Kawabe Shozo turned around and wanted to leave, but Shunroku Hata stopped shouting.

"Wait." Shunroku Hata shouted to Shozo Riverside, and then said, "Call the Twelfth Army again, and limit them to break through the defense line of the Shina Army within three days and enter Hankou!" ”

After a pause, Shunroku Hata said again: "Please tell Gu Zhuangjun again, if in the next three days, the Twelfth Army still can't break through the Xiaogan defense line of the Zhina Army, then prepare to seppuku to thank you!" ”

"Hello!" Kawabe Shozo paused again, turned around and hurried away.

Seeing the figure of Shozo by the river disappear, Shunroku Hatata's gaze fell back on the sand table.

Looking at the situation map of friend and foe on the sand table, Shunroku Hatata's mood became worse than ever.

For his current situation, Hata Shunroku is actually very clear, because of the fiasco in the first stage of the Battle of Wuhan, because of the jade shattering of Prince Kugahiko of the East Kure Palace, the royal family and the base camp are actually very dissatisfied with him, if it weren't for the eagerness to find a suitable replacement, he would have been removed from his post a long time ago!

But even so, Shunroku Hata also knows very well that this is his last chance!

If the second phase of the Battle of Wuhan is still not well fought, and if the 600,000 main forces in the Dabie Mountain Theater slip away, then he, the commander of the Central China Front, will not be able to do it anyway!

But then again, if this battle is fought well and the 600,000 troops in the Dabie Mountain Theater are severely damaged or even completely annihilated, then he can not only sit firmly in the position of commander of the Central China Front, but may even go one step further and become the commander-in-chief of the upcoming Chinese Dispatch Army!

If he becomes the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, the rank of marshal will be within reach!

In any case, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army is worthy of the rank of field marshal!

Thinking of this, Shunroku Hata's heart was hot, to win, this battle must be won!

……

Half an hour later, Hyochang, the headquarters of the 12th Army.

After reading the telegram, the corners of Guzhuang Ganlang's mouth immediately bloomed with a touch of sarcasm.

Although there is no factional dumping within the Japanese army, there are also various chains of contempt.

For example, officers who have graduated from army universities tend to look down on officers who have only attended non-commissioned officer schools, and officers who have graduated from non-commissioned officer schools look down on officers who have not attended non-commissioned officer schools.

What's more, there is even a division of the saber group, the Tianbaoqian group and the Wutian group.

The so-called saber group refers to the top six graduates of each class of Lu University, because these six people can be received by the emperor of Japan and receive the imperial saber, so it is called the saber group.

The so-called Tenpo money group refers to the graduates of the Tenpo, because every cadet who graduated from the army non-commissioned officer school will receive a graduation medal, and because this commemorative medal is similar to the coins issued during the Tenpo period in the Edo period, it is nicknamed Tenpo money in the army, and because of this, the graduates of the Tenpo are also called the Tenpo money group.

As for the Heavenless Group, it refers to those officers who have not even attended the Army Non-commissioned Officer School.

Speaking of which, Furujo Michiro and Shunroku Hata are both members of the saber group, and they are both chiefs!

It's just that Guzhuang Ganlang is the twenty-first issue of Lu University, and Junroku Hata is the twenty-second issue of Lu University!

So although Furujo Kanro is three years younger than Shunroku Hatata, he is very unconvinced in his heart for Shunroku Hata who was promoted to the general earlier than him!

Of course, there is also a reason why Furujo Miro's promotion lagged behind Shunroku Hata.

Because in the 226 incident, Guzhuang Ganlang stood on the wrong side and stood on the camp of the imperial faction.

It is precisely because of this that for the harshly worded telegram that Shunroku Hata just sent, Guzhuang Ganlang's heart is very unhappy, what is it, one issue lower than Lao Tzu, to talk to the senior in this tone? Do you think that if it weren't for Lao Tzu's mistakes, it would have been your turn to be the commander of the Central China Front?

It's just that if it's not happy, it's not happy, and Guzhuang Ganlang also knows very well that if this battle is not fought well, not only will Shunroku Habata not have good fruits to eat, but he Guzhuang Ganlang will also not be able to please him!

At that moment, Guzhuang Ganlang said to the chief of staff, "Sun Xiabu-kun, order the 7th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery, the 8th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery, and the 12th Wing of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery to immediately use sulfur bombs, chemical bombs, and high-explosive grenades to carry out saturation artillery bombardment on the opposite position of China!" ”

"Hello!" The second part of the sun paused, and then turned around to convey the order.

After a while, the artillery positions behind the left and right flanks of the headquarters of the 12th Army were sounded with the sound of tom tom!

Immediately after that, rows of large-caliber artillery shells swept up from the artillery positions, and after flying in the air for more than 10 kilometers, they fell overwhelmingly towards the defensive positions of the Chinese army, and then exploded violently, and in an instant, the defensive positions of the Chinese troops were completely swallowed up by the flames and thick smoke produced by the explosion.

……

"Bombing!"

A grenade of 150mm caliber fell near the headquarters of the 112th Regiment and exploded violently.

Although the bomb landed at least 50 meters away from the headquarters, the air wave from the explosion still tore the hastily built headquarters of the national army into pieces.

Yuan Changrui, the head of the 112th Regiment, was also swept up by the air waves, and fell heavily from the air.

This fell hard enough, and Yuan Changrui's eyes were full of gold stars, but Yuan Changrui didn't dare to delay for a moment, and after landing, he struggled to get up, and then rushed forward at the fastest speed, and finally fell into the crater with a diameter of dozens of meters that was blown up by the large-caliber shell just now.

On the battlefield, the probability of two shells falling into the same crater is almost zero.

Therefore, it is basically safe to hide in the original crater, and this is understood by veterans.

Rolling into the crater at the fastest speed, Yuan Changrui then turned over and fell to the ground, and then put his fists below his chest, almost ready, and the violent tremors were transmitted from the ground under him, shaking Yuan Changrui's entire body was about to fall apart, if it weren't for the fist padding, just this shock wave could shock him to death.

The shockwave came and went away quickly, but in just three or five seconds, the shockwave disappeared without a trace.

But in the next moment, Yuan Changrui was horrified to see that another large-caliber shell fell into the crater and rolled down the slope to him.

"Holy!" Yuan Changrui roared angrily, but did not jump and run.

Because he knew very well that it was too late to run at this time.

No matter how fast he runs, it is impossible to run out of the blast range before the shell explodes, he is dead!

Even such a small probability event as two shells falling into the same crater has been encountered, what else is there to say? Yuan Changrui could only obediently wait for death.