At the same time, at the headquarters of the 13th Army in Shanghai.

Usamitaka hurriedly walked into the war room and asked, "Hinata Shikun, what's the situation?" ”

Last night, Kenji Dohihara suddenly invited Usamitaka over, and the two of them didn't know what to discuss, so they didn't come back until dawn.

As a result, as soon as I returned to the headquarters, I heard that something was wrong with Kameda United.

This made Usamitaka feel incomprehensible, when he left last night, Kameda United was still fine, why did it only take a few hours to get out of trouble?

Usamitaka can accept defeat, but not inexplicable failure.

"Your Excellency the Chief of Staff." Hinata Zhiming turned around when he heard this, and then suddenly paused.

Usamitaka waved his hand and said, "What is the current situation of Kameda United?" ”

Hinata replied, "The main force of the Kameda United has broken through from the teapot pass, and now it has joined up with the Ikeda United west of Chonghito Town. ”

Usamitaka frowned and said, "The main force? ”

"Hello." Hinata Shiaki paused again and said, "Although the main force of the Kameda Wing has broken through, the first infantry brigade of the Wing has been collectively shattered, and the weapons and equipment of the Kameda Wing have also suffered heavy losses this time!" More than 2,000 imperial soldiers, almost all of whom fled back empty-handed. ”

"Yaga!" Usamitaka said angrily, "Then they still have the face to come back?!" ”

Hinata Zhiming stopped silent, because according to the Japanese army's regulations, soldiers who lost their weapons needed to be seppuku to thank the emperor, and if they lost the battle, the commander also needed seppuku! However, in actual combat, this order was not strictly enforced, because if this order was strictly enforced, the non-combat deaths of the imperial army would far exceed the combat deaths.

But if Usamitaka really wants to pursue it, Kameda United will be in trouble.

After hesitating for a moment, Hinata Shiaki finally said: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say it or not?" ”

Usamitaka said in a deep voice, "You want to intercede for Kameda United?" ”

"Hello!" Hinata Zhiming paused, "Although the Kameda Wing was defeated in the First Battle of Xinchang, I think that the officers and soldiers of the Kameda Wing cannot be blamed for this, because they originally changed from attack to defense in a hurry, and only built simple civil fortifications, and such fortifications could not withstand the shelling of the Shina Army at all. ”

Kameda was shelled by the Chinese army, and Usamitaka knew about it.

But even if it is subjected to cluster shelling, it will not be hit so quickly, right?

At that moment, Usamitaka waved his hand and said: "The shelling is not a reason, there must be other reasons!" ”

After thinking about it, Hinata Shiaki said again: "Coupled with the Chinese army besieging Kameda United, its strength is almost ten times that of Kameda United, so the defeat is completely reasonable. ”

"I wasn't surprised at all." Usamitaka waved his hand, and continued, "I'm angry that the Kameda Wing didn't even last a night, even if the Shina Army had artillery, even if the Shina Army had ten times the strength of my army, but this was a whole infantry wing, and it couldn't hold out for a night?" ”

Hinata Zhiming said: "Regarding this, the lowly position is also very confused. ”

Speaking of this, Hinata Zhiming said again: "Before this, the Tenth Army of China and the Imperial Army have not fought each other, judging from the situation of those few skirmishes, the combat effectiveness of the Tenth Army of China can be said to be extremely weak, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is vulnerable, but the battle of Xinchang has almost become another army!" ”

Hinata Shi's words were unintentional, but after Usamitaka heard it, his heart moved.

Usamitaka said: "Hinata Shijun, I understand as soon as you say this, it seems that it was the previous battle that gave the Kameda United an illusion, after all, the Kameda United was originally stationed in Hangzhou, and they mistakenly thought that the combat effectiveness of the Tenth Army was still the same as before, so they were caught off guard!" ”

Hinata Zhiming said: "Could it be that there is really any change in the Tenth Army of China?" ”

Usamitaka said: "The reason why the combat effectiveness of the 10th Army of China is poor is actually because they have no ammunition, and the officers and soldiers are still hungry to fight against the imperial army, but now it is different. ”

"It's different now?" Hinata Zhiming said blankly, "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, what's the difference?" ”

Usamitaka said, "Last night at the Dohihara-kun, Dohihara-kun told me something. ”

Speaking of this, Usamitaka said in a serious tone: "Zhong Yi specially set up a transport team composed of tens of thousands of people and thousands of vehicles of all kinds, and through this transport team to deliver supplies to the Zhina Army in the Zhejiang-Fujian battlefield, the Tenth Group Army of China is now both full of food and ammunition, and its combat effectiveness will naturally come up." ”

"I see." Hinata Shiaki said, "It's no wonder that Kameda United will suffer a big loss. ”

That's really the case, the two old devils, Usamitaka and Hinata Shiaki, really got to the point.

The combat effectiveness of the national army is actually not weak at all, the Northwest Army, the Jin Sui Army, the Sichuan Army, the Gui Army, and the Hunan Army are all very strong, even if the weapons and equipment are relatively backward, but if they really let them give full play to their strength, not to mention the devils, it is not an exaggeration to play a two-to-one battle loss ratio!

However, after the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression entered the stalemate stage, the national army on the frontal battlefield, including the Central Army, often played a disparity of 10 to 1 or even 20 to 1 with the Japanese devils, and the most exaggerated was the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, which actually played a rare battle loss ratio of 120 to 1, which is simply spicy!

The Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, is it really because the national army can't fight?

In fact, no, the national army is not actually unable to fight, but defeated by the greed of the generals.

The senior generals of the Commander's Department of the Second World War Zone almost deducted the salaries of the Fifth Army, resulting in these Northeast men being thin into hemp poles one by one, unable to even stand steadily, how can they still fight?

Although the 14th Army was said to be the Central Army, it was not much better.

The officers and men of the Central Committee do not need to be hungry, but it does not stop there, the weapons and ammunition are getting smaller and smaller year by year, it is said that it is a group army, and in the end it is not even possible to get together a fully equipped division, how can it be fought?

Therefore, the national army is defeated by corruption and the greed of senior generals!

As soon as this problem is solved, the combat effectiveness of the national army will immediately come up.

In the early days of the Liberation War, the national army was really strong and strong, and the three trump card main forces of the 74th Division, the 11th Division, and the 5th Division, suddenly appeared? Less than half a year ago, these three troops were still being pressed to the ground by the old, weak, sick and disabled devils, how could they suddenly be so sideways?