1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

Li Jishen didn't feel it before, but now that he was a bystander, he could keenly feel the dangerous undercurrents within the 19th Route Army and Fujian.

The 19th Route Army and Fujian are not of the same mind...

As for joining the Red Army, that would be even more foolish.

The Red Army occupied Zhangzhou and other places, and Chiang Kai-shek was still a little worried, worried that it would trigger another full-scale war with the CCP. If you really drive the CCP away.

Haha, let’s talk about it first if we can drive it away.

Seeing the tense atmosphere between Li Jishen and Chen Mingshu, Cai Tingcuo quickly jumped out to smooth things over:

"...According to my estimation, even if Chiang Kai-shek's army were to come, it would take at least 1-2 months. At least they would have to pacify Shanghai before they could free up their hands. In this regard, it was Mrs. Sun who took a bullet for us.

"..How could you be so....

Although Li Jishen had prepared to "observe but not get involved" before the incident, he could not bear it any longer when he saw that the top leaders had this mentality. He could not bear to see the 19th Route Army die in vain, so he came out to persuade them.

As a result, Chen Mingshu was already wary of him, and now he had become the "number one man in Fujian," commanding a large army and holding great power. How could he possibly listen to him?

At this time, someone outside reported that "someone from the Kuomintang government is coming", so the few people had to put aside their argument and welcome the visitor.

"Gongbo! It's you!"

Chen Mingshu smiled and hugged his friend, but the latter's attitude seemed a little cold:

“Zhuru, I am here on behalf of the central government to deliver the ultimatum.

Chun

Chen Mingshu's expression froze, and he smiled awkwardly:

"Gongbo, tell me!"

The two sides are enemies in name only, so even if they are friends in private, they still need to be careful.

point.

"Both Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and President Wang have said that as long as you remove the national title, disband the government and all anti-central government organizations, and reinstate the 19th Route Army into the national system, all past events will be forgiven, and you can even continue to control the army.

These conditions are considered quite generous.

"impossible!

Chen Mingshu blurted out.

Things have come to this point, and you, Chiang Kai-shek, are almost finished, yet you still send Chen Gongbo to make this fuss?

Do you expect us to surrender with just a simple "let bygones be bygones"?

Is there something wrong with your brain?

As if he had anticipated Chen Mingshu's reaction, Chen Gongbo calmly bowed his hands.

"In that case, goodbye.

After saying that, the guy left without looking back. Chen Mingshu stood there in a daze, but Li Jishen paused and chased after him:

"Mr. Gongbo! Please stay!"

"Mr. Ren Chao, what's the matter?"

"Mr. Gongbo, is Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's army approaching the Fujian border?"

Chen Gongbo raised his eyebrows, as if he was surprised that there were still sober people in Fujian. However, this news could not be concealed, so he took the lead and said:

"Yes, your destruction is imminent.

"...Why do you say that?"

“That’s why I was able to come all the way here without anyone stopping me.

After leaving just this one sentence, Chen Gongbo was too lazy to pay any more attention to Li Jishen and just got into the car and left.

Li Jishen sighed deeply, but there was not much sadness, fear or disappointment between his brows. Instead, he showed admiration for someone's forward-looking vision.

Yes, the fact that Chen Gongbo was able to reach Fuzhou before someone reported his entry into Fujian fully explains the problem.

Mr. Runzhi, you indeed saw through many things earlier than we did. At the time when the whole country was fighting against Japan, the 19th Route Army's demand for independence was a complete failure.

According to historical records, "After the January 28 Incident, officers and soldiers of the 19th Route Army were transferred to Fujian to suppress the Communists. The officers and soldiers were all angry and unwilling to contribute, so they supported patriotic generals such as Chiang Kai-shek and Cai Yingzhi in their fight against Chiang Kai-shek and Japan, and were supported by the general public and overseas Chinese."

But this is actually an exaggeration of ten thousand times.

The truth is that it was a small group of high-level officials headed by Li Jishen and Chen Mingshu who insisted on launching the "Fujian Incident", not the entire 19th Route Army, nor all the people of Fujian.

Otherwise, you cannot explain why the 19th Route Army, which had geographical advantages, high combat effectiveness, sufficient weapons and supplies, and even had spare capacity to support the Red Army, was defeated by Chiang Kai-shek's army with an armed parade.

You must know that when the Fujian Incident occurred, Chiang Kai-shek was in charge of the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army. Unexpectedly, he could only temporarily withdraw 100,000 people from the anti-communist army to pacify Fujian, and even so, he still easily defeated the other side.

The officers and soldiers under me relied on their anti-Japanese spirit to maintain their morale, and fought a brilliant battle in Shanghai without fear of life and death. Now the whole country is fighting against Japan, and you want me to oppose the central government?

If it were an ordinary warlord army, they would rebel, because they would obey whoever gave them the pay. But the 19th Route Army was a "half-faith" army, so it was a big problem.

Isn't the central government fighting against Japan?

Why oppose him?

The army organized under the slogan of resisting Japan was transferred to Fujian, and it can be said that it was a "central order." Now the central government wants to resist Japan, but you are rebelling against the central government. What are you resisting?

Fly across the strait to attack Taiwan?

You said the Nanjing regime massacred people in Northeast China?

But wasn't that mainly done by the Northeast Army itself?

Even if you say, "We want to fight against Japan, but the central government insists on transferring us to Fujian, so we have no choice but to fight in order to continue fighting against Japan," it might be more appealing than "Oppose Chiang Kai-shek and resist Japan."

Therefore, regarding Fujian's independence and the establishment of a new country and a new government, the lower-level officers and soldiers of the 19th Route Army simply did not understand and felt completely bewildered. There were many voices of opposition and dissatisfaction, but the top brass simply did not listen!

So they expressed their opinions with actions - when Chen Gongbo came to Fujian, they not only welcomed him, but also let him into Fuzhou without even reporting to him!

Is this even remotely the attitude of a "local rebel" towards the "central government that came to suppress them"?

Not to mention that there were already many thorns in the 19th Route Army's side. If he slightly changed the rhythm or spent some money, the morale of the army resisting Chiang Kai-shek's army would be directly dispersed.

And what about the people of Fujian?

He was also inexplicably told that he had suddenly become a "traitor" and was in extreme confusion.

Why was the "Republic of China" changed to the "People's Republic of China"? Not to mention ordinary people, I'm afraid even the gentlemen who changed the name couldn't explain the reason. It is completely "strange and suspicious".

At this time, the people of all China were tired of the chaos. Nanjing had no heinous crimes, Fujian had no absolute appeal, and did not have the organizational strength of the Communist Party of China. No one was willing to join the rebellion.

As for the top management itself, the problem is even bigger.

Not only did the grassroots officers and soldiers not support independence, in fact, even many high-level officials opposed it and only participated out of helplessness.

Jiang Guangnai's words to his subordinates after he was severely criticized by Chen Mingshu for opposing this matter can largely prove this point:

"What can I do? If we don't do it, Zhenru will commit suicide. After all, the 19th Route Army is Zhenru's property. If he wants to break it up, we have no choice but to let him do it!"

Chen Gongbo later described it as:

Chen Mingshu "had great ambitions but little talent. He believed that the affairs of the world were beyond his reach and that China's politics could only be governed by him. He was also ambitious and had gathered a bunch of losers under him. He only wanted to replace Chiang, but he had no plan or program. How could he not fail?"

Cai Tingkai was even more careless and arrogant. After the Fujian Incident in history, he actually thought that Chiang Kai-shek would need at least 20 days to assemble his troops, but it turned out that it only took Chiang Kai-shek one week to drive the army to the border.

What is he doing at this moment?

He boldly went to the military parade in southern Fujian, so much so that when the enemy attacked, he was not even at the front line commanding the troops!

When Chiang Kai-shek's army marched into Fujian, most of the ordinary officers and soldiers of the 19th Route Army did not fire a shot. Some fled, some surrendered, and offered no resistance at all. Mr. Chen, Chiang, and Cai had no choice but to flee Fuzhou separately, and the "Fujian Incident" thus disappeared.

A military coup aimed at overthrowing the country, whether it was the one in history or the one now, is like a joke.

as predicted.

Under the pressure of survival and with the help of "Jewish aid", the Chiang Kai-shek government was unexpectedly efficient and responded unexpectedly appropriately. Every order was correct and every army was mobilized quickly.

Nearly 100,000 Chiang Kai-shek troops, which had already assembled and were waiting for orders, followed the elite field army of the Tax Police Corps, which was forced to become the "main force to suppress Fujian", and divided into several groups to go south to Fujian.

One hundred thousand versus thirty thousand, this time the advantage is really on me.

On April 25, 1933, the General Tax Police Corps and the main force of Chiang Kai-shek's army officially marched south to "suppress the Fujian Rebellion." They were shocked to find that not only was there no resistance from the enemy, but many even "revolted" at the last minute!

After Zhang Zhizhong sent a letter, Situ Fei, who was stationed in Yanping, led his troops to surrender directly, and then turned around to defeat another division led by Zhao Yijian, the former chief of staff of the 19th Route Army, opening the entrance to northern Fujian, and the war situation began to collapse.

In just three days, Fu'an, Gutian, Yanping, Ningde and other areas in northern Fujian were successively occupied by Chiang Kai-shek's army. The local defenders surrendered almost without firing a shot. Senior generals such as Mao Weishou, commander of the 61st Division, even issued a telegram on the spot to declare rebellion.

Upon hearing the news, Chen Mingshu and others were shocked and fled Fuzhou in a hurry, heading south.

By now, even a fool could see that this new regime in Fujian, which had been established for less than 30 days, was already… no, it was completely finished.

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474 Honey, you disturbed my practice

The results of the Fujian Incident and Chiang Kai-shek's army's entry into Fujian were shocking.

Everyone originally thought that this incident would probably last at least a year and a half, and that both sides would be exhausted and would only sit down at the table for peace talks under the mediation of other forces.

The final result is probably that "Fujian will abandon its national title and declare its return to the Nanjing regime, generals such as Chen, Jiang, and Cai will receive higher positions and treatment, and Guangdong will follow suit."

Isn't this how it always happened in the past?

After all, Fujian is a remote and poor place, and no one thinks that the 19th Route Army can really use it as a base to withstand the massive attacks of Chiang Kai-shek's central army for a long time. In the end, they will probably have to surrender.

But almost no one, including Chiang Kai-shek himself and Song Ziwen, expected that the 19th Route Army, which had performed outstandingly in the "January 28th Battle of Shanghai", severely defeated the Japanese army, and became a national hero, would be so vulnerable.

Everyone had been hoping that this army would one day have the opportunity to march north and compete with the supposedly powerful Northeastern Japanese and puppet troops. But what happened?

ha?

That's it?

That's it?

The scene was so ridiculous and unbelievable that it was comparable to Tang Yulin's Northeast Army being beaten to a pulp by the 386th Brigade during the Battle of Rehe!

People all over China who were paying attention to the Fujian Incident couldn't help but gasp.

Hiss... So Chairman Chiang is so powerful?

So, how did such a powerful Chairman Chiang Kai-shek end up being beaten so badly by the Red Army and the Japanese?

Could it be that the previous series of defeats were not because he was too weak, but because the enemy was too weak?

强?

That doesn't make sense!

The 19th Route Army beat the Japanese Army, the Japanese Army beat Chairman Chiang, and Chairman Chiang beat the 19th Route Army again?

So, which was stronger, the Communist army or the Japanese army, which also beat up Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek?

Regardless of what was said, Chairman Chiang's great victory severely intimidated all open and potential enemies, swept away the previous decline, and stabilized the morale of his people.

Those who were originally jumping up and down, dissatisfied, complaining, and even secretly colluding with other forces, all suddenly became quiet.

No one knew the inside story of the battle, nor was it clear how the 19th Route Army was defeated, but Chairman Chiang Kai-shek won, and the victor should not be blamed.

After learning the exact news from the front line, Chiang Kai-shek was delighted, but also faced a new "headache".

The original plan was to have the Tax Police Corps rush to the front as cannon fodder, and after both sides were defeated by the 19th Route Army, let their own troops rush in to take advantage;

But unexpectedly, the 19th Route Army was so weak, and the progress was not so smooth. They captured various military strongholds without firing a single shot.

Now, all the credit for the first wave went to the Tax Police Corps!

no!

We cannot increase T.V. Soong's fame!

This reputation can only belong to me, Chiang Kai-shek!

Fortunately, when it came to external propaganda, T.V. Soong still belonged to the Nationalist government system, so the problem was not too serious.

So, Chairman Chiang ordered the Generalissimo to remain on standby, intensified propaganda efforts to highlight the Central Army's achievements, and ordered the frontline troops to advance faster!

It would be best if we could capture Jiang, Cai, Li, and others; if we can't, that's fine too (it's hard to kill them even if we capture them, so it's better not to capture them), but the 19th Route Army must be incorporated as fully as possible!

The goal is not to kill all the 19th Route Army, but to crush the arrogance of the Fujian rebels and domestic traitors and restore the strength and glory of the National Government!

Therefore, under the urging of Chairman Chiang, the front-line commander Chiang Ting-wen ordered generals such as Zhang Zhizhong to lead the troops to speed up their pace. After capturing Ningde, they marched 70 kilometers to the city of Fuzhou in just one day.

Since Chen, Jiang, Cai and others had already fled south at this time, Fuzhou surrendered without a fight. The main force of Chiang's army continued to move south and joined forces with another group of Chiang's army that had captured Yongtai, and together they easily captured Putian.

The morale and self-confidence of the entire army were shaken.