"Nong knows that the Japanese warships are parked outside the port, it's so scary, do you think they will shell the city of Shanghai?"

"I don't know, but I've secretly looked at it, and from a long distance I saw the big chimney with black smoke, and the thick barrel that couldn't be held, and as long as a shell came down, it wouldn't blow down a building."

"What do you say about this Jiangsu overseer Guo Yu and the Japanese, are the Japanese so easy to provoke, they want to die."

"However, since this Guo Overseer dares to provoke the Japanese, whether he can succeed or not, this courage is unmatched, but it has suffered us ordinary people."

The people of Shanghai were disturbed by the Japanese Second Fleet moored outside the dock, and many people gathered around to discuss this matter to see how far it could develop in the end, but most people were not optimistic about Guo Yu, after all, Guo Yu was just a local warlord, and the Japanese fleet that the Republic of China government did not dare to provoke How could he compete with a warlord.

Many of the Japanese expatriates in the Japanese area of the Public Concession suffered to some extent during the last search operation, and where did the Japanese, who were usually arrogant, suffer such insults, but now that their own country's fleet has arrived, the Japanese expatriates who have been walking with their heads bowed in the past few days have become arrogant again, and many people have taken the Japanese flag and ran to the Shanghai dock to cheer at the Japanese Second Fleet, provoking many locals to avoid these Japanese who are arrogant again.

"The Second Fleet is here, Guo Yu, I see how you die, I said that you despise the dignity of the Great Japanese Empire and will be punished the most severely, hahahaha." Although he had received a notice from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs that he was going to return to China to be dealt with when the new Shanghai consul who succeeded him arrived, but now that he learned of the arrival of the Second Fleet and knew that Guo Yu was going to be unlucky, Harada Takeshi still laughed happily, feeling that the sulk he was holding in his heart was about to vent out happily.

However, thinking that he was about to return to China and accept treatment, his originally beautiful life and future were ruined by Guo Yu, infinite hatred rose in his heart, and he longed for the Second Fleet to directly shell Shanghai, and the imperial army directly arrested Guo Yu, and he must go to the execution scene to watch the ceremony at that time.

Xu Shuzheng, the deputy commander of the army, was in Duan Qirui's office, and there was a cup of tea in front of the two of them, but at this time, the two had no intention of tasting it, and Duan Qirui was holding a telegram and thinking about it.

This telegram was brought by Xu Shuzheng to Duan Qirui to see, and Xu Shuzheng naturally read the content of it, he looked at the pensive Duan Qirui and said, "Commander, the Japanese fleet has arrived at Shanghai Port, this is to put pressure on Guo Yu, and it is also contempt for the government of our Republic of China. Xu Shuzheng was still a little indignant when he spoke, sometimes thinking about what Guo Yu did was really relieving, he should teach the Japanese a lesson, he really underestimated Guo Yu at the beginning.

Duan Qirui knew that his deputy chief was young and energetic, with high morale and strong ability, and it was really not easy to change his views on Guo Yu.

"Another Zheng, the Republic of China has been weak for a long time, and the domestic chaos is surviving, even if it is to subdue the overseers everywhere, it is not the time to compete with the powers, in fact, this Guo Yu's approach is a bit Meng Lang, do things to be optimistic before and after, if you can't endure for a while, there is no way, now the Japanese are retaliating against the door, I really don't know how many incidents will be born." Duan Qirui said in a deep voice.

"At the beginning, he Guo Yu spent money to buy officials, I really looked down on him, but I didn't expect him Guo Yu to be really a tough person, he dared to directly confront the Japanese, and he looked away, but now he is really sad at this level." Xu Shuzheng said with a sigh.

How could Xu Shuzheng not be able to see the current situation in the Republic of China, but he always felt that he could not vent his breath in his heart, the Republic of China was founded for a few years, and he was constantly oppressed and divided, the civil war was endless, the warlords were divided, the parties were numerous, and the internal friction was continuous, how could he still have the time and energy to compete with the great powers, and now he was bullied and came to the door, he could only sulk, as a soldier, he really felt uncomfortable in his chest. Sometimes he really envies that Guo Yu, no matter what happens afterwards, in the face of the provocation of the great powers, he attacks directly, what he does is what he does, and the consequences are said afterwards.

"If you look at how our government and the War Department react, do you just ignore this matter and let the Japanese warships run rampant, and if so, how do other countries view our Republic of China government, and how do the people view the Republic of China government?" Xu Shuzheng's words definitely didn't mean to protect Guo Yu, but he was still depressed in his chest.

"Japanese Minister Hayashi Quansuke has contacted the president and the government many times, and put forward a number of unreasonable demands, but now you know the domestic situation, and what ability to resist, I also want to stand up and refuse him directly, but now the government is short of money, the local government does not listen to orders, and the provincial overseers have more contact with the foreign powers, alas." In the end, Duan Qirui only had a sigh left.

Xu Shuzheng thought for a while and said, "The Japanese let our government express its position, in fact, they want to crush us mentally, isn't he Guo Yu occupying a province in Jiangsu, the strength of the military is obvious to all, and the Japanese also know these situations, I think it is better to issue a telegram and directly authorize Guo Yu and the Japanese to solve this matter by themselves, and the government can accept the final solution reached by the two sides, and kick this ball to Guo Yu, isn't he Guo Yu hard, let them collide with each other, and we are in a dilemma in the middle." ”

Duan Qirui didn't speak, stood up and walked to the window, looking through the light green windowpane, looking at the dead branches of a locust tree in the courtyard outside in a daze.

Shigenobu Otsu received a telegram from the commander of the Japanese Second Fleet, Rokuro Yashiro, knowing that the Second Fleet had arrived in Shanghai and was now awaiting further orders from the Empire outside the port of Shanghai.

Originally, according to the plan of the Great Chief, as soon as the Second Fleet appeared in Shanghai Port, the Republic of China government would panic, coupled with further pressure from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Republic of China government would obediently submit to its own request, and would naturally agree to its request.

However, this plan will take a little longer, after all, there is always a process to make a country soft, but now that there has been a bank vault robbery in the country, the big man who had been there for some time has suddenly become urgent, and yesterday the parliamentarians have submitted a motion of no confidence in the current cabinet to the parliament, and the big man knows that his time is running out.

After the bank robbery, he already knew that his political career had come to an end, but he didn't want to go away like this, even if he knew that the final result was to step down, but he still wanted to leave a political achievement for his political career at the last moment, that is, to force the government of the Republic of China to sign the "Sixteen Articles" to further expand the interests of the empire, so that he would not have to leave behind all the infamy after leaving.

After receiving the telegram from Shikuro Yashiro, he changed his original plan of slow persecution, and he wanted the government of the Republic of China to agree to his request, picked up the pen on the table, and wrote down his order, which was ready to be forwarded to the Admiralty and implemented.

This order consisted only a few sentences, "Bombard the city of Shanghai, force the government of the Republic of China to agree to the Sixteen Articles, seize all Guo Yu's assets in Jiangsu and transfer them to the empire, establish the Shanghai and Suzhou concession industrial zones, and further expand the industrial interests of the empire." ”

Guo Yu also didn't expect that his troubles in Japan and his behavior of robbing the vault of the Bank of Japan would make Da Yu Chongxin change his decision.

After two days of quiet mooring outside the port of Shanghai, the Second Fleet finally made a move, and Yashiro Rokuro received an order from the Admiralty to shell the city of Shanghai.

"Inform the Zhoufang, Iwami, and Tango, and the whole ship is ready to shell the coastline of Shanghai." Rokuro Yashiro gave his own orders.

After the order of the three 10,000-ton cruisers Street Yashiro Rokuro, the three battleships began to turn on the boilers, pressurize the boilers, and thick black smoke rose from the chimneys. The captain of the Iwami, Mimura Kinzaburo Osa, stood on the bridge, with a pair of binoculars around his neck, and his white gloves were spotless, looking at the other two ships that were preparing to set sail, and said to his chief of staff: "After staying here for two days, I finally have a task to do, but the order given by His Excellency the Commander is to shell the coast, which is really boring, I think I should teach the people of Shina a profound lesson and shoot a few shots in the city." ”

Chief of Staff Ishii Shokichi said with a smile: "Captain, Shanghai is an international metropolis, there are many British, French and Americans living in it, the empire will not allow us to shell the city of Shanghai, if there is any accidental injury and kills the Westerners, the empire will be very passive." ”

Nishizaburo Mimura nodded and said, "Of course I know that, but I just feel very boring." ”

"Actually, there are scattered dwellings along the coast of Shanghai, and it depends on whether our boys have that kind of head." ”

After saying that, the two of them looked at each other, and laughed.

The three warships began to sail away from Shanghai Port and moved along the coastline in different directions, and many people of the Republic of China on the dock saw the Japanese warships in motion, and many people ran to the heights to watch the excitement, wanting to see how the big guy of the 10,000-ton giant ship moved.

But people never expected that after several warships sailed not far from the port, the thick gun barrels on the battleships moved, and while people were still wondering, bursts of gunpowder smoke came out of the muzzles, and then people saw shells bombarding the coast, and the reefs of the coast were scattered, and some people saw that several ordinary shacks in civilian areas were hit by shells and blown to pieces. R1152