Chapter Eighty-Nine: Joseph vs Hasegawa
After Joseph and the others had finished their discussions, he immediately gathered the people, whether they were from the police department, the troops, or the patrol, and those who had the force value received the order to start assembling anyway.
Thirty minutes later, at half past three in the morning, Joseph gathered a ragtag army of about two thousand men, of which there were five hundred regular American GIs, and the rest were brought in on the spot.
I have to mention that as early as 1835, there was the first concession in Shanghai, that is, the British concession, and then there were more and more concessions, at most 13 countries had concessions in Shanghai, after the outbreak of World War II, Shanghai's concessions gradually decreased, and by 37 years, Shanghai's concessions remained, Japan, the United States, Britain, and Italy, and these countries have their own soldiers in their respective concessions, and the order in this concession is also quite perfect, and there are special superintendents to maintain daily operations, to put it more bluntlyThis is a country within a state.
The United States has about a regiment of soldiers in Shanghai, about 1,500 soldiers, and their presence is mainly to protect the security of their own concessions.
And this evening, Joseph mobilized 500 soldiers and gathered people with force value, including the superintendent, to prepare to go to the Japanese naval headquarters to ask the Japanese army for justice.
Why are you Japanese so awesome that you dare to cripple my son's leg?
Is this coming for me, or is it coming for us, the United States?
Joseph wanted an attitude, an attitude that pleased him.
When the people were gathered, Joseph began to raise the morale of the people.
"I'm Joseph, and I'm gathering everyone here tonight because my son Jack was crippled by the Japanese officer Watermelon Taro! Joseph said bitterly, "This is a private matter, and I should not bother you, but I personally think that it is not a private matter!" (English)"
"Jack is not only my son, he is also a citizen of our United States, and the Japanese dare to be so rampant when they know that Jack is a citizen of our country, where does this put our country? (English)"
"If we don't ask for a result, what will the Japanese think of us in the United States? Where is the freedom embodied in the fact that we have finally won down in the United States? (English)"
"We just want an attitude, a respect! Ask for a result! We want to tell the world that no matter who hurts us in America, we will not let them go, and this is our attitude, our spirit! (English)"
"Everyone, right or wrong? (English)"
Joseph is worthy of being the leader sent to Shanghai by the United States, and as soon as this little talk came out, whether it was from the national righteousness or from personal honor and disgrace, Joseph's analysis was quite in place, and all the American soldiers felt that if the Japanese did not give an explanation, it would be an insult to the United States and a shame to every American!
So, American GIs, more than 2,000 people were emotionally mobilized.
"That's right! More than 2,000 people responded in unison.
"Excellent! Joseph nodded with satisfaction: "Target, Tiantongan, Japanese Navy Headquarters, go!"
Joseph gave an order, and the captains of each team immediately gave orders, and everyone ran forward in an orderly manner.
The concession of Shanghai is mainly divided into the French concession and the public concession, the public concession was divided into four districts at that time: west, middle, north and east, roughly extending along the Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek, it is worth mentioning that Shanghai actually has no Japanese concession, but it is customary to call the Hongkou area where the Japanese live in the public concession the Japanese concession as the Japanese concession, and the concession of the north and east districts has been controlled by the Japanese army.
The French Concession is separated from the original Public Concession, located south of the original Public Concession, north of the county seat of Shanghai until the Huangpu River, roughly Shanghai is now Xuhui, Luwan, plus part of Huangpu District, these places are occupied by the French.
Therefore, the U.S. Concession is not too far from the Tiantongan Headquarters where the Japanese army is located, and it can be reached in about 40 minutes if you walk with all your might.
Around 4:20 a.m., Tiantongan, outside the Japanese Navy Headquarters!
Several cars led the team, and more than 2,000 soldiers with long guns, short cannons, and other weapons gathered towards the entrance of the Japanese headquarters.
The little devils stationed there thought that the enemy was attacking, so they immediately pulled the alarm, and in an instant, the lights in the headquarters were bright, and the soldiers began to gather and prepare for battle.
From the time the Japanese troops stationed found Joseph to Joseph and Joseph led the people to gather in front of the Japanese headquarters, the little devil had already gotten behind the military bunker, ready to pull the trigger at any time.
"Let Hasegawa get out!" Before and after Joseph arrived at the Japanese headquarters, he did not shoot, but turned over and stood on the roof of the car, holding a horn in his hand and shouting in deflated Chinese.
Where did the little devils understand Joseph's words, they were just nervous, their fingers were on the trigger, ready to start fighting at any time, the reason why they haven't shot yet is because they saw that it was not the Chinese army, but the American GIs, which made them very embarrassed and couldn't make up their minds.
So, there was a nimble little devil who went to inform the upper leaders and told the upper echelons what was happening at the door.
A moment later, Hasegawa rushed to the door with a group of non-commissioned officers, and asked with a smile in deflated Chinese, "Joseph-kun, is there any misunderstanding here?" ”
"Misunderstanding Nima!" Joseph actually burst into a foul language in Chinese: "Hurry up and hand over the watermelon Taro to Lao Tzu." ”
Joseph has been in China for a long time, and he has almost mastered the essence of Chinese swearing, and the exit is swearing, and Hasegawa looked confused, causing Hasegawa to be confused for a while, or the translator next to him explained, Hasei Hirakawa understood.
"We don't have such a person as Watermelon Taro here! Could you be mistaken? Hasegawa frowned and replied in Chinese.
"Going to Nima." Joseph scolded directly, this curse, Joseph at least scolded out the seven points of the tone before the Chinese were ready to fight, but with a slight curl of the tongue, it sounded indecent.
"Are you trying to cause a war between the two countries?" Joseph stood on the roof of the car, took the horn and said directly, "If you don't hand over Watermelon Taro today, I will definitely bombard your headquarters." ”
"Joseph, don't be impatient, what is going on?" Hasegawa suppressed the anger in his heart, and said with a smile, "Let's figure it out." ”
"If it's our fault, we'll meet any of your requests." Hasegawa reaffirmed in a sincere tone.
Seeing that Hasegawa's attitude was so sincere, Joseph couldn't help but have a trace of doubt in his heart, and after thinking for a while, Joseph described what happened tonight in the most concise language, and after speaking, Joseph looked at Hasegawa angrily, waiting for Hase's answer.
After listening to it, Hasegawa said excitedly, "This is slander!" Pure slander, our chief here is not called Watermelon Taro at all! ”
At this moment, Hasegawa was a little annoyed, he thought that Joseph was deliberately finding fault, wanting to take advantage of the delicate moment of the Sino-Japanese situation in Shanghai to take advantage of the opportunity, so Hasegawa was very angry.
“fuck!” When Joseph heard this, he scolded and said, "My son's legs have been crippled, and you still say that I slander? ”
"Are you dog-day Japan really going to cause a war?" Annoyed, Joseph pointed at Hasegawa and scolded.
"You're fine!" Hearing this, Hasegawa's face was completely gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "We, the Great Japanese Empire, are absolutely not threatened by anything!" ”
Exactly the same, this sentence is exactly the same as the situation dialogue that Jack told Joseph, because Zheng Long also said such things, so Hasei Hirakawa said such words, which made Joseph sound extremely harsh, and he lost his mind almost instantly.
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(Prepare for battle)" Joseph ordered loudly.
"Whoa!"
In an instant, more than 2,000 people behind Joseph raised their spears in their hands and made a gesture of battle.
"All hands on, ready to shoot! (Japanese)" Hasegawa was excited when he saw Joseph, and he immediately gave an order.
"Whoa!"
The Japanese soldiers also raised their rifles, and some even set up machine guns, which could pull the trigger at any time.
The two sides are tense, the atmosphere is extremely tense, and the battle is about to break out!
Japan, which has been arrogant and domineering in its attempt to dominate the world, has always claimed to be the Great Japanese Empire, and the United States, which is known as a warmonger, are facing each other and fighting each other.
Fighting, it seems, is just a thought!