When senior generals such as Yu Liangzhen nodded subconsciously when they heard Qian Xiaojun's words.

Indeed, in the third Zhejiang-Fujian Battle, their troops were also very sufficient, at least twice as many as the previous two Zhejiang-Fujian Battles!

I won’t mention the 25th Army in southern Zhejiang, and it is basically not within the plan of the Chief Office.

Only talking about the battlefields in central Zhejiang and western Zhejiang, the ones that faced the Japanese Guard Division and the 1st Division on the Middle Route were Lin Wei's 41st Army and Lin Zhengying's 19th Army.

After the expansion of the 41st Group Army, it has six armies and 18 divisions!

Bai Chongbei's 100,000 soldiers conquered from Guangxi were basically supplemented with the 41st Army.

The current 41st Army has expanded to nearly 200,000 like a balloon!

From this we can see that Principal Chang was really anxious, otherwise he would never have allowed the 41st Army to expand to this level. This is 200,000 people, not 20,000!

I remember that the 18th Army had only 30,000 people in total!

Pang Bingxun's 24th Army had only a few thousand people from beginning to end!

Lin Zhengying's 19th Army is also the main army with 11 divisions under the jurisdiction of four armies, with a total force of more than 100,000 people!

Therefore, the national army concentrated in the Japanese Guard Division, opposite the 1st Division had a total of 300,000 people. Judging from the strength alone, it was almost three times that of the Japanese army!

In terms of equipment, except for the insufficient number of heavy artillery, the Japanese army was basically killed in seconds in other aspects.

After the expansion of the 41st Army, it could no longer achieve the same American equipment as before, but the equipment rate of American equipment exceeded half! Although the remaining half could only be equipped with the old equipment eliminated before, the firepower of light weapons alone was still much stronger than that of the Japanese army.

Looking at the left side, it is Shang Zhen’s 20th Army.

Shang Zhen's 20th Army was also the top main force, with four elite main forces under its jurisdiction, including the 54th Army, which is the backbone of the Civil Engineering Corps.

The 20th Army has four armies and 11 divisions under its jurisdiction, with a total force of more than 120,000 people.

In contrast, the 22nd Division on the opposite side only had an additional 50,000 troops, so on the left battlefield, the Zhejiang-Fu War still had an overwhelming advantage in military strength.

Then there is the right battlefield. The Japanese army gathered the most elite 2nd Division and the 5th Division, known as the Steel Army, on the right. Judging from the Japanese's posture, Okamura Yasuji should have wanted to make a breakthrough from the right battlefield.

However, Okamura's wishful thinking was obviously about to fail, because the Zhejiang-Fu War Zone had more troops gathered on the right side, with four armies. Although they were all Sichuan Army, the total force was as high as more than 200,000. What's more, the 10th Army in Yinjiang could support it at any time, so on the right side, the total force on the Zhejiang-Fu battlefield even exceeded 350,000.

At present, the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone has more than 770,000 troops on the battlefield in central and western Zhejiang.

If Chen Yi's 25th Army is included, the number of troops participating in the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone has even exceeded 800,000.

Such a huge military force scale can be compared with the three large-scale battles of the Battle of Shanghai, the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Wuhan.

Thinking of this, Yu Liangzhen couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Looking back at the beginning, during the first three major battles, he was just a commander or even a division commander.

But now, he has become the commander-in-chief of the theater with 800,000 heavy troops. If it were the Beiyang government back then, he would be Duan Qirui or Feng Guozhang, a subordinate of Yuan Shikai.

In other words, if one day the principal sees me, wouldn’t he be...

I can't think about it anymore. The principal is in full swing, and Yu Liangzhen quickly gave up this idea.

...

At the same time, it was at the headquarters of the Japanese Army in Shanghai.

As the offensive was fully launched, as the Japanese army and the national army officially exchanged fire, the front-line battle reports were transmitted back to the 13th Army Command in Shanghai like snowflakes.

At this moment, the combat staff of the General Staff have marked the enemy and us on the map and sand table.

The sand table is intuitive. Whether it is Okamura Yanji or Ishihara Kanir, they prefer to deduce the situation changes on the sand table.

Looking at the sand table, Hinata Chiaki said to the two old Japanese: "Commander, Chief of Staff, please see, in the middle of the Guard Division, the 1st Division confronted the 41st and 19th Army of the China Army. These two armies are among the few elite main forces in the China Army. They are not only well-equipped, but also very good in training and very strong in combat!"

"I know the 19th Army." Ishihara nodded and said, "But hasn't the 41st Army been crippled in the Second Battle of Zhejiang and Fujian? And it has also been reduced from nine divisions to six divisions."

"The news about the Chief of Staff is too backward." Hinata Shiaki sarcastically said bluntly.

By the way, Hinata Shimiya is a die-hard fan of Showa warlords, so he has reservations about Ishihara Kanji, who tends to be conservative and has different opinions from Tojo Hideki.

After stabbing Ishihara Kanir, Hinata Shimiya continued: "When the third Zhejiang-Fujian Battle was still in its infancy, Chang Kaishen canceled the reduction of the 41st Army and instead expanded the army into six armies and 18 divisions. Now, the total strength of this army has exceeded 200,000."

"Nani? 200,000 people?" Ishihara said in a daze, "Where did the Chinese army get so many supplementary soldiers?"

"The Chinese army has never lacked supplementary troops." Hinata said, "After replenishing the 41st Army and the 10th Army's 10th Army's squad, the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone even added all four incomplete Sichuan Army troops. Even so, there are nearly 200,000 supplementary troops left in the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone, and are currently training near Quzhou."

"Nani? There are 200,000 more soldiers?" Ishihara Kanir couldn't believe it, "Where did so many?"

Hinata Chiaki said: "According to the information provided by the Kawashima authorities, the Chinese government has recruited 300,000 strong men from Sichuan Province and 200,000 strong men from Guizhou Province. All of these 500,000 strong men have been sent to the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone."

At this time, Okamura Yasuoyuki, who was next to him, said: "There is too much population in China, so I said that killing alone cannot conquer China. We must adopt a differentiation strategy."

Ishihara Kanji said sternly: "Is this information reliable?"

"Absolutely reliable," said Hinata, "the information was provided by the Kawashima agency lurking in Quzhou."

"Kawashima Agency?" Okamura Yasuji frowned and said, "Have they found Miss Yoshiko's whereabouts?"

"It has been found." Hinata Chiaki said, "It is detained in the tiger's den next to the Chinachem Building, the Military Control Commission's nest, Kawashima Agency and No. 76 are organizing rescue."

Okamura Nishi thought for a while and said, "In this way, let Pansang, No. 76, come over."

"Okamura-kun?" Ishihara Kanir questioned, "Don't we ask about the Ministry of Internal Affairs? After all, fighting is our job, and intelligence is not our job."
Chapter completed!