Shadow Spy

Chapter 191 The plan to rescue the hero

On Thursday, August 8, Li Junhao invited Attaché Hobbs and Deputy Attaché Kelton to go to Ayers and put forward a special request: to take over the Jiaozhou Park at No. 10 Changping Road, and to transfer all land and sea areas to the Jiaozhou Park. The second squadron of the regiment exchanged defenses with the Italian army next to the park.

Hearing this, the three leaders of the Consulate General were very surprised. Of course they were very puzzled and asked him why?
Li Junhao explained: "First of all, whether you believe it or not, I am sure that the European War will start on September 9st. Germany will raid Poland. At that time, Britain and France will declare war on Germany, and Germany's ally Italy will also declare war on Britain and France. ;

Although we will not immediately declare war on Germany and Italy, in this case, the 700 Italian troops in the concession have actually become our enemy troops. It will be enough to place them alone in independent military camps in the west of Shanghai. Very inappropriate!
"So, before the war begins, we need to transfer them from their original station to the original station of the 256nd Squadron of the [-]th Marine Regiment at No. [-] Xiaoshadu Road, so that they can be flanked by the [-]th Regiment Headquarters and the [-]rd Squadron so that they can If necessary, subdue and disarm them immediately!
“Secondly, I have taken a fancy to Jiaozhou Park.

"The warehouse of the Fourth Regiment has supplies for the construction of temporary runways during wartime. I have tried it and it works very well!
"We want to build a place within the concession that can take off and land aircraft. Originally, the horse racing hall was the most suitable place, but firstly, the resistance is too great, and secondly, it is too conspicuous, which is not conducive to confidentiality. Jiaozhou Park is more suitable."

The three leaders looked at each other and were all convinced by his words!

After Ayres pondered for a moment, he said: "I have a question. There is a 'Lonely Army Camp' in Jiaozhou Park. There are [-] Chinese soldiers in it. What are you going to do?"

"First take them over and put them under our direct jurisdiction, improve their living conditions, let them recover and exercise..." Li Junhao said, "When the war begins, we and the Chongqing government will definitely be allies, and these experienced Veterans can be directly incorporated into our team and contribute to preserving the concession..."

At this time, the three people's eyes lit up, this is a good idea!
However, Deputy Attaché Kelton immediately said: "But if we want to incorporate the Gujun Battalion, will Chongqing agree?"

"There's nothing we can't agree to!" Li Junhao said confidently, "Because of the agreement between the British and the Japanese, the four hundred soldiers in Gujun Camp could neither be released nor handed over to Chongqing. It has been almost two years. Chongqing The officials in the government will all forget about them...

"Mr. Ayers, as long as you contact Ambassador Johnson and ask him to say hello to Chairman Chiang, I believe there will be no problem!"

The three of them thought for a while, and it seemed that the truth was correct, but they just wondered whether the ambassador would agree to this?
Ayers also has a resolute style. He immediately wrote a telegram and arranged for someone to send it directly to the Chongqing Embassy - this was for the matter of the Lone Army Camp. As for the Italian army, he needed to discuss it directly with the country. So he kicked Li Junhao out of the office. What to do with the rest? He had to discuss it with the two military attachés. Li Junhao was not at a high level!Li Junhao had achieved his goal and left happily. Before leaving, he took the box of tea leaves and left. The old man was so angry that he cursed behind him, making Hobbs and Kelton laugh so hard!
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When leaving work in the afternoon, Deputy Attaché Kelton personally ran to the police station and conveyed the latest instructions: Ayers personally met with the British Consul General and the Italian Consul General, and had already asked for the management rights of the lone camp; at the same time, early tomorrow morning, 700 Italian troops will also switch defenses with the Second Squadron of the Fourth Marine and Land Regiment!
In addition, Ambassador Johnson from Chongqing paid a personal visit to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, exchanged views on Xie Jinyuan's lone army camp, and formally determined that its command would be handed over to the United States until the end of the war!For the specific handover, the Chongqing military will arrange military command personnel stationed in Shanghai to convey orders and assist in the handover.

Colonel Hobbs, the military attache, also asked for a special designation from the Marine and Land Command - the 327th Marine Regiment of the U.S. Marine Corps in the Far East, codenamed "Far East Independent Regiment", and appointed Lieutenant Colonel Ognyan Lee Panson as the concurrent commander. , for this reason, the Naval and Land Command also specially appointed Panson to the wartime rank of lieutenant colonel of the U.S. Marine Corps!

In this way, both of Li Junhao's suggestions have achieved their goals. This proves from the side that the information he provided before has worked, and the military has recognized his contribution!
After conveying the instructions, Kelton added: "Tomorrow morning, on behalf of the Consulate General, I will help you handle the handover of the Lone Army Battalion. Lieutenant Colonel Deeger Cole, commander of the Fourth Marine and Land Regiment, will be responsible for the defense change with the Italian army. …

"However, one thing I need to tell you is that this incident may cause great changes in the concession. You must be mentally prepared..."

Li Junhao thought for a moment and understood what he meant. It should be that the British had considerable objections to his actions. This was putting pressure on the US Consulate General!
However, he knew that the Englishman was now a short-footed English cat who had lost his courage, so he could only speak harshly!Not only was he not afraid of this, he was also thinking about whether he should find an opportunity to keep the 1700 British troops currently stationed in Shanghai?

Historically, after the war officially started, these 1700 British troops would be transferred back to the country, leaving the public settlement without this largest armed force; now he has a new idea, he must control more troops, if these 1700 The well-trained British troops just left like this. I really couldn’t accept it!
There are also these 700 Italian soldiers. After the European War began, they were forced to become allies of the Japanese army due to domestic government reasons. However, in his previous life, these 700 people wanted to cooperate with the Japanese army, but received no response. ; They once wanted to form an alliance with other armies in the concession, but were not recognized; in the end, their grandma did not love them, their uncle did not love them, and they were even imprisoned in a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese army!

He was thinking that these Italian troops stationed overseas may not necessarily agree with Mussolini's Nazi views in their hearts. Is it possible to win over them?It was a good question and he decided to give it a try.
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In the evening, Li Junhao set up a table at Wang Baohe and hosted a banquet for Rick Kelton, deputy military attache of the Consulate General, Colonel Art Schneider (retired from the U.S. Army), commander-in-chief of the International Merchant Corps, and the commander of 1700 British troops stationed in Shanghai. Colonel Lunt Fehr, Lieutenant Colonel Dije Cole, who commanded 1300 US troops (Fourth Marine Regiment) stationed in Shanghai, and Major Cogne Cenza, who commanded 700 Italian troops stationed in Shanghai.

At this time, several officers knew what was going to happen tomorrow and expressed their support for his work!

(End of this chapter)