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A book I read recently about the Rape of Nanjing had the author, Iris Chang at the end saying that the Chinese army should have stayed and fought in Nanjing.
Ms. Chang admitted that the Chinese army would have been defeated, but that the benefits would have outweighed the loses. Basically by slowing down the Japanese the remaining Chinese army could have built better defensive lines in the West. The Japanese would have lost more men and supplies which they needed elsewhere. The Chinese may have won a moral victory if they could have held out for any length of time. And finally the number of Chinese soldiers and civilians that would die in the siege wouldn't be much more than were killed in the Rape of Nanjing.
So for people who have more Chinese Military knowledge than I do, how long do you think a Chinese army trapped in Nanjing could fight for, and how much of an effect would it have in the Sino-Japanese War?
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