"Old Xu!" Wang Husheng's expression immediately changed upon hearing this, and he shouted sternly, "Don't talk nonsense."
"Old Wang, I'm not talking nonsense." Xu Rui said still expressionlessly, "For the sake of the country and the nation, what does personal reputation mean? It's just a thousand years of infamy, so what?"
After finishing speaking, Xu Rui ordered Digua: "Digua, watch Miss Helen!"
"Yes!" Digua agreed with a bang, carrying a gun and standing next to Helen, looking at the beautiful woman? He liked it best.
"Oh?" Helen's beautiful eyes widened instantly, and she pointed at her nose and said, "Xu, you kidnapped me too?"
"Yes." Xu Rui nodded expressionlessly and said in a deep voice, "Miss Helen, your identity can deceive others, but you can't deceive me. If I guessed correctly, you have never made it public.
The surname should be Rockefeller, right? So I’m sorry, I can only feel sorry for you first.”
Helen was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then said: "Even if my last name is Rockefeller, you can't restrict my freedom because of this. I protest, and I will accuse you of atrocities to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government, oh no no.
, I will accuse you of your atrocities to the headquarters of the New Fourth Army and even Yan'an."
"You can accuse us all you want." Xu Rui said expressionlessly, "But now, please cooperate with us."
After saying that, Xu Rui ignored Helen's loud protest and turned to Yang Rui and said: "Old Yang, you immediately bring two battalions to arrest all the foreigners in the public concession and the French Concession, especially American expatriates, including Cincinnati
I will arrest all the American sailors on board the cruiser No. 1, and I will not spare any of them."
Yang Rui hesitated when he heard this and said: "Captain, are you really going to arrest me?"
Yang Rui was panicking. If one guy arrested so many foreigners, he would cause an international incident.
Xu Rui suddenly turned around, his cold eyes piercing Yang Rui's eyes like arrows, and said: "Deputy Commander Yang, execute the order!"
Xu Rui is really not joking. He is really determined to capture these foreigners and use them as hostages. This move may affect the US government's attitude towards the CCP to a certain extent, but what does it matter? Anyway, now
It is impossible for the U.S. government to provide any assistance to the CCP. Anyway, the result will not be worse than now, right?
"Yes!" Yang Rui instinctively stood at attention, saluted with a military salute, then turned and left.
"Wait, stop!" However, before Yang Rui could walk out of the door, Wang Husheng on the side finally reacted and quickly stopped Yang Rui, "Old Yang, I don't allow you to arrest people."
Yang Rui then turned around and looked at Wang Husheng with troubled eyes, and then at Xu Rui, "You have a regiment leader and a political commissar. One of you said to arrest and the other said not to arrest. Who should I listen to?"
Wang Husheng turned around and said to Xu Rui: "Old Xu, don't mess around!"
"Are you messing around?" Xu Rui said coldly, "Old Wang, I'm not messing around, I'm saving people!"
"I know you are trying to save people, but this is not how you save people." Wang Husheng said anxiously, "What you do will cause international disputes and lead to a diplomatic incident!"
"International dispute? Diplomatic incident?" Xu Rui said expressionlessly, "This is nothing more than Sun Meiyao's fate!"
In 1923, Sun Meiyao caused the Lincheng train robbery that shocked China and the world. He hijacked dozens of foreigners and nearly a hundred Chinese passengers, and even killed an Englishman. In the end, his gang was absorbed by the Beiyang government and became a brigade.
However, this brigade commander only served for six months before he was executed at the Hongmen Banquet organized by the Beiyang government.
Xu Rui was also anxious and did not hesitate to compare himself to the bandit Sun Meiyao.
But this is not the same thing at all. Sun Meiyao kidnapped tourists for her own selfish desires, while Xu Rui kidnapped foreigners in Shanghai to rescue more than three million refugees in Shanghai!
Wang Husheng's face immediately dropped and he shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about? Sun Meiyao is a bandit, but you are not, you are a member of the Chinese Communist Party!"
"It is precisely because I am a member of the Communist Party that I have to do this." Xu Rui said coldly, "What is the last sentence in the oath of joining the party? Always be ready to sacrifice everything for the party and the people, and never betray the party.
!What I am doing now is to sacrifice my personal reputation and reputation for the people! I am just fulfilling my oath to join the party!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Wang Husheng was also anxious and said sternly, "The oath of joining the party does say that you are ready to sacrifice everything for the party and the people at any time, but this does not ask you to do something that is against morality! It does not ask you to do anything.
Kidnapping others, the party and the people don’t need you to make such sacrifices, no need, you know?”
"No need?" Xu Rui said, "Do you have a better way now?"
Wang Husheng was speechless immediately after hearing this. Of course he had no better way now.
After a long while, Wang Husheng said: "Maybe the Japanese will not really launch cholera and plague germ warfare. After all, these are war crimes against humanity. They may not really dare to risk the disapproval of the world."
"Maybe? Not necessarily?" Xu Rui said, "I dare not place the lives of more than three million Shanghai residents and the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the entire regiment on the illusory maybe, not necessarily!"
Wang Husheng said: "You can't kidnap foreigners and use them as hostages! How is this behavior different from that of the Japanese?"
"There is a difference. The Japs want to invade China, and we want to save people." Xu Rui said coldly, "Old Wang, since you have no better way, just do as I say!"
"No!" Wang Husheng said sternly, "I don't agree with this matter, and the organization will not let you do whatever you want."
Previously, Xu Rui disarmed the British Gurkha Royal Infantry Battalion in the concession, and even mobilized students to hold a demonstration to threaten the Concession Ministry of Industry and Commerce to return governance power to the Chinese. Wang Husheng supported it because in these two matters, they were just.
On the one hand, Xu Rui can do whatever he wants, but it is different now.
Now Xu Rui wants to capture foreigners living in Shanghai and use them as hostages. This is of a very bad nature.
What is the difference between this kind of behavior and Sun Meiyao, the instigator of the Lincheng train robbery? But he is a bandit, but you, Xu Rui, are a member of the Communist Party. How can you, a Communist Party member, imitate a bandit?
Wang Husheng said anxiously: "Old Xu, I can listen to you on other matters, but not this matter!"
Xu Rui said coldly: "Old Wang, there is no need to discuss this matter. The foreigners in Shanghai must be arrested!"
"No!" Wang Hu said anxiously, "I am the political commissar. I don't agree with this matter. I firmly disagree!"
"I am the leader! I have the final say on this matter." After saying that, Xu Rui turned to Yang Rui and said, "Deputy leader Yang, why are you still standing here? Follow the order immediately!"
"Yes!" Yang Rui agreed, turned around and left.
Wang Husheng shouted at the top of his lungs from behind, but Yang Rui didn't even look back.
No matter what, Xu Rui is the leader of the Songhu Independent Group after all.
Unable to stop Yang Rui, Wang Husheng turned around and said angrily: "Old Xu, you have caused a big trouble, do you know? You have caused a big trouble, and no one can protect you now. You have really caused a big trouble."
Got it!"
"I don't care." Xu Rui said coldly, "I have already said that for the three million people in Shanghai, for the country, for the nation, I will do anything. I can even sell my soul to the devil. Personal reputation and reputation are nothing.
?If something goes wrong here, I will go to Meixian in person to plead guilty and leave it to the head of the military department to deal with it!"
"You..." Wang Husheng was speechless when he heard this.
After a while, Wang Husheng let out another long sigh.
The Songhu Independent Regiment quickly began an arrest operation.
…
Central District of the Public Settlement, U.S. Embassy in Shanghai.
Colonel Wilson, the chief military attache of the legation, was packing his luggage in the room and preparing to evacuate.
The luggage had just been packed halfway when he suddenly heard chaotic footsteps outside. Wilson was also a veteran and immediately judged that these were the footsteps of troops marching. What was going on? The embassy was invaded?
Who is so bold as to invade a U.S. government embassy?
Wilson subconsciously took out his revolver and opened the nose of the machine.
However, at this moment, the door of his room was suddenly kicked open by someone, and a dozen Chinese soldiers with live ammunition rushed into the room. Seeing the revolver in Wilson's hand, the dozen or so Chinese soldiers
The soldiers immediately became nervous, turned their guns and aimed at Wilson, and shouted loudly at Wilson to put down his weapon.
"lay down your weapon!"
"Hand in the gun and don't kill!"
"Put down your weapons!"
"Or we'll shoot!"
The shouts of more than a dozen Chinese soldiers immediately filled the whole room. They looked nervous and seemed about to shoot at any time.
Wilson also looked very nervous, but refused to put down his pistol and shouted: "This is the American Legation, which is equivalent to American territory. You have invaded American territory, you have violated American sovereignty, and I order you to
Withdraw the embassy immediately and evacuate the US territory immediately. Otherwise, all the consequences will be borne by your Songhu Independence Group and your Chinese government. I reiterate..."
Just when they were about to get into trouble, a figure floated in from the window like a ghost, came up behind Wilson, and struck him on the back of his neck with a knife. Wilson immediately fell down with a whimper, and two soldiers stepped forward.
He easily held Will up and dragged him out the door.
Almost the same scene was repeated repeatedly in the British Embassy in Shanghai, the Soviet Embassy in Shanghai, the German Embassy in Shanghai, the Italian Embassy in Shanghai, and other Western embassies. Even the French Legation in the French Concession failed.
Fortunately, a battalion of armed forces marched into the French Concession in a mighty manner and took control of the entire French Concession with lightning speed. Then they immediately launched an attack on the embassies of Western countries and foreign agencies in the French Concession.
Capture action.
Not only the diplomatic envoys of Western countries stationed in Shanghai, but also the expatriates from various countries living in Shanghai were not spared. Even the Sikh Indian Asan wearing a turban was not spared. They were all arrested. In the end, Songhu became independent.
The group captured more than 12,000 hostages, and now things really got serious.