Rebirth of the National Marshal

The Japanese army stationed in Shanghai was really caught off guard. Although they knew about the mobilization of the Chinese army and felt that there would definitely be a major battle around them, they did not expect the attack to be so sudden, and the first wave of attack would be so powerful, with so many air forces mobilized.

More than 100 planes is a huge number, not to mention for China today, even for the Japanese devils.

The quality of the Japanese devils was still quite good. They still defended all the defense lines and did not allow the Chinese army to take advantage of the bombing to rush into the Japanese concession.

If Mao Yuanshan were here, he would definitely order the army to rush into the Japanese Concession at all costs, because in recent times, all the things that the Japanese looted in China, especially in the south, were transported into the Japanese Concession in Shanghai.

The last time this guy robbed the Japanese Concession in Tianjin, he got 5000 million US dollars worth of stuff, not to mention this place, which is the richest place in all of China.

The Japanese have been invading the country economically for many years. The goods here are definitely several times more valuable than those in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin.

Although the Japanese have more wealth here, the strength of the Japanese people here is a little weaker. Shanghai is different from Tianjin. In Tianjin, the Japanese and British are relatively strong. But Shanghai is different. In Shanghai, the French are relatively strong, and the major powers of various countries have their own interests here.

Therefore, the public security in the concession in Shanghai was slightly better. It was not like in Tianjin, where the Japanese could carry guns around and show off their power.

All countries here must abide by a clear rule, which is that you can have weapons, but the number of weapons cannot be too many, so it is not easy for the Japanese to organize the people to defend the concession.

Even if you have so many people, you don't have so many weapons.

These foreign forces were helping the central government in disguise. Otherwise, if the Japanese devils were to arm the common people here, they would have thousands more soldiers in an instant. There would be no help from the security corps here, and it would be extremely difficult for the National Government's troops to break into the Japanese concession.

The top leaders of the Nationalist government seemed to have been hit hard at this time. Although they achieved the initial victory, the subsequent battles made them see the gap between the Chinese army and the Japanese. Originally, they thought that the gap between the German-equipped divisions and the Japanese was very small, but the number of losses in the next two hours of fighting made them realize that this was indeed a real gap. It is not the case that you will have the combat effectiveness of the Germans just by wearing a German helmet.

Compared with the era of Mao Yuanshan, there are no Japanese battleships here now. If the Japanese heavy warships were allowed to get involved, the National Government could basically retreat now.

Afterwards, Mao Yuanshan also analyzed why this happened. The main reason was that the fighting was too fierce at the beginning, which aroused the Japanese devils' warmongering spirit and made them feel that they would most likely be wiped out if they retreated. It seems that sometimes being too strong is not a good thing.

Mao Yuanshan also discovered an important problem, that is, the logistics of the central government’s army was really terrible.

The first is the weapons of these armies, which are really varied.

The several German-equipped divisions of the Central Army were relatively good. Most of their weapons were imported. Even if they were imitations, they were similar to imported weapons and used the same caliber of bullets. However, the situation was different for other local troops. Some of them had Mauser rifles from Germany, some were domestic imitations, some were Mosin-Nagant rifles from the Soviet Union, and some were from the United Kingdom.

The final result of using so many types of rifles is that you have brought enormous pressure to the logistics. Logistics often have to supply a lot of bullets. But how many logistics officers and soldiers are there? How can they have the ability to supply you with so many bullets?

How long does it take to get a box of bullets up there? Even if you kill them, they can't satisfy you all, so each time the supplies are sent up, only a few people can use them, and the rest have to wait there for the next supply.

This obviously reduces the combat effectiveness of the central government's army. Although the officers understand this, they can't do anything about it. Who can blame our country's weak industrial strength? It's already a good thing for every soldier to have a gun. Do they still require good guns?

Another major reason is the daily training problem. Just like what the team leader said just now, although these Japanese devils have never seen blood, they have been training in the country for two years. No matter how scarce Japan's resources are, the supply of bullets for the infantry is definitely sufficient. They have fired at least hundreds of bullets, and their marksmanship can be said to be 100% accurate.

Especially these marines are very different from the army. In the eyes of some people in European and American countries, the Japanese navy can be said to be the most advanced army in the world, and the Japanese army is at most a second-rate force. The gap in supplies and weapons between the two sides is really too big. The navy's weapons have reached the world's advanced level, while the army is still in a situation similar to that of China.

Many people have said that the gap between your country's army and navy is too big, but the navy also has its own arguments. Our Marine Corps is equipped with navy funds and has nothing to do with the army. The army is just a group of nine-cent soldiers and there is no need to equip them with good things.

The army is clamoring every day to die in battle for His Majesty the Emperor. Since they have such an idea, why give them such good equipment? It is really a waste of these equipment.

Chahar Supreme Staff

"Commander, we can't do anything about the situation on the front line. You should have something to eat. It's not a good idea to keep going like this." Although Mao Yuanshan did not actually serve as the commander of the 101st Infantry Division, people above and below him were used to calling him "Commander".

"I originally thought that they must have learned their lesson, and I also gave them some information in advance. Why did the fight still turn out like this? Tens of thousands of people attacked the enemy with only a few thousand people, but they still haven't been able to defeat them. Now they say that the enemy's reinforcements have arrived and they want more reinforcements. What's the difference between this and the tactic of adding fuel to the fire?" Mao Yuanshan said, referring to the battle situation that had just come over, and he was very depressed.