"Wow, are the Japanese troops going to attack on North XZ Road instead?"
Along with Sophia's exclamation, a sharp whistle sounded on the North XZ Road. A group of merchants who were patrolling north along the North XZ Road quickly turned around and retreated, hiding in the bunker at the north end of the New Junk Bridge. The business groups at the National Day intersection and Qufu intersection also quickly retreated into the circular barricade.
A moment later, a piercing siren also sounded in the south of Xinjunqiao.
The Belarusian patrols patrolling along South Suzhou Road also began to become serious and forcibly drove away the concession people who gathered on the south bank of the Suzhou River to watch the battle. It was obvious that the Belarusian patrols had realized the seriousness of the problem.
"No, no, no, the Japanese army does not want to launch an attack from North XZ Road." Lotov shook his head and said, "They just want to use force to block XZ Road and prevent the Chinese troops staying at Sihang Warehouse from evacuating."
"Now there's something good to watch again." Sophia's pretty face turned red.
This foreign girl doesn't look like a good person, she actually treats fighting like watching a show.
…
At the same time, Bao Daizhen, the British Consul General in Shanghai, who was also the general director of the Public Settlement Industry Bureau, was also invited out of the bedroom by his secretary.
"What's the matter?" Bao Daizhen's tone sounded unfriendly.
After finally getting the famous Belarusian lady to bed, she was called out by her secretary as she entered the alley.
When the secretary was about to answer, the phone in the living room suddenly rang. Bao Daizhen muttered something dissatisfied, then angrily stepped forward and picked up the phone to say hello: "Hello..."
But I never thought that the other end of the phone would be full of curses.
"Bao Dezhen, you English people are so uncouth."
"What's promised can be changed. Where is the spirit of your contract?"
"The humiliation you have inflicted on the imperial army today will be repaid a hundred times in the future!"
"Oh oh oh, Consul Okamoto, please calm down. If you have anything to say, please speak slowly, okay?"
Bao Daizhen had already heard that the person opposite was the Japanese Consul General in Shanghai Yoshimasa Okamoto, and thought to himself that these Japanese were really short and arrogant. As Asians, couldn't they be more humble? Even if it's just for show.
"Bao Daizhen, I have nothing to say to you. I was ordered to give you an ultimatum."
On the other end of the phone, Okamoto Jisheng said coldly: "It is already 1 a.m. on October 31, one hour past the agreed final evacuation time. If the Public Concession Industry Bureau still ignores the warning of the Empire of Japan and insists on letting go, If the blockade on the west side of XZ Road is opened and the Chinese defenders at Sihang Warehouse are allowed to retreat to the public concession, the Imperial Japanese Army will also abandon all the commitments it has made before, and all consequences will be borne by the Concession Industry Bureau. "
Bao Daizhen said: "Consul Okamoto, are you threatening the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau of the Public Concession?"
"Bao Daizhen, just take care of yourself!" Okamoto Jizheng said and hung up the phone.
"This arrogant Japanese dwarf." Bao Daizhen cursed and asked his secretary, "What's going on?"
The secretary immediately told what had just happened in the Sixing Warehouse. After hearing this, Bao Daizhen was furious and said: "What are the Chinese doing? Didn't I tell them not to provoke the Japanese army again? How dare these losers go back on their word?"
The secretary said: "Sir, the business group is still waiting for your instructions. How should I reply?"
Bao Daizhen snorted and said: "Order the business group to close North XZ Road. Since the small national army unit left behind at Sihang Warehouse doesn't want to leave, then just leave. Let them be buried with Sihang Warehouse. By the way, return it." You can let the Japanese extinguish the fire, and then let Ochi transfer the Royal Fusiliers to North Suzhou Road to prevent the Japanese from really going crazy."
…
Yan Yan and Yang Deyu also arrived at the rooftop of the east building immediately.
Standing on the rooftop of the east building, you can clearly see North XZ Road below.
I saw that on the west side of North XZ Road, the side next to the Sixing Warehouse, the concession authorities had already pulled up a barbed wire fence, extending from the north bridge head of the New Garbage Bridge to the Kaifeng intersection.
Previously, the 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment passed through this barbed wire fence near the cigarette shop in the southeast corner.
In addition to the barbed wire fence, the concession authorities also built a two-story F bunker at the north end of the New Junk Bridge, and also built circular barricades at multiple intersections of Kaifeng Road, Qufu Road, and Guoqing Road connecting North XZ Road, and dispatched troops from the merchant corps Garrison, the so-called business group refers to the business group of all nations, the paramilitary armed forces of the public concession.
Under the strong light of the searchlight, the business groups in the F bunker and the circular barricade were ready.
The expression on Yang Deyu's face also became embarrassing: "Won't those stupid little devils attack from North XZ Road? If they really want to attack from North XZ Road and Guangfu Road at the same time, they will be in big trouble."
"No, at least the Japanese don't have the guts now." Yan Yan pointed at the southern end of North XZ Road.
Yang Deyu looked in the direction of Yan Jun's finger and saw an army wearing green woolen coats heading north from the central area of the concession along North XZ Road.
Judging from the color of this costume, it looks like it’s from the British Army?
"It should be the Royal Rifles of England." Yan Yan said.
"Are you talking about the Royal Fusiliers of England? Our regiment mentioned this army. It is said to be a very capable force of the British country and performed well in the European war."
"Really?" A sneer appeared at the corner of Yan Yan's mouth.
Whether the Royal Fusiliers are strong or not depends on who their opponent is.
If they meet the Chinese People's Volunteers on the Korean battlefield, they may only be wiped out.
However, Jun Yan did not refute, but said to Yang Deyu as he walked back: "There is no problem in the direction of Guoqing Road and North XZ Road. We only need to defend against attacks from the direction of Guangfu Road."
"But even so, we are still under great pressure." Yang Deyu said.
"When the Japanese attack again later, they will definitely not use searchlights again."
"Without searchlights, we would not be able to stop the Japanese from advancing through the gap in the western wall."
"The Japanese can go directly to the barricade in the southwest corner, and the attack distance will be greatly shortened."
"What's even more troublesome is that we only have one heavy machine gun, and since it's night time, it's difficult for us to completely block the entrance to the warehouse with heavy machine gun fire..."
Yan Yan suddenly said: "Platoon Leader Yang, don't you think this is a good opportunity?"
"Good opportunity?" Yang Deyu was stunned for a moment, then asked, "What good opportunity?"
"A good opportunity to plot against the Japanese." Yan Jun said with a smile, "At least I can kill half of the Japanese infantry squad. If I'm lucky, I might be able to kill a whole Japanese squad!"
"What do you mean?" Yang Deyu didn't understand at first.
Yan Jun said: "In the previous two attacks, the Japanese advanced behind the barricade in the southwest corner without any effort, and they still charged forward with searchlights and open flames. During the second attack, they even marched in queues singing military songs. There was no attack from our army, right?”
"There is nothing we can do about it." Yang Deyu said helplessly, "The barricade in the southwest corner is too prominent and is completely exposed to the firepower of the Japanese flat-fire artillery and heavy machine guns. Deploying firepower or troops there is purely seeking death. , our 1st platoon only has a total of more than fifty people plus one machine gun, so we must save."
"The Japs also know this." Yan Jun said with a smile, "So the next time they attack, the Japs will take it for granted that they will not be attacked until they reach the barricade in the southwest corner."
"So, what do you mean?" Yang Deyu said with a serious expression, "Let the machine gun squad go from the cigarette shop in the southeast corner to the barricade in the southwest corner?"
"Not only the machine gun squad, but the entire 1st Platoon must advance out of the south barricade at the west corner." Yan Yan said with a cruel smile, "Platoon Leader Yang, you might as well imagine that when the Japanese advance unpreparedly along the Guangfu Road in a dense formation. , but was suddenly attacked by our firepower ambushing on the barricade in the southwest corner, what kind of scene will it look like?"
Yang Deyu's mind immediately conjured up bloody scenes of hundreds of Japanese soldiers falling to the ground.
Such a picture is undoubtedly very exciting, but Yang Deyu quickly thought of another question.
"No, the Japanese have deployed flat-firing artillery on the position outside the Bank of Communications warehouse, and several heavy machine guns have been deployed on the roof of the Bank of Communications. If our 1st platoon goes forward to exit the barricade at the southwest corner, we will fire at most one row of guns, and the next second we will fire They will become easy targets for Japanese cannons and heavy machine guns, and they will most likely be killed before even a shot is fired."
