More than two months passed in the blink of an eye, and it was May of the twenty-eighth year of the Republic of China (1939).
After more than two months of development, the patrol battalion has expanded to the size of a brigade, with almost 6,000 people. This is quite different from Xu Rui's expectations. You must know that there are 50,000 National Army veterans stranded in Shanghai.
Rui originally thought that after two months of expansion, the patrol battalion would be able to expand to a division of 15,000 people.
However, the cruel reality is that the patrol battalion has only expanded to a brigade of more than 6,000 people.
The remaining veterans are indifferent no matter how the people in the patrol camp do their ideological work.
Xu Rui once analyzed with Lao Wang that the reason why these National Army veterans stranded in Shanghai were unwilling to re-enlist was because their hearts were completely cold. However, this cannot be blamed on them. Who made the defeat of the Songhu Battle?
Did the commander of the Third War Zone and the National Army Headquarters abandon them?
Before the defeat at the Battle of Songhu, the Nationalist Army originally had at least three days to retreat, which was enough time for the commander of the Third Theater District to evacuate more than 200,000 wounded soldiers.
However, just as the Third Theater was preparing to retreat, Chairman Chiang sent a telegram to postpone the retreat.
The reason why Chairman Chiang wanted to postpone the withdrawal was because the United Nations General Assembly meeting to be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva three days later would mediate the Sino-Japanese dispute. Chairman Chiang pinned his hopes on Western countries to intervene, so he ordered the National Army to
Stay where you are to get more benefits in the negotiation.
However, Chairman Chiang clearly overestimated the willingness and determination of Western countries to intervene in the Sino-Japanese dispute.
The cost of this overestimation was that the National Army lost three of its most precious days. Three days later, at the end of the United Nations General Assembly at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, the Western powers, led by Britain and France, just mildly condemned the Japanese government.
Nothing more happened. Generalissimo Chiang was disappointed and quickly ordered the Nationalist Army to retreat.
However, at this time, Yanagawa Heisuke's Tenth Army had landed from Jinshanwei.
In just one day, Yanagawa Heisuke's vanguard troops pushed into Qingpu County, and were about to make dumplings of nearly a hundred divisions of the National Army elite who were stranded on the Songhu battlefield. Now Chiang Kai-shek was anxious.
, urgently ordered all troops in the third theater to throw away all burdens and retreat in large strides.
The Third War Zone faithfully carried out Chairman Chiang's orders.
Among the burdens thrown away by the third theater were 250,000 seriously wounded soldiers.
The scene at that time was simply unbearable to watch. The main highways from Shanghai to Nanjing were all piled with stretchers. Even the fields on both sides of the highway were filled with wounded people and stretchers. As far as the eye could see, the ground was connected to the sky.
They were wounded members of the National Army, and the painful cries, howls and curses were simply beyond description.
Most of the more than 200,000 seriously injured people died, either from the Japanese bombing or shelling, or from the lack of timely and effective care, or from being overtaken by the Japanese and brutally stabbed to death with bayonets, or even
Some were trampled to death by Pao Ze. The scene during the retreat, when half a million troops collapsed along the highway, made everyone feel frightened.
So in the end, only a small number of the wounded with minor injuries escaped into the concession, and some were rescued by the stretcher team organized by the Shanghai citizens. In total, there were only about 50,000 people, less than one-fifth of all the wounded.
, the remaining nearly 200,000 seriously injured people died in this way.
These 200,000 seriously injured people had a chance to recover and return to the battlefield. However, because of a wrong decision made by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, they died in the wilderness. It is really sad to say that.
, so it is completely understandable that the 50,000 National Army veterans stranded in the concession are unwilling to return to the battlefield.
Although these veterans were lucky enough to survive, their hearts were cold.
It is precisely because of their cold hearts that no matter how Xie Yuan and the soldiers of Gujun Camp do their work, these National Army veterans are indifferent. They would rather continue to live a miserable life. They would rather live in such a humble way than pick up a gun again.
, setting foot on the battlefield, they have already been abandoned once and do not want to be abandoned a second time.
Therefore, two months have passed and the patrol battalion has only expanded to one brigade.
In order to deal with the threat of the patrol camp, the strength of the Broadway Building has also been expanded.
Since the last robbery incident, Yingzuo Zhenzhao has repositioned the Broadway Building and No. 76.
In Yingzuo Zhenzhao's positioning, No. 76 is specially used to deal with the military command and the underground party organizations of the Chinese Communist Party, while Liang Wuyi's Broadway Building is specially used to deal with the patrol battalion.
With the expansion, the staff size of Broadway Building must also be expanded. Until now, Broadway Building has also expanded to almost a brigade.
For more than two months, Xu Rui's life has been very comfortable. Apart from going to various entertainment venues to show off his power and act like a playboy every day, he also fights with the patrol camp every now and then. Instead of eating something today
If I kill dozens of people at a small loss, I will take advantage of it and kill dozens of people in the patrol camp tomorrow.
All these exchanges are, of course, just a double act.
However, the double act that has been performed for more than two months has not been revealed. It cannot be simply attributed to good luck or because Xu Rui acts carefully. In fact, Xu Rui acts very carefully. Before every confrontation with the patrol camp,
More than a hundred cannon fodder will be prepared in advance, and then these cannon fodder will be forced to rush to the front for the patrol battalion to attack.
Moreover, these cannon fodders are not temporary recruits. They have all stayed in the Broadway Building for a period of time. In fact, the agents of the Third Special Agent Brigade are basically cannon fodder. Every time he confronts the patrol battalion, Xu Rui will let the Third Agent Brigade take the lead.
, let the snipers from the patrol battalion shoot him.
Similarly, there are cannon fodder troops at the patrol camp.
Therefore, in fact, in every confrontation, the cannon fodder troops of both sides are exchanging fire, but it seems to be like that. Every confrontation has casualties on each other, which indeed scares the Japanese observers accompanying the army. Although Ying Zuozhenzhao
Although he trusted Xu Rui very much, he still sent a large number of Japanese observers to Broadway Building.
However, no matter how meticulous Xu Rui's actions are, it is absolutely impossible to say that no flaws have been revealed in dozens of confrontations within two months. No matter how lucky he is, this
It is absolutely impossible. Fortunately, there is a traitor named Shadow in the Nakamura Agency, who is doing everything possible to cover up Xu Rui.
So until now, Yingzuo Zhenzhao has not doubted Broadway Building.
So until now, Ying Zuo Zhenzhao is very supportive of Broadway Tower.
Xu Rui just went to the Nakamura Agency again. The old devil Yingzuo Zhenzhao allocated some weapons and equipment to the Broadway Building, including fifty rifles, five hundred rifles made in Hanyang or China, and two imitation Czech light machine guns.
Ten guns, plus twelve Maxim heavy machine guns, are used to equip the newly expanded battalion of Broadway Building.
This kind of treatment made Li Shiqun, who went to the Zhongcun Agency together, envious.
In the past two months, the activities of the Juntong Hurricane Team in Shanghai have become more and more rampant. Even Li Shiqun has been assassinated several times by the Juntong Hurricane Team. If he had not been cautious enough, he would have changed the time and route every time he went out, and
I will also make some fuss about the order of the three cars in the same group, but I am afraid that I have been killed several times.
Therefore, Li Shiqun has been clamoring to expand the staff of No. 76.
However, Yingzuo Zhenzhao was not as polite to Li Shiqun as he was to Xu Rui. Not only did Yingzuo Zhenzhao not agree to Li Shiqun's request to expand personnel, he even scolded Li Shiqun. This was because No. 76 really failed to live up to expectations.
, it has been more than two months, and the business of the opium den has not yet started seriously.
Yingzuo Zhenzhao originally had high hopes for No. 76. He fully hoped that No. 76 could revive the opium industry in the Japanese-occupied areas as soon as possible and then provide a large amount of funds to the Nakamura Agency every month. But who
It is also conceivable that Li Shiqun and No. 76 were never able to restart the opium industry.
Because whenever a opium den opens on the 76th, it will be attacked by armed forces within three days, either from the military hurricane team or from the patrol camp, or even the Communist Party. On the 76th, ten attempts were made to
Several times, more than 20 opium dens and gambling dens were opened one after another, but none of them could last more than three days.
Li Shiqun tried every means, and even asked Ying Zuo for two Japanese squadrons, and set up a killing bureau. He tried to pretend to open a opium den and ambush the officers and soldiers of the military hurricane team or patrol battalion who came to attack, but he was not allowed to do so.
What is frustrating is that the military commanders and patrol battalions have noses sharper than dogs, and they are not fooled at all.
Two months have passed, and none of the opium dens that I wanted to open on the 76th have been opened. Instead, more than 10,000 boxes of opium cream have been lost in vain. This makes Yingzuo Zhenzhao very angry, so every time we meet
They all had to reprimand Li Shiqun. If they could still give Li Shiqun a good look, that would be a shame.
Let’s talk about Xu Rui, who returned to Broadway Building with weapons and equipment.
Wang Husheng and Liu Mei went out to do business, Wu Han was not there either, only Jiang Nan was.
On the surface, Jiang Nan was the woman snatched away by Liang Wuyi, and she was his personal secretary.
"Is everything going well?" As soon as Xu Rui entered, Jiang Nan came forward and took off Xu Rui's cloak.
"It went very smoothly, it couldn't be smoother." Xu Rui conveniently touched Jiang Nan's plump buttocks, biting his ear and said, "Did you miss me?"
"What are you talking about?" Jiang Nan rolled his eyes at Xu Rui and said angrily, "I haven't seen you for a long time."
Xu Rui smiled and said: "The ancients said that one day without seeing each other is like three autumns. Half a day is equivalent to a year and a half. Hey, we haven't seen each other for such a long time?"
Jiang Nan rolled his eyes at Xu Rui again and said angrily: "There is no formal appearance."
Xu Rui chuckled and asked Jiang Nan again: "Have you eaten yet?"
"No, I don't want to eat, I have no appetite." Just as Jiang Nan finished speaking, he suddenly turned around and started retching.
