"Wusongkou is blocked?" Steve frowned and said, "What's going on?" ”

Wilson said: "Didn't I say it just now, after attacking the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy last night, the patrol battalion rented more than a dozen tugboats from the 16 Pu Wharf, and towed more than a dozen ships that were damaged and lost power to Wusongkou and sank themselves. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"The waterway at Wusongkou is blocked?" Steve said, "Doesn't that mean it's unnavigable?" ”

"Yes." Wilson said with a wry smile, "I have reliable sources, I am afraid that ships of more than 1,000 tons will not be able to pass through Wusongkou, and ships of less than 1,000 tons will also need the guidance of patrol camps." ”

"Damn!" Jonathan said, "Doesn't that mean that Shanghai's trade will be greatly affected?" ”

As the chief director of the Shanghai Public Concession Bureau, and the de facto governor of the Shanghai Concession, Jonathan is of course most concerned about the prosperity of Shanghai, the blockage of the Wusongkou waterway will have a huge impact on Shanghai's trade, and the damage to trade will inevitably affect all levels of finance and other levels, and may even lead to the Great Depression in Shanghai.

"It's nothing, anyway, Shanghai's trade volume has shrunk sharply, even if Wusongkou can't navigate cargo ships of more than 1,000 tons, it doesn't matter." Wilson waved his hand and said, "It's just that in this way, your British Duke of Windsor and our American light cruiser Cincinnati will have to be trapped in Shanghai." ”

"The patrol camp has gone too far, and it must be protested." Steve said with a frown.

"The question is, can protests be useful?" Wilson said, "The patrol camp does not recognize the Chinese armed forces at all, but only says that they are the armed forces of the public concession, so legally speaking, the Nationalist government has no control over them at all." ”

"Whether it is useful or not, it must be protested to the national government." Steve said, "We have to make such a gesture to the Japanese, otherwise, the Japanese should say that we are secretly conniving at the patrol camp, and in ten days at most, the Japanese 7th and 20th Divisions will be in Shanghai, and at this time we must not give them an excuse to enter the public concession." ”

"Your Excellency, Baron." "Let's protest to the Nationalist government in Chongqing." ”

Steve nodded and instructed the secretary, "Draft the letter immediately." ”

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At the same time, in Chongqing.

Chairman Chiang was convening a meeting of several major staff members, and the topic of the meeting was the battle of Suizao.

The Battle of Suizao was launched more than half a month ago by Tsuhiko Dongjiu Gong, and its strategic goal was to expand the depth of defense around Wuhan and at the same time squeeze the living space of the Nationalist Army.

In terms of troops, the strength of the Nationalist army participating in the Battle of Suizao was almost ten times that of the Japanese army, and Chairman Chiang originally thought that the Battle of Suizao could not be won, or at least it could be a draw, but the cruel facts proved that this was just his wishful thinking, and almost as soon as the battle began, the Nationalist Army was defeated.

In fact, this situation is not surprising at all.

Because after successively experiencing the fiasco of large-scale battles such as the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Wuhan, the veterans of the National Army have long been exhausted.

Now, the combat effectiveness of the Nationalist Army has been drawn from that of the Japanese army.

In the Battle of Songhu, one of the most elite German armament divisions could draw with a Japanese wing in the suburbs of Shanghai, facing the Japanese Navy's large-caliber naval guns and the indiscriminate bombardment of the air force, but now, even in the rear, a division of the Nationalist Army could not even defeat a large group of the Japanese army, and it could be said that it was about to collapse at the touch of a button.

Now, Chairman Chiang is beginning to pay for his wrong decision.

In the face of such a difficult situation, the three henchmen are also at a loss, there is no way, now the national government only has a bad card left in its hand, no matter how much it can play, it is impossible to play flowers, and at the moment there may only be Xue Yue's first corps and Hu Zongnan's seventeenth corps barely okay, but due to lack of ammunition, it is also unable to help.

Chairman Chiang's mood was bad enough, and there were even worse things that made him worse.

As soon as the meeting was halfway through, Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, hurriedly walked in and said in his ear: "Commission, I have just received an urgent telegram from Wang Tianmu, and last night, the patrol battalion made a surprise attack on the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy on the Huangpu River and annihilated it in one fell swoop, and even the aircraft carrier Kaga anchored off the coast of Wusong was not spared. ”

"Niang Xipi, what did you say?" When Chairman Jiang heard this, Huo Ran raised his head and looked at Wang Shihe in disbelief.

Next to Chen Cheng, He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi, the three henchmen and staff, also turned their heads and looked over, looking at Chairman Jiang with very surprised eyes.

Of course, Chairman Chiang's Taishan collapsed without changing color, and it did not change the outcome of the war, and in the end, the Whampoa Student Army's Eastern Crusade was still lost, and if General Chen Geng had not braved the artillery fire to carry him out, China's modern history would have been directly rewritten, but even so, Chairman Chiang's calm efforts could still have been done.

Recently, however, Chairman Chiang's composure has been noticeably poor.

However, the reason why Chairman Jiang's calm kung fu deteriorated was also due to the fact that Xu Rui's demonic performance repeatedly broke through the limits of his imagination, and it was a breakthrough again and again.

You said that the patrol battalion took the command of the Japanese Ninth Division and captured the division commander of the Ninth Division, Yoshizumi Ryosuke, and that's it, to be honest, Chairman Jiang was also numb, he couldn't remember that this was the first few devil generals in Xu Rui's hands, but the patrol battalion actually wiped out the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, what the hell is this?

If he didn't have a bad memory, the patrol camp should be an army, right?

You said that your army didn't fight well on land, what did you do on the Huangpu River and Wusong off the coast?

Well, you can go as you go, but you fucking wiped out the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet! What is this called? In the Jiangyin naval battle of that year, the Nationalist Government put all the navy's belongings together, and only then sank the two gunboats of the little devil, you are good, you will completely annihilate the devil's third fleet without making a sound!

This is a real shame for a person!

And let the unpleasant chairman of the committee?!

After a long time, Chairman Chiang came back to his senses and waved his hand to Wang Shihe to tell the news to the three staff.

After listening to Wang Shihe's news that Wang Tianmu sent back from Shanghai, Chen Cheng, He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi were also stunned in an instant, they couldn't imagine at all, how did Xu Rui do this big thing? This is a fleet of little Japan, this is a fleet! And also captured a cruiser!

"Niang Xipi." Chairman Jiang paused with his crutches and said depressedly, "This is really a comparison of goods to throw, people have to die more than people, we have more than 100 divisions and 780,000 regular troops, but we have to fight little Japan tiredly, but people, a patrol battalion of less than 10,000 people, but they have won successive battles, and it is just the army division that has severely damaged the devils. ”

When the three confidants next to him heard this, they all lowered their heads in shame, Xu Rui's performance was so amazing, not only slapping Chairman Jiang in the face, but also slapping them in the face, after all, Chairman Jiang is not a front-line commander, but two of the three of them are also the commanders of the commander-in-chief of the theater.

With a light snort, Chairman Jiang suddenly said: "Shihe, you tell the Central News Agency and issue an announcement to ask them to electrify the patrol camp once on behalf of the national government." ”

In any case, it is a fact that the patrol battalion completely annihilated the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy, and this is an unprecedented victory, and after the news spreads, the whole country will certainly be excited, and even the military and civilian people with the rear will become highly motivated, which will be beneficial to the overall situation of the entire country's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, so the Nationalist Government must express something.

What to do under the table still has to be done, but on the desktop, the articles that should be done must be done, Wang Shihe promised and turned around.

Chairman Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the three confidants: "You say, next, should Xu Rui launch a campaign to encircle and annihilate the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army?" Originally, I didn't believe that Xu Rui could defeat the Japanese Ninth Division, let alone that he could recover Shanghai, but now, I am a little skeptical. ”

Chen Cheng heard that Chairman Jiang was not suspicious, but worried, worried that Xu Rui would really recover Shanghai.

If Xu Rui really recovers Shanghai, the consequences will undoubtedly be extremely serious, because the comparison between the two will show more and more the vigor of the Communist Party and the incompetence of the Kuomintang, you can't admit it, if the Communist Party is not vibrant, how can a figure like Xu Rui vote for the Communist Party?

At that moment, Chen Chengxin swore and said: "Commission, it is absolutely impossible for Xu Rui to recover Shanghai." ”

"I don't think it's possible." He Yingqin also said firmly, "I don't know how Xu Rui completely annihilated the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy, but one thing is certain, that is, Xu Rui definitely did not completely annihilate the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy through naval battles, that is to say, he used conspiracy and tricks!" ”

After a pause, He Yingqin continued: "But the encirclement and annihilation battle against the Japanese Ninth Division is a dignified street battle, and any tricks will not be useful, so I humbly assert that Xu Rui will never be able to defeat the Japanese Ninth Division, let alone recover Shanghai!" ”