The Fourth Outstanding Person of Huangpu Military Academy

Du Yuming reported to the division headquarters by phone that he had seen the First Regiment Assault Column. Chen Mingren quickly asked Huang Wei to write down the time when the First Regiment Assault Column arrived in Songjiang on a small red flag, and then insert the small red flag on the route map of the Shanghai-Hangzhou line.

The route map hanging on the wall was now filled with small flags in red, yellow, and green, a dazzling display. An outsider would be dizzy looking at it, and even the other staff members had to constantly monitor the map to refresh the information, and even returning after a short absence would be dizzy.

"I'm Wang Erzhuo, the new stationmaster of Xinqiao Station!"

The battle to destroy the Allied Forces' camp in Songjiang had not yet concluded, but the Xinqiao Railway Station ahead had already been captured by the assault column.

Chen Mingren: "Great! Are there any employees resigning..."

"No employees have resigned! But Stationmaster, Xinqiao Station has run out of coal! No more coal!"

Chen Mingren: "Huang Wei! There's no coal at Xinqiao Station! The train can't get any more coal!"

"Ah?! Ah!" Huang Wei screamed.

Chen Mingren: “Is the situation serious?

Huang Wei shook his head, took the receiver, and spoke directly to Wang Erzhuo: "I'm at the main station! There's a certain amount of excess coal! Run the train on low power and low pressure! Reduce the speed to 20, and you'll definitely reach the destination!"

Chen Mingren: "It turned out to be nothing serious. I thought the train was going to break down."

Huang Wei: "I'm in trouble! The car speed has changed, the arrival time has changed, I have to redo the calculations..."

Chen Tianheng had just been standing by and watching.

He had made the final decision on the battle plan and had followed through on it from start to finish. Now, when it came time to execute it, it was up to these senior advisors to get busy. The First Division was now like a precision machine, operating under the control of a highly efficient staff. He only needed to focus on the final results.

"Xinqiao is not far from Shanghai South Railway Station," Chen Tianheng said. "The First Regiment's column will definitely reach the destination, and it won't be too late. But the First Battalion of the Second Regiment's column should pay attention to the amount of coal. They have to make a big detour, switching from the connecting line to the Shanghai-Nanjing line, and then to Shanghai North Railway Station."

Huang Wei: "The Second Regiment's column will have no problem transporting coal. Furthermore, our reconnaissance battalion has already taken over the Fanhuangdu Station on the connecting line, which provides an extra layer of security.

Chen Tianheng: "Really? Then I'll leave it all to you, the senior advisors. I'll go to the banquet tonight.

Shanghai South Railway Station.

4:30 p.m.

"This train has arrived at its final destination: Shanghai South Railway Station. Thank you for taking the Shanghai-Hangzhou Express. See you next time..."

Of course there would be no conductor announcing the stations, it was Zeng Zhongsheng who was pretending to dub the train.

Xu Xiangqian looked at Platform 2 of Shanghai South Railway Station. He couldn't understand why there was a train full of cotton cloth and kerosene here.

"Commander, this train was loaded and guarded by soldiers of the Beiyang Army. We raised our guns when we saw the men in peaked caps, and then they raised their hands in surrender," Cheng Junkui from the commando team came to report. "It was quite a close call. We didn't know these two carriages were carrying kerosene. If a fight had broken out and these two carriages had been pierced by bullets, it would have been terrible.

Xu Xiangqian: "Kerosene isn't easy to ignite, unless it's been blown up by artillery shells or grenades. Go tell the switchman that there's another train coming in and he needs to direct it to Platform 3."

Cheng Junkui went to work. Xu Xiangqian said, "Fan Hanjie, lead the Second Battalion into the center of Shanghai. Target the police station and the city government. If there's a fight, evacuate the streets. The 13th Battalion, the 23rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment, capture the Imperial Guard Office and the Arsenal. Make sure to capture Li Baozhang alive."

Songhu Guarding Army Office.

Li Baozhang's adjutant remembered that the troops responsible for martial law operations were due for rotation. Tonight, a battalion from the 33rd Regiment was supposed to depart from Songjiang and temporarily reside at the Jiangnan General Manufacturing Bureau, responsible for the next two days of martial law patrols. The battalion that had previously patrolled for two days was returning to Songjiang. However, Songjiang was supposed to call to inform them half an hour ago, but there was still no news.

The adjutant returned to the office, picked up the telephone receiver, dialed five digits on the dial, and called the Songjiang camp.

Just like half an hour ago, no one in the coalition camp in Songjiang answered the phone.

words.

The adjutant frowned, paced back and forth in the office twice, and picked up the railway dedicated line telephone of the Shanghai-Hangzhou line.

"I'm the new stationmaster of Songjiang Station, Du Yuming!

"Oh. Congratulations to Station Master Du on taking office.

The adjutant thought, "I don't even remember who the previous stationmaster was. I rarely contacted the station on the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway." "I'd like to ask, did the military train from Daying to Shanghai South Station depart normally today? Was anyone loaded?"

"They've set off as normal, carrying over 300 officers and soldiers from your unit. Judging by the time, they should be arriving soon."

The adjutant hung up the phone.

"Report, a large group of soldiers have arrived outside the factory.

The adjutant was relieved. "I told you they'd be here. Let's go get them to the accommodation."

"Instructor Liu, you're too polite. We're all from the First Army, so helping each other is only natural.

Chen Tianheng and Liu Zhi were at a dinner party. The two men exchanged pleasantries, and Liu Zhi laughed heartily, saying, "Your division's mountain artillery was very accurate yesterday. Actually, I was wondering if your mountain artillery battalion could teach us a few tricks. The mountain artillery battalions of the First and Second Divisions have exchanged artillery, so I guess the friendship still exists."

Chen Tianheng: "This is a small matter, easy to deal with. After these battles are over and we have time to rest, we can discuss it together."

The two of them drank tea instead of wine, clinked their glasses, each picked up a piece of West Lake vinegar fish with chopsticks to taste, and then turned to the Dongpo pork and eight-treasure tofu on the table.

"Your First Division set out this morning. Based on your efficiency, you should have captured Jiaxing by now, right?"

The two chatted, but there was nothing romantic about it. They just talked about fighting.

battle.

Chen Tianheng: "Yes, Jiaxing has been taken. You have a regiment leaving tomorrow, right? This regiment can take the train directly to Jiaxing. Xing"

"Hmm. Is this really what West Lake Vinegar Fish tastes like? Let me try it again... Tsk. Chen Tianheng, you can treat me back tomorrow, or don't book this restaurant.

"I think so too," Chen Tianheng said, ignoring the West Lake Vinegar Fish after picking up his chopsticks. "Coach Liu, I'll treat you to a meal in Shanghai tomorrow."

Chapter 48, Entering the City

On the afternoon of January 16, Shanghai residents suddenly discovered that Shanghai was involved in the war.

Just like what happened in Jiaxing that morning, this war also came unexpectedly.

Around 4:00 PM, nearly 5:00 PM, the sound of popping gunfire erupted from the direction of the General Manufacturing Administration/Shanghai Arsenal in the south of the city, interspersed with a series of explosions. The defenders of the International Settlement and the French Concession became nervous, and the three British warships anchored in the Huangpu River also increased their alert. Twenty minutes after the gunfire, everything fell silent again.

Anyone with a passing familiarity with the city's power structure knows that Shanghai's highest authority wasn't the Daotai Yamen in the old city, but rather the Songhu Protectorate Office within the General Administration of Manufacturing. Oh, and by the way, the concessions also had a separate Municipal Council (the Municipal Council, as it's translated today).

Is this the Northern Expedition Army attacking, or is this an internal conflict among the Five Provinces Allied Forces?

Li Baozhang's adjutant also wanted to know this question.

He called the railway hotline, and the stationmaster of Songjiang Railway Station, Du Yuming, assured him that the special train carrying the rotation soldiers had already departed. Coincidentally, a long line of soldiers was reported to the gate of the Manufacturing General Administration, so he naturally thought that this was the patrol force of the Ninth Division that came to rotate.

As the adjutant was walking towards the entrance of the General Manufacturing Bureau, the long line of soldiers suddenly broke up, three or five of them lay on the ground, and started firing with their light machine guns!

“Puff, puff, puff” “Ah!”

Another member of the Songhu Guards fell beside the adjutant. The guard's leader, like the adjutant, lay on the ground, dodging bullets. The adjutant held his head in his hands and said, "Damn it! Did the 33rd Regiment rebel?

The small leader said: "A mutiny doesn't mean we have to fight to the death! Can't we just talk it out peacefully? Sir, could this be the Northern Expedition Army attacking?"

"What a joke! They just finished taking Hangzhou yesterday, and Jiaxing is still in our hands! Ah, Jiaxing is in our hands, right?

The Jiangnan Manufacturing General Bureau occupied a large area, had many factory buildings, and a large number of troops stationed there. However, at that time, the defense of the Manufacturing General Bureau was probably mainly aimed at bandits and robbers. It was surrounded by high walls, barbed wire on the top of the walls, patrol lines inside the walls, and two heavy machine guns at the gate.

The unknown enemy's attack was extremely professional. The guards at the main gate were immediately overwhelmed by a barrage of automatic fire, allowing over two hundred people to pour in. Simultaneously, the high walls of the Manufacturing Administration collapsed, creating four breaches in the explosions. Through these breaches poured a well-trained enemy force fully equipped with automatic firearms.

The barracks within the General Manufacturing Administration were immediately rained down with grenades fired from grenade launchers. The first wave of grenades exploded randomly in the open field, but the second wave was more accurate. The third wave of grenades accurately penetrated the sandbag machine gun positions in front of the barracks, but before the third wave of grenades could be launched, the Beiyang troops trapped in the sandbag wall had already fled in all directions.

Just as the gunfire from the General Manufacturing Administration ceased, the Second Battalion of the First Regiment split into three groups and charged into the old city of Shanghai. Fan Hanjie raised his pistol and fired three shots into the air:

"There's a war! There's a war going on! Everyone, disperse!"

The bustling crowd on the street screamed and dispersed. Behind Fan Hanjie, the squads of the 4th Company of the 2nd Battalion quickly advanced toward the police headquarters. At one end of the long, straight street, two light machine gun squads of four men advanced, taking a quick step forward with their left feet, almost simultaneously leaning sideways and falling to the ground. As they touched the ground, the light machine guns were already mounted on the ground, and the two light machine guns were steadily aimed at the police headquarters 200 meters away.

"Wow! It's the Northern Expedition!"

A black Ford sedan was parked on the side of the road, and a lawyer wearing gold-rimmed glasses was leaning against the window and shouting.

Huang Jinrong slapped the master on the back of the head and pushed him aside: "Don't block me!"

Huang Jinrong saw the four Northern Expedition soldiers. Two light machine gun teams, crouching in the middle of the street in almost identical positions, as if they had first created two soldier models and then copied and pasted them.

Behind the two light machine gun teams were seven or eight soldiers, four of whom were carrying a heavy machine gun on a tripod. This team quickly ran to a place three to five meters behind the light machine gun team. With a few clicks, the four of them set up the heavy machine gun. Several soldiers following behind them immediately came up to put down the bullet box, pulled out the canvas belt from the bullet box, and the shooter loaded the bullet into the gun.

These were Northern Expedition soldiers in the middle of the street, with even more on both sides, all crouching and walking close to the wall. As they passed Huang Jinrong's sedan, the leading soldier or officer stopped, and the dozen or so soldiers behind him also knelt on one knee.

The officer stretched out his left hand, extended four fingers on it, and made a gesture. The dozen or so soldiers behind him seemed to understand, and the team immediately split into three, each moving in one direction.

"Da" "Da--"

Huang Jinrong left the car window to avoid the sharp gunshots.

The two light machine guns fired a burst of bullets, and the bullets flew straight towards the police headquarters 200 meters away. These two bursts of bullets were not aimed at people, but shattered the two glass windows on the front of the police headquarters.

Master: "Brothers of the Northern Expedition Army, please be careful! Don't hurt innocent citizens by mistake!"

"Get down!" Huang Jinrong slapped the master on the back of the head again and pushed him aside: "Don't block me!"

"Listen up, police officers inside: You are surrounded! Put down your weapons and accept training immediately!"

"Police inside, listen up: You are surrounded! Lay down your weapons immediately and accept retraining!"

There were Northern Expedition troops shouting in the front, and they shouted twice.

"""vomit--"

Two more windows on the front of the Police Headquarters were shattered. These four broken windows were neatly arranged, and four black holes in the shape of "■■■■" appeared on the front of the Police Headquarters.

Master: "If the Northern Expedition commanders are still unwilling to surrender, my boss can mediate...

“Show eight!

After the light machine gun shattered four panes of glass, the Shanghai Old City Police Headquarters declared surrender. All officers left the station and temporarily surrendered their weapons, awaiting screening and reassignment.

A few hundred meters away, the former Shanghai Circuit Intendant's Office, now the Shanghai County Government, also surrendered. Shanghai's southern city was then occupied by the Northern Expedition Army.

Ten minutes later than Nancheng, the First Battalion of the Second Regiment also took control of the government and police station in Shanghai's Zhabei District.

There was much to do that evening of January 16. The First and Second Regiments posted notices throughout Shanghai announcing the Northern Expedition's military control measures and went door to door, urging the scattered soldiers of the Ninth Division to surrender.

At the end of the battle, there were about two to three hundred soldiers from the Ninth Division patrolling the streets of Shanghai. Now the First Division asked these people to come out and surrender with their guns and ammunition.

As long as the guns and ammunition they carried were handed in in full, they would be given travel expenses immediately. If the guns and ammunition were missing, they would not receive travel expenses, or they would have to help the Northern Expedition Army find their stolen guns and ammunition.

If they not only do not show up to surrender, but instead resist secretly, the consequences will be very serious. The notices posted all over the streets are about this matter, warning these stragglers and calling on citizens to help find them.

A warehouse somewhere in the French Concession.

Meeting of the Shanghai Special Committee of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

"Nancheng and Zhabei were liberated this afternoon! The Northern Expedition has captured Shanghai!"

Gu Shunzhang was bewildered: "Commissioner Zhou, what on earth is going on?"

Zhou Enlai: "The First Division of the First Army of the Northern Expedition was a powerful force in the Northern Expedition, known as the best of the hundred divisions and renowned for its swift action.

Zheng Chaolin: "So we don't need to revolt. Tomorrow we will welcome the Northern Expedition Army.

Gu Shunzhang: "But this is the First Army of the Party, Chiang Kai-shek's troops...

Zhou Enlai: "The commander of the First Division of the First Army is Chen Tianheng, a student of the first class of Whampoa Military Academy. I am the director of the political department of Whampoa Military Academy. Is there any problem with this? We will go to Shanghai County tomorrow to prepare for the Northern Expedition Army.

4446

Morning of May 1th.

The train stopped at Shanghai South Station. Chen Tianheng and the First Division staff

"The Second Battalion controls the old city of Shanghai, primarily the county government and the police headquarters. The rest of the First Regiment is also in the old city and the southern district. The Zhabei district is controlled by the First Battalion of the Second Regiment, and we have two battalions stationed at the General Manufacturing Bureau in case of emergencies.

Xu Xiangqian reported to Chen Tianheng.

Chen Tianheng: "Let's go! Enter the city!

The streets of Shanghai had been temporarily cleared, and the Taotai Yamen was in front. Citizens welcomed them on both sides of the street, and some soldiers from the Second Battalion of the First Regiment maintained order on both sides of the street.

"Raise the uprising in Guangzhou! Ready—Sing!"

"The uprising in Guangzhou, the flames of war in Dongjiang"

"Mianhu Lake bathes in blood, tempered into steel"

"The Sword of Revolution"

“Born in Huangpu”

"The victory flag flutters in Wuchang City...

Xu Xiangqian: "First regimental song, ready, sing!

"Listen, the horn of a new journey is blowing"

"The goal of strengthening the military calls us forward"

"If the country wants to be strong, we must take responsibility"

"The battle flag is filled with iron-blooded glory"