October 31, 1937.
The defenders of Sihang Warehouse will evacuate on time starting at 11 a.m.
The feat of eight hundred soldiers led by Xie Jinyuan to defend the Sixing Warehouse shocked the country and abroad and won the respect of the world.
Today is the time when the Chinese defenders abide by their promise to retreat. Reporters from all over the world are flocking here to see the spirit of this iron-blooded force that dares to defeat hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops.
The curtain is about to come to an end on Sihang Warehouse. Xie Jinyuan can lead his eight hundred people and leave Sihang Warehouse with their heads held high.
According to the verbal agreement reached between China and Japan under the mediation of YM, at 11 a.m. on the 31st, Xie Jinyuan will lead eight hundred soldiers and walk out of the Sihang Warehouse with their heads held high. Under the protection and supervision of YM's two armies, from The Tibet North Road Bridge entered the concessions of Western countries, and then joined forces with the 88th Division fighting in the west of Shanghai at this time.
At the negotiation table the day before yesterday, General Matsui Iwane, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, believed that Xie Jinyuan, as the chief officer of Sihang Warehouse, should be the last to leave Sihang Warehouse.
Zhou Zhihan shook his head and denied this. Among the eight hundred soldiers in Sihang Warehouse, he was the highest officer. Xie Jinyuan was a lieutenant colonel and he was a colonel.
Matsui Iwane made the decision on the spot, allowing Zhou Zhihan to finally leave Sihang Warehouse.
In fact, Matsui Iwane's original intention was to let Zhou Zhihan stay. He began to insist on letting Xie Jinyuan stay, which was to force Zhou Zhihan to submit.
It is reasonable for China to ask Xie Jinyuan to lead the team to leave. If the Japanese army keeps two chief officers of an army at the same time, the reason is far-fetched.
Matsui Iwane and others believe that although Xie Jinyuan is hateful, Zhou Zhihan is even more hateful. Keeping or destroying a Chinese Air Force chief instructor will have a greater effect than keeping Xie Jinyuan.
For example, that maneuver like a cobra can only be performed by the chief instructor of the Chinese Air Force in the entire world. Such talents must either stay in the empire or be completely eliminated.
Starting from the morning of the 31st, ordinary people from all over Shanghai poured into the south bank of the Suzhou River. There were even some patriots who came from Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Kunshan at night to cheer for the Eight Hundred Heroes.
Today, people on the south bank of the Suzhou River performed a dragon dance to see off eight hundred soldiers.
Many people shed tears.
Although the eight hundred soldiers guarding the warehouse could leave with their heads held high, it also heralded the fall of Shanghai.
But everyone knows that if the soldiers continue to stay to guard Sihang Warehouse, no one will be spared in the end.
11am.
Xie Jinyuan was the first to walk out of the Sihang Warehouse and first saluted the Chinese people on the south bank of the Suzhou River with a military salute.
Behind Xie Jinyuan is Wan Lianqing carrying the national flag.
Last night, a girl named Yang Huimin risked her life to deliver a national flag to the Sixing Warehouse. Today, when the Chinese army leaves, they can hold the flag, hold their guns, and leave with their heads held high.
The Japanese army never expected that the Chinese army would actually have a national flag. Matsui Iwane, who was so angry that he was holding a telescope, stood in the war room and was furious, but there was nothing he could do.
"Long live Commander Xie!"
The Chinese people on the south bank looked at each other with tears in their eyes.
The soldiers walked out of the warehouse one by one. Every soldier who walked out of the warehouse saluted the common people in Nanyang, and then followed Xie Jinyuan onto the Tibet Road and Bridge.
On the approach bridge leading to the Tibet Road Bridge, there is a roadblock jointly set up by soldiers from Japan, Japan, and Japan. On both sides of the bridge are soldiers from Japan and Japan with live ammunition standing, who are responsible for counting the number of Chinese defenders coming out of the Sixing Warehouse. Every day In the past, every soldier's nameplate would be checked and someone would record it.
After Xie Jinyuan crossed the river, he stood on the south bank of the river and waited for the soldiers to cross the bridge. When the Chinese soldiers crossed the bridge, they held their guns to their chests and pointed their guns in the air.
During the negotiation, according to the Japanese's wishes, all soldiers in the Sihang Warehouse must disarm and walk out of the warehouse, leave the concessions of various Western countries, and go to the west of Shanghai to join the 88th Division.
However, Zhou Zhihan and Xie Jinyuan insisted that the two sides negotiated the peace this time on the basis of equality and justice. If the soldiers in Sihang Warehouse put down their guns and walked out, the meaning of fairness and justice would be just a joke. All the soldiers in Sihang Warehouse would rather fight with The warehouse will live and die together, and it will never surrender and walk out.
Everything went well. By 12 noon, 400 soldiers had walked out of the Sihang Warehouse. The Japanese army suddenly and unilaterally requested to stop the release. The reason was that it was already past 12 noon and it was lunch time.
This reason is far-fetched, but without the participation of the Japanese army, the two countries cannot make the decision on their own to evacuate all Chinese troops from the Sixing Warehouse, so they have no choice but to agree.
As the highest officer of Sihang Warehouse at this time, Zhou Zhihan protested.
The Japanese side firmly disagreed and could only continue to release the goods after lunch.
Helpless, Zhou Zhihan could only ask that the more than 20 wounded people in the warehouse be allowed to leave the warehouse first, and the remaining people could not leave until after noon. The more than 20 wounded people were seriously injured and needed medical treatment. He hoped that the Japanese side would be humane. The original intention of the doctrine was to let the wounded leave the warehouse first.
The wounded moved slowly, so they left the warehouse in the middle so that they could be cared for at both ends.
To this, the Japanese army readily agreed.
As a result, more than 20 wounded people left the Sihang Warehouse, and the remaining 400 soldiers were temporarily waiting as the second batch of evacuees.
After Xie Jinyuan led everyone across the bridge, he quickly set off from the foreign concession and met in the direction of the 88th Division, which was still fighting in the western suburbs of Shanghai.
After more than 420 people left, the entrance of Sihang Warehouse was quiet, and there was not even a hidden sentry. This fully expressed the Chinese army's willingness to cooperate and its trust in the Japanese army.
Zhou Zhihan brought a recliner, a table, a pot of fire, a tea stove, and a cup of tea, and sipped it slowly.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, Major General Kiyotake Yoshimaru, who was in charge of the release, and personnel from Western countries involved in the peace agreement were slow to arrive.
Zhou Zhihan was anxious about this and urged him several times. The result each time was that Major General Yoshimaru Kiyoshi was handling military affairs and would wait a moment.
The people on the south bank of the Suzhou River began to clamor, saying that the Japanese did not keep their promises.
Time flew by. Zhou Zhihan walked back and forth at the entrance of Sihang Warehouse, looking very restless. From time to time, he went to the bridge to negotiate with personnel from the two countries. The result was that Major General Yoshimaru Kiyoshi suddenly felt unwell and had to be sent another one. Others come, wait a moment!
An hour later, another Japanese colonel came slowly, and another key member of Country Y suddenly left in a hurry, saying that he had received a long-distance telegram from China asking him to return home immediately.
Zhou Zhihan behaved restlessly and kept complaining. In the end, he was so angry that he kicked over the brazier and broke the tea cup. He changed his tall and high-spirited appearance before and became very anxious.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Zhihan, who was smoking and walking at the entrance of Sihang Warehouse, heard the phone ringing in the warehouse. He walked into the warehouse with a non-angry look and hurriedly picked up the phone.
It was Xie Jinyuan who called. More than 400 brothers have safely joined the 88th Division.
Zhou Zhihan was overjoyed and shed tears.
When Xie Jinyuan was on the phone, he was surrounded by the sounds of soldiers crying: "Chief instructor, you must come back! The brothers are waiting for you..."
The chief instructor used the golden cicada move to escape from the shell, confuse the Japanese, and allowed all the brothers in the Sixing Warehouse to evacuate the warehouse safely. In the entire Shanghai, only the chief instructor, a Chinese soldier, and the No. 214 ship battle were left.
Walking out of Sihang Warehouse, Zhou Zhihan's face turned faster than he could flip through a book, and he looked anxious.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, YM sent someone to tell Zhou Zhihan that because the Japanese army was worried that after all the defenders were evacuated from the Sihang Warehouse, the chief instructor of the Chinese Air Force would fly a fighter jet and leave without honoring his promise, so the Japanese army decided to release the Sihang Warehouse first. Half of the defenders were inside, and the rest waited until the chief instructor of the Chinese Air Force kept his promise and flew a circle around Shanghai before releasing them.
In response to this, Zhou Zhihan once again became furious and almost beat up the YM personnel who came to see him off. He cursed the Japanese army for not keeping their promises and frightened the two messengers into leaving quickly to avoid being harmed.
After Zhou Zhihan cursed for a while, he sat slumped on the chair, kept smoking, rubbing his forehead, and grabbing his hair, looking like he had been deceived, angry but helpless.
Zhou Zhihan's anger was seen by Matsui Iwane, and he couldn't help but sneer. All this was part of his plan. When Xie Jinyuan left, the burden of the entire Sihang Warehouse fell on Zhou Zhihan, so he Will show such a violent expression.
This is normal. Although the chief instructor of the Air Force is a colonel, he usually teaches pilots to practice flying. Now the lives of hundreds of people are suddenly on his shoulders. It is good that he is not crushed.
At half past five, black smoke rose from the chimney above the Sihang Warehouse. This was the Chinese defenders cooking in the warehouse. Matsui Iwane saw this and sneered in his heart.
