Under One Person: One Person Goes

Chapter 379: War Reignites
August 26, 1937, in the urban area of ​​the Songhu battlefield.

A negotiation scene with only a few people participating.

The negotiating parties were China and Japan, and the hosts were representatives from the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union.

Because Wang Yi reached a certain degree of cooperation with the old devil Hasegawa Kiyoshi, the negotiations that had been deadlocked for a long time were finally settled.

Based on the battle damage of the three elite divisions of the National Army, the old Imperial Navy ignored the high demands of the National Government's negotiating representatives and delivered a batch of arms. Zhou Weiguo, a direct descendant of the Central Military Academy, was responsible for the inspection and acceptance. At the same time, a list of so-called traitors was also handed over to Boss Dai, the leader of the Military Control Commission who came to cooperate.

“Is this the list?”

Looking at the only name written on the paper, Boss Dai looked unhappy, because this person's surname was Huang Jun, and he worked in the Executive Yuan of the National Government.

The reason why he looked unhappy was that this guy had long been included in Boss Dai's list of suspected traitors, and this was also his second mission in Songhu.

Before the Battle of Shanghai began, the old man behind him also made pre-war deployment preparations. Although the old man still liked micro-management at this time, it was still an early stage. That is, he didn't take care of anything. After the plans were deployed, he let his subordinates arrange them themselves.

The plan was good, but the Japanese Navy seemed to have received wind of it in advance and escaped before the National Government completed the encirclement of the fleet's merchant ships on the Yangtze River.

After that, the old man and his wife behind him, as well as several military officers and high-ranking officials who participated in the National Defense Conference during the Battle of Shanghai, all suffered assassinations to varying degrees.

After one or two times, everyone knew that there was a traitor inside the Jinling government, and his rank was not small.

Boss Dai was ordered to investigate and check everyone who participated in the meeting internally. He also happened to receive the news that Wang Yi had captured the old devil Hasegawa Kiyoshi alive. So he thought of coming to Songhu in advance to recruit students and set up a class to train his own followers, and see if he could get any information from the old devil.

But the other party's move only helped him to confirm who the suspect was. But Boss Dai was not stupid. How could there be only one traitor in the Jinling Palace?

"Yes, that's the list."

"Is he a traitor? Do you need me to tell me?"

"Even if you are suspicious, can't we help you to solve the problem? Now, we have agreed to your request. Please return our commander to us."

Being played like a monkey by the other party, even though Boss Dai was good at controlling his temper, he was still very angry at this moment. However, he could do nothing. He gestured to the negotiators from the National Government, and the old Japanese soldier Hasegawa Kiyoshi who was sitting next to them also walked towards the representatives of the old Imperial Navy as if he had won a battle.

Then he stopped and looked back at Wang Yi.

"Mr. Wang Yi, you have set a bad precedent by arresting me."

"You are the ones who started this war. You have also done a lot of assassinations, so don't accuse me of this. You should think about whether you have considered what will happen after you lose the war."

"Let's talk about it after you win. I hope I can meet Mr. Wang Yi by then. Let's go, gentlemen. Let the army fight with the rest of the battlefield. We will go to the Yangtze River to bully them."

Hasegawa Kiyoshi made no secret of the next strategic deployment of the fleet he led, or in other words, the battle between China and Japan was clear from the very beginning.

They took Songhu by land and the Yangtze River by water, and then used Songhu and the Yangtze River as springboards to attack the capital of Nanjing in the rear.

Both sides held their breath.

On one side is an agricultural country with a vast territory but almost stagnant light and heavy industries, which wants to rely on its vast territory and huge population resources to exhaust the other side.

One is a country with a small territory and few resources, but it can be regarded as a beggar-version industrial country that can strike at a lower level in Asia. It has also swallowed up the three provinces outside the Great Wall and has a good blood transfusion line.

As long as we take over the capital of Nanjing behind the Yangtze River and take over the key regions of North China, East China and Northeast China, we may not lose.

On the one hand, they overestimated the chances of an agricultural country winning against an industrial country, and on the other hand, they underestimated the resilience of the people of this agricultural country.

After the negotiations ended, the battle of Songhu, which had been suspended for several days, broke out again.

The negotiation representative from the National Government also left the meeting, but before leaving, he first looked at the arms that were being compensated to the former Imperial Navy, and then looked at Liu Wei and Li Qiang who were also present. His meaning was self-evident.

The two of them also glanced back at these senior officials, and everything was said without words.

Wang Yi walked to Zhou Weiguo's side.

"Captain Zhou, do you think this deal is worth it?"

"The goods are good, but there are not enough people now. We can't just pick anyone to hang the goods. Besides, there are more guns than cannons. The Japanese are really good at doing business."

"Captain Zhou, don't just look at the bad side of things. There is always a way."

"Appreciate further details."

"Let's talk as we walk. It's a good opportunity to figure out how to convert these things the Japanese compensated us into combat power to the greatest extent possible."

The two men, along with the arms paid as compensation, left for the International Settlement south of Suzhou River. When they arrived at the concession, Captain Zhou, who had already finished the discussion, left first with the arms paid as compensation.

He already knew what to do next.

Wang Yi also handed over his American passport and returned to the mainland hotel, preparing to mobilize Quan Xing, who had rested for a while, to face the subsequent changes in the battlefield situation.

As soon as he arrived at the door, with his keen perception, Wang Yi noticed that there were a group of new guests in the Continental Hotel, and Bucciarati, the manager, was waiting for him at the door with a very unhappy look on his face.

"Sir, they insist on staying..."

"I understand. This is the rule that John and I set for the Continental Hotel. We must abide by it. You must have received the people and things that were sent to you before."

"Ah."

"Well, you are responsible for handing these people and things over to the Stone Company, and then taking a hundred doses of penicillin to Vladimir. I will handle this. I will go now."

"Yes."

Bucciarati left, and Wang Yi also walked into the Continental Hotel.

At this time, the situation in the Continental Hotel was tense. A group of Quan Xing disciples who were resting in the Continental Hotel were confronting the guests who had checked in. The reason no fight broke out was that Quan Xing was concerned about Wang Yi.

These guests were none other than aliens affiliated with the Japanese military.

As an absolutely neutral party, anyone can stay at the Continental Hotel and be protected by it, and no one is allowed to fight inside the hotel.

When Wang Yi set up this mainland hotel in the United States under the alias of John Wick, he established this rule, but he had not yet started the killer business.

It was also thanks to these rules, coupled with the impact of the Great Depression and the Continental Group's financial offensive, that the Continental Hotel was able to unify New York's underground gangs.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that my sting operation yesterday was also within the other party's expectations. If I hadn't lured out the manager behind the scenes, how could they have found a loophole and stayed in a mainland hotel?

Wang Yi could guess what they were thinking. They just wanted to keep an eye on all the Quan Xing people under Wang Yi's command. In this way, Wang Yi would become a commander without troops. Even if he had all kinds of supernatural powers, he could not move freely and appear on the Songhu battlefield at will.

When Wang Yi walked in, both sides turned their eyes to him. "Mr. Wang Yi, is this the way to entertain guests at a mainland hotel?"

"You speak Chinese well. What's your name?"

"I am called Erli in the mountain gate."

"These are from Higashiyama Shinobu, are these all behind you?"

"No, they are from the Black Dragon Society."

"So the only ones openly participating in this war right now are the Black Dragon Society, which works closely with the military, right? The Higashiyama Ninjas and Shintoism haven't all joined yet?"

"Your Excellency may understand this. Personally, I do not want the Higashiyama Ninja to participate in this war, but I have no say."

"I know, so when I destroy you in the future, I won't have any psychological burden, you can rest assured about this."

"You are so arrogant, sir. We have as many schools of thought in the Great Japanese Empire as you do in China. Do you think you can destroy them all?"

Next to this lay Buddhist Erli, there was a Japanese man who practiced external martial arts and also spoke in a bad tone.

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When Wang Yi looked at him, he didn't dare to meet his gaze. Instead, the lay Buddhist Erli next to him was very tactful.

"This is the Black Dragon Society's martial arts coach, Tetsu Fujita. He also has an older brother, Ko Fujita, who works in the Army. Both brothers are considered masters in Japan."

"I can see that it takes me two punches to kill him. He is indeed a master. I will also answer your question. I alone cannot destroy all of your Japanese schools. I think it is 50% to 70%. But if I go, I will definitely not be alone. I will also call an old friend. It should be no problem for the two of us to go together. I am just afraid that you can't see it. Okay, everyone, stop glaring at each other. We are all under the same roof. There is no way we can fight. Find a place to rest."

With Wang Yi's words, the tense atmosphere in the hotel was eased.

When Bucciarati returned after completing the task assigned by Wang Yi, the entire Continental Hotel was peaceful again.

But with the return of Hasegawa Kiyoshi, the old Imperial Navy that had been fighting the National Army in the Battle of Shanghai had no reason to continue blocking the Army's landing. After Hasegawa Kiyoshi completed the handover with the Army's representatives, he led the fleet down the river to fight the National Government's navy.

The battlefield on land was also left entirely to the old imperial army to deal with.

During this period of negotiation and ceasefire, following the intelligence betrayal and obstruction of the Old Imperial Navy, the National Army ambushed at the expected landing site of the Old Imperial Army in advance and fought several small-scale encounters, with both sides winning and losing.

Now that they were no longer constrained by the navy, the old imperial army landed in full force as planned, and immediately engaged in a fierce battle with the National Government Adjustment Division that had been lying in ambush and had rushed over.

That was the bloody battle of Luodian during the Battle of Shanghai.

In the sky above the city, planes from the old Imperial Army flew low, taking advantage of the National Government's lack of air superiority and carrying out indiscriminate bombing.

Regardless of whether there were Kuomintang troops below or not, as long as there were places where people could be hidden and the roads where the Kuomintang troops could go to provide support were bombed by these enemy planes.

It’s not that the Nationalist government didn’t have an air force, but in the first week of the Battle of Shanghai, its air force suffered a wave of losses at the hands of enemy planes from the former Imperial Navy.

The rest were dispatched back to Nanjing to deal with the enemy planes there and had no time to take care of other things.

This is the helplessness of an agricultural country. In the 26th year of the Republic of China, the number of fighter jets between China and Japan was not on the same level.

The government's accounts show that there are only 500 aircraft at most. It is still unknown whether there are so many aircraft and how many of them can fly is unknown.

As for Japan's 2100 fighter planes, even if every pilot of the Nationalist Air Force was an ace pilot, it would still take seven of them to defeat the enemy planes on the Japanese side, not to mention that Japan could continue to build them while the Nationalist Air Force could not.

The enemy planes circled low over the city and did not cross the area south of Suzhou River in the International Settlement. The Japanese foreigners staying in the mainland hotels leaned against the windows, waving plaster flags and cheering at their own fighter planes.

The Quan Xing disciples in the hotel were furious when they heard the other party showing off his power, but they did not dare to act rashly because Wang Yi had not moved yet.

"Wang Yi, this is different from what we agreed on before. Didn't you say you would take us for some fun? What's going on now?"

"Hold it in a little longer, it will be more comfortable when the time comes."

A disciple of Quan Xing bravely walked up to Wang Yi and questioned him, but the answer he gave made him unhappy.

"Why are you holding it in? Are you afraid of breaking the rules you set? Let's go out and kill these Japanese outside. Anyway, as long as we don't die in this building, it won't be considered breaking the rules, right?"

"Master Liu, it's not worth dying like this."

Wang Yi stood with his hands behind his back, outside the window, looking at a shell crater not far from the Continental Hotel, where there were a few pieces of clothing.

Unable to contain himself, Quan Xing's disciples rushed out of the hotel and not far from the International Settlement, where they were strafed by low-altitude machine gun fire from a patrolling enemy plane. They were killed on the spot. The enemy also dropped a bomb to show off their power.

Looking at the shell crater, Wang Yi suddenly spoke.

"Master Liu, those people who just left are old acquaintances of yours, right?"

"Are you talking about Lao Niu and the others? Yes, they all fought together with the Boxers."

When Master Liu was asked this question by Wang Yi, he also answered it.

Wang Yi said nothing, but just went over in his mind the information of all the Quan Xing disciples who chose to join him in the Battle of Songhu.

The Master Liu in front of you is named Liu Yi. He participated in the Boxer Rebellion and the White Lotus Sect in his early years and learned martial arts by accident.

As for why he became Quan Xing, the reason is very simple. He used to think that it was the foreigners who made his life so bad, so he fought the foreigners. Later he found out that it was the Qing Dynasty who stabbed him in the back, so he turned around and fought the Qing Dynasty. Later he found out that both sides were not good people, so he killed both sides with a group of old brothers.

He killed so many people, including foreigners, bad guys, and good guys, that he decided to join the Quan Xing gang just to feel good.

The reason I followed Wang Yi this time was simply to kill more Japanese and have some fun.

"You have seen the fate of your brothers. If you go out like this, even if I don't stop you, you won't be able to enjoy anything. Once the guys in the sky start shooting, you will have nowhere to hide. The martial arts you have practiced cannot stop these muskets and cannons."

"I already knew this when I joined the Boxer Rebellion. Why do I need you to teach me?"

"In this case, please Master Liu and the others be patient for a day and let these guys be arrogant for a day."

Wang Yi took a look at Master Liu, who was over fifty years old, and spoke again.

"it is good!"

Master Liu simply nodded in agreement and told the Quan Xing disciples to go back, so that out of sight, out of mind.

Wang Yi himself was looking at the enemy planes circling at low altitude, muttering something to himself.

(End of this chapter)