Battle of the Third Reich

Honda's awakening is still a bit late. The war mobilization in the concession has begun, and the development of the situation is no longer under his command.

After the assassination, the 4th Battalion of the Royal Norfolk Infantry Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the Cambridgeshire Infantry Regiment participated in the blockade operation around the Bund. When the riots subsided, the soldiers handed over their work to the patrol room, and then boarded the army. The trucks of the twelve transportation companies headed to the newly renovated Maho Road barracks.

These two troops have been serving in Malaya before, and have never entered such a prosperous international metropolis. The soldiers are really full of expectations in their garrison life for the next two years.

The barracks are ready-made, originally the British military camps in Shanghai, and when the troops were withdrawn, these barracks were handed over to the IWC.

At this time, the Russian team of the IWC in the barracks of Maho Road had all moved out. The British Consulate directly allocated funds and asked the construction company team camp to carry out careful repairs.

Barracks, restaurants, tea rooms, officer clubs, kiosks, bathrooms, and even indoor stadiums, all the facilities they could not have imagined are all available, everything is so satisfying, the soldiers of the two infantry battalions are really reluctant to return now. .

Just when they unloaded all their weights, loaded their weapons and ammunition into the warehouse, cleaned their individual beds, and began to look forward to a rich dinner in the camp that night, the emergency call of the British Consulate came over. The loud assembly number and the harsh copper whistle of the company platoon officers instantly rang through the entire barracks. The infantrymen hurriedly carried the rifle and their equipment and ran to the playground in the middle of the camp, which was almost exhausted. It took a quarter of an hour for all officers and men to gather.

The two battalion commanders and the company officers had gathered together for a meeting to discuss the current military situation. According to the consulate, at least one battalion of Japanese infantry entered the concession from the Bund and is now attacking and staying with the German envoy Chinachem Hotel with a large number of high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen. Now there is only one class of German SS guards in the process of resistance, and urgently needs the support of the follow-up troops.

The newly appointed major general of the British Army in Shanghai, Major General Coulson, has rushed from the headquarters to the Jiaozhou Road Barracks. He will lead the second battalion of the Northern Lancashire Infantry Regiment and the first battalion of the Malayan Infantry Regiment. Invading Japanese army. Although these infantry battalions were permanently settled in the colony and had no actual combat experience, Major General Coulson claimed that he was full of confidence in defeating the invasion of the Japanese Army.

Unlike the confident English, the barracks of the French Foreign Corps are like a big enemy.

The s-35 tank of the second company of the 7th Battalion of the French Indochina colony, because of the safety of maritime transportation, all the precision sights on all weapons were removed before departure, and most of the fuel and fuel were also removed. All ammunition. No one would have thought that these tanks on the Bund Road and the majestic military parade actually did not have much combat capability, and they were completely empty shells.

At this time, all the tanks had been put into storage, and the mechanics were intensively preparing them, but the problem was that the battle alarm came too late, and these tanks could not catch up with the battle anyway.

Speaking of which, the Chinese contingent of the French Concession has retained an armored force and has six Renault T-17 tanks from the First World War. This antique is used to frighten the Chinese people. It is somewhat reluctant to drag out the war.

However, all the veterans of the legions have gone through a hundred battles. They do not care whether they have the support of armored forces. They have experienced battles that are 100 times worse than the current conditions. Only death can stop the foreign legion.

The veterans silently prepared their equipment, and they could not see the slightest tension in their faces. The officers wore white ornaments on their chests, and their uniforms had shiny medals. They didn’t look like they were fighting, they were more like going. Attend a feast.

The French received the news later than the British, but when the truck on the first foreign legion infantry battalion rushed out of the gate, the British combat preparations were not completed.

"Stop the fire! Stop the fire!" Corporal Lane shouted loudly, waving his arms.

"It's a white flag!" the classmate turned back and reported to Weber.

"Damn it, everyone ceases to fire!" Webber raised his telescope, and then he saw in the camera a Japanese officer holding a stick high, with a white cloth tied around the stick.

"Do you think it's that kind of trap again?" Weber asked the squad leader. In the battle of the Tomahawk Brigade against the Morimoto Brigade, the SS members suffered from the Japanese scam.

"I don't think it's like this. It's Shanghai. They won't mess up like that." Ryan replied shaking his head.

"You direct here, I'll go over and see." Webber hung the telescope around his neck and then carried his mp40 submachine gun on his back.

"Or shall I go."

"Forget it, you're injured, just stay here and stare at the Japanese for me." Webber smiled at the shift officer, and then picked two full magazines from the magazines stacked on the table beside the window sill. The loaded submachine gun magazine was inserted into the triple leather magazine package around the waist.

"Everyone has noticed that Sergeant Weber is going to negotiate with the other party. Without my order, no one is allowed to shoot casually." Ryan replaced Weber's command position, and he ordered to the men by the window loudly.

"Follow the orders, Corporal!".

"no problem.".

"Where is Sergeant Weber going to go?".

"Racine, are your eyes blind? Didn't you see the white flag over there?".

German soldiers and Indian patrols responded loudly.

Weber took a snow-white napkin, and then went downstairs to the hotel lobby. It was once elegant and luxuriously decorated. At the moment, it was full of holes. The decorative wall behind the front desk looked like a beehive, and the luxurious teak floor was covered with Fragment of crystal chandelier.

Going out of the hotel door, Webber took a deep breath, then held the napkin high and greeted the Japanese officer.

The air was filled with an indescribable smell, mixed with the smell of gunpowder, charred rubber and wood, and the smell of the human body after being burnt. The Japanese officer covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief and slowly moved toward the hotel. Among the faint smoke, a black figure with a white cloth appeared at the door of the hotel, and Lieutenant Suzuki, who served as a military envoy, quickly shook the white flag in his hand.

After he saw the other party's clothes, he couldn't help but be surprised. With a black m35 helmet, a black SS guard uniform, white cowhide gear, and high riding boots like a logo, Suzuki has seen this suit in magazines more than once, and it feels more impressive than the photos.

However, isn't this the guard of the head of the independent state? Didn't it be the independent team that played with the second brigade just a long time ago?

Suzuki and Weber stood face-to-face, and neither side spoke, but looked at each other carefully, and the air at the scene suddenly froze.

"Cough" Suzuki coughed. At this time, he could only take the initiative. After all, it was their side who made the negotiation.

"I am the Japanese Army Lieutenant Suzuki." Borrowing the light of the Army Lieutenant School, Suzuki is good at English, and the German scores are also quite good. Although the pronunciation may be a bit non-standard, but the basic communication with the German, the lieutenant is still very good. confident.

"Wait? You speak German? Can you say it again? Slow down as much as possible." Weber smiled at Suzuki a little embarrassedly.

Suzuki was stunned. The previous self-confidence had now been reduced to debris. The Army Lieutenant had previously thought of several ways to communicate with the other party, but he never expected to encounter this kind of opening.

"Is my German not standard? That's really sorry." The second lieutenant's tone was a little tempered.

"Ah, just slow down, so you can." Weber finally understood, and the SS sergeant said he was very happy.

"I'm Mae Suzuki, an army lieutenant. May I ask your rank and name." Suzuki coughed lightly and decided to ignore the other party. He asked again.

"Hirst Weber, SS sergeant." Weber paid a hand salute to Suzuki.

This time Suzuki was embarrassed again. He didn't know how to respond. Should he honor the military salute or the same hand-raising salute?

But he had no time to think about it. The German hand was still raised there, and it would be rude to stalemate. Finally, Lieutenant Suzuki gritted his teeth and gave a hand-raising gesture to Webber.

"Hi! Reinhardt!" Weber declared loudly.

"Hi Reinhardt!" Suzuki responded quickly, learning the other party.

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