Rebirth of the National Marshal

The reinforcements from the mainland must arrive faster, especially the air force. The war has already begun, and it has been proven that it would be a dream to win the war without air force support.

Now the Chinese planes are attacking us almost 24 hours a day. All our planes have been destroyed at the airport. There is a lack of anti-aircraft weapons on the ground. Some of our important military strongholds are defenseless to the Chinese Air Force.

But now Umezu Mijiro was already scared out of his wits. He was not scared away by the battle situation on the front line, but by the harshly worded telegram from the headquarters. The headquarters could not conjure up planes out of thin air, and right now the headquarters needed support in many areas.

Especially in the Central China region, which bears the heavy responsibility of attacking China, the aircraft losses there were also heavy. Because of Mao Yuanshan's assistance, the Japanese Third Flying Division in the Central China region also suffered heavy losses. They must give priority to replenishing that area.

Japan produces about 200 aircraft every month. If they can take care of that side, they will definitely not be able to take care of this side. However, Umezu Mijiro's side is the foundation. The Japanese headquarters has already sent them about 80 aircraft support, but are these 80 aircraft really useful?

China today is different from before. Hundreds of planes may be deployed at any time. These eighty planes are definitely a drop in the bucket. This is not the point. The key issue is that the performance gap between our planes and others is too large. If pilots fly up, it would be like committing suicide. What is in short supply now is planes, and after a while, what may be in short supply is pilots.

However, he would never dare to say this out loud. He was full of mistakes now. There were many people who wanted to be the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army. For example, his old classmate Oda Tsunenobu wanted to be the commander of the Kwantung Army. This guy had already started activities in the rear.

What Umezu Mijiro wanted now was to provide some support to the front line, but the troops he had available were too few.

The commander on the front line also said that new firepower was needed. Now that they have lost the air force, the only thing that can increase their firepower is the heavy artillery brigade in their hands.

There are only five heavy artillery brigades in the entire empire. We have one, the North China Front Army has one, the Central China Front Army has one, and there are two on the mainland. If we send them out, it would be best if they win, but if they fail, that would be troublesome.

Mao Yuanshan did not have much ambition. This time he just wanted to capture Rehe. If he could capture Rehe, he could go north to attack the three northeastern provinces and go south to attack the Pingjin area in North China. His strategic offensive direction would be greatly expanded.

Rehe is equally important to the Japanese. You have obtained the strategic direction of the attack, and I have to increase the area of ​​defense. If the areas of the North China Front Army and the Kwantung Army are connected, they can support each other, and it will not be so difficult to deal with them. What Mao Yuanshan has to do is to drive a nail among you, and this nail is now Chengde.

The place of Chengde was not very important in history. In the Qing Dynasty, it was a summer resort for the emperor and a place purely for entertainment. But now, nearly 20 troops from both sides have gathered and are fighting for this city.

According to Mao Yuanshan, the original intention was to launch a war to support the Yangtze River Delta, but we didn't expect that as the fighting went on, our side became the main battlefield, while the situation over there became a little quieter.

Looking at the Central China Front area, Matsui Ishimoto was originally preparing to launch a strategic counterattack, but he only had two divisions of troops. Although he landed in the Yangtze River Delta and defended the original concession area, he obviously felt that he did not have enough troops if he wanted to counterattack, because he only had 8 troops.

The Chinese army on the opposite side had as many as 30 troops. Mao Yuanshan did not expect that his attack on the Northeast region would reduce the scale of the Battle of Shanghai so much.

In the original history, the Japanese devils deployed nearly 20 troops in the Central China Front Army, and the Communist Party deployed more than 70 troops there.

Now it has shrunk almost by half, which is a good thing. It would be bad if we bleed to death here. Anyway, our strategic goal has been achieved, and the Japanese devils' idea of ​​defeating the National Government in a short period of time has failed.

For the Japanese devils, it is very terrible that the war has entered a stalemate phase, but for us Chinese, this is definitely a good thing. We have a vast territory. When you Japanese occupy a place, you have to assign some soldiers, and the number of soldiers used for attack will become fewer and fewer.

The purpose of Chairman Chiang's commendation order was very clear, which was to let the security corps continue to attack. It was necessary to attract the Japanese invaders in the Northeast. If possible, it would also be okay to attract the Japanese invaders in North China. Anyway, you have hundreds of thousands of troops here and all kinds of weapons and equipment are very good.

If a real war breaks out, the Japanese may not be your opponent, and they will be able to free up their hands to annihilate the Central China Front Army in central China.

Although there were many mistakes in the early stages of the Battle of Shanghai, looking back now, we did a very good job, especially when the enemy reinforcements stopped arriving, there was a turnaround in the central China region. After all, we were fighting on our own land, and all kinds of resources could be obtained quickly, and the supply of troops was also very abundant. It was of course stretched to deal with 20 people, but now there are only 8 people. The defensive forces everywhere feel that they are very well-off, and it is even possible for some local areas to launch a counterattack.

The main problem is still the lack of heavy weapons and air force.

If there were enough heavy weapons, even 50 more heavy artillery pieces would be enough to make the Japanese devils suffer. The Air Force has already been pushed to its limit, but there is also bad news that the Japanese naval aviation has already come here, and in two days, they will be able to support the Japanese Army's attack.

History will still follow its original path. If the current situation can be maintained after the Japanese Navy joins, it means that the Central China Front Army can be completely eliminated. If the situation takes a sharp turn for the worse after the Japanese Navy joins, the historical situation will happen again. ?