Author: Shi Jin Teng
Zhengzhou many old people during the Anti-Japanese War "clawed huayuankou "", "Japanese plane bombing", "Zhengzhou two fall" and other major historical events are well understood, but not many people know about the three consulate construction of Japan in Zhengzhou in the past.
In 1922, the Japanese government began to build a consulate in Zhengzhou, which opened in 1927 (address unknown). In 1928, when Feng Yuxiang was in charge of Henan, the Japanese consulate in Zhengzhou was revoked.
In July 1929, the Japanese government once again proposed to establish a consulate in Zhengzhou. After more than two years of negotiations, the chairman of the Kuomintang government and the president of the Executive Yuan Chiang Kai-shek issued the National Government Order No. 273. . On February 3, 1931, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the consul of the Hankou Consulate General Shoutaro Tanaka to the Zheng Consulate as consul.
In 1931, Japan launched the "September 18 Incident" in Shenyang,Zhengzhou people set off a massive wave of anti-Japanese salvation. Students demonstrated in front of the consulate, and the Japanese consulate in Zhengzhou was temporarily evacuated.
In the autumn of 1933, the commissioner of the Japanese Consulate in Hankou rented a bank house on Dongsanma Road in Zhengzhou, covering an area of 1.92 acres and 52 houses. They were repaired and resumed activities on October 15, 1935. , The former Secretary of the Japanese Consulate in Hankou, Takayoshi Sasaki, was the consul.
On December 9, 1935, the unprecedented "December Nine" patriotic movement broke out in Beijing. The Zhengzhou patriotic young students responded positively and established the "Student Union", marched demonstrations, and threw stones. , Hitting the Japanese consulate in Zhengzhou, the Japanese consulate ceased its work.
On January 1, 1936, the Japanese consulate was renamed Zhengxian Japanese Consulate", under the cover of cultural studies, opened shops, diverted the attention of the authorities, steal political and military information, set up special agencies, and proceeded Counterattack activities. Buy traitors, privately set up radio stations, and spy on intelligence. On January 4, 1937, the espionage activities were detected by the Zhengzhou authorities. On January 7, 1937, Japan’s "Cultural Research Association" on Tongshang Lane and "Zhengxian County on Dongsan Road" The consulate" was sealed. On the 13th, the National Government expelled the Japanese spies, the consul Takayoshi Sasaki and others were extradited back to China, and the spy chief Yuan Hexiu committed suicide. The only consulate in the hinterland of China. Zhengzhou was a county-level organization at the time, and it could not be compared with cities such as Xi'an and Kaifeng.Why does Japan give so much importance to Zhengzhou when it is not big enough? This is because Zhengzhou is located in the Central Plains, is the nation's transportation center and an important military strategic location. Zhengzhou is also an open commercial port, which is conducive to Japan's planning of strategic materials. Therefore, Japan used Zhengzhou as a "bridgehead" to penetrate into China's inland areas to prepare for a full-scale war of aggression against China. This fully shows that Japan's ambition to invade China has been deliberate and planned for a long time, and its ruthless ambition is obvious.
After the liberation of Zhengzhou, the former site of the Japanese Consulate in Zhengzhou was the office building of the Guancheng District Government. Later, it became the house of the Zhengzhou Food and Beverage Company, and the house was preserved.
The former site of the Japanese Consulate in Zheng, at No. 80 Sanma Road, Zhengzhou City, covering an area of nearly two acres. There are two small blue brick buildings with Chinese and Western walls, 52 houses, and a reinforced concrete basement underneath. .
According to reports, a roster of Japanese soldiers and a report on the invasion of the Central Plains by the Japanese army were found under the floor of the second building during the renovation of the house. In addition, a roster was found. The names of 50 women were written on it. The characters after the names were mostly "wind" and "flower". Not only did they have names, they also had streets, house numbers, and ages. Most of them are 15 to 21 years old. In the dungeon of the consulate, torture equipment, cigarette cases, medicine bottles and condoms were also found. After 1949, the house was once used as a unit for office use before it was preserved.
was almost demolished during the demolition and reconstruction of Zhengzhou Railway Station. Thanks to Zhengzhou University Professor Xu Youli,He only found the site of the Japanese consulate when he was doing research on the subject of Henan modern history. The city of Zhengzhou was later preserved as a cultural relic. In June 2006, the Henan Provincial People's Government announced that it was a cultural relics protection unit of Henan Province. A monument was erected in the courtyard on February 14, 1938 (the 15th of the first lunar month) to bomb Zhengzhou Dehua Street and Datong Road .
I think that the former site of the Japanese Consulate in Zhengzhou is an old scar on the body of Zhengzhou people, allowing Zhengzhou people to see the scar and remember the pain at that time. Let us always remember this history. This old site has become a base for patriotic education. A picture exhibition of "Great Contributions-China and the World Anti-Fascist War" was held in the museum, which was once open to the outside world.
I have personally visited it, and now it is located in the most prosperous Erqi business district in Zhengzhou, surrounded by high-rise buildings, the gates are closed, and the doors are full of electric cars and tricycles. If the repairs can be strengthened, it will be a good place for young people in Zhengzhou to learn about the history of the War of Resistance against Japan and look back on the past.
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