On the morning of August 25, 1937, Jiuquan City was full of troops, including the army of Ma Hongkui in Ningxia and the army of Ma Bufang in Qinghai.
Soldiers from both sides confronted each other in Jiuquan Prison with loaded guns and sabre-rattling.
Their purpose in doing so was to compete for a dozen Japanese.
The two sides did not give in to each other, and the atmosphere was tense.
At this moment, the dust was flying outside Jiuquan City, and dozens of cars were filled with murderous soldiers, with light and heavy machine guns on their roofs.
Dozens of cars drove to Jiuquan, and a general got out of the car and told the generals on both sides of the confrontation loudly: "I was sent by Director Xingyuanhe of Lanzhou. We will take the Japanese away, and those who stand in our way will be killed. ”
The director He mentioned by this general was Chiang Kai-shek's red man, the boss of the military command, Dai Li's boss, and He Yaozu, then director of Lanzhou Xingyuan and lieutenant general of the army.
Obviously, this general has a lot of background and is determined to win.
Seeing this, the generals on both sides of the confrontation did not dare to slack off and asked their respective superiors for instructions.
At present, Ma Hongkui and Ma Bufang actually reached a consensus that the two sides would cooperate to prevent He Yaozu from leading people.
The two generals received the order and said viciously to the generals under He Yaozu: "If you want to bring someone, you can ask the brothers if they agree to the guns."”
As soon as these words came out, the surrounding air froze, and a big battle was about to break out.
Why were more than a dozen Japanese thrown into prison, why did Erma and He Yaozu fight for them, and what will happen next?
Spies are involved in the northwest, and traitors secretly help each other
This group of Japanese was a Japanese spy, and as early as 1920, Japanese spies began to infiltrate Inner Mongolia.
In 1935, a few Japanese spies suddenly rushed to the Alxa Banner in the western part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Alxa Banner has repeatedly asked the people for instructions on what to do, because the Kuomintang practices the doctrine of non-resistance, and the relevant departments have not given a clear answer.
The prince of Alxa Banner, Dali Zaya, had no choice but to designate the firm name "Xiang Tailong" as his residence for the Japanese secret service.
Under the coercion and inducement of the Japanese secret services, Darizaya built a small airfield for them in Bayanhot Town, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on a flat land under Shuangshanzi in the western suburbs of Dingyuanying.
Although it is a small airport, Japanese spies are even more brazen and do not freely transport military supplies through China's railways and roads, which is a blatant violation of China's sovereignty.
In the spring of 1936, dozens of spies of the Japanese army, led by the head of the agency Ezaki Toshio, came to the East Temple of the New Balhu Right Banner in Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and set up camp here.
They openly set up an office in the East Temple, built a military airfield in the area, and opened irregular voyages between the East Temple and the Bailing Temple.
Their intention in coming here was to sow discord among the Hui, Han, and Mongolian nationalities, to create turmoil, and to take advantage of the chaos to invade.
After that, Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki (Lieutenant General), the leader of the Japanese Shaozhuang military and deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, flew from Jiabu Temple to Dingyuan Camp to inspect the work of the secret service.
When he came, he was personally greeted by Prince Darizaya;When he left, he sent him off in person.
Itagaki Seishiro was in Inner Mongolia and was also warmly welcomed by Ma Hongkui.
Banyuan appeared in Jiuquan, Wuwei and Ningxia provincial capitals, swaggering through the city, the scenery is infinite.
This is because the Mongolian Dewang, Ningxia and Qinghai Erma all fought fiercely with the Japanese and treated them as if they were guests.
King De kept feasting Itagaki to eat barbecue, and Ma Bufang was not far behind, inviting Itagaki to eat hand-grabbed mutton;Ma Hongkui invited Banyuan to watch the play in the provincial ** auditorium, calling each other brothers.
You must know that Itagaki is not a good type, it is a sworn enemy of China.
After the 918 Incident, Itagaki promoted the establishment of the "puppet state of Manchukuo";
In 1933, Itagaki planned to establish the "North China Kingdom".
In the second year of the puppet **, he instigated the internal ** to stand again.
It can be said that this guy is the "bin Laden" of the Chinese, and everyone is condemned.
However, such a wicked guy was welcomed by VIPs during his stay in China.
The Battle of Bailing was won, and the government took a tough attitude
Itagaki Seishiro was arrogant, which aroused the righteous indignation of the people of Ningxia.
At that time, the Japanese army had invaded Northeast China, eyeing North China, trying to get Inner Mongolia out
People from all walks of life have called Nanjing** to demand severe punishment of Ma Hongkui.
However, due to Chiang Kai-shek's ambiguous policy towards Japan and his desire to provoke Ma Hongkui, the Chinese driver who transported Seishiro Itagaki was finally shot dead and became a substitute for the dead.
In fact, the three of them colluded with Japan, because the drunkard did not mean to drink, and wanted to use the Japanese to fight against the people.
But most of the Qinghai, Ningxia and Mongols were patriotic, and they hated Japanese spies to the core.
In the autumn of 1936, Amurbay Isguleng Meilin of the Banner Palace, and Lama Lei Detang Wute of the Sairi Chuanji Temple approached Wang Degan, commissioner of the Mongolian and Tibetan Committee of the Kuomintang in Ejinaqi, and said that the Japanese spies would be expelled.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek adopted a policy of compromising Japan and turned a blind eye to Japanese spies.
But Wang Degan is a ** with a sense of justice, and he reached a consensus with two Mongolian patriots to formulate a way to crack down on Japanese spies.
After careful planning, Wang Degan sent Lama Redtang Wute to infiltrate the temple.
Lama Redtang Wute went to the temple to distract the attention of the Japanese spies under the pretext of looking for people, and burned down the arsenal of the Japanese spies set up here.
This move caused a sensation throughout the country and aroused the attention of the Chinese people to the Japanese spies.
At the same time, the Kuomintang newspapers and periodicals also published an investigation report by patriotic journalist Fan Changjiang.
After more than two months, he interviewed people from all walks of life in Ningxia, Mongolia, and other places, and also took many photographs, exposing the ugly acts of the Japanese army and Japanese spies in Ejinaqi, arousing the strong indignation of the people of the whole countryEven many well-known living Buddha lamas in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia have called to condemn them.
Despite this, the national ** still pretends to be deaf and dumb.
It wasn't until after the Battle of Bailingmiao that the situation took a turn for the worse, and the Japanese spies were unlucky.
Bailing Temple is one of the largest lama temples in the Ulanchabu League, and it is also a transportation hub that communicates the north and the south and connects the east and west, and can be said to be a military important place in Suibei.
With the support of the Japanese, the Mongolian king of Germany sent a large amount of ammunition to Bailing Temple, trying to make it a bridgehead for attacking Suiyuan.
The actions of the Japanese provoked Fu Zuoyi, chairman of Suiyuan Province and commander of the 35th Army.
Fu Zuoyi is a real anti-Japanese famous general, and is called the "God of War" by Bai Chongxi.
You must know that Bai Chongxi is very arrogant, and is called one of China's "three and a half military strategists" by foreigners, who has he been convinced?
In fact, in the Anti-Japanese War, the squadron won most battles by relying on the dangerous terrainThere are only a handful of generals who beat the Japanese army convincingly according to geographical advantages, and Fu Zuoyi is counted as one.
As a result, Fu Zuoyi killed the Japanese army and the Mongolian rebels to the ground, and the four brigades of the Mongolian army were reversed, and Tanaka Takayoshi, the adviser sent to the Mongolian army by Itagaki Seishiro, fled in disarray.
This was the most influential victory of the squadron since the First Sino-Japanese War.
This battle shocked China and the rest of the world, and our army and people all raised their eyebrows and exclaimed, and it greatly encouraged the people of the whole country and strengthened the determination of the whole army to resist the war.
This was also the first complete victory in China's partial war of resistance since the September 18 Incident, which led to a nationwide anti-Japanese upsurge.
Against this background, the good days of Japanese spies stationed in Mongolia came to an end.
Under pressure from all over the country, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Guan Linzheng, commander of the 25th Division of the Army, and Du Yuming, deputy division commander, to lead his troops to attack the Alxa Banner in Inner Mongolia in late November, and issued an ultimatum to the Japanese spy organs: move out by early December, otherwise they will bear the consequences.
In view of the fact that the Japanese army was beaten all over the ground in Bailing Temple, the Japanese spies had long been panicked and had no confidence, and when they saw that the 25th Division was not good, they were frightened and flew to their grandmother's house.
If you don't run away at this time, when will you wait?
On 8 December, the Japanese spies had been evacuated, leaving only a small number of car tires, spare parts, and gasoline, which they had no time to remove because the deadline had expired.
After the outbreak of the Liangguang Incident in 1936, the 25th Division was withdrawn).
After the First Sino-Japanese War, China was fed up with the anger of little Japan.
Not to mention, in the Jinan Incident in 1928, in order to support Zhang Zuolin, the Japanese provoked ** in Jinan
The Japanese army brutally executed China's chief negotiator, Cai Gongshi, and his 10 negotiators, and the negotiator Cai Gongshi had his ears and nose cut off, China 190,000 soldiers and civilians**, Chiang Kai-shek swallowed his anger and was forced to give up attacking Zhang Zuolin.
This is a great shame for the people, and it is also an eternal pain in the hearts of the people.
And because of the Battle of Bailing Temple, the squadron expelled the Japanese spies, which cannot but be said to be the credit of General Fu Zuoyi.
Guan LinzhengHowever, the Japanese army's secret service in Ejina Banner was still active and was not affected.
This was because in December 1936, the Xi'an Incident broke out and the deportation activities were suspended.
After the peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident, the expulsion of Japanese spies was put on the agenda.
In the spring of 1937, Nanjing sent Major General Li Hanyuan to Ejina Banner to carry out a mission.
Chiang Kai-shek's demand was that the Japanese spies there be expelled.
The patriotic general wielded his might, and the spies were all in one net
Li Hanyuan, a native of Linxia, Gansu, was a member of the Communist Party in his early years, and also participated in the Nanchang Uprising, and later left the party to serve in the General Headquarters of Ma Hongkui's Fourth Army.
Ma Hongkui was afraid that Li Hanyuan would have a stalemate with the Japanese, so he only asked him to bring 5 entourages and 1 truck.
But unexpectedly, in the end, the situation could not be cleaned up.
Although Li Hanyuan is not a member of the Communist Party, he is still full of a sense of justice, he saw Ma Hongkui's intentions, so he called Nanjing**: I am short of manpower to handle the case, and I ask for reinforcements.
Nanjing called back: Let He Yaozu help you.
Many people know Dai Li, but they don't know He Yaozu;At that time, He Yaozu was the head of the military commander, and Dai Li was only a deputy.
He Yaozu is also the deputy director of the Northwest Travel Camp and the chairman of Gansu Province, which can be said to be in power.
With the support of He Yaozu, Li Hanyuan was more confident and arrived in Jiuquan with great ambition.
As soon as he arrived in Jiuquan, he had not yet washed off the dust on his body, and the adjutant reported: "Someone asked to see him." ”
This person is none other than Wang Degan, the commissioner of the Nanjing National ** Garrison in Ejinaqi, who had planned to burn down the Japanese spy station.
Wang Degan secretly came to Jiuquan from Erlizi River in Ejina Banner and said a word to Li Hanyuan, which was shocking.
General, I'm here to persuade you to go back. Li Hanyuan was confused.
Commissioner Wang: Why do you say that?”
Japanese spies are very rampant, and they have the support of two horses, and the general cannot underestimate them. ”
Wang Degan said: "The general is going here, I'm afraid that there will be more bad luck, so let's go back quickly." ”
When Li Hanyuan heard this, Li Hanyuan was enraged, and he took the case: "Commissioner Wang underestimated me, don't write the Japanese **, my Li character upside down!."”
In fact, Wang Degan used the method of agitation, worried that Li Hanyuan would be anticlimactic and polite to the Japanese.
He was so determined that a stone fell to the ground in his heart.
He immediately began to report on the situation he had in his possession: There were only 10 Japanese spies including Esaki Toshio and 40 people from Chahar who were entrenched in the Japanese secret service department in Dongmiao, as well as 40 or 50 spies and traitors from Chahar.
The rifles and other ordnance of the Japanese and traitors had been burned and blown up, and they only had a few pistols in their hands.
The agents had two radio stations, which also malfunctioned and became decorations.
They have airfields, but they don't have airplanes.
Li Hanyuan clapped his hands when he heard this, when will they wait if this matter is not dealt with?
At this time, King De was not willing to fail, sharpened his knife, not only let his thousands of subordinates assemble on standby, but also prepare the herdsmen of the truth.
Li Hanyuan only brought a few followers to the yurt to explain to the leader that the Menghan family and the Japanese were mortal enemies.
This time, the Mongols turned from a barrier to a welcome.
Not only that, on July 6, Li Hanyuan was invited by the Mongolian leader to participate in the horse race.
At the meeting, Li Hanyuan once again said in his heart: "I am here to target Japanese spies, not everyone, we are all family. ”
Li Hanyuan clasped his hands and said: "I, Li, have no talent, and I hope everyone will help me get rid of the Japanese spies." ”
would say that he could be a million soldiers, and when he said this, everyone present was moved.
But there was another person in the audience who was different, not only not moved but also very frightened, and this person was Murayama, a Japanese spy disguised as a Mongolian doctor.
Seeing that everyone was excited, Murayama was so frightened that he squeezed out of the crowd and ran away on a camel.
Li Hanyuan saw this person on the stage with a suspicious appearance, and immediately sent someone to chase him.
Half an hour later, Murayama was brought back, and he quickly confessed to the current situation of the Japanese secret services, which was basically the same as what Wang Degan said.
This time, Li Hanyuan was confident, set off overnight, wearing the stars and the moon, and arrived at the East Temple, the capital of Ejina Banner, in the early morning of July 7.
On this night, fierce gunfire rang out at the Lugou Bridge in the southwest of Beiping, and the Japanese army seized the squadron under the pretext of looking for the missing soldiers, and the Anti-Japanese War broke out in full swing.
Of course, the transmission of information was slow at that time, and Li Hanyuan in Inner Mongolia was unaware of it at this time.
However, at this moment, Li Hanyuan's counterattack against the Japanese spies is also about to begin.
At 12 o'clock that night, Li Hanyuan commanded his entourage to launch a surprise attack and rushed into the spy stronghold. Japanese spies, including Toshio Egasaki, were defenseless and disarmed under the covers.
At this time, the battle for the Lugou Bridge continued.
The next day, Li Hanyuan escorted Ezaki Toshio and others to search the Japanese secret service headquarters and the Hongliuwo warehouse in Dongmiao, where five traitors were found and arrested.
On July 9, He Yaozu from Lanzhou called: a team of more than 100 camels, loaded with aviation gasoline, was found to be a Japanese spy from Bayinmao Road in the north of Dengkou County, Ningxia, passing through Gurinai and Mamanshan to Anxi, Gansu.
Li Hanyuan immediately made a decision and escorted the arrested Japanese spies and traitors back to Jiuquan in cars and camels respectively.
At the same time, Li Hanyuan sent people to Gurinai to intercept the suspicious camel caravan mentioned in the Lanzhou telegram.
It turned out that this camel team was indeed transporting supplies for the Japanese spies, and in addition to the traitors, the Japanese spies led by Yokota were also in the team.
Naturally, the second group of Japanese spies was also captured.
So far, all the Japanese spies in the great northwest have been caught.
The second horse was powerless, and the Japanese spy fell to the ground
The news of the capture of the Japanese spy spread quickly, and the people in the northwest cheered, but some people were mourned.
They are, King Dewang of Inner Mongolia, Ma Hongkui of Ningxia and Ma Bufang of Qinghai.
Itahima Seishiro sent them separate telegrams, asking them to rescue the Japanese spies, because although China and Japan had not officially declared war, they had already started a war, and these Japanese spies might be worried about their lives.
King Dewang of Inner Mongolia, Ma Hongkui of Ningxia and Ma Bufang of Qinghai were nervous, worried that these Japanese spies would bite indiscriminately during the trial and tell the inside story of their contact with the Japanese.
King De was out of reach, he was very anxious, but very helpless.
However, Erma had that ability, and they sent troops to Jiuquan one after another.
This leads to the opening scene of the article, where both sides argue and both want to take the Japanese spies away. Li Hanyuan was furious when he saw it, and said in his heart, when did the second horse dare to shield the Japanese spies, and wanted them to escape punishment, let's dream.
He immediately sent a telegram to Lanzhou, and He Yaozu issued an order to send a division to Jiuquan as soon as possible.
Time is pressing, no, it definitely won't work, the cavalry is also a bit slow, and you can't carry heavy **, you can only send cars to transport troops.
As a result, Erma's army was facing each other, and dozens of cars drove into Jiuquan City, which were full of soldiers, and the cars were equipped with light and heavy machine guns.
These soldiers were so murderous that a general got out of the car and told Erma: "Don't fight any of you, dare not say a word, and kill him." ”
Erma's men hurriedly asked for instructions on how to act.
Ma Hongkui and Ma Bufang called back one after another: Withdraw!
The Ma family army was coaxing, but it could only bully the Western Route Army, which did not have a large number of cavalry and was insufficient.
In front of the regular army, they are simply vulnerable.
Erma knew that the consequence of doing it would be that the corpses of the Ma family would be scattered all over the place, and they would have to retreat in disgrace.
Naturally, in the cheers of the citizens, Li Hanyuan escorted 13 Japanese spies including Toshio Ezaki and 5 traitors to Lanzhou on September 2 and handed them over to the Northwest Xingyuan.
When the news came that the Japanese spies and traitors had been escorted to Lanzhou, the ancient city was empty, and the ugly faces of the Japanese spies vying for the purpose of the Japanese spies were scrambling.
The Chinese were hospitable, and they "treated" these uninvited "guests" with bricks, tiles and melon peels.
At first, the Japanese spies were very arrogant, pointing at the Kuomintang officers and roaring: "Let me go immediately, otherwise the imperial army will be burned as soon as they arrive!"”
In their eyes, China has always been weak, and in addition to forbearance, it is to retreat;But this time they were wrong.
After the Japanese spies and traitors were escorted to Lanzhou, 13 Japanese spies and 5 traitors, including Toshio Ezaki, were tried at the Lanzhou Military Court.
The prosecutor submitted materials in court, first confirming the identity of the Japanese agent.
They include airfield commanders, radio station directors, telegraph operators, surveyors, geological surveyors, doctors, and so on.
The most important thing is that they all have military status, and they all have army status.
The prosecutor then presented evidence of seized pistols, bullets, knives, radio stations, trucks, military horses and camels, as well as military maps and a number of classified documents.
The evidence is ironclad and cannot be denied.
The judge immediately announced that the Japanese spies and traitors would be sentenced to death.
Despite this, the Japanese spies still had a chance and hoped that Tokyo would negotiate, and that Nanjing** would just play around.
However, at dawn on September 10, the prison door was opened, and the military vehicle waited at the door, and then slowly drove to the execution ground outside Andingmen in Lanzhou City.
When the spies got out of the car, they saw a forest of sentry posts, heavily guarded, and thousands of citizens with fire-breathing eyes.
And the icy executioners, and the glittering machetes in their hands.
At this time, they knew that their end was coming, and one by one they were terrified, collapsed on the ground, and cried loudly ......
Only one Esaki Toshio was calm and calm, and asked the executioner: "Can you use a gun, not a big knife?"”
Absolutely!The executioner, Li Peiwu, said, "However, I want to ask the villagers present."
He turned around and asked everyone in a loud voice: "They said not to use machetes, but to use guns, do you say you can?"”
No, you can't!"Cut off their heads!”
The sound of the crowd shook the earth, and Ezaki Toshio's heart was shocked, and he pressed his eyes to ...... in despair
After the prison beheading ** announced the verdict, and after the verification was confirmed, the executioner Inspector Zhang picked up a night of spirits and drank it all in one gulp.
Then he smashed the wine bowl with a "snap", came to the Japanese spy who was kneeling and was executed, roared angrily, and slashed at the spies and traitors on their heads, chopping melons and vegetables.
I saw the blade flying, the cold light flashed, the hand rose and fell, the flesh and blood flew horizontally, and 18 heads fell to the ground in an instant.
Why are you so tough?First, the Battle of Songhu broke out on August 13 of that year, and China and Japan had torn their faces.
Second, General Li Hanyuan "fanned the flames" for He Yaozu.
In any case, people's hearts are happy.
Postscript: Li Hanyuan was dissatisfied with the rule of the Kuomintang and began to engage in anti-Chiang activities.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in November 1949, the people appointed Li Hanyuan as a member of Gansu Province, and later successively served as the secretary-general of the Provincial Political Consultative Conference and the director of the Department of Civil Affairs.
In September 1974, Li Hanyuan died of illness in Lanzhou at the age of 73.