Five Prisons Palace, Hankou Headquarters.

Stilwell looked up at his wrist and saw that the hour hand had pointed to 2 p.m., but the Japanese had not yet attacked.

At that moment, Stilwell said: "Zhong, it seems that the Japanese army will not attack again this afternoon. ”

Feng Yuxiang continued: "The old devil of the East Jiu Gong Twist Yan is probably scared by Zi Ren's generosity! ”

Feng Yuxiang had just come from Wuchang, and he also brought a commendation telegram from the General Headquarters, commending the Wuhan Garrison Command for its major victory in the Hankou battlefield.

However, there is only a commendation order, no medals, and no promotions.

This is also a headache for President Chang and the senior members of the Ministry of Military Affairs, as the war in Wuhan deepens, as the results continue to expand, they gradually find that they have nothing to reward Zhong Yi! After all, he has just been promoted to the rank of military officer, and Sun Liren has just been promoted to major general and division commander not long ago, so he can't be promoted to army commander right away, right?

Zhu Liangcheng said: "Ziren, the little devil won't be really scared, right?" ”

"Scared?" Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "You guys are too underestimating Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko and Yoshio Shinozuka, these two old devils will not be easily scared!" ”

Zhu Liangcheng's expression froze when he heard this.

Feng Yuxiang snorted lightly and said: "It's best if you can't be scared, even if they want to come, even if they let the horses come, we still have more than 40,000 155mm caliber shells, and even more than 10,000 280mm caliber shells, all of which will be converted into mines and buried underground waiting for devils to step on!" ”

"It's too simple." Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "This tactic can get miraculous results when the devil is defenseless, but it can't work if you use it again, after all, the little devil is not a fool, he will definitely be on guard!" It's not so easy for us to blow up devils with mines! ”

Feng Yuxiang said: "Even if you can't blow up the devils, at least you can make them have scruples, and they don't dare to invest a lot of troops and weapons to launch a general attack, so that it will be much easier for us to hold Hankou?" And as long as it drags on for two months, when the second army is sleepy, it can be transferred to the counteroffensive! ”

"That's right!" Zhu Liangcheng said thoughtfully, "With the lesson learned this morning, most of the devils will not launch a group-sized charge again, so that our defensive pressure will be much less!" ”

"The pressure to defend will be much less?" Zhong Yi said, "I'm afraid it's the opposite!" ”

"On the contrary?" Zhu Liangcheng and Feng Yuxiang were at a loss when they heard this, how could it be?

……

Higashikurenomiya said: "Shinozuka-kun, what is Zhong Yi's hole card?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly said: "Zhong Yi's hole cards are no longer hole cards!" ”

"Zhong Yi's hole cards, that is, there are no hole cards?" Hearing this, Higashikurenomiya Twisthiko moved.

"Hello!" Yoshio Shinozuka paused again, and said, "If the humble position is not wrong, there is a chance that these 60,000 mines are Zhong Yi's last hole card!" ”

Qing Shui Xi frowned and said, "Shinozuka-kun, how do you know that there are no more mines in the Shina Army?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and said with a smile: "Since Zhong Yi has already played the hole card of mines, then whether there are more such mines in the Zhi Na army, it is useless!" ”

"Nani?" Ogisu said, "How can it be useless?" ”

Keisuke Fujie also said: "Yes, even if the Shina Army no longer uses mines intensively on a large scale, even if it is just a few such mines planted on the battlefield of street battles that the two sides have repeatedly contested, it is a headache!" After all, such mines of large-caliber shell modifications are a mortal threat to tanks! ”

Qing Shui said solemnly: "Yes, I'm afraid it will be difficult to launch a group-sized charge in the future!" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "If the Imperial Army continues to adopt the previous tactics and launch a wing-scale group charge against the Chinese Army, the Chinese Army's mines converted from large-caliber artillery shells are indeed invincible, but what if the Imperial Army changes its tactics and no longer launches a wing-scale group charge?" ”

"Change the tactics of war?" Several division commanders were at a loss.

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "In the final stage of the battle to capture Nanjing, the imperial army was already victorious, but because the 367 regiment led by Zhong Yi was born, the fighting spirit of the 100,000 defeated soldiers was reawakened through the fierce battle at Xinjiekou, which caused the entire Nanjing battle situation to reverse again, and it almost fell short!" ”

Qing Shui said solemnly: "But in the end, didn't the imperial army still win?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "So, does Shimizu-kun know how the imperial army won in the end?" ”

"Of course I do." Qing Shui Xi said in a deep voice, "Because in the end, the imperial army engaged in a killing competition!" ”

Speaking of this, Shimizu Kishige suddenly said: "Shinozuka-kun, do you mean to follow the example of the Shanghai Dispatch Army in the battle to capture Nanjing?" ”

After hearing this, Ogisu Tatsubing and Fujie Keisuke also looked slightly moved.

"Hello!" Yoshio Shinozuka said for a moment, "Before this, because of the existence of the Hankou Railway Station fortress and the artillery of Guishan and Snake Mountain, the attack troops of the imperial army could not enter the city at all, so it was impossible to follow the example of the Shanghai Dispatch Army in the Battle of Nanjing!" ”

"Later, His Royal Highness dropped the bomb of the East Jiuer Palace, and successfully destroyed the fortress of Hankou Railway Station and the Zhina artillery group on Turtle Mountain and Snake Mountain, and the imperial army was finally able to enter the urban area of Hankou, but after a battle, it was found that the performance of the Chinese army in the street battle was far better than that of the imperial army, so at this time it was still impossible to imitate Nanjing's tactics!"

"That's why His Highness adopted the method of rotational warfare to familiarize the divisions and regiments participating in the battle with street fighting!"

"After nearly a month of rotational battles, the officers and men of the divisions and regiments participating in the battle are already basically familiar with street fighting, and the time is actually ripe to emulate Nanjing's tactics at this time!"

"However, it was at this time that the offensive of the Eleventh Army on the Hunan and Jiangxi borders was seriously frustrated, which made the plan of the Second Army and the Eleventh Army to jointly attack Wuhan formulated by the base camp abort, so His Royal Highness decisively launched a general attack, which was to grab time with the Zhina Army, intending to capture Wuhan before the main force of the Zhina Army recovered its combat effectiveness!"

"Therefore, I did not propose to His Highness to follow Nanjing's tactics, because although Nanjing's tactics are excellent, it takes time to implement them! It's far less fast and effective than launching a general attack directly! ”

Speaking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka paused, and said in an accentuated tone: "But now, it is no longer feasible to launch a group-sized group attack, so it is imperative to follow the tactics in the Battle of Nanjing and launch the killing competition again!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko nodded happily and said, "Shinozuka-kun, is there time to come?" ”

(End of chapter)