Battle of the Third Reich

Because the factory terminals on both sides of the Huangpu River continued to invade the river surface in later generations, the Huangpu River in the 1940s was wider than it was in 70 years.しFor example, the famous Bund River section is wide enough to allow the heavy cruiser of the class "Prince Eugen" to turn around on the river.

Under the guidance of Chinese pilots, three German warships and two transport ships with British and French flags successively sailed into the Huangpu River. When the last such scene appeared, William II was still the Emperor of Germany.

At that time, Germany also had a small gathering area in the Shanghai public concession. The number of expatriates once reached more than 1,500. It was mainly engaged in printing and dyeing and pharmaceutical businesses. The Ministry of Industry and Bureau also reserved a board seat for Germany and the public concession badge. The German flag was once placed with Britain, the United States and France.

However, with the end of World War I, Germany was defeated and was deprived of the board of directors of the Ministry of Industry. The original position of the German flag on the badge was also deleted and blanked. The number of German expatriates quickly dropped to three digits in the public concession Most of the rights and interests here are ceded to Japan. As mentioned earlier, one of Japan’s seats in the Ministry of Industry was inherited from Germany.

However, after Hitler came to power, the number of German diasporas in Shanghai began to grow rapidly. The main reason is related to the Nazi anti-Semitic policy. Because of Shanghai’s international identity and the guidance of the international Jewish organization, a large number of Jewish Germans carried With the only remaining property, flocked to flee to this demon.

Because of the unique characteristics of the Jewish people, many Jewish businessmen have long been operating in the Far East. Coupled with their racial talents, these people have lived in Shanghai quite well. Most of them have good academic qualifications and skills. It is easy to find work in factories and foreign firms in Shanghai. Many people still marry their wives and have children in Shanghai. Less than two years ago, a large-scale and strict Jewish community system Formed within the public concession in Huxi.

As a nation, it is impossible for Jews to obtain management rights in the public concession. In order to penetrate into the management of the Ministry of Industry, the Jewish community began to fully support the Japanese. They tried to rely on the strength of the Japanese to replace themselves in the management of the public concession. Speak.

As a group of taxpayers in the public concession, in the general election of the Ministry of Industry and Management, the Jews held a lot of votes. Therefore, in the general election in April this year, the Jews voted all the votes for Japanese candidates. If the British did not gain popularity in advance, this time the Japanese almost succeeded. Because according to the Japanese plan, they launched five candidates at the same time. If all of them are selected, it will completely break the balance of management.

Several Jews who were dissatisfied with the Japanese whistleblowed their people to the British, so the British immediately launched countermeasures to fight back. They lowered the taxpayer standard, and a large number of Chinese in the public concession also obtained the right to vote. The result is conceivable. The final election ended with an overwhelming victory in Britain and the United States. Playing the election tricks with the British, the Japanese can only count a group of elementary school students who have not yet graduated.

In the original history, the three countries of Germany, Japan, and Italy had already signed an alliance at this time, so the situation of the Jews in the public concession became embarrassing, and the Japanese were notoriously faceless. If it were not for Japan’s concern at the time, and the Jews did give Japan a lot of benefits, the Japanese opened their eyes and closed their eyes in the Japanese occupation zone, and they were not too embarrassed.

It must be said that these German Jews were the most responsive to the German missions at this moment. They had not yet learned that the domestic anti-Semitic policy in Germany had changed. They thought that the Nazis were sending people to Shanghai this time to prepare to kill them. . What makes this group of people even more desperate is that all countries in the world have so far refused to accept Jewish refugees. They have nowhere to escape on this earth. A group of Jewish senior executives are discussing whether they can put together some money to bribe the Ministry of Industry and Bureau to conceal the existence of the Jewish community in Shanghai from the German mission as much as possible.

This time, the Ministry of Industry and the Board of Directors of the Ministry of Industry and the Board of Directors rarely joined forces to form a spectacular welcoming team. This was the first time a diplomatic mission had visited the city after it became an island.

Even when placed under the rule of the state government, this level of missions is uncommon, and in general, it is sent by senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to meet them personally. However, Shanghai has been occupied by Japan, and all state organs have been withdrawn to the interior. To the current Wang Puppet government, it has not been recognized by any European country.

Germany’s consulate in Shanghai was cancelled, the consul general ran to Chongqing with a salute, and now Germany does not even have an agency in Shanghai. This time the special envoy mission visited Shanghai suddenly, which caused Wang Puppet Nanjing’s attitude towards Germany Not very accurate.

Nanjing sent a self-considered diplomatic reception team, all of which are high-level traitors, the leader is the false legislator Chen Gongbo, the deputy is the fake foreign minister Chu Minyi, what is left is the pseudo-Jiangsu Province President Gao Guanwu, Pseudo Shanghai mayor Zhou Fohai, and the likes of Li Shiqun and Ding Mocun, plus a group of secret agent thugs and the like, made up a vast and mighty crowd of almost three hundred people.

Fearing that the public concessions would be stubborn, they were mixed in the welcome team organized by Japan. Originally Wang Jingwei wanted to come in person, but worried that he might encounter the cold eyes of the Germans, and also worried about his life in the concession, so he finally handed over the task to Chen Gongbo to let the dead party declare the existence.

The French Concession Board of Directors is very real. Because the Consul General fully supports Petain, it has long been forbidden to have any anti-German public opinion in the concession, especially the large and small left-wing media in the French Concession. Who dares to publish the law. The article on German friendship, just waited to patrol the door to close the museum to catch people, and then thrown into the prison of South Mas Road for a few months of prison. In the eyes of the Consul General, French-German friendship is the most important national policy.

The situation in the public concession is more complicated by comparison. Although the British occupy the main voice in the concession, the diaspora in the public concession comes from a variety of sources, and it is available in various European countries. In addition to the British and Americans, there are a large number of Dutch, Belgians, Spanish, Italians, Danes and Norwegians, and even many Polish and Russians. In other words, Germans almost The countries in the concession played all over.

For example, Denmark and Norway are still under German occupation, Belgium is in a semi-divided state, and Poland has even ceased to exist, and the national hatred and family hatred have all come together.

However, the power of the German Empire is obvious to all. Even though these European diasporas are unwilling to be satisfied with the situation of their country, they dare not openly express it on this occasion. Not only that, they still have to watch their companions, especially the Polish and Danes, and they are afraid that some people will be happy for a while. As a result, they are implicated in their own country and bring unnecessary to relatives who are still in the country. Trouble.

The rest are the Chinese residents in the two concessions. Shanghainese people are already very curious and usually like to watch the bustle on the street. Listening to the radio, there are German embassies entering the Huangpu River on a warship today. The result is almost Half of the idlers in the concession rushed over.

At that time, the Bund did not have any breakwaters like those of later generations. Along the coast was a row of iron chain fences. When the Huangpu River was flooded, there was often a landscape where the river did not cross the embankment and flush with Nanjing Road.

At this moment, the tide of people replaced the tide of water, from Shiliupu all the way to Baidu Bridge. According to preliminary estimates from the arresting room of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau, from Nanjing Road to the Bund Park alone, more than 50,000 people have gathered.

[Prince Eugen] turned at the Suzhou estuary, and a full flag was hung on the battleship to pay tribute to the city, and on the top of the main mast of the heavy cruiser, a black eagle cross flag was raised on a white background. The German navy flag during the Second Empire heralded the return of the German navy after 26 years.

The German fleet and the British-French-Japanese and other shipyards parked on the Huangpu River greeted the whistle and greeted twelve salutes, which caused a burst of admiration and exclamation from the people who ate melons on the shore. Tens of thousands of people The voices are gathered in one place, even in the bridge of Jiangxin warship.

[Prince Eugen] dropped the iron anchor on the river directly opposite HSBC. Here is the berth prepared for her long ago. The two German destroyers were moored alternately and guarded on both sides of the cruiser.

The remaining two transport ships continued to move forward, and finally docked at the pier of Shiliupu. Then a team of heavily armed soldiers lined up and walked off the springboard, landing at the pier.

When the war started in Europe a year ago, in order to maintain the order of the Southeast Asian colonies, the British transferred two infantry battalions originally stationed in the public concession. This led to the fact that the Ministry of Industry and Bureau completely lost the confidence of confrontation when facing the Japanese military threat. So this time the United Kingdom transferred a full colonial infantry regiment directly from its base in Singapore. Their mission is to maintain the stability and security of the public concession for some time to come.

The French transport ship was also loaded with two battalions of the French foreign corps. Although the number of infantry was not as good as the British, they had more than half the battalion of armored units and 15 Soma s-35 tanks. , Plus a company of Haggis anti-tank guns. This is the first regular tank force in the concession. In the magic capital, it can already be regarded as a strategic deterrent.

Just as the French foreign infantry began to line up on the side of the road outside the dock, there was a sudden outcry in the crowd. The startled patrols quickly looked up and saw a team wearing gorgeous black uniforms. Infantry, lined up neatly, striding down the steel springboard.

Immediately, the Chinese patrols knew why the citizens were making noise. They may not know the identity of this unit, but they could recognize the m35 helmets worn by these foreign soldiers. Because just three years ago, on the banks of the Suzhou River not far from the Bund, the lone soldiers of the state government stationed in the warehouse of the four rows, wearing this helmet, carried out a deadly battle with the Japanese.

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