Chapter 1308 Neither path is a good one anyway.

Author: Thief Dongxue

Chapter 1308 Neither path is a good one anyway.

As Liu Feiyang commanded his clone troops to persuade all the citizens of Suzhou City to leave, the headquarters of the 88th German Arms Division had also arrived at the capital Nanjing City at this moment.

The 88th German Arms Division, which was exhausted and suffered heavy casualties, returned here with less than half of its original strength.

Many officers and soldiers did not have cars to ride in, and they all evacuated on foot, or returned in defeat. Although they still performed well in the battle against the Japanese army, after more than half of the combat veterans died on the battlefield,

This 88th German Armament Division no longer has the strong combat effectiveness and high morale it had in the past.

Especially when new recruits are gradually added in, their combat effectiveness and morale are even lowered, because many of these new recruits have no experience in fighting on the battlefield.

Most of them are new recruits who have never even touched a firearm for a few days, rookies among rookies.

"How many new recruits has the Military Commission replenished for us? Have the ammunition and weapons and equipment been replenished?"

Commander Sun of the Eighty-Eighth Division was riding in his military car and asked Zhang Boting, the Chief of Staff next to him.

He looked quite tired,

"More than 3,000 new recruits have been added to us. They are all new recruits who have never been on the battlefield and have not even been trained for a long time!"

"As for weapons and equipment, there are no German weapons and equipment now. They are all domestically produced medium and formal rifles for supply. Even the mortars are supplied with domestically produced 82mm mortars, and the heavy machine guns are also Mark-type heavy machine guns!"

"The light machine gun is a Czech light machine gun!"

Chief of Staff Zhang Boting shook his head, not in a very good mood, and continued to respond.

Especially after talking about the supplements, which are all new recruits among the new recruits, as well as those poor weapons, equipment, and ammunition,

His frustration is understandable.

"With these equipment and ammunition, how are we going to fight the next battle?"

"The Songhu War has been lost!"

"We have all seen the power of the huge mechanized combat force of the Japanese army. First, the bombardment by the aircraft and artillery groups, and then the bombardment by the damn Japanese fleet's naval gun groups. They simply destroyed our companies one by one.

, blow them all up, leaving no bones left!”

"Then there are large-scale tanks and chariots, assisting a large number of elite Japanese infantry in launching charge operations!"

"A simple three-axe battle defeated our army of over one million people in one fell swoop, even though we held on to the Songhu battlefield for three full months!"

"But the casualties were huge, and they all cost people their lives to hold on!"

As soon as I heard that the weapons and equipment to supply myself no longer had the sophisticated equipment of the past, and that the troops to supply myself were all new recruits,

Mr. Sun also looked increasingly disappointed and depressed, and complained.

In the Battle of Songhu, he almost wiped out all his original main force, the elite veteran troops.

Sophisticated German weapons and equipment are also consumed at the same cost.

So now the 88th German Arms Division is no longer the elite elite unit it once was.

Just an ordinary main force,

Because a large number of new troops were supplied, their combat effectiveness was completely reduced.

Especially when their weapons and equipment lost their original sophistication, their combat strength was greatly reduced.

"There is nothing we can do about it. We must continue to defend the capital here!"

"Actually, I don't support it at all, engaging in a head-on defensive battle with the Japanese army here, especially now that not only has our morale plummeted, we don't even have time to reorganize after the defeat, or even to resupply various supplies and weapons.

Even the equipment and ammunition cannot be fully replenished in time!”

"With such a disorganized military and poorly equipped weapons and equipment, we are fighting in a flat area here against the Japanese mechanized troops and air raids and bombings by Japanese aircraft groups. We are simply cannon fodder!"

"I personally think that we should go to the rear of Xuzhou first, rest and recuperate, and then carry out defense there after all supplies are complete. Only in this way can we have a great chance of defeating these damn Japanese invaders!"

Chief of Staff Zhang Boting was not in a good mood and confessed his true inner thoughts.

Perhaps at this moment, he was also infected by Mr. Sun's depression.

So I was quite discouraged and complained a few times.

"Well! What you said is right, but forget it, we can only follow the orders from above!"

"The capital has always been a very important city to us! It must be guarded!"

"It's one thing to lose, but it's another thing not to leave troops to hold on. That will be criticized by thousands of people and cursed to death!"

"Both paths are not good ones anyway!"

"Let's take a step forward and take a step forward!"

"By the way! Has the regiment deputy Xie Jinyuan followed our instructions and led his more than 400 remaining troops to the Sihang Warehouse?"

After listening to Chief of Staff Zhang Boting’s complaints,

Mr. Sun also responded with the same frustration.

He also asked Chief of Staff Zhang Boting about the situation of the remnants of the reinforced 1st Battalion led by regimental deputy Xie Jinyuan.
Chapter completed!