"Yes, we will never give up on Shanghai for the second time!"
"This time, no matter what, we must fight against the Japanese!"
"I didn't enjoy playing at Sihang Warehouse last time, but I can't finish the game so hastily this time!"
With Xie Yuan's gentle words, several officers of the first brigade immediately screamed. This shows that Xie Yuan is still very prestigious in the minds of the soldiers of the first brigade.
"This is like a human saying." Xu Rui nodded and added, "They all say that the Japanese permanent division is powerful. It is not only well-equipped and well-trained, but it is also so powerful that it makes people desperate to fight with bayonets. What are the three little Japs saying?" The T-shaped formation is enough to block the siege of nine Chinese soldiers, but so what?" After a pause, Xu Rui continued, "The Tenth Division is a standing division, right? The Sixth Division is also a standing division. Right? Otherwise, let us be destroyed!"
Xie Yuanhe and several officers of the 1st Brigade were awe-struck when they heard this. They suddenly remembered that Xu Rui had severely damaged the Japanese 10th Division and the 6th Division in Damei Mountain, and even captured a coalition flag. , this is something that the hundreds of main elite divisions of the National Army have not been able to accomplish, but Xu Rui has accomplished it.
I am afraid that Xu Rui is the only one in China who is qualified to say such arrogant words.
Only Xie Yuan insisted: "Commander, I still say that the Japanese Navy must not be underestimated. If we cannot find an effective way to deal with the Japanese Navy, we will definitely suffer a big loss in the end."
Wang Husheng couldn't help but ask: "Do the Japanese navy dare to bombard the public concession?"
Wu Han also said: "Yes, when you were defending the Sixing Warehouse alone, because of the intervention of the public concession, the Japanese navy did not dare to fire artillery, but only dared to invest infantry in a strong attack. In the end, you were beaten to disgrace. Not only were we unable to capture the Sihang Warehouse in a week, hundreds of people died."
"That's different." Xie Yuan shook his head and said, "At that time, we only had one battalion, and it was impossible to pose a big threat to the Japanese army in Shanghai. But now our Songhu Army Division is enough to pose a fatal threat to the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai. Therefore, when When the little devil is cornered, it is entirely possible for him to attack the concession."
"I completely believe this." Xu Rui said with deep conviction, "If the little devils are so impatient, they dare to bombard the British Royal Navy warships on the Yangtze River, so what does it mean to attack the public concession."
"So." Xie Yuan nodded and said, "The concession cannot protect us."
After a pause, Xie Yuan continued: "If we pin our hopes of resisting the Japanese army on the protection of the concession, then the final result can only be a tragedy."
Xu Rui smiled and said: "Of course the concession cannot protect us, but we have never pinned our hopes of resisting the Japanese on the protection of the concession. The promises and guarantees of others are always insignificant. Only things that we can truly control , is the one who really counts, I understand this truth.”
Xie Yuan snorted and said, "So, the commander has a way to deal with the Japanese navy?"
Xu Rui smiled ferociously and said: "The little devil's navy is indeed very powerful, but it is not unsolvable!"
"But I don't know what the commander has in mind?" Xie Yuan suddenly became energetic after hearing this, and the rest of the cadres present also became energetic.
"Follow me." Xu Rui chuckled, then stood up and walked to the war room next door.
Xie Yuan and the cadres attending the meeting also stood up one after another, followed Xu Rui into the war room, and then gathered around the huge simulated sand table.
On the simulation sand table, a miniature version of Shanghai and surrounding counties is simulated, as well as a reverse "7"-shaped Huangpu River flowing through the suburbs of Shanghai.
Xu Rui pointed to the intersection of the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River and said: "Look, this is Wusongkou. It is the only way for warships to enter the Huangpu River. If the Japanese Navy wants to support the Sixth Army fighting in Shanghai, , there are only two ways, either to take off naval aviation from the aircraft carrier off Wusong, or to directly send warships into the Huangpu River."
"In the Battle of Songhu, this is what the Japanese navy did, and this is how the Nationalist army was defeated."
"The Japs' aviation force poses a great threat when fighting in the field, but its role in street fighting is limited, because the Japs' light aerial bombs cannot blow up buildings at all. Although the heavy aerial bombs are powerful, they are also extremely expensive. , Little Japan is an island country with few resources and does not have many heavy-hitting aerial bombs.”
"So, when it comes to street fighting in urban areas, we only need to consider the Japanese warships."
"The navigation capacity of the Huangpu River is only about 10,000 tons. This means that battleships with more than 20,000 tons cannot enter the Huangpu River. At most, they can only bombard the urban area from the sea outside Wusong. But I believe that unless the Japanese do not want Shanghai They decided to die together with us, otherwise they would never do this."
"Therefore, only cruisers or destroyers of less than 10,000 tons can enter the Huangpu River."
"However, it is now the dry season. The main channel of the Huangpu River that can pass cruisers is only a hundred meters wide, and the narrowest point is even less than fifty meters. If we can sink one of the little devil's cruisers and block the Huangpu River At its narrowest point, the Japanese's thousand-ton cruiser would not be able to enter the Huangpu River."
"The last remaining 100-ton gunboats are nothing to worry about."
"We can't defeat the Japanese navy, so why can't we keep them out of Wu Song's mouth?"
After Xu Rui finished speaking, the war room immediately fell into silence, and everyone looked at each other in shock.
Nothing else, because most of the military chiefs present at the meeting were shocked by Xu Rui's whims, especially the chief officer of the Yuangu Army Camp, the first brigade. They all looked at Xu Rui like an idiot. Grandma's legs. , as if it was easy to sink a Japanese cruiser. The Japanese are not your sons, so they will let you blow them up
The chief officers of the first brigade were not much better, and they had never seen Xu Rui's power.
Of all the people present, only Wang Husheng and Leng Tiefeng were seriously considering Xu Rui's idea.
After a long while, Xie Yuancai said: "What I'm more curious about is, what method does the commander plan to use to explode?"
"You don't have to worry about this, I will find a way to handle it." Xu Rui said in a deep voice, "I just ask you, if the little devil's thousand-ton cruiser cannot enter the Huangpu River, do you have the confidence to defend the city of Shanghai?"
"That's definitely no problem!" Xie Yuan said decisively, "If the Japs' 1,000-ton cruiser can't enter the Huangpu River, and if we only have to face the Japs' Army and Air Force, there will definitely be no problem in defending Shanghai! But! We don’t have enough troops, so we can only hold the western part of the concession, but I’m afraid we won’t be able to hold the whole of Shanghai.”
"Strength?" Xu Rui chuckled and said, "Don't worry, we will have enough troops!"
Xie Yuandao: "Commander, are you talking about the veterans of the National Army who are stranded in Shanghai? Please forgive me, we have tried all the ways we can think of, but they are still unwilling to come forward, so for these veterans, we still Don’t have high expectations so you won’t be disappointed when the time comes.”
Xu Rui waved his hand and said, "That's because you didn't use the right method."
"Really?" Xie Yuanran said, "I would like to ask, what good solution does the commander have?"
"You will naturally know when the time comes." Xu Rui smiled, "But now, let's not talk about it for now."
After a pause, Xu Rui asked Wang Husheng again: "Old Wang, have all the arms of David Company been put into storage? And when will the last batch of rice from Sino-Italian Shipping Company arrive?"
Wang Husheng said quickly: "All the arms of David Company have been put into the underground warehouse of the patrol camp, but there is some trouble with the Sino-Italian Shipping Company. It may take more than ten days for the last batch of rice to arrive in Shanghai. I don't know. Is it still too late?”
"In ten days, it should be no problem. It will take half a month for the Japanese 7th and 20th Divisions to assemble, board the ship, and then take the sea route to Shanghai, so it should be in time." He paused here. After a pause, Xu Rui said again, "But you'd better call Yu Qiaqing later and ask them to hurry up."
"Okay." Wang Husheng nodded, "I'll call Yu Mansion when I get back."
After a pause, Wang Husheng said again: "But Lao Xu, there is one more thing. According to the feedback from informants, there are suddenly many unidentified suspicious people near the warehouse at Shiliupu Pier. It looks like Qi Regarding No. 16’s eyeliner, I’m a little worried that the little devil might have smelled something?”
"Is this happening?" Xu Rui frowned upon hearing this.
In order to smoothly transport three million stones of rice back to Shanghai, in order to smoothly transport the weapons and ammunition purchased from David Arms Trading Company back to Shanghai, Xu Rui really worked hard. For example, there are so many weapons and ammunition. Weapons and ammunition, once the devil gets wind of it, they will definitely try their best to stop it.
So Xu Rui spared no expense and asked David to hire five 10,000-ton cargo ships at once, and directly transported 50,000 tons of arms back to Shanghai at once. By the time the Zhongcun agency heard about it, the arms had already been ashore and patrolled. The battalion has already dispatched enough troops to protect Shiliupu Pier.
Shiliupu Wharf is located in the central area of the concession. This is actually a cross-border operation.
But the British had hostages in the hands of the patrol battalion, so they could only pretend not to know. After all, the more than 600 mercenaries of the Royal Gurkha Infantry Battalion were still being held captive by the patrol battalion.
However, arms can be transported back in one go, but rice cannot.
Because Yu Qiaqing's Zhongyi Steamship Company has limited shipping capacity, there is no way to transport three million stones of rice back at once, so it is difficult to catch the little devils off guard like ammunition, because even if the first batch of rice successfully lands, the subsequent batches of rice will be Don't even think about docking. The Japanese warships will probably stop us before we even enter the Huangpu River.