Chapter 357: Civil Unrest in the Japanese Concession
Chapter 357: Civil Unrest in the Japanese Concession
The night is gloomy.
The streets and alleys of the Japanese Concession in Shanghai were in a noisy and bustling atmosphere. Countless Japanese were running under the street lights, carrying large and small bags, each more nervous than the other, creating a scene like they were fleeing.
The air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder and blood.
In the depressing and tense atmosphere, the Japanese soldiers on patrol also had serious expressions.
The faces of those Japanese captains were uglier than each other.
Who would have thought.
In this big city that has been conquered by their Great Japanese Empire, will the Japanese one day flee in panic like a stray dog?
Many of the Japanese who were evacuating far away had extremely complicated expressions on their faces: confusion, hesitation, anxiety, tension, fear...
"Can anyone tell me what's going on? Why do we have to move?"
"I heard that the Chinese anti-Japanese armed forces in Shanghai are coming to attack."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible. We already have a powerful Sakata regiment entering Shanghai. They are invincible. The anti-Japanese armed forces of only two or three thousand people will not be our opponent."
"Hey, I heard from a soldier that we were defeated. We were defeated miserably. The Sakata Regiment was completely wiped out."
"It is said that when our troops were dispatched, they encountered an ambush and were later besieged by foreign devils, which resulted in heavy losses."
"Damn the Chinese, damn the foreigners, they actually dared to unite."
"Baga, don't those foreign devils know that our Great Japanese Empire has a powerful army of millions? How dare they do that?"
"Not only that, my relatives in the military police said that it was the foreign devils who attacked our concession. Moreover, in this matter, we Japanese were at fault first. It was our air force that bombed the British and French concessions, killing countless foreign devils and destroying most of the houses in the foreign devils' concessions. That's why the two sides fell out. Now, the foreign devils are here to ask for punishment. If we don't pay a huge amount of compensation, they will send troops to kill us."
"What? Our flying squadron bombed the foreigners' concession?"
"Is there any misunderstanding here?"
"It's easy to make mistakes when sending out flying squadrons at night. This time, our army made a wrong decision."
"One Shenzhou is already difficult to deal with, do we need to add two Western powers as opponents?"
"Both sides can negotiate, why attack our concession?"
"Yes, we just bombed their concession by mistake. Why should we send troops to attack them directly?"
……
Just as these Japanese were hurrying on their way, the sound of gunfire and bullets was heard from a direction not far away.
Not long after, there was another dull and terrifying sound of artillery firing.
Many Japanese raised their heads and looked in that direction, and then saw shells emitting thick smoke flying across the sky.
In full view of the crowd, these shells carrying terrifying energy exploded all around.
"Rumble..."
"Rumble..."
……
In the deafening explosion, balls of blazing flames exploded violently, and terrible energy swept in all directions.
Several houses were hit by shells and collapsed instantly, turning into ruins.
The flames after the explosion also splashed in all directions. Many Japanese houses that originally had wooden structures were engulfed in the fire. Amid the crackling sounds, large fires burned in the concession, as bright as day.
Among them, three shells hit the center of the street exactly.
There was an explosion among the Japanese crowd.
In the first moment, dozens of unlucky Japanese died in the explosion, and many others were swept away by the flames and heat waves, and were knocked over and blown away.
The explosion triggered a riot and people started to crowd together. With many people carrying heavy objects in their hands, the streets became even more chaotic.
Although there were Japanese soldiers maintaining order, hundreds of people were still trampled to death after one round of trampling.
The number of injured was incalculable, and everywhere was filled with people falling to the ground and wailing.
Those who were injured were screaming and calling for help.
Unfortunately, many people are already busy taking care of themselves and have no time to save you. Everyone is busy running away!
After all, in the distant sky, another round of terrible artillery attack came.
"Rumble..."
There were more than twenty houses around, which were destroyed and turned into ruins.
The weird thing is.
There were still three shells, which exploded accurately among the fleeing Japanese crowd.
The already chaotic and crowded streets became even more crowded and chaotic after dozens of people died.
In order to leave this place and to break out of a path, some vicious Japanese men used ruthless means to attack their own people. They took out pistols and fired continuously, shooting and killing other Japanese just to escape with their own lives.
As the gunshots rang out, people vomited blood and fell down in a pool of blood with a strong smell.
These scenes directly stimulated other Japanese.
You have a gun.
Do you really think I don't have it?
In this chaotic war era, who doesn't have a gun or two in their hands?
Even many relatives of wealthy military officers had powerful submachine guns and grenades in their hands!
"Bang bang~~~"
"Boom~~~"
For a moment, some of the Japanese who were fleeing in chaos took out guns and ammunition and started killing people.
"Stop! Who told you to shoot? Put them all down, or I will kill you all!" The Japanese gendarmerie who were maintaining order shouted anxiously, but the Japanese who were already blood-thirsty would never listen to them.
"Bang~~"
A Japanese man with blood all over his face killed a family of three in front of him with an evil smile like a devil on his face.
"Boom!"
He seemed to have tasted the sweetness of killing, and the excitement and satisfaction that killing brought him.
The Japanese man raised his gun again and shot the two elderly men who were walking a little slower in the head from behind.
I saw blood gushing out of the corpse's head.
The Japanese man's facial features gradually became distorted, and there was a sinister and vicious expression on his face.
"Hahaha!"
He threw his head back and laughed, like a heartless butcher, and then started shooting wildly.
The other Japanese had already noticed this guy, and someone turned around and started shooting together.
After a while, the Japanese man was beaten into a sieve on the spot. He was hit by more than 20 bullets and even his internal organs were beaten out. He died a horrible death.
"Ah, can anyone tell me, we are all Japanese, why do we have to shoot at our own people?"
"We are all running away, trying to avoid war. Shouldn't we unite?"
"Bakayalu, who fired the first shot?"
"How foolish! Your bullets should be aimed at the enemy, not at your own people."
"When disaster strikes, we are the first to quarrel among ourselves. For your own selfish desires, you have disregarded the interests of the country. You are all a disgrace to your families and to the Empire of Japan. You all deserve to die as a token of your guilt."
"Everyone stop! If you continue like this, all the Japanese civilians in our concession will die!"
"Yeah, it's not like the enemy is coming to kill us. We have plenty of time to evacuate."
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