An essay on the Jinan 53 massacre

Jinan Massacre1April 928, the Kuomintang began its second "Northern Expedition". On February1of that month, Japanese militarists sent three infantry squadrons stationed in Tianjin to Jinan in the name of protecting overseas Chinese. From 25th to 27th, the Japanese army landed in Qingdao and transported troops to Jinan along the Ji Jiao Railway. By the 28th, there were more than 3,000 Japanese troops stationed in Jinan. Taking Weisi Road as the center line, the Japanese army in Shangbu, Jinan was divided into two "garrison areas" in the east and west, where fortifications were built, roadblocks were erected and martial law was imposed. On April 30th, Zhang Zongchang, a Feng warlord, left Jinan. 1 year On May 30th, the Kuomintang army entered Jinan, and Fang Zhenwu was appointed as the garrison commander of Jinan. On the morning of the 2nd, Ruan, battalion commander of the 23rd Regiment of the First Army, and others were killed on the spot after being intercepted by the Japanese army while walking with their bare hands on Jingwei No.5 Road. On the morning of the 3rd, the Japanese army broke into the office of the Shandong negotiator and bound and beat all 18 China diplomats, including Cai Gongshi, the Shandong special negotiator. Cai Gongshi denounced the Japanese army, but the Japanese army cut off Cai's ears, nose and tongue, gouged out his eyes and then killed him with others. On that day, the Japanese army made trouble in the commercial port, killing and injuring as many Japanese soldiers and civilians as 1000 people. On May 4th, all the Kuomintang troops withdrew from the commercial port area. The Japanese army pushed its luck and continued to expand the war situation, constantly sending more troops to Jinan. On May 8, under the cover of artillery fire, the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on Plymen, Linxiangmen, Chaijiaxiang and Yingxianqiao, and the defenders retreated to the inner city. On the 9th, the Japanese army attacked the inner city on a large scale, and the defenders fought bloody battles with heavy casualties. They were ordered to evacuate on June 5438+0 1 day. After the Japanese occupied the inner city, they robbed property, burned buildings, raped women, shot prisoners of war and slaughtered people. These crimes are outrageous. The "Jinan Massacre" originated on May 3rd, so it is also called "May 3rd Massacre". It was not until May 1929 that the Japanese army withdrew from Jinan under internal and external pressure. modern history of China