Ferguson wore a brigadier general's uniform and stood in front of the queue with pride.
The Royal Gurkha Infantry Battalion is a reinforced battalion. It has four infantry companies, a heavy machine gun company, a flat-fire artillery company and a guard platoon. It has more than 600 people. Therefore, for the camp that was isolated two days ago, Ferguson was really worried about the total annihilation. If this was an upright confrontation, he thought that the lone battalion had no chance of winning.
Because they had agreed to fight side by side, Ferguson couldn't help but become arrogant again, thinking that your lone battalion would only be able to sneak around after all. When it comes to fighting a tough battle, it must be our Royal Gurkha Infantry Battalion. Ferguson even began to feel uncontrollable in his heart. I thought, after receiving the weapons later, why not take the opportunity to disarm the lone army camp
It's a pity that Ferguson is just a fantasy after all.
Xu Rui walked over with a smile and said to Ferguson: "The military looks good."
Fogg raised his chin high and said with his nostrils pointing upward: "We are the Royal Infantry Battalion."
After a pause, Ferguson continued: "By the way, can the weapons and equipment be returned to us?"
"I'm afraid it's not possible." Xu Rui refused without hesitation, and then directly revealed the insidious thoughts in Ferguson's heart, and said with a smile, "Return the weapons to you at this time, in case you suddenly turn around. , How can we deal with our isolated army camp? We must be on guard against others, right? "
Ferguson said angrily: "You are an insult to British gentlemen. Our British gentlemen's spirit of contract is world-famous. You must apologize for your rudeness just now!"
Xu Rui just chuckled. The contractual spirit of British gentlemen? Give me a break.
Ferguson remained unyielding, and Xu Rui didn't say much. He just waved, and hundreds of soldiers from the lone battalion with live ammunition immediately poured out from both sides. A dozen machine guns were also set up on the balcony on the second floor of the dormitory and around the playground. , and all the dark guns were aimed at the officers and soldiers of the Royal Gurkha Infantry Battalion in formation.
When Ferguson saw this, he immediately shut his mouth obediently.
At this time, Ferguson remembered that they were still fish on the chopping board.
At this time, Ferguson remembered again that the Chinese actually had a way out. They could just leave, and it was even too late to leave now, but they, the British, had no way out. The Chinese would not restore their freedom before leaving. They will detain them here, and after the Japanese arrive, they will undoubtedly die.
Xu Rui took a step forward. Ferguson learned the lesson this time and immediately stepped aside obediently.
Xu Rui coughed lightly, Leng Jun's eyes swept over the dozen British battalion commanders, battalion deputy, company commander, and company deputy in front of the queue, and then said in English: "I will announce a decision first. Your positions Lifted.”
More than a dozen British officers looked at each other, and Ferguson couldn't help shouting again: "Oh? Dismissal?"
"Yes, dismissal." Xu Rui said coldly, "It doesn't matter if you don't agree. If you don't agree, we will never force it."
Ferguson shut his mouth again. There was no other way. Their lives were really in the hands of the Chinese. They had to listen to them. Otherwise, the Chinese would walk away and they would be doomed.
Ferguson obediently left the queue with a dozen British officers and walked to the side.
Xu Rui said to Ferguson again: "General, I'm afraid you have to give another order."
It is true that the Gurkhas are loyal, but they are only loyal to the British now. Without Ferguson's order, they would never obey Xu Rui's order.
Although Ferguson was reluctant, he still walked to the queue of the Royal Gurkha Infantry Battalion and said: "Listen, from now on, Commander Xu is your supreme commander, and his orders are my orders. He allows you to If you charge, you are never allowed to retreat. If he asks you to retreat, you are never allowed to move forward. Do you hear me clearly?"
"Yes!" More than six hundred Gurkha mercenaries snapped their feet and responded with a bang.
"Okay, you can go." Xu Rui waved for Ferguson to leave, and then said, "Oh, by the way, I'm afraid I will have to torture you for a few hours. Before the battle is over, I can only lock you up. "After saying that, Xu Rui turned around and ordered the soldiers of the lone army camp who were on guard around him, "Take them back."
Immediately, a group of soldiers from the lone camp came forward and escorted Ferguson and a dozen British officers away.
Xu Rui then turned around and said to the Gurkha mercenaries who were lined up: "Officers above the platoon, please step forward."
More than 40 officers immediately took a step forward. They were all strong young Gurkha men. They all looked at Xu Rui with perseverance and absolute obedience. For these soldiers from West Malaysia For the poor children in the bitter cold land at the southern foot of Mount Raya, loyalty has been integrated into their bones.
Xu Rui selected a dozen Gurkha officers and appointed them as company commanders and company officers. For the vacant platoon commanders and platoon officers, he selected a dozen soldiers to serve temporarily. The command structure of the Gurkha Royal Infantry Battalion was immediately established. It has been restored, but there is nothing British anymore in this chain of command.
Xu Rui immediately ordered several company commanders to take their troops to the warehouse to collect weapons.
In five minutes, the officers and soldiers of the Royal Gurkha Infantry Battalion received their weapons and lined up again. At this time, the remaining companies of the Lone Army Battalion also joined the queue. Xu Rui left only one company to garrison the barracks, and then Leading the remaining three companies and the Royal Gurkha Infantry Battalion, they went straight to the cross-border road construction position.
The cross-border road construction mentioned here does not refer to a specific road, but refers to the roads built by the concession authorities outside the boundary, and then obtained the governance rights of the roads from the previous Manchu and Qing Dynasty and later Beiyang governments. In other words, these roads The management rights of the road belong to the concession authority, but the area outside the road belongs to the Chinese government.
This has also caused public security chaos in cross-border road construction and nearby areas, because criminals who commit crimes in cross-border road construction only need to stop on both sides of the road, and the concession patrol will have nothing to do with them. On the contrary, if they commit crimes in the Chinese boundary The criminals only need to run to the cross-border road, and the Chinese police can't do anything to them.
Therefore, cross-border road construction is the most chaotic place in Shanghai, a truly lawless place!
There are 40 cross-border roads in Shanghai, 28 of which are in western Shanghai.
Among them, the two roads that Gujun Camp focuses on fortification are Robertson Road and Bailey South Road.
When Xu Rui led the main force of the Solitary Army Battalion and the Royal Gurkha Infantry Battalion to the position, the company led by Yang Rui had already built complete defenses, and the sniper platoon led by Xie Yuan was already building roads across the border on both sides. Dozens of sniper positions were set up on the rooftops of private houses, foreign-style buildings, and factories.
As soon as the troops led by Xu Rui arrived, Xie Yuan and Yang Rui immediately came to greet them.
Looking at the Gurkha mercenaries filing into the defensive position, Yang Rui smiled and said, "I never expected that these British guys would actually fight alongside us."
Yang Rui felt it was very unreal. Two days ago they were fighting to the death with the British, but two days later, they were fighting side by side with the British. Isn't this too fake
Xu Rui smiled and asked Xie Yuan: "Battle Commander Xie, how is the situation?"
Xie Yuan replied: "The people in the western part of the concession were very cooperative. They heard that we were going to fight the Japanese here, and even took the initiative to help us build fortifications. However, the patrol police of the Wang Puppet Government tried to cause trouble, and we were arrested. There were also quite a few gangsters who looked like they were not good people at first glance, but we also arrested them."
"Good catch." Xu Rui nodded and said, "The people should be evacuated."
"Evacuated." Xie Yuan nodded and said, "Except for those who took the initiative to stay and help build fortifications, the rest of the people have been evacuated to the Central District of the Concession, the East District of the Concession, and the French Concession."
Xu Rui said: "Those who are building fortifications should also evacuate quickly."
"I just said it." Xie Yuan shook his head and said, "But they won't leave."
Xu Rui said no more, because he had already vaguely guessed that most of those who took the initiative to stay were veterans of the National Army who were stranded in Shanghai, but they were too embarrassed to reveal their identities. After all, they did not leave Shanghai and return to the army on time after recovering from their injuries. , which is equivalent to being a deserter. This is undoubtedly a very shameful experience.
While he was talking, there was a sudden sound in the night sky in front of him. It was the warning sentry firing.
Xu Rui immediately picked up the Infield rifle and said with a grin: "Let's start working!"
At that moment, Xu Rui took Digua and the guard platoon from the Royal Gorkha Infantry Battalion to the forefront of the first company position. The guard platoon from the Royal Gorkha Infantry Battalion, in addition to being responsible for guard duties, was also responsible for conveying orders from the battalion headquarters. So Xu Rui must keep this guard platoon with him at all times.
"Commander, why are you up here?" First Company Commander Shi Changqing was a little surprised when he saw Xu Rui.
The company commanders and platoon commanders of the National Army often go to the front line and take the lead, but starting from the battalion commander, the National Army officers do not easily go to the firing line. Shi Changqing did not expect that Xu Rui, as the commander of the Songhu Military Division, He actually went to the front line to fight like a company commander or platoon commander.
"I'm just here to take a look. You don't need to worry about me." Xu Rui replied casually. Looking up again, he saw about a small group of Japanese soldiers opening up a sparse skirmish line under the dim street lights ahead. Walking forward with a shining bayonet in his hand, Xu Rui could still recognize them as Japanese soldiers at a glance even though these Japanese soldiers did not wear military uniforms.
Because compared to the Chinese, the Japanese have a very obvious characteristic, and that is the duck walk. This is not nonsense. The average height of the Japanese in this era is actually only about 1.5 meters. If this person is short, his legs will be short. It is obviously different from normal people. He walks like a duck, waddling.
Although the amplitude of the swing is not large, the characteristics of the duck step are very obvious.
Therefore, the ones who came ahead were definitely not the agents of Jisi Feier No. 76, but the Japanese!