Fortunately, Boss Dai's call was made in time, which solved the mystery in Han Lin's heart.

His telegram was indeed sent to the communications section of the chamberlain's office, but the anomalies from Jiujiang and Hankou did not arouse the attention of the staff officer on duty.

Because the war was going on in North China and the Hongqiao Airport incident broke out in Shanghai, the situation suddenly became tense, and the communications section received and sent too many messages every day, and according to the regulations, the messages in the combat area were the first priority.

When the two directors of the first and second divisions of the chamberlain's office, as well as a number of senior staff officers, summarized and analyzed the intelligence, they saw this telegram, and it was already noon on the 11th, and at this time, the Japanese expatriates and ships in Jinling had already evacuated the Jiangyin area.

The attendant room was dumbfounded, and hurriedly notified the Admiralty to block the river immediately, but it also took time to pass the order, and when the Jinling government naval fleet began to seal the river, it did not catch a single Japanese warship, but only intercepted the freighter and the barge that had no time to transfer.

"When the commissioner learned of this, he was furious, and reprimanded the two directors of the attendant room sternly, because of the delay in the military plane, the staff officer in charge of this matter was shot, and the senior staff officer who was on duty that day was also sent to the army, but you did not know the plan of Jiangyin to seal the river in advance, but made a prediction in advance, and the commissioner praised you, and also praised the special service groups and intelligence groups in various places." Boss Dai said.

"When something like this happens, there must be a high-level insider who leaked this secret to the Japanese." Han Lin said helplessly.

"You're right, I don't even know about such a secret deployment, but the Japanese know, the fact that there are internal ghosts is obvious, and the commissioner wants to come back as soon as possible to solve the case after attending the mediation meeting." Boss Dai said.

At three o'clock in the afternoon of 12 July, at the request of the Japanese side, and also in order to delay time and wait for reinforcements, a meeting of the Joint Committee of the Songhu Armistice Agreement was held at the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Public Concession.

"The Chinese security forces and regular army have set up fortifications in the suburbs this morning, and such actions are a violation of the armistice agreement and should be stopped." The representative of the Japanese side, Consul General in Shanghai, Okamoto Jimasa, claimed

"After the Hongqiao incident, the Japanese side repeatedly stated that it would settle the matter diplomatically, but on the one hand, warships were gathered and the number of troops increased greatly...... Adhering to the consistent policy of the central government that no one should offend us and I would not offend anyone, we should still protect the overseas Chinese living in Shanghai. Yu Hongjun, mayor of Shanghai in the Jinling government, refuted

There was a lot of arguing, and the meeting ended with nothing.

On the same day, the Japanese Cabinet and the Ministry of Military Affairs made a decision to massively increase troops in Shanghai.

On the morning of August 13th.

Han Lin and his subordinates quietly came to the secret stronghold not far from the Bazi Bridge, this time he came with the seven captains of the commando, and then Xu Yinzheng and a few veteran members, the commando team was responsible for the operation, and the intelligence group was responsible for cover and support.

Standing at a lookout point and holding a telescope will allow you to see the Marine Corps fortifications in the distance.

The famous site of Bazi Bridge, located at the junction of the later water circuit and Liuying Road, was originally known as "Bao'an Bridge", which was built in the early years of the Republic of China.

In the earliest days, there were two rivers that converged here, and there were two bridges across these two rivers, which led to Liuying Road and Tongxin Road respectively, and the plane was in the shape of a figure-eight, so it was called the "eight-character bridge".

In the 21st year of the Republic of China, the famous 128 Song Shanghai Anti-Japanese War broke out, and the war also led to the destruction of the east bridge of the Bazi Bridge, leaving only the west bridge. In the 22nd year of the Republic of China, the West Bridge was rebuilt into a reinforced concrete structure, which became the throat of the Zhabei area into Hongkou, and was the most important outpost position of the Japanese Marine Corps.

"According to my judgment, the war will break out from here, the troops of the 88th Division are slowly moving here, until the Japanese army is reinforced, this is the most important battlefield for your commando, whether it is a sniper or a sneak attack, it is your turn to play." Han Lin pointed ahead and said.

"Director, we have carefully surveyed the geographical terrain in the Bazi Bridge area in advance, and the density of rivers near the northern part of the Bazi Bridge is very high, and there are 85 bridges of different sizes in the narrow area between the north and south of the Bazi Bridge alone. Mainly the bridges in the east and west directions are dense, and there are relatively many roads in the northeast and southwest of the northern area of the Bazi Bridge, and there are fewer roads in the south of the river. Chen Duhan said.

"At the south side of the bridge (the part where the bridge meets with the ground), there is a large road to the east, passing the 'Japanese cemetery', and the tombs in this cemetery are the high hill area in this area, and the high ground is favorable for warfare, and once the war starts, both sides will seize this high hill." Luo Yunshan said.

"Director, this is a new map that we redrew after reconnaissance, detailing the surrounding roads and Japanese fortifications." Fang Zhaoan took out a map and said.

"Great, I hope that the efforts we have made before will help the battle situation to a certain extent, and when the battle begins, you can start to act! Xu Yinzheng, you go and find the division headquarters of the 88th Division to send the map, Ma Guangran stays here, and provides support to them at any time, Qiao Menghua, you go with me to get the medicine, remember, everyone must carry this medicine sulfonamide powder, otherwise the wound infection will be life-threatening. Han Lin said.

Mabo Cotton Mill in the French Concession.

This was originally the Lu family's industry, but at this moment, it has become Han Lin's scientific research site and manufacturing base, and the registered party has become the American Perez, in other words, this is an American company.

In the factory, all kinds of equipment and raw materials are purchased from the United States, and raw materials are still being transported through Perez's ocean-going freighters. In order to be able to make this secret medicine factory work, Han Lin himself was also under huge economic pressure, spending money like water during this time, and the latest batch of goods had to temporarily use his daughter-in-law Lu Manyin's money.

Technicians hired from the United States with high salaries are instructing workers in production.

The United States has begun large-scale manufacturing, and the technology has become mature, but the American companies do not sell the technology, and all rely on the help of the Naval Intelligence Agency, and the hard-to-dig technicians completed the synthesis work in late June and began to enter the production stage.

However, the workers in Shanghai are inexperienced, and the current output is very small, but the situation is getting better day by day.

The medicine manufactured by Han Lin is naturally sulfonamide powder, a simple and efficient anti-inflammatory drug that can be sprinkled on the wound to prevent inflammation, which is very suitable for combat needs, and there are also a small number of sulfonamide injections for injection, which are prepared for hospitals.

"Take two hundred packs of first-aid kits and send them to the base, each pack is placed with a roll of bandages and a packet of sulfonamide powder, I repeat again, everyone must carry it, and as long as they have the ability to do so, they will sprinkle the powder on the wound and wrap it in bandages, this medicine is very precious, and the current production is very low." Han Lin said.

He also had a batch of purchased medicines, and he didn't need to take the initiative to say that after the battle began, someone would soon come to his door.

(End of chapter)