Chapter 899 The long-awaited concession
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The message of the attack on Pearl Harbor reached Roosevelt before the fire ignited. He breathed a long sigh of relief, and then ordered a telegram to be sent to the whole world, and Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese army.
After listening to the announcement, Churchill lit a cigar with a smile when the flames of Pearl Harbor were blazing, and said lightly: "We can finally sleep comfortably." ”
De Gaulle said to his subordinates with a red face: "We have only one thing in the future, and that is to prepare to liberate our land!" ”
They were all satisfied with the result, and after receiving the news of the successful completion of the attack, Yamamoto Isoroku ordered the battleship to move, questioned several submarines still hovering near the harbor, and sent a reconnaissance plane to inspect them.
Soon, the submarine and the reconnaissance plane all came with accurate information: Pearl Harbor had been completely plunged into a sea of fire, and explosions were still occurring from time to time, the southern end was basically invisible, the sea burned for several nautical miles, not a single battleship left Pearl Harbor, and all the warships in the harbor would be destroyed by fire. The smoke had obscured the sun, and the planes ventured through it to see nothing.
What's going on?
Yamamoto looked at these messages in amazement, and he couldn't understand what caused Pearl Harbor to be burned. But whatever the reason, his ultimate goal was half achieved, although he did not capture the opponent's aircraft carrier, but the destruction of Hawaii was undoubtedly beneficial to the empire. The forward bases of the US military are gone, so they can only return to their homeland, and there will be no such convenient maneuver to fight again.
"Return, Wake Island!"
Although Yamamoto Fifty-six was worried about the other party's aircraft carrier, he was still full of spring breeze, and he at least won most of the bets.
At Yamamoto Isoroku led the fleet back. When the Japanese mainland received the good news and sent warships directly to Midway, the United States finally realized that there was an uncontrollable situation in Hawaii.
Roosevelt sat on the chair, those battleships were salvage, battleships were not needed, and after a fire was over, there would not be anything left. He had forgotten about the 4.5 million tons of fuel oil, or rather, he didn't realize that the fuel was going to burn the sea.
The US generals were also shocked. The destruction of Oahu's main base meant that their warships had to sail on their own soil. After all, the port of Wake Island is too small, Midway Island lacks fresh water, and Guam is also not big.
No generals could be contacted, not even Admiral Kimmel had no news back, and his fate was uncertain.
A light destroyer sent from the main island of Hawaii was rushing there to verify the details, but everyone knew that although the fire there was news from Kaneohe, everyone understood. There were 4.5 million tons of fuel oil, which burned Pearl Harbor into settlement. It's just the size of the loss.
Roosevelt was half frustrated, sat up angrily, took a deep breath and said: "We're going to do something, we're going to make the despicable Japanese pay!" ”
As the discussion was underway, a telegram rang out.
The United States declares war on Japan!
This was followed by a temporary suspension of military operations in Cuba and a waiting. The fleet assembles and prepares for a big battle with the Japanese fleet.
MacArthur was completely relieved by this decision, and he handed over the task of defense to Marshall, and on the same day he stepped on the plane back to his homeland.
After the United States declared war on Japan, several more countries declared war on Japan.
It all happened in two days. It can be said that there should have been contact for a long time, just waiting for the announcement.
After declaring war on the United States and Japan, Churchill made a decision to withdraw all the troops of the colonies, go to war against the German army with all his might, and open a second battlefield in North Africa.
With this decision, the British troops in the Shanghai Concession and the British troops in the Tianjin Concession began to evacuate.
At the same time, the United States also reacted, and there were advance troops looking around, they were not very reassured about the expatriates and troops there, and besides, now that little interest was nothing, they followed up and made the decision to withdraw from the territory.
As soon as this news was issued, the old Jiang Zhengaxe was noncommittal, they did not actually control Shanghai and Tianjin, although there were occasional frictions with opponents in Northeast China, Shandong, Shanxi and other places, but they had not yet launched a major war. Lao Chiang was worried about the attitude of the advance army, so although he should have issued the document for the recovery of the concession, he did not order him to participate in the recovery of the concession.
The news reached Dong Ku in a short period of time, and he watched as the stone in the message fell to the ground.
If Britain and the United States do not withdraw from the concession, he is prepared to forcibly take back the concession so that he can withdraw all his energies.
The wealth in the concession has already been transferred to Pontianak, he is only keeping the control and confiscating it, and the wealth looted by the gringos in the concession has not been left, how can he evacuate?
After reading the message, Dong Ku looked up at Zuo Boyang and handed over the message casually.
Zuo Boyang smiled after reading the message: "Captain, after waiting for so long, don't you just want to take back the concession?" ”
"Yes. Not only will I take it back, but I will not take anything out of it. ”
Dong Ku narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath and said: "None of them can take care of themselves now, and when Germany's war against the Soviet Union begins, the world will be completely chaotic, and there are still people there who can take care of these little things?" ”
"Captain, then you don't need the advance army to come forward, and follow the previous strategy, using wolf smoke to come forward, isn't the name of that gang still there? We will give him a clean body and leave, but if we want to cash in the savings of the bank there, the treasure is not to be taken away, and if you offend people, it is also a gangster, and the advance army will not enter the concession, and if Britain and the United States have ideas, it will also be ......"
Dong Ku shook his head while burning the telegram and said, "Adjutant, you are really bad. ”
"Ha Lu Ha! Captain, you left tens of thousands of gangsters in the concession, don't you want to do this? ”
"Hey......
Dong Ku shook off his hand, threw the ashes into the basin and said with a smile: "We will not interfere in signing the documents, let Lao Jiang get the rights and interests, tell Zhao Liqiang not to participate in anything, but strictly prevent any armed ships from approaching Shanghai." No troops are allowed to leave or enter! I ordered Guo Weiquan to give orders to stay in Shanghai, blockade the port, and disarm the warships for me, but try to avoid killing. ”
Zuo Boyang paused and did not receive the order, but added: "Captain, there should be a time limit for retreating, and we can help them evacuate to Luzon or Malacca." And those small ships should also stay, let these guys take the train to Guangzhou, all the way to the advance army to take care of the food, all the money and belonging, from Guangzhou to the sea, we can use freighters to support. ”
"Good! That's it! ”
Dong Ku really didn't expect it to be so far, and after listening to the big hand, he waved his hand and agreed to the suggestion.
As Dong Ku's telegram was issued, Lao Jiang smelled something special. He received a telegram from Liu Chengcheng, asking him to send personnel to end the concession with Britain and the United States. He found that the advance army did not seem to reject him, and in a sense respected his regime.
He excitedly ordered Ma Rulong to sign the document and recover the concession. But he didn't know that so many things would happen to him afterwards.
In the concession, people were panicking, and although they were not worried that the Japanese would enter Shanghai, the future of their return was uncertain. It has now been carried out. Who can guarantee safety at sea?
Just when the army in the Shanghai Concession was about to board the ship, suddenly. An unexpected accident broke out.
Ma Rulong had just signed an agreement with Henry and George to terminate the concession, and a group of armed men in black suits quickly occupied the dock and blocked the barracks.
The shiny American mountain guns scared all the small gunboats. They didn't know where these weapons came from, but until these cannons of more than a hundred calibers were enough to easily shred their thin-skinned hulls. They didn't dare to move.
The soldiers in the barracks and the police officers in the police station were all stunned to look at these black-clad men armed with Garand and German submachine guns, nervous defense but did not dare to move.
Light and heavy machine guns of the opposing side. There were also patches of mortars, so that they did not dare to fire first.
Henry and George were shocked and quickly contacted Zhao Liqiang, the commander of the advance army. However, the answer was that it was not the advance army, and the advance army was careful not to step into the concession even half a step in accordance with the regulations, and before the handover was completed. The advance army will not enter the concession by force.
The commander of the British army, Major General Smolley, had already sensed that something was wrong, and he did not think that these forces had nothing to do with the advance army, but the advance army did not recognize them.
Soon, he had made armed contact with these guards at all the key points in the concession, and had already made armed contact with the police guns. The reply was received that if the foreigners in the concession wanted to leave, they had to go through the consent of the gangsters. The Chinese in the banks in the concession could only be evacuated after the deposit was withdrawn, and as for the army, they could only carry their personal belongings, and the guns would be transported with the personnel to the boarding ship, but they were not allowed to carry them with them.
Smolley was very angry, but he didn't dare to expect the Empire to intervene, the Imperial warships would be attacked by the Japanese at any time, how could they dare to leave Malacca and cross the Japanese entrenched Taiwan to Shanghai?
After Henry and George looked for Zhao Liqiang to no avail, they realized that this was a conspiracy, but there was no way to point it out, but the Ran family did not enter the concession and had always complied with it, as for whether the gang was an advance army, it was obvious that the strength of not being cleaned up by the advance army should be related to the advance army.
By the time they were urgently negotiating, the gangsters had ordered the army to lay down their arms, the embassies to close, and the banks to open for withdrawal within a day, or force would be used.
This ultimatum frightened everyone, and after discussing with a few bigwigs, Smolley came to the conclusion that if he wanted to leave, he could only do it, and even if the empire intervened, it would only be verbal, and even if their fleet crossed the Taiwan Strait or bypassed Okinawa, it would not be able to enter Shanghai, and the advance army would not allow it.
Soon, the domestic reply came as little as possible to avoid conflict and avoid unnecessary losses. At the same time, Britain, the United States, France, and other countries strongly condemned the gangsters in the concession and demanded that the old Chiang Zhengaxe come forward to solve the problem.
Of course, Lao Jiang will not participate, just a war of words. They didn't accept the concession, and Shanghai was not under their control, even if it was imposed on the national political axe, there was no way, they would not go to war with the advance army.
However, it is still necessary to do it in terms of face, and call on the gangsters in the concession not to hurt foreign friends, otherwise the possibility of taking action is not ruled out and relevant rights and interests are reserved.
As for what action, He Yingqing said with a smile: "Condemn! Strongly condemned! (To be continued......)