On January 20, 1935, it was a winter with a howling wind and heavy snow.

There was a group of ambitious Japanese who drew a large circle with their sabers on the shores of the East China Sea.

So, on this day, with a broadcast released by Tokyo, the entire East Asian continent quickly fell into a new round of turmoil.

“…… As can be seen from the recent tragedy in Shanghai, the red elements that have spread throughout Shijie like a plague have fully demonstrated their crazy, cruel, hateful and anti-civilizational tyrannical nature. After the invasion of Shanghai, these lawless and greedy bandits not only looted hundreds of tons of gold and silver from the banks of various countries, causing incalculable losses to all civilized countries, but also brutally executed thousands of foreigners and nationals, and their horrific methods were outrageous! In this regard, the Japanese government believes that all educated people in Shijie should not have any illusions about these hooligans and villains who ignore the law, but should decisively impose sanctions with warships and the army!

Please pay attention to the fact that the red elements currently distributed throughout the Shijie countries are not some sporadic mobs, but chaotic parties under the command of the same organization, and have gradually developed into an international organization that tries to subvert the entire civilization Shijie! This evil organization uses a terrible spell called communism to confuse the stupid people who are not strong-minded, and instigate them to abandon morality and betray their country!

Therefore, the tragedy that occurred in Shanghai is not an isolated case, but the prelude to this devilish organization's attempt to rude the world! If we are slow to react to this. Watching China, which has a quarter of the population, completely turn red, or even merge with Soviet Russia to become a state under the leadership of the Comintern, then this Red Alliance will become a supermonster with a population of 600 million and 30 million square kilometers of land. And the red tsunami will also rush from the east to the whole of Shijie - first Southeast Asia, then India and the Middle East, and then even South America and Africa! Obviously, it is almost impossible for the countries of Europe, which are currently deeply divided, to keep their overseas colonies, and even their own countries will eventually be swallowed up by the red wave!

So, this is a great battle that transcends national and national borders. For the sake of the well-being and justice of civilized shijie, all civilized people of Shijie should unite and put aside our differences and contradictions. with the communist. Doctrine Devil to fight! This is a contest that does not allow for compromise and compromise!

Unfortunately, based on the current performance of the Nanking government on the battlefield, Chiang Kai-shek was no longer able to contain the spread of the red plague in China.

In order to prevent the country's 40,000,000 people from being reddened by the chaotic party, and for the sake of order and peace for the entire civilization. Our righteous Imperial Japanese Army is responsible for the safety of East Asia and Shijie. At the invitation of his Chinese friend Wang Ching-wei, he was about to enter China to assist the Chinese government in eliminating the communist forces in Shanghai and saving China and Asia from the Red Devil. Therefore, I hope to get the understanding and support of our European and American friends......"

At the same time, the 3rd Division had already boarded and set off from Tokyo and, under the cover of the Combined Fleet, rushed towards Lianyungang in Chinese mainland.

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On the other hand, Wang Jingwei's "borrowing teachers to help suppress" and "uniting with Japan to oppose it. altogether". and the invasion of the Japanese army, which also caused an uproar in China.

First of all. After learning that Wang Jingwei had dared to defy the condemnation of the world and colluded with the Japanese to lure the wolf into his house, Chiang Kai-shek, who was in the camp in Nanchang, was shocked for a time and hurriedly sent a telegram ordering the Nanjing side to dissolve the government by force and arrest Wang Jingwei and other important members.

And He Yingqin, who is sitting in Nanjing, is hesitant and hesitant. More importantly, this person's political attitude has always been pro-Japanese...... Therefore, on the contrary, the young soldiers and members of the Blue Coat Society were forcibly restrained to prevent them from "offending their friends" and forbidden them to take rash action against the pro-Japanese faction and Japanese diplomats.

On 21 January, the Japanese Kwantung Army tore up the "Tanggu Armistice Agreement," crossed the Shanhai Pass, and entered the Hebei East African Armed Zone, which had been drawn up after the last armistice. The Kuomintang government officials who ruled the region had in fact defected to the Japanese traitor Yin Rugeng, who had immediately taken down the blue sky and white sun flag from his official office and announced the establishment of the "Autonomous Government of the Eastern Hebei Defense Communists" -- nominally to oppose the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, which was thousands of miles away, but in fact the 22 counties in eastern Hebei, centered on the important industrial town of Tangshan, were split like the puppet Manchukuo and turned into colonies controlled by Japan behind the scenes.

On 22 January, Song Zheyuan declared martial law in the cities of Beiping and Tianjin in response to the rapid approach of a large number of Japanese troops. All major colleges and universities in Beiping and Tianjin suspended classes, some students took to the streets to organize patriotic demonstrations, and some teachers and students began to prepare for evacuation.

On 24 January, the Japanese Third Division and a part of the "Tianjin Army" transferred from North China (the North China Garrison Army stationed in Tianjin) arrived in Lianyungang, dispersed a small number of Kuomintang naval personnel, and then forcibly landed.

Subsequently, after several hours of fierce fighting, the Japanese army defeated the spontaneous resistance of the Kuomintang Tax Police Corps and occupied the largest Haizhou salt field in East China, thus seizing the most important salt tax source of the Chiang Kai-shek regime, and also pushing the already crumbling Chiang dynasty again.

On the same day, the Shanghai Soviet Government once again issued the "Declaration to the People of the Whole Country to Resist Imperialism and Japan," calling on the people of the whole country to enthusiastically resist Japan and save their lives.

On 26 January, near the battlefield of "suppressing bandits" at Wusongkou, Chen Shaokuan, commander of the Kuomintang Navy, was ensnared by the Japanese Navy during a negotiation meeting, and the Kuomintang Navy fleet on the Yangtze River fell into chaos, and the US and British fleets in China engaged in a skirmished armed clash with Japanese light shallow-water ships.

At this point, the fleets of all countries had no intention of entanglement with the Shanghai Red Army for the time being, and withdrew from the battlefield one after another, and the second Wusongkou artillery battle came to an end.

On the same day, the Jiangxi Red Army successfully recovered Guangchang, annihilated three enemy regiments, achieved a great victory, and basically expelled the Kuomintang troops from the former central Soviet area.

January 27. Because the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was controlled by Wang Jingwei and his men, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to send a telegram directly in Nanchang to condemn the Japanese army's "reckless action". He claimed that Wang Ching-wei had "overstepped his authority" and begged the United States and Britain for international intervention and financial support, but failed to obtain any positive response from European and American countries.

On the same day, Japanese gunboats on the Yangtze River forcibly landed at the Nantong pier and seized two Kuomintang naval torpedo boats, and the defenders on the shore were almost scattered.

On January 28, the Japanese army sent a secret envoy to visit the Beiping warlord Song Zheyuan. He again proposed that he lead the "North China Specialization" movement, and promised high-ranking officials and a large area of "independent defense area" -- that is, private territory, but Song Zheyuan still politely refused.

Same. With the support of several advanced gunboats, the Kuomintang Taihu Detachment was annihilated by the Red Army, and the Red Tenth Army launched an attack on Huzhou.

On January 29, the Japanese advance party entered Xuzhou. A division of the Kuomintang garrison was under the order of the Ministry of Defense in Nanjing "no resistance allowed". They abandoned the fortifications and fled without a fight, while the local government, under the persuasion of the traitors, waved the banner of "Sino-Japanese friendship" and cooperated closely with the Japanese invaders.

At this point, Xuzhou, the railway hub in eastern China, was controlled by the Japanese army, and the Nationalist government in Nanjing was further paralyzed and disintegrated.

On the same day, Yan Xishan issued an anti-Japanese manifesto in Taiyuan, Shanxi, declaring that he would never be in the same league as Wang Jingwei and his traitors who caused trouble to the country. And Han Fuqu in Shandong found himself under the attack of two Japanese forces in the north and south. Not daring to react too violently, he just ordered the army to be on heightened alert. Always ready for battle.

On 30 January, the 5th and 6th Divisions of the Japanese Army and a part of the Marine Corps arrived in Lianyungang by ship and began to land and unload cargo.

On the same day, Britain and the United States finally issued a diplomatic statement on the issue of the Sino-Japanese conflict, first praising Japan's "just move" of "assisting neighboring countries in eliminating red elements and maintaining Shijie peace," but then condemning the Japanese military for "acting on its own" in China without international coordination and consultation, violating a series of previous agreements and consensuses, and not conducive to peace and stability in East Asia. The Japanese army was demanded to immediately stop all operations in China and wait for international consultations.

In this regard, the Japanese Foreign Ministry lightly expressed "regret," while the Japanese military department continued to go its own way and did not pay any attention to it.

The condemnation of Japan by Europe and the United States is limited to words, and it is purely a false story, not to mention military sanctions, and there has never even been a trade blockade.

Chiang Kai-shek, who was trapped in Nanchang, was ecstatic and regarded it as a lifesaver. But even with this shot in the arm, he still did not dare to call on the whole country to launch an anti-Japanese war, but kept asking for more loans and financial assistance from Hong Kong, and Zuihou finally reluctantly obtained a mere 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars.

At this time, due to He Yingqin's vacillation and Wang Jingwei's betrayal, Chiang Kai-shek had basically lost control of the Nanjing Nationalist Government and began to consider setting up a separate central government.

On 31 January, the "Tianjin Army's rampage" began--In view of the fact that Song Zheyuan of Beiping had always refused to advance oil and salt, refused to completely sell himself to Japan, and watched his colleagues make meritorious contributions and win many battles in Jiangsu Province in the south, the Japanese staff officers of the "Tianjin Army" could not help but be greatly blushed, and simply carried forward the tradition of "going down to the top" and went behind the back of his superior, Lieutenant General Tashiro Wanichiro, to violate the orders of the Tokyo Military Headquarters and provoke a military conflict in Tianjin.

As a result, Song Zheyuan, who was driven to a dead end, was forced to issue a telegram at the Beiping Headquarters, officially announcing the mobilization of troops to fight, and the North China War of Resistance broke out.

On the same day, the British Far East Fleet crossed the South China Sea from the Singapore anchorage and arrived in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, to join the U.S. Pacific Fleet, which had arrived earlier. The next day, the French Far East Fleet, based in Vietnam, also arrived in Manila, thus formally forming the Triple Intervention Force.

On 1 February, Britain, France, and the United States again issued a joint statement demanding that the Japanese military cease all operations in China and wait for international consultations.

In view of this sudden change in the situation, and also due to the strong strength of the three-nation combined fleet, the Japanese combined fleet had to abandon the landing operations against Ningbo and Zhoushan, and instead gave priority to defending the homeland, turned around and headed south to the Taiwan Strait, preparing to confront the three-power combined fleet in Manila.

When they learned that the "Tianjin Army" had rashly provoked a war in North China and had been trying to concentrate its forces from the very beginning and try to avoid creating two battlefields at the same time, the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters could not help but be greatly annoyed.

On 2 February, Song Zheyuan repelled several tentative attacks by the Japanese army at Nanyuan and Tongzhou, believing that he had stabilized the situation and temporarily crushed the ambitions of the Japanese army. He proudly displayed the spoils of war in Beiping and made a speech: "...... The officers and men of our army on the front line are facing this great enemy. In the moment, it is natural to give full play to the national spirit of "a man cannot take away his will" and "a man must not be unjustly bent when he dies", and the recent so-called "I would rather be broken than be broken" and "I would rather die in battle than be killed" in the determination of the soldiers, who have been so-called for decades...... It is impossible for the Japanese to conquer the Chinese nation by virtue of their tyranny...... Please take a look at the frontline battles in the past few days. We can then be confident. ”

The students of various colleges and universities in Beiping, who listened to the speech at the scene, immediately cheered and shouted in unison, "Long live China!" "China will not die!"

In this regard, Yan Xishan sent a congratulatory telegram in Shanxi. and expressed solidarity, but the Jin army did not actually send troops, but only rushed to repair fortifications and increase troops in the passes of Taihang Mountain in Hebei and Shanxi provinces, and at the same time funded Song Zheyuan 50,000 yuan in military spending. It's a pity that the money was not delivered until the fall of Beiping.

February 3rd. In order to avoid misfire, the Japanese diplomatic envoy rushed to Manila in a seaplane to hold an emergency diplomatic conference with the envoys of Britain, France, and the United States to hold consultations on the current state of affairs in China, and once again proposed the formation of an international intervention group to take over all the rights of the Chinese Government -- this proposal that was too aggressive and had hidden evil intentions was naturally rejected, but the European and American powers also had no intention of fighting for China's independence and freedom.

So, after some recrimination and gradual run-in. The Manila meeting began to enter the substantive phase.

On the same day, the Central Red Army, which ended the Zunyi Conference, after defeating the Sichuan army in the north. In order to raise food and wages, he turned around and marched south, and forced Guiyang City, the big smoker of the Guizhou army, the "double spearmen", was about to collapse at the touch of a button, and the Guizhou warlord Wang Jialie asked for help everywhere to no avail, so he had to flee in a hurry.

In addition, the Central Army of Xue Yue's subordinate stationed in Xiangxi once again mutinied due to non-payment of salaries, and clashed with He Jian's Hunan Army, temporarily losing its combat effectiveness, and the Central Red Army in Guizhou and the Red Army in Xiangxi suddenly felt a great reduction in pressure.

On 4 February, although the General Staff Headquarters in Tokyo formulated the "principle of not expanding the situation in North China," the Japanese troops of the North China Front, who were eager to make meritorious contributions, completely ignored them. Following the North China garrison in Tianjin, the Kwantung Army, which had just taken control of eastern Hebei, also began to join the battle on a large scale, launching multiple attacks on Beiping and Tianjin. Song Zheyuan, who was in a hurry and isolated, soon fell into a desperate situation, and various important transportation places fell one after another.

On the same day, the old unit of the Red Army of Southern Anhui, Zhimin, which had received assistance from Shanghai, successfully broke through Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province and annihilated a regiment of the Central Army.

On 5 February, Nanyuan fell and Tianjin fell, and Song Zheyuan declared Beiping an "undefended city" and began to retreat to Baoding and Handan.

On the same day, three divisions of the Japanese army moved south from Xuzhou and gradually moved to the line of the Huai River, but all counties and cities along the way did not dare to resist -- Wang Ching-wei, the premier of the Executive Yuan, naturally tried his best to ask his henchmen to cooperate with the Japanese army's actions, and Chairman Chiang also did not issue an anti-Japanese instruction. What's more, the Japanese landing was still under the banner of "Sino-Japanese goodwill, aiding China and defending the communists," which very confusing some Kuomintang diehards, so there was basically no fighting along the way.

Because the advance was so easy, even some of the most daring Japanese vanguard units even used railways and trains to pass through large areas controlled by the Kuomintang and arrived on the north bank of the Yangtze River as quickly as possible, where they joined up with a number of Japanese light ships that had arrived in advance to intimidate Nanjing on the other side of the Yangtze River. He Yingqin was forced to order martial law in the capital, and the streets of Nanjing were shocked three times a day, and a large number of traitors and spies took the opportunity to spread rumors and make trouble, advocating the theory of the uselessness of resistance and capitulationism.

In addition, a rumor came out of nowhere on the streets of Nanjing, claiming that the Japanese army Jihua held a massacre in the capital Nanjing to break the determination of the Chinese army and people to resist.

Upon hearing such appalling news, the citizens of Nanjing could not help but be terrified, and they packed up their finesse one after another, and fled with their families out of the city; the Purple Mountain was full of shacks for a time, and the highways, railways, and waterways leading to other places were all overcrowded, traffic accidents were frequent, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

That night, some young soldiers in Nanjing wrote to ask for war, asking to cross the river by motorboat to attack the Japanese army on the north bank, but He Yingqin flatly refused.

On 6 February, Japanese planes flew over Nanjing several times and dropped leaflets to persuade them to surrender, causing a large-scale stampede by the ground crowd in the city.

On the same day, following the capture of Huzhou, the Red Army in Shanghai moved south along the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway and launched an attack on Jiaxing in Zhejiang.

On 7 February, Chen Jitang, the "Southern Heavenly King" of Guangdong, published an article in Guangzhou entitled "Anti-Japanese and Anti-Anti-Anti-Japanese Movement." Declaration of Mutual Salvation", Jihua formed the "Aid Hunan Army" and the "Aid Fujian Army", and launched the Northern Expedition by two routes. The Hunan warlord He Jian was greatly frightened when he heard the news, and immediately stopped pursuing the Red Army and transferred the main force of the Hunan army to the Hengyang area in the south to deploy defenses. And Chiang Kai-shek was so angry in Nanchang that he scolded: "...... This bureaucrat (Chen Jitang) is called anti-Japanese, but he is actually a traitor! Anti-Japanese? Can he, a Japanese lackey, shout out? Let him get rid of all the Japanese advisers and Japanese instructors in the Cantonese army first! ”

On 8 February, the "rampage of the Tianjin Army" was finally stopped by Major General Ishihara Wan'er, who personally rushed to the front line in North China, and the first phase of the War of Resistance in North China ended. The Japanese army occupied eastern Hebei, Beiping, and Tianjin, but failed to completely eliminate Song Zheyuan's living Liliang, but sat back and watched the remnants retreat to Baoding.

Next, the most terrible fatal blow for Chiang Kai-shek finally befell his bare brain. (To be continued......)