Although I had been mentally prepared for a long time, the arrival of the French Foreign Corps still brought considerable psychological pressure to the Japanese side.

Several failed wars in modern history have stripped away the halo above France layer by layer. Napoleon's invincible army has long been turned into dust of history as time passes. However, there is a strange force that inherited the glory that the French Army once had. Interestingly, most of the membership of this force does not belong to the French people. This nation can only fight under the command of women or foreigners, which has almost become a curse imposed on the legal person.

There are also many knowledgeable officers in the Japanese Army, and their identity as a white tube cap was immediately identified.

"French foreign...League..." A Army Nakazo murmured to himself.

"When did they arrive in Shanghai, why do we not even know any news."

"Everyone, before the war started, did the superiors not even understand the enemy's strength? When did the Imperial Japanese Imperial Army have fallen to this level."

"Fortunately, I didn't continue to get entangled with the other party. If an armored convoy attacks from the back during the battle, the consequences will be unpredictable."

Several staff officers and combat officers from Honda Brigade gathered together to discuss.

At this time, the outer navy also discovered the arrival of French reinforcements. Under the command of the officers, they stopped confronting the army. The sailors turned their formation and faced toward Nanjing Road.

"The Honda team cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of the French. No matter what, we must persist until our reinforcements arrive." Tanimoto knew the interests in the problem, so he could only helplessly turn to protect the chaotic troops.

"These seem to be the Japanese navy. Didn't they say that they were attacking their army? Did the information above get wrong? Sure enough, we shouldn't believe them. It seems that just like the North African colonies, the intelligence department here is also a group of unreliable guys."

The commander of the French Foreign Corps who arrived was also wondering that the order he received was to come to block the Japanese army that violated the public concession, but now he was full of naval sailors wearing blue uniforms and white leggings.

The roadside was burned into a charred wreckage of trucks, as well as stone and glass fragments everywhere on the exterior walls, confirmed to the Army Lieutenant that a very fierce battle had broken out here. However, looking at the public concession policemen sitting and resting along the sidewalks and on the steps of the building, it was obvious that the battle here had ended.

"Hey, who is responsible for this now?" Lieutenant Gulit, the company commander of the foreign corps, plundered the border of the armored machine gun tower and asked an Indian policeman standing next to the street lamp pole.

"Hello sir, it's a Mr. Colonel." The policeman pointed to the front door of the Huamao Hotel.

Under the huge ornate awning, a group of figures in uniform stood.

"Colin?! Are you talking about a colonel?" Gulit blinked.

"Yes, sir, a German naval colonel, sir." The policeman replied respectfully.

The Lieutenant of the Corps believed that this Indian must have been quite well educated and was more polite than any Indian he had ever met.

"Dano, you are responsible for commanding and let everyone get out of the train and I will report to the commander here." After turning to his deputy, Gulit got out of the armored vehicle from the narrow side door.

"The Japanese army opposite the Sichuan Road and Bridge are being mobilized frequently. If they want to force the bridge, we may not be able to stop it." Second Lieutenant David, the commander of the Armored Convoy of the Wanguo Merchant Corps, reported to Feng Hertz.

This time, the Wanguo Merchants drove out all the armored vehicles that could be used. Although there were only six Rolls-Royce armored vehicles built twenty years ago, these old guys were well maintained.

The Japanese Marine Corps also equipped the same vehicle imported from the UK. The difference between the two is that the Japanese installed a machine gun tower designed by themselves. This light armored vehicle designed for use as a Ranger, but caused heavy losses to the soldiers of the 19th Route Army who lacked anti-armor weapons in the Battle of Shanghai.

Although its armor and off-road capabilities are not very strong, if you really dig a trench on the street as you do in some books, you will find that the roadblocks you have worked hard to prevent this kind of armored vehicle at all. To block this wheeled armored vehicle, you need a concrete low wall at least half a meter high, or a German anti-tank dragon tooth pile.

This armored vehicle uses the famous [Rols Reus Silver Ghost] sedan turret, equipped with a Rolls Reus six-cylinder water-cooled engine with a power of 80 horsepower. The body is covered with a layer of 12 mm thick homogeneous steel armor, with a total weight of 4.5 tons, and can run wildly on the road at a maximum speed of 72 kilometers per hour.

Apart from the high price, this armored vehicle has almost no major disadvantages, so since the day of its finalization, this armored vehicle has been in service in the British Army for 20 years.

It once patrolled the muddy and dirty trenches of France with the cold guns shot by the German army, and also ran in the deserted Gobi desert in Africa under the command of the "Arab Lawrence".

The Wanguo Merchants successively purchased ten of these armored vehicles, each of which was as high as 12,000 taels of silver. Although it looked a bit expensive at the time, it is still worth the money at present. You should know that a complete Reus Rolls Silver Ghost in later generations sold for as high as 100 million pounds.

Due to mechanical wear and lack of parts, four of the armored vehicles were temporarily unable to start. They are now parked in front of the Gongmen Bureau building and used as bulletproof bunkers and machine gun fire points.

The remaining six armored vehicles were originally planned to be transferred to the Bund to support the SS, but then they received news that the battle on the Bund had ended, and a large number of Japanese troops were moving abnormally on the north bank of Sichuan Road and Bridge. So the Ministry of Industry put all these armored vehicles at the southern end of the bridge to guard against possible Japanese invasion.

"The Japanese will not launch an attack again. Those troops are here to deal with the guys over there." Feng Herz raised his thumbs and pointed at the group of Japanese people by the river.

"It's all messed up, sir, I need a radio station now." Winsbach ran over with his head scratching.

"What's wrong?" The captain looked at his first mate curiously.

"The Japanese have many wounded people, and the Japanese asked to send them to the Japanese Army's hospital in Hongkou." Winsbach reported.

"This is reasonable, is there any problem?" Von Hertz asked in confusion.

"This requires authorization. They are all criminals in theory and must be closely regulated." Lieutenant Colonel Winsbach is a very sensitive person to regulations. Von Hertz suspected that he might have been a law student before, but the first mate never admitted it.

"They are not prisoners of war, and they are under the supervision of their navy. What should be done will be left to Lieutenant General Tanimoto."

“But this is not in line with the rules.”

"Don't think about debating with me what the law is, Winsbach, your scheme of things is completely unworkable. Letting the Japanese send their wounded is also a humanitarian act. But remember to leave them with proof of identity, we need this data, and we can foresee that we will face a lot of written procedures."

"I understand, sir." Winsbach saluted von Herz, then quickly walked towards the Japanese naval officer waiting by the wall.

PS: Chapter 1 is presented, and then the code is Chapter 2. There is still something to do tonight. It seems that I can only update the doubles. I will pay the next update tonight.
Chapter completed!