Zhang Zhizhong's support for our motor transport battalion consisted of over twenty vehicles, plus the fifty-odd vehicles we had captured from the Japanese, quickly forming a transport convoy of nearly eighty vehicles. This convoy rested during the day and operated at night, shuttling back and forth between Shanghai and the Wufu Railway. Within a few days, they had almost completely emptied the ammunition depot.
Of course, we wouldn't be foolish enough to take all the ammunition from the depot, would we? If we did, our unit, entirely equipped with Japanese weaponry, would be unable to fight. However, after that day's meeting, the Commandant and the high-ranking officers of the 15th Regiment were well aware that, given the current situation, Shanghai was impossible to defend.
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