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Chapter 82 The Songhu Anti-Japanese War Signed an Armistice

At midnight on January 1932, 1, Commander Koichi Shiozawa, commander of the Japanese Navy’s First Expatriate Fleet, commanded the Marine Corps to attack Shanghai Zhabei in three routes. Take a head-on blow.

The Japanese army bombarded our army positions, houses, and shops indiscriminately, and launched four general attacks, but all of them were defeated. Jiang Guangnai commanded the army to launch many battles in Zhabei, Jiangwan, Wusong, Caojiaqiao, Liuhe, and Baziqiao. The Japanese army changed its coach four times successively, causing nearly [-] casualties.

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1932年1月28日夜11时30分，盐泽少将统率之日本海军陆战队在北四川路西侧突然向中国驻军发动进攻，十九路军156旅第6团（团长张君嵩），当即予敌猛烈还击。

At this time, the Japanese army, led by more than [-] armored vehicles, divided its troops into five groups and launched an attack from various intersections in Zhabei.

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After dawn on the 29th, under the cover of armored vehicles, the Japanese army launched continuous fierce attacks. Japanese planes also took off from the aircraft carrier "Notoro" and bombarded Zhabei and Nanshi indiscriminately. The flames of war spread rapidly.

At around 10:30 in the morning, Japanese planes dropped bombs, and the General Factory of the Commercial Press and the Oriental Library were burned down. More than [-] volumes of books in the collection, including many rare ancient books, were burned.

Under the cover of powerful artillery fire and armored vehicles, more than a thousand Japanese troops stormed the intersections of Baoshan Road and Qiujiang Road in an attempt to occupy Shanghai North Railway Station.

The North Railway Station is a land transportation hub in Shanghai, and its gains and losses are related to the safety of the entire Zhabei.

At 29 o'clock in the afternoon on the 2th, the Japanese army took advantage of the fire to attack the North Station. A company of our garrison military police withdrew from the North Station after an hour of fierce fighting with the Japanese army.

At 29:17 on the 156th, the main force of the [-]th Brigade joined the battle, counterattacked, recaptured the North Station and Tiantong'an Station, and pursued the victory. It once captured the Japanese Shanghai Marine Corps Headquarters, forcing the Japanese army to retreat to the east of North Sichuan Road and the south of Target Road. area.

The first Japanese attack ended in failure.

After the Japanese attack was frustrated, the British and American consuls came forward to mediate on the afternoon of the 29th. agreement.

The Nineteenth Route Army knew that it was a strategy to delay troops and wait for help, but because the army also needed to adjust its deployment, it agreed to a ceasefire.

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After the Japanese armistice, they tried their best to increase their troops.

The Ministry of the Navy of Japan immediately ordered four destroyers of Sasebo No. 20 No. 4 Squadron, led by the cruiser "Tatsuta", to arrive in Shanghai on January 1 and land at Huangpu Wharf. Soldiers from the No. 30 Sasebo Special Marine Corps accompanied the ship. 474 people and a large number of arms.

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After the Japanese army increased its strength, it began to attack the Chinese defenders in Zhabei and Baziqiao again on February 2, but was still repelled by the Chinese defenders.

On February 2, the Japanese army launched its first general offensive, and the war expanded to the front lines of Jiangwan and Wusong.

After fierce fighting, the Wusong open-air fort was destroyed by the enemy's indiscriminate bombing, but the Japanese army was still unable to land under the resistance of the Chinese defenders.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai, the Nanjing government adopted a policy of "resisting while negotiating". Therefore, while resisting, it sent a note to European and American countries and the League of Nations, demanding "to fulfill their treaty responsibilities."

Since the war in Shanghai directly threatened the interests of the imperialists, they were forced to adopt a more positive attitude than the September [-]th Incident.

Because of this, during the course of the Shanghai War, "mediation" by Britain, the United States, and France continued.

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In early March 1932, the Chinese army was forced to retreat to the second line of defense due to the Japanese army's sneak attack on Liuhe and landing. On March 3, the commander of the Japanese army issued a statement of armistice according to the telegram of his chief of staff.

On the same day, the League of Nations decided that China and Japan ordered an armistice. On the 24th, a formal armistice meeting was held at the British Consular Office.

The Chinese representatives are Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Guo Taiqi, military representatives Dai Ji, Huang Qiang and other seven people. The Japanese representatives are Minister Mamoru Aoi, military representative to China, and nine people including Ueda and Tashiro. Ministers and military attaches from Britain, the United States and France also attended the meeting. .

During the negotiations, the two sides had many disputes, especially the issue of the time and place of the Japanese army's retreat. On the 27th, Lampson proposed five compromises on various items.

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From the 28th to the 30th, the two sides continued to discuss without any results, and the meeting came to a standstill.China then submitted the above-mentioned issues to the Special Committee of the League of Nations for resolution.

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On April 4, the Special Committee of the League of Nations passed 19 articles of the draft resolution. However, the Japanese side expressed firm opposition to Article 11, which the Army believed to be a violation of the power of the joint committee.

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After Lampson's mediation, a compromise proposal was proposed, and the Japanese representative abstained from voting, expressing his acquiescence.So at the League of Nations General Assembly on the 30th, the draft resolution revised by Lampson was passed.

As a result, the Sino-Japanese Armistice Agreement was signed in Shanghai on May 5.

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On May 1932, 5, the two sides signed the "Shanghai Armistice Agreement" (also known as the "Songhu Armistice Agreement") in Shanghai.

The agreement stipulates that Shanghai is a "demilitarized zone", and China is not allowed to station troops in the area from Shanghai to Anting, Kunshan, and Suzhou, while Japan can station "certain" troops.

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The [-] Songhu Anti-Japanese War aroused the patriotic enthusiasm of the people across the country and strengthened the confidence of the Chinese defenders in resisting Japan.

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