Chapter 304: The detachment arrives in the Shanghai Sea

It is very important that Satomi Fu was captured, so it is nothing to let the squishy Sheng Laosi go, not to mention that a large number of assets will be confiscated!

As for the murder case, it was like a farce, but it caused the 10 members of the Qinggang who had been in an absolutely hostile relationship to adopt a cooperative attitude, and the benefit was that more than 50 arrested Qinggang members who had committed minor crimes were released. This is actually not a big deal for the police department, but because of this, the "behemoth" of the Green Gang has been split into a big piece!

Afterwards, Li Junhao happened to see these ten Qinggang Tangkou who cooperated with the police station, and found a familiar name in it - Lei Huo Tang! This reminded him of the "little master" Zhang Wusheng, who was less than thirty years old, and he didn't know if he was still the hall master? Is Lei Huotang still so poor? The memories of this time last year made him chuckle.

In a trance, he has been in this world for more than a year, time seems to have passed quickly, and he has done a lot of things in it, from an unidentified traveler who came to the world in a daze, to the actual controller of the Huhai Concession, which is really a bit wonderful!

Of course, there are a lot of coincidences in this, and there are also inexplicable help that he still doesn't understand, and even the secret of his identity that he has already felt has not been clarified......

Under the combined effect of these factors, he has become a "big man" in the Far East! Some wonderful, some strange, and he has a lot to look forward to!

——

In the afternoon of that day, Ayles, who was far away in Washington, sent a telegram to Li Junhao, first greeting him how his current situation was, then praising his "prophecy" for succeeding again, and finally encouraging him to do a good job in Shanghai, and he would find a way to give him the best support!

This was followed by a telegram from the US Naval Intelligence Agency, which was mostly praise and exclamation, but there was no substantial reward, so that he read it once and threw it aside in the pile of papers, without the slightest interest in reading it again.

After returning to the mansion in the evening, in the middle of the night, Li Xiaoyu came to him and said that he had received a telegram from Yan'an, asking him his views on the European war! He didn't reply immediately, but said that he would think about it.

Now the European continent has entered the rhythm of war, as in the previous life, and it will be followed by five years of brutal war, in which basically all the major countries of the East and the West will be involved.

At the beginning of the war, Denmark became the second country to surrender after Poland last year, followed by Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, and France, which were occupied and the royal family went into exile in the United Kingdom...... German tanks began to roll over the whole of Europe!

After thinking about it, Li Junhao decided not to make any "predictions" for the time being, because his current position and rank could not be promoted in the short term, and it was enough to use the current time to do a good job in the Huhai Concession.

As for Yan'an, he can reveal a little bit of information and let Li Xiaoyu pass on the past, which will not affect the overall situation, at most let the underground party know a little more about the situation in Europe.

——

On the afternoon of 11 April, a detachment of the Asian Fleet arrived in the Shanghai Sea, this time Admiral Thomas Hart did not come with the ship, and led the command of the new deputy commander, Rear Admiral Grant Gally, and the size of the detachment was also smaller than expected, the flagship was the Brooklyn-class light cruiser Savannah, and eight Clemson-class destroyers, seven new S-class submarines, three merchant ships converted from supply ships, and five Catalina seaplanes they carried.

When Li Junhao greeted the detachment at Wusongkou, the American and British gunboats originally stationed here sounded their whistles and hung full flags to welcome them. The Japanese First Fleet and Italian destroyers, which were supposed to be hostile, also hoisted the Daiman flag and saluted the US fleet, which could be regarded as a gesture of goodwill.

This time, Li Junhao changed into the uniform of a lieutenant admiral who had not been dressed for a long time, directly boarded the Savannah, the flagship of the detachment, and took the initiative to salute the commander of the fleet and deputy commander of the Asian Fleet, Rear Admiral Gurry, and expressed his welcome.

Major General Gary was a tall middle-aged man in his forties, and although he had always had a serious look on his face, he was very polite to Li Junhao, who came to greet him, and did not show a domineering attitude at all because of his higher rank, but made it clear that before he came, Admiral Hart had instructed him to obey the command of the Joint Command and cooperate with the actions of the Army and Marine Corps during his stay in Shanghai.

Of course, Li Junhao is extremely happy about this, and this situation is the ideal state.

Subsequently, the detachment left two destroyers to dock at Wusong Wharf, and the rest of the ships, led by US gunboats, entered the Huangpu River from Wusongkou and sailed upstream to the Bund in the concession area.

At this time, the Jinliyuan Wharf on the Bund has been transformed into a non-standard, but fully usable military port wharf, with more than 30 deep-water berths, which can accommodate the stationing of the detachment.

In the previous time, Li Junhao ordered the use of three labor reform brigades (800 convicts serving labor in each brigade) to rebuild the entire wharf, in addition to dredging the berths of ships, but also to carry out a large-scale transformation of the warehouses on the shore of the wharf, which were converted into oil depots, ammunition depots and small hangars, as well as barracks that could accommodate thousands of officers and soldiers; The perimeter of the pier is enclosed by a tall wall, with watchtowers and sentry posts, built entirely on the model of a small naval base.

Major General Gali was very satisfied with the conditions of the Jinliyuan Military Port and solemnly expressed his gratitude to Li Junhao. The other officers and men of the fleet directly erupted in cheers, for them, they finally left the ghost place in Krabi and came to the "civilized society"!

The next step is naturally the placement of the fleet, although Li Junhao now has the primary skills of a naval commander, but at best he is at the level of commanding a single ship, and he is still unable to grasp the arrangement of a fleet, but he can completely understand the command of the fleet officers, and soon understand the port entry arrangements of the detachment.

Although this is the area under the jurisdiction of the concession, Rear Admiral Galli still strictly follows the wartime regulations and arranges for the ships to enter the berths in an air defense formation; The fleet duty officer arranged for the armed guards accompanying the ship to take over the docks.

In order to move to the Shanghai Strait this time, the detachment specially brought a battalion of 700 naval base management personnel and guard troops, and there were enough manpower to take care of themselves, but Li Junhao was exempted from arranging defense troops for them.

At dinner, Li Junhao hosted a banquet at the International Hotel to entertain the officers of the detachment who had come from afar, and the commanders of all the units under his command were present.

(End of chapter)