Naval patrol vessels at the mouth of the Woosung and the Yangtze rivers were paid off with gold bars carried by the junk commanders.

• 木船满载运给共产党的物资，平安无事地在拱卫上海的吴淞要塞的大炮跟前驶过，船主用金条买通了吴淞口和长江上的海军巡逻艇。