After the war, Germany occupied western and southern Poland and controlled more than half of the Polish population; The Soviet Union, for its part, occupied eastern Poland and more than a third of the Polish population.

In this short war, which lasted 35 days (in fact, it ended in 28 days), 66,300 Polish soldiers were killed, 133,700 were wounded, 420,000 were captured by the Germans, and 240,000 were captured by the Soviets; A European "military power" at the level of World War I was destroyed at a speed that made the world jaw-dropping!

What were the countries that had declared war on Germany doing in the meantime? Why was there no offense?

Previously, on September 3, Great Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declared war on Germany.

On the 4th, Nepal, Newfoundland, and Tonga declared war on Germany.

On the 6th, South Africa declared war on Germany.

On the 10th, Canada declared war on Germany.

At a glance, it is clear that with the exception of France, the other countries that declared war on Germany were all Commonwealth countries (countries that had gained independent status from their former colonies still regarded Britain as their suzerainty and honored the British king as their head of state).

For a month, 115 divisions and millions of British and French troops sat in silence outside the German border, without any attack, while the German troops defending behind the opposite border line were only 250,000......

Oh no, Britain has a rather bizarre operation! - During this time, British bombers flew over the German army many times, dropping 12 million leaflets with a total weight of 13 tons, calling for peace!

After the German-Polish War, an American congressman called it a "false war", the British and French people called it a "funny war", and the Germans called it a "stalemate war" and a "sitting war"!

In the eyes of the people of other countries, it was an incomprehensible and even somewhat ridiculous war, and Poland, the only victim, disappeared from the map of Europe.

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In this German-Polish war, the German army successfully used blitzkrieg for the first time, showing the power of the tank corps to carry out rapid assault with the coordination of aviation troops, which shocked the whole world.

It began its offensive on September 1, when most Western countries did not believe that Germany could quickly capture Poland, especially Britain and France, and the reason why they did not retaliate against Germany was also because they believed that Poland could hold out for a period of time and make them more fully prepared for war; Another reason was the desire for the tide of trouble to move eastward, and the hope that Germany would directly confront the powerful Red Soviet Union after conquering Poland.

But what I didn't expect was that Germany first sent 2,000 new fighters to carry out strategic bombing of Poland, directly destroying the poor 400 old planes of the Polish Air Force; After seizing air supremacy, the 1.6 million German troops attacked in the north and south, and carried out mechanized advances in Poland, and a large number of tanks and armored vehicles were like entering no man's land, and the so-called hundreds of thousands of cavalry in Poland had no ability to resist at all.

Only 5 days after the start of the war, Poland had lost the strength to resist, and all that remained was for Germany to obediently occupy their cities and population, until its capital Warsaw was captured, everything was a foregone conclusion, and it was too late for Britain and France to do anything! ——

In mid-September, before the end of the German-Polish War, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, unable to convince Congress, had to declare a "limited state of emergency" on his own and ordered an increase in the conscription of all armed forces - the navy was increased from 110813 to 145,000; The number of Marines increased from 18,325 to 35,000 (originally historically 25,000). At the same time, Navy and Marine Corps personnel on the retired list will be recalled to active duty.

At a special session of Congress on September 21, Roosevelt tried to persuade Congress to repeal the embargo clause in the Neutrality Act by using the disaster that the embargo policy had brought to the United States, "the partial burning of the Capitol in 1814."

For this reason, a heated debate began inside and outside Congress, and for a while there was a dispute, Roosevelt's proposal was not passed immediately.

Huhai's Ailes and others were helpless when they learned the news, only Li Junhao was too lazy to care about these and devoted himself to his own affairs. At this time, he didn't know that with the joint efforts of many forces, the Far East Independent Regiment he proposed had been included in the expansion plan, and it was a large regiment of up to 3,500 people!

In addition, the 4th Army Regiment and the 15th Infantry Regiment (Jinmen), which were originally stationed in China, were included in the expansion list, and the number of personnel was doubled to 3,000 (excluding the personnel who remained in China).

In this way, on October 6, the same day that Poland officially surrendered, 2,000 soldiers who formed the 327th Regiment of the Navy and Army, 1,700 soldiers who supplemented the 4th Regiment of the Navy and Army, and 1,800 soldiers who supplemented the 15th Infantry Regiment boarded warships to supplement the Far East Fleet on the mainland of the United States, and traveled thousands of miles to China.

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On Sunday, October 8th, Li Junhao requisitioned the horse racing hall again!

At 10 o'clock in the morning, in addition to the necessary personnel on duty, 3,500 police officers of the Police Force and 400 members of the newly established Rapid Reaction Brigade gathered at the Racecourse Hall to hold the inaugural meeting of the Concession Police Station.

During this period, the security of the public concession was temporarily under the responsibility of the Far Eastern Independent Regiment, the International Merchant Corps, and the Anglo-American army.

Witnessed by the directors of the Ministry of Industry and the heads of various departments, as well as thousands of representatives of industry and commerce, cultural and educational circles, associations, and ordinary people, Li Junhao, dressed in a straight chief police uniform, announced to the patrols in the field that from now on, the public concession police department and the patrol house will be reorganized into the concession police station, and all patrols will be renamed police, and the "Police Regulations" and the new police rank system will be implemented; The headquarters of the police station is the former central arrest room, and the original sub-arrest rooms have been changed into sub-bureaus.

Subsequently, the General Director of the Ministry of Industry and Deputy Consul General of the British in Shanghai, Grunch Snow, delivered a congratulatory speech on behalf of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, saying that with the establishment of the police station, the order and public security environment of the concession have a new beginning! Inspector of Police Affairs of the Ministry of Industry Ognyan Mr. Lee Pansen's concurrent appointment as the chief of police also shows that the board of directors of the Ministry of Industry attaches great importance to the police department, and believes that under the leadership of Director Pan Sen, the police department can well fulfill the important task of maintaining law and order and ensuring the safety of the concession, and for this purpose, the Ministry of Industry Bureau will give full support and trust.

Then, the director of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau personally conferred the new police rank on the senior police officer:

Deputy Chief of Police Berry Webb (US), Chief Superintendent.

Director of the Command Room (Director's Office) Brown Koster (US), Superintendent of Police.

Director of Justice, Ovi Fast (Netherlands), Senior Superintendent of Police.

Director of Investigation Department Wong Yan Cheung (centre), Senior Superintendent of Police.

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As for the awarding of other police officers, it is carried out within the police department.

(End of chapter)