Rebirth of the National Marshal

"Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from the eyes of the chief of staff. The group of submarine soldiers in Germany are the foundation of our navy. If a big country wants to rise, it cannot do without a navy. No matter how powerful the army is, it is still short-focused. Just look at the Germans. Although their country's navy is not good, they are still working hard to develop submarines. After all, they must have their own position in the ocean. Now the German system is very suitable for us, so we must also vigorously develop submarines. So this time I have a goal, and that is Qinhuangdao." Mao Yuanshan said, pointing to a place on the map.

Jiang Baili frowned. It seemed that this battle was far from what Mao Yuanshan said. It was not enough to just defeat the troops around Cheng De. If they wanted to occupy Qinhuangdao, they would have to fight desperately with the Kwantung Army and the North China Expeditionary Army.

If Qinhuangdao was in another location, there would probably be no problem, but Qinhuangdao is located at the junction of the Kwantung Army and the North China Expeditionary Army. If you occupy this place, you will separate the two armies and make it impossible for them to take care of each other.

At present, all the Japanese devils in North China rely on the Kwantung Army, and most of their supplies are transported from the Northeast. If this line is cut off, it will be disastrous for the Japanese.

The first is that all supplies for the 20 North China Expeditionary Army must be shipped from mainland Japan. This will be a very severe test for Japan's maritime transportation. Now all Japanese merchant ships have basically been used, but all of them are supporting the Central China Expeditionary Army.

Because the North China Expeditionary Army has the support of the Kwantung Army, it would be enough to occupy only 10% of the market share. If their connection with the Kwantung Army is cut off, the task would more than double.

But if we don't occupy this place, it would be a pipe dream to have an outlet to the sea. What Mao Yuanshan said is a serious matter. Every major country in the world is a maritime power, not to mention the British Empire. Until now, although many people say that the British Empire has declined, it is undeniable that their navy is still the world's number one in tonnage, but it is somewhat lagging behind the Americans in terms of advancement.

If you want to have your own hegemony in the world, you must develop your own navy. If you don't even have a port, how can you talk about your own navy? Mao Yuanshan's strategy is also very correct. If you vigorously develop surface ships now, firstly, you don't have the ability to do so, and secondly, even if you develop it, you don't have enough outlets to the sea.

Now it is just the beginning. We just need to develop submarines like the Germans. Although submarines may not look very impressive, they are very practical. There is absolutely no problem in ambushing between Japan and China and attacking Japanese troop transport ships.

Moreover, Mao Yuanshan had accepted a mission before. As long as these submarine soldiers could graduate and return to China, he could unlock Germany's latest U-boat, which was the 1944 model, not the current model.

In fact, let alone the 1944 model, even the current model, German submarines are world-leading. Relying on the Japanese devils' limited ability, it is simply a pipe dream to want to dig out the German submarines. The technology of the British Empire is much more advanced than that of the Japanese devils, but they still suffered such a great loss at the hands of German submarines, let alone you little devils.

"But have you ever thought about this? If you really want to capture this city, the North China Expeditionary Army and the Kwantung Army will attack us desperately. By then, we will have to face nearly 60 Japanese devils. The combat effectiveness of the North China Expeditionary Army may be a little bit weak, but the Kwantung Army is composed of elite troops. With our current military capabilities, there is no way to resist these 60 Japanese devils." Although Mr. Jiang Baili also wanted to own a submarine force, a submarine force belonging to China, which is too tempting for any soldier, but the current situation does not allow you to challenge two powerful men.

"This is indeed a problem. I have thought about it. Otherwise, I would have directly issued the combat mission at the meeting just now. Through this battle to recapture Chengde, I also want to see how strong the Kwantung Army is." Mao Yuanshan took into consideration that the Kwantung Army has always been the flower of the Japanese Army. There are countless people bragging about their combat effectiveness. How strong their combat capability is is still an unknown!

"According to my understanding, if we are facing the North China Expeditionary Army, our army can beat three with one. If we are facing the Central China Expeditionary Army, we can beat two and a half with one. If we are facing the Kwantung Army, it would be good if we can beat one with one." There are only two people here, so Mr. Jiang Baili didn't beat around the bush. He has been in Japan for many years and has investigated various Japanese armies for many years. What he said is basically authoritative.

Mao Yuanshan's understanding of the Kwantung Army was that when World War II was about to end, the Soviet army entered the Northeast region and wiped out 70 Kwantung Army in just over ten days. So he looked down on the Kwantung Army in his heart. However, the Kwantung Army at this time was completely different from the Kwantung Army at that time. The Kwantung Army at this time was all elite troops. At that time, all the elite troops of the Kwantung Army were dispatched south, and the rest were all old, weak and sick. Although there were 70 of them, they did not have the combat effectiveness. Most of them were recruited from some retired soldiers in the Northeast, and their combat effectiveness was actually not strong.

"In this case, let's first formulate a two-stage battle plan. The first stage of the battle plan is the one just announced at the meeting, which is to capture Cheng De, defeat their 20 troops, and then recapture the entire Rehe. The second stage plan is to occupy Qinhuangdao. The second stage plan requires long-term planning, and we will analyze the specific situation at that time!" Mao Yuanshan thought about it and adopted a more compromising policy. After all, he was not familiar with the combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army, and he didn't know whether the Rehe Front Army could really defeat these troops as they said. If they couldn't beat them, there was no need to waste their breath on the second stage.

"Let's leave it at that for now. It's almost time to go eat." Mr. Jiang Baili said after looking at his watch.