The atmosphere in the Shanghai concession and the naval berthing dock controlled by Lei Qiang was extremely tense.

Colonel Lehman's eyes were red, he had not slept for several days and nights, and the diplomatic side was negotiating, but the Chinese garrison and the people who were demonstrating outside the concession and the wharf were not missing at all, and the most important thing that made him vomit blood was that the Chinese garrison actually sent people to give food and drink to these people in order to consider the physical safety of the Chinese protesters.

This was a huge success, and many loafers joined the protests, making the scale even more unprecedented. You must know that Li Bufan built various new industrial zones in the inland areas, and almost semi-forcibly let a large number of ethnic capital move inward, which caused the prosperity of Shanghai to plummet, and many people lost their jobs.

Colonel Lehman hated this kind of connivance, but it was useless to protest, and the two dead-faced Chinese generals ignored him at all. He was so depressed and annoyed that he couldn't bear it any longer, and went into the lounge of the dock to rest for a while, but he couldn't sleep.

Suddenly, there was a sound of anger outside, and soon several warship commanders from other countries ran in and shouted: "Colonel, it's not good, the Chinese have increased their troops." ”

"Reinforcements?" Colonel Lehman was inexplicable, knowing that the Chinese garrison in Shanghai was a division, enough to kill their men and horses and the garrison of the concession, especially with the assistance of the fortress, whether their navy could escape was a question.

However, in the face of the commanders of the navies of various countries, he, as the commander of the naval detachment of the British Empire, the world's maritime hegemon, still came out to watch. This look made him gasp, what did he see? The garrison in Shanghai, China, was evacuating the crowd, but then a number of tanks kicked up a cloud of dust to the periphery of the dock, and a large number of Chinese defense troops in camouflage uniforms quickly took over the cordon of the garrison.

Colonel Lehman's mind went blank when he boarded, and a chill rushed to the top door. You must know that the army and the garrison are two completely different concepts, although the training of the Chinese garrison is almost the same as the army, but the army is the army, and the army is used to fight wars.

Colonel Lehman could no longer sit still, and immediately led the naval commanders of various countries to the periphery of the cordon, asking to see Li Hu, commander of the garrison, and Li Quan, chief of the police, and shouted in some anger: "General, what is going on? Is your country really going to provoke a war? But even he felt a little embarrassed by these words.

Li Quan said lightly: "How could it be? We are all members of the Entente, allies. I would like to remind the Colonel that this is how the military academies of your country teach Your Excellency to speak to your commander in this way? ”

Lehman was almost so angry that he vomited blood, but he would not be impulsive at this juncture, so he forcibly held back his anger and saluted: "Your Excellency, General, please forgive me for my impulsiveness just now." But now that your country has sent troops, and so many tanks are surrounding it, I would very much like to know what is the purpose? Is this how your country behaves towards its allies? ”

Li Hu said: "I'll answer this question." Colonel, due to the increasing number of people marching and protesting in various places, our garrison force is no longer enough to ensure the control of the situation, and in order to ensure the safety of our allies, the Ministry of Defense issued an order to mobilize troops to protect the security of the concession. In addition, I don't understand very much, since China, Britain and France are allies, why do you still seize our territory and trample on our sovereignty and dignity? ”

Lehman almost went crazy and shouted, "General, this is a matter of history, I'm just a little colonel." I now ask to see the commander of the army, and I protest, you can't do that! In the end, he almost shouted, to put it bluntly, he didn't believe that the garrison could not maintain law and order, you must know that it was a whole division.

Li Hu said lightly: "Of course I can meet your requirements." But I advise you, it's better not to see it. ”

Lehman said angrily, "Why? His troops are now surrounding us, shouldn't I see him? ”

Li Hu said: "You should see it, but you will definitely regret it if you see it." ”

"Regrets?" Lehman's face turned blue with anger and exclaimed, "I will never regret it. I'm ready, even if it's going to be a fight, I'm going to do it. As he spoke, he came to a British sailor, took off his military kettle, and poured himself two sips of water. He's moistening his throat for the sake of a fight. Li Hu said: "I meet your requirements. But Li Quan said on the side: "I remember the commander of the Third Division, and his whole family seems to have died at the hands of the British." "Poof" Lehman squirted out a mouthful of water on the spot, and the person choked and coughed again and again, and his heart was cold and cold, from the top of his head to the soles of his feet. The division commander who came to surround them actually had a blood feud with the British? If there is some kind of conflict here, then they will not be killed by the other party's personal vendetta? But what does the Chinese Ministry of Defense mean by this? China has more than 100 divisions, why did it send such a division?

The faces of the naval commanders of the other countries behind were green, and the Dutch lieutenant colonel shouted on the spot: "Damn, the Chinese are simply preparing for war, and the troops of my two divisions in Shandong were destroyed by the other side in the blink of an eye." I'm quitting, I'm leaving this hellish place. ”

Someone next to him shouted: "Lieutenant colonel, we have already agreed that we will advance and retreat together." ”

The Dutch lieutenant colonel cursed: "Bullshit, we in the Netherlands have no interest in China, can we afford to clash with a country with more troops than our total population?" What a hell of a life. To hell with those politicians. "Scolding all the way, turning around and leaving.

Lehman and the naval commanders of several other countries were silent, watching the Dutch lieutenant commander quickly get on board and beckon the sailors to sail out to sea with the two broken warships belonging to the Netherlands. But no one despised them, knowing that they lived in an encirclement of tens of thousands of troops, and with a 16-inch cannon aimed at them, they could hold up under the nose of death for so long, who was qualified to laugh at them?

"Colonel, do you still want to see you?" Li Hu's voice came not salty or light.

Colonel Lehman was speechless, he found that the two rigid dead faces of Li Hu and Li Quan were the most hateful faces he had ever seen, and he swore that if he could, he really would never want to see this hateful face

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing, China, is as noisy as a vegetable market.

China's Ministry of National Defense has been dispatching more than a dozen divisions from the Chinese side to surround the concessions of various countries, from Beijing and Tianjin in the north to Guangzhou in the south, from Shanghai at the mouth of the Yangtze River to Yucheng in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The consuls of the various concessions and the military attaches of the garrisons frantically reported to the embassies and the country, and the feeling of fear was like being attacked and burned in the next second.

As a result, the embassies of various countries, which had just established diplomatic relations with China and had become anxious about China's abrogation of the unequal treaties, rushed to the Chinese Foreign Ministry in a swarm of "extremely excited" tones to express their indignation and strong protest.

"'Protection', we are here to protect the lives and property of overseas Chinese in the concessions of various countries, and we can't let our allies be harmed." Tang Shaoyi responded very seriously.

Ambassadors such as Smith, Hollande, and Conger are extremely hateful in the face of China's official diplomatic rhetoric. In addition to the garrison troops, does a small concession actually have to send an integrated division to surround and protect it? China hasn't worked so hard to protect the presidential palace, has it? This is complete nonsense, talking nonsense with your eyes open.

Smith said angrily: "Is this 'protection'? However, the information we have received from the various concessions is that almost all of their relatives were killed in the 'Gengzi Incident'. I think you[***] are arranging a chance for them to take revenge! "Although the concession was surrounded by garrisons before, they still thought that there was an old and powerful country, and the other party did not dare to do it. But now that the commander of the army surrounding them has a blood feud with them, who can remain calm?

Tang Shaoyi said: "I'm sorry, my country implements a system of separation of military and government, and the military's behavior has nothing to do with us. The determination of our President and the Foreign Ministry is to hope for a peaceful resolution of some of the historical issues between our allies. ”

Smith, Hollande and Conger were so angry that they almost scolded, who didn't know that Duan Qirui's old Beiyang faction wanted to solve the problem peacefully? It is precisely because of this that they negotiated with the Chinese side in the embassy to apply toothpaste and ask for other benefits. However, everyone knows that the military of the Shaozhuang faction headed by Li Bufan are all extremely tough on the outside world, and they all advocate a tooth for a tooth for a tooth, and they even shout in the army -- "We have lost our sovereign interests in the enemy's artillery, so we will use the artillery to take it back." Listening to these words, you will know what kind of attitude the Chinese side has, they have seen Li Bufan's toughness, and no one is willing to talk to such a military strongman, it is absolutely self-inflicted.

Conger looked at Smith and the others, who were so angry that they couldn't speak, and had to speak: "Your Excellency Minister Tang, we hope that your country's political axe can restrain the military's behavior, and if there is a conflict, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Tang Shaoyi sighed "fakely" and said, "Do you think we don't want to?" We, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also hope that the credit for the abolition of unequal treaties will be given exclusively to us, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But the commander-in-chief is the founder of a new era in China, and no one can stop him from doing anything. He had always wanted to know how strong the fighting power of the Wehrmacht he had painstakingly built, but unfortunately he had been defeated too quickly. ”

"Smith, Hollande, and Conger have black lines, what the fuck are you talking about? What's the difference between a naked threat of war?

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