At the same time, in the Five Prisons Palace!

Zhang Shiliang and a few young combat staff officers were busy on the sand table.

Judging from the sand table, I saw that most of the urban area of Hankou had fallen into the hands of the Japanese army, and the national army had been compressed into the triangle area between Shajia Lane, Tiren Lane and Xiongjia Lane!

Suddenly, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Yuanlin, commander of the Guard Brigade, Shi Zude, commander of the Special Service Brigade, and Zhu Liangcheng, commander of the 367 Brigade, walked in.

The three of them were all covered in gunsmoke, and Liu Yuanlin even had blood stains on his body, and he didn't know if it was his own blood or someone else's blood!

As soon as they came in, Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude began to complain.

"Ziren, the devil's attack is too fierce to resist!"

"Yes, the little devil is a tank and a war defense gun, we can't stand it at all!"

"In just one day, our left wing has already broken down to the vicinity of Tiren Lane, and by noon tomorrow, the entire left wing will definitely be lost!"

"Our right wing is no better!"

"Ziren, I'm afraid it won't work like this!"

"yes, why don't you give up Hankow?"

"Yes, give up Hankou, retreat to Hanyang and Wuchang, and confront the devil across the river!"

"Fortunately, the center of gravity of our defense has always been in Hanyang and Wuchang, and Hankou is just an outpost position, even if it is lost, it will not affect the overall situation!"

Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude kept talking, but Zhong Yi didn't say a word!

After talking for a long time, Liu Yuanlin and the others realized that something was wrong, and immediately shut up.

Zhong Yi glanced at the two of them lightly and asked, "Have you finished speaking?" ”

Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude were silent, and Zhong Yi said again: "It seems that the two of you have finished speaking, so now, I want to ask you two a few questions?" ”

After a pause, Zhong Yi asked again: "How many casualties have the Guard Brigade and the Special Service Brigade suffered today?" ”

Liu Yuanlin replied: "Just before I came to the headquarters, the casualty figures of the guard brigade had already come out, and today in one day, our brigade suffered more than 3,000 casualties, including more than 2,000 killed!" ”

Shi Zude continued: "Our special service brigade suffered more casualties, more than 4,000 casualties, and nearly 3,000 casualties! ”

After speaking, the two turned their eyes to Zhu Liangcheng at the same time, and Zhu Liangcheng said: "The situation of our 367 Brigade is slightly better, with almost 2,000 casualties, including more than 1,000 killed!" ”

"Ziren, you see, there were nearly 10,000 casualties in just one day, of which the number of dead alone is 7,000!" Shi Zude clapped his hands and continued, "Although our three brigades in Hankou have been replenished with more than 50,000 recruits, and each brigade has more than 20,000 officers and soldiers, we can't stand such casualties!" ”

More than a dozen staff officers of the headquarters were awe-struck when they heard this.

In just one day, nearly 10,000 people were killed and wounded, of which the number of killed was as high as 7,000!

How can such a casualty be a tragic word? It's no wonder that Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude want to give up Hankow! Because if they continue to fight like this, in a few days, they will become two bare-pole brigade commanders!

Zhong Yi said: "The casualties are nearly 10,000, but the casualties are as high as 7,000, and the number of casualties accounts for almost seventy percent of the casualties!" Haven't you ever wondered why this is happening? ”

"Of course I did!" Liu Yuanlin replied, "Because we have lost control of the battlefield!" ”

Shi Zude also said: "That's right, because we lost control of the battlefield, many wounded people could not be saved, and in the end they were all killed, so the number of casualties is so much!" ”

Zhong Yi said again: "Then have you ever thought that if this is the case every time, as soon as the devils attack, we retreat, and as soon as the devils attack, we retreat, then we will never gain control of the battlefield, and our death ratio will always be frighteningly high, and in turn, the devil's death ratio will be much smaller than ours!" ”

Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude immediately fell silent when they heard this, how could they not know this?

Zhong Yi said again: "Therefore, if we just blindly defend passively, retreat if we can't hold it, and retreat if we can't hold it, then our casualty number, especially the number of casualties, will far exceed that of the devil!" ”

After a pause, Zhong Yi said again: "Only by counterattacking, only by fighting back, regaining the position, and regaining control of the battlefield, can we save our wounded, and at the same time kill the wounded of the devil in turn!" Only in this way can we effectively increase the casualties of the devil and inflict heavy damage on the devil! ”

Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude were silent.

"So!" Zhong Yi's gaze cooled, and he said, "Don't let me hear the word abandon again!" Not to mention that the three brigades in Hankou still have more than 60,000 officers and soldiers who can fight, even if there are only 600 people left in these three brigades, even if there are only six people left, Hankou must be defended! In my Zhong Yi's dictionary, these two words have never been abandoned! ”

Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude glanced at each other, and at the same time stood up and said, "Yes!" ”

"Let's all go back!" Zhong Yi continued, "Pick an elite force and prepare to fight back at night!" As for the time of the counterattack and the specific route, I will inform you separately! ”

"Yes!" Liu Yuanlin, Shi Zude, and Zhu Liangcheng agreed, and turned around and left the headquarters one after another.

"Bell!" Seeing the figures of the three brigade commanders disappear, Stilwell said, "Are you sure you want to launch a counterattack?" ”

After a pause, Stilwell said: "After a period of fighting, you have a very good understanding of the Japanese army's combat style, but in turn, the Japanese army is also very familiar with your combat style, so the Japanese army will definitely guard against your counterattack, please forgive me, your counterattack may be difficult to get the desired result!" ”

"Not necessarily!" Zhong Yi said indifferently, "I'm afraid Colonel Stilwell doesn't know that we have an authentic world!" ”

"Authentically?" Stilwell said blankly, "What tunnel?" ”

Zhong Yi turned back to Zhang Shiliang and said, "Staff Officer Zhang, show Colonel Stilwell our tunnels." ”

"Yes!" Zhang Shiliang agreed, and immediately took out a map and spread it out on the table, Stilwell came up to take a look, but it was the whole map of the three towns of Wuhan.

However, this is not an ordinary full picture, but a cross-sectional view!

On this map, there are mainly two layers of tunnels!

Seeing this dense tunnel like a spider's web, Stilwell's eyes widened instantly: "Oh Tfak, you actually built such a complete underground transportation network in the three towns of Wuhan?" ”

"If you don't have a diamond, how dare you take over this porcelain work?" Zhong Yi said.

After a slight pause, Zhong Yi said to Zhang Shiliang again: "Staff Officer Zhang, immediately send the first layer of tunnels to all brigades, and let them send out a strange army from the first layer of tunnels to detour behind the devils and cooperate with the counterattack!" ”

Raised his wrist and looked at the table below, and said, "As for the time, it will be set at 0:00 tomorrow morning!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Shiliang agreed, and began to step up the drawing of the map with more than a dozen staff officers.

(End of chapter)