The Japanese shelling lasted for more than an hour, and it was not until more than two o'clock in the morning that it finally came to an end.

At this time, if you look down from the sky, you can see that the entire urban area of Hankou is shrouded in thick gunsmoke, and there are burning fires everywhere!

Fortunately, a large number of wooden houses have been demolished, and the wooden houses that are not ready to be demolished have also been isolated by fire prevention, so the fire is not completely out of control!

Stilwell followed Zhong Yi and Zhu Liangcheng back to the surface.

But I saw that there were already several huge craters on the front hall square of the Five Prisons Palace! And the craters are tens of meters in diameter and at least several meters deep!

It is completely conceivable what kind of ending it would have been at this moment if the dozens of heavy machine guns deployed here had not been transferred!

Needless to say, they must all have been destroyed!

Looking up again, I saw that half of the front hall of the Five Prisons Palace had been blown up, and the remaining half of the room had also caught fire and was burning violently, but fortunately, Zhong Yi's headquarters was in the main hall, so the loss should not be big!

But the three main regiments that counterattacked before, I am afraid that the casualties this time are not small!

Zhu Liangcheng said in a deep voice: "Ziren, I'm afraid our casualty number this time will not be small!" ”

"That's for sure!" Zhong Yi muttered, "After all, this is a jade burning style!" ”

Dongjiu Gong Twist Yan sacrificed the crazy jade burning tactics, and Zhong Yi was also helpless.

Zhu Liangcheng sighed, turned back to the adjutant who was accompanying him, and said, "Pass my order, the 2nd Regiment will immediately enter the position, clean up the battlefield and save the wounded at the same time!" ”

"Yes!" The adjutant agreed, turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Zhong Yi suddenly waved his hand and said, "Come back!" ”

After a pause, Zhong Yi turned back to Zhang Shiliang behind him and said, "Staff Officer Zhang, immediately call the guard brigade and the special service brigade, and ask them not to rush to clean up the battlefield first!" ”

"Why?" Zhu Liangcheng said puzzledly, "Although the shelling of the devil just now was fierce, it was impossible to kill all the officers and soldiers of our army who attacked, and there will definitely be a large number of soldiers of our army who will survive, as long as the treatment is timely, I believe that these soldiers still have a chance to survive, and it is even possible to return to the battlefield!" ”

After a pause, Zhu Liangcheng said again: "And there is a golden time limit for saving people, beyond this time limit, the mortality rate of the wounded will increase dramatically, even if it is finally saved, I am afraid it will be difficult to return to the battlefield!" ”

"I know this!" Zhong Yi nodded, and said, "But Lao Zhu, if you can think of this, the devil can also think of it!" ”

Glancing at the night sky in the north with a faint gaze, Zhong Yi said again: "Even if you want to save people, you are not in a hurry at this time, and it is not too late to wait for another half an hour!" ”

"Why?" Zhu Liangcheng was puzzled.

Zhong Yi said: "Soon you will know. ”

……

A quarter of an hour later, the headquarters of the Japanese Second Army.

Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko put down the binoculars, turned back to Yoshio Shinozuka and Machijiri Liangji behind him and said, "Shinozuka-kun, and Machijiri-kun, what do you say the Shina Army is doing now?" ”

"Now?" Machijiri said without thinking, "Now that the shelling of the Imperial Army has stopped, it is not surprising that the Shina Army will definitely send troops to clean up the battlefield now, once it is found that there are wounded soldiers of the Imperial Army or lone remnants, they will definitely be hunted mercilessly, but their wounded will be treated in time!" ”

"Really?" Higashikurenomiya turned his head and asked Yoshio Shinozuka again, "Shinozuka-kun, what do you think?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka's expression moved slightly, and he said respectfully: "I think what Machijiri-kun said is very correct. ”

"Yo Sai, since Machijiri-kun and Shinozuka-kun are on the same page, then this must be the case!" Higashikurenomiya nodded happily, and then turned back to Adjutant Igarashi Mei and shouted, "Order, the 5th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery, the 6th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery, and all field artillery and mountain artillery wings will immediately carry out the second artillery coverage of the Hankou City!" ”

"Nani?" Mei Igarashi was stunned immediately when she heard this, she was going to shell it again so soon?

Machijiri Liangji and several high-ranking generals next to him also looked at each other, the shelling had just ended, and a second round of shelling of Hankou was about to be carried out immediately? That's too dense, isn't it?

Yoshio Shinozuka has a look on his face!

Your Highness's hand is amazing!

……

A few minutes later, in the Five Prisons Palace.

Seeing that Zhong Yi didn't follow up for a long time, Zhu Liangcheng finally couldn't help it.

At that moment, Zhu Liangcheng said to Zhong Yi again: "Ziren, you can't wait any longer!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the sky that had just darkened suddenly lit up again.

When Zhu Liangcheng, Stilwell and Zhong Yi looked up urgently, they saw that the originally dark sky in the northwest direction was once again bursting with eye-catching streamers!

Immediately after, the screeching of long shells arrived.

"Holy!" Seeing this, Zhu Liangcheng couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth, and said sharply, "The shelling has just ended, and there will be a second round so soon?" This is a clear want to yin, let's give it a hand! The old devil of Higashikurenomiya is too insidious! ”

Zhong Yi said: "When the two armies are fighting, they will naturally do everything, and it is understandable that Dongjiu Gong Twist Yan did this!" ”

"Ziren, I'm glad you're here!" After Zhu Liangcheng came back to his senses, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and said awe-inspiringly, "If you hadn't stopped me just now, the 2nd Regiment would have definitely entered the position, and in this case, the losses would be great!" ”

After a pause, Zhu Liangcheng couldn't help but curse again: "This old devil of Dongjiu Palace is too bad!" ”

Zhong Yi waved his hand and said: "Dongjiu Gong Twist is not bad, but cunning, but this kind of conspiracy is a small way after all, if Dong Jiu Gong Twist Yan thinks that with such a conspiracy and tricks, he can capture Hankou and capture the three towns of Wuhan, then he is too naïve!" ”

……

Almost at the same time, at the command of the Second Army.

Seeing the dazzling red light blooming again in the direction of Hankou, Higashikurenomiya Twisthiko looked proud.

Higashikurenomiya Tsuhiko laughed twice, and said to Yoshio Shinozuka and Machijiri Liangji: "Shinozuka-kun, and Machijiri-kun, how many troops can you say this round of shelling can kill?" ”

"Under normal circumstances, the Shina army will send at least three or more regiments to clean up the battlefield in the area where the two sides are fighting, which means that at least three or more regiments of the Shina army will be destroyed!" ”

"Suodaga!" Higashikurenomiya said proudly, "The three regiments of the Chinese army can basically be canceled, and if you add the troops who counterattacked before, the losses of the Chinese army this time are at least more than six regiments!" I want to see, how many times can Zhong Yi withstand such losses? ”

(End of chapter)