"Up to 20,000 people?" Higashikurenomiya looked at Machijiri with gloomy eyes and asked, "Machijiri-kun, do you think this information provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is credible?" ”

"Hello!" Machijiri Measure Keaton said, "I think it's still credible. ”

"Shinozuka-kun!" Higashikurenomiya turned his gaze to Yoshio Shinozuka, who had just arrived at the headquarters, and asked, "Do you think it's credible?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka pondered for a moment and said, "Logically speaking, it's still credible. ”

"Really?" Higashikurenomiya Twistohiko said, "Shinozuka-kun, tell me about your logic. ”

"Hello!" Yoshio Shinozuka was the first to say, "Before the war, the total strength of the Chinese army in Wuhan was about 150,000, there is no doubt about it, because this has been confirmed a lot!" ”

After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka continued: "And the total strength of our Second Army is as much as 210,000 people!" But how many people are left in our second army now? ”

"100,000!" Higashikurenomiya replied, "Plus 20,000 wounded!" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka bowed his head lightly, and then said: "In other words, since the Battle of Wuhan began, our Second Army has suffered 120,000 casualties!" ”

"No, Shinozuka-kun, you're wrong, to be exact, 150,000 casualties!" "Because at least 30,000 wounded people have returned to the team!" ”

"Hello!" Yoshio Shinozuka said after a pause, "Since the Battle of Wuhan began, our Second Army has suffered 150,000 casualties, even if we subtract the casualties of our 10th Division and the 3rd Division in the first stage, after that, our Second Army has also suffered 90,000 casualties!" ”

In the first stage of the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese 10th Division and the 3rd Division could only withstand the heavy artillery groups of the Guishan Fortress and the Snake Mountain Fortress, so the casualties were extremely large, but the national army had almost no casualties!

In this so-called first stage, the Japanese 10th Division and the 3rd Division suffered nearly 60,000 casualties!

After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka said again, "In terms of the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army and the Chinese Army, the casualty ratio of one to two is still more credible, that is to say, the number of casualties of the Chinese Army should be about 180,000, but the Chinese Army controls the battlefield, and their wounded can be treated in time, so the number of their wounded and returned should be more than that of the Imperial Army, if nothing else, this number should be around 50,000!" ”

"180,000 minus 50,000, that's 130,000!"

"So, the actual number of casualties in the Chinese army should be around 130,000!"

"According to this logic, the remaining strength of the Chinese army should be about 20,000!"

After listening to Yoshio Shinozuka's analysis, Higashikurenomiya's brows finally relaxed.

"Yo Xi!" Dongjiu Gong Tsuhiko said happily, "If there are less than 20,000 people left in Wuhan's army, then things will be easy to do, just 20,000 troops, the imperial army will be consumed, and they will be consumed to death!" ”

After a pause, Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko was about to order another strong attack, when Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly said, "Your Highness! ”

Higashikure Miya looked back at Yoshio Shinozuka and asked in surprise, "Shinozuka-kun, do you have anything else to say?" ”

"Hello!" Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned and said, "Your Highness, although there are only 20,000 people left in the Chinese army in Wuhan City, these last 20,000 people must be elite and strong in combat, if you just blindly attack, the imperial army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties!" So we have to find a way to demoralize them and weaken their combat effectiveness! ”

Higashikurenomiya asked, "So, what is Shinozuka-kun's opinion?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "I heard that Zhong Yi followed the example of His Royal Highness and also made a list of heroes, specifically for those snipers who had excellent performance on the battlefield, and I also heard that these snipers were very popular in the hearts of the defenders of Wuhan and even the entire military and civilian people of China!" ”

After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka continued: "In a sense, the snipers on this hero list, especially the ones at the top of the list, have become stars in the whole of Wuhan and even the whole of China!" ”

"Soga!" "In other words, as long as you kill these snipers, you can deal a severe blow to the confidence of the Wuhan defenders, dampen their spirit, and their combat effectiveness will inevitably decline!" ”

After a pause, Higashikurenomiya asked Machijiri again: "Machijiri-kun, what's the name of the guy at the top of the Shina Hero List?" ”

"Erbao!" Machijiri replied.

"Yes, Erbao." Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko nodded, and continued, "What an incomparably cheesy name!" Where is this guy? ”

Machijiri replied: "He is on the battlefield of the left flank in Hankow!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Higashikurenomiya nodded happily, and then turned back to Yamamoto Shigeo and said, "Yamamoto-kun, your special operations brigade is a strategic level armed force, unless it is a strategic level target, it is not worth your shot, I completely agree with this, but there should be no problem with requisitioning a few of you snipers, right?" ”

"Hello!" Shigeo Yamamoto paused, "Of course that's fine. ”

"Yo Xi!" Higashikurenomiya said happily, "Then send a sniper team to the left flank of Hankow, preferably led by Hojo-kun himself, find this Erbao and kill him!" ”

"Hello!" Shigeo Yamamoto paused and said, "Your Highness, please rest assured, I assure you that this Erbao will definitely not survive this evening!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Higashikuremiya nodded happily.

Shigeo Yamamoto then bowed to the East Kurenomiya and walked away.

……

The Special Operations Brigade of the Second Army is stationed.

Hojoji and two of the best snipers are getting together to listen to the radio.

On the radio, a female host of NHK Radio is broadcasting the latest results of the hunting list!

For the first few days, Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko personally broadcast the results of the hunting list, but after a few days, he no longer had this interest, and handed it over to the people of NHK radio to broadcast it.

In addition, this episode will be broadcast live to the whole of Japan and the world.

"Imperial soldiers of the Second Army, listeners of the Empire, today is August 20, Showa 13, and I am now broadcasting to you the results of the hunting list that was just updated today."

"The first place on the hunting list, Jun Nakamura, the 39th Infantry Wing, the number of people hunted is 118!"

Later, the NHK host said a lot of compliments, but Hojoji and a few snipers around him were in no mood to listen.

Hojoji said with extreme disdain: "In the past half a month, only 118 soldiers have been hunted, with an average of less than 10 people per day, and such a result can actually be at the top of the hunting list!" ”

"yes." A sniper named Matsushita Kuan chimed in, "If you go with Hojo-kun, it will only take you one day to easily catch up with this record!" ”

PS: One more chapter first, and three more chapters in the evening.