"Wu Song's mouth is blocked?" Steve frowned and said, "What's going on?"
Wilson said: "Didn't I just say it? After attacking the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet last night, the patrol battalion rented a dozen tugboats from Shiliupu Pier and towed a dozen damaged and powerless ships to Wusongkou sank, and the cruisers Kuma and Tianlong were bombed and sunk at Wusongkou after their guns were dismantled. Using the wreckage of more than a dozen warships, the patrol battalion has blocked the Wusongkou channel."
"The waterway at Wusongkou is blocked?" Steve said, "Doesn't that mean it's unnavigable?"
"Yes." Wilson said with a wry smile, "I have reliable information. Ships above a thousand tons may not be able to pass Wusong Pass. Ships below a thousand tons also need guidance from the patrol camp."
"Damn it!" Jonathan said, "Doesn't this mean that Shanghai's trade will be greatly affected?"
As the general director of the Shanghai Public Settlement Bureau of Industry and the de facto governor of the Shanghai Settlement, Jonathan is of course most concerned about the prosperity of Shanghai. The Wusongkou waterway is blocked, which will have a huge impact on Shanghai's trade. If trade is damaged, it will inevitably It affects all levels including finance, and may even lead to the Great Depression in Shanghai.
"It doesn't matter. Anyway, the trade volume in Shanghai has shrunk significantly. It doesn't matter even if Wusongkou cannot sail cargo ships with more than 1,000 tons." Wilson waved his hand and said, "It's just that in this way, your British The Duke of Windsor and our American light cruiser USS Cincinnati are stuck in Shanghai."
"The patrol camp has gone too far and we must protest." Steve said with a frown.
"The question is, will the protest be effective?" Wilson said. "The patrol battalion does not admit that it is China's armed forces at all, but only claims that it is an armed force in the public concession. Therefore, legally, the Nationalist Government has no control over them."
"Whether it's useful or not, we must protest to the National Government." Steve said, "We have to show this attitude to the Japanese. Otherwise, the Japanese will say that we are secretly condoning the patrol camp. At most In ten days, the Japanese 7th Division and 20th Division will arrive in Shanghai, and we must not give them an excuse to enter the public concession at this time."
"Your Majesty the Baron has learned this clearly," Wilson said, "then let's protest together to the National Government in Chongqing."
Steve nodded and told his secretary: "Draft an official letter immediately."
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At the same time, in Chongqing.
Chairman Chiang is convening a meeting with several major staff members, and the topic is the Battle of Suizao.
The Battle of Suizao was started more than half a month ago by Dong Jiuregong Nianyan. Its strategic goal was to expand the depth of defense around Wuhan and at the same time squeeze the living space of the National Army.
In terms of military strength, the Nationalist Army participating in the Battle of Suizao was almost ten times the strength of the Japanese army. Chairman Chiang originally thought that if he could not win the Battle of Suizao, he could at least draw a tie. However, the cruel facts proved that this was only his victory. Wishful thinking, almost as soon as the battle began, the National Army was defeated.
In fact, it is not surprising that this situation occurs.
Because after successive disastrous defeats in large-scale battles such as the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, the Battle of Xuzhou, and the Battle of Wuhan, the veterans of the National Army have long been exhausted. Although the current National Army is large in size and has many troops, they are all temporary. The captured young men were not only poorly equipped but also lacked training!
Now, the combat effectiveness of the National Army has grown apart from that of the Japanese Army.
In the Battle of Songhu, one of the most elite German weapon divisions could fight against a Japanese regiment in the suburbs of Shanghai, facing the Japanese navy's large-caliber naval guns and the indiscriminate bombing of the aviation force. But now, even in the rear, the Kuomintang A division of the Japanese army could not even defeat a large group of the Japanese army. It could be said that it was collapsed at the first touch.
Now, Chairman Chiang is beginning to pay the price for his original wrong decision.
Faced with such a difficult situation, the three close aides were helpless and had no choice. Now the Nationalist Government only has a bad hand. The 17th Army Corps with Hu Zongnan was barely able to survive, but due to lack of ammunition, it was unable to rush for reinforcements.
Chairman Chiang was already in a bad mood, but the result was even worse.
Just in the middle of the meeting, the captain of the guard Wang Shihe hurriedly walked in and said: "Commissioner, I just received an urgent call from Wang Tianmu. Last night, the patrol battalion made a surprise attack on the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet on the Huangpu River and wiped it out in one fell swoop. As a result, even the aircraft carrier Kaga anchored off the coast of Wusong was not spared."
"Nang Xipi, what did you say?" Upon hearing this, Chairman Jiang suddenly raised his head and looked at Wang Shihe in disbelief.
Next to them, Chen Cheng, He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi, three close aides, also turned their heads and looked at Chairman Chiang with very surprised eyes. Frankly speaking, Chairman Chiang's qi-nurturing skills are actually pretty good. During the Eastern Expedition When Chen Jiongming arrived, the rebels had even attacked him in front of him, but his expression remained unchanged, quite as if his face had not changed despite the collapse of Mount Tai.
Of course, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek's failure to change his face despite the collapse of his mountain failed to change the outcome of the war. In the end, the Huangpu Student Army still lost the Eastern Expedition. If General Chen Geng hadn't carried him out under artillery fire, China's Modern history has been directly rewritten, but even so, Chairman Chiang's calm skills are still acceptable.
However, in recent times, Chairman Chiang's calmness has obviously deteriorated.
However, there is a reason why Chairman Jiang's calmness has deteriorated. It is actually because the performance of Xu Rui, a monster, has repeatedly exceeded the limits of his imagination, and he has made breakthroughs again and again.
You said that the patrol battalion took over the headquarters of the Japanese 9th Division and captured the division commander of the 9th Division, Yoshizumi Ryosuke. That's it. To be honest, Chairman Chiang was also numb. He couldn't even remember this. It was the first Japanese general who fell into the hands of Xu Rui, but the patrol battalion actually wiped out the Japanese Navy's third fleet. What the hell is this
If he didn't have memory impairment, the patrol camp should be a military force, right
You said that if your army is not fighting a good fight on the mainland, what is it doing on the Huangpu River and the sea outside Wusong
Okay, you can go ahead, but you fucking wiped out the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet! What is this thing called? In the great battle of Jiangyin that year, the Nationalist government spent all its naval assets and sank two gunboats owned by the Japanese. It would be better for you to annihilate the Japanese Third Fleet without making a sound!
This is truly embarrassing to death!
And let someone unpleasant become the chairman of the committee? !
After a long while, Chairman Chiang came to his senses and waved his hand to Wang Shihe to tell the news to his three staff.
After hearing the news from Wang Shihe that Wang Tianmu had returned from Shanghai, Chen Cheng, He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi were stunned for a moment. They could not imagine how Xu Rui accomplished such a big thing. This is a fleet of Little Japan, this is a fleet! And a cruiser was captured!
"Mother Xipi." Chairman Chiang paused with his walking stick and said depressedly, "This is really a comparison of goods, and comparison of people to death. We have more than 100 divisions and 7.8 million regular troops. But it made little Japan tired of fighting, but people, a patrol battalion with less than 10,000 people was able to win consecutive battles and severely damage the Japanese Army's division. Today, it even broke into a new territory and actually defeated the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet. They were all wiped out, and I was ashamed to death. I was embarrassed to death."
When the three close aides heard this, they all lowered their heads in shame. Xu Rui's performance was so amazing. He was not only slapping Chairman Chiang in the face, but also slapping them in the face. After all, Chairman Chiang was not a front-line commander. But two of the three of them are also the commander-in-chief of the theater.
With a slight snort, Chairman Chiang suddenly said: "Shihe, please tell the Central News Agency to make an announcement and ask them to send a telegram to the patrol camp on behalf of the National Government to commend them."
In any case, it is a fact that the patrol battalion completely wiped out the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet. This was an unprecedented victory. After the news spread, the whole country would be excited, and the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the rear area would also be high. This It is beneficial to the overall situation of the entire country's war of resistance, so the Nationalist Government must express something.
You have to do what you want to do under the table, but on the table, what needs to be done must be done. Wang Shihe agreed and turned around.
Chairman Jiang breathed a sigh of relief and said to his three close aides: "Do you think Xu Rui should start a campaign to encircle and annihilate the Japanese 9th Division next? Originally, I didn't believe Xu Rui could defeat the Japanese army at all. The Ninth Division doesn’t even believe that he can regain Shanghai, but now, I have some doubts.”
Chen Cheng heard that Chairman Chiang was not suspicious, but worried that Xu Ruizhen would regain Shanghai.
If Xu Rui really regains Shanghai, the consequences will undoubtedly be extremely serious, because the comparison between the two will more and more reveal the vitality of the Communist Party and the incompetence of the Kuomintang. You can't admit it. If the Communist Party is not full of vitality, like How could a person like Xu Rui vote for a **
At that moment, Chen Chengcheng said firmly: "Commissioner, it is absolutely impossible for Xu Rui to regain Shanghai."
"I think it's absolutely impossible." He Yingqin also said firmly, "I don't know how Xu Rui completely wiped out the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, but one thing is certain, that is, Xu Rui definitely did not do it through naval battles. The one who completely annihilated the Japanese Navy’s Third Fleet means that he used conspiracy and tricks!”
After a pause, He Yingqin continued: "But the subsequent encirclement and annihilation battle against the Japanese Ninth Division was an upright street battle, and any tricks would be useless. Therefore, I humbly asserted that Xu Rui would never be able to defeat the Japanese Ninth Division." It is even more impossible for the Ninth Division to regain Shanghai!"