Two days passed quickly. During this period, the concession sent a group of representatives to negotiate and surrender with the People's Army, and still hoped that the concession could maintain a certain range of independence and autonomy. Moreover, this time, three Chinese people who operated in the concession were added to the concession negotiation representatives, hoping to use their feelings with the nation to allow the East China government to make concessions.

In fact, most of the Chinese businessmen who operate in the concession do not want to change, because the Chinese who can operate in the concession have considerable assets and have good relationships with foreign merchants. Even though the current environment can benefit them, they certainly do not want to change. At the same time, they are also afraid that the war will cause great damage to the concession. Therefore, this group of people also strongly opposed the People's Army's attack on the Shanghai Concession from the bottom of their hearts.

Therefore, in the last two negotiations, the concession was basically dominated by Chinese merchants. They tried their best to express their concern to Luo Yue and Li Songchen that war would only undermine the peace and prosperity of the concession and damage the interests of Chinese merchants in the concession. Moreover, the Concession Bureau and the Works and Directors Bureau of the Works and Directors Bureau of the Concession also made concessions, saying that Chinese people could join the Works and Directors Bureau of the Concession, and participated in the management of the Concession, etc.

However, these requests were useless in front of Luo Yue and Li Songchen. Although most of the three businessmen had a certain friendship with Li Songchen, Li Songchen also refused the request of these merchants without hesitation, pointing out that the East China government's request was to completely abolish the concession, completely incorporate the concession into the management of the East China government, and be completely controlled by the East China government. It also stated that under the rule of the East China government, the concession area could not only continue to maintain prosperity and development, but also the interests of Chinese merchants in the original concession could be guaranteed, and they could completely get rid of the control of foreign capital and develop independently.

After listening to Li Songchen's words, the three Chinese businessmen were silent. Of course, they could hear the meaning of Li Songchen's words. The Chinese businessmen in the concession may not count the wealth, nor are there any wealthy merchants with wealthy families, but they are essentially compradors.

In modern Chinese history, compradors were a special group of merchants, whose function was mainly to serve as intermediaries and managers for foreign businessmen to conduct trade activities in China. Although after the Opium War, China's door was opened by Western guns, due to language, customs, environment and other reasons, foreign merchants operating in China needed a group of Chinese to assist in their operations. On the one hand, they sold industrial products from Western countries to various parts of China, and on the other hand, they had to acquire various resources, minerals, even real estate, etc. from China.

Because these Chinese people are protected by foreign forces, they can not be bound by Chinese laws. In addition, they collect employment funds between China and foreign trade, and some even operate independently. Therefore, some of them have accumulated rich wealth, thus forming a comprador group.

Overall, the comprador group is quite destructive to the development of China's national capital. They sell industrial products from Western countries to various parts of China, squeezing China's own product development; and when helping foreign countries purchase Chinese products, they try their best to lower prices, and some people do not hesitate to use bad means of cheating, causing China's wealth to be plundered, national capital is suppressed, and people's lives are becoming increasingly poor. Therefore, in the old time and space, the ancestors of time travelers called compradors and feudal bureaucrats and capitalists the three mountains of old China.

However, it cannot be said that every comprador businessman is a traitor or a villain. After all, the formation of comprador group is mainly due to the incompetence of the Qing court itself and the inability to protect China's national interests and national assets. Moreover, the comprador group still has certain positive significance and is not completely negative. Because compradors have long-term contact with foreigners, they have a better understanding of the outside world, have a broader horizon, and have more political progress. Some people have become thinkers, and some buyers have become merchants after accumulating wealth, and have left the control of foreign capital, operated independently, and developed industries to become national capital, which has played a certain positive role in the development of China's national capital.

Most of the Chinese merchants operating in the Shanghai Concession are independent merchants, and some of them have started industries, but their main operations are still to help foreign merchants conduct trade activities in China. Therefore, they are essentially comprador merchants, and their interests are basically tied to the interests of the concession. To put it bluntly, they are completely dependent on foreign merchants. Of course, they hope that the concession will remain forever. The concession is also very clear about this and is willing to let these comprador merchants enter the industrial department and participate in the management of the concession.

But for the East China government, comprador groups, like landlords, must be eliminated, and cannot be changed by a little concession. Of course, if comprador merchants are willing to transform into industrial merchants, the East China government is also willing to provide them with some help. However, if they refuse to change and still have to stop the East China government, they will naturally not accept it.

After two days passed, the concession still had no intention of surrendering to the People's Army. It turned out that after the second group of delegations returned to the concession, the managers of the two concessions also understood that the People's Army would not compromise, and the concession would either surrender unconditionally or resist to the death. So the Works Department Bureau of the Public Concession and the Works Directors of the French Concession also gathered to discuss the choice of the concession.

But at this time, serious differences occurred within the concession. A group of people advocated accepting the conditions of the People's Army and surrendering to the People's Army. This would not only protect everyone's lives, but also ensure that the concession was not destroyed. Moreover, Britain and France had decided to send troops. Therefore, when the coalition forces arrived in the Far East and defeated the People's Army, the order of the concession could be restored. Of course, the potential statement of this proposal is that if neither the British and French coalition forces could defeat the People's Army, then the demise of the concession would be inevitable. It would be better to save your life first.

Another group of people firmly opposed surrender, advocated sticking to the concession and fighting the People's Army. The ideas of this group of people were still stuck before 1900. The Chinese army was not very good, and the whites were more than the yellow ones, so of course they could not surrender. Although Colonel Frank, the military commander of the concession, was very pessimistic about the war, Colonel Martin, the commander of the British army, was full of confidence, believing that the Chinese army was vulnerable at all, and the concession was completely able to resist the attack of the People's Army. He even claimed that he would not only defeat the attack of the People's Army, but also lead the army of the concession to capture the Shanghai New District.

Colonel Martin's attitude also became the pillar of the pro-war faction. As a result, the two factions quarreled all day in the Works Bureau Building in the Public Concession, but neither could convince each other. In the quarrel between the two sides, the time left by the People's Army to the concession had been used up.

What happened in the concession was transmitted to the command center through the lurking intelligence personnel arranged by the East China government in the concession. Luo Yue was speechless when he learned about it. It was 9160, and there were even foreigners equating the East China government with the Qing court. However, it seems that it is impossible to resolve the concession peacefully. It is impossible to occupy the concession without fighting a war. Although the war will definitely cause certain damage to the concession as soon as it begins, it is inevitable.

So Luo Yue ordered the People's Army on the south, west and north to launch an attack on the concession.

At this time, the People's Army on three sides had already prepared for battle. After receiving Luo Yue's order, they immediately launched artillery attacks on the defense line of the British and French troops. Although the People's Army did not carry artillery this time, they brought mortars, so the bombardment of the British and French troops this time were all used for mortars.

Although the power of mortars is not as powerful as conventional artillery, it is still sufficient to deal with the British and French armies. After all, the defense lines composed of British and French armies are temporarily arranged, mainly composed of sand bags, wooden frames and some buildings. Under the bombardment of the People's Army, the British and French armies were immediately bombarded with countless casualties. Except for a few soldiers who used buildings as bunkers, other soldiers retreated to the concessions, and the defense lines collapsed.

After more than 10 minutes of artillery attack, the People's Army launched an attack on the British and French troops, and took advantage of the retreat of the British and French troops to enter the concession. Although at this time, some of the British and French soldiers who retreated to the concession rose up to resist and launched a hand-to-hand combat with the People's Army.

However, the soldiers of the People's Army have been trained on the Northeast battlefield. Although they cannot be said to have experienced many battles, they have also experienced blood and fire. The soldiers of the British and French army are all second- and third-rate soldiers in the country. They cannot experience any major wars in the concession, and even normal training cannot be guaranteed. Of course, they cannot withstand the attack of the People's Army. Moreover, the number of British and French troops is far less than that of the People's Army. Therefore, just 30 minutes after the war began, the organized resistance forces in the concession were basically eliminated or dispersed by the People's Army. On the one hand, the People's Army developed towards the depth of the concession, while leaving a small number of soldiers to defend the occupied streets.

Luo Yue was constantly receiving news from the battlefield at the command center, either occupying the street or seizing a building built by a pass. The staff were busy placing the red flag occupied by the sign on the sand table model of the concession according to the news they received, and people kept whispering: "Hurry, take two more red flags, and ** Street has been occupied..." "This place has also been occupied, so fast."

Occasionally, there was a wrong position for the red flag, but new news came immediately on the battlefield. It turned out that this position had been occupied by the People's Army, so there was no need to change it.
Chapter completed!