It was nearly two kilometers from the Chinachem Hotel to the Central Bank Building. At this point, the main roads on the Bund were relatively busy and congested. By the time they rushed over, the fighting might have been over, so the reporters and military observers present simply stayed behind. .
Although it is a bit far away to watch the game from the rooftop of Chinachem Hotel, the view is better.
Because the Chinachem Hotel is much higher than the Sixing Warehouse, from the rooftop of the Chinachem Hotel, you can even see the ruins on the north side of the Sixing Warehouse.
Even the deployment of the Japanese army was clearly visible to them.
For example, the Japanese artillery position was located near the North Railway Station, about one kilometer north of the Bank of China building.
The Japanese army was obviously still very concerned about the two gas storage tanks at the boiler factory.
Set up the artillery position in the area north of the Bank of China building so that the shells will not fall into the fire factory when firing.
Reeves once again began to demonstrate his "extraordinary" military literacy: "The Japanese commander's intention was very clear, which was to block the ruins in the middle with artillery fire to block the return of the national army from the Bank of Communications warehouse, and then continue to consume it with small-scale attacks The defenders of Sihang Warehouse have Molotov cocktails and wait until the time is right before launching the final general attack."
I have to say that the British military quality is a bit touching.
Sophia couldn't stand it anymore and said with a smile: "If this really happens, even if the entire Songhu Special Marine Corps is brought in, I'm afraid they won't be able to consume all the Molotov cocktails of the Songhu Independent Regiment, because they have 2 tons of gasoline!"
Lotov continued: "If it is a 500ml glass bottle, 2 tons of gasoline can hold about 5,000 bottles. If one bottle of gasoline burns two Japanese soldiers to death, the more than 8,000 Japanese Navy Songhu Special Marines are really Not enough to burn."
After hearing this, Reeves' expression suddenly froze, but he still said stubbornly: "There are so many bottles in Sihang Warehouse?"
"This really exists." Sophia chuckled. "There is a large pile piled in the corner of the lobby on the first floor of the east building. I haven't counted how many bottles there are, but there must be more than 5,000 bottles."
Reeves said in shock: "Does Sihang Warehouse even collect waste glass bottles?"
"It's not an empty bottle." Sophia shook her head and smiled, "It seems that it was the inventory of beer that was given to the Salt Bank after the bankruptcy and liquidation of Jardine Brewery because it could not repay the loan, but it tasted really bad."
"It's useless even if the Sihang Warehouse has enough bottles and gasoline." Reeves said forcefully, "Because the main force of the Songhu Independent Regiment, especially the elite veterans, must have been sent to the Bank of Communications Warehouse and stayed at the Sihang Warehouse. Most of them are young people who swam across the Suzhou River a few days ago and defected to the Songhu Independent Regiment. They have never even touched a gun, how can they hold on?"
Now it was Sofia and Lotov's turn to be speechless.
Because that's what they're worried about.
…
The east building of Sihang Warehouse, the regimental headquarters on the second floor.
Yan Yan always felt that something was not right.
Xie Jinyuan comforted him: "Chief of Staff, don't think too much. Even if the Japanese know that we bought 2 tons of gasoline, they may not know that there are so many glass wine bottles in the Sihang Warehouse."
"No, the devils are not stupid enough to use their heads to waste."
Yan Yan said: "So, the Japanese must have other plans."
"What else can be planned?" Xie Jinyuan said casually, "I must think that the main force of our Songhu Independent Regiment, especially the elite veterans, has been sent to attack the Bank of Communications warehouse, and the only ones left in the Sixing Warehouse are some students who have just joined the army. Baby, so as long as we use artillery fire to seal off the ruins in the middle, we can securely capture the Sihang Warehouse."
"This inference is logically sound. The Japs commander must think so." Yan Yan nodded and said, "The problem is that the Japs will never just use ladders to climb the wall to attack the gaps on the fourth and fifth floors. There must be others. It’s a great follow-up move, but I can’t think of what kind of follow-up move it will be?”
"Are there other tunnels? Blasting?" Xie Jinyuan said.
"No." Yan Yan shook his head, "In the past few days, we have been monitoring the movement of tunnels dug by the Japanese. Except for the west wall, there are two tunnels dug almost to the base of the wall. There are no tunnels in other directions."
"Then what else can happen?" Xie Jinyuan said suddenly, "We can't also start from the public concession..."
Halfway through his words, Xie Jinyuan suddenly paused, then his eyes became solemn, and he said to Yan Yan: "Chief of Staff, the Japanese won't attack through the concession, right?"
"Don't be afraid of this. I have been prepared for them to attack from the concession." Yan Yan said, "If the Japanese think that attacking from the concession can catch us by surprise, they are wrong."
…
At this time, we are in the lobby on the first floor of the Bank of China building.
Ritsu Maeda first raised his hand to give a military salute, and then said with a smile: "Colonel Edward, we meet again."
The two beautiful beards on Edward's lips trembled slightly, and then he raised his hand and gave Maeda a military salute: "Commander Maeda, what's the matter?"
The smile on Maeda Ritsu's face suddenly disappeared.
The Japanese are really arrogant, and they will fall out with you at any time.
"Colonel Edward, I'll give you fifteen minutes."
"Within fifteen minutes, have your troops withdraw from North XZ Road."
"Otherwise, the Imperial Navy's tanks will run over your position."
"Oh?" Edward's face fell instantly, thinking that the Japanese dwarf was really too much. Did he not take our Royal Fusiliers of the British Empire into consideration at all?
Ritsu Maeda ignored Edward, turned around and walked out.
But when he reached the door, he turned back, grinned and said, "Fourteen minutes left!"
"Tell me!" Edward wanted to take out his pistol and shoot Maeda Ritsu in the face, blowing him to pieces.
But when he thought of the day when the Japanese naval aviation dropped a mock bomb on the Bank of China building, Edward shuddered again and picked up the phone.
The call was made to Jason Xu, the British Ambassador to China.
Jason Xu’s instructions came quickly: Give in!
Give control of the northern section of North XZ Road, that is, the section north of the New Junk Bridge, to the Japanese Navy so that the Japanese army can attack the Sixing Warehouse from North XZ Road.
…
The Japanese attack continues, and it is already the third time.
Xie Jinyuan suddenly said to Yan Yan: "Chief of Staff, what kind of weapon did you use before? Can you actually block the Japanese reinforcements coming from the Commercial Bank Warehouse and the north of Guoqing Road? There were not many Japanese reinforcements coming from those two directions at that time. Two teams, right?”
Seriously, there are more than just two teams involved? There are at least two squadrons.
But in the face of the drone's initiation attack, automatic aiming, and nearly unlimited bullets, the two squadrons of Japanese reinforcements were nothing at all.
After all, it's not like hundreds of people are charging together, but in batches.
However, drone aerial strikes cannot be used without restrictions.
However, Xie Jinyuan also reminded Yan Jun that he also had a reconnaissance plane!
Since you can't guess the exact intentions of the Japanese, why not send out unmanned reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance?
Yan Yan hurriedly returned to the rooftop, took out the small drone from the box and released it, and conducted a careful reconnaissance around the Sihang Warehouse.
As a result, this investigation really made Yan Yan discover the problem.
The Japanese secretly gathered thirteen Type 95 tanks in a few alleys north of Kaifeng Road, as well as several armored vehicles and several three-wheeled motorcycles.
What makes people speechless is that the British troops originally stationed on North XZ Road were quietly evacuating. In order not to be discovered by the national troops, they even turned off the lights.
The drone flew west and found a large number of Japanese soldiers waiting in the ruins north of Guoqing Road. The number was less than two squadrons.
The drone continued to search westward and made another discovery near the Xinzha Bridge 300 meters away.
At least one team of more than fifty Japanese soldiers had stripped down to only a piece of crotch cloth. Then, these more than fifty Japanese soldiers jumped into the cold Suzhou River with their rifles.
Some of the Japs seemed to have brought explosives?
At this time, the Suzhou River is in the dry season and the water level is at its lowest.
Therefore, the water depth on both sides of the river is very shallow, only reaching the top of the thigh.
But in order to hide their traces, these devils walked into deep water one after another.
In the end, these devils' entire bodies were almost submerged in the water, leaving only their mouths and noses above the water, and then they quietly moved towards the Sihang Warehouse under the cover of darkness.
At this point, Yan Yan knew what the Japanese were planning.
Oversaturation attack! The devil is planning an oversaturation attack!
