Battle of the Third Reich

"Understood, the Navy just called to ask about this matter in the military office, and Lieutenant General Takamoto Mataro, the commander of the first detachment, is now on the single ship in the Huangpu River. He learned from the Duotian that he and Honda Brigade It was the security forces of the Special Envoy of the One Kingdom, the one we saw on the Bund..." Ze Tian's expression, crying without tears, pushed the report to Matsuoka.

"The Guards of the Head of Dukes? Ma Luye Lang!" Matsuoka, who has always been personable, swears hard.

"This group of **** rebellions has caused a great disaster for the Great Japanese Empire. If the relationship between the single Japan broke down because of this, how can I go back to see your majesty! General Zetian can't let the situation continue to expand! Must To send troops immediately, you have to personally lead the troops to suppress these chaotic troops!

Only in this way can we win the trust of the Duo, and we can't hesitate anymore, Zetian, this is your only chance now. "Matsuoka took that report on the table, and for the first time, the Minister of Foreign Affairs showed the momentum possessed by the Minister of the Cabinet of the Japanese Empire, completely suppressing the commander of the Thirteenth Army, Lieutenant General Shita.

"But first of all, we have to contact the Special Envoy of the One Kingdom, and we must explain to them clearly that this incident was not the empire's original intention, but some private officers initiated actions privately." His face shook his head.

"This is the second time this year. Since the Meiji Restoration, it took decades for the Imperial Army to establish the image of a strong army forbidden by Westerners. As a result, after the Morimoto Brigade and today’s event, it is now broken. Now."

"I'm very sorry, Your Excellency. This is totally my ruling. I will resign from the post of commander after the incident." Ze Tian leaned down and bowed to Matsuoka to apologize.

"Now is not the time to investigate who is responsible. Once the incident expands, the empire will fall into an extremely passive situation, and maybe even your majesty...maybe even your majesty may be implicated in this matter. If you let this When things happened, I couldn’t even redeem these crimes even if I died. So, Zetian, it’s up to you now. You call the Special Envoy immediately and ask for your understanding in any case.

I'm going to draft the report to Tokyo now. Regardless of the result, I must prepare the Cabinet and His Majesty psychologically. If this thing can't be done...just..."Matsuoka stomped and rushed out of the room without looking back.

"Which hospital is your special envoy now? What's the phone number? Does anyone here know? You don't even know your shadow?" Ze Tian turned around and asked everyone in the meeting room.

"Give me two minutes." Ying Zuo stood up and walked in front of Zetian, picked up the telephone receiver on the table, and dialed the dial.

"Shanshan, I am Ying Zuo. Do you know which hospital the German Marshal was taken to? Then go check it out and give you a minute. I will wait here." Ying Zuo turned his face and faced Zetian Gesture for a moment.

"Xiexi, good job, Shanshan, what's the phone? Okay, wait a minute. Three two... three six five? Xiexi, just like that, from now on, you have to stand by the phone anytime, understand? ? That's it, goodbye.". Ying Zuo hung up the phone and placed the note with the phone number in front of the commander.

"Gutian, immediately go to gather troops and order the 120th Wing to immediately be fully armed and advance towards the Bund."

"Will this cause misunderstandings in the concession."

"Your reminder is good, tell Fukuda Daisuke, before I arrived, no soldiers were allowed to walk across the Suzhou River, and the offenders would be dealt with by military law." Zetian nodded to the Gutian staff with appreciation, and then took He lifted the handset in front of him.

At the same time, in the telecommunications room of [Prince Eugen], Lieutenant General Tanimoto watched the reply of the military official's house and couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

"It has been confirmed that my judgment is correct, and the Thirteenth Army Command has lost control of this unit." Guben said aloud to von Hertz in English.

"I already knew this. The Japanese Consul General in Shanghai personally called Colonel Davidson." von Hertz handed the headset to the communications soldier sitting on the side.

"Now I have two good news to tell you, Your Excellency Tanimoto. Of course, this good news is for you. Personally, it is not very pleasant. Colonel Davis just rejected it [Prince Eugen 】 No. provided firepower support request, I can understand his concerns, he worried that I would ruin this beautiful landscape.

These army officers are always like this, thinking that we are all reckless men who will only use thick pipes to slam, this is too small to look at the capabilities of our navy, I will write this in the post-event report. "I can see that Colonel von Hertz really regrets it.

In fact, he did not originally use the idea of ​​those main guns. Turning the turret was only used as a means to show the German attitude to the Japanese officers on the ship. He was not an idiot. The staff of the Special Envoy was living opposite the muzzle. In the mansion, it was not good for him to get hurt inside.

"That's really great, Captain von Hertz, so what is the second good news you said earlier?" Guben was really overjoyed to hear that the ships of the German Navy would not intervene in the battle, he asked happily.

"The second good news is that Marshal Blumberg's operation went very smoothly. He has escaped the danger period, and he can recover his health as long as he recuperates for some time." von Hertz replied, hearing this news The German sailor also smiled happily. Blumberg usually doesn't have many shelves, and the popularity on the warship is very good.

"This is really good news, Captain, I have been worried about the injury of the Marshal, and now I can finally feel at ease." Gu Ben said sincerely.

"I've thought about it. Although I can't use warships, I can send a team of marines to the Bund to provide support for the SS." Von Hertz went on to make a statement that surprised Tanimoto.

The Lieutenant General of the Japanese Navy finally suffocated a bite of blood. The guy in front of him was a dangerous man. This was almost the same as the group of **** on the shore. There is already a pot of hot porridge over there, you send another team of marines up, is it too messy to abandon the scene?

"This is really not a good idea. Captain, please be sure to withdraw this decision. This is something that the Japanese army provoke. Please give us the chance to solve the problem to our Japanese Navy." Guben finally recovered some at this moment With confidence, he has made up his mind. In any case, this one-nation navy captain cannot be allowed to shoot, otherwise the situation will definitely be shifted in a direction that he absolutely does not want to see.

"Your Japanese Navy?" von Hertz questioned.

"Yes, my fleet is docked nearby." Guben nodded and answered.

The First Fleet Command has mobilized the Shanghai Marine Special Marine Corps at this time, under the command of Major General Takeda Moriji, and is heading towards the Bund at full speed. The Shanghai Marine Special Marine Corps is different from all the Marine Corps in the Japanese naval establishment. This is the only permanent marine establishment. Since the Songhu Anti-Japanese War ended, his establishment has been fixed at 2,000. The Special Marines are divided into two groups, equipped with forty artillery of various calibers, Vickers armored vehicles, and a large number of MP18 submachine guns imported from Germany.

It was this special marine squad that provoked the August 13th Anti-Japanese War. At that time, with their fierce firepower and tenacious fighting will, they simply withstood the turns of the two national reorganization divisions.

However, the Marines are stationed on Jiangwan Road, and there is still some distance to reach the Bund. Judging from the current situation, it is clear that the thirst is far from being resolved.

But Lieutenant General Takamoto had other options, but he held the first detachment. After the Japanese Navy’s Third Fleet was reorganized into the First Fleet last year, most of the main combat ships were transferred back to the Joint Fleet, and now there is only one Eleventh Team left in this fleet.

The eleventh team has nine combat ships. It sounds like a large team, but if you listen to the name, you will understand the strength of this team.

That is [Anzhai], [Toba], [Bira], [Baojin], [Kenta], [Positive], [Atami], [Fushimi], [Second see]... This is proper It’s a bunch of offshore and inland gunboats.

The largest gunship "Anzhai" was only over 800 tons at full load, and the smallest riverboat "Fushimi" was only 150 tons. Don’t look at the small tonnage of this group of boats, but on the Yangtze River, except for the British and American inland gunboats, no armed force can compete with it. From Hankou to Shanghai, the Chinese fishermen along the coast can only watch the rising sun of the Japanese Navy. Flag, Yaowu Yangwei fluttering on the Yangtze River.

In addition to the pile of boats, Tanimoto also has an ace in his hand, that is, the old armored cruiser [Izumo] that the Chinese people dreamed of sinking during the August 1st Three War.

This warship was not unscathed in that battle. Several near misses and mine attacks caused some damage to her structure. How to say this is an old ship that has been launched for 18 years. Most of the sailors in service above are older. Since the end of the Battle of Songhu, this flagship has been moored on the north bank of the Huangpu River and has never moved its berth.

Of course, for those who walk alone, Tanimoto will certainly not use [Izumo], otherwise how can he convince the Germans in [Prince Eugen].

What Guben wanted to call was the naval sailors on these ships. Although half of the ships in the fleet were stationed in Hankou, the rest of them could at least bring five or six hundred soldiers to him.

The sailors of the Japanese navy have received basic marine training. The purpose is that the fleet can form a marine corps anytime and anywhere, without relying on the support of the army troops to perform landing operations. Therefore, the Japanese navy’s warships are equipped with a large number of rifle machine guns and other light weapons, which are used by the water soldiers after landing.

Because of the time constraints, Tanimoto decided to implement it as soon as he made up his mind. He ordered several captains to return to their ships immediately and summoned their own crew.

Lieutenant General Matamoto Tanimoto was ready to personally lead these loyal navy men, and under the witness of his German naval friends, to fight against the army of rebel thieves.

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