More than 20 ignition points were set off at the same time, and the fire quickly spread.
Even so, the Japanese offensive did not stop and continued to attack fiercely.
At this time, the little devil just wanted to take down the rental agency area as soon as possible and kill Xu Rui who wantonly insulted the royal family and the emperor, so he never thought about putting out the fire.
At this time, the Japanese did not realize what the fire would bring.
It was more than two hours later that the sky had darkened, but the sky above the entire Shanghai city was still bright and nothing else, because the fire had spread from the periphery of the Central District of the Concession to Zhabei, Hongkou, Longhua, the Western District of the Concession and the French Concession.
The number of houses caught in the flames has increased from dozens or hundreds to tens of thousands!
Looking down from the top rooftop of the Chinachem Building, you can see that the reverse "7"-shaped corner has been completely engulfed in flames. This means that the best part of Shanghai has been engulfed in monstrous fires, and many blocks have been engulfed in flames.
The flames even reached dozens of meters high, and the scorching heat could be clearly felt from thousands of meters away.
Looking at the raging fires all around, Leng Tiefeng said quietly: "Great Shanghai is over."
A ferocious look flashed across the corner of Xu Rui's mouth, and he said coldly: "I would rather turn Shanghai into scorched earth than return it to the devils in its entirety! Because you can't imagine that a complete Shanghai will bring so much trouble to the devils."
How much economic gains are there? With these economic gains, the Japanese can support at least ten divisions of troops!"
Xu Rui is a fanatical nationalist at heart.
Since the fall of Shanghai again is inevitable, then simply burn her!
This kind of thinking is the same as when Xue Yue burned the city of Changsha, and the only difference is that when Xu Rui burned Shanghai, he had transferred all the more than two million people in Shanghai, while when Xue Yue burned Changsha, he did not transfer the people
They were transferred out, causing heavy casualties. This also made the Changsha Fire one of the three major tragedies during the Anti-Japanese War!
Leng Tiefeng still felt a little pity and sighed: "But this is Shanghai after all."
Yes, Shanghai has a very special status for modern China, because it has gathered commercial ports from all over the world. It is not only the pride of the Republic of China, but also the shame of the nation due to the existence of the concession! Therefore, when Chinese people mention Shanghai, their emotions
It is also extremely complicated. People who did not live in that era would not be able to understand it at all.
Xu Rui was not from this era. When he lived, the Chinese nation had fully risen, so he could not understand such complex emotions at all, so he did not even hesitate at all when he ordered the burning of Shanghai.
When he saw the fire raging, Xu Rui even felt a trace of cruel pleasure in his heart.
Yes, this is a scorched-earth policy. In the face of foreign invaders, the Chinese nation will fight to the end even if its homeland is reduced to rubble. It is precisely because of this unyielding spirit of resistance that the Chinese civilization has been able to survive for five thousand years.
, can it become the only ancient civilization in the world that has been handed down to this day!
The fire reflected in Xu Rui's dark eyes, like two balls of fire burning.
Xu Rui did not look back and continued: "Veteran, prepare to wake up Trojan No. 2!"
"Ah?" Leng Tiefeng said in shock, "Old Xu, wake up Trojan No. 2 now?"
"Yes, right now!" Xu Rui said coldly, "Because we need a transport plane!"
"Yes!" Leng Tiefeng didn't ask any more questions, just turned around and hurried downstairs.
Xu Rui said to Digua again: "Digua, inform the rocket launcher battalion that you can change into military uniforms."
"Yes!" Digua also turned around and hurried downstairs following Leng Tiefeng.
Watching Di Gua's figure disappear at the top of the rooftop stairs, Xu Rui turned around again, looked at the fire in front of him that was completely out of control, and said faintly: "Little devil Hirohito, just wait for me! Soon, our Langya Brigade will be here
The flames of war have been brought to your homeland of Japan. From now on, we Chinese will no longer be the only ones to suffer from the flames of war!"
…
At this time, the fire outside the central area of the concession was completely out of control.
By this time, the Japanese offensive could no longer continue.
How can we continue? People standing on the street are about to be scorched, and if they are not careful, they will be buried alive by the collapsed houses on both sides of the street! Just now, along a branch of North Sichuan Road,
An infantry squad that was taking a circuitous route down the alley was buried alive by the collapsed house.
When the brother troops came to support and dug out the Japanese from under the rubble, they found that all the more than fifty Japanese in a small group had been killed. A small number of them were crushed to death by beams, and many more were killed by the fire.
Those who were burned to death were still burning due to the collapse of the collapsed houses, and they were burning more violently.
Shun Tada and Takazo Iinuma were also alerted and came outside the headquarters.
Even though they were six or seven kilometers away, the two of them could clearly see the raging flames rising in downtown Shanghai, as well as the flying ash and smoke in the air. What was even more frightening was that the fire was still burning.
It spread rapidly towards the surrounding neighborhoods, threatening to burn the entire city of Shanghai to scorched earth.
Looking at the monstrous fire in the distance, Jun Tada's facial muscles began to twitch violently.
Jun Tada bit his back teeth and said: "Damn Xu Rui is really ruthless! Shanghai is so big, and he actually set it on fire when he said it would be burned! This lunatic! Baga!"
Iinuma Takazo also said sadly: "Your Excellency, Commander, we have suffered heavy losses now."
"Who says it isn't?" Tada Shun's expression immediately softened and he sighed, "Shanghai is the largest international metropolis in the entire East. It has gathered almost all the commercial ports in Western countries. The annual commercial tax alone is an astronomical figure.
, but now with this fire, everything has turned into flying smoke and is all gone."
Iinuma Takazo continued: "Your Majesty Commander, the fire is completely out of control. If the offensive is not suspended, the troops entering the city will be in danger, so what do you think?"
Tada Shun sighed and said: "Order, all divisions withdraw from the battle."
"Hai!" Takazo Iinuma nodded heavily, then turned to the communications staff officer standing behind him and said, "Kojima-kun, send a telegram to all the divisions on the front line to retreat in an orderly manner immediately."
"Hai." The communications officer paused.
…
At this time, we were in the lobby on the second floor of Chinachem Hotel.
More than 400 officers and soldiers of the Rocket Artillery Battalion and more than 100 members of the Langya Battalion have all put on Japanese military uniforms and have already stood in line. However, what is strange is that the officers and soldiers of the Rocket Artillery Battalion have completed their assembly in the hall, but the installation in
The heavy machine guns on each floor above continued to fire, still pouring out machine gun fire in several specific directions crazily, knocking the hastily retreating little Japanese to the ground one by one.
Actually, this is not surprising at all. This is because the officers and soldiers of the rocket launcher battalion used hard objects to hold the machine gun firing button, and then connected several 200-round ammunition chains in advance. As long as there is no jamming, the connection can be completed.
A few good ammunition chains will take at least seven or eight minutes. At that time, the infiltration of the rocket launcher battalion will almost begin.
Xu Rui has calculated all of this, and even planned to blow up the Chinachem Building after the evacuation. Xu Rui will never destroy such a building and the large amount of weapons and equipment left in the building, as well as various
There is no material left for the Japs. As mentioned above, Xu Rui will only leave behind a piece of scorched earth! Except for rubble, the Japs can’t get anything!
Amidst the steady footsteps, Xu Rui, Leng Tiefeng, Yang Rui and Bi Xiancheng, who had also changed into Japanese military uniforms, walked hand in hand to the rocket launcher camp and the Wolf Ya formation. Xu Rui's eyes turned to Leng Jun.
He quickly swept through the queue, then raised his right hand and waved violently toward the door, "Let's go!"
The next moment, more than 400 artillerymen and more than 100 Wolf Fangs surged from the underground passage to the west of Chinachem Building and onto the street.
At this time, the Japanese who attacked from the surrounding main streets had already retreated. Therefore, no Japanese could be seen in the field of vision. There were only fires and raging fires! The vomiting flames and billowing smoke not only spread
The sky was full, and the Huangpu River was reflected red at night, making it look like the whole world was on fire.
Immediately afterwards, more than 400 artillerymen and more than 100 wolves were quickly divided into more than 100 groups. Each group had either four or five people, but without exception, each group must have a wolf.
Ya led the team, and then quickly moved forward along the streets that became deserted after the Japs retreated, and soon disappeared in the raging fire.
Xu Rui led Yang Rui and a group of four other artillerymen, heading south along the North Tibet Road, preparing to evacuate the city from Longhua.
At first, the situation was okay in the central area of the concession, but after entering Longhua, due to the increase in wooden structures on both sides of the street, the fire began to get bigger. Xu Rui and the six people walking on the street could clearly feel the fire.
During the scorching heat wave, luckily I had prepared wet towels in advance, otherwise, I might not have been able to get through the fire scene.
This is still on the street. If the street is like this, you can imagine the alleys.
However, when the Japanese attacked before, the troops had been fully deployed, and many troops had already penetrated deep into the alleys. Due to the lag in receiving orders, these troops retreated sooner or later. In addition, the route was blocked by fire.
An orderly retreat became a luxury, and by the time the troops were withdrawn, the organization of the troops was completely in disarray.
Since it was a hasty transition from attack to retreat, there was no need for any passwords.
Xu Rui wanted this effect. With almost no effort, Xu Rui and his group of six people infiltrated into the Japs. They wore the same military uniforms, had the same disgraced face, and retreated in the same embarrassment. Almost no Japs noticed the Japs who had infiltrated among them.
It turned out to be a group of Chinese people, and they were also the mortal enemies of the empire!
A group of six people, following the Japanese team, retreated hastily from the central area of the concession into Longhua, and then exited the urban area from Longhua. It was not until they withdrew from the urban area that the Japanese took a deep breath, and then collapsed on the ground.
While gasping for breath and thankful to have escaped from the fire, the six of Xu Rui quietly disappeared.
