"Really?" The American reporter continued, "But as far as I know, the Chinese Jun team has not lost the will to resist, and just the night before yesterday, they destroyed one of your field heavy artillery brigades. ”

"Rumors, these are all rumors." Okamoto Ji waved his hand, and continued, "However, I will not hide from you that the 6th Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery, which was assigned to the 10th Army, did have a problem, due to negligent management, coupled with the improper operation of a small number of artillery soldiers who had just entered service, resulting in the loss of many cannons due to the detonation of shells. ”

After a pause, Okamoto Jimasa said again: "Then again, this is not uncommon in the history of the world. ”

The American reporter added: "Mr. Consul is saying that the 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade was destroyed by you Japanese themselves, not by the Chinese?" ”

"Yes." Okamoto Jimasa paused, "The Chinese army has long lost its fighting spirit, how can it still have the courage to launch a counterattack and destroy the heavy artillery brigade of the imperial army?" ”

At this time, another reporter asked: "Mr. Consul General, what is the matter with General Gu Shoufu?" ”

"General Tani?" Okamoto Jizheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and subconsciously asked, "What's wrong with General Tanijuo?" ”

Matsui Ishone, Honda Fuichi, and Fujita Susu, who were standing behind Okamoto Ji, were also confused and didn't know what to do.

"It seems that Mr. Consul General hasn't heard of it yet?" The reporter smiled slightly, and said, "Before I came in, I just heard the China Central News Agency broadcasting a letter from Mr. Yu Hongjun, the mayor of Shanghai, to the people of Shanghai, which mentioned General Gu Shoufu. ”

Okamoto Ji is silent, this thing can't be stopped, otherwise it will seem that they are weak-hearted.

What's more, Okamoto Jizheng did not think that Yu Hongjun's letter to the people of Shanghai would have an adverse impact on Japan, and what Yu Hongjun said was nothing more than some encouraging words, but no matter how much he said it, he could not change the fact that Shanghai had fallen.

With Okamoto's acquiescence, the Soviet journalist turned on the radio and turned the volume up again.

Just as the replay began on the radio, Yu Hongjun's deep voice immediately came out of the radio: "...... The courage of the battle and the fierceness of the death are enough to show the spirit of national independence! Lay the foundation for the rejuvenation of China! ”

After a pause, Yu Hongjun said again: "Here, I also want to report a great news to the people of Shanghai and the people of the whole country, late last night, after completing the task of blocking the enemy, a certain unit of our 8th Group Army launched a wave of active offensive in Sheshan Town, and in one fell swoop knocked out the division headquarters of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, killing more than 200 people under the commander of the 6th Division, Gu Shoufu, and the chief of staff of the 6th Division, Ichihuo Shimono, and greatly increasing the morale of our people!" ”

Hearing this, the entire press conference hall exploded at once.

Okamoto Ji was waiting for a few people, and he felt a buzzing in his ears.

On the radio, Yu Hongjun's speech continued: "Here, I also want to solemnly warn the barbaric Japanese aggressors that no matter how difficult or difficult it is, no matter how broken the mountains and rivers, the Chinese nation will never give in easily!" Gu Yun, rather for the broken jade, not for the whole tile, our generation of Chinese sons and daughters will not forget the will of their ancestors, and swear to fight to the end! Long live China! ”

The next moment, a faint shout of long live China suddenly came from outside the press conference hall.

The ambassadors, military attachés, and reporters of various countries present at the scene turned their heads to look out, and saw that hundreds or even thousands of Shanghai citizens had spontaneously walked onto the South Tibet Road in the public concession, marching and shouting loudly, so loud that the Japanese Marine Corps headquarters could be heard thousands of kilometers away.

At this point, the press conference could not be held any further.

Matsui Ishone, Fujita Susumu and Okamoto Jimasa were all so angry that their faces turned blue and left without saying a word.

In the end, only the Japanese military attache in China, Sukuichi Honda, was left, and the little devil said a few innocuous words before announcing the end of this press conference.

At today's press conference, this face is really bad!

Okamoto Ji was just saying that the country had collapsed and completely lost resistance, but before the words fell, the division headquarters of the 6th Division was wiped out!

As soon as he returned to the lounge, Kimasa Okamoto began to lash out.

"Matsui-kun?" Okamoto Jimasa asked in an unkind tone, "What's going on with the Tenth Army?" Last night, the headquarters of the 6th Division was wiped out by the Chinese Army, why didn't you say such a major event earlier? The results were made public at the press conference, do you know how much work I did for this press conference? Now it's all wasted! ”

Matsui Ishine felt that he was very innocent, and said with a frown: "The 6th Division is a subordinate unit of the Tenth Army, so you have to ask Yanagawa Heisuke about this matter!" Yanagawa is the commander of the Tenth Army! ”

Okamoto Jimasa was silent, because he also knew very well that although Matsui Ishine was also the commander-in-chief of the Central China Front and the nominal boss of Yanagawa Heisuke, in fact, Matsui Ishine could not interfere in the affairs of the Tenth Army at all.

At that moment, Okamoto Ji was saying to his secretary: "You immediately send a telegram to the headquarters of the Tenth Army!" Let General Yanagawa Heisuke give our consulate general an explanation anyway! ”

The secretary proposed, "Your Excellency, you can call the headquarters of the Tenth Army directly." ”

"Nani?" Okamoto Jimasa was surprised, "Is the phone line with the Tenth Army connected?" ”

"Hello!" The secretary replied at one point, "Thanks to the efforts of the Engineer Corps of the Tenth Army and the Telephone Bureau of the Japanese Concession, the telephone line with the Tenth Army Headquarters has just been connected. ”

"Yo Xi!" Okamoto picked up the phone and shook the handle.

Immediately, he whispered into the microphone: "Take over the headquarters of the Tenth Army." ”

……

Almost at the same time, Jinshan Tinglin Town.

The county seat of Jinshan has been reduced to ruins, and Yanagawa Heisuke set up his headquarters in Tinglin Town, because Tinglin Town has a telephone line set up by the Chinese government, and the Chinese Jun team retreated in a hurry, and did not have time to cut the cables, but this provided convenience for the little devils, and they were able to quickly connect the telephone lines.

As soon as the line was opened, the telephone at the headquarters rang immediately.

Tetsujiro Yamada immediately picked up the telephone and said, "Maxi Maxi, the headquarters of the Tenth Army." ”

After a while, Tetsujiro Yamada snapped and said, "Hai, Your Excellency the Consul General!" ”

After finishing speaking, Tetsujiro Yamada immediately handed the phone to Yanagawa Heisuke, who took the phone and said, "Okamoto-kun, I'm Yanagawa Heisuke." ”

On the other end of the phone, there was a snarl that covered the face.

"Yanagawa-kun, what are you doing in the Tenth Army?"

"The headquarters of the 6th Division was destroyed, why didn't you report such a big event in time?"

"Especially the division commander of the 6th Division, Gu Shoujun, was killed by the Chinese army, you didn't even notify our Consulate General in advance of such a serious incident, you can't help but pay too little attention to our diplomatic department, right?"