Chapter Fifty-Six: The Hellfire Club
The impact of the First Battle of Jiangcheng was far more than that, and the Japanese army was furious after discovering that the Jiangcheng troops were completely annihilated. Japan was a small country with a serious shortage of troops, and in order to relieve the pressure, it had to create an Imperial Allied Army to assist in garrisoning the occupied area.
You must know that the total number of troops that Japan invested in China is only 4 million, and nearly 50,000 troops died in Wuhan alone, which is more than the total number of deaths in the five years of war. For this reason, little Japan also threatened to massacre the city and let the Nanjing Massacre be staged again, unless the murderers of the Japanese army were handed over.
Japan's statement immediately frightened many dignitaries of the Nationalist Government, and Jiang Guangtou was also so frightened that he was in a cold sweat, and even secretly intended to hand over the "murderer". Later, I found out that no one knew, and I couldn't find out who did it.
These are all told to Zhang Xuan by Mr. Song, since the battle of Jiangcheng, Zhang Xuan has been staying in the valley station, and the news from the outside world is passed back and forth by Mr. Song.
"Little Japan still dares to slaughter the city!?" Zhang Xuan snorted coldly, a hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes, and he turned his head to look at Mr. Song, "Who said this?" ”
Others didn't know who it was in the first battle of Jiangcheng, but Mr. Song knew very well that when he heard Zhang Xuan's words, he was shocked, and said cautiously: "Commander-in-Chief of the Huaxia Dispatch Army, Shunroku Hatata." ”
"Little Liuzi? It's a strange name! Zhang Xuan snorted coldly again, and continued to ask, "Where is he now?" ”
"Shanghai, the General Headquarters of the Japanese Army."
Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment, looked up at Mr. Song and said, "The old rules, photos, photos outside the General Headquarters." ”
After driving out Mr. Song, Zhang Xuan activated the teleportation and left the valley station and came to Europe.
"Alex, why are you back?" Seeing Zhang Xuan, the members of the howling commando team who had just come back from outside greeted him one after another, with a look of joy on their faces.
Looking at the smudges and the faint smell of gunpowder smoke on several people's bodies, Zhang Xuan asked with some surprise: "Hasn't the hydra been destroyed, what tasks do you still have to do?" ”
"After the Hydra is gone, there is a group of more powerful ones." Steve smiled wryly and waved the shield in his hand and said helplessly.
"Stronger?" Zhang Xuan was even more surprised.
There was a rare hint of exhaustion on Logan's tough face, and the cigar that had never left his mouth was gone: "A bunch of mutants, very, very powerful mutants!" ”
"Mutants?" Zhang Xuan was suddenly startled, looking at Steve and the others in disbelief, as if he couldn't believe his ears.
Steve nodded and explained, "Two days ago, the Allies counterattacked the European continent and launched a massive landing battle in Normandy. Originally, everything was going well, but I didn't expect that a person who created a tornado with his bare hands suddenly appeared, setting off a monstrous wave on the sea, the landing battle failed, and the Allied fleet suffered huge losses, with hundreds of thousands of casualties! ”
Zhang Xuan's head was completely confused, the Normandy landing failed, and mutants were involved, this is not the plot of "Captain America"!
Looking at Zhang Xuan, Steve said slowly with a hint of pleading: "Alex, we need you!" ”
Zhang Xuan came back to his senses when he heard this, shook his head and refused: "Huaxia needs me more!" After a slight pause, Zhang Xuan then asked, "What is the command going to do?" ”
"The losses of the Normandy landings were huge, and the Allies had to delay the offensive." Seeing that Zhang Xula rejected him without hesitation, Steve was slightly disappointed, and his tone was much lower, "In order to deal with the mutants in the Nazis, the command decided to expand the howling commando team and go all out to deal with the superpowers in the Nazis. ”
"Then I wish you all the best!" Feeling the disappointed eyes of Steve, Zhang Xuan couldn't bear it, and he couldn't say anything to ask them for help, so he left immediately.
Zhang Xuan did not return to Huaxia immediately, but found Straker: "Straker, what's the matter with the mutants who suddenly appeared in the Nazis?" ”
"Back to the masters, they're from the Hellfire Club." Straker replied respectfully, as if he had been prepared.
"The Hellfire Club?" Zhang Xuan was a little confused and repeated, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he thought of a person, "Sebastian Shaw!" ”
Straker's eyes narrowed slightly, nodded and said flatteringly: "The master is wise, Sebastian Shaw is the contact of the Hellfire Club in the Nazis." ”
"How could he hook up with a mustache?" Zhang Xuan really couldn't understand, shouldn't this guy not come out to make trouble until the Cold War, and finally be down by Professor X and Magneto, a pair of good friends, why did he come out now?
Straker shook his head and said uncertainly: "I don't know, but as far as I can speculate, this should be an agreement between Sebastian Shaw and Hitler privately, and it has little to do with the Hellfire Club. ”
"Isn't Sebastian Shaw the boss of the Hellfire Club?" Zhang Xuan listened to Straker's analysis and said a little strangely.
Straker chuckled a few times with a disdainful expression: "Sebastian Shaw is not the boss of the Hellfire Club, he is just a deacon. ”
Seeing that Zhang Xuan still had a confused expression, Straker thought for a while and explained in detail: "The Hellfire Club is composed of some mutants who feel that their mutant abilities and social status are far beyond ordinary people, and they have great power and status all over the world. The club is made up of a core group of a handful of highly influential people, whose members are named after chess pieces: black or white kings, queens, bishops, rooks. In the end, the most powerful person became the supreme king, and as for Sebastian Shaw, he was just an ordinary member. ”
"I see!" Zhang Xuan suddenly realized when he heard this, and secretly thought to himself, this is different from the movie!
After leaving Straker's place, Zhang Xuan returned to Huaxia and sat in his room in the valley station, feeling a little depressed.
When I went to Europe, I wanted to pull the howling commandos to raid the Japanese headquarters and give the Japanese a dismount. But unexpectedly, not only did people not be invited, but they also got an unexpected news.
"Forget it, I can do it alone without them!" Running away from the mixed thoughts in his mind, Zhang Xuan suddenly stood up and decided to act alone.
Picking up the photo sent by Mr. Song from the table, Zhang Xuan glanced at it, and immediately disappeared from the room, and reappeared in Shanghai, where singing and dancing were leveling.
At this time, it is late, and Shanghai is the lively time, the lights are neon, and you can faintly smell the fragrant smell in the air.
Taking a light breath, Zhang Xuan carried the neon on his back and walked slowly towards the equally brightly lit Japanese headquarters not far away.