Japan, Navy Minister Residence.
The Wei Nation Navy Minister and Commander of the Combined Fleet, Mitsuhiro Umechi, roared,"Baka! That idiot Kawakiyo!"
"Eleven warships and the 10,000-ton Izumo were sunk by a small Chinese infantry battalion!”
"More than 2,000 naval warriors were killed, and they even lost their heads!”
"This is a disgrace!"
"Since the establishment of the invincible fleet of the Great Wei Nu Empire, there has never been such a great humiliation!”
Since the Meiji Restoration, the death of Kawakiyo Hasegawa and the heavy losses of the Third Fleet were the greatest losses of the Wei Nation Navy.
In the early hours of this morning, the furious Emperor Tian Huang had scolded him.
"Sir, please calm down."
Yamamoto 65, nicknamed 80 cents, said,"" According to the telegram sent out before the Yun sank, the main force that attacked the Third Fleet was not infantry, but a secret submarine unit of the Chinese. There were quite a number of them!”
"From this, we can see that the Chinese Navy is not as weak as we thought. They are likely to have been preparing in secret.”
"In order to avoid greater losses, I believe that we should stop the war in Shanghai and protect the Empire's interests in the northeast and north.”
"After all, China's territory is too big. Even the Eight-Nation Alliance was unable to swallow it up completely. We can only take it step by step and first convert China's resources into the Empire's military strength. Then, we can slowly devour it one county, one city, and one province before we can accomplish this feat.”
"Sigh, Yamamoto, how could I not know what you're saying?”General Mitsumoto was like a deflated balloon as he said dejectedly,""However, the dynasty has already invested too much military power in China.”
"Furthermore, His Majesty has been yearning for the vast borders of China for a long time. He wants to expand his territory and become a great emperor like Alexander, which is why the Hawk Faction has an opportunity to take advantage of him.”
"Reinforcements."
Mitsuhiro Umechi gritted his teeth and said," Now that things have come to this, the Empire has no way out. For the sake of the Japanese, and to repay His Majesty, Yamamoto, I hereby appoint you as the commander of the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy. You will also be the commander of the Chinese Navy to reinforce the Shang Hai war!"”
"The Prime Minister has already mobilized three infantry divisions and two heavy artillery exploration regiments. They will set off to reinforce Shanghai in about ten days and join the dispatch army. This time, the transport fleet will be under your command.”
"Yamamoto, you must be careful of the Chinese people's submarine. If something happens to the transport ship, thousands of Empire's warriors will die. I can't afford such a huge loss. Please!”
"Ha Yi! Please rest assured, I will do my best!”Yamamoto Sixty-Five lowered his head, the complicated expression on his face gradually turning into a ferocious battle intent.
This was the case for the Japanese.
Even if they were against it, they wouldn't hesitate to give it their all.
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Just as the whole world was shocked by the names of Zhou Weiguo and Kawakiyo Hasegawa, the battle in Songhu was also raging.
At 3:00 p. m. on August 24th, the commander of the Third Battle Area issued a series of orders to make strategic adjustments to the deployment of the army groups.
First, Chuanshakou and Haosongkou were all on the defensive. While blocking the Japanese from landing, they relied on the crisscrossing rivers of Shanghai to build a large defense in Liuhang, Yuepu, Luodian, Yanghang, Liuhang, Miaohang, and Jiangwan.
Secondly, Shanghai City was comprised of the 88th Division, a regiment of the Jiangsu Security Corps, a regiment of the Shanghai Inspector Corps, and the Flying Tigers Regiment, which was still in the process of reorganization. They formed an encirclement and suppression regiment, which was assigned to the 10th Battalion of the Independent Artillery Regiment and the Armored Corps Search Battalion. The commander of the 88th Division, Sun Yuanliang, was the commander-in-chief. He ordered that before the end of August, the remnants of the Japanese Marine Corps entrenched in Shenjiawan and the Northern concession should be eliminated.
At the same time, the Supreme Command was also fully mobilizing troops. They planned to transfer another 50 divisions to reinforce the Songhu battlefield in mid-September and launch a decisive battle with the devils with a million troops.
After the deployment was completed, the Zhonghe army fought more methodically. The devils launched more than a dozen fierce attacks in a few days, but they were all attacked head-on.
On the night of the 26th, other than Yang Bufei's troops from the 67th Division who suffered heavy losses due to a mistake in command, the other divisions did not suffer many casualties. They had effectively preserved China's national defense strength.
During this period of time, the Flying Tigers had also completed their initial reorganization and began their vigorous training.
Combined with the current war situation and the tactical characteristics of the Japanese, Cold Front's training program focused on physical fitness and shooting, followed by battlefield survival, and fighting and stabbing were temporarily placed last.
In Zhou Weiguo's mind, the Flying Tigers were never short of bullets. They had rifles for long range and submachine guns for close range. Even in a chaotic battle, they still had pistols. There were very few chances for them to fight.
Of course, this didn't mean that stabbing and fighting weren't important.
Soldiers who were not brave and ruthless were not qualified soldiers.
It was just that on the battlefield, it was basically enough for the recruits to quickly form their combat strength, have good physical fitness, hit accurately, and not die.
As for the rest, he would just let the new recruits temper themselves in the flames of war.
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