In 1932, Du Yuesheng participated in a meeting of negotiators in the Shanghai Concession. During this period, he said harshly to foreigners that if the Japanese army came to the concession, it would be flattened within two hours.
In the impression of many people, Du Yuesheng was a rogue leader who did not do evil, why did he behave so strongly when he participated in the concession negotiators' meeting? This has to start with a battle before the negotiation meeting.
On January 28, 1932, the Japanese army captured Shanghai. Launched a fierce attack on the 19th Route Army. In the face of the well-equipped Japanese army, although the 19th Route Army said that its firepower was relatively weak, it still gritted its teeth and fought back desperately, and did not let the Japanese army succeed quickly.
The battle between the two sides soon attracted the attention of forces from all sides. In order to win the victory as soon as possible, the Japanese military top brass used a strategy to slow down the troops.
They sent someone to contact Du Yuesheng, hoping that Du Yuesheng would help mediate as an intermediary and temporarily stop the fighting.
During the war, the whole country was in chaos, and there were warlords who did evil everywhere, and Du Yuesheng rose rapidly by taking advantage of the chaos of the times to become a well-known big figure in the Shanghai area.
He was an ambitious man who had always wanted to gain more power and occupy more wealth and resources. The invitation of the Japanese is a good opportunity for Du Yuesheng to expand his influence. So he quickly agreed.
Some people questioned whether Du Yuesheng had become a traitor by doing things for the Japanese in this way. In the face of everyone's doubts, Du Yuesheng seemed very calm.
He said with a straight face that now that the world is so chaotic, things are getting more and more difficult to do, and it will not be good for anyone to continue to fight. Even if I don't do it, someone else will do it. Instead of letting others mess around, I should be more sure of myself.
Du Yuesheng knew very well that the Japanese invaders were particularly cunning, and in order to prevent the Japanese army from rebelling, when conducting mediation work, they specially brought representatives from Britain, France, the United States, and other countries to testify.
With the assistance of international forces, the Japanese army and the 19th Route Army reached an agreement to cease fire for three days, and as a result, the fighting between the two sides stopped for only two days, and the Japanese army suddenly tore up the agreement and launched a fierce attack again.
In fact, the Japanese army has never given up the plan to attack Shanghai, and they have taken the initiative to apply for an armistice before, in fact, in order to delay time and let the reinforcements behind them arrive in time. The attack was launched a day in advance, also to surprise it.
Fortunately, the 19th Route Army was relatively tenacious, and after being suddenly attacked by the Japanese army, it quickly picked up guns and counterattacked, barely blocking the Japanese attack.
The sudden renunciation of the Contract by the Japanese hurt Du Yuesheng's face, and he was extremely angry about it. In order to save face, Du Yuesheng sent a large number of subordinates to inquire around to provide intelligence for the 19th Route Army and assist them in resisting the invaders.
During this period, Du Yuesheng received an important piece of information that the Japanese army had sneaked into the concession, intending to attack the 19th Route Army from behind. If the Japanese army is allowed to act arbitrarily, the 19th Route Army is likely to suffer great casualties or even completely collapse because of the enemy's front and rear attacks.
If the 19th Army really collapsed, the ruthless Japanese invaders would certainly drive straight in, quickly capture Shanghai, and wantonly plunder the wealth and resources of the Chinese people.
In order to avoid this situation, Du Yuesheng quickly reported this information. Soon after, the French consul, who was entrenched in the concession, received a call from the Nationalist government in Nanjing.
The top brass of the Nationalist government strongly demanded that the French consulate fulfill its corresponding responsibilities and expel the Japanese army as soon as possible. The French consul, unaware of the movements of the Japanese army, was startled when he received the call.
Knowing that the stakes were high, he did not delay any time, and immediately summoned representatives of other countries and convened a negotiating meeting.
Du Yuesheng also participated in this negotiation because of his previous mediation work. After the representatives of all sides arrived, the French consul asked everyone present whether the Japanese army had the right to come to the concession and station there.
Before the representatives of other countries could express their opinions, the Japanese representatives suddenly stood up and shouted in an unquestioning tone that the Japanese army was strong and fully qualified to garrison troops in various circles.
The arrogant attitude of the Japanese representatives startled everyone. At that time, Japan, which had been developing for many years, already had a very strong military strength, and although the Western countries were not afraid of Japan, their strength in the concession was not very strong.
If the Japanese army insisted on attacking the concession, all the delegates present would suffer. Therefore, these foreign representatives chose to be silent and did not directly oppose the remarks of the Japanese representatives.
If there was no objection to the Japanese garrison in the concession, the Japanese army would definitely carry out its previous plan and launch a fierce attack on the 19th Route Army in the form of a front-and-rear attack.
At this extremely critical moment, Du Yuesheng suddenly stood up and slapped the table with a palm, attracting everyone's attention.
Then, Du Yuesheng said harshly, although you Japanese come, none of your foreign friends should leave, if the Japanese army uses the concession to beat us Chinese, I Du Yuesheng is bound to wipe out the concession within two hours, and die here with everyone, I don't care.
Du Yuesheng has been in the Shanghai area for many years, and the Qinggang he led is very powerful, gathering a large number of outlaws.
These people all have special respect for Du Yuesheng, and if Du Yuesheng is desperate and really wants to break the net, it is indeed possible to attack the concession within two hours and wipe everyone out.
The main reason why the representatives of all sides did not dare to oppose the Representatives of the Japanese Army was that they were afraid of being attacked. Although Du Yuesheng's overall strength was not as good as that of the Japanese army, he could also put everyone to death.
More importantly, Du Yuesheng was at the scene, if he really launched a fierce attack, someone would definitely be injured, or even killed, and no one dared to guarantee that he would be lucky to escape the disaster.
Therefore, the representatives of various countries immediately expressed their position and demanded that the Japanese army leave the concession as soon as possible and not use the concession to do anything. The Japanese representatives, who were still quite strong before, were also frightened by Du Yuesheng's fierceness and did not dare to continue to be arrogant.
After the Japanese representatives returned, they conveyed the opinions of the representatives of various countries, and the japanese military leaders did not dare to directly tear their faces with other countries, so they had no choice but to withdraw from the concession.
Because of Du Yuesheng's desperate struggle, the precarious 19th Route Army barely survived the disaster. From this point of view, Du Yuesheng can also be regarded as a good thing that is very gratifying.
However, Du Yuesheng is not a good person to praise, he acted recklessly in the chaotic times, and did a lot of creepy bad things in an extremely cruel way.
He forced the Japanese army to retreat in front of the representatives of various countries, and in addition to having a certain patriotic feeling, the greater goal was to protect his own interests.
After all, Shanghai was Du Yuesheng's main activity place, and if the Japanese army controlled Shanghai, his position would definitely be threatened. Du Yuesheng's strong struggle only temporarily forced the Japanese army to retreat, and Shanghai finally fell.
It is not difficult to see from this that if a country wants to become truly strong, it is not one person who fights fiercely, but on all compatriots fighting together.
Countless historical facts have long proved that as long as we unite, we can overcome any difficulties, whether it is a virus or a war, and we will not be able to defeat us.