The United States had already received Wilson Nathan's emergency situation report.

President Roosevelt had to face what was happening in the East.

They had tens of thousands of citizens living in the Shanghai International Settlement.

If their life and death were ignored, and these citizens were bombed to death by the Japanese with gas tanks,

one could easily imagine what would happen next.

The entire domestic population would definitely drive him out of the White House at the first opportunity.

And his name would be forever nailed to the pillar of shame.

That was impossible! Absolutely impossible!

He thought about how much effort he had spent bringing the American economy out of the crisis.

How could he allow such a thing to happen?

Roosevelt ordered an immediate emergency meeting to discuss the sudden events in the East.

He agreed with Wilson Nathan's ultimatum to the Japanese.

In any case, the lives and property of American citizens overseas must be protected by the country.

Admiral Henry Owen of the United States Navy also received the emergency situation report from Wilson Nathan.

All forty or so American warships stationed in Shanghai immediately began combat preparations.

The gun covers were removed, and sailors began running around on the deck in nervous anticipation.

The forty-odd warships slowly sailed into the Huangpu River, charging towards the Japanese warships and supply ships at the Wusong River Wharf.

Faced with the threat from the American military, the Japanese warships immediately made corresponding preparations.

This time, both sides were truly at daggers drawn, and a battle was about to break out.

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain also received an urgent telegram from Shanghai, seeing that his citizens overseas were under serious threat from the Japanese.

He did not act impulsively, but immediately began to think: Japan, as a newly emerging Eastern empire, now had the strongest military power in Asia.

And the trade between Japan and Britain was still very close.

Thinking of this, he made a difficult decision: he would not allow the British fleet stationed in Shanghai to actively attack the Japanese.

Neville Chamberlain's order was quickly passed on to the commander of the British fleet.

Vice Admiral Charles of the British Navy had to temporarily halt the warships following the American forces.

At the same time, he ordered the land-based cooperative combat teams to return to their bases immediately!

The movements of these major powers' forces on the Shanghai Bund immediately caught the attention of the Kuomintang intelligence personnel remaining in the concession.

These people were gathering information everywhere: they could only find out that envoys from Britain and the United States had gone to the Japanese embassy.

As for what they were there for, the information could not be found out.

Why did American warships suddenly appear on the Huangpu River, and rudely point their guns at the Japanese wharves, warships, and supply ships on the Wusong River?

The firm supporter of Japan's imperial war, the empire's highest leader, received the final ultimatum issued by the British and American envoys.

He was so frightened that he quickly issued the strictest order from his palace: "The Shanghai Expeditionary Force must immediately cease all military operations in the Shanghai urban area!"

This order was issued directly from the palace by the supreme leader.

When Iwane Matsui received this telegram, he had to sigh.

He issued an order for all troops in Shanghai to immediately cease military operations!

If it hadn't been for the direct order from the empire's supreme leader, he wouldn't have paid any attention to it at all.

The British and American ambassadors sitting in the Japanese embassy heard the instructions from the Japanese supreme leader that Ambassador Shigeru Kawagoe had personally received.

They finally felt a little relieved.

Now, they could only wait and see if those Japanese soldiers would obey this order.

Sure enough, in less than a minute, the bombing that had been resounding through the sky stopped.

The shelling outside stopped.

Japanese Ambassador Shigeru Kawagoe finally breathed a sigh of relief: the empire's greatest crisis had been temporarily averted.

However, he also knew that it was only temporarily averted.

Those Kuomintang soldiers in the Sihang Warehouse would eventually need to be dealt with.

He cautiously suggested: "Gentlemen Ambassadors, the empire must take down the Sihang Warehouse.

How exactly to take it down? Can we hold a meeting tonight to discuss the most appropriate method?"

British Ambassador Gilbert Osmond and American Ambassador to China Nelson Johnson looked at each other. They had the authority to make decisions on this matter.

They both nodded cautiously.

The internal discussion between the two was completed, and then they said to Kawagoe Shigeru: "Alright! For this meeting, our side will have a military attaché and someone sent by the commander of the Joint Fleet in Shanghai."

As long as he could bring people from these two countries to the negotiating table,

Shigeru Kawagoe would have already won.

As long as they could talk, there was a possibility of cooperation.

The only difference was how much benefit the empire would give up.

In any case, all the costs the empire paid would be taken back doubled from this land beneath their feet.

The two sides agreed to hold a four-party meeting at the Peace Hotel at eight o'clock in the evening.

The time was now 4:55 p.m. on October 27, 1937.

The British and American ambassadors began to take their leave. The main purpose of their trip had been achieved.

Upon leaving, the two ambassadors also protested and demanded compensation for the heavy casualties their soldiers had suffered in the recent shelling.

Kawagoe Shigeru solemnly admitted that this was the fault of the imperial army, and the empire would definitely take a responsible attitude of "no shirking, no quibbling" and pay a satisfactory price for the injured soldiers.

At this time, the two ambassadors smiled and left.

The shelling outside suddenly stopped.

It was as if a rooster that was crowing had its neck grabbed, and the sound disappeared all at once.

Company Commander Shangguan Zhibiao ordered: "All soldiers, attack immediately and seize the outer fortifications and trenches!"

He led his troops out of the Sihang Warehouse and saw the Japanese devils less than a hundred meters away, with their backs to them, retreating quickly.

"What's going on?"

The observation post on the roof also sent the latest news: "The Japanese infantry who were just preparing to attack have suddenly retreated."

The officers and soldiers guarding the Sihang Warehouse, who didn't understand what was going on, had no idea what had happened.

Lin Fan knew that the Japanese troops outside had retreated, and walked out of the Sihang Warehouse.

He was stunned by everything in front of him.

Lin Fan, who came from later generations, had also seen scenes of artillery shells and rockets carpet-bombing during exercises.

However, those exercises were completely different from the actual combat here.

The entire ground in front of him was full of craters half a meter to a meter deep, and the trenches that he and his soldiers had built were now unrecognizable.

He was so surprised that he couldn't speak.

Yang Ruifu, who was walking a little behind, didn't seem surprised at all when he saw this scene.

He ordered: "First Battalion: Immediately repair the fortifications! Prepare for battle."

Although there was no trace of the Japanese devils now, Yang Ruifu still ordered his soldiers to immediately start repairing the fortifications.

Lin Fan added: "Special Company, repair all the craters to pave the way for the tanks to attack."

Now there were so many craters outside that it would be difficult for the tanks to drive out.

The damage to the outer fortifications and trenches was severe.

It was also easy to repair them, as the foundations that had been built yesterday were still there.

Now they just needed to re-stack the sandbags that had been blown down by the shells.

Or, if the sandbags were really scattered, replace them with new ones and stack them up again.

Lin Fan followed Xie Jinyuan and Yang Ruifu to the roof of the Sihang Warehouse.

When they reached the fifth floor, they found that the thick layer on the top had been riddled with holes.

Many places exposed the grid-like steel bars.

The original half-meter-thick reinforced concrete had been blasted open, cracked, and blasted with large holes in many places.

Xie Jinyuan walked onto the roof and, with the afterglow of the setting sun, looked into the distance.

As far as he could see, there wasn't a single Japanese devil.

At this time, they suddenly saw a dozen cars appearing on the south bank of the Suzhou River.

Many fruits, food, medicines, and supplies were unloaded from these cars.

These things were placed at the south end of the New Rubbish Bridge.

Although the sandbag passage built by the Special Company yesterday at the north end of the bridge had been severely damaged, it had been repaired after half an hour.

It was now passable.

The soldiers of the First Battalion immediately walked to the bridge and took over the supplies sent by the Shanghai citizens.

These things were so abundant.

It was impossible to move them all at once.

In order to protect the soldiers on the New Rubbish Bridge, Xie Jinyuan had to set up a wider perimeter.

The anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the Shanghai citizens moved the officers and soldiers who were holding out in the Sihang Warehouse.

Xie Jinyuan requested: The 542nd Regiment did not carry a national flag, and hoped that one could be sent over.

He claimed that it was the 542nd Regiment in order to confuse the Japanese devils.

Xie Jinyuan said this intentionally.

He didn't want to reveal the true strength of the Kuomintang troops in the Sihang Warehouse, for fear of causing discomfort to the Japanese devils.

Xie Jinyuan wanted to plant the national flag on the roof of the Sihang Warehouse to tell all the citizens of Shanghai.

The Kuomintang troops were still in Shanghai, and the Kuomintang troops had not abandoned the people of Shanghai.

This request was quickly fulfilled.

Several reporters followed the New Rubbish Bridge into the defense zone of the 542nd Regiment.

Lin Fan whispered to his seven squad leaders: All soldiers of the Special Company must not accept interviews or allow reporters to take photos.

If the reporters asked about the team, they should say that they were soldiers from the machine gun company of the First Battalion of the 542nd Regiment.

Although the soldiers under Lin Fan didn't understand what their company commander meant by this,

not a single soldier asked, and not a single soldier objected.

They nodded quietly one by one, indicating that they understood.

Although Lin Fan was only a newly acquainted company commander yesterday,

Lin Fan had established absolute authority in the two battles today.

These soldiers had killed more than two hundred Japanese devils today.

On average, each person had killed one and a half Japanese devils.

If such a result could be achieved by the Kuomintang soldiers on the entire Songhu battlefield,

the Japanese devils would have been wiped out long ago.

In the army, whoever had the bigger fist, whoever had the better military quality, had more say.

Now that Lin Fan could lead them to fight the Japanese devils and win battles,

unprecedented victories, these soldiers now only had admiration and conviction for Lin Fan.

After two battles, they had killed more than two hundred and thirty Japanese devils, and only two of their own had been sacrificed, with four lightly wounded.

Such a record would be considered a miracle no matter which team it was placed on.

The Special Company's performance during the day had earned the respect of everyone in the Sihang Warehouse.

The supplies that had just been received from the citizens were

distributed completely fairly by Xie Jinyuan, especially the medicines.

With the medicines that had been sent, Lin Fan personally cleaned the wounds, changed the medicine, and bandaged the four lightly wounded soldiers.

These four wounded soldiers were unwilling to go to the pile of wounded on the third floor at all.

In their words: Minor injuries won't keep us from the front line.

After the soldiers of the Special Company had dinner, they didn't have to guard the outer fortifications tonight.

After a thirty-minute break.

Lin Fan gathered the soldiers of the Special Company and started training.

He said to these soldiers: "Sweat more in peacetime! Shed less blood in wartime!

I don't know how you trained before.

But judging from your performance on the battlefield today, I am not paying attention, I am very dissatisfied.

In today's not-so-fierce battle, we sacrificed two comrades, which was a loss that should not have happened.

From now on, you will have training every day, and you will never miss a lesson.

Now everyone will do it with me.

Lin Fan led these one hundred and fifty-five soldiers, using the faint light from the opposite bank.

He led these soldiers, just outside the trenches and fortifications, crawling, climbing, and rolling!"

Xie Jinyuan and Yang Ruifu watched this team, which had participated in two actual battles this morning, now in the night.

They were training in the trenches outside the Sihang Warehouse, crawling forward, jumping into the fortifications, and hiding their bodies with the help of the fortifications.

Lin Fan looked at the movements of these soldiers, guiding them one by one in a low voice. His night training lasted for nearly two hours.

Only then did he bring the soldiers back.

Until now, the entire Sihang Warehouse still had water and electricity.

After the soldiers rested for a while, they were forcibly driven by Lin Fan to take a bath. According to Lin Fan's words: Patriotism and hygiene are equally important.

At 8:00 p.m. on October 27, 1937: Japanese Ambassador Kawagoe Shigeru, Japanese Minister Koinuma Jun'ichiro, and Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Force Iwane Matsui appeared at the Peace Hotel on time.

After they arrived, American Ambassador J. Nelson, American Military Attaché Stilwell, and American Admiral Henry Owen also arrived slowly.

Then the British, Italians, French, Germans, and Soviets all appeared at the Peace Hotel.

Suddenly, so many ambassadors from various countries who were not in the plan appeared.

Ambassador Kawagoe Shigeru showed excellent adaptability.

In fact, he did not refuse the requests of these people to participate in the negotiations. Behind these people was a powerful country as a backing.

He would not, dare not, and could not refuse!

Kawagoe Shigeru and Koinuma Jun'ichiro welcomed all these ambitious people in with smiles on their faces, but they were cursing them in their hearts.

Closing the door, these people began to haggle.

This was a difficult negotiation, but also a successful meeting.

After more than six hours of arguing, the parties finally reached a consensus: Japan would compensate each injured soldier $100,000, which was given to the soldier personally.

Compensate the concession $2 million, which was used for concession maintenance.

All parties in the concession agreed that Japan could use force to attack the Kuomintang soldiers in the Sihang Warehouse under certain conditions.

The only condition was that the Japanese were not allowed to use heavy artillery to bombard the Sihang Warehouse, nor were they allowed to use airplanes to bomb it.

All of this was because they were afraid that the Japanese attack would accidentally hit the gas tanks.

At the same time, the six countries jointly formed a battlefield observation group that could observe the battlefield situation at close range.

The Six-Nation Battlefield Observation Group had the right to suspend the Japanese offensive on the spot. If they found that the Japanese soldiers' attack would seriously affect the safety of the gas tanks, they would exercise this right.

For this reason, Koinuma Jun'ichiro also joined the Battlefield Observation Group to contact both sides at any time.

Iwane Matsui silently accepted this agreement!

As long as he was allowed to attack, everything else was not a problem.

Now Iwane Matsui's heart was full of fighting spirit. In his eyes, there were no fortresses that could not be conquered.

At 2:23 a.m. on October 28, 1938, the content of the negotiations in the Peace Hotel was transmitted to U.S. President Roosevelt.

After reading the contents of the agreement item by item, President Roosevelt finally judged that Japan had no intention of harming the citizens of the United States of America.

They were still sincere.

That was enough, the East Asian problem was perfectly solved!

President Roosevelt gave himself a big thumbs up!

British Prime Minister Chamberlain also received the full content of the agreement reached at the Peace Hotel at the same time.

He was finally relieved: In the past few hours,

the timid Prime Minister Chamberlain had been so afraid that Lieutenant General Charles in East Asia would launch an attack on the Japanese.

Although the Prime Minister had clearly ordered Charles that even if the gas tanks in the concession really exploded and British citizens in Shanghai suffered heavy casualties, he could not take the initiative to attack the Japanese.

Now the British and Americans were finally relieved: The shadow of a world war that had shrouded East Asia had dissipated.

Chiang Kai-shek, the president of the National Government in Nanjing, not far from Shanghai, was cursing again: Damn it!

These cowards! They were being slapped in the face, and they didn't dare to resist even a little.

The intervention of the great powers that he had been hoping for was only a little bit away from happening.

It was this little bit that made his hopes fall through again.

In recent years, Chiang Kai-shek often compared himself with that person in Germany. The friendship between the two people and the two countries was very deep.

After World War I, Germany needed to pay more than 130 billion gold marks in compensation and turn over all its airplanes and artillery. Even the armories from World War I were forced to be auctioned off.

It was in such a situation that Germany re-emerged in a short period of more than ten years.

It would be a lie to say that he wasn't envious!

Chiang Kai-shek carefully compared: Germany valued education, and he also valued education.

Germany valued commerce, and he also valued commerce. Germany valued the army, and he also valued the army.

But why had they become a world power, while he had made the country worse year after year?

After thinking about it, Chiang Kai-shek still attributed the reason to the fact that although Germany had difficulties after the war, it was a unified country.

And in recent years, he had used 95% of his energy and economy to weaken the power of those warlords.

Although he was the nominal president of this country, he could actually manage and influence only one or two provinces.

After realizing this, Chiang Kai-shek used even greater energy to deal with the domestic warlords, hoping to truly control these people and the territories they controlled as soon as possible.