The Fourth Outstanding Person of Huangpu Military Academy

6. During the transition period, China established Shanghai as a municipality directly under the Central Government. The so-called "municipality directly under the Central Government" is a unit at the same level as a province and a special economic zone.

After firing this cannon in front of the reporters, Chen Tianheng disappeared, returned to the First Division headquarters of the Jiangnan Manufacturing General Bureau, and then went to Songjiang to train the troops, leaving all the troubles to the Kuomintang party headquarters in Shanghai.

Gan Hezhongshen and the reporters from the concession returned to the newspaper and radio station in the concession. Before the newspaper was printed, the news quickly spread among the middle and upper classes in the concession.

"Will this Chinese general's words have any effect? ​​Will the revolutionary government in Shanghai listen to him?"

asked Cunningham, the British director of the Concession Municipal Council.

"Mr. Director, I hope the Chinese general's words are effective," said Assistant Director Jost. "Yesterday, a senior member of the Kuomintang Shanghai branch even suggested that the Shanghai Concession should be occupied immediately by force, all foreigners should be expelled, and claims should be filed with Britain and France.

"What a frightening attitude," said Cunningham. "Isn't he a Communist in the Kuomintang?"

"Based on what I know, this senior official is not a Communist.

Cunningham: "It's absurd that the politicians of one party are clamoring for war while the general is proposing a sound policy.

"Good heavens, Mr. Director, you also believe this policy... you also believe that China should, no, has the right, to take back the concessions?"

"Young man, you haven't been in China long. I was there in 1900, and I even saw members of the Boxer Rebellion up close," Cunningham patted Jost on the shoulder. "Back then, I understood that China was only one step away from becoming a nationalist society. We could even assume that any minor incident could trigger the formal establishment of a national government. Later, I visited the Middle East in 1918, and nationalism was also on the rise in the Arab world. The world was very different from what it used to be, and the British Empire was facing increasingly severe challenges."

"With all due respect, gentlemen, the Chinese army cannot take the concession," interrupted Vice Admiral Hulse, commander of the Chinese fleet. "I have brought the Effingham with me, and with just the Royal Navy ships currently anchored in the Huangpu River, we can completely annihilate the current Chinese navy. I mean completely annihilate."

Cunningham: "If the concessions are in flames, we've already lost. God, I hope the Chinese attack comes from the south."

To attack the concessions from the south, one must first attack the French Concession and then the International Settlement.

Mr. Director, General Hulse, I would like to express my opinion. Lescott, a party involved in the concession negotiations, said: "I believe that the Chinese generals will not listen to the opinions of the Kuomintang politicians."

Cunningham: "Oh? Why?

"Because the military commander Chiang Kai-shek has great control over the army in the Nationalist government of China, the chairman of the Kuomintang cannot directly issue military orders to the Northern Expedition Army, telling them what to do or not to do. And Chiang Kai-shek has no intention of going to war with Britain, the United States and France. There is another reason, which is my personal guess.

"I don't think an army that's issued Burberry and Hermes is going to listen to that Kuomintang official," Lescott said.

4 volumes and

The Bund, New Asia Hotel.

"Brother Jingjiang, you have a very sharp eye for people.

Yu Qiaqing said this admiringly, while bowing to Zhang Jingjiang. Zhang Jingjiang smiled modestly, but did not say anything like "I don't deserve it," as that would have been excessive modesty.

"Of course I think highly of Chen Tianheng," Zhang Jingjiang said. "But Brother Yu, you've also been to Jiujiang. You've seen Chen Tianheng's First Division, and you've also seen Jiujiang City when the First Division was stationed there."

Yu Qiaqing: "I have seen it. But I really didn't expect it. The First Division was in Jiujiang, and Chen Tianheng quickly occupied the British Concession in Jiujiang. The Northern Expedition Army has reached Wuhan, and the Hankou Concession is still in turmoil. The fighting has been bloody, but it has not been reclaimed. At this time, Brother Jingjiang said that Chen Tianheng, who led the troops to occupy the British Concession in Jiujiang, would be more suitable to enter Shanghai than those Northern Expedition generals in Wuhan, or even those generals of any other troops. At that time, several colleagues and I did not quite believe it. Now we believe it.

Chen Guangfu: "As you just said, the Hankou Concession was not recovered, but there was fighting and bloodshed; Jiujiang was not fought at all. As businessmen, do we hope for a war or not? Of course not.

Zhang Jingjiang: "Now it all depends on how well those people in the Shanghai Party branch handle this matter.

Huang Fu, director of the Kuomintang Shanghai Party Committee, came to the New Asia Hotel alone and greeted Zhang Jingjiang first: "Supervisory Zhang.

Zhang Jingjiang: "Since the liberation of Shanghai, the public has been very concerned about the future of the concessions, how to negotiate with Britain and France, and how to reach a joint declaration. The current work of the Shanghai Party Committee is under great pressure.

Huang Fu: "Zhang Jian, these six points proposed by Chen Tianheng are too weak! The British have occupied a large area of ​​Shanghai for nearly a hundred years. Now we have to negotiate, set a transition period, and then they just walk away?"

Yu Qiaqing: "Director Huang, it's true they've occupied it for hundreds of years, but that place was originally a wild vegetable patch north of Shanghai County, and now you're being offered a Paris of the East. If the British hadn't rented that land, would there be a city there now?"

Huang Fu: "No matter what, the British invaded our country. This is a matter of principle. We must understand clearly that it would be embarrassing to negotiate and bargain with them before the British are expelled."

Zhang Jingjiang: "This can't be considered as a loss of face. First, the two concessions in Shanghai must be reclaimed, and second, it won't be easy to reclaim. There are seven or eight thousand ground forces in the concessions, and there are warships on the Huangpu River. Chen Tianheng said we should negotiate to resolve the issue, so why are you thinking of fighting?"

Huang Fu: "In short, I am unwilling to come forward to negotiate with the British.

Zhang Jingjiang: "Director Huang, you are now the head of the Shanghai Party Committee. You should also be the acting mayor of the revolutionary government next month. If you don't talk about it, who else will?

In short, I won’t talk about it, and I don’t think we should talk to the British at this time.

Zhang Jingjiang: "Director Huang, this negotiation isn't necessarily easy. Don't dismiss Chen Tianheng's six points as weak. If you think about it carefully, you'll understand how difficult it is. Putting aside the immediate need for a Sino-British Joint Declaration, if you can keep the negotiations going and prevent both sides from breaking up, you'll be a formidable figure. I'm not kidding."

Huang Fu: “No, I still believe that our party and our revolutionary government should not go to negotiate with the British at this time. I won’t go, and no one else should go either.

"That's enough," Yu Qiaqing suppressed his anger and patted the armrest of the sofa. "Director Huang, who will be the mayor of Shanghai in a month's time... is still uncertain.

Chapter 51, Showa Staff

Huang Fu's heart is really full of iron-blooded energy now, it shouldn't be that his energy is overflowing.

It is hard to imagine that when he was working in the Beiyang government, he was so constrained and cautious in his foreign relations, but after he defected to the Guangzhou Revolutionary Government, he seemed like a different person.

By the way, although Huang Guo had only recently gone south to join the revolutionary government, he was also a veteran of the Tongmenghui and was Chiang Kai-shek’s ally back then. Therefore, after the liberation of Shanghai, Huang Fu was immediately parachuted in to lead the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee.

Precisely because Huang Fu was Chiang Kai-shek's ally, Qian Qiaqing had a way to "persuade" Huang Fu in a roundabout way.

Two days later, Huang Fu became obedient.

How did he become so obedient? Of course, Chiang Kai-shek personally intervened and asked this sworn brother to calm down.

"This Yingbai (Huang Fu's pen name) is not young anymore, but why is he still so angry and indignant when encountering things?" Yu Qiaqing said, "He's not as mature as the young people." "The 'Six Articles on the Concession' don't mean what they say, right?"

Chen Guangfu: "Yes, yes, yes.

Yu Qiaqing: "Yingbai took it literally, and he actually thought it wasn't cruel enough. Hey.

Yu Qiaqing believed that there was a profound meaning behind the "Six Principles for the Return of Concessions" proposed by Chen Tianheng.

He believed that in the future, the Nationalist government could simply verbally declare its intention to reclaim the concessions, then seek cooperation from Britain and France, and try to launch a marathon negotiation that would never produce a joint statement. In other words, only the first and second of the six principles would be implemented, while the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth principles would be just for show.

As for reclaiming the concessions? Why even think about that? The Nationalist government and I have a lot of things to do. Reclaiming the concessions is not important at all, so we should put it on the back burner.

"It's unacceptable for someone in this position to not understand the deeper meaning of his superiors. Fortunately, he's listening now. If he hadn't, believe it or not, someone else would have been the mayor of Shanghai." Yu Qiaqing continued, "What's the family background of this Commander Chen Tianheng? Guangfu, you both have the surname Chen. Are you related?"

Chen Guangfu shook his head: "We can only say that we were one family five hundred years ago.

Yu Qiaqing: "Brother Jingjiang, how about inviting Chen Tianheng out for dinner?"

Zhang Jingjiang: "Chen Tianheng has been missing for the past few days. He's either tinkering with something at the arsenal or training his First Division in Songjiang. I think he doesn't want to get too involved in local civil affairs.

Yu Qiaqing: "Ah, his army is really strong. They defeated two opponents at once in Fuyang and took Shanghai in one day. Why do they train all day?

Shanghai South Railway Station.

More than 400 people from the First Regiment of the First Division who had trained in Songjiang returned. Led by Wang Erzhuo, they walked in an orderly formation from the train station back to the military camp of the Jiangnan Manufacturing General Administration.

In addition to these more than 400 officers and soldiers, there were also more than 200 new trainees recruited by the Shanghai Municipal Police Department who went to the training.

Chen Tianheng held a tactical seminar at the First Division headquarters.

All officers above the company level in the First Division participated in the seminar. The research objects were the various battles fought on the Northern Expedition battlefield. Of course, the First Division’s own battles also had to be studied and reviewed.

"This seminar is over," Chen Tianheng stood up and closed his notebook. "Which company's turn is it to watch a movie today?"

"Our company!" "Our company!" Che Mingxiang and Su Yu stood up excitedly. It seemed that they had been looking forward to this for a long time.

Before the battle of Shanghai, Chen Tianheng said that he would treat the entire division to a movie when they arrived in Shanghai, and of course he had to keep his word.

It doesn’t cost much anyway.

The two movies we watched in a row tonight were "Princess Iron Fan".

As usual, Chen Tianheng accompanied the troops, just in case the two companies encountered any difficult situations along the way. Shanghai was too big, much bigger than Guangzhou, and sometimes even the commanders of the two companies might not be able to handle it properly.

Because this was not the first day that the First Division had booked the theater, when more than 300 people lined up in front of the cinema, many citizens stopped to watch.

"Sir, Sir Chen, hello.

Chen Tianheng turned around to see who was calling him.

-The first is Run Run Shaw.

The owner of Tianyi Film Company. He and his brother Shao Zuiweng entered the entertainment industry in 1925 and jointly founded this film company. The film "Princess Iron Fan" that we watched today was produced by Tianyi Film Company.

"I am Run Run Shaw of Tianyi Film Company. I am deeply honored that the commander's troops have come to watch my company's films.

Chen Tianheng: "Most of my soldiers come from rural areas and are unfamiliar with urban life. Therefore, the First Division takes time to let them take turns watching movies or patrolling the streets. The main purpose is to familiarize them with modern city life so that they will not be stage fright in the future.

"Your troops were heroes in the liberation of Shanghai, yet you're buying tickets to watch my movie. That's not very fitting. How about we treat the First Division to a movie ticket?"

Chen Tianheng smiled and shook his head. "The revolutionary army has its own rules. We cannot exploit the people's labor or plunder by trickery. Please don't talk about the movie ticket money anymore. We can still afford to rent out the entire theater."

Run Run Shaw persisted for a few more rounds, but Chen Tianheng showed no room for negotiation. After a tug-of-war, Chen Tianheng finally won.

After the officers and soldiers marched in, Chen Tianheng left on his own.

"Ah?! Commander Chen, you're not going to the cinema?

"This..." Chen Tianheng thought for a moment, "It would be great if this movie had sound.

Black and white silent movie, how to watch this.

It's better to go to the Bund Pier to see the Royal Navy, cross it out, and see the British warships

What

“Commander.

Chen Mingren, Lu Deming and others have already taken up positions on the rooftop of a building.

"Commander, there's another British ship on the Huangpu River this afternoon.

Chen Tianheng: "Have you identified which ship it is by looking at the manual?

Chen Mingren: "HMS Ladybird. A small inland gunboat.

Lu Deming: "The British have been holding back for a few days, and now they have sent this ship.

Chen Tianheng: "This shows that the British feel that the situation in Shanghai is just like this and will not deteriorate any further. The three large ships stationed in Shanghai are sufficient to maintain order. In fact, in ten days or half a month, the three large ships will return to Singapore or Hong Kong.

The large ships are a heavy cruiser and two light cruisers.

The heavy cruiser is the "Effingham", with a full displacement of 13000 tons and 7 191 mm (7.5-inch) single-barreled guns. In wows, it is the starting point of the British cruise line of level 5 heavy cruisers. It has an overwhelming advantage over any warship of the Chinese Navy at that time, not to mention the Northern Expedition Army.

However, Chen Tianheng believed that the Effingham would not fire in the Huangpu River. Instead, he believed that when it weighed anchor, it would return to the high seas or sail upstream to Nanjing. If it was the latter, the trouble might be slightly greater.

Thank you

East District of the International Settlement (where Japanese companies and Japanese expatriates gather)

Okamura Yasuji and several staff members were meeting at a hotel in the East District.

At this time, the Showa era had not yet been announced, so these people might not yet be called "Showa Staff", but they would be in a few months. Some of them came to Shanghai from Qingdao and the Jiaoji Railway, and some traveled from mainland Japan, but only Okamura Yasuji returned from the Hangzhou front.

"From Hangzhou to Shanghai, the Northern Expedition's First Division did not launch a surprise attack. I repeat, it was not a surprise attack."

Okamura Yasuji opened the map. This was the same map used by Sun Chuanfang's headquarters. Its level of detail was second only to the special map provided by Chen Tianheng's First Division.

"I've read in some newspapers that a Northern Expeditionary Army train disguised as a civilian train drove to Shanghai to raid the Ninth Division and the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. That's completely fabricated. On January 16th, Jiaxing was captured by the Northern Expedition Army. The main camp of two regiments of the Ninth Division stationed in Songjiang was captured by the Northern Expedition Army. I now have solid evidence that the Northern Expedition Army used mountain artillery when they captured the Songjiang camp."

"Not only that, on January 16th, the First Division of the Northern Expedition captured all the stations on the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway. This is the result of my diligent intelligence gathering over the past week. Although it is hard to believe, it is true.

Kagesawa Tadaaki: "I think this is unnecessary bragging. Li Baozhang's Ninth Division is a disorganized force. To deal with it, all we need to do is disguise a military train as a passenger car and launch a surprise attack on the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. The story the newspapers created would be more logical."

"Yes, I agree very much," said Nishihara Issaku. "As long as the headquarters of the 9th Division is destroyed, this unit will completely lose its will to fight and may even lay down its arms on the spot and wait for reorganization. I don't understand why the 1st Division did this. Their staff must have been very busy on January 16th. They had to capture more than a dozen stations along the way, each stationed with a dozen to several dozen people. There was a local armed security regiment in Jiaxing, and two understaffed infantry regiments and an artillery battalion in Songjiang. For this purpose, they transported mountain artillery to Songjiang.

"The mountain guns and draft horses had to be loaded onto a separate train.

Nishihara Issaku: "Yes. This train must also follow the infantry train. Shortly after the infantry arrives in Songjiang, the mountain artillery train must arrive in Songjiang and deploy. Then, if they need to attack Shanghai on January 16, another train will be needed to load the infantry for the assault on Shanghai.

Okamura Yasuji: "What you should pay more attention to is that on January 16, the First Division of the Northern Expeditionary Army simultaneously raided the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau in the south of the city, the Daotai Yamen and Police Station in Shanghai County, and the Police Station in Zhabei.

"Their general staff resembles the Prussian General Staff," Ying Zuo Zhen Zhao pondered. "I have a strong feeling that the staff of this Northern Expedition Army was not trained by the Soviet Union. The Second through Eighth Armies of the Northern Expedition even had Soviet personnel serving as staff advisors, but the First Army's situation may be somewhat special. ... Ladies and Gentlemen, what is the motivation behind the First Division of the Northern Expedition's actions? Is it to show off?"

Okamura Yasuji: "If it was to show off, it was to demonstrate to the British and French, telling them that the First Division of the Northern Expedition Army had every possibility of conquering the concession.

"impossible.

"Impossible." "Absolutely impossible.

Several Showa staff members expressed their disapproval. Kagesa Tadaaki then expressed his own conclusion: "This Northern Expedition Army might be...training and honing its staff.

Okamura Neiji: "Tempering?

Ying Zuo Zhen Zhao: "Yes, so they used the most complicated tactics on this railway line, facing an enemy with weak resistance, so complicated that it seemed dazzling to outsiders. I think that day, the staff of the First Division were almost exhausted. This First Division of the Northern Expedition was still developing, and they continued to grow as the Northern Expedition progressed.

"Keep growing...keep growing..." Okamura Neiji's eyes suddenly flashed.

He looked up and saw that Yingzuo Zhenzhao had the same look in his eyes.

"Can we interrupt its growth?

Kagesa Tadaaki: “Where is it?

"Jiaoji Railway, Jinan.

The Bund.