Plane Merchant's Dream of a Powerful Country

Chapter 241 The Liberation of Nanjing and the Closing of All Concessions in Shanghai

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Nanjing has a long history and is a famous ancient city.It has a history of more than 2500 years as a city and nearly 500 years as a capital. It is one of the four ancient capitals in the history of Yanhuang and has the reputation of "the ancient capital of six dynasties" and "the capital of ten dynasties".

On January 1943, 1, the city of Nanjing was in a scene of war at this time, black smoke was faint, and flames were soaring into the sky. Many dilapidated buildings and fortifications were scattered around the main roads in the south and west of the city. However, it is gratifying that the gunshots in the city Gradually thinning out, the Japanese pirates' resistance was on the verge of collapse.

Looking from a high altitude, the Ming Dynasty city wall in the north of Nanjing was specially taken care of by the Yanhuang Red Party. The troops crossing the river did not attack here directly, but instead attacked the urban area of ​​Nanjing from the south and west, so the ancient city wall of the Ming Dynasty basically did not suffer much. The actual loss is just a few small corners that have collapsed in a few edge areas.At this time, the Yangtze River outside the city wall was flowing quietly, continuing to record the traces of the years without interruption; on one side of the city wall, there were three bungalows with sloping thatched roofs in sequence, with old wooden doors and dirty paper. The pasted windows show the owner's daily distressed living conditions. There are two or three small vegetable fields in front of each house. The owners often plant green plants here during the busy farming season as a source of food and livelihood for the family.

Although the rumble of guns outside the city earlier, the fierce gunfire really frightened ordinary people to some extent, but they are used to troubled times, and they can basically watch the "changing king's flag at the top of the city" quietly, and through folk gossip , I generally know that this is the north of the Yangtze River, and the army of our own country is coming, so everyone is relatively calm: After all, they are all Yanhuang people, and in the future, they will be better than being a subjugated slave under the hands of little devils. .

The Japanese Yanhuang dispatched army defending here is limited in strength, and it is impossible to implement a bunker-style defense for the entire Nanjing city. Therefore, they only built concrete and masonry fortifications on some strategic highlands and important places. Along with the Red Party tank vanguard and The large troops attacked one by one, and these scattered bunkers and dark bunkers were wiped out like chickens and wild dogs.The little devils inside either "broken jade" to be loyal, or committed suicide by drinking a bullet. There is no possibility of negotiation or escape.

Since the whole of Nanjing was already surrounded by the main forces of the Red Party at this time, Hiroren's decree to tell the Yanhuang dispatched army to withdraw from Yanhuang immediately became a piece of useless waste paper here.The Japanese pirate army with a total defensive force of only over 2 people suffered more than 1 casualties in less than half a day of fighting. In the end, more than 7000 people were desperate. Suicide breakout, vain attempt to break through the Red Party defense line, fled to the periphery of Shanghai, so that they could escape to Yanhuang Treasure Island by boat.

But the world is always like this, the ideal is full, the reality is very skinny. On the east side of Nanjing, one after another crooked corpses and Japanese pirate chariots burning with black smoke all illustrate the glory of the Red Party's blocking troops. results.

"Hey, Zijian, killing the devils this time is very enjoyable." Liang Xingchu, the commander of the New Thirteenth Division, smiled "evilly" when he saw the devils dying in disorder.

"Yeah, but I'm very surprised. It's clearly at the end of the day, why did the Japanese army's top brass launch such a hopeless charge?" Rao Zijian, the political commissar of the New Thirteenth Division, asked suspiciously (they didn't know that Hirohito had promulgated at this time, requiring Yu Zhao who withdrew from the Yanhuang Continent).

"Whatever! It's better for these ghost soldiers to take the initiative, otherwise I won't shoot street fighting, but firstly, the duration of the war will definitely be prolonged, and secondly, ordinary people will be mixed in, civilian casualties will definitely be unavoidable, so head-to-head decisive battles are more suitable for me. I mean it." Liang Xingchu, the commander of the New Thirteenth Division, shook his head indifferently.

"Indeed, the military result is more important than the process. By the way, Lao Liang, let's enter the city. Don't make Mo Wenhua and the others wait. Although there is no 'presidential palace' in Nanjing now, the necessary ceremony of entering the city is still not possible." No, after all, Nanjing was still the capital of the Yanhuang Republic before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, which has great symbolic significance!" Political commissar Rao Zijian suggested while nodding.

"I understand, let's set off now." Teacher Liang Xingchu also understood the priorities, but he still couldn't help asking: "Given the time, shouldn't our party's own nation-building also be put on the agenda?"

"I guess it should be soon, and the south will be calmed down soon. At that time, our party, which will hold the north and the south, has no reason not to build a country. What's more, the one in Chongqing recently announced the country's military orders and orders to the world. Really take yourself to continue to be a character."

"He was blind in a hurry and wanted to jump off the wall!"

"Hehe, Old Liang, what you said is absolutely right!"

Half an hour later, Nanjing Central Square.

This is the most concentrated area of ​​modern buildings in Nanjing. In the center of the road is an urban garden in a circular area. There is a humanoid sculpture in the center of the garden, surrounded by a small square paved with gravel, and outside is a stone barrier. There are evergreen trees planted inside, and street lighting facilities are installed between the trees.

With the garden as the central origin, there is a four-lane wide road to the east, west, north, south, and radially spread out. There are four or five-story buildings on both sides of the road.Usually it is quiet and orderly here, but today, as the mighty Red Party tanks drove into the city, both sides of the road were crowded with local residents of Nanjing who came to watch.Most of them are simple Yanhuang workers and farmers. Everyone wears simple and shabby clothes. Many of them are patched and patched.

Five minutes later, the tank units of the Red Party entered the city one by one from each city gate, and the infantry field units also began to form neat formations, walking majesticly and uniformly on the main roads in downtown Nanjing.Each soldier wears a steel helmet, a winter cotton color camouflage uniform, and combat boots in the style of military shoes of later generations.With a full-automatic liberation machine gun on the back, an iron aluminum pot on the waist, and a long row of leather bullet boxes on the chest, walking into the city solemnly and solemnly like a military parade in a festival ceremony, there is an atmosphere of self-confidence, fortitude, bravery and toughness. Consciously exuded, the invisible aura frightened the Yanhuang residents on both sides of the road, and they forgot their words for a while.

After a few seconds.

"Long live the PLA!"

The troops armed to the teeth, inspired the people of Yan and Huang who had lost their national pride for a long time, could no longer restrain their emotions, and shouted unconsciously.

"Military and civilian family, long live the Red Party!"

"Hit the Japanese pirate imperialism!"

"Eliminate the Tartars and recast Yanhuang!"

"Welcome to the People's Army!"

"Long live the PLA!"

"Long live the Red Party!"

From noon on January 1th, the cheers in the city followed the combat troops entering the city one by one to accept the people's review without stopping. Until nightfall, they could still be heard occasionally from a certain window.On this day, Nanjing will be restored; on this night, it is doomed to be sleepless!

Shanghai International Settlement.

The Shanghai International Settlement was the first concession to appear on the land of Yanhuang in modern times. It was formed in 1863 by the merger of the former British Concession and the Stars and Stripes Concession.It is also the concession that was opened the earliest, existed for the longest time, has the largest area, the largest management organization, and the most fully developed concession in the disgraceful history of the Yanhuang Concession.

The entire concession covers a vast area. Later generations, North Huangpu, Jing'an, Hongkou and Yangpu districts along the southern river are the most important components of the Shanghai public concession, corresponding to the central, western, northern and eastern districts of the public concession.On the main plane, AIG, the largest insurance company in the Republic of Stars and Stripes, and HSBC, the largest bank in Europe, were founded in the Shanghai International Settlement in 1919 and 1865, respectively.

Since World War II broke out completely in 1940, when the Battle of Songhu broke out in 1937, the Japanese pirate army only used the northern and eastern areas of the public concession as bases for attacking the Yanhuang army, and replaced the concession with marines for patrolling. As a result, the Shanghai Public Concession was actually divided into two parts, and the area north of Suzhou Creek became the sphere of influence controlled by the Japanese pirate army, which was called the "Japanese pirate concession".The main part of the International Settlement, the Central Zone, the West Zone and the western cross-border road construction area were defended by the British, Stars and Stripes and Italian troops respectively, and remained neutral in the war for four years.During these four years, their governing bodies located in the district continued to operate as usual.

It was not until 1940, when the European War broke out, and the British troops stationed in Shanghai withdrew, and in December 1941, when the Pacific War officially broke out, that Japanese pirate troops were fully stationed in the central and western areas of the public concession.

Then it is very interesting that the United Kingdom and the Stars and Stripes, which had lost actual control over these areas at that time, signed an agreement with the bald party government in Chongqing very "justly" and "generously" to separate the public concessions of Shanghai and Xiamen (both occupied by the enemy) The management rights were handed over to Yanhuang, and Britain also agreed to return the administrative management rights of the British concessions in Tianjin (occupied) and Guangzhou (basically occupied) to Yanhuang. Then, Belgium and other countries that joined the anti-fascist camp also signed agreements to administer the public concessions in Shanghai and Xiamen The power was handed over to Yanhuang, so these concessions were taken over by Yanhuang in terms of "jurisprudence". They are really a group of "lovely and respectable" international allies!

At this time, the Shanghai International Settlement was in a mess.The clean and beautiful streets of the past have disappeared, as have the arrogant and rude devil soldiers.Only the Red Party armored vehicles painted in dark green drove into the concession, followed by military trucks full of infantry soldiers who were also armed to the teeth.According to the pre-planned plan, they went to their respective targets in batches, or the buildings of important buildings or the crossroads of transportation hubs. After only one hour, the security and security of the entire concession were restored to the original state. The common people all slowly passed through the gaps in the windows to observe the army of the Yanhuang Red Party.

"I am a citizen of the British Empire, and I request to meet your army commander!" A middle-aged man with a white face and the armband of the World Red Cross walked out of a church house and said to the Red Party fighters in front of the door.

"Stop, no!" Although I couldn't understand what the gringo said, before entering, many Red Party fighters who had learned a few words before entering could still say "yes, no". "Grandpa is dead, lotus root".

An hour later, this member of the International Red Cross named Henry met Liu Peishan, the commander of the new 27th Division.

"I request your army to immediately go to the Pudong and Longhua concentration camps (concentration camps for overseas Chinese from the allied countries in Shanghai), where the Japanese pirate army has imprisoned a large number of allied nationals. They have been short of food for many years, and many of them are in crisis."

Through the translator he found, Liu Peishan roughly understood the meaning of this British citizen.He replied: "Okay, I will arrange for someone to go and look at those places."

"No, you must go immediately, now, immediately!" Billy, a British gentleman overflowing with love, raised his voice and said in an almost commanding tone, confused about the situation.

"Enough!" Liu Peishan observed the other party's gestures and tone, and he could roughly understand what he meant without an interpreter. He turned to the interpreter next to him and said, "Tell this gringo that from today onwards, there will be no foreign concessions in Shanghai anymore." And extrajudicial privileges, any foreigners staying in Shanghai must abide by Yanhuang’s laws and norms, we Yanhuang people don’t need him to give orders, what we Yanhuang people think and do first, from now on, the whole Shanghai, we Yanhuang people have the final say !"

After finishing speaking, he strode out of the house and ignored Billy again.

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