"I figured it out, the Navy called from the Military Attaché's Office just now to inquire about this, and Vice Admiral Tanimoto Mataro, commander of the 1st Detachment Fleet, is now on the independent warship in the Huangpu River, and he learned from the independent people that the exchange of fire with the Honda brigade was the guard unit of the independent envoy mission, that is, the one we saw on the Bund..."

"The Guards of the Führer of the Independence State? Red Deer Noro!" Matsuoka, who has always been personable, rarely explodes and swears.

"These damn rebels have brought disaster to the Japanese Empire. If the relationship between Japan and Japan breaks down because of this incident, how can I have the face to go back to see Your Majesty! General Sawada, we can't let the situation continue to expand! You must send troops immediately, and you must personally lead the troops to exterminate these rebels!

In this way, we can win the trust of the Independents, and we can't hesitate, Sawada, this is your only chance now. Matsuoka slapped the report on the table, and for the first time, the Foreign Minister showed the momentum of a Minister of the Imperial Cabinet of Japan, completely suppressing the commander of the 13th Army, Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada.

"But first, we have to contact the special envoys of the independent country, and we must explain to them that this incident is not the original intention of the Empire, but an action initiated by some junior officers privately" Matsuoka couldn't help but shake his head bitterly as he said this.

"This is the second time this year, since the Meiji Restoration, it took decades for the Imperial Army to establish the image of a strong army in front of Westerners, but after the Morimoto Brigade and today's incident, it has now been shattered."

"I'm very sorry, Your Excellency. This is completely my lack of management of the army, and I will resign as commander after the incident. Sawada leaned over and bowed to Matsuoka in apology.

"Now is not the time to hold anyone responsible, once the incident expands, the empire will fall into an extremely passive situation, and maybe even Your Majesty... Even His Majesty may be implicated in this matter. If this happens, we will not be able to atone for such a crime even if we die. So Sawada, it's up to you now, you call the special mission immediately, and ask for the other party's understanding no matter what.

I will now go and draw up a report to Tokyo, and whatever the outcome will be, I must prepare the Cabinet and His Majesty. If this thing can't be good.... That's it..."Matsuoka stomped his feet and rushed out of the room without looking back.

"Where is Your Excellency the Special Envoy now?" What is the phone number? Does no one know here? You don't know your Excellency Kagesa? Sawada turned to ask the people who remained in the room.

"Give me two minutes." Kagesa stood up and walked over to Sawada, picked up the phone receiver on the table, and dialed the dial pad.

"Sugiyama, I'm Kagesa, do you know which hospital the German marshal was sent to? Then go check it out right away, give you a minute, I'll wait here. Kagesa turned his face to Sawada and made a gesture of waiting.

"Yoshi, good job, Sugiyama, what's the call? Okay, wait a minute. Three-two... Three-six-five? That's it, from now on, you have to be on the phone at all times, understand? That's all, goodbye. ”。 Kagesa hung up the phone and placed a note with the phone number written in front of the commander.

"Gutian, immediately go and assemble the troops, and order the 120th Wing to immediately be fully armed and march in the direction of the Bund."

"Will this cause misunderstanding in the concession?"

"You reminded me well, tell Futian Dazuo that before I arrive, not a single soldier is allowed to cross the Suzhou Creek, and those who violate the order will be dealt with by military law." Sawada nodded appreciatively at Staff Officer Furuta, and then picked up the telephone receiver in front of him.

At the same time, in the telecommunications room of the [Prince Eugen], Lieutenant General Tanimoto couldn't help but raise his eyebrows as he looked at the reply from the Military Attaché's Mansion.

"It has been confirmed, my judgment is not wrong, the command of the 13th Army has lost control of this force." Tanimoto spoke loudly to Feng in English. Hertz said.

"I already know about this situation, and the Japanese consul general in Shanghai personally called Colonel Davidson." Feng. Hertz handed the headset to the communications soldier sitting next to him.

"Now I have two pieces of good news for you, Your Excellency Tanimoto. Of course, this good news is for you, and I am not very happy personally, Colonel Davis has just rejected the request of the [Prince Eugen] for fire support, and I can understand his concerns, he is worried that I will ruin this beautiful landscape.

These army officers are always like this, thinking that we are all reckless men who can only bombard with thick pipes, which is too underestimating the capabilities of our navy, and I will write this into the report after the fact. "I can see that Feng. Colonel Hertz was really sorry.

In fact, he didn't have the idea of using those main guns, and turning the turret was only used as a means to show the attitude of the German side, and he was not an idiot, and the staff of the special mission lived in the building opposite the gun, and it would not benefit him to hurt any of them.

"That's great, von. Captain Hertz, what's the second piece of good news you mentioned earlier? Tanimoto was really overjoyed to hear that the ships of the German Navy would not intervene in the battle, and he asked happily.

"The second piece of good news is that Marshal Brünnberg's surgery is going well, he is out of danger and will be able to recover with a little more recuperation." Feng. Hertz replied, and the German sailors who heard the news had a happy smile on their faces. Brumberg usually doesn't have many shelves, and his popularity on the warship is very good.

"This is really good news, Your Excellency, I have been worried about the injury of His Excellency Marshal, and now I can finally rest easy." Tanimoto said with sincerity on his face.

"I thought about it, although I can't use warships, I can send a team of marines to the Bund to support the SS." Feng. Hertz then made a declaration that surprised Tanimoto.

The Japanese vice admiral finally held back a mouthful of blood, and the guy in front of him was a dangerous person at all, which was almost no different from the bastards on the shore. It's already a hot porridge over there, and you send another team of marines up to it, don't you dislike that the scene is not chaotic enough?

"That's not a good idea, Captain, and I beg you to retract your decision. This is a matter provoked by the Japanese army, so please leave the opportunity to solve the problem to our Japanese navy. "Gu Ben has finally regained some confidence at this moment, he has already made up his mind, no matter what, he can't let this independent naval colonel take action, otherwise the situation will definitely deviate in a direction that he definitely doesn't want to see.

"You Japanese Navy?" Feng. Hertz's face was full of questions.

"Yes, my fleet is docked nearby." Tanimoto replied with a nod.

At this time, the headquarters of the 1st Detachment Fleet had already mobilized the Shanghai Navy Special Marine Corps, which was now being led by the commander, Rear Admiral Takeda Moriji, and was heading towards the Bund at full speed. Unlike all the marines in the Japanese Navy, the Shanghai Navy Special Marine Corps is the only permanent Marine Corps, and since the end of the Songhu War of Resistance, its establishment has been fixed at 2,000 men. The Special Marine Corps was divided into two brigades, armed with forty artillery pieces of various calibers, Vickers armored vehicles, and also armed with a large number of MP18 submachine guns imported from Germany.

It was this special marine corps that provoked the August 13 War of Resistance, and at that time, with their ferocious firepower and tenacious will to fight, they managed to withstand the repeated siege of the two reorganized divisions of the national government.

However, the Marines are stationed on Jiangwan Road, and there is still some distance to reach the Bund, and judging from the current situation, it is obvious that far from quenching their thirst.

But Vice Admiral Tanimoto had other options, and he had the First Fleet in his hands. After the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet was reorganized into the First Fleet last year, most of the main combat ships were transferred back to the Combined Fleet, and now there is only one Eleventh Squadron left in the fleet.

Sentai Eleventh has nine combat ships under it, which may sound like a large warband, but if you listen to the name, you can understand the strength of this warband.

That's [Ataka], [Toba], [Hira], [Hozu], [Kata], [Seta], [Atami], [Fushimi], [Futami].... It's a bunch of offshore and river gunboats.

The largest gunboat, the Atakaku, had a tonnage of just over 800 tons, and the smallest gunboat, the Fushimi, had only 150 tons. Don't look at the small tonnage of these small boats, but on the Yangtze River, except for the British and American river gunboats, there is no armed force that can compete with them, and from Hankou to Shanghai, the Chinese fishermen and ordinary people along the coast can only watch the Japanese Navy's flag of the rising sun, flaunting its might and flutter on the Yangtze River.

In addition to this pile of small boats, Tanimoto also has a trump card in his hand, that is, the old armored cruiser [Izumo] that the Chinese military and civilians dreamed of sinking in the August 13 Anti-Japanese War.

The warship was not unscathed in that battle, and several near-misses and mine attacks caused some damage to her structure, and it was an old ship launched in 1898, older than most of the sailors who served on her. Since the end of the Battle of Songhu, this flagship has been moored on the north bank of the Huangpu River and has never moved its berth.

To deal with those armies who are walking alone, of course Tanimoto will not use [Izumo], otherwise how can he convince the Germans on [Prince Eugen].

What Tanimoto wanted to call on these ships was the naval sailors, although half of the ships in the fleet were stationed in Hankow, but the rest could make up at least five or six hundred soldiers for him.

The sailors of the Japanese Navy have received basic training in land warfare, and the purpose is that the fleet can form a marine corps at any time and place, and carry out landing combat missions independently without relying on the support of army units. Therefore, the warships of the Japanese Navy are equipped with a large number of rifles, machine guns and other light weapons, which are used by the sailors after they go ashore.

Because of the urgency of time, Tanimoto made up his mind and immediately implemented it, and he ordered several captains to return to their respective ships at once and gather their respective crews.

Vice Admiral Tanimoto Mataro is ready to personally lead these loyal naval officers and men, witnessed by his friends in the German Navy, to crusade against the rebels of the army.

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