Chapter Ninety-Six

The waiter just now came back and said respectfully to Chen Jingtang: "Manager, the box is vacant." You and your guests are ready to eat. ”

Chen Jingtang nodded and let the waiter go about his own business, he turned to Zhao Heng and the others who were sitting in the Hou hall room, "Everyone come with me." ”

Photon, who was already hungry and had no strength, suddenly jumped three feet high when he heard that there was something delicious, and said to Zhao Heng funny: "Okay, it's time to eat a big meal, uncle must not care if he is so rich." ”

Zhao Heng heard the title of uncle again, and the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, thinking to himself, little girl, why do you still call me like this, forget it, find a time to teach you how to respect the elders who are a little older than yourself, so he had to smile: "Hehe." ”

During the banquet, the little girl who is known as the king of big stomachs does not know how much food she eats, and she does not see any change in her belly, when everyone is full of food and drink, this girl is still hungry, and the busy waiter who serves the dishes is sweating profusely and keeps serving. The waiter who served the food was very curious about how this little girl could eat so much, and I heard that she was still a relative of Manager Chen. They are all shaking their heads, it's a pity that such a beautiful little girl is actually a foodie by nature, and if she wants to marry someone in the future, the in-laws dare to ask for it.

After branching out the women, Zhao Heng and Chen Jingtang talked about the arms business just now in the presidential suite on the sixth floor. The clone who followed Zhao Heng stood at the door like a door god, murderously, so that every resident of the building who passed by hurried by in fear.

In the room, after learning that Long Bazun was an arms dealer from the beginning, Chen Jingtang seemed too enthusiastic: "Little brother Zhao, you can take out your goods now, I have a good choice." ”

Zhao Heng was very clear about what this person was thinking, he could be sure that this person must be buying arms and materials for a certain force, otherwise why would he be so enthusiastic, so Long Bazun said: "Hehe, Uncle Chen, you call me a little bit of a little old brother, you are my elder in terms of seniority." ”

Chen Jingtang just said Mr. Zhao's last to the last to the present by his name, which shows how this psychological abacus played: "Then I'm not welcome, I'll call you a virtuous nephew." I don't know what good things you sell, can you show me a list of goods. ”

When Zhao Heng heard this, he took out the colorful product catalog list in his jacket pocket and handed it to Chen Jingtang and said, "Okay, I'll give it to you now." Uncle Chen, you see that this is a sample list of goods, there is everything on it, you just don't take it for outsiders to see. ”

Chen Jingtang pointed to one of the items with the detailed description and price list of a certain type of battleship written on it and said to Long Bazun: "Virtuous nephew, how come you have in addition to these ordinary weapons and equipment here, there are also large arms such as battleships, you won't take them out to bluff people." ”

Zhao Heng explained: "I won't tell you, the things on this are genuine, and what you just said about the battleship is also true, but the delivery time will not be delivered until one year later." ”

Chen Jingtang thought for a moment before saying to Zhao Heng: "Can the virtuous nephew know about the Nineteenth Route Army now stationed in Shanghai?" ”

Zhao Heng motioned to Chen Jingtang to continue: "I would like to hear the details in the next ear." ”

Chen Jingtang opened his own chatterbox and said: "Alas, since Chairman Jiang Zhicheng of the Nanbeiyang government in Nanjing began to reorganize the troops and build his own lineage, it didn't take long for him to start suppressing other factions. This 19th Route Army thought that it was originally from the famous Iron Fourth Army of the Northern Expedition, but it is a pity that it is now sent to Shanghai by this chairman, and our chairman can be described as well-intentioned. Unexpectedly, on January 18, there was an incident of the Japanese monk Amazaki Keisheng, which the Japanese side accused of being committed by the factory pickets, and 50 members of the Overseas Japanese Youth Comrades Association set fire to the Sanyou Industrial Society, and after returning to the concession, they hacked to death and injured three Chinese patrols from the Ministry of Industry Bureau. On the same day, 1,200 Japanese expatriates gathered at the Japanese Resident Group on Wenjianshi Road (Tanggu Road) and marched along the North Sichuan Road to the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters at the northern end of the road to demand that the Japanese Marines intervene. On the way, when they came to Qiujiang Road, they began to riot and attack Chinese shops.

In order to expand the matter, the Japanese Consul General in Shanghai, Murai, put forward four unreasonable and tough demands to Shanghai Mayor Wu Tiecheng on the 21st: 1. The Shanghai Mayor made a public apology for the incident; 2. Arrest and punish the perpetrators; 3. Make financial compensation to the victims; 4. Ban and dissolve all anti-Japanese organizations and groups in Shanghai, headed by the Anti-Japanese Salvation Association.

On the 22nd, Koichi Shiozawa, commander of the 1st Japanese Foreign Fleet in Shanghai, issued a threatening statement to step up preparations for war on the pretext of protecting overseas Chinese and to transfer troops from Japan to Shanghai. In addition to the warships that arrived in Shanghai one after another after the "18 September" incident, the Japanese Navy dispatched the cruiser "Oi" and the 15th Destroyer Group (including four destroyers) from Kure Harbor on 21 January to carry more than 450 men of the 1st Special Marine Brigade and a large amount of munitions, and arrived in Shanghai on 23 January. On the 24th, the special service ship "Notoro" anchored at Port Arthur also arrived in Shanghai. On the 28th, the 1st Mine Squadron (the flagship cruiser "Yubari" led the 22nd, 23rd, and 30th destroyers, with a total of 12 destroyers) from Japan, carrying more than 460 men of the 2nd Special Marine Corps to Shanghai. So far, the Japanese army has assembled 23 warships, more than 40 aircraft, more than 1,830 marines and 3,000 or 4,000 armed Japanese overseas Chinese in Shanghai, distributed in the Japanese concession and on the Huangpu River. On 24 January, the residence of the Japanese minister to China, Shigemitsu Aoi, was strangely burned down in Shanghai, and the Japanese side falsely claimed that we Chinese had done it. What is even more infuriating is that on the 27th, Japanese Consul General Murai Somatsu issued an ultimatum to the Shanghai authorities, giving a satisfactory reply by 6 p.m. on the 28th, otherwise necessary actions should be taken. At this juncture, there are waves of unsettled, wave after wave of occurrences, and this kind of thing can be imagined, Japan has long been premeditated, if the Japanese break out, the 19th Route Army, which bears the brunt of the attack, will be difficult to deal with with only more than 30,000 troops in its hands, and it will be fully armed, and Japan will advance by land, sea and air! Virtuous nephew, the old man is now sick and rushes to the doctor, you have to help me. ”

After Zhao Heng calmly analyzed the ins and outs, he asked Chen Jingtang a question: "I don't know what the relationship between Uncle Chen and the Nineteenth Route Army is?" ”

Chen Jingtang smiled and said: "Hehe, I won't tell you that Gao Lao Cai and I were both members of the Nanbeiyang Endeavor Association in the early years, and we were also close friends. ”

Zhao Heng knew what he meant when he heard this: "Since Uncle Chen, your old man said so, the little nephew should do his best to help the Nineteenth Route Army!" ”

Chen Jingtang was very happy: "Okay, with your promise, I will take you to meet the arms purchase contact of the 19th Route Army tonight." ”

Zhao Heng put another shock: "Then the little nephew will take the truck with Uncle Chen when we came to the contact place with the goods." ”

Chen Jingtang was surprised and delighted: "Ah, you really brought it." ”

Zhao Heng replied very calmly: "They are all transported outside the city by a special person." ”

Chen Jingtang said: "Okay... Okay, okay. ”

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