The Fourth Disaster, Starting from the Movie Eight Hundred

But it was just a private discussion, no one dared to question why the International Volunteer Army was so cruel. What if the other side sneered and asked them to become part of the Jingguan? They didn't dare to gamble.

"Everyone, Jingguan is a unique feature of our Chinese people. You have to taste it. I believe that after the Japanese invaders have built a Jingguan on the land of China, they will realize how to treat their old father again. My compatriots, you don't need to be afraid. I ask you, since 1840, how long has it been since the humiliated Chinese nation watered our land with the blood of the enemy? Confucius said to repay grievances with justice. I ask you, looking at these tragically killed beasts, do you feel your blood boiling? Do you feel your dignity restored? Answer me!"

After a brief silence, a Chinese-looking male reporter stood up, raised his fist, and shouted, "Well done!"

"Well done!" "Well done!" "Well done!"

One, two, three... Then all the Chinese compatriots present stood up, and even the people outside the venue began to shout. Millions of voices gradually converged into a slogan in the repeated shouting.

"Good kill!"

After a century of humiliation, it is time to awaken the soul of the nation with blood. Nothing can defend the dignity of a nation better than the death of the enemy. We would rather die standing than live on our knees.

The European and American reporters present kept saying "Oh, God" and their faces turned pale, as if they had seen something terrible.

A press conference turned into a scene of nationalist awakening, which sounds unprogressive, but for the Chinese nation at this moment, having an uplifting nationalist ideology and achieving real victory are more important than anything else.

The volunteers did it. No matter where they came from or what they will do in the future, they are now the spiritual sustenance of 400 million compatriots and the civil and military achievements of the Qin Shi Huang, Han Wudi, Tang Taizong and Song Taizu.

It is too difficult to look forward, not everyone can look forward 50 years, but looking back at history is very simple, because it is something that has already happened. People who look for reference answers from history see hope in the volunteer army, and this team is almost entirely composed of Chinese.

Who says China is weak? We still have the spirit to fight to the death!

But what no one present expected was that the following content was the climax of this press conference.

Chapter 42: Liberation of Shanghai

(First update, and second update)

It is said that the most unsolvable strategy in the world is the open conspiracy, so what is the open conspiracy?

Simply put, it means telling you what I am going to do, and you are powerless to stop me. This is the first level of open conspiracy.

The second level is to tell the enemy what you will do, and the enemy can only watch you do it. This is the second level of overt conspiracy.

The third level is the most powerful. What the enemy is going to do and what we are going to do are all laid out on the table for you, telling you: this is the trend of the future. No matter how we struggle with each other, the result is destined. It has a kind of beauty of the strength of a prophet.

Only those who can look ahead fifty years possess the third level of power.

Don’t think that fifty years is a short time. It is five generations. The power structure of the entire society has been handed over for at least two generations. Just look at the United States and you will understand how deadly the transfer of power is.

And now, Liu Qi is going to use the volunteer army as a medium to reveal his first-level conspiracy to all the soldiers.

The original podium was removed and replaced with a sand table of Shanghai's terrain. Next, Liu Qi told reporters from all over the world how the volunteer army would liberate Shanghai, what weapons they would use, and where the main attack direction would be.

Yes, I am telling the other party with real intentions: I am here and I will go this way. If you have the ability, you can stop me.

There was no nonsense in the entire process, it was all practical information, and the details could be used as a battle plan. Even the General Staff of the Japanese Imperial Headquarters would not provide such detailed combat information.

As the reporters stared in amazement, Liu Qi smiled and said, "This is the offensive route of our Volunteer Army. The Japanese side is requested to study it carefully and deploy their defenses seriously. Don't let us beat you to a pulp and then accuse the Volunteer Army of lacking martial ethics."

"Finally, I'll give you a word of advice. If you're not good at it, just practice more. The past is the past, and the present is the present. If you insist on treating the past as the present, then you Japanese were all kneeling under the Central Plains Dynasty, sitting at the same table with dogs."

At this point, the most special press conference in history ended, followed by the sourness of the Kuomintang government, the breakdown of Japan's defense, and the ridicule of Europe and the United States.

Reuters: The arrogant volunteers felt they could easily win.

"Central Daily News": The long-term victory has made the volunteer army lose its cool head. Shanghai may very well become a sad place for the volunteer army. I hope our soldiers will take this as a warning.

"France Radio and Television": The stupidest military propaganda in the world, the volunteer army treated the lives of soldiers as a joke.

"Associated Press": The volunteer army is about to fight a losing war with a powerful enemy at the wrong time and in the wrong place.

"Asahi Shimbun": The Red Devils are about to suffer a crushing defeat in Shanghai, and the brave and invincible Imperial Army will surely win!

The only one that can see the essence of events is Xinhua News Agency, but relying on Xinhua News Agency alone is certainly not enough. Behind Xinhua News Agency there is a pair of eyes that can see through the fog of history and look directly at the road to the future.

No matter what the parties think, the Volunteer Army will not stop. Along with the gaze of the railway, the roar of the Xuanyue Cannon began to gradually approach Shanghai. The direction in which the Xuanyue Cannon moved was where the Volunteer Army Air Force and Japanese pilots were fighting.

Only Japanese pilots can be called because Japan did not have an air force during World War II, only the Japanese Naval Air Force and the Japanese Army Air Force.

In order to defend Shanghai and maintain the hope of moving south, the Japanese Navy made the greatest effort this time. After all, the southward strategy was mainly supported by the Japanese Navy. If Shanghai was lost, it would be the turn of the Japanese Army supporting the northward advance to gain the upper hand. This was an absolutely unacceptable political failure. Therefore, the Japanese Army used 60% of its strength in the Shanghai area, while the Japanese Navy used all its strength, from aircraft carriers to battleships, to other ships, to directly defend the entire Shanghai at sea.

Even if the volunteer army really broke through the land defense line near Shanghai, the navy was prepared to defend Shanghai with heavy artillery.

Then things return to the question of how to seize air superiority. Frankly speaking, the current situation is very bad.

The Super Zero fighter is a product that has exploited the performance of the Zero fighter to the extreme. All possible changes have been made, but the Zero fighter itself takes an extreme approach. Like a Japanese samurai sword, it has specialized targets for killing, but it is also very fragile. It will be torn to pieces by the barrage of the American Lao Gan Ma. What's more, the Volunteer Army's aircraft now generally have machine guns. No matter whether it is a Zero or a Super Zero, they will surely die if hit by a bullet.

In contrast, the various Bf109s and FW190s modified by players themselves, a pilot named Gao from the National Army once successfully made an emergency landing in a Bf109 with only half a wing left, which shows how outrageous the difference in structural strength between the two is.

So now the Japanese military had to open up a new aircraft technology line and began to work hard to introduce technology from Germany.

Based on their current efforts, it is estimated that the Ki-100, Japan's best fighter plane at the end of World War II, will be released ahead of schedule.

After all, the heart of German aircraft is still very strong.

However, at present, Japanese pilots only have Zero and Super Zero. Now the Zero has been discontinued, and all production capacity is used to produce Super Zero. But this production change takes time. At present, Super Zero can only be equipped with elite pilots, and Zero is used to assist Super Zero. Most of the pilots are novices. Their role is to seduce volunteer pilots and then create opportunities for Super Zero pilots to steal.

Kobayashi was a pilot who had recently been transferred from mainland Japan to the Chinese battlefield. Before boarding the ship, he and his comrades were very relaxed because according to the officers and the propaganda of the imperial propaganda department, China had no air force at all and only some old planes could fly. They could easily kill those poor little flying insects by flying the most advanced fighter jets.

But when he really arrived at the battlefield, what Xiaolin saw was a shattered airport, numb seniors, Shanghai filled with smoke, and the air raid sirens that sounded as soon as he got off the plane.

Kobayashi's reaction speed was relatively fast, but his comrades who reacted slower were blown to pieces along with their boats.

The sound of the Stuka's buzzer in the sky was Xiaolin's first impression of Shanghai.

Maybe it was good luck, or maybe it was the mysterious effect of the Thousand-Man Needle, but Kobayashi survived from the time he entered Nanjing to the time he defended Shanghai, and his vehicle was also changed from Zero to Super Zero.

But the advantage of Super Zero was as fleeting as the cherry blossoms in season. The Volunteer Army soon brought out more and more advanced aircraft to bully them. It was really bullying. The six Lao Gan Ma guns on the Volunteer Army’s planes were already very crazy, and now they were directly upgraded to at least two 20mm machine guns plus six Lao Gan Ma guns, and even rockets.

That thing is not suitable for shooting down airplanes, but it is very suitable for bullying ground targets. However, the volunteer pilots can always do something weird, such as using rockets to bully Japanese bombers, killing them one by one without making a sound, and they are completely using rockets as close-range direct-fire air-to-air missiles.

It works pretty well.

In such a chaotic and brutal battlefield, Xiaolin felt that every time he took off, he was fighting for survival.

"Damn it, get up! Get up for me, ahhhhhhhhhh!!!"

Accompanied by the roar of 114514, Kobayashi's plane barely landed at the airport.

The good news is that he is still alive, the bad news is that he has lost one of his legs forever.

Obviously, a disabled person could not fly a plane, so Kobayashi was lucky enough to be sent back to Japan and survived the war. After Japan fully apologized and paid Xinhua an indemnity equivalent to 5,000 tons of gold, he visited Shanghai again.

Then, as soon as he got off the boat, he heard a whistle similar to a buzzer that some children were playing with. He was so frightened that he started convulsing and became incontinent. He made headlines in international news that day, and left his mark in history.

Kobayashi was lucky to leave, but other Japanese soldiers were not so lucky.

As the volunteer army's iron hooves crushed the Japanese defense line in Kunshan, the roar of Xuanyue cannon and K5 began to resound throughout Shanghai.

This Eastern Demon City has ushered in its own moment of liberation, but this time, it will not enjoy the treatment of being protected.

The reason is very simple. When we were liberated, we were extremely poor. The coastal areas were the only wealthy areas, but we were still in the hardest hit area of ​​the French currency that had been exploited by the Kuomintang several times. But we had no choice but to try our best to keep Shanghai, and then transform it bit by bit. The special nature of Shanghai meant that unless the people who managed it had the ability of Mr. Chen, all kinds of shit would inevitably happen.

But now, it’s just a Shanghai, we just have to destroy it and rebuild it.

Street fighting? If the entire city becomes a two-dimensional plane, then there will be no need for street fighting.

On March 2, 1938, 3 elite volunteers began to attack Shanghai's outer defense line, and the third Battle of Shanghai broke out.

But this time, it was the Japanese army that had to fight to the death to defend Shanghai.

Chapter 43: Forward, Volunteer Army

(Second update! There are more updates. Damn, they really don’t leave me any chance to survive. There are so many tickets for urging me to update.)

"He's very handsome, isn't he."

“It’s really beautiful, an industrial beauty.”

Lin Luan, the caracal, was chatting idly with the new recruits. The two were standing on the platform of the Xuanyue Cannon. The height of this behemoth was nearly 12 meters, equivalent to a four-story building. Whether standing on the ground or looking down from a high altitude, one could notice this miraculous war beast.

"Speaking of which, it's time for us to start... Oh, it's about to begin."

The new recruit patted Lin Luan on the shoulder, and the latter followed him and jumped off the platform of the Xuanyue Cannon. The moment he landed on the ground, he was half dead. But it didn't matter. As long as he could move his arms and give himself acupuncture, he would not die.

The way players move is so terrifying. As long as the structure of the area does not cause the player to die on the spot, they can pass through the area.

The volunteer soldiers and commanders who were watching have become accustomed to the players' operations. To them, these people are like gods. Since they are gods, ordinary people certainly cannot understand them.

Even the Red Party operating within the Volunteer Army could not reverse this situation.

However, there is another thing that the Red Party cannot reverse here, that is, the development of the party organization is difficult. In other words, even if it is established, these people can join, but when faced with the question of choosing between the Volunteer Army and the Red Party, they all firmly stated on the spot that they are 100% on the side of the Volunteer Army.

The reason is simple. Players carried out complete land reform in the liberated areas controlled by the Volunteer Army. The local people's economic foundation was built on the armed forces of the Volunteer Army. The local industry and commerce were also developed by the Volunteer Army. With food, clothing, housing, transportation and other needs completely dependent on the Volunteer Army, if the local people were asked to choose between the two, the Volunteer Army would definitely take priority. Red Party? I don't know.

The result was that the Red Party's development work went smoothly but also not smoothly, and it was unable to recruit its own determined people.

The members of the Red Party are very conflicted about this, but the players don't care. On the contrary, the players cherish every Red Party member with a good background and strong will. These people not only have various positive buffs in the team, but can also greatly improve productivity and organization. Each person is a walking humanoid buff device.

The outputs are updated with the latest version, but the helpers can be used on any version.

Therefore, these Red Party members all obtained positions as grassroots officers or ideological education positions in the Volunteer Army. The players did not mind the other party's promotion of red ideas at all. Everyone was under the red flag. As long as there was no guy named Wang who was arrogant and incompetent, the players had a very high acceptance of the revolutionary predecessors.

Due to the enthusiasm of the players, the Red Party, which has always been careful to hide its identity, is becoming more and more embarrassed.

There is no way. Compared with people like the Kuomintang, the shining generation of Red Party members have to have some dignity.

Their reward method is also very simple, just work harder, and in the players' view, the effects of these humanoid buffs have become stronger, upgraded from SR to SSR, and even UR!

Even without drawing cards, there is a golden light. This game is really conscientious.

However, the humanoid buff will also have a negative buff. This negative buff is mainly aimed at the party members themselves. Because they are too devoted to work, their lifespan and durability will be reduced, and they may even faint or get sick.

Players said they could not accept this.

My SSR! No, I have to use it sparingly.

Whether it is out of respect for the revolutionary predecessors or the desire to cherish the characteristics of every NPC in the game, players take special care of party members, asking about their well-being in various ways. They are usually placed in the most critical positions that are also the farthest from the front line. All the big jobs such as logistics are handed over to them, but they are forced to rest and are equipped with special guards. If they don't obey, they will be knocked out by ether and forced to rest, and their phones will be turned off first.

This made the Red Party increasingly confused.

You say the Volunteer Army is close to them, but they have not contacted them yet. You say the Volunteer Army is wary of them, but they have handed over such an important logistics business to their own people. It is not a question of how much profit there is. Just scraping a little from the scraps can turn Yan'an's financial situation around.

However, the Central Committee repeatedly stressed that this should not be done and that they must cooperate well with the Volunteer Army's liberation offensive. Anyone who dared to delay the national liberation cause at this time would be a traitor to the Chinese nation and would be directly hunted down worldwide under a red warrant.

On the Shanghai defense line, artillery fire roared.

But this time it was Xiaozhi who was bombed.

Of course, the Japanese army also had artillery, but they did not dare to open fire now because the Volunteer Army's artillery counterattack was too deadly. Almost as soon as the artillery was opened, the Volunteer Army immediately locked onto the Japanese artillery positions, and then the shells fell accurately.

Now the Volunteer Army has the more ferocious Xuanyue Cannon, and no one stipulates that it cannot be used against artillery.

But if the Japanese artillery did not take action, the infantry holding the line could only endure the bombing. Even if the Volunteer Army's Xuanyue Cannon and K5 did not speak, those 152 and 203 cannons were also quite deadly. In addition, the players had prepared in advance for demolition-style street fighting in Shanghai, so they developed short-barreled 152 and 203 caliber self-propelled artillery and installed them on the chassis of the Panzer IV tank.

A model of Soviet-German cooperation (conviction).

Both types of self-propelled artillery are typical products that are rushed to the shelves in Bronya. None of them has a range of more than five kilometers, but they have great destructive power at close range. The thickness of the front armor reaches 100mm, and the thickness of other directions has been strengthened to more than 50mm. Together with the coordinating infantry next to them, they are mobile fortresses specially prepared for urban fighting.

The Japanese army's current anti-armor weapons are powerless against the 100mm frontal shell of the Panzer IV 152/203. Considering that Shermans were used as Tigers in the Pacific, it is not difficult to understand how weak the Japanese army's anti-armor capabilities were. After all, 70% of their steel was given to the navy. In such a situation, they still wanted to maintain a strong ground armored force. Impoverished imperialism really couldn't afford it. -p

However, the Panzer IV 152/203 was not without flaws. Like the Tiger tank that was rushed to completion, it also encountered similar problems. The gearbox was prone to breakdowns, the moving speed was only 30 kilometers per hour, and when the target was more than five kilometers away, the chances of the shell hitting it were random.

But what does this matter? Its battlefield positioning determines that the distance between it and the enemy is generally no more than one kilometer.

It is equivalent to directly pressing the brain against the enemy's forehead. Even if you open the gun barrel and aim, you can ensure the hit rate. There is no need to worry about the problem of trajectory droop when designing at long distances.

In contrast, none of the various buildings in Shanghai in 1938 could withstand the warm greetings from 152 and 203.

In addition to these two modified demolition artifacts, players have also modified the Type 4 flamethrower tank and the Type 4 cement mixer that cooperates with the Type 4 flamethrower tank.

The purpose of the former is to create acquaintances, while the latter is to seal the tunnel directly with cement after it is discovered.

It is also possible that they first poured some gasoline into the cave, suffocated it, and then sealed it with cement, burying the Japanese directly inside.

The Volunteer Army's operation was smooth and coordinated. Even ten years after Shanghai was rebuilt, they could still occasionally dig out the curled up bodies of Japanese soldiers from the ground. Most of them were suffocated to death, and a small number became "acquaintances."

Hannibal said he was crying because of greed.

However, before entering Shanghai, the Japanese outer positions had to be opened first. The Volunteer Army launched a full-scale attack from five directions: Taicang, Kunshan, Qingpu, Songjiang, and Jinshan. The sky was filled with burning and falling Japanese fighter planes. Now the Volunteer Army's fighter planes were all equipped with incendiary bullets, which significantly improved the efficiency of igniting the Japanese planes.

There must be acquaintances on earth and there must be acquaintances in heaven, only then can it be considered healthy.

4.8 tons of high-explosive bombs continued to explode on the Japanese defense line, wiping out one Japanese soldier after another. No matter whether they were new recruits or veterans, they all knew that under this kind of bombardment, anyone who was affected would be wiped out, so they could only pray and numbly wait for the judgment of fate.

The Volunteer Army carried out artillery bombardment in an orderly manner. 4.8 tons of high-explosive bombs were enough. The Japanese army was powerless and could not protect Shanghai with a thick reinforced concrete defense line. They could only delay the Volunteer Army on the periphery and then try to achieve the most optimistic exchange ratio possible in street fighting.

As for the Japanese troops on the defense line, they had no choice but to sacrifice themselves and take the shells.

It was unknown how long it took before the volunteer army's artillery fire stopped. The surviving Japanese soldiers, beaten and kicked by the officers, entered the position that had turned into a bomb crater in a daze. They had to repair it, otherwise it would be unusable.

But at this moment, the clanging sound of tracks was heard in the distance, and one after another of the Panzer IV 152/203 assault guns, Panzer IV A-type and BT-7 emerged from the smoke and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese positions.