Yelena asked, "If it were you, what would you do next?" ”

Volkov looked at the map and said very firmly, "It can be seen from the map that the Shanghai, Nanjing, and Hangzhou triangles are like a huge turtle, ** is Shanghai, and the turtle feet are Hangzhou and Jiangyin, and the Shanghai area is actually a peninsula sandwiched between Hangzhou Bay and the Yangtze River estuary, and Guwei is Nanjing, and the turtle's back is the Taihu Lake basin of a river network." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Under the condition that there is no sea and air supremacy, throwing hundreds of thousands of troops into such a peninsula with a narrow area, dense water networks, and swamps can only be passively beaten, and there is no room for maneuver, but it will give the Japanese a great opportunity to fight a quick battle and make a quick victory and gather together to annihilate them. The entire Songhu battlefield was flat and undefendable, and it was not easy to construct ground fortifications, which increased the difficulty of defensive operations. Under such conditions, if China's hundreds of thousands of troops can be deployed in depth and echelons and carry out campaign maneuvers, and if the troops are not too close to the coast and river banks, they can reduce casualties and wait for an opportunity to move. Speaking of this, Volkov raised his head, looked at Yelena and said, "You go and ask, have they set up defenses in this place?" There is no army, I mean regular army stationed. ”

Yelena hurriedly looked in the direction of Volkov's finger, where was Jinshanwei, and it was also the flank of the entire Songhu battlefield, which should be a strategic location. I caught a small staff officer and asked about the situation, but I didn't expect this little staff officer to be very well-informed, it is estimated that listening to gossip is his most important job, after speaking, Yelena let him go, turned back to Volkov and said,

"The chairman had envisaged the possibility of the Japanese landing from Jinshanwei to outflank the Chinese army's battle line, so simple fortifications were built along the coast, and troops were left to watch. However, as the battle became more and more intense, the troops defending Hangzhou Bay were transferred to support Songhu, and the chairman and German military advisers both believed that the Japanese army had also been fully engaged in the frontal battle in Shanghai, and there would be no troops to land in Hangzhou Bay, so no! ”

Volkov pondered for a moment and said, "At this time, the Japanese army does not have this strength, but you once said that Japan's army mobilization ability is very amazing, and such a large capital has been invested at this time, if it is repulsed, it will be a big loss, Europe and the United States will never intervene, this is a good time, so it will not take long." Okay, let's go to the front line, shall we? ”

"The front line? How dangerous that is! "Although Yelena is a surgeon, she does not show that she is not afraid of war, it is not afraid of death, but she thinks that she is very useful, and she does not want to die so worthless.

Volkov glared at her and said, "Comrade Terekina, I remind you that you are a member of the party, and you are also my subordinate, and you must obey the orders of your superiors. ”

"We are not a system!" Yelena replied very slippery, and then, fearing that Volkov would not understand, added, "I mean, I'm not a soldier. ”

"You're in my hands now!" After speaking, he took out his pistol,

Yelena was stunned, her eyes widened, she couldn't say a word, I don't know if it was because she was frightened by the threat of death, or because she was angry with such an unreasonable person, she was a big beauty, she was only 16 years old, she was not a soldier, she was innocent, she shouldn't have go, it was so shocking, Yelena didn't follow Volkov and the three of them into the jeep that they had just shared, and it took a long time to react, glaring at Volkov, this devil!

Yelena felt that Volkov must have wanted to see how heroic the Chinese army died, and wanted to see the arrogance of the Japanese army being crushed, so he went, otherwise, why did he go to the front line, become a military commander, and still go to the front line? Stray bullets, strafing from planes, artillery bombardment, and even car accidents, Yelena's mind was so confused at this time that she didn't think about the problems she continued to face at the moment, and she always went astray.

The car was bumpy and the road was chaotic, but Sokolov's driving skills were good, the car was fast, turning left and right, but it didn't overturn, Yelena attributed it to her good character.

When the car stopped, they came to a place with a slightly better view, some distance from the coast, and when they got out of the car, Yelena felt that the sound of the cannon shook her and shouted at Volkov, "It's too dangerous here, the Japanese naval guns are not toys, it's too dangerous." ”

This is the most unimpressive time in Yelena's life, Volkov took out his binoculars and said, "It's far enough here, besides, the Chinese army is on the front, what bombs are they throwing here?" ”

Yelena looked at the coast, I don't know why, she quickly calmed down, although she couldn't see the specific situation clearly, but the sound of gunfire, gunsmoke, planes on the sea covered the sky and the sun, and from time to time planes fell. There was also the shouting of killing, the crowd that seemed to be fighting, Yelena thought in her heart, how many innocent soldiers died in battle, they are so young, they are all good men who love the country and are brave and fearless! They are probably the most bloody men in China.

"Huh? China's coastal defenses are very tight! After speaking, he wanted to look to the right side again, "There is still this...... Is that a built road? ”

"What? Let me see! Yelena snatched Volkov's telescope, and the scene presented in front of Yelena at this time was too far from the scene just expected, not only did the Japanese warships not fire shells frequently, but they were far away from the coastline, and some landing craft appeared on the sea, but more large warships, speedboats and landing craft exploded near the coast, and the beach was similar to the bloody Omaha Beach scene in the movie "Private Ryan", and the Japanese soldiers who came ashore were crawling on the beach at all, The 88 anti-aircraft guns here are used as machine guns, or mortars, and there are quite a few heavy machine guns, and Yelena estimates that there are rifles.

Thinking that Volkov had just looked at the right side and found something, she also looked over, and then oh, it turned out that there was a very flat road there, and some tanks and vehicles on the road were also exploding and catching fire, and there were corpses on both sides of the road, and in just a few seconds when Yelena looked there, she saw with her own eyes that a Japanese soldier stepped on a mine and was blown away. The Japanese must have seen that this road is very western, and it is completely possible to pass by vehicle, so they went up without thinking about anything.

In the distance is a very long bridge, and it is very high, and there is a swamp under the bridge, which is very interesting, and it is very relieving to trap the enemy army on the bridge like a building block. Such a long bridge, but the piers are made of steel, which is very not in the interests of the economy, and Volkov felt that there was a problem, and Yelena thought about it.

A little in front of Yelena and them, there were big pits, and the pits were full of artillery, wow, so creative, who could hit them!

Mines, mines, anti-tank mines, artillery, and heavy weapons, it is no wonder that the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties and the air force did not exert its tremendous power, so there was such an unexpected result. Yelena was very depressed after experiencing what happened to Zhang Songling, and she didn't expect to encounter such a big surprise.

After Yelena's departure, the arms trade between the Salvation Association and the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union did not end, and the purchase of low-cost but very easy to operate was increased, such as rocket launchers, magnetic mines, cloudburst shells and submachine guns. These countries are even willing to secretly provide loans for the National Salvation Association, because in the eyes of these foreign banks, the organization of the National Salvation Association has won the hearts of the people, and the donations received are endless, increasing, and compared with the Chinese government at this time, they are more confident in the National Salvation Association, because the National Salvation Association not only provides support to the central army, but also to the local army, and even supports northern Shaanxi. In addition, the construction of roads and bridges has an excellent reputation among the people, and the technology provided by Yelena, as well as the sudden appearance of large donations, have convinced these foreign banks that the Salvation Association has recruited many of the world's top talents and obtained a lot of advanced technology.

Although Yelena thought that the purchase of submarines and warships was not only expensive but also too long to build, so she only increased the number of mines and torpedoes, but the Salvation Association later raised funds from various sources and negotiated with the United States for a long time, and purchased five submarines at a very cheap price, which was an extremely secret matter. Yelena used the example of the intelligence gathering work that the Japanese began with China in the twenties to make everyone understand how important spies are to them, so very few people know about these operations.

The submarine is not a powerful weapon, but the gunpowder formula and new design given by Yelena make the torpedo more powerful than all the active torpedoes in the world, the torpedo is larger, the gunpowder and other chemical agents used are the most advanced, the speed of the torpedo under the water is greatly increased, and the destructiveness is almost more than three times that of the most advanced torpedo in Britain at this time, and the target of such a torpedo is the aircraft carrier, for this reason, Britain and the United States jointly developed and modified the torpedo tube of the submarine, and also changed the engine, The submarine has been reinforced and other treatments, according to the most advanced radar, obviously, on the one hand, Britain and the United States really want to obtain this epoch-making torpedo technology, and on the other hand, they are also secretly supporting China's resistance to Japan. Japan's submarines and their fleet were also a big threat in the eyes of Britain and the United States.

Even for true friends, you can't have unrealistic illusions. It must be known that every country has its own independent strategic interests, and it decides its issues from the perspective of its own nation, state, and interests, and no one will set himself on fire for the sake of others. Axioms and justices have different contents in different countries and nations, and each country and nation always proceeds from its own interests to understand and interpret axioms and justice. We should not expect too much from our friends, even if they are true friends, and still less should we bet the "treasure" of the fate of our own army and people on others. Use other people's likes and dislikes to determine or change your own battle plan. Only oneself can save oneself in the world, others can never replace oneself, others are always unreliable, and relying on others is also doomed to suffer. History has proved that the idea of independence is glorious and unbreakable.

This is still true for "friends", let alone enemies? It is all the more necessary to have unrealistic illusions about the enemy and opponent, still less to have a fluke mentality. The fundamental reason why Chiang Kai-shek was passive everywhere in commanding Japan and clinging to the idea of "seeking peace through war" was a fundamental reason. The fundamental reason for such a major misunderstanding is that there is a lack of understanding of the ambitions and appetites of the Japanese warlords. As a matter of fact, Japan not only no longer regarded the Nanjing government as an object of goodwill, but also wanted to annex all of China. Not only to annex all of China, but also to seize Asia and the Pacific from Britain and the United States, the appetite is astonishing, and the ambition is inflated to the point beyond imagination.

It was precisely because of the lack of sufficient understanding of Japan's ambitions that Chiang Kai-shek still tried to force Japan to make peace with a campaign counterattack after Japan had set up its strategic plan to capture Nanking and cut off China along the Yangtze River, and even until the Japanese army had landed in Hangzhou Bay, he made the ridiculous judgment that it was a small detachment and no more than one and a half brigades. The root cause of all this political and military wishful thinking is an illusion about the ambitions of Japanese imperialism against China. Experience has proven that against one's main opponent and enemy, it is necessary to throw away illusions and prepare for a struggle. Only by discarding illusions can the mind be opened, the mind can be emancipated, and the initiative in war can be gained.