Despite numerical supremacy, the outgunned Chinese have proven to be no match for the Japanese Navy and the firepower the Japanese forces have employed thus far.
The fighting at Luodian has been intense. The Chinese seemed to refuse to change their tactics despite the technological superiority of the Japanese.
There are few Chinese left. It is estimated that over 50% of the Chinese troops sent there to hold the Japanese back have perished. The Chinese have been forced to withdraw from Luodian.
It has been reported that Luodian is now being call the grinding mill of flesh and blood.
