The Fourth Disaster, Starting from the Movie Eight Hundred

Hirohito nodded without saying anything.

Seeing that the Emperor did not make any further statement, the people below knew that the next step would be to discuss (pass the buck) and (blame) the issue.

The Navy Minister was the first to speak out, sneering, "The Army originally promised to resolve the China Incident within three months, but now they've thrown their weight behind them. The Red Devils' cannons are practically at the gates of Shanghai. I wonder how we can explain this?"

The Minister of War immediately refuted this, saying, "The Imperial Army has shed its last drop of blood on the front lines, while the Navy, far away, remains unscathed, suffering minimal losses. Their decision to avoid battle and save their ships chills the hearts of the loyal and brave men of the Empire."

Mitsumasa Yonai smiled faintly, picked up his teacup, and said disdainfully, "By the way—I heard that the Changzhou city wall was destroyed by a single bombardment? The front-line fortifications collapsed at the first blow. It seems that the fortifications built by the army are not much stronger than the combat effectiveness of the Chinese government's army."

Army Minister Sugiyama Hajime grabbed a map of Shanghai's defense zone and slammed it against the low table of Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yonai, shouting angrily, "When we were fighting like crazy, what help did the Navy provide? Did your warships actually land?"

Mitsumasa Yonai threw out a secret report and said sarcastically, "That's better than the Army's German advisors! Germany has long had plans to manufacture a similarly sized cannon, and it's been lying in the archives of the Berlin Munitions Department for three years! Do your Army military attachés in Germany know about this? I'm afraid they're too busy dancing with those Nazi women!"

Sugiyama grabbed Mitsumasa Yonai by the collar and said, "The Empire gave 70% of its steel to the Navy! What's the result? You can't even protect the sampans on the Yangtze River!"

Mitsumasa Yonai pulled his hand away, took out a photo and threw it in his face.

In the photo, on the bank of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, a cargo ship requisitioned by the army is loading various looted antiques onto the ship.

Mitsumasa Yonai scoffed, "You guys are so busy, you're still busy scraping the land at a time like this! Can you make bullets out of these rags? Why don't you just let the soldiers charge forward holding porcelain bottles?"

Sugiyama Moto's face turned red, but he only cursed "Baka" and did not make any excuses.

How can I justify it? Those things are not all what I want. There are also big shots above me who need them. I can't just give them away. This matter cannot be reported.

Sugiyama Gen's reaction immediately made Yonai Mitsumasa realize something, so he just snorted coldly, but stopped there and did not pursue the victory. Otherwise, it would be rare to see the Minister of the Army being scolded to the point of being speechless. These people must be taught an unforgettable lesson.

After everyone quieted down, it was time to get down to business. Hirohito used his status to exert pressure, demanding sincere cooperation between the navy and the army. Shanghai was crucial to the lifeline of the empire and was also an important node for the southward advance. It could not be lost, and everyone had to go all out.

Although the navy and the army still disliked each other, in the current situation, if Shanghai was lost, neither side would be in trouble, so they decided to stop the Volunteer Army first.

At this moment, a servant ran in, and it was obvious from his appearance that it must be bad news.

The content is also very simple. The volunteer army began to attack Wuxi.

The straight-line distance between Changzhou and Wuxi is only 44 kilometers. The Xuanyue Cannon can hit Wuxi from Changzhou. What's more, there are five K5 railway guns following the Xuanyue Cannon, plus other 152 heavy guns deployed on the armored train. These are armored train carriages modified by players themselves, plus other towed heavy guns. Together, there are more than one hundred guns.

In addition, the Volunteer Army is now a semi-mechanized force, so its speed is very fast, that is, it can arrive the same day after it sets out in the morning.

The only thing that slowed down the Volunteer Army was the speed of road construction.

However, players have also found a new solution to the problem - cavalry.

The mobility of mule and horse troops is absolutely sufficient on the Chinese battlefield, and they have stronger passability.

The cavalry units combined with the field artillery pulled by draft horses have considerable attack power, which makes the Volunteer Army's battlefield penetration ability stronger. Even without the player's command, the local commanders and fighters can achieve unparalleled results.

In other words, the local people's original troops are the normal troops of this era, and the players' are cheating.

The Wuxi defenders collapsed at the first blow and did not form any effective resistance at all, because the player's attack was even more crazy. Even the most elite artillery and infantry coordination at this time did not dare to continue shelling when the armored troops were charging.

Faced with the player's Krieg tactics that pursue efficiency rather than life, the Japanese army can only choose to evacuate Wuxi quickly. However, due to the loss of air superiority, any breakout direction will be hit by heavy bombs. If they are delayed for a moment, the Volunteer Army's big stick will come down from behind. They are surrounded on all sides, and they obviously do not have the ability of the King of Western Chu, so they cannot escape.

After leaving behind more than 10,000 corpses, the Japanese army retreated to Suzhou. Then the Japanese army in Suzhou did not hold on at all and followed the defeated Japanese army to retreat to Kunshan.

After all, the straight-line distance between Wuxi and Suzhou is shorter, only 42 kilometers. When the Xuanyue Cannon and K5 arrive in Wuxi, they can set up artillery and attack Hongru Suzhou, allowing Wuxi to experience the feeling of being the daddy of Suzhou.

Jiangsu Province’s unique culture of unity (confidence).

"Baga, retreat! Do they want to go to the sea and become turtles?"

Matsui Iwane was furious about the Japanese troops on the front line retreating to Kunshan.

Because this is equivalent to throwing away the defense front line outside Shanghai. Although the straight-line distance from Suzhou to Shanghai is 84 kilometers, there is no need to worry about the enthusiasm of Xuanyue Cannon and K5, but the Volunteer Army’s Air Force has plenty of planes, and by then Suzhou will really have an airport!

Now that Suzhou has an airport, it will definitely bully Shanghai severely. Bombing it eight times a day would be the least of its problems.

What's more, Shanghai is now occupied by the Japanese, which gives them more motivation to bomb it.

Suzhou: Xiaohai, I’m doing this for your own good (speaking with deep sincerity).

Although Matsui Iwane was very angry, he could only be angry. The only thing he could do now was to continue to strengthen Shanghai's defense system, turn it into a steel forest, undermine the firepower advantage of the Volunteer Army, and strive to make the Volunteer Army retreat because the gains would outweigh the losses.

Yes, now the Japanese troops on the front line are not thinking about how to win or how to destroy the volunteer army. If they can withstand the other side's terrifying three-pronged attack, it will be considered a victory, and they can run back and brag about it for the rest of their lives.

Fortunately, there was pressure from the Emperor at home, and going south was the navy's original goal, so the navy would also go all out to support the land battlefield this time. The Four King Kongs were all transferred to the mouth of the Yangtze River to use naval guns to support the Shanghai defense operations.

The sudden and huge pressure from Shanghai forced the Japanese army to withdraw troops from other battlefields, so the Battle of Xuzhou, which had just begun, came to a sudden halt.

Commander Li, who had originally planned to give the Japanese invaders a hard time in Taierzhuang, could only watch the Japanese troops evacuate urgently. These evacuated Japanese troops would be sent to Shanghai to participate in the overtime of the Battle of Shanghai.

For the army, the infantry only needs to build fortifications honestly, but the pilots have more things to consider.

Because they must regain air superiority, or at least not allow the Volunteer Army to continue to hold on to the air superiority advantage.

So before the third round of the Battle of Shanghai began, the Battle of Shanghai air battle broke out in full swing.

Chapter 40: Players' Amazing Wisdom

(First update, more to come)

In the game, it is normal for players to get buff bonuses after occupying or building a special building.

Air supremacy is crucial in modern warfare, as it was in World War II, so after liberating Suzhou, players immediately began large-scale construction in the city and frantically built airports.

The reason is very simple. The airport can provide aircraft with thicker health bars, faster supplies, and more outrageous firepower.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, how are all these provided?

It’s none of your business. It’s just a game. At worst, you can just say it’s the Machine Soul’s ecstasy.

However, while players were busy with infrastructure construction, their desire to play with memes was also burning. As a result, airports with interesting names such as Suzhou Zhanwu Airport, Suzhou Meiyou Airport, Suzhou Gaiyou Airport, Suzhou Kewang Airport, etc. sprang up. More than ten field airports were quickly completed that day, and then they were expanded madly on the basis of the field airports.

According to statistics, during the period when the Volunteer Army was in Suzhou, more than 50 airports of various sizes were built. Because the number of airports was so large, the name of Kunshan was later cancelled and it was merged into Suzhou. Nine-tenths of the local people moved away, and two more airports were built on it, causing serious inflation at Suzhou Airport. This directly led to the fact that Wuxi, Changzhou, Jiaxing, and Huzhou near Suzhou had no airports after the war. Even the Shanghai Airport had a terminal in Shanghai and the airport in Suzhou, which led to Shanghai begging Suzhou to approve its own airport, but was ignored by Suzhou with a smile.

Get it clear, Suzhou is now the capital of Jiangsu Province and a municipality directly under the central government, with an annual GDP of more than 3 trillion yuan. The population of Shanghai is only more than 3 million. You would rather have a wall in Suzhou than the value of a house in Shanghai. Do you understand? What qualifications do you have to speak loudly to me, Master Su? Go sit at the table with the kids!

It can also be regarded as the players' crazy rebellion against Tiangang in another world (laughs).

At this time, the Japanese air force once again gathered in Shanghai, and the air forces of both sides fought fiercely, but this time players discovered that among the Japanese planes, there were also fighter jets that could use BZ tactics.

The improved version of the Zero fighter was also named the Super Zero fighter. Under the pressure of the Volunteer Army's air force, the Japanese army had to invest more costs in aircraft research and development and manufacturers, increase engine power, and strengthen fighter firepower. As a result, the Super Zero became a fighter that could keep pace with the Bf109, and even surpass it in some aspects.

Players were very surprised, but in fact there is nothing surprising about it. They are an industrial country. They are criticized as poor imperialists, but that is only compared to the poor countries at the level of the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, France and Germany. In real history, Japan's various weapons research and development work has not been left behind, and has achieved certain results, but it is not obvious compared with other major powers.

When needed, Japanese fighter jets can also be stacked.

The price is that the engine life of these sub-zeros is only half that of the Zero, but the firepower is greatly improved, a 20mm cannon is added to the nose position, and the speed and maneuverability are significantly improved.

However, the strength of the fuselage only reached a satisfactory standard. In the same head-on PK situation, it is likely that the Bf109 will sweep down the Super Zero, or both sides will knock down the opponent at the same time.

Players will definitely not avoid it. The honesty is against them and the game is all about heartbeat.

Another problem is that the production of Super Zero is still very limited at this stage, but players here have all kinds of modified Bf109 models. Some players have even made the FW190 by themselves. Although it is made by hand, it is made after all. Don't underestimate the players' hands-on ability.

At this time, players also discovered that the World War II weapon blueprints that can be found on the Internet can be used as cheats in the game. As long as they can be made, they will be available in the mall. The price is another matter, but having them is an advantage.

This foresight based on history also brought another advantage, that is, the enemy's equipment was no secret to the volunteers. Unless it was an aircraft that had never appeared in history, it would not be difficult to analyze what technology the other side might have used by following its technological development context.

The Japanese were already naked on the technical level and were being targeted madly, but they themselves were unaware of it.

In addition, it takes time to convert intelligence into combat effectiveness. At the beginning, the Japanese pilots only felt the technical advantages after replacing the Super Zero. The report of a 1 to 2 loss on the front line made the Japanese headquarters ecstatic.

But just three days later, the casualty ratio became 1 to 1, and by the fifth day it had become 3 to 1. The technological advantage of Super Zero disappeared in a very short time, leaving the Japanese army puzzled.

Even if the new equipment will be specially studied and targeted by the enemy, the speed of targeting is too outrageous. It is like getting the design drawings of an airplane and targeting it precisely. It is totally unreasonable!

Could it be that there are "non-citizens" within the empire's confidential departments!

These are only guesses, and no one knows the specific situation, but the advantages of the Super Zero have indeed been exhausted, but the upgrade can only continue, because if it is replaced with the Zero, the combat loss ratio will be even uglier, and even reach 15 to 1.

What's even more outrageous is that the volunteer pilots seemed to have suffered no losses. There were more and more veteran and elite pilots. Their smooth and graceful flight operations were obvious to industry insiders as the result of at least thousands of flight hours of hard-working characters.

Although the Japanese pilots still tried their best, the balance of air supremacy still tilted uncontrollably towards the volunteers. The biggest proof of this was that the volunteers' Stukas began to appear and carried out targeted elimination of Japanese targets around Shanghai and in the city.

The once arrogant and domineering Japanese army retreated into the defense lines inside and outside Shanghai, and the plaster flags that were previously seen everywhere disappeared.

Because the volunteer army specifically looked for places with plaster flags hanging to bomb them. No matter what the reason was, as long as you were hung there, you were guilty and deserved to die. They even did not spare the concessions and treated everyone equally with bombs.

Not long ago, the American Consulate in the Shanghai Concession raised the flags of many countries for a reception mission, including the Japanese plaster flag. Unexpectedly, there was a volunteer army bomber in the sky. When the player Diandao saw the plaster flag, he launched a heavy bomb without saying a word, and blew the American consulate upside down on the spot.

When had imperialism ever suffered such a great loss in the Republic of China? It immediately protested to the Volunteer Army and demanded compensation.

After hearing this, Liu Qi expressed his understanding and arranged for twenty bombers to clear all the buildings in the concession that were flying the American flag.

As long as you become ruins first, you don’t have to worry about becoming ruins (innocence).

Compensation? Do you have any buildings? You want us to compensate you? A pile of ruins is all we have to pay you. Besides, our Volunteer Army does not recognize your concession here. You deserve to be killed in the bombing. Please reflect on yourselves. It takes two to tango. Why don't we bomb you instead of others? Besides, although you were killed in the bombing, your souls have gained freedom.

World public opinion was in an uproar, and the Kuomintang's official newspapers criticized it fiercely, saying that this "surprised friendly countries" and that they did not understand the overall situation. However, the volunteers remained unmoved. They said, "I've already blown it up, so what? If you keep talking nonsense, we'll just clear out the concession. We mean what we say."

And you, you Kuomintang piece of trash, don’t think that just because I don’t beat you up, you have the right to act so arrogantly. Believe it or not, I will deal with both you and the Japanese together!

Chapter 41: Where do you get the courage to respect others?

(Second update!)

The chairman's blood pressure has been a little high recently.

For him, the Kuomintang government has not had a good time since the red-headed volunteer army "occupied" Nanjing.

The "Zuan Daily" founded by the Volunteer Army in Nanjing often points at the Kuomintang and curses them, and the curses are as harsh as they can be. However, it is still a greeting from Zuan based on facts.

The players' gaming principles are quite simple and crude - simple foul language and ultimate enjoyment.

How could people born in 1938 have ever seen the Zaun greetings after the information baptism era of 2025? It truly embodies the top philosophy of China's 5,000 years of history of not swearing when cursing. It is centered on parents and has the nine clans as the radius. As soon as the words are spoken, no matter what the result, the other clan must immediately fly out of the atmosphere, and at the very least, they must land on Centaurus.

What's even worse is that the Volunteer Army got a bunch of negative information about the Kuomintang government from somewhere. The insults they made were all well-founded and well-founded, the kind that could be shown in photos. This forced the Kuomintang government to avoid the issue and explain the problem from a perspective that was obviously shirking responsibility. A positive response was absolutely impossible, as doing so would only make them more embarrassed.

However, the volunteer army did not reduce the intensity of its output at all because of the weakness of the Kuomintang government. Later, it even directly cursed the Kuomintang government in the newspapers, pointing at its nose and cursing without any nonsense.

"The previous war gave the Kuomintang ten years to develop, but these maggots succeeded in everything except development. The bank accounts of the four major families have swelled considerably. When your mother sent you into this world, did she abandon the child and raise the placenta?"

"They're promoting the Nationalist Army's desperate fight in the Battle of Nanjing, and even pushing out a few heroes. The Nationalist Army's lower-level soldiers really fought to the bitter end, and nine out of ten officers are tall-legged generals. If you're capable, why don't you conquer a major city occupied by the Japanese and prove yourself? Don't blame the Earth's gravity if you can't get hard!"

"What you're saying about the Nationalist government fighting the Japanese with all their might, and the illegal resistance before that, is just advice your ancestor gave you in your dream during your wet dream, determined to make the ancestral tomb explode. Opening the family tree, you'll find nothing but beasts, and combing through the family traditions reveals only treacherous officials in power. What right do you have to live in this world with such a shameless attitude?"

"What are you talking about not agreeing? Yes, yes, yes, I understand. Think about when Wild Dog and your horse gave birth to you, your mother wore a green hat and burned incense and kowtowed to celebrate your family having an heir. It really wasn't easy!"

"The most amazing thing in the world is that some people have brains but no brains, yet they can miraculously climb to high positions and give orders. I'm afraid their brains are filled with nothing but raw intestines and the water of the Ganges River in India. They are truly flowers watered from a cesspool. Even at a distance of 300 miles, they can completely defeat the Japanese chemical weapons!" -p

"Sometimes I really feel the mercy of God, that he allowed the Kuomintang to survive to this day. I'm afraid they must have damaged their brains from slacking off at work. Why didn't you beasts get struck by lightning?"

When the chairman first read the Zuan Daily, he was so exhausted that he fainted. After waking up, his whole body was shaking like a pile driver.

Seeing the Chairman being humiliated in this way, the writers of the Kuomintang fought back one after another, but their counterattacks were too pedantic. After all, even if the old intellectuals were dirty in private, they had to be decent in public. The false moral burden made them speak more cautiously, and the result was that they were scolded by the players.

Just kidding, players are all artificial moral models, and their morality and mood are dynamically adjusted. Those who are specially invited by Liu Qi to this game have four things in common: correct values, complete education, normal logic, and love for the people.

Any good socialist young man like this would not have any respect for the garbage party, the Kuomintang. What's more, the players in the game are the most unbridled. They take pleasure in revenge and say whatever they think. The timidity in reality is completely gone in the game, leaving only the low-quality advantage that is full of lethality.

Perhaps they could no longer bear the scolding from the Volunteer Army players, so they took advantage of the spirit of the Volunteer Army's press conference and sent reporters to question them.

"General Liu, recently, the Volunteer Army has been rudely abusing the Nationalist government and insulting the dignity of the nation. When will you apologize to the government for this?"

"Hehehe, apologize? Reporter, we defended Nanjing."

"Yes, you did hold Nanjing, but what we are talking about is..."

Liu Qi interrupted him and continued, "We killed more than 200,000 devils."

"General Liu, the question just now was..."

"We will soon launch a counterattack, force the Japanese out of Shanghai completely, and crush their southward offensive."

"I······"

"Okay, reporter, has the Democratic Party government achieved all of the above?"

“······” The ellipsis represents the mood of this Kuomintang reporter at this moment.

"Before the Japanese invaders came, it was you who proposed illegal resistance against Japan. When that day came, it was the Chairman who was the first to get out of Nanjing. When the Japanese invaders were at the gates of the city and the capital was about to fall, and Nanjing was short of manpower, the Nationalist government demanded that we not be given any supplies. For such a useless government that has lost its home, you actually dare to demand respect here. Do you have any shame, tree bark, or dog skin?"

The reporter fell back into his seat after being glared at by Liu Qi, then quickly lowered his head, not daring to say another word.

After scolding one person to his knees, Liu Qi switched back to a smiling expression and signaled the guards next to him that they could begin.

Soon, the guards distributed photos one by one. The content on them was very simple, which was a mountain of Japanese soldiers' corpses. The heads of these corpses had been chopped off, and the remaining parts were burned directly and used as fertilizer for the soil.

Many of the reporters present were Chinese. When they first saw the photo, it was indeed frightening, but soon, the fear turned into indescribable excitement.

It’s all true. The fact that the Volunteer Army wiped out 200,000 Japanese troops is all true!

However, reporters from other European and American countries just whispered: This is too barbaric, so backward.