"Wu Songkou is blocked?" Steve frowned and said, "What's going on?"
Wilson said: "Didn't I just say that after attacking the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet last night, the patrol battalion rented a dozen tugboats from Shiliupu Pier and towed a dozen damaged and powerless ships to
Wusongkou sank, and the cruisers Kuma and Tianlong were bombed and sunk at Wusongkou after dismantling their guns. Using the wreckage of more than a dozen warships, the patrol battalion has blocked the Wusongkou channel."
"The waterway at Wusongkou is blocked?" Steve said, "Doesn't that mean it's unnavigable?"
"Yes." Wilson said with a wry smile, "I have reliable information. Ships of more than a thousand tons may not be able to pass Wusong Pass. Ships of less than a thousand tons also need guidance from the patrol camp."
"Damn it!" Jonathan said, "Doesn't this mean that Shanghai's trade will be greatly affected?"
As the general director of the Shanghai Public Settlement Bureau of Industry and the de facto governor of the Shanghai Settlement, Jonathan is of course most concerned about the prosperity of Shanghai. The blockage of the Wusongkou waterway will have a huge impact on Shanghai's trade. If trade is damaged, it will inevitably
It affects all levels including finance, and may even lead to the Great Depression in Shanghai.
"It doesn't matter. Anyway, the trade volume in Shanghai has shrunk significantly now. It doesn't matter even if Wusongkou cannot sail cargo ships with more than 1,000 tons." Wilson waved his hand and said, "It's just that, in this way, your British
The Duke of Windsor and our American light cruiser USS Cincinnati are stuck in Shanghai."
"The patrol camp has gone too far and we must protest." Steve frowned and said.
"The question is, will the protest be effective?" Wilson said. "The patrol battalion does not admit that it is an armed force of China at all, but only claims that it is an armed force of the public concession. Therefore, legally, the National Government has no control over them."
"Whether it's useful or not, we must protest to the National Government." Steve said, "We have to show this attitude to the Japanese. Otherwise, the Japanese will say that we are secretly condoning the patrol camp. At most
In ten days, the Japanese Seventh Division and the Twentieth Division will arrive in Shanghai. At this time, we must not give them an excuse to enter the public concession."
"Your Excellency, Baron, is aware of this," Wilson said, "then let's protest together to the National Government in Chongqing."
Steve nodded and told his secretary: "Draft an official letter immediately."
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At the same time, in Chongqing.
Chairman Chiang is convening a meeting with several major staff members, and the topic is the Battle of Suizao.
The Battle of Suizao was initiated by Dong Jiure Gong Nianyan more than half a month ago. Its strategic goal was to expand the depth of defense around Wuhan and at the same time squeeze the living space of the National Army.
In terms of military strength, the Nationalist Army participating in the Suizao Battle was almost ten times the Japanese army. Chairman Chiang originally thought that if he could not win the Suizao Battle, he could at least draw a tie. However, the cruel facts proved that this was only his victory.
Wishful thinking, almost as soon as the battle began, the National Army was defeated.
In fact, it is not surprising at all that this situation occurs.
Because after experiencing successive disastrous defeats in large-scale battles such as the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, the Battle of Xuzhou, and the Battle of Wuhan, the veterans of the National Army have long been exhausted. Although the current National Army is large in size and has many troops, they are all temporary.
The captured young men were not only poorly equipped but also lacked training!
Now, the combat effectiveness of the National Army has grown apart from that of the Japanese Army.
In the Battle of Songhu, one of the most elite German weapon divisions could fight against a Japanese regiment in the suburbs of Shanghai, facing the Japanese navy's large-caliber naval guns and the indiscriminate bombing of the aviation force. But now, even in the rear, the Kuomintang
A division of the Japanese army could not even defeat a large group of the Japanese army. It could be said that it was collapsed at the first touch.
Now, Chairman Chiang is beginning to pay for his original wrong decisions.
Faced with such a difficult situation, the three close aides were at their wits' end. There was nothing they could do. Now the Nationalist Government only had a handful of bad cards left in its hands. No matter how hard it tried, it would be impossible to make a splash. At the moment, perhaps only Xue Yue's First Corps could still fight.
Hu Zongnan's 17th Army Corps was barely able to survive, but due to lack of ammunition, it was unable to send reinforcements.
Chairman Chiang was already in a bad mood, but the result was even worse.
Just in the middle of the meeting, the captain of the guard Wang Shihe hurriedly walked in and said: "Commissioner, I just received an urgent telegram from Wang Tianmu. Last night, the patrol battalion made a surprise attack on the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet on the Huangpu River and wiped out all of them in one fell swoop.
Even the aircraft carrier Kaga anchored off the coast of Wusong was not spared."
"Nang Xipi, what did you say?" Upon hearing this, Chairman Jiang suddenly raised his head and looked at Wang Shihe in disbelief.
Next to them, Chen Cheng, He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi, three close aides, also turned their heads and looked at Chairman Chiang with very surprised eyes. Frankly speaking, Chairman Chiang's Qi-nurturing skills are actually pretty good. During the Eastern Expedition
When Chen Jiongming arrived, the rebels had even attacked him in front of him, but his expression remained unchanged, quite as if he was facing the collapse of Mount Tai without changing his expression.
Of course, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek's failure to change his face despite the collapse of his mountain failed to change the outcome of the war. In the end, the Huangpu Student Army still lost the Eastern Expedition. If General Chen Geng hadn't carried him out under artillery fire, China's
Modern history has been directly rewritten, but even so, Chairman Chiang's calm skills are still acceptable.
However, in recent times, Chairman Chiang's calmness has obviously deteriorated.
However, the reason why Chairman Jiang's composure skills have deteriorated is due to the fact that the performance of Xu Rui, a monster, has repeatedly exceeded the limits of his imagination, and he has made breakthroughs again and again.
You said that the patrol battalion captured the headquarters of the Japanese Ninth Division and captured the Ninth Division commander Yoshizumi Ryosuke alive. That's it. To be honest, Chairman Chiang was also numb. He couldn't even remember what happened.
How many Japanese generals have fallen into the hands of Xu Rui, but the patrol battalion actually wiped out the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet? What the hell is this?
If he didn't have a memory disorder, the patrol battalion should be an army, right?
You said that if your army does not fight well on land, why would it go to the Huangpu River and the sea outside Wusong?
Okay, you can go ahead, but you damn thing actually wiped out the entire Japanese Navy’s Third Fleet! What is this? In the Battle of Jiangyin back then, the Nationalist Government spent all its naval assets to defeat it.
After sinking two Japanese gunboats, it would be better for you to annihilate the Japanese Third Fleet without making a sound!
This is truly embarrassing to death!
And let someone unpleasant become the chairman of the committee?!
After a long while, Chairman Chiang came to his senses and waved his hand to Wang Shihe to tell the news to his three aides.
After Wang Shihe told the news Wang Tianmu sent back from Shanghai, Chen Cheng, He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi were stunned for a moment. They couldn't imagine how Xu Rui accomplished such a big thing? This is a small Japan.
A fleet, this is a fleet! And a cruiser was captured!
"Mother Xipi." Chairman Chiang paused with his cane and said depressedly, "This is really a comparison of goods, and comparison of people to death. We have more than 100 divisions and 7 to 8 million regular troops.
But it made little Japan tired of fighting. However, a patrol battalion with less than 10,000 people was able to win consecutive battles and severely damage the Japanese Army Division. Today, it even broke into a new territory and actually defeated the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet.
They were all wiped out, and I was ashamed to death. I was embarrassed to death."
When the three close aides heard this, they all lowered their heads in shame. Xu Rui's performance was so amazing. He was not only slapping Chairman Chiang in the face, but also slapping them in the face. After all, Chairman Chiang was not a front-line commander.
But two of the three of them are also the commander-in-chief of the theater.
With a slight snort, Chairman Chiang suddenly said: "Shihe, please tell the Central News Agency to issue an announcement and ask them to send a telegram to the patrol camp on behalf of the National Government to commend them."
In any case, it is a fact that the patrol battalion completely wiped out the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet. This was an unprecedented victory. After the news spread, the whole country would be excited, and the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the rear area would also be high. This
It is beneficial to the overall situation of the entire country's war of resistance, so the Nationalist Government must express something.
You have to do what you want to do under the desktop, but on the desktop, what needs to be done must be done. Wang Shihe agreed and turned around.
Chairman Chiang breathed a sigh of relief and said to his three close aides: "Do you think Xu Rui should launch a campaign to encircle and annihilate the Japanese Ninth Division next? Originally, I didn't believe that Xu Rui could defeat the Japanese army at all.
The Ninth Division doesn't even believe that he can regain Shanghai, but now, I have some doubts."
Chen Cheng heard that Chairman Chiang was not suspicious, but worried that Xu Ruizhen would regain Shanghai.
If Xu Rui really regains Shanghai, the consequences will undoubtedly be extremely serious, because the comparison between the two will increasingly reveal the vitality of the Communist Party and the incompetence of the Kuomintang. You can’t admit it. If the Communist Party is not vigorous, like Xu Rui
How could such a person vote for the Communist Party?
At that moment, Chen Chengxin vowed: "Commissioned, it is absolutely impossible for Xu Rui to regain Shanghai."
"I think it's absolutely impossible." He Yingqin also said firmly, "I don't know how Xu Rui completely wiped out the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, but one thing is certain, that is, Xu Rui definitely did not do it through naval battles.
To completely annihilate the Japanese Navy’s Third Fleet, that is to say, he used conspiracy and tricks!”
After a pause, He Yingqin continued: "But the next encirclement and annihilation battle against the Japanese Ninth Division was an upright street battle, and any tricks would be useless. Therefore, I humbly asserted that Xu Rui would never be able to defeat the Japanese Ninth Division."
It is even more impossible for the Ninth Division to regain Shanghai!"