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Chapter 50
After letting the blood boil for a while, Li Chong called Hang Seng, who was already singing this song loudly, and rushed to the bank on the Bund in the concession.

In this section of the road, there were no crowds gathered just now, and there was no one on the road for a long time.

"Young master, they are all big soldiers with guns." The eerie silence before the war caused panic in Hang Seng's voice, and the police and security team with guns waved their hands to signal Li Chong and Hang Seng to leave quickly.

Li Chong said in a low voice, "Hurry up and enter the concession."

Li Chong and Hang Seng were lying when they said they were not panicking. No wonder those lords and ladies ran straight to the boat like being chased by dogs just now. It turns out that the situation in Shanghai has reached the point where they are about to go off when they wipe their guns. The information from the rear still cannot keep up. In fact, if he knew that the situation in Shanghai was so bad, Li Chong would not take such a risk to come to Shanghai.

It wasn't until the concession area was approached that the flow of people increased.In front of the International Settlement, the policemen from various countries who used to be chic in the dance hall began to take up their posts, standing in front of the dividing line with guns.

It took Li Chong a head fee of five yuan per person to pass through Luka. There was a lot of people in Luka, and Luka was alone in appearance.

A dividing line of the concession formed two distinct and strange phenomena of being alone and crowded.

After entering the concession, Li Chong brought Hang Seng directly to HSBC Bank on the Bund without stopping.

"Mr. Li, this is one thousand dollars!" The female teller counted the one thousand dollars and put them in an envelope and handed it to Li Chong.Shanghai is about to go to war, and the legal currency is depreciating at a speed visible to the naked eye. The equivalence relationship between silver dollars and legal currency in the market has begun to decouple.As the currency issued by the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of the National Government, the French currency is originally a certificate of credit, but this level of trust is declining as some people worry about whether the National Government can withstand the strong and powerful Japan.

Because Beiping and Tianjin are gone, such a bloody fact lies ahead!
Even not long after this, "China will be destroyed in three months!" suddenly spread to the ears of all people with lofty ideals.

Among the high-level officials in Nanjing, after Beiping and Tianjin fell into the hands of the Japanese, the chairman of the committee personally revealed to his cronies that "it can be supported for six months!" All kinds of pessimistic predictions have caused the value of the legal currency to fall.It was valuable during the July [-]th Incident. The legal currency that can buy an egg can now buy a steamed bun. The rate of inflation is a bit staggering.

This has led to an increase in the purchasing power of silver dollars in disguise, coupled with the outflow of a large amount of silver since the late Qing Dynasty. This situation has not stopped, resulting in the scarcity of precious metals in China today. Even Hong Kong-funded banks like HSBC have British figures behind them. They have easy channels to get dollars and pounds, but after the national government explicitly banned silver trading, it is more difficult to buy precious metals.

So last time 600 silver dollars could only be exchanged for 450 US dollars, this time it can already be exchanged for 500 US dollars.

"Thank you!" Li Chong put away the envelope and put it in his purse.

During the three hours at the Shanghai headquarters of HSBC, Li Chong didn't know that he was almost in the middle of a war and couldn't escape from Shanghai!

It turned out that in the past few hours, under the command of General Zhang, the 87th Division stationed in Shanghai, led by the division commander Wang Jinjiu, entered the area north of Yangshupu, preparing to go from north to east to the Japanese Gongda yarn factory in the work area.Under the leadership of Sun Yuanliang, the 88th Division also entered the Shanghai North Railway Station controlled by the Japanese army. When the starting gun fired, it was about to attack the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters in Shanghai not far away.
In front of the sand table, Zhang Wenbai, the frontline commander of the Central Group Army, held the command pole in his white-gloved hand and clenched his fists. He had made up his mind to gather the superior forces in his hands to take down the two Japanese military headquarters in Shanghai and the public headquarters in one fell swoop. A core position, so that when the war broke out in the entire Songhu area, the Japanese army inside and the Japanese army outside could not form a support!
"Order!" Everyone in the combat command room stood up, "Order Wang Jingjiu of the 87th Division to come"

"Report!" Zhang Wenbai was only halfway through giving the order, and the director of the telecommunications room outside stood outside the door, standing upright like a flagpole.

"Speak!" Zhang Wenbai felt a little upset, and was interrupted halfway through his words, especially when he gave such an order to decide the war of national destiny.

"Nanjing Electric Order, order your department to stop all operations immediately." The director of the telecommunications room opened the folder and said.

"What?" Zhang Wenbai was very puzzled. All his actions had been fully communicated with Nanjing, and the chairman nodded himself. Why did he suddenly change his mind when he was about to fight?In front of the podium, a group of staff officers looked at each other in blank dismay, equally puzzled.

There is already a huge gap in military strength between China and Japan. After all, our side has a temporary lead in the Songhu theater. Why not take the opportunity to win the upper hand?Is it necessary to deploy all the Japanese troops and die?
This is like the ancient times when two countries fought across a river. The weaker side didn't take advantage of the opponent crossing the river to kill him. He had to wait until the opponent crossed the river to set up camp before fighting face to face. Isn't that stupid?
It didn't take long for everyone in the headquarters to be puzzled, and two telegrams from Nanjing and SH Mayor Yu Hongjun came one after another.

It turned out that the villain represented by the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai first filed a complaint against the Chinese representative and diplomats from the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Italy, accusing the Chinese army of violating the "[-]" armistice agreement and unilaterally sending troops into Shanghai.The diplomats of the four countries were afraid that the flames of war would endanger themselves, and asked the national government to make Shanghai an undefended city.

This absurd request actually gave great impetus to the anti-war faction in Nanjing. They even hoped that the great powers could mediate between the two countries. As the supreme leader, the Chairman of the General Assembly was also shaken at this moment.

Zhang Wenbai slammed the command stick in his hand to the ground, his face was full of disappointment, after such a toss, he understood that he had lost the initiative in the war.This means that the Japanese army is calmly deploying under their noses at this moment, grabbing the opportunity of a fighter!
Li Chong didn't know that he was about to flee for his life in the flames of war, and when he left the gate of HSBC, Li Chong went out of the concession without stopping, followed the original road to the wharf, and boarded the merchant ship that was going to Nanjing in the evening.

At this time, Japanese warships had broken through the symbolic coastal defense of the Republic of China and entered important ports around the Shanghai section of the Huangpu River!

"Young master, look at the big ship with the dark holes!" On the deck, Hang Sheng pointed to the warship that was no more than 400 meters away, and didn't understand what those dark holes meant.But Li Chong knew it, it was a Japanese warship flying the sun flag, and the dark hole was a ship-mounted heavy gun with a caliber far larger than that of land cannons, which made the scalp tingle!
Li Chong has already seen it, and his legs are also a bit uncomfortable, but the trouser legs are thicker and he doesn't seem to be trembling. Although Li Chong keeps reassuring himself that this is a British merchant ship, the Japanese should not be cruel enough to shoot at the British merchant ship. degree.

Those who buy leather, the cannon barrel is facing their own side, and they are already strong without crying. Haven’t you seen many lords and wives clasping their hands and praying to the sky?

(End of this chapter)