SFS Chapter 159: Humiliating Hashimoto Masazan's guests who suffered an unexpected disaster
Chapter 159: Humiliating Hashimoto Masazan's guests who suffered an unexpected disaster
In about twenty minutes, the soldiers of the assault platoon had searched every corner of the consulate compound.
The extremely hidden entrance to the underground fortifications in the back garden was successfully discovered.
At the entrance was an extremely heavy, pure steel cover that was locked from the inside. Tom, the assault battalion commander of the 1st Skeleton Infantry Regiment, observed the well-like entrance to the underground fortification and said calmly, "Go call two soldiers from the demolition squad to blow up the entrance here. Have the troops outside set up a cordon and be careful of the enemy escaping from other exits of the underground fortification."
A moment later, there was a loud bang, and a two-meter square pit was blown out of the nearby ground. The precise blasting caused the steel cover weighing more than a thousand pounds to be blown away and deformed. The soldiers of the two assault platoons carefully followed the escalator at the entrance into the underground fortifications.
The underground fortifications specially built by the Fuso Consulate can withstand the bombardment of 150MM heavy howitzers. They are extremely strong and the structure underneath is extremely complex. The criss-crossing alleys lead to different directions like a maze.
After continuous searching by the two assault platoons, they soon found Hashimoto Masazan and others hiding in one of the large rooms.
After a fierce exchange of fire, the remaining soldiers of the Fuso Guard who retreated into the underground fortifications were all wiped out. Hashimoto Masazan, including the guests he invited to the dinner, were sent to Su Zhengyang under the escort of the assault platoon soldiers.
"You are Hashimoto Masazan? You are the one who planned to have the Fuso warriors from Hongkou Dojo go to the manor where I live and murder me, right?"
With his eyes blazing with resentment, Hashimoto Masazan looked at Su Zhengyang, kneeling on the ground, still struggling in the grip of two soldiers, trying to break free.
"Su Zhengyang! You damn bastard! When did I ever send anyone to murder you? You are confusing right and wrong! You actually dared to send troops directly into the Fuso Concession and attack the Fuso Consulate by force. We Fuso will never let you go! Can you afford the responsibility of starting a war?"
Su Zhengyang took a 98K rifle from the soldier beside him, swung it with both hands, and hit Hashimoto Masazan's head hard with the gun, and blood gushed out immediately.
"You keep threatening me with war. Today I will attack your Fusang Concession and blow up your Fusang consulate. What can you do to me? If you want to start a war, I'm ready to fight you anytime!"
Hashimoto Masazan was completely stunned by the butt of the gun, and he wailed while holding his bleeding head.
"Someone, bring Taro Yamamoto up here and let Consul Hashimoto know what's going on!"
Two soldiers carried Taro Yamamoto, who was seriously injured but in good spirits, on a stretcher.
Su Zhengyang said coldly: "Tell me, did Hashimoto Masamune personally go to the Hongkou Dojo and personally tell you to go to Putuo District, using the duel as an excuse to lure me out and take the opportunity to assassinate me!"
Yamamoto Taro looked at the miserable Hashimoto Masamune at this moment, glanced at Su Zhengyang with fear, and stammered: "Yes, yes, it was Consul Hashimoto who personally ordered me to provoke Governor Su. If Governor Su shows up, I will find an opportunity to assassinate him."
Hashimoto Masazan looked at Yamamoto Taro with red eyes and shouted hysterically: "Baga, you traitor, you are talking nonsense. I only asked you to provoke Su Zhengyang. When did I ask you to attack him?"
A sneer appeared on Su Zhengyang's lips.
"So, Consul Hashimoto has admitted it himself? Since he dared to take advantage of me, he must bear the corresponding consequences. Come on! Send Consul Hashimoto and all the Fuso people here to their deaths. I feel sick when I see these shitty Fuso people!"
More than a dozen soldiers roughly dragged out Hashimoto Masazan, Sakai Matsu, several famous Japanese expatriates invited by Hashimoto Masazan, and several well-known capitalists in the Shanghai business community, and forced them to kneel on the ground with their hands on their heads. If they disobeyed, they would be beaten.
Sakai Matsu stared at Su Zhengyang and said, "You cunning Chinese, you are making a mountain out of a molehill and passing off fake goods as real ones! It's not too late to turn back now! Our Fuso's Second Pacific Fleet is docked at Wusong Port, and we also have a 10,000-man marine corps and powerful naval guns that can destroy half of Shanghai at any time. You can't afford this price! And you dare not gamble with the lives of millions of Shanghai residents!"
Su Zhengyang walked up to Sakai Matsu and said condescendingly: "If your fleet dares to bomb Shanghai, my 100,000 elite troops in Linzhou will rush into the grasslands and cooperate with the British Empire to bury your 150,000 Kwantung Army troops on the grasslands! I believe that the 100,000 Tsarist Russian troops in the Northeast are also willing to cooperate with our Northern Frontier to deal a devastating blow to your troops stationed in the Northeast. How about it? Do you want to take a gamble?"
Sakai Matsu was suddenly speechless. Fuso was just a tiny island country and did not have enough resources to develop industry on a large scale. The rise of Fuso was due to their rapid development after they occupied the fertile land in the two northeastern provinces.
As a result, a head-on conflict arose with Tsarist Russia, and a tug-of-war lasting five or six years unfolded in the northern border of China. Once the northern border government made up its mind to cooperate with Tsarist Russia and launch a joint operation against Fuso, which had entrenched itself in the two northeastern provinces and had built them into a heavy industrial base, all the efforts of Fuso in the past decade would be in vain.
All along, facing Fuso's tough attitude, the Northern Frontier Government, or every political power in the country, has been making concessions due to various concerns and fear of Fuso's elite troops. However, they did not realize that when their own attitude began to become firm and tough, the Fuso people would immediately soften.
Su Zhengyang's threat undoubtedly directly grasped the lifeline of Fuso.
"Send them on their way!"
After a burst of intensive gunfire, Hashimoto Masazan, Sakai Matsu, and several Fuso merchants who were implicated were shot to pieces. Their bodies fell in a pool of blood, twitched a few times, and then became completely motionless.
"Governor Su, I am Soros, the president of the French Empire's Lans Chamber of Commerce, and a good friend of Chief Inspector Fang. You must deal with these damned Fuso people, but don't let them harm us."
Su Zhengyang looked in the direction of the voice and saw a middle-aged man with blond hair and blue eyes, wearing a black suit and bow tie, and looking handsome, shouting in pure Chinese.
Most of the people squatting beside him were celebrities from the Western powers like him, including the French, English, Ottomans, and people from the Bullfighting Empire. These people were trembling all over and looking at the soldiers of the Skeleton Division with fear, fearing that Su Zhengyang would execute them at a single order.
Yan Shuangying came to Su Zhengyang at this time and whispered: "Governor, in addition to Soros, there are also Roosevelt, the president of the British Chamber of Commerce, and DeWine, the president of Citigroup. They are all high-ranking officials of Western powers in Shanghai. If they died in the artillery fire before, we could still make excuses by saying that we didn't know they would attend the dinner here. Now that they are in public, it is not easy to take action against them."
After Su Zhengyang pondered for a moment, he showed a kind smile, walked to Soros, helped him up, and said calmly: "Of course I won't hurt you, President Soros. As you said, you are a friend of Inspector Fang, and also a rare and close friend of mine, Su Zhengyang."