In the afternoon, Shang Zhen and the others, dressed in casual clothes, took to the streets.
At this time, they no longer had the turbulent mood in the morning.
People cannot always be emotionally excited, just like the so-called passion in life is only a very short part of the long journey of life.
After Wang Laomao's passionate speech in the morning, the others naturally followed suit for a long time.
Until Chu Tian asked Shang Zhen, the four northeastern provinces were "sold" in this way. Didn't Marshal Zhang know? Why didn't he object?
What Shang Zhen answered was naturally what he heard from brigade commander Liu Chengyi.
Because Rehe Province was lost again, Marshal Zhang resigned, went abroad, and went to Japan to quit smoking.
It turned out that after Shaoshuai Zhang helped someone achieve the nominal leadership position in China, in return, he became the nominal second-in-command of the Nationalist Government.
But it was enough to throw away the three northeastern provinces, but this time he also threw away Rehe Province, the gateway to North China. He had no choice but to resign under the pressure of public opinion.
In other words, Marshal Zhang has nothing to do with this part! His own position is difficult to secure, so how can he participate in the decision-making of such a major event.
When Shang Zhen explained this, everyone fell silent. After a moment, only Hu Zhuzi said something unpleasant, but Wang Laomao glared back, just because it was not for them, the little soldiers, to care whether Marshal Zhang was right or wrong. Come on.
At this point, Shang Zhen explained to them why they came to Tianjin.
It turned out that the agreement reached between the Nationalist Government and the Japanese also included the banning of anti-Japanese organizations in North China, disallowing anti-Japanese propaganda, and requiring the Northeastern Army and the Central Army in North China to evacuate within a month.
Then the problem arises.
Although the people above are not allowed to organize various anti-Japanese activities and can mobilize the troops, can the anti-Japanese sentiment among the people be suppressed?
On the other hand, the Japanese army also cultivated a large number of traitors in the Hebei and Tianjin areas. According to the speculation of the Northeast Army's senior officials, they wanted to divide North China into a second Manchukuo.
In order to deal with this dilemma, the upper echelons of the Northeast Army decided to put a small number of Northeast Army troops into the big city of Tianjin to assist the local police in managing order, channeling the anti-Japanese sentiments of the masses, and at the same time secretly cracking down on the traitor teams. It was also the mission of Shang Zhen and others to enter Tianjin along with some other troops.
When Shang Zhen talked about this, Qian Chuan'er asked that since the large troops had withdrawn, if the Japanese attacked again, who would resist?
Shang Zhen's answer was that I heard it was the 29th Army, but we don't know when it will come. We need to hold on until the 29th Army comes.
When I heard that it was Mr. Wang and the others from the 29th Army, they felt better.
To be honest, Shang Zhen and the others had dealt with the 29th Army, and they also fought against the Japanese with the 29th Army, because the 29th Army was nominally part of the Northeast Army, but in fact it was part of the Northwest Army.
Everyone will understand when mentioning the Northwest Army. Isn't that the team that chopped off many heads of the Japanese army with a machete?
At least this is a real anti-Japanese team. They say that small people should not care about politics, but who can get rid of politics? On the other hand, Chu Tian, who had the highest level of education, summed it up best when he said, "I dare not forget my country because of my humble position."
After Shang Zhen's explanation all morning, everyone understood that they had no control over any agreement signed between the Nationalist Government and the Japanese Army. However, at least the top management of the Northeast Army was still anti-Japanese, and they still had hope of returning to their hometown. Then the mood improved again.
But that's all Shang Zhen knew, but there was still a lot that Shang Zhen didn't know.
Here I have to mention another important figure in the Northeast Army.
This man's surname was Yu, Yu Xiuzhong, and he had a series of titles, such as commander of the 51st Army of the Northeast Army, chairman of the Hebei Province of the National Government, commander of the Pingjin garrison, etc.
Marshal Zhang went abroad, so he entrusted the 51st Army to him.
There are currently 4 corps in the Northeastern Army, and the strength of the 51st Army is the combined strength of the other three armies, with a total strength of 170,000. The 7th Brigade where Shang Zhen and the others are located is only a few thousand of the 170,000. .
Yu Xiuzhong was determined to resist Japan.
To say that Yu Xiuzhong resolutely resisted Japan, it was a family tradition.
When Yu Xiuzhong's biological father was in the Qing Dynasty, he was an officer stationed in the Northeast.
When Yu Xiuzhong was still young, when his father led him past the tomb of the boss, he said to him, the Japanese have enmity with us!
How did that huge area of tombs come about? But during the Russo-Japanese War in Northeast China, the Japanese army massacred more than 18,800 Chinese soldiers and civilians at Lushunkou!
What is this situation? For example, A and B have a grudge. They are fighting. However, they are not fighting in the wilderness or in public places in alleys. Instead, they are fighting at C, the third party's house. One of them is still fighting. Nearly 20,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.
What the hell is this? In the words of Northeastern people, this is like being a coward at grandma’s house!
Someone once said that childhood experiences can even affect a person's life.
Yu Xiuzhong remembered his father's sad and angry expression when he pointed at the graveyard, so he had the seeds of hatred for the Japanese buried in his heart since he was a child.
Later, Yu Xiuzhong joined the Zhili Warlords. Who was the leader of the Zhili Warlords? That was the famous Marshal Wu.
Marshal Wu was defeated during the battle with the Feng faction, that is, Marshal Zhang's Northeast Army, and Yu Xiuzhong finally switched to Marshal Zhang's army.
In the end, he was reused by Marshal Zhang.
He himself transferred from Zhili and was not from the Northeast. Why would Marshal Zhang reuse him? The reason is naturally because Marshal Zhang regrets it. Why does he regret it? Of course I regret not fighting the Japanese on September 18th.
Now the whole country is scolding, saying that Marshal Zhang did not resist the general. How will he feel better?
Well, historians have their own opinions on historical figures. Here we will only talk about Yu Xiuzhong.
The problem now is that the Nationalist Government has reached an agreement with the Japanese not to resist Japan. Their 17th Army is about to be transferred to Shaanxi. Seeing the Japanese invaders becoming more and more arrogant, how can Yu Xiuzhong endure it? The superficial resistance to Japan is not allowed to happen. , he can still do some small tricks behind the scenes.
The undercurrents in upper-level politics finally decided the fate of the little people again. This is how Shang Zhen and the others came to Tianjin.
In a famous Chinese novel, there is a section called Grandma Liu enters the Grand View Garden.
It means that an old lady from the countryside went to the residence of an upper-class family and saw everything new and made a lot of jokes.
And what about Shang Zhen and the others? They are also country bumpkins who come to the city. What kind of story will they play out this time?
