Xie Jinyuan, the word Zhongmin, is a native of Jiaoling County, Guangdong. During the Second World War, he was a [***] officer. Xie Jinyuan graduated from the Fourth Political Department of the Whampoa Military Academy, graduated in October 1926, served as a platoon commander in the First Division of the National Revolutionary Army, and participated in the Northern Expedition. He was wounded in the battle against Sun Chuanfang in Jinan, and after recovering, he successively served as a staff officer of the Wuhan Fortress and the battalion commander of the Henan Provincial Security Department.

Jin Zhao is also the fourth phase of Whampoa, and Xie Jinyuan is a classmate, although Jin Zhao is a step department, but the two met in school, although the relationship is not much iron, but it is not bad. Seeing Xie Jinyuan's performance, Jin Zhao was stunned at first, and then hurriedly returned the salute. Jin Zhao held Xie Jinyuan's hand again and asked, "I heard that Brother Zhongmin served in the Wuhan Fortress, why was he suddenly transferred to Shanghai?" ”

Xie Jinyuan said with a smile, "I have long ceased to work in Wuhan, and I was transferred to Henan as the battalion commander of the security department. After the outbreak of the 128 Incident, the chairman of the committee ordered Chief Liu (Liu Zhi) to send troops to support Shanghai, and the brother took the initiative to ask Ying to go to Shanghai to participate in the war, which was approved. After arriving in Shanghai, I first went to the headquarters of the 19th Route Army to report, Chief Cai heard that I was also a graduate of Whampoa, and Brother Meng Bo met, very happy, so he appointed me as the chief of staff of the Reading Force. You're a great kid! In just a few years, he has been hung up with the rank of colonel, and the younger brother is out of reach! ”

Jin Zhao hurriedly smiled and said, "Luck, luck!" The younger brother is all about luck. If Brother Zhongmin can read and lead the troops, with Brother Zhongmin's great talent, the younger brother will be out of reach at that time. Ay! By the way, since that's the case, Brother Zhongmin shouldn't have come alone, right? ”

Xie Jinyuan said with a smile, "Of course not, there are eight hundred soldiers with me, these are all veterans of a hundred battles carefully selected by Chief Liu!" Chief Cai has already ordered that all these 800 soldiers be replenished with the newly built Reading Force. ”

"Great! With these 800 elite soldiers, Lao Tzu must let the little devil know that he knows how powerful our reading force group is! Jin Zhao said excitedly. Jin Zhao, who was still worried about the strength of the army just now, immediately became excited when he heard that Xie Jinyuan had brought eight hundred veterans, with these eight hundred people, Jin Zhao, the regiment commander, could also live up to his name.

Xie Jinyuan shook his head and said, "Although there are people, these eight hundred people are all unarmed soldiers!" ”

Jin Zhao had long known that the people who were supporting this time were all unarmed soldiers, so after listening to Xie Jinyuan's words, he was not surprised, and said with a smile, "As for the matter of weapons and equipment, we will find a way." Now hurry up to welcome the soldiers of our Reading Force Regiment into the barracks. ”

Saying that, Jin Zhao pulled Xie Jinyuan and Li Long and others, and welcomed the 800 soldiers waiting outside the barracks into the barracks. Later, Jin Zhao ordered the cooking squad to set up a reception banquet for Xie Jinyuan and the 800 soldiers who came with him.

In the evening of the same day, Jin Zhao convened a meeting of all the officers above the company level of the Reading Regiment. Now there are more than 1,300 people in the Reading Regiment, plus the recruits recruited, and although a regiment is not yet formed, it can still build a shelf.

Some old people in the original first battalion knew that the opportunity for promotion had come, and they were gearing up one by one, and after some discussion, it was finally decided that the reading regiment would be temporarily organized into three infantry battalions. In addition, the regimental headquarters directly under a machine gun company, a special service company, a guard platoon, and an artillery platoon.

The first battalion, battalion commander Li Long, has three companies with a total of 350 people (dissatisfied with the number). Huang Hui, the commander of the second battalion, has three companies with a total of 350 people (dissatisfied with the number). The third battalion, the recruit battalion, is mainly new recruits. Battalion commander Tan Shaoping, a total of about 300 people. Zhang Jinshan, commander of the machine gun company, has a total strength of 120 people in the machine gun company, and Xu Wenqiang, commander of the special service company, has a total of 150 people in the company. Zhang Guibiao served as the commander of the guard platoon, and Bao Gang was the commander of the artillery platoon, with about 50 people in each of the two platoons, totaling more than 100 people.

Fortunately, there were very few officers among the 800 people brought by Xie Jinyuan, except for Xie Jinyuan, the major battalion commander, there were only three captains and company commanders below. The current Reading Force Regiment mainly relies on these 800 people from Henan as combat effectiveness, Jin Zhao naturally will not treat these people badly, Xie Jinyuan needless to say, directly became the chief of staff of the regiment, and the three company commanders were also appointed by Jin Zhao as the deputy commanders of the three battalions.

In addition, after Ueda Kenkichi took office, he was not in a hurry to launch a large-scale general offensive, because after all, Ueda had just arrived in Shanghai and needed to understand the situation first, so although there have been continuous small-scale battles in the past few days, the two sides are generally in a stalemate.

After learning about the situation, Ueda Kenkichi changed the arrogant attitude of the previous two and decided to salute first and then soldier. On February 18, Ueda Kenkichi proposed to Cai Tingkai the "Mourning Book of Madun" to force the 19th Route Army to retreat and ban the exclusion movement:

Based on the intention to accomplish the task by peaceful and friendly means, and warmly hoping for it, I hereby announce to your army the following conditions:

One. Your army should immediately cease the fighting and complete its withdrawal of the present front line at 7 p.m. on 20 February. The first line of retreat areas is as follows: in the area on the west bank of the Huangpu River, retreat from the north of Caojiadu Town, Zhoujiaqiao Town, and Pusong Town, which connect the western end of the concession; In the area on the east bank of the Huangpu River, they retreated from the north of the line connecting Rannidu and Zhangjialou Town, and each retreated to an area 20 kilometers away from the boundary line of each concession (including the Lion Forest Fort). At the same time, artillery batteries and other military installations in the above areas shall be removed and shall not be set up again.

Two. It is said that after your army begins to retreat, it is not allowed to shoot, bomb and pursue operations, but reconnaissance by aircraft is not limited to .......

Three. After the retreat of the first line of your army was completed, the army sent escorted investigators to the retreat area for the sake of its implementation. The investigator carried the national flag for identification.

Four. Your army should fully protect the lives and property of its nationals in the vicinity of Shanghai outside the area of retreat. If this guarantee is incomplete, appropriate measures should be taken.

Five. Regarding the protection of foreigners in the vicinity of Shanghai (including the evacuation areas), we will discuss separately.

Six. With regard to the prohibition of the anti-speech movement, on January 28 it was stated that Mayor Wu (Wu Tiecheng) had made a serious commitment to Consul General Murai, and that the Imperial Foreign Affairs Minister should make representations to the Chief Executive of Shanghai in your country.

If the above items cannot be carried out, the army will have to take free action against your army. Your army shall be responsible for all the responsibility arising from the consequences of this.

After Cai Tingkai received this absurd "mourning letter from Ueda Kenkichi", he immediately sent it to Jiang Guangnai and decided to convene a meeting of senior officials. Everyone was very angry when they saw this document, and the command immediately ordered all the troops on the front line to assemble artillery fire and bombard the positions of the Japanese army as a reply to Ueda Kenkichi.

The demands of the ultimatum have exceeded the limits that the Nanjing government can tolerate. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China said: "China's troops stationed in Shanghai are forced to defend China's land as a last resort, and they can only engage in self-defense and fight to the end." At the same time, Lao Chiang agreed that the four planes of the central government stationed in Bengbu and the two planes of Jiangxi should fly to Shanghai to participate in the war, together with the planes from Guangdong to support Shanghai. However, at that time, China's air force was really limited, and during the entire 128 Incident, 25 planes of the Central Air Force and 15 planes of the Guangdong Air Force participated in the war, and all of them were old fighters that had been eliminated by some countries.

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