1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

The incident happened suddenly, but so much information was still obtained so quickly. This shows the extent of the Japanese infiltration into Shanghai.

"..."

Colonel Murai narrowed his eyes:

"You mean Wang Yaqiao is the troublemaker behind this?"

"Yes! Very likely!"

In order to atone for her sins and not to fall behind Tanaka Takayoshi, Kawashima Yoshiko hastily added:

"According to my understanding, Wang Yaqiao has always been hostile to the Empire of Japan, and he has a bad relationship with Zhang, Huang, and Du..."

Colonel Murai understood before Yoshiko Kawashima finished speaking.

If it was Wang Yaqiao, then everything would make sense.

With that person's ability, he could have killed Tianqi and the others silently, and quietly hung their bodies on the bell tower to insult and anger the imperial army;

Then he notified Sanyou Factory to be prepared and arranged people to ambush nearby. At the same time, he sent letters to Du, Huang and Zhang, forcing them to come to the rescue.

This achieves several goals:

First, they protected the Sanyou Industrial Towel Factory and established their image as an "Iron-Blooded Anti-Traitor Group" in order to gain more support from the Chinese people;

Secondly, they deliberately announced the arrival time later, making the "Three Tycoons'" men's late arrival look like a joke, further enhancing the status of the "Iron Blood Anti-Traitor Group" among Shanghai gangs;

In the end, attacking Japan satisfied the personal desires of Wang Yaqiao, a typical anti-Japanese person.

Killing many birds with one stone...

The Japanese side conducted extremely detailed investigations on Du, Zhang, Huang, Wang and other prominent figures in Shanghai.

Among them, the conclusion about Wang Yaqiao is:

Almost impossible to bribe, direct assassination is recommended.

Among all the Shanghai gang leaders, only this man had the most serious anti-Japanese sentiment, and only he took anti-Japanese actions immediately and openly after the "September 18th Incident".

"Iron Blood Anti-Traitor Group"...

snort!

Given the absolute disparity in strength, what's the point of Wang Yaqiao using some small tricks like assassination?

Wang Yaqiao, no matter if it's you or not, once the imperial army arrives and takes Shanghai, you'll be dead!

After figuring this out, Murai Kuramatsu snorted coldly and ordered Tanaka and Kawashima:

"That's enough! You don't need to interfere in this matter anymore! Just go back and wait for your punishment!"

"Your Excellency, we..."

"Yes! Your Excellency the Consul!"

Yoshiko Kawashima still wanted to fight for it, but Takayoshi Tanaka immediately saluted and left with a nod. The former did not dare to further anger her boss, so she had to follow him out of the room.

As soon as she left the house, Yoshiko Kawashima said hurriedly:

"Major, we can't just let this go! Otherwise, we will be held accountable later!"

She still tried to do something to make up for her previous failure.

But Tanaka Takayoshi acted very indifferent:

"No, didn't you hear what the Consul said? Stop all actions and go back to await punishment!"

Yoshiko, you'd better be loyal to the Empire of Japan;

Otherwise, if I find out something...

"...But.."

"No buts."

After saying that, Tanaka Takayoshi left alone, leaving Yoshiko Kawashima with a deep look in her eyes.

“Waiting for punishment”?

Yes, that's right.

You are the nominal commander of this operation, but in reality, all the planning and arrangements were made by me;

If it fails, who is responsible?

Of course it’s mine!

Compared to you, a "pure" Japanese, I, a "naturalized person", am of course more likely to be held accountable!

damn it!

Don't think you can succeed!

If I find any real evidence...

The two people who were originally together for profit and sexual desire, after experiencing a series of failures, finally began to have different dreams under the manipulation of some people.

At the same time, the news that the Sanyou Industrial Factory was attacked by the Japanese and protected by Wang Yaqiao's "Iron-Blooded Anti-Traitor Group" spread throughout Shanghai in an instant.

There are pictures, truth and interview records.

While continuing to mock the "sodomy incident" and cursing the Japanese for their evil ambitions, the vast majority of Shanghai people also spoke highly of Wang Yaqiao.

Over the years, the Chinese have suffered too much at the hands of the Japanese, and they will support anyone who can bring bad luck to the Japanese.

Just like after the "September 18th Incident", wasn't Ma Zhanshan, who dared to disobey the orders of Chairman Chiang and Zhang Xueliang and was the first to resist Zhang, lifted up by the people?

Not only did they donate money and materials, but many people even ran from Shanghai to the Northeast to support the war of resistance. This momentum finally forced the Chairman to hold his nose and commend General Ma as a "national hero."

Of course, there was only verbal support and "diary support", no money or people at all.

In name, they sent the "Fourth Army" north to support General Ma, but in reality, they kept procrastinating and after leaving Guangxi, they simply found a nest and did not move at all.

If General Ma knew that later Apple fans and TV dramas boasted that "Chairman Chiang gave Ma Zhanshan a large amount of weapons, ammunition, military funds and orders to resist resolutely", he would have cursed "Fuck you" for a month.

It’s just that while ordinary people are happy, some people are unhappy.

"Old Nine, good tricks, good tricks."

Huang Jinrong was smiling but not really smiling on the other end of the phone:

"This plan will make your Axe Gang famous and renowned. I believe that from now on, you, Master Wang Jiu, will be the one calling the shots in Shanghai."

"I don't understand what Master Rong is talking about. Master Du also called and said something about bringing shame to the Qing Gang. I really don't understand what the Qing Gang is doing."

"Haha, if you don't understand, then don't understand! Anyway, congratulations, Lao Jiu!"

He was quite polite when speaking to Huang Jinrong, but when facing Zhang Xiaolin who also called to "question" him, Wang Yaqiao was not polite at all:

"None of your damn business! You're not as skilled as others, and you still dare to rap in front of me?"

"Mr. Wang! Please leave some space for us so we can meet again in the future!"

"roll!"

After hanging up the phone, Wang Yaqiao lit a cigar and faced his wife Wang Yaying's worried eyes and said proudly:

"It doesn't matter. Those three are all wimps. Only Lao Du can be considered half a human being. They dare not do anything to me."

"This has completely offended the Qing Gang."

"If I've offended you, I've offended you enough before!"

Wang Yaqiao laughed heartily, then fell into deep thought again:

"Speaking of which, this is indeed very strange. Who is behind this?"

"...Brother Jiu, we've been used. Now, I guess everyone thinks we did it. I'm not worried about anything else, I'm just worried about Lao Jiang..."

"I know, I know. As long as we can beat the Japanese, let's use them!"

Wang Yaqiao still looked fearless:

"Even if we did it, what can Baldy Chiang and the Japanese do to me?"

"...I'll do whatever you say, Brother Nine."

So, the big pot created by someone was perfectly taken responsibility by a gang leader, and no one doubted it.

Then, the Wang family received a letter, ten thousand dollars and several rolls of film.

040 Who is the troublemaker? 1

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Although they lost face several times and their operations were not smooth, as Tanaka Takayoshi said, in order to protect the Northeast and other reasons, no matter what happened, Japan had to fight for Shanghai.

Therefore, on the morning of January 21, Japanese Consul General in Shanghai Murai Kuramatsu formally put forward four unreasonable and tough demands directly to Shanghai Mayor Wu Tiecheng:

1. Within 5 days, arrest the murderer of Tianqi Qisheng and five other Japanese monks;

Second, immediately arrest all Axe Gang members involved in last night's "Three Friends Incident," including gang leader Wang Yaqiao;

3. The Shanghai Municipal Government shall apologize to the Japanese government and Japanese nationals in China and provide financial compensation of no less than 200,000 yen;

4. Ban and disband all anti-Japanese organizations and groups in Shanghai, headed by the "Anti-Japanese National Salvation Association", and guarantee that they will never again engage in anti-Japanese activities.

On the same day, the commander of Japan's 1st Overseas Fleet in Shanghai, Yukichi Shiozawa, publicly telegraphed that "if China does not agree to Japan's demands, the Japanese Navy will take appropriate action."

1月23日，运载着日本第1特别海军陆战队450余人和大批军火巡洋舰的“大井”号和第15驱逐队的一艘驱逐舰抵达上海；

On January 24, the spy ship "Notoro" anchored in Port Arthur also arrived in Shanghai. Afterwards, Japan successively sent dozens of warships and thousands of troops as a threat.

Compared with the "First Shanghai Incident" in history, Japan's actions this time were more decisive, with more troops dispatched and a tougher attitude.

It's clear that the "Japanese monk incident" was completely deserved, it's clear that they instigated the "Three Friends Incident", and it's clear that people on the Chinese side were also injured...

But the Japanese still made such a demand, put forward the clause of "never committing the crime again", and even sent troops to prepare for a large-scale attack on Shanghai!

Faced with this situation, any Chinese person with a bit of backbone and a sense of honor would feel extremely humiliated and angry;

What made them even more humiliated and angry was that the Nationalist government, Shanghai’s top leaders and Shanghai’s wealthy class actually agreed to all of Japan’s conditions!

The reason was Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's statement that "if we do not agree, Japan will occupy Nanjing and control the Yangtze River Basin. Important parts of China will also be in grave danger at any time, and the country will be destroyed."

On the day the first batch of Japanese warships arrived, Chiang Kai-shek instructed the Nationalist government to send an urgent telegram to Shanghai:

"We should prioritize the preservation of Shanghai's economic center and adopt a conciliatory attitude toward Japan's demands. We should immediately convene a meeting of all parties to tactfully explain the situation. We must absolutely avoid any conflict that would lead to the violent seizure of the Shanghai Stock Exchange..."

The kneeling was so smooth that it immediately poured a bucket of cold water on the heads of the Chinese people and patriotic officers and soldiers who had been mocking the Japanese and whose morale was boosted by incidents such as "sodomy".

In short, amid the anger of countless Shanghai people, around 1:17 PM on January 27, Shanghai Mayor Wu Tiecheng replied to Japanese Consul in Shanghai Murai Kuramatsu:

Accept all the Japanese conditions.

Oh, it’s not right to say “accept it all”.

The item “arresting Axe Gang leader Wang Yaqiao” was removed.

Because in Shanghai, no one dared to provoke Wang Yaqiao, the "King of Assassination".

The order was given by the chairman, but the life was his own.

Arrest Wang Yaqiao?

If you don't kill him all at once, aren't you afraid that he'll sneak into your room one night and chop off your head?

Besides, he has some reputation in Shanghai, right?

Therefore, the Shanghai side had no intention of taking action against Wang Yaqiao, but instead planned to capture a few Green Gang thugs to "atone for their crimes" to the Japanese.

"Haha... these weak Chinese people."

After looking at the reply telegram from Shanghai, Murai Kuramatsu threw it into the trash can with contempt:

"Such a rich and beautiful country must indeed be ruled by our Great Empire of Japan."

"... Colonel, then we..."

"Has the navy arrived yet?"

"The First Mine Warfare Squadron will arrive in Shanghai tomorrow afternoon. The Kaga, Hosho, and other warships have just departed."

"...Humph! What a bunch of rubbish the navy has... Fine, let's just hold them back for now and wait for the First Mine Warfare Squadron to arrive!"