At the southern end of the Lihua Ferry Bridge, the Belarusian armed forces affiliated with the Wanguo Merchants have begun martial law. No one in the public concession is allowed to go to Hongkou through the Lihua Ferry Bridge, nor are they allowed to come from Hongkou.

Many people have gathered at the bridgehead and are protesting loudly.

Liu Xiao was hiding among the crowd, watching coldly.

Heixiao squatted behind Liu Xiao, looking into the north of the ferry bridge.

As his name suggests, Hei Xiaozi looks like a bear, is over two meters tall, weighs at least two hundred kilograms, and is as strong as a hill.

Heixiaozi asked Liu Xiao: "Zhangzu, do you think the Japanese in Hongkou will come here?"

Heixiazi is Liu Xiao's old subordinate and an old man from the 112th Division of the Northeast Army. He is called Liu Xiaoyingzuo, so he has not changed his words until now, and he still calls him Yingzuo.

"It's said that I won't call you." Liu Xiao shook his head and then said, "But it's not accurate. In short, you are all ready. If the Japanese really call you, your squadron must assist the Belarusian armed forces to guard the Li Ferry Bridge!"

"Yes." Hei Xiazi nodded, subconsciously touched his right hand, and his back had a muffle gun hidden in his back.

Liu Xiao's eyes crossed the Li Ferry Bridge and landed on the Japanese on the north side of the bridge.

I saw that hundreds of Japanese military police had already formed an attacking formation.

...

In fact, it's not just a ferry bridge.

The dozen other crossing bridges on the Suzhou River, the French Concession, the cross-border construction roads on the west side of the public concession, and the cross-border construction roads on the south side of the French Concession are already tense and the war is about to begin.

The boundaries of the Chinese Concession are tense, and they are also verbal in the conference room on the top floor of the Sassoon Building.

Here, Japanese Consul General in Shanghai, Okamoto Kazumasa, and Japanese director of the Concession Department, Masazo Shimada, were having a fierce quarrel with Floyd and several British directors.

The American Minister Commod, the French Minister Mae Joseph, and the British Minister Lichmo did not join the war.

Shimada Masazo waved his fat short arms and roared angrily: "The Sassoon Guards have done too much this time. Even in the public concession, they cannot kill the armed personnel of the Empire so unscrupulously! Therefore, they must pay the price for this, and our Concession Work Department must also be responsible for this!"

Floyd retorted: "Director Shimada, first of all, I declare that those militants were Qiao Zhuang and did not reveal their identities. Therefore, the Sassoon Guard did not know in advance that they were armed personnel of your country. Therefore, you accused the Sassoon Guard of killing Japanese armed personnel, which is absolutely untenable!"

After pausing, Floyd said again: "In addition, I need to remind you that you are the director of the Concession Bureau of the Concession, and then the Japanese. Therefore, when you consider the problem, you should put the interests of the Concession first, rather than the interests of the Japanese government first. Otherwise, I should propose that the directors of the Concession Bureau be re-elected."

Shimada was speechless because what Freud was saying was the truth.

All the personnel of the Mei agency, including Hitoshita, did not reveal their identities publicly when entering the public concession. In fact, if they showed their identities, it would be impossible to enter the public concession.

As long as Freud bites this to death, the Japanese will have no choice.

Because the Japanese have impure motives, how can they blame others?

Seeing Masazo Shimada being speechless by Floyd, Okamoto became popular.

This time, Okamoto was originally planning to give the Concession Bureau a warning, but he never thought that he would be defeated by Floyd!

Okamoto Jimao was too lazy to talk nonsense, so he just broke up.

At this moment, Okayama said: "Your Excellency, General Director, we don't have to say this anymore. Just say it. The existence of the Sassoon Guard has seriously threatened the security of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Institutions stationed in Shanghai. If you cannot meet our requirements, we only need to solve it through force."

He paused and said, "In Suzhou, Hebei, the General Director of the Imperial Armed Forces gathered to the west and south of the road, you must have known it, right? I will only give you half an hour of consideration. After half an hour, if we still cannot get a satisfactory reply, then the Imperial Armed Forces will launch an attack!"

"At that time, the Shanghai Public Concession and the French Concession will no longer exist!"

"At that time, the entire Shanghai will be under the rule of the empire!"

"At that time, the interests of Western countries in Shanghai will not be able to be guaranteed at the most basic level!"

Floyd frowned and said, "Consul General, are you threatening the Concession Works Department?"

"You can understand this way." Okamoto Jimao didn't deny it. He looked at his watch and said, "It's now 9:05 am. After thirty minutes, I'll come back at 9:35."

After saying that, Okamotoki Masato stood up and left with Shimada Masato.

...

As Okamoto and Masashimashimada left, the conference room was once again in a fierce quarrel.

The two sides of the quarrel had different views. One faction believed that it should compromise, accept the Japanese conditions in full, disarm the Sassoon Guard, and hand over the Chinese armed personnel of the guard to the Japanese side for disposal.

The opinion of this faction is actually to kill the donkey, because the Qing Gang in the Concession has been uprooted and No. 76 has also been severely damaged. Therefore, even if the Sassoon Guard is disbanded now, the underground ecology of the Concession cannot return to the past. In this case, why do you still risk angering the Japanese to kill the Sassoon Guard?

Another faction believes that he cannot bow his head to the Japanese.

Because if you bow your head this time, the Japanese will find their weakness and will gain a better position next time. In this way, the entire concession will fall into the control of the Japanese.

The two sides were blushing in a fight, and no one could convince anyone for a moment.

Zhong Yi winked at Commod, and Commod nodded gently.

At that moment, Commod stood up and said, "Everyone, do you want to hear my opinion?"

Freud said, "Mr., we are very happy to hear your opinions."

"I can't say that high opinion, I have only a brief opinion." Commod waved his hand and continued, "As Director Locke said just now, the Qing Gang has been wiped out, and No. 76 has also been severely damaged. Shanghai's underground ecology is no longer the same as before, and public security has also improved significantly, so the existence of the Sassoon Guard is no longer so important."
Chapter completed!