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Chapter 1422 is crooked

"A big river has wide waves, and the wind blows the fragrance of rice and flowers on both banks, and my family lives on the shore, and I am used to hearing the captain's horn and seeing the white sails on the boat. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThis is the beautiful motherland, where I grew up, this vast land, there are bright scenery everywhere; The girl is like a flower, and the young man has a big heart, and in order to open up the world, he awakens the sleeping mountain and changes the appearance of the river. This is the homeland of heroes, where I grew up, and in this ancient land, there is the power of youth everywhere; Good mountains, good waters, good places, all roads are wide, friends come and have good wine, if the jackal comes, it will be greeted with a shotgun. This is the powerful motherland, where I grew up, and in this warm land, there is peaceful sunshine everywhere! ”

The sound of beautiful music resounded over the Yangtze River Delta region through 126 loudspeakers along the Yangtze River, Hangzhou Bay, and Huangpu River, as well as on the periphery of the French, public, and Japanese concessions.

This is the title song of Han Yu's "Singing the Motherland" album launched at the beginning of this year, this album has a total of eleven songs, of which "Heroic Children" Although it is the theme song of the movie "Chinese Children", it has caused a wave of craze across the country, but it has never been included in Han Yu's album.

The other nine songs, lyrics and compositions are all arranged by An Yi, "Guerrilla Song", "White Birch Forest", "We are the Yellow River Taishan", "Forward" (the soul of the ***), "The Great Wall will never fall", "The glory of the soldiers", "Blood-stained demeanor", "Unity is strength" and an English song that can penetrate people's souls "My Heart is Eternal", and even several White Russian teachers who taught Han Yu's vocal music were also called "General An's Genius", after this matter was passed out by the White Russian teacher, An Yi became the standard image of the dream lover of the White Russian girl, there is a beautiful girl named Sharapova, and she also specially wrote a song "If you marry someone, you will marry someone like An Yi", which is all the rage among Belarusian girls.

These eleven songs composed by An Yi, there are chorus, lead singers, and soloists, after the perfect interpretation of Han Yu and the Art Troupe, they are popular, the first one is moving, once launched, it will be sung all over the country, and it has become a powerful weapon to stimulate people's patriotic enthusiasm and bravely resist the invaders.

Under the scorching sun, Minhang Town, Songjiang County, a three-story building made of reinforced concrete, here is the front headquarters of the 26th Army.

Early this morning, An Yi rushed to Jinshanwei with a large number of generals and colonels to inspect the civil engineering operations of the 26 th Army, which had succeeded Zhang Fakui's 10 th Group Army in the defense of the first line from Hangzhou Bay to Pudong, along the construction site of the coastal defense fortifications and fortress groups that were in full swing.

The 10th Group Army spent nearly a month to build defensive positions along the coast of Hangzhou Bay, which were abandoned, and within 500 meters of the coastline to the land, all the engineers of the Anjia Army laid out various types of powerful mines, including directional mines, napalm mines, anti-tank mines, etc., and then blocked the dense barbed wire, and built a trench, and then made of reinforced concrete fortifications and fortresses.

The artillery regiment of the 26th Army also numbered each piece of land in the coastal area, so that the artillerymen could memorize the location represented by the serial number, so that even in the dark night when they could not see their fingers, the artillery could carpet cover the front line.

Different from Zhang Fakui's mobilization of the whole people, when the position was built, 500,000 or 600,000 people crowded the coastline together, although it seemed to be a grand scale and an extraordinary momentum, but in fact, the fortifications built in this way could not withstand the bombardment of artillery at all, and it was also seriously irresponsible for the lives of the soldiers and soldiers.

At the beginning of this month, four of the five mechanized and chemical divisions formed by the base camp of the Anjia Army in Syria were again dispatched to the Beijing-Shanghai area, of which two divisions were used for the Songhu battlefield and were mainly responsible for the construction of fortresses, and the other two divisions were arranged in the Jiangbei and Jiangnan areas of the capital Nanjing, and the north of the Yangtze River was built along the line of Robinia Mountain, Dayi Mountain, Yingzui Mountain, Tingzi Mountain, and Ruhua Mountain, while Jiangnan was built with Shogunate Mountain, Red Mountain, Purple Mountain, Qinglong Mountain, Fangshan Mountain, and Niushou Mountain.

After the on-the-spot inspection by the construction experts of the Jiangnan Group, the fortifications and fortresses of the capital's defense circle, which the Nationalist Government spent a huge amount of money and spent three years to build, had serious problems in terms of quality, and the phenomenon of cutting corners was serious, and most of the fortresses could not withstand the bombardment of large-caliber heavy artillery at all, and it can be said that they were in vain. If it weren't for the threat of the Japanese invaders at this moment, it is estimated that An Yi, who saw that his design had been tampered with beyond recognition, would have arrested a large number of people and used extreme means such as public trials and serious executions to deter the gradually corrupt and degenerate officials.

This is not An Yi's whim, I don't know why, when the armies from all walks of life played a triumphant song, An Yi was worried about the defense of the capital Nanjing, so he turned a deaf ear to the cynicism of the members of the National Defense Conference, turned a blind eye, and went his own way, mobilized building materials, and carried out construction with great fanfare.

After inspecting the defense of the first line of Jinshanwei, An Yi drove to Fengxian County to observe the situation of the Japanese army in Pudong opposite Jinhuihe, and at noon, An Yi finally came to Minhang Town, surrounded by the generals and colonels of the 26th Army, and entered the headquarters to listen to the report on the battle situation.

Xia Jian and other generals took An Yi to the war room on the third floor, where the staff officers and guards quickly made tea and unfolded a large-scale map of Songhu that was homemade by An Jiajun's comprehensive aircraft reconnaissance and special forces' feedback and detailed to each house. Xia Jian came to the window facing south, pointed to the line of Hangzhou Bay on the other side of the Huangpu River, and said to An Yi, who was following him:

"The Japanese relied on the fire support of their ships. Yesterday afternoon, the Japanese troops in Pudong took advantage of the chaotic exchange of guards between our unit and General Zhang Fakui's headquarters, and sent about a wing of troops, supported by the artillery fire of the Hangzhou Bay Sea Fleet, along the coastline and across the Jinhui River, in an attempt to attack Jinshanwei from the flank and create conditions for its land to land.

"The Japanese army did not expect that our Fourth Regiment of the Second Artillery Corps had been urgently transferred to Tinglin, and under the strict protection of our air force, 80 150 heavy cannons were shelled down several rounds, and the Japanese suffered heavy casualties. After this painful lesson, I expect that this line will be quiet for a while. ”

"I read the battle report last night, and this battle was fought beautifully!" An Yi said with satisfaction: "Our superior artillery fire is specially designed for the characteristics of the Japanese army's combination of sea and land, and it is not surprising that this performance is not surprising. The most pressing task at present is to step up the construction of coastal and river defense fortresses.

"For the coastal defense fortress group on the first line of Hangzhou Bay, we chose to build the Zhuhang, Caojing, and Tuolin triangles that are three to five kilometers away from Jinshanwei, Hangzhou Bay, and Jinhui River. When the two fortresses of Yanghang and Jinshan are completed, Shanghai will be truly safe. ”

Deng Bin, deputy commander of the 26th Army, asked with some curiosity: "Commander, why do you say that the Japanese army did not dispatch their fighters to conduct a three-dimensional attack on land, sea and air?" Relying only on the assistance of surface naval guns, the power is inevitably somewhat insufficient, do they have any conspiracy? ”

"Maybe *** people are rat trappers!" An Yi told him what he had learned: "According to the continuous detection of our high-altitude reconnaissance planes, the number of Japanese fighters in Pudong has surged to 400, and the number is still increasing. The Japanese army bulldozed a lot of fertile land, repeatedly crushed it and sprinkled it with grass seeds, so that in less than a month, a natural lawn airfield was born.

"The Japanese army actually built more than 30 such airfields in Pudong in one go, and all of them were equipped with anti-aircraft firepower, obviously they were worried that our air force would make a desperate gamble and bomb their airfields. In order not to provoke us, the Japanese commander adopted a more restrained attitude to avoid the decisive battle from happening in advance. And we do not want the Japanese army to fight a decisive battle under the cover of anti-aircraft fire, with our tank and anti-aircraft artillery units in place one after another, our air defense force is no worse than the Japanese army, and then it will be up to who will break this balance.

"Lao Xia, Deng Bin, now the entire Pudong, has been built into a huge three-dimensional defensive fortress by the Japanese army, a large number of fortresses, permanent fortifications are being erected in a steady stream, and the Japanese army is obviously ready for long-term operations. And what about us? Before the coastal defense and Jiangphong fortresses are repaired, and before the Japanese army's extremely threatening heavy cannon troops are not used, we still have to wait and see calmly to avoid unnecessary attrition.

"After all, this is our own land to fight, and the Japanese army needs a steady stream of supplies from the country for replenishment, even if there are ships to use, but they always have to burn oil, right? You have to waste a lot of people on logistics, right? The longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to the Japanese army, and their national strength will be dragged down by this war sooner or later, and then it will be time for us to harvest! ”

Xia Jian and Deng Bin nodded with relief, and only then did they understand why An Yi did not mobilize fighters and bombed the Japanese army indiscriminately, because he didn't want to break the current peace. At present, the Syrian aircraft factory has begun to produce mosquito fighters and bombers equipped with radar antennas, with the continuous success of the A27 fighter test flight, presumably from mass production is not far away, Syria's fighter research and development and production, is on a high-speed track.

"Boss, I see, I know what to do next!" Xia Jian said with a smile: "Last night I was on the phone with Hutou, and the British salvage fleet and a salvage fleet were constantly operating in the main channel of the Yangtze River. At the beginning of this month, the Japanese army landed on Changxing Island with the British army, erected hoists, elevators and other mechanical equipment, and it is said that the salvage and cutting speed of the sunken ship is accelerating, and it is expected that the Yangtze River will be able to resume normal navigation in the next three to five months.

"Yesterday afternoon, the units of the 15 th Group Army, which were stationed in Dachang, Miaohang, Wusong, Baoshan, Shishilin, Chuansha, Luojing, Liuhe, Luhe, and other places, had already started one after another, following General Cixiu, commander of the group army who had been appointed by the Central Military Commission as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy in eastern Zhejiang, to fight in eastern Zhejiang. Boss, how did the British people who said dog days get mixed up with *** people? ”

"Without him, Interest!"

An Yi dropped his bookbag and smiled faintly: "The severance of the Yangtze River route is tantamount to a disaster for Britain, whose interests are mostly along the Yangtze River." Britain's investment in China in Shanghai alone amounted to $737.4 million, and loans to China amounted to $207.5 million, and the Nationalist Government had to pay an annual interest rate of 5 percent on these loans, and the severance of the Yangtze River route would at least reduce the income of the British by more than three-quarters.

"Since the last European war, Britain has repeatedly cut military spending, from 600 million pounds after the European war to 111 million pounds, after the economic crisis and the sharp depreciation of the pound, the British government not only did not increase its military budget spending, but even cut military spending again, down to the current pitiful 100 million and 3 million pounds, and this money will be used for the construction of ships, the maintenance and maintenance of fleets cruising in the world's oceans, the maintenance of the world's major naval bases, The salaries of officers and soldiers of the Navy and the Army, as well as the replacement of the Army's equipment, etc., almost made the British Navy and War Secretary submit his resignation under heavy pressure, which shows how embarrassed Britain's finances are.

"The British government is still counting on the profits it makes from China to make a few more shells for their huge navy, so that their land forces can shoot a few more rounds in their daily practice shooting, and the once glorious empire on which the sun never sets is now a thing of the past. Therefore, even if you know that *** people are dogs that can't be fed, but under the thirst for profits, you still have to drink to quench your thirst and choose to cooperate with *** people. ”

"Tsk, it turns out that the British are so pitiful!"

Major General Yang Lie, the chief of the operations division of the 26th Army, who was listening silently on the side, suddenly realized that he was clever and said: "I finally know now, why didn't the commander develop the navy, it turned out that it was a bottomless pit at all, but I couldn't fill it, why didn't the Americans and *** people be affected?" ”

"What nonsense?"

An Yi smiled and said, "It's not that I don't want to, it's that there are no conditions at all!" Besides, who said that it has no impact on *** and the United States, isn't it because they have no money and want to go to China's land to rob and make money? As for the Americans, it is an outlier, not only is the country huge and rich in resources, but there are no competitors in the entire American continent, so they can confidently and boldly develop their economy, so even if the number of their current fleet increases several times, the national strength can afford it! ”

At this time, Major General Li Yufu, director of the communications department, walked upstairs quickly and came to An Yi's side: "Commander, the Second Army has been transferred from Wuxi to Jiaxing, and Commander Ye Cheng asks about the next move!" ”

An Yi nodded, left the window, and came to the large map of Songhu hanging on the east wall, looked at it carefully for a while, and then said:

"Jiaxing is a railway transportation hub, and it is also one of the cities closest to Shanghai, which can easily mobilize the mechanized troops of the Second Army to rush to the aid of various battlefields in Songhu, so the main task of the Second Army at present is to seize the time to complete the hoarding of oil and combat materials, and to ensure the amount of oil used for at least one month.

"If the generals and colonels of the Second Army are bored, they can send special forces to follow the southbound army into southeast Zhejiang, timely feedback on the situation in the eastern Zhejiang Plain and the hilly areas in the southeast of Zhejiang, and study the dense areas of the water network and the mountainous and hilly areas, so that the mechanized troops of the Second Army can exert their due power and not become a fixed battery at the mercy of the Japanese army."

Xia Jian, who followed An Yi to the front of the map, widened his eyes when he heard it, and he was obviously moved: "Boss, such a good thing has to be counted in our 26th Army!" As you know, since the last time the Special Operations Command showed its face in a big way, the Japanese army has intensified its defenses, and the Special Operations Command has touched the Japanese Concession several times, but the gains have not been great, and then you see that the Japanese army is heavily defended, so you let each department leave a squadron to continue to harass the Japanese invaders in the Japanese Concession, and the rest are all returned to the original units. Our 26th Army Special Brigade has not received a task for half a month, and those boys have long been screaming, do you think they should also go to the south to play? In any case, since the Chinese and Japanese sides have strong barriers, it is very difficult to fish in troubled waters, so it is better to go to the south to hone their skills, so it is also good to find a way to improve the special operation and gain some experience in dealing with the enemy. ”

An Yi thought for a moment and nodded slightly: "This idea sounds good, since this is the case, then simply count the special brigade of the tiger head, the three of you work together, mainly observe and detect, measure and conceal your whereabouts, unless you find a big fish, do not directly engage the Japanese army." Remember, special forces are not infantry, and they must not be consumed on a frontal attack, understand? ”

"Yes!"

Xia Jian's eyebrows fluttered and saluted An Yi, turned around and left, and before snatching Li Yufu, he delivered good news to the tiger head.

In the Shanghai Public Concession, the City Hall Building, a *** cocktail party is underway.

U.S. Ambassador to China Jensen, French Ambassador Nazia, British Ambassador Greeson, French Consul General in Shanghai and General Director of the Board of Directors Mérieux, American Fan Keling, General Director of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, American Philip Feston, President of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, British Manager of Jardine's Foreign Company, Vice President of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, American Bo Liang, Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Industry, American Frank Brown, Member of the Ministry of Industry and American President of St. John's University in the Concession, British Maisie, Director of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, British Director of the Fire Department of the Ministry of Industry Pate, Director of the Ministry of Industry Bureau American Carnay, Victor Sassoon, director of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau of the United Kingdom, President of Sassoon & Co., Ltd., Lieutenant Colonel Faber, director of the French Capture Room, and famous journalists Powell, Kaplan, Dawit, and Furbick were invited to attend the reception.

The purpose of the reception was very simple, to discuss how to maintain the prosperity and stability of the concession and stimulate economic recovery under the current Sino-Japanese confrontation and the blockage of the Yangtze River waterway.

Chinese New Year's EveVictor Sassoon, the six-year-old president of Sassoon, was talking to several young and beautiful white women, and because of the high-pitched music heard from time to time in the loudspeakers outside the concession, Victor had to raise his voice several times in order to be heard by several beautiful women at the same time.

After going on like this for four or five minutes, Victor finally couldn't help it anymore and complained loudly:

"Oh my God, what do Chinese do, even if they want us to accept music, they don't have to play so loud every day, right? Listening to these music for one day is enjoyable, listening to it for two days feels good, listening to it for three days starts to feel irritable, and by the fourth day it is completely noisy! And we listened to it for half a month, even if it was to the Shanghai Municipal Government, there was no result, I really don't know when it will be the end of the year, it is almost a mental breakdown! ”

Hearing Victor's complaints, as a competitor of Sassoon & Co., the manager of Jardine's Co., Ltd., who is 34 years old in Chinese New Year's Eve, mocked:

"Victor, you failed air sergeant, enjoy such good music every day, and it is polite not to ask you for a fee, and you are still complaining here, 'A big river has wide waves, and the wind blows the fragrance of rice and flowers on both banks, my family lives on the shore, and I am used to hearing the captain's horn and seeing the white sails on the ship', what a wonderful artistic conception! You're such a vulgar, hopeless fellow, ladies, who don't deserve much attention for a person who has no musical cultivation or appreciation, or I'll have a drink with you."

Victor was furious: "Kai Ziwei, you bastard, others don't know your family history, don't I know?" I've at least proven myself on the battlefields of Europe, but what about you? I am really ashamed of your shamelessness by buying Chinese government officials and selling scrapped guns, and now you have shamelessly run for vice president of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau, and you have been fooled to get through! ”

Seeing Victor Sassoon exposing his old bottom, Kai Ziwei became angry: "Victor, I want to duel with you!" You can choose the location, and those who fail must leave Shanghai."

Seeing that the situation was not right, the British ambassador Xu Gesen came over, heard Kai Ziwei's words, and yelled at him: "Go? Where to go? The Yangtze River estuary has been *** for a month, and now the port of Shanghai has become a dead port, you still have the heart to fool around here! The British Empire and Jardine's are now facing an unprecedented crisis, you should think about how you can help our motherland, help our foreign companies, instead of punishing the courage of the horseman! ”

Xu Gesen is one of the directors of Jardine's foreign company, and when Kai Ziwei saw him angry, he suddenly lost his temper and left with a wine glass.

Seeing this, Victor Sassoon was secretly happy, and when he saw Xu Gesen's apologetic smile to himself, he took the initiative to ask:

"Sir, when will this damned war end? Since the beginning of the war, our Sassoon & Co. has lost nearly 30 million pounds, and if this war continues, I am afraid that the British Empire & Co. in Shanghai will face the fate of bankruptcy! ”

Xu Gesen did not dare to underestimate Victor Sassoon, a lame boy who took over the title of Indian baron from his father Edward Elias Sassoon, and from his uncle Jacob Elias Sassoon, he was a well-known capitalist in Shanghai.

Sassoon & Co. is one of the largest British-funded foreign firms in Shanghai, with a large amount of real estate, and when the Sassoon Building (now the Peace Hotel) was completed in 25 years, it was once known as the "first building in the Far East" because of the height of the building and the luxurious decoration inside and outside. Nowadays, the Quangong Building (now the Electronic Commercial Building), the Sassoon Cinema, the Oriental Hotel (now the Shanghai Workers' Cultural Palace), the Amway Building, the Hengshan Apartment, the Riverside Building, the Metropolis Building (the City Hotel), the Hamilton Building (now the Fuzhou Building), the Chinachem Apartment, the Greenwinna Apartment (now the South and North Towers of the Jin Jiang Hotel), etc., are all the properties of Sassoon & Co., which can be called the leader in Shanghai's real estate industry. However, it is precisely because of the large number of real estate owned by the company that after the outbreak of the Lugouqiao Incident, Shanghai's real estate has fallen from the high level at the beginning of the year to the current value of the company, which has caused Sassoon to suffer heavy losses.

"I'm afraid only God knows this question!"

Xu Gesen shrugged his shoulders and said very helplessly: "Originally, military observers and international current affairs observers agreed that China would be defeated and surrender if it could hold out for three more months, but judging from the current situation, it is *** not the first!" The Orientals will always be so elusive, and who knows if this appearance of favor for the Chinese government and military will be the beginning of another turning point?

"Baron Sassoon, if I were you, I would choose to sell the property in Shanghai as soon as possible, transfer it to the rest of the empire, and start building an economic empire again, instead of being trapped in a lonely city and waiting for your company to collapse like now! I am even worried that if a large-scale battle breaks out again on the Songhu front between China and Japan, Shanghai, the largest city in the Far East, will be ruthlessly destroyed by the flames of war!

"Yesterday there was a battle on the front line of Pudong and Hangzhou Bay, and you must have heard the terrible explosion with your own ears, when did China have such a large-caliber heavy cannon? And also concentrated nearly a hundred heavy cannon cannons for attack at one time, which completely subverted the opinion of all military observers!

"Think about it, even China has such a powerful army of heavy cannons, so how many similar artillery does *** have, who can imagine? According to the architectural pattern of the Shanghai Concession, as long as it is continuously bombarded by several heavy cannons of *** caliber, the buildings that can survive will not exceed half!

"In the past, we could rest assured that after all, there were a large number of Chinese in the concession, and the Chinese artillery would not do anything against the Japanese troops who had entered the public concession and the French concession, but after the continuous propaganda of the loudspeaker outside, one-third of the Chinese in the Shanghai concession were encouraged by propaganda and chose to leave Shanghai on their own initiative and settle in southwest China!" According to this trend, sooner or later there will be no Chinese in the concession, so is there any reason for the squadron to exercise restraint?

"Originally, before the Songhu war, we were worried that there would be a huge wave of refugees that would impact the security and stability of the concession, but with the support of the huge transportation capacity of the Jiangnan Group, there was no chaos as we expected, and the large-scale migration of hundreds of people, with the seamless cooperation of the army and the commercial group, unfolded in an orderly manner, I can't believe that this is what happened in poor and backward China!"

Victor Sassoon looked bitter: "Sir, with the aggressive momentum of *** in the past two years, I have long wanted to move the industry, but where can I move?" Hong Kong, now South China Group took advantage of the British-funded foreign firm to focus on the development of Shanghai, silently developed and grown, and now has shown a dominant trend, in the past two years, the industry has gradually moved to Hong Kong British-funded Jardine's foreign firms, upside down foreign firms, Swire foreign firms, etc., the rest of the cake is almost divided, where is Sassoon to find space for survival and growth?

"And Nanyang, there is the world's largest European group, this has both British and Chinese background of the industrial giant, across energy, medicine, mining, steel, agriculture, fishery and other economic fields, each field occupies an absolute dominant position, if Sassoon wants to establish a foothold in Nanyang, unless there is a colonial government to help! But judging by the contribution of the current European-style group to pay hundreds of millions of pounds in taxes to the empire every year, who would dare to make such a decision to kill the chicken and take the eggs? ”

Xu Gesen nodded, seeing Victor Sassoon's depressed face, he couldn't help but mention: "Baron, I don't know if you have considered Australia?" Since the beginning of 32, many American consortia have discovered a large number of high-quality silver, iron, copper and other resources, why didn't Mr. Sassoon try it? Due to the discovery of many mineral deposits, Australia has become the focus of the empire's attention, and a steady stream of money is being poured there! Presumably, there will be a big development in Australia in the future, and this is a good time for companies to step in! ”

"Australia?"

Victor Sassoon's eyes lit up: "That's a good idea!" Nowadays, the situation in the world is very tense, showing a picture of the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, the demand for copper, iron and other materials is increasing, if you can explore large iron ore, copper ore and even silver ore deposits, it is a good deal to make a steady profit! ”

Speaking of this, Victor Sassoon looked at Xu Gesen with some suspicion: "Sir, as far as I know, Sir holds 284% of the shares of Jardine's foreign company, why would he tell me such important news about this competitor?" ”

Xu Gesen looked serious: "Mr. Baron, I am first a British citizen, then the ambassador of the British Empire to China, and then a shareholder of Jardine's foreign company!" At all times, I will always think about the interests of the empire first, not about personal gains and losses! Do you know? What I'm worried about now is that the almost astronomical investment in Imperial Shanghai will be ruined!

"I'm not afraid to tell you honestly, due to the limited development space in Hong Kong, we at Jardine's have begun to invest heavily in sponsoring a man named Frank. A geologist in Holmes, he leads a team to explore for mineral deposits in Australia, which has now discovered a large gold mine east of Pass. Jardine's has invested in the purchase of thousands of kilometers of land from the Australian government, and is continuing to explore the area to achieve a big harvest! ”

"Gold mines?"

Victor Sassoon's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and he couldn't wait to rush to Australia immediately, set up a special exploration team, and then find such a large gold mine, so that Sassoon's loss in Shanghai would have a place to make up for it. However, he did not immediately express his position on this, but asked in a skeptical tone:

"This Frank. Holmes, is he a Sealand man looking around for investment? During the European War, this man was a major quartermaster in Ethiopia, and after the war, London formed the Oriental General Syndicate Company, and then because of the rumors he heard from Arab merchants during the war, he took the funds raised by the Oriental General Syndicate Company through the issuance of venture capital shares to look for oil in the Middle East.

"Holmes first went to the island of Bahrain, but the chief of Bahrain was not interested in oil – he didn't understand the value of oil, he needed fresh water. Holmes, a liar, deceived the world and dug hundreds of wells for several years in the name of digging wells to find water, and finally let him find an oil well with low production. The Bahraini chief did not think this was a good thing, and with a wave of his hand gave him the concession of Bahrain to find oil.

With this harvest, Holmes became more confident and continued to dig wells in Bahrain, but there was no more harvest anyway. In order to open up the situation, Holmster hired a well-known geologist, Professor Alphath of Switzerland, to conduct geological surveys in the Arab region. However, after two years of fieldwork, Professor Alphath concluded that the geology of the Arabian Desert 'does not show any reliable prospect of oil extraction' and that oil exploration there is 'purely risky'. The contents of the report were quickly leaked, and no one in the London financial community was willing to give the Oriental General Syndicate additional loans, and by the twenty-eighth year, the Oriental Syndicate was in financial trouble.

"This Holmes did not give up, he went to Mumbai, India, to find me, and wanted to transfer the concession of Bahrain oil production in his hands to Sassoon, but I wisely refused, and he later went to London to carry out activities, and the Anglo-Polish oil company and the Shell group ignored him, and in desperation, this liar went to the United States again, hit a lot of nails, and finally in 29 years was funded by Sir Ou, the chairman of the Euclidean consortium, and returned to the Middle East to continue looking for oil, but he did it for another two years, without any gain, and then affected by the economic crisis, The Oriental Syndicate announced its collapse, and the Eurasian consortium that invested in it lost $5 million! And what the Euclidean consortium has obtained is nothing more than an oil-poor Oman's oil production concession! Did Jardine's ask this person to go to Australia to look for ore and discover gold? ”

"That's right!"

Xu Gesen nodded: "In people's lives, they will always make all kinds of mistakes, Frank. Although Holmes failed to explore for oil, but his determination to find mineral deposits to change his destiny did not change, after bankruptcy, he applied to enter the university of Professor Alphatt, and after two years of dedicated study of geology, he finally determined that the Middle East is unlikely to contain oil, at this time there happened to be the news that the American company Australia has discovered a large number of iron ore, after data comparison, Holmes decided that Australia should also have a large number of undiscovered large iron ore, copper ore and gold, silver and other mineral deposits, and then he wrote all the information by hand, Send it to major foreign banks to request investment.

"Our Board of Directors at Jardine's Board of Directors has funded his exploration activities after much discussion and the fact that our board members are concerned about the situation in China. Now it seems that the investment is worth it, the value of that gold mine alone is as high as hundreds of millions of dollars, and if we find a few more large deposits, we at Jardine's will consider closing our operations in Shanghai and Hong Kong and moving our headquarters to Melbourne, Australia. ”

Victor Sassoon was so keen that he had seen the information, but it was a huge, unforgivable mistake to put it in the fireplace because he was wary of the notorious financing swindler of the British financial world!

However, Victor Sassoon has decided to return to his headquarters in Mumbai, India, immediately after the reception, and convene a meeting of his confidants and thinkers to determine the next move. You know, Victor Sassoon still holds the Indian title of "Sassoon of Mumbai", so he has never thought of moving his headquarters from India to Shanghai.

As Xu Gesen and Victor Sassoon spoke, the women in the hall cheered together.

Victor frowned, not knowing what was going on, Xu Gesen's attendant had already approached his master's ear to tell the truth, Xu Gesen smiled and said to Victor:

"The song 'yhart' is about to be played in the loudspeaker outside, and those women love this song like crazy, and every time it is played, they will sing along with the beautiful music, which is said to be a fashionable activity for women in the Shanghai Concession in the past half month."

Before Xu Gesen's words fell, the melodious music with the sound of Scottish bagpipes slowly sounded, and after an exciting prelude, a beautiful female voice also came:

“rynightinydra，iyu,ifyu,thatihiknyugnyuarafinyhart，andyhartandn！”

In the entire town hall hall, all the white women sang to the sound of beautiful music coming from the loudspeakers outside the concession, and many white women on the street outside also stopped and listened carefully.

At this moment, with the words and songs that go deep into the bone marrow and stir people's hearts, the image of the Chinese is perfectly combined with this song, and everyone who understands music has added infinite goodwill to this country out of thin air, thinking that the country and nation that can compose such beautiful songs should not suffer so greatly!

That's the magic of music!