Chapter 1174: Blocking the Shipping Lane

"Yes, we will never give up on Shanghai for the second time!"

"This time, no matter what, I have to fight the devil!"

"I didn't enjoy playing in the Sixing Warehouse last time, but this time I can't finish the ball so hastily!"

Xie Yuan said lightly, and several commanders of the First Brigade immediately shouted, which shows that Xie Yuan is still very prestigious in the eyes of the officers and men of the First Brigade. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"It's like a human saying." Xu Rui nodded, and said, "It is said that the permanent division of the devils is powerful, not only well-equipped and well-trained, but also so strong that the bayonets are desperate, what do you say that the three little devils are in a T-shaped formation, which is enough to block the siege of nine Chinese soldiers, but so what?" After a pause, Xu Rui continued, "The 10th Division is a standing division, right?" The 6th Division is also a standing division, right? If you don't, let us perish! ”

Xie Yuan and several commanders of the 1st Brigade were awe-inspiring when they heard this, and they suddenly remembered that Xu Rui had successively inflicted heavy losses on the Devil's 10th Division and the 6th Division in Dameishan, and even captured a wing flag, which was something that hundreds of main elite divisions of the National Army had not been able to do, but Xu Rui had done it.

I am afraid that Xu Rui is the only one in China who is qualified to say such arrogant words.

Only Xie Yuan insisted: "Commander, I still say the same thing, the devil navy must not be underestimated, if we can't find an effective way to deal with the devil navy, we will definitely suffer a big loss in the end." ”

Wang Husheng couldn't help but ask: "Does the devil navy dare to shell the public concession?" ”

Wu Han also said: "Yes, when you were alone in the camp guarding the Sixing warehouse, because of the intervention of the public concession, didn't the devil navy dare to fire artillery, but only dared to invest in the infantry to attack, and in the end you were beaten to the ground, not to mention that you failed to take the Sixing warehouse for a week, and hundreds of people died." ”

"That's different." Xie Yuan shook his head and said, "At that time, there was only one battalion in our lone army battalion, and it was impossible to pose too much threat to the Japanese army in Shanghai, but now our Songhu military division is enough to pose a mortal threat to the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai, so when the little devil is forced to be in a hurry, it is completely possible to attack the concession." ”

"I totally believe that." Xu Rui said thoughtfully, "If the little devil is in a hurry, he dares to shell the warships of the British Royal Navy on the Yangtze River, and what is the point of attacking the public concession." ”

"So." Xie Yuan nodded and said, "The concession can't shelter us. ”

After a pause, Xie Yuan continued: "If we pin our hopes of resisting the Japanese army on the protection of the concession, then the final result can only be a tragedy. ”

Xu Rui said with a smile: "Of course, the concession can't shelter us, but we have never pinned our hopes to resist the devil on the shelter of the concession. ”

Xie Yuan sighed and said, "So, does the commander have a way to deal with the devil navy?" ”

Xu Rui smiled fiercely and said, "The little devil's navy is indeed very powerful, but it is not inexplicable!" ”

"But I don't know, what is the commander's plan?" Xie Yuan was immediately refreshed when he heard this, and the rest of the cadres attending the meeting were also in good spirits.

"You come with me." Xu Rui smiled, then got up and walked to the war room next door.

Xie Yuan and the cadres attending the meeting also got up one after another, followed Xu Rui into the war room, and then gathered next to the huge simulation sand table.

On the simulated sand table, the whole picture of Shanghai and the surrounding counties is a miniature version, and there is an anti-"7" shaped Huangpu River flowing from the suburbs of Shanghai.

Xu Rui pointed to the intersection of the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River, and said: "Come and see, this is Wusongkou, which is the only way for warships to enter the Huangpu River. ”

"At the beginning of the Battle of Songhu, the devil's navy did this, and the national army was defeated like this."

"The devil's air force is extremely threatening in field combat, but it can play a limited role in street fighting, because the little devil's light bombs can't blow up buildings at all, and although the heavy bombs are huge, the price is also extremely expensive, and little Japan is an island country with few resources, so there won't be too many heavy bombs."

"Therefore, in street battles in the city, you only need to consider the warships of the devils."

"The navigable capacity of the Huangpu River is only about 10,000 tons, which means that battleships of more than 20,000 tons will not be able to enter the Huangpu River, and at most they can only bombard the urban area from the sea off the coast of Wusong, but I believe that unless the devils don't want Shanghai anymore and decide to burn the jade with us, they will never do this."

"Therefore, only cruisers or destroyers with less than 10,000 tons can enter the Huangpu River."

"However, it is now the dry season, and the main channel of the Huangpu River that can pass through the cruiser is only 100 meters wide, and the narrowest point is even less than 50 meters, if we can blow up and sink one of the little devils' cruisers and block the narrowest part of the Huangpu River, then the devil's thousand-ton cruisers will not be able to enter the Huangpu River."

"The last remaining hundred-ton gunboats are nothing to worry about."

"We can't defeat the devil's navy, can't we keep them out of Wusongkou?"

After Xu Rui finished speaking, there was immediately silence in the war room, and everyone looked at each other.

Nothing else, because most of the military commanders attending the meeting were thundered by Xu Rui's whims, especially the former commander of the Lone Military Battalion, that is, the commander of the First Brigade, all looked at Xu Rui with idiotic eyes, grandma has legs, and said as if it was easy to blow up and sink the devil cruiser, and the devil is not your son, they will let you blow it up?

The commanders of the first brigade are no better, and they have not seen Xu Rui's strength.

Among all the people on the scene, only Wang Husheng and Leng Tiefeng were seriously considering Xu Rui's ideas.

After a long time, Xie Yuancai said: "What I am more curious about is what the commander plans to bomb? ”

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll figure it out." Xu Rui said in a deep voice, "I only ask you, if the little devil's thousand-ton cruiser can't enter the Huangpu River, do you have the confidence to hold downtown Shanghai?" ”

"That's sure to be fine!" Xie Yuan said categorically, "If the little devil's thousand-ton cruiser can't enter the Huangpu River, if you only need to face the devil's army and air force, there will definitely be no problem holding the downtown area of Shanghai!" However, we have insufficient troops, so we can only hold the western area of the concession, and I am afraid that we will not be able to hold the whole of Shanghai. ”

"Troops?" Xu Rui smiled and said, "Don't worry, we will have enough troops!" ”

Xie Yuandao: "Is the commander talking about those veterans of the National Army who are stranded in Shanghai?" With all due respect, we've tried everything we can think of, but they're still reluctant to come forward, so let's not expect too much from these veterans, lest we be disappointed. ”

Xu Rui waved his hand and said, "That's because you didn't use the right method." ”

"Really?" Xie Yuan said suddenly, "I want to ask for advice, what good way does the commander have?" ”

"You'll find out then." Xu Rui smiled, "But for now, don't talk about this for the time being." ”

After a pause, Xu Rui asked Wang Husheng again: "Old Wang, has all the arms of David's company been put into storage?" And the last batch of rice from the Sino-Italian steamship company, when will it arrive? ”

Wang Husheng hurriedly said: "All the arms of David's company have been put into the underground warehouse of the patrol camp, but there is some trouble on the side of the Zhongyi steamship company, and it may take more than ten days for the last batch of rice to arrive in Shanghai, and I don't know if it is still in time." ”

"Ten days, it should be no problem, the devil's seventh division and twentieth division complete the assembly, get on the ship, and then take the sea to Shanghai, how can it take half a month, so it should be in time." After a pause at this point, Xu Rui said again, "But you should call Yu Qiaqing when you go back, and ask them to hurry up as much as possible." ”

"Okay." Wang Husheng nodded and said, "I'll call the Yu Mansion when I turn around." ”

After a pause, Wang Husheng said again: "But Lao Xu, there is another matter, according to the news fed back by the informant, there are suddenly a lot of unknown suspicious elements near the warehouse of the Sixteenth Shop Wharf, which looks like the eyeliner of No. 76, I am a little worried that this will be the little devil has smelled something?" ”

"Is there such a thing?" Xu Rui frowned when he heard this.

In order to smoothly transport the three million stone rice back to Shanghai, in order to smoothly transport the weapons and ammunition purchased from the David Arms Trading Company back to Shanghai, Xu Rui really tried his best, such as weapons and ammunition, so many weapons and ammunition, once the devil hears the news, he will definitely try his best to stop it.

Therefore, Xu Rui spared no expense to let David hire five 10,000-ton cargo ships at one time, and directly transported 50,000 tons of arms back to Shanghai at one time.

The 16 Pu Pier is located in the central area of the concession, which is actually a cross-border operation.

But the British had hostages in the hands of the patrol camp, so they could only pretend not to know, after all, more than 600 mercenaries of the Gurkha Royal Infantry Battalion were still locked up in the patrol camp.

However, arms can be shipped back in one go, but rice is not.

Because Yu Qiaqing's Sino-Italian steamship company has limited capacity, there is no way to transport back three million stone of rice at one time, so it is difficult to catch the little devil by surprise like munitions, because even if the first batch of rice is successfully landed, the next few batches of rice will not even want to dock, and it is estimated that the devil's warship will be stopped before entering the Huangpu River.