In the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), shortly after 9: 00 a.m. on August 13, a shooting incident occurred between the Japanese plainclothes team and the China security team in the area of Shanghai North Railway Station and Baoshan Road. Then the incident continued to expand, and gunshots began to spread all over Shanghai. /kloc-On the afternoon of 0/3, a more direct shooting incident between China and North Korea broke out near Zhi Zhi University in Baziqiao. Of course, the Chinese and Japanese armies immediately entered the position and stood by. At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese Marine Corps Command hoisted the flag of the whole army, and the Japanese fleet moored on the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River immediately opened fire on the positions of the Japanese army and Shanghai, so the conflict between China and Shanghai officially started on the streets of Shanghai on August 13. 1937 at 9 o'clock in August, 13 under the command of Gu, commander of the Third Fleet, relying on the concession, raided Zhabei and occupied the Bazi Bridge and the university. At the same time, Japanese ships bombed Shanghai violently, and the Battle of Songhu broke out. The China army led by General Zhang Zhizhong struggled to resist, and the situation was extremely tragic. According to General Zhang Zhizhong's plan, the 87th Division cooperated with attacking Hujiang University, and the 88th Division mainly attacked Zhi Zhi University in front of it. This university has already been built into a solid fire support point by the Japanese army, and there are countless bunkers. The Japanese army is equipped with all kinds of light and heavy machine guns and small caliber guns at Zhi Zhi University, where the 1st and 3rd Brigade of the Marine Corps are stationed. If the national army can successfully capture Zhi Zhi University, then the 88th Division can attack the Japanese Marine Corps Command in Hongkou next, thus realizing the strategic intention of driving the Japanese out of Huangpu River. As soon as the shelling ended, the soldiers of the 88th Division jumped out of the bunker without exception and charged Zhi Zhi University under the cover of machine gun fire. 1937 August 14 At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Huang Meixing, brigade commander of the 264th Brigade of the 88th Division of the Chinese Army, quickly surrounded Zhi Zhi University. In front of the tall and sturdy building, Huang Meixing first ordered the troops to shell, and the two battles broke out. Faced with a powerful offensive, the enemies of Zhi Zhi University started fighting and fled to Shanghai Law School. Later, Huang Meixing was hit in the abdomen by a Japanese shell in front of Zhi Zhi University and died on the spot. Most of the buildings of Zhi Zhi College were burnt down. The newly-built two-story classroom, library and office, and three-story dormitory were all set on fire by the Japanese machine gun team. More than 33,000 books in the library (Chinese 2 1000, foreign language 12000) have been lost. Sports equipment, school furniture and so on. It's all burned. Zhi Zhi High School was set on fire by the Japanese.
The school building in Zhi Zhi was destroyed twice by artillery fire. He Shizhen led Qi Xin, a teacher and student of the whole school, to work together, or to rebuild or rent a classroom to keep the school singing and laughing.
After the "August 13th" Sino-Japanese War in Shanghai, the Japanese army occupied the Chinese community in Shanghai, and immediately set out to support the puppet regime and promote the colonial rule of "controlling China with China". From 1937 to 65438+February to1August, 945, the Japanese army successively manipulated and established such puppet regimes as "Shanghai Avenue Government", "Shanghai Supervision Office" and "Shanghai Special Municipal Government" in Shanghai. 1937 65438+On February 5, a pseudo-Shanghai Avenue government was established in Pudong under the control of the Japanese army, with Su as the pseudo-mayor. On the same day, the pseudo-Shanghai Avenue government issued a declaration of establishment, a mayor's inauguration announcement and a mayor's notice, announcing the provisional organization law of the Shanghai Avenue government. Su studied at Waseda University in Japan in his early years. After returning to China, he served as financial director and civil affairs director of Guangdong Grand Marshal's Office. Later, he broke off relations with the Kuomintang, came to Shanghai as the president of Zhi Zhi University, and began to advocate the spirit of "the world is one, and all laws are unified".
In the 28th year of the Republic of China (1939), on September 13, Wang Puppet Man's secret service headquarters instigated thugs to destroy the academy. In order to safeguard national integrity and ensure the safety of teachers and students, He Shizhen resolutely announced the closure of the public school and its affiliated middle schools, completely smashing Wang Puppet Man's hijacking plot. On June 4th, 65438, Chongqing National Government ordered the school to close. A famous school lasted 19 years, so it withdrew from the historical stage.
1942, the Japanese established the second Japanese higher girls' school (i.e. girls' high school) here. After the retrocession, it was the site of Jinan University. After the establishment of the China Municipal Government, it was transformed into the School of Foreign Languages, which is now Shanghai International Studies University.