"How do you know..." Wu Jie had a look of shock on his face.
But soon, Wu Jie came to his senses and immediately changed the topic: "I said, this is not something you, an ordinary citizen, should ask. You should just go back and forth wherever you came from."
However, the fact that the 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment was disarmed by foreigners could no longer be concealed.
Hearing that the main force of the 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment that had retreated to the concession had been disarmed by foreigners, Yang Deyu, Zhu Shengzhong and a dozen veterans of the 1st Battalion immediately exploded.
"Have you really been disarmed?"
"Damn, what are these foreign devils doing?"
"When did our 88th Division suffer such humiliation?"
"Brothers, let's rush into the concession and kill all these foreign devils!"
Being disarmed is not a joke, it is stepping on the dignity of the national army!
This is not only humiliating. Weapons have always been the second life of soldiers. Many soldiers cherish their weapons more than their own lives. To disarm them is to kill them!
Zhu Shengzhong picked up his rifle and turned downstairs.
"Zhu Shengzhong! What are you going to do?" Wu Jie quickly stopped him.
Zhu Shengzhong was famous for his bad temper in the 1st Battalion. He dared to beat the commander when he got angry.
If it weren't for this bad temper, with Zhu Shengzhong's background, qualifications and military exploits, he would have become a company commander or even a battalion commander long ago. He would never have been a squad leader after so many years in the army.
So this guy can do anything.
If we really want him to rush to XZ Road and shoot a few foreigners to death, what's the point?
"Squad leader Zhu, don't be impulsive." Wu Jie quickly caught up and pulled Zhu Shengzhong.
However, Zhu Shengzhong was much stronger than Wu Jie, so Wu Jie was brought to the ground without being able to hold him back.
In the end, it was Yang Deyu who said: "Lao Zhu, stop here. You can't mess around now."
"What are you doing?" Zhu Shengzhong suddenly turned around and glared at Yang Deyu with a fierce look. The platoon leader didn't yell, but directly named and started to criticize, "Yang Deyu, are you blind? Our 1st Battalion has been disarmed, what a fool!" The foreigners have stepped on our faces, who is messing with us? Who is messing with us?"
Yang Deyu's face instantly turned livid, and he wanted to get angry but couldn't.
The dozen or so veterans of the Central Army in Class 1 were also filled with indignation and picked up their rifles one after another.
Seeing that the situation was about to get completely out of control, Wu Jie was so anxious that he almost cried. What if Zhu Shengzhong and his 1st platoon were allowed to rush to XZ Road and shoot foreigners and cause an international dispute? cry.
At this time, a voice sounded: "Squad leader Zhu, and brothers, our number one enemy now is the Japanese. Although these foreign Japanese in the public concession deserve to die, it is not the time to settle accounts yet."
Zhu Shengzhong turned around once again and glared at Yan Yan fiercely like a wild wolf.
Yan Jun stared back without fear. After a moment, the hostility in Zhu Shengzhong finally dissipated.
Zhu Shengzhong is a grumpy and upright person, but he also really admires people who are capable.
Yan Yan had obviously won Zhu Shengzhong's approval, because Yan Yan twice used flour to plot against the Japanese, killing more Japanese in half an hour than the entire 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment had killed in the previous four days and nights.
Returning to Yan Yan with the rifle in hand, Zhu Shengzhong asked with a depressed look: "What do you think we should do?"
"What to do? It's actually easy to do." Yan Yan said, "Find a way to get the foreigners to release the brothers from the 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment, return all the weapons and equipment, and then publish an apology in the newspaper and compensate for the losses."
"What did you say?" Wu Jie looked back at Yan Yan with an idiot look in his eyes, wondering if this guy had lost his mind and gone crazy, right? Even if foreigners have done something wrong, when have they ever published an apology in a newspaper? Compensating for the losses is even more wishful thinking. Even releasing the brothers from the 1st Battalion and recovering weapons and equipment is difficult and impossible.
"Wu Wenshu, are you stuffing donkey hair in your ears?" Zhu Shengzhong scolded, "We want the foreigners to publish an apology in the newspaper, compensate for the losses, and then put all the brothers back in the 1st Battalion. Oh, and also, the weapons and equipment must be intact. They must be returned to our 1st Battalion, otherwise this matter will not be over and I will have to settle the score with them."
"Zhu Shengzhong, do you know what you are talking about? I am a foreigner!" Wu Jie felt a deep sense of powerlessness, saying in his heart that these people could never understand the current reality. The reality is that China is just a weak country. You dare to resist when you are allowed to be manipulated by foreigners at will? The senior officials of the national government will not agree.
"What's wrong with foreigners? Can foreigners be superior to others?"
Yan Yan said coldly: "Don't forget this is Shanghai, this is China!"
"What happened in Shanghai, what can we do in China?" Wu Jie laughed angrily, "I want to see how you can get the foreigners to publish an apology in the newspaper, compensate for the losses, and release all the brothers detained in the Riverside Building?"
"You will see." Yan Yan said word by word, "China is poor and not strong enough, but the Chinese soldiers still have some strong bones. No one can sit on the heads of the Chinese soldiers. "
Wu Jie sneered and said nothing. Isn't it rare that foreigners poop on the heads of Chinese soldiers?
In September of the 15th year of the Republic of China, British warships bombarded the downtown area of Wanxian, Chongqing, killing 600 people in Wanxian and injuring 400 others. Was the British navy ever punished? Bullshit, not even an apology.
In March of the 16th year of the Republic of China, the British gunboat "HMS Liangmeiralte" and the Japanese destroyers "Noah" and "Bosideng" violently bombarded the urban area of Nanjing for up to an hour, killing more than 2,000 soldiers and civilians in Nanjing. There were casualties and thousands of houses in Nanjing were destroyed, but did the foreigners apologize? absolutely not! Instead, the leaders of the government apologized to the foreigners!
In May of the 17th year of the Republic of China, the Northern Expeditionary Army had just captured Jinan. The Japanese 6th Division took the opportunity to stir up trouble, causing heavy casualties to the Northern Expeditionary Army. But what was the result? More than 7,000 soldiers of the Northern Expedition were ordered by the government leaders to surrender their weapons to the Japanese army. The government leaders even wrote a humbly worded apology letter to Fukuda Hikosuke, the division commander of the Japanese 6th Division. You read that right, it was clearly the Japanese provocation first. , the Northern Expeditionary Army was forced to defend itself, but it was still the leader of the government who apologized.
What even the leaders of the government cannot do, can you, a common man, do it?
So Wu Jie would not believe it even to death. Yan Yan has the ability to make foreigners publicly apologize in newspapers. What do you want to say?
Yan Yan ignored Wu Jie and asked Yang Deyu again: "Platoon Leader Yang, do you still insist on withdrawing?"
"Retreat like hell." Before Yang Deyu could answer, Zhu Shengzhong rushed to say, "Retreat to the concession and let the foreigners disarm and imprison them? I would rather die on the battlefield than be a prisoner of the foreigners."
Yang Deyu nodded and said solemnly: "Given the current situation, it is indeed not appropriate to withdraw further."
"No, we have to evacuate! We have to evacuate! And we have to evacuate as soon as possible!" Wu Jie became anxious again after hearing this.
Zhu Shengzhong didn't waste any more words. He just pulled the bolt and pushed the bullet into the chamber. Then he put the black muzzle of the gun against Wu Jie's head and said, "If you dare to say the word "retract" again, I'll beat you to death. you."
Looking at Zhu Shengzhong's wolf-like eyes, Wu Jie shuddered, thinking that this guy really dared to shoot.
Yan Yan patted Zhu Shengzhong on the shoulder, and said to Yang Deyu and others: "Platoon Leader Yang, and brothers, please believe me. As long as we fight to the death, the foreigners will definitely compromise. The three people detained in the Hebin Building will More than a hundred brothers will definitely come back, and the weapons and equipment confiscated by foreigners will definitely be returned."
…
On the rooftop of the Bank of China building, foreign reporters and military observers were packing up their equipment.
Only Lotov was still standing by the rooftop, carefully observing the four rows of warehouses through the telescope.
"Lotov, why aren't you leaving yet?" Sophia, the AFP war correspondent in Shanghai, stepped forward with a camera and said with some confusion, "The small national army unit behind the scenes is expected to retreat soon, and the Sihang Warehouse has already If there is no more news, don’t you plan to go back to the Chinachem Hotel for a drink or two? The nightlife in Shanghai is about to start, isn’t it?”
Lotov shook his head and said, "However, my intuition tells me that the battle at the Four Lines Warehouse will not end here."
"Oh, really?" Sophia suddenly became interested and asked, "This small army of the national army dares to disobey military orders? Disobeying military orders is a capital crime for an army, and it is also a shame, right?"
Lotov said quietly: "Disobeying military orders is a capital offense in any country or army, without exception, but it is not necessarily a shame. Sometimes, disobeying military orders may make you... a hero."
As soon as he finished speaking, two searchlights suddenly lit up at the Kaifeng intersection.
The dazzling bright light illuminated the entire North XZ Road at once.
