On January 28, 1932, after the September 18th Incident, Japanese imperialism deliberately ignited the war in Shanghai again, known in history as the "January 28th Incident". The 19th Route Army of the Kuomintang stationed in Shanghai fought bravely under the command of Cai Tingkai and Jiang Guangnai.
However, the Kuomintang Navy was outside the fire from the other side of the Battle of Shanghai, and was angrily condemned by all walks of life. The origin of the
incident
Since January 21, Japan has begun to increase its troops in Shanghai in large numbers, and has transferred 19 warships and and two marine brigades from the domestic and Lushun Port . The troops stationed in Shanghai have suddenly increased to 23 warships, more than 40 aircraft and more than 1,800 Marines. On January 28, the Japanese army suddenly launched a fierce attack on the Chinese military positions in Zhabei.
Japanese devils were at the city, and the 19th Route Army vowed to defend their territory to the death. Songhu War lasted 33 days. The 19th Route Army stubbornly resisted the joint and crazy attacks of the Japanese army and navy with inferior equipment. The positions were captured many times, and successively defeated the Japanese army's strong attacks on Zhabei, Wusong and other places. It was not until the Japanese reinforcements landed on the side to occupy Liuhe that they had to retreat to the front line of Jiading and Taicang on March 1. The Battle of Songhu ended immediately.
While the Chinese were excited about the heroic 19th Route Army's War of Resistance , they were also very puzzled: Where is our navy? Why did the 19th Route Army and even ordinary people in Shanghai fight to the death, while the Navy stand by and watch?
Shortly after the war, the "truth" of the Chinese Navy avoiding the war gradually emerged.
At the Luoyang National Migrant Conference in April 1932, participants began to attack. In view of the Navy's fear of enemies in Songhu , most participants specifically proposed a proposal to completely transform the Navy.
On April 23, Life Weekly published He Huangji's article "The Navy in the National Hurt". The author revealed many inside stories of the naval authorities in peacetime and wartime, providing an extremely inflammatory "factual basis" for the outside world to criticize the navy.
5 In May, 84 supervisory committee members of the National Government jointly wrote a letter to the "Improvement Case", listing several major "crimes" of the Navy. This should have been confidential, but was disclosed to reporters by Supervisory Committee member Gao Youtang. For a time, public opinion was rumored, and critical articles from all cities were overwhelming.
At this point, the storm of denunciation of the Navy reached its climax.
pale and powerless defense
The storm in denying the navy was caused by the navy's failure to participate in the Shanghai War, and the focus of attention from all walks of life was the truth behind this "respect for the enemy and avoiding war".
Navigation cases against He Huangji's article and the allegations of "Naval Impeachment Case", the naval authorities immediately launched a counterattack. The first "crime" of the General Affairs Director of the Navy, Li Shijia, who is regarded as the "number one", was attacked as "agreement" of "signing a Sino-Japanese Navy non-attack agreement with Japanese commander-in-chief Yanze."
Li Shijia argued that he and Yan Ze were only in normal official negotiations that were occasionally in "diplomatic etiquette" and had no special relationship. The secret signing of the agreement was purely false. However, both Li Shijia and the Navy Department have intentionally concealed the facts that are unfavorable to them when refuting the above allegations.
In addition, all sectors of society were extremely dissatisfied with the inaction of the Navy during the Battle of Shanghai, and then they were linked to the long-standing corruption of the Kuomintang army. Therefore, the issue of naval corruption has also become the focus of public attention.
On this issue, Li Shijia became the "burden" again. He Huangji revealed that Li Shijia had pro-Japanese behavior and often purchased ships, , daily necessities, etc. from Japan. Therefore, he was naturally grateful to the Japanese and deliberately "released water" during the Battle of Shanghai in order to leave a good way out for himself.
The National Government should have properly handled the issues of all parties in response to the fermenting condemnation storm, but its attitude was very ambiguous. It neither made any comments nor expressed its opinion to investigate the matter to resolve it. The reason why
is actually because the National Government is guilty.Because the National Government did not order the navy to participate in the war during the Shanghai War. On the other hand, the government was well aware of the current corruption and chaos within the navy. If the truth was officially announced, it would be like a fire and slap itself in the face, and could only pass it over with perfunctory. Therefore, as time passed, although the fire of crusade gradually subsided, the image of the navy in the hearts of the Chinese people fell to the bottom.
Such a navy should be called "Jiang Army"
defines the navy as "Jiang Army". This may be the unique title in the world, but this title is actually on the head of the Kuomintang Navy at that time.
At that time, someone posted a comment article saying that most of the exercise areas of foreign navies are in Haikou, while the Chinese navy likes to stay in Hukou and can fuck. We really don’t understand, since the navy’s goal is to go to the world, what will fuck hiding in the Tamsui Lake? I will wait until the enemy reaches the inland lake before resisting. Will China still have a way out?
Someone sarcastically said that the Chinese Navy usually likes to hide behind the Jiangyin Fort in order to avoid war and protect themselves. They never see their open sailing at sea. They can do it once a year and are still held in Hukou. Therefore, it is reasonable to abolish the navy and practice the "Jiang Army". The Navy should also be renamed the "Jiang Army" department.
For a long time, the promotion of officers of the Navy's Jiangdian Fleet has been far better than that of the coastal Fleet, and has been favored by warlords of various factions and has been mostly ridiculed by the people.
Admiral Du Xiwa was promoted to commander of the Navy's Yangtze River Fleet because he defected to Wu Peifu in the 1920s. He later became sworn brothers with Wu Peifu and used the navy to help Wu Peifu fight a civil war. He then quickly became commander-in-chief of the Navy. During his tenure as commander of the Navy, Du used the former site of the Nanjing Jiangnan Naval Academy as the headquarters. He was not doing his job all day long, eating, drinking, gambled, and lying on the bed to smoke opium. It can be said that he had never officially cruised on the sea for a day. The former naval veteran Sazhenbing once gave Du Xiwa a nickname - "Army Commander", which was once a joke.
A soldier is a beating, and he is always in a blink of an eye. In this state of the navy, he really cannot support the vast space of the word "sea". This inland "Jiang Army" has never traveled to the vast ocean, let alone experienced strong winds and waves.
is okay to show off your might in front of the people. It is reasonable to occasionally encircle and suppress the Jiang bandits in inland shipping, but it is impossible to have them fight with the powerful Japanese Navy bayonet.
Therefore, whether it is the exaggeration of the impeacher or the so-called "defense" of the navy, such a weak navy cannot change the fate of the eventual defeat, whether it actively participates in the war or not.
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