After receiving the telegram, Xiao Zhenlei immediately thought that this matter was probably caused by Zhu Erdian, and the purpose was to intimidate him and make him make concessions on the Surabaya incident. After all, the situation in Europe is already very tense, and the British authorities have no extra energy to focus on the Far East, so they let Japan draw closer to their alliance to contain Russia and the United States, but once Britain and China go to war, it will inevitably affect Britain's strategic deployment in Europe, and Russia and the United States will have reason to interfere in the affairs of the Far East, which is definitely not a result that Britain is willing to see.

Xiao Zhenlei has enough confidence to deal with the British, he expects that the British will not dare to do a big job, and can only use threats and intimidation, but is he afraid of this method? At the same time, he ordered Cai Wei, commander of the First Division of the Shanghai Army, to lead his troops to rush into the public concession to disarm the international merchant group, resolutely suppress it if there was resistance, and impose a complete occupation and martial law on the public concession.

Wusong Fort has a total of five forts, more than a dozen shore anti-aircraft guns, respectively in the east, west, south, north and Lion Forest, facing Wusongkou and the Jiajiang River, forming a tight defense system, if the cannon is fired at the same time, a warship will not be able to withstand it in any way.

At the same time, in view of the reason why the British warships took the lead in firing on the Chinese border, Xiao Zhenlei declared that he had ordered the First Division of the Shanghai Army to enter the public concession to carry out operations, and that all the responsibility for this was caused by the British warships opening up the Chinese border for no reason, and that the British army wanted to provoke a war, and that all the responsibility lay with the British authorities.

After the power was turned on, although it was late at night, the news immediately caused a huge sensation around the world, and the first to get the news was not the public concession, but from abroad. Most of the foreign citizens in the public concession did not know that the first division of the Shanghai Army had already entered the concession, and rushed into the garrison of the general international merchant group, and forcibly disarmed all the international merchant groups stationed in the garrison.

It wasn't until the First Division of the Shanghai Army took control of the entire public concession and the military camps of the countries within the public concession that the citizens of Shanghai Tang got the news, and the people in the concession woke up from their sleep. All the foreign officers and soldiers who resisted were brutally suppressed, and by the next morning, a total of seventy or eighty officers and soldiers had been shot.

Soon after Xiao Zhenlei's order, Wusong's five batteries simultaneously carried out a fierce counterattack on the British warship "Linnet", and the shells exploded on the warship and the surrounding river, and the warship "Linnet" was immediately hit hard, and the captain Keitel was so frightened that he immediately led the ship to retreat quickly, out of the range of the coastal defense battery, and after the detachment, he found that the warship was damaged and the casualties were extremely heavy, and Keitel no longer dared to let the warship enter the firing range to shoot at the battery. After all, the range of the guns of the coastal defense batteries is much longer than that of the naval guns, and the firepower and power are much greater, and the advantage of ships over the coastal defense batteries is that they can move at any time, while the coastal defense batteries cannot.

Many residents of the public concession did not find out that the outside world had changed until they went to work the next morning, and the streets were full of soldiers standing guard, and these soldiers were still soldiers of the new army.

After many years, finally a army of their own country entered the concession, and the citizens immediately ran to tell each other after inquiring about the cause and effect of the incident, and all the citizens knew the news in the shortest possible time, and the people spontaneously organized themselves to march on the streets, holding high banners, shouting slogans in solidarity with the Nanjing Provisional Government and in solidarity with Xiao Zhenlei.

The Ministry of Public Concession was taken over, and all the patrols on duty in the patrol room last night were all seized, as long as all the violent organs were occupied, but the army did not restrict the right of citizens including foreign citizens to travel, which made many people realize that this army is not barbaric, this is a civilized army with discipline and strong combat effectiveness.

The consulates of other countries are fine, only the British consulate is surrounded, including Zhu Erdian, Fa Leishi and others are all trapped inside, Zhu Erdian realized that he has made a big mistake, he should not use such extreme means to stimulate Xiao Zhenlei, now it's okay, the Chinese army rushed into the public concession, and then I want them to withdraw I am afraid of a thousand difficulties.

Fortunately, the Shanghai army that surrounded the British embassy in Shanghai soon received a new order, no longer restricting the freedom of the British inside, and retreated under the leadership of the officer, which made Zhu Erdian and others secretly relieved, but after they came out of the consulate, they found that the Chinese army had not evacuated the public concession, and the work of the Ministry of Industry Bureau and the patrol house were all paralyzed, but this work was now taken over by the Shanghai army, and the British warships on the river dared to act rashly because they did not receive orders from above.

The sudden change of this night made all the foreigners in Shanghai, especially the consuls of various countries, realize that the current China is no longer the Qing court of the past.

"Wilson, go buy a train ticket, we have to go to Nanjing to meet that Deputy Chief Xiao again, damn it, this time we messed up, I don't know how Xiao Zhenlei wants to end up, if he refuses to order the army to withdraw from the concession, then we are likely to lose control of the concession from now on, presumably London already knows about it, maybe what awaits us is a board!"

Zhu Erdian's worries made Wilson's feelings very low, but he still comforted Zhu Erdian: "Sir is not too worried, we can completely put the blame on the Chinese!" ”

Zhu Erdian was furious when he heard this: "Are you a pig? The Chinese had telegraphed to the outside world in advance before the action, and all countries had known about this for a long time, and it was impossible for us to shirk our responsibility! ”

Wilson was scolded, and his face suddenly turned red, but he quickly thought of another way, and hurriedly said: "Sir, we can put the blame on the sailors who fired the artillery, just say that they were drunk in advance, and only fired at the Chinese realm without an order, and then execute them in secret, creating the illusion that they committed suicide in fear of crime, only in this way can we get out, you just need to send a telegram to Lieutenant Colonel Keitel, I think he should know the severity of the matter, and will handle it properly!" ”

Zhu Erdian thought carefully about the method that Wilson said, and thought that this was the only good way for him to get out of this matter at present, and immediately said: "Okay, just do it, you go buy a train ticket immediately, and I will immediately send a telegram to Keitel and London respectively!" ”

"Yes, sir, I'll go!"

After Wilson left, Zhu Erdian immediately sent a telegram to Keitel, and after sending the telegram, he had not had time to report the matter to the London side, but Xiao Zhenlei sent a telegram to the whole world on behalf of the Nanjing Provisional Government before he reported to the London side, unilaterally stating: Since the British warships opened fire on the Chinese border for no reason, this is a violation of the sovereignty of the Republic of China, and the Provisional Government announced that from now on, it will dissolve the concession treaty with Britain in the public concession, and dissolve the Ministry of Industry and other administrative agencies of the public concession. The Provisional Government of the Republic of China will take over the administrative power of the Public Concession and garrison troops, announcing the resumption of the consular jurisdiction and judicial power of foreign countries in the Public Concession, and the foreign consulates will no longer enjoy judicial jurisdiction in the Public Concession, and both Chinese and foreign citizens will be under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China.

In fact, at this time, only Britain had troops stationed in the Public Concession, France only had troops in the French Concession, and other countries did not have troops in the Public Concession, so last night's military operation, in fact, only the British suffered losses and blows, and the consulates of other countries were safe, which is why Xiao Zhenlei dared to attack the Public Concession, only provoked the British family, and did not provoke the United States, Japan and other powers.

In fact, Xiao Zhenlei has been holding secret talks with the German side during this time, and last night, Xiao Zhenlei had reached an agreement with the German minister in Nanjing, Hillmann, overnight, and signed a secret cooperation agreement. Germany said that if Xiao Zhenlei had a military conflict or war with Britain in the Far East, Germany would definitely provide secret support, not only financially, but also in terms of weapons and ammunition, and the only requirement of the German side was that Xiao Zhenlei needed to sell ore to Germany, and as long as the price of the ore was reasonable, this was normal trade, not a traitorous act, and Xiao Zhenlei certainly couldn't ask for it.

In fact, Germany also has its own considerations for doing this, Germany wants to find a spokesman in the Far East, and now only Xiao Zhenlei is the most suitable, if Xiao Zhenlei can drag out the British in the Far East, then the British will inevitably spend more energy and resources in China, so that Germany will be much easier.

This morning, the German side also sent a telegram to openly rebuke Britain, saying that the British side had sabotaged peace in the Far East without authorization, which was a serious violation of the agreements of various countries in the Far East, and asked the British side to exercise restraint, and if Britain unilaterally took force against China, the German fleet and army in Qingdao would absolutely not stand idly by.

After Germany, it was Tsarist Russia, and Tsarist Russia also immediately telegraphed to express its support for China, because in recent years, Britain has co-opted Japan, a little brother, to contain Tsarist Russia in the Far East, which has made Tsarist Russia extremely dissatisfied, and now there is an opportunity to fall into the ground.

The United States followed suit and expressed its incomprehension of Britain's convenient behavior, because Xiao Zhenlei secretly ordered two battleships and two heavy cruisers in the United States, which made Xiao Zhenlei the largest customer of the United States, and the businessmen of the American shipyard immediately used their connections after receiving Xiao Zhenlei's telegram, so that the US government stood on the side of China, and in the world of capital, money was indeed invincible. R1152