Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 231 The Japanese Army Refugee Plan!

It is not without reason that Changshu is suddenly tense.

The Dragon Boat Festival raid was successful and directly wiped out the Devil's 103rd Brigade, that is, the Yamada Detachment.And also provoke Matsui Iwane, let a translator go back.

The translator reported the words of the Dragon Boat Festival to Matsui Iwane by telegram.

Apart from being furious, Matsui Ishigen could only find other ways to retaliate against the Chinese army.

In Matsui Iwane's heart, there has always been deep malice towards the Chinese.And if we want to talk about this matter, we have to start with the September [-]th Incident.

After the "September [-]th Incident", Japan supported Puyi to establish a puppet regime and declared the independence of the puppet Manchukuo. So far, the issue of Japan's "lifeline to Manchuria and Mongolia" seems to have been resolved through the puppet regime.

But how to get the international and even the government of the Republic of China to recognize the "fait accompli" of Manchukuo has become the most troublesome problem for all walks of life in Japan.

Matsui Iwane believes that there are many factions in the Chinese political circles, relying on his high-level contacts in China and the special relationship with the chairman (Matsui Iwane and the chairman are friends, but it has also been proved later that these Japanese friends are unreliable, except Matsui In addition to Shigen, there are Sasaki and others. They all claimed to be friends of the Chinese before, but after they turned against each other, they killed more Chinese than anyone else.)
At that time, Matsui Iwane believed that by virtue of his special relationship with the chairman, he could find a gap in it and get the actual recognition of the puppet Manchukuo by the government of the Republic of China.

In February 1936, Matsui started his trip to South China and Central China in his private capacity, lobbying for his "Great Asia Doctrine" and testing the reaction of the Chinese side.

At the end of February, he first came to Guangdong and Guangxi via Taiwan, and met Hu Hanmin, a rightist of the Kuomintang who had deep conflicts with the Chairman, and Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and Chen Jitang, leaders of the Guangxi Clan.

But nothing came of it.On this trip, he was nominally lobbying these people to support Chiang, but in fact it was to detect the tone of various political forces in China on the issue of Manchuria and Mongolia.

Because the two years that Iwane Matsui visited China were precisely the two years when the civil war in China gradually subsided and anti-Japanese sentiments rose.

And once all the Chinese troops' guns are aligned, it will be a great disadvantage to Japan.

So on March 3, Matsui arrived in Nanjing and held talks with Zhang Qun, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government.

On the 24th, Matsui visited the chairman of the committee and proposed to help resolve the Southwest issue (that is, the conflict between Jiang and Hu Hanmin and the Guangxi faction), but Jiang did not comment.However, Matsui Iwane raised the issue of recognizing the puppet Manchukuo, which was immediately rejected by Chiang.

At that time, Matsui Iwane told the chairman that if you are not comfortable publicly recognizing the puppet Manchukuo due to domestic pressure, you don’t need to make a public statement to admit it, and you just admit it in fact.

But his request was still flatly rejected by the Chairman.

So far, Matsui's trip to South China and Central China ended in failure, but this did not stop his ambition to conquer China.

In March 1936, he made several speeches, demanding to teach the Chinese government a lesson. He must raise the hammer and give the Nanjing government a blow to wake them up and make them reflect.

That's why there was the appalling Nanjing tragedy.

In other words, the Nanjing tragedy was completely planned and implemented by Iwane Matsui.

So, whether Duan Wu angered the old devil or not, the result is the same.He will not let the Chinese go.

So, after Matsui Iwane received Xiejiaqiao's battle report, he made a decision to re-plan the attack direction.

Because the battle of Xiejiaqiao was originally a sneak attack and temptation.Now that the Chinese have been prepared for a long time, he must also change his tactics.

Moreover, the loss of a Yamada detachment was not in Matsui Iwane's eyes.Because in the Changshu area, his layout has been approximately completed.

He had only one strategy in Changshu, which was to create chaos.

Create panic by massacring the Chinese people, drive the Chinese people to the Changshu area, and then order devils who are proficient in Chinese, or elite Japanese troops pretending to be refugees, to sneak into Changshu City together.

So, under the order of Matsui Iwane, on the way to escape westward from the Songhu area, corpses were scattered all over the field, and the corpses of innocent people were everywhere.

Little devils kill everyone they see, rob things they see, they do all sorts of evil.

So when the war is not restrained, there is only one consequence, and people will become beasts.

The Japanese soldiers acted recklessly on the land of China like animals.

Driven by the Japanese soldiers, those ignorant people acted as the advance team of the Japanese devils.They are going to Changshu City with a large number of Japanese spies and even elite troops of devils.

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On the morning of the 17th, around 6 o'clock.A group of more than 300 refugees forced their way into a temporary checkpoint ten miles outside Changshu city.

The 44th Division was responsible for the defense of the Changshu area. Except for the frontal battle with the Japanese army, the rest of the division was blocking refugees coming from all directions.This will greatly consume the troops of the 44th Division.

Therefore, it can be said that Matsui Iwane's battle plan was very successful.On the one hand, the refugees consumed the strength of the Chinese army, allowing the Sasaki brigade to divide and annihilate the surrounding enemies. On the other hand, they dispatched a large number of spies to destroy and create chaos.

At this time, Changshu is in danger!
"Let's go! Let's go!"

"Has your conscience been eaten by dogs? You can't beat the Japanese, but you can stop us ordinary people."

"Yes, if you hadn't retreated again and again, we wouldn't have left our hometown."

"Let us go there, Changshu is a rice warehouse, at least it will give us enough to eat."

"Don't talk nonsense with them, let's break through!"

"Yes, we broke through, I don't believe they dared to shoot!"

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Hundreds of people rushed forward together, and only a few dozen officers and soldiers could not stop them.

The leading platoon leader was surnamed Zhang. He drew out his gun and aimed at the sky to shoot.

After two gunshots, the common people were finally shocked.

The platoon leader Zhang shouted: "Folks, it's not that I, Zhang Jie, are unreasonable. But if I let you in now, I will harm you. Changshu is not heaven, it is hell. The Japanese will come right away, and you will be killed if you go in." One dies."

"Don't listen to him. There is a division stationed in Changshu. With so many people, can't they defend a city of Changshu? They just don't want to control us, folks?"

A small man with a Northeast accent took the lead in shouting.

And another person also echoed: "Yes, they just don't want to control us, let us fend for ourselves."

"Yes, let us go! Yes, let us go!"

The other people around heard it, and suddenly felt reasonable. They raised their fists high and pushed the officers and soldiers guarding the checkpoint! .
(End of this chapter)