Shanghai, Italian military barracks in the public concession.
The hostages who had been detained in the lone camp for many days were finally released, but only ordinary hostages were released. More than a hundred Italian prisoners of war and prisoners of the Royal Gurkha Infantry Battalion were not released immediately. Xu Rui told Steve that
Know clearly when all weapons, ammunition and mechanical equipment will be in place, and when the prisoners of war will be released.
Steve and Ferguson had no better countermeasures. Who put them at a disadvantage?
It is really unbelievable to say that one person is the minister of the British Empire to China and the other is the highest officer of the British army stationed in Shanghai. However, when facing a mere battalion-level commander in China, he is actually in a weak position.
Nothing else, it is really the most difficult time for Britain, but the Lone Army Camp is barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. This group of desperadoes don't even care about having the whole of China buried with them. Steve and the others are really provoking
Sorry.
Steve and Ferguson negotiated to no avail, and could only leave with the ordinary hostages who were released.
In exchange, the first batch of weapons and equipment and funds for the Gujun Battalion, also known as the Patrol Battalion, have been received. This is also the prerequisite for Xu Rui to agree to release ordinary hostages. This batch of weapons and equipment is enough to arm a reinforced regiment. Three days later, there will be more
Another batch of weapons and equipment is in place, enough to arm a Class A division.
As soon as the hostages left, the gate of the Italian military camp immediately erupted in cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami. The more than 400 officers and soldiers of the lone military camp and the more than 100 veterans of the National Army who joined one after another raised their arms and cheered to celebrate this historic victory. To be honest,
Before starting this operation, they never imagined that the final result would be like this.
Several company commanders, including Xie Yuan, Yang Rui and Shi Changqing, also looked excited.
Shi Changqing had the most grumpy temper and was also the most excited at the moment. He said, "Yingzhuo, why am I like I'm in a dream? The British just gave in? Why did they give in? It's incredible."
"Don't give in?" Xie Yuan basically participated in the entire negotiation process and knew more. He smiled and said, "If you don't give in, what else can you do? In a real war, the British army in Shanghai can't beat us, even if we add
The U.S. and French troops are no good, and if they really fight, little Japan will definitely take advantage. Japan poses a greater threat to Britain than our Solitary Army Battalion. Our Solitary Army Battalion has never thought of annexing the entire concession, but Little Japan has this ambition.
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Little Japan does have ambitions for the entire concession in Shanghai, because it is a big fat piece of meat!
According to historical data, Shanghai at this time was far stronger than Tokyo, Japan, in terms of resident population, commerce, logistics and even financial industries, and was the undisputed center of the entire Far East!
After the Sino-Japanese War broke out, a large number of wealthy people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang poured into the public concessions, which brought abnormal prosperity to the concessions and led to the further expansion of Shanghai's trading industry, processing industry and financial industry. The expansion of industries will inevitably bring about
Due to the dramatic increase in tax revenue, the tax revenue from Shanghai alone is now enough to support dozens of divisions in Little Japan!
It is a pity that the most important part of Shanghai is the concession, but this part of the tax revenue does not belong to the Japanese.
Faced with such a big piece of fat, it is impossible to say that the Japanese government is not interested and does not want it.
After a pause, Xie Yuan continued: "The Japanese are so ambitious. What they want is the entire concession, but we will not threaten the security of the entire public concession, so as long as they can save face, the British will not care.
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Shi Changqing scratched his head and said: "What are we going to do next? Are we really going to be patrol officers and take care of public security?"
As soon as he heard this, Xu Rui knew that he had to hold a meeting to unify the thoughts of the officers in these isolated camps and set a medium- and long-term goal. Otherwise, these big-headed soldiers would have nothing to do after being full every day, and they would either be depraved or have evil intentions.
If you are not angry, something will happen sooner or later, and by then it will be too late to fix the problem.
At that moment, Xu Rui brought Xie Yuan, Yang Rui, Shi Changqing and other company commanders to the conference room for a meeting.
Xu Rui continued what he had just said and first asked Shi Changqing: "Captain Shi, what do you want to do most now?"
"What do I want to do most?" Shi Changqing scratched his round, shaved head and said, "Of course, it's to fight the Japanese."
"Yes, of course what we want to do most is to fight the Japanese." Prince Ma Ye Ming and the other company commanders agreed.
Xie Yuan lost no time and said: "Commander Xu, can you take us out of Shanghai? Just go to southern Anhui, southern Jiangsu or northern Zhejiang. Whether it is adaptation, reorganization or integration, we have no objection, as long as we can fight the Japanese.
But we really don’t want to stay in the concession and serve as patrollers.”
Yang Rui also echoed: "That's right, patrolling is not the job of gentlemen?"
Xu Rui said with a smile: "However, only a small part of the weapons and ammunition promised by the British were delivered. There will be more ammunition in the future, as well as a complete set of equipment for a small arsenal, all of which are not needed?"
"Of course we have to do this." Yang Rui said quickly, "We won't leave right away, we have to get the benefits before leaving."
Several company commanders such as Xie Yuan, Ye Ming and Shi Changqing also nodded, but in short, no one wanted to stay in Shanghai anymore.
Xu Rui waved his hand and said: "There is a problem with your concept. If you want to fight the war, why do you have to go to southern Anhui, southern Jiangsu or northern Zhejiang? You can also fight the war in Shanghai."
"Resisting in Greater Shanghai?" several company commanders looked at each other.
After all, Ye Ming had been an assassin for two years, and he quickly thought of the Hurricanes.
At that moment, Ye Ming said: "Commander, are you saying that we also build an assassination force like the Military Command Internal Force, and then use the Western District of the Concession as a stronghold to attack the Japanese from all directions?"
"Smart!" Xu Rui gave Ye Ming a thumbs up, and then continued, "But you are only half right. We really need to use the Western District of the Concession as a stronghold to attack the Japanese from all sides, but it is not an assassination, but an open killing. We
We must attack the little devils openly and start brutal street battles with the little devils in Shanghai.”
After a slight pause, Xu Rui said with a sinister smile: "I have to say that guerrilla warfare is not only mountain guerrilla warfare, but also urban guerrilla warfare. Compared with mountain guerrilla warfare, urban guerrilla warfare is more capable of attacking the enemy and destroying the enemy's effective forces.
What our lone army camp wants to carry out is urban guerrilla warfare!"
“Urban guerrilla warfare?”
“Can cities still fight guerrilla warfare?”
“Don’t guerrilla warfare take place in ravines?”
"This is the first time I've heard of urban guerrilla warfare."
Xie Yuan, Yang Rui, Ye Ming and several company commanders looked at each other in confusion.
Xie Yuan and the others were no strangers to guerrilla warfare, because the Eighty-eighth Division, as the Central Army, had participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army twice, and had suffered the hardships of the Red Army's guerrilla warfare. Therefore, in their impression, guerrilla warfare was only suitable in mountainous areas.
, but big cities are simply not equipped to engage in guerrilla warfare.
However, as a time traveler, Xu Rui knows that not only can guerrilla warfare be carried out in big cities, but the power of urban guerrillas is even more terrifying than guerrillas in mountainous areas!
This can be proven by the two Gulf Wars.
Before the first Gulf War, Saddam's Iraqi army was known as the third strongest in the world, with a total strength of more than one million. However, in the first Gulf War, the US military defeated more than 800,000 Iraqi troops in just over 40 days.
, occupied the entire territory of Kuwait, and only killed more than 200 people, which created the most disparate war casualty ratio in world military history.
Twelve years later, the U.S. military launched the second Gulf War and invaded Iraq. At the beginning, the U.S. military also occupied the entire territory of Iraq in a devastating manner. However, after achieving military occupation, the war did not end immediately. In fact, the Iraqis
The Anti-American War has just begun.
The war model adopted by the Iraqi guerrillas is urban guerrilla warfare. They plant a roadside bomb today and carry out a car bomb attack tomorrow. After seven years of war, the US military has killed more than 9,000 people. In the end, it can no longer bear this endless situation.
The bleeding and casualties were stopped, so the troops could only withdraw sadly.
During the two Gulf Wars, the well-equipped Iraqi regular army was unable to fight back against the US military.
However, the same US military was beaten to a pulp by the Iraqi guerrillas. This is the power of urban guerrilla warfare!
Of course, Xu Rui does not want to simply copy the fighting methods of the Iraqi guerrillas. In fact, Xu Rui is extremely disgusted with the practices of the Iraqi guerrillas, because the Iraqi guerrillas often kidnap innocent compatriots and often carry out attacks on their own citizens.
Indiscriminate killing is a practice that Xu Rui absolutely cannot agree with.
Xu Rui then asked: "Why can't cities engage in guerrilla warfare? As long as people have guns, territory, and cover, why can't cities engage in guerrilla warfare?"
Xie Yuan, Yang Rui and several company commanders thought about it and it seemed that it was really possible.
Now that their lone camp has people, guns, a piece of territory, and a patrol battalion as a cover, they can attack the Japanese in Shanghai from all directions. As long as they act quickly, they can immediately retreat to the western part of the concession after the attack, and then put on the uniform of the patrol battalion.
, the little devil has nothing to do with them!
"Do it!" Shi Changqing slapped his thigh hard and said, "Just do it!"
"No, not now!" Xu Rui shook his head again and said, "Not now. You have more important things to do now. You can't lose the big for the small."
"Something more important?" Xie Yuan asked, "What thing?"
"Gather together the veterans of the National Army who are stranded in Shanghai and gather strength." Xu Rui said word by word, "We must gather as many veterans of the National Army who are stranded in Shanghai as possible, and then intensify training! If possible, we must also
All the strong men in the entire western area of the concession were summoned and military training was conducted on them."
When Xie Yuan heard this, the blood in his body suddenly boiled.
What's going on? Are you really planning to form a group army?
Xu Rui smiled and said to Xie Yuan: "Battle Commander Xie, I will leave for a while, and you will be in charge of the situation here temporarily. If you have anything, you can tell Adjutant Ye, he knows how to find me.
"Xie Yuan knew Xu Rui's true identity, but he didn't know that he also had an incarnation of Liang Wuyi.
In Gujun Camp, only Ye Ming knew about Liang Wuyi.
