In 1941, the New Fourth Army sent Shi Yafu to lead hundreds of troops deep into Wang's puppet army, disguised as a member of Wang's puppet army. Over the next two years, he successfully collected and provided a large amount of intelligence, thwarting a number of Japanese plots, including the Qingxiang operation and the hunt for high-ranking cadres of the New Fourth Army. As his intelligence activities became more frequent, Nobuo Kobayashi, the top commander of the Japanese army in Nantong, began to suspect that there might be undercover agents of the New Fourth Army hidden in the puppet army. So in 194, Nobuo Kobayashi removed the puppet army division, reorganized the division, and revoked Shi Yafu from the post of division commander and demoted him to the chief of staff of the division.
Shi Yafu usually likes to hunt, often changes into civilian clothes, takes personal bodyguards out of the city gates, gallops all the way to the west, and hunts in the woods, in fact, this is an excuse for him to secretly connect with the New Fourth Army traffic officers. One afternoon, as usual, Schaf went out hunting with a shotgun on his back, and at the city gates, a jeep hurriedly stopped in front of his horse. A Japanese officer got out of the car and saluted Shi Yafu and handed him a battle plan that stated that Keiichiro Yamamoto of Ishiko would attack the Tao Yong Brigade of the New Fourth Army in a few hours, and ordered Shi Yafu to immediately lead two regiments in battle. Knowing that time was too short to inform the intelligence station, Schaf immediately returned to the city to try to find a solution.
He ordered his troops to assemble and take a detour from Stone Harbor to Dig Harbor, rather than going directly, which would have increased the distance by many miles. The interpreter asked Shi Yafu why he wanted to make a detour, but Shi Yafu politely refused to answer, saying that it was a military secret. When the party finally reached Ishiko, they were spotted by the sentries of Keiichiro Yamamoto's brigade, and Shi Yafu asked the interpreter to say to the sentinels, "We are here for your banquet." "At an important stronghold during the war, a senior officer, Schaf, led his troops to a key port, but on the way was met by a sentry who was determined to carry out his orders, and refused to let him go. Unwilling to delay, Schaf insisted on passing, which eventually led to a fierce clash. The clash caused a commotion and attracted the attention of other military leaders.
Eventually, the situation was eased by the arguments and mediation of the leaders, but an important moment was missed. With his accurate grasp of the movements of the Japanese army, Shi Yafu repeatedly sabotaged Kobayashi Nobuo's battle plan. Nobuo Kobayashi became more vigilant, cleaned up the officers above the platoon of the puppet army, and secretly arrested and executed anyone who was suspicious as long as he found it. In June 194, Nobuo Kobayashi became suspicious of Shiaf. One night, when Shi Yafu went home, Pan Yijuan, the wife of the deputy division commander Fan Jie, warned him: "When you were playing mahjong at the division commander's house, I heard that the Japanese army leader had suspected your identity, you have to be careful." After Pan Yijuan left, Shi Yafu drafted a telegram overnight and sent it to the command of the Soviet-Chinese Military District. A message came from the intelligence station asking Shi Yafu to go to Gujiazhuang in Wuxi.
Shi Yafu complied and met with Ye Fei, deputy division commander, and Zhu Kejing, director of Su Ze's administrative office. Ye Fei said: "Comrade Yafu, the situation is critical, and Division Commander Su has decided that you will lead your troops to revolt today, and then send the Ruxi Independent Regiment to meet you." What do you think?Shi Yafu replied: "I follow the decision of the organization, and the soldiers have long been looking forward to returning. Now is the most dangerous time, and you must be vigilant. Zhu Kejing instructed. When Shiaf returned to the city, his troops looked the same as usual, but secretly prepared for an uprising. One day, Schaf spotted someone secretly following him, so he and his bodyguards caught the stalker. It turned out to be Wang Yishan, the adjutant of the division headquarters. Shi Yafu interrogated both soft and hard, and Wang Yishan truthfully explained the ins and outs.
He said: "Nobuo Kobayashi will hold a meeting on the day, and he has already laid an encirclement to wipe out your troops. One day, the whole city was under martial law, and the Japanese army issued a notice that only the warrant of the division commander Tian Tiefu could leave the city. Shi Yafu felt that the situation was critical, so he sent a telegram to Ye Fei through a secret radio station, asking for an uprising. It was quickly approved. One night, preparations for Schyaf's uprising were going well, and he thought he would be out of danger the next day. Suddenly, the division commander Tian Tiefu invited him to play a few rounds of mahjong. Shi Yafu was shocked: "If you go, you may fall into their trap." If you don't go, it will definitely make them suspicious. Shi Yafu said cheerfully: "I'll come right away."
He instructed Zhang Xin: "Tian Tiefu invited me to his house to play mahjong tonight, in order not to make him suspicious, I must go." If I go and can't come back, you are responsible for organizing the troops to revolt, and you have to find a way to get the troops out of the city and go straight to the base of the New Fourth Army. After Shi Yafu finished explaining, he took a box of banknotes and came to the Tian Mansion. The division commander ......Tian Tiefu and the two directors spent the whole night playing mahjong and smoking cigarettes. Shi Yafu deliberately let Tian Tiefu win, but it made Tian Tiefu smile from ear to ear, and they played until the early hours of the morning. Shi Yafu lost all the boxes of banknotes he brought, and finally lost to Tian Tiefu. After yawning a few times, Shi Yafu said: "Master, your card skills are superb, I admire you so much."
Look at the box of money I brought with me and I lost all the money I brought and can't play again tonight. Tian Tiefu replied, "Then let's continue tomorrow." Shi Yafu replied cheerfully: "Okay, I will definitely come back tomorrow." After leaving the Tian Mansion, Shi Yafu immediately went to the office and issued the order for the uprising. Zhang Xin commanded the troops to get into the truck, and at the same time escorted Tian Tiefu's driver. Tian Tiefu's driver drove in front, and the rebel troops followed closely behind and drove towards the city gate. Arriving at the city gates, the guards stopped the convoy. Master Tian ordered: "You are not allowed to go out of the city." According to Shi Yafu's order, Tian Tiefu's driver scolded: "Bastard, you don't have long eyes, the division seat is in the car, and if you don't open the door, you will be shot." The officer defending the city saw the convoy clearly and hurriedly told the soldiers to open the door. The convoy passed through the city gate without any problems.
However, soon, gunshots rang out from behind, and after Tian Tiefu learned that Shi Yafu led his troops out of the city, he immediately gathered a battalion of troops in pursuit. Seeing this, Shi Yafu was a little anxious. His bodyguard rushed to Tian Tiefu's car with a bunch of grenades and threw all the grenades at the vehicle. With a loud ** sound, the vehicle was immediately blown up. At the same time, the Ruxi Independent Regiment rushed to support, and the 200-man unit led by Shi Yafu successfully broke away from the enemy camp and returned to the base of the New Fourth Army.