Rebirth of the National Marshal

Then again, we already have the Central China Expeditionary Force, so why do we need the Shanghai Expeditionary Force? It's because this guy is hard to place. Who wants to take him with them? Wouldn't it be better to let him hunt in the Northeast? Why must he come to the front?

Is the front line where a nobleman like you should be? You are only distracting us here. During the attack a few days ago, you made a lot of stupid suggestions.

Although this prince is an idiot, his safety must be ensured. If something happens to him here, it will be troublesome. The emperor's anger is no joke. Everyone in the emperor's family is very important. Once they make a mistake on the battlefield, it will be a big deal for the Japanese army. No one will have a good ending from the commander to the ordinary soldiers below.

Seeing Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko's expression, the commanders present were all smart people and understood what was going on. He must have asked this guy again. If our army loses face, do you think you won't lose face as a prince? For the army's affairs, you are still putting on airs. I really don't know what the point of a prince like you is. You can't help us at all. It's so hard to be useful, but you still put on airs for us.

"Your Excellency, you also know this. Because of the damage to their battleship some time ago, our relationship with the navy is not very good. If possible, I wonder if Your Excellency could help us communicate with the navy. We don't need too many of them. It would be better if we could have a heavy cruiser for support. If not, two destroyers will also be fine. Their naval guns have a fast firing speed and great power, which cannot be compared with our army's artillery." None of the other officers spoke, and the commander-in-chief could not speak, so the task fell on the chief of staff.

The Chief of Staff is devoted to the army, otherwise he would not have said such words. This is extremely embarrassing. He is almost 60 years old, and Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko is less than 30 years old.

"Don't worry, Chief of Staff. Those people in the navy still give me some face. The last incident was indeed because those Chinese were too cunning. They actually still have such an air force. If they let them blow up our battleships, I think we will not be able to look good. The garrison should also bear some responsibility." Prince Asaka Naruhiko nodded and said. As long as someone came forward to ask for help from him, there was no need to keep up the airs. Everyone was a colleague. When he came, His Majesty the Emperor also told him to have good relations with his colleagues. You can't look down on others just because you are a prince. The Empire of Japan needs everyone to fight together.

The next thing will be easier to handle. Now that they have divided the work, they will start the attack immediately. This time, the troops preparing to attack Luodian are more than one division. The enemy in front is two infantry divisions of the Central Army. The defending two sides can be said to be evenly matched. It is estimated that another encounter battle will start here. The Battle of Shanghai has always been like this. The troops deployed by both sides at the beginning are all the elite divisions of both sides. Then, when these elite divisions are almost completely lost, both sides will continue to add troops to the battlefield, turning this battle into a super-large-scale battle.

At the beginning, Luodian was defended by 500 Japanese soldiers. When the attack started, there were only a few thousand Chinese soldiers, but now tens of thousands of soldiers are fighting for this place.

Luodian is the most important place in the entire Battle of Shanghai. Historically, this place was called the meat grinder. This place claimed the lives of many Chinese and Japanese soldiers. The gains and losses of this place were related to the entire war situation.

From here, one can attack or defend. Both sides must take this place into their own hands. During the entire Battle of Shanghai, the gains and losses of this place changed hands dozens of times between the two sides. The most brutal battle also started in this place. Of course, the final outcome in history was that this place was definitely occupied by the Japanese, but it is hard to say who occupied this place in this era.

At this time in history, the Japanese had already occupied this place and had never lost it. Now the situation is completely different. China has received a lot of artillery support. Although there are not many large-caliber heavy artillery, more small-caliber artillery can also bring some pressure to the Japanese.

If it were the original two infantry divisions, even if they took out all the hidden treasures in their boxes, they would only have a few artillery pieces, no more than ten at most, and the caliber was about 75 mortars. It was absolutely impossible to get some large artillery pieces. But now it is different, because the central government has purchased a large number of weapons and equipment from the Russians, and their two infantry divisions have also been allocated five mm mountain cannons.

"Speaking of which, the Chahar local troops are really powerful. I never thought that they could travel thousands of kilometers and actually defeated the Soviets, captured hundreds of thousands of their troops, and sent us such artillery. The battle this morning was very successful. If it weren't for these artillery pieces, we would have suffered heavy losses. The Japanese Type 17 infantry artillery really put me at a disadvantage. Now we also have artillery, and we can fight them in an evenly matched artillery battle." said Zhang Shaofan, commander of the th Division guarding Luodian.

"Who says it isn't true? If we had those guys in their army, we would have killed these Japanese devils long ago. In the afternoon, I will let one of my regiments go to the front line to support your division's troops. Your losses in the morning were too heavy. I have read the casualty report of the Second Regiment. There are more than 1000 people in the whole regiment, but only more than 300 can continue to fight. The rest are either dead or seriously injured. The Japanese artillery is too powerful." said Lu Jiasheng, commander of the Second Infantry Division, which is jointly defending here.

The troops of these two infantry divisions have been defending here for more than ten hours, and their casualties are also very heavy. Although about 4000 reinforcements were sent from the rear, they had already suffered 2000 casualties in just one morning. If the attack continues in the afternoon, these 4000 reinforcements will be gone.