On Monday, October 30, Li Junhao and others again came to the Gonghexiang Wharf on the North Bund to greet the Far East Situation Observation Group and reinforcements from the United States.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the troops of the 1st Battalion of the 4th Regiment of the US Navy and Army took over the defense of the wharf, and even the Japanese military police squad that was originally stationed at the wharf was far away, not to mention those puppet soldiers and spies.

The mission consisted of officials from the Far Eastern Department of the State Department, representatives of the War Department, the Admiralty, and the business community, and was full of capitalist characteristics - government, military, and business could be in the same team!

Because of the arrival of this delegation, it was not only military personnel who came to the wharf, but also political counselor Justin Sheehan, commercial counselor Stephen Sean, military attache Rick Kelton and others of the US Consulate General in Shanghai, as well as representatives of American businessmen and expatriates, and even Franklin Willis, director of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau, and Targis Faulkner, general manager of the Huhai Telephone Company.

In addition, the British Deputy Consul General Glouch Snow and the French Consul General Chuck Bartais also arrived with a large number of attachés; At the same time, consular officials from the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Finland and other countries came......

The most interesting thing is that the German Consul General Benoît Walker and the Japanese Consul General Yoshiaki Miura also came! Well, now that the United States is a neutral country, relations with Germany and Japan are still normalized, and it is normal for them to come.

It was almost 10 o'clock when the cruise ship of the US Far East Observer Group was the first to dock, and the US Marine and Marine Corps, who had been prepared for a long time, stepped forward to stand on guard.

As the most "honorable" guests on board, the more than 30 members of the observation group were naturally the first to disembark, and when they stepped on the ground of the pier, a welcoming procession led by Americans immediately stepped forward to greet them......

However, Li Junhao did not pass, and his deputy head Xie Jinyuan and guard captain Lei Xiaohu did not move; Others, including Lieutenant Colonel Dijay Cole, commander of the 4th Army Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Geitling Rupp, commander of the newly arrived 15th Infantry Regiment, and Colonel Aite Schneider of the International Chamber of Commerce, passed away.

Li Junhao understands this phenomenon, after all, people in the system have a natural awe of "Shangguan", but he doesn't care about this, because he has already determined that his backstage is very hard, so hard that he doesn't know why!

Of course, this is a joke, all his thoughts at this time are on the next few passenger and cargo ships that are docking, and on them are the 5,500 supplementary soldiers, guns, ammunition, equipment and materials that he urgently needs! Compared to these, a group of observers or something, he didn't pay attention to it at all.

However, he doesn't want to pay attention to others, but others want to look for him!

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As soon as Li Junhao took the people around him to greet the recruits who began to disembark from the first passenger ship, the sergeant major who led the team saw a group of officers wearing American-style Navy and Army uniforms coming over, and immediately saluted: "Report to the chief, our unit is a supplementary brigade of the fourth regiment of the Marine Corps, with a total number of 1,700 people, and is disembarking. ”

Li Junhao returned the salute and said, "Hello, Sergeant Major, I am Pan Sen, the first commander of the Shanghai Strait US Joint Command, and I am very happy to have you here. Then, he turned around and said, "Huzi, send someone to call Lieutenant Colonel Cole." After speaking, he motioned to the sergeant major, got up and walked to the second passenger ship, and naturally someone behind him stepped forward to dock with the sergeant major.

After the second passenger ship docked, the recruits who got off the train were obviously dressed in army clothes, and Li Junhao did not step forward to speak, but just asked people to go to Lieutenant Colonel Rupu of the 15th Infantry Regiment.

At this time, he was already very unhappy, the commanders of the two regiments did not do their jobs, did not care about their own recruits, but went to greet those officials and businessmen, what is the stinky problem?

The third passenger liner was obviously a little bigger, and there were more soldiers coming down, and it was not the sergeant major who led the team, but several captains of the sea and land, who saw him coming, saluted and reported to the first one: "Sir, we are a supplementary brigade of the 327th Regiment of the Sea and Army, with a total of 2,000 people, and now all of them have arrived and are disembarking." ”

Li Junhao replied: "Hello, Captain, I am the first commander of the Shanghai-Haihai Joint Command and the commander of the 327th Regiment. Lee, it's a pleasure to meet you, it's been a great journey! ”

"Hello, Commander!" The captain once again solemnly saluted, "Apran Malen, instructor of the 1st Squadron of the 327th Regiment Supplementary Brigade, report to you!" ”

"Hello, Commander! 2nd Squadron Instructor Megisie Caro, report to you! ”

Then, Captain Clifford Revere, instructor of the 3rd Squadron, Captain Les Kroger, instructor of the 4th Squadron, Captain Gerald Dudley, chief instructor of guns, and Quartermaster Kleshi Henry, six young captain officers lined up and reported to Li Junhao.

After Li Junhao returned the salute one by one, he said: "This is Lieutenant Colonel Xie Jinyuan, the deputy commander of the 327th Regiment, and he is an excellent Chinese soldier...... As soon as he said this, he heard someone calling himself in the distance......

He didn't look back and continued: "Deputy Head Xie will be responsible for receiving you below, obeying orders and listening to commands, it is my request to you!" Organize your troops, and I'll see you again in the camp! He knew that some socialization could not be avoided, but only if the troops were settled first.

Xie Jinyuan graduated from the National Guangdong University, and later entered the fourth phase of Whampoa, and he has a foundation in English, and in the two and a half months that he was rescued by Li Junhao, he has been able to conduct daily conversations in English proficiently in the continuous exchanges with the Fourth Regiment of the US Navy and Army......

At this time, Xiaohu said beside him: "Brother Jun, someone is coming." ”

Li Junhao saw that Xie Jinyuan had already approached the six US captains who led the team, so he turned around and looked at the crowd that was walking over.

Walking in front of the crowd was an official from the Far East Department of the State Council, who was accompanied by Counselor Sheehan, who saw Li Junhao turn around, greeted him from a distance, and after walking a few steps quickly, he took the initiative to stretch out his hand and said: "Mr. Pan Sen, I am Riggs McDaniel of the Far East Division, and I am very happy to meet you in this foreign country!" ”

Director McDaniel's attitude surprised everyone present - the young lieutenant colonel in front of him definitely has a hidden background!

Li Junhao was also a little surprised, the only thing he could think of was his relationship with Rockefeller, his expression did not move, and after reaching out to shake it, he said: "Hello, Mr. McDaniel, I am also very happy to meet you." ”

Next, McDaniel took the initiative to introduce Li Junhao to the people of the observation group, and his attitude surprised several officers of the navy and army in the regiment, and they all smiled when they spoke, not to mention those ordinary officials and businessmen.

This situation let the commander of the 15th regiment, who had come forward early, know who the great god is!

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