Rebirth of the National Marshal

Commander Matsui is no pushover either. This guy has already thought of how to deal with it. Among the division commanders under him, Lieutenant General Ogasawara can be said to be the most capable one in fighting. Like the 11th Division, they are all indispensable figures. If he is asked to commit suicide by seppuku, who will help him capture cities in the future!

This matter is actually very easy to evade. It can't be blamed entirely on our army. Didn't you see that the navy retreated directly to the open sea? When we held a meeting at the headquarters, we said that our army would launch an attack on land and the navy's warships would provide artillery support. If they were willing to drive the battleships into the Yangtze River, they could have dealt with these Chinese long ago. Wasn't it because of the navy's huge artillery that the war situation developed rapidly in those few days?

Of course, we cannot admit this. If we admit it, the credit for conquering Shanghai will go to the Navy. What will happen to our Army? When we talk about the bad things, we have to include them. When we talk about the good things, we have to kick them far away.

The people in the Army Department and the General Staff Headquarters should also speak for themselves. After all, we are all in the same system. If anything happens to me, they will not have a good time. Besides, with the war situation in central China like this, no one will come to send a new commander from the country.

Those people wanted to get the credit, so who would think of coming here and getting into a tough fight? Besides, no one knew how to solve the security team's problem next, so who would take on this hot potato?

Even if I admit my mistake to the base, it will only be a temporary problem. As long as I can take down Shanghai and Nanjing, I don't have to worry about the rest. They will find a way to erase these stains for me.

Commander Matsui explained everything very well, and it was because of this that Lieutenant General Ogasawara's life was saved and he was able to reorganize the 11th Division. However, the most important problem at the moment was not his business, but the morale of the soldiers.

We must have a big victory. Otherwise, with morale so low, we may end up in a stalemate here, which would go against our original intention.

The original plan was to defeat the Central Army of China and eliminate President Chiang's direct troops within three months, so that he would make peace with Japan. However, after fighting for more than two months, there was still no sign of victory. Instead, because of the defeat in this area, all the soldiers lost their original morale, which helped boost the morale of the Chinese soldiers. This was truly a battle that was not worth the loss.

People don't have the ability to predict the future. If the commander knew the result this morning would be, he would never let the 1th Division participate in such a battle. As an ace division, the battle it participates in must be a complete victory, otherwise it would be a fatal blow to the entire army. And they wouldn't have deployed so many artillery. Now it seems that 3/ of the artillery has been destroyed in this battle, and there has not been any gain at all. This is a terrible thing.

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko's eyes flickered several times. When she heard that the old devil Matsui was going to go back and admit his mistakes, she began to think in her heart that there should be no one willing to take over this position in the country. Could this position fall on her head? After all, she had taken the lead and was more familiar with the situation here. She just didn't know whether the guys in the base camp were willing to support her.

Forget it, let's not think about it for now. Since the old guy said so, he must have his own ideas. If I rush out at this time, I will offend many people. Besides, Central China is not an easy place to work. Look at these security soldiers. They brought such heavy casualties in one night. If they continue to increase their troops, the future of the Central China Expeditionary Force will be really worrying!

When he first came to China, Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko had two choices: one was to go to the North China Front Army and the other was to go to the Central China Front Army.

If he went to the North China Front Army, he might be able to get a position as chief of staff, which is a much higher position than here. However, this guy was afraid of fighting against the people from the Security Corps, so he ran to the Central China Front Army. Unexpectedly, he still fought against the people from the Security Corps. There was almost no one in the Japanese Army who was willing to fight against the soldiers of the Security Corps, especially after this battle. This was simply smearing his own political achievements!

The navy also heard about the army's failure last night, and they are a little worried at the moment. In fact, when they withdrew from the Yangtze River, they were violating the orders of the headquarters. The order given to them by the headquarters was to assist the army in the attack, but since the security team's plane arrived, they have not provided any assistance.

The disagreement between the Japanese navy and the army is one aspect. Another aspect is that the navy is also afraid of death. Everyone is born by their parents. They say they are loyal to the emperor every day, but if they really die, they will have nothing. Who will take care of their wives and children at home? Will they let them go out to beg for food? People are selfish at this time.

Besides, the navy has enough reasons to go to the sea outside. For example, when those troop transport ships come to China, we need to protect them. If we don't protect them, what should we do if submarines appear below? If a ship is sunk, it means several thousand soldiers. Their reason is not convincing at all. The army has already cursed at the base camp. What nonsense is there about submarines sinking troop transport ships? You can turn over all the Chinese people's places and you can't find a single part of a submarine.

For a country like China, let alone submarines, they don't even have many fishing boats with motors. Their navy is non-existent, with only small-tonnage ships. They want to sink our troop transports. I wonder if the brains of your navy have grown to their buttocks? How could they come up with such an excuse?

The navy also has a strong argument. Haven't you seen that the Chinese air force is equipped with the latest German aircraft? We are nominally allies with the Germans, but they won't sell us this kind of aircraft when we want to buy it. They say that this kind of technology is not to be passed on to others. What are they flying in the sky? Did they make it themselves? Since they can get the aircraft and submarines, what's the difficulty?