The troops of three divisions came up, and now there was only one who had a complete system. Zhou Haokuang was tied with a bandage. Although he could walk, his arm could not move easily for less than three months.

The two commanders of Guo Pengyun's 13th Division were seriously injured, one was gritting his teeth and coordinating and commanding the soldiers to come and go on the position. This was good for the 13th Division. The two commanders of Zhou Haokuang's 14th Division were killed, and the remaining one was carried down and life and death were unknown.

Kong Maoxun's 15th Division was not as good as there. Two of the three regiment commanders below were seriously injured and one was not aware of life and death. The battalion company commander was killed or injured more than half.

This battle was won, but it was too tragic. It was so tragic that the entire Fifth Army could not afford it. But at least, it was a win.

"Send a report to the Imperial Capital General Command, we have taken it down!" Bao Xingteng, the commander of the Fifth Army, took a deep breath and shouted loudly. With his roar, there were finally some cheers on the position.

After all, I won. The Fifth Army paid at least two-thirds of the casualties and took the position. The Japanese army's losses are being counted, but it is estimated that it is difficult to calculate clearly.

The Japanese troops killed in the serial bunker group and those who were directly swept into minced meat by 14.5mm machine guns could not be calculated at all. But such a battle result was the most.

This group of Japanese troops was very tough, and even in the end, they did not surrender. Bao Xingteng thought about capturing a few prisoners and asking how many troops they were guarding.

Unfortunately, there are really no prisoners to capture. Basically, all of them were killed.

"Ao~~~" The soldiers on the position cheered. Although this victory only captured the Japanese front-line position, the hardships and efforts of the battle were huge.

Amid the cheers, the engineers of the Second Legion had also entered the position and began to help the soldiers of the Fifth Army on the position repair and excavate the fortifications.

In the imperial capital, Su Zongzhe, the General Staff of the National Defense Forces, held the telegram from the Second Corps and remained silent. As the commander-in-chief, Tu Menghu kept smoking and saying nothing.

"The loss is too great..." After a long time, Deputy Chief of Staff You Yong sighed: "Commander-in-Chief, can you fight like this?!"

Slaughtered the tiger and slapped the cigarette butts in the ashtray and said, "We don't have the choice. Either kill these sluts as soon as possible, or you may face their attacks from the southwest, northeast and then to Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

You Yong stopped talking, and he actually obtained information about Southeast Asia. The Japanese army has now taken over the entire Southeast Asia, and their eyes have gradually shifted from Southeast Asia to Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and other places.

There is no doubt that the Japanese army now have the strength to take down those areas. That is to say, they will most likely choose to launch a new battle from there after taking down that part of the area.

After Japan obtained resources, the Japanese army began to fully arm the army. According to the Korean War theater's return, a batch of new fighter jets appeared in the Japanese army. In the air combat, these fighters were actually comparable to the tiger shark armor type.

Of course, the number of these fighter jets is not large, only about 80 to 100. But the signal sent from it is very obvious. With the injection of resources, Japan's industrial capacity is gradually being stimulated.

The continuous war brings them the continuous update of combat capabilities and weapon development. For example, the war in Shanghai this time proves this matter.

The National Defense Forces no longer could easily capture the Japanese positions as before. With the use of a large number of fortification facilities, the Japanese army caused great losses to the National Defense Forces.

This is the case now, and wars will become increasingly difficult in the future. As Japan obtains more and more resources, their research and development and manufacturing will undoubtedly invest more.

The pressure faced by the National Defense Forces will become increasingly greater. The industrial capabilities of the National Defense Forces are originally different from Japan in terms of their industrial capabilities. This is the result of Japan's decades of development and investing huge manpower and material resources.

The National Defense Forces have only been developing for less than ten years. Being able to compete with Japan in some aspects is the greatest advantage that their commander-in-chief has gained with them.

But even so, the coalition government cannot compare with Japan's industrial heritage.

"Catch Shanghai as soon as possible and Zhejiang as soon as possible!" Tu Menghu looked at the generals in front of him and said, "Old You. This time you go to the front line to help watch. Complete our strategic arrangements as soon as possible. Before mid-year, I must clear out all the Japanese troops in the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang region!"

"Yes!!" You Yong stood up and responded loudly.

The General Command of the National Defense Forces was planning how to clear out the Japanese troops entrenched on the front line of Shanghai and Zhejiang. After huge casualties, the Fifth Army occupied the positions and began to build fortifications to prepare for defending.

As the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Chinese Expeditionary Force, Shinro Hata was not idle at this time, and he began to prepare to ask the base camp for the support of the air force.

After the front line of the Andanliji chose to commit suicide and apologize. Three divisions had more than 60,000 people, but only more than 30,000 people were retreating to the second line of the position alive.

The troops of a nearly division were lost in the fortifications of the front-line positions. The total number of people was less than 2,000 people retreated from there. The attacking troops suffered heavy losses, and the two regiments were killed directly.

The rest were not much better, and there were more or less squadrons, and the teams died in battle on the battlefield. If it weren't for Hata Shunruo's agreement to withdraw, Andeng felt that perhaps the three divisions under his command might have to fill all the positions.

The loss was so huge and he did not hold the position. Someone always needed to be responsible for this matter. Andanliji chose to have a caesarean section and apologized. There was no way, he was the commander. He had to pay the price after all.

Anten chose to take on this responsibility himself. He knew that Hata Shunrok would ask for credit for him. The base camp would not cause trouble for a dead person. Although he might not be able to get honor after death, at least his family would be treated preferentially. Knowing this is enough. Anten chose to die.

"...The huge losses of our unit were caused by the Air Force of the National Defense Force. Its aviation troops used bombing and strafing to prevent the Imperial artillery from supporting the positions. In the absence of artillery assistance, our division insisted on fighting. However, the losses were heavy..."

Hata Shunrok was carefully lying and sending a report to the base camp. On the one hand, he could not say that the defeat was too strong. But on the other hand, he also needed to show that he might not be able to defend his position without the support of the air force.

The narrative in this is a request. If the base camp feels that he may not be able to hold on, then the air force will definitely not be sent to waste it.

If the base camp feels that he can hold it, then he will not be able to ship the airline team as he can hold it anyway. Therefore, how can the base camp feel that without the airline team, it will suffer a lot and may not be able to hold it.

But with an air force, the meaning of defending the position is expressed when the front line of the position has been lost and the battle has damaged a multi-department. This is a test of ability.

"...If there is support from the air force, our army can let go of artillery to support the front line. The air threat of the National Defense Forces has dropped sharply..."

While Hata Shunroku was considering his words, Ren Wenbin, the commander of the Sixth Army of the Second Corps, was sitting on the position with Bao Xingteng, the commander of the Fifth Army, while drinking a few sips of wine with peanuts.

"Old Ren. I have been fighting for more than ten years. This is the hardest one to fight..." Bao Xingteng said to his old comrades with red eyes: "To be honest, watching those brothers be carried down, my heart hurts like that little knife shaves..."

Ren Wenbin sighed, picked up the wine pot and poured the wine into Bao Xingteng's cup. He said, "Who doesn't hurt?! I see that our army commander is wiping the corners of his eyes. But there is no way, can we not fight this battle?!"

Bao Xingteng didn't say anything, grabbed the wine glass, raised his head and drained it. He put down the wine glass. Bao Xingteng still didn't say anything.

"Old Bao. I know you are unhappy. After finally fighting this position, you have to go down to repair it. No one is happy." Ren Wenbin once again gave Bao Xingteng a drink: "But look at the brothers of the Fifth Army, they have suffered a lot of losses. What you need now is repair..."

"I'll repair the whole **!" Bao Xingteng shouted suddenly: "My brothers, who have lived and died, have just taken down the position they have captured with their lives?! What face should I use to meet the soldiers lying in the hospital?!"

Ren Wenbin was silent for a while and said, "Do you think it's worthy of the brothers lying in the hospital to fill the entire Fifth Army in this position?"

Bao Xingteng didn't say anything anymore. He didn't know the current situation of the Fifth Army? Yan Chenghan asked them to withdraw and repair them, taking into account their current losses.

But emotionally speaking, Bao Xingteng still couldn't accept this approach. The nine commanders of the Fifth Army lost four of them here. The remaining five were injured in different minor and serious injuries. How could you tell him Bao Xingteng to take it down?!

"Don't worry! I don't think this battle will be over so soon." Ren Wenbin looked at his old comrades and said in a deep voice: "You guys go down and repair it, and you will come up again."

"With your Fifth Army's record of taking over here, do you think the Commander-in-Chief will leave you idle? I think this is just a worry that you have suffered too much loss to get you down."

Bao Xingteng silently picked up the wine bottle on the shell box and directly raised his head and poured it down.

"Old Ren, promise me! Don't lose this position..." Bao Xingteng drank the burning knife in one breath, stood up and said, "This is what my brothers from the Fifth Army have replaced with their lives..."

"Don't worry, if this position is lost, I must be lying here!" Ren Wenbin stood up, saluted Bao Xingteng solemnly, and said, "As long as I am alive, the position will be there!"

"I'm waiting for you, waiting for you to come and kill the enemy side by side with me!!"

In the Bromworth Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, a large group of workers are busy rushing to work on a warship.

"Look, this is our big guy! The Japanese used it to deal a heavy blow to the United States. This inspired the head of state, who found me and asked me if I could make the German navy have such capabilities as well."

German Navy Marshal and Navy Commander-in-Chief Erich Redell looked at the two subordinates around him whom he admired the most and said, "I tell the head of state. Yes! We can do it, as long as the navy has carrier-based aircraft, we can do it."

As he said that, the old man smiled: "The Head of State told me, then let the navy have carrier-based aircraft!"

Admiral Gonser Lütjens and Colonel Otto Ernst Lindermann smiled after hearing the old man's naughty words. They knew that the hardships and twists and turns were not as simple as the old man said.

The Air Force's Goring has always believed that all aircraft should be under the jurisdiction of his Luftwaffe. Although the Navy saw the advantages of carrier-based aircraft for a long time, it was impossible to build its own aircraft carrier under the hindrance of Goring.

But the relationship between Goring and the head of state is extraordinary. Many times, the head of state can only favor Goring. The navy's aircraft carrier plan has been proposed many times, but it has been stranded many times.

Finally, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the head of state who saw the huge strategic value of the aircraft carrier finally overwhelmed Goering and started the aircraft carrier construction journey.

The shipyard that was supposed to be building a large Bimmarz-class battleship was started to resume construction of aircraft carriers. At the same time, a large amount of resource allocation was also transferred.

Foreign Minister Ribbentrop is discussing with the Japanese, intending to exchange them for their aircraft carrier design drawings and carrier-based aircraft drawings. Of course, Germany will pay some price for this.

But in terms of the results of occupying the British Isles, it is not impossible to give some weapons drawings that the empire now possesses.

"Enst, Lütjens recommended you to me." Erich Radell stood up and walked to the two of them and looked at Ernst, "He said he trusted you and thought you were the best aircraft carrier commander."

Ernst stood up straight and shouted excitedly at the Marshal, "Yes! Marshal, I have the confidence to command the battle of new warships!"

"I believe you too." Erich Redel smiled and said, "I asked you to come today to tell you. I think you are suitable to be the commander of this new warship."

After a pause, Erich Redell said: "But what I want to tell you is that after the warships set sail, we may not have much time to test. The head of state requested that the British Isles be taken down by the end of this year."

Ernst frowned. This seemed too impatient. After all, the gap between the British navy and the German navy is still very big. There are still three kilograms of nails in the rotten ship. No matter how bad the British are, their navy is still very powerful.

"I know it's a bit irritating, but I hope you know that we don't have much time left now." Erich Redel said to Ernst: "What you have to do is to create our glory for the German navy with Lütjens who trust you!"

"The Army and the Air Force have already shown their value in battle, so this time it should be time for our Navy to show our value." Erich Redel looked at the two and said solemnly: "Young men, I look forward to you bringing victory to the Empire! Glory to the Navy!!"

"Yes! Your Excellency Marshal!"

At this time in Berlin, Ribbentrop, as the Foreign Minister, was smiling and saying something to Hiroshima, the ambassador to Germany. There were bursts of laughter from time to time between the two.

Then, the two went to the office of the Head of State in Berlin together. There, the current German head of state Adolf Hitler will meet Hiroshima.

The military cooperation between Germany and the Japanese army has been around for a long time. For example, the commander of the Japanese Joint Fleet, Iroku Yamamoto. Although he was extremely opposed to alliances with Germany, he was very concerned about the military and technical cooperation between the two sides.

The Japanese Navy's Type 99 ship critical strike aircraft was developed based on the dive bomber technology of the He70 transferred to Japan by the German Henkel Company.

The famous Zero carrier-based aircraft relies on the aluminum alloy technology transferred by Germany to Japan.

Of course, Germany did not suffer any losses in exchange for it. What they got was the comprehensive technology of the USS Akagi aircraft carrier. Germany used this technology to build the USS Zeppelin aircraft carrier, which is now valued by the head of state.

Of course, this aircraft carrier has not yet been called "Earl Zeppelin". The German Navy's habit is that it will not really name the warship until it is actually launched.

What they have is only the code of plan. Now the name of "Earl Zeppelin" is just the pitiful and shabby "A". To obtain the name of "Earl Zeppelin", it must wait until it is launched.

"Dear Heads of State, these are the complete combat records of Marshal Ioroku Yamamoto when the commander of the Joint Fleet of the Great Japanese Empire, Marshal Isoroku, attacked the United States Pearl Harbor." In Hitler's office, Hiroshima took out a stack of thick file bags.

It contains the entire process of Yamamoto Iroku's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. It includes training, navigation, combat and final evacuation. All records are fully recorded here.

These are undoubtedly extremely precious gifts for the Germans who lack experience in aircraft carrier combat. In order to obtain these information, Hiroshima finally obtained the consent of the base camp.

"Big Island, you are worthy of being our German friend! Thank you for everything you did for Germany!" Hitler was obviously very happy, which would undoubtedly play a huge role in his conquest of the British Isles.

Of course, these Oshima Hiroshima were not for nothing. Germany would provide Japan with design drawings of No. 4 tanks. Now Germany's most advanced Tiger tanks are not provided.

But even the No. 4 tank was very satisfied. Hiroshima Oshima had seen the combat of the No. 4 tank, and in his opinion, this was undoubtedly better than the most advanced tank in Japan now.

Hiroshima, who has never been to the Chinese battlefield, believes that if it is modified based on the No. 4 tank, it will not be a problem for Japan to get a tank that can defeat the National Defense Forces.

Unfortunately, Hiroshima didn't know that Germany's most advanced Tiger tank was developed with the National Wehrmacht.

"It is the supreme honor of Oshima to be able to do things for the great head of state and Germany!" Oshima Hiroshima was obviously very excited and shouted to Hitler.

"Hahaha... OK! Oshima, I believe that the friendship between Japan and Germany will be extremely reliable!" Hitler was obviously very excited. He wished he could immediately pour this information into the minds of the German naval generals.
Chapter completed!