After a long night, the time came to the early morning of August 22.

The general attack of the Second Army of the East Kurenomiya Tsugahiko on Hankou and Hanyang has entered the third day!

In the general attack in the previous two days, the 10th Division and the 13th Division, which were the main attackers, paid heavy casualties! Almost at a rate of four wings per day!

So by the third day, the 10th Division and the 13th Division were no longer able to attack!

So Higashikurenomiya Twisthiko decisively replaced the 16th Division and the 116th Division!

The commander of the 116th Division, Kishige Shimizu, walked into the headquarters of the Second Army with a saber on his shoulder, and walked towards the square-topped command tent of the East Kurenomiya Tsugahiko.

As soon as I walked outside the tent door, I happened to meet Ogisu Libing coming out of it.

When the two met head-on, they stopped and looked at each other.

Ogizhou Libing looked at Qing Shui with joy, and his eyes were almost spewing fire!

From the standpoint of the Ogishu Army, there is indeed reason to be angry, because his 13th Division has stormed Hankou for two whole days and nights, and he has paid a heavy price of more than 20,000 people! But he was also very sure that there should be very little left of the Chinese army in Hankou City, and the rest were already remnants!

At this time, you only need to attack again to take Hankow! Although the four infantry wings belonging to their 13th Division have all been disabled, it is no problem to gather a remnant wing!

But Higashikurenomiya Twisthiko was replaced at this time!

At this time, the 116th Division was changed, wasn't it intended to let Qing Shui Xi pick up the peaches on the ground?

Thinking of this, the soldiers of Ogizhou hated it so much, His Royal Highness the Prince was too partial!

Of course, Shimizu Kishige could guess Hagishu Libing's thoughts, but he didn't care at all.

Everyone is the commander of the division, although the qualifications of the Ogizhou soldiers are older, but so what?

At that moment, Qing Shui said solemnly: "Ogizhou-kun, don't complain about His Highness's unfairness, in my opinion, His Highness is very fair, he has given you two days and nights, but your 13th Division can't take it, who can blame you?" ”

After a pause, Qing Shui Xizhong continued: "If we want to change to our 116th Division, we will already take Hankou!" ”

Ogizhou Libing became more and more angry when he heard this, but when the words of counterattack came to his mouth, he swallowed it back stiffly, no way, who let him fail to take Hankou? If you don't perform well on the battlefield, you can't say tough words, and you can't blame others for being cynical.

At that moment, Ogizhou Libing snorted, and walked past Qing Shui Xizhong's side with a black face.

Shimizu Xi smiled and lowered his head and walked into the square-topped tent of the Higashikure Palace.

……

Inside the tent, Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko was meditating with his eyes closed.

The general attack on Hankou and Hanyang did not go very smoothly, and the headquarters of the Central China Front just sent another urgent telegram, clearly asking Dongjiu Ergong to stop the general attack immediately and retreat to Xiaogan!

Now Higashikurenomiya Tsuruhiko's mind is in turmoil.

Machijiri Liangji stood next to him, also with a gloomy expression.

A figure flashed at the door of the tent, and Shimizu Kishige walked in.

"Your Highness!" Shimizu Kishige walked up to Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko and greeted him with a pause, but Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko didn't react and still meditated with his eyes closed.

Qing Shui Xizhong frowned slightly.

At this time, Machijiri came over and said, "Shimizu-kun, the remnants of the 58th Infantry Wing and the 116th Infantry Wing of the 13th Division have been withdrawn?" ”

"Hello!" Qing Shui Xi paused and said, "It's all taken down." ”

"Yo Si." Machijiri nodded happily and asked again, "So, have the troops of your 116th Division entered the battle area?" ”

"Hello!" Shimizu Kishige paused again, "Ishihara-kun has personally led the 109th Infantry Wing and the 120th Infantry Wing into the battle area!" ”

At this time, Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko suddenly opened his eyes.

Higashikurenomiya Tsuhiko said: "Shimizu-kun, do you know that the headquarters of the Front Army and even the base camp have just issued a retreat order to our Second Army Headquarters, asking us to immediately stop the general attack on Wuhan and retreat to Xiaogan to standby!" ”

"Nani?" Qing Shui Xi was stunned and said, "Wouldn't it be a pity to give up the general attack on Wuhan at this time?" ”

"Yes, it would be a pity to give up the general attack on Wuhan at this time!" Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko nodded, and said, "So I withstood the pressure from the front army headquarters and the base camp!" However, Ogisu-kun's performance disappointed me very much, Shimizu-kun, your 116th Division must not let me down again! ”

"Hello!" Qing Shui Xi shook his head and said, "Your Highness, please rest assured, our 116th Division will definitely not let you down again!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko nodded happily and said, "Then, please start your performance, I will wait for the good news of your 116th Division at the Fenghe Mountain Observatory!" ”

"Hello!" Qing Shui Xizhong paused his head again, and then turned to leave.

Seeing Qing Shui Xizhong's figure go away, Higashikurenomiya's face became gloomy again.

After a long time, Higashikunomiya Tsuruhiko said quietly: "Machijiri-kun, do you think you can take it down today?" ”

"Well, there should be no problem, right?" Machijiri said in a tone of not very affirmation, "Originally, the defenders of Hankou and Hanyang were only 20,000 or 30,000 people, and after these two days of attrition, now there are still 35,000 remnants left in the sky, how can they withstand the large-scale general attack of the 16th Division and the 116th Division?" ”

"Twenty or thirty thousand?" Higashikurenomiya said quietly, "Machijiri-kun, do you really believe that there were only 20,000 or 30,000 defenders in the two towns of Hankou and Hanyang? ”

"This ......," Machijiri said for a moment.

Because of the two-day general attack, the 13th and 10th divisions of the Second Army suffered nearly 40,000 casualties, including more than 9,000 imperial soldiers killed in battle!

If the casualty ratio is one to two, how can the Chinese army have more than 80,000 casualties!

Even according to the casualties of one to one, the Chinese army will suffer at least 40,000 casualties!

Therefore, Machijiri Liangji couldn't figure out this account, how many defenders were in Hankou and Hanyang?

Dongjiu Gong Tsuyan breathed a long sigh of relief, and said: "No matter how many defenders there were in Hankou and Hanyang City, one thing is certain, that is, now, there should be few people left in the defenders of Hankou and Hanyang!" And our Second Army has no way to retreat, so the general offensive must continue! ”

"Hello!" Machijiri Measure Keaton was the first to say, "Your Highness Mingjian! ”

Dongjiu Gong Tsuhiko slowly raised his gaze, looked at the direction of Hankou from afar, and said in a low voice: "I want to see, what tricks can Zhong Yi play, yesterday he let the radio sing for a day, and the effect is not bad, do you want the radio to sing for another day today?" If you continue to sing, can you still have the effect of yesterday? ”