The Iron Brigade is figuring out the situation in the Shanghai Public Concession and the * Concession.

And the Shanghai Public Concession and the * Concession are also discussing how to deal with the Iron Brigade.

Shanghai Public Concession, Ministry of Industry Bureau.

Delegates gathered in the conference room to discuss how to deal with them.

Qiao Sibang, the general director of the Ministry of Industry, looked at the people present and said: "Li Yunlong, the commander of the Iron and Blood Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, has made it very clear that if we don't return the concession, their army will attack the concession, now let's vote!" ”

"We are a democratic society, with a voting model and the minority obeying the majority in the end! If we vote for the return of the concession, we will return it! ”

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement with Josborn's decision!

"Very well, let's vote! Those who are in favor of returning this concession to Li Yunlong, please raise your hand! Qiao Sibang looked at the crowd and said, "Your vote will be related to the fate of the Shanghai Public Concession!" ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone present thought about it and decided whether to raise their hands or not.

For these people, they do not just represent individuals or the Chinese people of the Shanghai Public Concession, but represent the country behind them!

It's a matter of face and dignity!

Raising his hand in favor of returning the public concession would be to give in to Li Yunlong.

It may seem like a very simple raise of your hand, but there are many important factors and keys at stake!

Josbang looked at the crowd and said, "Okay, now is the final voting time, raise your hand if you are in favor!" ”

Immediately afterwards, there were very few people in the entire conference room who raised their hands to vote, but unexpectedly, Smith, one of the representatives of the United States, also raised his hand.

Herbert Smith was the former chief director of the Shanghai Public Concession Bureau, but now he is no longer the general director, but one of the representatives of the Shanghai Public Concession.

Josbang counted the number of people in favour of returning the concession, and there were only eight in all.

"Eight people are in favor of returning the Shanghai Public Concession to Li Yunlong, and the remaining thirty or so people are not in favor of returning the Shanghai Public Concession to Li Yunlong, so it is time to fight with the Iron Brigade."

"Guys, is there any way to deal with it?" Josbang looked at everyone present: "We don't have many troops in the concession, if we start a war, we must send reinforcements to our own country!" ”

"So, what we have to do now is to wait as long as possible for our reinforcements to arrive! What can you do? ”

There was silence for a while, and they were all thinking about countermeasures.

There are more than 20,000 Japanese puppet troops in Shanghai, plus the Japanese Third Fleet has not been able to stop the attack of the Iron and Blood Brigade, although they are arrogant, but they will not feel that they can stop the Iron Blood Brigade with the strength of these thousands of people!

Every foreign devil has a solemn face, frowns, and is constantly thinking about countermeasures.

After a long while, a foreign devil stood up and said: "In order to block the attack of the Iron and Blood Brigade, we will either blow up the bridge on the Huangpu River!" ”

Suzhou Creek, a tributary of the Yangtze River, a tributary of the Huangpu River, is commonly known as the Shanghai section of the Wusong River, Suzhou Creek enters the Shanghai territory from Baihe Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai, to the estuary, the length is about 53.1 kilometers, the widest in the territory is 600~700 meters, the narrowest 40~50 meters in the urban area, the twists and turns are changeable, there are 9 sharp bends from Beixinjing to Waibaidu Bridge, the radius of curvature is 40~150 meters, and the width of the river bottom is 15~20 meters.

Broadly speaking, the Huangpu River also includes the Suzhou Creek, which is also known as the Huangpu River.

During the period of the Republic of China, because of the backwardness of bridge-building technology, there was no bridge on the Huangpu River, and to pass through the Huangpu River was basically to take a boat, or to take a long detour, through the Suzhou River, a tributary of the Huangpu River, to enter the other side of the Huangpu River!

The bridge over Suzhou Creek in the true sense of the word was built at the end of the 19th century, and by the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, 18 bridges were built on the Suzhou Creek section of Shanghai. Many of these bridges were built or rebuilt by the Ministry of Industry of the Concession, so the bridges are generally concentrated in the eastern section of Suzhou Creek, and most of them have a strong European urban arch bridge style. From the west of Waibaidu Bridge, there are Zhapu Road and Bridge, Sichuan Road and Bridge, Henan Road and Bridge, Fujian Road and Bridge, Zhejiang Road and Bridge, Tibet Road and Bridge and so on.

According to the attacking force of the Iron Brigade, if you want to enter the Shanghai Public Concession and the * Concession, you must take these bridges, or enter by boat!

“．． Blowing up the bridge? ”

Everyone present was shocked by this method, but I have to say that this is the most effective method!

"I think blowing up the bridge is a solution!"

"Yes, yes, if you blow up these bridges, Li Yunlong's troops will not be able to enter the concession!"

"I support blowing up the bridge!"

"I also support blowing up the bridge, and then set up a defensive line along the Suzhou Creek and Huangpu River to prevent the Iron Brigade from landing!"

"That's right, blow up the bridge! It's a very good way to do it. ”

……

Everyone agrees that the Huangpu River Bridge has been blown up, which is the best way to delay time!

As for the consequences of blowing up the bridge, they don't have to think much about it.

When Qiao Sibang heard this, he was silent for a moment, and then said: "Since this is the case, then we will adopt the strategy of blowing up the bridge, order all the troops to install explosives on the bridge of Suzhou Creek, and when the time comes to start a war, immediately detonate the explosives to blow up the bridge, and we can't let Li Yunlong's troops pass!" ”

In the end, everyone discussed a battle plan to blow up the bridge.

On the other hand, the * concession does not intend to return the concession so easily, after all, the * concession has been developed into a very prosperous place, and now it is definitely unwilling to hand it over.

* The concession did not respond to Li Yunlong, but began to enter a state of combat readiness.

The next day, both the * Concession and the Shanghai Public Concession were very tacit, and there was no reply.

It's the rhythm of a determined battle!