When Jonathan, the general director of the Ministry of Industry of the Concession, received the report, he was at the Chinachem Hotel to pick up the dust for Baron Steve, who had just arrived as the consul general in China, and it was said that this time he came to China, and he was also shouldering the latest national policy towards China and Japan, so Steve had just arrived in Shanghai, and Jonathan hurried over. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The dinner is a buffet where guests can talk freely.

Jonathan finally seized an opportunity, and was about to consult Steve about the British Empire's national policy towards China and Japan, when his beautiful female secretary suddenly hurried over.

Seeing this, Jonathan immediately frowned, because he had specially told the female secretary that if there was no important matter, he would try not to disturb him, but now, the female secretary suddenly broke in, presumably something big happened, but in the Shanghai Public Concession, apart from the Japanese, what big deal could there be?

Could it be that it was the Japanese garrison in Shanghai that provoked the incident?

Thinking of this, Jonathan felt that his head was extremely big, and the Japanese were becoming more and more arrogant.

Steve also found Jonathan's women's book and said with a smile: "Jonathan, it seems that you have something urgent to deal with, otherwise we will talk about it later?" ”

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency." Jonathan confessed to Steve, then led the female secretary to the side and asked with a dark face, "Jenna, is it the Japanese who are stirring up trouble again?" ”

"No, I always understand sir." Jenna, the female secretary, shook her head and said, "It's Paramount that has a serious law and order incident. ”

"A security incident?" Jonathan's head immediately floated three black lines, how serious can the security incident be? Isn't it enough to hand over such a trivial matter to the police department, is it still necessary for him, the chief director of the Ministry of Industry, to come out? At the moment, he said with a dark face, "Jenna, you are really getting more and more ignorant, if you don't want to do it, you can submit your resignation as soon as possible." ”

"Oh no, no, no, no, sir, it's not like that." Jenna shook her head again and again and said, "There was really an extremely serious public security incident, a gang of bandits killed Zhang Xiaolin, the boss of the Shanghai Youth Gang, in Paramount Gate, and also detained Mr. Fu Xiao'an, the honorary director of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, and what is more serious is that this gang of bandits even attacked the patrol who rushed to Paramount to maintain order, causing 16 British patrolmen to be injured, and Mr. Johnson, the police commissioner, asked the garrison to dispatch urgently. ”

"Oh?!" Jonathan's eyes widened instantly, and he cried out in a lost voice, "Request the garrison to be dispatched?!" ”

Jonathan couldn't imagine that just a bandit, the police patrol couldn't deal with it, and he actually had to work the garrison of the British Empire, what kind of bandit was this?

Jenna added, "Mr. Dong, Director Johnson is anxiously waiting for your reply. ”

"I see." Jonathan waved for Jenna to step back first, then walked over to Steve and said, "Your Excellency, I'm afraid I'll have to miss the company first." ”

Steve asked with concern, "Jonathan, what's wrong?" ”

Jonathan said with a wry smile: "There is a gang of bandits who attacked Paramount in the concession, killed Zhang Xiaolin, the boss of the Green Gang, and detained Fu Xiao'an, the honorary director of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, and more seriously, they also attacked our patrol, the nature of the incident is very bad, I have to rush to Paramount immediately to suppress it." ”

Although Johnson thought it was necessary to ask the garrison to come out, Jonathan didn't think it had come to this, so he didn't ask the garrison to come out of the sword.

Instead, Steve took the initiative to say, "Do you need me to contact the garrison?" ”

"Not yet." Jonathan shook his head and said, "I believe that with the strength of our patrol house, we can settle it." ”

"Okay." "If you need anything, you can always call the Chinachem Hotel, and I will stay at the Chinachem Hotel for the next two days." Speaking of this, Steve paused and continued, "I would also like to remind Mr. General Director that if the incident is related to the Japanese, it is better to bear with it." ”

Jonathan's expression was stunned when he heard this, and he said, "This has something to do with the empire's strategy towards Japan? ”

Steve nodded, "It's not all, but it could have been said." ”

Jonathan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Minister, I understand. ”

After saying that, Jonathan turned around and left, seeing Jonathan's figure go away, Steve said faintly: "Jonathan, in order to lead the scourge of the Axis alliance to the Soviet Union, the British Empire can only choose to forbear. ”

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Half an hour later, Jonathan hurried to Paramount Gate.

At this time, martial law had been imposed in the neighborhood where Paramount was located, and within 100 meters of Paramount there were foreigners patrolling with loaded guns, and in addition, barricades had been erected at the gate of Paramount Gate, and if two heavy machine guns were erected behind the barricades, the whole would be a military facility.

Seeing this, Jonathan's face immediately became gloomy.

Isn't it just a few bandits making trouble, as for such a big battle?

As soon as Jonathan's car stopped, Commissioner of Police Johnson hurriedly greeted him and opened the door politely.

Jonathan bent down and stepped out of the car, frowned and said, "Johnson, what's the matter with you, what are you doing with such a big battle?" ”

Johnson wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Chief Director, the few bandits inside are very accurate in marksmanship, and if they rush out, it will not be a joke, so it is better to be careful." ”

Jonathan's face became more and more gloomy, and he said, "You have so many people, and you can't deal with a few bandits?" ”

Johnson immediately looked bitter and said: "Chief director, as I just said, these bandits are very powerful, and their marksmanship is especially frighteningly accurate, and our people can't get in at all." ”

"A bunch of trash." Jonathan said coldly, "Have you figured out the identity of the bandits?" ”

Johnson nodded and said in a deep voice, "The identity of the bandit has been figured out." ”

"Who is it?" Jonathan gritted his teeth and said, "How dare you make trouble in the Public Concession? ”

Johnson said: "The leader is the nephew of Liang Hongzhi, the executive director of the Nanjing Restoration government, what is Liang Wuyi. ”

"Liang Hongzhi's nephew, Liang Wuyi?" Jonathan's head immediately floated three black lines, and he said in a cruel voice, "When did the Chinese actually dare to go wild to the borders of our British Empire?" After a pause, Jonathan continued, "You call the garrison headquarters immediately and ask them to bring in two mountain guns." ”

Johnson was overjoyed when he heard this, and he had long been looking forward to bringing in artillery from the military to bombard.

Although Paramount is a famous entertainment venue on the beach, once it is bombarded, it will be reduced to nothing, but Johnson will not care about this, anyway, Paramount is not the industry of their British merchants, and it has nothing to do with them if it is broken, in the eyes of their Westerners, the Chinese have always been inferior, right?

"Yesu!" Johnson snapped his feet and turned to call the garrison.

However, as soon as Johnson turned around, a patrol officer hurried over and reported: "Mr. Director, the head of the Japanese office in Nakamura, Nakamura Toshi, has asked to speak to you. ”

Johnson's right foot stopped there and looked back at Jonathan.

Jonathan frowned and said, "Nakamura-kun? What does this have to do with the Japanese? ”

Jonathan was most worried about this, but he didn't expect the Japanese to finally intervene.

Although he couldn't figure it out, Jonathan still remembered what Minister Steve had told him half an hour earlier, and it was not appropriate to overstimulate the Japanese at this time.

Jonathan came to the phone booth and took the call.

"Hello, I'm Jonathan." Jonathan said in English, "Mr. Nakamura, do you have any advice?" ”

"Hello General Director Jonathan, I'm Jun Nakamura, and I don't dare to be a teacher." Jun's faint voice came from the phone, "It's a little trivial, I'm afraid I need the cooperation of Mr. General Director, here's the thing, our Nakamura authorities have just learned that Mr. Liang Wuyi, the nephew of Liang Sang, the executive director of the Nanjing Restoration Government, seems to have a little conflict with the concession authorities......

"Oh, a little contradiction?" Jonathan interrupted Nakamura Jun and said loudly, "Mr. Nakamura, this is not a little contradiction, Liang Wuyi wantonly committed murder in a public place in the public concession, killed Zhang Xiaolin, a celebrity in Shanghai, and unjustifiably suppressed the honorary director of our Ministry of Industry Bureau, Mr. Fu Xiaoan, such an act has seriously violated the public security regulations of our concession, so he must accept the solemn punishment of our concession law." ”

Jun Nakamura on the other end of the phone also became tougher, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Jonathan, I don't intend to argue with you, but I want to tell you that the case of Liang Wuyi's murder of Zhang Xiaolin not only violated the law of the concession, but also violated the law of the Nanjing Restoration Government, because Zhang Xiaolin is also the president of the East Asia Peace Promotion Association, and you should understand that the Nanjing Restoration Government is protected by the Japanese Empire, so Liang Wuyi must accept the sanctions of the Empire." ”

After a pause, Nakamura Jun said undoubtedly: "One hour, I hope that Chief Director Jonathan can escort Liang Wuyi to the garbage bridge within an hour, if the time passes, the contemptible people can only take the imperial army into the concession to beg." After saying that, Nakamura Jun snapped and hung up the phone.

Jonathan hung up, his face so gloomy that he could almost scrape off a layer of frost.

Johnson leaned over and whispered, "Mr. General Director, do you still want to call the garrison?" ”

"No need." Jonathan gritted his teeth and said in an obstructive tone, "Immediately escort the bandits from Paramount to the garbage bridge." ”

"Oh?" Johnson was stunned for a moment, and then lost his voice and said, "Escort? Mr. Director, our people can't get in at all, and it is absolutely impossible to catch these bandits, how can we escort them to the garbage bridge? ”

"Idiot, are you a pig? Do you want me to teach you everything? Jonathan couldn't bear it anymore and roared loudly, "Don't you know that as long as the patrol around Paramount is removed, these bandits will not leave on their own?" Do you have to make me so clear? Do you want to see my jokes? You just want to see me laugh, don't you? ”

"Oh no, no, no, no, Mr. General Director, I didn't mean that."

"I don't care what you mean, quickly withdraw everyone, evacuate!"

"Yesou, everyone closes the team, close the team quickly!"