1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

No, this doesn't look like a car.

Why does this engine sound so similar to the ones I heard during my training at the Virginia Military Institute... Soon after, in the distant mist, several familiar "small" figures appeared in the sight of the 4th Regiment...

Don’t think that a light tank is not a tank;

What's more, it was an American light tank, not a Japanese small tank;

Chinese boy, there are several tanks here, but they were blessed by Her Majesty the Saint in Washington!

When the tanks and some ferocious cavalry rolled towards him, Sun Liren knew that no matter how stubborn he was, he could not continue this battle.

In this battle, the 4th Regiment of the General Tax Police Corps attacked Shanghai, but was defeated and retreated before entering Shanghai.

The whole country was shocked.

465 Now that things have come to this, let’s settle the internal conflict first!

"Defeated?"

"Failed."

"Defeated!"

"Failed."

Chiang Kai-shek sat back in his chair with a blank expression on his face, and then stood up again because of a faint tingling sensation. He was much more sober now, but he refused to believe the result no matter what.

There were more than 200 casualties and more than 800 captured. Commander Sun Liren almost fell into the hands of the enemy. There was no doubt that this unit had been crippled.

败?

How did you lose?

How did a well-equipped army of over 2000, capable of standing up to the Japanese, get defeated by a few thousand hastily recruited Shanghai thugs?

Chiang Kai-shek did not know that the troops sent by the General Tax Police Corps were not elite troops, nor did he know that it was not easy to recruit ruffians in Shanghai in those days. He only knew that the army he sent to capture Soong Ching Ling was defeated by Soong Ching Ling's "New Army".

This is a big problem.

Originally, the whole world was ready to watch how the "impatient and impulsive", "unrealistic", and "powerless" Soong Ching Ling would be humiliated by Chiang's army, but in an instant, it turned out to be a joke of Chairman Chiang!

The central government was powerless in the face of such powerful forces as the CCP, Fujian, Guangdong, Nanchang, and North China, but it also suffered such a terrible defeat in the face of a mere "unarmed" woman!

what?

You said the other side has tanks and artillery? Are you kidding?

Besides, your government doesn't have it or something? What?

You said the "Tax Police Corps" is a police force, not a regular army?

It's even more of a joke!

They speak as if their enemy is the regular army!

Moreover, after the "128 Incident", who in China didn't know that the General Tax Police Corps had fought against the Japanese under the designation of a regular army?

Besides, would the common people and those forces within the government care about the progress of the battle?

Will they carefully explore the reasons? They only look at the results!

result!

The result is that you can't even control a woman in Shanghai!

吓!

Fun color!

If the government wanted to send troops to suppress the rebellion again, it would inevitably encounter more opposition.

Even if the rebellion was successfully suppressed, the people would have been killed and the authority would have been shaken.

"Waste! All waste!"

After the usual stomping of feet and throwing of things, the detailed battle report was delivered, explaining the reasons for the failure.

But after watching it, Chairman Chiang was in an even worse mood. Artillery, tanks...

Is this something Soong Ching Ling was able to get? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

There must be someone behind her supporting her!!

Sun Liren said it was an American tank. Could it be American? Huh?

Shouldn't, shouldn't...

Thinking of that terrible situation, Chiang Kai-shek broke out in a cold sweat.

If the Americans started supporting Soong Ching Ling, not to mention whether the Nationalist government could continue to exist, what would happen to all the businesses and huge tariff revenues?

Everyone in the world knows that Chairman Chiang Kai-shek relied on his marriage to the Soong family to gain the favor of some important figures in the United States and thus secure his power. If the Soong family and the US government collectively change their views...

No, no, no, it can't be the United States, it can't be the US government, at least it can't be everyone!

Perhaps Soong Ching Ling met some important figure in the United States, or perhaps she used some means to gain his favor?

Perhaps it was that stupid American bitch, Generalissimo Chiang thought maliciously.

At this moment, he saw another specially marked document mixed in with the battle report. When he opened it and read it, his face was immediately filled with more gloom.

It was nothing special, just a daily report from his spy planted inside the General Tax Police Corps, describing in detail a series of recent events.

T.V. Soong, ah T.V. Soong, your prestige within the Tax Police Corps is still so high, it's not my fault.

You must find a way to make the General Tax Police Corps cut off contact with you, otherwise if this army really has the surname Song, it will be troublesome.

But, it can't be too obvious or too direct, otherwise it will make people feel chilled.

Fortunately, T.V. Soong was a rather naive man, so taking it slow should not be difficult. The Generalissimo's Tax Police Corps, a unit that Chiang Kai-shek had initially paid little attention to, was surprised to discover after the January 28 Incident that its combat effectiveness was quite good, which aroused his fear of T.V. Soong.

Most of the officers above the rank of battalion commander in this unit graduated from famous universities at home and abroad. They have high academic qualifications and abilities, and they have a large number of professional military skilled personnel that the government urgently needs.

For example, former regimental commanders Wen Yingxing and Wang Geng graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Sun Liren graduated from Tsinghua University and the Virginia Military Academy in the United States, and the deputy commanders and special forces of each regiment are all students studying in the United States, which shows their cultural level.

Therefore, although the General Tax Police Corps performed very poorly in this operation, Chairman Chiang did not take it too seriously and would instead pay more attention to them in the future.

After all, this is an important tool to ensure that the government can make money smoothly. Otherwise, without a reliable professional force, how can you still collect taxes?

Have you forgotten how many policemen were drowned in the Huangpu River every year after their heads were blown off by illegal salt dealers before the violent crackdown by the General Tax Police Corps?

snort!

Do you understand what the "American experience" is?

However, for now, let's first consider whether Soong Ching Ling should...

Just as Chairman Chiang was thinking about how to clean up the situation, new intelligence came in, but this time it was not from Shanghai, but from a pig in Henan... Oh no, Liu Zhi.

After being captured by the Red Army and voluntarily being extorted... and paying a large sum of ransom... and political donations, Liu Zhi finally escaped being killed and crawled back to Nanjing in a panic.

In order to appease this lucky general of his (after all, it was Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's fault that he was captured), Generalissimo not only promoted him to the rank of Second Lieutenant Army General and re-equipped him with troops, but also transferred him to Henan to serve as provincial governor.

In other words, a piece of land was allocated to Liu Zhi so that he could make money on his own.

This helped Liu Zhi, who seemed to have suffered a great blow and had lost a lot of weight, to regain some spirit. He happily took up his post and sent telegrams from time to time to express his loyalty.

But what Liu Zhi sent this time was a letter of denunciation, and the person he accused was exactly the person that Chairman Chiang was planning to deal with:

T.V. Soong.

Liu Zhi said that after he took office, he discovered that a large number of railway cars were being secretly transferred along the Zhengzhou-Shangqiu-Huaibei line. After inquiring, he found out that it was Qian Zongze, the Deputy Minister of Railways and Director of the Beining Railway Bureau, who was responsible for this.

This made him feel very confused and suspicious, so after some "hard exploration", he discovered an even more terrifying fact:

The person who colluded with Qian Zongze was Song Ziwen; the carriages that were allocated were used to transport troops!

T.V. Soong personally named the troops to be transported, and it would be none other than the General Tax Police Corps. But what was he transporting the troops for?

What do you want to do!!!

Not only Liu Zhi, but Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek almost burst a blood vessel the moment he did so. Having already harbored resentment towards the Soong family and T.V. Soong because of Soong Ching Ling and the Shanghai defeat, he now harbored murderous intent!

As mentioned earlier, in today's world, Chairman Chiang is a waste who deserves to be cut into pieces, but in ancient times, he can be considered a qualified feudal emperor;

Don't tell me you're better than Wanyan Gou, right?

As a feudal emperor, the behavior of "Minister of Revenue" Song Ziwen is tantamount to tap dancing crazily in the minefield of "Emperor Chiang"!

Well, let alone feudal emperors, any normal leader and government would not allow such behavior!

Mobilizing troops without a warrant is already considered treason, not to mention the subsequent cover-up and failure to report it, not to mention the collusion between central and local officials!

What does T.V. Soong want to do?!

Rebellion?!

However, after a brief moment of anger, Chairman Chiang suddenly "woke up" and his mind of fighting for power came back online.

Wait a minute, isn't this a great opportunity? Song Ziwen has done something so big that no one in the party can protect him! Now, Chairman Chiang has two options:

1. Suppress this matter first, and wait until Song Qingling's matter is dealt with before dealing with Song Ziwen. Although this will be slower, it will be beneficial to the "country" overall;

2. Seize this golden opportunity and take advantage of Song Ziwen's "no order to mobilize troops" and "defeat in Shanghai" to take him down directly, but this will give Soong Ching Ling more time to accumulate strength.

Which one to choose?

It's so hard to choose...

Soon, Song Ziwen, who was asking the injured Sun Liren about the results of the battle and discussing what to do next, received a new order from Chiang Kai-shek:

T.V. Soong and Sun Li-jen immediately returned to Nanjing! As for what they were going to do, they did not say.

Thinking that this defeat had angered Chiang Kai-shek, Song Ziwen did not think much about it. He ordered the troops to stay in place and took Sun Liren back to his residence in Nanjing.

As soon as he entered the door, Chiang Kai-shek immediately asked:

"What happened? How did we suffer such a huge defeat?" "...It's like this..."

After all, it was the tax police force that Song Ziwen had trained with great investment and whose personnel and financial power were in his hands. So Song Ziwen treated them quite righteously. He immediately stood in front of Sun Liren and explained the reason.

But Song Ziwen didn't notice at all that after seeing this scene, Chiang Kai-shek's eyes became even gloomier, and there was even a hint of sneer at the corner of his mouth.

"...Colonel Sun also lacked intelligence and was misled, so..."

Song Ziwen's explanation can be summed up in one sentence - this was not a crime of war, and he even vaguely meant to put the blame on Chairman Chiang and himself.

If you hadn't demanded that they not harm that person, and if you hadn't acted so dismissively throughout, causing me to misjudge, how could they have gone to Shanghai without any heavy weapons?

Even though Chiang Kai-shek had already planned to deal with T.V. Soong, he was still furious when he heard this.

Okay!

Not only did he secretly mobilize troops everywhere, but now he has caused such a great defeat, and he still dares to make excuses!

"Haha, insufficient intelligence?"

Chiang Kai-shek sneered and pulled out a stack of papers from the hand of the aide behind him and threw it at Song Ziwen's feet:

"Is it due to insufficient intelligence or someone deliberately causing trouble? See for yourself!!" At least he still had some common sense and did not throw the object directly at the other person's face.

Song Ziwen was stunned for a moment, bent down to pick up the document and took a look at it, his face looking a little embarrassed for a moment.

Of course he knew there were problems with communicating with different places and mobilizing troops without permission, but he had no choice!

After the "Rehe-Great Wall Defeat", the Central Army's momentum to march north to resist the Japanese was suddenly interrupted;

Some of the troops who had witnessed the majestic military posture of the 386th Brigade and the awe-inspiring Fujiwara no Kanezane at Gubeikou seemed to have their spines broken;

At present, the entire northern front is almost entirely supported by local warlords such as Zhang Xueliang;

But after going north many times to communicate with Zhang Xueliang and others, Song Ziwen knew very well that it would be better to hope that God or Jesus would suddenly come and kill Fujiwara no Kanezane than to rely solely on these people to fight against Japan.

Therefore, in order to prevent the collapse of the war in the north and to prevent the North China Incident and the southward advance of the Japanese and puppet troops, he came up with the idea of ​​transferring his tax police corps to the north to fight against the Japanese, and as a man of action, he quickly put it into practice;

He had secretly negotiated with Qian Zongze, director of the Longhai Railway Bureau, and prepared a large number of trains, intending to transport the entire Tax Police Corps to Peiping in one go to make it an "accompli."

Song Ziwen's resistance to Japan was certainly not because he was patriotic (maybe a little bit?), nor was it just because he was anti-Japanese and pro-American. It was mainly out of personal interests.

Think about it, facing the Japanese invaders, the local warlords were defeated, the central army was defeated, and the CCP has not yet made any major moves, and many people have surrendered to the enemy;

In this situation where all the troops were silent, only T.V. Soong's Tax Police Corps persevered and achieved a brilliant victory. What a huge political fortune and reputation that must have been!

Based on this victory, Song Ziwen could further expand the size of the tax police and then gradually replace the central army and local warlord troops with the tax police;

The Chiang family can sit on the throne of the world, but the Song family can't? Hehehe...

Song Ziwen was not so stupid as to think that this matter could be kept secret. He had planned to transfer the troops to North China before making any statement, but he did not expect it to be exposed at this critical juncture.