In the office,
Lin Zheng picked up his coffee and blew on it.
Lin Zheng's face remained calm as he spoke a few words.
Long Yun's eyes, magnified by her glasses, widened, her expression one of disbelief. She couldn't help but scoff.
"Chang Kai-shek? He wants to conquer Tokyo?"
"That old man Chang Kai-shek? He only has a million Nationalist troops... how dare he challenge a million elite Japanese soldiers?"
Long Yun continued to mock Chang Kai-shek with a sneer, then suddenly remembered something.
"General Lin! How did you know what Chang Kai-shek said?"
"Is it through spies similar to the Military Unification?"
Lin Zheng nodded, and Long Yun's face was filled with shock. She gasped in disbelief.
Next, Lin Zheng reorganized Long Yun's forces, deploying Red Alert officers to revamp the Yunnan Army and equipping them with advanced weaponry such as 56 semi-automatic rifles, RPG7s, and 107 rocket launchers.
After equipping the 100,000-strong Yunnan Army with advanced weaponry, their training became rigorous and disciplined, with an 82% passing rate in various training programs. The Yunnan Army's training was unparalleled in the world!
...
Lin Zheng's next target.
The Japanese forces near Changsha.
Near the city of Changsha, at the Third Division's position.
The Third Nagoya Division was one of the Japanese Army's standing divisions, a main force known for its fierce combat capability. It was equipped with numerous heavy artillery pieces and armored vehicles, with a total of over 300 cannons.
The commander of the Japanese Third Division, extremely arrogant, declared, "The Great Empire of Japan will prevail!"
Major General Toyoshima Futarō's arrogance stemmed from the hundreds of heavy artillery pieces at his disposal.
The range of the 105mm heavy artillery typically reached several to a dozen kilometers, dominating the battlefield.
Major General Toyoshima commanded his artillery cluster to drive back the 50,000-strong Nationalist forces. While the Nationalists had some heavy artillery provided by the Red Alert, their combat capabilities were limited.
A string of victories fueled Major General Toyoshima's arrogance, making him increasingly presumptuous!
Whistling sounds.
Major General Toyoshima's eyes widened, and he immediately looked to the sky.
One after another, V1 missiles, each weighing 2 tons with a warhead of 0.75 tons, descended!
There were about 300 of them!
Modified radio-guided missiles!
They rained down on the Third Division's positions in a dense barrage.
Booms...
Even though the Japanese soldiers were hiding in trenches dug two meters deep, they couldn't escape the fate of death, blown away by the explosions.
The Japanese artillery positions were well-concealed, but the missile strikes still reached them.
Countless heavy artillery pieces lay twisted like mangled metal. The artillery positions were littered with the corpses of gunners.
Major General Toyoshima gazed upon the carnage, dumbfounded!
"?? Impossible! There were no planes in the sky, and there were no enemy forces within dozens of kilometers, yet they still managed to attack!"
"Could the missiles have such a terrifying range?"
Major General Toyoshima was terrified, feeling like he had been slapped in the face. He wasn't stupid. These missiles with hundreds of kilometers of range were terrifying!
Major General Toyoshima immediately prepared to send a war report to the Tokyo headquarters, but when he reached the telegraph room, he found all the telegraph machines destroyed.
Major General Toyoshima could only watch helplessly as the Third Division slowly withered away under this long-range attack.
The Third Division, which had weathered several major battles, was finally obliterated at Changsha.
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Near the battlefield
Inside the city of Changsha.
This war zone was designated as the Ninth War Zone.
At the Ninth War Zone headquarters, General Xue Boling received a telegram.
"At dawn this morning, the Japanese Third Division was decimated by a devastating bombardment. The missiles flew through the sky, and according to observations, they traveled hundreds of miles!"
Hiss!
Xue Boling, with his long experience in the War of Resistance Against Japan, had seen a lot.
He understood tank warfare and air combat, but missiles were beyond his comprehension.
Hundreds of kilometers of range!
The other Nationalist generals exchanged glances, all feeling a sense of shock. General Xue Boling couldn't help but be amazed, saying, "It reminds me of our war with the Japanese. Their advantage over us was their artillery. Their cannons could suppress us from a range of dozens of kilometers."
"Japanese artillery influenced the War of Resistance Against Japan. Now, Red Alert weaponry can strike targets hundreds of kilometers away!"
"Red Alert can suppress us from hundreds of kilometers away!"
"The Nationalist army is in peril!"
General Xue Boling couldn't help but sigh, feeling powerless in the face of this new threat.
General Xue was not part of the Nationalist government's core faction, and he had been constantly marginalized by other Nationalist generals. Chang Kai-shek also did not trust him, making his situation precarious.
General Xue couldn't help but recall some rumors he'd heard – about the interactions between several warlords and Lin Zheng. Could he also switch allegiances?
A few days later, after transferring through the airport, General Xue secretly met with Lin Zheng.
"General Lin, thank you so much!"
Lin Zheng replied, "General Xue's battlefield command abilities are beyond question. Your proposed Crucible Strategy, using a crucible to encircle the Japanese forces, is excellent!"
"If there's a chance in the future, General Xue, the Crucible Strategy will surely become famous in World War II!"
After acquiring General Xue, Lin Zheng also gained the support of the remaining Nationalist generals in the war zone.