their lives and not hit you. However, this "tail biting" does not mean that your plane is fast enough, as long as the other party makes a sharp turn, you can't bite your head and rush over, maybe you will be bitten back. So, it's definitely a technical job.

And this Zhu Daxian, not long after the start of the war, succeeded in "biting the tail" and "biting" a Japanese carrier-based attack plane.

The rest is as simple as biting the fleeing prey and firing until you shoot down your opponent. The excited Zhu Da pressed the launch button first, and his Link machine had two 7.7mm machine guns, which was enough for the Japanese pilot in front of him to drink a pot. However, the machine gun did not go off! It was not easy to catch the fighter, but at the critical moment, the machine gun was jammed.

If there was a monitor in the plane that year, then it is estimated that Zhu Daxian's face must be very stiff, and if there is a microphone, then it is estimated that Zhu Daxian can be heard in Indian or English, greeting the ancestors of the ground crew for eighteen generations.

Flying a plane that couldn't shoot bullets, what choice did Zhu Daxian have, he could only hurry out of the battle, but just as he rolled sideways and was about to leave the battlefield, the relieved Japanese pilot counterattacked. A string of machine-gun bullets shot into the Link machine and also hit Zhu Daxian. …,

Zhu Daxian's injuries were so serious that the Japanese pilot could even see that the Indian pilot was already covered in blood. Zhu Daxian was shot in the head and chest.

On land, the blood of the wounded soldier flowed downward, while in the air, the upturned air flow made Zhu Daxian's blood splash on his flight cap and also splashed on the front windshield of the plane.

The wounded Zhu Daxian took control of his Link and staggered back to the flight.

Fortunately, the air combat area was not far from his own airfield, and Zhu Daxian plunged headlong into the sky over Hongqiao airfield, where a regiment of antiaircraft guns brought from Shanxi had already been deployed. The Japanese planes were unwilling to risk rushing into the range of the airport's anti-aircraft fire to pursue them, so they could only watch Zhu Daxian successfully pilot the plane to land at the Hongqiao airport.

The landing of the plane exhausted all the energy of the Indian pilot, and he collapsed in the cabin. Ground crews rushed up, carried him out of the plane, and rushed him to the hospital.

Zhu Daxian finally picked up a life, but he could no longer fly into the blue sky.

But soon, the legendary Indian-Chinese Air Force pilot disappeared from sight, having appeared in the concession during the Anti-Japanese War, and after the outbreak of the Pacific War, he was said to have gone to Malaysia, where he crossed like a meteor and disappeared from sight.

Zhu Daxian was the first to be injured and left the field, which made the air battle situation tense all of a sudden.

The No. 704 Kosai plane, which was originally cooperating with Zhu Daxian to flank the Japanese carrier-based attack plane, was now suddenly left alone, and turned around and became the target of the Japanese planes, and was hit by the Japanese planes six times one after another.

At the critical moment, the No. 602 Kosai machine stabbed obliquely and killed it, covering the No. 704 Kosai machine to leave the battlefield. But at this moment, the machine gun of machine 602 was also jammed. In the face of the pursuit of the Japanese planes, the 602 plane, which had no power to parry, was also forced to retreat in a hurry, but fortunately better than Zhu Da, the 602 plane was finally not hit.

At this time, the sky over Shanghai was covered with clouds, and the No. 602 plane escaped into the clouds to catch the hide, and the Japanese planes that pursued him could not find him for a while.

Zhu Da was wounded first, and the two Stoppery planes left the battlefield one after another, and at this time, only the German-made Junkers fighter piloted by Huang Yupei, the captain of the 6th Air Force, was still fighting in the air.

A lonely plane, without wingman cover, could not have been more sinister. But Junker still desperately rushed to kill, from Hongqiao to the sky over Suzhou Creek, Huang Yupei refused to retreat.

If Zhu Da first learned flying in China as a foreigner, then Huang Yupei and his younger brother Huang Yuquan learned flying in a foreign country by Chinese.

The two Huang Yupei brothers are both from Taishan, Guangdong, and they are fellow villagers with Li Rongxi, the battalion commander who died in the battle of Jijiaqiao of the 19th Route Army on the ground. The brothers were born in the United States and also learned to fly in the United States, standard returnees, and their skills are very good. So the brothers have been instructors since they were at Guangdong Aviation School, and they are still Zhu Daxian's teachers.

Now that Huang Yupei's single plane was beaten by Japanese planes, he was not afraid, and Huang Yupei was confident.

Don't look at the number of Japanese planes, but the speed is very different from Yupei's Junkers. The maximum speed of the Junkers is 290 kilometers, which is the fastest flying aircraft in the air battle in Shanghai at this time, the Japanese Nakajima fighter can only fly 239 kilometers per hour, and the Mitsubishi Type 13 No. 3 carrier-based attack aircraft has a maximum speed of only 198 kilometers per hour, which cannot catch up with the Junkers at all. In terms of ceiling, the Junkers can climb all the way to an altitude of 8,400 meters, while the Japanese carrier-based fighters can only fly to 7,400 meters, a difference of one thousand meters, and the carrier-based attack aircraft can only climb to 4,500 meters, a difference of several kilometers.

Occupy a high position, and be fast. Huang Yupei's tactics are simple to the extreme.

As soon as he saw the Japanese planes approaching, he immediately piloted the plane to climb high quickly, easily climbing to a height that the Japanese planes could not reach. Then shuttled through the clouds, quickly swooped down at the sight of an opportunity, and began to shoot at Japanese planes at a long distance. But he absolutely did not fight with the Japanese planes, and if he missed a hit, he immediately ran away. After running far, climb higher, dive again, and run away again. …,

In this way, Huang Yupei drilled around in the air, and the Japanese planes could not think of any way to deal with him for a while.

Huang Yupei was outnumbered, and it was also very difficult. In the face of the opponent in front, he must concentrate on it, but there is no wingman, if there is a sudden sneak attack by the enemy plane in the back, if one does not pay attention, something will happen.

Seeing such a disparity in the air, the Air Force colleagues on the ground were very anxious. And the most anxious is naturally Huang Yupei's younger brother, Huang Yuquan, the vice captain of the 6th team.

Like his elder brother Huang Yupei, his younger brother Huang Yuquan was also born in California, USA, and he also studied aviation piloting in the United States, also taught in an aviation school, and even the combat was assigned to the same flying team. The elder brother is the captain, and the younger brother is the vice-captain.

Huang Yuquan was 28 years old at the time, and he had been a lieutenant colonel for four years, and now, he is a county regiment-level cadre, deputy department level, not a small official, and he is also a very rare pilot in China, he can really be called the pride of the sky, and at this time, Huang Yuquan has been married for less than 20 days, which is the so-called newlywed Yan'er.

Together with the 128 war, Huang Yuquan hurriedly bid farewell to his newlywed wife and rushed to Hongqiao Airport to return to the team to participate in the war. As a result, he saw that Zhu Daxian was injured and his brother was beaten by Japanese pilots in the sky.

Brothers are heart-to-heart, and the younger brother is very anxious on the ground. But there is no plane, no matter how anxious you are, you can only wait. Seeing that Zhu Daxian was wounded, he piloted the Link fighter to land. Huang Yuquan didn't say a word, and rushed up to drive this Link plane to the sky to help his brother fight.

It is said that when a fighter plane lands, the ground crew should quickly check the fighter and troubleshoot it before it can take off again for combat. Moreover, Huang Yuquan can see at a glance that the wing fuselage of the fighter plane has bullet holes, and it is obvious that he has been injured. But the anxious Huang Yuquan couldn't wait for the ground crew to check, so he sat in the cockpit and began to taxi.

Speeding up, pulling up the joystick, Link whizzed off the ground again. Huang Yuquan was so anxious, he didn't know that the machine gun of this plane had already jammed, and even if it went to the sky, it wouldn't be able to shoot a single bullet.

And that's not even the worst.

Just as Huang Yuquan was flying the Link plane to a height of 100 meters, the plane suddenly tilted its head and plunged its head into the ground. Although Huang Yuquan desperately pulled up the control stick, the plane continued to descend rapidly.

It turned out that this Link had been shot in many places in previous battles. The fixed metal cable of the tail had been broken by a machine-gun bullet from a Japanese pilot. Huang Yuquan took off in a hurry without inspection, and he didn't know that something was wrong with the tail.

A small tail takes up only a small part of the aircraft, but it plays a very important role. Whether the pilot climbs or lowers the altitude depends on the tail elevator. The elevator is usually a part of the rear of the tail that can be deflected up and down, when the pilot pushes the joystick forward, the elevator deflects downward, so that the lift of the tail increases, so that the aircraft enters the dive state, when the pilot pulls the control stick back, the aircraft will enter the climbing state.

Now the tail is broken, the elevator is out of order, just after the Link plane took off, the elevator suddenly deflected downward, no matter how Huang Yuquan pulled the joystick, he could no longer control the elevator. Link's plane quickly fell, crashing to the ground with a thud.

Huang Yuquan didn't even fire a single bullet, and he didn't even take a picture of the Japanese plane, so he died. As a result, he became the first Chinese pilot to die in the 14-year war between China and Japan.

He died before he left the school, which made the hero cry.

At this time, his elder brother Huang Yupei did not know that his younger brother had been martyred and was still struggling to support him. Just then, a savior appeared. The No. 602 Kesai machine hid in the clouds because of the machine gun jam, and the No. 602 machine ruled out the machine gun failure at this time, and just rushed out of the clouds, and happened to appear in the sky over the Suzhou Creek, just in time to see his captain being beaten by a group of devil planes. …,

Hu Weike, the pilot of the Kesai plane, didn't say a word and joined the battle group. The Japanese pilot saw that he couldn't take away Huang Yupei's Junker plane, and the other party had a helper to kill him, so he whistled and turned around and returned.

So far, the first air confrontation since the start of the war in Shanghai slowly ended after 45 minutes of fighting.

In this air battle, neither side was able to shoot down the other's plane in the sky. The Japanese are comforting that the Chinese plane that was damaged finally crashed because of a hasty second takeoff, and it seems that it still took advantage of it.

However, when the Japanese pilot flew back to the aircraft carrier and landed on the deck, he found that one of his ship's attack planes had not returned.

The plane, which did not return, belonged to a Type 13 carrier-based attack plane belonging to the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga, and the lead pilot was Captain Ranggoro Yabe, and there were a total of three pilots on the plane. The target of Yabe's voyage was the Shanghai Zhenru area.

It's really like this place, it looks inconspicuous, but it's a big piece of fat. First of all, this is the command hub, where the general headquarters of the 19th Route Army is located, and secondly, it is also a transportation hub, because Zhenru Station is also a necessary place for Chinese reinforcements in the direction of Nanjing to enter Shanghai. And the last one, this is also a communication hub, there is a high-power real international radio here, not to mention China, in the Far East, this radio station is the largest.

For such an important target, the 19th Route Army naturally looked very closely, and put a company of the few anti-aircraft guns that had been transported to Shanxi in advance. But this anti-aircraft gun tube doesn't work?

It works, at least in the squadron's battle report. In the battle report, there will be content of antiaircraft artillery shooting down Japanese planes every once in a while, let alone damaging Japanese planes. But how much water there is, both sides are clear. I saw that the Chinese frequently shot down Japanese planes in their war reports, but the Japanese planes that were shot down were always alive and dead, not to mention the photos of Japanese pilots, and even the wreckage of the plane was nowhere to be found.

But this time it was different, in the battle report of the day, the 19th Route Army accurately reported the name of the downed pilot, "Captain Yabe and three others". There are also photos of the wreckage of the downed Japanese plane.

Captain Yabe was honored to set a record in the 128th Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai, and he and his comrades became the first Japanese naval plane to be shot down by China.

For a time, Captain Yabe's name was mentioned by many Chinese newspapers and periodicals, and the Chinese celebrated the victory. The other two Japanese pilots who died in the war were brushed aside or not even mentioned at all. However, the Chinese did not know that among the two neglected Japanese pilots who died, there was a very important figure, his name was Lieutenant Fujii Qi.

The Chinese didn't take him seriously, and that's because he was just a lieutenant. But this Fujii official is not big, but his reputation in the Japanese Navy is not small. This Fujii Qi was a well-known militant in the Japanese Navy. The most famous militarist group in the Japanese Navy, the Wangshikai, was founded by this Fujii Qi.

A series of air battles, judging by the results, ended with the loss of one aircraft on each side. However, the Air Force of the Central Army has also truly realized that air combat is about equipment, and it is not just superb technology and senseless courage that can defeat the enemy. Moreover, not only the quality, but also the quantity of equipment is important. Only 8 aircraft of two small air flotillas with only one fighter left will not really provide cover for the ground forces.

Fortunately, the planes of the Fourth Route Army were about to arrive, and the air force pilots were holding back their strength, waiting to take to the sky again to compete with the Japanese army.

Armistice negotiations, this is not the first time. The British were quick to agree to the Japanese hope that the British and American consuls would intervene to mediate a cease-fire, and they also took the initiative to put forward their views on negotiations between the two sides. …,

The British consul put forward two opinions: first, the two sides should disengage, and second, the vacated middle ground should be guarded by the third ** team as a buffer between China and Japan.

Although this condition is not harsh, the army of the Nationalist Government has won the battle after all, and it will have to retreat, and the excited people may not be able to accept it for a while. Song Ziwen didn't dare to agree for a while, so he had to discuss with Kong Xiangxi, Gu Weijun and others. As a result of the discussions, the British plan was agreed, and the 19th Route Army could also retreat two kilometers. However, one article should be added, after the armistice, negotiations will be held on all issues between China and Japan.

"After the armistice, negotiations will be held on all issues between China and Japan." That is to say, after the armistice, we can't just talk about Shanghai, but also about the Northeast!

The Kwantung Army fanned the flames to do things in Shanghai, and the purpose was nothing more than to divert attention and make everyone forget what was happening in the Northeast. But everyone is not stupid, although there is no conclusive evidence, but this strategy to hide from the sky and the sea, that is one of the thirty-six strategies that existed in ancient China.

In fact, not only Chinese, but also foreigners can see it clearly. At that time, some British parliamentarians told the British Foreign Office that they should be careful that the Japanese would accept the status quo in Manchuria in exchange for the settlement of the Shanghai Incident.

The plan put forward by Soong Ziwen and others for talks in Shanghai and Northeast China thought that they had blocked the retreat of the Japanese for petty maneuvers, and that they should be able to gain the initiative before the upcoming investigation by the Lytton Investigation Mission.

Unexpectedly, the British consul Clay did not approve either. He told Song Ziwen very bluntly that it was better to remove this request for Shanghai and Northeast China to talk together, otherwise it would be difficult for the Japanese to agree.

The British's blow smashed Song Ziwen a little dizzy.

The Shanghai issue and the northeast issue are discussed together, and this is not something that the Chinese themselves wish to do. As early as 3 February, Britain, the United States, and France sent a diplomatic note to Japan and China, the fifth point of which clearly stated that after the cessation of the conflict, China and Japan would hold negotiations with the participation of the great powers to resolve all disputes between China and Japan. The meaning of this sentence is very clear, Shanghai and Northeast China will discuss the issues together.

It's only been a few days, but how can the attitude of the British suddenly change?

For the British, the dignitaries of Nanjing had great hopes. If it is said that the interests of the British in China are ten percent, then seven achievements are in Shanghai. Therefore, the Japanese are so brutal that they must annoy the British.

At the beginning of the incident, the British were still relatively tough on the Japanese, sending troops and sending notes. But these words, without guessing the end, disappeared in a few days without the toughness of the British.

That's because, tough, it also depends on the opponent.

If it was the Chinese people who annoyed the British Empire. Then British soldiers were less afraid to shoot at the Chinese on the streets of Shanghai, as they had done during the May Thirties Movement seven years earlier. If it was the squadron that annoyed the British Empire, then the Royal Navy would not mind immediately bombarding it with artillery, as it did in Canton and Nanking during the Northern Expedition.

But this time, it was the Japanese who annoyed the British Empire.

Did you really shoot at the Japanese? The Japanese fleet, according to the treaty, was equivalent in size to three-fifths of the size of the British Navy. Moreover, according to the treaty, Britain was not allowed to retain a naval base north of Hong Kong. In the event of war against Japan, the only naval base that the British Navy could rely on was far away in Singapore.

Relying on the Singapore base thousands of miles away to fight the Japanese in Shanghai? No British Admiralty would dare to take such a risk. Not to mention that the Singapore base has been built for more than ten years, and it has been stopped and built, and it does not have much strength at this time.

If the Americans were willing to help, the British would have been much bolder. But this is a time when the United States is feeling very isolated, and even if there is a big war in Europe, let alone the Far East on the other side of the world. Even the British Dominions in Asia, such as Australia and New Zealand, were not interested in fighting the Japanese over China. …,

All the tough gestures made by the British were in fact a verbal expression to the Japanese, "I am not happy, and the consequences are serious." But if the Japanese don't eat the British and eat the fat of China, the British will not dare to really fight, and they will not even dare to impose economic sanctions.

Therefore, after the Japanese government rejected the note from Britain, the United States, and France, the British immediately made adjustments to their diplomatic strategy.

Since the Japanese refused to give in, they had to grieve the Chinese.

Seeing that persuading Song Ziwen had no effect, the British consul found Luo Wengan again and continued to persuade Luo Wengan.

The British consul Clay made an analogy and said that if he encountered robbers on the road, if he dragged his belongings to death, his life would be in danger. Therefore, in order to avoid fearing for their lives, China had better make concessions. The so-called concession is to ask China to stop insisting on discussing the Shanghai issue and the Northeast issue together.

As the Chinese see, British interests were concentrated in Shanghai. But because of this, as long as there was a quick ceasefire in Shanghai, the British actually didn't mind much, and in places like the Northeast, they made concessions to the Japanese. Even some British Foreign Office officials believe that the Japanese have a stronger ability to develop the economy than the Chinese, and the northeast is in the hands of the Japanese, and maybe it can also promote British trade in the local area! As for whether Manchuria returned to the Chinese or the Japanese, for the British, this was only about interests, not about justice.

There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. In the 19th century, British Prime Minister Palmerston said this sentence vividly and vividly by the British in diplomacy.

After discussing with He Yingqin in Nanjing on the telephone, Song Ziwen asked Chiang Kai-shek in Luoyang for instructions. In the end, Song Ziwen had no choice but to agree to Clay's suggestion to talk about Shanghai first, and not to involve the Northeast issue. Although Song Ziming knew that he was at a loss, he could only grit his teeth and swallow this breath.

Song Ziwen, who was full of grievances, waited for the British to talk to the Japanese. But what he didn't expect was that this plan was rejected by the Japanese. The reply of the Japanese was that everything else is easy to say, but the retreat of the squadron cannot be two kilometers, but twenty kilometers.

For the Japanese reply, if you want to describe Song Ziwen's feelings, it is three words, I didn't expect it.

This two-kilometer retreat distance was also formulated according to the requirements of the Japanese. Just a few days ago, the Japanese Minister to China, Shigemitsu Aoi, clearly told Luo Wengan during the negotiations that the squadron should withdraw from the "bullet" range, that is, the so-called bullet range.

The machine guns and rifles equipped by the Japanese army have an effective firing range of only 400 meters to 600 meters, and the maximum firing range without an accurate head is only about two kilometers at most. Therefore, if the squadron retreats two kilometers, it will basically withdraw from the range of the Japanese army.

However, the plan put forward according to the requirements of the Japanese was rejected by the Japanese themselves, and they opened their mouths, demanding that the retreat distance of the squadron be expanded tenfold.

Two kilometers and twenty kilometers, there is only a zero difference in diplomatic documents. But it's not the same on the ground. Shanghai is not a big place in the first place, and if you retreat two kilometers, the squadron can still maintain its presence in Shanghai, but if you retreat 20 kilometers, it means that the squadron must abandon Wusongkou, Shishilin Fort and other important national defense areas. This is the country!

Obviously, the bully neighbor rushed into his house to fight, and the result of the persuasion was that he wanted to tear down the door of his house to facilitate the bully to enter and exit, how can there be such a reason in the world? Moreover, the Japanese have reversed their word like this and temporarily increased their weight, and it is clear that they do not want to negotiate sincerely.

Moreover, if these two completely different conditions were put forward by different Japanese diplomats, it can be inferred that internal communication was not done well. What makes Song Ziwen feel deceived is that the person who proposed to retreat the ** squadron to the "bomb distance", and the lion who asked to retreat 20 kilometers with his big mouth turned out to be the same person, Chongguang Kui. …,

Shigemitsu Aoi is famous in the history of the world. In 1945, it was Shigemitsu Aoi who signed Japan's surrender on the USS Missouri battleship. At this time, Shigemitsu Aoi was the Japanese minister to China.

After the war, Shigemitsu also wrote some books, and if you look at what he wrote, Shigemitsu can portray himself as a dove of peace dedicated to eliminating the Sino-Japanese conflict, striving to fight against the war of aggression against the military department. However, in the 128 Incident, Chongguang Kui strongly advocated increasing troops in Shanghai and expanding the war.

Regarding his performance, Shigemitsu Aoi wrote very interestingly in his memoirs.

He stressed: First, there was a clash between the Chinese and Japanese armies, and it was not the Japanese army that attacked the squadron first. Second, the defense line of the Japanese Marine Corps was on the verge of danger, "no matter how the author is not willing to let the tens of thousands of unarmed Japanese and hundreds of millions of rights and interests be wiped out by the anti-Japanese army." Therefore, Shigemitsu Aoi asked for more troops in Shanghai.

Obviously, what Shigemitsu Aoi wrote did not match the facts, and it was complete nonsense. Needless to say, the Japanese army first attacked the squadron that was on the defensive. And since then, the war has basically been going on in the Zhabei China region.

Shigemitsu Aoi wrote these wrong facts in his memoirs, could it be that he didn't understand the situation clearly, so that he misjudged the situation and agreed to expand the incident in a daze?

Is Shigemitsu Aoi a war criminal or a fighter for peace? It is clear from a look at the archives of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Shigemitsu Aoi sent a telegram to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after the incident, explaining the situation clearly:

On 28 January, the Chinese authorities accepted Japan's ultimatum in its entirety, but the Japanese expatriates resolutely opposed it, believing that it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and even "some of them wept and made a great noise." However, when news came that the Japanese Navy would march to Zhabei as planned, regardless of China's compromise, the Japanese expatriates shouted in unison. Shigemitsu finally explained in the telegram that "the above situation was the main reason for the military operation on the night of the 28th."

In other words, Shigemitsu Aoi actually knew much more clearly than what he wrote in his memoirs. He knew that it was the Japanese who took the military action first, and he also knew that the responsibility for the 128 incident was on the Japanese side.

However, Shigemitsu Aoi asked for more troops in Shanghai. This is what he said in his telegram: "I think that the dispatch of the army should not be delayed for a day." ”

Shigemitsu Aoi, like all Japanese, is a shameless bastard who lies and doesn't blush.

Negotiation has always been about asking for a sky-high price and paying back the money on the ground. However, like the Japanese, when they saw that the Chinese accepted the conditions, they immediately played tricks and increased the code, and there is really little sincerity in the world where there is still negotiation.

Song Ziwen was furious at the extremely scoundrel bastard Japanese, overturned the table on the spot, and walked away.

Originally, diplomacy was a matter at the government level, and had nothing to do with the military. However, the Japanese soldiers repeatedly challenged the government and led the government by the nose.

Regarding the unreasonable demand of the Japanese side for the Central Army to withdraw 20 kilometers, although He Yingqin was also very angry and thought it was unacceptable, but the national strength was unforgiving, and it had to be discussed. Now that the government pipeline has been frozen, He Yingqin, who is bent on expanding the Sino-Japanese war now, wants to directly contact the Japanese military to see if he can negotiate something.

Therefore, He Yingqin sent Chen Yi, director of the Ordnance Industry Administration of the Ministry of Political Affairs, and Wang Jun, principal of the Nanjing Central Infantry School, to Shanghai to make contact with the Japanese military.

Why did you choose Chen Yi and Wang Junlai? One, of course, because they are high enough to show sincerity. Another more important reason is because Chen Yi and Wang Jun both graduated from the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer School, and Wang Jun also graduated from the Japanese Army University, and the chief of staff of the Japanese Shanghai Dispatch Army, Tashiro Wanichiro, and the acting military attache of the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai, Harada Kumayoshi, are also graduates of the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer School and the Army University. …,

Nowadays, there is a new term called "classmate economy". That is to say, after graduation, everyone can help each other, and old classmates can always talk and do things when they meet. But there is a premise of the "classmate economy", that is, the school must be good enough, and there are not too many students.

The school is excellent, and there are many opportunities for students to become dignitaries after graduation, and if there are few students, everyone will be familiar with each other, even if they don't know each other, it is easy to find someone to introduce. The Japanese Army University is such a good school, with the highest level in the army, but the group is very small, like Tashiro Wanichiro's Lu University, with a total of 55 students. They are all classmates of Lu University, and they are always easy to speak.

Therefore, sending Chen Yi and Wang Jun to talk about it is to use the relationship between Lu University's classmates. And Tashiro Wanichiro and Harada Kumayoshi also looked very interesting, and soon expressed their willingness to meet and chat with their old classmates.

The old classmates met soon, first Wang Jun met Tashiro Wanichiro, and then Chen Yi also made an appointment with Harada Kumayoshi.

Wang Jun and Chen Yi put forward the idea that the two families would automatically retreat together, and the distance vacated in the middle would be separated by a small force sent by a third country, and the administrative police in the area would be continued by the Chinese side.

Don't you just want to make peace? Easy! Why bother, but also the third ** team to mix in, you Chinese withdraw a certain distance, we retreat to the concession, as for the exit area, you Chinese police continue to manage. Kumayoshi Harada readily agreed.

Getting such a reply not only made Song Ziwen, but also Luo Wengan, Gu Weijun and others very surprised. Everyone knows that the Japanese are pressing on China step by step, and it is the Japanese army that takes the lead in stirring up trouble and dragging the Japanese government forward. Unexpectedly, this time he negotiated directly with the Japanese army, but he found that it seemed to be more reasonable than the minister Shigemitsu Aoi sent by the Japanese government.

It seems that it is indeed an old classmate who is reliable. Wang Jun and Chen Yi hurriedly reported to He Yingqin. After receiving such information, He Yingqin, who was eager to calm down the situation, was very excited.

But before He Yingqin could be happy enough, the next day Shanghai Mayor Wu Tiecheng suddenly sent an urgent telegram, "There is very little hope of directly negotiating an armistice." In other words, direct negotiations with the Japanese military are yellow!

This class reunion, which was still warm and affectionate on the first day, why did it change its flavor after a day? Wang Jun and Chen Yi hurriedly contacted Tashiro and Harada, but the other party had completely ignored the Chinese classmates. Chen Yi and Wang Jun understood that this was Harada's personal opinion and was not accepted by the military. Tashiro Wanichiro proposed a new plan to the Chinese side. This time, it is no longer an occasion for classmates to catch up in private, but to negotiate through formal channels.

Negotiating, just like doing business, is asking for a sky-high price, and paying back the money on the ground. Everyone has bargained for things, and they all know that the first time they buy things is quoted at a false price, and then they talk slowly, and slowly make concessions and compromises. But this Japanese bastard is a bastard, and every time he negotiates a new one, the asking price quoted is getting higher and higher.

First of all, the Japanese demanded that the squadron must retreat twenty kilometers, which is talking about the distance of the retreat of the squadron, and about this, for the first time, the Japanese minister Shigemitsu Aoi quoted, asking the squadron to withdraw from the "bullet" (range) distance. The Chinese accepted this condition. However, Chongguang Aoi immediately played tricks and re-quoted for the second time, asking the squadron to withdraw 20 kilometers. This time, Tashiro Wanichiro came up to make a third offer, and it seems that he did not increase the retreat distance of the ** team. But other conditions were added.

One is to demolish the Wusong and Lion Forest forts and withdraw the defenders. Note that you are not only asked to withdraw, but also to "dismantle". The army can come back after retreating, but it is not easy to dismantle the fortress and rebuild it. There is an old Chinese saying called "self-destruction of the Great Wall", and the Japanese are forcing the Chinese to self-destruct the important land of national defense.

That's not all, the squadron is willing to retreat, that is to show the sincerity of the peace talks, and it is just a temporary act. However, the Japanese then set out the condition that "in the aforementioned retreat area, the squadron will never be stationed."

Since it is a peace talk, it is most fair for both sides to withdraw their troops together, but the Japanese demand that the squadron must be withdrawn first, and the withdrawal of the Chinese must be "confirmed" by the Japanese before the Japanese troops will withdraw into the concession. Moreover, what is the "retreat" of the Japanese? That is, after the squadron retreats, the Japanese army can also send officers to "carry escorts" and inspect the area where the squadron has withdrawn.

Is this a "retreat" or a "advance"?

Wang Jun, who was played by his old classmates, angrily sent a telegram to Jiang Guangnai, commander-in-chief of the 19th Route Army: The survival progress of our country and nation in the future can only be maintained by the spirit of Your Excellency and the iron and blood of the comrades of the 19th Route Army!

In the first two days, there was a lot of discussion, but overnight it became aggressive. Which one are the Japanese singing? Quite simply, because the 9th Division of the Japanese Army arrived.