Liu Mei said: "I don't have any problems anymore."
Wang Husheng nodded and said: "Now let's talk about the main force of the group."
The main group's breakout had nothing to do with Liu Mei, Jiang Nan and Du Junjie. The three of them immediately got up and left, and began to make detailed arrangements for the evacuation of the refugees.
After the three people left, Shi Changqing and a dozen other battalion commanders walked in one after another.
The next meeting involves the breakout of the main force of the Songhu Independent Regiment, and of course these battalion commanders must participate.
Xu Rui said: "According to the verbal agreement we reached with the Americans, after the refugees safely enter the Kuomintang-controlled area, we will release all the hostages in custody. After all the hostages are released, the little devils will definitely implement cholera in Shanghai, and even
For bacterial warfare against plague, the preparation time will never exceed three days!"
After a pause, Xu Rui continued: "Pure germ warfare is not scary, and pure military attack is not scary, but when the two are combined, the problem becomes serious. We will inevitably focus on one and lose out on the other. If there is any negligence in the middle, we will be destroyed immediately."
Disaster! This means that we must break out within three days after the hostages are released!"
Wang Husheng said: "There are two options for breaking out. One is to break out collectively, and the other is to break it into parts and break out separately. Both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. Lao Xu and I prefer to break out separately, but everyone can also speak freely.
, if what you say is indeed true, it is not impossible to consider a centralized breakout."
After Wang Husheng finished speaking, there was silence in the conference room.
After a while, Yang Ruicai took the lead and said: "Commander, if we break it into pieces and break out separately, what will happen to the more than one hundred rocket launchers in the rocket launcher battalion?"
"Blow them all up." Xu Rui said expressionlessly, "Not only the rocket launchers of the rocket launcher battalion, but also the field howitzers previously seized from the Japanese, and even the weapons and equipment imported from the United States. As long as they cannot be taken away, they will be destroyed."
Blow it up, and not even a barrel can be left for the little devil!"
Wang Husheng frowned and said, "Old Xu, wouldn't it be a pity to blow them all up?"
Yang Rui also said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, it would be a pity if such a good rocket launcher was blown up. We can totally find a place to hide it, or we can push them into the Yangtze River and wait until we have the opportunity to do it again."
How good would it be to pick it up, process it a little, and then be ready to fight again immediately?"
Xu Rui shook his head and said, "Time is tight, it's too late."
Wang Husheng sighed softly, raised his head and asked, "Do you still have different opinions?"
More than a dozen battalion commanders shook their heads. They had long been accustomed to obeying Xu Rui's orders absolutely. Now that Xu Rui and Wang Husheng were inclined to break out separately, what else could they say?
Wang Husheng nodded and said: "Okay, since no one has any opinions, let the head of the group make the specific arrangements."
Xu Rui stood up and walked to the north wall, pointed to the map and said: "The specific deployment is as follows. After all the hostages in custody left Shanghai, each battalion immediately retreated from their respective defense areas, shrunk to the central area of the concession, and placed themselves in
The stance of a decisive battle with the Japanese in the central area of the concession, if nothing else happens, the Japanese will definitely follow, and then..."
At this point, Xu Rui suddenly paused, and two faint red lights appeared in his eyes again, and then said: "Then, he ignited the fire prepared in advance and plunged the whole Shanghai into a sea of fire. When the fire ignited,
, each main battalion broke out in platoon units, and after breaking through, went straight to the Dameishan base area!"
"Yes!" More than a dozen battalion commanders stood up and agreed in unison.
…
The next day, a joint supervision team composed of more than a dozen American officers and more than 20 Japanese officers openly entered the public concession. This joint supervision team came for Xu Rui and others.
His only mission was to ensure that Xu Rui and other key officers of the Songhu Independent Regiment were in Shanghai when the refugees left Shanghai.
In addition, there are four exits in the west of Shanghai. The officers and soldiers of the Gorkha Royal Infantry Battalion who were just released and the four infantry squadrons of the Japanese army carefully inspect the refugees leaving the country to check whether they are secretly carrying them.
Weapons, and then screening to see if any officers and soldiers of the Songhu Independent Regiment, Qiao Zhuang, had become refugees and escaped.
With the joint efforts of many parties, everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.
However, the evacuation of more than three million refugees is not an easy task. Fortunately, after experiencing typhoid fever, both the refugees who fled into Shanghai and the apartments living in the concession were all afraid, so after the Americans came forward
, they all chose to evacuate without exception, which saved a lot of time.
Starting in the morning, refugees stranded in Shanghai began to evacuate batches.
It was not a fluke that Johnson became the U.S. Ambassador to China. At least he had strong organizational skills. In a very short period of time, this guy united with the ministers of the seven Western countries stationed in Shanghai to form a joint bureau. Through this joint bureau, he directed the West
The armies of various countries stationed in Shanghai are under unified command and then assigned escort tasks.
Since more than 10,000 Western expatriates are still in the hands of the Songhu Independence Regiment, and with the constraints of Johnson, the soldiers of the seven Western countries do not dare to embarrass the evacuated refugees. Small frictions and disputes are certainly inevitable, but major
No friction occurred, and the journey from Songjiang to Jiashan, Jiaxing, Haining, and all the way to Hangzhou was smooth.
The refugees walked slowly. It was less than three hundred miles from Shanghai to Hangzhou, and it took five or six days to walk!
This is because the refugees had enough food and strength in the previous few days, otherwise they would walk more slowly.
Because there are so many people, the leading group of refugees has already arrived in Hangzhou, but the tail group has just set off from Shanghai. So judging from this situation, it will take at least half a month to safely escort more than three million refugees in.
Kuomintang-controlled area.
However, the Songhu Independent Group was not in a hurry, and while there was still plenty of time, they allowed Li Xiaoxia to organize the entire city and bury enough fire starters in various hidden places! Not enough fire starters? For Li Xiaoxia, a Ph.D. in chemical engineering,
Said, this is not a problem at all, because there are plenty of chemical raw materials in the two concessions.
The Japanese were also in no hurry, because according to the report of the joint supervision team, Xu Rui, the main force of the Langya Brigade and the Songhu Independent Regiment had been staying in the city of Shanghai and had not pretended to be refugees to escape. Therefore, the Japanese were not worried at all.
Worried, because their main target is Xu Rui, not even Langya and Songhu Independent Group are important.
The only ones who are anxious may be Johnson and the governments of the seven Western countries, but it is useless for them to be anxious, because Xu Rui has already said that he will never release a hostage until all the refugees have safely entered the Kuomintang-controlled area.
So no matter how anxious Jason was, he could only endure it silently.
Half a month passed in this weird atmosphere.
At ten o'clock in the morning on the sixteenth day after the refugee evacuation began, Liu Mei finally received a telegram from Shengxian County. The leading group of refugees had successfully arrived in Shengxian County, and the rear of the group had also passed Hangzhou and entered the Kuomintang-controlled area.
In other words, these refugees are completely safe, at least in theory.
Jensen received the telegram from the escort team at the same time and immediately found Xu Rui.
"Mr. Xu, our mission has been completed." Jason said, "Now it's time to fulfill your promise."
However, what surprised Jason was that Xu Rui waved his hand and said: "Mr. Ambassador, I'm afraid it's not possible yet."
"Oh? It's not working?" Two black lines immediately appeared on Jason's forehead and he asked, "Why not?"
"Because I still want to make a small deal with you." Xu Rui said expressionlessly.
"Deal? What deal?" Jason was confused. He really didn't understand.
"Exchange weapons." Xu Rui continued to say expressionlessly, "I will exchange your old weapons with brand new weapons."
Jason became more and more confused and said blankly: "You want to exchange our old weapons for new weapons? But the problem is, I don't have old weapons on hand, how can I exchange them for you?"
"You have weapons." Xu Rui finally revealed the answer and said, "The escort team you sent to the Kuomintang-controlled area immediately left all weapons and equipment to the refugees, so that they can travel lightly when they return to Shanghai, right? Wait? Wait.
When they return to Shanghai, I will give them brand new art equipment. This is a good deal, isn't it?"
"Oh?!" Jason finally came to his senses and yelled, "Let the escort leave the weapons to the refugees? Then come back to Shanghai to get new weapons from you?"
"Yes." Xu Rui nodded coldly.
"This is impossible!" Jason jumped up, feeling that he had been tricked.
On the surface, Xu Rui seems to have made a profit by exchanging new weapons for their old weapons, but this is not the case. The fact is that their escorts from the seven Western countries acted as a free transportation team for the Songhu Independent Regiment.
Helped them transport weapons, equipment and ammunition from Shanghai to the Kuomintang-controlled areas.
That's not what bothers Jensen the most. What annoys him the most is that these weapons, equipment and ammunition cannot be handed over to the national army in the Kuomintang-controlled areas, but to the refugees! God knows how many of those refugees there are.
Arming the Communist Party is equivalent to giving weapons, equipment and ammunition to the Communist Party!
That's why Jason felt tricked by Xu Rui.
At that moment, Jason said: "Mr. Xu, I am ashamed of your dishonest behavior!"
"Shame? It's up to you." Xu Rui was no longer too lazy to make excuses with Jason. He immediately revealed his true colors and said coldly, "But I can tell you responsibly that you can do this deal well.
You have to do it!”
"This is absolutely impossible!" Jason roared angrily, "I will never agree to make this deal with you."
"Then I'm sorry." Xu Rui said expressionlessly, "Including your country's nationals, the more than 10,000 Western nationals stranded in Shanghai may still not be able to leave."
"Fake, you are blackmailing!" Jason was really angry.
Xu Rui suddenly turned back, his hawk-like gaze pierced directly into Jason's eyes, and said sternly: "Mr. Jason, the dignity of the Chinese people cannot be desecrated, so don't let me hear such rude words again!"
