On October 9, 1940, at 11 o'clock at night, the "Danyang Uprising" that shocked China and the world broke out!
Gong Lucai, the deputy commander of the Pacification Army of the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui under the Wang Puppet regime and the commander of the Second Division, commanded the entire division to seize the opportunity of the exercise and resolutely revolt!
Historically, this uprising was called the "Danyang Uprising".
And in the military commander's files, it was recorded as the "Wrath of Heaven Plan"!
Also known as the "Double Ninth Festival Uprising"!
The person directing this plan is the director of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai Supervision Division of the Military Unification Bureau and the district chief of Shanghai District:
"Pantian Tiger" Meng Shaoyuan!
At that time, Wuxi, Suzhou, Changzhou, Changshu, Nanjing, Jurong and other places were loyal to the rescuers and sent large-scale reinforcements to Danyang!
Wang Jingzhong, the "King of Taihu Lake", also led the water guerrillas and quickly moved closer to Danyang!
In Danyang City, brief and rapid gunfire erupted.
With Sun He's internal support, the military command agents of Shen Li's command broke into the Japanese headquarters in Danyang, and none of the nine Japanese soldiers survived.
Immediately, military special agents quickly took control of the city gate.
Sun He played a huge role.
At his call, the puppet troops on duty laid down their weapons and stopped resisting.
Afterwards, after learning the news, He Cheng, the puppet company commander stationed in Danyang City, commanded a platoon of puppet troops to counterattack, and the rest retook the city gate.
While Shen Li ordered to defend, he opened the Danyang City Gate!
At 11:28, the former Second Division of the Puppet Appeasement Army, now the Second Brigade of the Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army, entered Danyang under the command of brigade commander Shan Haoyan.
The puppet army will collapse at the first touch!
He Cheng was captured alive and immediately ordered to be shot.
At 11:45, Gong Lucai, commander of the independent division, led the first brigade to arrive.
"All of you, salute!"
That ugly plaster flag was lowered.
A huge blue sky and a red sun rose slowly up on the ground.
At midnight on October 10, 1940!
Danyang, recover!
"Long live! Long live!"
In Danyang City, both the soldiers and the people burst into earth-shaking cheers at the same time!
On December 2, 1937, Danyang fell.
According to records, when Danyang fell, except for Laoximen Street, Yanzi Lane in the east of the city, and Donghe Road, there were very few houses left on both sides of the streets. A total of 9,006 bungalows, 1,036 buildings, and 310 school buildings were destroyed, a total of 10,352 rooms; 72 residents were killed; about 20 million silver dollars of property from all walks of life were destroyed.
This is an unprecedented disaster since Danyang was founded.
Three years later, on October 10, 1940, Danyang was liberated!
At 5:30 in the morning, Meng Shaoyuan, director of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai Supervision Division of the Military Command Bureau, arrived in Danyang!
Gong Lucai was startled when he saw "Commissioner Cai" wearing a brand-new major general uniform.
"I'm not Cai Xuefeng."
Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "I am the director of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai Supervision Division of the Military Unification Bureau and the district chief of Shanghai District Meng Shaoyuan!"
"It's you!"
Gong Lucai trembled, and then held Meng Shaoyuan's hand: "Director Meng, you actually went into danger alone and rescued my wife and children from Nanjing. Gong can't repay this great kindness. !”
"Now is not the time to say polite words." Meng Shaoyuan looked solemn: "As soon as day breaks, the Japanese counterattack will begin. My people are outside the city and are responsible for the first line of defense."
"What? No." Gong Lucai said quickly: "Leave this matter to us!"
"Commander Gong, listen to me." Meng Shaoyuan said seriously: "The incident has just started and the independent divisions are unsettled. We must risk our lives first and show everyone how we fought the Japanese in a bloody battle to encourage them. Morale!”
"Shan Haoyan!" Gong Lucai shouted loudly.
"arrive!"
"Deploy a battalion from your second brigade to cooperate with the army in fighting outside the city!"
"Yes! Ruan Tong!"
"arrive!"
"Pull your battalion out, build fortifications, and fight with the military commander's agents!"
"yes!"
"Director Meng, let me deploy Danyang's defense first."
"Mr. Gong, leave this to me."
As soon as Gong Lucai left, Meng Shaoyuan glanced at Shan Haoyan: "I heard from my people that it was Fa Zheng who had been preparing to push Gong Lucai to revolt. We don't have a figure like you in the military command, from the Central Command?"
Shan Haoyan smiled and shook his head.
"I knew you were not from Zhongtong." Meng Shaoyuan lowered his voice: "Surnamed Gong?"
"Surname Gong!"
From the Workers’ and Peasants’ Party!
Meng Shaoyuan knew that his judgment was accurate: "How many workers are there in your brigade?"
"All battalion commanders are." Shan Haoyan didn't hide anything: "Half of the company commanders are also."
Boy, this penetrates.
Meng Shaoyuan had to accept it.
This is to say that more than half of the officers above the company level in the brigade are members of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Party!
"Director Meng." Shan Haoyan said seriously: "The Danyang Uprising is of great significance. I hope that we can sincerely cooperate and respond to the outside world as one. Our Fourth Route Army guerrillas are rushing to Danyang for reinforcements after receiving orders from their superiors."
"Natural, natural." Meng Shaoyuan said: "Here, we have only one enemy, the Japanese!"
…
"Sir, the radio station is set up."
"To generate electricity for Chongqing. The young master of the Ministry of Staff instigated the Danyang uprising on October 9, 29th of the Republic of China. On October 10, Danyang was restored. The Ministry of Staff wanted to hold on to Danyang for 24 hours, causing a sensation in the surrounding areas and even the whole country... …”
Young Master, Meng Shaoyuan’s real code name in the Military Command Bureau!
The telegram was sent.
Soon, the bloody battle will begin.
"Chongqing calls back."
"read!"
"Just one word, seventy-two hours!"
Meng Shaoyuan's hand holding the cigarette froze.
Seventy-two hours?
Chongqing wants Danyang to hold on for 72 hours to cause greater impact?
Twenty-four hours later, Meng Shaoyuan was sure.
But three days and three nights?
"Go to the division headquarters!"
…
"What? Three days and three nights?"
This unexpected situation made Gong Lucai startled: "After dawn, the Japanese troops from Zhenjiang and Nanjing will encircle Danyang. With the strength of our division..."
"Plane, plane, the Japanese plane is coming."
Gong Deye ran in and shouted loudly.
"Why are you panicking?"
Gong Lucai immediately said: "Look, the air raid has begun. We have no anti-aircraft fire, so we can only be passively bombed. Seventy-two hours is unrealistic!"
"Mr. Gong, this is an order from Chongqing." Meng Shaoyuan said without argument: "The longer we hold on, the greater the impact will be. People from all over our country will support the Danyang Uprising one after another. At the same time, it will also cause uprisings in surrounding cities. .Danyang will become the center of the country!
Don’t worry, my people will die first! All dead, all dead, your people will step on our corpses again! "
"Our second brigade is the second batch!" Shan Haoyan said loudly: "All the military commanders are dead, it's our turn to die! I have a battalion of people outside the city. Once one battalion is wiped out, I will transfer another battalion. Go up and I will personally serve as the battalion commander!"
"Then let's spend time with the Japanese in Danyang!" Gong Lucai untied his Feng Ji buckle and shouted: "Fuck, if you want to die, let's die together! You are not afraid of death, am I afraid of death?"
"Then, leave the first battle to our military commander!"
Meng Shaoyuan smiled, he had been waiting for this moment for a long time!
Three days and nights!
