Of course, it was not only the Japanese army that suffered heavy casualties, but also the national army!

As soon as the battle ended, the phone of the temporary headquarters in the Five Prisons Palace rang non-stop!

This is the casualty figures of the 367 Brigade and the Guard Brigade and the Special Service Brigade reporting to the command!

Because before the start of the war, Zhong Yi specially told the three brigade commanders to report the casualty figures as soon as possible, so that Zhong Yi could adjust the training department according to the casualties.

Zhong Yi answered several calls in a row, but no new calls came.

Feng Yuxiang immediately asked, "Ziren, how is the situation?" Is our loss big? ”

"The losses are huge!" Zhong Yi nodded and said, "The 367 Brigade has lost at least two hundred people, the Guard Brigade has four hundred, and the Special Service Brigade has also lost three hundred people!" This is only temporary, and there will definitely be more wounded and killed in the future, so our death toll in this battle is at least thousands! ”

"Huh?" Feng Yuxiang shouted, "More than a thousand people were killed in just one attack?" ”

Hearing this number, Feng Yuxiang subconsciously began to count with his fingers, losing 1,000 people at a time, the three brigades in Hankou totaled more than 24,000 people, if the little devil came to attack like this six times a day, then, in just four days, the three brigades in Hankou were almost completely killed and wounded!

How can this battle be fought? I can't fight!

"Hmm!" Zhong Yi said, "This attack of the devil is extraordinary, it is a group attack on the scale of a brigade!" Such a casualty figure is actually expected! ”

After a pause, Zhong Yi said again: "But in my judgment, this kind of group attack of the size of a brigade, the little devils can't withstand it a few times, after all, they have more casualties!" ”

Feng Yuxiang said again: "How many casualties did that devil have?" ”

Zhong Yi said in a deep voice: "There are at least 2,000 devils killed by us on the battlefield, but the number of injured is unknown, because most of the injured devils have been rescued, and there is no way to count them exactly!" ”

Feng Yuxiang said: "In other words, the ratio of casualties between the enemy and us is basically two to one? ”

Zhong Yi nodded, and continued: "General seat, it's already very good to be able to fight two to one, after all, our army no longer has a strong pillbox as a barrier, and the training and technical and tactical literacy of the troops are not as good as the devils, so they suffer a lot in white-knuckle battles, and white-knuckle battles are the main combat methods of street fighting!" ”

"No, no, no, Ziren, you misunderstood, I didn't mean that." Feng Yuxiang hurriedly said, "I'm not dissatisfied with the two-to-one casualty ratio, but very satisfied!" ”

After a pause, Feng Yuxiang said again: "Since the full-scale outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, how many battles has our Chinese army fought with a casualty ratio of two to one with Little Japan? In my memory, there is none! Don't say it's two to one, it's not even a one-to-one, one-to-two battle! ”

As he spoke, Feng Yuxiang also gave Zhong Yi a thumbs up, and said: "Based on this alone, Ziren will not be able to get up very much, Lao Feng, I will obey you!" ”

"However, this is only temporary!" Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "The little devil has now suffered the loss of not fighting street battles before, but the troops of our Wuhan Garrison Command have been training in street fighting for more than three months, and they are more familiar with street fighting than devils, so this situation is possible." ”

After a slight pause, Zhong Yi said again: "However, as the war continues to deepen, as the devils gradually become familiar with the tactics of street fighting, the proportion of casualties between the devils and our army will definitely continue to rise, and one-to-one casualties will become the norm, and the result of one-to-two or even one-to-three is also possible!" ”

Feng Yuxiang showed a sad look when he heard this.

……

At the same time, at the command of the Second Army.

After listening to the report of the embankment, Higashikure Palace Twisthiko lost his voice and said, "Nani? The offensive of the 10th Division turned out to be a failure? And more than 2,000 officers and soldiers were killed in battle? More than 200 officers and soldiers were seriously injured? ”

"Hello!" "Among the more than 200 people who were seriously injured, a considerable number of them have recovered from their injuries, but I am afraid it will be difficult to return to the battlefield!" ”

"Yaga!" Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko frowned, "How could this be the result?" ”

It is no wonder that the Tenth Division's attack on Hankou has been cleared after the aviation regiment destroyed the Hankou Railway Station Fortress and the heavy artillery groups of the Guishan and Snake Mountain fortresses in the form of suicide bombing, and there is no suspense in the subsequent battle.

It is precisely for this reason that the East Kuregu Palace did not hesitate to issue an order to launch a brigade-scale group charge from the three directions of Hankou Railway Station, Wudang Palace and the Racecourse at the same time!

Higashikurenomiya Tsugahiko thought that under the charge of the 10th Division's brigade-sized group, the Chinese troops stationed in Hankou would be crushed at the touch of a button, and then the 10th Division could easily occupy Hankow!

Unexpectedly, the 10th Division not only failed to occupy Hankou easily, but suffered a defeat!

In fact, it was not only a defeat, but also a fiasco, with extremely heavy casualties!

At that moment, Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko frowned and said, "Shinozuka-kun, what's going on?" Why is this happening? I don't understand, how did the 10th Division lose this attack? ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said, "Your Highness, let someone else answer this question." ”

After speaking, Yoshio Shinozuka turned his head and waved in the direction of the tent door, and said in a deep voice: "Aso-kun, please come in!" ”

The staff officers of the headquarters of Higashikunomiya Tsusahiko and Machijiri Liangji looked back and saw a high-ranking soldier covered in blood walking in proudly, suddenly retracting his feet and standing upright, and then slamming his head.

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Your Highness, this is Hiroshi Aso, a senior soldier in the 1st squad of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 4th Infantry Brigade under the 10th Infantry Wing!" Just participated in the attack in the direction of Wudang Palace! ”

"Aso-kun." Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko's gaze fell on Aso's face, and he said in a deep voice, "Can you tell me how the imperial army's attack in the direction of Wudang Palace failed?" ”

"Hello!" Aso paused again and replied, "After we went about 300 meters along Yudai Street, we were attacked by the Shina Army, whose firepower was very dense, and there were their men everywhere, especially their machine guns, which were so everywhere that the Imperial Army couldn't even find a hiding place!" ”

Higashikurenomiya Tsuruhiko frowned and said, "That's all there is to it?" ”

"Your Highness, this alone is enough to explain the problem!" Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand to signal Aso to withdraw from the tent, and said, "Aso-kun mentioned an important point just now, there are people everywhere, especially the other party's machine guns, they are everywhere!" This is enough to show that the Chinese army is very old in the selection and deployment of firepower points! ”

(End of chapter)