Another long day passed, and the time came to the early morning of August 31.

This was already the fourth day after the Second Army launched its general offensive, but the core urban areas of Hankou and Hanyang were still under the control of the Nationalist army!

The Japanese army has tried their best, but they have never been able to take it.

At six o'clock in the morning, the eastern sky had already revealed a trace of fish belly white.

In the ruins of the Hankou railway station, two devil officers carried a stretcher to the commander of the 116th Division, Kishishige Shimizu, and the chief of staff, Yoshiichiro Miki.

"What's going on?" Miki Yoshiichiro asked with a dark face.

The two devil officers carrying the stretcher paused slightly, but did not say a word.

Miki Yoshiichiro stepped forward and lifted the shroud from the stretcher.

"Nani? Ishihara-kun?! After seeing the person lying on the stretcher clearly, Miki Yoshiichiro's face suddenly changed greatly.

Lying on the stretcher, it was Tsuntaro Ishihara, the brigade commander of the 116th Infantry Brigade under the 119th Division!

Qing Shui Kishi walked over slowly, staring at Ishihara Tsunetaro who was motionless on the stretcher with gloomy eyes, and said in a deep voice, "How did Ishihara-kun die?" ”

A devil officer carrying a stretcher paused and said: "Because the 120th Infantry Wing was unable to break through the Qinglong Street position for a long time, and the wing commander Shimahara Yoshiosa died in battle, General Ishihara personally led the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 120th Infantry Wing to continuously charge the position of Qinglong Street. ”

After a pause, he continued: "In a white-knuckle battle, General Ishihara was attacked by the Shina Army, and the jade was shattered on the spot, and we desperately snatched back the body of His Excellency the General. ”

"Yaga!" Qing Shui cursed heavily, falling into a long silence.

Even the commander of the 120th Infantry Wing, Shima Harayoshi, and the commander of the 119th Infantry Brigade, Ishihara Tsunetaro, were killed in battle.

After a long while, Shimizu Xi Shigecai asked again: "What are the casualties of the 120th Infantry Wing?" ”

"Hello!" The devil officer who spoke just now paused, "Division commander, the three infantry brigades under the 120th Infantry Wing have all been disabled, and the tank squadron and the battle defense artillery squadron that are working together have also been collectively shattered!" ”

"Yaga!" Qing Shui Xizhong's face immediately changed when he heard this, and after a while, he began to take off his military uniform.

Seeing this, Chief of Staff Miki Yoshiichiro's face changed dramatically and said, "Division Commander, what are you doing here?" ”

Qing Shui Xizhong continued to take off his military uniform, and said in a deep voice: "I have already made a package ticket in front of His Highness, if I still can't take Hankou today, I will cut my stomach to thank the emperor!" ”

After a pause, Shimizu Xizhong said again: "In other words, in the battle of Hankou, our 116th Division has no way to retreat, and I, Shimizu Xizhong, have no way to retreat, and now we can only fight to the death!" ”

Speaking of which, Kishige Shimizu had already taken off his military uniform.

Immediately after, Shimizu Kishige took out a samurai towel from the satchel carried by the orderlies and tied it on his forehead!

Then, Qing Shui Kishige took his saber from the orderly's hand, and then pulled out his saber and shouted: "Order, the 130th Infantry Brigade immediately takes over the 119th Infantry Brigade and enters the Hankou neighborhood!" ”

"Hello!" Yoshiichiro Miki paused.

……

At this time, at the headquarters of the Second Army.

Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko stared at his red eyes and was furious.

"Yaga, Yaga, Yaga, Yaga!" Higashikurenomiya let out a beastly roar as he swung his saber and slashed everything he saw to the ground.

In just a few moments, the entire command tent was in shambles.

Adjutant Mei Igarashi and Chief of Staff of the Second Army, Machijiri Miki, stood next to them, not daring to say a word.

It wasn't until he couldn't find any intact furnishings in his field of vision that he threw his hateful saber on the ground, waved his fist again, and wailed unwillingly: "How is it possible, how is it possible, how is it possible?" ”

"It's been three days, three whole days! How could there still be an army in Hankou and Hanyang? ”

"The strength of the Chinese army has obviously been exhausted, and it has obviously been exhausted, how can there still be people now?"

"This can't be, this can't be, this can't be at all! Wrong, it must be something wrong, this must be something wrong! It must be wrong! ”

Higashikurenomiya Tsuruhiko really can't figure it out, what the hell is going on?

According to the estimation of the number of troops, before the Second Army launched the final general attack, the Chinese army in Wuhan was at most 20,000 people, but now three days have passed, the Second Army has disabled three divisions and regiments, and more than 40,000 imperial soldiers have been killed and wounded, of which more than 10,000 imperial soldiers have been killed, but there are still Chinese troops resisting in Hankou and Hanyang City!

Damn, how many Chinese troops are there in Hankou and Hanyang? Why are there still people fighting until now? And it looks like it's still very capable of fighting!

……

Almost at the same time, at the command of the Dragon King's Palace.

Zhu Liangcheng walked in front of Zhong Yi with a solemn expression.

"Ziren, the 3rd regiment has also been disabled!" Zhu Liangcheng said in a deep voice, "The whole regiment can't find a complete platoon, and the whole regiment has less than 800 people left, and most of the officers and soldiers are wounded. ”

Zhong Yi fell into a long silence, and a deep pain passed through his eyes.

In the past three days, the devils have not fought easily, and they have fought even harder in the Wuhan garrison!

As of now, the three main regiments of the 367 Brigade have all been disabled, and more than 8,000 elite veterans who have experienced a hundred battles are now less than 3,000 people left, and there is hardly a single one who does not hang the lottery!

The situation of the guard brigade and the special service brigade is not much better.

By now, all the troops in the whole of Hankou have been added up, and there are less than 7,000 people!

The situation in Hanyang was slightly better, because Hanyang had four brigades at the beginning, but now, Hanyang's strength has been sharply reduced to less than 10,000 people!

At this time, the shrill sirens sounded again in the direction of Qinglong Street and Huayuan Lane in front of them.

Zhang Shiliang turned around and reminded: "Senza, and Brigade Commander Zhu, the devils are attacking again!" ”

Zhong Yi turned his gaze to Zhu Liangcheng and said in a deep voice: "Old Zhu, today is the fourth day of the devil's general attack, we are defending hard, and they are fighting just as hard, now it depends on whose will is more tenacious, and who can hold on to the end!" You go back now and gather all the personnel of the 367 Brigade! ”

Zhu Liangcheng's eyes lit up, and he said in a deep voice; "Ziren, what do you mean?"

"Yes!" Zhong Yi nodded heavily and said, "When the battle comes to this, we won't do anything else, we will only fight hard!" Gather all the brothers in the brigade together, whether it is a horseman, a man, an artilleryman, an engineer, a medic, one counts as one, and all go to the front line to play with the little devils! ”

"Yes!" Zhu Liangcheng said sharply.