Chapter 241: The Liberation of Nanjing and the Recovery of All Concessions in Shanghai
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Nanjing has a long history and is a famous ancient city. It has a history of more than 2,500 years as a city and nearly 500 years as a capital. It is one of the four ancient capitals in the history of Yan and Huang, and has the reputation of "ancient capital of six dynasties" and "city of ten dynasties".
On January 5, 1943, the city of Nanjing was a war scene, with black smoke and flames shooting into the sky. Many dilapidated buildings and fortifications were scattered around the main roads in the south and west of the city. However, what is gratifying is that the sound of gunfire in the city
Gradually it became thinner, and the resistance of the Japanese pirates was close to collapse.
Viewed from a high altitude, the Ming Dynasty city wall in the north of Nanjing was specially taken care of by the Yanhuang and Red Party. The troops crossing the river did not directly attack here. Instead, they mainly attacked Nanjing urban area from the south and west. Therefore, the ancient Ming Dynasty city wall basically did not suffer much damage.
The actual damage was only a few small corners that collapsed at the edges. At this time, the Yangtze River outside the city wall was flowing quietly, and continued to
It continues to record the traces of time without interruption; on one side of the city wall, there are three bungalows with pitched thatched roofs distributed in sequence. The old wooden doors and dirty paper windows show the owner's daily embarrassing living conditions.
There are two or three small vegetable plots in front of the house. The owners often plant green plants here during busy farming seasons as a source of food and livelihood for the family.
Although the rumbling of artillery outside the city earlier and the fierce sound of gunfire really frightened the ordinary people to some extent, they have become accustomed to troubled times and can basically watch the "changing king's flag on the city head", plus through the folk gossip
, generally knowing that this is the north of the Yangtze River, and the army of their own country is coming, so everyone is relatively calm: after all, they are all Yanhuang people, and in the future they will be better than being slaves of the subjugated country under the hands of the little devils.
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The Japanese Japanese Yanhuang dispatched troops defending here were limited in strength and could not implement a bunker-style defense of the entire city of Nanjing. Therefore, they only built concrete and masonry fortifications on some strategic highlands and important places. Along with the Red Party tanks
The vanguard and large troops attacked one after another, and these scattered bunkers and bunkers were wiped out like wild chickens and wild dogs. The little devils inside were either loyal to pieces or shot themselves to death. There was no possibility of negotiation or escape.
Since the entire Nanjing was surrounded by the main force of the Red Party at this time, Hirohito's order to dispatch troops from Yan and Huang to immediately withdraw from Yan and Huang became an ineffective piece of waste paper here. The Japanese pirate army, with a total defensive strength of only more than 20,000 people,
In less than half a day
During the battle, there were more than 10,000 casualties. In the end, the desperate 7,000 people were gathered together by the division commander Tsuneno Saburo and launched a suicidal breakout to the east in an attempt to break through the Red Party defense line and escape to the surrounding areas of Shanghai, where they could easily be attacked.
The boat fled to Yanhuang Treasure Island.
However, the world is always like this, ideals are full and reality is skinny. On the east side of Nanjing, the twisted corpses one after another and the Japanese pirate chariots burning with black smoke all illustrate the glory of the Red Party's blocking force.
Results.
"Hey, Zijian, it's a lot of fun killing the Japs this time." Liang Xingchu, the commander of the new 13th Division, said with an "evil" smile as he looked at the Japs dying in random directions.
"Yeah, but I'm very surprised. How come the Japanese army's top brass launched such a hopeless and desperate charge when they were clearly at the end of their rope?" Rao Zijian, the political commissar of the new 13th Division, asked doubtfully (they didn't know at this time that Hirohito had promulgated the requirements)
Yu Zhao who withdrew from Yanhuang Continent).
"Whatever! It's better for these Japanese soldiers to take the initiative. Otherwise, I won't film street fighting. But firstly, the duration of the war will definitely be extended. Secondly, ordinary people will be mixed in, and civilian casualties will definitely be inevitable. Such a head-on decisive battle is more suitable for me.
I mean." Liang Xingchu, the commander of the new Thirteenth Division, shook his head disapprovingly.
"Indeed, the military result is more important than the process. By the way, Lao Liang, let's enter the city. Don't keep Mo Wenhua and the others waiting. Although there is no 'Presidential Palace' in Nanjing now, the entrance ceremony that should be done is still not possible.
After all, Nanjing was the capital of the Yanhuang Republic of China before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and its symbolism is of great significance!" Political Commissar Rao Zijian suggested while nodding.
"I understand, let's set off now." Division Commander Liang Xingchu also understood the priorities, but he still couldn't help but ask: "Calculating the time, should our party's own nation-building be put on the agenda?"
"I guess it will be soon. The south will be pacified soon. By then, our party, which controls the north and south, has no reason not to build a country. What's more, the person in Chongqing recently issued national military orders and issued instructions to the world.
You should really take yourself as a person."
"He was so anxious that he wanted to jump over the wall!"
"Haha, Lao Liang, you are absolutely right!"
Half an hour later, Nanjing Central Square.
This is the area with the highest concentration of modern buildings in Nanjing. In the center of the road is a circular urban garden. There is a humanoid sculpture in the center of the garden, surrounded by a small square paved with gravel, and outside it is a stone barrier.
The garden is made of bricks, with evergreen trees planted in it, and street lighting facilities are installed between the trees.
With the garden as the central starting point, there is a wide four-lane road running east, west, north and south, spreading out in a ray shape. There are many four or five-story buildings on both sides of the road. Usually it is quiet and orderly here, but today, as a car
A mighty Red Party tank drove into the city, and the roads on both sides
The side was crowded with local residents of Nanjing who came to watch. Most of them were simple workers and farmers from Yanhuang. Each of them was dressed in simple and shabby clothes. Many of them were wearing patches. They wore coarse cloth hats on their heads, and their hands were
Huddle up together to ward off the winter chill.
Five minutes later, the Red Party tank troops entered the city one by one from each city gate, and the infantry field troops also began to line up in neat queues, with a mighty momentum, walking uniformly on the main roads in Nanjing. Every soldier had his head
Wearing a steel helmet, winter cotton colored camouflage uniform, and combat boots in the style of later military shoes.
With a fully automatic Liberation Type 1 machine gun on his back, an iron aluminum pot on his waist, and a long leather bullet box on his chest, he walked into the city solemnly and solemnly like a festival military parade. There was an atmosphere of confidence, perseverance, bravery and toughness.
The invisible aura was emitted consciously, so intimidating the Yanhuang residents on both sides of the road that they forgot their words for a moment.
A few seconds later.
"Long live the People's Liberation Army!"
The troops, who were armed to the teeth, aroused the national pride that had long been extinguished in the hearts of the Yanhuang people. They could no longer suppress their emotions and shouted unconsciously.
"The military and civilians are one family, long live the Red Party!"
“Fight Japanese pirate imperialism!”
"Drive out the Tartars and rebuild the Yanhuang Empire!"
"Welcome to the People's Army!"
"Long live the People's Liberation Army!"
"Long live the Red Party!"
Since noon on January 5, the cheers in the city will not stop as the combat troops enter the city one by one to be reviewed by the people. Until nightfall, they can still be heard occasionally from the window of a certain house. On this day, Nanjing was liberated
;This night is destined to be sleepless!
Shanghai Public Settlement.
The Shanghai Public Concession was the first concession to appear on Yanhuang land in modern times. It was formed by the merger of the original British Concession and the Stars and Stripes Concession in 1863. It was also the earliest to be developed, the longest in existence, and the largest area in the history of the Yanhuang Concession.
It is a concession with the largest management organization and the most fully developed one.
The entire concession covers a vast area. In later generations, North Huangpu, Jing'an, Hongkou, and the southern Yangpu districts along the river were the most important components of the Shanghai Public Settlement, corresponding to the Central District, West District, North District, and East District of the Public Settlement respectively. Main plane of later generations
AIG, the largest insurance company in the Star-Spangled Banner Republic, and HSBC, the largest bank in Europe, were founded in the Shanghai Public Settlement in 1919 and 1865 respectively.
Since the entire world-wide "World War II" completely broke out in 1940, when the Songhu Battle broke out in 1937, the Japanese pirate army only used the northern and eastern areas of the public concession as bases for attacking the Yanhuang army, and used the Marine Corps to replace the concession patrol.
As a result, the Shanghai Public Settlement was actually divided into two parts, and Suzhou
The area north of the river became the sphere of influence controlled by the Japanese pirates and was called the "Japanese Concession". The main part of the public concession, the central area, the western area and the western cross-border road construction area were defended by the British, Stars and Stripes and Italian troops respectively, and continued to remain neutral in the war.
For four years. During these four years, their management agency in the district operated as usual.
It was not until 1940, when the European war broke out and the British troops stationed in Shanghai withdrew, and in December 1941, when the Pacific War officially broke out, that the Japanese pirate troops fully entered the central and western districts of the public concession.
Then it is very interesting that the British and the Stars and Stripes, which had actually lost actual control of these areas at that time, were very "just" and "generous" and signed an agreement with the Bald Party government in Chongqing to transfer the administrative control of the public concessions in Shanghai and Xiamen (both of which fell)
Management rights were handed over to Yan and Huang, and the British additionally agreed to transfer Tianjin (which fell to
), the administrative rights of the British Concession in Guangzhou (basically fell) were returned to Yanhuang. Then, Belgium and other countries that participated in the anti-fascist camp also signed an agreement to hand over the administrative rights of the public concessions in Shanghai and Xiamen to Yanhuang. Therefore, these concessions were "legally"
They have returned to Yanhuang, what a group of "lovely and respectable" international allies!
At this time, Shanghai's public concession was in a mess. The clean and beautiful streets of the past were gone, and the arrogant and rude Japanese soldiers also disappeared. Only red party armored vehicles painted in dark green drove into the concession, followed by military trucks.
The station was filled with infantry soldiers who were also armed to the teeth. They followed the plan in advance.
After drawing up plans, they went in batches to their respective targets, important buildings or intersections at transportation hubs. After only an hour, the security and vigilance of the entire concession were restored to their original state, and the high-ranking officials, wealthy businessmen, and ordinary people living in the concession were all
Slowly pass through the gap in the window and observe the troops of the Yanhuang and Red Party.
"I am a citizen of the British Empire, and I request an interview with your military commander!" A middle-aged man with a white face and wearing the armband of the World Red Cross walked out of a church house and said to the Red Party soldiers in front of the door.
"Stop, no!" Although I didn't understand what the foreigner said, many Red Party soldiers who had learned a few words before entering were still able to pronounce notes like "yes, no". Of course, most of them remembered it as
"My lord is dead, Ou".
An hour later, the International Red Cross member named Henry met Liu Peishan, commander of the new 27th Division.
"I request your army to immediately go to the Pudong and Longhua Concentration Camps (Shanghai Concentration Camp for Allied Aliens), where the Japanese pirate army detained a large number of Allied expatriates. They have been short of food for many years, and many of them are in crisis."
Through the translator he found, Liu Peishan roughly understood what the British citizen meant. He replied: "Okay, I will arrange for people to go to those places to have a look."
"No, you must go immediately, now, immediately!" Billy, the British gentleman who was full of love, raised his voice and said in an almost commanding tone because he was confused about the situation.
"That's enough!" Liu Peishan observed the other person's gestures and tone, and could roughly understand what he meant without an interpreter. He faced the interpreter next to him and said, "Tell this foreigner that from today on, there will no longer be any foreign concessions in Shanghai."
and extra-legal privileges. Any foreigner staying in Shanghai must abide by the laws and norms of Yanhuang. We Yanhuang people do not need him to give orders about what we Yanhuang people think and do first. From now on, we Yanhuang people have the final say in Shanghai as a whole.
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Chapter completed!