Landale didn't want to be harsh in his assessment, but the reputation of the Living King of Hell had already spread.
Previously, except for a few military observers, field reporters and military attachés stationed in China, the people in the concession and most reporters only knew that a very powerful overseas Chinese came to Sihang Warehouse and led a platoon of national troops to continuously defeat the Japanese army. After many attacks, hundreds of Japanese troops were killed and two flat-firing guns were captured.
Now, more information is gradually coming to light.
For example, this overseas Chinese's surname is Yan and his nickname is Living King of Hell.
This living king of hell also has excellent military qualities.
All of this is actually fueled by Yan Jing himself.
Otherwise, he would not have accepted Sophia’s exclusive interview.
Yan Yan's purpose of doing this is of course to create a character and then inspire the Chinese people through the idol effect, especially the veterans of the Lone Army Camp and the wounded Chinese soldiers who are recuperating in various hospitals in the concession.
To be honest, Yan Yan didn't think much about it when he first crossed over.
I just wanted to quickly rescue the lone army camp and then break out of the encirclement.
However, after several encounters with the Japanese army at Sihang Warehouse, Yan Yan gradually came up with the idea that the Chinese army still had a chance to recapture and hold Shanghai.
Because there are ready-made combat examples that we can refer to, and that is a certain sand!
Jacob, the little overlord of a certain place, sent an army of 300,000 armed to the teeth to a certain sand, with all-round support from the navy, air force and space force. However, in the end, he was unable to do anything to the 30,000 guerrillas of a certain Mas, even against a certain sand. It is useless for the people to carry out anti-human physical elimination. A certain Mas still survives tenaciously in a certain sand.
There may not be that many wounded soldiers from the national army recuperating in the hospital in the concession, but they are much more powerful than the guerrillas of a certain Mas. Coupled with his severe strategic thinking and tactical command that are beyond this era, they are even more powerful.
More importantly, staying in Shanghai and persisting in the war of resistance will be more effective against the Japanese and more conducive to the national war of resistance.
Because of this, Yan Yan began to create his own character and tried his best to win over the wounded soldiers of the national army who were stranded in the concession.
However, the injured who are recuperating in various hospitals in the concession have not been exposed to the serious news yet, but the young students who have taken refuge in the concession have been moved to death.
Chen Mingde is one of these young students.
Chen Mingde studied architecture in the UK before and was about to graduate.
But one day after he saw the news in the newspaper that the Sino-Japanese war broke out, he decided to return to China without even thinking about the graduation certificate he was about to receive.
It was also a coincidence that Chen Mingde was riding the Taikoo Lun.
Just after disembarking, the Taikoo Lun was actually bombarded.
At first, Chen Mingde thought it was a Japanese bombardment.
But soon, Chen Mingde heard that it was the national army from Sihang Warehouse that was shelling Taikoo Lun.
This statement shocked Chen Mingde, because in his impression, the Chinese had always been submissive when facing foreigners. For example, their leader punched hard when facing his compatriots, but he knelt down when facing foreigners. , if the leader is like this, one can imagine the national army generals below.
In front of foreigners, the national army is simply a gray grandson.
But today, the Chinese army dared to bombard the foreigners' Taikoo Lun?
So Chen Mingde didn't even have time to take out his luggage and went straight to Sihang Warehouse.
But when he arrived at the New Garbage Bridge, he was stopped by the patrol police. Then he saw about a class of national troops leaving the Sihang Warehouse. After that, he followed this group of national troops across the Suzhou River.
Then, Chen Mingde witnessed the drama that happened outside Hebang Building.
When the gun butts of the dozen or so national soldiers rained down on those red-headed Asans, when those national soldiers opened their coats to reveal the explosives tied to their bodies, when those national soldiers brought the White Russian business group and the sharp-eyed navy and army The team members were so tidy that Chen Mingde felt like the blood in his body was starting to burn. It was so damn exciting!
At this time, there was only one thought left in his mind: he wanted to join this army.
So after following the national army team back to the New Junk Bridge, Chen Mingde tried to cross the bridge.
After being stopped by the patrol police, Chen Mingde jumped over the guardrail and jumped into the cold and smelly Suzhou River, intending to swim across the Suzhou River to join the national army on the other side.
Chen Mingde was not the only one to jump into the river.
After Chen Mingde started, more young people jumped into the Suzhou River like dumplings.
There is a Peking Opera stage on the left side of the Asia Hotel. On the stage, Lianyingzhai is singing. Wu Sheng, who plays Gan Ning, saw the scene of students jumping into the river and jumped into the scene, stealing Lu Xun's lyrics:
"Generals, the Marquis of Wu appoints me as commander to conquer the Shu army. Everyone needs to work hard and strive to be the first."
"If you don't retreat when you give orders, if you don't follow the orders, if you don't know the armor, if you don't know how to use swords and guns, if the two armies are in front of the formation, if the camp is not in order, don't commit any crime. If there is anyone who doesn't obey, his head will be shown to the public!"
All the soldiers responded with a roar.
Lu Xun was messy in the wind.
Brother, you stole my lyrics.
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Shimomura Masuke and Takeshita Yifeng on the other side of the river also saw this scene.
"Baga!" Takeshita Yifeng gritted his teeth and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, these Chinese students must have gone to Sihang Warehouse to defect to the Chinese army. Are snipers dispatched to shoot them in the Suzhou River?"
Because it is winter and the water level of the Suzhou River is shallow, the students in the river cannot be shot from the windows above the second floor of the Bank of Communications or even from the south-facing rooftop. Instead, the sniper must be allowed to go out to the bank of the Suzhou River through the guardrail. Shooting towards the river can ensure that students crossing the river are shot.
Because of this, Shimomura Masuke disapproved of this.
"Forget it, it's just a few dozen students, it's useless."
"And it's dark, so it's not wise to send out snipers at this time."
Takeshita Yifeng immediately fell silent, because there was a small force in the Sihang Warehouse opposite that was very good at night operations. They could find and steal their secret sentry at night without a sound.
As a result, we now dare not send sentries to the ruins outside after nightfall.
But it is obviously not possible not to send sentries, because it is easy to be raided.
So now Takeshita Yifeng is very confused and doesn't know how to send sentries?
Takeshita Yifeng had a premonition that tonight and every night from now on would be an extremely difficult time for their Zhabei detachment.
At this time, footsteps suddenly sounded.
Then Ritsu Maeda walked in from the door.
Shimomura Masasuke's expression immediately turned serious.
Because he already knew about the return of the 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment to Sihang Warehouse.
Ritsu Maeda's attitude was still very upright, and he bowed his head humbly when he came in: "Your Excellency, Commander, I was careless this time. I didn't expect that the China Army who was detained in the Kaohama Building would return to the Sihang Warehouse."
"Maeda-kun, I can't blame you for this. I didn't think of it either." Shimomura Masasuke waved his hand and continued, "The question now is how to deal with it next? Do we need to continue the siege?"
Takeshita Yoshito said in a deep voice: "How about we continue to put pressure on the public concessions and force them to drain the gas? As long as the public concessions empty the gas storage tanks of the fireworks plants, the Imperial Navy's naval guns and bombers can attack the four elements without restraint. When the warehouse is bombed, not to mention a mere battalion, even a division will be nothing more than cannon fodder."
Maeda Ritsu shook his head and said: "It's useless. It's no longer whether the public settlement is willing to vent the gas in the fireworks, but the Chinese Army will not allow them to vent the gas."
Upon hearing this, Takeshita Yifeng immediately fell silent.
Yes, the two flat-firing cannons of the Chinese army are aimed at the gas storage tank.
If the public concession dares to empty the gas storage tank, the Chinese army will definitely fire without hesitation.
After a long while, Takeshita Yifengcai continued: "If a large-scale bombing cannot be carried out, it will be difficult to tear down the defense of the Sihang Warehouse with just tanks, flat-fire artillery and infantry."
Maeda Ritsu said: "So it is best to continue the siege."
Shimomura Masuke frowned and said: "There is no problem in continuing the siege, but there are some things that cannot be left to chance."
With that said, Shimomura Masasuke handed a stack of newspapers to Maeda Ritsu. These newspapers were sent from the public concession by Okamoto's decent people, and there were more than a dozen copies.
Ritsu Maeda flipped through it casually. Major newspapers such as Shenbao, Ta Kung Pao, Central Daily News, and Republic of China Daily were all among them, as well as a special issue of Miller's Review. This weekly also added a special issue.
Looking at these newspaper articles, they all praise the national army in Sihang Warehouse.
The commander of this small national army unit is even more the target of praise.
"Shocking explosion - the returned overseas Chinese killed Japanese Major General Okawauchi Denchi with one shot!"
"Exclusive - The second commander of the Japanese Navy's Special Marine Corps was killed by the 'Living King of Hell'!"
"I heard that the third commander of the Japanese Navy's Special Marine Corps, Shimomura Shosuke, has arrived today. Will this person become the third hunting target of the 'Living King of Hell'?"
