"Yiyang, the Japanese still did it, Kamio Mitsutomi led more than 50,000 people of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army to land in Longkou, Shandong, and the British Brigadier General Barnardes, who originally planned to act with the Japanese army, did not accompany him, it seems that the British still have scruples."

Du Yuesheng hurried to the Pudong Government Affairs Center with a telegram, and said eagerly to Chen Xuan, who was having a meeting with Zhao Xuechu, Song Jiaoren, Zhang Jian, etc.

"Zu Tao, let the operational staff officers set up the sand table, notify the officers above the division level to come over for a meeting, notify all major theaters, and enter the first-level combat readiness state!"

"Do you want to block the mouth of the Huangpu River?"

"No, that will offend too many people, the Japanese don't have a few decent warships in Shanghai, if he wants to run, let him run, the army on the Hongkou side is ready to attack at any time, inform the newspaper, if the Japanese kill innocents indiscriminately in Shandong, then be ready to use the Japanese overseas Chinese in Hongkou to pay for their lives!"

"Yes!"

After Chen Guofu saluted and left, Chen Xuan asked Du Yuesheng again:

"By the way, how are the people of the Jiaodong Peninsula evacuated?"

"We have been preparing since last month, we have invited various social groups in Shandong to help, and sent troops to evacuate in the name of the merchant group escort, but it is still a drop in the bucket, many people do not believe that the Japanese will call, so far we have evacuated a total of more than 300,000 people, of which 160,000 went to Liaodong by boat."

"What's the reaction from the Beiyang side?"

"What can be the reaction? Beiyang carved out a war zone on the Shandong Peninsula and let the Japanese and Germans go dog-eat-dog, and they didn't pay attention to the evacuation of the people at all! ”

"Call Beiyang, in the name of the Shanghai garrison, ask to go north to resist the Japanese invaders, Shaochuan (Gu Weijun), you go to hold a press conference and express our intentions, Ah Sheng, you also increase your efforts, how much can be saved, and inform Hongye that as long as the Japanese provoke a war in Shandong, immediately take down the Hongkou Japanese Concession, and those Japanese expatriates should not be spared!"

"Yiyang, the expatriates are also arrested, will this lead to diplomatic disputes?"

Gu Weijun couldn't help but remind.

"Go to the fucking diplomatic dispute, the Japanese have come to the house, what diplomacy does it matter, the Japanese can obviously attack Qingdao directly, why do they want to land from Longkou, this is to occupy the Shandong Peninsula, and send a call to Tan Fangcheng in the Northeast, after we sweep away the Japanese concession, if the Japanese want to expand the war, let him directly purge the tens of thousands of Japanese Kwantung Army and various forces in the Northeast, and Ah Sheng's brothers will cooperate with the action!"

The Japanese still ignored Chen Xuan's warning, and directly captured Longkou in Shandong, China, and drove straight down to Pingdu, Jimo and Jiaozhou, and occupied Weixian Railway Station and Jinan Railway Station, the capital of Shandong Province.

There was an uproar across the country, workers went on strike, students went on strike, a large number of democratic patriots went to Hongkou District to demonstrate, and the Japanese ordered the military and police to suppress it, killing and wounding dozens of people in one day.

Chen Xuan couldn't bear it anymore and ordered an attack on the Japanese concession in Shanghai.

Sun Hongye, who had been prepared for a long time, ignored the mediation of Europe and the United States, and mobilized more than 8,000 people from two divisions to directly launch an attack.

The terrain of the Japanese concession has long been thoroughly studied by Sun Hongye, and the garrison was not much, because it was in the city, so there were no heavy weapons, although the Japanese army was brainwashed by bushido and fought back, but in the face of absolute strength there was still no power to fight back.

Hasegawa Kishi only knew at this time that Chen Xuan was not a threat of force, but was really about to start a war, so he hurriedly came to Pudong to ask to see Chen Xuan, but Chen Xuan had no time to deal with him, let Gu Weijun deal with him, and pay attention to the war himself.

Sun Hongye's troops divided into three routes, opened the way with ironclad chariots, shelled the Japanese fire points, and the infantry followed, machine gunners and sharpshooters quickly occupied the commanding heights, and the infantry occupied several important Japanese strongholds almost effortlessly.

At the same time, Wang Xuefu's battleships also surrounded several Japanese warships, the Japanese army was unwilling to surrender, the two fleets launched a fierce artillery battle on the Huangpu River, in this one-sided water battle the Japanese army could not take any advantage, and was soon sunk by the Nanyang Naval Division The only Japanese cruiser and two frigates, and the other small ships had to raise the white flag.

"Commander-in-chief, the consuls of Europe and the United States ask to see me!"

"Invite them to the parlor, and I'll come right over."

When Chen Xuan arrived at the meeting room, it was already noisy inside, and dozens of consuls surrounded Gu Weijun and bombed indiscriminately, Gu Weijun was anxious and sweating profusely.

"The Commander-in-Chief has arrived!"

With Chen Xuan's arrival, the room was quiet at first, and then reacted, let go of Gu Weijun together, and began to criticize Chen Xuan, Chen Xuan smiled, did not speak, and let them spit and ask.

The consuls of various countries also slowly calmed down, knowing that it was useless to quarrel like this, and began to communicate normally.

"Mr. Chen, you must immediately order the cessation of this war, Shanghai is an international metropolis, and all countries have huge interests, and if the war continues, it will endanger the safety of the expatriates and damage the interests of all countries! We have come here this time in the hope that the two sides will calm down and resolve the dispute through peaceful negotiations. ”

The first to speak was Charles, the British consul in Shanghai, who is now the world's boss.

Chen Xuan handed a document that had been prepared long ago to Charles.

"Mr. Charles, this is evidence that the Japanese army has unreasonably captured our cities and killed our compatriots after entering China, so far, our compatriots have killed and injured hundreds of people in this war that has nothing to do with us, and the direct economic losses have exceeded 100 million, what should we do?"

"The Great Japanese Empire was to fight the evil Germans, and promised to return Qingdao to the Beiyang Government after driving the Germans away. Mansion, and it is inevitable that there will be accidental injuries in the war! ”

Hasegawa Kitoki quickly explained.

"Excuse me. Did the government invite the Japanese to Shandong to drive out the Germans? And how was the route of the march of the Japanese army formulated? The Germans were obviously in Qingdao, but how did the Japanese go to Pingdu, Jinan, and Jiaozhou? What kind of thing are the Japanese, dare to ask for it in our Greater China! ”

Chen Xuan's voice became louder and louder, and finally he scolded.

"Chen Jun, you are a provocation to the Great Japanese Empire!"

"yes!"

"The Imperial Army of Japan will make you pay a heavy price!"

"I'm waiting! By the way, I would like to tell you that the sins you Japanese invaders have committed in China today will be repaid at a price tenfold and hundredfold the next day! ”

Hasegawa was still arguing with Chen Xuan, and Charles saw that it was not a way to quarrel, so he quickly took over the conversation.

"Mr. Chen, everything can be discussed, but the most important thing now is to stop the war in Shanghai, it will not be good for everyone to continue to fight like this!"

"Listen, Mr. Charles!"

"Listen to what?"

"The fighting has stopped."

Charles listened attentively, and sure enough, the gunfire in Shanghai had gradually subsided, and it seemed that the war had come to an end.

"Mr. Charles, I can promise here that as long as there is no interference from external forces, we can guarantee the safety and existing interests of the expatriates of other countries, and the Shanghai garrison will not enter other concessions, but the Japanese are not within the scope of my commitment!"

Now that the war has stopped, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that the poor Japanese garrison in Shanghai is not the opponent of the garrison at all, and the war has ended in less than half a day, and Chen Xuan has promised not to harm the interests of other countries, so what is the quarrel? Wait for them to figure it out on their own!

An accountability ended hastily, Hasegawa Kishi was still unwilling, but he was also helpless, he wanted to speak and threaten, but he knew that it was useless for Chen Xuan.

The war was indeed over, the entire Japanese concession was completely taken by the Shanghai garrison, and tens of thousands of Japanese expatriates were also driven to the refugee camps.

In this small battle, a total of more than 300 Japanese soldiers were killed, more than 1,100 people were captured, a small arsenal was captured, and the Japanese Zhengjin Bank and the telegraph office in the concession were occupied, and various institutions in the concession were cleaned.

Chen Qimei's Overseer's Mansion has also moved to Hongkou District, Chen Xuan has long seen that Shanghai's gambling halls and smoke houses are not pleasing to the eye, and the public concession and the French concession have nothing to do with them, but the Japanese concession is now its own, how can it be possible to let this cancer exist.

Du Yuesheng took over the Shanghai Police Station, and according to the map, swept the tobacco houses and gambling houses in the Japanese Concession with lightning speed, and publicly burned the seized cigarettes and smoking utensils.

At the same time, in the name of the Shanghai Governor's Office, a ban on guns was issued in Shanghai, which limited these gang members and gentry and merchants to surrender illegal guns within three days, and violators were to be fined more than five times the value of the guns and sentenced to 10 days of administrative detention, and whistleblowers were encouraged.

Naturally, the gangs in Shanghai did not take Du Yuesheng's gun ban to heart, let alone those gentry and businessmen.

So as soon as the three-day deadline arrived, the sky had not yet dawned, and the police force had already smashed the Hongkou District and the large and small gang halls in the old city with the cooperation of the army, and seized countless guns and ammunition.

Gentry businessmen who were close to the Ba'ath Party had long been notified by the Ba'ath Party that many of them had surrendered their weapons or gone to the police station to obtain legal gun licenses.

During this period, many lucky people were reported, and the police office also carried out the clearance work mercilessly, and imposed fines, and many young masters were thrown into prison and subjected to 10 days of administrative detention.

At this time, Chen Xuan's mansion was lively, and there was an endless stream of people begging for mercy, but Chen Xuan was determined to rectify the smoky Shanghai, and he knew the reason for the people who came to intercede, and asked them to do what the office required, and the Overseer's Mansion would not hurt the innocent.