By 5 o'clock in the afternoon, on the sand table model of the concession, the position occupied by the red flag accounted for more than 4 percent of the total area of the concession, of which almost 6 percent of the French concession was occupied by the People's Army, including the building of the board of directors of the concession.

More than 30 percent of the area of the public concession has been occupied by the KPA, and the KPA has already attacked the vicinity of the construction department building in the public concession, and the concession has just gathered about 200 soldiers to guard the perimeter of the construction area.

This is also the result of the KPA not rushing forward, but occupying an area and holding the block, so the progress is not very fast, if the KPA adopts the tactics of rapid assault, then the KPA can completely occupy all the points of the concession.

However, the battle has been going on for less than 3 hours, and it has progressed to this extent, which can be regarded as very smooth. In the headquarters of the People's Army, Luo Yue was also completely relieved. Li Songchen said: "General Luo, it seems that the battlefield is progressing well, can you completely take the concession today." ”

Luo Yue said: " It's a little difficult, because it's almost dark now, if we launch an attack on the concession in the morning, then it is not a big problem to completely take the concession, but now it's almost dark, although we can also fight at night, but the risk of night combat is too great after all, because it is fighting in the city, it is easy to cause accidental injury to buildings and unrelated personnel, now we are already in control, there is no need to take this risk, let's go here today, first hold the occupied places, and fully occupy the concession, or wait until tomorrow. In addition, it also gives the concession time to surrender, after today's battle, the concession should also understand that they are not our opponents at all, if you want to surrender, then tonight is the last chance. ”

Li Songchen listened, nodded, and said: "This is also the case, it is better to be safe, and if the concession surrenders now, it can always reduce some losses." After a pause, he said, "Can we send someone into the concession to manage it now?" ”

Luo Yue said: "Forget it today, it's about to get dark, and it won't be possible to send people into the concession at this time, and it's dangerous, so let the army keep watch overnight, and then send people into the concession early tomorrow morning to take over." ”

Li Songchen said: "That's fine, but I'll go to Anpai right away." ”

As night fell, the fighting in the concession stopped, but occasional gunshots could be heard. At this time, every household in the concession was closed, and all the residents were in fear, whether it was in the KPA's occupied area or in other parts of the concession, the streets were empty, but in the KPA's occupied area, there were patrolling troops.

At this time, there were a few windows in the building of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau of the Public Concession, and the staff of the building knew that the room where these windows were located was the large conference room of the building, and the managers of the two concessions were gathered in the conference room at this time, and they had a heated discussion, just pulling up the curtains in the room to prevent the lights from being exposed.

During the daytime fighting, the KPA had advanced to a position less than 1,000 meters away from the building of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, and several shells fell within 100 meters of the building, shattering more than 10 window glasses. However, almost as soon as they left the building of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau, they could meet the People's Army, so everyone did not dare to step out of the building.

Hollid, the chief director of the Public Concession, knew that now that it was time to close the building, he could not hesitate any longer, so he hurriedly gathered the managers of the two concessions to hold a meeting in the conference room to discuss the concession and what to do with everyone.

Hollid said: "Gentlemen, everyone has seen the battle that took place this afternoon, and I think everyone knows that it is impossible for us to hold the concession, and to put it mildly, if it were not dark, the People's Army would probably have occupied the building of the Ministry of Industry, so we would not sit here to discuss, but wait in the KPA prisoner of war camp to eat in prison." But we still have a choice, but we don't have much time left, and we have to make a decision now. If you have any opinions, please feel free to share them. ”

There was a humane: "Mr. Director, what choice are you prepared to make." ”

"My choice is to surrender, and I think that's the only option we have right now," Hollid said. ”

There was silence in the room for a while, and then a man stood up and said in a loud voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, is it difficult for us to succumb to the backward yellow-skinned monkey in this way? Let barbarism conquer civilization and foolishness conquer science, let primitive society be crushed to industrial civilization, and the children of God will be subjugated to the hateful infidels, and the light of Christendom will be covered by night, and our courage, our glory, our honor and spirit will be ...... there."

"That's enough, Mr. Rida. Hollid couldn't help but interrupt his long speech, "Now is not the time to make a manifesto, please say something meaningful, not this kind of empty statement." ”

At this time, some people made a sneering voice, Rida was one of the directors of the Ministry of Industry of the Public Concession, known for his devout religious beliefs, and his tough attitude towards Asian countries and colonial areas, and his attitude towards white supremacy, in the time left by the People's Army for the discussion of the concession, he was a representative figure who firmly refused to surrender and advocated war, and the concession finally rejected the conditions of the East China government, which led to war, and Rida played a major role. It's just that at this time, it is of course inappropriate to make such remarks.

And when his speech was interrupted and ridiculed, Rida was also a little embarrassed and angry, and said: "I am against surrender, against. ”

Hollid said: "Then Mr. Musen, do you have any way to resist the attack of the People's Army, or to ask God, hoping that God will save us." ”

Another said: "If God sends us one*, then Mr. Rida must be the Noah chosen by God." ”

Immediately the hall burst into laughter, and Hollid said: "If God can't save us, then we should understand that we surrendered to the People's Army, you can say that I have no courage and no honor, but I am the chief director of the Ministry of Industry, and I must be responsible for the entire concession and all the people in the concession." ”

At this time, the director of the Board of Directors of the French Concession, Ang Leo, said: "I don't think there is any need to discuss it, let's vote directly." ”

Holliday nodded and said, "Okay, vote now, but before you vote, I want to remind you that this vote will decide our fate, so I hope you can think carefully." ”

The final result was that 13 people were in favor of surrendering, 4 abstained, and 2 were against, and the final decision was to surrender to the People's Army with a approval rate of more than 70 percent.

And Hollid and Angrio also breathed a sigh of relief, because before the vote, the two were also a little worried, Bi Jing and hardliners like Rida were not a minority in the two leases, but the problem was that there were no tough conditions in the concession at this time, in case this group of people were hot-headed and stubborn to the end, it would be troublesome. However, the result of the vote can finally be reassuring, after all, the pragmatic people are still in the majority.

Now that the result of the vote has been confirmed, there can be no further delay, Bi Jing is now more than 8 o'clock in the evening, and there is not much time in the concession, so Hollid immediately sent Deputy General Dong Degray to lead the team and immediately surrender to the People's Army.

De Gray took a few people, carrying a white cloth, and walked out of the building of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau in fear, fearing that the People's Army would shoot indiscriminately. However, the KPA was not so reckless, first shouted a message, but after receiving the reply, did not shoot, let them enter the KPA position, and after asking about their intentions, they immediately arranged for a group of soldiers to take their group to the headquarters.

However, the headquarters of the People's Army was located in the northwest of the Shanghai New Area, and the distance was not close, and it could not travel fast at night, so it did not arrive until about 11 o'clock in the evening.

Luo Yue and Li Songchen had already received the news, so neither of them slept, waiting for De Gray and his party to arrive. After meeting, Luo Yue and Li Songchen did not talk nonsense, saying that they could accept the surrender of the concession, and the previous demands remained unchanged, but they put forward three demands: 1. At 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, the two sides will formally carry out the surrender ceremony in the building of the Ministry of Industry of the Public Concession, and the British and French troops will hand over their weapons, stop resisting, and assemble at the place designated by the People's Army, and accept the arrangements of the People's Army; 3. After the handover is completed, the administrative personnel of the two concessions may leave the concession with their personal property, but they must be inspected by the East China Government.

In the end, Luo Yue said that these three demands are also non-negotiable, and the concession side must accept them, otherwise it will be regarded as a refusal to surrender. So De Gray and the others rushed back to the building of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau overnight and reported the three demands put forward by the People's Army to the top level of the concession. The East China government also sent two staff members to return with them, and they received the news of the concession at great time. The KPA has advanced means of communication, so as soon as it receives news from the concession, it can immediately report it to the command.

When De Gray and his party returned to the building of the Ministry of Industry, it was already more than 3 o'clock in the morning, and the people in the concession did not sleep, but some people lay on the table and were confused for a while. At this time, the concession side had no room for bargaining, and the three demands put forward by the East China government were not excessive, so the concession side quickly agreed. Everyone was finally relieved, so they seized the last few hours to get some sleep.