Republic of China: German-equipped divisions massacred as warlords guarded the nation's borders

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[Host: Chen Zijun]

Current military rank: Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces of the Five Southeast Provinces (Marshal-level)

Current available funds: £222 million

[Overview of troops under command]:

- Army: The Central Reorganized 10th Army Division, also known as the 1st German-equipped Division (full strength); the Newly Reorganized 2nd Division of the National Defense Force, also known as the 2nd Newly Reorganized Army Division of Zhejiang Province (full strength, German-equipped); the Newly Reorganized 3rd Division of the National Defense Force (under reorganization); the Newly Reorganized Independent Armored Brigade of the National Defense Force; the German-equipped Heavy Artillery Brigade; the Tax Police Corps; the Shanghai Garrison Air Defense Brigade; and the River Defense Artillery Brigade.

- Navy: Shanghai Independent Fleet, First Special Submarine Squadron

……

Guangzhou, Headquarters of the National Revolutionary Army.

On this humid, southern morning, the conference room at the headquarters was filled with enthusiastic cheers.

Chiang Kai-shek, dressed in a crisp Zhongshan suit, clutched the oil paper package stained with viper blood tightly in his hand, his hands trembling slightly with excitement.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Chiang Kai-shek exclaimed "Good!" three times, his eyes gleaming with the elation of someone who had escaped death. "Director Dai, the Intelligence Bureau has performed an incredible feat this time! Comrade Viper is a hero of the Party and the nation! Arrange for him to receive treatment at the best hospital immediately. Once he recovers, I, the Principal, will personally award him the Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun!"

"Thank you for your guidance, Principal!"

Intelligence Bureau Chief Dai Zhijian stood at attention and saluted, his face flushed, his tone revealing undisguised pride: "Principal, although Chen Zijun is extremely domineering in military matters, he is ultimately too inexperienced in the subtle battles of intelligence warfare! Our Viper not only successfully obtained the blueprints in the French Concession, but also, right under the noses of Chen's so-called elite assassination squad, perfectly escaped by taking advantage of the Japanese interference!"

"What does this mean? It means Chen Zijun is not invincible! The core secrets of the Jiangnan Shipyard are now in the hands of our Party and State!"

Chiang Kai-shek nodded in deep agreement, carefully opened the oil paper package, revealing a stack of densely packed drawings filled with complex mechanical structures and parameters.

"Chen Zijun, relying on his mysterious underwater wolf pack, annihilated the Japanese Third Fleet, which indeed shocked the entire nation. But as long as our arsenal can thoroughly understand these blueprints, build equally advanced destroyers, and even replicate his prized high-pressure boiler..."

Chiang Kai-shek's eyes gleamed with ambition: "Given time, our southern navy will have the confidence to counterbalance or even completely crush the Chen family's army!"

"Someone come here!"

Chiang Kai-shek whirled around and roared at his adjutant outside the door, "Summon all the chief engineers from the General Headquarters arsenal right now! Tell them to spare no expense, even if it means forgoing food and sleep, to build this miniature high-pressure boiler prototype from these blueprints as quickly as possible! I want to inspect it myself!"

"yes!"

……

Just one week later.

Guangzhou Main Base Arsenal, Core Test Workshop No. 3.

Several top military experts from the south, wearing thick-rimmed glasses and with gray hair, were gathered around a prototype miniature high-pressure boiler that had just been riveted together, exclaiming in amazement.

"Genius! This is absolutely a genius design!"

Chief Engineer Zhang pushed up his glasses, his withered fingers trembling as he stroked the complex piping structure: "Just what kind of monsters has Chen Zijun recruited? This high-pressure steam circulation system not only increases power output by more than three times, but it's also so compact! If it could be applied to our warships, it would be a revolutionary breakthrough!"

"Mr. Zhang, the parameters on these drawings seem a bit extreme, especially the threshold design of the safety valve. Isn't it a bit too high? If we ignite it directly without performing multiple cold tests, won't there be any risks?" A young assistant engineer asked hesitantly, looking at the drawings.

"What do you know?"

Old Zhang glared at him irritably. "This is typical of German equipment—the pursuit of extreme performance! The fact that Chen Zijun's arsenal could produce it and install it on warships proves that these parameters have been tested in actual combat! President Chang has already given a strict order to see the prototype test data by tonight. Where is there time for those tedious cold-state tests?"

"Exactly! Hurry up and start the ignition and pressurize! The principal and Director Dai are still waiting outside to see the results!" another expert urged.

Soon, a roaring sound filled the test workshop.

Several workers began frantically stuffing coal into the boiler's combustion chamber, and the pointers on the thermometer and pressure gauge began to slowly but steadily climb upwards.

Five atmospheres... eight atmospheres... ten atmospheres!

"Perfect! Absolutely perfect!" Looking at the boiler running so smoothly and emitting a deep roar, Old Zhang was so moved that tears streamed down his face. "This terrifying power output is something even the British's latest warships can't achieve!"

However, they had no idea that the part where Chen Zijun had the arsenal tamper with the blueprints was that the "safety valve," which seemed to have only raised the threshold, had actually had its pressure relief fluid dynamics structure modified.

When the pressure exceeds the critical point, it not only fails to release the pressure, but also causes a catastrophic water hammer effect due to the backflow of steam!

"Fifteen atmospheres! We've reached the peak pressure indicated on the drawings!" the assistant engineer shouted excitedly.

Just then, an extremely sharp and ear-piercing metallic hiss suddenly burst out from inside the boiler!

"Snap! Snap!"

On the thick cast steel shell, terrifying cracks were visibly appearing! High-pressure steam shot out from the cracks like white swords!

"Oh no! The safety valve is stuck! The pressure is still soaring! It's 20 atmospheres! Cool it down! Remove the heat!" The assistant engineer screamed in terror, his voice distorted.

"How is this possible?! It was built exactly according to the blueprints! How could it get stuck?!" Old Zhang's eyes were bloodshot as he desperately lunged at the control valve, trying to manually release the pressure.

But it was too late.

What Chen Zijun delivered was a meticulously planned death package!

"BOOM—!!!!"

A terrifying, earth-shattering explosion ripped the night sky above the Guangzhou Arsenal!

This miniature prototype, compressed to more than twenty atmospheres of pressure, instantly transformed into a super bomb with terrifying power!

Tons of high-temperature, high-pressure steam, mixed with torn, deadly steel fragments, swept wildly in all directions at several times the speed of sound!

"ah--!"

Several top military experts from the south, including Zhang Lao, were instantly vaporized and torn apart by the terrifying blast wave before they even had half a second to react!

The massive shockwave, like a mini-earthquake, ripped off the roof of the entire No. 3 core test workshop. The thick brick walls collapsed as if made of paper, and all the glass within dozens of meters shattered simultaneously.

Flames shot into the sky, and thick smoke billowed!

The enormous explosion could be heard clearly even from the headquarters several kilometers away.

Chiang Kai-shek was sipping pre-Qingming Longjing tea in his office, eagerly awaiting the good news of a successful test drive, when the sudden loud noise made him drop his teacup, which shattered on the ground.

"What happened?! Where did the explosion happen?!" Chiang Kai-shek's expression changed drastically, and he rushed to the window.

"Principal! Something terrible has happened! The arsenal... something's happened at the arsenal!"

Dai Zhijian stumbled into the office, his face ashen, his hat falling off: "Test Workshop No. 3... is gone! The prototype high-pressure boiler suffered a violent secondary explosion!"

Chiang Kai-shek felt a buzzing in his head, grabbed Dai Zhijian by the collar, and roared hysterically, "Where are the chief engineers?! Where are Elder Zhang and the others?!"

"It's all...it's all shattered...not even a complete corpse was left, and dozens of senior technicians around it were also killed or injured..." Dai Zhijian trembled, his teeth chattering.

"boom!"

Chiang Kai-shek felt as if he had been hit hard on the back of the head with a heavy hammer. He staggered back a few steps and fell onto the sofa with a thud.

Finished!

The Southern National Revolutionary Government's already weak military industrial foundation was completely wiped out during this test run, with its few capable military experts being wiped out in one fell swoop!

This has severed the industrial lifeline of the South!

"Why did it explode? Where are the blueprints?! What went wrong with the blueprints?!" Chiang Kai-shek roared furiously, his eyes bloodshot.

Just then, a confidential secretary walked in nervously, carrying a telegram.

"The...principal...has just intercepted a plaintext telegram sent from the Shanghai Longhua Command Headquarters. It's...it's addressed to the whole country..."

"Read it! Read it to me!"

The confidential secretary swallowed hard and read aloud in trembling voice: "I was deeply saddened to hear that your military arsenal caught fire late at night. I have specially ordered ten fine golden nanmu coffins from Shanghai and sent them to Guangzhou by waterway as a token of my condolences."

Upon reading this, the secretary paused, her face turning extremely grim.

"Keep reading!!!" Chiang Kai-shek's eyes were bloodshot.

"Furthermore... a friendly reminder: Chen Jiajun's top-secret blueprints are toxic, and the safety valve parameters contain a 'slight' fatal flaw. Southern counterparts are advised to wear bomb suits when replicating them to avoid being blown to bits. — Chen Zijun, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces of the Five Southeast Provinces"

Quiet.

A deathly silence.

Murder and kill!

This is an extreme form of psychological warfare that can be fatal!

Chen Zijun didn't even bother to hide it, directly exposing this "reverse fishing" scheme to the public. He not only blew up the southern arsenal and killed their top experts, but also wanted to slap Chiang Kai-shek in the face in front of the entire nation!

Of course, it would be better if the shipyards in the south could start building directly, because they could have several more warships out of thin air, it would just be a matter of changing the steam turbines.

Unfortunately, the arsenals in the south were too cautious and did not begin construction immediately.

"Chen! Zi! Jun!"

Chiang Kai-shek clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug deep into his flesh.

He felt a surge of blood rushing to his chest, and an extremely strong, sweet and fishy taste shot straight to his throat.

"puff--!"

Chiang Kai-shek suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and fell straight backward.

"Principal! The principal has fainted! Quickly, call the army doctor!"

The headquarters was immediately plunged into extreme panic and chaos.

……

A few hours later.

Chiang Kai-shek finally opened his eyes slowly under the care of the military doctor. His once shrewd eyes were now filled with hysterical madness.

He knew that he had completely lost in intelligence and infiltration, losing everything.

"Dai Zhijian..." Chiang Kai-shek's voice was hoarse, like a broken bellows.

"Your humble servant is here!" Dai Zhijian knelt by the bed, cold sweat pouring down his face.

"End all routine probing and infiltration efforts in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions... We can't outmaneuver them..."

Chiang Kai-shek stared intently at the ceiling, gritting his teeth as he issued the most extreme order: "Immediately contact Wu Peifu, Sun Chuanfang, and even Zhang Zuolin of the Fengtian clique! Tell them that Chen Zijun is the common enemy of all warlords in China!"

"I will unite with various warlords to impose the most stringent large-scale economic and military blockade on the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions! Cut off all their land and water supply routes!"

"I want to turn his Jiangnan region into a dead city!"

An unprecedented, all-encompassing blockade storm is about to sweep across the Far East.

However, far away in Shanghai, Chen Zijun currently possesses a staggering sum of millions of pounds, as well as a system that allows him to infinitely amassed troops as long as he has money.

blockade?

We'll soon find out who's blocking whom!