Chapter 1061: Sabre Rattling
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At the southern end of the Li Ferry Bridge, the White Russian armed forces belonging to the International Merchant Group have begun martial law, and no one in the public concession is allowed to go to Hongkou through the Li Ferry Bridge, nor is anyone from Hongkou allowed to come.
Many people have already gathered at the bridgehead and are protesting loudly.
Liu Xiao was hidden in the crowd and was watching coldly.
The black blind man squatted behind Liu Xiao, and was looking inside to the north of the ferry bridge.
As his name suggests, the black blind man looks like a bear, with a height of more than two meters, and a weight of at least two hundred pounds, which is as strong as a hill.
The black blind man asked Liu Xiaodao: "Yingzuo, do you think the little devil in Hongkou will come over?" ”
The black blind man is Liu Xiao's old department, and he is also the old man of the 112th Division of the Northeast Army, and he is called Liu Xiao's camp, so he has not changed his mouth until now, and still calls him the camp.
"Supposedly it won't come." Liu Xiao shook his head, and then said, "But I can't say, in short, you are all ready, in case the devil really fights, your squadron must assist the White Russian armed forces to defend the Li Ferry Bridge!" ”
"Hmm." The black blind man nodded, and his right hand subconsciously touched his lower back, and his lower back hid a shell gun.
Liu Xiao's gaze crossed the ferry bridge again and fell on the devil north of the bridge.
I saw that hundreds of devil gendarmes had already set up an offensive formation.
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In fact, it's not just the ferry bridge.
The other dozen or so bridges on the Suzhou Creek, as well as the cross-border roads on the west side of the French Concession and the Public Concession, and the cross-border roads on the south side of the French Concession, were already tense, and a major war was about to break out.
The border of the concession is tense, and it is also a war of words in the conference room on the top floor of the Sassoon Building.
Here, Kimasa Okamoto, the Japanese Consul General in Shanghai, and Shozo Shimada, a Japanese director of the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Concession, were engaged in a heated argument with Freud and several British directors.
The minister of the United States, Commodus, the French minister, Joseph Needham, and the British minister Richmore did not join the warband.
I saw Shimada Shozo waving his fat short arm and roaring angrily: "The Sassoon Guards have gone too far this time, even in the Public Concession, they can't kill the armed personnel of the empire so unscrupulously!" Therefore, they must pay for this, and we, the Ministry of Industry of the Concession, must also be responsible for this! ”
Freud sneered: "Director Shimada, first of all, let me state that those militants entered in Qiao makeup, and their identities were not revealed, so the Sassoon Guards did not know in advance that they were armed personnel of your country, so it is absolutely untenable for you to accuse the Sassoon Guards of killing Japanese armed men!" ”
After a pause, Freud added: "In addition, it is necessary for me to remind you that you are first the director of the Ministry of Industry of the Concession, and then the Japanese, so when you consider the problem, you should put the interests of the Concession first, not the interests of the Japanese government, otherwise, I should propose a re-election of the directors of the Ministry of Industry." ”
Shimada was immediately speechless because Freud was telling the truth.
All the members of the Mei Agency, including Hatoda, did not publicly reveal their identities when they entered the Public Concession, and in fact, if they did, it would not have been possible for them to enter the Public Concession.
As long as Freud bites this to death, the Japanese have nothing to do.
Because the Japanese themselves have impure motives, how can they blame others?
Seeing that Shimada Shozo was speechless by Freud, Okamoto Kimasa became angry.
This time, Okamoto Jizheng was originally going to give the Concession Ministry Bureau a dismissal, but he never thought that he would be given an army by Freud in turn!
Okamoto Jimasa is too lazy to talk nonsense, and he tears his face directly.
At that moment, Okamoto Jimasa said: "Your Excellency the Chief Director, we don't need to say this anymore, let's just say it directly, the existence of the Sassoon Guard has seriously threatened the security of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Institutions in Shanghai, if you can't meet our demands, then we just need to solve it by force." ”
After a pause, he said, "The Imperial armed personnel assembled in the north of Suzhou River and the west and south of the cross-border road construction must have been known to His Excellency the Chief Director, right?" I'll give you only half an hour to consider, and after half an hour, if we still can't get a satisfactory answer, then the armed men of the Empire will attack! ”
"When the time comes, the Shanghai Public Concession and the French Concession will cease to exist!"
"When the time comes, the whole of Shanghai will be under the rule of the Empire!"
"When the time comes, the interests of Western countries in Shanghai will not be guaranteed at the most basic level!"
Freud frowned and said, "Your Excellency Consul General, are you threatening the Ministry of Industry of the Concession?" ”
"You can understand it this way." Okamoto Jimasa didn't even deny it, looked at his watch and said, "It's 9:05 a.m., and I'll come back at 9:35 in another thirty minutes." ”
After speaking, Okamoto Jimasa stood up and walked away with Shimada Shozo.
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As soon as Kimasa Okamoto and Maszo Shimada left, the conference room fell into a heated argument again.
The two sides of the quarrel held different views, with one faction believing that it was necessary to compromise and accept the Japanese terms in its entirety, disarm the Sassoon Guards, and hand over the Chinese fighters of the Guards to the Japanese side.
The opinion of this faction is actually to unload the mill and kill the donkey, because now the Qing Gang in the concession has been uprooted, and No. 76 has also been hit hard, so even if the Sassoon Guards are disbanded now, it is impossible for the underground ecology of the concession to return to the past.
On the other hand, there is a view that we should not bow down to the Japanese.
Because if they bow their heads this time, the Japanese will find out that they are weak, and they will have to make an inch next time, so that it will not be long before the entire concession falls under the control of the Japanese.
The two sides fought for each other, and no one could convince anyone for a while.
Zhong Yi gave Commodus a look, and Commodus bowed his head slightly.
Immediately Commodus stood up and said, "Guys, would you like to hear my opinion?" ”
Freud replied, "Your Excellency, we would be glad to hear your views. ”
"I can't talk about high opinions, just a shallow view." Commodus waved his hand and continued, "As Director Locke just said, now that the Green Gang has been exterminated, the 76th has also been severely damaged, the underground ecology of Shanghai is no longer what it used to be, and the law and order has also improved significantly, so the existence of the Sassoon Guard is no longer so important." ”
After a pause, Commodus said: "However, it is absolutely impossible to accept the Japanese government's conditions in its entirety and hand over all the Chinese armed personnel of the guard to the Japanese side for disposal. ”