In the past few days, there have been no more troublemakers on the streets of Shanghai, and thousands of people have been arrested at once in the patrol room of the French Concession, and the prisons are all full. The French police officer whose head was opened was even more energetic, guarding the cell every day with his head wrapped, and beating him to death when he saw something unpleasant, and he had several leather whips broken. The ordinary expatriates were released on bail after being beaten half to death, and the thugs who had injured people were handed over to the trial office in the concession for sentencing, and those ronins with katanas were not so cheap, especially the more than 20 people who were interrogated and found to be soldiers of the Yueben Navy. These soldiers of the Marine Corps were still stubborn at first, but when they fell into the hands of Huang Jinrong, what kind of tough guys have they not seen these underworld characters? There are ways for them to survive and not to die. Coupled with a Shanghai police chief Yang Bangzi who can make a dead man speak, he is behind his back, how can there be a mouth that can't be pried open? In less than two days, they all confessed.

Huang Jinrong's disciples and grandchildren fanned the flames everywhere in the concession, and Yu Qiaqing instructed the newspaper to write an article, saying that he had shot at the French concession, and that he had really made a victim, a Frenchman with a high nose and blue eyes, who was shot in the leg and lay in the hospital. The Chinese newspaper was still gone, and the foreign reporter was immediately furious, saying that he actually dared to attack the white man, and he was too bold, right?

You don't need to ask these things, you also know that it was Huang Jinrong = Yu Qiaqing and others who found a bitter plan for the three envoys.

Rumors always fly faster than birds, and at first it was rumored that a stray bullet flew into the French Concession and injured people, but later it became that the officers of the French Concession shot at the French Concession, and then it became that the Navy attacked all the concessions in Shanghai. All of a sudden, everyone in the concession was in danger, and the British, Americans, and French were eager to slaughter them all when they saw the people in the concession.

It was said that the soldiers killed people in the street, attacked French police officers, and shot at the concession! Is this worth it? The senior members of the foreign bank were shocked and annoyed, ran to the Ministry of Industry Bureau, and pointed at the directors in a thunderous rage and scolded them. The director of the Ministry of Industry went to the consulate of his country to slap the table and teach the consul another lesson.

The concession is a country within a country, and the Taipan is the king of the country, and the Taipan is collectively furious, where did the consul provoke it? The British, American, and French consuls sent telegrams to their ministers and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asking for instructions, and then they ran to the consulate together and scolded the consul general in Shanghai.

The political axes of France and the United States were relatively restrained, and they only lodged serious protests against the political axes. The British are not doing it, the British Empire has been rampant all over the world for hundreds of years, and he is polite if he doesn't beat others, although it is not a little less declining than it was back then, but it is not something that he can bully! Although there is a British alliance, that alliance is equivalent to a contract between the rich man and the tenant, and the rich man has not taken it seriously at any time! I said that I was a watchdog raised in the UK, and if the dog bit the owner, did I still have it?

How could the arrogant Anglo-Saxons tolerate their own shooting at the concession, and the British threatened to transfer three light cruisers of the Far Eastern Fleet from Singapore to Shanghai to strengthen Shanghai's defenses. The British envoy claimed that if he could not give a satisfactory account, the British Empire would deal with the crisis in Shanghai on its own. This purely diplomatic rhetoric sounds polite, but it is immediately clear to those who understand that this is an ultimatum, almost equivalent to the threat of war.

At this time, the British Empire was still the world's leading power, and during the Russo-Russian War, the Russian Baltic Fleet accidentally injured British fishermen in the North Sea, and the British political axe was furious and demanded that the Baltic Fleet be investigated by the British on the spot, otherwise war would be declared within a week.

Nicholas II, a person as strong as him, obediently did not dare to fart, in addition to taking money to pay indemnity, he also sent a few unlucky Russian artillerymen to the British for approval, and the prestige of the British Empire can be seen. The master of the seven seas, the three-hundred-year-old famous name is not used to scare children...... Even the United States, the world's largest economic power, has to look at the faces of the British to speak, and the only country that dares to argue with the British Empire is Germany, which is known as the number one land power.

He said that he was not afraid of Germany and France, the navies of these two countries were not strong enough, especially in the Far East, and their forces were quite weak. He said that he was not even afraid of the United States, and that the United States, lacking overseas colonies, wanted to complete ocean-going operations, and it was almost impossible to accomplish it without the help of a third country. Even if seafarers can go without eating or drinking, warships always have to add coal and water!

But Britain, that is an unimaginable powerful existence, said that the United Fleet to the British Imperial Navy is not enough to carry shoes, said that the British Naval University was built by the British hand in hand, even the bricks are imported from the British.

The great powers were furious, and now they themselves were much more peaceful, and the navy ordered all soldiers not to land, and the consulates apologized one consulate after another and promised to compensate for all losses; the expatriates who had been arrogant a few days ago now began to bow down when they saw people, but no one paid attention to them, whether they were Chinese or foreigners.

"Extra, extra! It is said that the Kwantung Army attacked Manchuria and occupied Mukden! ”

"Extraordinarily big news, extraordinarily big news, it is said that Ben occupied Fengtian, and Zhao Erxun, the governor of Fengtian, was killed!"

"The army occupies Fengtian City, and the Kwantung Army is attacking Liaoxi!"

"The latest report of the Mukden incident, the latest report!"

The news of the Mukden Incident spread to Xinminfu and other cities through radio waves, and then to various newspapers through cable telegraphs, and all the newspapers carried the astonishing news on the front pages.

Shanghai Tang, which had already been quiet, was once again noisy, with businessmen striking the city, workers striking and students striking classes, and angry Shanghai citizens throwing rotten eggs and stones at the museum. This is the case in Shanghai, Tianjin, Yanjing, and the whole country!

It is not only the Chinese who are angry, but there is also one person who is angry, he is the most famous Shinatong in the political circles of Yuben, who once served as the Minister of Education.

"Yaga!" Inuyang Yi kicked the coffee table away and roared, "Kuroda Saburo, what is he doing in Mukden?" ”

Toushan's face was pale, and he clenched his fists without saying a word.

Inu Yangyi threw the teacup, kicked over the table, and slapped the subordinates who came to report the news more than a dozen times.

Toushan shouted vigorously: "Inu-kun, that's enough!" ”

Inu Yangyi jumped like thunder and said: "Toushan-kun, do you know what the consequences of these fools in the Kwantung Army will be? The people of China will ask for help from the Westerners, Russia's power will expand to South Manchuria, the United States and Britain will demand the internationalization of the Manchurian question on the grounds of an open door, if the empire does not agree, then it will become the target of the great powers, if the empire compromises, then the plan to run South Manchuria, which began with Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi, will come to naught, and the Manchurian interests that the empire has sought by spending two billion yuan and hundreds of thousands of warriors will be wiped out! When the Three Kingdoms intervened to return Liao, the empire also received a ransom fee of 30 million taels of silver, and this time the empire will get nothing, except the corpses of soldiers and the taunts of the great powers! ”

Tou Shan pondered for a moment and said, "Inu-kun, are you overly sensitive?" The great powers of the Old World are tense, will they really turn their faces for Manchuria and the Empire? Let's not forget that the British also needed the Reich to help them contain the Germans, and the center of the world was in Europe, not in Manchuria??? Perhaps, this is a good opportunity for the Empire to expand its territory? ”

Inu Yangyi sneered: "Toushan-kun, you are thinking too much about things!" Even if the Great Powers do not interfere, our occupation of Manchuria will only arouse hatred among the Chinese people against the Empire! Once the flame of nationalism burns, how much blood will the empire need to extinguish the flame of 45,000,000 people? I've said a million times that when dealing with an elephant, drain its blood while it sleeps and let it die in a dream, instead of jumping up and biting it, that will revive the elephant! This elephant has already shown signs of awakening when it was full of revolutions, and now the actions of the Kwantung Army are once again stimulating the elephant! ”

Toushan Man was silent, they returned to China with Sun Wen, when the new army in the provinces rebelled against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, countless battles were fought extremely tragically, and even those delicate female middle school students dropped their pencils and raised their swords and rushed to the heavily defended Nanjing Yuhuatai.

How terrible will such a nation be once the national consciousness in its bones is awakened? Before the Meiji Restoration, wasn't it also muddy, and anyone could be bullied? Even the Qing Dynasty has a "place of residence" and enjoys privileges such as consular jurisdiction!

However, once the banner of nationalism was raised and the national consciousness was awakened, he made a move that shocked the world, and through thirty years of colonization and real estate, he defeated the Qing Dynasty and defeated Russia, abolished all unequal treaties, and became the hegemon of the East.

As for China, the territory is thirty times that of the capital, the population is six times, and the resources are not known how many times! What's even more terrifying is that the subject ethnic group of this country accounts for more than ninety percent, and it can almost be identified as a single ethnic state.

Once such a country is awakened to its national consciousness, the momentum of development will be incomparably curbed. It can't be done, and the European and American powers can't do it either. Countries such as Britain and the United States are the most realistic, and when they find it more advantageous to form an alliance with China, they will not hesitate to abandon their original ??? The consequences are almost unimaginable.

Inuyang Yi sighed and said: "I remembered the past when the British envoy Amsterd visited China and visited Napoleon when he returned to China via St. Helena. At that time, Amster was very angry at the arrogance of the Qing emperor, and threatened to use warships and cannons to educate the people of China. Napoleon warned him that once they woke up the sleeping lion with cannons, it would think about its mistakes, and then it would understand its own strength, and it would buy cannons from Paris, warships from Venice, artillerymen from Washington, military instructors from Berlin, it would learn how to use and manufacture these weapons, and then with more cannons and warships than you, it would pay you back in your way??? I used to think that Napoleon was wrong, because the British beat them, they were still sleeping, the French beat them, they didn't wake up, and when the Empire hit them, they were still sleeping??? However, by the time they overthrew the Manchus, there were already signs of awakening, and the stupidity of the Kwantung Army was likely to awaken this lion! ”

Toushan Man smiled bitterly: "You just said it was an elephant, and now you say that it is a lion, what is it?" ”

Inuyang Yi said hatefully: "Whether it is a lion or an elephant, as long as you wake up, it will be the beginning of the nightmare of the empire!" ”

Tou Shanman was shocked and said, "The prospect you said is too terrifying! It shouldn't be that bad, right? I think this lion is still far from waking up, and things have not yet developed irretrievably, so please send a telegram to Prime Minister Saionji and ask him to stop the Kwantung Army! ”

Inu Yangyi said bitterly: "I hope my mistake is also that the Prime Minister of Xiyuan Temple has the ability and courage." Saburo Kuroda, this bastard, what the hell did he do when he went to Manchuria? This incompetent fool! ”

Toushan sneered: "He is not incompetent or stupid, on the contrary, he is very smart??? Isn't it obvious that he has taken refuge in Youpeng in Shanxian County? After saying this, he slapped his face twice.

"My lord, what do you command?" Two sturdy warriors walked in from the outside, and said respectfully with their crossed hands.

Toyama said slowly: "Kill Kuroda Saburo for me, and then blow up Mitsui Trading's headquarters in Tokyo!" ”

"Hayi!" The two said in unison.

Inu Yangyi said in surprise: "Why are you doing this?" Is it to punish traitors? Saburo Kuroda is not a member of the Black Dragon Society, and you have no right to execute him according to the rules of the gang! ”

Toushan said flatly: "A person who has no position is not worthy of life." I don't need this kind of mercenary scum! There is no one to shelter the people I want to get rid of??? Even if there are friends in Yama County, you can't! ”

???? Dividing line ????

The thatch of the Manchurian autumn wind whirled, and a stack of pieces of paper flew into the sky, and several soldiers in grass-green camouflage uniforms chased after the paper with the fragrance of ink. On a large cart, two staff officers kept printing leaflets with a mimeographing machine. There was also an officer who was busy putting a paper clip on the back of the British pilot with a white cloth.

On the cloth were several Chinese characters: "I am a soldier of the Chinese Jianghuai Army, please help us!" ”

A red-nosed British pilot kept complaining in English: "Damn, why don't we bomb all those pesky people themselves?" ”

Another short British pilot nervously asked, "If I take this with me, will the Chinese help me?" ”

A staff officer with slender eyes comforted in fluent English: "Don't worry, the deputy commander has already arranged it, after you land, as long as you meet a Chinese, let him see the words behind you, they will help you!" ”

The red-nosed hippie smiled and said, "Can I bring a few bombs?" Five kilometers ahead, there is myself! ”

The slender-eyed staff officer said categorically: "No, there are still forty-five kilometers away from Mukden here, and any extra weight is not allowed." ”

The red nose scolded stupidly: "Damn it, I said it!" ”

"Alright, it's all printed!"

All the leaflets were loaded onto the two "Feng Ru III" reconnaissance planes, and the two British pilots carefully inspected important parts such as mailboxes and engines, and launched another time to carefully listen for any abnormalities in the sound. Feeling that everything was fine, the two of them put on fleece-lined flight jackets, put on flight caps, and climbed into the cockpit of the plane.

There was a loud roar, and the propeller blew the surrounding artemisia grass into a radial direction. Gradually, the plane moved, faster and faster, first the front wheels left the ground, and then the entire fuselage took off.

The two wooden biplanes flew higher and higher, gradually turning into two inconspicuous little black dots, gradually disappearing from people's sight.

The staff officer, who had been busy printing leaflets, wiped off the ink on his hand with dried artemisia grass, and he said with some doubts: "When did the deputy commander make an appointment with the people in Fengtian City?" Even if a few sentinels are arranged in the city, it is impossible for them to fall to the ground and the Chinese will save them? ”

When the Jianghuai army marched, it was also the forward, the rearguard, the left and right wings, and the two wings flew together. Hearing that Zhang Shuyang had already started a fight with Yue himself, Gu Mazi took the main force to take the first step, and the plane fell behind because it was relatively heavy. The troops who served as the defender used wireless telegraphy to contact the Fengtian newspaper hall and obtained the latest news, saying that there were not many people who had entered Fengtian City, and there had been people in the city who were resisting, and the specific people and how many people were ominous, but the obvious gunfire was gradually intensifying, and the number of people resisting should be more and more. As soon as several staff officers discussed, they planned to use airplanes to drop leaflets, telling them that the Jianghuai army in the city was about to rescue them, so that they would not give up resistance, and the second was to deter the army in the city. It's just that the strength of the Jianghuai army has been exaggerated from less than 2,000 to 10,000.

There is a fatal problem with using an airplane to sprinkle leaflets, the "Feng Ru San" is currently the highest and farthest plane in the world, but it is only 50 kilometers long, and it is 45 kilometers away from Fengtian City, which means that you can't come back after sprinkling leaflets!

There is no way back, and the foreign pilots must have tremors, but the British have a religious superstition about professional ethics, as mercenaries of the Jianghuai Army, it is impossible for them to refuse to carry out the mission, but at the same time they do not want to fall into the hands of themselves, so the matter is deadlocked.

Therefore, the staff officer with slender eyes came up with the idea of asking them to find a random place to land in the suburbs, and then ask the local people to help. Mukden is so big, even if the Yue army occupies Mukden, the surrounding suburbs must still be under the control of the Chinese.

Hearing the questions of his comrades-in-arms, the slender-eyed staff officer said disdainfully: "Don't say that, do they dare to go to Fengtian?" The guts of foreign devils are smaller than the nose of a needle. ”

The staff officer with a hand full of ink was stunned for a moment: "Are you coaxing them?" ”

"What if you don't coax them? Who told us that our pilots haven't been trained yet? I also learned to fly a plane for two days, but the level is not up to par, I am afraid that the plane will fall, otherwise it will be the turn of these two foreign devils? ”

"If the people of Mukden don't save them, what will they do? Not only were they killed, but the reputation of our Jianghuai Army was also ruined! ”

The slender-eyed staff officer said coldly: "I believe that as long as it is the one who fights me, the people of Fengtian will definitely help!" ”

(To be continued)