Chapter 334
Wang Wenwu saw that the people outside had retreated, and did not have too many greetings with Ma Enxin, so he hurriedly beckoned his subordinates to hurry up and continue to load money.
Before the salvage of HSBC, the gunshots rang out for so long. It is estimated that it will not be long before the British come to check it out. If you don't take advantage of the fact that the Japanese have come and splash dirty water on them, when will it go!
A few men were sent outside to drag the bodies that the Japanese had not taken into the bank building. Even such a delicate thing as a bullet casing cannot be spared. Even for the sake of real effect, reckless shooting in the bank building. It gave the impression that the Japanese had broken into the bank building, and the money that was missing from the vault was taken by the Japanese. If you British want to find trouble, just go to the Japanese.
And set a strict time limit for the person who is loaded with money at the bottom, regardless of whether it is full or not, and leave as soon as the time comes.
As he left, he blew up the doors of the vault with the explosives he brought. Of course, Wang Wenwu's space is also full. As for how many are inside? Then it is unknown.
Wang Wenwu was also lucky, not long after he left. The British garrison in Tianjin came to the HSBC building.
A fully formed British infantry company arrives in front of the HSBC building. If it weren't for the first concession police to report that there were guards guarding the bank building. At that time, it was not just an infantry company, maybe an entire infantry battalion would come.
HSBC is a place that cannot be taken too seriously. If they let them send few people, HSBC will be ransacked. Then these high-ranking people may be sent to some deserted island for the rest of their lives in the future. You must know that now in the hands of the British, there will definitely be no shortage of deserted islands.
But when the officers and soldiers came to the HSBC building, the streetlights were all dark on the entire street near the bank building. Although he was sent to China, this officer is not a rice bucket.
He didn't rush to the bank building, after all, he received the news that there were still bank guards inside. If you approach easily, you may be shot at by the bank's guards as an enemy.
After all, the garrison is a garrison, and they are different from Wang Wenwu just now. Stand directly on the street corner and shout out to the bank building with a loudspeaker. Tell the people inside the building that they are British garrison, don't shoot, and they will take over the defense of the bank building.
In the British Concession, they were the masters. Even if it's not in the British Concession. The glory of the British Empire is still so bright. Although there is no trust in the police, which are all made up of Chinese.
But they are convinced that the bank building is still in the hands of the bank guards. After all, there are not only Chinese in the bank guards, but also a considerable number of Indians.
The Indians here refer to the Sikhs. The British, however, admired the Sikhs' military, pragmatic, and hard-working nature, so they specifically required a certain percentage of Sikhs when recruiting colonial government officials and military police. It's quite possible that the Sikhs will be able to hold the bank building.
However, after shouting for a while, there was still no movement in the bank building. So an officer suggested: "Do you want to use the Chinese caught on the road to test it!" ”
Don't think much about it at all, and quickly agreed. Thereupon. The British soldiers took the Chinese on the road and signaled them to move in the direction of the bank building. So the two sides did not understand the language, but at gunpoint of the British soldiers. The captured Chinese also quickly understood what the British soldiers meant.
The captives, though frightened, had to move forward as the soldiers asked. Although I don't understand the current situation, these British soldiers behind me can really shoot.
Since a large number of foreign soldiers appeared on the streets of China, it has become commonplace for foreign soldiers to oppress and despise the Chinese people. However, even if there were cases of murder of Chinese people, starting with the Qing government and ending with the Republic of China, at most the countries concerned would send the perpetrators back to China.
Looking at the number of foreign troops stationed in China in modern times, the number of other foreign troops sent to China in various ways is hundreds of thousands, except for those who openly launched wars of aggression. These foreign garrisons belong to the garrisons stipulated in unequal treaties, and the others belong to illegal garrisons without treaty provisions, such as the garrison of the Hankou Concession, the garrison of the Shamian Concession, the army of Tsarist Russia stationed in Yinli, the Japanese garrison in Qingdao, Shandong, the "Eastern Railway Escort Army" of Tsarist Russia, and the "garrison" of Japan on the South Manchurian Railway.
Since the Treaty of Xincho stipulates that these countries participating in the war can station a certain number of troops in the embassy area to ensure the security of the embassy. The embassies of various countries jointly asked the Qing government for a vacant land to be used to train the garrison. Since then, where there have been foreign troops stationed in various parts of China, pornography, gambling and drugs have been rampant here, and foreigners have wantonly bullied and oppressed the Chinese people, especially during the occupation of the Japanese garrison.
Although these Chinese have not undergone formal military training, they do not know that they should walk close to the wall and not go to the middle of the road.
There are even people who take advantage of the black light to blind the fire. Hopefully find a path to intersperse. Get out of this place of the hell quickly. After all, such people are in the minority. More often than not, they suffer from night blindness due to malnutrition. After leaving the street lights, it is completely difficult to see.
Or rather, they walk against the wall. It's not that I know it's relatively safe to walk against a wall on the battlefield. Instead, they can only walk against the wall. Otherwise, I don't know where to go.
As for why they were caught by the British? In the middle, each has its own helplessness. There were even many people who were caught by British soldiers with unknown fluid flowing out between their legs.
Especially at this time, there are no street lights on the streets, not even on either side of the road. Plunged into complete darkness, he could only lean against the wall, shrinking his body into a small one, hoping not to be seen by the British and their enemies.
Most of these Chinese have night blindness. But the British officers did not know. I just feel that the Chinese are so cowardly and incompetent, and if it weren't for the clear time from the superiors, the officers wouldn't mind looking at the ugliness of the Chinese here.
The Chinese who explored the road in front of them made slow progress, and even some people lay there and did not move, thinking that they could not see it? So he motioned for the soldiers around him to shoot.
The British soldier seemed to be teasing, goodbye, and their commander did not stop after that. Many soldiers joined in. There are even soldiers who use their guns to make the Chinese who are exploring the way ahead take the route they want him to take. And in doing so, show off to your companions.