After a long while, one of the directors said, "I remember there is an idiom in China called bluffing. Is this national army commander at Sihang Warehouse just bluffing?"
"I don't know." Bao Daizhen simply shook his head and said, "But what if he's not bluffing?"
The director who just spoke immediately fell silent again. Yes, what if it wasn't a bluff? Do you dare to bet?
At this time, one of the five Chinese directors said: "Your Excellency, President and fellow directors, we have an old saying in China that every injustice has its owner, and every debtor has its owner. If we want to settle the situation with the leader of the national army in Sihang Warehouse, we still have to find him." boss, so we’d better continue to put pressure on Sun Yuanliang and Zhang Baiting of the 88th Division.”
"It's useless." Bao Daizhen shook his head again, "Chen Shunong already tried it, but he was expelled."
Now the Chinese director who made the suggestion was at his wits' end. It didn't work to go to the superiors. If he was pushed too hard, he would die. The key point was that he really dared to go beyond the peak and even the national government to directly negotiate terms with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau of the Concession. Such a national army officer has never I've never seen one before, and even if they bite someone, I don't know where to start.
At this time, another Director Hua suggested: "How about spending a sum of money to buy this small official of the National Army? The National Army still remaining at Sihang Warehouse is only a platoon, and a small platoon leader must have not been seen. In the real world, I estimate that three thousand oceans will be enough to settle the matter, and it will be amazing to increase it to five thousand!"
"Five thousand? Zheng Yishu gave you this money?" Another Hua Shi immediately retorted, "This matter doesn't have to be so troublesome at all. Just leave it to the Qing Gang. Later I will personally go to the Qing Gang boss Huang Jinrong and ask him to send a killer to pretend to be Anti-Japanese martyrs sneak into the Sihang Warehouse and kill the platoon leader. Without the leader, the national army will immediately fall apart."
The other foreign directors' eyes suddenly lit up.
To deal with the Chinese, you have to be Chinese.
"Jiang Siping, I leave this matter to you."
…
The harshness in his sleep was awakened by the whistle.
Slept again, a rare sound sleep.
In the current war, sleeping like this is really a luxury.
Looking at the time, it was only around five o'clock in the morning on November 1st, and the sky outside the window was not yet fully bright.
However, there were already sharp whistles sounding on the west and north sides of Sihang Warehouse. It was obvious that Japanese infantry was gathering in both directions in the northwest, and it was estimated that the attack was about to begin.
"Old Yan, the little devil is about to launch another general attack."
"And the scale of the attack this time is expected to be larger than yesterday morning."
Yang Deyu came to Yan Yan with two panda eyes, and even his voice became hoarse.
Yang Deyu didn't rest last night. He had been loading gasoline to prepare for today's battle.
"More than a thousand bottles of gasoline have been packed, and they are placed on both sides of the gaps on the fifth and sixth floors. I don't know if they are enough. If it is not enough, I will take people to pack them now."
"Enough, it must be enough." Yan Yan quickly stopped.
"By the way, did the Japs conduct a sneak attack at around two o'clock?"
"Well, a team came, so I didn't wake you up."
"I heard everything, but I thought there should be no problem, so I didn't get up."
"There were just a few Japanese who wanted to steal chickens, but we killed them in just a few seconds."
"The mine formations prepared in the middle of the night and the cotton bales poured with gasoline were not used."
While they were talking, Wu Jie, Zhu Shengzhong, Zhou Dafa and other squad leaders also walked into the lobby on the second floor of the West Building, biting pancakes.
Yan Yan did not say any unnecessary nonsense and directly issued an order: "If the Japanese still attack from Guangfu Road, then follow plan No. 1. If Guangfu Road is just a feint attack and the main attack direction is the gap between the west wall and the north wall, then follow plan No. 2." Plan, if the concession reaches a deal with the Japs and opens up the passage, allowing the Japs to attack me from all sides from North XZ Road and Suzhou River, then we probably won’t be able to defend it, so don’t hesitate at this time..."
Yan Yan was not sure how the concession would react, so he had to prepare for the worst.
His eyes turned to Zhou Dafa, the cannon squad leader, and he said seriously: "Directly bombard the tap fire factory!"
Zhou Dafa hesitated a little, frowned and said, "Brother Yan, does it really have to be like this?"
"You can only survive if you dare to die! If you are afraid, just think about what will happen to your brothers if they are caught." Yan Yan solemnly said, "Of course, you can hit high in the starting lineup, it is a warning!"
Yang Deyu then said: "Execute the order."
Zhou Dafa and other squad leaders quickly turned around and left.
Yang Deyu finally stopped trying to persuade Yan Yan to leave this time. Instead, he stepped forward and punched Yan Yan hard: "Old Yan, take care! Anyone can die here, but you must live for me!"
"Lao Yang, you too." Yan Yan said solemnly.
…
Yoshida Yasuda came to the lobby on the first floor of the Bank of Communications warehouse wearing a brand-new colonel uniform to see off Taka Morita and the more than 200 marines who were about to participate in the general offensive.
In this general attack, the Japanese army divided its troops into three groups.
Feint attack all the way from Guangfu Road, coordinated by a tank squadron.
The other two groups used ladders to attack the city from the north and west walls of the Sixing Warehouse respectively. They had no choice but to adopt this most primitive tactic.
"Your Majesty Commander, snipers have entered the position."
"The heavy machine gun squadron, rapid-fire artillery brigade and flat-fire artillery brigade are already in place!"
Knowing that all the snipers and supporting firepower were in place, Yoshida Yasuda did not hesitate at all. He immediately said to Morita Taka and the more than 300 marines of the 10th Brigade: "Morita-kun, and the warriors of the 10th Brigade. , His Excellency Hasegawa is looking at you, Prince Fushimi Miyahiro Kyo is looking at you, and even His Majesty the Emperor is looking at you in Tokyo, the honor of the Imperial Marine Corps is in your hands, please!"
After saying that, Yasuda Yoshida bowed deeply again.
Miki Mizutani clicked the camera shutter button.
…
The clicking sound of the camera shutter kept ringing.
War reporters gathered on the rooftop were scrambling to take photos.
"Did you smell it?" Reeves took a deep breath and looked around at everyone.
"What?" Steve asked blankly, "Reeves, what do you smell?"
"The smell of fear." Reeves said, "I smell the smell of fear in the air. Those dozens of Chinese soldiers must be huddled and trembling in the four-row warehouse at this moment."
Reeves now completely hates the national army on the opposite side.
Because Lotov and Sophia both admired the commander of the opposite national army.
Lotov teased: "Don't talk too much, or you will be slapped in the face again, Reeves."
"This time is different." Reeves shook his head repeatedly. "This time the Japanese Navy really took action. It used more than 200 infantrymen and a dozen tanks at a time. In addition, there were nearly 20 rapid-fire cannons and flat-fire cannons. As well as more than fifty light and heavy machine guns to provide powerful fire support, and perhaps naval aviation to provide air support."
Lotov said suddenly: "There are also more than ten ships of the Japanese Navy's 3rd Fleet in the Huangpu River."
"Oh, no, no, no, the naval ships on the Huangpu River will definitely not participate in the war." Reeves said, "Because the distance from the Huangpu River to the Sixing Warehouse is too close, and the ballistic trajectory is almost flat. In case of firing, If the ship rocked a little, the shell might hit the gas storage tank of the boiler plant, and they didn't dare to take the risk."
After speaking, he turned to Sophia and said: "But your two tons of gasoline must have been given to you for free. I know you want to create a hero among the national army. In this case, Agence France-Presse and Miller's Review will judge Once you have a topic, you have a chance to win the Albert London Prize or even the Pulitzer Prize. It is a pity..."
Sophia simply ignored Reeves, an English gentleman? Ah.
"Major Lotov, do you think the Chinese army can use gasoline to stop the Japanese army attacking with ladders?"
"To be honest, it's difficult." Lotov spread his hands and said, "Although gasoline is very easy to ignite, if you want to cause damage to the Japanese army, you have to pour gasoline on the Japanese army or the ladder, but it is very difficult for the national army." Do that.”
"Is it difficult to do this? Is it simply impossible?" Reeves interjected again, "As long as the national army emerges from the gap, it will immediately be shot by Japanese snipers in the ruins outside."
"What if the national army hides in the gap and pours gasoline outside?"
"That can only burn a ghost. No, they can't even burn a ghost."
"Can you use a cotton bag soaked in gasoline to plug the gap?"
"It's useless. Japanese artillery can use arson bombs to set fires in advance."
"What if a grenade is thrown down from the gap? Is that possible?"
"It doesn't work either. The main reason is that it can only be thrown randomly, and it is difficult to blow up the Japanese army."
