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In 1940, Emperor Hirohito was shocked by an event in Kaifeng, Henan Province, when his nephew was assassinated in the Shanxi-Gansu Hall. This anti-Japanese hero not only escaped the pursuit of the Japanese military police, but also climbed the Tiananmen Tower in his later years to participate in the founding ceremony.
In his hometown of Jiaxian, Henan Province, in order to commemorate this person's achievements, he directly built an exhibition hall.
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The emperor's nephew
The anti-Japanese hero is called Wu Fengxiang, who was originally an ordinary underground party, and was praised by the people as a fearless anti-Japanese hero because he successfully shot the nephew of the Japanese emperor, Yoshikawa Sadazo, and his entourage.
Yoshikawa Sadasa was Kenji Dohihara's apprentice, and his teacher admired Yoshikawa Sadasa very much and predicted that he would do something in the future. Kenji Dohihara only had two apprentices in his life, and his female apprentice Yoshiko Kawashima was also a ruthless character.
Yoshikawa Sadasa graduated from the Japanese Army Military Academy, and because of his status as the nephew of Emperor Hirohito, he rose to prominence in the army, and as soon as he graduated, he went to the mainland to work as a spy.
In 1939, Yoshikawa Sadazo was appointed as the head of the secret service of the five provinces in North China, a small man with a short stature but a fierce eye, who moved his office into the Shaanxi and Gansu Hall in Kaifeng Mountain.
However, what he didn't expect was that Kaifeng, the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties, would soon have to pay the price for his arrogance. As soon as Yoshikawa Sadazo took office, he launched a hunt for the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in North China, and both the Kuomintang military commanders and underground party organizations were seriously damaged by Yoshikawa Sadasa.
In just six months, Yoshikawa arrested 466 members of the underground party organization. 105 elite agents of the Kuomintang military command were also arrested, and Yoshikawa Sadazo was very vicious to them, and if they did not surrender, they would be executed.
The ancient city of Kaifeng made Yoshikawa Sadazo bloody and terrified, and he was also very proud to eat Kaifeng soup dumplings after work. However, Yoshikawa Sadasa didn't know that the history of the ancient city was older than that of his Amaterasu.
This is the battlefield of the rise and fall of many dynasties, and when he played tricks, it had already experienced the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and how many generations of dynasties had changed.
Yoshikawa Sadasa's actions offended the military commanders and the underground party, and both groups of people were ready to take action against Yoshikawa Sadasa. However, they didn't cooperate at first, and they all did their own things.
Yoshikawa Sadasa, who studied under Kenji Dohihara, is also the head of the treacherous and cunning spy force. He evaded the pursuit of the two parties several times, and after narrowly escaping death, Yoshikawa Sadasa carried out an even more brutal blow.
At this time, a chivalrous and courageous man is urgently needed to break the deadlock, and such a person has never been found in the military system. But Wu Fengxiang in the underground party organization is eager to try, he was originally a peasant, but he has only studied in a private school for a few years and read the Four Books and Five Classics.
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Anti-Japanese hero Wu Fengxiang
At the age of 14, he studied Chinese medicine to earn a living, and made a living by hunting and collecting herbs. After the Japanese invaded China, Wu Fengxiang was jealous and hateful, and he joined the underground party organization in his hometown.
Wang Yongquan, the introducer of his joining the party, attached great importance to him, and considering that there were few people who could read and write, Wu Fengxiang had the foundation to support him to enter the normal school for a few more years and continue to contribute to the revolutionary cause.
It is a pity that Chiang Kai-shek of the Kuomintang passively resisted Japan and sincerely excluded dissidents, and Wu Fengxiang was arrested by the Kuomintang military commander in 1935. He did not give up hope in prison, and after three years of imprisonment, the prison guards relaxed their supervision and sent him to work outside, and Wu Fengxiang successfully escaped from prison.
After coming out, Wu Fengxiang found Wang Yongquan to continue to work underground, and in July 1939, Wu Fengxiang took 16 young talents to Yan'an to work.
Unexpectedly, when he passed through his hometown, he was recognized by the Kuomintang and was imprisoned again. At this time, when Emperor Hirohito's nephew was arrogant, the underground party organization decided to rescue Wu Fengxiang and let him carry out the assassination of Yoshikawa Sadasa.
Wang Yongquan paid off the guards of the cell and brought the gun parts into the cell in batches. Wu Fengxiang and other underground party inmates formed guns and launched a prison escape operation to escape.
Wang Yongquan arranged for him to go to work at the Chinese medicine shop in Kaifeng City, and in the evening Wu Fengxiang came to the vegetable garden next to the Shanshaangan Hall for a meeting. The connector gave Wu Fengxiang an order to get rid of Yoshikawa Sadazo in the Shanxian-Gan Hall.
Wu Fengxiang had long heard that this old thief was massacring revolutionary progressives in Kaifeng, and he gladly accepted it, even if this mission was extremely dangerous. Summing up the lessons of previous failed assassinations, the underground party decided to infiltrate the enemy camp this time and shoot Emperor Hirohito's nephew at close range.
The Shanxi-Gansu Hall is guarded by Japanese military police, and it is unlikely that the courtyard is deep with high walls and a deep courtyard. Yoshikawa Sadasa usually doesn't go out, hiding from possible dangers.
Since Yoshikawa Sadazo is not leaking, let's start directly from the people around him. There is a traitor translator Cheng Kai in the Shanxi-Gansu Guild, who went to Japan to study when he was young.
is very loyal to Yoshikawa Sadasa, and he also trusts the traitor Cheng Kai. Every time there is a variety of activities, you have to take Cheng Kai with you, and if you can buy Cheng Kai, the task of assassinating Yoshikawa Sadazo will be much easier.
This Cheng Kai's behavior is also a little strange, although he is called a traitor, but behind his back he helps several people in need. Wu Fengxiang was bold and careful, and he asked someone to talk to Cheng Kai.
During the conversation, Wu Fengxiang found that Cheng Kai was not a hardcore traitor, he had compassion and couldn't bear to harm the people. Wu Fengxiang struck while the iron was hot and told him that there was an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, hoping that Cheng Kai could seize it.
Wu Fengxiang told him that he needed to enter the Shanshaangan Hall in a proper manner, and Cheng Kai pondered for a moment and explained that there was a person with the pseudonym Quan Shen Zhai, and his real identity was actually the captain of the Japanese gendarmerie.
He was responsible for protecting the safety of Yoshikawa Sadasa, and the failure of the military commander's assassination mission was due to the fact that this Quan Shen Zhai received information in advance. Wu Fengxiang investigated and found that Quan Shenzhai was a greedy and cunning person, and he just wanted to give some valuables if he wanted to talk.
The party organization gave Wu Fengxiang a large amount of activity funds, so that he could find a luxury hotel in Kaifeng and invite Quan Shenzhai to come over for dinner. Wu Fengxiang took the opportunity to give Quan Shenzhai gold and jade, which were all saved by the party organization.
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Elaborate arrangements for the death of the emperor's nephew
Quan Shenzhai was moved by Wu Fengxiang's sincerity, and after making friends, Quan Shenzhai was not at ease with Wu Fengxiang. sent another spy to the Chinese medicine shop where Wu Fengxiang worked, ostensibly a guy who worked together, but Wu Fengxiang, who had a keen sense of smell, knew that this person was a spy.
So Wu Fengxiang often blew the wind in front of his guys and told him that he had a team of 100 people.
Now Kaifeng City is the world of the imperial army, and he has long wanted to take his subordinates to surrender, but he doesn't know how to meet Yoshikawa Sadasa. The speaker has no intention of listening, and the spy has already passed Wu Fengxiang's words to Quan Shenzhai's ears.
Within a few days, Quan Shen Zhai came to the door and asked Wu Fengxiang if he had any intention of defecting to the imperial army. Wu Fengxiang took out a roster with the names of the members of his unit.
While talking and laughing, Wu Fengxiang led Quan Shen Zhai to inspect the team, and Quan Shen Zhai believed that it was true and reported it to Yoshikawa Sadazo after he returned. The team of 100 people is not small, and if Yoshikawa Sadazo can recruit them as a puppet army, it will be a painful blow to the military command underground party in Kaifeng City.
Yoshikawa Sadazo investigated Wu Fengxiang again and found that he was not in Kaifeng originally, and he was imprisoned three times. A person with such a resume is very good in Yoshikawa Sadasa's opinion, if Wu Fengxiang is a native of Kaifeng, he will suspect that Wu Fengxiang has a connection with the underground party.
So Yoshikawa Sadazo summoned Wu Fengxiang and personally looked at his troops. These 100 people are all elite soldiers and strong generals selected by the underground party organization, and they are much stronger than the puppet army troops in terms of appearance and physical fitness.
Yoshikawa Sadazo praised Wu Fengxiang and welcomed him very much to join the imperial army. In this way, Wu Fengxiang obtained a special pass to go to the Shanxian-Gansu Hall to meet Yoshikawa Sadasa.
In the time that followed, Yoshikawa Sadazo continued to test Wu Fengxiang's ability and loyalty. Wu Fengxiang has a flexible mind to deal with the past one by one, Yoshikawa Sadazo admires him very much, thinking that Wu Fengxiang is much stronger than ordinary puppet soldiers, and he has found a rare talent.
Wu Fengxiang and Yoshikawa Sadasa's words gradually increased, and he went in and out of the Shanxian-Gansu Hall frequently, and he was known to Yoshikawa Sadasa's red guards.
In May 1940, Wu Fengxiang felt that he could close the net, so he hid two pistols on his body and drove a car into the Shanxi-Gansu Hall. Because he had a special pass and was a celebrity of Yoshikawa Sadasa, the guards did not stop Wu Fengxiang from parking.
He swaggered into the hall and found Yoshikawa Sadasa's office, Wu Fengxiang originally wanted to break down the door and draw a gun to shoot, and then take advantage of the night to escape.
As a result, when he approached the door, he heard the conversation of several people, Wu Fengxiang was stunned, Yoshikawa Sadazo was really hardworking, and he was still discussing work with his colleagues in the middle of the night.
With one more person and an extra pair of eyes, Wu Fengxiang assessed that the risk of this operation was too high and that the operation should be suspended. But just when he wanted to turn around and leave, he happened to be discovered by a Japanese soldier.
The two looked at each other, Wu Fengxiang's brain was running at high speed, and the other party obviously suspected that he had lost this opportunity, and he was afraid that he would not be able to do it again.
He suddenly took out the pistol at his waist and shot the Japanese soldier in front of him, and then broke through the door and shot two officers he didn't know first. Then he saw Yoshikawa Sadasa shoot, and Yoshikawa Sadasa hurriedly hid under the table.
The power of the assassination pistol was limited, and Yoshikawa Sadazo survived, and when he heard Wu Fengxiang's shot, he stood up and was about to fight back. Who knew that Wu Fengxiang still had a pistol, and this time Yoshikawa Sadazo was inevitably killed by Wu Fengxiang.
After completing his mission, Wu Fengxiang escaped through his office window, and he left the Shanshaan-Gan Hall before the matter was revealed. He had a lot of success this time, not only killing Emperor Hirohito's nephew, but also a large sa, a middle sa, and a soldier.
This record was very remarkable at the time, and the most important thing was that Wu Fengxiang escaped unscathed. His deeds were received by Chairman Mao, and Wu Fengxiang also lived a very long life, witnessing the founding of New China, and died in 1983. [White-eyed]
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