Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

After a burst of bombardment from the destroyer Kikuzuki, the simple port set up by the Japanese on the shore of Fuqiao Town and the military supplies piled up were blown to pieces.

The Japanese on the shore could never have imagined that such a fierce attack would come from the Yangtze River behind them, even though the Yangtze River had already been occupied by their navy!

All their defense measures were aimed at the land, and none of them were aimed at the Yangtze River, so they were caught off guard.

The Japanese reacted quickly. While insulting the navy, they turned the troops' land artillery around and fired at the Kikuzuki destroyer on the river.

A huge column of water exploded on the surface of the river. The Japanese attacking artillery included 75mm and 105mm guns, with more than 10 guns in number. The Kikuzuki destroyer was temporarily in crisis.

Li Ruinian and his shipboard crew had only been operating the ship for more than half a month, so it was impossible for them to operate the Kikuzuki. On such a moving platform, they couldn't even fire their artillery very accurately. It was already the limit for them to barely destroy targets that could be observed by the naked eye. They were powerless against the Japanese artillery hidden deep in the land.

"All ships accelerate, head north along the river, we are preparing to retreat."

The goal has been achieved, Li Ruinian issued a retreat order, he ordered the destroyer Kikuzuki to run north along the river. The time is now around 5 pm, and it will soon be dark. When it gets dark, Li Qinwu can open a portal on the river and send the destroyer Kikuzuki into the island space to complete the retreat.

At the same time, the Fifth Army and the Nineteenth Route Army withdrew from Shanghai smoothly as planned. After the final frenzy of the Punishment Army, they also evacuated through the portal. However, in order to pretend, the Punishment Army assembled tanks and armored vehicles and carried 1000 people out of the Japanese encirclement, leaving a rationale for the disappearance of the Punishment Army.

The Chinese and Japanese sides successfully withdrew their troops, leaving behind a field of wreckage, and the Battle of Shanghai came to an end.

After this battle, the Japanese felt as uncomfortable as if they had eaten shit. Although, just like in the previous life, they signed the "Shanghai Armistice Agreement" with the Nationalist Government, banned the national anti-Japanese organizations, and prohibited the Nationalist Government from stationing troops in Shanghai, completely exposing Shanghai as the gateway to the Japanese and laying the foundation for the Japanese invasion in the future.

But the price was too high, so high that even the Japanese couldn't accept it!

During the entire Songhu War, the Japanese participated in the battle with 9 troops and suffered casualties! More than 50 tanks and armored vehicles were lost. In the bombardment with the Wusong Fort, three gunboats were sunk and four were damaged.

Two large transport ships were destroyed, as well as several small and medium-sized transport ships. What the Japanese could not accept the most was that the destroyer Kikuzuki was suspected of treason. Captain Kotake and Colonel Hiroshi issued a declaration that the empire did not need two heads in command, and brazenly attacked the army, killing and injuring more than 3500 soldiers!

This horrific loss directly ignited the conflict between the Japanese navy and the army, plunging the Japanese country into the shadow of civil war.

The Japanese army began to get restless and deployed troops regardless of the cabinet's orders. The navy was also panicking, knowing that this was coming towards them. All naval schools and military camps entered level one combat readiness, with warships pointing their guns at the land. If the Japanese army dared to attack them, they would attack at the first opportunity!

The Japanese homeland has become a powder keg that can explode with just a small spark. The reason it hasn't exploded yet is because of Major General Yan Ze's effective response.

The words he shouted in the bridge of the Izumo were transmitted throughout the Japanese command system through the radio. The army also suspected that the Kikuzuki destroyer was captured by the enemy, and then deliberately provoked the relationship between the navy and the army. In addition, Major General Shiozawa decisively ordered the shelling of the Kikuzuki destroyer, which made the army even more convinced.

This matter reveals something weird. The army, a group of guys whose brains are all about muscles, are also trying to restrain themselves, but no matter how restrained they are, the soldiers still have to be deployed.

Regardless of the facts, the losses of the army were also caused by your navy's destroyers and are inseparable from your navy. The army must use this incident to suppress the navy and seek benefits for itself, otherwise more than 3500 soldiers and two large transport ships would have been lost in vain.

Didn't the Japanese emperor previously preside over a blame-shifting meeting for the destruction of the Japanese Concession? Now the blame-shifting meeting has been directly upgraded and turned into a fight between the navy and the army, spanning from the shogunate era to the Russo-Japanese War, and from the Russo-Japanese War to the Battle of Shanghai.

This quarrel concerns the future national policy of the navy and the army, so both sides are holding a grudge. It can be said that if this quarrel goes wrong, it is not impossible for the Japanese country to go into civil war directly. Even if the quarrel goes well and a hot conflict does not break out, the division of the Japanese navy and army will become more serious.

There was more to worry the Japanese. The American Consul in Japan was waving a knife used to hijack a merchant ship, intending to cut two pieces of flesh and blood from the Japanese. With Captain Joel as living evidence, the Japanese had no way to defend themselves.

America is in the midst of a great economic depression right now. This kind of thing is simply an excuse for America to cut the Japanese flesh! The Japanese don't know how much blood they will have to shed to settle the matter.

The Japanese have already discovered that the US spies have been investigating the situation. The US Pacific Fleet has been very restless during this period. This is obviously an attempt to put pressure on the Japanese. If the Japanese are not satisfied with their explanation, the Pacific Fleet will immediately paint itself black and head straight for Tokyo Bay!

The Japanese are now facing internal and external troubles. After a war, they are facing a crisis of national destruction. Who can they go to for justice?

The Japanese's frustration was insignificant, and the Punishment Army had precious time to rest and develop.

The 6000 punitive soldiers had accumulated a lot of stress on the battlefield and needed a good rest, so Li Qinwu gave them a month's vacation and gave each of them 100 oceans to spend.

Some clones took the money and planned to travel around the beautiful mountains and rivers of China. After the full-scale war begins, the land of China will be shrouded in haze, so we should take a good look now.

Some people also choose to go hunting. What do they hunt? Of course, they hunt Japanese invaders.

They took their guns and equipment, and traveled alone or in groups, chatting and laughing as they went up and down the Hutou Mountain, and began to hunt the Japanese indiscriminately.

There are quite a few punitive soldiers who choose to hunt, nearly 1000 of them. These 1000 people are scattered like beans, and the Japanese occupying the Northeast will feel the fear of more than 1000 mad dogs.

No matter what method they chose to take their vacation, the soldiers of the Punishment Army regained a lot of morale, but while they were able to rest, Li Qinwu had to work overtime. He threw himself into his room on the island space, drawing frantically in front of the weapons drawing table, planning the future weapons and equipment of the Punishment Army.