The recovery of Shanghai and the outbreak of the Second Battle of Songhu did not have much impact on Shanghai's public concession, and the rich Chinese living in the public concession were still drunk and dreaming to death, and they still went in and out of various entertainment clubs every night, the only difference may be that the public security in the public concession has become much better than before, and there are fewer petty thefts. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now, the patrol camp has de facto taken over the security management of the entire public concession, the police department of the public concession has become a de facto decoration, and the influence of the patrol camp has even extended to the French Concession, and even the security of the French Concession is much better than before.

Therefore, most people, including foreigners in the Shanghai Concession, do not have much ill will towards the patrol camp.

However, there is an exception for a small number of people, that is, the foreign patrols led by Johnson, because they were deprived of the power to control law and order by the patrol camps, resulting in the loss of the opportunity to exploit civilians, and their income has shrunk sharply, and the little salary paid to them by the Ministry of Industry of the Concession can no longer support their original luxurious life.

Among them, the person whose standard of living has dropped the most is the Commissioner of Police of the Public Concession Johnson.

In the past, Johnson could get a lot of oil and water every month just by extorting prisoners, but since the patrol camp took over the security of the concession, the police department directly lost the power to arrest people, and the oil and water were naturally gone, and now, Johnson can't even come up with money for his White Russian lover to shop and squander.

Originally, Johnson didn't have any ideas, because there were many people in the patrol camp and there were many guns, and he couldn't afford to provoke them at all.

However, now, it suddenly broke out, the patrol camp turned out to be the armed forces of the Communist Party, and the Songhu Military Division has also been officially established, and the armed forces of this Songhu Military Division are the armed forces of the patrol camp, which made Johnson see an opportunity to restore the police department's law and order jurisdiction.

So, Johnson hurried to the Ministry of Industry Bureau, ready to report to the general director Jonathan first.

Although it was already early in the morning, but Shanghai's nightlife had just begun, when Johnson arrived, Jonathan was pulling his secretary Jenner, accompanied the British Minister to China, Baron Steve, and a White Russian courtesan to play cards, the influence of Chinese culture is really not blown, Steve has not been in China for a few months, he has been hopelessly in love with playing mahjong, and he is not even interested in dancing.

Johnson is also a friend and immediately sat down to give Steve advice.

While playing cards, Johnson said tentatively to Jonathan: "Mr. General Director, I don't know if you have listened to today's broadcast?" ”

"Medium!" Jonathan played a card and casually asked, "What broadcast?" ”

Johnson said: "The Communist Party's Songhu Military Division, the broadcast of the war radio station, said on the radio that the Songhu Military Division has been established in Zhengda, and it seems to be the people of the patrol camp. ”

"Bump, I'll bump." Steve touched Jonathan's red hit, and then said to Johnson, "Johnson, I know what you want to say, are you taking this opportunity to let the empire put pressure on the Nationalist government and even the CCP to drive the patrol camp out of the public concession?" That would restore the policing jurisdiction of your police service, wouldn't it? ”

Johnson's careful thinking was broken, and he said with some scorn at the moment: "Isn't this also for the interests of the Great Yin Empire and various friendly countries?" After all, the patrol camp only nominally belongs to the Ministry of Industry of the Concession, but in fact it is an independent armed force, and it is not a matter to hand over the security jurisdiction of the concession to the Chinese for a long time, right? ”

"Do you still need to say that?" Jonathan said angrily, "Isn't this an extraordinary time, and the empire can't take care of it?" If it had been two years or even a year earlier, the Great Yin Empire would have already transferred a whole fleet, plus an entire group army of the army, and beat the patrol battalion to the ground, would it still be embarrassing now? ”

"But now the opportunity has come," Johnson said. ”

After a pause, Johnson continued: "Originally, the patrol camp has accepted our recruitment, at least nominally, the armed forces of our concession Ministry of Industry, so that the patrol camp maintains the law and order of the public concession, and we have nothing to say, but now, the patrol camp is openly playing the banner of the Communist Party's Songhu Military Division, but it is a violation of the rules, and now we ask them to withdraw from the public concession, they must also have nothing to say." ”

"Ask them to withdraw from the public concession?" Jonathan shook his head, "Johnson, you're thinking too much. ”

"I know, they won't agree." Johnson continued, "But we can put pressure on the CCP through the Soviet government, before the patrol camp was the armed force of our concession, and no one really could control them, but now they have played the banner of the Communist Songhu Military Division, but someone can control them." ”

After a pause, Johnson continued: "As long as they are willing to go, we can even provide them with some additional weapons and ammunition, isn't the Japanese army about to attack Shanghai on a large scale?" They must be in dire need of weapons and ammunition at this moment, I don't believe it, they won't be tempted. ”

Jonathan shook his head and said sarcastically: "Johnson, you have been in Shanghai for several years, and you have not been in contact with the Chinese for a day or two, but you still don't understand their thinking, I am really speechless to you, do you really think that the patrol camp will leave you with such a big handle?" ”

Johnson was stunned for a moment, and said blankly: "What do you mean?" ”

Steve continued: "Just now, the patrol battalion sent a report to the board of directors of the Ministry of Industry of the Concession, saying that their patrol camp is not the same thing as the Communist Songhu Military Division, they just provided cover for the Songhu Military Division, but from today onwards, the Songhu Military Division has become independent, and it has nothing to do with their patrol camp. ”

"Oh?" Johnson was dumbfounded, "Your Excellency, don't you open your eyes and tell nonsense?" ”

"Yes, they are just opening their eyes and telling nonsense, that is, they don't admit it, but what can we do?" Steve shrugged his shoulders and continued, "Sergeant Johnson, please recognize the reality, the burden of the patrol camp cannot be shaken off, but when it is really a last resort, we will directly allow the Japanese army to enter the concession!" ”

"Allowing the Japanese army to enter the concession is to quench your thirst." Johnson said.

Jonathan said angrily: "Johnson, do you have a better way?" ”

Johnson was immediately silent, and God testified that there was no better way for him to do so.

It's just that, unlike when he came, Johnson at this time suddenly hoped that the patrol battalion could win the second Battle of Songhu, because if the patrol battalion won, the Concession Ministry of Industry and Bureau would be able to exist, and he, the police commissioner, would exist, but if the Japanese army won, if the Japanese army entered the concession, he, the police commissioner, would be the end.

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Although Johnson was British, he hoped that the patrol battalion, or the Songhu Military Division, could win the Second Battle of Songhu, and Bai Chongxi was obviously Chinese, but he did not want the patrol battalion to win the Second Battle of Songhu, or in other words, Bai Chongxi was not optimistic that the Songhu Military Subdistrict could win this battle.

In the war room of the National Army Headquarters, General Bai was talking.

"The Second Battle of Songhu? What a big breath, a regiment-level formation, a total of only a few thousand people, even dare to unashamedly declare that it is a battle! I'm not afraid of the wind flashing my tongue! What's even more ridiculous is that if you don't honestly defend the city, you actually divide your troops to attack from all sides and expand your territory, which is simply looking for death! ”

"A big city is not a ravine!"

"The bigger the territory in the ravine, the stronger the strength!"

"Big cities are not like this, the bigger the territory of the big city, the greater the defensive pressure, as far as Xu Rui's men and horses, it is still reluctant to hold the concession, and now he still has to divide troops to guard Shanghai and the surrounding Songjiang, Qingpu, Baoshan, and Jiashan counties, it is simply beyond his strength, and it is purely looking for death."

"I dare to assert that Xu Rui will be defeated this time!"

A senior staff officer whispered: "The last time I faced the Ninth Division, Jian Gong seemed to have said that Xu Rui would be defeated. ”

"The previous time is the previous time." Bai Chongxi's old face flushed slightly, and he immediately said firmly, "But this time it is different from the past, this time little Japan is really moving, the 20th Division transferred from North Korea is by no means comparable to the 9th Division, from the perspective of strength, the 9th Division is not even as good as a mixed brigade, but the 20th Division is a complete permanent division, and has participated in the Battle of Xinkou and the Battle of Taiyuan, and its combat power is almost ten times that of the Ninth Division that was completely annihilated before. ”

After a slight pause, Bai Chongxi said again: "What's more, even in the previous battle of the total annihilation of the Ninth Division, Xu Rui only won by conspiracy and trickery, if he hadn't rebelled against the spies of the Broadway Building in advance, and with the help of the hands of the Broadway Building, the Ninth Division would have been wiped out so quickly?" ”

"If it weren't for this, Xu Rui wouldn't have won the battle of encircling and annihilating the Ninth Division."

"However, now, Xu Rui's ambush has been exposed, and Little Japan must be on guard, so I dare to assert that Xu Rui will lose in this battle of Shanghai! He didn't even have a chance! ”

Due to the lack of intelligence support, the National Army Command could only vaguely guess the previous battle of encircling and annihilating the Ninth Division, but Bai Chongxi still had some ability and guessed roughly correctly.

Bai Chongxi was talking eloquently there, but Chairman Jiang just looked at him with a faint gaze.

Bai Chongxi predicted the outcome of the battle in Shanghai several times, but he was slapped in the face, so Chairman Jiang didn't believe him very much.

This liar, every time he swears, Xu Rui is about to be defeated and killed, but in two days, the battle situation will have diametrically opposite results, if it weren't for the huge difference in status between Xu Rui and Bai Chongxi, Chairman Jiang even doubted that Bai Chongxi was specially sent by Xu Rui to fool him.