117: Chapter 117 Military Region Competition

General Huang Wei placed himself in the position of the commander for the Battle of Nanjing, attempting to find a solution.

But he quickly discovered that it seemed unsolvable.

Especially considering the Chinese forces in the Battle of Nanjing, there was almost no chance of victory.

There was already a significant disparity in troop quality and weaponry.

The area around the battlefield of the Battle of Nanjing was all flat land with no natural defenses to hold.

Perhaps this battle was fought just for the people to see.

Even knowing it was a certain defeat, they still had to fight.

They could not just retreat without firing a single shot.

The Supreme Commander watched General Huang Wei thinking and did not urge him.

At this moment, General Huang Wei raised his head, as if he had finished thinking.

"Major General Huang? Regarding the Battle of Nanjing? What are your thoughts?" The Supreme Commander asked.

"It is difficult to defend. Based on the current information, this battle saw the Chinese army hastily retreat from Shanghai to Nanjing, with a total force of about 110,000, while the Japanese Army had a conservative estimate of 300,000 troops. Plus, the Japanese Army had naval superiority, allowing them to advance up the river from Shanghai."

"In this battle, there was absolutely no advantage in troop numbers; on the contrary, there was an absolute disadvantage. Not only in terms of troops and equipment, but the terrain was also extremely unfavorable for defense."

General Huang Wei spoke eloquently.

These words of his were derived after studying the data of this battle over the past few days.

Ever since he experienced this game last time, he felt that this game was not simple.

He could learn many things from the game.

Most importantly, the wars in this game were even more realistic and larger than what he had experienced in reality.

Military theory cannot just remain in theory; it must be put into practice.

However, in reality, there were no such large-scale wars for him to utilize, only some minor skirmishes.

But minor skirmishes could not train anything at all.

Without putting it into practice and having it verified by practice, he would have theoretical talent but no proof.

If he wanted to advance further from his current position, he had to make real contributions.

Otherwise, he would have to endure for another few decades.

He could not wait that long.

"If this battle cannot be held, where will the Japanese Army continue to attack next?" The Supreme Commander asked further.

He still had the intention to promote General Huang Wei.

General Huang Wei was the most outstanding member of the younger generation in their military region.

He still had a great chance to continue rising.

"There are many possibilities. Moving north could lead directly to the Central Plains, sandwiching the Central Plains with the Japanese Army in North China. Moving south could directly control the coastal areas. Advancing up the river could reach the central part of China directly. It is very likely that they will launch attacks on three fronts simultaneously, and then focus their main attack on the central region along the river."

"Not only that, from the existing information, I also learned that most of the casualties in the Battle of Shanghai occurred during the retreat. The actual combat casualties were only about 100,000, while the casualties from the panicked retreat were nearly 200,000." General Huang Wei stated.

This piece of news was the latest information that popped up online when he was searching today.

The Battle of Shanghai was indeed a meat grinder, but the losses caused by the enemy were far less than the losses caused by their own incompetence.

This made it very hard for people to keep their composure.

General Huang Wei was very puzzled; were the high-ranking officials of the Chinese army in the game really that incompetent?

But regardless, this kind of chaotic retreat caused by the command made him feel extremely indignant.

If it were really due to a huge disparity causing heavy casualties, he could still accept it, but such heavy casualties caused by a chaotic retreat were truly unacceptable.

People did not die at the hands of the enemy, but died at the hands of their own people.

How could this not make one angry?

Upon hearing General Huang Wei's words, the Supreme Commander's face showed a look of astonishment.

"Is this news verified?"

"It is true. I have flipped through the historical archives in the game, and that is indeed what is recorded." At this moment, another young general spoke up.

"If this is the case, then it is indeed a huge command error. Such a command error should not have happened to China." A general who looked to be in his 60s spoke up.

"If there were no command errors, these 200,000 casualties could have been reduced to at least 50,000. In that case, with over 200,000 troops in the Battle of Nanjing, the Chinese army might not have been unable to hold it. They could even have resisted step by step and built a defense line on the periphery." General Huang Wei continued.

"Hmm, let's put this aside for now, and let's continue to discuss the Battle of Nanjing. This time, we are going to live-stream a competition with the other three major military regions. Do you have the confidence to achieve the best results?" The Supreme Commander said, gently raising his hand.

This live stream was not just for their one military region; there were three other military regions involved.

After the other military regions joined the game, a competition immediately broke out within the military regions.

Everyone was as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

Especially after the clearance leaderboard was updated a few days ago, the other military regions saw the ranking of their own troops on the leaderboard.

They all started competing fiercely.

Whoever ranked last would be embarrassed.

Consequently, the Eastern Military Region, which was originally ranked first, was quickly pushed down.

Troops from other military regions were constantly breaking their records.

The ranking was surpassed in less than a day.

Their Eastern Military Region had just refreshed the record today, and it was surpassed the next day.

Today, they were even ranked third among the four military regions.

However, as the records continued to be refreshed.

The difficulty of refreshing was also increasing exponentially.

They were almost unable to keep up with the fierce competition.

To continue increasing the clearance speed, the difficulty was too high.

Then, the several military regions discussed it.

They decided to compete again in the new game DLC, the Battle of Nanjing.

Not only that, but they were also going to start a live stream.

Let the Chinese Netizens see the strength of their military region.

This was different from the private competition between the several military regions before.

It was placed in front of Netizens across the country.

Whoever ranked last would be ridiculed by Netizens for a long time.

Therefore, the several military regions attached great importance to it.

The purpose of the high-level meeting held by the Eastern Military Region today was exactly this.

"Yes!" General Huang Wei spoke first, his voice loud and clear.

"Good, momentum is the most important thing. This time we must strive for first place and absolutely cannot come in last. So, who among you will come to try the first live stream today?" The Supreme Commander asked with a smile.

Then he looked at the group of high-ranking generals below.

They saw that most of the generals were silent.

Many of them were quite old, not seeking to make achievements, but only to avoid mistakes.

For this kind of public appearance, and a competition between military regions, it was best for them not to participate.

They were not like those young generals who had such a pursuit of making achievements.

After all, they were old, and it was basically impossible for them to climb any higher.

In such a situation, it was the best choice to wait steadily until retirement.

However, there were not many young generals present.

With the old generals not speaking up, the other young generals dared not speak up either.

Finally, they all looked at General Huang Wei.

His seniority was the highest among the young generals.

At the same time, he was also the most capable of handling this task.

Not to mention, in the current situation, only General Huang Wei could handle this task.