Two hundred and fortieth chapters fire and (ten)
Jisifeier Road is the result of the Industrial Bureau's cross-border construction of roads and a serious violation of the Concession Treaty. It is just because China's domestic political situation was turbulent and the local government did not pursue such an obvious violation of national sovereignty for various interests.
Regarding the dispute over the management rights of cross-border roads, several governments chose peaceful negotiations, but they were delayed until the end of 1939. The area of No. 76, Jisifeier Road, was legally located in the Fahua District of western Shanghai at that time, and should be under the jurisdiction of the Wang Puppet Shanghai Special Municipal Government.
After the Wang Puppet regime came to power, with the support and instigation of the Japanese, the No. 76 spies and the Wang Puppet police agency, for the police power in this area, had dozens of small-scale armed conflicts with the Ministry of Commerce stationed on cross-border sections. During this period, more than a dozen Chinese arresters from India and Concessions were killed and injured, the guns and ammunition of police officers on duty were stolen, and even gathered to destroy the police station in the Jing'an arresting room of the Ministry of Commerce Bureau on Wuding Road.
Historically, because the European war had already broken out, the armed forces in the concession were transferred to Southeast Asia in large numbers. The concession was filled with people, and the Ministry of Industry had no choice but to compromise with Wang Puppet and give up half of the jurisdiction of the cross-border section. The Wang Puppet and the concession authorities sent personnel to form a joint special police force to handle the police work of the cross-border sections. In fact, the management rights of the cross-border sections at this time had basically fallen into the hands of the No. 76 and the Wang Puppet Special Municipal Government.
The spies on No. 76 gathered pseudo police and did whatever they wanted in this high-end residential area where every inch of land was once valuable. In the name of government requisition, they purchased and even occupied a large villa area near No. 76 for a very small price. After driving away the original owners and tenants, Li Shiqun, Ding Moe Estate and others distributed them to their spies and their families according to the size and level of the house. This was in the isolated island of Shanghai at that time.
It is really normal. Most of the landlords are famous and wealthy businessmen in Shanghai. They sing and dance every day, and they are truly like porcelain. So most of them can only admit that they are unlucky and dare not get entangled with these traitors with the Rizhi Pill printed on their butts. Some of the landlords are government officials of the government and have already taken their families to Chongqing to accept the property of these people. The Wang Puppet Government has no psychological pressure.
"From this intersection, we go west to Yidingpan Road, all the buildings on both sides must be searched." The speaker was Major Le Pen, the commander of the Infantry Battalion of the West Mountain (Vietnam) of the French Foreign Corps. This is a professional soldier with a tough personality. His life creed is to take the initiative to attack. From this point of view, Le Pen is not like a pure Frenchman at all. In fact, this major does have one quarter of Italian and one quarter of Moroccan blood.
Xishan Battalion is a large infantry battalion with five infantry companies and one machine gun company, with a total force of 820. At this moment, the officers and soldiers of the foreign corps under Le Pen were in high spirits, because when they set off, the French Consul General in Shanghai, Oqi, personally promised that the officers and soldiers participating in this operation would not only receive double salaries this month, but also receive a generous bonus afterwards.
The money was taken out by the Office of the Public and Directors of the French Concession. The group had long been hated by the scumbags of No. 76. If the foreign corps could help the French Concession completely solve this problem, the officials and directors were willing to give out 100,000 French francs to reward all the officers and soldiers participating in the war. At this time, because of Xu Jun's occupation policy, the francs did not depreciate as quickly as in history. With the exchange rate at this time, this was about 20,000 US dollars, which was enough to make the guys from the foreign corps die.
Of course, this money will not be distributed evenly to everyone, but will be thrown into the public fund of Xishanying, which is used to ensure the retirement and disability allowance of veterans. Because it is related to everyone's future, they cannot help but struggle.
"All houses? Sir, our troops may not be enough." Captain Raphael, the combat staff member, reminded.
"Don't there be an accurate list of address on the information given by the Japanese? Just follow the address on the list and search from house to house." Deputy Battalion Commander Major Roval suggested.
"What if someone hides at the head of the family? The above order does not allow any criminals on the list to be missed." Le Pen knocked the fender of the Renault sedan with a horse whip.
"Okay, you are the sir, so give orders." Roval spread his hands and said he didn't care.
"How long is the time left before the attack begins?" Le Pen lowered his head and pulled up his sleeve.
"As planned, it should have started now." Roval said, taking off his white tube-shaped military cap and scratching his shiny scalp.
Before the deputy battalion commander's voice could be finished, a series of rhythmic dull explosions suddenly sounded in the distance. This movement was obviously not something that ordinary guns could make.
"It's a machine gun, the Germans are really punctual!" Raphael stood in the back seat of the car excitedly, and put his hand on the awning to check in the direction of the sound of the gun. Of course, nothing can be seen from this position.
"Punctuality is a good habit, so let's start here too, for France!" Le Pen pulled out the command knife at his waist.
"For France!" several officers echoed loudly.
"Car No. 4, go and kill the corner tower in the west!" Captain Help put down his telescope, pressed and held the bakery sender hanging under his headphones and shouted loudly.
"No. 4 understands!" The answer in the headphones was clear and loud, and then a 222 armored vehicle began to turn and drove towards the west along the Jisifer Road, looking for a launching position suitable for machine gun firing.
The gate of No. 76 is connected to the gate tower with horns and eaves. At this time, it has become riddled with holes. The six kwk30 machine guns are shot in a round, let alone an ordinary wooden door, even if it is replaced by an iron gate, it is probably impossible to withstand it.
The 222 armored vehicle's 20mm machine gun uses twenty-round magazines. It is said that Germany has developed a new version that can use soft ammunition belts, using fifty rounds per unit of ammunition box to supply ammunition. It can be imagined how terrifying suppression firepower will be formed when this thing shoots continuously.
The German army used a twenty-round machine gun magazine, which also had technical reasons. Generally, the barrel diameter of the 20-round machine gun was relatively large and the pipe wall was thin. At that time, considering that after continuous firing, the ammunition would have ablation effect on the barrel. After firing twenty consecutively for twenty rounds, the gap between the magazines could be used to cool the barrel naturally.
Usually, German armored troops rarely use machine guns to fire continuously, because when the guns are continuously fired, the temperature of the barrel will rise rapidly. If the barrel is deformed due to uneven cooling, the barrel will be scrapped. Since the country has begun to equip fifty rounds of ammunition boxes, this proves that there has been a new breakthrough in the process and material of the barrel, and the barrel can withstand higher temperatures and chamber pressure than before. However, for the armored reconnaissance yard of the Tomahawk Brigade, the replacement of new equipment is still very far away.
After the blockade line was set up, there were suddenly no pedestrians passing through the street. The roadside vendors around No. 76 were actually secretly sentry arranged by the agents' headquarters. They were the first group of people to find out that the situation was abnormal. It was just that because the person in charge was at the meeting in the hall inside, the small spies outside were also a little unsure for a while, and they lost the last chance to ventilate No. 76.
When the German and British troops reached the gate No. 76, it was too late for them to report the news. These people were the most inconspicuous minions at the bottom of the agent organization, but there were also loyalty to the organization. When the German SS began to block the road in front of Gate No. 76, a vendor selling sweet potatoes suddenly took out a southern pistol from his arms and wanted to use his weapons to block it.
As a result, before he could pull the gun down, he was overwhelmed by four or five companions who rushed forward. These people entered No. 76 just to make a living. The money they received every month was not enough for them to work hard. Some people wanted to die, but don't implicate so many colleagues to die together.
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