Chapter 68 Night Shanghai

  "Night Shanghai, Night Shanghai, you are a sleepless city; neon lights rise, singing voices resound, songs and dances ascend to the heavens......" Perhaps to gloss over the situation, perhaps to comfort people's hearts, the loudspeakers on the desolate streets of Nanshi (Southern City) repeatedly played popular songs. The bloody scene that occurred at dusk on the opposite side of Minguo Road in the concession area scared the Chinese who were not affected enough - who knows if those Japanese devils who had lost their senses would rush over? The Shanghai Garrison of the National Army obviously could not give people more trust. So, shortly after the bloody scene on Minguo Road, the citizens of Shanghai in Nanshi also began to flee......

  "Two silver dollars per person! ... Nonsense! Aren't children human beings?! ..." Those humble boat dwellers are now arrogant, thinking of going to Pudong? Two silver dollars per person! Want a discount? No way! The people waiting to board the ship are so numerous that they have to queue up! Those Shanghainese who used to say "I'd rather have one bed in Puxi than one room in Pudong" are now rushing to Pudong with all their might...

  In the black settlement, on every street you could see corpses in various postures - this was only a minority, most of the atrocities took place inside houses. The white settlers who had nowhere to go either returned to their own homes or crowded into one of them with several families.

  Home, this warm place that usually shelters from the wind and rain, tonight will inevitably be unable to withstand this man-made storm of slaughter!

  The Japanese sealed off all the streets, smashing in doors and bursting into homes. If they found a white family inside, they would start their brutality! The rampaging Japanese soldiers were so carried away that they even left behind their uniforms or equipment, and it was common to see half-naked soldiers, with their birds facing the sky, pushing tall white men out of those foreign-style buildings and into the middle of the road, where they would be killed with bayonets or rifle butts. Those whites who had endured the greatest humiliation, suffered the greatest insult, and yet still did not resist as they watched these beastly soldiers repeatedly violate their womenfolk in front of them, ultimately could not escape death!

  In front of the American Consulate, a group of Americans who had been beaten to lose all their dignity and only had fear in their eyes were forced to kneel on the roadside. They bowed their heads, shivering with fear in the scorching summer wind, while behind them, the female staff who used to be elegant and noble were being ravished by a group of Japanese naval landing troops on the flower bed in front of the consulate gate...

  "You've also got an American consulate..." A lieutenant in the 9th Division stared at this squad of Marines.

  "Nonsense! They dared to bomb our naval headquarters and kill our commanding officer, why can't we touch their consulate?" A marine lieutenant colonel replied proudly: "Besides, the flower girls at the consulate are better than elsewhere..."

  "Yes, the white flowers look very enticing! ...... " The lieutenant colonel's mouth was watering, he waved his hand and the soldiers behind him were about to join in this feast.

  "Not on your life!" The Marine Corps lieutenant colonel unexpectedly drew his combat knife and blocked him: "This is the prey of the Marine Corps, it must be enjoyed by the Marine Corps first!"

  "Ah Kua! They are all soldiers of the Empire! The concession is occupied by the army!" The army lieutenant colonel showed no weakness!

  "Unless you win my sword!" The Marine lieutenant's command knife pointed at the group of kneeling diplomats: "There are twenty white pigs over there, draw your swords and let's compete to behead! Whoever beheads ten people in a shorter time will have the right for their troops to enjoy the women behind first......!" Those Marines who were originally swaying were pulled up and stood aside to cheer for their superior officer, while on the other side were the soldiers of the 9th Division; To witness this unprecedented competition, the Marine Corps somehow brought out a movie camera!

  "Ka Cha!" A very satisfying slash! The army lieutenant colonel cleanly beheaded a white man who was originally supposed to belong to the marine corps lieutenant colonel - he had already finished chopping off ten heads on his own side!

  "Woohoo!" The army lieutenant commander triumphantly raised his command knife towards the sky, while the soldiers behind him had already "disarmed" and were making beast-like howls, rushing forward in a swarm! The camera didn't stop rolling, faithfully recording all of this...

  The marines stood aside like defeated roosters, perhaps feeling embarrassed, they didn't wait for the army to finish before taking over, but quietly left.

  "To be honest, that white girl was pretty good, why did they pull me up so quickly......" A soldier dressed as a Japanese naval landing force couldn't help but savor the memory of the female secretary at the American consulate. From initial resistance to later numbness to subsequent habituation and now enjoyment...... Wang Hongbiao's troops had thoroughly become a beastly army under the dual education of Tan Xiao and the Japanese! Today, they were divided into more than 20 teams, dressed as the Japanese naval forces, smashing open all the institutions of the powers, including consulates of over 20 countries, the Ministry of Works, and the Municipal Council, and successfully guiding the Japanese army to commit even more brutal and inhumane slaughter and destruction!

  These scenes, recording the shameful video of all powerful countries and nations, will be spread out at the right time! Maybe as early as tomorrow, Japan will become the world's number one public enemy!

  Still remembering Tan Xiao in "hell", but enjoying a heavenly feeling. This evening, not long after the violence on Minguo Road ended, Rong Hui returned. And at a time when countless families were being slaughtered and humiliated, they began to spend their long-awaited passionate night at Ju Hui Mountain Villa!

  Rong Hui brought back to Lingling, there was also a group of Jews from the United States, the big shots on Wall Street. These people came to discuss with Tan Xiao about helping German Jews, and they were also very interested in the development of Qinhuangdao - just as Shanghai became chaotic for a few days, the price of land in the Qinhuangdao Development Zone, even the surrounding areas, suddenly doubled! It was clear that this would become a new investment hotspot, the hottest spot in all of China!

  The Jews will not let go of any opportunity to make a fortune, and now they have set their sights on Qinhuangdao. Moreover, they have skillfully linked the German Jewish settlement plan with the large-scale development of Qinhuangdao. Perhaps this place will become the Jerusalem of the East! Their plan has received support from Ronghua, who is relatively favorable to the Jews; her trusted assistants, bodyguards and core forces are all composed of some marginal or inferior nations in the eyes of pure whites.

  "I want to build a landmark building in the port of Qinzhou Bay, a huge statue of the Virgin Mary with open arms embracing...". Rong Hui said to Tan Xiao: "I really want to help the Jews..."

  "National Mother!" This was a term that suddenly popped into Tan Xiao's mind, and even when he was in bed, he was thinking about "the people": "This is a good idea...... Maybe we can use some special materials on the surface of the statue, so that after being exposed to sunlight during the day, it will glow at night..." Tan Xiao was not a chemist, but in the training base of later generations, he still came into contact with some new gadgets. In fact, this is not complicated, as long as you mix some elements that absorb ultraviolet energy and continuously release it on the surface of the building, you can; these elements are not some kind of super-advanced invention, they exist in this era too. Something that can please his heartthrob while also bringing a world-class landmark to this port city, why not?

  "...Awesome!" She flipped over and pressed herself against him, bringing intense physical stimulation. In her heart, Tan Xiao, who had just called out to God, suddenly had an idea: this new port would be called Maria... a sacred and maternal name.

  Two angel-like people are enjoying the joy of Eden, while the Shanghai hell they more or less created is struggling and wailing under the brutality of the Japanese.

  "Unless the Japanese blow up the building, they'll never take it!" Joe Saison, Sasha's chief bodyguard, reported confidently to Victor Saison; the current Saison Building had accepted over 3,000 refugees, so it had enough defenders. Moreover, these defenders were well-armed with light and heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, mortars - after all, Saison was one of Shanghai's largest arms dealers. They even had over a thousand gas masks, and the building still stored large quantities of food and water.

  "Our supplies will last us for two months!" Joe Shauer said proudly: "Two months, enough for our fleet to sink the entire Japanese island!"

  "Alright! Now I order, move the eight mortars to the top floor and fire at the Japanese devils!" Sasha's eyes were full of madness and pride - no matter whether they could hold on or not, history would remember him, Victor Sasha, the last guardian god of the concession in Shanghai during the 1937 massacre!

  Sanson's men organized several sorties to attack the Japanese in the vicinity, and many of the Japanese who were still dazed from their brutal treatment of white women were killed, with the number reaching into the thousands. When the Japanese discovered that there was still resistance in this city, they began to gather a force, surrounding Sanson's building from all directions.

  "You bunch of bastards! You pigs! Look at yourselves, do you still have any dignity as Imperial soldiers?!" A scrawny lieutenant colonel had one hand in his pocket and the other holding his combat knife as he berated his subordinates. His large group of disheveled soldiers still maintained some semblance of military bearing, not having lost their rifles, but half of them were missing their pants, and couldn't even find their underwear!

  "Now, you get everyone in that building killed!......" The thin middle-aged colonel pointed his knife at the Sasha Building. At this time, a mortar shell just fell down, "Boom" a loud noise, and the gathered soldiers immediately fell to the ground. The colonel was so scared that he hurriedly dodged, his hand came out of his pocket, and his wide military pants immediately slid down, revealing his bare buttocks without underwear - - - - His own belt didn't know where it went!

  The fighting was extremely fierce, the outer periphery of the first floor of the Sassoon Building was shrouded in smoke, and the corners of the streets outside were crowded with Japanese soldiers. The situation of those Japanese soldiers was no better than that of the people in the building, they were often hit by cold guns from upstairs, and even a mortar shell that could take many lives!

  "Boom, boom!" A burst of 92-style infantry artillery shells fell rapidly near the main entrance of the building, blowing up mud and dust that completely blocked the door again. The Japanese soldiers who were hiding in the corner rushed out towards the gate with a strange cry, and the second and third floors immediately responded with the roar of machine guns. As the "popping" sound of bullets hitting human bodies rang out, many Japanese soldiers fell to the ground, their corpses and those who had died in the previous charge becoming obstacles that the next wave of attackers had to overcome. The quick-moving soldiers rushed to the gate but were shot dead by the three Vickers guns in the lobby, either at the door or inside the lobby... This was the fifth charge, and the Japanese had launched five attacks in just one hour, leaving nothing but their own corpses on the street. Only now did they realize how difficult it was to capture such a building - including 75mm mountain artillery, infantry firepower was powerless against the exterior walls of this building made of steel-reinforced concrete and granite; the defenders inside, those who had witnessed their wives being humiliated in front of them and survived, all became fearless fighters.

  "It seems we have to use the navy's heavy artillery!" Hata Shunroku, who was observing from a distant warship with binoculars, said: "What a pity, these beautiful buildings! ... Ah, yes, let's try poison gas first!"

  "Ready...... fire!" A small mustache on the third floor of the Sassoon Building commanded an anti-aircraft gun, a French artilleryman who missed the gathering because he was hiding in his mistress's closet now had a chance to use his skills. He discovered early on that a group of Japanese soldiers wearing gas masks were approaching, so he reported to Joe Sassoon and requested a 37mm anti-aircraft gun. After a good observation and distinction, he found the vehicle carrying toxic gases, and under his command, the first shot directly hit the toxic gas tank on the vehicle 800 meters away! The Japanese army's attack, which had been suspended for an hour, resumed in such a chaotic situation.

  "Report, the 26th squad has returned in full... six injured, three seriously wounded..." The subordinate reported to Wang Hongbiao, this was the last team to gather; they all returned through a hidden passage in an old warehouse to another warehouse in Nanshi. With Du Yuesheng's cooperation, it was like fishing in troubled waters when fighting guerrilla warfare in Shanghai.

  The resistance in the concession is no longer just the Sassoon House, after the initial shock and panic, many whites have begun to fight desperately with the Japanese. The casualties of Wang Hongbiao's troops were caused by these whites, and seeing this, the various departments that had already completed their tasks slipped out of the concession according to plan.

  The troops had a new task and would soon arrive in Qingpu to receive the more than 5,000 Allied prisoners of war there and protect them closely until Liang Su's troops arrived.

  Liango's troops have already boarded the Yangtze River, and as a result of their training exercises, the road conditions in Hunan have greatly improved. With the Wild One Army gathering a large number of cars as transportation tools again, Liango's troops, including the newly assigned independent artillery regiment, quickly arrived at Hankou and transferred to large ships. These German merchant ships loaded with German aid were enough to transport all their heavy equipment to Shanghai simultaneously. Soon after they set off, the Central Instructional Corps, which had performed the best in this training exercise and had basically met the standards, also embarked on its journey eastward. Shanghai is in chaos, and Nanjing will also strengthen its military forces.

  The news that the Central Army is preparing to march east has also reached the ears of the Guangdong and Guangxi warlords. Now, including Bai Chongxi's hanging heart, many have put down their worries, perhaps this time Chiang Kai-shek convened a meeting without any ulterior motives. Except for Chen Jitang, who never leaves his lair, the two Guangs, including the Guangdong military clique politicians Hu Hanmin, Xiang Hanzheng, and Li Yangjing; Li Zongren, Liao Yue, and Xia Wei will all fly to Nanjing. Originally, in the original timeline, these warlords would have a worse outcome than they did when they launched an anti-Chiang rebellion a year later! Because their decision was intercepted by the Wild One Army's military intelligence department that very night. Now, Nanjing is preparing to crack down, while some of the Hunan armies are indeed preparing to march east, others are preparing to march south!

  At the same time, two French naval cruisers were also anchored in Qinzhou Bay, accompanied by two British military transport ships. The security team operating under the name "Oriental Cobra" in Qinzhou Bay had quietly increased from 3,000 to over 9,000 people. In addition, two British light cruisers departing from India set sail that evening, with one of them carrying Li Hua, a veteran member of the Wild One Military Special Forces; they would pick up 3,000 Wild One Military soldiers waiting in Qinzhou Bay and head to Guangzhou together. As for Li Hua's own target, it was Chen Jitang! The German tank training camp led by Guderian, with 80 tanks and nearly 2,000 officers and men, would join forces with the Wild One Military, the 25th Division, the 1st Division, and the Central Instructional Corps' remaining tank units, totaling over 230 vehicles, to begin a joint "large-scale exercise"...

  A great war is brewing silently in the south, while Shanghai to the east is ablaze: after more and more white people began to fight to the death, the Japanese army discovered that they were showing signs of losing control! Apart from the Sassoon Building area being firmly controlled by the Japanese with heavy troops, many places have seen white people killing large numbers of Japanese soldiers gathering together, forming city defense strongholds; then they kill even more Japanese. And those women who had been repeatedly ravaged also woke up from their shock and shame, they would find opportunities to get some weapons, such as scissors or awls, and wait for the next batch of beasts breaking in, giving them a fatal blow when they were most engaged! After killing those beasts, they would obtain real weapons and bravely join the ranks of the resisters...

  The road in front of the Sassoon Building was no longer visible, covered by a thick layer of Japanese corpses. Just now, the Japanese had launched a disastrous attack under the cover of toxic gas: they thought that inside would be full of white people who couldn't move, and easily rushed up with gas masks. However, the defenders in the building suddenly charged out! Wearing gas masks and equipped with Thompson submachine guns or German MP18 submachine guns, the resistance fighters suddenly appeared, using their much more ferocious firepower to crazily shoot at the Japanese; at the same time, from the second floor to the fifth floor, many new firing points suddenly emerged, almost covering all of the Japanese army's defensive positions. In this brief counterattack, over a thousand Japanese soldiers were killed on the streets!

  "Fire!" Commander Hata Toshi ordered the fleet's large-caliber guns to bombard the Sassoon House! Nearly thirty cannons on two destroyers fired in unison! The massive building, one of Shanghai's six tallest structures, was instantly enveloped in smoke and flames, dust covering it completely; but when the firing stopped and the smoke cleared, the majestic building stood tall again, its silhouette illuminated by the night fires.

  The field army was about to start a new round of artillery fire, but received a telegram from the land, which reported that the resistance in the concession was exceptionally fierce, and another report almost threw the division commander into an ice cave: The troops on shore who were executing "punishment" against white people had actually slaughtered all 20 foreign diplomatic personnel from various countries' consulates!

  It's all over! It's completely over! ...... Hata Shunroku's true intention was to target civilians! No matter how cruel they were to the civilians, as long as it was between countries and negotiations were needed, the truth of those events would be distorted or erased by politicians! A government that doesn't truly care about its people! But...... except for diplomats, consulates are special territories of each country in China! Who is the idiot who dared to touch those consulates?! Even in the report, he saw that among the completely destroyed consulates were Iran, which had nothing to do with this conflict, the Soviet Union, which was unrelated and had a long-standing grudge against the Empire, and their allies and good friends Germany...... It's all over! Completely over! The Japanese will become the world's public enemy! He, who caused all of this, will eventually be used as a scapegoat by his country's politicians and sent to the guillotine!

  Once, Hata Shunroku dreamed of making a name for himself when the Empire fully invaded China, and one day he would sit in the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force... But now, all this will be far away, he will end his life on the guillotine; His family will also face a miserable fate... Unless Japan does not negotiate with any country, Japan defeats all the powerful countries! Only by thoroughly pushing Japan into war can he have a glimmer of hope for survival.

  "Have the naval cruisers assist, bring in the largest caliber cannons, wherever there is resistance, use the cannons to blast! Hata Shunroku did not order an investigation into who caused the incident, it was no longer meaningful. He only issued orders regarding combat and slaughter: "Bring my ship ashore, I want to go ashore to command personally! Issue orders to each department, regardless of male or female, as long as they are white people, kill them all! By tomorrow when the sun rises, there should not be a single white person left in the concession! ... That building, use 8-inch and 10-inch cannons to blast it flat!" Hata Shunroku crumpled up the telegram from the shore into a ball and threw it into the Huangpu River..."

  Hehe, I rarely go on QQ chat, but today I went online for a bit and chatted with book friends, feeling very happy, thank you everyone! ... Apart from canvassing votes, the day before yesterday I went to the center and was surprised to find that I had one female vote and one literary vote, don't know if it's every day; after writing books myself, I rarely read books, don't know who to vote for, want to go to book reviews to ask... also learned how to collect, haha, turns out you need to click first... spent a pretty good day!