1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

"Ziwen, I agreed to meet you because of our brother-sister relationship. Did you come here just to teach me a lesson?"

T.V. Soong, the third of six siblings in the Soong family, is the eldest son of the Soong family. He is currently the Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan and Minister of Finance of the Nationalist government, and Chiang Kai-shek's right-hand man.

This time, he had just returned from Peking and found out that his second sister had done such a shocking thing, so he hurried over to persuade her.

"We're all family, why can't we just talk it out? Why do we have to do this?" "Family?"

Song Qingling sneered in a rare and extremely harsh manner:

"Ziwen, don't say I'm related to that kind of person. You're just tarnishing my reputation!"

"...Second sister..."

Song Ziwen could not understand how his second sister, who had always been gentle and amiable, could become like this, and he was a little at a loss for a moment.

In the past, even though there were conflicts with Chiang Kai-shek, they would not have reached such a level. Now, not only is he openly rebelling, not meeting with May-ling, but his attitude towards him is also so abrupt!

The room fell silent.

After looking left and right for a long time, the third person in the room, Song Zian, the youngest child of the Song family, mustered up the courage to speak:

"Brother, I can't stand the atrocities committed by the Chiang Kai-shek government in Northeast China, and his counter-revolutionary behavior..."

"you shut up!"

Song Ziwen glared at Song Zian, intending to suppress him with his brother's authority, but the latter looked up and looked at him unconvinced:

"I'm not wrong! A government like his has no right to rule such a huge country like China! Not to mention the Chinese Communist Party and the Americans, even the Japanese are better than him!"

The last sentence made Song Ziwen's face lighten up a little, but he still didn't bother to pay attention to Song Zian, who he thought was too childish, and just continued to look at Song Qingling:

"Second sister, did you teach him all these words?"

"Ziwen, you underestimate Zi'an. He has learned a lot during this period..." Song Qingling replied calmly, and prepared to order him to leave:

"Okay, nothing else to say?"

"Second sister, what on earth are you doing..."

"After all these years, you still don't understand. You haven't made any progress at all. I advise you to leave that person as soon as possible. You can still save your life and your reputation."

Song Qingling gave her final advice:

"Ziwen, I believe you understand how powerful the pro-Japanese faction is within the Chiang Kai-shek government. Your life will definitely not be easy in the future..."

Of course T.V. Soong understood, he understood it too well.

The United States was too far away and Japan was too close. In addition, the United States did not intervene much in China's affairs and its influence was not strong enough, so the pro-Japanese and surrender factions within the Nationalist government were very powerful.

Especially after Fujiwara no Kanezane won a series of major victories in the Northeast, many people within the National Government shouted "friendship with Japan" and "peace with Japan" every day, and they were just short of becoming traitors.

However, as a typical pro-American, Song Ziwen firmly believed that the United States was the real superpower and the real future support for China. In addition, due to the entanglement of interests, he firmly supported the anti-Japanese war and was willing to oppose Chiang Kai-shek's policy of suppressing the Communists.

This kind of political view will of course conflict violently with the pro-Japanese faction, and because of his disagreement with the anti-communist faction, Song Ziwen has indeed been under considerable political pressure recently.

Even so, T.V. Soong still insisted:

"So what? He's going to fight the Japanese after all. Just for that reason, I'm willing to support him."

"You don't even see through him... Forget it... Just go away!"

Song Qingling sighed and waved her hand, not wanting to say anything more. Song Ziwen had no choice but to half-persuade and half-threaten:

"Second sister! Don't think you still have a chance! The ones coming to Shanghai are my men! They fought in the Shanghai War of Resistance! They are the elite among the elite!"

That’s right, the army that Chiang Kai-shek ordered to be transferred to Shanghai to arrest and place Soong Ching Ling under house arrest was the famous “Tax Police Corps” under Soong Tzu-wen, which was independently funded and heavily supported by the Ministry of Finance.

After the signing of the Songhu Armistice Agreement, the original plan was to move this unit out of Shanghai and go to the Huaibei and Huaibei regions east of Xuzhou in northern Jiangsu for training before heading to Jiangxi to suppress the Communists.

However, because Chiang Kai-shek suffered a major defeat in Wuhan and the American Mark Company was causing trouble in Shanghai, Song Ziwen was worried about the instability in Shanghai, so he insisted on keeping him near the Shanghai-Hangzhou line on standby.

Until today, it was allocated by Chiang Kai-shek with an order to "suppress Song."

In Song Ziwen's view, this was Chiang Kai-shek's last act of respect for the Song family, allowing them to resolve their own internal issues. Even if a conflict arose, it wouldn't be so awkward to handle, right?

"I fought in the Shanghai Anti-Japanese War..."

Hearing this, Song Qingling's eyes showed a trace of pity, which quickly disappeared: "Then don't stay here with me. If we fight, it will be bad if I hurt you.

"...Second sister! What on earth do you rely on? Why do you have to go to this extent?!"

"Rely on? If I have to say, it's the 400 million people behind me..." "Don't kid me! Those ignorant untouchables..."

Song Ziwen immediately shut his mouth halfway through his words, and Song Zian also had a bad expression on his face, as if something bad was going to happen.

Because they all knew that the kindest and most unbiased person in the family was the second sister.

Sure enough, Song Qingling's face turned cold, she raised her hand and pointed to the door: "Get out! Get out!"

In front of his furious second sister, even though Song Ziwen was the Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan and Minister of Finance of the Republic of China, he felt humiliated and could only leave in disgrace.

An officer immediately came forward and said, "Sir, we..."

"Let's go!"

Song Ziwen sighed and ordered:

"Send the troops over to arrest them... and ask them to return to Nanjing. But, I emphasize again, no one is allowed to disrespect my second sister! Not even a hair on her head is allowed to be harmed! Anyone who disobeys this order will be shot immediately!"

After thinking for a moment, he added:

"Also, this place is quite close to the International Settlement. Tell the troops to be careful and not use any heavy weapons. If possible, try not to shoot. Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

Soon, the order was passed on to the "Fourth Regiment of the Ministry of Finance Tax Police Corps" which had already marched to the suburbs of Shanghai.

Sun Liren, Colonel Commander of the Second Detachment and Head of the Fourth Regiment, saw the telegram and nodded.

"I understand. Dean Song's intention. We will resolutely carry it out!"

After saying that, he waved his hand, and the 2000 people behind him marched towards Shanghai in a mighty manner.

From Sun Liren on down, no one took this mission seriously;

It's just a matter of catching a woman... and asking Mr. Song to return to Nanjing. Why is there such a big fuss? Some people even joked about the scene in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" where Cao Cao persuaded He Jin:

"Does this count as 'foreign troops entering the city'? Are all the police in Shanghai dead?"

What about the grassroots soldiers?

They don't even know what they are going to do.

Therefore, the Tax Police Corps dispatched the 4th Regiment, a newly formed regiment, instead of the 2nd Regiment that had actually fought in the February 8th Battle of Shanghai.

Only half of the 4000-man army arrived, and they did not bring any tanks, armored vehicles, machine guns, heavy machine guns or other weapons. They were extremely relaxed, and looked like they were on an "armed camping trip."

However, what Sun Liren and others did not know was that the whereabouts of their entire army had been completely noticed by someone in Soong Ching Ling's "People's Revolutionary Army Corps Headquarters".

"Hmm...this group of people didn't even let the vanguard scout out. Sun Liren is a famous general in history, after all, how could they be so careless...what a makeshift team..."

After listening to the agent's report, Mark, who was entrusted by Soong Ching Ling to disguise himself as the "Commander-in-Chief of the People's Revolutionary Army," stroked his chin:

"Pass on my orders! The first battalion will attack from the front, fire into the air, and then withdraw. No one is allowed to be killed or wounded!"

"Second Battalion, move left... ahem... prepare artillery fire! Coordinates... once the order is given, fire five rounds rapidly!"

"Third Battalion, prepare!!"

The First Battalion - Infantry Battalion, mainly composed of Axe Gang members and special agents sent from the Northeast;

The Second Battalion, the Artillery Battalion, was urgently transferred by His Royal Highness the Prince from the army and navy in Shanghai.

The third battalion - the tank cavalry battalion, was provided by the American Mack Company, and the operators were all Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Therefore, the more than a thousand people under Soong Ching Ling's command were a special force commanded by a Japanese prince, with Chinese light infantry leading the charge, Japanese artillery providing cover, and American cavalry and armored troops behind. They didn't even have a reserve force.

History book (torn).

There is no doubt that this is a completely makeshift team that has not even had a week to work together, but isn't the other side also a makeshift team that is completely clueless and has completely exposed its whereabouts?

Let's see which makeshift team is more makeshift!

The 4th Tax Police Regiment remained completely unaware and marched towards their target location in a peaceful and harmonious atmosphere. Just as they were about to enter downtown Shanghai, gunfire suddenly erupted!

“Pah! Pah! Pah! Pah!!”

The sound of gunfire instantly panicked the new recruits, but experienced officers like Sun Liren, who knew the situation well, immediately recognized the problem and smiled mockingly:

Sparse, disorganized, yet inexplicably orderly, it was clearly the "old custom" of the military these days—firing into the air at the command of an officer was the way to earn your pay!

The reason for the scattered response was insufficient training and many people firing randomly, while the reason for the inexplicable order was that some people were still able to fire according to orders.

Hey!

I knew that no matter how much money Song Qingling spent or how prestigious she was, in the short term she could only recruit hooligans and ruffians.

What else do these "troops" made up of this kind of social scum, who have not undergone formal and adequate military integration training, want to do to us?

Daydreaming!

Soon, the new recruits also found that the gunshots were far away from them and none of their companions were injured. The morale of the army stabilized and they quickened their pace according to the orders of their superiors.

However, just as they gathered together and got closer, suddenly there were bursts of sharp screams from the sky.

This time, the faces of the new recruits and veteran officers all changed drastically! Cannon!

Why is there a cannon?

From the sound, there are heavy artillery! Doesn't it say...

"Scatter! Scatter!" "Get down! Get down!"

"Fuck! Your mom told you not to get close to the ground! Do you want to die?!!"

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Amidst the shrill cries of orders and the chaos of the crowd, the first shell hit the crowd squarely, setting off a storm of blood and severed limbs.

Then, more shells came crashing down.

Although the agent's report was absolutely accurate, a mere twenty or so cannons of various types could not do much damage to the skirmish line;

In addition, the Tax Police Corps was well-trained and responded promptly. After five volleys, the total casualties of the Fourth Regiment, including those from falls and bruises, were no more than 100.

However, this sudden artillery fire dealt a serious blow to the morale of the army.

Officers such as Sun Liren originally thought that they could only deal with some untrained light infantry at most, and the soldiers thought they were just here for training. However, what happened was beyond everyone's expectations.

When something happens that we are not prepared for, humans will always be confused for a while.

"Captain, what should we do? Continue attacking or retreat?"

Listening to the wailing of the wounded soldiers around him, Sun Liren, who was also beaten to a pulp, gritted his teeth and said:

"Attack! We must attack!" "But we didn't bring..."

"We're attacking even without artillery! The city is just ahead. I don't believe they dare to open fire in the city!"

In fact, Sun Liren was not only considering this issue, but also the morale of the army and his own position!

If he took his first mission with a group of new recruits and just ran away after being hit by a round of artillery fire, what would Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, President Song, and the whole world think of Sun Liren, the Generalissimo of the Tax Police?

Yo ho?

Is this the top military student who has studied abroad?

This is the "regular army" that we spend a lot of money to train every year? It turns out that this is all...

So, if before this round of artillery fire, Sun Liren could still retreat under the pretext of "not being able to bear to arrest the mother of the nation", after this round of artillery fire, he no longer had any way to retreat!

attack!

Only attack!

"They're out of ammunition! Follow me! We'll be safe once we get into the city!"

Under the rebuke and leadership of officers such as Sun Liren, and knowing that the enemy had indeed stopped firing, the soldiers mustered up their courage and marched forward again.

But this time, they also didn't walk far before they felt the ground shaking again, as if a car was driving towards them.

car?

How dare so many cars enter the battlefield at this time?

Sun Liren naturally also heard the engine sounds coming and going, but his mind was full of doubts.

Huh?