PS: The PS of the previous chapter is wrong again, the Pinghai and Ninghai ships were both sunk by Japanese planes, and the main ones that were scuttled were old ships in the late Qing Dynasty, and the stall magazine is not credible...... But the problem is that there were indeed a few new ships that had just been modernized at great expense, and Chiang Kai-shek felt pity when he heard about it.

Moreover, even so, the Jiangyin blockade operation still seems to be costly and ineffective, and it is much cheaper to use mines. At that time, China was full of only a few ships! If these ships were still there, perhaps more soldiers and civilians would have been able to evacuate at that time of the Nanjing Massacre.

Well, all in all, I'm certainly not saying that Chen Shaokuan is a traitor, but his actual military level really doesn't look very good.

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Shanghai, Wusongkou

From the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, when Zheng Chenggong and the Qing court fought in the south of the Yangtze River, Wusongkou, where the terrain was dangerous, became a famous coastal defense fortress. Famous in the Republic of China era, the Huangpu River, which crosses the downtown area of Shanghai, winds out to sea from Wusongkou.

When the wheel of Chinese history rolled to modern times, as the north gate of Shanghai, the largest metropolis in the country, the strategic position of Wusongkou has been further enhanced, known as the national defense gateway of the southeast, with five forts in the east, west, south, north and the lion forest, forming an impregnable fortress group...... Unfortunately, from the Opium War to the Japanese invasion of China, this gateway has never really stopped the steps of the invaders.

At this moment, in the cold and biting cold wind, there was a short but fierce naval battle. It has just ended on the water near Wusongkou.

Under the lead-gray gloomy sky, on the turbid and yellowish water, the wreckage of the ship was still smoking. There was a drizzle of snowflakes in the sky. The air was filled with the smell of oil, smoke and blood, almost disgusting.

The Kuomintang Navy and the British, French, American, and Japanese fleets stationed in China attacked Wusongkou in a huge round of joint attacks, and finally suffered heavy losses.

-- They originally tried to break into the Huangpu River to shell the Bund and demonstrate against the red bandits, but they were bombarded at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

As a matter of fact, in the impression of these imperialists and reactionaries, this section of the Wusongkou channel should be completely undefended -- as early as the "128" Songhu War of Resistance three years ago. Because the officers and men of the 19th Route Army fought bravely at the Wusongkou Fort, they repelled the Japanese attack many times. As a result, Japanese guns and aircraft bombarded the battery in turn, and the entire battery was almost completely destroyed. Next. According to the Songhu Armistice Agreement, the whole of Shanghai was designated as a demilitarized zone, and Wusongkou was no exception...... Therefore, the entire Wusongkou Fort was completely destroyed three years ago. No more fixes.

When the vanguard of the Red Tenth Army first arrived at Wusongkou. It was indeed a scene of ruins—rusty broken coastal defense cannons, barren grass on collapsed forts, and scattered bullet casings and unrelenting bones could be seen at the foot of the crumbling fortress......

Then, the Red Army soldiers calmly searched for commanding heights and hiding places, and set up RPG bazookas on both sides of the Huangpu River - with the pitiful width of the Huangpu River, the range of RPG bazookas was enough to carry out blockade missions; And these small unarmored gunboats, which are generally only two or three hundred tons on the Yangtze River, run so slowly. It may not be as durable as a tank - and sure enough, not a single foreign ship escaped.

Of course, wait until the Kuomintang Navy and dozens of large and small ships of the fleets of various countries in China. When they came from the entire Yangtze River basin one after another, ready to launch a large-scale retaliation, the range and power of the RPG bazooka were a little insufficient. However, at this time, the Red Army stationed at Wusongkou had already changed to new equipment, and rows of black and shiny field artillery and rocket artillery were enough to blind the eyes of anyone who dared to treat the Red Army as a mud-legged man. The reinforced concrete bunkers that were rushed out of the work, as well as the waste armor plates used to further strengthen the fortifications, made the local Shanghai villagers even more amazed. Belch? The artillery of the Red Army was basically a novice, lacking accuracy in the confrontation with the naval artillery? It's okay, just beat it up, and if you are killed, it will be regarded as paying tuition. During the war years, there was no room for warmth...... Besides, there's also an automated gun-sighting radar to help!

Therefore, when Chen Shaokuan took the flagship cruiser "Ninghai" and brought a large and small gunboat to Wusongkou to find a venue, the Red Army soldiers who had just learned and trained immediately put on the warmest welcome ceremony and presented a 107 rocket-covered bombardment like a meteor shower...... Although the accuracy of this kind of rocket was a little worse and the power of the anti-ship operation was also a little insufficient, the momentum was absolutely very, very frightening -- therefore, the two old gunboats, the "Datong" and the "Ziqiang," which were panicked, were very unlucky enough to collide together, and then they became the key targets of shore artillery fire, and they suffered a lot of incendiary bombs and high-explosive bombs, which sank one after another not long after, allowing the Red Army's shore artillery units to achieve new successes.

Then, the Kuomintang Navy, which was no longer careless, engaged in a decent artillery battle with the Red Army at the Wusong Battery, which embarrassed the Red Army soldiers very much -- due to the huge difference in proficiency, the Red Army's shells always flew over the heads of the enemy ships, splashing a row of tall columns of water, while the enemy's shells always accurately smashed on the shore artillery positions, and even caused a tragic explosion of ammunition......

In the end, the traversers, who could not stand it anymore, tried to use remote-controlled drones to throw miniature torpedoes to attack the Kuomintang flagship "Ninghai", and they actually achieved miraculous results -- in the minds of the old-thinking Kuomintang admirals, it seems that this attack method was not thought of at all. After the sailors shot down two drones with small arms, four of the remaining five drones successfully fired torpedoes and hit two shots, and one drone simply crashed directly into the bridge of the Ninghai, igniting a raging fire...... At this point, the Kuomintang navy was forced to retreat and leave the Wusongkou battlefield.

However, within a few days after this, the light warships mobilized by Britain, France, the United States, and Japan from Hankow, Chongqing, Taiwan, Lushun, Tianjin, Hong Kong, and other places made a comeback under the guidance of the Kuomintang navy. The overwhelming barrage of shells staggered back and forth in mid-air, so dense that they could almost hit head-on, and for a time the Red Army soldiers were in a hurry, although they did not lack the courage to sacrifice. There is no shortage of artillery and ammunition, but experience and jishu are not something that can be trained overnight...... The hundreds of Red Army artillery on the Wusong Battery, like their artillery, were brand new: most of them had never touched any artillery before, and some had never even seen the sea!

As a result, in the chaos of the Wusong Fort, a British gunboat even broke through the blockade line of Wusongkou for a time and slaughtered along the Huangpu River to the northern part of the later Yangpu District. It was only a little distance away from a direct shelling of the downtown area of Puxi in Shanghai......

Thanks to the traversers who stayed behind, they finally found that the situation was not good, and quickly got dozens of remote-controlled unmanned assault boats. Learn the tactics of later generations of terrorists, loaded with hundreds of kilograms of detonators and explosives, and crash into enemy ships. The enemy ship was stuck in a narrow river channel, and it was difficult to maneuver and evade it in a large area, so it ended up with a loud explosion. A fire was ignited. I had to run aground on the beach.

On the other hand, after suffering the initial heavy blow, the Red Army soldiers on the Wusong Fort also slowly felt the feeling, and began to gradually gain some success, and were no longer one-sided and beaten. And the traversers, who did not pay much attention to this at first, finally began to deal with these small ships that did not seem to have much power, and soon discovered some mistakes in the layout of shore defense.

“…… The essence of modern warfare is long-range strikes and precision guidance, and we used the old methods of World War II and even World War I. Throw ammunition and compete with these backward antique gunboats...... It's putting the cart before the horse! Artillery doctrine is not played like this either! ”

As a military adviser, Lin Shenhe scratched his hair and lamented, while urgently contacting the General Staff. I hope to come up with a suitable counterattack plan as soon as possible.

Given that this time the enemy is within your field of vision, it would be a bit wasteful to use expensive cruise missiles, and there is no ground-based laser guidance group. Regular anti-ship missiles are also bulky and expensive, and too complicated to operate...... Therefore, the General Staff Department Zuihou recommended an individual anti-tank missile -- the maximum range of about four kilometers is naturally not enough on the vast sea, but it is more than enough on the Yangtze River; And although a ten-kilogram warhead can't gnaw on a battleship with rough skin and thick flesh, it should still be enough to deal with these small gunboats of several hundred tons to one or two thousand tons......

In the end, after several rounds of intensive missile bombardment, the Kuomintang Navy and the fleets of Britain, France, the United States, and Japan paid a heavy price of sinking and eight wounded, and had to sound the whistle and flee in embarrassment, and they did not even have time to rescue the people who fell into the water in their respective countries......

At this moment, these sluggling ashore soaking wet foreign sailors were being pointed at gunpoints by the Red Army soldiers, shivering and supporting each other in the bitter cold wind of rain and snow, forming in long lines to be searched, surrendering all personal belongings and weapons, and then forced to continue to strip naked in the cold wind, standing in the muddy water that overflowed their feet, and clumsily changing into bright orange prison uniforms. During this period, because some unruly fellows refused to cooperate, the Red Army soldiers had to beat them with sticks or rifle butts, urging them to move faster with the pain of flesh and skin.

Others, who had changed into prison uniforms, gathered around a few fires and drank hot rice porridge that had just been boiled haode – nothing was more appealing than a hot meal for those who had been struggling for a long time with biting ice water and wet snow.

At the same time, looking at the "foreign adults" who were arrogant in Shanghai in the past, now they are all looking like "the hairy phoenix is not as good as the chicken", and the new soldiers who have just enlisted in the army can't help but show a smug expression while being dumbfounded.

-- To a large extent, the belief of the so-called victorious division is piled up in this way with incredible victories......

On the other side, after delivering a batch of ammunition and supplies, Wang Qiu, who was already a little exhausted, wiped his sweat and panted out of the battlefield, and came to the door of a small mobile house hanging behind the car under the escort of a large number of Red Army veterans.

Unlike the outside, where the wind is howling and the rain and snow are drifting, the perfect electric heating heats the room warmly. When Wang Qiu pushed the door in, he saw General Su Yu standing by the wall, touching his chin and looking at a large map of Shanghai. And Cai Rong, who had the courage to show off an "armed lady" on the front line just now, told Senior Sister Ma Tong about her "great achievements" with bright eyes.

“…… Hey, hey. Can you believe it? After I hit the boat with an anti-tank missile, the whole boat actually flew up! ”

She danced and jumped and shouted, "...... Originally, I thought that only tanks would be killed. I didn't expect the gunboat to be the same......"

“…… As far as I know, the gunboat that you blew up with an anti-tank missile seems to be only eighty tons...... It's really not much bigger than a tank! If you happen to be lucky enough to hit its ammunition depot, then it should be normal to let the ship go back to the ground plane......"

Regarding Cai Rong's boasting, Senior Sister Ma Tong just yawned boredly, and then noticed that Wang Qiu was pushing the door in, "...... Yes. Wang Qiu, you're here! What do you think of the brochure I made earlier? How does it feel? ”

“…… Well. The content is very exciting! Aside from the fact that the AMX-40T 'Foch' tank was mistakenly branded as a 'Fuxi' tank, there was basically no major problem, and it would definitely scare Chiang Kai-shek and the observers of the imperialist powers half to death, and by the way, their heads would explode because of the overload of information......"

Wang Qiu pursed his lips. “…… And. It's certainly good that your high-end and high-grade promotional brochure can fool all kinds of enemies, but the problem is that many of your own people are also fooled and lame by your promotional brochure! When I was at a meeting in the city hall before, a number of middle school students from Shanghai wrote a bloody petition to them, saying that they wanted to become pilots of Mobile Suit Gundam and fight the Oriental devils vigorously......

“…… Speaking of which, although I know that this album is a bit boring. But I'm actually curious, weishenme you would rather teach the Red Army soldiers to drive cars, motorboats and bicycles. Why don't you equip the Red Army soldiers with some Mobile Suit Gundam? ”

At this moment, General Su Yu, who was standing on the side, suddenly stepped in and asked Wang Qiu, "...... Such a majestic iron man, like the Demon King Kong, is full of manly spirit at a glance, and many comrades like it after just looking at it, and they want it all day long! ”

“…… How do you say this? General Su Yu, there are some things that can't just be seen on the surface. Wang Qiu smiled bitterly and sighed, "...... Speaking of which, Mobile Suit Gundam, or humanoid mechs, may seem promising, but in fact they are the least promising......"

“…… Oh? Is it? weishenme？ Su Yu raised his eyebrows in disbelief.

“…… The reason why I say that Mobile Suit Gundam has no future, first of all, is because its center of gravity is too high, and once such a tall Mobile Suit Gundam is hit by a gun, or encounters a storm, and then takes into account the recoil generated when it is shelled against the enemy with a shoulder-mounted heavy cannon...... Even if you don't have direct damage, it's easy to tip over and break yourself......"

Wang Qiu patiently explained, "...... Secondly, because the transmission system of the Humanoid Gundam is really many times more complicated than the tank, it is extremely difficult to repair, and if only one foot is damaged, the Mobile Suit Gundam will fall into cripples on its own, and there is no way to repair it - on the other hand, if the tank has broken tracks, or the car has broken tires, it can be repaired on the spot......

“…… What's more, when it comes to the battlefield, the Mobile Suit Gundam's impact area is so large that it is several times larger than a tank of the same tonnage, both frontal and sideways! It's a living target! And because the impact area is too large, its armor can't be made too thick, otherwise the engine won't have enough power to drive...... It's just asking for trouble for yourself!

The only advantage of Mobile Suit Gundam over tanks in ground combat is that the top impact surface is relatively small, making it less likely to be hit by aerial bombs dropped by aircraft...... But the problem is that with such a rickety big guy, even if it is not directly hit by a bomb in the head, but lands at its feet, then the wave of air set off at close range by the explosion is enough to make it stand unsteadily and fall on its heels......"

“…… Huh? Gundam is so useless? Cai Rong asked with some curiosity, "...... But when I look at the Gundams on Japanese anime, they are very handsome and tough, and they don't have these problems at all! ”

“…… That's all made up because of the needs of the plot! The author is estimated to have been taught physics by a physical education teacher! Wang Qiu replied categorically, "...... In fact, Mobile Suit Gundam is one of the most unscientific fantasy weapons! In land warfare, it has thin armor, a high center of gravity, and a large impact area; In air and water warfare, humanoid aircraft do not conform to the principles of fluid mechanics at all...... The price-performance ratio and survival rate are a mess.

Of course, if it is the smallest power armor, or humanoid mechanical armor, then it can be somewhat useful in street fighting, and in peacetime, it can also be used for people with disabilities...... But that kind of large Mobile Suit Gundam that is several stories tall is definitely the chicken rib of the chicken......

In short, from a scientific point of view, there must be the emergence of energy armor to solve the defense problem of humanoid weapons; It is necessary to invent a miniaturized room temperature fusion engine or even a black hole engine to solve the problem of firepower and power of humanoid weapons; It is necessary to have an exponential improvement in computer performance and a huge breakthrough in bionics to solve the problem of controlling humanoid weapons......

But the problem is, if we really do all of the above, then even the bricks can fly into the sky, so why do we have to make large weapons into human shapes? Wang Qiu zuihou spread his hands and concluded, "...... As long as these jishu are applied to aircraft, tanks, and ships, the combat effectiveness of aircraft, tanks, and ships can increase by geometric multiples, and any humanoid weapon with the same jishu can definitely be completely exploded! ”

“…… Well, although there are a lot of words that I don't understand, I still understand the general meaning. Su Yu rubbed his forehead and said with a tangled expression, "...... This Gundam is basically just a look, and it looks mighty, but it's not really useful at all, right? But if that's the case, why do you still have to advertise it like this? ”

“…… Because this is propaganda for the enemy to see! As the saying goes, 'If you can't fool your enemy, then stun his brain'...... The main objective was to confuse the enemy's mind, delay their large-scale counterattack, and give the Shanghai Soviet Government a buffer time for the expansion of armaments...... But to be able to delay until now, it is almost at the limit......"

Speaking of this, Wang Qiu couldn't help but sigh faintly, "...... According to the latest intercepted telegrams, the Japanese army is about to make a big move! (To be continued......)