northernbook Chapter 397 The Japanese are the easiest to bully
Chapter 397 The Japanese are the easiest to bully
"Major Clark, I can't make the decision on this matter. You have to be flexible."
Director Sato usually gets along well with these people, but these foreigners have turned against him. Now they have gotten out of the car and started to deploy defenses around.
"That's why I told you I'd give you half an hour. Your gold bar is only worth half an hour. Hurry up and go. Don't expect any other outcome today. Either I take the people away, or you kill all of us."
Major Clark patted him on the shoulder. When they came, the consuls of various countries said it very directly. If these Japanese did not teach people a lesson, then this would be a good opportunity to clean them up. In addition to the more than 700 people in front of him, several American warships in the port had also been set on fire.
The Japanese have marines in Pujiang, but Western countries have nothing to fear. In their eyes, the Japanese are only slightly stronger than Longguo and are not qualified to challenge them.
Director Sato immediately went to ask for instructions. What was originally a disgrace to the Pujiang Municipal Government and the Pujiang Police Department was now the opposite. If the concession authorities were to take the person away and hand him over to Li Shaoyi, would we still have any shame?
Why do we arrest people? Just so they can slap us in the face?
The high-ranking Japanese officials in Pujiang quickly gathered together, and Commander Uchiyama of the Marine Corps was considered the leader of them.
In terms of armed forces, they are indeed much stronger than the concession authorities, but the problem is that they dare not fight. Facing the army of the National Government, these people are very arrogant and dare to do anything, but when facing the police from Western powers, just try shooting.
If you dare to fire a shot, Western countries will unite and drive you Japanese out of the land of the International Settlement.
If it were in the past, the Japanese would have been eager for such an outcome. Once they were asked to leave, they could have created some more trouble in Pujiang and successfully established a Japanese concession.
But isn't that changing now? The man in charge in Pujiang is Li Shaoyi. Do you think he's the same as those cowards in the Pujiang Municipal Government? How many Japanese has he killed in the north? I'm afraid you can't even count them.
If the people in the Japanese settlement were driven out of the International Settlement, Li Shaoyi would definitely arrest all of them immediately.
Even if Japan dares to launch an all-out war at that time, Li Shaoyi has more than 10,000 people under his command. What do you think he will do?
Therefore, within a very short period of time, Commander Uchiyama was inclined to release the people. Although the other people were not numerous at ordinary times, if the military made the decision, they would not be able to do much without the support of the Marine Corps.
Of course, Commander Uchiyama made this choice out of fear of Li Shaoyi's air force. Other air forces wouldn't dare drop bombs indiscriminately, but Li Shaoyi was a tough guy to say. Aren't the Japanese troops in Pujiang and those in Northeast China essentially the same? He could kill so many Japanese troops in Northeast China, so do you think he wouldn't dare touch the Pujiang Marines?
The situation in Pujiang is indeed complicated, and the Western powers are interfering here, but the problem is that the Western powers dare not offend Li Shaoyi. Now they have surrounded our police station. Doesn't this explain the problem?
Once Li Shaoyi manages to defeat the Western powers, Pujiang's Marine Corps will probably not be enough to fill his teeth.
Some people also pointed out that his troops were all in the north and we didn't need to be afraid at all. However, Japanese spies had already found out that thousands of police officers had been flown in, and overnight these people even had armored vehicles, which were almost the same equipment as those in the north.
Think about the Japanese troops that were wiped out in Rehe. Although the Marines in Pujiang are not convinced, the Kwantung Army is quite elite. If a conflict really breaks out, his thousand people may be able to pay the price for us.
So after much deliberation, Commander Uchiyama decided to release the person.
It is much better to lose face than to lose your life. If the stalemate continues, the Western troops at the door will be the first to be unable to pass. You can't make a scene in Pujiang and fall out with everyone.
It's better to hand him over to the concession authorities now than to hand him over directly to Li Shaoyi. If Li Shaoyi sends people into the International Settlement and surrounds the Japanese police station, won't you have to hand him over then? That would be even more humiliating.
Under the influence of Commander Uchiyama, even if other Japanese had various ideas, they did not dare to speak them out in the end. Without the support of the military, your ideas were all like flowers in the water and the moon in the mirror. In the end, except for angering Li Shaoyi, you would not get any good results.
Half an hour passed in a flash. Before the United States Marines and International Settlement Police could take any further action, the Japanese police got the twelve people out. These people were not beaten too badly and were able to stand up.
"I guess you know each other."
Major Clark said something in his heart, and ordered his men to load these Chinese policemen onto the truck and hand them over to Li Shaoyi. The matter was over. According to the consul's idea, Li Shaoyi had achieved his goal by taking these people back. In the future, he would not be able to send planes to patrol the two concessions at will.
Of course, this is what they think. As for whether Li Shaoyi will agree, that is Li Shaoyi’s own business.
Just when these Chinese policemen were about to be handed over to the Concession Police, the sound of a car came from behind Major Clark, and it seemed to be more than just the sound of a car.
Major Clark had a bad premonition and turned around, almost popping his eyes out of his head in shock. An armored vehicle weighing more than 20 tons appeared behind him.
Li Shaoyi's Boarhound armored vehicle would have been a well-known heavy armored vehicle in the late World War II, let alone now.
"Everyone, get down here! Which unit are you from? Who allowed you to bring armored vehicles in? The treaty doesn't have regulations for the sky, but are there no regulations for the ground?"
In fact, Major Clark knew without asking that these people must be Li Shaoyi's men. Your planes did not violate the treaty before, but now your armored vehicles must have violated the treaty.
"I'm Wu Zhenkui, the new chief of the Pujiang City Police Department. I'm here on the orders of Pujiang Deputy Mayor Li Shaoyi to retrieve our captured brothers. As for the treaty you mentioned, please contact the municipal government. It has nothing to do with me. I only follow orders. Please move aside..."