introduction

In the Admiralty War Room of the Japanese base camp, Vice Admiral Shiro Kawako, commander of the Fleet on the Shina side, and Vice Admiral Kiichiro Kawa, commander of the Fifth Fleet under his jurisdiction, were standing on a large map in the war room to study the military situation.

In the corner of the wall, several transceiver radio stations were "ticking, ticking...", and several transceivers were busy operating the radio stations, uploading and issuing various orders and information. It reproduces the tense atmosphere on the eve of the Great War.

Fleet Commander Shiro Kawako, with a pencil in his hand, pointed to Xiamen Island on the combat map, the size of his thumb, and was quite conceited. He said arrogantly: Xiamen Port is the midpoint of the Shanghai-Hong Kong shipping route, very close to Taiwan and the Nanyang Islands, one of the five major treaty ports along the coast, and also the entrance and exit of 20 million overseas Chinese in Nanyang and the receiving port of 40 million yuan in remittances of overseas Chinese in Nanyang. After our navy imposed a blockade on the coast, the three ports of Kowloon, Guangzhou, and Xiamen were still important ports for Chiang Kai-shek's military supplies. The fall of Xiamen would be a blow to Chiang Kai-shek's head and hasten Chiang's defeat in the Battle of Xuzhou. Chiang Kai-shek had already lost his financial resources in Shanghai, and now he had lost Xiamen again, blocking trade with overseas Chinese in Nanyang, which can be said to be his fate. By occupying Xiamen, we were cutting off ties with overseas Chinese in Nanyang and choking Chiang Kai-shek's throat.

The officers of the War Department nodded incessantly.

Chuan Kiichiro pondered for a moment and said: "The enemy has cut off the material import channel because the sea is blocked by our navy, and in addition to using the Guangdong-Yunnan railway, he is also trying to use Xiamen to import materials, and there are many signs that they use the ships of a third country to secretly avoid the blockade line, which will be very unfavorable for us to occupy the Greater East Asia battlefield, so we can no longer let the island go." ”

Kawagu Shiro nodded, and then said: "The situation of the war is developing rapidly, and it is very favorable for our current attack, and now is the time to solve Xiamen Island." ”

As he spoke, he quickly drew a circle on Xiamen Island on the map with his pencil, turned around, threw the pencil on the table, and said in a loud voice: "I declare the implementation of the emperor's order." ”

All the Japanese officers and soldiers stood up in unison.

Shiro Kawako said loudly: "I announce the implementation of the 'Dahai Ling No. 112' plan to capture Xiamen Island!" ”

In a large house on the beach of Taiwan Island, opposite Xiamen Island, Sawashigenobu, the South China Intelligence Minister of the Japanese Army, sat on the sofa, leisurely sipping rock tea from Wuyi Mountain, while hearing the female secretary reading the newspaper.

The female secretary is holding a May 10, 1938, Taiwan Daily News editorial, which is written in Chinese traditional Chinese.

She read aloud with interest: "The southern branch will be taken sooner or later" for a long time...... The tomahawk swinging to the corner of South China is our need. Although the island is only a 40-mile island, it has a public concession of Gulangyu Island across the inner harbor. Kinmen Island, on the eastern side of the sea, is the key point of the coast of South China.

In addition, the island is the entry and exit port of overseas Chinese in Nanyang, and overseas Chinese ...... Instigated by reactionary elements, they boycotted Japanese products in Nanyang and financed the Kuomintang. Therefore, it is necessary to resolutely block this entrance and exit and stop the movement of overseas Chinese, which is the most urgent matter at present.

Third, South China and Taiwan are separated by a strip of water, and from the perspective of national defense, we cannot underestimate the movements of the other side, because Taiwan's proximity to the enemy's bases is always harmful and unhelpful.

In short, the occupation of Xiamen, the key port of Fujian Province, which is closest to Taiwan, and the elimination of all kinds of instigation centered on it is an inevitable measure of the empire, and it is also necessary from the point of view of national defense and operations.

Hearing this, a hint of smugness appeared on his face, he stood up and came to the window, looking in the direction of Xiamen Island......

Chapter 1: The Invasion of Ha Island

On the night of 10 May, a crescent moon hung over the Taiwan Strait, and dozens of cruisers, destroyers, and transport ships suddenly appeared in the tranquil strait, and the huge fleet set out from Kinmen under the cover of night and pounced on the northeast coast of Xiamen Island together.

Xiamen Island was suddenly overcast and full of dangers. And the Chinese defenders defending the coast turned out not to have spotted the enemy ships.

The Japanese fleet dropped anchor 2,500 meters off the coast of Pukou in Wutong, Heshan. The landing craft loaded with marines quietly sailed to the coast from Fengtou to Pukou in four routes.

At three o'clock in the morning, when the moon was hidden, the land was dark, and it was just the lowest hour, and the Japanese army first landed on the southern coast of Pukousha.

Then the second group of Japanese marines also landed at Pukoushe, and the first part of the Xiamen garrison discovered the enemy situation and hurriedly responded to the battle. The two sides exchanged fire, and the Xiamen blockade began.

Xiamen Island was guarded by a miscellaneous brigade of the Kuomintang army, and the artillery chiefs of the Japanese ships carried out a fierce artillery bombardment of the Chinese defenders' positions, suppressing the return fire of the artillery of the defenders of the battery and destroying the field fortifications on the shore. The fortress battery, firing shells at enemy warships, a warship in front of the ground rushed to the ground, sinking in black smoke. The guns of several Japanese ships fired at the batteries and the defenders' positions, and the defenders of the batteries were killed and wounded.

Then the Japanese army sent more than 2,000 people to force a landing near Wutong and pounced on the defenders' positions, and a battalion of the beachhead defense bravely met the attack, blocking the landing Japanese troops and forcing back the attacking Japanese troops. The Japanese dispatched more than 30 planes to bomb the island, destroying the defenders' firepower points one by one, and many of the defenders were killed or shocked to death. The Japanese continued to take speedboats to seize the beach and carry out pincer encirclement of the defenders' positions, and the defenders were killed and wounded, so they had to retreat back. The Japanese seized the tidal flat positions.

At the Xiamen wharf in the middle of the night, a small steamer was docked, swaying in the sea.

Not far away, the rumbling of Japanese artillery was heard, and the group hurriedly walked over. The one who walked in front was the first to board the small steamer. Professor Zhang walked at the back, a tall, tall man with broad shoulders, a dark gray gown, an angular face, and deep, piercing eyes.

People boarded the ships. When Professor Zhang saw that everyone was on board, he jumped onto the bow of the boat and directed the people behind him to carry the wooden boxes on the ship.

Two middle-aged men struggled to carry the wooden box onto the bow of the boat, and accidentally touched Professor Zhang, who stumbled and almost fell off the boat.

Someone shouted: "Lao Zhang, danger! ”

Professor Zhang grabbed the guardrail in a hurry so that he didn't fall. He steadied himself and said, "I'm fine, time is running out, everyone hurry up and move things." ”

The people on the shore worked together to carry the wooden boxes, and soon a dozen large wooden boxes were carried onto the small freighter.

Professor Zhang wiped his forehead, helped his eyes again, waved to the people on the steamer and said: The Zhangzhou Working Committee has arranged everything, you should pay more attention to safety along the way!

A middle-aged man in a long shirt and glasses stood at the bow of the boat and anxiously persuaded: Lao Zhang, it's too dangerous here, come with us.

Professor Zhang also held his hand tightly and said, "The higher organization asked you to evacuate first to preserve the revolutionary forces. Although the Xiamen Working Committee of the Communist Party of China has been evacuated, there are still underground party organizations in Xiamen, and some comrades here still have to work behind enemy lines in secret, so I must stay and fight with them. Don't talk about it, get out of here! ”

Professor Zhang nodded: Don't worry, we will pay attention to safety. Goodbye, comrades.

Professor Zhang walked off the boat quickly, waved at the crew, and the crew lifted the anchor. The revolutionary comrades on the ship waved goodbye to Professor Zhang.

The small steamer emitted black smoke and quietly sailed out of the port. No sooner had the little steamer left the harbor than a burst of cannonballs whistling over and landing on the dock .......

Professor Zhang looked back at the dock, then turned around and left quickly.

At dawn, the Japanese planes flew again, dived and strafed and dropped bombs, bombing the defenders, the defenders stubbornly resisted the Japanese invaders, the battle was very fierce, but in the Japanese bombing, there were also heavy casualties.

After the Japanese army landed in Wutong, it marched to Dongzhai, Neishantou, Macuo and other villages by two routes, as well as the Gaolin and Tianbian roads, and dispatched planes to help in the battle, surrounding the defenders along the way. The defenders, soldiers and civilians were besieged by the enemy, and finally ran out of food, and all of them died heroically.

On the campus of Xiamen University, a Japanese plane flew in, dropped several bombs and exploded on the campus, and a school building was destroyed. Amid the bombing, students ran out of the building in panic and rushed to the playground.

Professor Zhang and the teaching assistant rushed over quietly. Professor Zhang waved his hand and shouted at everyone: The enemy plane flew away, students should not panic and keep quiet.

The playground soon fell silent.

Professor Zhang came to the students and said loudly: "The Japanese invaded our Xiamen with their ships and guns, and Xiamen is afraid that Xiamen will not be protected, so for the safety of the students, the school has decided to retreat to Gulangyu." The school group arranged a ferry and asked the students to rush to Xiamen Port immediately.

At this time, the Japanese military plane circled back again.

Without waiting for Professor Zhang to shout, a female student screamed: "Students, lie down, lie down!"

The students rushed to their stomachs, and two of them ran towards the building, where they were hit by machine guns from the plane and fell to the ground. The enemy plane overflew the ground and fired indiscriminately, injuring several students.

The enemy planes gradually moved away.

The students got up. The medium-sized female student who shouted "lie down" hurriedly came to the injured classmate and bandaged their wounds.

Professor Zhang and the others came to the medium-sized female student and asked, "Classmate, what's your name?"

The female student replied while bandaging her wounds: Geng Qingfang.

Professor Zhang said appreciatively: Thank you, Qingfang.

The female student replied: Yes. I'm afraid that the enemy's plane will come again, so let the students evacuate quickly!

Professor Zhang nodded, raised his voice and said, "Please evacuate immediately and meet at Xiamen Port in an hour."

Students flocked to the gate.

Professor Zhang said to the teaching assistant next to him: Quiet, you should evacuate with everyone first!

After he finished speaking, he and Geng Qingfang moved the injured students out.

After two days and nights of fierce fighting, the rising sun once again illuminated the island city, which was dying under Japanese artillery fire. Look at the vicinity of Xiamen Island, a war is scorching, and the smoke of gunfire is everywhere, and there are corpses killed in battle and discarded and destroyed bullets everywhere.

However, the Japanese army still did not stop, and continued to attack the city in two directions. One broke into the city, and the brigade commander of the defending army swore to defend Xiamen Island to the death, leading his troops to engage in a fierce battle with the Japanese army, and even the reserves were thrown in, and the citizens also joined in the battle to defend Xiamen. The Japanese bombarded with heavy bombs and large-caliber naval guns in turn, and the other Japanese army stole from behind. The defenders and citizens had no way to retreat, and fought a bloody battle with the enemy to the end, the brigade commander was wounded, the chief of staff died, and most of the officers and soldiers also died bravely.