After some disturbance, everyone had seen it again, and after a brief exchange, they began to prepare to enter the concession, and 600 soldiers of the 4th Regiment and the 327th Regiment of the Navy and Army, fully armed and driving armored vehicles, escorted 5,500 recruits who only carried rifles and marching backpacks, and walked in a formation to the depths of the concession.

Along the way, countless citizens of Shanghai and Haihai are watching! At this time, even Chinese citizens were very welcoming to the presence of more American troops, because it would better defend against the Japanese troops outside the concession - the Americans were more acceptable to the Japanese devils.

Although Chongqing, which had already received the news in advance, could not directly send people to attend the welcoming ceremony at the wharf, it would have special personnel to attend the reception reception to be held soon in the hope of obtaining more assistance from the US side. Of course, it is also necessary to find a way to invite the US observer delegation to Chongqing.

The Huhai District and the stations directly under the Military Command, as well as the Huhai Station of the Central Command, have all been ordered to pay close attention to the movements of the US military and to pay close attention to the changes in the situation in the Shanghai Strait, especially the situation of the Japanese.

The underground party is also paying attention to this matter, but under the current situation, they can only do nothing but keep observing and report the necessary situation to Yan'an.

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The 15th Infantry Regiment was first transferred from Jinmen with 1,200 troops, and then 5,500 new recruits were brought in from China.

For Britain, France and other countries, the strength of traditional allies has increased, of course, a good thing.

The British side is even already thinking that the United States has enough military strength to maintain the security of the public concession, so the 1,700-strong British army can be transferred back to China in advance - the British Isles are too small, and the available military resources are not rich.

The French side is also thinking about whether it is possible to transfer the French troops back home. You know, France has declared war on Germany, although it has not really started fighting yet, but once the war starts, it will definitely not be easy to see how Germany attacked Poland before, and the number of troops is of course a little more than me!

At present, in addition to the 4,800 patrols in the French Concession, there are also four French colonial armies:

The first is the second company of the French 16th Colonial Infantry Regiment (RIC) originally stationed in Shanghai (guarding the central area of the concession).

The RIC soldier had anchor emblems on his caps and helmets and was commanded by a lieutenant colonel of the infantry regiment, whose title was Commander of the French Detachment in Shanghai; After the 813 Incident, the unit strengthened the 1st Battalion (mainly Vietnamese Beiqi people, guarding the eastern area) and the 2nd Battalion (guarding the western area) of the Expeditionary Force in China, and reorganized it into the Colonial Mixed Infantry Battalion (BMICC) in China.

Second, several small-displacement warships of the French Far East Fleet are stationed on the Huangpu River, and there is a certain threat of force.

Third, the light tank company and other logistical support units originally stationed in South China mainly have logistical, artillery, and medical detachments, and although the number of personnel is only a few hundred, they also have a certain combat effectiveness.

The last is the Municipal Guard, established by the Public Board of Directors in 1937, consisting of 1,800, 850, 148 and 377 Chinese, Vietnamese, Russian, and European nationals, respectively, and is a militia force similar to the International Business Group in the Public Concession.

The French officials were already imagining that if the external defense of the French Concession was handed over to the US military, then they could transfer the first three troops back to China, or transfer them to French China, but now the situation there is not very good, and the resistance of the local natives has begun to become fierce, and now the situation in Europe, it is not realistic to transfer troops from the mainland, and these troops can just go to reinforcements.

Britain and France have such a small calculation, so they will actively contact the observation group from the United States, in order to probe the tone and look for a possibility.

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As for the other countries in the concession, they are also concerned about the United States' move to increase its military strength, and they have all kinds of ideas, except for Germany and Italy, which are more vigilant, other countries still welcome this, after all, they are also Westerners, and they can better protect their expatriates.

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Although it can be seen that the more than 5,000 new arrivals are all newly trained recruits, on the whole, the US garrison in the Shanghai Concession has reached nearly 10,000 troops, and this is not counting the international merchant groups...... Oh, and the police stations that are in the hands of the Americans.

If Japan and the United States declare war and the Japanese army wants to attack the concession, it will face an armed force of 15,000 people in the public concession and nearly 9,000 in the French concession, which is more than several times more difficult than before! This situation has aroused a high degree of vigilance on the part of the Japanese side.

Despite this, the various forces on the Japanese side understand that under the current world situation, it is simply impossible for Japan to immediately turn against the United States, Britain, France, and other countries, because it is not difficult to defeat the Asian garrisons of these countries, but when they send out their fleets and a large number of troops, Japan is too small to hold on! Well, now you can only endure it.

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Of course, Li Junhao will not care what the Japanese are thinking now, and his current energy is mainly focused on how to integrate 5,500 recruits into the existing three regiment-level troops!

The Fourth Regiment of the Navy and the 327th Regiment can be said that the current two regiments can operate on their own, and after the recruits are replenished, it is enough to carry out cooperative training under the current framework. But the situation with the 15th Infantry Regiment was different.

The 15th regiment's current self-renewal training has just begun, the treatment of the more than 300 sick has not yet been completed, and the arrival of 1,800 recruits is actually impossible for them to digest at all, and this problem must be solved as soon as possible.

To this end, Li Junhao adopted the method of separate training and synthesis - first, the 1,800 recruits assigned to the 15th Infantry Regiment were handed over to the 327th Regiment for training together, isolated from the headquarters of the 15th Regiment, which was undergoing recovery training, and prepared to be reorganized after seeing the actual results......

This method of his was unanimously approved by the high-ranking officers of the Huhai garrison, and even Lieutenant Colonel Rupu did not raise an objection, but took the lead in praising it: This is the best method at present!

The commander of the 15th regiment Rupp agreed, and the others, of course, would not have an opinion. As a result, Li Junhao's orders were faithfully carried out.

In addition, a large number of weapons and equipment came with the ship this time, not only 5,500 recruits, but also the headquarters of the 15th Infantry Regiment and the 4th Naval and Land Regiment; And it is very rare that this time there is no discrimination against land and sea, the basic equipment is the same, at least the M1 Garand rifle is equipped in advance; Of course, in terms of reloaders, it is definitely inferior to the 15th Infantry Regiment of the Army.

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