Anti-Japanese War: When I get promoted, the system will explode with soldiers

Chapter 1108 Bullet Shells

Colonel Uda realized that although they had captured Pujiang and thought they had won the war, the real war had only just begun. This kind of war was far more terrifying than the previous direct, face-to-face battles.

Because of their superior combat strength, they were able to handle previous wars with ease. Even if they suffered losses against the 72nd Army, they still maintained an advantage when facing other armies.

But this kind of warfare doesn't work now. The enemy doesn't even show themselves, and once they've fought, they're gone. Although Colonel Haneda rallied his troops to search the surrounding area, they found nothing but a pile of spent bullet casings. Meanwhile, his side suffered nearly seventy casualties.

In war, people always die. Seventy men were nothing to the Japanese army, and Japan was not a country that couldn't accept casualties. The problem was that these men were all new recruits, many of whom had never been on the battlefield. When they were asked to deal with the bodies of their comrades, many of them were trembling and their fighting spirit was dropping very quickly.

When they left Japan, they all dreamed of making a name for themselves on the battlefield and lifting their families out of poverty. But now, less than two weeks later, many of them have changed their goals and now they just want to survive and not be killed by these snipers.

So some people, when on guard duty, would rather hunch down than look up to see what's going on around them. If the helmet on your forehead reflects light, a bullet might come flying at you. This isn't a one-off thing; everyone has seen it before.

In response to this matter, the Expeditionary Army Headquarters held several meetings and established a special army to clear out and sweep away these people in the surrounding area. However, the results were not very good. After all, the Japanese were outsiders and did not know much about the surrounding situation, while these people were all native to the area. In addition, they were well-equipped and had strong weapons, so they became more and more motivated as the fighting went on.

In this situation, unless there is an internal rebellion, they can only obtain accurate information. Otherwise, they are in danger at all times. The scope of their activities has also begun to expand. Originally, it was only on the railway from Huangpu to Nanjing, but now it has spread to the garrison on the Huangpu coast, and even a group of Japanese residents are within their attack range.

In just over half a month since the 72nd Army withdrew, more than 900 Japanese nationals have lost their lives, and more than 2,000 trucks have been destroyed, with economic losses approaching two million yen. And this is all in just half a month.

The Japanese government and military don't care about deaths. After all, Japan has a large workforce, and many people in Japan can't even afford to eat. A nine-cent postcard can turn them into army soldiers and send them to the front lines to fight for the future of the empire.

However, the loss of resources was unacceptable. Japan had nothing domestically, and most of the things needed on the battlefield were imported. Losses of two million yen were frequent, which was extremely devastating for Japan as a whole.

The Japanese General Staff also held a meeting on this matter and named this operation "Special Operations," or "Highly Asymmetric Warfare." The 72nd Army fully supported this operation, but it was not the old-fashioned way of fighting on the battlefield. Instead, it used small elite units to launch surprise attacks on their ground forces. This method of warfare was extremely difficult to counter.

The Pujiang Command was at a loss as to how to deal with this kind of special operation, and the number of losses was increasing every day. Therefore, they requested the Japanese General Headquarters to send special personnel to prevent this war from happening. Otherwise, the entire dispatched army would not be able to withstand the daily losses alone.

Every morning before the meeting, an operations staff officer would come in with a stack of papers. It was always something like: the ammunition train had been blown up, a time bomb had been found in the recruit camp, or an entire infantry company had been poisoned. These people had all sorts of ways to operate; they were just determined to keep you from having any peace.

The Japanese General Staff also took this matter very seriously. Having lost so many troops, they had finally captured the Huangpu River and were preparing to march on Nanjing. How could they possibly stop for the sake of these few? But if this wasn't resolved, the daily losses would add up to what amounted to a major battle over a week. No country or army could afford such losses.

Major Ikeda from the Japanese General Staff led his men of over thirty to the Huangpu River battlefield. All of these men had received training at special military schools in Europe. While special operations were not yet fully mature, these men had some training in this area, making them, frankly, slightly better than the current troops on the battlefield.

They were initially sent to Europe for four years of training, but because it was too expensive and the Japanese army did not believe in so-called special operations, they were withdrawn after a year and a half. However, these people did not want to learn ordinary army operations after returning, so they were left to figure it out on their own.

They were a group of people forgotten by the empire, who had been training in a military camp in Hokkaido and were also responsible for local defense. Now that something like this has happened around Pujiang, it has brought them all out into the open.

A villa in Pujiang.

Due to the war, land prices in the two concessions began to skyrocket. Ordinary people and merchants realized that no matter how arrogant the Japanese were, it was still very safe within the two concessions. European countries were very firm on this, not allowing a single Japanese soldier to enter the concessions, and even threatening foreign trade.

The Japanese seized a large amount of Chinese currency and other precious metals, which needed a trading window to exchange for strategic materials. Ultimately, the higher-ups decided against allowing them to enter the two concessions. This was a trading window for the Chinese currency seized from various places. If they occupied this place, the Chinese currency we had seized would be useless.

Li Shaoyi always remembered this incident, so he specially assigned his top agent, Miss Natasha, to be in charge of this matter, preparing to either steal all the legal tender that the Japanese had looted, or destroy it directly.

"You are already a distinguished person. According to your Chinese saying, a wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall. How can you personally carry out this mission? Don't you trust me?"

Looking at Li Shaoyi in front of her, Miss Natasha said with some confusion.