George's actions were very fast, and after getting in touch with the base camp and agreeing to do this, he got in touch with the Japanese overnight, claiming that the concession joint pressure on the advance army had obtained the consent of the advance army to release all the 130,000 Japanese civilians stranded in Hongkou, and they were still negotiating.

After receiving this information, Japan quickly consulted with the person in charge in the concession area of Tianjin on how to rescue these civilians.

The civilians were imprisoned, and the Japanese, though annoyed, were well aware of the madness of the madman-like adversary of the advance army. First the Jiamusi tragedy, and then to their homeland to drop poison gas bombs, although they have not yet figured out how the advance army flew to the Japanese mainland, and the other party does not admit it, but they have already determined that the 731 code on the shrapnel of those gas shells was the work of the advance army, so they have not dared to retaliate.

In addition, now that the advance army has an uncontrollable and difficult to match threat, they hope to pull in some allies to deal with the advance army. Therefore, Hideki Tojo was temporarily transferred from the battlefield to mediate the matter.

In the end, it was agreed that certain benefits would be given to these countries and those in the Shanghai Concession, and the concession management headed by France, Britain, and the United States would come forward to transport the civilians from Hongkou back to Japan by merchant ship at Japan's expense.

In the afternoon, Dong Ku received a call from George, he was very surprised by this speed, he did not expect the Japanese to be so happy, it is estimated that George and they have not reaped any less benefits, so they agreed to release those civilians overnight, and the concession is responsible for boarding the ship, and the advance army only escorts these civilians to the concession intersection.

As a result, the hungry and panicked Japanese in the barracks were driven to the concession in tattered clothes.

When the Chinese in the concession heard the news, they all gathered around, spit on them along the way, and threw vegetable leaves. Throwing stones made the scene very chaotic.

In the last resort, the army had to be dispatched and martial law was temporarily imposed on a few blocks, so that the panicked Japanese could get on the ship safely.

In just a few hours, a boatload of Japanese left the Huangpu River and embarked on a journey back home.

Smolley and other military attachés saw the previous chaos. It almost caused a riot, and it was known that the contradictions between the Chinese and the Japanese had risen to national hatred and were difficult to resolve. However, they don't care, they get benefits, who cares if your human head is beaten into a dog's head?

In the concession, it was not until midnight that the advance army was notified to stop transporting these civilians and all their merchant ships. Cargo ships, all of which have been used, but more than 30,000 people have only been transported, and there are still 100,000 people to be transported, I'm afraid it will take a few days. And Dong Ku made it clear that any Japanese ship came into range of the shore defense guns, whether it was pulling civilians or not. All ships are treated as attacking ships and are sunk.

This hard-line attitude was believed in the concession because they were worried that the Japanese army would take the opportunity to infiltrate Shanghai. Posing a threat to the security of Shanghai, he abandoned the idea of using Japanese ships and used the existing ships to transport them slowly, estimating that all civilians could be transported away in a week at most.

But where did they know the Tao, they thought they were missing. It is estimated that the battleship that was sent to a certain place for dismantling is being repaired in a secret place, and it is estimated that the Kongo and Kirishima will have a maximum of three days to complete the repair and ignite the voyage.

After all, the damage to these two warships was not great, it was just water. And battleships. It was precisely because these merchant ships and cargo ships were to be used to sail frequently to Japan, and the Japanese warships had to escort them along the way to avoid making mistakes along the way and causing unnecessary trouble, so they did not necessarily have the energy to block all the sea areas, and as long as the speed of 20 knots was required, they could ensure that they could pass through the waters of Okinawa at night.

At a small wharf near the Changhu River, the huge King Kong and Kirishima could not get close to the wharf, but they did not delay the repairs. By this time, the two battleships had straightened their waists, and the water in the holds had been drained, and they were rushing to repair the boilers and repair the temporarily blocked openings.

Here, all the ships on the Yangtze River have been intercepted and requisitioned by the advance army, and a large area is lined up in the upper reaches of the mouth of the Yangtze River from the Huangpu River, and it is obvious that they are preparing to cross the river to fight.

In the concession, those river boats did not dare to leave the Huangpu River, for fear of being requisitioned by the advance army, but they were not afraid, but they had just established a friendship with Dong Ku, and they had not yet reaped the benefits, and they did not want to make trouble.

This is exactly what Dong Ku wants, and Dong Ku naturally will not open his mouth to talk about this matter, but vaguely said that the boats to cross the river are not enough for the time being, and after transporting these Japanese civilians, he will choose the right time to attack Yangzhou.

The Qiantang River is also being repaired intensively. The Mochizuki, Nagatsuki, and Yuzuki can all be repaired, especially the Yuzuki, as long as the problem of grounding and capsizing is solved, it can sail directly. It's just a pity that the Yayoi has sunk in the sea outside Chongming Island.

Six submarines were transported back and forth, bringing in thousands of skilled workers. The intense work makes the repair speed under poor working conditions not slow.

Four days later, the ship returned, followed by another group of Japanese who boarded the ship and left Shanghai.

When the Japanese saw that the advance army had really spared these civilians, although they were looted, they gritted their teeth with hatred, and at the same time, they also took this opportunity to recruit troops from all over the country again to prepare for the upcoming big war.

These days, in addition to being busy repairing warships, Dong Ku is eating and drinking with the concession gang, and ammunition, artillery, and guns are flowing into Shanghai in a steady stream to prepare for the upcoming big war.

After repeated battles, if the Japanese army counterattacked, Dong Ku's ammunition would be insufficient, and the supplies would not be able to keep up. It is impossible for him to generously give the captured weapons and ammunition to Lao Jiang and Lao Zhao.

The recruitment of new recruits has exceeded 100,000 in these days, that is to say, Dong Ku's combat power near Shanghai is about to exceed 300,000. Recruits and veterans are taking advantage of this period of intense training to improve their combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

When the merchant ships returned four days later, the destroyers Kirishima and Kongo, as well as the destroyers Mochizuki, Nagagetsuki, and Yuzuki, had already ignited and tried to sail, and there were no problems with the inspection.

After all the ships had returned, Dong Ku blocked the Huangpu River, and then the Kirishima and King Kong, guided by the small gunboats, left their mooring positions and headed for the mouth of the Yangtze River.

In Hangzhou Bay, five warships converged and quietly anchored in the sea, waiting for the ships to pull Japanese civilians out to sea.

After a busy day, all the Japanese in Hongkou boarded the ship. Dong Ku "generously" leased several freighters belonging to the advance army to George and them, and then pulled all the Japanese in Hongkou away.

When a 3,000-ton freighter, which belonged to the advance force, took off anchor and left the port, it was already nearly midnight.

Dong Ku looked at the disappeared freighter, personally generated electricity, asked the submarine to keep a distance from the fleet, monitored the Japanese warship, asked the freighter to keep an eye on the battleship, and when the fleet sailed out of the vicinity of Yushan Island, Dong Ku ordered again, and the battleship anchored.

The Kirishima and Kongo ships, which had been anchored for a day, were already loaded with supplies, and in the middle of the order, they moved slowly, then accelerated, and headed straight for the sea near Okinawa.

A total of six submarines, one followed the fleet bound for Japan, watching from afar, and the other five followed the fleet, which was not fast, only twenty-three or four nautical miles, as escorts, and left Hangzhou Bay in the night.

In the middle of the night, they had entered the vast sea, and along the way, they did not encounter anything unusual. After a day's drive, they were no more than 200 nautical miles away from Okinawa, and at night, they could cross just right.

The battleship, except for the roar of machinery and thick smoke, everyone did not speak, and stood nervously on the ship, standing on a high place, observing the surroundings. Once they encounter a Japanese warship, they will probably not survive one of them. Although it is possible to pull on the back, they and the battleship will probably have to stay at the bottom of the sea.

Li Rongbin, as the commander-in-chief of this time, before he left, Dong Ku had already told him the danger of this trip, and only after Okinawa did the warships being trained on Crescent Island receive it, and most of them were scaring people, and their combat effectiveness was not strong.

Li Rongbin looked at the vast sea, and it was fake that he was not nervous. This is no better than land, once attacked, these novices don't even have much chance to fight back, except for fleeing for their lives, artillery can't hit people. As long as it is hit, then, in the vast sea, there is only one way to sink to the bottom.

Time passed slowly. Li Rongbin was nervous, and Dong Ku was equally nervous. In his opinion, the value of these five warships is not as high as the value of more than a thousand Huya warriors on board. In addition, those warriors are also treasures, they are all coastal warriors, familiar with the water, if they are attacked, there is not much chance of survival.

Luckily, it seems to be good, sailing under the sun one day, the fleet did not encounter ships, and the vast sea was extremely quiet.

Li Rongbin calculated the time, and knew that the distance between the road and Okinawa at this time was no more than 200 nautical miles, that is, more than 300 kilometers, and within ten hours, it was enough to cross.

"Damn, it's almost a trembling!"

Li Rongbin shouted in a low voice, and then gave the order to let the fleet line up and accelerate straight forward.

The sky was getting dark, and the fleet galloped forward without any thrills, always maintaining the current maximum speed, riding the wind and waves.

Dong Ku, carrying a bottle of red wine alone in Hongkou, nervously waiting for the dawn. Tonight, he couldn't sleep, and he would only be able to rest easy until the battleship arrived safely.

Zuo Boyang could see Dong Ku's nervousness, and together with No. 5 and No. 6, they fought around a plate of peanuts and pickled peppers, everyone drank spirits, but no one spoke.

Shui Linglong came in to see it twice, but after the end, she gave up the idea of accompanying them, returned to the barracks alone, and waited for news with her sisters.

At three o'clock in the morning, the moon had sunk in the west, and the battleship rode the wind and waves, speeding forward without hindrance.

At this moment, the observer on the mast of the King Kong suddenly shouted with a walkie-talkie: "A dark shadow has been found at ten o'clock on the port side!!" ”

"Ready for battle!"

Li Rongbin was clever and ordered loudly. All the crew members were busy in the room, feeling dark, preparing shells, preparing for the attack. They can't wait for the enemy to fire first, in that case they won't even have a chance. (To be continued......)