Rebirth of the National Marshal

Colonel Hans was afraid that people at home would not pass this resolution, so he reported everything he saw and knew here.

The German top leaders are not fools. In addition to Chahar's potential, Chahar has already grown up.

Colonel Hans also has his own selfish motives. If the empire chooses to cooperate with the Japanese, then his status will definitely be reduced a lot. Now he and Chahar are plenipotentiary representatives in the whole of Germany. If the empire's policies and guidelines lean towards him, then his status in the future will definitely be more than just a colonel.

Just as Mao Yuanshan and Colonel Hans were discussing how to cooperate, the war in the Yangtze River Delta region broke out, and the largest battle in modern Chinese history began.

Just like in the previous era, the first to provoke the war were China's three most elite German-equipped divisions, the 86th, 88th and 87th Divisions of the Central Army.

In addition, the other two most elite armies are the Teaching Corps and the Tax Police Corps. They are the most powerful armies in the whole of China except for the Security Corps. As the vanguard, there are more than 100,000 troops of various types behind them, and they broke into the Japanese barracks stationed in Shanghai.

At the beginning, the Chinese Air Force dispatched more than 100 aircraft to bombard the military camps in the entire Japanese concession.

It started in the same way in the last era, but at that time only a dozen old-style bombers were dispatched, which not only did not cause much damage to the Japanese, but also exposed all of their own air bases.

The situation is completely different now. Among the more than 100 aircraft, except for the old ones, there are 30 of the latest Stuka bombers.

The Japanese spies in Shanghai were not vegetarians either. They also got some news that the Central Army and some local warlords' armies were heading towards the Yangtze River Delta. However, they never expected that the Chinese would be so bold as to attack them. Shouldn't the Chinese have deployed their troops to the Yellow River defense line? The North China Expeditionary Force fought so well, didn't they have time to catch their breath?

They felt that as long as they did not send troops to attack the Chinese in the Yangtze River Delta, they would be lucky. You know, this area is the richest area in China. Don't they even want it?

The Japanese Marine Corps has 3000 troops stationed in Shanghai, plus some army troops protecting overseas Chinese, a total of about 4000 people.

The Japanese reacted quickly as well. Although they lost about 1000 people in the bombing, they quickly established defenses at several key points around the Japanese Concession.

At the beginning, the Chinese army dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese with the help of air bombing, and the Japanese lost hundreds of people.

Unfortunately, they did not have enough weapons and ammunition, and did not pursue the victory, which gave the Japanese some breathing room.

Shanghai Japanese Concession Front

"Hold on. Remember, you are all outstanding soldiers of the Empire of Japan. The people on the opposite sides are just some humble Chinese. Although they used the air force to bomb at the beginning, as you can see, they have no planes now. Their bombs and fuel are not sufficient at all." A Japanese squad leader was encouraging a dozen of his soldiers. There were already dozens of corpses of Chinese soldiers in front of them.

During the morning battle, their team lost three people, and they lost three people before they even saw the Chinese soldiers. Just as he said, if the Chinese Air Force had enough bombs and gasoline, they could probably send their entire team back to Japan to meet their Amaterasu.

Unfortunately, the Chinese Air Force did not have enough gasoline. Although Mao Yuanshan sent a lot of bombs and other things, enough for them to fight a high-intensity battle, gasoline was too consumed. China simply did not have these things, and Mao Yuanshan only had enough for his own use.

Although Mao Yuanshan provided 1000 tons of gasoline, and the aircraft of that era were relatively fuel-efficient, the problem was that no matter how fuel-efficient it was, it was still an aircraft.

1000 tons is just a drop in the bucket. Moreover, in this era, it is still a problem to transport so much gasoline. Railway transportation is basically impossible, and there are no tank trucks that large. It can only be transported bit by bit by car.

Being able to transport 1000 tons of gasoline in these few months is already the limit. It is impossible to get more, and it can only be transported by ships at sea.

"Captain, don't worry. We fought with them this morning. The shooting skills of these Chinese soldiers are terrible. They really fired randomly. You told us this before, please forgive us for not believing it." A guy who was digging trenches said that in fact, these Japanese soldiers were also a little scared when they came. No one is not afraid of war, but after a morning, they found that there was a big gap between them and the most elite troops of the National Army.

"Yo, that's how it is. Don't be afraid. Although this is your first time on the battlefield, you have been training for two years and everyone of you is a veteran. Some of those Chinese soldiers may have served longer than you, but the training they received is really rubbish. It's good enough if each of them can fire a dozen bullets." The Japanese team leader knew the Chinese army very well.

"Captain, why haven't our reinforcements arrived yet? Although we won the victory and defended this street this morning, their army is more than ten times larger than ours." Some more rational people did not believe their captain's instigation. Even if a small army was powerful, it would not be able to change the entire battle situation.

"There is no need to compare the numbers of the troops. Besides, our reinforcements are already on the sea. We just need to hold on for another two to three days and they will be here. By then, they will join us in wiping out all the troops in front of us and completely occupy the entire sea." The team leader first slapped the guy who asked the question, and then announced the news of the reinforcements.

This is how it is in the Japanese army. You can only say nice things and cannot say discouraging words. If you dare to say it, your boss will definitely beat you up. And other people think it is a matter of course, because they think you are so useless.